Bedrock democrat., March 17, 1875, Image 1

BEDBOCK DEM OCRAT,
P U B L IS H E D E V E R Y
RATES OF ADVERTISING*
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BY
M. S H E P H E R D .
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OFFICE IN THE
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BEDROCK DEMOCRAT B E I L m m
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T erms of S u b sc riptio n :
One year,..................................................... 00
8ix M onths, ............................................. ... 50
VOL. 5.
C orrespondence from all portions of
Eastern Oregon is solicited for the D em ocrat .
All communications, to receive attention,
must be accompanied by a responsible name.
Personal communications will be charged
as special advertisements.
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BAKER CITY, BAKER COUNTY, OREGON, MARCH 17, 1875.
D r u g S to re .
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C IT Y , O REG O N ,
W ould respectfully inform the public that
he has recently received a well se­
lected and fresh Stock of
Drugs,
Chemicals,
Paints, Oils,
Perfumeries,
Patent Medicines,
j o b w o r k :.
Soaps,
Wines,
We are now prepared to do all kinds of
J OB W ORK on short notice and at reasona­
Brandies,
ble rates.
Whiskies and
N. B.—All Job Work MUST BE PAID
Cordials,
FOR ON DELIVERY.
P R O F E S S I O N A L CARDS.
L. O. STERNS,
N
otary
T. C. H YD E,
P u b l ic .
For Medicinal purposes. Fam ily Medi­
cines carefully prepared. Prescrip-
• tions accurately compounded,
at all hours o f the day or
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night. Give us a call.
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IHLINERT AND FANCY GOODS
AT THE
S te rn s & H y d e ,
C orner
s r K iw w E Y »
Wo
Corner o f Main Street and Valley Avenue,
BAKER
S. M . P E T T E J iG IL L & C O ., 10 State
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Boston, 37 Park Row, New Y ork,
and 701 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, are
our Agents for procuring advertisements
for th e B e d r o c k D e m o c r a t , in the above
eities, and are authorized to contract for
Advertising tour lowest rates.
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ciuock Democrat.
A ttorn eys and Counselors A t-l.aw ,
N E W
S T O R E ,
B A K E R CITY, OREGON.
First door above the Express Office.
L. O . S t e r n s will attend the Courts of the
a d ie s F a n c y a n d M illin e r y
Fifth Judicial District, and of Idaho and
Goods in Store, and Latest Styles receiv­
Washington Territories.
ed by Express every Month, and for sale at
Water Rights and Mining Litigation a most reasonable Prices.
S p e c ia l t y .
Collections promptly attended to.
D r e s s ]A L a k in g
June 18, 1873.n6y
Done to Order, and at Short Notice by
MRS. L. J. HUSTON.
Baker City, April 18,1874.-n51m6
D r u g S t o r e ,'
J. ¥ , WISDOM, Projrietor,
Corner Main Street and V alley Avenue
SouthwesrtdSide,
BAKER CITY, OREGON,
eeps
u o nstan tu y on
a Full Assortment o f all
K
Goodst consisting in part o f
h a n i »
kinds of
DRUGS,
MEDICINES,
PAINTS and OILS,
W INDOW GLASS,
VARNISHES,
BRUSHES, and
W H M Ig i & M O T d D M
For Medicinal Purposes.
TOILET ARTICLES
Of Every Description.
Prescriptions prepared at all Honrs. City
and Country Trade Solicited.
Best Brands, o f F am ily Groceries, To­
baccos, Cigars, A c., constantly on
Hand, at the Lowest Prices.
Baker City, Oct. 7, 1874.n221y
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ANDREW J, LAWRENCE,
- Attorney-atrLaw,
Mrs. R. C. Shepherd
BAK ER CITY, OREGON.
is a U e n t fo r
o f the State.
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Baker City, Sept. 1, 1873. n!7y.
ILE PRACTICE IN AIA. COURTS
Grover & Bator’s Sewing Machines.
Baker City, Dec. 1 , 1872.n30tf
J. M. S H E P H E R D ,
W e ste rn
-A_ ttoiH io v - a t ” F a w ,
MAIN STREET....................... ...................BAKER CITY.
Attorney at Law,
(And Notary Public,)
WESTON, OREGON.
Will practice in tlio Courts of this State and
Washington Territiry.
Q P E C IA L ATTENTION PAID TO LAND
O Business, and Collections.
