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The Shasta courier., 1870-10-15
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\ Cheyenne correspondent of the Bur
lineton Hawkeye, under date OF Sept. 7th.
says:
There is greet rejoicing here to-day,
mingled with 'wailing and gnashing OF
teeth. Judge " T. Jones. the Re ub6-
can candidate to Congress, is elected by a
majority of l60 votes The Democrats
carried the last election by majority of
400 votes The ladies very generally
ava led themselves of their newly-accuired
right OF franchise. Even the fancy women
here were out to a man. The ladies', with
few exceptions, Were brought to the polls
IN carriages and omnibuses, deposited
their ballots, and Immediately stepped n
again and were driven home One incid
ent OF the day was worth relating. The
oldest woman-perhaps the oldest person
III Cheyenne, eighty years of age. went
to the polls and voted her first ballot
When she alighted from the buggy the
whole crowd surrounding the polls, Repub-
Icans and Democrats, took off heir hat,
while she marched through and deposited
her vote When she turned to 90 away,
three cheers were called for, and given SO
rouslngly that they were heard for several
squares. She'll be likely to remember her
6rst ballot while she lives. The ladies
dldn all vote one way by any means
| ndouotedly the majority voted the
Republican ticket, bu; quite a spri' king
Of them voted with the Democrats. 1t
would seeln a little unerateful not to have
dene so. But both parties had runners
out with buggies, from morning till sun
down, gathering up all the ladies and
Jema}es that could be found OF course
we did not expect any improprieties on the
part Of the ladies And it was at lie st a
hne illustration of that respect and rever.
ence which the men Of America have for
females. that not even drunken rough
was heard to offer an insult This NAV
have been partly owing to the fact that
both parties were courtin9 them"
The Shasta courier., 1870-10-15
ADVERTISERS DIRECTORY.
LIST CORRECTED MONTHLY.

u
D. WELL & BROTHER, Dealers in Dry eooas
& Clothing, Main Street
JOSEPH IsAACs Dealer in Dry Goods 4
Clothing, Main Street
C. c. BUSH & co, Dealer in Groceries x
| Provisions, Main Street.
DANIEL LYNCH, Dealer in Groceries 4
| Provisions, Main Street
THOMAS GREENE. Shasta, proprietor Patent
Clothes Washer.
sCAMMoN & TTFFIN, Wagon making
Blaeks1nithing. Main Street.
SAMUEL IsAACKs, Blacksmithing Main
street.
SAMUEL RICHARDS, .Blaeksmithing and
Wagon-making, Main street.
JOHN V. SCOTT, Empire Hotel, Main steet
D. DUNN. Boarding House.
MRS. II L. GREENE, Hotel, Main Street.
A. COLEMAN, Dealer in Hardware, Fuse, &c.,
| Main Street.
/ E. vOLUNTINE Tinsmith and Dealer in Hard
ware &c, Main Street
J. NJ MANASeE, Books and Stationery, Etc,
! Main Street.
Wm. HARTMANN. Bathing Shaving Saloon,
| Main Street, Shasta.
L. WELLEND0RFF. Dealer in Drugs, Med
icnes, Etc, Main street.
wM H. DUNN Livery Stable and Coral,
Main Street
o. 4 C. STAGE CO. Jno. Craddock, Agent.
| Office Empire Hotel.
| GRANT TAGGART, Shasta and Weaverville
Express Line, Office Empire Hotel. Also, Livery
and Feed Stable, Main Street.
JOHN FLEMING, Proprietor of the Brandy
Greek Saw Mil.
CHARLES MCDONALD, Saloon and Reading
Room. opposite the Court House, Main Street.
CoMsToCK q MARTIN, Commission Mer-
chants, Red Bluff.
RANTZAU { SHAW, Commission Merchants
Red Bluff.
SAM JAYNES, Agent California Steam Naviga-
ton Company, Red Bluff.
G. c. sCHRoTER, Saddle & Harness Maker
Charter Oak, Main Street.
L. GARRECHT 4 CO., Meat Market, Main
Street
J. E. PELHAM, Physician Ofice up stairs in
Wells Fargo & Co., building, Main Street.
JOHN s. F0LLANsBEE Attorney-at-Low.
Shasta.
SAMUEL COOPER. Agent for Phonix and
Home Insurance Companies Office Main -troet.
Shasta.
HENRY HABICH, Dealer in Books & Station
cry, Main Street.
E. LEVIN Co., Matchmaker & jewelers.,
Main Street.
E. DoBRowsKY, Gunsnith & Maehini,',
Min Street
4. DoBR0wsKY, Matchmaker and Jewelcr.
Main Street.
W. 4. SCOTT Eootmaker, Main Street.
W. BAKER, Expressman.
CIR KNOX, Saloon Greene's Hotel buildine.
The Shasta courier., 1870-10-15

