Omaha daily bee., 1893-08-09

further extended six months on surgeons
certificate " disability.
Leave for four months is granted Second
Lieutenant David l.. Brainard, Second cav
airy
Leave for one month and fifteen DAYS. TO
take effect when his services can be spared,
is granted First Lieutenant Frank IL.
Keefer. assistant surgeon.
Captain Francis B. Jones, assistant quarter
master will proceed from Fort sheridan,
Ill, to Fort Smelling, Mimi, on official
business pertaining to the quarter masters
department
The following changes in the stations and
duties OF officers of the CORPS OF engineers
are ordered: First Lieutenant Lansing II.
Beach, on being relieved from duty at
United States Military academy West Point,
August Ia will proceed To Galveston and re-
port in person TO Major Alexander Miller,
corps of engineers, for duty under his i'm
mediate ORDERS to relieve First Lieutenant
William G Langfitt and take station at
Galveston. Lieutenant Langhtt on being
80 relieved will repair TO Cinclnnatl
and report in person to Lieutenant Coionel
Amos Stickney, corps OF engineers, 1or uuty
under his immediate orders, and take sta-
tion at Cincinnati
The following transfers in the Second in
fantry are made: Captain Sidney Z. clark
from company RI TO company * Captain Ed
mund x. Webster from company TO com
pany III.
Leave for fifteen days TO take effect August
IL is granted Major William f. Waters, sur
geon.
The leave for seven DAYS heretofore
granted First Lieutenant John Il. knight,
regimental quartermaster, Second cavalry, is
extended seven days. Leave for four
months from September is granted First
Lieutenant John S. Parke, jr, Twenty-frst
infantry.
Leave for one month is granted First
Lieutenant Thomas j. Clay, Tenth infantry.
Leave for four months, TO take effect Sep
tember Z, is granted Second Lieutenant
Alonzo Gray, Sixth cavalry.
Leave for four months is granted Captain
Eugene A Ellis. Eighth cavalry.
First Lieutenant William c. Brown, First
cavalry, will be relieved from duty pertain
ing to the Worlds Columbian exposition by
the commanding general Department of
Missouri and proceed to join his troop.
Western Patents Granted.
Patents were issued today as follows: Ne
braska-Gcorge q. Adams, Firth, scull pro
peller; William d. Essck, Manley conduc-
tor support and lnsulator; William r. Funk
assgnor of one-fourth to w. G.. Dougherty
Lexington, spike; Henry Holsithen, Omaha
corn controlled vending machine; Delos w
: torms, Western, conveyor belt for har
vosters Mrs. Il. Vandorn, Lincoln, car coup :
ler
Iowa-John Baker, Muscatine, can-filling
machine; Harrison b. Conway, assignee of
one-half TO J. H. Throckmortop, Boone, axle
.luOrlCatOr; lnOmaS L. Clark, DeS MONIES,
rein support; Frank M. Davis, Oskaloosa,
steam engine; Edward b. Parker, Delmar,
draft apparatus for corn plows; Robert
Welch, keokuk, barrel hopping machine.
Miscellaneous.
Tobias Castor's list of recommendations
for the appointment of democratic fourth
class postmasters in Nebraska has been ex-
hausted. There We're no more appointments
made today for that state, nor were there
my for Iowa.
j. G. Noel was appointed postmaster at
Piedmont, Uiutah county, Wyo., vice j. p
GuSd removed.
j. A. Crystal of Iowa was today appointed
mail messenger in the senate by Sergeant
alarms Bright.
Senator Pettgrew will introduce bill to-
morrow to raUify treaty with the Yankton
Indians of South Dakota, by which their
reservation containing about 100000 acres
of land, will be thrown open to homcsteaders
at 81 an acre. The measure will reserve six
teen or eighteen sections for school purposes.
A treaty looking to this end was signed some
time ago, but the secretary of the interior
did not act Upon it.
S. w. Hansen of Sioux City has filed his
papers at the Treasury department for the
position of foreman of public buildings.
Sherman Smith has returned from quite q
stay at Omaha.
The assistant secretary of the interior
today affirmed the commissioners decision
In the timber culture case of Joseph Cole
against Farley j. Davis from Blackfoot,
Idaho, In favor of Davis PERRY S. HEATH.