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1 NEWS! DRTEST. ii Dakota's permanent school property feimkiea nt,fl.«89.658. The report thut the Canadian Pacific Railway luid leased the Grand Trunk proves to be false. H. J. Jewett friws notice of his de sire to be. .dropped from the directory of the1 Erie road. So vivulont is the hog cholpra in Iowa that the rtc nt losses in Mills county alone tire estimated at $14,000. A grand jr. 17 at Xcw York on Wed nesday imiict'-d Sullivan and Greenfield for indulging in a prze-fight. New Hismpshire exp»rW'nced several further shocKs of earlliqu .ke Sunday in various :rts of the State. C. V. Marshall, sheriff of Charlotte county, Virginia, \v ,s killed by a col lision of trains near Kt vsville. Workman borintr for natural cas at Findlay. Ohio, struck a in of crude petroleum at a depth of 71S I'eet. C. M. Durham, mayor of Independ ence, Iowa, and H. A. Perkins, of the Sioux City Journal, died Saturday. The legislature of Georsia re-elected Joseph E. Brown to the United* States senate with but two dissenting votes. A factory at oungstown, Ohio, is engaged in making nickel-plated shin gles tor the New Orleans Exposition. A grand jury at Chicago has indicted "Black Jack" Yattaw for the murder of a special constable 011 election day. Boston has at last organized an op position gas company, which pledges itself to charge only $1.50 per thousand feet. William A. Wood, the well-known reaper inventor, died Wednesday at Templeton, Massachusetts, aged 71 years. The United States dispatch-boat Dol phin. built by John Roach, broke down on a trial trip off the coast of Connec ticut The superintendent of public instruc tion for Dakota reports hfty thousand children enrolled in the schools last summer. Robert Garrett. on taking the presi dency of the Baltimore and Ohio road, refused to accept an increase of salary to $25,000. The nail factory and nail-plate mill of the North Chicago Rolling-Mill Company at Bay View, Wis., resumed work Monday. President Arthur has invited Cleve land to make the White House his home during his stay in Washington prior to March 4. William B. Fitch, an extensive dealer in stone at Kingston, New York, has :made an assignment to secure liabili ties Of $150,000. Aland syndicate in Utah is having papers made ready to purchase sixty thousand acres of'laud from the Cen tral Pacific road. Six lives were lost by the explosion of the boiler of the steamer Captain Sam, plying between Selma and Mont gomery, Alabama. The corner-stone of a crematory temple was yesterday laid by Professor Felix Adler in a cemetery at Green point, Long Island. The scaffold had been made readv at Quebec for the execution of Mrs. Bou tel. when notice was received of a re spite of eight days. The Canadian government has de cided not to take part in the New Or leans exposition, tor lack of time to prepare exhibits. After some weeks of hard work by the newspapers of Denver, the acting mayor has ordered the police to close all gambling-houses. During a democratic jubilee at Hick man, Kentucky, a rocket set fire to a factory and caused the destruction of property valued at $110,000. -Fishermen at Milwaukee enter com plaint that wlntefish are being extir pated by the puund and trap nets stretched all along the lakes. Leading democrats of New York gathered in large numbers at Albany to witness the marriage of Daniel Man ning and Miss .Mary M. Fryer. The mayor ot Philadelphia recom 10 the council that the.old lib erty bell in Itid- pendence hall be sent to the New Orleans exp isition. The Baltimore and Ohio reports capital stock of $14,783.9uu. and an ac Cumulated wealth of $47,700,000 for which no share was ever issued. The New England society has been granted permission to place in Central park. New York, a statue representing .the landing ol' the pilgrim fathers. Caleb Butt, a married man of Toron to has eloped to the United States with "Captain" Fisher, an Irish girl connected with the Salvation army. The woolen-milis at Waukesha, Wis cousin, valued at $o0.0U0. were Monday evening destroyed by fire, throwing one hundred men out of employment. The erain commission firm of Grier Brothers, of St. Louis, has failed, ow ing $7,000 011 the corn exchange. Five years ago they were estimated at $35u, 000. Thomas P. Dunn, a young cavalry man at Fort Leavenworth, who recent ly lost a near relative at Detroit, shot -himself through the heart with a car bine. Mrs. J. A. Gariield has secured the appointment of Congressman Tucker, of Virginia, as guardian for her minor children of the family property in that state. J. N. Bruen, of Monmouth, Illinois, widely known throughout the west from his large interests in land and cattle, died from a cold contracted in Chicago. A cyclone which on Saturday night -swept over two plantations just above New Orleans, killed Mr. Mialarat, brother-in-law of the French historian, Michelet Forty coal-miners, when arraigned at Washington, Pennsylvania, for inter fering with non-union workmen, made -no defense, and were each fined 1 cent and costs. Ah Kee, a Chinaman, who shipped on a vessel at Calcutta and deserted in New York, has been ordered by a United States commissioner to leave the ecGstry. Maryland has shipped to the New Orleans exposition eielit car-loads of exhibits, including four hundred pieces -of-native wood and two hundred speci -mens of stone. The deaths are reported of Jonathan X. Cooper, the oldest member of the "bar at Peoria, Illinois, and John Fish back, formerly owner of the Indianap .oiis Sentinel '••The plow factory of B. D. Buford & Co., at Bock Island, is about ready to resume business with an increased cap ital. giving employment to over five hundred men. A drunkard now enjoying the bene fits of the workhouse at Leominster. .Massachusetts, is one of the heirs to the large estate ot Asahel Buffum, of Lincoln, Illinois. The sentence of Koerner, the In dianapolis wife-murderer, has been commuted to imprisonment for lift, at thexequest of ail the judges of the su preme court. Mrs. Hopkins, wife of a farmer in Sardinia, Erie County. N. Y.. who is a grandmother, has eloped with George Wiley, aged twenty-three, one of her btisband'^ employes, Joseph Cook, the Nebraska murderer who was hanged by a mob at Blue Bills and resuscitated by the sheriff, .has recovered sufficiently to permit' his removal to Bed Cloud. jwo men started in a BIOOD from Victoria, British Qolutnt)ia,. witn a joareo of .-nineteen Chinese, who -were to be smuggled, in toW ashington terri tory, but all were drowned. Hon. James- SpeaJ, of Lquisville, who was attorney-general in President Lincoln's cabinet, was stricken with vertigo, while arguing a case, causing great fears as to his recovery. At £diuboro, Pennsylvania, on Satr urday evening, 'a railway brakeman named O.B. Williams fatally, shot his wife then killed himself. For the past two years they had livtidunhappily. An -ulligntor ten feet in length, which for yeai has been the terror of Jeffer son county, Arkansas.