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DESERT LANDS.

From the following Instructions from the
General Land Office, it would appear that
entries of land under the Desert Land Act
are again in order, and those who contem-
plated taking the benefit of this law can
now do so:
DEPARTMENT OF n INTERIOR,
GENERAL LAND OFFICE.
WASHINGTON, d. c., November s, 1871
Register and Receiver, Helena, MontanG:
GENTLEMEN Referring to my letter OF
the Sth ult., suspending all entries under the
Desert Land Act of March Sd, 1871. and or
dering a hearing to determine the character
ter of the land entered, I now have to adj
wise you that by direction of the Hon. Sec
rotary of the Interior, dated the Doth ult.,
such suspension is hereby removed and the
order for a hearing revoked. If, however,
you have reason to believe, in any case, that
fraud or imposition has been practiced in
procuring an entry, and that the land is not
of the character described in said act, or up
on proper allegations presented by other
parties, You will procure such statements
and data as may be within your reach, and
report the same without delay to this office
for such instructions as may be deemed ad-
visable in the case. Hereafter you will take
every pnecantion in your power to prevent
fraudulent entries under said act. Every
application Hereunder for land must be ac-
COMPATIBILITY undoubted proof of the desert
character of such land.
In case Of doubt on your part as to the
propriety of admitting an entry, you will
refer the matter.to this Office with such facts
and reasons as you may be able to present,
and await further instructions.
Very respectfully,
j. A. WILLIAMSON, Com'r.
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white throne of the King of Kings, for the
blessing received at his hands.

NEVER since the first settlement Of Mon
tana have her prospects for the future looked
brighter than they do to-day. Our popula-
ton, having reached it's lowest point, is al
ready on the increase, and everything Is be-
coming more permanent. Our mines are
being thoroughly developed, our farmers
are beginning to fix up as if they proposed
to stay, men engage in business, not for a
few months or years, but for life perman-
ent industries are being established, and our
people are beginning to praise rather than
abuse the country-as was the case when so
many disappointed miners %thronged the
country, hoping to pick up fortunes by the
waysiGe. The news Of our greatness is fast
being noised abroad, and inquiry as to our
resources is being made. Our beef and wool
are fast taking a prominent place in the
Eastern markets, and our ~stockgrowers are
as prosperous a class as can be found in any
country. Our farmers are becoming more
skilled in agriculture, and are doing well.
they are learning to battle against the
grasshopper SO successfully as to be able to
raise a fair crop in most localities any year.
This year the harvest has been abundant,
and prices are good. The prices Of all kinds
OF stock-horses, sheep, cattle and hogs
are also good. Business industries are be-
ginning to revive in all quartes, and a gen
eral Weakening up seems to be the order.
The Indian question is temporarily settled
and the garrisons of our Posts increased,
making the situation more secure than be-
tore. A new route for our to-
wards the East has been demonstrated to
exist, via the Yellowstone, the upper Mis-
souri, is being improved, and last, but not
least, two great railroad companies are
their iron way Montanawards. The
Utah and Northern road is to reach Snake
river, a point within so miles of our south
ern boundary, next summer. The Northern
Pacific company is. at work on their road,
and propose to build to the Yellowstone, a
point within our boundary, whether Con-
gsess extends their land grant or not, and
on to our settled valleys in the event of an
extension. iAll-rail communication with the
States, SO hopeless a year ago, now seems a
certainty. As yet the country is free and
light, and it we but keep ID so until
these two great railroad lines track our fer
lie plains, we will have the best country
Upon Goods green EARTH"
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BIDS FOR THE HELENA Post.

Scaled proposals for furnishing Quarter,
masters supplies-oats, hay and straw-hr
the Helena Post, were opened Oh the &th-
10000 pounds of oats, 12O tons of hay, anA
80 tons OF straw. There were eighteen bids,
the following being the three lowest:
OATS, PER 100 POUNDS.
w. L. Milligan .....2 A.
JnO. w. OJNeil. Is
w. w. White = u
HAY, E TON. -
w. l..
JnO. w. O'Neil. W
A.. l. . IL w
STRAW, PER TON. .m
w. IL. ~ 20
JnO. '"
The highest bid for oats was Jno. LIoya't
1915 per 100 pounds; highest bid for nay,
G. w. Tubbs', $12.95 per ton; highest DIN
for straw, l.. F. Evans. $40 per ton.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-11-29

