April 4, 1873 (4 pages)

The Daily Trane Pedant i. DEVADA crry, CAL. Friday, April 4, 1873. same on Public Lands,’ As our "State and couisties are at present engaged in planting ee ‘along the.public highways, it will ~ what Congress has done in the ma * ter “Thefilaw passed by the lst) si = Congress is as follows: : et _Section:1. Be it enacted that any = "person whe: shall plant, protect and . keep: ina healthy growing condition Re A A Current of Immigration. ; . A train having immigrant cars. . attached, reach San Francisco evers . morning. They. arrive in Tittle! igronps of ten, fifteen and twenty, made up of families, with a good . proportion: of children. Probably . . the av average number arriving weekly, iis one hundréd; and We may suppose . tine as many: more stop at other , places. It is a small current’ says ithe Bullttin, but it represents nearly be of interest to our citizens to know . a) the Cancasian immigration now with one thousand passengers. . coming to the State. And even this He net all” rétained here. Some Pt} these immigrants go to,Oregon under . (the: impression that land there is cheaper and that the excessive rainfail increase the cert ainty of « crops. An Ocean Horror. The. following dispatch was’ re; ceived by the ( “kroniele : THE Sagipoak Gazette of March . 28th thus depicts a Winterscene at the. Yosemite: . Raising Timber. {: “We publish to-day a law jn regard At the foot of the to raising timber on the, public lands, Halifax, April 1.—The aeemencid great Yosemite Fall there isa mass . introduced . last session by Hop. A. of snow and ice rising in the shape . Atlantic, of the ‘““White Star’” line, of snow ang founflered and k, aboug thirty., of an immense cone over 300 feet ine m ites of thi & port, during a dense eu Ir _ isis formed, at first, early . ‘fog, at absut ip. je his morning. . in the season by, the freezing of the Oret a hundred a 2 on beard) wate: from the fall. Then, as the of the Atldntc were lost, the remainsnow storms come on, the. vacuujn . ‘_ r being saved by the lifeboats. Tet created by by the failing water attracts , At lantic . left Li verpool reps] March 18th the light a flakes of snow, which are {rates j } i Halifax. April 1.—10 Pp. «,—The, steamsh sip Atlantic, whi ch foan¢ dered , ithis morning, encountered heavy . vert rough seas. pearly the . Fhi gales and entire way from Liverpool. 3. : public lands of the United States‘! shall be entitled toa patent for the expiration of said five years, onsmaking proof of such fact by. no less than _'two eredible witnesses; provided, that ‘ only one quarter in any section shall be thus granted. . : ee; Sec. 2. That the person applying! “for the benefit of this Act shall, upon . _applicatiot to the: Register of the Laud Office in’which he or she is about to make such entry; make affidavit before said Register or Receiver that said entry is made for the cultivation of timber, and upon filing said affidavit with said Register and Receiver, and upon payment of $10, he or she shall thereupon be permitted to enter: the quantity. of. land : ‘ specified: Provided, however, that ae no certificate shall be given or patent = Oe issved therefor until the expiration of at least five years from the date of “such entry}; and if at the expiration cf said time, or at any time within three years thereafter, the person making such entry, or if he or she be dead, his or her heirs or legal representatives, shall prove by two credible, witmesses that he, she or ss -.they have planted,and for not less aK than five years have cultivated and Se, , protected, such quantity and charac_ “ter-of timber as aforesaid, they shall receive. the pateat for such seen section oMand. Soc. 3. Thatvit, at any time after the filing of said a vit, aod ‘prior ‘to the issuing of the patent t for said land, it shall be proven after ROand claiming to cultivate such tim— ber, to the satisfaction of the Regis. terof the Land Office that such pera son hasabandoned or failed to eiltivate, proteet,.and keep in good condition such timber, then, and in that erent, said land sha = to the United States. See. 4, That each and every~ ‘per: son who, under the provisions of an ‘Act_entitled ‘‘An Act to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public. domain,’ approved May 20, 1862, or ‘any amendment thereto, having a homestead on said public domain, who at the end of the third year of his or her. residence thereon, shall have had undef cultivation for two years, one acre of timber, the trees thereon being not more than eight ' feet apart each way, and ina good, thrifty condition, foreach and évery sixteen acres of said homestead, shall, upon due proof of said fact by two credible witresses, receive his or her patent for said homestead. Sec:S. That no land acquired unSef the provisions of this Act shall, _-~ in any event, become liable to‘ the a satisfaction of any debt or debts con: tracted prior to the issuing of patent therefor. quired to~prepare and issue such rules and regulations consistent with 6D Neen ane Sec. 6. That the Commissioner of the General Land Office is hereby rethis Act, as shall be necessary and: proper to carry its provisions into ef“Peery ahd that the Réegistéts and Re7% ceivers of the several Land Offices any quafter sections of any of the fact that all farming operations can , The lockoat shoftly after saw breakThere _ is this be carried on without it. le railical differencé’ between whole of said quarter— section at’ the State, and the vast territory included . the ves fin Utah and Colorado, wheré no! ‘successful farming ean be carriéd on} without irrigation. In this State irrigation is on ty . projected as a supplement to farming;-, as dlso is the reclamation of lands; in neither of which enterprises i's the immigrant. required to "embark. . Having once. reached these shores . ‘he will find as great advantages in . this State af he will by going a thousand miles further north. There . sible at