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The Van Buren press., 1869-05-25

BILLINGIsMs.-Dont swap with your re-
lashuns unless you kin afford to give them
the big end ov the trade. ~
Marry young. and ef circumstances re-
quirs it. often.
If you kant sc. good clothes and cdica.
tion too, get tho clothes.
Kultivato modesty, but mind and keep a
good stock Of imrudence on hand.
Do charitable--one cent pieces were made
on purpose,
Don't take anybody's advice but your
own. 1t costs more to berry than it duz
to buy. 'st nH
Eta man a...s. yn yu kan kalkerlate
that he is a roge. or yu are fule.
Keep both ize open, but don't see morc'n
half you notis.
Ef yu ich fur fame go into graveyard
and scratch yerself against tune stone.
The Van Buren press., 1869-05-25

RELY UpoS YouRsELF.--Ncver ask fay
or. 1t is better to suffer than to supplicate,
and asking a favor even from your dearest
friend, or your nearest relative, is only n
mild form Of supplication. Get what you
want by your own unaided exei,ions. or 20
without it. There is more dignity in pcnu.
ry, no matter how abjcct, coupled with in
dependence. than in indolent comfort gain.
ed through the grant Of = favor.
The Van Buren press., 1869-05-25
Singular Scene at New Orleans Wed.
ding,

Wednesday night quite fashionable
wedding was celebrated in the Fourth dis
,rict. The bride was pretty, as all newly
married ladies are, and the groom was the
glass OF fashion and the mould of form. A
number of invited guests lent grace and
beauty TO the occasion, and hearty con
gratulstiona testified tho good wishes OF
many friends for the happiness of the new
ly welded pair But the hours waned rap.
idly. and the time for retiring came at last.
The bride was led by laughing bridesmaids
up to her chamber door But imagine
their surprise when it was opened by lady
richly and elegantly clad in travelling
sui., and evidently waiting for an inter-
tiew.
- beg pardon. madam; but you appear
sstonished," said the strange lady. h'.
" must coufess | did not expect to see
any one here" replied the bride.
No. madam; came in very privately,
and wished an interview. subject to no in
tcrruption.'
1t did not occur to the bride to inquire
by whom she had been introduced, or by
what means she had gained access to her
apartment. It g8N
" 1t is very strange. maam, and can't
imagine why you wish to speak to me !"
1.-The reason is simple. The man you
have jnst married has imposed upon you.
am his wife! -
"Oh impossible--you rave - and the
lady sank into chair almost fainting. OF
course, the bridesmaids screamed. Such a
succession Of shreks one has rarely heard.
1t speedily brought the family to the door
with teri stricken faces, and with them
the bridegroom, all asking with trembling
lips
What in the world is the matter - .
Oh Edward" cried the bride, :" this
psrscn says she's your wife"
''My wife T. shouted the astonished hus-
band why, she's insane
The strange lady stood up calm ard un-
rufled.
Is it possible, sir, tina, having perpe-
trated this great wicxedness, you will have
the hariihood to deny that am your law
fully welded wife p she asked, looking the
sorely troubled Edward full in the eve.
Why, confound you, woman. never
nav ypu octoiV 1h III iHc eeACiaitncN sHe
xstonish d man. sh-r .t 3
The lady regarded him very much as q
minister woulk person given over total
depravity.
i"0h Edward, I'm afraid it's true and
loved you SO y sobbcd the young wife; !;
"hcw could you have treated mo so ?"
~" tell you | haven't got any wife but
you this woman is an imposter." .'''
Tho strange lady Uttered low, mocking
laugh. The scene was getting interesting
to the last degree. The ladies were all cry
ing, and the father of the bride looking
stern and indignant He had been for some
intently regarding the strange lady, when
suddenly his eye lighted up. and an anus
ed smile played on his lips. Hc took .
step forward, and laying his hand on thu
shoulder Of the stranger. said
Come. John, this is very clcverly play
ed. but tie time it was over" md follow.
ing the impulse of his arm the stranger was
pushed into the hall.
"John-who-what!" all exclaimed Al
once.
1t was tho brides younger brother
wicked boy, who had played naugh',
prank. with tho aid Of his sisters travelling
suit and her cast chignon and curls.
1t is scarcely necessary to remark tha
harmony was very speedily restored. "
q. picdVune. Il A&
The Van Buren press., 1869-05-25

