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The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1869-08-26

(0pposite The Bank
A BRANCH of their CLOTHING EsTAB-
IN LISllMENT at Gallipolis. Their stock
was purchased for CASH at low figures which
enables them TO compete successfully with any
house in the West, in prices and quality.
They therefore invite the public to examine
their extensive stock Of CLOTHING. HATS
CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES, and all kinds of gen
tlcmen's wear of every style and quality to
suit the wants of all, from the biggest dandy up
to the honest farmer and at prices that cannot
fall to give satisfaction.
Their stock has been carefully selected from
the best American aud Foreign Manufacturers,
by Henry Frank the senior member of the firm,
who has had 80 years experience in the business
and Is wei known to many citizens of this
county ,r....sa. ....... .....
Hoping by fair dealing and low prices to merit
the patronage of the good citizens of this town
and county, they invite all to call and look
through their stock before purchasing,
We will also buy al kinds Of FUR SKINS,
SHEEP SKINS, and all kinds Of HIDES.
VI. FRANK, Jr.,
March Is, 60--U H. FRANK.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-12-15
DESPERATE TRADING.
A Wife Swnppcd for n Horac-And tho
Man Wants His Horse Back.

n "' Man Waits His Hiorso Back.
Newport (Ky.) Correspondence Cincinnati En-
quircr.l
On Tusday last, while the trial OF the
ejectmsn. suit Of Taylor's heirs vs..
Hornbeck and others, was progressing
before q jury, in tho Courthouse in this
city, q singular transaction WAS dis
closed by the evidence, which created
not q little surprise and merriment in
the Courtroom. The defendants called
o witness by the name Of Isaac Selton
for the purpose of impoaching the testi-
mony of q witness named William
Orcutt, who had testified or behalf Of
the plaintiffs. After the direct exam
~inatiou of Yslton wal concluded. lie
was turned over to Mr.. Carlisle, one of
tho attorneys for the plaintiffs, for
cross-examination, when the following
evidence was ELECTED ;
Attorney-Are you and circuit on
good terms with each other?
Witness-Yes, sir.
Attornsy-Did you mover have any
quarrel or difficulty?
Wituess-No, sir we never did.
Attorusy-Did you not take Circuits
wife away from him and run away with
hcr; and did you not have n difficulty
with him about that?
Witness-I never took his wife away
from him.
Attorney-Did not you and n man
named Gosuey take hi, wife away?
Il Nn:.-. E.. ia ,Bans ouuv with
me and Gosney, bat we did not take her
away from circuit. There was no diff
iculty at all about it it was all salts
factory. I traded him q horse for his
wife, but | found out that had been
imposed ON and | returned her to him
and il was oil right. There was no quar-
rel or difficulty about it.
Attornsy-Hon were you imposed
upon?
wituess-I traded the horse for his
wife, but he put on me besides two chill
dren and q dog ; 10 | returned her to
him. do not mean that he cheated
me il. the trade, for the transaction was
all fair, but he imposed on me he got
tho best Of the bargain. had no use
for tho two children and the dog.
The testimony was given with the ut
most GOODNESS, and in a manner which
indicated that the witness regarded tho
transaction as entirely legitimate and
proper. He 10 a man Of ordinary intel
ligeuce, and has been for a long time a
constable in the upper end of Campbell
County. Having r%escinded the contract
with circuit, we presume that he 10 now
prepared to consider any new PROPOSE
ton that may be submitted to him.
Gentlemen who had rather winter a
horse than n wife might find it to their
advantage to give him a call, but'they
must bear in mind that he declines to
deal in children or dogs,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-12-15

Who Cor TIE BUTTos.-The Indian
apolis Mirror furnished q story Of a los
button, told Of a young lady Of thai
city, who stated it to q married woman,
and who, in turn, told it to her husband,
whereby it came in possession of the
reporter. A young man attended n
select gathering Of q few female &C.
quaiutances ut the residence Of n young
lady friend recently, and while there
accidentally discovered that he had los,
ono of his sleeve buttons. But it,
whereabouts lie could not discover.
They hunted and hunted, but the miss.
ing sleeve button was nowhere to be
found. The party separated about mid
night, and the young lady friend retired
with a friend and began disrobipg her.
self. As the dress was opened the
button fell to the floor, its jingle being
almost drowned in o suppressed shrek.
But the reporter leaves US to conjecture
somewhat as TO how the button came in
the dress.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-12-15

