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The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-29
GRANT TO ELECT HIMSELF.

The Telegraph informs us that Shell
abarger's bill, to take the election of
President out of the hands of the peo-
pie and place it in those of the Adj
miuistration, was TO have been intro
duced in Congress yesterday. The
principal feature of this bill is "a sec
ton giving the President power to use
the army and navy in the States
where he considers it necessary, with
state Government to do so; also, Civ
ing him power to declare martial law
III the insurrectionary districts, to sus-
PEND the writ of habeas corpus" and
TO do such other acts in violation of the
spirit and letter of the Constitution as
he may deem necessary to secure his
re- election and perpetuate the power
OF the thieves now i'll office. North
Carolina has shaken the black heel
from her neck, become Democratic,
and impeached the Republican Gov
ernor and removed him from office;
therefore, North Carolina must not be
allowed to vote for President. Ala
bama sickened of black drop, broke
the African thews and become Demo-
cratic, and Gov. Lindsey of that State
has exposed the deep-laid plans of his
scalawag predecessor, Smith, and car
I,et-bag United States Senator Warner
stewards beau ideal of a loyal man
OF the South to rob the State of many
thousand dollars and depreeiate her
paper by entering into a combination
with Wall stSeet brokers and keeping
locked up in the Land Office at Wash
iugton a large amount of agricultural
and scrip issued to Alabama unde
All Act of Congress; therefore Ala
hanna must be placed under martial
iaw-must begiven over, men, women,
caildren and property, to the tender
mercieS of negro militia officered by
the expatriated scum of the North
and deprived of a voice in the Presi-
denti al election. We cite these facts
merely as matters of current history
ard to call the attention of the people
to coming events foreshadowed there
by; for il the Republican party is not
checked by the people of the North
while they are yet free to act for them
selves, this black wave which, for five
years, has been rolling back and forth
over the Southern States, will eventu-
Atty break over the whole country.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-29

THE ANNENATION EPIDEMIC.-The
New York Herald. speaking of the
annexation fever 10Y spreading i'll the
West Indies, expresses the opinion
that ''What is now only gentle breeze
may become in a short time a hurri-
cane that will sweep everything before
it-an irresistible ~torrentthat will not
be subdued until the influence of the
Stars and Stripes and the on
troll of the United States are felt over
all the islands of the Caribbean Sea-"
and says, 1T is manifest destiny that
at some future day they will become
States of u republic, and the time
may be sooner than We expected"
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-29
THE Iowa Ice CAyE.-Winneshjck

THE Iowa Ice CA~vE.-Winneshick
county, Iowa, has al ice cave which is
one of the most singular curiosities of
nature. 1t is located on the Upper
Iowa river, opposite the town of Deco
rah. The river is a swift running
stream of water, clear bottom, and is
abont fifty rods in with. You climb
the bluff about $50 feet; the top of it
Is covered with rocks upon which are
growing cedars of all ages and various
sizes. During the entire Summer
there are bodies of ice in it, and the
quantity of it is increased as the tenn
p%erature of the outside world is raised,
while i'll Winter the ice entirely dis
appears.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-29

The Appeal rejoices that the undi-
vided negro vote gavethe Republicans
IL majority in the late Marysville cleo
tion. Rejoice not. An undivided ne
gro vote of 53 gave the Republicans SO
majority in Hamilton, White Pine
county, last Spring, andthe Democrats
carried the town by a majority quite as
large i'll the Fall. Decent white mel
soon sicken Of such associations.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-29

"LIvING'CURIOSITY.-Ay young miss
in an Illinois school, in a recitation in
geography, informed her astonished
teacher that 1.-THE mammoth caravan
in Kentucky was the greatest living
curiosity, and has been exploded ten
miles from its mouth" The express
sion on the teachers face at the con-
%clusion of the delivery of this eXplana-
ton was anything but ''childlike and
bland"
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-29

The Arizona Miner of the 18th in
slant says:
The stage carryingthe mail and sew
eral passengers while on The road from
Tucson to Arizona City, was attacked
by Indians on the 9TH inst, between
Maricopa Wells and ella Bend. One
man was wounded. The Apaches
stole the mails and run the stock of,
Colonel Stafford, on hearing the news,
started with 20 men in pursuit OF the
Indians.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-29

a NOVEL PRoPOsITION.-A bill is
before the New York Legislature char
tering a narrow gauge railroad along
the line of the canals to tow the boats,
The company propose to charge a cent
and a half per mile for passengers,
and the same sum per mile on each
ton of freight. The enterprise looks
feasible, and if carried into practice
will greatly revive business on the
canals, and relieve the poor horses
amazingly.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-29