THINGS UNNECESSARY TO DO 1t is
never worth while to do unnecessary things.
Never grease fat SOW, or praise proud
man Don't make clothes for fishes. or
coverings for altars Don't paint lilies, or
garnsh the Gospel Never bind up
mans head before it is broken, or comfort
conscience that makes no confession
Never hold up candle to show the sun, or
try to prove a thing which nobody doubts.
| would advise no one to attempt thing
which will cost more than it is worth -
You may sweeten a dunghill with lavender
water, and bad-lving man may keep up
good character by an outward show of re-
ligion, but it will turn out losing business
in the long run. If your nation were SEN
sible, it would sweep out good MANY ex-
pensive but useless people, who eat the
malt which lies in the house that Jack
built they live on the national estate, but
do it little service. To pay man pound
for earning a penny is a good deal wiser
than keeping number of bishops who
meet together by the score and consult
about the best way of doing nothing. If
my mas er's old dog was as sleepy as the
bishops are, he would get shot or drowned,
for he wouldn't be worth the amount of a
dog tax However their time ofreckoning
is on the road as sure as Christmas is COM
ing.-John Ploughman's Talk.
The Shasta courier., 1870-10-15

STATES GETTING Our OF DEBT-These
Republicans may be terrible fellows in
Democratic estimation, but they have "a
-reat faculty for getting the people out OF
debt. and cutting off the burdens Of taxa
ton. If lett in charge OF affairs, the years
are few when any public debts will exist
An exchange says: 'Itwa, under Rerub
liean rule has paid off all her public debt,
and has large surplus; Indiana has paid
the last dollar she owed and her bonds are
no longer the sport of Wall street stock
jobbers; Illinois has steadily reduced her
Indebtedness, and has al easy command
the means to extinguish it; and now comes
Michigan, which has reduced her in ebt-
edness about S2.000,000 in the past
eighteen months. In the same time Pres
ideut Grants ad oinistration fas paid
out sl5O,00Q, 900 of the National debt,
and reduced taxation about $50, 100000.
The Shasta courier., 1870-10-15

NAPoLEoN's NfSIONs.--One of Victor
Hugo's finest poems pictures the first Ma
poleon sleeping in the tomb by the water
of the Seine, while before him pass in aw-
ful vision, the disastrous events of his mar
velous career. His troubled sleep is bro
ken by the phantoms of the army he led to
Moscow Again, he sees the confagra-
ton of the city, the horror of the retreat,
his soldiers sinking to death on the ground
covered with snow, or perishing beneath
the icy waters of the Beresina. And as
the vision fits before him he wakes from
his sleep and asks: ais this the punish
ment" But voice replies: ''Not yetp
Again he slumbers to be aroused again by
the phantom OF his army perisbipg at Wa
terloo, by the vision of the ossacks wa
tering their horses in the Seine, by the
pale image of his only child dying in Aus
tria, by the spectre of himself chained to
the rock of ST. Helena. And each time
he asks-'Is this the punshmentE and
still the answer comes: Not yet At last,
before the sleeping Emperor rises the figure
OF Napoleon III, and then be knows that
to have his name and crown worn by such
a man is the punishment for his crime in
having grasped imperial power and slain
the Republic in whose service he had be-
come lllustrous. Could the poet have FORE
seen the events passing IN France to-day,
he might have still more striking climax
to his verse
The Shasta courier., 1870-10-15