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Notary Public
AND
C on veya n cer,
Will attend to Conveyancing and making
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE.
Baker City, Sept. 11, 1872.
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and is prepared to do all kinds of work in
his line of business.
HIS HOUSE has been enlarged and r e -.
Waltham
and
Elgin Watches at Factory
fitted, and is now the best Hotel on the
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Prices
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Umatilla and Idaho stage route.
Stages leave this House for above and be­
low, and also for Clark’s Creek Eldorado,
Gem City and Sparta.
Connected with the Hotel will te found a
W H O L E S A L E and R E T A IL
first class
P A P L E V IN S ,
DEALER IN
S A . E O O N !
Liquors, Wines and Cigars of the best
quality. Phelan’s Improved Billiard Tables
all in good order.
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N. B.—Those indebted to either the Hotel
or Saloon are requested to appear at the
Captain’s office and settle.
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K A IL HOAD H O U SE .
CLEMENT & SICOEU, Proprietors,
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PUBLIC
AND
DEPUTY U. S. MARSHAL.
Office with John Brattain, Three Doors
South o f B edro ck D em ckat office,
o n side o f the Street.
Baker City, Sept. 3, 1873.nl7m4:
A. J. T111B0D0, II. A. II. D.
M. A . Q u e e n ’ s University, \Canada,
M. D. Trinity U n iversity,/
1854.
O TTO S MUD O W D m S ,
T o b a c c o <& C i g a r s ,
TOGETHER WITH A
General Assortment
Of all articles in his Line, which he is selling
at L owest P rices , for the Ready Pay.
His house is located on Main Street, nearly
opposite the Bank Block, Baker City, Oregon.
Baker City, Nov. 11, 1874.n27tf.
O f f ic e and Residence, at A. II. Brown’s
•former residence, nearly opposite the Bed­
rock Democrat Office.
Baker City, Oregon, Nov. 1 0 ,1874.-y
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(Graduate of the College of Physicians and
Surgeons New York and of the Medical De­
partment of tlie Willamette University,)
PHYSICIAN AND SUBGEON,
Terms cash, or no patronage solicited.
Office one door north of City Drug Store.
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BAKER CITY, OREGON.
L t f
J o h n F . C h ord ,
Carpenter and Joiner,
S. A. GAINES.
h e P r o p r ie t o r s r e s p e c t fu lly
GAINES & BOWMAN,
Hungry and Weary,
Manufacturers of B eits & Wagons.
In a manner that will give satisfaction.
The Table will be supplied with the best the
MARKET WILL AFFORD.
Give us a call, and then you can judge of
our ability and capacity to please our custo­
mers.
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CLEMENT & SICORD.
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JOSEPH MANAUDAS, Proprietor,
B A K E R CITY, OREGON.
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H E P K O rK IE T O B
H A S Sought
T the Hotel Restaurant, next door to
the Post Office, formerly kept by Sicord &
W hitcom b, and has fitted the same up in
the best style as a Hotel, on the French
Restaurant Style. He is prepared to ac­
commodate the Public, and is determined
to give entire satisfaction.
The House is open from five o ’clock in
the m orning until twelve at night, during
•which time customers wrill be supplied
with the best o f everything to be had in
the
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Designs and Specifications Furnished.
Estimates Made. Terms Liberal.
Baker City, Nov. 17, 1874.
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S Y ivTCORSWICK,
Im porter and Dealer In
Booh, Stationary, Toys, Music AM
NEW SPAPERS,
FRANKLIN BOOK-STORE AND SANTA CLAUS’
Headquarters, Eire-proof
Brick Building, 105 Front street, Portland,
Oregon.
direct Irom St. Louis, Mo., and none
hut the very best is Purchased, we are there­
fore prepared to Warrant all our work.
We are now fully prepared to complete any
Buggies or Wagons
2 H E o r » © - » 2 3 .o © ± !3 .| £ .
Special attention is paid to Horse Shoeing.
All repair work done on short notice. We
are thankful for past Patronage, and still
solicit a continuance.
GAINES & BOWMAN.