The Cuban patriots arc prepared for
n formidable attack upon Congress at
an carly day. The House Of Rspresen-
tatives is to be operated agains. with a
monster petition praying for Cuban rec.
ogui,ion. This document bears the sig.
natures of 20, 74s Philsdelphisns, whose
united autographs measure n mile and a
half. This immense array Of signatures
is wound about a reel, mounted on a
wooden frame, and will be = legislative
novelty for Speaker Blaine to present to
the attention Of the House. II some
facetious member should take il. into bis
head to call for the unwinding and read
ing of this Brobdignagian roll Of names,
there will DO an amusing scene. All
the Senators and Representatives are to
be Individually attacked with cards con-
tanning a map Of Cuba, with statistical
information concerning the Island, and
the red, white and blue flag of the
would.be Republic. AS President Grant
discusses the Cuban question in his
usual pithy, vigorous and clear style in
his message, it is more than likely that
his single name on the subject will out
weigh with Congress the roll of our fell
low citizens, wheel, frame, picture cards
and all:
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-12-15
FACTS.

History in many cases will have to be
rewritten. For example, there never
was q pope called Fiolinccllo.
The Duke Of Wellington took alwaya
n box Of sugar plums with him to ba'.
tie, 10 encourage his soldiers. His
favorite expression was, "Up guards and
eat.'em."
The magnificent cznr Of Russia wns
always fond in winter time Of sitting
with his feet in the fender. Hence his
laughter loving people called him Peter
the Great. -. If he caught anyone saying
this, no at onco would send them to
Siberia.
The above will raise the question
where is Siheria2 The best maps will
repay the trouble to search.
The scheme Of tuaneling under the
Atlantic is not new. The idea (if We
are correctly iuformei) occurred to a
gentleman. some time ago, but he never
mentioned it, and consequently the
secret died with him,
Diogenes was a prcsevcring man. He
was present ut the siege Of Syracuse in
his tub.
"Is l were not myself" observed
Alexander with moro wit than truth, 81
would be somebody else
William the /, Of England, was called
the Conquerer. The fact has never been
disputed. He invented pepper.
Historically and correctly speaking,
the christian era, A. D. So, was not pub.
lished weekly, nor did it contain any
theatrical or sporting intelligence. 1t
has much improved since then.
Dyoing was discovered by the Syrians,
and they died in great numbers. The
use Of the word dye for joking purposes
was not unknown to the n%ncients.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-12-15
FROM SACRAMENTO.

Tho Steamer. on the RiyermnA Serious
XccidontNAimost A~nother-Thc Capitol
Ball.
SACRAMENTO. December l5.-on and after
next Saturday the California Steam Naviga.
ton Company's steamers will leave ior Dan
Francisco at l:30 +. ".
About half-past 10 o'clock yesterday morn
ing Juan Do La Guerra, OF Los Angeles
County. Journal Clerk Of the Senate, while
passing with two companions by the Odd
Fellows Temple, in course OF construction,
at Ninth and X streets, was struck on the
head and knocked sensclcss by a wooden
window center, used in forming the brick
arch of n window, which had by accident
become dislocated from its position in the
third story, and fell a distance OF about 81
feet upon Dc La Guerra and his compan.
ions. The latter were not much injured, bu'
| Dc La Guerra was found to be badly hurt
He was conveyed to Bowman's drug S!oro,
on ] street, and there received surgical at.
tendance, the physicians finding That he had
sustained a fracture Of the skull. Suisse
quontly he was removed to his room at the
Mansion House, where he is now lying IN
critical condition.
A short time after this acciden. occurred,
A. A. Bennett, architect of the Odd Fellows
Temple, had n narrow escape from serious
injury. Standing in the lower story Of tina,
building, he had been relating to u friend the
circumstance Of the accident to Dc L,
| Guerra, when he folt something fly past his
head, and discovered that a large and heavy
augcr used for boring large timber had
slipped Out Of its handle while q man was
working with it in the third story directly
over his head, and falling down to the base
ment, had grazcd his person in its descent
tearing off the left sleeve OF his coat, but
leaving the arm uninjurcd. II it had struck
/ his head he would have been killed instantly
Tho grand ball given BY tho citizens o.
Sacramento in honor Of the occupancy o.
the Capitol, will take place tonight in thai
building. Complete arrangements have beer
made by the various committees, and without
doubt it will be entirely successful.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-12-15
pARDoN1Na INNOCENT MEN.

