The Nevada Democrat., 1856-12-03
VARIETIES,

cOr0lng 10 LrlDee. Inc 0D0flglnee are rapidly
becoming extinct. According to this authority,
there are of the Hook tribe, at the rancheria
near Hook farm, ten men. seven women, and
three children; of the Yukulmey, seven men,
four women, and one child; of the CLASH, ten
men, nine women, and one child. The number
of the Yubas will not vary materially from one
hundred-men, women and children.
Broke JAn--The Oroville Record says that
two prisoners escaped on Saturday night, from
the Jail in that place. They dug their way out
with pewter spoon. The Record says the
quality of the mortar is about the consistency
Of chicken-feed'' - made with corn meal and
water. This is accounted for from the bricks
having been laid during the hot weather Of last
summer, which being perfectly dry, absorbed
the moisture from the mortar, leaving nothing
but a crumbling mixture of dry lime and sand
TO hold them together.
The MINNIE RHLE.-A proof of the great dis
tance Minnie rife will carry ball has been
given at Madgeburg. Some soldiers were firing
at target at l,000paces; laborers were at work
200 PAGES beyond, which was thought to be
safe distance; but one of the poor fellows was
mortally wounded by bullet. A sheep has
been accidentally killed in England, With the
Enfield rife, from distance of $500 yards.
HEAVY Police BUslNEss.--In Boston, Daniel
Gilmore, little boy, admitted that he had st0-
Sandford. he was fined three dollars and costs.
In the continued case of John Fisher, the de-
fendant plead guilty to stealing three blankets
of the value of So, property of the inhabitants
of the city of Boston. He was sentenced to the
House of Industry for five months.
CLAIMS AGAINST ADAMS Il Co.--On Saturday,
| Nov. 22d, Gilbert A. Grant referee, made q re-
| port to the Fourth District Court of San Fran
cisco, from which it appears that the claims
against the firm of Adams q Co. amount to
| 81 l55, ,494. The creditors have until Saturday
Dec. 9th, to show cause why the report of the
referee should not be confirmed
| AN ENGLISH MIsER.-Daniel Dancer, when
he had $4,000 year. used to beg pinch of
snuff from all of his friends, and when the box
was full bartered its contents for tallow can
die. But his parsimonious ingenuity appears
contemplate in comparison with that of the
Russian miser, who learned to bark that he
might avoid the expense of keeping dog.
JUDGMENT AGAINST THE FOLSOM EsTATE.-On
Saturday morning, Nov. 22d, in the U. s. Cir
cult Court, the jury In the case of the United
States VS.. the Executors of J. L. Folsom, re-
turned verdict in favor of the United States
for the sum of $l86, ,65S, with interest from Nov.
18th, 1855-amount due by deceased on his &c
count as Quarter Master. -
MExIco.-The True Californian is informed,
by private letters from Mexico, that President
Comonfort has made offers to England and the
United States to sell the province of Sonora,
Lower California, and apart of chihuahua, for
the purpose of relieving the embarrasments by
which he is surrounded.
POPULATION OF CUBA.-The population of Gu
ba is estimated at the present time, at about l.
100000. Of these 100000 are white, 100000
are slave black, and about 200, 900 free black.
BY royal order of 18th March, 1887, free col
ored people were prohibited from landing In
Cuba, on any pretence whatever.
SuIcrDE.-A man named Henry Debring COM
mitted suicide in San Francisco on Tuesday the
18th inst. by shooting himself through the heart
with revolver. The deceased was native OF
Germany, aged thirty-two years. He was sup
posed to have been insane. r-
LARGE WooLEN FAcToRY.-At the Bay State
Mills, in Lawrence Mass there are annually
manufactured 100000 shawls, valued at up
wards of 81 500, 900. The mills consume 10000
pounds of wool in day, or upwards of l2,000,-
600 per year, requiring annually the ieeces Of
at least 100000 sheep.
THE MARIPosA GRANr.-It is stated that the
Board of Supervisors of Mariposa county have
assessed the great Mariposa grant of Col. Fre-
mont at $l000,000, the taxes on which, at the
present rate of taxation will amount to upwards
of $l7, ,00O
WALKING MATCH.-James Kennovan and an
Englshman, named Trainor, are soon to have
walking match, in San Francisco, for $500
side. They are to walk together, and the first
who stops shall have lost the bet. The champi-
on's belt also goes in ri
SHIPMENT OF SPECIE.-The Panama steamer,
John L. Stephens, which sailed on the goth ult.,
took out $2,O75,33l in specie; the Nicaragua
steamer Orzaba took $263, 11-making to-
tai of 50 ,349,O42.
CENTENSrAI.-The centennial anniversty Of
the introduction of printing into New Hamp-
shire, was recently celebrated in grand style at
Portsmouth, in that State.
PRoMPT.-The city Of Sacramento sent per last
steamer by Wells, Fvrgo d Co., TO the house Of
Wells, Fargo Il Co., in New York, the sum of
$4,000, to pay the coupons of January, 1857.
FILLMORE AND FREMoNT.-Fremont has car
ried four caunties in the State-Santa Clara,
Almeda, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo;
and Fillmore only two-Yolo and Colusa.
EMGRANTs.-There arrived in the city of New
York the present year, up to the 18th of Oct0-
ber, from all foreign ports, Ill 1896 emgrants.
To the same date in 1855, Ill ,032 arrived.
WATER STRIKE Posters have been lately
stuck up in Orovile calling for a meeting of
the miners, to take into consideration the high
price charged for water.
FAST BUnDING.-The Chicago Times says that
three thousand seven hundred and fifty build
ings have been erected in that city since the
commencement of the present year.
PETRIFIED TREE.-A petrified tree was found
in Santa Rosa Valley last week, at the depth Of
twenty-five feet below the surface.
THE COMET AGAIN SEEN-The Bulletin states
that the comet was seen from San Francisco on
Monday morning. Nov. 25th, at 4 o'clock.
THE OREGON PAPERS are again agitating the
question of applying for admission into the
Union as a State.
FUNDS ON HAND.-The County Treasurer of
San Francisco reports the funds on hand 90