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The advocate., 1895-12-04

| Y0VOr GGneCBl 10 0uGGI IuGO COuGEacl
for the work after the required deposit
had been made, and on March 50, 1881,
he entered into contract for the same.
The work has not yet been returned,
but when it is, your application for a
resfirmstion Of the decision Of this
Office, dated September /, 1877, will be
fully considered by this office, and you
will be advised upon the subject"
Did Commissioner Mcfarland at this
time know that he was trifing with q
very serious matterP The question
before the Commissioner was as to the
lsWfulness Of that very survey of public
land known as Nolan grant No. 80. He
certainly could accept or reject Com
missioner Willlamson's Interpretation
Of the act Of July |, 1870, without wait
ing for the completion of that survey.
Later on Commissioner Mcfarland
February %, 1889 tells me this:
"Y0u are also informed as to the
other private land claim mentioned
(No. 80 In New Mexico) that it is be-
fore Congress upon the report of the
Surveyor General, unconfrmed, await
ing action. The survey alluded to is
the usual preliminary survey made in
cases Of unconhrmed claims, for the
information Of Congress as to the ex-
tent, location, ETC., of the land claimed.
1t has not yet been returned to this
Office. Whether the land embraced in
it is or not wholly or partially public
land, will be determined by Congress
in its action upon the application for
confirmation.
Msrtaln Andrews, Of the executive
mansion, the bribe .taker--is the gen.
tleman who wanted 100000 acres of
lawfully surveyed public land, sur
veyed as Nolan grant No. 80, that he
might take 1t to Congress, where it had
already been taken, and where it had
been deprived Of any legal status what
ever as a Mexican private land claim.
But, as the executive mansion"
would fall if Msrtsin Andrews fell,
it was quite necessary that Msrtain
Andrews should be upheld by Commits.
sioner Mcfarland, and all the rest of
'em, in his stupendous iniquity.
CRUSHING.
After trlaing with the Nolan grant
matter from 1882 to 1884 the crushing
blow that no longer could be delayed
descended upon my long devoted head.
Commissioner Mcfarland and AS
slstant Commissioner Harrison sd.
vised that the blow be struck, and
Secretary Teller struck it with this:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 1884.
The Commissioner ofthe General Land
Office:
SIR-I return herewith, for your
files, the petitions of o. p. McMsins
ct al, for the restoration of certain
plats of surveys withdrawn from the
local land Office at Santa Fe, N. NJ.
Your Office made two reports on these
petitions, under date respectively of
the 10th and 25th August last, recon-.
mending that the prayer of the petit
tions be denied. / concur In that
recommendation and you will so in
form Mr.. McMains. Very Respect
fully, II. NJ. TELLER,
| Saoratoru
The advocate., 1895-12-04

