The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-15
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

| INSTRUMENTATION of Many, "iAntioch,
| Contra Costa County, Cal. The duel between
Terry and Broderick was fought in San Fran
cisco County on the 18th of September, 1859,
near the Laguna de Ia MERGED. The primary
4 cause that led to it was an utterance during a
speech in which Terry, who upheld the Bu-
chanan party, made an attack on Frederick,
who was Douglass Democrat and charged
him with being political boss. When Broder-
| lex heard this he said: "During Judge Terry S
inearcer alton by the Vigilance Committee /
paid 5000 week to support q newspaper in
| his defense. l have also stated heretofore that
| considered him the only honest man on the
| Supreme bench, but take it all back" Brod-
erick refused to retract this language and he
was challenged. The duel came off in spite of
the best efforts of friends TO avoid 1t. Both
were armed with dueling pistols, set with hair
| trigger, and when the word was given, after
the code duello had been read, Broderiek
moved his right arm toraise it and while doing
so the weapon was discharged. The bullet
| entered the ground few feet in front of Terry.
| His antagonist then fired and the bullet struck
Broderick in the breast, producing. fatal
wound. There is no record that before the
duel "Broderick practieed in shooting gallery
and rang the bell several times"
| MINING CLAIM-L. K. R., City. Lands valu-
able for deposits of minerals, such as fire clay
and pottery elays, marble, asphalt, soda, sui
phur, diamonds, or of the precious and common
metals, are subject to sale under the mining
| laws. A location must be first made and re-
| corded. Certain sums must be expended an
nualiy, and $500 worth of labor and improve
| ment must be laid out on the claim before
patent can be applied for. The amount of
| mineral land that single person can take up
is twenty acres. company may take up 40
acres. The land on the beach in the vicinity
of the Cliff House on which it is said there are
deposits of fine gold is not Government land,
but private property. Traces OF gold have
been found in the sand all along the coast.
GOVERNMENT LAND-C. f. L.. City. One way
| to learn about Government land, farming or
grazing, that is open to settlers in the State of
California is to write to the land office of the
district in which the settler desires to locate
| and obtain plat of the land so open. The fee
| for such plat is 81. The land offices are at
| Humboldt, Independence, Los Angeles, Marys-
| Vile. Redding, Sacramento, San Francisco,
are approximately correct, or they may be
absolutely correct on the day OF publication,
but within a week some of the land marked
vacant may have been taken up. The best
way is to view the land in person.
ASSESSMENT WORM. F. c., City. The law
requires that on every mining claim, until the
same shall have been patented, there shall be
performed every year not less than 500 worth
of work. The operation of this law was sus-
pended during the year 1894, except in the
State of South Dakota. If three men own
jointly three adjoining claims they cannot do
they have complied with the law. They must
do at least 500 worth of work on each claim.
The work may be done at any time within the
year.
To DIXON ON A WHEEL-A. s., City. The
most practical route to reach Dixon, Solano
County, by wheel from this City is to go from
here to Oakland, then from there to Port Costa,
ferry across to Benicia, then, take the county
road to Vallejo Fairfield, Elmira, Batavia and
Dixon. On good wheel weighing not over
twenty-three pounds good cycier ought to
make the distance in q day. The roads are
fairly good, but at this time, no doubt, very
dusty.
ENGLISH GRAIN SHIPs-W. W., City. The
average voyage of an English grain ship from
| this port to Liverpool is from $50 to lao days.
The pay of captain OF such vessel is gen.
orally 500 month. That OF the first mate is
usually $40 month. Neither of these officers
receives percentage on the cargo Nearly all
of the grain vessels that have sailed from this
port since the 10Th of last June have carried
away part of the Fair wheat
CLUBS AND SouETIEs-A. A. R., City, There
are clubs and societies in this City in which
sociological. economical and scientific subjects
are discussed, but not all three in any one club
or society. Among the number may be men,
ism applied to Christianity. Academy of
Sciences, Camera Club. CHRONOLOGICAL Society
Microseopical Society, Sierra Club and the geo.
graphical societies.
VOTING QUAIIFIcAuoN-Citizen, City. In the
following-named States an alien who has de-
elared his intention to become citizen of the
United States is entitled TO vote the time nre.
yfous to election that he shall have declared
sucn intention, varying in some of these States:
Alabama, Arkansas. Colorado Florida Indi
ana, Kansas, Louisiana. Michigan. Minnesota
Mlssissippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota
oregon, south Dakota and Wisconsin.
KENT REcEIPT-M. NJ, City. A receipt for
rent that rad, "from August 1 to September
1, means that the rent is paid up to- hut not
including the first day of September As
general rule tenant should surrender the
Keys on the morning of the day when the new
month commences, as il might not be conyen-
lent to surrender them at midnirht Of the day
on winch the months rent expires.
PARTY VorE-H. NJ. F., City. At the Press-
dental election in 1892 the party vote in the
state OF California was: Democratic lis, 29S,
republican 11S,149, Populist 25.S5a ana
f1oninitionist Sl29. At the State election in
1853 tne vote wass Budd tD1 III Ga Estee
}p( II dtssSS, Webster tPopl 81 ,So4 and French
AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONALISM two amateur
baseball mines play for sum of money and the
winning club divides 1t among the members
that act makes them all professionals; but II
the money won is used Tor the benefit Of the
nnne-@such rs purchasing uniforms, balls, bats
anu the hke-then the niue is not taken out OF
the amateur class.