-rwaa last week killed with a shot-gun by Miss Dottie L. Steck, of Bellwood. Pennsylvania. The trial of Daniel Holcomb, at Jackson. Michigan, for the murder of the Crouch f: mily. has been indefinite ly postponed 011 account of the death of Fnuik £. Hewlett, prosecuting attor ney. An assignment has been made by the National Wire company of Chi cago, manufacturers of barbed fencing. A. B. Stone is president) of the institu tion. The liabilities are not stated, but the stock on hand is valued at S40.000. A postai-cierK is autnority ror tne statement that in several' mountain counties of Virginia and Kentucky hundreds of human beings have re cently died from a plague resembling Asiatic cholera. Proposals are solicited for the grad ing ot fifty miles on the extension of the Vanderbilt line in northwestern Nebraska, which will bring the road bed to a point ninety miles south of Dead wood by July 15. Postmaster General Hatton orders that unclaimed letters in envelopes upon which are hotel cards should not be returned to the mailing office unless there are the words "Return to" in ad dition to the hotel card. Acute typlioid-dysentery is the med ical name given to the fatal scourge which has recently broken out in the western portions ot Virginia. One hundred and fifty deaths have occurred in Wise County alone. There were 258 failures in the United States and twenty-nine in Canada dur ing the week ending Friday—a total in crease of forty-one over tne week pre vious. The increase is mostly in the Western and Southern States. An immense school of black-fish, which made its appearance inside Cape Cod, was pursued to Wellfleet bay by a fleet of whale-boats, representing every village from Dennis to Provincetown. The catch is valued at $25,000. The sum of $150,000 has been sub scribed by Captain A. T. Andreas, Major R. W. McClaughry, and others to erect another panorama building in Chicago and produce.a painting of the battle of Shiloh next summer. Leading business men of Boston met and adopted resolutions favoring asus pension of the coinage of silver dol lars, the enactm'ent, of'the senate bank ruptcy bill, and favorable action on the reciprocity treaty with Mexico. Two thousand persons assembled in New York Tutsday evening to witness a glove contest between Sullivan and Greenfield. As the struggle quickly degenerated into a desperate fight, the police arrested the combatants. JoelM. Vanarsdalen, a well-known lawyer of Philadelphia, died of paral ysis in the Eastern penitentiary of Pennsylvania, where he was sent for ten years for footing the will of a mil lionaire named Robert Whitaker. 'One of the jurontntlie Crouoh mur der case at Jackson, Michigan, has been prostrated by typhoid fever, forc ing the court to take a recess. The other jurors make considerable com plaint in regard to their quarters. The recorder of New York Imposed a fine of $100 and a sentence of thirty days in the city prison upon Rev. Wil liam H. Ramscar, superintendent of the home for children, fqr sending two voung girls ontto beg provisions. David Eastman, of Harlem, lUinois, lost a $5,000 farm by betting on Blaine, and long after election day refused an offer of $400 to draw the wager. A young lady of Cairo is said to have won 1 husband by betting on Cleveland. The residents of Farmingdale,.Long .Island, are excited-over the alleged elopement of Mrs. Elizabeth Bavlis, aged seventy, with John Barnum, a good-looking young peddler, with whose appearance sue had been smitten. L. A. Senecal, the famous Canadian speculator, has suddenly withdrawn his suit for $100,000 damages against the Toronto Mail. A royal commission has been formed to inquire into his purchase of the North Shore railway. In the United States circuit court at New York Judge Shipman directed the jury to return a verdict for Secre tary McCuiloch in the action brought by A. D. R. Lamar to recover $110,000 for cotton confiscated during the war. The governor of Virginia vetoed a bill which he claimed would place the whole election machinery of the state in the hands of the dominant party. The senate promptly passed the meas ure over his objections by a vote of 22 to 9. J. L. Cranberry, a clerk in a whole sale bouse in Baltimore, lost $1,500 of his employer's money while on a spree. On fully recovering his equilibrium he was so conscience-stricken as to kill himself by severing an artery in his wrist. An iron foundry and a flint-glass works at Pittsburg and three cotton factories in New England announce that a reduction of lo percent in wages will be made next month, unless a ma terial change in the market becomes visible. Charles W. Farciot, formerly at the head of a wire factory near Sandusky, Ohio, disappeared last June with $50, 000 of the firm's funds. A cablegram from Belgium announces his arrest in that country, and an officer will be sent for him. In the matter of the estateof Wilbur F. Storey, of Chicago, the probate court allowed Eureka C. Storey to ap-. peal from its order appointing A. L. Patterson administrator-to-collect on her filing a bond for $20,000 within twenty days. A strong non-partisan movement is on foot in Ohio to do ^way with the October elections in that State. Peti tions are being circulated for signa natures and the subject will be agi tated at this winter's session of the Legislature. The Elba iron-works, at Pittsburg, have started up. after some months of suspension. The mills at Sharon, Pennsylvania, have stopped for lack of orders. The strike in the lock-works at Branfo'rd, Connecticut, has been amicably settled. Hiere is great excitement at the Mex ican capital in regard to the conversion of the English debt. Crowds in the street threatened President Gonzalez with death and marched to the resi dence of General Biaz to make him state his position. Gov. Hoadly, of Ohio, has received a communication from the Trades As sembly of Cincinnati, demanding the removal of the Pinkerton guards from the Hocking Valley. The Governor, some months ago, stated that he had no such power. The deaths are reported'' of Orria Clark Richards, a scenic artist of Bos ton Alexander K. Davis, lieutenant governor of Mississippi under Adelbert Ames, and S. R. Stimson, superintend ent of the Northwestern car-works at Stillwater, Minnesota. Edward Morris, who swindled Chi cago jewelers out of considerable prop^ erty^ isheld 111 New York to await ex tradition papers from Governor Cleve land. The accused offered to band, over $10,tt)0 worth of goods in lieu of bail„butwaainot released. A street-car in Pittsburg, containing twenty-three passengers, got beyond control on a hill in Penn avenue, and dashed down against the horses with such serious effect that they were shot to.end their misery. Nearly every oc cupant of the car Was bruised. In Baltimore, Wednesday evening, Charles Leopold was accepted by Miss Bessie Winterbauer, a handsome bru nette, A few minutes afterward he drew a revolver in .a' careless manner, accidentally shooting his betrothed in the side, with probably fatal results. A citizen of Kershaw county, South Carolina, has sent to a federal marshal at Camden a steel plate for printing 2 cent postage stamps of the «old issue, with a vignette ot President Jackson. It was found among the effects of a dead planter, and was well worn from Mse. In the business office of the Chronicle at San Francisco, Wednesday evening, Adolph Spreckels shot M. li. DeYoung in the left arm and left shoulder, on account of comments on the manage ment of the Hawaiian Sugar company. Spreckels was at once taken to the sta tion-house. A fire at Haverhill, Massachusetts, destroyed the Brickett building, con taining several stores and a hotel. Some gentlemen escaped from the up- Erom er windows by a rope extemporized bedclothes, and a babe was tied in a sheet and thrown safely down to the firemen. The venerable Captain Bassett, as sistant doorkeeper of the senate cham ber at Washington, has received from Senator Manderson an application lor Logan's seat, and from Senator Dawes a request to be placed in the seat of Angus Cameron. Vest is to have Pen dleton's place. Articles of incorporation have been filed at Indianapolis, Ind., in behalf at the Eastern & Western Air-Line Rail way, which is said to have a capital stock of $52,600,000 and which proposes to construct a continuous line through Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Father Egan,' of ThornhilL, Ontario, saw tit to nail a board across a pew in •lis church rented by Duncan McCague. A struggle ensued at the commence ment of the services, last Sunday, and the priest dragged the old man to the' door and threw him with such force as to fracture his thigh. F. H. Bignel), of Quebec, who last summer commanded an expedition to Lake Mistassini, in the Northwest ter ritory, Canada, reports that body of water to be as large as Lake Superior, and that the Hudson Bay company has for a century maintained an agency on its shores, and kept the fact lrom: the public. The live-stock exchange of Chicago is renresented in the national cattle men's convention at St. Louis by forty six members. Ex-Governor John L. Routt was chosen permanent president of the latter body. A resolution was introduced to memorialize congress for a national trail from the Red River of the Sonth to the northern boundary of the union. President-elect Cleveland, in an in terview with a staff correspondent of the Baltimore American, is represented assaying that in view of his small ma jority no one man or faction can claim to have elected him, and that he ac cordingly owes no one man more than he owes another. He further informed the correspondent that lie "expected to be pretty busy" at Washington but, alluding to th6 current talk of a "clean sweep, remarked that he wasn't much of a'chopper.'