Baker City, March 11, 1874.-n44tf
B la c k s m i th in g
AND
WAGON
Head o f Main Street,
BAKER
LIVERY S T A B L E
MESSRS. KILBLRS & PERKINS
| ) e s p e c tfu lly I n f o r m th e C it-
J l L izens of Baker City and County, and
the Public generally, that they have'pur­
chased the
Livery Statol©
Formerly kept by John Eppinger, and that
they are prepared to furnish customers with
the best of
Single or Double Turn-outs,
Either night or day, with oi' without drivers,
C LE A V E R
Informs the Public that he is prepared to do
Ml kind of work in the Undertaking Business
on short notice and at rasonable prices.
Baker City, Oct. 1 , 1873.n21tf
Q S e w in g M ach in es----A ii r o v e r
4m & Baker, and a Florence, both new and
the very best—for sale. For particulars, en­
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Horses on hand. Horses boarded and the
best of care bestowed. We keep nothing but
the best o f Stock and Buggies.
Our stable is at the upper end of Main
Street, Baker City, Oregon.'
Come and see us, Everybody, and we will
do our best to please you.
KILBURN & PERKINS.
February 10, 1874.-n40tf
UVERYSTABLE
plate making contracts with newspapers for
the insertion of advertisements, should send
cents to Geo. P. Rowell & Co., 41 Park
Row, New York, for their PAMPHLET Book
(mnely seventh edition), containing lists of
over 2000 newspapers and estimates, showing
the cost. Advertisements taken for leading
papers in many States at a tremendous re­
duction from publisher’s rates. G et the
B ooh .
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Livery Stable
STOCK BOUGHT AND SOLD.
Baker City, Nov. 13, 1872. n !3 tf
OREGON.
F l o w s
Manufactured to order.
S. B. McCORD.
Saker City, Feb. 10, 1874.n40tf
Buy Y ou r Lumber at the
.Old, Reliable
F b e l l V O ld M ill.
E H A V E R E F IT T E D T H E
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Mill and make the best Lumber in
the county, at prices to suit the times.
Any bills left at our Mill receive as prompt
attention in the,,future as in the past. We
saw everything from a Lath to the Heaviest
Tfhibers.
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Clear and seasoned Lumber always on
hand.
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Bills left with J. W. Wisdom will receive
immediate attention. By»strict attention to
business, wo hope to receive our share of
public patronage.
An unlimited amount of Gram taken m
exchange tor Lumber.
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ELLIOTT & VAN PATTEN.
March 1 1874.-n34tf.
" W a n t e d , •"
O /V
D A A
P o u n d s o f W li e a t
at the B edrock D emo ­
crat Office immediately, for which the high­
est Cash priec willbe allowed.
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In E a s t e r n Or e gon ,
Where they will carry on the Livery Busi­
ness in all its branches.
CITY,
He will do as good work, at as reasonable
Prices, as any other Shop in the Country.
GEIER & KELLOGG
Having completed their New. Stable,
^ A D V E R T IS IN G : C h eap: good
X T. Systematic.—All persons who contem­ have now the finest a n d best-regulated
M A K IN G ,
n A l l tlie V a r io u s B r a n d i e s
carried on by tlie Undersigned, at their
I Shop,
at the
J b . 3F8L 3ESL JES T 1.
[tf at the very lowest rates. First class Saddle
TJ n d e r t a k e r .
E ARE GETTING OUR TIMBER
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On short notice, and we can say we have the
Very Best of Workmen in our employ.
Every one wanting a Buggy or Wagon will
save time and money by giving us a call and
examining our work for themselves.
HOTEL RESTAURANT
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B la c k s m ith s
Baker City, July 4,1874.-n9tf
B A K E R CITY, OREGON.
©EO. J. BOWMAN.
inform the Public that they have pur­
chased the Baker City Hotel, and have fitted
itup as aFirstClass Hotel, where they will be
found at all times ready to attend to the
wants of the
P h y sic ia u , S u rg eo n , & c .
quire at thts office.
WATCHES, CLOCKS I JEWELRY.
B aker City, Oregon.
E. W. REYNOLDS,
J. W.
Stock of
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S. V . K N O X ,
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ESTABLISHED'IN BAKER CITY IN 1867,
Keeps constantly on hand a well assorted
BEID & FLETCHEB, Prop’r.
B A K E R CITY, OREGON.
NOTABY
H o te l.
WATCHMAKER AND JE vVELER,
W r o o d W " a n t e d .
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C ord o f W o o d W a n te d at
the B edrock D emocrat Office imme­
diately, for which the highest Cash price
will be allowed.