..-A liquid glue. far superior to mu.
cilage, may be made by dissolving glue in
an equal quantity Of strong, hot vinegar,
adding fourth Of alcohol. and little
slum. 1t will keep any length of time
when placed in close bottles, and will glue
together horn, wood and molLer OF. pearl.
The Van Buren press., 1869-05-25

- A sick man, jas. recovering his sp-
psii~. sss siyhtssn dumplings. aad was
sbeat snlDsihg spon The ninstssntA and last
in the dish, whoa his iitt!s son asked his
fsthcr TO give il to him. Why, my son,
wsnld ysu take the last damplihg from
yeus pSes siek hthes :"
The Van Buren press., 1869-05-25

-A man was inquiring what he
should do with his mutilated postal cur.
reucy. A fellow who overheard the query,
replied Deposit it in tho contribution
box at the evening meetings. the same as
other pious people do"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-08-03

IRON CARs.-Since the recent acci-
dent ut Mast Hope, On the Erie Railroad,
the question Of tho propriety Of using
iron cars has come up again for discus
sion. Just after the accident Of De-
cember lS, 1867, at Angola, on the Lake
Shore Road, when 10 persons were
killed aud 40 were wounded, iron
freight cars were experimental with,
but the results were not satisfactory.
Now, however, o car has been proposed
which, it is stated, will entirely super
cede the wooden cars. The new car is
composed Of wrought iron tubes COM
bining the greatest strength with the
least weight, cannot take fire, and will
not break into ~splinters. Another nd
vantage consists in the greater amount
of merchandise the iron tubes will
carry. It is asserted that q common
box car built of wrought iron would
weigh less than six and one-half tons,
while wooden cars Of the same dimen-
sions weigh not less than ten tons. The
wooden cars are allowed to carry ten
tons Of freight; the iron cars, on &C.
COuub VI LuClE RiChkOi osAOh6sh - v
lieved, could carry thirteen and one
half tons, the weight of car and freight
then being only twenty tons. Tho i'm
projections of railroads are at present
also the subject of extended commentby
the journals Of England, where the gen.
eral impression has heretofore been
that better protection to life and limb is
furnished than in any other country.
But serious doubts are beginning to be
entertained as to the soundness Of this
belief, since the record of accidents
that are daily occurring at the London
Railway stations, and on oil the Eng
lish roads, is becoming appalling. The
Pail Mall Gazette characterizes some Of
the stations as slaughter.houses, where
people are daily butchered, and states
that within q week.no less than FIVE or
six persons were killed outright, and
seven or eight badly Injured, in attempt
ing to get on and off the railway cars as
they enter or 90 out of tho stations.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-08-03

THs STAGE RoBBrRY.-Immediately
after the arrival Of the stage Of Wells,
Fargo l. Co., which was robbed yester.
day, Mr.. l.. F. Blackburn, acting al
special private detective Of Wells, Far.
go l. Co., started for the scene Of the rob.
berry. Arrived at the spot where the
stage was stopped, he traced the foot.
marks Of the robbers to a clump Of
bushes to which they had hitched their
horses and where they had forced open
the treasure box. Mr.. Blackburn found
the box with all the papers and an oroids
watch, but whatever other valuables or
money it contained were distracted.
The robbers also left a bottle containing
about three drinks of brandy, which
"Less" construed into an invitation to
drink their health, which he did with
the hope of soon meeting them in per-
son. lie returned to town last evening,
after q days hard ride, bringing with
him the papers and lock Of the treasure
box, leaving the box to be brought In
by the stage. As far as we caa learn
there 10 no clue to the robbers, and 1t is
more than likely that they will never be
captured.-W White Pine Telegram, 3lst.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-08-03
Massey oUrpoNE THE COMING
MAN