- The official count for thirty-six elec tors in New York.apparently shows a variation of only I1.6 votes as between the names borne on the democratic ticket, and of but 34 votes as between those on the republican ticket. This is in a total of 1,125.000 votes for the two tickets. The democratic plurality as between the lowest on theCleveland ticket for electors and the highest on the Blaine ticket is 1,043. In the close vote 01 California, four years ago, it was found that one republican elector had been ,chosen and in New Jersey, in 1860, Lincoln obtained a fractional part of the electoral vote. That upon so large a ticketas one containing thir ty-six names no serious break should occur is som"\vhnt iv n:irkable. WASHINGTON. The Treasury Department purchased 85V 000 ounces of silver for the New Orleans and Plilliulelplii 1 Mints. Admiral Porter recommends that the un finished mou tors he completed as rums, and that four heavy monitor# of great speed, twenty torpedo boatfl, and oue cruis ing iron-clad be built. Some one lias iken pains to nscertain from the army ret'lstur that durlni Presi dent Cleveland's term there will be retired Generals Hanoock, Pope, Aui ur, Saekett, Holabird, and .Murray. Senator Edmunds is said to be pieparlm legislation relative to the Pacific railroads. The Senate Judiciary Committee lias the Funding act under consideration, and strong influences are at work to secure fav orable action 011 the House bill. The supreme court of the United States decides tuat It has no jurisdiction in cases brought by citizens of Virginia against an insurance company to reebver losses sus tained by fire on the evacuation of Kicli mond by the confederate armies. Undismayed by past failures, the friends of the Hennepin Canal project will make a vigorous effort in the Forty-ninth Congress to secure the necessanr aid for this import ant work. As. preliminary to this end, the commission was reorganized Tuesday and new officers elected for the ensuing year. .B. D. Money, a congressman from Mis sissippi. is named by southern and Califor nia leaders for the postmaster generalship. He was offered 325,000 by the Mexican gov ernment to make a compilation of our pos tal laws. it is said that Judge Uresnam pronounced him the best informed as. to the postal service of any man in the country. The Commissioners to South America did not make public their instructions before leaving, and the State Department declines to furnish them. It Is Known, however, that one of the instructions was to prepare the way, if possible, .for commercial trea ties. The State Department has already prepared drafts ol treaties with the differ ent Scath American republics, which it is hoped it will be possible to negotiate. HITTING THE STAB-BOUTEBS. Postmaster General Hatton has issued an order which strikes a heavy blow at the method of expediting star routes. Instead of giving the contractor additional compen sation calculated by the rule-of three, new bids will be invitea unless the contractor is willing to do the expedited work without increase of pay. The order is as follows: "Whenever it. shall bet?me necessary to in crease the speed upon which the mail is carried on any post-route, the service shall be advertised for tbe reduced running'thne required, provided that the contractor, with the consent of his sureties, shall have the option of continuing service upon the ex pedited running time without additional compensation.'' COUNTERFEIT MONEY. Chief Brooks, of the Secret Service Di vision of the Treasury Department, in his annual report says: 'The events of the last year give evidence of a revival of the man nfacture of counterfeit paper money, which was practically suspended during tne years 1SS2 aud 1883." He also says that, although he reports for (lie last year the smallest percentage of circulation of counterfeit pa per money since the first issue of-such mon ey, he to of the opinion that there is to-day in the hands of counterfeiters nearly SOO, 000 new spurious notes of the denomina tions of $10 and $20, which have been pro duced since Jan. 1, 18S4. Mr. Brooks notes with pleasure that bankers are recognizing more fully-the impor:ance of branding as spurious all counterfeit money presented in the course of business. THE PATENT OFFICE. The commissioner of patents, Benjamin Batterwortb, submits the following mnnai reportr Ntunh* of applications tof patents rewlved. 35,204 applications 1 for design patents received, 1,&$ applications for re fasue patents tecelved. )M4 application" for registration trade-marks, 1^077 applications for registration labels, total, 39,833. iuiuksicBiswivouo isueig registered,tut: total,: 94,608. Patents withheld for non-pay ment of final tees, 34,613 patents expired, 10,390 receipts from all sources, 81,145,433, an increase of H'-VW over the preceding year expenditures, excluding priming, 8901,413 surplus, W44,01H. There was an inpreftBe during 1884 over the number of ap plications for patents, designs, etc., receiv ed during the-preceding year of 8,068. The number of applications awaltini action by the office June SO, 184, was 9,l8«i,' an ln er -ase ot 5,087 over the neaumulated appli cations at the end of the preceding year. -THE'RAIT.WAY-MAIL SERVICE. Superintendent.Thompson of the railway mad service,.in his annual report, says of the Western fast-mall trains: '-It seems probable that the Postmaster-General will soon be able to have the fast mail arrive at Omaha much earlier than it now does, and have a snecinl cnnler delivery in that city and at Council Bluffs immediately on ar rival and before the close of the business day. It is tdso held that the mails can be exped ted so as to arrive at San Francisco about a. m.. which-will be equal to saving one day between New York and San Fran cis o. In all or,the fast servico there was no Increase ii cost ,to the department. The Northern Paclfio'tl through mail train now leaves St. Paul on the arrival of the fast mail, so that Portland, Ore., gets the East ern mall one chiy earlier by reason of this fast service. Intermediate points are simi lar Ivbencfued. The Postmaster-General alsdfcade arrangements with the Illinois Central Kailroad Company whereby theli through train connects both north and south at Mendota. This serves Illinois from slit to eight hours earlier than formerly." ANOTHER INVESTIGATION• PROBABLE. The report of Fourth Auditor Beardsley in the matter of the method of making pur chases in the Navy Department will/Dem ocratic Congressmen who are In town say, result in another investigation Into the con duct of naval affairs. The statements of Auditor Beardsley are substantially the con clusions at whlch the Naval Court of In quiry, organized by Secretary Chandler to Inquire Into theirauds which he has de tected, has arrived. The only difference