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A REMINISCENCE OF MOUNTAIN
FIFE.
B y J o se ph G a l e .
T une —John Anderson, m y Joe.
Joseph Meek, m y friend Joe, when we
first knew each other
’Twas in the winter o f thirty-two, ’twas
cold and stormy weather
The snow Was falling fast Jo, and the
ground was covered o ’er;
The day we met,
I ’ll ne’er forget,
Now forty years and more.
’Twas on that stormy day Jo, when we
were first acquaint,
Our locks wore daik and flowing then,
Our manly brows were bent;
But now they are all wrinkled Jo, and
our locks are frosted o ’er
By toil and care,
And wear and tear
Of forty years and more.
I often sit and think Jo, o f our dangers and
our. toils
W hile fighting those wild Indirns Jo, or
threading those dark defiles,
Or crossing those lofty mountains Jo, or
o ’er the desert strayed,
W ith hearts of glee,
And souls as free,
As the wind that around us played.
Now Joseph Meek, m y friend Je, we are
on top the bill,
O f fighting, trapping and hunting Jo, we
both have had our fill,
And now we’ll hobble down Jo, come,
hand in hand we’ll go,
As best we may,
Preparing the way,
To meet the final blow.
Now to conclude our song Jo, we’ll cast
our eyes up there,
Where you and I have hunted Jo, In those
mountains wild and drear,
Now pause-----then lift them lightly Jo,
to yon calm and peaceful shore,
When you and I,'
,
Shall meet in the sky,
W hen our last hunt shall be o ’er.
GRANT
MEANS
TO RUN FOR A
TH IRD TERM.
That wise and penetrating observer, Mr.
J. S. Pike o f Maine, writes from Washing­
ton to the N. Y . Tribune in a very clear
and convincing manner upon the design
o f Gen. Grant to be the Republican candi­
date for President in 1870. We quote the
whole o f his letter:
‘•One has not to be long in Washington
to discover that all this Southern business
means a third term . Gen. Grant means it
and the whole host of adventurers whose
personal fortunes ax-e bound up in his con­
tinuance in office mean it also. It is a new
political feature in our history, but not
more strange or striking than many o f the
events o f the last dozen years. The in­
credulity about it is still considerable, be­
cause people do not i-eadily believe in
wholly new things. It is not unlikely the
plan is going to succeed. G en.G i’ant has
this great advantage. By making him sèlf
the agent o f violence and regression at the
South, he secures the undivided support
o f the blacks and carpet-baggers in the
choice o f delegates to the national nom i­
nating convention. Here is a lai'ge funded
capital to begin with. W ith the delegates
ef all the old slave States in his hands at
the outset, it will be seen that he enters
the contest with an immense advantage
over every other candidate. It must' also
be remembered that this is a blind force,
swayed by personal and partisan consid­
erations merely^ It will be the dead weight
o f the convention, not amenable to high
public considerations. It is difficult to see
how it can be overcome.
“ The dividing line is already being si­
lently drawn here among the Republicans
on this question, and it is not difficult to
trace its Windings and its boundaries. The
stiff and sure Republican States are at bot­
tom anti-Grant, anti-third term. They
wish to try no rash expei’iments. They de­
sire to save themselves, if they cannot
save the Presidential election
They
therefore oppose themselves to all politi­
cal audacities o f whatever character, and
strive to conciliate the moi’ai and conser­
vative forces which underlie all sound re­
publicanism. But it will be recognized
that the number of such States is compar­
atively small, and that they are no match
iu representative force for the body of
Southern States.
“ The Northern States which are to fur­
nish recruits for the Grant standard are
States quite differently situated. They are
States already lost to the Republicans such
as New Y ork, New Jersey, Indiana, and
others. Grant delegates from these States
can be furnished in any quantity, and the
rivalries o f competing civilian candidates
will swell their number. It is not with
them a question o f success now, hut o f fu­
ture opei-ations. They would rather throw
away their votes on Grant than anybody
else, since his probabilities o f success
wonld be worth more to them than any­
thing else within their reach. Then the
class o f doubtful Northern States, o f which
Pennsylvania and Ohio may bo taken as
samples, while they cannot be so certain­
ly counted on, will nevertheless turn out a
good deal o f driftwood that will follow the
strongest curfent. So that all things con­
sidered, looking to the States alone Grant’s
chances seem to be altogether better for a
nomination than those o f anybody else in
the Republican ranks.