reasonable prices. . Very . little beyond a humestead can: now be secured at the Government Land Offices. But when it is known that an immigrant wants land there are always enough ready to sell it to him; and under the pressure of a} pretty sharp competition, a great! del of farming land, somewhat remote from the market, is suld at low prices, In Iowa and some other of the Western States, corn has been used for fuel because of the remoteness for markets and the excessive cost of trauppotty itioft® It takes the market price of three bushels to pay. the freight on one “bushel to Chicago. The short rates on, many of these ratlreads are arbitrary and oppressive, aud the farmer is left, with his crop ou hand, and is really poor in thé midst of his abundance. We_do not burn corn nor wheat in California; and, one year with tice to the party making such ently} another, the producer obtains fair . prices. We hold that, under all the circumstances, the immigrant makes . no mistake or to Californi: a, and will not for the next ten years, ->-.> pe BREE THERE is a basket in thetown of Shelby, which is’ still in-a-good state of preservation, that was made in the: reign of James I, of England, more than two hundred and fifty years ago, when Milton and Butler were boys, and Dryden and Bunyau* were yet Unborn. The basket is made of willow>and covered. With satin that was once white,” ‘but has ‘now gone into the ‘‘sere aid. yellow leaf,’” “ jess AN amusing scene was created in the ‘Freasury, a few. days since, by the presentation of a protest against the United States for non-payment (in gold) of a $100 legal tender, which its owncr had presented at the Sub-Treasury in New York and asked for the specie thereon. Being refused, it was sent to Washington in due form, through a notary. ‘An Omaha wun rose to build his Monday morning fire, when he was seized with a violent fit of coughing, and choked to death before relief could be had. Let this serve a warning to domineering wives who kick their husbands out of bed at the approach of daylight, and sweetly snooze while he chilis the marrow in his bones and barks his shins on the . pants found a watery grave. “Te. ‘establish a department of cookery. Prae ‘whirled about.in eddying clouds and isettie in.an immense mass—some. times toa depth of 400 feet. With, the first Spring floods the immense . volume ef water pouring into’ the center of the eyindrical mass from ai beight above the bottom of the chasjn. ! rebounds with such t A. Safgent, for the encouragement . of the cultivation of timber upon the’ ! publi ic lars. Ther cnitivation .of a quarter section in Yimiber for 5 years; entitles the o¢enpant’to a patent. These lands areexemptfron ability . YOU IMFCsTORs. ey How are you now? tay ‘ “for debt until after a patent is issued, Competition against ‘Us is and the Commissioner of ‘the Land . . Office is required to issue regulations . for carrying the law into effect. For District Judge. In the District ‘organized las last Winiter, in which Governor Booth apz. pointed Judge David» Belden, the. election wilt take placethis Fall. We understand that the Republican -papers of the District dre unanimous ‘ Nowhere! @ OUR MOTTO Ig eral years. QUICK SALES ‘AND SMALL The new m eae a He The Dai “ NEVADS LOCA] The Pro ~The Provid on the south b; posite the N mine. One ye Messrs. Smit! worth took hé At that tiftre’th *they had no hi ground had no F history of—th time would ha WHA and soon fittec ' ers abead, and the alarm wasat once Piven and an attempt made to bring sel around; batit was too late. iIna few minutes the ship was among the breakers, then came a. grating . . sound, followed by terrific shrieks, . and ‘the vessel grounded. An at-) tempt to keep her bow toward shore was unavailing. she soon lurched i i . around aud in less than half an hoar . . : i she was completely at the mercy of; ithe waves, The excitementon board . was fearfal, for nearly 590 passengers . }in the steerage, mey, women. and . children, crowded to the deck. and . is an immense body of land yet un. sought means of escape. _ The waves oceupied, and much of it is acces-} were now beating over the sides of the ship, and several persons were . swept off from the deck. -The crew attempted to launch theboats,—bat the first boat swamped and the ocen. « The second met with better success; and . reached the shore safely laden with women and children. Many. passengers, in the excitement, jumped over . the sides of the vessel and were lost in the surf or dashed.agsinst the* sharp rocks that abound onthe coast. The third boat got away safely, as did also the fourth. The trouble was’that after the boats got ashore back to the ship through the high . waves and heavy surf. Meanwhile, the ship was rapidly filling with water, which not only arose from the hold but poured in over the scuttles . and gangways from the waves that now and again broke over the ship. After being beaten about by: the waves for nearly two hours the ves. sel turned overon her beam ends and ‘became a total wreck, The exact ‘number of persons lost is not yet . known, but it is thought it will reach seven hundred lives, a = A Massacuusetts paper asks us, to believe that it costs a-couple from that State $80 day to board at a Washington hotel during the inauguration festivities, The ineredible part of‘the story i3; ot that a Washington hotel-keeper should ask such a price, but that any owe te Massachusetts should pay it. A, PENNSYLVANIA “college proposes A billig pending in the Legislature providing” “for an appropriation of $20,000 to builithe general cookshop as an adjunct tothe college, and the science of cookery will;therefore become a part of the circulum if. the bill passes. i aiaaaae A restpent of Denison (Texas,) a six-months-old town, which has been built up by railroad interests, writes: “This is the liveliest town in these parts. We have 5,000 ihbabitants, hotels, stores, churches, grog shops, two parsong@es, one gambling-house, and a town hall. We have been, wanting a grave yard. Yesterd man died, and this afternoo: body will turn ont to ingugurate the new cemetery.’ comogcthS apse baat sea Fest Paes lee 02 Certs’ a with their freight they could rot get . . #0!)841,144. : oe for five years, forty acres of timber, . . While irrigation ‘may be a good . morning, when withii<fory Hilés of 1,600 _ B : ‘ . the’ trees~ thereon. being ae thing for Calite ornia, it may be we . this port, a thick fog gy Us re ‘on and . force as to throw — Na 0 . ay FS ee ee i eas sah ae ee pee feet £4 asd Dos pi 2x up ee “than eight feet “ApATe “ene OH Hig impress upon the immigrants: {he thé weasel was “on haifsepeet: onal ifrom.a dep th of from 300 to 400 feet, \aud-water thrown 600 feet_by a re-). botud, may appear to be exaggerations, but they are plain, paipable i + } facts to the fe w wt ho ne ave the op por tunity of witneSsing the terribie sublimity of Winter and Spring scenery in this wonderful res gion, j > . . Off ‘the Grade—-Narrow eta pe: Yesterday afternoon, Chas. M irsh. went off the grade-mear Judge; Koba08 ,on the Grass V dlley road. Mr. and. Mrs, Marsh. were in. the, buggy.and in. passing. a team one of the horses shied, and horses, buggy. . and occupants went off the grade, . some 12 feet down the bank. Mr. and Mrs: Marsh escaped with a few . slight bruises andthe horses were . not injured; ~The buggy was badly { broken. —_—----—— Tur London Morning Post, which . started in 1772, is now beginning the . The . and Illinois are all being worked,and . The} . there are few places in the State with of its career. London Times began in 1778. Daily Telegraph is said to be the . most popular paper in the world, and. second. century . to cireulate about 175,000 copies. THE total loss by the Boston’ fire, according to the latest estimates, was . . wa’.owned by fifty-seven persons, . trustees: oF corporations, tract for building the Cloverdale and . Geyser Springs roagl,’ for $20, 0005" and will immediately commeneé ‘the work. By the terms of thé ‘contract . the road must” be completed within } three metha: ce A Tuovor Mr. DeLong, our Minister . to ) Japan, has not yet resigned, it is . ing been notified that his resignation . ” Virginia City Enterprise, as his suceessor, in which-all the Pacific coast Séuators sustain him, ii Tus Land Commissionér, Draw. mond, has rejected un application for a patent to the McKibben lode in } Carson district, Nevada. He also decidéd.upon the application of Governor: Blnisdel for a patent to the Argyle lode, 1 hite Pine district, that'the adverse claim must be sustake his case to ) the Courts, “A veanrut tornado traversed t. interior of “Mississippi last Frid: thirty houses and a number of livés and lives were. sacrifice have been killed amen tines the eastern const of Cuba, ehearih, kindtiya ire tor them. +e 2 Tr is stated that a well known citishall be entitled to receive the same compensation for any lauds entered under the provisions of this Act that ¥en of Boston receutly sent a check’. for $190,000 to the Trustees of a entered with money. thorized by this Act. Saal, Arthe Land Office xt Susanville, month up to the pice the establishineni of the office, . © they are now entitled to receive when the same quantity of fend is _ Sec. 7. That the fifth section of an Act entitled * An Act in addition ) te an Act to punish crimes against the United States, and for other pur-. poses,”’ approved March. 3d, 1857, shall extend to all ouths, affirmations, and affidavits required or au‘Lassen county, the: amount of business transacted since the Ist of the nt time has boon greater thar: at woy time since, Episcopal Theological School Cambridye, for the endowméntthe institution; but its acceptance was declined on account of the objectionable conditions wccompanying the gift. 2 ><. two days each mont Be i ae age rived at home. \ Ina divorce case in St. Paul last week, the wife proved that her ‘husband had Leen drauk seven-eights of the time for the past two years; and he proved by the books of the railroad company, that during the same . hperiod, he had by working extra > hours, put in from thirty to thirty . {and when the neighbors came in to Ex-ConeRessMAN Coghlan has ar. tea-kettle iit peteeenten se Oreg6n, purchased of Ladd & Tilton Ldrafts on New York td the amount of $12,000 ,or $15,000. The payment af pe, been stupped . 55 the creditors. <>. e —— THe nwuber of. out-door pauper ‘ages of five and thirteen,.is stated at 9,260 boys and 9,915 girls. Of these, schools. for the new school law. Al ise A Tieseieiniick. Ii., j see What the noise was about, they {found thatshehad quite spoiled the she was applying to . THe Tae eben aslaal of .C. H. Burnett,«f Seattle, while in Portland, children. in Lendon,; —between—the 7,200 boys, aud 7,826 girls attend day, This is-a very” good show . ; woman cele. brated her tn wedding the other day, time, in company with General Schofield. _‘Tus-Bostot fire underwriters have advanged the rates of insurance on brick, stone and iron buildings 50 per cent. France is sending: strong bodies of. troops to watch the —frontier. Tue exact majority in favor of Oakland as the county seat-ofAlameda is 996. FREsNo county people are discuasing the question of removal of their county seat. ing to good houses in Ohio and Inic outside of ver husband's head.” oat [ diana. lish to-day the report from the ProvOne half of the whole S. A. KLE ISER has taken the con. . Garatood that he wilt goon, he hava served by a number of our citizens, . will be accepted. Senator Jones of . Nevada, urges J. T. Goodman, of the . tained, and thut the Govern or must night, which at Canton destroyed At Jackson, and other place houses “As fur as heard from, sonie,tWenty persons wpe ath Jonxs, of Nevada is go. co . Als: i uild a $100,000 residence in ashington. . Tue Cuban patriots have captured Weanseaville, an important town on “Tae Re ag vt the Sanawicl Terenas he ela ne expects to