The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-02-11
fully misrepresen. ii. Laborers can y
had in gre., plenty from 40 to 90 do'''.'
-. r,on,b and occasionally rs. Old MI

ner month and occasionally rs. Old MI
ners are taken IN preference to new COM
ers and any one of the boys that have
remained will bear me out IN the asser'
ton, that, nine-tenths Of the time, man
is IN luck to hire a, any price.
Miners and mechanics work Tor %
and So per day and board. The best OF
clerks and statesmen receive from S9oo
to 81 500 a year, and no ordinary man
can hire; a, the end Of the year they 90
not possess as much as one at hone'
whose salary was $500, OR $500 Pro-
visions are cheaper now than at a cores
ponding time last season. Still they
would make your eyes open to compare
the prices'to those in the Upton market
What you pay for bushel Of potatoes
will here buy no, quite three lbs; tor a
bushel of beans, buys here four lbs. Tor
a bushel Of onions, buys here five lbs.-
Hams and bacon 25c pr h., pork As, beef
30, dried peaches Soc pr h., and apples
80; eggs 81 so pr doz., chickens 81 %
to 50 apiece; other eaiables in proper
ton. Board is from SO to Sloper week,
while the most economical cannot board
themselves for less than five or seven dol
lars. A great majority are closing up
business for the purpose OF returning IN
the spring-nor only miners but our best
business men. / would advise no one to
come to this repu,ed "Ophir," for those
who in future emigrate here will regret
it, without they come prepared to make
this their permanent home.
Persons who do emigrate, must ex-
pee, to come up step by step, hike the
early pioneers to the western states. A
fortune obtained here a. present is by hard
unwearied labor. Men can no longer
a, once dash into it. They have got to
hammer ii out by steady and rugged
blows. True, there will continue to be
sudden strikes, some have then toll well
repaid in the 'glttering dust and others
special favorites Of Dame Fortune, &C.
quire their pile In short period; ye
cases OF the kind are becoming rare ane
isolated, and each when occurring. /:
,rumpted forth by all the papers. Those
who are more successful, are companie:
who with large outlay OF funds, tunne
the hills. l, now requires capital to en-
gage in the occupation, and large sums
are annually lost in sinking shafts run
ming in tunnels and prospecting tn
suaface.' candidly believe that he WHIT
remains at home will. after an energetic
and industrious application to any bust
ness or profession for the term Of fiv,
years, be possessed OF as much wealth al
those who emigra,e, for the same period
to this State.
Quite an excitement prevailed in towr
on the 23d. Two miners in disputine
the title to a claim, quarreled. One by
the name of Logan, from Delaware coun
ty Iowa, drew pistol and sho, mar
named Findley, from Canada, killed hin
instantly. He was arrested and sent tt
Coloma for trial.
Our Legislature convenes a, Benicia
on the lst OF January, 1854. The Dem
ocrats have large majority, consequent.
ly can do as they please with the enact,
ments..Q the coming session. Out sec
ond annual Masonic Ball came off las
evening. 1t is admitted to have surpas.
sed any similar occasion tha, has ever
occurred in the mining region. All came
with the idea,
''To let those dance that never danced before,
And those that always dance, to dance the more.
Believe me your old companion,
ISAAC TITUS.