~ Don PAY.-Ouce in while a
pensive man may be beard TO say, 81 wish
had all the money back that | have spent
for drinks for the past ten wears" No
one man in twenty, who retrospectiveIv
gazing, gives utterance to that wish. has
in his mind any approximatinc estimate
OF the amount of which person of even
moderate bibulous pro, ensities may spend
upon drinks in the space of ten years
Leaving wines and expensive liquors out
OF the question, let US see what plain
cock'aillst or modest lnbiber of old rye. is
likely to disburse on lis favorite refresh
ments IN the course of u year. Take a
very moderate man tor a sample Assume
that he drinks every day one glass of ale
at ten cents, aud four glasses If whisky at
10 cents. That amounts to &C cents day;
which makes $40 week Multiply by
4 and you have 5l96J a month. or S236
year. Thus, ii the man who had gone
on at this rate ten years had his money
back. his pocket W uld be inflated to the
tune Of 1852. This is only a small beer
calculation; but think of those who spend
five times this sum on liquors, aud remem-
Der that their name is iegion.-N. Y.
World
The Shasta courier., 1870-10-15

INVESTMENT OF PARfs.-The idea has been
expressed that the Germans cannot surround
Paris and starve it into surrender without a
force much greater than is now supposed to
be advancing on the city. 1t will not be
necessary, as many person suppose. for the
Germans to form a ring around Paris. thus
preventing ingress or egress Of individuals.
On the contrary, they will simply hold the
principal lines Of approach and destroy the
railways running into the city. Without
these means Of supnly Paris could not bold
out many days All the railways and rivers
of the country. if they had been used exclu-
sivelv for the transportation Of supplies for
the past month. would not have been suffici-
ent to supply the city with six months
surplus provisions for the 1000. 600 Of popu
la'ion. There is probably not weeks
supply Of food in Paris at this time.-N Y.
Tribune.
The Shasta courier., 1870-10-15

USEFUL iNFoRMATIoN.-Quotation OF
Coin--W hen gold is quoted atSllO, a
paper dol ar is worth 81 cents nearly; at
9lI5, 81 cents; at Size, S34 cents; at S
%, 81 cents; at 81 80, "A cents; at SI.44,
80 cents; at $3.50, 6G9 cents.
To lay oil square acre Measure 90
feet on each side, and you viii have Il
square within an inch
contents of au acre.-An acre contains
1870 square yards. a square Ilile con
tains GO acres
Land measure . square feet one
square yard
Boa square yards, ! square rod
40 square rods, l square rood.
1 square roods, square acre
64o square acres, square mile.
Measure Of d,stance,-A mile is $3.50
feet or 1850 yards in length.
A fthom is six feet.>
A league is three miles
A Sabbath days journey" is 1l55
yards-this is Is yards less two thirds OF
mile.
\ days journey is 53l miles.
A cubit is two feet
A great tcubit is II feet
A hand, horse measure, is four inches
4 span Is l0B inches.
\ pace is three feet.
Barrel measure "A barrel Of flour is
1856 pounds.
A barrel of pork, 200 pounds
A barrel of rice, 600 pounds
4 frkin OF butter. 56 pounds
A tub Of butter, "a pounds
Various weights and measures.-A ton
of coal is 224O pounds, but in Philadelphia
the retailers give only 2000.
A ton OF round timber is 40 feet, Of
square timber, 45 cubit feet
A commercial bale of cotton is 400
pouI ds.
\ pack f wool is 240 pounds
\ section of Government land is 640
acres-one mile
\ liquid ton is 252 gallons.
A box l6xl64 inches, and s inche,
deep, contains one bushel
The Shasta courier., 1870-10-15

The President has decided to pardon all
the Fenian prisoners who were engaged in
the late raid, and by the 18th inst they
will all be free, Gen O'Niel among the
rest. This is done by the President be-
cause be thinks they have been sufficiently
punished. and because they promise to
respect the laws Of the country in future
The petitions for the pardon of these n en-
have come from every portion of the coun-
try, and from all classes of tie people.
The Shasta courier., 1870-10-15

THE Grown Prince of Prussia is the idol
Of all the German troops-ot the South
German especially. One dag he was talk
ing With a lumber of Bavarian soldiers,
when one of them bluntly said +: "You see,
your Royal Highness if you hadNbut led
US in 1866, then we would shurely have
beaten those id Prussians !"
The Shasta courier., 1870-10-15
HaIPs journal Of Health saws.