We like q little humbugging once In q
while, for the fun of the thing /; but the
following is piliug it on rather heavy
for people in washoe. Still, IL will do,
as 1t amacks a little Of the humbug Of
everyday life here. Postmaster Club
buck, of Gold Hill, last evening received
a letter from Barren, Indiana" which
devslopes the coming man." or "the
girl Of the period" (hard telling which),
showing most %sonclusively that they
know \, thing or two in that region
about natures treasure.box which we
old fellows have not been able to learn in
twenty years. residence in gold and sill
YER minssl We copy brother Club.
bucks letter, perbatim, Rteratim, ct punet.
uatum-aud invite its general perusal
|. Barren Harrison Co Indiana
Mr. Pm at Gold hill Nevada I Have Now
| obtained the secret how to Find hiden treas
ures or oars such as Gold Silver or Lead BY
A New presses Just obtained from A iourmar
| chimmist It ID A Indicator or Mineral Rod O
| Which I am Now Manufacturing they sci
very fast they Give General satisfaction
Warrant Every one any person can use then
and can tell the Exact spot Where to Dig Il
get the Most oare there has been 8 lead Minei
found In this state By there use In this stat
price $1,000 with foil instructions how to u.s.
them II you Will act US agent in you're plae,
you can send in A Registered Letter SS,V
and Retape the other 2 Dollars for your,
trouble and I Will send the Indicator By Re
turn Mail or Express as you Direct. send b
Greenburg S. OFT. Pm. at
Barren. Harrison. Co. Indiana
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-08-03

vIoToR HUao's DEVIL FIsH."-Cnp
tain James johnson, of the sloop Susan
Brewer, which arrived ut Skidmore's
wharf day or two since, brought with
him a portion Of an unknown sea ami
NAL, which he caught in a seine while
fishing off Smiths Island, near Cape
Charles. The fish, when hauled ashore,
attracted the attention of every n in
that neighborhood, and was pronounced
by the most ancient and experienced
"sea Goers u to be unlike anything Of
the ocean deep they had ever seou.
In shape it resembled a butterfly, with
ponderous wings shaped like the human
hand a head formed like a bull dogs /;
tongue as hard rs ivory and instead Of
teeth, two rows Of solid ivory. Its
Measurement from tip to tip was 20 feet,
with a tail six feet long, about the size
Of q telegraph wire, and resembling a
black leather whip lightweight over
1000 pounds. 1t was white on the
belly, but spotted oil over the back with
round white and black marks, about the
size Of a FIVE cent piece, very much in
appearance like ladies' mourning mus
lin, which, it is said, made it a bsauti-
full sight while 10 the clear sen water.
As stated above, every one who has seen
this fish pronounces it a nondescript,
and the only conjecture which has been
made 10 that it must be the 'devil fish,"
about the existence of which much has
been said, though no mi in these parts
has ever seen one, unless in this Case
Washington Star.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-08-03

AT Burr Oak, Michigan, last week, a
young woman, aged about 20 years,
who had been married about Eve years,
deliberately went off with her husbands
youngest brother. All was done with
the full knowledge Of the injured hu,.
band. His wife packed up her bed and
clothing in his presence, which were
placed In a wagon, together With herself
aud child, by her paramour, when they
were driven about a mile to the resi-
dence Of her husbands fsther-the hus-
band aud father following on foot. Here
the whole matter, contemplated for
over a year, was freely and deliberately
talked over, the woman declaring that
she never loved her husband as well as
she did his youngest brother. The
young man finally coolly helped his
brothers. wife and child into the wagon,
and, getting in himself, they left for
parts unknown.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-08-03
AN ANONYMOUS HANDBILL.

