The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-02-18


A LANDMARK GoNE.-Within the
past two days the old log house
which has stood at the corner of
Ormsby and Xxi streets for the past
eleven years, has been torn down
and removed. The removal of this
old landmark has raised the question
in the minds of many il the house
was not the first one built in this
vicinity. We can state on the au-
thority of a pioneer that it was not
the first. The building on the OPP
posite corner, occupied by Judge
Waltz, was the first house built upon
the present site of Carson City. This
house was built in the Spring OF
1853, by Colonel +. NJ. Proctor, now
Copying Clerk of the Assembly, OF
lumber sawed by Roses saw mill at
F%ranktown, Washoe Valley. The
lumber used cost SD per thousand
feet at the mill, and 80 per Thousand
for hauling hither. The old log
house Just tore down was originally
occupied by n Mormon family 1t
Franktown. and was removed to its
late site early in the Spring OF 1850,
by Bill Spear, who was subsequently
killed in the Indian fight near Pyra-
mid Lake, in which Major Ormsby
fell. Spear occupied the house as n
residence mp TO the time OF his de
parture on the Pyramid Lake expe-
dition. After his death. and for two
or three years. the old log house
was used rs a Jail, and as such was
the recipient of many a desperate
character and was the scene OF one
OF more notable escapes.
A KNorrY QUEsTIoN.-The mort
cages on the unsold lands OF the
Central Pacific Railroad Company,
now on file with our County Record
er, bears $40, 900 in internal revenue
stamps, but no Nevada State stamps.
At first the Recorder refused 70
place the instrument on record, be-
cause of this fact. and that other tina.
our local laws require that any such
document shall contain State stamp.
equal in amount to those required
by the General Government; but
being assured that this State coul,
not require stamps upon 4 mortgage
ON lands in California and Utah, ant
being further assured that the rail
road company would take the chan
'ces on the legality of the instrumen
without the stamps, he proceeded Z
record it. a duplicate Of the sami
instrument must be recorded in tn
counties of Washoe, Storey. Lyon
Churchill, Humboldt, Lander an.
Elko. The question N up: /
n mortgage on n farm in this STAT
must be stamped. why not one O.
railroad lands? If n man wishes {
mortgage a $500, 900 farm in thi
States, can ho save $4,000 in stamp
by including in the mortgage a 50
town lot in Hornitos?
THEATRIcAL.-In another colum,
q correspondence will be found be
tween a number OF our prominen
citizens and Billy Robinson, i
which the latter is rendered a com
plimentary benefit. The beneiiciar
names Monday evening next, at On
Carson Theater, on which occasi j
will be presented the 3-act coined
of "Giralda." Miss Josy Goodwin
a tale. ed young actress recent
from the East, aud who has neye
before appeared on the boards {
Nevada, will appear as the heroir
of the piece. She will be supporte
by all the available talent of Carso
and Virginia. The entertainer
will be varied by singing and dan.
ing, and will conclude with a fayo
lite farce.
SENT BAcK.-Chief Justice Levi
Associate Justices Whitman al
CARRIER concurring, yesterday flt
IN opinion ia the case of the Sta
VS.. VIM. Chamberlin, convicted
murder in Elko county. The xii
ing occurred near Fort Hallecll, al
there being some doubt as to Il
county jurisdiction, the Grand Ju.
in the Indictment failed to note d
locality where the murder occure
The judgment is reversed, the Con
states that the indictment was rad
cally defective, and orders the Cou
below to submit the ease to anoth
Grand Jury,
U. S. DISTRICT CoURT.-in IL
Court, yesterday, the six cas-
against Bonnifield & Kelley, for d
frauding the revenue, were dispos'
of as follows: In two cases each q
PENDANT was fined $50 and costs, al
four indictments were dismisse
The trial jurors were excused, al
the Court adjourned until Tuesd
next, 21st instant.
CHURcHILL.-Goyernor Bradl
yesterday issued a commission
James A. st. Clair, as a Coun
Commissioner in and for Church
county, to fill a vacancy occasion
H. xLa ,nal,n,L,l.ty Af z.o - .