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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-04-06

JOHN L. MooRK.-All the old residents OF this
section know John l.. Moore, OF Virginia City. and
the few new ones who don't happen IT, should make
his acquaintance as soon as possible, especially II
they want anything In the furniture or bedding line.
In our advertising columns may be seen an ar
ticle settling forth that our friend Moore has for sale
at his famous Sierra Nevada Furniture and Bedding
Warehouse, Niagara Hall, North u street, Virginia,
an Immense stock In that line; from a double bad
stead to q tin dlppcr. Including carpets, mirrors.
stoves. c~rockcry, tInware. lamps. table cutlery, etc.
IN short, everything necessary, except a vile, to go
to housekeeping with. Call and let hini show you
through his establishment. np3.lm
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-04-06

SNAII-rox Is raging i'll Tucson and
Northern Arizona. 1t is o fatal
among the native population, and but
few cases have occurred among the
trOODS As vet.
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CAILFoRNIA Observation-Disclosures 4
session of one hundred and twenty
days, the California Legislature adj
iourned at twelve O'Clock, night before
Last
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-04-06

GENERAL. RIPLEY, representing Eng
lish capitalists, has arrived at Tucson,
Arizona, inspecting mines in that
vicinity.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-04-06

TWELVE men were frozen to death
i'm the northwestern part of Iowa dur
in" the storm of the 18th ult. Six
Others, il is feared, met n similar fate.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-04-06

Tux Boston Transcript does not APP
prove of General Logan's desire to re-
duce the army, and thinks it shows
little sagacity or justice.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-04-06

TuE white swans have been let
loose on the ponds in the New York
Central Park.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-04-06

IN Brooklyn q woman recently en-
deavored to kill herself by swallowing
hair pins.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-04-06

THERE are upward Of 10000 more
white males than females in Iowa.
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LATEST TELEGRAMS
4 O SAN FRANCISCO.

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WATERBURY, Connecticut, has a boy
who has ten grandparents living.
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Municipal Election.

THE BOOKS OF REGISTRATION, FOR
L the Municipal Election TO be held on NON
DAY, Mayed, 1870, will be open on WEDNES-
and will remain open until APRIL alsi. AMI
close at 6 o'clock r. N on that day. Na,ural!zcd
citizens are required to present their papers nj
the time OF registration. L. C.. COOK,
Registry Agent, Gold Hill, Township No. 3.
Gold Hfll, March 18th, 1870. mhli.if
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LOst---C Caution.

r osT. AT AMERICAN FLAT, SOME TINE
In March, 1870, q certificate Of deposit in
Agency Of the Bank Of California, in Gold Hill,
being No. 11,O55, dated March 9TH. 1870, and
standing in my name, for the sum Of aCO. Tho
public are cautioned not to negotiate for the
shouil any person find the same they will con-
fer q great favor by sending 1t to me through the
Gold Hill p~oatoficc. D. MclNNEsS.
American Flat, April 9Th, 1870. apSlot'
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MARRIAGE Ia Honorable.

Essays for Young Men. on the honors.
pleasures and advantagcs OF q happy Mar.
rlsgc. as contrastei with q Single Life, and
the fearful Evils OF Cclibacy. In modern times
Sent free, In sealed envelopes. Address, Howard
Association. Box p. Philadelphia. Pa. fc2 sm
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CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE.
h. X. BENNETT

A NNoUNCEs HIMSELF AS A CANDI.
n date for City Assessor Of Virginia City. at
the ensuing May election, subject TO the dccis-
ion OF the City Union Convention. Iph30.td
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TEIEcRAMs.-The telegraphic news
from the East, since our last issue,
does not possess much interest. But
Connecticut is supposed to have gone
for the Democrats last Monday.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-07-22
The Cycle Of Earthnuakes.

