Show by J tele telegraph gra ph r AMERICAN washington 0 9 patents pate rits lits have ji ave it been beau forwarded to the sur surveyor beyor general of california for the following private land claims the undivided half odthe of the ranches los loa dalsas in loss angeles county ramoa yorka et az al confirm ees part odthe rancho san antonio in alameda county for acres antonio paralta the survey has been received at the general land office of the rancho la undivided for acres in monterey county ramon butron cl ci al confirm ees also from the recorder of jand hund titles at st louls louis mo the claim of lawrence santo sango veins filed under the act of june 22 0 o 1860 and approved by the recorders the secretary of war avar today to day received a letter from governor Gov einor davis of minnesota in behalf of the people suffering from the grasshopper and locust scourge in the southwestern part of the state it says that all the resources of the state have been strained to aid them and asks that the estimated worth of the two of arms now due the state may maybe be served out in rations in lieu thereof chief clerk crosby forwarded a telegram to secretary belknap at new london with his endorsement me n t there appears to be no authority in law for diverting an appropriation prop from its proper source even in ca cases res cea of emergency the war department today to day received dispatch dispatches as confirming the accounts of a battle with the sioux in nebraska young is reported dangerously wounded re ee ports porta from captain joseph bush in the I 1 lower oywer part parl I 1 of dakota and a nd from m captain carlisle boyd at the cheyenne agency state that the I 1 indians are in a warlike mood and may break out in depredations before long col john E smith of the infantry writes from camp robeson Bo beson neb june that indians who have arrived there report large war parties destined for various parts of nebraska general ruggles ruggies assistant adjutant general of the department of the platte in forwarding a dispatch says the department commander has been notified of a movement by these indians Indian saud sand and that steps have been taken to the interior department gives a decision that after a homesteader has completed his hla term of five years further residence is notre not re quiren to entitle him to a patent also that a residence in a double house built on the dividing line between adjoining homesteads is a residence in compliance with the I 1 law aw NORFOLK va 9 the mal mai and express car attached to the eastward bound train on the atlantic mississippi and ohio road was burned with a large mail and much express matter this thief afternoon near petersburg route agents jones and jennings were severely burned in attempting to put out the flames they were unable to communicate the bell rope havin havid having been burned and finally jumped jumpe 5 from the car the origin ot of the fire is unknown portsmouth N H 9 the cable ship faraday arrived safely this afternoon all right having been detained several days by fogs the ambassador is expected to return here immediately when the cable will be laid forthwith CLEVELAND clevland 0 9 five highwaymen last night robbed jackson harrison of four thousand dollars after he had left tho the street car near east cleveland they then therl gagged and bound and left him he was found this morning baltimore BALTi more 9 the ahe dead body of a man was discovered today to day in ill a sink gink attached to the house of the superintendent of patterson Pat terson terRon park upon being taken out and examined ulon e it was identified as the body of C hall an employee of the howe sawing bowing machine co in this city about a week ago a suit of clothes was found in a music stand at patterson park and the papers found in the pocket showed them to be the clothing of hall since which time he has been missing the body found today to alec day was entirely nude and much decomposed composed om posed an investigation of the case wih will be held tomorrow to morrow |