We find the following article in this
mornings Enterprise:
Something Of a sensation was created in
the city last evening BY the distribution Of 4
large quantity Of handbills, embodying a
lengthy address "to the people Of Storey
County" under the rather startling heading
of awake to Danger" The bills were dis
tributed BY a long. haired, cadaverous-look-
ing individual who moved nervously about
his work, and might have been mistaken for
one of Brigham Young's Destroying Angels.
Tit bills were printed in San Francisco, we
think, and fifteen hundred, we are informed,
were received for circulation. The address
is a TRADE against the Virginia and Truckce
Railroad Company corporation referred
to as a "foul body Of conspirators," ''headed
BY the chief agent Of the Bank Of California
in Virginia" The burden Of the complaint
is, that these "foul conspirators have re-
ceived the promise OF assistance to the ex-
tent OF $4,000 from Storey, Ormsby and
Lyon counties; that they employ more Chi
nese than white men as laborers (; that they
have bribed the press, and are 'corraling
every mine in the country that when the
road is completed, it will ruin the tcaming
business, blacksmithing, saloons, boarding
houses, merchants, mechanics, and almost
eNcEyOOuy else. 1uc duuIesb COhStuuco W
appealing to the people to assemble in mass
meeting " and demand that not a dollar shall
be paid nor a bond issued by the Commits.
sioners Of the county until this railroad shall
be completed to the Truckec, as the directors
originally agreed" The inference is, that
the completion Of the road to the
Truckce" will in a great measure re.
lieve blacksmiths, teamsters and saloon
keepers from the danger menacing them
with Carson as the terminus! But we did
not start out with the view Of giving any
thing like q synopsis Of the address. nav
ing designated its character. we take pleas
ure in being able to announce, by authority,
that il was not issued by the authority or
the consent or knowledge Of the Miners
Unions Of this county. The author or
authors arc unknown to the officers Of the
Unions, by whom we are requested TO state
that. in behalf Of these associations and LOT
themselves, they repudistc tho address in
toto. As the workingmen's Convention
was in session at the time Of tho circulation
Of the address, it was supposed by many to
be an official proclamation BY that body.
The American Flat Toll Road sticks
out so prominently in the contents Of
this anonymow handful, that IL is need
less to make any further comment. The
poster, which has been thrown around
loosely in Gold Hill, has not attracted
oue-tenth the interest thatTom Thumbs
handbills have.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-08-03

The rain fall Of June, 1869, has been
excessive as compared with June, 1858.
Thus, in Pennsylvania the rain fall in
June, 1860, was 4.s4 inches against 3.47
in 1868, or nearly 40 per cent. over last
year. About the same average increase
fell in the Atlantic Statssr but in the
Yves, the increase was over Hooper cent.
Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and
Missouri average a rain fall Of 7.2o
inches in June, 1869, against 1854
inches in June 1868. Tho effect Of this
increased moisture upon the grain
planted last fall has been to give on
almost unprecedented growth of straw,
and remarkable vigor in the head.
Where the rain has been excessive,
there are great fears Of rust, and Of the
~sprouting Of the grain. The effect on
the corn crop has been injurious; in
many sections there are more weeds
than stalks, and the land being still
overlooked cannot be cultivated.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-08-03
z

A wArERspour-A temperance ora
ton.
He who wants content can't find an
easy chair.
Grvs neither counsel nor salt'tlll you
are asked, for 1t.
WHO deals with o blockhead has need
of much brains.
GIVE a child his will, and a whelp his
fill, and neither will thrive.
The ties which connect business men
with the public-Adver.tizs.
PAPER p~etticoats are now sold in Lon
don at siI.pence each. Shoes are also
made Of the same meterial.
THE word debit is composed of the
initials of dun every body twice."
Credit 10 formed of the initial let
tiers of call regularly every day-1'll
trust"
THE Peabody schools in Greenville, 8.
c., will be opened on the 10th Of August.
| Six or seven teachers are to be elected,
with salaries ran giug from $500 to
ST., 400.
POLLARD, in his volume upon the war,
Jays Gen. Lee carried on the war coldly.
as o painful matter Of business, regard
ing secession as o mistake from the
beginning.
A LITTLE girl, named Katie Pitt, has
received a premium ia Plato County,
No., for committing to memory 1867
verses Of the Bible. At last accounts
che was still alive.
The city Of Amsterdam, in Holland,
is a sort Of Venice. 1t has $50 bridges,
from each Of which, says one Of its resi-
dents, you may every day see some
thing new and queer.
A MEMPHIS dispatch announces thai
. ball is to be held in that city for the
purpose Of raising funds to secure the
rsprieve Of two persons now under sen.
tence of death for murder.
4 CINCINNATI man who recently Wis.
tied Maine wrote home that 1t was nc
credit to the people that they were tenn
perate as q class, since their water was
so good and their whisky SO poor.
TEE latest undergraduate joke al
Yale College "a the transfer, by mid
night, of a florists sigu-"New HAYES
Nursery ITO a conspicuous position
on q HOurishing young ladies' seminary,
"NorHINa can be we'll done that !,
done in a hurry" oracularly declared q
certain pompous politician in New York,
one day lately, IN the steps Of the City
Hall. elbow about catching fisas?'
asked a wag at his elbow. The politi'
| clan was ioored.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-08-03
OVERLAND DISPATCHES
Especial to tho Gold Hill Daily Newe BY the Atiar
Tic and Pacific Telegraph LlneJ
TELEGRAMS.
Ho,nieida in Chicago.