THE season just passed has been to GU
Territory one of unusual prosperity. Labor
on every hand. has been rewarded and every
household, throughout our prosperous
young commonwealth is blessed with plen-
ty. There are no tramps upon our high
ways, no paupersin our aims houses. 1t is
mete in view of this happy state of affairs
that in accordance with the proclamation
Of our ctiieft Executive that we meet at our
several places OF worship this the Goth day
OF November, and engage in thanksgiving
and prayer. Few people nave been blessed
in such = degree. vet all has not been sun
shine. The war cloud, that swept over our
country has left some desolate homes, but
we should be thankful that it has been no
worse thankful, that the widow and orphan
have been mjnistered unto, and that there
is comtors in every home. In the march of
human affairs men become selfish and es-
trange themselves from each other. They
forget their mutual dependence upon each
ether, AMI likewise their dependence upon
the great Creator tor such of this earth's
pleasures us they enjoy, and it is well that
AS harvest comes but once a, year that when
AL is safely formed for winter a time lie
set apart for grateful. remembrance:
therefore let the people of Montana turn
from their daily asocations and with one ac-
asayN. SEMI up Il, round OF thanks to the great
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cross the Missouri river no,,
mountain and seek the low coun tear Tootl
judith Basin and Mnssleshell riycs : Of The
ter i'll, and there have their 'eft to viii.
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OUR CLUB RATES.

KNOWING that there are but few people
throughout Montana who do not take some
eastern papers, and being DESTROYS to serve
onr patrons ia every manner possible, we
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Burial New Yorker."..... ......."".... 6 90
Demorests Illustrated Neutrality-suspicious.. 6 90
Harper'r Z 25
Harper's Weekly z %
Harper's Monthly Magazine. ....... z %
Journal Of Agriculture and Farmer. 5 %
Factory and 5 90
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Country Gentleman............. 6 90
American Stock journal. 4 65
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-06-15
NOTICE..

YOHN e. Platter HAS BEEN ADs
u mittsd partner in our house from and
sfter this date. PAXTON d co.
Eureka, May l. ISL. myi.x
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PATENT APPLICATIONS
PATENT APPLICATIONS.
AupIication for a Patent
TO THE
GENERAL LEE MINE.
NO. 375.
y. s, LAND OFFICE, EuREKA, Nev.,
May 18th, 1877.

May ZotD, 1871.
HYoTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
IN the Adams Hill Consolidated Mining
1ompany. whose postofIice address is Eureka,
Nevada. has this day filed its application for
= natent for eight hundred $500 linear feet of
the General Lee mine or VEN bearing silver,
with surface ground two hundred ard ten
i2lOJ feet in width, situate, lying and being in
and State of Nevada, and known and desig-
mated by the field notes and official plat on
fle in this Off 70 as Lot Number 100.
Tho exterior boundaries Of said Lot No.
100 being az follows, to wit: Variation l6I
degrees east.
Commencing at post MARI ed No. |, U. S.
Survey No. 10, whence the flagstaff in the
town Of Eureka bears 5. 81 Dig. ~ min 4: Sj2S
bears S. o dg. IA min. ". 57J9 feet; and the top
OF tho General Leo incline bears 8. A dg. 81
min. W .43j $40 fest; thence running lst course
4. 20 dog T.. 30 feet. to post marked No. 2, U.
survey No. 100; thence I'd course s. 10 deg.
W. 800 feet, to post marked No. 3. Y. ;. Sur
yey No. 10. whence post No. OF L. ). Sur
yey No. l05, Wide West lode, bears :. 81 deg.
80 min. W. oTs $40 feet; thence Sd course y
30 deg. ". 30 feet, to post marx ed No. 4. Y.
s. Survey No. 10; and thence 4th course X.
so deg. L. 500 leet, to post No. !, the place OF
beginning, containing 3 So 100 acres.
This claim is bounded on neither end by
any known claimants. Tho nearest mines are
the Wide West and tho Lexington.
lHS VI 'Hi- uuiy ic'pipeu
in the Recorders office OF Eureka Mining
District, on page l7s, In Book u. Of said Min
ing Records.
Any and all persons claiming adversely any
portion OF said General Lee mite, or said
mining ground as herein before described, arc
required to tls their adverse claim with the
REGISTER Of the United States Land Office nj
Eureka, in the State Of Nevada, during I he
50 DAYS period Of publication hereof. or they
will DO barred by virtue Of the provisions o!
the statute. u. u. IMMEL. Register.
Eureka. May IS. 1871. my2l-60d
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A GRAND BALL ON THE FOURTH