- ~
Even Massachusetts, justice, it APP
pears, trips sometimes. Away back
from the days of the Puritaus comes q
custom to that ancient Commonwealth
of extending pardon to a number of her
conyicts On the annual day of Thanks
giving. This present year, however,
the custom was honorcd in the breach
instead of the observance, aud in place
of TIVE guilty criminals being pardonsd,
q couple of innocent prisoners were set
free by the Governor. Four years ago
these two respectable and respectfully
connected young men were convicted OF
highway robbery, n being sentenced
to twenty and the other to twenty-five
years Imprisonment at hard labor. In
d~ischarging them, the Warden said to
tho entire body Of ~convicts assembled in
the corridor /: "Now. after having served
four years of their time, the fact bad
been established beyond q doubt tha,
they werc innocent of the crime charged
upon them, and it is but just that they
should be given their liberty, aud that nc
stain should rest upon-their character"
This is certainly very pretty magnan.
unity, but it is a little curious that the
fact Of their innocence was not proved
until the Thanksgiving Day. Or if il
was soouer discovered, it seems adding
q huge wrong to that of their conviction
TO keep them for a single instant ate,
the discovery, and for no other purpose
apparently, than to make a holida!
show Of them. Taking four years on
Of q mans life, loading him with infam!
for o like period aud then making
spectacle Of him on q national anniver
sary is, it strikes Us, q peculiarly Bostol
notion. Massachusetts being always just
what compensation does she propose L
make to these two young men, neither o
whom are as yet IS years old, and who
if they live another century, can neve
be entirely free from the brutslizini
effects of those four years Of hard lnbo
ina jaif2 II tho State takes it upol
herself to punish guilt, she should als'
assume the responsibility Of rightinl
wrong dono in her nsme and by he
officers, and reward the innocent, whom
her mistake has made suffer ignomin.
and loss Of years, manhood and charac
ter; but, setting them free, to make
Boston holiday, is scarcely the way t
do il,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-12-15
nIARk TWAIN.

~
Mark Twain, who is unquestionsbly
q Of the best, if not the best, Amer
lean humorist, delivered his lecture,
"Our Fellow Sayages of the Sandwich
Islands," at the Academy of Music, in
Boston, on Thursday evening last.
" Warrington" the well known CORE.
spondent of the Springfield Republicans,
writes to that paper Of the lecture as
follows:
The lecture was delivered without
notes, and SO, prfna faeit, had an advan-
tags over Nasby's. Voice, manner, ges-
ticulation, were all good and the
drswl, whether natural or a trick Of art,
wal an effective aid to the story aud the
Joke. There was no inconsiderable
amount of information about the Sand
wich Islands and the Kanakss, and some
admirable bits of descriptions so adni-
rable, indeed, that I felt myself a little
misused when, getting ready to applaud
a genuine piece of eloquence, was in.
terrupted by the remark, in a low tone,
There, Pm glad I've got that volcano
of my mind" Or, "Therc, I call that
rather neat" The Adpertiser has so
cleyerly picked out the plums of this
discourse that l will not quote
much. The remark about the Islanders
dish of plain dog, that ait is Only
our cherished American sausage with
the mystery removed" is likely to live
as loug as the best of the anti sausage
Jokes. The story Of the man who was
thrown into the air by the premature
explosion Of a blast, while he was lamp.
ing the charge, and who went up and
up until he was but q speck in the sky
and then came down and down, and
struck his crowbar into the same hole,
aud went on tamping again, was ire
sistibly funny, and its nub, via: that
the man, though gone only 10 minutes,
had that amount Of time deducted from
his pay, was better even than the story
itself. Tho proposition to illustrate
cannibali,m by an experiment, if any
ono among the audience would con-
tribute a baby for the purpose, was
perhaps the funniest thing in the lee
ture, and it n hard to describe tho dry
style Of his following remark, quoted by
the Advertiser, 81 am aware, though,
that children have become scarce and
high of late, having been thiuncd ou'
by neglect and i'll treatment since the
woman movement began" On the
whole, Mark Twain 10 not only a genuine
bnmorist-that we all know-but ar
enjoyable and successful lecturer.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-12-15