visit Californi#in-ashort ~}-tratrix ies eeu hes been‘cast aceon forJudge Belden. “as the. nominee of ‘thé party for the same position. The California and Illinois, The California and Illinois mine is south of Deer creek, and a short distance below town. Son, some that it was thought best to'run . a tunnel trom the creek for drainage. The contract for this work was gtven . tu McFate & Co,, of Grass Valley, und they have done the work ‘sv. rap. idly that it is hew nearly completed, ‘aud when this isdone we understand that work upon the “adie will be again resumed. pee cee F Deer Creek District. mA We yesterday visited the mines on =~ Deér creek below: this city, and pubidence. The Gold Tunnel, Nevada, Home, Wyoming, and the California . so small territory. as that in which these mines are located, where pros. pects—are—better. Progress in all . these mines will be reported from . day to day. : ee Hail, Snow and Nate: Yesterday was all sorts of a day. . The forenoon wag ‘cold, windy, and . disagreeables with occasional spitting rot rainy s ‘ow and hail. The afternoon was.a litule better, being inter‘spersed with, gleams of sunshine. . Overcoats and fires were sought after, and it was generally conceded to be a very unpleasant day. Witere Was Te} ROSENBERG BROS,, . ifornia mill was ‘moved lower down . ” . the hill to work this mine last sea-. [Adjoining the Bank of Nevada Co.) $:the oply OPPOSITION STORE in Ne vada. We don’t use deception in. our Je. business, and try to deceive the public b but the. water was so trouble { hanging out red flags (Cheap Jobir veyic} dra w the wenk minded publi, and. sell . them old fashion or shelf worn Dry Goods, . nor do we doa Chatam Street style ot t busi. = ness. : ae ‘Bros,[Bh ades and Colors, to be found this side of San Francisco, which we will sell at prices : that will ees not up for any office. HAVE THE LARGEST STOCK’ . OF DRY GOODS In Nevada City. Which were.selected with sp-cial care from all the Lurdpean’ and Eastern Mar. kets. our It is a treat forthe ladies to call. at _ PALACE STORE. Tot fee the finest selection of ‘Adoie of a Defy Competition, NO HUMBUG! ECONOMY IS RICHES! * As the Convention is drawing near,.and & wrangling us to who siall be County Treasurer, it is resolved, Rosenberg Bros We have coin A very bright light, evidently from . €nough to conduct our business. —Let_it +a fire of some magnitude, was ob-+ Will_not-be—undersold. therefore be known that we~cannet-and— We sell cheaper. than any of the third gvade dealers cam bay on Wednesday evening last, betweeu . the goods. 7 and 8 o’clock, in a north-easterly course, apparently in the vicinity of . Willow Valley. As we heard of no unable to give the cause of the bright hgh J Personals. C. H. Kimball, formerly of Nevada county. has been elected Principal of the Los Angeles Grammer School. Joseph Leggett, formerly ofthe Grass Valley High School, has been elected examining teacher in San Franciseo. Accident. a On the Ist of April, “a young man named Mathew Manuel, was caved on and killed in set of mining claims. Three membersof the same family have lost their lives in these claims, the father having been killed in January last. The son recently killed was the last male member of — Military Meeting. The regular monthly meeting of the Nevadg Light Guard will be held at the Armory to-morrow evening. The Company has received an invitation to visit Sacramento on thet Fourth of July. This and also the arrangements of-the annual target excursion will be--eonsidered. ‘All ‘members should attend. Notice to Creditors, {AL THE MATTER OF THE { John Hawke deveased neta * hereby given by the undersigned, adminisof the Estate of John Haw ke deceused, to the creditors: of, and all having claims = said ‘deceased e same w the nec Within 10 months after the first gablication of this notice, to the Said ad is the Law Office of Miles E Administratrix of Dated April 34 Niles Sear att fi buildings being burned, during our . . Search for locals yesterday, we are . 1 ilar Pe er eae we —_——— Rosenberg Bros. ARE THE LEADING _IN THE TOWN. Our Stock consists of the LATEST: NOVELTIES. 2,000 yds Japanese Silk. 2,000 yds Silks of all colors and shades 4,000 yds. Irish Poplin. 6,000 yds Alpacca2,000 yds Fancy and Striped Pique 10,000 yds ican Prints. 10,000 yds of all brands Mur {lin and Sheeting.” ench and Amer Children’ s Straw Hats Latest Novelty Parasols. And all the fineries in the way of dre that can be found in a first class Dry Geod? Store, CALL AND 88 . VINCE — YOURSELF OF OUR STATEMENT. don’t throw out any bates, but we do ® ie gitimate business. By. calling st 0% _ PALACE STORE you Will be assured of } truth. ‘ROSENBERG BROS. _ Nevada, March zit, 16. DRY GOODS DEALERSA great variety of Ladies’ ‘and And don’t be led away by humbegs. ¥* io “Works with a: and comment old mill was and put in the have now one opened in this THE S They emple hoisting work The hoisting by an excellen _. gine, which w They hoist on _ Tuesday last excellent quar with the fa¢ili rock now. in forty tons. pe dumped and ‘dump to the 1 up in the best three of the su by John Pat one after ano! at the lower gradually as and are said. purpose. Fr into boxes, lected witho worked at } works, The gurdy_ wheel the pressure . er is applied It-only-requi to run the mi U0 Joe Thom rienced min works under has been sun level tunnels are now sink another level “men are~ em) foot level tt north and gs rections hav They are no’ north tunnel run 103 feet, the works ‘mine, MEETING UN A few day: Mining Co., Providence 1 der Deer cre ing run 103 The old Ne inill, and Mr cant ground, posed the ] lines.” A 5 Surveyor M had run on‘ 92 feet and ent the matt men feeling patent for th The Provi thick, and timbers to The rock is also shows single track perday. J that the Pro The mine is the propriet entérprise . erations whi ~ ess, They appearances 0. P. Sti city as a car aud his frie ination, In Very good u however, pr ing ver: time. F. Bare! date for Sen

