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The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-02
WARNING!

0uE V. & T. R. r. co. ARE ANXIOUS To
take due precaution against accidents and
life resulting from the runring Of their
and thew take this method of warning pa
Il guardians against the dangers attending
\Enmon practice of children playing about
M locomotives. Those having in charge
of the Company find it impossible to
who frequent the termini and stop
the read from climbing upon the
Is; and they will feel themselves
more decided measures if these
pntinued. Recent accidents,
Irritable to the carelessness Of
on and of. the cars when in
ming enough in themselves
GTON, Superintendent.
If
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-10-13
The Progress Of the Negro.

No candid person in the South will deny
that the general experience of the negro
since emancipation has been progress /;
that in nearly every respect of his life he
exhibits some improvement from that
date. Southern men are not very ready to
advertise this to the world they would
probably confess it with reluctance to a
Northern commission of inquiry; but in
private conversations among themselves,
where no pride of controversy interposes,
they freely admit it and wonder at it. The
negro moves. He is showing the greatest
knowledge and education; attested by the
fact, for which examination is challenged
that in the free schools of the South,
where ne has equal sdmission, there are
more black children than white ones in
proportion to the population of each race
in the given community. So far from be-
coming the idle vagabond that the pessi-
mist theorizers would have him after
emancipation, he is exemplarily industri-
Gus; attested by the fact that to day the
negro represents nearly all the labor of
the South and admitting this test, that of
persons in equal condition of poverty and
necessity Of work, there are far more poor
whites than negroes who are Idle in the
South. OF the vices that were to assail
and destroy the negro in his new estate
of freedom, there are no proofs
quite the contrary. The terrible vice
Of intemperance, which has been
the usual scourge of weak races, and
the almost unfailing incident of a pre-
cocious civilization, is comparatively un-
known among the Southern freedmen. so
far from being improvident, the wonder is
how the negro economies, gets so many
good clothes and real comforts out of his
very scanty wages. AS voter he has
shown discretion and independence that
have nonplussed the wisest of our politi.
Clans There were white wiseacres who,
some time ago, supposed the negros vote
might be procured by the merest solicita-
tion, mere wink from his employer; and
common joke in the South on the
Fifteenth Amendment was that the dis
franchised white man might buy some
cheap old negro to do his voting for him.
Never was such disappointment. The
spectacle has not been uncommon in the
South of negro who paid a Difference to
the white man scarcely less than he had
shown in the days of slavery, who posi-
bly, yet said i" Mas'r," who did his work
| in all humility and with all subjection, yet
going openly TO the pOLls anu casting his
vote there against the party OF his em'
ployer. Suca an instance Of selfrespect
| and moral courage is to be admired even
by those against whom it acts -" The RO
nance Of tie Negro" in October GGIGGy
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-10-13

dence early on the morning of the 9th.
His wife was awakened by two pistol
shots fired in rapid succession, and on in
vestigation found her husband in dying
condition and unable to give an account of
the tragedy. 1t was generally thought by
those who examined the premises that a
burglar had committed the murder, while
there were those who professed to be-
lieve 1t was case of suicide.
Hon, A. H. Conner having resigned the
Craftsmanship of the Indiana Republican
State Central Committee, Colonel j. w.
Foster, of Evansville, has been appointed
to fill the vacancy.
A Detroit dispatch of the 9th says
The mail car on the train which was due
here from Chicago at eight o'clock this
morning, on the Central road, caught fire
last night near Ashtemo, and was con.
sumed, with all its contents, including all
the United States mail, the passengers
baggage, some express matter, and corpse
that was being taken from Chicago tc
some point on the Jackson & Saginaw
road"
Dispatches on the 9th, from different
sections in Wisconsin and Minnesota, re-
port the fires in the woods and on the
prairies as still raging in fearful and de-
structive manner. Nothing short Of a gen.
eral rain would check the progress of the
flames.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-10-13
Tanning OF the Bridegroom.