“ This view receives confirmation in a
very striking manner, by the reticence o f
leading Republicans. Very few openly
say anything against the third term. .I n
fact nobody except such as are ready to
break With the Administration. Every­
b o d y if afraid o f that. It affects them in-
their parte relations, and brings down par­
tisan hostility, which few have the intre­
pidity to defy. I lls an abasement that all
politicians suffer, rather than endanger
their places. 1^ is not m anly, it is not hon.
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orable, but it|is human. It is a great^mis-
foi’tune that people in public life cannot be
independentand cannot sayjust what they
think. Gen. Grant dominates the leading
Republicans very much as Clay used to
dominate the old W higs, though from
very different reasons. Clay was a leader
and dictator by virtue o f his genius; Grant
is so by reason o f his place. The latter
has all the patronage o f the country at his
disposal and a backing o f popular favor
among the rank and file. Between the two
he makes himself formidable, espc cially
so through the exercise off his military
qualities of pertinacity and obstinacy.
“ Whoever, therefoi'e, would understand
the political situation, and desire to know
the reason o f the extraordinary policy be­
ing pursued, and to be, apparently, still
further pursued with the Southern States,
must recognize the facts here presented.—
They are the key to the position. It is a
bold push for the third term.”
Thei-s is no doubt that this is a pei’fectly
just and cori-eet view o f the situation, and
we commend it to all Republicans whose
patriotism and self-respect are stronger
than their devotion to the mere name o f a
party.
OUR SOUTH MOUNTAIN
FETTER.
S o u t h M o u n t a i n , I. T ., M ar. 8,1875.
E d it o r D e m o c r a t :— The City o f South
Mountain is about 7,000 feet above the level
of the sea, and is situated in a gulch or
open canyon, sloping to the north , at an
easy grade for freight teams. The town is
built along the canyon a distance of over a
quarter o f a mile, and has a population o f
about five hundi-ed. There are, at pres­
ent, seventy houses, the most o f them
having been put up since last September.
On visiting South Mountain from the
north , the first object that meets your ob­
servation is the Steam Saw-Mill, owned by
Shay and Bell, cutting abqut 8,000 feet o f
lumber per day. The next laTge structure
after leaving the Mill is the South Moun­
tain Consolidated Mining & Smelting
Works, o f which A. P. Minear is Pi-esident,
S. M. Wessels Sup’t., and J. Boyer Sec’y.—
The Company have two large furnaces,
and contemplate building another. The
result from one furnace for three consecu­
tive days, smelting 54 tons o f ore, making
214 bars, that weighed 20763 lbs., valued at
14,183,23, burning 900 bushels o f coal per
day. Joel Slack is the coal contractor, and
has contracted to furnish one-half m illion
bushels. W m . Irwin is Sup’i. o f the mines
for the S. M. C. M. Co., and is one o f the
most practical miners on the Pacific Coast.
We have a Telegraph Office, a branch of
the Nevada & Northern Telegraph Co., J.
Boyer manager. There are three black­
smith shops owned by McGlathex-y, Gen-
n ing& C o., and R. W. Brickey; four mer­
cantile houses—Myers & Co., Bateman &
Co., Drewy & Co. and Chas. Fury; six sa­
loons—Beggs & McDonnell, James Ryan,
Foiy &■ Co. and others; three hotels—Con
Shay & Palmer Bros., Brunzell Bros, and
M. McLacy; one restaurant—Johnny Glenn
& Gus Pacheron; one drug-store—Smith
Bros; Dentist—G. W . Newsom; one livery
stable—Pinkham & Co; tin shop—Sam
Johnston; butcher shop—Mat Denning;
three houses o f modesty; one boot & shoe
shop; two barber shops; two toll roads;
Justice o f the Peace—C. Fox; Notary Pub­
lic—A. V . Bradley.
Thei-e are over fifty ledges being pros­
pected at South Mountain and vicinity,and
there will be many more diseovex-ed.—
Wells, Fax-go & Co. will have an Express
Office here in about thi-ee weeks, and a pe­
tition is being circulated for a Post-Office.
