The Nevada Democrat., 1860-11-01
Nerada semotrat.
LOCAL MATTERS.


thriving places, is blessed with Horse Escu-
lapius--a chap that is death on pale horse, a
sick mule, or weakly equine flesh generally.
One of our merchants owns two mules, and as
mules will, one of the team sickened. The pro-
prietor sent for the doctor, told him where to
find his patient, and started him, as he fondy
hoped, with healing in his wings, on his mission
of mercy. But alas for science, and fortunately
for the sick mule, the medicine man mistook
his patient! He caught the well hybrid, and
constituting all his efforts to escape into the
frenzy offever and madness of disease, forth
with subjected him to what is known as Wig
orous course of treatment. He bled him in the
foot in the mouth, in the neck, anywhere that
blood could be got, and astonished his bowels
with samples ofall poisons known to pharma-
cy; and so well did he succeed that in an hour
he had the mule about ready to skin, when the
owner come. What he said need not be re-
peated what he did, sent Galen kiting; and
though the mistake saved the life of the sick
mule, it nearly lost us one horse-doctor. AT
last accounts the mules were doctoring them
selves, and were better than could be ex-
pected.
MONUMENTAL handsome monument was
erected this afternoon over the grave of the late
Henry Meredith. The monument is fourteen
feet and six inches in height, made of the purest
Italian marble, and designed in excellent taste.
1t stands upon massive granite block, about
three feet square. and on three sides of the pc
destal are appropriate inscriptions-giving the
date of the birth, death and burial of the de-
ceased, and the last words he was heard to utter
upon the battle field. The pedestal is sur
mounted by beautiful plinth, upon which
rests tapering shaft about eight feet in height.
The shaft is plain with the exception of shield
cut on the front side, on which an inscription,
or emblem, will be placed.
DEMOCRATIC MEETINGs.-Messrs. ]. r.
Mcconnell and A. B. Dibble will address the
Democracy at Red Dog, on Saturday evening
next Mr.. ]. c. Palmer viii speak at Mooney
Flat on Friday evening, and at Omega on Sat
urday evening. Messrs. Belden, CARRIER and
Caldwell address the people at Washington on
Saturday evening. At Rough & Ready, on
Friday evening" political discussion will be
held between Messrs. Dibble and Whiteside.
The last Democratic rally before voting will
come off at Nevada on Monday evening, No
yember 9th.
SPARRING ExHIBITIoN.-Professo Tracy,
assisted by the pupils of his school, has made
arrangements to give sparring exhibition, at
the Metropolitan Theater on Saturday even
ing, November 10th. A prize belt will be pre-
sented to the man who shows the chest sci
ence'' and the ''eleanest hitting" The enter
tainment will no doubt be of surprising inter
est to the lovers of the manly art
Hook & LADDER BUILDING.-The build
ing for the use of the Nevada Hook G. Ladder
Company, on Broad street, is nearly compile
ted. 1t is twenty-three feet wide, seventy feet
long, and contains but one room. The COM
pany are making arrangements to give ball
in the building on the 10Th inst.
EASTERN PAPERs.-Geo. w. Welch, of the
Pioneer Book Store, Commercial street, has
our thanks for Harper's Magazine and the
Boston Journal, received by the last mail
steamer. Messrs. H. H. W:ckes & Co., of
Broad Street Book Store, have also placed us
under obligations for late Eastern papers.
The MELoDEoN.-The company perform
ing at Ashmore's MeIodeon have had fair hou-
ses during the past few evenings, and have
given general satisfaction. Joe Taylor, Tom
La Font and Sheppard have no superiors in
their line. They perform at Grass Valley ON
Saturday evening next.
PosTPoNED.-The great gift distribution of
Mons. Louis Celarie has been postponed until
the 10th Of January next. BY that time the
tickets will all be disposed of and the distribu-
ton will come off without fail.
PRIZE FIGHT.-It is whispered round that a
prize fight has been made up between two
prominent teachers of the manly art to come
OFT somewhere in this county in the course of
a few weeks.