The Lincoln County Leader, 1882-11-11

New Eulings on Mining Claims. The following regulations were on September 23d upproved by the secretary of the interior and com communicated - municated communicated to registrars and surveyor-generals : , 1. Tho first care in recognizing an application for patent or placer claims must be exercised in deter determining - mining determining tho exact classification of tho land. To this end the clearest evidence of which the case is capa capable - ble capable must be presented. If the claim be all placer ground that fact must be stated in the application and corroborated by accompanying proofs. If of mixed placers and lodes it should be so set forth, with a description of all known lodes situ situated - ated situated within tho boundaries of the claim. A specific declaration such as is required by section 2,3:53 lie lie-vised - vised lie-vised Statutes, must be furnished as to each lode intended to be claimed. All other hides are, by tho silence of tho applicant, ex excluded - cluded excluded by law from all claim by him of whatever nature, possessory or otherwise. 2. Section 2,395, Revised Statutes (sub-division seven) requires the surveyors to "note in his field books tho true situation of all mines, salt licks, salt springs and mill seats which come to his knowledge. " Also "all water courses over which the lines lie runs may pass." It further requires him to note "the quality of the lands." The descrip descriptive - tive descriptive notes are required by subdi subdivision - vision subdivision eight, to be incorporated in the plat by the surveyor-general. 3. If these duties have been per performed, - formed, performed, the surveyors will furnish a reasonable guide to the district officers and to claimants in prose prosecuting - cuting prosecuting their applications. Put ex experience - perience experience has shown that great neglect has resulted from inatten inattention - tion inattention to the law in this respect and tho regular plats are of very little value in the matter. It will there therefore - fore therefore bo required in the future that deputy surveyors shall, at the ex expense - pense expense of tho parties, makt full ex examination - amination examination of all placer claims, and duly note the facts as specified in tho law, stating the quality, tho composition of the soil, the kind and amount of timber and other vegetation, the locus and size of streams and such other matters as mav appear upon tho surface and underground workings, whether placer or lode, for mining pur purposes. - poses. purposes. 4. In addition to this data which tho law requires to be shown in all cases, the deputy should report with reference to proximity to center of trato or residence; also of well known systems of lodes, deposits or of individual lodos. He should also report as to tho uso or adapta adaptability - bility adaptability of tho claim for placer mining, whether water has been brought on in sufficient quantity to mino the same or whether it can be procured for that purpose, and finally what works or expenditures have been made by the claimant or his grant grantors - ors grantors for the development of the claim, and their situation and loca location - tion location with respect to the samo as ap applied - plied applied for. 5. This examination 6houM be reported by the deputy under oath, to the surveyor-general, and duly corroborated, and a copy of the same be furnished with the nppli nppli-cation - cation nppli-cation for patent for tho claim, con constituting - stituting constituting a part thereof, and includ including - ing including the oath of the applicant. 6. In caso of proposed claim for lands not yet surveyed, the forego ing regulations will govern an ap application - plication application for survey. 7. In controversies hereafter to bo determined respecting the min mineral - eral mineral value of lands, their valuo for all purposes, whether agricultural or municipal, or us scats for towns will bo considered without refer reference - ence reference to tho decisions heretofore iniwlo in particular cases. No de decision - cision decision finally executed, however, will bo considered under this mod modification. - ification. modification. 8. No application by association of jK'rsons for patent to a placer claim will bo allowed to embrace more than liO acres, nor w ill any application bo entertained to em embrace - brace embrace more than one location. 9. Application awaiting entry, whether published or not, must be madu in conformity to those regu regulations, - lations, regulations, both in respect to tho itjnoiiiit of ground and examination