First Day-Juiy 3, 1877.
First Race-0ne mile asd repeat: FREQ for
all; purse, 81 600; first horse, $65c: second
horse, 5000; third horse, $50.
Second kace-Purse, SIPS; single dash OF
half mile; free for 6.s all horse: IN Eursk.
second horse, so; catch weights.
Second bay July 4th.
First Race-Purse. $500; single dash Of half
o mile; free for all; first horse. $3.50; second
Second Kace-Purss $50; ons-half mil.
ard repeat; free for all hcrses in Eureka
county that never beat 81; first horse, 500;
second horse, $50; catch weiahts
Third Day-JuIy 9Th.
First Race-Purse 500; thrse-quarters Of .
mile and repeat; free for all; first horse $3.50:
second horse. 100: third horse, $50.
Second kace-.purse, 500: single dash Of
enc mile; free for AL horses in Eureka and
adjoining counties that never beat minutes:
6rst horse, $500; second horse. Sl00.
Fourth DRy-Jmly 9Th.
First Race-Willows' st. Ledger. $500; free
for all 3-year olds; three quarters Of mile
and repeat; first horse. $50: second horse.
500: third horse, $50: catch weights.
Second Race-Purse. $l0-Trottiug Race.
free for all buggy horses in Eureka county
one mile and repeat go as you plesss-6rst
horse. 500: second $50.
FiNh Nay-JuIy Sth.
First Race--Single dash, four miles: purse.
$500; open to all second-,lass horses in Eure.
ka county; first horse, $3.50; second horse.
500; third horse. $50: catch weights.
Second kace-purse, $3.50; Emile dash; free
for all; first horse, 500; second horse. l5o;
third horse, 500.
In all races. entrance 20 per cent, onc-hak
forieit-to close 25th Of June-with Luther
Clark, at the Palace Saloon. All races to be
run under tho California State Agricultural
Society rules. Three or more to enter IN
each race and three to start
On the Night Of July 9TH, 1877,
There will be q
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FRANZ ADADIH,
Real Estate Dealer

BUEL STREET............-..E UhEkA. NEv
Ohicc im she Brick Building.
T WOULD RESPECTFULLY ANNOUNCE
i that l am prepared to buy. soil end mort
gage real estate in Eureka. and also advance
money on good security.
families.
am also prepared to do general contrast
FRANK ABADIE.
ur23 II
, 1877-03-17
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
EASTERN STATES.

New YORK, March 12.--At fire to-
night in atenement house occupied bya
German and Polish Jew, three children
were burned to death.
INDIANAPoLIs March 12.--Richard w.
Thompson, Secretary of the Navy, &C.
companied by several prominent gentle
men passed through this city this Cyen-
ing, en- route to Washington.
WASHINGTON, March II. Arrange
ments have been made for meeting Of
the new Cabinet at the executive Man
sion at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning,
at which time the oath Of Office will DO
administered to each member, with the
exception of Secretary Sherman, who
qualified yesterday.
The Judges of the Supreme Court to-
day paid their respects to the President.
The Cabinet officers who have not al
ready taken the oath of office were
sworn in to-day, except Secretary
Thompson, who has not arrived IN
Washington, After the members quail
fed, session lasting an hour followed,
for the purpose of becoming acquainted.
At the same time there was some talk
upon the policy OF the Administra-
ton.
A special Of the Herald confirms your
correspondents foreshadowing Of the
Southern policy of Hayes. 1t is his
hope to build up Wing Republican
party in Louisiana, which is one of the
Southern States where Wing traditions
lived most strongly. Louisiana wishes
for the protection of its sugar industry,
and wants national help to put her leves
system in good order She is therefore
naturally Whig or Republican and,
with proper management, 10 acknowl.
edged even by Democrats .thatFi win
! not be difficult 80 draw into tho ednia-
istration party at once preponderate
number OF intelligent white citizens and
property owners, aud thus break the
Colored line. The President probably
sees that, il the Nicholas Legislature
should elect TO the Senate two infuen-
tial native citizens Of Wing learnings
and traditions, this would do more to
bring about such change than any
thing else, particularly as Nichols is him
self of Wing antecedents and faith.
, 1877-03-17

