Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-11-18
EASTERN INTELLIGENCE.
COM MISSIONER WILLIAMS0N'S
LETTER TO GEN. HILL.
Important Ruling Regarding Mining
Claims.
THE NECESSARY ANNUAL Elk.
PENDITURE.
IMPORTANT TO MINERS.
Attracting European immigration.
WHAT A PROMINENT MERCHANT TOLD IN
POLICE COURT.
SERIOUS RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
[By Telegraph to the Sentinel

by Telegraph to the sentinel.l
WASHINGTON. November 1.-THE Com
missioner Of the General Land Office has
written a letter to General Hill, Of Color
ado, announcing an important ruling in
regard to the present law regarding the
annual expenditure on mining claims.
The question submitted by Senator Hill in
behalf Of one Of his constituents was, in
substance, whether the Department would
recognize as in compliance with the act OF
last January IN expenditure Of 500 worth
Of work between October 10th and goth,
1879. upon . mining claim located October
l, 1879. Commissioner Williamson, in re-
ply, writes as follows: "Under the act Of
May 10, 1872, section 1894 of the Revised
Statutes says: The annual expenditure
for improvements was due within each
year, commencing with the date of loca-
ton, except in regard to claims located
prior to the enactment Of that law, the ex-
penditures upon which were made due by
January /, 1873, and annually thereafter
The purpose Of the ~amendatory law Of
January "a, 1880, was to secure q uniform
period within which the annual expendi-
ture should be required on all locations.
and it provided that such period should
commence on the LIST OF January succeed
ing the date of location Of each claim. 1t
therefore follows that Q claim located Oc-
tober l, 1879, requires the expenditure Of
one hundred dollars worth Of labor or i'm
provements thereon within the calendar
year OF 1880, and that whatever may have
been expended during the year 1879 will
not answer the expenditure requirements
Of 1880. 1t also appears by reason Of the
change made In the requirements Of the act
Of May, 1879, by the a~mendatory law Of
January, that . claim located ON any day
subsequent to the LIST Of January, 1879. re-
quires no further expenditure during the
remainder Of that year than is made neces-
sary by the local laws" The Commits
sioner adds that he has inadvertently
signed . letter indicating . different con-
struction Aforesaid. but the conclusion now
given has been reached after careful con-
sideration. and will control his Official ac-
ton.
Leona Dare. the Tight.rope Per.
former.
CHICAGO. November 17.-Leona Dare,
otherwise known Is Bridget Mccarthy,
who was . prominent gymnast and tight
rops performer in this country some years
ago. bat who has been missed since 1879,
has appeared. and suddenly, in . new
role. q the wife Of . wealthy Austrian
named Grssnbaum, and has recently at
tended many Of the most fashionable en-
tertsinments. parties and weddings among
the elite OF this city. Within Q day or two
her identity has become known, and also
the facts Of the case. She was married to
q common fellow in the minstrel line,
named Hall. and was travelling with him
In Austria four years ago, when one day
she got . fall. using her up completely for
the stage business. Her worthless husband
her. and has not been heard from
since. Then Greenbaum. who had con-
csived 9 great liking for her, although con-
siderably her junior. took care Of her. and
when she recovered persuaded her TO
marry him. His parents protested, and
disowned him /; but the couple lived hap
puy, snd came 70 Chicago eventually,