Mr.. SPnLMAN had just married sec
ond wife. On the day after the wedding
Mr. s. remarked;
81 Intend, Mrs. Spillman, to enlarge my
dairy"
"You mean our dairy" my dear, replied
Mrs. Spillman.
"No," quoth Mr.. spillman, "I intend
to enlarge my dairy"
"Say our dairy" Mr.. Spillman.
"No, my dairy"
"Say our dairy, say our =" screamed
she, seizing the poker
"My dairy my dairyP' yelled the hus'
band.
sour dairy our dairyP screeched the
wife, emphasizing each word bly, blow
ON the back of her cring,ng spouse.
Mr.. Spillman retreated under the bed.
In passing under the bed.clothes his hat
was brushed Off He remained under cover
several minutes, waiting for lull in the
storm. At last his wife saw him thrust
ing his head out at the foot of the bed,
much like turtle from it's she'll"
"What are you looking forS" exclaimed
the lady.
81 am looking for our hat, my dear,
said no.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-10-13
General News Summary
THE OLD WORLD.


A dispatch fromC mConstantinople on the
1st re, 7orts many deaths from cholera in
that city. The season had been very hot,
and the su, ,oply of water failing, spread
ing of the e,Tioemic was feared.
The Councifm en- Of London, on the Goth
ult., elected Aid John Gibbons Lord
Mayor for the ensu ing year. Gibbons is
a Conservative in p, 'litics.
A Paris dispatch o the LIST says; "The
supporters of the empire are becoming
bolder in their intrigued, and are sgitating
openly for its restoration. Clement Duve-
msis, the editor of the new Bonapartist
paper, declares that Thiers is failing, and
the country will naturally return to the
government which gave it twenty years Of
order"
A London dispatch of the ID reports
several marine disasters. OF a crew of
fourteen on an Italian bark which was
wrecked, six were saved, four starved to
death in the rigging, and four we're downed
The ship Mount Sinai had been burned at
! sea no details.
A letter has been received in London
from Mr.. Savil Dickinson, dated Teheron,
September z, giving an account of the
condition of affairs in Persia. He says
that during the month of July 5000 per-
sons perished in the city of Meschid, and
that 10000 inhabitants of the province
had been carried off into slavery by the
Afghans, who had taken advantage of the
general disorganization to make incur
sions for plunder. The bakers demanded
such exorbitsnt prices for bread that the
authorities had intervened, and number
of them had been executed. The horrors
of the pestilence were increased by fire.
quent inundations. Yet, notwithstanding
the fearful situation of the country and
the people, the Persian Government had
refused to avail itself of aid proffered by
the governments of Great Britain and
| Russia.
A Paris telegram of the Sd announces
the arrest in that city of secret agents of
Napoleon, who had been intriguing for
the restoration of the empire.
The number OF emigrants sailing from
the port of Liverpool during the last three
months was $4,000, an increase of 5000
over the number during the previous
qusrter.
An explosion of fre-damp occurred
early ON the morning of the 4th in one of
the mines of Aberdare, Wales. Five per-
sons were killed. On account of the early
hour, the regular mining force were not
yet at work, which alone prevented fear
full loss of life.
Victor Hugo was reported to be alarm
ingly i'll on the 5th, in a town near Paris.
1t is said that Rochefort is determined
on suicide unless his sentence is changed.
The sentence of Rochefort has been
commuted from imprisonment to Danish
ment from the French territory.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-10-13
Chicago,
Illinois.
John Peterson

1t is not necessary in all cases to send
letters to John Peterson, or even to Chi.
cago; the only imperative rule being to
set the town, whatever it is, first; the
State next; and the name or box last.
Reader, this is to be henceforth the fashion
OF letter superscripion; let us see that we
all conform to it.-ChScGgO POSt.
THE many deaths from drowning re-
corded this season naturally direct atten-
ton to the dangers to which bathers are
liable. A resident of one of the most fire.
quented of English watering places, who
has had great experience in such matters,
is of opinion that the principal cause of
accidents while bathing is loss of nerve
from excited apprehension. A swimmer
on his return toward the shore is apt to
be startled by the slow progress which he
seems to make. He sees the waves rolling
past him, and is often led to fear that he is
making no advance at all, or that he is
gradually being carried seaward. He be.
gins to make his strokes too quickly, gets
tired and out of breath, and, 10 his excited
apprehension, the shore appears TO recede.
Bathers should know, however, that there
is an easy way for bather TO assure him
self of the progress he is making. An OBJ.
ject close TO the shore toward the right of
the point he is aiming at will seem TO shift
to the right, as compared with more dis
tant object seen in the same direction, and
an object seen to the left will appear TO
shift to the left. Half dozen steady
strokes will thus satisfy the swimmer that
he is approaching the shore, and effectual-
ly quiet his apprehensions. He can then
nTge his course shoreward without haste
or excitement.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-10-13
A Man Blows Himself Up with Keg
OF 6unpOwder.