I&ll Oh MARIAN AlUr0WS.
SECTION 5498.
My next trip to Washington was Inn
medistely prior to the FIRST insugura-
tion Of President Cleveland. After
that event, and while Commissioner
Mcfarland still held on, I presented
personally some matter in writing TO
the Commissioner in connection with
Nolan grant No. &c. Assistant Com.
missioner Harrison fired up at this:
Harrison -"Y ou have been duly noti-
fed that both this Office and the Sscre-
tsry Of the Interior have made decisions
that the Nolan grant had been rightly
surveyed as SUCH"
Me (foolishly msd)- )-'I don't care q
snap for your old decisions, and I'll
have this Office indicted, tOo."
Harrison-"Do you know what you
are talking sboutP"
Me (still mad -"You'n see."
I went to my Washington home
quite ways from the land Office
afoot. Small money could not have
hired me to ride, was in such excel
lent walking trim. After resChing
home and calming down l proceeded
to carry out my threat to have "thst
office indicted, formulating as best
could charge against Commissioner
Mcfarland, Assistant Commissioner
Harrison and Secretary Teller for aid.
ing In violation of section 5498 OF the
Revised Statutes, in the prosecution of
a claim against the United States when
not required to do so by their official
duties. This charge l presented per-
sonally to Attorney General Garland.
1t was referred to the General Land
Office for, 1 presume, verihcstion of
the facts of record referred to therein.
As far as ] could, then, I did indict,
and my indictment stuck--in the Gen.
ersl Land Office, and sticks there to
this day.
VICTORY.
Utterly regardless of the so-Cslled
decisions" Of Commissioners McFar.
land and Harrison and the jocose "I
concur" of Secretary Teller, I now pc
titioned Secretary Lamar to do what l
had petitioned Secretary Teller to do.
The subject matter of my petition is
officially stated in Land Office Report,
1885, page 123, thus:
"The present petitioner urges that
the decision of 1877, not being ap-
pealed from by claimants, became
final under the law; that the Commits
sioner In the case before him had con-
strued the act of July /, 1870, as it was
his power and duty to do; that such
construction became the foundation
for further acts extending the public
surveys over the lands, which was no.
tice to the world that they were public
lands of the United States subject to
settlement and entry under the public
land laws; that citizens and settlers
sVsiling themselves of this official no.
tice and invitation had gone upon said
lands and acquired rights under those
laws, and that the summary action Of
the Commissioner, contrary to his own
decision, taken without appeal and
with no motion for review or assign
ment of error and no notice to oppo-
site parties, was without authority and
/ l.
The advocate., 1895-12-04
N 9. M,FARLAND.
Commissioners Mcfarland and Assistant
Commissioner H. Harrison Violate
Section 5498 Of the Revised
Statutes.

under the guise OF bogus Spanish and
Mexican grants is made up of many
minor conspiracies. The conspiracy
in the case Of Nolan grant No. 80 Is
one Of these minor conspiracieS. Hon.
N. G. Mcfarland aided and sbetted the
Nolan grant conspiracy.
SEVERELY yIRTUoUs.
My first letter from Commissioner
Mcfarland was as follows:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
GENERAL LAND OFFICE.
WASHINGTON, d. G., May |, 1882.
o. r. McMcinS, Esq, Ration, Nm.
SIR Il am in receipt of your letter
dated the 2lst ultimo, relative to the
surrey OF Nolan grant No. 80, In Mora
county, New Mexico, contract for
which was originally disspproved BY
this Office, but was subsequently sp.
proved, and you desire to know the
reason why the official action was re-
considered. In reply you are requested
to advise this Office as to Jour interest
or connection, professionally, pecu-
niarily, or otherwise, in the matter of
the survey of said grant. Very respect
fully, N. G. MCFARLAND,
Commissioners.
When Msrtsin Andrews, of the Tex.
ecutiye mansion" desires GOO, 900 acres
Of lawfully surveyed public land to be
surveyed as Nolan grant No. 80, he is
not severely requested to state in black
and white his ''interest or connection,
professionally, pecuniarily, or other
wise, in the matter Of the survey Of
said grant" 1t is the man who in
Quires "why" the deed was done that
must be treated with severe formality.
He must, right at the start, be made
TO feel that he Is not welcome to any
such information, and that, for some
reason, the face of the General Land
Office is set severely against him in the
prosecution Of such an impertinent in
qniry. persisted, however, and had
the honor Of appearing at last person.
ally before the severely virtuous IN i.
G. Mcfarland, Commissioner" / was
before Commissioners Mcfarland on q
petition to the Secretary Of the Interior
TO have Nolan grant No. 80 again
treated, IS the lGt0 required it to be, as
public land, and the plsts Of the public
surveys thereof restored once more to
the local land office for filings and en-.
tries. AT first it occurred to me that
was really destined to have smooth
sailing with Commissioner Mcfarland.
He seemed like such q good man, you
know. Very favorably was i impressed
with that elderly, old.fashioned, hon
! est.appearing gentleman. Congress.
man Elkins says, "Your distrust must
stop somewhere" and when, in the
presence, besides myself, of a enc.
armed, gentlemanly, honestlooking
attache Of the Surveying Department,
Mr.. Mcfarland, while softly rubbing
his hands, said, ''l'm glad my hands
are clean of this transaction" / felt
quite sure that my distrust had found
q stopping place. Commissioners Nc
Farland, / said, would do to tieto. But,
Ii at this time, Mcfarland was really
honest-and think he wss-he soon
found that he must submit to pressure
or resign. He did not resign.
TRIFIING
The advocate., 1895-12-04