MA~NUrACruRE OF CHLoRISE.-An in
tSres,ing announcement in regard to the
manufacture Of chlorine was recently
made before the Chemical Section OF
the British Association. Tho present
method consists in digcsting ores con-
tanning peroxide Of manganese with
hydrochloric acid, the chloride Of man
ganeso resulting from this operation
being usually thrown away. The new
process consists in decomposing this
chloride of manganese by limo, adding
another equivalent of lime, and then
blowing air through the resulting mix
turs, which consists of hydrated pro-
toIidc Of manganese, a solution Of
chloride of calcium and of limo. The
p~rotoIide Of manganese absorbs oxygen
from the air thus introduced, and 10
changed to the %proto1ide. This com.
bines with a portion of the lime and
forms n supposed new compound, called
manganite Of calcium. When the man.
ganite is orce formed the process is
repeated for the perpetual generation Of
chlorine, the addition Of bydrochloric
acid forming a chloride Of manganese,
which is again deeompossd by lime, a,
already stated, and the whole process 10
renewed, no additional manganese being
required. According to Mr.. Weldon, the
inventor, while by the old process the
manufacture Of a ton Of bleaching pow.
der required 10 hundred weight of com.
mon salt, the same amount car nov be
obtained from 45 hundred weight; and
instead of an immense ameunt Of free
acid, the result Of the manufacture
being cast of into the rivers, involving
very delsterious results Of oae kind and
another, the only waste product of the
new process is q perfectly natural solu-
ton of chloride Of calcium.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-12-15
r

THE position Of an Gronaut must bs
a very painful one, from a constant ten
dency there is to make him soar
RsvEnDYJouSsoN has been making a
speech in Baltimore, in which he takes
ground against the recognition Of Gu
ban independence.
A hill has been introduced into the
Alabama Legislature which requires
grand juryrnen to swear that thoy never
belonged to the Ku-Klux.Klan.
TuS girl Of the PERIOD" n hun
drcd years ago, wore a sharp needle in
the tap OF her stays, which pricked
her chin upless she held her head up.
RonsRr CoLIYxR says that the Bour.
bons look like o set Of sleek we'll fed
gentry, who every day have q Thanks
giving, anddon'tcar a darn for thanks
giving either.
DIAL gently with rthose who stray
Draw back by love and persuasion. A
kiss is worth a thousand kicks. A kind
word is moro valuable to the lost than a
mine Of gold.
IT is proposed 10 erect in New York,
opposite the bronze statue OF Wander
bilt, q brass statue Of Fisk, Jr., so that
NIL the phases Of railway management
may be represented.
A MURDERER, on being sentenced to
DO hanged in Terre Haute, Ind, did not
catch the date, and inquired: When
did you say, your honor, that occur
renee is to take placer"
tbs Petersburg Inder bids farewell to
the old men of the Old Dominion, and
turns to welcome the young Virginians
who are hereafter to be the lawmakers,
leaders aud rulers there.
The Natal Legislature has fxed tho
price Of a wife at twenty cows, sstab-
iished a registry, and fixed a marriage
fee. Formerly the man who could give
the most cows, took the lady.
Mus. LINCOLN has returned to Frank
fort for the winter. 1t seems there 10
not n word of truth in the story Of her
intended marriage with German
baron. She is living in retirement.
SPEAKING of undertakcrs, q we'll
known member of the fraternity is es-
tablished next door 10 q popular livery
stable; and one day popped in, and ac-
costing the first person he saw, who
was not the proprietor, be said: "C"n
| get an open buggy here?' "No, sir
said the Intercepted, "we havnt got
buggy, but (pointing to a hearss which
stood OF the door)-we a accommodate
you with a skeleton wagon
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-12-15
FROM WHITE 1 N
Milling MISUNDERSTANDING Scrnpe-Bly
District.

MILLING operations SnOotinS cruPc Ely
District.
TREAsuRE CRY, December l5.-Thc Nc
tropolitan mill commences work tomorrow
on ore from the Aurora South, under their
contract to crush 5000 tons. The White Pine
mill is also crushing orc from that mine, un
der contract for 1000 tons.
A shooting scrapc occurred at Spring Val
ley n few days since, between parties con.
nccted with the Margatc and Grant mining
companies. After exchanging several shots,
luckily neither Of the parties were injured.
Charles Richards has started a tri.monthly
pony express between Hamilton and Ely Dis
trict, via Patterson. He says the prospects
of Ely District arc promising. The lodges
are large and the ore rich. Five tons were
millcd ut Pahranagat, by RAYMOND, yielding
from $40 to $50 per ton. The ore contains
considerable lead, but no other base metals
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-12-15