"Aien may live long and in health who
never taste meat, but. thew can never excel
in anything which requires energy. The
nations which eat 10 meat, as to the IN sses,
are always inefficient and degraded The
hundreds Of millions Of Japan and China
have failed in the centuries of the past in
all that makes nation or an individual
grand in conception or magnificent in
accomplishments They are to day what
they were ages ago, and they live mainly
on rice and other veg tables"
The Shasta courier., 1870-10-15

The prairies west of Haynes City Kan
sas, are literally covered with buffalo. 1t
is thought that they are more plentiful
this season than eyer before. Numbers Of
them are killed by buntin. parties.
The Shasta courier., 1870-10-15

ILLINOIS now takes rank as the fourth
State in population. being exceeded only
by New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio
The population is now treble what it was
in 1850.
The Shasta courier., 1870-10-15

Some Iowa regulators tried to make
man confess himself horse thief by hang
ing him, and when they cut him down he
had lost all interest in the matter.
The Shasta courier., 1870-10-15

OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
DISTRICT COURT.
A. NJ. RosBoRoUGH, Judge.
TERMs-Second Monday in March June and
November.
COUNTY COURT.
C. c. BusH, Judge,
TERMs-First Monday in January May and
September
PROBATE COURT.
C. C. BUsH, Judge.
TERys-First Monday in February April, June
August, October and December
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
Henry Jones. Lorin Scott. and j. N Logan
TERNs--First Monday in February, May August
November.
COUNTY OFFICERS
oherlh ---.-......... Thomas Greene
Under Sheriff. ...- W m. jackson
Deputy itf.-....................P II. GillOoly
Clerk and Recorder .................. g. l. Tarqarf
District Attorney. c. W. Tavlor
Ireasurei-.....-.-.-- Samuel Cooper
Supt. Pubic Schools l.. Carter
Administrator aud CoronerJohn Schuler
SurYeyor..-... ...,.....-.............-.Q. n. Adkins
The Shasta courier., 1870-10-15

CoMNioN SENSE TALK.-The CONNER
cial Herald OF the 23d instant contains the
following truthful remarks concerning the
lack OF enterpr Sc manifested by Califor-
MIA capitalists:
The natural timidity of capital to invest
IN untrled enterprises is developed in its
full strength in this State. Moneyed men
hesitate and watch each others movements
as closely as flock of condors. The
moment one breaks away from old grooves
and cuts out channel fr himself. he is
under rigorous espionage in every step he
takes until success or disaster crown his
efforts. If successful, host of imitators
rush in to occupy or share the field, and
If otherwise, everybody is ready to say.
Il told you So" ghie capital receives a
fresh panic- a little more Independence
and energetic enterprise would put better
face on ali sorts Of business by enlarging
aud diversifying the field engaging the
service OF capital, employing labor and
rendering US more Independent of outside
supplies
The Shasta courier., 1870-10-15
JOHN V. SCOTT, Proprietor.

VEvHE PROPRIETOR OF THIS FAVORITE
4 Hotel takes pleasure in announcing to his
friends and the public generally shat he has re-
fitted and re-furni he'd the establishment through
out. and Is now prepared to entertain guests in a
style equal to any other house in Northern Cal
ifornia The PARLOR and ROOMS are large
and commodious, and the BEDS nd sleeping ac-
cOmodati0ns unsurpassed.
T n { T ABLE
viii always be supplied with everything the mar
kets Of this locality afford and every possible at
tention viii be paid to the of guests, and no
pains spared to render them comfortable.
At the 3 iR none but the hest brands of Wine.
Liquor aud Cigars viii be dispensed to customers.
The Oregon Il Cal. Stages arrive at and leave
this Hotel daily.
The Shasta courier., 1870-10-15
THE
SHASTA COURIER.
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, BY
w. IL. CARTER.
Public alton Office, ,-Armory Hall
Building, First Floor.
Terms of subscription.