The Daily Trane Pedant i. DEVADA crry, CAL. Friday, April 4, 1873. same on Public Lands,’ As our "State and couisties are at present engaged in planting ee ‘along the.public highways, it will ~ what Congress has done in the ma * ter “Thefilaw passed by the lst) si = Congress is as follows: : et _Section:1. Be it enacted that any = "person whe: shall plant, protect and . keep: ina healthy growing condition Re A A Current of Immigration. ; . A train having immigrant cars. . attached, reach San Francisco evers . morning. They. arrive in Tittle! igronps of ten, fifteen and twenty, made up of families, with a good . proportion: of children. Probably . . the av average number arriving weekly, iis one hundréd; and We may suppose . tine as many: more stop at other , places. It is a small current’ says ithe Bullttin, but it represents nearly be of interest to our citizens to know . a) the Cancasian immigration now with one thousand passengers. . coming to the State. And even this He net all” rétained here. Some Pt} these immigrants go to,Oregon under . (the: impression that land there is cheaper and that the excessive rainfail increase the cert ainty of « crops. An Ocean Horror. The. following dispatch was’ re; ceived by the ( “kroniele : THE Sagipoak Gazette of March . 28th thus depicts a Winterscene at the. Yosemite: . Raising Timber. {: “We publish to-day a law jn regard At the foot of the to raising timber on the, public lands, Halifax, April 1.—The aeemencid great Yosemite Fall there isa mass . introduced . last session by Hop. A. of snow and ice rising in the shape . Atlantic, of the ‘““White Star’” line, of snow ang founflered and k, aboug thirty., of an immense cone over 300 feet ine m ites of thi & port, during a dense eu Ir _ isis formed, at first, early . ‘fog, at absut ip. je his morning. . in the season by, the freezing of the Oret a hundred a 2 on beard) wate: from the fall. Then, as the of the Atldntc were lost, the remainsnow storms come on, the. vacuujn . ‘_ r being saved by the lifeboats. Tet created by by the failing water attracts , At lantic . left Li verpool reps] March 18th the light a flakes of snow, which are {rates j } i Halifax. April 1.—10 Pp. «,—The, steamsh sip Atlantic, whi ch foan¢ dered , ithis morning, encountered heavy . vert rough seas. pearly the . Fhi gales and entire way from Liverpool. 3. : public lands of the United States‘! shall be entitled toa patent for the expiration of said five years, onsmaking proof of such fact by. no less than _'two eredible witnesses; provided, that ‘ only one quarter in any section shall be thus granted. . : ee; Sec. 2. That the person applying! “for the benefit of this Act shall, upon . _applicatiot to the: Register of the Laud Office in’which he or she is about to make such entry; make affidavit before said Register or Receiver that said entry is made for the cultivation of timber, and upon filing said affidavit with said Register and Receiver, and upon payment of $10, he or she shall thereupon be permitted to enter: the quantity. of. land : ‘ specified: Provided, however, that ae no certificate shall be given or patent = Oe issved therefor until the expiration of at least five years from the date of “such entry}; and if at the expiration cf said time, or at any time within three years thereafter, the person making such entry, or if he or she be dead, his or her heirs or legal representatives, shall prove by two credible, witmesses that he, she or ss -.they have planted,and for not less aK than five years have cultivated and Se, , protected, such quantity and charac_ “ter-of timber as aforesaid, they shall receive. the pateat for such seen section oMand. Soc. 3. Thatvit, at any time after the filing of said a vit, aod ‘prior ‘to the issuing of the patent t for said land, it shall be proven after ROand claiming to cultivate such tim— ber, to the satisfaction of the Regis. terof the Land Office that such pera son hasabandoned or failed to eiltivate, proteet,.and keep in good condition such timber, then, and in that erent, said land sha = to the United States. See. 4, That each and every~ ‘per: son who, under the provisions of an ‘Act_entitled ‘‘An Act to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public. domain,’ approved May 20, 1862, or ‘any amendment thereto, having a homestead on said public domain, who at the end of the third year of his or her. residence thereon, shall have had undef cultivation for two years, one acre of timber, the trees thereon being not more than eight ' feet apart each way, and ina good, thrifty condition, foreach and évery sixteen acres of said homestead, shall, upon due proof of said fact by two credible witresses, receive his or her patent for said homestead. Sec:S. That no land acquired unSef the provisions of this Act shall, _-~ in any event, become liable to‘ the a satisfaction of any debt or debts con: tracted prior to the issuing of patent therefor. quired to~prepare and issue such rules and regulations consistent with 6D Neen ane Sec. 6. That the Commissioner of the General Land Office is hereby rethis Act, as shall be necessary and: proper to carry its provisions into ef“Peery ahd that the Réegistéts and Re7% ceivers of the several Land Offices any quafter sections of any of the fact that all farming operations can , The lockoat shoftly after saw breakThere _ is this be carried on without it. le railical differencé’ between whole of said quarter— section at’ the State, and the vast territory included . the ves fin Utah and Colorado, wheré no! ‘successful farming ean be carriéd on} without irrigation. In this State irrigation is on ty . projected as a supplement to farming;-, as dlso is the reclamation of lands; in neither of which enterprises i's the immigrant. required to "embark. . Having once. reached these shores . ‘he will find as great advantages in . this State af he will by going a thousand miles further north. There . sible at reasonable