TIE town of Norwalk was aroused
Thursday morning at 6 o'clock by a loud
explosion on the premises of MIR. William
j. Mills, on James street, near the Silver
Mine road, and occupied by Horatio T.
Cook. On proceeding thither q most hor-
rible sight presented itself. The house
was literally rent in twain, its east end
blown out, the roof lifted, windows gone,
ceiling demolished, and all on fire. But the
most sickenihg sight was the blackened
and disfgured corpse of Horatio r. Cook,
which lay thrown back, buried in the
burning debris. Mrs. Cook was also found
seriously injured and in a most pitiabe
condition. Crazed by the conclusion, she
was frantically throwing herself about in
her night clothes and screaming for aid.
The first effort was to extinguish the
flames, which was soon done, when Mrs
Cook was removed to the house of aneigh-
Dor. She furnishes the following account
of the circumstances preceding the affair /:
Mr. Cook belongs to family predisposed
to insanity, and Horalio, when lad, was
kicked in the head by a horse, Fl ON which
he has, no doubt, specially suffered. He
was in the insane asylum at Hartford two
years, some five or six years ago. During
the last few weeks he has been i'll from in
termlttent fever and congestion OF the
brain. In consequence of this illness he
had occupied the largest of two ad-
joining bedrooms, and Mrs. Cook the
smaller one. just before daylight he, hav-
ing chill, called his wife up and desired
her TO lie down beside him. This she did,
and, falling asleep, he quietly arose and
went into her room, where, at the foot of
the bed, there had been stored keg about
half full of blasting powder, which he
used in his business as rock-blaster. II
would seem from the position Of the re-
mains that he moved the keg from the
bed, laid himself over it, and touched 1t
of. Previous to exploding the powder he
had carefully gathered up all Mrs. Cooks
clothing in the upper part of the house and
thrown it down the cellar, with view OF
preservation, thus showing entire delibera-
tion in planning his own destruction. To
! the fact that the house was very slightly
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-10-13

built, the windows up, and the bedroom
doors open, may be attributed the almost
marvellous escape of Mrs. Cook-the only
other occupant of the house at the time.
The remains are shockingly blackened and
burned, but 80 badly mutilated as would
be supposed; but nothing so horrible and
sickening to behold has ever transpired in
this community since the shocking draw
bridge accident at South Norwalk in May,
1S53.-HarJ0rd Comm CourGnt, Sep
fe3ubeg, O2
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-10-13
Selected Miscellany.
6OING AFTER THE COWS.

rry ny rNSm oHENEY.
THv.f are waiting there. by the pasture bars
Oapple, and Dolly, and Dun,
50 / slip the bars, IN the wel-worn posts,
And drop them, one by onei
But do not go, ne always go,
70 see the milking done, 4
lean my cheek on the pasture bars,
And watch the stars come out;
Perhaps they will mics me up at the house,
And wonder what am at out;
iButl' something TO think of, here tonight
While watch the stars come out
Last night when came for the beauties,
Wlie,wss walking with me,
And he asked me, i'll thought ever
farmers wife could be;
For am city girl, you know
And farmers son Is he.
Willie wears homespun trousers,
And such coarse straw hatl
But the face that looks from under the rim
Is handsome and brave, for all that;
And his eyes, they look at me so queer
That my heart goes pit-a-pat'
Every night. when the work ls done,
We alt in tho twilight gray
Willie and (, in the vled porch,
And sing the honrs away;
SO. / think it's better than opera,
Or theatre, any day.
He said last night that the summer
Is brighter because am here;
That his work was never so easy
As II is when am near
And he said but, there I won't tell.
Such words are too sacred and dear.
How pure is the breath OF the clover,
That comes from the meadows mownl
How holy the sky above me,
With the twinkling lights full sown
No wonder that Willie Is better
Than men who live In the town.
so think will stay In the country,
With Dolly, and Dapple and Dun;
Perhaps, In the far, sweet summers
They would know, should fail to come,
In the dewy ewes, to the pastuIe-bars,
To drop them, one by one.
-Ne1O England Farmer.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-10-13