Terms of Subscription.
For One Year, if paid in advance...........S9 W.
if not paid in advanee.. w.
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These terms viii be invariably adhered to, with
out reference to persons or circumstances
Terms of Advertising:
For One Square, of 10 lines less, one insertion,
Four Dollars for each subsequent insertion, Two
Dollars.
A liberal discount made to Monthly and Yearly
Advertisers.
Es- Advertisements not marked with the num-
ber Of insertions thereon, will be continued until
ordered out, and charged accordingly.
ALSO,
Having furnished office with an elegant as
sortment of FANCY JOB TYPES, are pre-
pared to execute, neatly and expedtiously- all
manner of Job Printing, such as
Bills of Fare, Bill Heads,
Circulars Handbills,
Pamphlets, Programmes,
Ball Tickets, Cards,
Posters, Books,
Law Blanks, Catalogues
Drafts Checks. &C.
The Shasta courier., 1870-10-15
CORRAL g. STABLE,

Attached to this establishment is q good COR
RAJ and STABLE where Teamsters and others
can always Gnd abundant supply Of Hay and
BARLEY at reasonable prices.
JOHN Y. SCOTT.
Shasta. June 10Th. 1859. jeI9
The Shasta courier., 1870-10-15
ROtch WOrknlen.

The Montreal Herald believes that much
of the Juvenile crime, and of outrages COM
mitted by the class known as "roughs, "
are directly to be traced to the ia ling of
OF the custom of 'prenticting lads to trades.
This falling off, it says, is because of
the difficulties which surrouad the appren-
ticing OF Il youth to an honorable and
useful calling. Now, every employer
knows that the fault lies with 2 boys and
their parents in anosha. Califor-
MA beys' will not !. ~. more than few
taetAs, or years at fafthesi - they
demand full journeyulan's wages-or two
third pay which overruns the couatry with
bad mechanics and deprives skillful work
men OF Iabcr. The parents sustain their
children in this fraud upon employers,
who have learned it is not safe to take
boys and teach them just enough 10 become
useful when they leave. Take boy here
to teach him carpentering, and as soon as
he can rip piece Of timb without get
ting splinter in his hand, he demands
5ourneymans wages-assumes to know
how to build temple when he cannot
construct simple dog house. So with
every trade. Take for isstance printers
devil No sooner is he taught how to
wash roller, than he talks of striking for
journeyman's wages Our boys are men
before they get out Of short jackets.-Ex.
The Shasta courier., 1870-10-15

2. Q i3tsfff y U's-t..
TERMs-First Monday in January, May a
September
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-05-07
LIpPINCOrr's MAGAZINES FOR xAY.

The May part Of the Sunday Magazine,
edited by Thomas Guthrie, ID. d., is ut
hand and is number Of great merit. It's
list of contents embrace Episodes in an
Obscure Lifei being experiences in the
Tower Hamlcts by "a Curatei part VIII !
Illustrated. How 70 Study the Old Tests-
menti by w Lindsay Alexander, d. ID. A
Bit Of Battle; a poem; by Isabella
Fyviei illustrated. John Newton and
His Hymns; by Isabella l.. Bird. Part in
Peace by j. \. Is. Monseii, LID. The
Desire to DO Great Things; by the Rev.
A. l.. Simpson. The Struggle in Ferrara /;
by w. Gilbert; part VIII; illustrated.
One Christ in four Records; popular ar
gument on point recently started by q
member of the Scotch Bar-second Of two
papers. On the Miracles Of Our Lord, etc.
This excellent magazine Is furnished at
50 so per snnum. Address j. +. Lippin-
colt 4 Co., Market street, Philadelphia.
Good Words for the Young, = magazine
for young people. edited by George Mac
donald, should visit every family In the
land. The number before Us contains
thirty illustrations, and about seventy-Ave
pages Of first class original matter contri-
buttons from the best and purest writers Of
the day. 1t is an instructing, entertaining
and highly moral publicstion--such, in
fact, as should be in the hands Of all young
readers.
Price 3? 80 per year. Address as above
Good Words, edited by Norman
is devoted to literature, science,
,rt and travel, and 10 confessedly one of
he ablest periodicals Of the day. The May
number contains, among other matter,
Letters from the Tropics, by Rev. Z.
Half Hours in the Temple
Jhurch, by ). C. Vaughn, ID. d.; Days in
North India, BY the editor; Dragons and
Dragon-slayers; Under Especial Bless
ngs, etc. etc.
Terms. - Yearly subscription, " rs.
Jingle numbers, rs cents. Liberal club
ing rates. Specimen numbers mailed,
ostage paid, TO any address on receipt of
S cents Address % above.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-05-07
THE CAIRO TOBACCO MARKET
A SECOND WAREHOUSE EsTAB.
LlSusD.

