Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-07-31

The Secretary OF the Interior has re-
Gently made a ruling regarding the unsold
lands along the Union and Central Pacific
Railroads which is Of more than ordinary
importance to people who desire to make
cntrys in the vicinity of these roads. The
law on which the ruling is based is quoted
as follows:
All uch lands so granted by the section
which shall not be sold or disposed of by
the said company three years after the
entire road shall have been completed,
shall be subject to settlement and pre-emp-
ton like other lands at a price not exceed
ing S1.25 per acre, to be paid to such COM
pany.
Commenting upon this paragraph of
the law and the Secretary's Interpretation
OF the same, the Siiper State says: ut
however, devolves upon the person making
application for such lands to prove that
they were not sold at the time he made the
entry; and besides this the courts will have
to decide upon the ruling of the Secretary
Of the Interior, whose opinion is not abso-
lutte in constituting the Act of Congress
granting the lands % the railroads. Secre-
tary Schurz requires the Commissioners of
the General Land Office to instruct the
local officers to call upon the railroad COM
panies for statements showing what lands
have been sold, and as they can readily dis
pose Of any unsold lands, which are valua-
BILE to agents or members of the
to be held in trust for the corporation, it
is % probable that settlers will derive
much benefit from the decision"
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ENDOWMENT OF PRINCETENGS.
Dilke's resolution that the question of
voting a marriage endowment for the Duke
Of Connaught, upon the occasion Of his
forthcoming marriage with the Prussian
Princess Maria Louise, daughter of Prince
Frederick Charles, be postponed until the
Government could make to the Parliament
a report of all The Princes and Princesses
who have been endowed, and the amount,
since the time Of William III, did not ap-
pear to command much support. 1t would
have produced q too formidable document
had it been complied with. And so the
Commons voted it down, some 800 to g in
its favor. Then the Commons voted fifty
thousand dollars-or pounds ?-to the
Duke, with thirty thousand to his Duchess,
should he leave her a widow. The House
Of Lords answered unanimously the request
of the Queen that they would make pro-
vision for her son ON occasion of his mar
riage, assuring her that they would dc SC.
1t is a nice thing to be a Prince, with a
silver spoon in ones mouth; to have q
Queen for a mother, and a rich country
with a full exchequer. But the people
have to raise the ''rhino."
THESE are the election days in which
John gets lampoonel from every stump.
We haven't heard much about him for two
years until lately. Now the boys begin to
gush for the dewn-trodden poor and say
the Acknowledged scoundrels must get up
and get. Jones and Bradley. and Conner
and Adams, and Kittrell and Wren, and
Woodburn and the rest, will all chin en-
Enthusiastically on this theme until after the
election but they won mean it. Net one
Of them will ever think of making q move
until another election is at hand. They
want to catch the votes OF the laboring
classes, and that is all their professions
amount to. We lave had this old story
over and over in Nevada for Is years. 1t
is campaign lie that means we'll.
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An item is going the rounds that Colonel
Fair, in an interview with the reporter Of the
Gold Hill Necs, stated that he would not
be a candidate for United States Senator.
Fhis proves nothing, further than that the
Colonel is as oily as ever. He would re-
quire a regiment of soldiers to keep off the
strikers were he q pronounced candidate
for Jones' seat. He is too cunning for
anything of that kind, and whatever he
does in the coming contest will be lone
entirely behind the scenes.
THERE is no estimating the power Of
printers ink. Kearney to-day is nationally
notorious. Suppose the Chroaicle and Call
had ignored his sand lot speeches from the
start, who, outside Of his immediate neigh
borhood, would know that there was such
q man as Dennis Kearney on the whole face
OF the earth2 Kearney abuses the ihieving
papers, when really it was the press that
made him.
The anti-third-term avalanche is gather
ing, and soon will sweep the State from all
directions. We hear Of hundreds Of Dem
ocrats who will not touch Bradley for q
third term with a. 4 orty-foot pole. In
another month this sentiment will be
almost unanimous. The nomination of