On recent Sunday, the Rev. Clinton
Clark, Of Middlebury, Ot, preached from
the text Be ye therefore ready also, for
the Son of Man cometh when ye think
not !" and the next day while leaving his
noms tor a walk on the street, he fell in
sensible and died in halt an Lour.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-10-13

"A young lady student in the State
University of Missouri has gained the
first prize for Greek scholarship.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-10-13

Public Works make yearly aggregate OF nearly
StOO,0O0 The annual payment TO the Legislative
Department Ia nearly Sy0O,000 The cost for the
annual services of the Mayors ONCE is nearly
$50oO0.
The international money-order system
between the United States and Great
Britain went into operation on the ID.
Remittsnces can also be made by interna-
tional money orders, cjG Switzerland, to
all the principal towns and cities of Aus
tria, Hungary, Spain, Russia, Sweden,
Denmark, Norway, Turkey, Greece,
Egypt, the East Indies and China.
The public debt statement for October
2d is az follows:
Bearing interest in coin:
Principal. 1874 $50 OOOO 90
Interest. ............. ........... 3I450, ,729 90
Debt bearing interest in lawful
money:
Principal. psl............,-......... 49,1ss,OOO.OO
Debt on which interest has '-'''OO
ceased since maturity;
Principal ,........... ...,..... 1ss9, ,5ssO 90
nserest. ...,..;,:....:......... 3O3,925 GO
Debt bearing no interest:
Unclaimed interest. st................ o,si200
Total debt Principal. s., ,33O 115, ,16s 90
interest ........... 33,0S7, ,4b600
Total. 81 s6s, ,2Oa, $40 90
Cash In Treasury:
Coin interest ........,......... 500, ,b44, ,sg7 90
Currency interest. 1898, 1888 60
Total. al........................ $107, ,53s, $50 90
Decrease of debt during past month $13,45s, 5000
Decrease ofdebt since March 1, 1871, 60044, ,9O7 90
Decrease Ofdebt from March l. 1867,
to March 1, 1871. =. 204, ,754, Ala. co
Bonds Issued to Pacific Railway
Company, interest payable in
lawful money; principal out
standing. ......................... Ga 6is $50 90
Interest accrued and not yet paid g6a, ,2s2 90
Interest paid by the United States Il, ,6g2, ATS 90
Interest repaid by transportation Of
mails, etc ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 31s2, ,Os6. 90
Balance of interest paid by the
ITnssa Aa r1n GOO on
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Woodward's National Architect.