prices. . Very . little beyond a humestead can: now be secured at the Government Land Offices. But when it is known that an immigrant wants land there are always enough ready to sell it to him; and under the pressure of a} pretty sharp competition, a great! del of farming land, somewhat remote from the market, is suld at low prices, In Iowa and some other of the Western States, corn has been used for fuel because of the remoteness for markets and the excessive cost of trauppotty itioft® It takes the market price of three bushels to pay. the freight on one “bushel to Chicago. The short rates on, many of these ratlreads are arbitrary and oppressive, aud the farmer is left, with his crop ou hand, and is really poor in thé midst of his abundance. We_do not burn corn nor wheat in California; and, one year with tice to the party making such ently} another, the producer obtains fair . prices. We hold that, under all the circumstances, the immigrant makes . no mistake or to Californi: a, and will not for the next ten years, ->-.> pe BREE THERE is a basket in thetown of Shelby, which is’ still in-a-good state of preservation, that was made in the: reign of James I, of England, more than two hundred and fifty years ago, when Milton and Butler were boys, and Dryden and Bunyau* were yet Unborn. The basket is made of willow>and covered. With satin that was once white,” ‘but has ‘now gone into the ‘‘sere aid. yellow leaf,’” “ jess AN amusing scene was created in the ‘Freasury, a few. days since, by the presentation of a protest against the United States for non-payment (in gold) of a $100 legal tender, which its owncr had presented at the Sub-Treasury in New York and asked for the specie thereon. Being refused, it was sent to Washington in due form, through a notary. ‘An Omaha wun rose to build his Monday morning fire, when he was seized with a violent fit of coughing, and choked to death before relief could be had. Let this serve a warning to domineering wives who kick their husbands out of bed at the approach of daylight, and sweetly snooze while he chilis the marrow in his bones and barks his shins on the . pants found a watery grave. “Te. ‘establish a department of cookery. Prae ‘whirled about.in eddying clouds and isettie in.an immense mass—some. times toa depth of 400 feet. With, the first Spring floods the immense . volume ef water pouring into’ the center of the eyindrical mass from ai beight above the bottom of the chasjn. ! rebounds with such t A. Safgent, for the encouragement . of the cultivation of timber upon the’ ! publi ic lars. Ther cnitivation .of a quarter section in Yimiber for 5 years; entitles the o¢enpant’to a patent. These lands areexemptfron ability . YOU IMFCsTORs. ey How are you now? tay ‘ “for debt until after a patent is issued, Competition against ‘Us is and the Commissioner of ‘the Land . . Office is required to issue regulations . for carrying the law into effect. For District Judge. In the District ‘organized las last Winiter, in which Governor Booth apz. pointed Judge David» Belden, the. election wilt take placethis Fall. We understand that the Republican -papers of the District dre unanimous ‘ Nowhere! @ OUR MOTTO Ig eral years. QUICK SALES ‘AND SMALL The new m eae a He The Dai “ NEVADS LOCA] The Pro ~The Provid on the south b; posite the N mine. One ye Messrs. Smit! worth took hé At that tiftre’th *they had no hi ground had no F history of—th time would ha WHA and soon fittec ' ers abead, and the alarm wasat once Piven and an attempt made to bring sel around; batit was too late. iIna few minutes the ship was among the breakers, then came a. grating . . sound, followed by terrific shrieks, . and ‘the vessel grounded. An at-) tempt to keep her bow toward shore was unavailing. she soon lurched i i . around aud in less than half an hoar . . : i she was completely at the mercy of; ithe waves, The excitementon board . was fearfal, for nearly 590 passengers . }in the steerage, mey, women. and . children, crowded to the deck. and . is an immense body of land yet un. sought means of escape. _ The waves oceupied, and much of it is acces-} were now beating over the sides of the ship, and several persons were . swept off from the deck. -The crew attempted to launch theboats,—bat the first boat swamped and the ocen. « The second met with better success; and . reached the shore safely laden with women and children. Many. passengers, in the excitement, jumped over . the sides of the vessel and were lost in the surf or dashed.agsinst the* sharp rocks that abound onthe coast. The third boat got away safely, as did also the fourth. The trouble was’that after the boats got ashore back to the ship through the high . waves and heavy surf. Meanwhile, the ship was rapidly filling with water, which not only arose from the hold but poured in over the scuttles . and gangways from the waves that now and again broke over the ship. After being beaten about by: the waves for nearly two hours the ves. sel turned overon her beam ends and ‘became a total wreck, The exact ‘number of persons lost is not yet . known, but it is thought it will reach seven hundred lives, a = A Massacuusetts paper asks us, to believe that it costs a-couple from that State $80 day to board at a Washington hotel during the inauguration festivities, The ineredible part of‘the story i3; ot that a Washington hotel-keeper should ask such a price, but that any owe te Massachusetts should pay it. A, PENNSYLVANIA “college proposes A billig pending in the Legislature providing” “for an appropriation of $20,000 to builithe general cookshop as an adjunct tothe college, and the science of cookery will;therefore become a part of the circulum if. the bill passes. i aiaaaae A restpent of Denison (Texas,) a six-months-old town, which has been built up by railroad interests, writes: “This is the liveliest town in these parts. We have 5,000 ihbabitants, hotels, stores, churches, grog shops, two parsong@es, one gambling-house, and a town hall. We have been, wanting a grave yard. Yesterd man died, and this afternoo: body will turn ont to ingugurate the new cemetery.’ comogcthS apse baat sea Fest Paes lee 02 Certs’ a with their freight they could rot get . . #0!)841,144. : oe for five years, forty acres of timber, . . While irrigation ‘may be a good . morning, when withii<fory Hilés of 1,600 _ B : ‘ . the’ trees~ thereon. being ae thing for Calite ornia, it may be we . this port, a thick fog gy Us re ‘on and . force as to throw — Na 0 . ay FS ee ee i eas sah ae ee pee feet £4 asd Dos pi 2x up ee “than eight feet “ApATe “ene OH Hig impress upon the immigrants: {he thé weasel was “on haifsepeet: onal ifrom.a dep th of from 300 to 400 feet, \aud-water thrown 600 feet_by a re-). botud, may appear to be exaggerations, but they are plain, paipable i + } facts to the fe w wt ho ne ave the op por tunity of witneSsing the terribie sublimity of Winter and Spring scenery in this wonderful res gion, j > . . Off ‘the Grade—-Narrow eta pe: Yesterday afternoon, Chas. M irsh. went off the grade-mear Judge; Koba08 ,on the Grass V dlley road. Mr. and. Mrs, Marsh. were in. the, buggy.and in. passing. a team one of the horses shied, and horses, buggy. . and occupants went off the grade, . some 12 feet down the bank. Mr. and Mrs: Marsh escaped with a few . slight bruises andthe horses were . not injured; ~The buggy was badly { broken. —_—----—— Tur London Morning Post, which . started in 1772, is now beginning the . The . and Illinois are all being worked,and . The} . there are few places in the State with of its career. London Times began in 1778. Daily Telegraph is said to be the . most popular paper in the world, and. second. century . to cireulate about 175,000 copies. THE total loss by the Boston’ fire, according to the latest estimates, was . . wa’.owned by fifty-seven persons, . trustees: oF corporations, tract for building the Cloverdale and . Geyser Springs roagl,’ for $20, 0005" and will immediately commeneé ‘the work. By the terms of thé ‘contract .

the road must” be completed within } three metha: ce A Tuovor Mr. DeLong, our Minister . to ) Japan, has not yet resigned, it is . ing been notified that his resignation . ” Virginia City Enterprise, as his suceessor, in which-all the Pacific coast Séuators sustain him, ii Tus Land Commissionér, Draw. mond, has rejected un application for a patent to the McKibben lode in } Carson district, Nevada. He also decidéd.upon the application of Governor: Blnisdel for a patent to the Argyle lode, 1 hite Pine district, that'the adverse claim must be sustake his case to ) the Courts, “A veanrut tornado traversed t. interior of “Mississippi last Frid: thirty houses and a number of livés and lives were. sacrifice have been killed amen tines the eastern const of Cuba, ehearih, kindtiya ire tor them. +e 2 Tr is stated that a well known citishall be entitled to receive the same compensation for any lauds entered under the provisions of this Act that ¥en of Boston receutly sent a check’. for $190,000 to the Trustees of a entered with money. thorized by this Act. Saal, Arthe Land Office xt Susanville, month up to the pice the establishineni of the office, . © they are now entitled to receive when the same quantity of fend is _ Sec. 7. That the fifth section of an Act entitled * An Act in addition ) te an Act to punish crimes against the United States, and for other pur-. poses,”’ approved March. 3d, 1857, shall extend to all ouths, affirmations, and affidavits required or au‘Lassen county, the: amount of business transacted since the Ist of the nt time has boon greater thar: at woy time since, Episcopal Theological School Cambridye, for the endowméntthe institution; but its acceptance was declined on account of the objectionable conditions wccompanying the gift. 2 ><. two days each mont Be i ae age rived at home. \ Ina divorce case in St. Paul last week, the wife proved that her ‘husband had Leen drauk seven-eights of the time for the past two years; and he proved by the books of the railroad company, that during the same . hperiod, he had by working extra > hours, put in from thirty to thirty . {and when the neighbors came in to Ex-ConeRessMAN Coghlan has ar. tea-kettle iit peteeenten se Oreg6n, purchased of Ladd & Tilton Ldrafts on New York td the amount of $12,000 ,or $15,000. The payment af pe, been stupped . 55 the creditors. <>. e —— THe nwuber of. out-door pauper ‘ages of five and thirteen,.is stated at 9,260 boys and 9,915 girls. Of these, schools. for the new school law. Al ise A Tieseieiniick. Ii., j see What the noise was about, they {found thatshehad quite spoiled the she was applying to . THe Tae eben aslaal of .C. H. Burnett,«f Seattle, while in Portland, children. in Lendon,; —between—the 7,200 boys, aud 7,826 girls attend day, This is-a very” good show . ; woman cele. brated her tn wedding the other day, time, in company with General Schofield. _‘Tus-Bostot fire underwriters have advanged the rates of insurance on brick, stone and iron buildings 50 per cent. France is sending: strong bodies of. troops to watch the —frontier. Tue exact majority in favor of Oakland as the county seat-ofAlameda is 996. FREsNo county people are discuasing the question of removal of their county seat.. ing to good houses in Ohio and Inic outside of ver husband's head.” oat [ diana. lish to-day the report from the ProvOne half of the whole S. A. KLE ISER has taken the con. . Garatood that he wilt goon, he hava served by a number of our citizens, . will be accepted. Senator Jones of . Nevada, urges J. T. Goodman, of the . tained, and thut the Govern or must night, which at Canton destroyed At Jackson, and other place houses “As fur as heard from, sonie,tWenty persons wpe ath Jonxs, of Nevada is go. co . Als: i uild a $100,000 residence in ashington. . Tue Cuban patriots have captured Weanseaville, an important town on “Tae Re ag vt the Sanawicl Terenas he ela ne expects to visit