Severe earthquakes. almost if not quite
simultaneous In their action, occurred last
month on several parts OF this continent
and the opposite sides of the world, IN Ja-
pan. At Oaxaca, in Mexico, the first con-
vulsion occurred at half-past eleven on the
night of May ii, continuing on the follow
ing day, May IL; and in Japan at twenty
minutes before three on the morning of
May Is. Allowing for difference of longi-
tUde and time, these earthquake shocks
were at most but few hours apart, and in
all probability identical in point of time.
At Oaxaca, which is a substantially built
town two hundred years ole, heavy convent
and palace walls and towers were shaken
into ruins, killing and manning many un-
fortunate people. The known deaths were
one hundred and three. The whole city
was so badly shattered that an additional
shock would have thrown it all down. But
little as yet is known of the damage done in
Japan, beyond the great terror of the peo-
pie. Two hundred miles out from Yoke
hama, to the southeast, the Captain of the
Benefactress observed submarine volcano,
in violent eruption, and the volcano on the
island of Niphon, in Japan, wasin the same
state. 1t will be remembered that on the
18th of May an earthquake shock was felt
III oIIyflnoJ AlhOhLnd, OndIlooIOn5 COuIA
Carolina; and Shreveport, Louisiana.
There were shocks in Arkansas on the 11th
of May, and in the French West India ISL
and of Guadaloupe on the 10th. But the
simultaneous character of the violent con-
vulsions on the 11th, 18th and 18th of May,
in Mexico and Japan, on opposite sides of
the globe, with nearly the whole of the
earth's 5000 miles of diameter between
them, leads to the belief that the same
mighty internal throes produced them all,
and shows that what We regard the vast
solid bulk of the earth is but fragile crust
when assailed by the tremendous energies
beneath its surface
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-07-22
Poisoning by the Wholesale.
From tbs Cincinnati Times June 2sth

From the C1ncannau Times, June 18TH.
Yesterday afternoon a number of juve-
niles who lived on and near the corner OF
Abigail street and Broadway, wandered to
Pendleton's Hill, near by, and while there
gathered some of the prickly buds of the
jimson weed. Two or three of the young
sters, in spirit of mischief, split open the
green buds and placing them to their
mouths, pretended to eat them, declaring
they were $50 good, not knowing when so
remarking the poisonous nature of the
weed. Six of the children, three of Mr..
Brinkert's and three of Mr.. Brinkermsn's,
were induced by this ruse to partake of the
green buds. Shortly after the eating they
commenced feeling the most excruciating
pains, and then started for their homes,
crying on the way most piteously. On their
arrival, medical attendance was Immediately
summoned, AMI the children were soon re-
heved. One of Mr.. Brinkerman's children
"a boy about eight years of age-was SO
severely poisoned with the weed that his
abdominal regions swelled to an alarming
extent and he suffered such acute pain
that he went into spasms, during which he
gnashed his teeth with such violence as to
break two of them of. This morning the
children had all fully recovered and were
about, as usual, with the exception of the
one we have specially mentioned, and he
was sleeping from mere feebleness and e1-
hauafion
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-07-22
A Terrible Story.

The Scranton Republican tells the fol-
lowing story: If true, it is one of the most
heartrending things we have had fora long
time, and strict inquiry should lie made as
to the exact circumstances, SO that if any
officer of the train is to blame, prompt and
summary punishment should be neted out
to him. Il appears from the Republican, 8
statement, that, on Saturday evening last, q
Mrs. Gaven, with three children, aged, res
pectively, seven, five and two years, was
waiting at the Pittston station. on the
Lackawanna and Bloomsbury railroad, for
the train.
When it came, she put two little boys in
a car and then returned to the station foI
her babe. Meanwhile the train started.
The station master signalled the conductor
to stop, and the little boys screamed at be-
ing carried away from their mother. But
it seems that the train neither stopped nor
was any care taken of the children. The
mother telegraphed to put them
off at Scranton. Nothing fur
ther is known of them until
they were found on the railway track,
about two o'clock on Sunday morning, the
youngest one killed and the other lying in
sensible, with his arm cut off close to the
shoulder. The poor little wanderers had
been run over by train in deep cut, but
how or why they were off the train no one
knows
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-07-22
FuIten's First Steamboat.