900 Designs, Plans and "Details for Country, suhnr.
and Side Elevations. Sections. Full Detail J,rav;ngs
specifications and Estimates. Also Detail Drawinys "a
working scale. Of Brackets, corniccs, French Roof
Sectional and Framing Plans If French Roofs Dormc-
windows Tor French Roofs Ray Windows. Inside shut
ters French Windows. Balconies. vcrandas P,r,hrs
lattice Work. Stairs. Newcls. Rausfers Sliding noo,
window Castings, Gable Finish. Finials. crcstings
Sanopes. Hoods. Ohservatories. Base, Architr,vcs
IIaster tn'sh, Cornccs Ceilings, Hard Wood Mante,s
ana az that Is required by Builder TO design apecif,
Greet and finish IN the most approved sils One s,,
pcrb quarto volume. post paid. Ell? ' -"
ORANGE JuDDA 90.
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INTERESTING TO FARMERS. below W,
present some rules 10 be observed il
milking COWS. when, ii rightly follow,
ell, will result in increasing the amount
OF milk usually obtained, five, and per
haps ten per cent:
Never hurry cows, in driving to anf
from pasture.
Milk nearly at equal intervals. Half
past IN the morning. and 6 ut night. are
the good hours.
When seated, draw the milk as rap.
idl yas possibly. being certain to always
set IL all.
Never talk or think OF ANYTHING be.
side what YOU arc doing while milking.
ofcr some carcss and always sootli-
IN. word when You approach COW and
when yon leave her. The better she
loves You. the more free and complete
Will be her abandon as you sit at her
side.
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WHAT THE son. = TO THE TAE,rrr.
For the hus6anaman Of tie soil has the
paramount OF importance. that is tho
home Of tie roots OF his crop, and the
exclusive theatre OF hi, labcrs in pro-
inoiing their gfoth. Through il alone
can lie influence the amount Of verc,a-
bic production for the atmosphere and
the light and heat OF the sun are alto
Ec'hcr beyond his control. Agriculture
j. the culture OF the field. The value of
The field lies in the quality of It's soil.
NO study can have grant!cr maternal
Significance than the causes Of fertility
and barrcnnc~s. and knowledge of the
means Of ccononiizing the one and over
coming the other, Il knowledge of those
natural laws which enables to farmer SO
tosinodify and manage his soil that all
deficiencies of climate cannot deprive
him OF suitable reward for his cxcrtions.
The atmosphere and extra terrestrial in
flucnccs that affect the growth Of plants.
are indeed IN themselves bcyound our
control. We cannot modify them in
Kind or amount: but we can influence
their subscrvicncy to our purposes
through tic medium of the soil by a
proper understanding Of the characters
of the latter.
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49, ESy7R8f'
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M| 4 ! J! ! [ ) ]!
BeOGalstl's GcrIM;s "a fslttcYs
kEc0E.sd's Gcrln ;,n Tonic!
SiooAiaad's I'0tlo!,Eiyliin PHI!
EEGOssan<I's Greek Oil.
Hoohan.l's German BitterS,

\ Hootian.l's German BitterS,
Histrrs without alcohol or spirits of any kind
Is different from all others. Ii is com
posed of the pure juices or VITAL pmiN-
tIrLr or Reors. HERE'S. and RArss (or n,
incidentally termed. extracts. ltlie worth
less or inert portions Of The Ingredients
not being used. Therefore. in ore bot
tie of This Eittcrs there is contained as
much medicinal virtue as viii! lie found
in several gallons of ordinary mixtures.
The Roots. &c. used in This Eiiiers are
grown in Germany lcr vital principles
extracted in tl,al country by Il scientific,
Chemist and !orw aldcd Ia Tie nlanuiac-
tory in this city. where they are COM
pounded and bottled. Containing no
spiriinous ingredients. th; bilicrs i free
from the objections urged against ali
Others: no desire tor .ln,ulanis can bc
induced from their use. they cannot
make drnnkars'.. and cannot, under any
circumstances. Lave any bat beneficial
effect.
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R0SADALls


mo PREPARATION HAS
Az crer been introduced !.
'hs American people that b..
met with as marked q rucee,.
as "rHE FLUID EXTRACT
OF RosADALIs." Ono our..
OF this Fluid Extract is more
powerful in It's action upon Dis.
ease than one pint Of the prep.
arations Of sarsaparilla. As.
Blood I"rvie, il has no equal,
Tor Sercts!a, haamma,ory Rhsu.
ma'ism, Syphilis in all its form,
it's a certain cure. Physician,
indorse it /; itisnot quack nos.
srum' as the formula is printed
on every package.
DIR. Sparks, of Nicholasyill..
ky.,says: at Is the hest Bl.oa
Purifier / have ever used"
DIR. Buykin, Of Bal,imor.
says; II always prescribe IL
for serOfula and Syphilis
DR.. I. c. Pngh, Of Baltimore.
says: 81 cured the worst c.,.
of scrolila I have ever see,
with kosadalis."
Benjamin Ecch,cl, Of Lima.
Ohio, Gays he has suffered for
twenty years with an eruption
over his whole body; tried all
kinds Of remedies with no size.
cess; a few bottles &c l,o.a,lalis
made q complete cure.
See RoSADALiS ALMANAC
cr important cures. 1ha Rosa.
ia!is Almanac publishes the tirjI.
InS story OF Z" kuhy 81. creix, or
The Magic Rcse."
Western Wholesale Depot for
Rosa,!ali-,
IL. MA(READY e co.
CINcINSATl, OHIO,