Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-04-23

TIE New HOMESTEAD LAw.-1he foi-
lowing is the full text OF the Senate bill
relative to homestead and presumption
entries which passed the House ard now
awaits the Presidents signature to be-
come law:
Be it enacted that all presumption and
homestead entries, or entries in compli-
ance with any law Of the United States,
OF public land made in good faith by
actual settlers upon it, tracts OF lands OF
no more than 160 acres each within the
limits OF any land grant prior to the time
when notice of the withdrawal Of lands
embraced in such grant was received at
the local land Office in the district in
which such lands are situated or after
their restoration to market, by order of
the General Land Office, and where the
pre-emption and homestead laws have
been complied with and proper proofs
thereof have been made by parties hold
ing such tracts or parts, they shall be
confirmed and patents for the same shall
issue to parties entitled thereto.
Sec. 2. That when at the time OF such
Withdrawal as aforesaid, valid pre-em-
ption or homestead claims existed upon
any lands within the limits of any such
grants which afterwards were abandoned
and under decisions and rulings Of the
land department, were re-entered by pre-
emption as homestead claimants who
have complied with the laws governing
presumption or homestead entries and
shall make the proper proofs required
under such laws; such entries shall be
deemed valid and patents issue to per.
sons entitled thereon.
Sec. 3. That all such pre-emption and
homestead entries which may have been
made by permission of the land depart
ment or in pursuance of rules and in.
structions thereof within the limits of any
land grant at the time subsequent to the
expiration of such grant shall be deemed
valid. and compliance with the laws
and making of the proof required shall
entitle the holder of the claim to patent
therefor.
The Sun, of April z, said:-"We are
bound to report the fact that Senator
Conkling is becoming stronger and
stronger as candidate for the nomina'
ton of the Cincinnati Convention. Gen.
eral Grant has declared in his favor, and
though Grants support is now rather in
furious in the Northern States it can
help greatly in the South. With New
York and Pennsylvania and large force
| of freedmen and carpet-baggers TO back
him it will be difficult to beat Mr.. Conk.
ling at Cincinnati. and it is more likely
than ever that the Republican party o.
the whole country will soon be shouting
for him and proving by figures, which
cannot lie, that he is sure to be elected.
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1t is not generally known that we hav
close to Darwin gold series OF lodges
says the Coso Mining News. We hav,
had very little to say regarding thes
lodges, because we have been under th
Impression that this mineral belt was o
q silver or silver.lead character alto
gether. but from reports brought to u
by men whose integrity is above suspic
ion, and from an inspection OF the or
presented to us, we are convinced tina
we have gold district that will soon at
tract the attention of capitalists and tn
experts. The district we refer to is il
what is known as the Lookout District
and closely adjoins it on the south.
is in the Argus range and but few mile
south from Lookout proper the forme
being in limestone while the latter
granite.
Each volume of Walt Whitman's ne,
book will contain the portrait and auto
graph of the author. who has done mos
of the manual labor of the work. 1t
not often that an author ia his ow