Some drummers at Port Townsend set
sail in a little boat to meet some of their
own kidney coming over from Victoria,
but some wag telegraphed ahead OF them
to Port Ludlow not to let them land, as
they had small pox on board, and armed
with guns the Port Ludlowites kept the
commercial agents" away from their
wharf.
Governor Ferry has appointed General
T. I. McKenny, Trustee Of the Hospital
for the Insane in Washington Territory,
vice A. A. Philips, resigned. His term
of Office will expire on the Sd Wednes'
day Of August, 1880.
Thomas Dixon, a well known logger
who has resided at different points ON
the lower Sound for some years past
died Of consumption at the Tullalip re-
servation on Monday, Feb. 90.
Nicholas Fitzgerald, fireman and deck
hand on the steamer VdueouOtr, in at
tempting to put out the gang plank, on
here return from Portland to VanCou
tell overheard, and before he could be
rescued was drowned.
John Thompson, sentenced to be
hanged on March 80th, tor killing Solo.
mon Baxter, is to be removed to the
Jefferson county Jail for safe keeping un'
til the time appointed for execution.
A Shelby county farmer has raised cucum.
ber two feet long, and the doctors in the yicin'
ity have offered him purse Of s27 to put it on
the marketr
What exploration has accomplished In Africs
may be judged by single act, In 1850 the
area Of cultivated land IN Egypt was 100000
acres, and In 1874 it was 5000, 900.
Men talk Of little troubles grea. grisa
make them silent
, 1877-03-17
EUROPE.

PEsTH, March 12.--It has been snow
ing here for forty eight hours. The rail.
ways are blocked and traffic stopped.
The Snow is from three to twelve feet
deep in the streets OF this city.
CAIRO, March 11.--An Egyptian man
of.war, which was cruising in the Gun
of suez to break up the slave traffic,
took fire at sea and was entirely destroy
ed. There were 420 men on beard, OF
whom 400 were saved.
, 1877-03-17

The talk about the relationship between
the wife OF General Sherman and Mr.
Blaine has drawn from the DesMOines,
Iowa, Register, this explanation "Mr
Blaine's mother was daughter of Neal
Gillespie, Jr., of the late Thomas Ewing
of Ohio, aud the mother OF Mrs. Sherman
Another daughter was the wife of Henry
Stanbery, President Johnson's Attorney
General, and still another married Phila-
DELPHI Van Trump, formerly Represen-
tative in Congress from Ohio.
, 1877-03-17

A novel locomotive has been made in
California to run on the long fumes that
are used to float lumber down from the
mountains. The wheels 60 On the edge
of the sides Of the fume, and at the ends
of fthe Car are paddle wheels dipping into
the water, and which are turned by the
swift current. BY simple arrangement
of this power it is made to propel the Ice
comotivs up the aume, and it runs back
itself.
, 1877-03-17

A darkey who was STOPPING TO wash bis
hands in a creek, did not notice the peculiar
actions Of "a goat just behind him, and when be
scrambled out olthe water, and was asked
how II happened, he answered, II dunno,
za,tly, but 'peared 10 sf do Rhoah kinder b bt
cd and flowed me-"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-10-04