They Didn't Sell Stoves. From the Detroit Free Press. Four or five weeks ago n wo wo-man - man wo-man with an undicided look on her face entered a Detroit hardware store, threaded her way for sixty feet among coal stoves of every pattem, and timidly inquired : " Do vou keep stoves here ?"' "YesV" "Coal stoves?" "Yes'm." She said she had boon thinking of getting a coal store for the winter, and the clerk took her in hand, llo showed her how tho doors worked and how the dampers were ar arranged - ranged arranged and the Hues situated, and he talked of double drafts, great savings, increased cheerfulness, re reduction - duction reduction of price, and all that, and she said she'd think it over and drop in again. In about three days tho woman reappeared and inquired of the very same clerk if they sold coal stoves. Ho replied that they did sell ono now and then, and lie cleared his voice and began tho usual thirty thirty-minute - minute thirty-minute lecture on the Michigan, tho Detroit, and the Pennsylvania baso burners. Tho beautiful nickel nickel-plate, - plate, nickel-plate, tho placo for tho teakettle, the ornamental legs, tho anti-clinker shaker all points were touched upon and praised and explained, and the woman said she would'nt tako one along under her arm jwt then, but would call again. She called again that samo week, beard tho samo lecture from tho samo clerk, and started for the bank to draw the money to pay for tho base base-burner. - burner. base-burner. That was the last seen of her for a week. Then she walked softl v in and innocently inquired : "1 suppose you keep coal stoves ?" "No, ma'am." "Not any kind?" "Not a one. We used to, but went out of the business a year ago." There wore twenty coal stoves on the lloor, but if she saw them ttlic didn't let on. She lreaved a big sigh of disappoint disappointment, - ment, disappointment, glanced around her, and went slowlv out with the remark : "Well, 1 don't know ns I want to buy one, but, I thought it wouldn't do any harm to look at some of tho latest makes." An Unreasonable Woman. Mrs. Samuelsonwill nerer admit that her husband has a single good quality. She never gives him credit for anything he does. Not long since ho attended a banquet, and he came homo at an early hour and perfectly sober, but she now at him all tho same. "I was the very first one to como home; all the restare there yet," he said. "Well," she growled, "I don't see that you are entitled to any credit for tho others staying thero after you left." 2'ex'in lifting. The Power that Moves. Oftentimes I have seen a tall ship glide by against tho tide as if drawn by some invisible bowline, with a hundred strong anus pulling. Her sails were unfilled, her stream streamers - ers streamers wero drooping, she had neither sido wheel nor stern wheel; still alio moved on stately, in sereno triumph, as with her own life. Put I knew that on the other sido of tho ship, hidden beneath tho great bulk that swam so majestical majestically, - ly, majestically, there was a littlo toiling steam tug with a heart of firo and arms of iron, that was tugging it bravely on ; and I knew if tho little steam tug untwined her arm and left tho ship, it would wallow and roll about and drift hither and thither, and go oft' with the retiuent tide, no man knows whither. And so I have known more than one genius, high-decked, full-freighted, idle idle-sailed, - sailed, idle-sailed, gappinioned, but for tlio bare, toiling arms and brave, warm warm-beating - beating warm-beating heart of tho J'aithful littlo wife that, nestles close to him, so that no wind or wave could part them, would have gone down with tho stream, and been heard of ni more. -Oliu v Wcnddl ll.!i!ic.