A correspondent of the Geneva Courier
relates the following story ofthe Kate Nor.
gan, the little steamer which, for more
than a generation, has piled on Cayugs
lake, her owners obeying the behest of the
first proprietor, which was to 'trun her till
she busts":
Before the Chancellor Livingstone stem
med the current of the Hudson, yet after
the little Clermont had stirred the quiet
waters of the Collect pond, the wheels OF
the Kate Morgan awoke the echoes of Taug-
hanie glen, and her paddle-wheel dashed
the spray upon Cayugs bridge. There is 9
bit of romance attaching to her name and
building.
Old General Morgan of Revolutionary
fame had noble estate on the eastern
bank of the lake, not far from where the
present Wells college now stands. Between
his only daughter, a lovely girl of 18, and
young Fulton, there had long existed ten
der attachment, which, however, the pow
erty and obscurity of Robert led the gen.
eral to severely frown upon. Fulton went
to New York. He labored long years in
perfecting his invention; his day of triumph
came, and then he wrote to the stern faith
er relating his success and asking for the
daughters hand.
"Nay," wrote back the incredulous old
soldier, "TIl believe what see with my
own eyes. Come you back, scapegrace, to
the lake; build and sail steamboat past
my own door, and then, and not till then,
shall you have my daughter Kate"
Need I say that Fulton came joyfully
back, that steamer was built as rapidly as
circumstances would permit, that she was
launched, and in due time did sail triumph
antly past the generals doorl But let me
add that, according to an express stipula-
ton made by the sly Robert in case he sue
ceeded-when the Kate Morgan sheered in
toward the generals dock a small boat was
seen pushing out containing the original
Kate, her grim father, and gentleman in
clerical vestments. They were soon on
board, and there, amid the waving of flags,
the ringing of bells, and the blowing OF
whistles, the proud inventor and his proud
er bride were made one. A glorious sweep
up and down the lake completed the first
bridal trip by steam ever known in this
country.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-07-22
49etrB,
OF EDGAR ALLEN POE.
BY SARAH HELEN wHlT,IAs. N aOLD AND NEW


slowly raised the purple folds conosaling
That lace magnetic as the mornings beam;
While slumbering memory thrilled at its revealing,
Like Mtmnon wakening from his marble dream
Again saw the brow's translucent pallor.
The dark hair ho1ting Ger it like plume;
The sweet iRperious mouth whose naughty vslor
Defed all portents OF impending doom.
Eyes planet calm, with something in their vision
That seemed not Of earth mortal mixture born
Strange mythic faiths and fantasies EIysian,
And far, sweet dreams Of 'sfairy lands forlorn. -
Unfathomable eyes that held the sorrow
OF vanished ages in their shsdowy deeps,
Lit BY that presence OF heavenly morrow
Which In high hearts the immortal spirit keeps;
OF has that pale, poetic presence haunted
MY lonely musings at the twilight hour,
transforming the dull earth life At enchanted,
with marvel and with mystery, and with power.
Oft have heard the suIlen sea-wind moaning
Its dirge like reouiems on the lonely shore,
Or listened to the Autumn woods intoning,
The wild, sweet legend Of the lost Lenore.
Oft in some ashen evening in October,
Have stood entranced beside moldering tomb
Hard by that visionary Lake of Auber,
Where sleeps the shrouded form of Ulalume.
Oft in STILL star Lit nights have heard the Ginning
OF far-of mellow bells on the keen air,
And felt their mOlten-golden music timing,
To the hearts pulses answering unaware
Sweet, mOurnful eyes, long closed upan earth's
Sleep restfuny after life's fevered dreaml
Sleep, wayward heartl till on some cool, bright
morrow,
Thy soul. refreshed, shall bathe in mornings
beam.
Though cloud and sorrow rest upon thy story,
And rude hands lift The drapery of thy pail,
Time, birthright, shall restore thy glory,
And Heaven rekindle all the stars thatfan.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-07-22
The Most GsntlemanIy Prize Fight on
Record.
from the missouri Democrat


On Thursday afternoon, Mr.. L., of East
st. Louis, in coming over to that place, on
ferry boat, was accosted by two strang-
ers, who inquired of him if he ever wit
messed a prize fight he replied that he
had. The parties then informed him that
their names were Kerrigan and Foley; that
unfortunately personal difficulty had oc-
Cured between them, and that fearing ar
rest if they engaged in fsticuffs in the
streets of st. Louis, they had concluded 10
cross the river and fight It out to deter
mine which OF them was ''the best man. "
They politely requested him, as a stranger
to both parties, and therefore disinterested
to act as second, umpire, bottle-holder,
&C., &c. Between surprise, curiosity, and
feeling of being fsttered he consented.
The three went ashore at the upper
landing, walked out on the Decatur Rail-
road track to the ''old Ford pssturing," ."
and then, under the shade of the stately
oaks, stripped to their drawers, and squar-
ed off for the fight.
They pitched in with zeal, and pummel-
d each other in quite scientific manner,
for about half an hour, knocking down and
getting knocked down, till, finally, in the
eighteenth round, KerTigan said, "You
have about blinded nae; / have enough.
Both parties then shook hands, put on
their clothing, repaired to the nearest sal
oon, ''took drink" and returned to st.
Louis, each apparently satisfed-Foley
that he had whipped Kerrigan, and the
latter that he was no match for the former
at fisticuff.
MIR. L., enthusiastically declared that it
was the most gentlemanly fight he ever be-
fore witnessed; that not one angry word
was spoken, and no discourteous exclama-
ton of every kind was made; that the
whole affair was ''put through" in the
style of regular business transaction, and
was conducted in the most clilvalric man
ner, highly creditable to the two honorable
and sensible men who thus engaged in
pummelling each other.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-07-22