KEEPING SWEET POTAToEs.-I be-
lieve I promised to give you my plan of
keeping potatoes, which is the cheapest,
/ think, and certainly the safest I've ever
seen tried:
I build pen of logs, any desired
length, and FIVE feet wide, (this lessons
the risk of bulking, four to six feet high,
hew it down evenly on the inside, so that
the walls may be ceiled or daubed with a
good roof; and have small door in the
end. When this is done, raise the bot
tom with stones, five or six inches high
cover these with dry sand to keep them
from cutting the potatoes, which may
now be put in, beginning in the middle.
Three or four inches of dry sand must be
placed between them and the wall. l
sometimes have plank for this purpose,
raising it up as the potatoes are put in,
keeping the space between the plank and
wall we'll filled in with the sand, which
will run down through the potatoes, as
the plank is raised. Let them remain
so until freezing weather, when you can
readily cover entirely with dry sand, deep
enough to keep them from being chilled.
Some attention may be necessary for a
while, as the sand will continue to dis
perse itself, among them, and leave the
top naked. There should be no leaks in
the roof. There is but little waste in the
sand when once procured. Like the
house it is always ready, and at the spot.
The philosophy of the plan is the uni
form temperature it. ensures, while it alb
serbs and carries off the excessive mois-
ture that may be in the potato. 1 have
tried this plan satisfactorily for twenty
years. 1t was suggested to my mind by
seeing hogs roofing up potatoes in the
spring.-S0uthern Caltiuator.
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after this, that Dora received a small,
delicately-papered packet. 1t contained
wedding cake and cards; Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Lawrence.
"She has lost no time," mused Dora
that same evening, when, her duties over
for the day, she stood in her favorite spot
beyond the laurels, under the sunset.
'No time if she was waiting for him.
Oh, I wonder how it all was? Did he
love er?-But, why ask Tito what
end now? She is here, beginning her
welded life; and he-lies there"
1t appeared, however, if she spoke of
Dean Hastings las she undoubtedly did,
that he did not lie there. He was at her
elbow. His footsteps fell softly over the
grass, and she did not see or hear him
until he came around the laurels.
II beg your pardon, Miss Stevens. l
took the liberty of calling at the house to
ask for you, and an old servant told me
you had come out here"
She did not faint; but she did scream.
Yes, it was Dean Hastings, looking i'll
and shadowy.
"Is it yourself" she gasped. "We
thought you were dead.
"But I did not die, Dorothy. 1 was
given over in the yellow fever; and some
how or other my death got reported here,
I find"
"And what did you come over for 2"
she asked, all in tremble of confusion.
"Various odds and ends of matters. To
get up my strength, for one thing; and
to settle down at Richborough, for / am
not going back and to marry you, if you
will have me-"
ooh, Mr. Hastings p
"I have heard word or two dropped
from one and another at Richborough,
Dorothy, for it is there that have stayed
since 1 landed; and I begin to think
that you and had some false friends.
You are not yet Mrs. Charles Gallo.
way"
"Ohp put in Dorothy.
"Stay bit, my dear. And l am not
yet the husband of Miss Lawrence. She
has taken another, by the way. So-do
you see any reason why we should not
take one another? No impediment
exists now, my darling; l am in a good
position; a partner of the house I am in
aud can set up our tent we'll. Dora,
what do you say? You know, at least
you ought to know, that l never would
have married anyone but you"
What did she say7 Nothing. She
yielded herself to the arms held out to
her, and bent her face down on the true
hearted, sheltering breast, happy sobs,
joyful tears, believing it. Oh, how
merciful was God
The sun went down behind the hill in
blaze of glory. Its last lingering rays
of crimson and purple fell upon them as
they stood together in happiness.
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DR.. Tmtt has been ell.
gagc,! In the practice Of
mctlicinc thirty years, and
for ,long time was demon.
stralor of anatomy in the
Medical College Of Gcor.
gla, hence persons using
his Pills have the guarar1.
tee that they are prepared
on scientific principles,
and arc free from all
quackcry.
He has succeeded in
combining in them the
heretofore ai,tagonistic
qualities of 4 strengthen
mg.fnrgafire, anaa Pnr.
tying tonic.
Their first apparent cf-
!cct is to increase the ap.
petite by causing the food
To properly assimilate.
Thus the system is nour-
isl,c,l, and by their tonic
action on the digestive or
gans. regular and healthy
cvacuations are produced.
The rapidity with which
ter.onS take on flesh,
while under the influence
oil these pills, Of itself in
dicatcs their adaptability
TO nourish the body, and
hence their efficacyin cur
ing nervous debility, mel
ancl,oly, dyspepsia, vast
ing Of the muscles, slug
gishncss OF the liver,
chronic constipation, and
myth 10 the system. Sold
II ray Street. New York.
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vegetine il sold by all Druggists.
REAL ESTATE NOTICE

MTE, the undersigned, are endeavoring
w to influence in this direction an I'M
migration of desirable character, with a
view to the improvement of this section of
country, and the consequent advantage of
it's inhabitants. We have agents North and
West cooperating with US, who, with 9TH
ers seeking Southern homes, are calling for
descriptions of Real Estate for sale in this
vicinity. The success of our endeavors de-
pends much upon our having in charge
such on amount and variety of Real Estate
to. Those, therefore, who have such to dis
pose of, would greatly stimulate our efforts,
and probably advance their own interests,
by communicating with R. w. Simpson, on
his plantation, James L. Orr, at Anderson
G. H., or C. ]. Hascall Pendleton Villvge.
SIMPSON, ORR & co.
Sept 6, 1877 I'm