The most sanguine friend of the Cairo
tobacco market could not have anticipated
greater measure of success than that
which has been realized Although just
entering upon its first full season, it has
achieved character for which other mar
kets were compelled to labor for years. AT
the sale last Thursday, seventy.six hogs
heads were sold We will venture the
Vile markets NOW markets of great
prominencc) held no such sale during the
first five years of their existence. Even
now their average sales do not exceed it.
The remarkable and gratifying growth
of the business has warranted the c,tab-
lishment ofanother large warshouse, where
the planter will find all the facilities for
the satisfactory storage and sale Of his to.
bacco, furnished by the best houses of til
Country. We refer to the Ballard tobacco
Warehouse, of which Mr.. c. G. Davidson
is proprietor, and wherein Mr.. +. +. Wat
wood, Is inspector. Mr.. Davidson is a re-
liable and enterprising business man,
having at his command all the means and
appliances to insure success Mr.. Wat.
wood is mn old resident of Ballard county,
well az fivorably known thro lghout that
portion of Kentucky tributary to Cairo,
and u gentleman in whose Judgment and
probity his acquaintance reposc unlm.
tied confidence.
The Ballard Tobacco Warehouse is sit.
uated nj the corner of Commercial avenue
and Second street, convenient to both rail.
road and river. 1t j. spacious building
free from damp, and admirably suited
generally for the business to which it i, de-
voted.
BY the establishment of this second
house the planters Of the country will SCI
determination on the part of our citizens
to increase accommodations and facilities
for the satisfactory disposition of thei
crops. rs fast a. there i, II demand fo
them. Cooperating with the Planters
warehouse, the Ballard warehouse expect
10 add to the attractions ofthe Cairo mar
kct, and render Il still further deserving
Of general patronage.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-05-07
ST E AM.
AVALUABL INVENTION.

Mr.. Charles ;. Hutson Of Commerce,
Mo-, and, five mistake not at one time a
resident of this city, has invented steam
era bar tia. is cminent'y
worthy of the attention of railroad COM
panies, steamboatmen and all sthers who
employ steam as motive power. The in
vention is simply a succession OF tubes
through which the water courses with mar
velcus rayidity, receiving its heat by an
almost direct contact with the fire. We
shall not attempt description Of it, but
will satisfy ourselves with brief reference
TO It's effects. Ii can be made to furnish
any desired amount Of steam, with less
than one half tha amount of fuel now re-
guired. II /. safe, durable and cheap. If
any further recommendation is needed it
NAV be found in the fact that steam may
be raised within the space Of twenty min
utes.
Mr.. Hutton experimental during a pc
riod of seven years before he brought his
Patent FEEDER as he calls it, to perfec.
ton. Now that it is completed, any one
may Judge of its utility and great value
by calling at the Vulcan Iron Works, In
this city, where the second one ever ap
piled in the United States, is performing
everything claimed for il. Mr.. j. T. Rem
ME, agent, will be happy to furnish par
ticulars.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-05-07

The first public meeting Of the Young
Mems Christian Association, will be held
at the Methodist church on Monday even
ing, May 9th, commencing at eight
o'clock.
After the transaction of business short
address, relative to the aim and object Of
the Association will be delivered by Rev.
&. II. Footc, followed by recitation by
Mr.. Reuben Yocum. These exercices
with music and . minute speeches will
form the general features Of the evenings
entertainment. Admission free. Every
body Is cordially invited. q.