laughing, with that heavy laugh which is
the exclusive attribute of whole souled
men. ''Just wait a moment, brother
Reginald" added he, and left me puzzled
and not able to make anything out of it.
In few minutes my new acquaintance
returned, leading a matronly, but still
handsome lady. The next moment my
long-lost sister sobbed tears of joy on my
| bosom.
Need 1 tell more7 My newly found
brother-in-law was a specimen of that race
of men of purely American stamp, who make
themselves-who know no other patronage
than their own industry, perseverance and
indomitable will
Mr. Mason, for that is my brother-in-
laws name, after his marriage and repudla-
ton by my father, sailed with his bride to
California. There, by hard labor in the
mines, compiled with Yankee spirit ofinven-
ton, he accumulated q considerable for
time. Then, opening in San Francisco q
store, he tenfold increased his wealth, and
now returned to enjoy, in his native state,
the OtiUm cum dignitdte to which his life of
hardships and unremitting labor entitled
him.
Having broken all connection with his
former home, he knew nothing of the mis-
fortunes Of our family. "Elsie," said he,
while relating his story, .'they would not
have happened, if it had cost me my last
dollar r.
On reaching New York, and finding that
his wifes parents were dead, he put an ad-
yertisement in the papers, that eff Au-
gustus Reginald Etceters will apply to
Messrs. Cheatem and Catchem, Counselors
at law, he will hear of something to his ad-
vantage"
But, as 1 seldom, if ever, read the ad-
vsrtising columns, as 1 dropped my family
name, and as my former acquaintance
knew nothing of my whereabouts, owed
this happy meeting to chance, and let me
add, with honest pride, my integrity.
How my Kate laughed and cried, and
laughed again, when told her the story;
how nay hearty brother-in-law hugged her;
how my dear sister kissed and fondled her,
how the old Californian swore-he has
broken himself off swearing since-that
Kate would make his vife's bonnet Tor our
Wedding; how she did make IL; how he paid
her five thousand dollars for it; how he
bought me q house for the like sum, and
stocked for me q variety store, with mil
liners counter on the opposite side of the
same; how he made Katy blush at the
wedding breakfast; how we had a trip to
Niagara, without asking any superintend-
ent for leave of absence; how our two
boys and girl shout with joy when Uncle
Ben Mason comes to see us-an these, pro-
perly, have nothing to do with my story;
but this has, for it is its moral:
"That he who believeth, and hveth up
to his faith, will find his reward, even here
below"
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-07-22
Buried Alive In q We'll.
Silver Lake, Kan, yuly p Correspondents oS I
Lawrence Journal.