Is that Beardsley, who is the auditing officer of naval accounts, has made the matter public. while for the most part the proceed ings, of this Naval Court of Inquiry have been sceret. Secretary Chandler does not take, issue with the Fourth Auditor upon any of his statements or facta. He ques tions simply whether It is proper for a subordinate.bureau officer of the Treasury to arraign, the administration of the Navy Department Mr. Chandler has not ap proved of the resort to the exigency olause ror the making of purchases, whloh is the subject of so much criticism. It seems to be a fact that the naval bureau officers have construedieverythlng as'-an exigency, and have thus ignored the very specific statutes as to advertisements and bids. MGItT-HOUSK RFRVIOK. In the annual report of the llght-liouBe board, 336,000 Is asked for lighting and the buoyage of rivers ?150,000 is necessary to coonnue work on the light-house at the northwest seal rock, off Point Sfc George, Cal. It is recommended that the light house district which embraces all the upper lakes be divided, the /portion embracing Lake Michigan and (ineen Bay to be set off and called uie Seventh district, and the re mainder to be Included in the present Elev enth district and be known by that nama It is also suggested that another light house district be mado by dividing the Fif teenth district at Cairo, III., leaving that portion of the Mississippi between the mouth of the Ohio river and New Orleans, inoluded Red river, as a separate district,to be called the Sixteenth, with headquarters at Memphis. Estimates for general appro priations for the next fiscal year, including supplies, repairs, salaries, expenses of liglit 2Ss,8V!s^n9.U0Wf' and signals, etc., are 92,164,000. .Estimates for special appropri ations amount to Sl.261.A50, made up in part of the following items: Port Sanilac light.station, Michigan, 810,000 Pipe is land light station, Michigan, $10,000 Mil waukee light station, Wisconsin, 815,000 St Mary's river ranges, Michigan, 812,000 A NAVAL SUPPLIES. The annual report of the Fourth Auditor of the Treasury says that the growing evil in the expenditure of money by the Navy Department has been increased by the dis regard of some of the bureaus of the law requiring advertisements and contracts fur purchases made. The recently-discovered fraudulent practices In the Naval Bureau Of Medicine and Surgery were greatly fa cilitated by the persistent determination of the late aurgeon-General to nominally make all purchases himself, while It was practically impossible for him to personally supervise the transactions taking place scores or hundreds of miles from the seat of Government During tho fiscal year 1863 snppll's were purchased amounting to 82 203,8.V7, of winch only $0&*J,3-2 were bought upon advertisements and contracts. Three bureaus wholly,neglected the l»w requiring advert Mm-, at.d another—the one making the largest purchase of all—only advertised and contracted for 1 per cent of the gooils and materials bought. About 81,000,000 worth of open and exempt pitrclui-es were made of six individuals or firms, one dealer going over SWw.OOO. Under the act relating to materials for boilers hundreds of thous ands of dollars' worth have been bousrht practically with no competition at all. Over 810,000 was paid durin the year us com missions to Seliguian Bros., London, and nearly 8T.(Kii) in interest, the form r, in tne opinion of the auditor, being twice as much as it ought to be, ami the latter wnolly un necessary. The report says: "The recently-discovered frauds in the Bureau of Medicine mid Surgery were must ly committed upon the continuous hospital fund, whose large unexpended balaucc has furbished a temptation not existing in the case of annual appropriations made by Con gress. WINTER WHEAT. In a great many of the states farmers have finished their fall -work, and reliable sstimat as to the amount 01 winter wheat toon can be made. It is rather early yet for returns, but in some of the more south ern stales tlie state boards of agriculture havealready begun to get lelurns from jo respondents. S. W. Tallmadge, who Is in correspondence with the statisticians in nearly eveiy state in the union, has receiv ed reports from the boards of Virginia, In .Uana, KanBas, Ohio, and Michigan. The reports show a general, and In some instan ces. alargeidecrease in acreage. Randolph Harrison, commissioner of ag riculture for Virginia, reports tlie condition of the crop in that s-ate not very favora ble. The acreage is largely decreased over that of the past year.' Alexander llerron, secretary ot the state board ot agriculture of Indiana.. says there .is a decrease-in acreage from 25 to 33 per cent The growing crops, however, are in fair condition. William Sirams, recently of the state board of agriculture of Kaus is, has yet to receive the official figures of -the fall sow ing. Mr. Simms sa) s, however, that they will show a very, large decrease in the acre age. Crops in that state are looking well, as a rule. I11 some portions of the state considerable complaint ismade of insects, .which aiq laying eggs at the roots of the stalks. Hon. Henry A. Qonant, secretary of state for Michigan, writes that the winter wheat inithat state is in good condition on the whole, rather better than last vear at tills date. The plants are no healthier, but the torn are larger. W. J.-Chamberlain, secre'ary of the state -bond at agriculture of O.jio, thinks tire Winter,,wheat sown this fall will not be less than last.year. The official figures are not yet received. The present condition of the growing crop is fair. THE POSTOPFICE DEPARTMENT. The annual report of the first assistant postmaster general shows that the. number of postoffiees established during the year was 3,414, an increase of 101 over the pro ceeding year. The number discontinued was 1,260, a decrease of SB1 a net increase of 522. The whole number of postoffiees on June Wl cific slope, 8,lot. The greatest Increase in fuiy.ot the states or territories was 156 in Texas. The increase in North Carolina was 136 and in Pennsylvania 134. Tii- only de crease was in New Mex.co. Comparing the number of postoffiees in the different states the six highest on June 30, were: Pennsylvania, 3,S40: New York, 8,122 Ohio, 3,707 Illinois. 2,lV7: Vircinin. I.IUW and Missouri, 1,908. Of the territories Da kota had the largest number, 831, exceeding the number in either Massachusetts, Mary-' land, or South Carolina. It is recommended that the free-dol ivery system be extended to places of 111,000 in habitants provided the postal revenues amount to 810,000 yearly. The attention ot congress Is invited to the importance of erecting buildings for. postoffiees in all cit ies of 20,000 inhabitants and upward. The annual report of A. D. ilazeu, third assistant postmaster general, shows the to tal number of postage-stamps, stamped en velopes, and postal-cards issued during the year was 2.166,130,398, and th ir total value 841,515,817. There was a decrease in tho value of Issues of ordinary pos.aje-stamps of 81.229,735. The total decrease in the val ue cf all Issued, including postal-cards, stamped-envelopes, postage-due a tamps,and wrappers was Sl,n'.i7,44i The we gut of second-class matter during the year, not in cluding free circulation wituin the county of publications, was 94,479,''.07 pounds, tho •postage on whiuli w'as Sl.is8u.69-., an in crease of 8184,414 over the previous vear. The whole number of pieces of undelivered mail matter received in the dead-lo.ter of fice, including 'J".8,04S pieces on hand, was 4,843.