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Show A ROMANCE IN IT. An Interesting Contest In the Land Office, and the Young Woman Wins. The final decision of the secretary of the interior in the land case of Francis L. Box and Jerry Danimon against Jessie M. Sinclair has been received. The case was tried in the local land office in 1891. The decision was in favor of Miss Sinclair. Sin-clair. Box and Dammon appealed, and the commissioner of the general land office affirmed the decision of the local office Aug. 22, 1892. Both defeated parties again appealed to the secretary, who has now confirmed the commissioners commission-ers decision in favor of Miss Sinclair. It is seldom there is a tinge of romance about a land office case. There is in this one. Miss Sinclair, whose home was at Durand, was a schoolteacher. Her affections affec-tions had been gained by a worthy young man whose home is not far from the Sinclairs in Pepin county. Both were poor. She determined to do her part in giving herself and her future husbanei a start, and with this purpose she settled on the land in question, a portion of the famous water reserve territory. The land she gets is worth about $4,500, having hav-ing valuable pine on it. The young lady's friends state the wedding will take place in the near future. Secretary Hoke Smith's decision has settled that. Eau Claire ("Wis.) Special. |