Silver Lake, Kan, tJuly p Correspondence of thc
lawrence Journal.
This afternoon the citizens of Silver Lake
were shocked by the intelligence that 8
man by the name of Prince Roberts, was
partially buried in we'll out on Big Soldis<.
In company with DIR. Ward and others OF
this place, repaired to the scene OF disas-
ter. The circumstances are as follows
Mr.. ElmOre Randall engaged Mr.. Roberts
to dig him . we'll When he had sank il
to the depth of 25 or 80 feet, he commenc-
ed curbIng, with rather frail material,
using grapeVlnes secured by boards. When
at the depth of 40 feet, having dug five
feet below his curbing, he was urged by
Mr. Randall and his friends to come out;
but having struck water, he was anxious to
secure the prize Shortly afterward, Mr..
Randalls ears were startled with the cry
for help. Seizing the windlsss they
dragged him up about Is feet
when the ( treacherous curbing gave
way, forcing him to one side,
and under the bank, breaking his hold and
entangling his legs in the curbing. Buried
up to his chin, and with the fearful pros
pect of another slide every moment, Mr..
Randall, with heroic fortitude, descended
the well and commenced digging him out.
Death was around him and above him-on
all sides. Yet he worked until he had got
the land away to his waist. Weak and ex-
hausted, he was pulled out. He mounted
his horse and rode after help. When we
reached the spot, we found Mr.. Roberts
still alive and giving directions to those
above how to proceed. We constructed
cuTbing aSout II feet long, and let it down,
but owing to the curbing below, we could
not get il to the bottom within three feet
Moments we're eternities with the poor fel-
low. The first to descend the curbing was
q young man by the name of Johnston,
who pulled the sand away from his face,
came up, and Mr. Randall went down
with hoe. Nh. Roberts appeal 'save
me, Mr.. Randall" and the response Of Mr..
Randall. my God, Mr.. Roberts, Twill save
you if Tcan p struck deep into the hearts
of those above. This noble youth worked
until, fainting and exhausted, he was pull
up and placed on bed, and restoratiyes
given him. An experienced vell-digger
was the next to go down. He worked
faithfully, but gave up all hope of getting
him out The sun had set and deep down
into the darkness of that chamber Of
DEATH" Mr. Roberts still continued to give
directions. Dr. Ward went down with a
lantern. A bOttomless box was lowered,
which the doctor placed over his head to
protect him from the inrosds of the quick
sand. We were fulfilling other orders of
the doctor, when he exclaimed: He is
gone r. Another slide completely covered
him, and almost fastened the doctor in.
Every effort was put forth to save him, but
in vain. We returned home with sad re-
hections that we had seen fellow-being
buried alive.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-07-22
WHOLE NO. 2O1.

recent legislation, which has occasioned 81
much discussion and misunderstanding
requested four things: IL That the origi.
nal land grant, voluntarily conferred by
Congress SIX years ago, be made good by
permitting the Company to appropriate
other public Lands to compensate for those
belonging 10 the grant, which had beer
taken up by settlers and speculators; a.
! That the short branch road to be con-
structsl from Portland, Oregon, to Puget
Sound be entitled to the same land sub
sidy as the main line; 81 That the COM
pany be permitted to make the junction
Oh its two western branches at a point
further east than the original charter spec
ifed-this IN order to avoid engineering
difficulties in the mountain region; and
a. } that specific authority be given the
company to make a single mortgage cover
ing all it's property and rights of property,
This last request was made in order to
avoid the necessity of making fresh mort
gage every time new instalment of land
came into the hands of the company by
the completion of each 15-mile section of
road. Under the legislation recently en-
acted, the lands of the North Pacific grant
will pass under the general mortgage
to the bondholders just as fast as by the
completion of successive portions
of the road, they pass INTO the control and
ownership of the company-and no faster.
The current assertion that the bill author
ICES the company to mortgage its lands in
advance of the construction of the road, is
without foundation and absurd. The
charter provides when and on what condi-
ions the lands OF the grant shall become
the property of the company, and the re-
cent legislati N does not change the char
ter in this regard, nor authorize the COM
pany TO mortgage that which is not its
property.
The fact that the application of the Nor
thern Pacific Company fo- the additional
legislation named above was preceded and
followed by the introduction In Congress
of swarm OF petty land grant schemes for
local and immaginary Toads-schemes hav-
ing no merits and claims to consideration
should not be allowed to prejudice
great and genuine enterprise, which the
people are really desireus of, to aid, be-
cause it viii aid them in return. UndOubt-
edly the country wishes Congress to limit
the application of the land subsidy policy
to the three trunk lines OF Pacific
railroad. Here the line of distinction
should be drawn, and here the nation
should put down its foot. Let the eonti-
nent be trsversed by Northern, Central
and Southern Pacific Railroad, opening
up the western Wilderness, in three broad
belts, TO settlement and culture, travel and
trade; then let local railroads be built by
private enterprise as fast as population and
business demand them. The land-grant
system, as applied to these three main
routes, is common sense and sound ecOno-
my.-Oarried to the extreme, and applied
to the numberless local corporations that
are clsmoring for aid at the doors OF Con-
gress, it Ia indefensible waste.