(4)9, and of this number K1.419 were misdirected. There were destroyed 2,o:i9, 477 letters, and 17,."13 pa ce,s of fruit, cake, etc. Among letters opened, 18,053 contain ed money, and 19,0H drafts, etc. Of letters sent to foreign countries, 210,4X6 wero re turned as undeliverable. The total nuuuier of letters and parcels registered during fosssince 1 he year was*U,24ti,54.'i the amount of registry fees collected SOW,o,"u, tin increase of $:x), 509. The loss of registered letters during the year amounted to 1 out of every 21,795 rieces maile d. This is the suial lest average the organization of tlie registry system. B. H. Black, a prosperous merchant of Blossom Prairie, Texas, who was re cently elected sheriff of Lnmnr county, was at midnight Sunday called to the door of his house and shot dead. $50,000 To lonti on filial proofu. Pattin A Sorumgtml, ufllco ftOJoiniDR V. S. land oOlc*, DeviU I*akt, 1) T. Agent* foi D. S. B. Johniou, Son Huncc, St. )*aul and Knrno. P1KAL PROOF NOTICKS.- PAYMBNT in advance for final prooi's in this journal must bo made-when no tice i* handedjfe the printer. ed^| 1 Land Office at DoviU Lnk\ Dak, NOT VJ, 18K4— Notice Is hereby Riven tlmt the followinK-imniol settlor Iim fllod notice of lii» intention to miiko fiual proof in *np|ort of his claim, and thnt wild proof will i» made Deforn the Keglnter or Il4ceiver, at UoviU take. Dak., on \)vc 27, ltW4, vli: WILLIAM 8TOKSKH, 1)S 1*0. for tho se of »er III, town l.V», range ftt. Ho nana* the following \vltuuiWOH to prove hU con tinumiN residence upon, and cultivation of mild limd lleury Kichtor Alatt Nolan Thoiuau Nolan A Wirtz, of Grand Ilarbor, IK T. HIM), for the no _!!.«- I A 1. An. Angel island fog signal, California, 84,'M» Orford light station, Oregon, 82,000 Cape Destruction island light station, iVasliing „*85.S00 supply steamer, 8150,000 building for light-house board, 8350.0U0. HftNar \V. Loiu, ItngMcr. F. \V. Wilder, Attorney. Lund Office at Devlin Lake, Dak., Nov ID, IHsl. Notice In hereby given that the following tmincd Ht'lf l««r fen* filed notice of hit* intention to iuak«' lliutl proof in *np}Hrt of hin claim, and thut wild proof will htMimdi* iK^iore the Kegister and Uuceivor al Deviln Lake, on Dec 211, 1SK4, viz: JACOB MKYKK, I) S UV., f,„ the of tliH dp aud the nw of tho iip Mec town l.Vi, range llr. He naineit the following wltneanen to prove tinuoui,riHideuce i|, liinron- upon, aud cultivation of wt(d land: John GruMmis Simon Htoeiwr Thoma* Nolan Mnti Nolan, ot Grand llarlHr, T. HKMIY W. LOHII, Kegintor. V. W. Wilder, Attorney. ir»-4n tattdOftlce at DUVIIh Lake, D. T., Nov l!», IDM— Notice ia hereby given that thu following named settlor hiu fllnd notice of hin Intention to make final oroof in support of hi* cliUm, and that uaid proof will bo mado before the Kegittter or iiecclver ut Devil* IJIWO Dakota, on Dec 27, IsW. via: JOHNS MrDONNEMi, XA I)ks of «ec 18, town l/7, range (M. He name* the following WUIIOMI-H to prove IIIH con* timioUB residence upon and cultivation of Mtid land. George W Duviw JumeK Starkweather Otto Htor man Louis tttornmn, of town U7. range 04. HKNUV. W. LOIIH, UegiHtur. Mcdee it Morgan, Attorney*. :Wr»-4o Land Office at Devil* Lake, flak., Nov 21, 18H-I Notlco I* heroby given that the following namedHi ith-r hu filed notice of bin intention to make final proof in support of hi* claim, aad that Mid proof will I* mudc before the Register or Jloccivor at Devil* Lake, DT on December 29, 1«M, viz: WILLIAM LKAl V, for the nj^ »eU *o)^ HOC «, aud ne^ neU see 17, town U0, range lie name* tho following witnu*sm to prove bin con tlnuou* ruKidence niMiii and cultivation of Mid land: Denni* Kelly JiMeph Kol Kdward Wolfe John Kelly, of De Groat, Kuiu*ey Co, Dak. And you, Edward 1» Donohue, who filed No 8H7 on March 2f», lt^l, for thu iiU, Mef/j «•?',\ «ec 8,an«i ne|| Uo)4 *er 17, town 1M, range 'Vl, ure hereby MIIIM moued to appeal at tho time and place above written and allow caiuie if any there bw why Maid William Leacy Mhould not be allowed to make prm.f and pay* ment a* advertised. TilleUon Mo«*u A IUrt He 1884, was 50.017, an increase ot 2,- 154. The number filled by presidential ap pointment was 2,3'.'3 the number filled by the appointment of the postmaster general was 47.604. During the year 11,953 post inasters jrere appointed. The net increase much larg years past. jg sections as follows: New England states, 49 five mld dtoftates, 225 fourteen southern states and Indian Territory, 1,070 ten states and six territories in the west and northwest 707: three states and three territories on the Pa HKNBV W. LOKD, Ib giMer. Jt Mclntire. Attorney*. He uame* the following witiH-*Mi« to prove bit -on intioiifl reflidenee uj-o'i. and cultivation of Miid land: W Ira Broun, '/. I' Lduard* .lame* ltorhc»tcr II S Moore, a|] of DeviU Lake, Dak. HI, HENKY W. LORD. Iteginter. TlllotAon Mclntire, Attorney*. Land Office at Devil* Lake. I) T, Nov 13, 1AM— Notice I* hereby given that th* following-named Heftier have filed notice of hit intention to make final proof in •opport of hi*c1aim, and that**aid proof will mule before the Heghter or Receiver at Devil* Lake, Dak, on Dec 22,1884, viz: JONAS PKTTKTiSO.V 8 iV,4, for th^ e^ owJ4 and loU 1 aod 2, see 7, t. IM, r7. name* the following witnefwen to prov.* In* con tinaoo* reeldence uprjn end cultivation of naid Und John Krick*r»n Henry McArton Archie A McDonald Charle* Bigger,of Abhott*ford, T. 34-3A Hr.SRy. W. Aegi*ter. Land Office at DeviU Jiake, Dakota, Nov V.i, 1sa4— Notice I* hereby given that the following named nettlor hw filed notice of hi* intention t/ make final proof in support of hi* claim, and that said prof will be made l^fure the Kegifter or Heeelvcrat Devil* (jtke, Dak, on Jan 4,1885, via: ABNKft PLL'MKB D8 l.Ttfi, for the ae1/^ *eo 2o. town 157, rang* 67 He names the following witnemes to prove hi* con tlnaon* residence ujxin and cultivation of *aid land I Church Orvi* Walker Wni Beati*, of Church. Ben*on Co, T. I1KNKY W. UiRV, Kegiiiter. Moen Barton, Attorneys. I^and Office at Devil* Lake, Dakota, Nov 13. 1*84— Notice la hereby given that tlie following named wttler ha* filed notice of her Intention to make final proof in •upport of her claim, aud that said proof will be nude before the register or receiver at Devil* Lake, T, on Dec 22, 1884, viz: JOSEPHINE AM8DRN No 1218, for the se'4 nc% and ne% ami and nw*wlA, sec 24. town 1 V», range «7. She names tne following witnesses to prove her con tinuous residence upon and cultivation of said land: Thomas A Hillerrnan Harry A Joan A Jones Don ald Nevin, of Chnrch, T. UENRY M'. LOHt). Regi*t^r. tfas O'Brien, Attorney. Laod Office at Derils Lake, Dak, Nov la, 1H»4— Notice Is ber-ebjr given that the following-named srttlsr has filed notice of his intention to make final proof, under section 2301 U. 8. K. 8., in support of hU claim, aod thai it*id proof will be made before the register or receiver at Devils Lake, on Dec 29,1884, viu HENBT BICHTER E 289, for the nU sel£ and mc 36, town 166, Tinge 66. He names th* fonowiog witn eases to prove hi* con* tlnuutra residence upon and cultivation of *ald land: IhuU W. Stwser Joseph £toe»er Jolin Stoever Peter McClory'of tirand Ifarl*r, Hanwey Countv. T. llr.NKY \V. llegieter. TillotHon A Melntire, Attorneys. :H«40 Land Office at iVvil* |j*kts I) T. Nov 13, 1884— Notice if hereby given thut the follon inguanted* ttler has filed notice ot hi* inUMitiou to make final proof under section sol. |'s S. in *npj»«»rt of liu« !iUni,ttnd that Kuid i^roof willlie uutdo before the Register or Bee iver at Devil* Lak*. 1» T. on |ei- 22, 1M4. vie TATRICK CARROLL ll 4.Vs, for the s*^ mv'^ *w' tie1. lot 2, i«v 2, tow ii l.Vft. rnug« He imuie* the following witnesses to pro\e hi* con tiuuout residence up.ti, and cultivation of Mid land William lo\le Kennev John Lcadey 3like Hoi* ton, all of Gntnd Harbor, T. IIEnKY W. LORD, Register. MIH*U A Barton, Attorney*. 34-39 Land Office at Grand Fork*. !ak, Nov ft, 1KH4— Notice I* hereby given that the following nanud settler has filed notice of h». intention to make final proof under see 2301 L' S S In *up|ort of hi* claim and that said pnxif will I* made befon* Saunders, clerk of dbti lct court. Ram*ev cnintv, T, on Dec 22, 1SSI, viz: RICHARD W SL'TTKR II E No 8470, for the w^ *o, an.iHW»H ami wi nwli, 9«*c X. town !.'