The Nevada Democrat. [volume] (Nevada, Calif.) 1854-1863, 1857-03-18
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A REA1. TRAeEDr.-Thc. history of Sweden
records an extraordinary incident, which took
place at the representation of the mystery Of
the passion, under King John III, in 1913. The
actor who performed the part Of Longinus, the
soldier who was TO pierce Christ on the Gross
in the side, was so transported with the spirit
of his action that he really killed the man who
represented our Lord; who, falling suddenly,
and with great violence, overthrew the Holy
Mother King John, who was present at this
spectacle. was so enraged against Lenginus,
that he eaped on the stage and struck oil his
head. The spectators, who had been delighted
with the too violent actor, became infuriated
against their king, fell upon him in a throng,
and killed him. m s3ad 7ia oi
NDTFfERENcE.- large city like New York.
people very generally mind their own business,
aud do not peep into their neighbours key -holes,
One of those houses which contain many fami-
lies was discovered to be on fire in the lower
story, some time ago, The watchnan raped
loudly at the door. A tenant of the fourth
story looked ont of the window, and asked what
he wanted. Your house is on FIRE. The first
story is all in a blazc.n cried the watchman.
Every WE'LL" said the tenant. drawing in his
head, "tel the people that live there; it is mono
of my business, as occupy the fourth story"
A HARD CASE. Recently, in Cincinnati, where
q fuel famine has been raging, one of the city
officials saw a man come out of an alley with
load Of wood on his shoulders lie went up to
him aud charged him with stealing it. The
reply was-'1 have stolen it. My children are
freezing with cold. have no wood and no
money. The man from whom am taking this
has plenty of wood When better times come
Iwill go and tell him what have done. and
pay him. If you wish to put me in Jail, will
go to the station house without word but for
Gods sake, let take his rood home first" aa Ds
FILE YOUR NEwsPAPERs.-Ev Every person who
takes newspaper, (and especially weekly pa
pers) should keep files Of It, and every two or
three years get them bound. Every man who
does this, leaves a valuable book to his memory,
and the value of the bequest is more than ten
times the cost. A volume Of newspapers sixty
years old would now sell for more than cost
any where. A newspaper is the best history of
the times which can be found, After q long
lapse of time they are resorted to by scholars
and antiquarians with great interest.
SHOCKING DENlu-On the Sd inst, at Han
ford's saw mill, in Calavcras county, Andrew
Emory met with a shocking death, In company
with some men, he was trying to remove large
stump, with the aid of team of cattle, and after
one pull he went into the hole to block it up.
At the second pull it moved as if about to fall
back in the hole when the men called to him
to get out of the way and in doing so. q
root of the stump caught his head against rock
and crushed his brains out at his ears.
FROM MAzATLAN--By the arrival of the Mex
lean brig Cornclia, Capt Calott, thirty days
from Mazatlan, we learn that all Is quiet at that
place Gen. Yanez was still at Mazatlan. Gen.
Blancarte had gone to Topic with about five
hundred troops, few days previous to the sail
ing of the Cornclia. There had been battle
fought at Topic, between the revolutonsts and
the government troops, in which about thirty
were killed and several Wounded. nH IA
WAGON RoAD BIII.-An agreement las been
made between the U. S. Senate and House cons
mttccs. on the Territories, to support bill
appropriating 100000 for Wagon Road to
California. The plan agreed on is to have it
begin at Fort Kearny, which lies on the Platte
river, in Nebraska Territory and go thence by
Fort Laramie, the South Pass, aud Salt Lake
City, on to the line of California. s. ri,.
Two New SrArEs.--Bills for the admission of
Oregon and Minnesota Territories into the
Union as States, have passed the U. s. House
of Representatives. and will undoubtedly pass
the Senate. Oregon has decided on two occa-
sions not to apply for. admission. She will pro-
badly now, to so generous an invitation, recon-
slider the matter, and at once conclude Z" TO
come in."
DIscouRAGNG-U Under this heading, the New
York Times says that there arc thirty or forty
thousand children in that city who are without
parents or whose parents are too degraded and
wrctchod to give them proper care, or the edu-
cation upon which their usefulness in life will
depend. Various efforts are being made to
bring them in the reach Of instruction. ff.f
DIDN'T SuCcEED- The Marysyille Inquirer
learns that young man attempted to commit
suicide in the station house in that city on Sum
day night, by taking strychnine. II was dis
covered that he had taken an over dose (ten
grains) which caused violent vomiting, and this,
in all probability, saved his life. EslJ p
AN INDIAN REPuBIAo-- Twenty-Five Dakota
families, living at Hazlewood, some forty miles
above Fort Ridgely, on the st. Peters river,
have rcnounced their tribal character, donned
civilized dress. formed themselves into sort
of republic, with written constitution, Presi-
dent, &c.
sotrnRErs.- The Stockton Argus remarks
that the late freshet proved highly detrimental
to the comfort of ground squirrels. Large num-
bers we're caught. Their holes being filed with
water they were either drowned or canght by
dogs in the attempt to escape the flood.
FACTS AND FIGUREs.-The value of the real
and personal property of the United States is
reported for the year 1885, by Mr.. Secretary
Guthrie, at S1l,4l7 GIL SIP that is, nearly
eleven and half billions of dollars. The total
population is about 26 900, 900 souls.
sunk IN THE OcEAN.-In 1853 twenty-five mil
lions of dollars were sunk in the ocean. In 1855,
which was free from storms, the losses upon the
ocean we're fifteen millions of dollars making
an average of twenty millions of dollars for tho
two years
national DEBT.-The population of Great
Britain and the United States ar" about equal;
vet the interest on the debt of Great Britain
amounts annually to more than three times the
whole amount Of our debt!
BEET SUGAR-0n Saturday last meeting
was to have been held in San Jose, for the pur-
nose of determining whether Beet Sugar man