A WICKED ISrSRPoLArioS.-We End
the following odd and malapropos SEN
tenee iu the late message Of Governor
Hsight, Of California, which must have
been intsrpolated by some wicked uag :
The late election in this State re-
suited in the defeat Of the political or
ganizstion to which we owe tho bur-
dens Of the protective system, incon-
rertible paper currency, styled BY Mr..
Webster "tho greatest. of political
evils" military trials, and the various
attempts TO override the Federal Con-
s.itu.ion, or change it so as to extin,
guish it's original spirit, subrer. the
rights Of the States and eentralizc I'M
limited power in the Federal L.gisla-
ture.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-12-15

The negro girl, Maliuda Morgan, who
committed the 6endish o%Gfsnse, a ,hor.
time siace, Of burning to death the
infant child Of Mr.. Henry Cfsassy, OF
Bedford County, Virginia, was tried BY
tho County Court or Saturday n week
ago, fourd guilty in the frs. degree and
sentenced to be hung. This was one Of
the most diabolicol crimes ever perps-
trated. In the sb,enee Of the family
she placed the child on the FIRE and
held it there until its limbs were burnt
OF. Hanging is TOO good for such a
monster.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-12-15

THs greatest cooperative enterprise yet
projected in this country Ia the Sutro Tun-
mel. More than 5000, 900, 900 Of silver is sup
posed to be hidden in a most unluckily con-
strueted mountain in Nevada, the precious
vein running through the centre Of the mass
rather than along the convenient slopes.
Already the mines have been sunk to such a
depth that they n be pumped out or
ventilated, except at too great a cost. Mining
ingenuity proposed a tunnel into the noun
tain, cutting the veins, draining the mines,
and laying open the whole deposit. Congress
was asked for a loan to aid in the work, but
refused, and Mr.. Sutro was, in a measure,
forced into the cooperative scheme, which
is already advanced to some extent. Three
thousand men are asked to pay in an average
Of ten thousand dollars each a month, to be
applied 10 the construction Of tho tunnel and
secured BY ownership in the mines. The
money comes back, OF course, to the miners
in the shapes Of wages, with the prospect OF
a rich interest when the silver deposits are
reached. The plan seems to have struck the
fancy Of the Nevada miners, and many are
responding to the call at thirty-three cents
per day, and becoming prospective owners OF
what is believed to be the greatest silver mine
on the continent. A gold mino similarly sit
uated would receive no attention -Phika3el-
phiG Railroad Journal.
Most astonishing development |! Most
astounding discovery u Truly, the
days of Baron Munchsusen have not yet
passed by--for, are there not 5000, oOo,.
900 in silver bricks lying right undor
our feet and only awaiting the compile
10, IF Tho hoIa in tha oronnd at Cor-
rail- Canyon to enable us to "snakc
them ont bald-headed BY the carload,
so that we who are now on the premises
may all become Vanderbilts, Stewards,
Jimfsks, Peabodys, or Rothschilds
Yea, verify, such is the humbuggery
which the great Assyrisn hols.diggsr,
Satro, rs just now practieing upon the
minds Of Eastern editors and Congress-
m.n-hoping that Uncle Sam may be
seducea into shelling out q few millions
Of his bonds to prospect for wildcat.
But the old gentleman and those who
have the keys to his safe are too sharp
for Su,ro and his pet scheme for self.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. What miner on the
Comstock will not get = broad grin on
his face when he reads thsabove printed
extract? Do the public need any bet.
ter evidence that this whole "Sutro
tunnel I" scheme is a humbug?
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-12-15

TIE officers of the Philadelphia Min.
have prepared q medal commemorative
Of the opening Of the Pacific Railroad.
0ns aide bears tho head Of the Presi-
dent, and the reverse exhibits the mos,
striking characteristics Of the road. 1,
is appropriately inscribed, aud q mum.
Der bare been s,rack in silver and
bronze, and one in gold to De presented
to President Grant.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-12-15

NoruISa annoys a man more than to
be eagerly questioned when be comes
homo tired. Give him a neatly served
dinner, or a pair Of easy slippers and a
cup Of tea, and let him eat and drink
in peace, and 10 time he will tell you oil
his OWN proper motion all you wish to
know. But il you begin the attack too
sooa, tho chances are that you will be
rewarded by CURLY spoken monosylla.
bles. Put down that piece Of wisdom
in your note book, girls it will serve
you well some day.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-12-15

A CANADIAN Postmaster had q keg Of
damaged powder, and one night thought
no would sec if it was good for any.
thing, by throwing a lump into the FIRE.
The lump jumped back into the key,
and the building a without a roof in
n very short time. There is nothing
said rs to what became of the Post
master, but it is thought that he helped
the roof of the house.