•«, mnge Kt. He n:ime* Uie follow in/ itne«*e* to prove hip con tinuous residence u[k»ii aud cultivation or said land: Jacob Wolf t» Hio en John barton WH Annctt*, of Locke, T. B. C. Ttrr.iNl. Register. Jameit O'Brien, Attorney. V|-a« 1-Jtnd Ofllce at D»vils Lake, Dakota, Nov f», 1KM.— Notice hereby given that the following named nattier has filed notice of hi* intention to make final pioof fu suppori tif his claim, aud that said proof will be made la/fore tho n«'tii*ter Beeeirer. at Devil* I«ake, Dak, on Dec U, IhM, via: OL.VL'd B»^J.\MINON. S 82i». for the »», or the mv the nw of the no i.4'» sec ^14. and the se*', of the sw 27, I.V, lie name* the following 'vitneMe* to prove hi* con tlnuo,** r»«*iileiu upon, ami cultiMttiou of unlit land: Aut:u«t Kricksoii Gu*tav llolman Dahlttrotn lsniel Johii«u, of (iraud Harl-or, i» T. HKNUV. W. Limn, ff««i*ter. Pattin A Serutugard, Attorney*. ItUtrt l^aud Ofilce at D-viU Ijike, Dak, Nov 7, 1KH4.— N«»lire in hetebj given that the follow!u^-naiuel settler Im* filed notice of hi* intention to tuakw final proof in support of hi* claim, and that *aid proof will l«* made l»efore lh«t BegMer and Beeeivurat Detils l^ko, lxlt ,VM Land Office ut Devil* Lake |l T, Nov 21, IKH4—• Notice in lientby giveu tliut the following liumed *etrler Im* filed notice of hi* intention to make Html proof under acc 2 :ui L' S it S, in *up(urt of hi* clulm, arid that naid proof will le uiade beforu (lie itegictrr or He. cdvernt Devil* Lake fi. T. on Dec 27, JH*I. viz: SIDNM THOMPSON Jl 72, for lot* I hikI'J uiei ii\ *w?'4. *er |:t, i„wu I.M, range itf. proof in Miipifort of h» claim, an that nuid proof wiil «e made Iwfore the J(egi*fef or Keeejver at D«\ il« Lake I) Oil Dec 211, I«K4,U/.: FKKIil.UH JONSON, S II2»». for I lie se'.j lie' all'l liej^ wee ^7, litld lot* I a in I a He name* the following witne**e* to prove hi* ton tiniioiiN renidejK-e upon, and rullhatiori of, «atd Intel: John O K*endal Hoinu-n liolmen 1' IJMI Htrom, all ol Grand Hurler, T. 11KNHY W. Dak, on Dec lit. ISM, via. I'ATBICK MiHI'lNKSS, S 182. for the *w 1, »e 1,, of the nw and the nw of the sw Hie *e of the lie and the uv of the nif 2. town l.*7, range He name* the following witne**es to prove hi* con* tiuuou* residence upon and cultivation of said laud: Alexander Coolin Hugh McFaydeu I'm id Coi'Un Denni* Sheehan, of Cindhi, Hrnrv W. l.oiti), RegUter Laial Otllce at Dej|* Lake. T, Nov 7, 18X4 Notice is heivby giwuthat the following named settlor ha* tiled notice of her intention to make final pruif In *up|Hirt of her claim, and that said proof will be mado Ud'ore the Register «r Receiver at Devil* Lake, T, on D.c l.\ 18S4. vi/: MARY A MiCI.ORY, S Hm7, for the nw of tho lie and lots 4, f, 0 aud 7, .14, town l.V», range «7. She uame* tlie ftdlouing witn«**e* to prove her con tiuiiou* re-sideuce upon and cultivation of *ald laud: Win Hephensun S Dale 11 Barthitloiuew Mc itowan, of (intnd Ilarl*i, T. JW-Jls HKNUV W. Lonn, R«gi*tvr. Ijind Offl. nt Deviln Lake, Dak. Nov 7, 1x84— Notice i» hen '\v given that the following-named nettler lut* filed tto'.icjof his intention to tuakn final proof In *uppnrt of bis :lalm, and thut said proof will be made iH^foiethe RegUter ami Becelver at Devil* Lake, T, ou Dec 13, lbh4, viz: I'.VTRD KlNVKY, 3 KiHO, for the so of sec I, town Ift4, rutige «0. He name* the following witne*se* to prove hi* con tinuou* reHldence upon and cultivation of said land: W Doylo Hatton John Luddy W Calkins, of (iraud Harbor, Bam*ey county, T. 3J1-3K Hknu\ W. Loan. Register. Land Office ut Duvlls I^tke, T, Nov 7, I8S4— Notice is hereby given that thu following uaiueil settler has filed notice of her intention to make final proof In *uppo|'t of her t'lnith, aud tliat paid proof will be mado before the Beglsteror Becuiver at Devil* Lake, Duk.oit Dec 1*\ I8H4, \iz: JANK WILLIAMSON, 8 for the nw of *ee 17, town lf«. range She uaiiiefl the following witiie*Mes to prove horcon tinuouv r«fsideiice UJHJII and iu!tivatioti of said lam! Deni* Kelly Joseph Kelly John Kollv John Kaln, ol DeGroat,1) T. IIKNKY. W. LORD, R*gMer. John W Maher, Attorney. :iKl8 Land Office at Devlin Lake, D. T., Nov*T, 1884. Notice Ik hereby given that the following named settler ha* filed notice of his Intention to make final proof In support of his claim, and that said proof will IHJ nnuie before the i/ngUter or //ecelvcr at Devils Lake. Dali, on Dec 13, Iftftl, viz: GI.OHGK (i DICKINSON, 334, for the nw of sec l.'», town LVl, rnttge (57. lie name* the billowing WIIUCMSCH to prove ills con tinuous re*idence upon, and cultivation of said land John OVonnetl ('Slovens Jame* McGowau Kogone Colenmu. of Minuewaukan, Benwii county, T, IIKNUY W. LOUD, Begister. Council A Katon, AtiomeyH. :i3-:i8 Land Ofllte at Devlin Uikc, Dak, Nov 7, 1881— Notice is hereby given that the following named settler hit* filed notice of his intention to make final proof In support of hi* claim, ami that said proof will bo niado before the Moglster and Brccivcrat Devils Lake, 1 T, on Dec 13, IXM. viz: PATRICK MrWKRNY, 8 l4. for tho uw yx of *e? ifi, town IM, range 04. He names the foll»wing witne*s«H to prove his con tinuous residence upon ami cultivation of Mild land: 'I honia* Borne* John County Hebor UHil William Dickinson, of Devil* Luke, it T. Aud you, Charles W (ireen, who fib*d declaratoi Ntatemeiit No 0 on Sept 2Ut I8WJ, for tho of the su I:,, sec 20, and tho x/ of the nw *''C 3A, IM, 04. Anil you, liacey It Bang», attorney In fact for scrlpee, who filed Sioux Half Breed scrip No 410 I), on May 3, IH83, for the 1. of (ho nw and the J2 the sw HI*C town 164, range 04. And you, (*eorgo II *tokcr, who ajinliud to make timher culture entry for the of the nw */s and the nw of tho mw sec 3/i, town aud these ol the lie unmef. JIKN/tY W. LORD. H«u'i*ter. John W Maher, Attorney. Land oilin* at h«vil* Lake. T. Nov 21. IKM- Notice its herby given that Ihu following naut'-d ha* filed notir#* of hi* intention to make final rnilfc-e 1.1,, find IM. the »e Hegixtei. Attoriieyn. I«and Office at Devil* l^akf. Dak, Nov Li. IhM.— Notice f* hereby glvj*n thai tin* following-nauied «ettl»-r im* filed notice of tier inteulion to uiake Hnal proof under Her 2ft(l I' S K, in Mi|i|*irt of her claim, and that Mtid proof will In* made l**furc the !U.*gi*ter or Iteceiver at Devil* |«ttke. D»k., on Dec 22, f« 4, viz: KATK WoLKH 7.r» for the ntA/j hoc 2m, L'»«i,r».l. Hhe name* the following witneue* to prove her con tinuou* re*tdeiic* ii|ou, and cultivation of Mild land. Joseph Kelly j'atrjck Kelly John Kelly Der.in Kelly, all of De Groat. HKMIY W. LOHI», Hegiater. Jno. W. Mah^r, Attorney. Land Office at Devil* Lake, T, Nov l:t, JHK4— Notice 1* hereby given that the following named net tier ha* filed notice of hi* intention to mak« final pn*'l in aupport of hi* claim, and that MidppM'f will l*e made before the ftegiuteror Ibiceiverat Devil* Lake 1' on December 211, l-M. viz: WILLIAM LCI'WIG. 770, for the vi\. *ec l'J, l.Vi, and •ec 24, t/wn 1&.», range fiO. lie naniev the following jtnetmee to prove hi* con tintiou* rwdldenre upon, and cultivation of *aid land John Ilaggerty I«rael I'wt Henry Van Herring i»uU Htix«*er, all of Grand Harlior, ibtin*ey Co, D.T. range 4^4, ure hereby suinmotied to appear at the time and place alKtve written, and show cau*e, if uny there 1*% wh said Patrick McWeeny nboiild not be allowed to make proof ani )aymoiit a* adverti*ed. 33-.W HKNJlY W. LORD, llegbter. Land Office at Devil* Lake, Dak, Oct 31, l-X4.-~ Notice I* herel.y given that the lo||owlng nam-d set tler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in *upport of hi* claim, and that Raid proof will be made before the Begixtcr and cei\e» nt Devil* Lake, Duk, on Dec H, 1HH4, v.z: IIKNBY I Ll.1,11 lfi"7, for tin* 1 of thi *e 11,"., tow 11 l.