The Kansas City (Kas.) Bimetalllc
League has passed resolutions com.
mandatory of the good work being
done by ex-COngressman Bryan.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-03-28
Popular Excursion to Washington, Thurs
day, April 10.

The last of the series of popular eN-
curSions from this section 10 the Nation
al Capital via Il. Il o. Il. Il. isannounced
for Thursday, April 18th. when the
same train arrangements and low rates
that were in effect on the previous ex-
cuFsions will prevail. Those who have
not taken advantage OF the previous ex-
cursions should not fail to embrace this
opportunity TO see the National Capital.
The severe weather of the past winter
is over and the genial warmth of early
spring will make travelling more COM
Portable. The public buildings. mn-
seums. art galleries and institutions,
will all be open for free inspection and
delightful side trips can be made TO
points of interest near by-Baltimore,
Annapolis. Mt. Vernon and Richmond,
are ali within easy reach Of the Nation
al Capital A visitors guide to Wash
ington, issued by the b. X .. X. X. Co,
giving synopsis of the public buildings
and attraction at the Capital and details
of the excursion. train schedules, rates,
etc, can be had by applying to any h.
X .. agent.
We give below list OF stations show
ing the time of trains and rates OF fare !;
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-03-28

The complete novel in the April issue
of LIPPIScoTT's MAGAZINE is "Alain OF
Halfdene." by Anna Robson Brown.
Ii is a stirring tale of the sea, pirates,
rescuers, and Mt. Desert then by no
means so we'll known as nowG in the
days when Washington was President.
AT the Hop-Pole lnn," by Mrs. Poult-
ney Bigelow. tells how curiously near
sighted Englishman and his young wife
were reconciled after first quarrel.
THE Defendant Speaks to some pur-
pose in a story by Genie II. Rosenield;
result. adivorce is avoided. Mary Daw-
son relates the innocent loves OF a dancer,
"The Butterfly" and her young man.
Marjorie Richardson shows how the
young woman who occupied The House
with the Paint wore off" procured its
external rehabilitation. The poetry OF
the number is by NJ. S. Paden, Champion
Bssell, Charles G.. ID. Roberts, and Rob
ert Beverly Hale.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-03-28
Mr.. Rouss Becoming Blind.

Charles Broadway Rouss, the &C.
centric merchant of $40 Broadway,
New York, is becoming blind. For
many wears he has worked twelve
hours day, and personally taken
charge of the entire correspondence OF
his business. About year ago his
eyes began to trouble him and he con-
suited an oculist. He was warned
that his eyes were giving out and
cautioned about their use. but he re-
fused to give up his work. His eyes
continued to fail, until now it is only
a question of time when he becomes
totally blind. He said yesterday that
he had recently offered to quit work,
but the oculists told him it was too
late.
al have been assured, he con-
tinued sadly, "by one of the most
famous eye doctors in the world that
I would be blindin four months. He
tells me that my eyes are completely
worn out, and that nothing can save
my sight.
Then Mr.. Rouss turned again to one
of his thirty typewriters and resumed
his labor at answering great pile OF
letters which were read to him. He
is able to find his way about the store,
but he seldom goes upon the street
alone
One day this week there arrived at
his store handsomely framed, elabc-
rately engraved certificate from Vet
eran Confederate Camp 8 of New
Orleans, which states that Mr.. Rouss
had been elected member of the
Cavalry Association of the United Con-
federate Veterans. The certificate is
embeIished with pen pictures of
Morgan, jackson, Stuart and Forest,
the Confederate cavalry leaders. Mr..
Rouss, who served as a private in the
Virginia Cavalry, expressed great re-
greet that he was unable to see this
tribute from his old army friends
New York Sun
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-03-28
A Distressing Accident.