Dow Vincent carries the mail from Silver
City to this place, for which he charges
each individual one dollar per month ox-
25 cents a letter. I paid m y dollar in ad­
va n ce, and have written 4-1 lettei-s in 14
days trying to keep eyen. Directly and
indirectly there will be em ploym ent fox-
,0 ver a thousand men to keep the three
furnaces running. Joh n L em p, o f Boise
City^ is going to start a brewery liex-a.—
There ax-o two stage lines from Silver City
here—Dow Vincent and Gillmore, and in
a few days the Ovex-land Stage Co. will
have their stages running through this
place from Silver toW innem ucca.
Part o f the lumber is now on the ground
for the purpose o f erecting a lax-ge hall to
be used by the Masons and Odd Fellows,
px-oviding there should be no reaction in
business.
Houses are going up like magic, axxd
every stage is loaded to the guards with
men and women all anxious to get a bit of
the Bonanza; yet there is but little to be
seen at present, as we are now having all
the symptoms o f mid-winter. Hotels,
restaurants, houses, cabins and holes in
the gx-ouixd are full o f men and more com ­
ing. Bedding is very scarce, and not a
drop of m ilk in the camp. Beef net 4 cts..
retails from 9 to 15 cents; grain o f all kinds
Scents and on the raise; buttex; from 50 to
75 cents per lb .; Lard, ham and bacon are
in demand at 25 and 30 cents; chickens
from $9 to $12 per dozen, hay, in bale, $45
p»r ton. Business is done here on the cash*
basis, as pay day is the 5th o f every month.
The above statements are correct to the
best of m y knowledge and belief, and I
send them to the press to be published for
the benefit o f those wishing to com e to
South Mountain, I have not given you my
opinion of the mines, nor am I going to,
but I am just like all the men' that I have
met with here, I am contented to stay at
South>Mountain. Come and see for your­
selves as thousands o f others will do.
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Dr. T. N. SNOW.
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, the colqmn, constitutes a square.
N. B.—All debts duo this office are payable
in Coin, unless'otherwise expressly agi’eed.
changes of Spanish administratiox.s. This
agent, Manuel Calvo by name, is a slave
owner, not devoid o f a certain talent, and
always am ply supplied with funds whei'e-
with to x-elieve the financial necessities o f
any obliging Ministcx-.
The W elcker’s is a restaurant kept by
one L ’Hai-dy, and there the Spanish
“ King o f the L obby” has” his apartments.
Mi’. Calvo entertains in luxuriant style,
and almost daily the political notabilities
o f Spanish hebnob acx-oss his mahogany.
Moreovex-, he purchased some time since a
half interest in the Alfonsist paper, La
Epoca, besides m aking considerable in­
vestments in conservative journals. To
these and other similar reasons is due the
enormous influence whtch under every
Administration in Madrid since 1868, with
the only exceptions of those o f Pi y Mar-
gal and Ruiz Zorilla, Manual Calvo has
exercised over each successive Colonial
Secretai'y.
It is now alleged ixx Madrid that when
Calvo promised his coopex-atioix to the A l­
fonsist c o u p d ’ e t a t , tho slave traders o f
Havana sent him $300,000, which he dis­
tributed through Count Valmasoda, the
4^rmer Captain-Gfeneral o f Cuba, to army
officers, where it would do the most g o o d .
A ll or almost all o f these officers had eax-n-
ed their ran k , and many their fox-tunes, in
Cuba. A m ong them m a y b e mentioned
Serrano, Concha., ffei-sundi, Jovellar, Leto-
na, Martinez, Campos, and Valmaseda.—
The p r o n u n c i b n t o itself was made by
Valmaseda, and the funds provided by
Calvo. Valmaseda is rewarded by the
Captain Genex-alship o f Cuba, while Calvo
puts his tool, Lopez de Ayala, who drew
up the manifest o f 1868, which openly in­
sulted Isabella, into the office o f Secx-etarv
o f the Colonies, and the Casino Espaxiol
are remunerated for their outlay by the as­
surance that duiing the reign o f Alfonso
the sacred institution o f slavery shall not
be interfered with.
Washington’ s Agricultural Uife.