-.A, range 00. the following wjtfienie» |l( prove 111" '4 V. ron- timioMn re*iideni-e upon, and cultivation of naitl land William Ludwig Johu llotimun Henry Vaohynln^ Jo» I I'HiueM. ot Gr«iud Hurler, T. Hr.NKV. W. L01111, RegiMer W. Wilder. Altornev. 32«37 Ijind Ofhi nt Devil* hike. (let 31, HB4— Notice I»\ ivcji 1 ft nt the following naniKl set th-r IIIIJ filed notice of liilciili- to make iinal pro .f in *ii|.j*.rt hi* cinim, and that wild prr.of will I** made lieforc theof of the fe j. U.IIII LOUD, and tin.lie).4 of the ue «fc i*j, tovvn l.'.O. range »T. He the fallowing wiinew*E» prove hi con* rinuoti*. i^idenee upon, and- uliiviitioii of, *aIi. and: Itolx-it .1 Walker Willi,im ||.JU-(«t|y (ieorge \S Innlell Ne|»« 1 Nitltec, of 1 'huicb. Benson 1 oiinty, T. And tou. George A Mxuton. who filed boni'Mead n(rv No 210 oil MjirHi ±1, Jt. lor the 1 ol 1 he *\v 1. I!, unil tie l^ofibe 11 *ec 7, town I.Vj, range 00. are hereby •iiitiinoncd to »pp«nr at th* IIIIOJ and place nl*.\e «vritfen, and uw ciiu*e if any Me-ru J»i- wh,\ *ael 'I'ljei*luie i* liurnetr should not lie ullowed to niakr proof and pav 110-01 n- nd ertoo-il. HKNBY W. LOUD, Register Couii' MA -jitoii, Attorney*. :ti-3*. Ijind office at Devil* I.nkc, Dak, (Kt 4l, 1HH1— No ire is here given that the follow ing-nauied n"ttler liHfl fih ii -ti'*e of his iiiteucion to itutku liiuil pf*of in nipport ol Ins ct.uui. and that *uid proof will ie male l**fore ihe register and receiver at Devils l^tke. I). T, on Dee 0, l«M. vi/.: WILLIAM 11 BKA'lTY, S Ds^t. for the \u of the 1 and the 11 of tlie swr j, 32, town I'n, range 00. He name* thu following witne*»es to prove bin con tinuous rcnidciice ojon and ciiliiviition /f said bind: Bofx-rt .1 Walker Theoilore Burnett ««orgo W B«'dell A O Sather, of (Jhurch. Benson county, T. HKNBY W. liOBD, Begi*ter, Council A Katon, Attorney*. 32-37 Ijmd Office nt Devil* l^tke. Dak. (ct 31, lk*4 Notice is hereby giveu that tlu following nanieilsettler bus tiled notice of his intention to make final rroof in Mipport of Ida claim, aud that said proof will be mado l»efore tliH register and receiver at Devil* Lake, T, on Deco, 1**4, viz JAME** McKINNEY, 8 8C|t for the *e of Ihe sw aiwl lot 4, se^: 7, aud the nw of the ne l/ %, and lot 1, sec 1«. town l'0, range 06. He naiuei. the following witnwwea Ut prove bis con tinuous residence u|*iii and cultivation uf said land: Bolx.-rt Walker A O Hather NeJ-on O Hatlcr Jay Headerson, of Church, Bernvtn county, T. HKNRT W. I/»HO. Re^inter. Council A Eaton, Attorneys. 32-37 Land Oftke Mt Devils Iake, Dak. Oct 31, 18K4- Notice I* hereby given that the following named settler ban filed notice of his Intention to make final prooflii support of bis claim, and that rutid proof will bo mado liefore the BegUter or Iteceive.r at Devil* Lake, DT on DM: 10, 1844, vi* JiJHN KDKS, S for tL« nw 14 of sec II, town IM, range 00. He name* the following witnesnea to prove hi* con tinuous residence uf*/n and cultivation of said land: W Doyle Pat Ilenney K8 Hyde Hans Hanson, vi Grand Harl*or, iUm*ey county, T. HENRY W. U)RD, Begiater. Wishart A Parsons. Attorneys. )2-37 Loud Office at Devils Lake, Dak., Oct 23, 18&4.— Notici* I* hereby given luU the following named aettier ha* filed n«tlrj of bis iuteotlon to make final proof tra der section 23bl I,'. H. R. H. in support of bis cUlm,aod that said proof will lx» made before the register or re ceiver at Devils Lake, I T, on Dec 1, 18*4, viz: ALEX ANDER HANKEL, II .'57, for the se of aec 17. town IM, range 61. He nainea the following witnesses to prove his con tlnuou* residence uj»on and cultivation of »aid land: Ibamus Johnsop Wil»on Charltsi Wlll»on A II McKallor, of Devil* Lake, T. HEN BY W. LOBD, Begiater. James Y, O'Brien, Attorney. 31-30 I^and Office at DeviU Lake, Dakota, Oct 23. 1884 Notice i« hereby given that the following namedaettltr ha* filed notice of bia Intention to make final proof on* der r*x 2301 8 KHin suppcrt.of bis claim and that »aid |rroof will be made tiefore the Begiater end lie* ceiver at Devils Lake on Dec 13,1884 viz CEORGE GBENNON, E 28^, for the nw of sec 13. town 158, range 60. He names the following wltneasea to prove bis eon* tinuou* residence upon and cultivation of said land: W McC*^na Thomas McCauna Michael CUanr Sol* If Johnson, of Coolin, T. IIENRY W, I0RD. Reglatar. John W Unbar, Attorney. Office tt De^Ib, Laki. p, Ti Oct £3, 1884— Votke I* hereby given tnftttM foAnruuaimedKttkr has filed notice of.hla Intention to make, final proof under sec 2301U S S In aoppotfof hla cUn and that said proof wiU be made hefore the Beciater or reiver at Devils Lake IT on Dec 1,1884, viz: DW10HT W ENSIGN, If K180, for the ]4 of the sw & see «, and the of the nw}^, see 27, town J56, rangt 66. He nameathe f«lluwing witneasea to prove hie eontln* uons residence upon and cultivation of said la»4, vie Krnnk II Hynn Bicluird Cliurchlll Clarence N Perei val Frank Wilson, 01 Oando, Towner eonnty, T. ^1-315 HKSRT W. Lonn, Rerfsttr. iAnd Office at Devils Lake. Dakota, Oct 23,1884— Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his Intention to make final proof in Riip|iort of his ctairt} and that said proof will & liefore the Register or Receiver at Devlla Lake en Nov 2U, 1884, tlx JOUN BBENDING, 6 828, for the otthe sw and the of the ae U, sec 33, town Lv, range 64. He unities the following witneases to prove his con tinuous residence upon and cultivation of said land: Adolph Schmidt August Pultt Albert Raaach Angnst Wittkopp, of Devila Lake, T. And you, Jt«hna Coykendall, who filed entry No 201, on Feb 9, 1884, for the above land, are hereby summoned to ap|ear at the time and place above written, and show caose if any there be, why said John Branding should not be allowed to make proof an-i imyment aa advertised. UESKY W. LORD, Register. John W. Maher. Attorney. 31-36 I.- nd Office at Devils Lake, D. T., Oct 23, 1884.— Noti hereby given that the following-named aettier has :.led notice of his Intention to make final preof uudt 1' sec 2^01 ISKS In eupitort of hia otain, and that -aid proof will be made before the Register or Receiver at Devils Lake, T, on Dec 13, lWL vi*: TIIO.'J AS MICANNA, II E 367, for the JXof the nw *4 an I lots 1 *nd 2, sec 7, town 1A8, range ffi. lie names the following witness*- to prove hia con* tinuot ri'sideuce ui on aud cultivation of said land: Mi(ha Clearv Joseph Croason Thomas Jamea Mewaii, of Cmdin, T. Hkkbt W. Loan, Register. John W Maher, Attorney. 31-36 Land OiVu* at Devlla Uke Dak. Oct 23, 1884.— Ntlce IH hereby given thut the followlug named settler has i\ho notice of his iutentlon to make final proof In sup|oii of his claim, aud that said proof will made t»efore tbe Itegl*teror Receiver, at Devils Lake, I) T., ou Ik-p i, ism, via: MICHAEL CLKARY, DH 1203, for lots I and 2 and the a of the ne of sec 8, town 168, muge iV,. llenaine* the following witiAira t«» pnve his con tlm.out reeideuce uinm and cultivation of said land: Thoma* Mci'anua (ieorge Grenuon Philip Cnneen JtsH-ph Crosson, of Coolin, T. HENRY W. LORD, Register. John W Mahet, Attorney. 31-36 Land Offco at Devils Lake, T, Oct 23, 1884 Notice is herebv given that the following namedscttler has filed not:ce or his intention to make final proof In uppt it ot hi* claim, aud that aald proof will lie made before the Rc^Mer or Receiver, at Devils Lake, D. on D«v I, UM, vl*: HERBERT WILCOX, I I'M, for the no of *ec 34, town 157 range K.*. lie names tho following witnesses to prove his con tiuo«un ruNidence niton aud cultivation of said land: Hunter S A Nye Caleb Powell W E Powell, of Devili l^ike, T. And you, Kugens Oatman, who filed declaratory statement uumler 0.VJ ou Feb 14, 1884, for the ne of see 34, town 167, range 65, are hereby summoned to appear nt the time atid place alsive written, and show caiife. If any thwre by why aaid Herbert WUcox should not le allowel to make proof and payment aa advertised. 