HaaHnHH y EIoullCIuO -
CHICAGO, August Jacob henm,
Sr., father of q well-known politician OF
that name, the recent Superintendent OF
Police in thisycity, killed a man named
Harperlock ia q bar-room fight on. Sat-
urdsy afternoon. The police used every
effort to hush the matter up and prevent
the reporters from obtaining iniorma-
ton. Their statement about the matter
is favorable to Rehm, but other nc.
counts make it a case of deliberate muir
der.
D%enningson, o hotel keeper at South
Bend, Ind, came to Chicago to witness
a bass ball match on Saturday. Being
taken unwell, a druggist gave him aeon
ito instead Of chloroform, from the Oh
fects of which he died the same eren-
ing.
A man was drowned at the artesian
we'll yesterday. -,
An old man was found dead in the
street, aud the body Of a dead boy
loated to the shore in the forenoon
neither of whom are identified.
From New York.
New YonK, August 2.-It.is reported
that the yacht Henrietta was seized at
New London on suspicion Of being con-
nected with the Cuban f%llibustcrs.
1t is stated that Henry Keep left TO
his wife and daughter $4,000 600 worth
Of stocks in the Northwestern Railroad
with instructions not to sell, that 1t
would pay better than any investment
that could be made.
The tailors' strike continues. The
manufacturing tailors have expressed q
discriminating Of 'siding with the shop
hands. Two 6r three firms are expected
to yield to the advance which Is asked
in the wages to-day. =.
One of The rooms at Long Branch
Hotel was robbed.
Marine Disasters.
CHICAGO, August IA Tribune New
York special says the report of marine
disaster, in July shows the loss of ten
steamships, one ship, five barks, two
briggs and nine s%chooners, of the aggre.
gate value of $4,000.
Miscellaneous Items.
A rlan for using electric lights on the
Erie Railroad will soon be introduced.
It Will be carried on locomotives and
USED as fixed lights in tunnels and i'm
portaut bridge curves.
The coal dealers report all strikes IN
tie mines as ended. A general decline
Of prices is expected.
Two convicts in the Auburn prison
fought o duel according to the regular
code, on Friday morning. The weap'
ons used were knives. The scene wa:
conducted In the ice-house. Both men
were wounded, but not dangerously.
At 7:40 o'clock last night q meteor o.
unusual size and brilliancy shot from
the northeast to the southwest, emitting
sparks Of FIRE.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-08-03

MusH.-A young lady sends US ssven
teen verses of eight lines each, "Odt
to q Lily" II We owed q lily that
much, if we were In her place,
we'd make an assignment. Half Of ons
verse is as follows:
And lily-thou purest Of flowers
For you are an emblem in every place
I have sat and gazed on you many hours
Beautiful lily, white as my face!
II she goes it so strong over one
poor lily, what would she do ove a bed
Of onions? But seriously, good girl,
quit poetry. If you can't keep house
better try making mush q month, as q
change from writing poetry the bust.
ness uill.be as soft, aud less disturbing
to intellect.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-08-03

A REPoRr OF A QUAKkR GuS.-The
Virginia Enterprise says: Samuel N.
Janney, one of the Quaker Indian Su-
perintendents out West, has written q
letter defining the results of his obser-
v~ations among the Western Indians, in
which be declares that al have not yet
seen o handsome Indian woman and
concludes that in the course Of time,
by proper treatment and judicious ap-
p%liances, these Western Indians may be
civilized and Christianized." In the
meantime the Spencer rife is found
more effective in regulating them than
the Quaker gun. Friend Jannsy, cut
thy hair close and keep within the lines.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-08-03

A Dull TowSN NsvADA.-The White
Pine (Shermantown) Tslegran of Satur'
day evening contains the following
unique notice of the existing moral
status of its people on that day. Horn
town on that day was not. so dull:
Like Flora McFlimsey, who had "nothing
to wear" to-day we have little to write
about-no fights, no heads being put on, no
mills stopped, no rapes, no taking another
mans wife away, no horse race, no bullion
robbery, no stealing "~sheeps," no muscles
cut off; in fact, everything has been so quiet
that we doubt whether u single man stirred,
n dog stirred, or evena hog stirred in town
the last few days.