Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-11-19

The proprietor is not afraid to dis,
close his gastronomic processes, for
from the street you enter his kitchen,
and pass through into the neat and in
viting dining-room. You can sec the
juicy cotelettes frizzing over the bright
Goals, and inspect your steak, if you
choose from the moment it goes on the
gridiron until it glides into the dish,
and is irrigated with steaming nut
brown gravy.
"From Salt Lake westward good
bread is the rule. 1t is made from
California -four, to which som of its
excellence is due, bu. the art OF making
it is surprisingly well understood in
this region. The butter, however, is
decidedly inferior. The grass taste
is very materially wanting in the best
and freshest, for there is no era 8 here,
no turf, no lawns, nor meadows that
deserve the name. Wages in Austin
are lower than formerly Miners re-
ceive in coin 81 per day, laborers SO
and skilled mechanics s. to Sc. Com
mon board costs SO week. The
gentlemanlybankers discount first-class
paper at two per cent month.
STAGE ROBBERS.
when stage robbers pounce dowr
on their victims, they command all to
elevate their hands over their head.
on penalty Of brains blown out. One
villain holds the leau horses, one Gov
ers the driver with revolver, ono as
sumes the same kind Office for the pas
seugers, and the fourth does the fumb
ling and rihing, consider; I ly sparina
the ladies if any happen there.
SALT.
"IVe have just returned from tril
Of 240 miles into South Eastern Ne
vada, region that three years age
was marked on the map Hunexplored.
The journey required eig.It days o
staging, four down and four back. The
first day carried us to the mining towr
OF Belmont, two-year- oldster, ana ;
pocket edition OF Austin, with its bill
lard saloons, lodging houses, glitterins
drinking houses, and French restau
rants. Between Austin and Belmont
salt marsh was pointed out, with the
remark that it is the best paying prop
erty in Nevada The salt granules
rise to the surface during the lone
summers, and can be scraped otfat the
rate Of several tons per day.
Salt is extensively used in the re
duction of silver ore, and this ooze from
the earth sells on the ground, for tive
and half cents pound. Twenty
thousand dollars year for scrapina
free salt from a few acres is pretty
generous pay. As the yield is mex
haustible and the demand increasing
it is safe to say tfat Nevada salt
marsh is better than sil,er mine
Belmont has a forty y-stamp silver mill,
most elaborately and contidingly built
bystockholders in New York, who
were never within two thousand miles
Of their imposing property. The mines
intended to run it have not been suffi
GENTLY developed; so the splendid
establishment is shut up, and Belmont
languishes.
HOT SPRINGS.
The second days ride took us to :
little mining town called Hot Creek
which has suffered the misfortune O
having its one silver mill burnt down
Hot Greek stands at the mouth of 6
massive, magnificent canon, beetline
with preciplces, and picturesque tol
every foot OF its six miles winding
way. \ few feet from the hotel in
the valleyis cluster of boiling springs
ngs,that bubble up from the bowles OF
the earth strongly charged with sui
phur and other chemicals. Inc springs
ngs number eight or ten, and range
from the boiling point down to as hot
as YOU can bear ito 4 little bathing
booth and wash-tub on the brink
show that they are utilized, and we are
told that it was not uncommon 10 cook
eggs and meat in this devils laoora-
tory.
"One of the hottest of the springs
is not pressed into culinary servitude,
because it has the quality Of dlscolor
lngall metals, including gold and silver.
A Hot Creeker has theory for the
springs. He insists tha. they issue
from 'brevet hell close at hand.
The hot water takes it's way down
the valley, and runs several hundred
yards before its temperature becomes
The rushes and other veg
citation that spring up on the banks Of
this ardent creek are of the rankeSt
texture, and green so rich aud deep
that it is quite Il novel feast to the eye.
The fact is noted rs curious, that on
one side of the canon the springs are
all ~, and on the opposit side, fifty
va. DIS distant, all cold.
INDIANS.
y "At different points we
observed specimens Of two tribes OF
1ndians-the Shoshone and Pah-Utes.
Near Belmont q party of Shoshones
Were seated on the sunny side Of a way
side tavern, engaged in playing Indian
poker; game OF which they are ex-
treme,y fond. \ twittering old squaw,
with her feet incased in pair Of pro
digious cowhiae boots, appeared to be
the expert, aud she raked down the
silver half dollars with the composed
of Fourth street protes-
slonal. The Pah-Utes are of a more
type, half nude and halt
diolic.
The Shoshones circulate through
the streets OF Austin, the men wear
ing European apparel aud displaying
broad taste for American Indulgence
in wheat bread and fre-water. The
squaws followed them around with
sort Of abject contentment, perform
ing all the drudgery, and seemingly
satisfied with being both slave and
wife Of the so-called braves. They