131-30] IIENRY W. LORD. Register. Land Office nt Devfls Lake, D. T., Oct 23, J884.— Notice Is hereby given that the following named set tlur has fileil notlceof bis Intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said prtnif will IM made before Register and Receiver at Devils La.'«, I) T.on Nov 29,1»84, vU* WILLIAM II GAR VElt, 8 42, for tlin \$ of the sw sec 17, and the of the nw nee fclt, b»wn 16.^, rang*' 66. Tie natmw the following witnesses to prove his con* tlnuotia rosldence upon, and cultivation cf said laud: James Jl'cCornilck I'utor McKeoue Eara Post John Heveraohn, of Grand llarlwr, T. HCNBV W. I^IHD, Register. John W Maher, Attorney. ai^ut Laial Office at Dovile Lake, D. T., Oct 23, 1HH4— Notice Is hereby given tliat the following-nameil *ettler has filed notice of hi* Intention to make final proof in (oip|Kjrt of his rlalm, and that aajd proof will U* made hefiuy the Beglnteratid Ib^celvernt Devils Lake T. on Nov 20, 1HK4, vlt: LAWEKNCK GR.VNT, I) 8 612, for the W of the nw nnd the of the sw 'i, sec 2h, town 167, mnge 06. lie name* the following witnesses to prove hts con tinuous residence upon, and cnltivalinn of said land: Andrew lllair Hattle Hodsou Nels Mather Samuel Bauclvr, of Church, T. iUxir W. LOUD, Register. F. W. Wilder, Attornc). 31-36 l^tnd Office at Devils Lake, Dak, Oct 23, 1K#4— Nol ice Is hereby given that the following-named aettier has filed notice of hia intention to make final proof In support of hi* claim, and that aaid proof will be made before Albert M. Powell, Clerk of District Court, at Oando, T, on Dec 1,*1K84, vlt: PHILIP SOLLY, 8 U63, fur tin* sw 4 of sac 35, town U»8, range 85. Ho names the following wltneaaes to prove his con tlnuou* residence upon abd cultivation of aaJd land: Alexander Coolin David Coolin Frank Clark Frank Tender, of Cando, Towner county, T. HENBY W. Loan, Register. I*aiul Office at Devils Lake, T, Oct 24, 1884— Notice I* hereby given that the followlng-nanied aettier baa filed notice of his Intention to make final proof in supiN.rf ol his claim under sec 2301 8 8, and that suid proof will be nuide before the Register or Receiver at Dovil* l^kn, T, on Nov 29, 1n*4, vlt: GKOBGE W. PKID1VAL, E 42, for the se of sec 13, town 161, range 06. lb* iiiiuie* the following wltnessna to prove his con tlnuou* renidence upon and cultivation of said land, via, Thoiiiiw Madden David Hoover Evallna Hoover, of Grund Harl*ir O Ihik, ami Thoe (Godwin of Devila Uke, Dak. 131-30] HENRY. W. LORD, Koglster. Land Ofllco at Devils Luke, D. T.. Oct 23, 1884— Notice I* hereby given that the folfowlog-named settler has filed notice of his Intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and tliat said proof will be made IH fore John W. Ilardee, Judge of Probate at Cando, T, on Nov 29, IhW, vlt: TllOMAB LOWBIK, S 1177, lor the *w of sec 24, town 168, range 06. He names the following wltnsssva to prove bis con• liiiiiou* residence IIJHHI, und cultivation of said land: W Clark David Coolin Dver Humes George Annable, iif (.'undo, Towner county, T. »3L-3TT HENRY W. U»AN, Itegister. Land OfTice ut DevJU Lake, T. Oct 23, 1884— Notice is hereby gl veil that the following-named settler h«" filed notice of hi* intention to make final proof in *up|Mrt of hi* claim, and that said proof will be made before the Itegister or Iteceiver at Devils Lake, T, MI Dec 13, 1H84, tlx: IBA BROOKH, II E l«3, for the 11, Kt lister or Hecelver at Devils lai.e DT. on D* |MM, viz: TIIKODOKK BCBN12TT, 7vo, for lot I t.mr 0. and lot 1, set 7, town Lr»0, of the nw and tho ow V+ of the uo sec 30, nnd the *w of the *e Hoc 26, 16H, 06 He names the following witnesses to prove his con tlnuou* re*i|i*uce u|on and cultivation of said land: W McCjinnu Thomas BIcCanna James Stewart Thomas, of ('wliri, T. IIRMBY W. Loan, Register John W Maher, Attorney. 31-30 Und office ut Devils Lake, D. T., Oct 23, 1884.— Notice 1» hereby given that the following named settler Lit* filed uoMce of bis intention to make final proof In Hipjfort of hi* chiiiti, and thut sai proof will be made Iwdore tin* Register or Ib-celrer, at Devils Lake, D. T., on Dec 2, 1MM4, viz JOHN ELLINGER, 600, fur Ihe «e of the *e ntsc 16, and the ne \i of the tin and the \/.t of the ue l/4. sec 22, tow 11164, rauge 04. ID- name* the following witnesses to prove his con thiuoiix r*-*ldence tijx»n, and cultivation of said land: Hnley lii*holm Kmnk (.'avenaugh Frank Adams E AL lbie. of Devil* lake. lUiusey county, T. HKSUY LOltlf, Itegister. 01 N A KATON. Attorneys. 31-30 I .and Office Devils Uke, Dak, Oct 24, 1884— Notice |n hereby given thut the following-named aettier bar filed aotice of hi* intention to make final proof in s-ipport of hit* cUlm, and that aald proof will be made l^'fore the Register or Receiver, at Devils lake, 1. ou Dec H, |H*|, viz: GEORGE LOWELL 11W for the nw ^, *er 22, town 167, range 66. He iiaiuen the following witnesses to prove bis con, tlnuou* reeideno upon aud cultivation of said land Tntry Nov** Wm Noyea Wm Patterson James FergUron, all of Co4in, -Dak. HENRY W. LORD, ttegister. John W. Maher, Attorney. 31-36 Ijtnd OfTlre at Devils l.ake, T, Oct 24, 1884— Notice la hereby given that the following named aet* tier ba» filed notice of bis intention to make final proof in support of their claims, and tliat aald proof will be made before the Begiater or Receiver at Devils Lake, T.o.i Dec 1. 18*4, viz: EUGENE BULLOCK, for lot lec 7, lot 7, sec 6, 1(5, 66, ee^ sec 1, ne''4' neH see 12, town 166, range 67. He nani'*s the following witnesses to prove Ma eon tinuou* residence uj»on and cultivation of nld land, via Krank A Gove, II A Jones, Irving Church, Thoe Hll lemuin, all of Clitirch 0, Be neon county, T. Aud you Edward Pool who filled timber cnltnre entry No 473 on March 24,1884. for the ne ne% sec 12,.town 166, range 67, are hereby summoned to apjear at the time and place above written, show cause, if any there be, why said Eugene Bullock should not be allowed to make proof and payment aa (31-361 HENRY W. LORD, Register. advertised. Land Office at Grand Torka, Dak^ Oct 20, 1884— Notice la hereby given that the fallowing named aettier has filed notice of his Intention to make final proof fn supj-ort of his claim, and that aaid proof will be made before tbe 1'nited 8tat«i land office at Grand Vorka, T, on Doc in, 18*4, vlt: MAXTRT 0 KARW1CK, for the se of sec 31. town IM, range 02. He 1 Ames the following witnesses to prove hia con tinuous residence upon axid cultivation of aaid land: Jonas Hall Andrew Osthna W E White John of Ramsey county, T. B. C. TirrAirr, Begiater. Corbet Bros! A Reed, Attorneys. 31*36 Land Office at Grand Forks, Dakota, Oct 2D, 1884 Notice i* hereby given that the foUowing-oamedaealer baa filed notice of bis intention to aiake final proof in support of his claim, and tliat aaid proof will be made lefore the United 8tatee land office at Grand Forks, T, on Doc 10, lH8t, vir JONAS HALL, for tbe ea of sec 33, town 1&4. range 62. 1. He names the following witneeaea to pro.ve kie con* tinuous residence upon, and cultivation of aald bad: ii O Marwlck Andrew Osthna W E Wkite John Xe Kee, of Ramaey county, T. B. C. Ttrrm, Begiater. Corbet Bros. A Reed, Attorney 31-36 Land Office at Grand Ferka, T, Oc^ 4, XSW— Oomplaint having been entered at this office on Oct .3, 1884, by Hngli Cwper again** Martin HMendelaao"fcri abandoning homeetvad entry Ko 7868, dated Jan 3, 1884, upen these (iof sec 16, town 193, range.62. iu Ramsey county, DT, with a view to the cancellation of said entry the aaid partfe+araltereby snmnnmed n' appear at Urf* office on ^he gltk da^of November, 18**,, »t 9 o'clock a. m^ to respond aud fnrnbh testisfeajr. cvncernlmt said allegedaJbandonm^nt. B. C. tTFTANT, Mstet. W.J. AXMBMOH, Keaiaer. .7 Bennett A O'Keefe. Attorneya, Sl-99'