President Proclaims Open Creek and Seminole Lands for Settlement
The proclamation declares that certain lands ceded by the Muscogee and Seminole nations in the Indian Territory will be open to settlement at noon on April 21, 1880. It specifies boundaries starting at the 98th meridian and includes provisions from the 1880 act and prior treaties. Entry is restricted before the stated hour and date, with strict enforcement of the land laws and settlement conditions.
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Indian Department
City of
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United States of America
United States
Indian Territory
Council
Act of Confess
Weneas
Secretary of the Interior
Benjamin Rapeioen
Greenwich
Cimarron River
Arkansas River
Benjamin Hannon
James G. Blaine
Lincoln Goes to England Halstead to Germany and Thorndyke Rice to Russia
Washington dispatch lists President's nominations to the Senate for diplomatic posts and federal offices. Appointments include Robert Lincoln to Great Britain Murat Halstead to Germany Allen Thorndyke Rice to Russia and others to Chile Mexico Peru Portugal Georgia North Carolina Missouri Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota and Pennsylvania postings with several U S attorneys marshals custodial posts and customs surveyor appointments.
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England
Halstead
Germany
Thorndyke Rice
Russia
Washington City
Senate
Robert Lincoln
Illinois
Great Britain
Murat Halstead
Ohio
Allen Thorndyke Rice
New York
Patrick Egan
Nebraska
Chile
Thomas Ryan
Kansas
Mexico
John Hicks
Wisconsin
Peru
George B. Loring
Massachusetts
Portugal
Marion Erwin
Georgia
United States
Tyre Glenn
North Carolina
James O. Churchill
Missouri
St. Lauis
St. Lauis Postmasters, Pennsylvania—R. A. Paul, Salieburgh; J. B. Patrick
Clarion
D. M. Jones
Scranton
Iowa
W. B. Webster
Cresco
C. A. Wilcox
Quincy
O. E. Vanguild
Rice Lake
Minnesota
J. H. Welch
Winnebago City
J. P. Easton
Warren
Des Moines river lands claim revived by US action
Washington March 28 The general land office recommended to the interior secretary that salt be instituted in the name of the United States to recover about 200000 acres of land between the Raccoon fork of the Des Moines river in Iowa and the state northern boundary known as the Des Moines river lands. Settlement and dispossession conflicts involve Des Moines Valley Railroad company under state court authority.
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General Land Office
Secretary of the Interior
United States
Raccoon Fork
Des Moines River
Iowa
Land Department
Des Moines Valley Railroad Company
Congress
Rock Island Quarterly Dividend Meeting Notes
A meeting of the executive committee of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad was held Friday. The committee discussed the quarterly dividend and related financial actions, with plans to reconvene after a short intermission and reopen on May 5.
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Rock Island
New York
Chicago, Rock —S
Death of John Bright Shapes International News
Obituary notes John Bright a famed British statesman and philanthropist. Born 1811, he aided the Anti Corn Law League, served in Parliament for Manchester and Birmingham, opposed war and favored federal causes. Messages of sympathy came from the Queen and royal family as the death draws wide interest in Britain and abroad.
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John Bright
Jacob Bright
Yorkshire
Society of Friends
Anti-Corn League
Manchester
Bright
Richard Cobden
England
Durham
House of Commons
Birmingham
Board of Trade
Duchy of Lancaster
Mr. Gladstone
Gladstone
Russia
France
Turkey
Sardinia
W. H. Smith
Minnets Legislature Proposes Harsh Child Abduction Bill
A bill advancing in the Minnesota House prescribes death by hanging or long penitentiary terms for abducting a child from custody. It allows protection for those acting in good faith to shield a child from abuse and adds penalties for aiding or concealing abductions under age 16. The measure, praised by Rep. Eton, was reported favorably by the House judiciary committee.
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Minnets
Sprenor Recy
Ils
Eton
Chicago
House Judiciary Committees
Fishing Schooner Sank All Hands After Collision
The M. B. Steadson from Provincetown arrived in Boston in distress after colliding with a small fishing schooner about twenty five miles east of the Highlands of Cape Cod. The Steadson escaped, but the other vessel reportedly sank with all on board, likely Portuguese, possibly Provincetown owned.
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M. B. Steadson
Provincetown
Bowman
George's Bank
Cape Cod
Steadson
Wen
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