The following extracts from Irving’s Life
of Washington will he- cherished by evex-y
enlightened and working farmer :
“ A large Virginia estate in those days was
a little empii-o. The mansion house was
the seat of government, with its numerous
dependencies, such as kitchens, smoke-house
work-shops, and stables. Iu this mansion
the planter ruled supx-eme : his steward, ox-
overseer, was his prime minister and execu­
tive officer; he had his legion of house ne­
groes for domestic service, and "his^host of
field.negroes for the culture of tobacco, In-*
dian corn and other crops, andSfor other out
of door labor. Their quarters formed a kind
of hamlet apart, composed of various huts
with little gardens and poultx-y yards, all
well stocked, and swarms of little xxegroes
gamboling in the sunshine. Then there
were large wooden edifices for curing tobac­
co, the staple and most profitable product­
ion, and mills for grinding wheat and Indian
corn, of which large fields were cultivated
for the supply of the family and the main­
tenance of the negroes.
* * * * The
Virginia planters were prone to leave the
care of their estates too much to their over­
seers, and to think personal labor a- degra­
dation. Washington carried into his rural
affaixs the same method, activity, and- - cir­
cumspection, that distinguished him in m il­
itary lift. He kept his own aceounts, posted
up his books, and balanced them with mer­
cantile exactness. We have examined them
as well as his diaries recording his daily oc­
cupations, and his letter-books containing
entries of shipments of tobacco, and cor­
respondence with his London agents. They
are monuments of business habits.
“ The products of his estate also became
so noted for the faithfulness, as to quality
and quantity with which they were put up,
that it is said any barrel of flour whicli boi-e
the brand of ‘Geo. Washington, MounJ; Ver­
non,’ was exempt from the customary in­
spection in the West India pox’ts.
“ He was an early riser; often be±ore day­
break, in the winter, when the jiights wei-e
long. On such occasions he lit'his own fire,
and wrote or read by candle-light. He break­
fasted at seven in summer, at eight in win­
ter. Two small cups of tea and three or
four cakes of Indian meal (called hoe cake),
formed his frugal repast. Immediately af­
ter breakfast he mounted his -horse, and vis­
ited those parts of the estate where any work
was going on, seeing to everything with his
own eyes, and efteu aiding with his own
hands.
“ Dinner was served at two o’clock. He
ate heartily, but was no epicure, nor criti­
cal about his food. His beverage was small
beer or cider, and two glasses of old Madei­
ra. li e took tea, of which he was very fond,
early in the evening, and retired for the
night about nine o’clock.
* “ If confined to the house by had weather,
ho took that occasion to ai-rangehts papers,
post up his accounts, or write letters; pass­
ing a part of the time in reading, and occas­
ionally reading aloud to the family.
“ He treated his negroes with kindness;
attended to their comforts, and was particu­
lar lv careful o f them in sickness; but never
tolerated idleness, and exacted a faithful
performance of all their allotted tasks. He
had a quick eye at calculating each man’s
capabilities. An entry in lxis diary gives a
curions instance of this. Four oi his. ne­
groes, employed as carpenters, were hewing
and shaping timber. It appeared to liim,
in noticing the amount of work accomplish­
ed between two succeeding mornings, tlpxt
they loitered at their labor. Sitting down
quietly he timed their . operations. How
long it took them to get their cross-cut saw
and other implements x-eady; how long to
clear away the branches from the trunk of a
fallen tree; how long to hew and saw it;
what time was expended in considering and
consulting; and after all, how much work
was accomplished in the time he looked on.
From these he made his computation how-
much they could accomplish in the course
of a d ay, working entirely at their ease.
“ At another timfe we find him working a
HOW ALFONSO BECAME KING OF
part of two days with Peter, his smith, to
SPAIN.
make a plow, on a new invention of his own.
Gradually, and chiefly through the TliiSj after tw > or three failures, he accom­
claims o f the victors to the spoils, says the plished. Then, with less than his usual
N. Y . Sun, the history o f the Ring which judgment he put his two chariot horses to
the plow and ran a great risk of spoiling
placed Alfonso on the throne o f Spain is them, in giving his new invention a trial on
leaking out.
>*
ground thickly swaided.
“ Anon, during a thunder storm, a -fright­
Ever since the outbreak o f the Cuban
revolution in 1868, the slaveholdex-s and ened negro alarms the house with the word""'
slave traders of Havana who organized the that the mill is giving way, upon which
there is a general turn out of all the forces,
Casixio Espanol, have maintained an with Washington at their head, wheeling
agent in Madrid to protect their interest and shoveling gravel, during a pelting rain,
in slavery through all the kaleidoscopic to check the rushing water.”