Owyhee bullion. [volume] (Silver City, I.T. [Idaho]) 1866-1867, 1867-02-21
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say Mrs. Ford, n Monroe county,
Kentucky, gave birth few days since.
TO three children, all boys, weighing sew
en- and half pounds each. All Hv~-
ing and healthy. Names George D..
Prentice, Robert L. Lee and Je#erson
Davis
A New Orleans wife got divorce ou'
the testimony that a strange piece Of
ribbon and hair-paa had been found fs
her; husbands bedrooils A woman In
New York on Wishing her husband'sr
Office discovered long hairs on his hair
brush, tried the same thing, but was un~
successful io' c. ~
A SrsTER.AIIe who has never Known
sisters kind ministrations, nor felt his
heart warming beneath her endearing
smile and love beaning eye, has beer
unfortunate indeed II is not TO be WON
dered if the. fountains of pure feeling
floow III His bosom bot siuggishly Jor If.
the gentler emotions Of his nature be lost
III the sterncr attributes Of manhood 81
"That man has grown up among Kind
and affectionate sisters, |" > We once heard
alady Of much observation and expert
ence remark :srAnd why do you think
so 7" said We. "Because Of the rich de-
velopmcnt Of all the tcnderer and more
refined feelings of the heart, which are
so apparent in every word. " ~ ''''p'
A sisters influence is felt even in mar,
hoods latter years; and the kenrt of him
who has grown cold in his chilling con-
tact with the world, will warm and thrill
with pure enjoyment, ss some incident
awakenes within him the soft tones and
glad melodies of his sisters voice. And
he will turn from his purposes which 8
warped and false PHILOSOPHY has reason
ed into oxpediency, and even weep for
the gentler influences which moved him
iu isis -e,srftss yvsrs'---, - 80
| THE SURVEY OF IDAHo.--.The COM
missioner of the General Land Office
has sent instructions to Mr.. Lafayette
4 Cartce, Surveyor General of Idaho, direct
ing him to commence. with all possible
despatch, the surveys Of Idaho Territory.
The instructions require the surveyor
! General, after having obtained the nec-
essary information from reliable sources
and from personal observation, to estab-
-lish the initial point cf surveys either on
conspicuous mountain or at al conhu-
ence Of streams, which points will be the
intersection Of the principal meridian
with the base line governing those sur.
z veys Also to commemorate the initial
point by conspicuous. and enduring mon
umcnt, signalling the spot With appro4
pirate inscription thereon, taking precau-
tion to witness the point Of intersection
4 by as many permanent natural objects,
surrounding the same by course and dis.
tauces to those objects, and describing
them in the field notes, sothst, should
( the initial point be destroyed, % by acci-
] dent or design, in future, the record ol
its establishment may serve as the mean
whereby to identify and fix tho spot with
i certainty. The Surveyor General g is .di'
J, rected to prepare all plats and charts sc
. as to show the situation and extent d
1 cost lands.--[Oregonian, s3 ,si5
CITIEs.--Omaha is called the 'Queeu
City of Che Frontier the New Chicago O.;
: Council Bluffs, the Twin Sisters'if Bluff.
City, Pittsbura, the Smoky City on
account of the heavy clouds of smoke
; which hang over it. q Chicago is the
Z 'Garden City Savannah, the Yellow
? City: New Orleans, the Crescent City;
i Atlanta, the Gate City, Lowell, the
Spindle City, Charleston, the City Of
the Sea- aud the Palmetto Cfty;' New
: York is Gotham ! Baltimore, the Mon.
umental City /; New Bedford, the naOil
City :---there is another '0il Oity'in We
mango Co. Penn. /; Portland, the Forest
City, Boston, the 'Triimountain City !
/ Philadelphia. the Quaker City,, and