Mr.. Edward Lee Tabb was so I'M
fortunate as to lose his nose and eye
at Inwood, Va, Tuesday morning. He
has been running saw mill at the
above place for some time, and this
morning between the hours of eight
and nine was struck violently in the
face by flying slab from the saw mill.
His nose was torn from his face and an
eye was knocked out by the blow. DR..
Hoover, Of Darkesville, was Immediate
" summoned and dressed the wounds.
The injury is almost as painful as
could be inflicted, and is liable to
cause considerable trouble. Mr. Tabb
is well-known in this city.-Mart'ns-
burg World.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-03-28
Mr.. Snyder and the Bull.

Mr.. Jacob Snyder, living near
Shenandoah Junction, recently had a
very narrow escape from death by a
Jersey bull which he owns. He was
attacked from the rear, the animal
striking him between the hip and the
knee, throwing him against the ground
with such violence as to almost render
him unconscious. Strange enough the
animal did not renew the attack, and
after little while Mr.. Snyder sue
ceeded in getting in the feed room OF
the barn, where he laid down until he
had recovered sufficiently to get to the
house. 1t was not until he got in the
barn that he realized what was the
cause Of his rise and fall. Seeing the
bull close at hand, he was not slow in
weaving chain of circumstantial evil
dence which condemned his bullship
to death. The sentence was executed
Wednesday and corn beef will figure
extensively in Mr.. Snyder's summer
menu.-ChorlestoWn Advocate.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-03-28

The News of the Various Churches at Home
and Abroad.

The one hundred and eleventh an
nual session of the Baltimore Confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South began in Washington at
the Mount Vernon Place Church yes
terday. About $50 ministerial and
lay delegates were in attendance.
Bishop John G. CRANBERRY preached. a
letter was read from Charles Shipley,
resident of Maryland, near Baltimore,
inclosinga check for $4,000 con-
tribution toward the fund for superan-
nuated ministers.
Communion services will be held in
the Kearneysville Presbyterian Church
Sunday, if Providence permits, at II
a. M, with preparatory services Fri
day at 7,30 p. m. and Saturday at II
a. m. Services in the Presbyterian
Church in Shepherdstown Sunday
night at 7.30 o'clock.
Among Bishop Peterkin's appoint
ments we note: Shepherdstown and
Duffelds, May 19 Charlestown, April
"A; Harper's Ferry, April Is; Sum-
NIT Point, Leetown and Middleway,
April %. The Diocesan Council will
meet in Charlestown June 2.
The ministers and laymen's meet
ing of Shenandoah Baptist Association
will be held at Shenandoah Junction,
beginning on Friday night of this
week and lasting through Saturday
and Sunday. An interesting pro-
gramme has been prepared.
There will be services in the Catho-
lie Church as follows: Early mass
next Sunday morning at s o'clock,
and the late mass at half-past 10
clock. Vespers in the evening at 7
o'clock, and mass the following morn
ing at s o'clock.
Divine service at the Lutheran
Church in Shepherdstown at II o'clock
next Sabbath morning. Subject, "The
church fair as the moon" Christian
Endeavor at $50 p. m.
Rev. W. Mex. Hammack will
preach in the Methodist Episcopal
Church on next Sunday at l0.30a. m.
in Shepherdstowp and at 8 p. m. at
Mt. Wesley.
There will be service in the Re-
formed Church on Sunday in Shep-
herdstown at IL a. m. and at Kear-
neysville at 3p. m.
Rev. J. E. Triplett will preach in
the Presbyterian Church at Duffelds
Sunday at IL a. m. and at Zion at 3
p. m.
Rev. S. w. Cole will hold a pro-
tracted meeting at Shenandoah june
ton, beginning next Monday night.
The G. G. Band of the NJ. E. Church
South will meet Sunday evening at 7
o'clock.
Winchester Presbytery will meet at
Woodstock April 10th.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-03-28
in DEATH THEY WE'RE NOT DIVIDED
Mr.. John Davis Soon Follows His Wife to the
orave-J. Calvin Hoffman's Sudden Death.