Californi#in-ashort ~}-tratrix ies eeu hes been‘cast aceon forJudge Belden. “as the. nominee of ‘thé party for the same position. The California and Illinois, The California and Illinois mine is south of Deer creek, and a short distance below town. Son, some that it was thought best to'run . a tunnel trom the creek for drainage. The contract for this work was gtven . tu McFate & Co,, of Grass Valley, und they have done the work ‘sv. rap. idly that it is hew nearly completed, ‘aud when this isdone we understand that work upon the “adie will be again resumed. pee cee F Deer Creek District. mA We yesterday visited the mines on =~ Deér creek below: this city, and pubidence. The Gold Tunnel, Nevada, Home, Wyoming, and the California . so small territory. as that in which these mines are located, where pros. pects—are—better. Progress in all . these mines will be reported from . day to day. : ee Hail, Snow and Nate: Yesterday was all sorts of a day. . The forenoon wag ‘cold, windy, and . disagreeables with occasional spitting rot rainy s ‘ow and hail. The afternoon was.a litule better, being inter‘spersed with, gleams of sunshine. . Overcoats and fires were sought after, and it was generally conceded to be a very unpleasant day. Witere Was Te} ROSENBERG BROS,, . ifornia mill was ‘moved lower down . ” . the hill to work this mine last sea-. [Adjoining the Bank of Nevada Co.) $:the oply OPPOSITION STORE in Ne vada. We don’t use deception in. our Je. business, and try to deceive the public b but the. water was so trouble { hanging out red flags (Cheap Jobir veyic} dra w the wenk minded publi, and. sell . them old fashion or shelf worn Dry Goods, . nor do we doa Chatam Street style ot t busi.. = ness. : ae ‘Bros,[Bh ades and Colors, to be found this side of San Francisco, which we will sell at prices : that will ees not up for any office. HAVE THE LARGEST STOCK’ . OF DRY GOODS In Nevada City. Which were.selected with sp-cial care from all the Lurdpean’ and Eastern Mar. kets. our It is a treat forthe ladies to call. at _ PALACE STORE. Tot fee the finest selection of ‘Adoie of a Defy Competition, NO HUMBUG! ECONOMY IS RICHES! * As the Convention is drawing near,.and & wrangling us to who siall be County Treasurer, it is resolved, Rosenberg Bros We have coin A very bright light, evidently from . €nough to conduct our business. —Let_it +a fire of some magnitude, was ob-+ Will_not-be—undersold. therefore be known that we~cannet-and— We sell cheaper. than any of the third gvade dealers cam bay on Wednesday evening last, betweeu . the goods. 7 and 8 o’clock, in a north-easterly course, apparently in the vicinity of . Willow Valley. As we heard of no unable to give the cause of the bright hgh J Personals. C. H. Kimball, formerly of Nevada county. has been elected Principal of the Los Angeles Grammer School. Joseph Leggett, formerly ofthe Grass Valley High School, has been elected examining teacher in San Franciseo. Accident. a On the Ist of April, “a young man named Mathew Manuel, was caved on and killed in set of mining claims. Three membersof the same family have lost their lives in these claims, the father having been killed in January last. The son recently killed was the last male member of — Military Meeting. The regular monthly meeting of the Nevadg Light Guard will be held at the Armory to-morrow evening. The Company has received an invitation to visit Sacramento on thet Fourth of July. This and also the arrangements of-the annual target excursion will be--eonsidered. ‘All ‘members should attend. Notice to Creditors, {AL THE MATTER OF THE { John Hawke deveased neta * hereby given by the undersigned, adminisof the Estate of John Haw ke deceused, to the creditors: of, and all having claims = said ‘deceased e same w the nec Within 10 months after the first gablication of this notice, to the Said ad is the Law Office of Miles E Administratrix of Dated April 34 Niles Sear att fi buildings being burned, during our . . Search for locals yesterday, we are . 1 ilar Pe er eae we —_——— Rosenberg Bros. ARE THE LEADING _IN THE TOWN. Our Stock consists of the LATEST: NOVELTIES. 2,000 yds Japanese Silk. 2,000 yds Silks of all colors and shades 4,000 yds. Irish Poplin. 6,000 yds Alpacca2,000 yds Fancy and Striped Pique 10,000 yds ican Prints. 10,000 yds of all brands Mur {lin and Sheeting.” ench and Amer Children’ s Straw Hats Latest Novelty Parasols. And all the fineries in the way of dre that can be found in a first class Dry Geod? Store, CALL AND 88 . VINCE — YOURSELF OF OUR STATEMENT. don’t throw out any bates, but we do ® ie gitimate business. By. calling st 0% _ PALACE STORE you Will be assured of } truth. ‘ROSENBERG BROS. _ Nevada, March zit, 16. DRY GOODS DEALERSA great variety of Ladies’ ‘and And don’t be led away by humbegs. ¥* io “Works with a: and comment old mill was and put in the have now one opened in this THE S They emple hoisting work The hoisting by an excellen _. gine, which w They hoist on _ Tuesday last excellent quar with the fa¢ili rock now. in forty tons. pe dumped and ‘dump to the 1 up in the best three of the su by John Pat one after ano! at the lower gradually as and are said. purpose. Fr into boxes, lected witho worked at } works, The gurdy_ wheel the pressure . er is applied It-only-requi to run the mi U0 Joe Thom rienced min works under has been sun level tunnels are now sink another level “men are~ em) foot level tt north and gs rections hav They are no’ north tunnel run 103 feet, the works ‘mine, MEETING UN A few day: Mining Co., Providence 1 der Deer cre ing run 103 The old Ne inill, and Mr cant ground, posed the ] lines.” A 5 Surveyor M had run on‘ 92 feet and ent the matt men feeling patent for th The Provi thick, and timbers to The rock is also shows single track perday. J that the Pro The mine is the propriet entérprise . erations whi ~ ess, They appearances 0. P. Sti city as a car aud his frie ination, In Very good u however, pr ing ver: time. F. Bare! date for Sen