LACONICS. It is the late cat that catches the early boot-jack- A rare thing in ladies' bonnets An unpowdered face. "Work is tho salt of life," says Mr. Tuppcr. Perhaps that is why many of us are so eternally thirsty. "Yes," said the county member, "I went to that variety show be because - cause because 1 was sure there would bo no one there who knew mo. Durn'd if pretty near the whole Legislature wasn't there 1" A Kansas boy named lllack was changing his pants when a pistol fell from his pocket and exploded, the ball shattering his arm. He will confino himself to ono pair of pants hereafter. A Cincinnati man in trying to break a 40 colt smashed up s!0 worth of property, but as he had the applause of some 00 men and boys he didn't mind the loss much. If you can't trust aman entirely, let him skiji ; this trying to gi-t an average on honesty has always been a failure. Joh Jlillinys. Professor Huxley estimates the take of herring in the North Sea at 3,000,000,001. P.efore relying on Huxley's estimate we would like to know whether he saw the fish or took the statement of the fishermen. Douglas Autz, of Norwich, fell under a moving train he was trying to board. When the train passed Doughw arose., uninjured, with his cigar in liismoutn. And yet there arc people who claim smoking to be injurious. A wild western orator wound up a very thrilling speech by saving: " And fellow citizens, there is not a man, woman, or child in the house, of 50 rears of ago, who has not had this truth thundering through their minds for centuries." Old saying: "I have divided my subject." began tho parson, "into two heads." "Two heads with but a single thought," whisp whispered - ered whispered Fogg to Mrs. F., and then he closed his eyes for his usual nap. A shirt has two arms, the same as pantaloons have two legs. Yet one is called a pair and the otiicr is only ono. Isn't it time that wo let letup - up letup on comets and paid more atten attention - tion attention to every dav trilles that vex the clearest minds? Officer of the Prussian guards looking at the ocean, to his wife : "Isn't this a glorious sight, Min Minnie - nie Minnie i Put the sea seems greatly agitated probably has never be before - fore before seen an officer of tho Prussian guards." Plantation philosophy liemcm liemcm-ber, - ber, liemcm-ber, young man, dat do beet frien' yer's got on dis earth is a better frien" ter himself den he is ter you. Pity no attention ter a man by do boasts what ho makes. Thunder (loan all de time tell ob a eomin' rain Doanturn amauoutcn do ranks of spectabilitv caso he's a coward A hound tfog ain't much on de fight, but he's a mighty use useful - ful useful animal While Nature was foolin' away her timopaintin' differ different - ent different colors an' stripes on do horns ob de Jack snappers an' odder bugs I doan see why she didn't contrive some easier way fur a chile to cut teeth. Arkanwt Traveler. When a young man kisses his girl good-night, about 1:30 a. m. he may have nearly a mile to walk before reaching his home, and he envies his girl, who, he supposes, jumps into bed and is fast asleep ten minutes after ho leaves the house. He doesn't know that she must first fish seventy-nine hairpins out of her head, one at a time, and twist her hair up into bits of paper, so that it will crimp nicely next day and that ho is in bed snoring be before - fore before she turns off the gas. If lie was aware of this fact, perhaps he would leave earlier.

It is estimated that no less than soo,liO0 tons of tin plate are annu annually - ally annually used in tho United States in tho manufacture of tin boxes and cans for oysters, and the multitude of various things known to canners. A single New York tírni uses twenty tons of the plate per day. Las Vegas has a lady who ad advertises - vertises advertises to do all kimls of stamping. She would have work to do down hero in Lincoln county stamping out some of our gangue politicians. The pei ) ile are getting tired of the New Process plan- of running county politics. After this job is completed she might find perman permanent - ent permanent employment on some of our free gold ores. Judge Hunter, of Utah, is now receiving the execrations of the j Gentile population of Salt Lake, for deciding a mandamus ctise brought before him, in tavor of the Mor Mormons. - mons. Mormons. The decision practically nullifies the acts of Congress, and the Judge is openly charged with corruption in his official capacity. On account of this decision the saints are intensely jubilant. The Xew Haven Iieylnftr says that the improved (ratlin gun, which is made at Hartford, has been tested at Sandy Hook by the United States Ordnance Hoard with very satisfactory results. The cartridge feed ex works at an eleva elevation, - tion, elevation, and Dr. Galling holds that the gun, firing from five hundred to ono thousand shots a minute, will kill men in intrenchmonts at any distance from one hundred to thirty-five hundred yards. Governor Ortiz, of Sonora, is on his M ay to the city of Mexico via. New Orleans. Ho says the oppo opposition - sition opposition to him originated in his favoring the introduction of Amer American - ican American railways and capital to Sonora, to make it an enterprising and prosperous state. "When elected governor a year ago he worked steadily for the building of railroads with American capital. lie was driven from the Governor's man mansion - sion mansion at llerntosillo by a lawless mob who would have taken his life had he not taken refuge in the American railway camp, lie con confidently - fidently confidently expects President Gonv.ales to reinstate him and furnish tiulH- eieut troops to maintain his office. ' An exchango thinks that when a bar-keeper has been discovered put putting - ting putting vinegar into asqtioezed lemon and then using it a second time, the government should give the star routers a rest until his case can bo attended to.