Mr.. John Davis died last Monday
morning about FIVE o'clock. He sur
vived his wife only about nine days.
After her death, while feeble, Mr..
Davis seemed to be in his usual health.
But in day or two he took fresh
cold, and pneumonia soon developed.
Under medical treatment he seemed
to improve at first, but after FIVE days
of illness the powers of nature gave
away, and heart failure followed.
Mr.. Davis was born in Charlestown
in July, 1910. His father went as
soldier to Canada in the war of 1872,
and was never heard of again. His
mother soon after moved to Shep-
herdstown, and this place and the sur
rounding country has been his home
ever since. Mr.. Davis was an active,
industrious, hard-working man, and,
so long as his strength lasted, made q
good living for himself and his wife.
The funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon in the Presbyterian
Church, of which Mr.. Davis had been
a member more than forty years. He
was buried in Elmwood Cemetery be-
side his wife. A year OF two ago Mr..
Davis secured a lot in the cemetery
and set up a double tombstone for
himself and wife. All that now re-
mains to be done is to have the date
of their death inscribed upon it.
Mr.. Davis was one of the Oldest cit
liens of our town, having nearly
reached the age of eighty-fve years.
He was well-known and had many
friends, who will miss his familiar form
and voice. Mr.. Davis was a remark
ably well-preserved man, and retained
the use of his faculties to the last Up
to within the past few years he broke
stone on the streets and turnpikes !;
more recently he gave most Of his at
tention to gardening, selling great
quantities OF vegetables.
The Davises leave no relations who
are living here. A niece, Mrs. Mary
Bell, of Martinsburg, great niece,
Mrs. Scott Couchman, Of Berkeley
county, and a great nephew, Mr.. En-
DRY G. Howard, of Columbus, Ohio,
who was reared as an adopted son by
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis, are the only re-
lations, living anywhere within reach,
of this aged couple that have so sud-
denly within few days Of each other
disappeared from our community.
For several years past the Presby-
terrain Church has provided for the
needs of Mr.. and Mrs. Davis, and the
members of the church have been I'M
failing in their kindness to the aged
couple.
III Q,Onn,n ,unll
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-03-28
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Its excellence is due to its presenting
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Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
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and being well informed, you will Il"
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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-03-28
A Quarter Century Text.

For a quarter of century DIR.
Kings New Discovery has been tested,
and the millions who have received
benefit from ITS use testify to its Won
derful curative powers in all diseases
of throat, chest and lungs. A remedy
that has gwen so universal satisfaction
is no experiment. Each bottle is
positively guaranteed to give relief, or
the money will be refunded. II isad-
mitted to be the most reliable for
coughs and colds. Trial bottles free
at all drug stores. Large size 90 cents
and Sl00.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-03-28
Burglars III ShepherdSt0wn.

Last Saturday morning about 2
o'clock burglars broke into the depot
of the Norfolk & Western Railroad at
Shepherdstown, entering through a
window. They at once attacked the
safe. A hole was bored in the top and
charge of powder set off. This did
not open it, and another hole was
bored in the door. A heavy charge
was put in and exploded, and the safe
was opened quite efectually. The
safe door was smashed and the con-
tents Of the office thrown all over the
room, making great mass of rubbish
for Agent Hartzell to clear up. The
robbers got about forty dollars from
the safe for their trouble. They didn't
forget to break open the money drawer
also. The crime is believed to have
committed by three suspicious looking
men who had been loafng around
town for day or two. Detective
John Brown of Roanoke" was here
the next day to investigate, but no ar
rest has been made. This is the fourth
time that the safe in the station has
been cracked. The explosion was
heard by several persons, but as it
was a mufled sound at distance no
one thought to investigate it.