Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1885 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

Commissioner Sparks of the Geneeal Land Ofliee is considering a proposition to restrict or abolish the indemnity limits of the laud-grant roads. It is said that by the revocation of the order establishing these indemnity limits 100,000,000 acres of .land may be restored to the public domain. It is urged that these limits are not authorized by law, but are simply set apart by a department order. It is expected that the Commissioner will revoke the order by which the indemnity limits were established. Andrew J. Gross, of Cloverport, Ky., has been appointed United States Marshal for that State. President Cleveland, postponed for the second time the popular reception which was to have been given at the White House in consequence of the bad news concerning Gen. Grant. Lightning struck the Washington Monument three times the other day without doing any damage. Secretary Whitney has directed that the hours of labor for clerks In his department shall be from 9a.m.t05 p. m. Unti 1 now the employes of the Naval Bureau have only worked from V a. m, to 4 p. m. Diplomatic gossips ip Washington assert that an intrigue is on foot to cede to 1 France the strip of country through which the Panama Canal runs.