A Romance In It

The final decisión of' the secretary of the interior in the land case of Francis L. Box and Jerry Dammon against Jessie M. Sinclair has been received. The caso was tried in the local land office in 1891. The decisión was in favor of Miss Sinclair. Box and Dammon appealed, and the cominissioner of the general land j office affirmed the decisión of the local office Aug. 22, 1892. Both defeated parties again appealed to the secretary, who has now confirmed the commissioner's decisión in favor of Miss Sinclair. It is seldom there is a tinge of romance abont a land office case. There is in this one. Miss Sinclair, whose home was at Durand, was a schoolteacher. Her affections had been gained byaworthy 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 husband 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 f4,500, having valuable pine on it. The young lady's friends state the wedding will take place in the near fnture. Secretary Hoke Smith's decisión has settled that. -