Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-04-19
NO. 3

got fairly on the track Of the load and And.
ing the dip to be toward the Canon they
started q second branch 80 feet from The
mouth Of the tunnel running west 30 feet
In the end Of this drift they sunk shaft 40
feet deep from the bottom Of which they run
drift or tunnel 60 feet north under the =.
vine and are now sinking shaft in the end
Of this drift on the lead All this work ~
been done in very hard parphyritic granite
and up to this time not dime in mineral
has been extracted. So you will easily con.
ccive that It is necessary to have an sbund.
ancc OF faith and to never yield to dcspond.
ency, If one would be miner. "
Our vegetable peddlcr has Just called: /
bought six pounds Of sourkraut for which /
paid VI, which is cheap, as II has been sci.
ling at two bits per b. I bought 90 eta.
worth Of potatoes and have just taken the
pans to count them and End / have Just pre-.
c,sely twenty, and some Of them small at that.
Butter, 20 cts. per No. Cabbage, 10 cts. per ib.
Carrots, 10 cts. per fb. Turnips, 8 cts. Hams,
80 cts. per ID. Shoulders, SO cts. Der NJ
Eggs per doz. $3.50. Chickens 1880 cnch,
Flour per cwt, $40 to $12; other articles n
the same ratio. - Hr,'Tf
From California We have nothing Of special
interest The steamer st. Louis arrived a
San Francisco on the night of Feb. 9th, 70
days from New York. She will be placed on
the route between s. F. and Panama. The
celebration Of the Chinese New Year com.
menced at midnight Of Feb. 9Th. On this
as well as oil other Chinese HOLIDAYS an i'm.
mense amount Of fire-crackers are b,,rned
indeed, holiday is no holiday to q China.
man unless he be allowed to shoot of Arc.
crackers. Quartz specimens from japan are
on exhibition in San Francisco at Hareltune,s
Japan Bazaar. The arrival ofa small train
OF em'grants. hailing from Iowa, is chroni.
cled by the San Francisco papers. Trains OF
this kind seldom go to San Francisco: thev
generally find halting places in valleys
among the foot hills or on the plains border
ing the large rivers. This train contained
but two wagons and five mules with the fam.
lily OF Mr.. H.J. Campbell consisting Of slx
persons; they came by way OF Texas, which
State they left on the l1th of Sept. 1880. - ~
They came by the Overland Stage Route. :.
The California Legislature costs the State
Sl4,l4 per day in the pay of members of both
houses, officers an attaches. f rs. 7'-i
Tho Chinese eat rats, young dogs and
oirds nests. sea slugs and great many other
things at which We would turn up our noses,
In tho Honolulu market reports under the
head OF FUNGUS" we have some account Of
new Article OF Chinese consumption--as
follows: ~ The production and demand for
this singular edible Is rapidly on the increase.
1t is warty excrescencc growing on forest
trees, and is largely produced during the
rainy weather 1t is estimated by Chinese
dealers in it that the recent protracted storm
will produce crop worth, for export to Chi.
ma, at leaat $4,000. The labor Of gathering
it from the limbs of the trees in the forest
gives employment to a large number Of men
and women. The present price paid by deal
ers IS and 81 cts. per H." 81
The mail steamer St. Louis, sailed ycster-
day (22d) for Panama, carrying off $50 pas.
sengers and $999, ,624. .35 in treasure, take
the following from the Sacramento Union of
Feb. 22d: "We were shown a slip. four
inches in length by two broad, on which Was
imprinted the following design: A knight in
full arnor; cross on his breast; q sword
held upright in his left hand, and a shield.
with Maltese cross on the same over this
is an eye, in the rays surrounding which are
placed points like those Of compass: be-
meath the figure, printed in two lines, is q
call to appear at midnight. They are posted
all over the city" Plotting against the
whites, ! suppose. The Ship Moonlight,
which sailed lately from San Francisco for
Ilongkong, China, carried $50 barrels of
California beef, 500 TASKS of quicksilver, 14s,.
600 feet of lumber, besides great quantities
Of produce and Sl57,l4 in treasure. This
shows that quite flourishing trade is spring.
ing up between the Amlicans" and the
pig-eycd Johns. There has been exported
from San Francisco since Jan. lst, to Feb.
| 10th, $3.50, 3.70-c0rrcspond period
las year. 80 ,096,692.s3; falling of this year.
$l15,079.l3. 9 a'fa'a
have just received the GAZETTE Of Dec.
21st. It is now over two months since il
was published; all have received have been
struggling along at about the same rate of
velocity. From the number before me
learn Of the thoughtful and generous dispo-
sition you have made of the few Washoe
grasses and flowers ! sent you; the kind and
fiattering reception they met with so encour.
ages me that will not fail to send quite
collection il / stop here next summer; and il
| cross the Sierras into California, a. think
Of doing, next summer or fall, will add to
the lot some Of the floral gems of that State.
intend visiting some Of the famous claims
on the renowned Comstock lead next week !.
and will give you a short history OF what
see and learn. have the promise Of somc
/
ver for my collection Of minerals, provided I,
will 60 through the thine and take note of
what see. could collect o most beautiful
and instructive cabinet Of minerals in this
region; in two weeks could get together
what would not take $500 for II lhad them
safe in Iowa. A collection Of stuffed birds.
such as could be made on the Sacramento
river, in the tule lakes on its borders, and
among the foot hills, in one summer, would
be worth in New York, at least $4,000. By.
the way. will send you . number Of tho
Golden Era, in which you will find full d.
rections for stufiing and putting up " birds.
and if any Of your Cedar Falls sportsmen
should take the pains to learn they may make
it . very profitable business. A California
partner Of mine, formerly Of Sterling H., in.
formed me that in one summer he and his
wife made enough money to enter quarter
section Of land, besides supporting family
Of several children--he done the shooting
and she "put up" the birds. He did not
leave home to sell them, but disposed ofthemi
ct home, in Sterling. So,ae may argue that
i is cruel to kill birds tor .this purpose; but