HERE AND THEEE. Abbey's Park theater burned on Monday afternoon. Mrs. Langtry viewed the flames from the balcony of the hotel. Nero, during a somewhat similar occasion, fiddled; the Langtry was simply shocked. Casper Younger attempted to kill his wife, daughter, son-in-law ' and children in Philadelphia. lie constructed a sort of infernal machine of lead pipe and loaded it with glass, bullets and other mis miscellany. - cellany. miscellany. It exploded in the wrong direction, and he will bo held for attempted killing instead of whole wholesale - sale wholesale murder. In the next attempt ho will uso non-explosive oil or an unloaded shot gun. Postmaster General Howe has made an order giving jxistmasters discretion in returning letters to writers ti im application, and the production of proper proof. Here Heretofore, - tofore, Heretofore, this power was vested only in the Postmaster General. A sensible Haltimorcan sent, a bride, on a recent occasion, a wed wedding - ding wedding present of twenty tons of coal. Common sense at last. The city of Mexico is reported as booming. Three thousand houses are in process of construc construction. - tion. construction. That Old Mexico has be become - come become connected to a live republic by a railway is sufficient explana explanation. - tion. explanation. The only evidence of feeling be betrayed - trayed betrayed by a Montreal woman, who wtis sent for the forty-first time to the work-house, in the ekclamation " Now, ain't that too bad !" The old-fashioned "shucking" are again in vogue in the cornfields of Georgia, much to the delight of tho colored population and tiie amusement of the white trash who have not seen such work festivals since "befo' de wah." A woman at Morristown, Minn., vent to a saloon where her erring husband bought his whiskey, aud with an ax, demolished tho entire contents of the place. A revolver in the hands of the proprietor did not deter her in the least. "This is your brother," said a St. Louis hotel clerk to one of the guests. Recognition was mutual, thirty -five years had elapsed since their last meeting. Moses II illard, of Texas, was ono brother and Fred Ilillard, of California, the other. They had both prospered.

Silver Dollars to the Front. From the Chicago Mining Review. Official financial statements show that during tho week ending Octo October - ber October 21st, standard silver dollars to the amonnt of 953,000 were put into circulation, whil during the corresponding period last year but 4(5-i,4!7 wero issued, which is un improvement to the amount of $48$, $48$,-4(a, - 4(a, $48$,-4(a, or more than fifty per cunt. The fact that the necessity of our people forces silver into use as cur currency - rency currency in tho face of tho hostile oj- Cosition by the treasury department aeked by a strong forco of eastern and foreign capitalists, is conclusive proof of tho absurdity of tho dis discriminating - criminating discriminating legislation, which in injures - jures injures tho industries of tho whole country, to fill tiie overflowing coffers of a few. These facts indi indicate - cate indicate the falsity of the charge that the people will not use silver lié a currency.

For ten years an Italian has been proprietor of a peanut and fruit stand at. tho corner of Montgomery and Washington streets, Jersey City, in front of a shoo store. At a sheriff's sale of tho store on Wed Wednesday - nesday Wednesday tho stock of goods and fix fixtures - tures fixtures wcro knocked down to the jieanut merchant, who promptly handed over the purchase monev, amounting to over $l,oo0. llo will continuo tho boot and shoe business in connection with the peanut and fruit business. His wife, remarked that they had money eiotigh to buy another :-tore.-- X. ' 1'. J I III:.