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A Claim ta the T«wn Site «f Farf*.Fargo, D. T., Sept, H.ltls' Major Buttz, the sole executor, has filed :he_ wiUi tile Probate Judge the will of Francis 1UK’ I Peronto, a half-breed Indian, deceased, who 7 claimed to be the rightful owner of the'hia I original btwu site of Fargo. The will stije liu. ulates that in case the claim is upheld by the mid I Supreme Court of the United States, the that I property claimed, amounting to $1,000,000, r to shall lie given in trust to his two daughters, inz aitlt;i on their death shall fall to his graod-oich I children, of whom there are fire. One of the I grandchildren is the child of Major Thome, of the United States Amy, whose name she bears. Buttz is prepared to give 1 bonds in $2,000,000.
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Joliet, Illinois, US

Sun, Sep 09, 1883

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