Intelligence comes from South
America of a terrible tiood in Peru.
Lambeyeque, a city eff 10000 inhabi-
tants, has been swept away. The de-
..ruction of life AMI properly is I'M
u.ense.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-29

Corinne, Utah, celebrated the sec
ond anniversary of its founding las
Saturday by an illumination, ball anG
banquet.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-29

A young lady, aged p, of London,
England, has recently sued an old
man of 10 for breach OF promise OF
marriage. The venerable defendant
is a widower, whose Youngest child is
over 40 years old.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-29
\ WOLF IN THE FOLD.-Ol

\ WOLF IN THE FOLD.-Our after
noon cotemporary is responsible for a
state ment to the effect that the lambs
of Zion in a suburban district of this
city are lamcnting over the sudden
departure OF a stray sheep, that tor
some time past has been fattening on
the clover of their b~rotherly love and
Christian tOleratiOn, pulling the wool
over the ewes of the older sheep, and
frisking with the lambs. 1t appears
that a Young man of devout preten-
sionS a few weeks ago appeared in a
certain church, and by the fervOr of his
PRAYERS and the arne> interest mani
tested in church matters, was taken
into close communion with the breth-
rem and sisters. He was petted and
cajoied by anxious IN and many
were the sly chances and signs waited
to his presence by the b!ushing maid
ems. Dressed in brOadclOth and a silk
tile, he passed for a gentleman OF
elegant leisure. and was regarded as
quite an acquisition to the church. He
boarded with the minister about three
weeks, popped the question to all the
m~arriageable Young misses, and then
suddenly departed, forgetting to pay
his board bill. About the time of his
departure. one of the brethren missed
a gold watch. an heirloom in his fam
ilv. and about $50 in coin. y Chinese
cook in his employ was a~rraigned for
the theft. but could not be found
guilty. Upon inquiry, the mice
Young man" was found to have been
a cook in a hotel i'll the city some time
previous, and more familiar with
pumpkin piety than any other kind.
-LSacrameuto Reporter, Goth.
OwYHEE.-We condense the follow
ing items from the Avalanche of the
18th inst:
\. miner named TrOunce, who had
one OF his fingers smashed sometime
ago, had it annputated this week.
Uncle Dan. McCieery has established
a Fast Freight line between Silver
City and Winnemucca. He "goes
slow" no more.
Last week, Joe Cross collected and
sent to Germany $40 for the benefit
OF the widows and orphans OF the
Fatherland.
Mr.. \. p. Minear informs us that
the parties who purchased and incOr-
rive from San Francisco. to commence
operations on the mine-amOng them
the we!l-known EilI Lent, George
Hearst and Johnny Boyd.
We understand that O. II. Purdy &
Co. have taken possession of what is
known as the Minnesota mine, which
they claim as an extension of the
New York.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-29

Sacramento Pioneers and Sacramento
Library Associations,
For their joint benefit, and to pay their existing
Indebtedness.
nURING IL CONCEkTI.3I7GIFTS WILL
- be distributed among the 1ickethulIers-
amounting to $4,000 in sold coin, a.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-29
10000 Tickets wIII be sold a, $3.50
Coin. Each.

This Ticket Will admit tie bearer to Concert.
arThe drawing will take place and the Gifts
awarded in a precisely similar maHuer As It The
Concert given in San Francisco, in aid Of the
Mercantile Library, and under the joint SUPER
vision of a Committee ii well known citiZeus Of
e. Persons at 4 distance can obtain Tickets by
sending Checks Oh any OF the Sacramento Banks.
or Coin by Wells, Fargo i Co. Ten per cent.
commission will be allowed 10 persons sending Tor
Fifty OF more Tickets. Commissions paid i'll
Tickets.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-29

Begs leave to announce to the ladies # Carson
City that she will remain here permanently and
engage i'll the MILLINERY BUSINESS in all its
branches.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-12-09


@ Lawreace Hart ". Blss. r. Ceadsa.
soRvKNTN DISTRICT COURT pOR THB PAIl&u
~ ~ Orieens, No. s77s.-Dy ytrtue q an 49,
writ q Aen fcias to me directed By the HONORABLE
leaps, In the shove entitled cansa. VII proceed
e een q public auction, at the Merchants and
AnctiooeeE1 Rxchange. koyai street. betussa
Canal and CustomhOuse streets. in the 6econd
DISTRICT Of this city, on TUESDAY, JasunTy 8.
ls79. q twelve o'clock 4. the follewizg Described
a CEkfAIN ior or GROUND, together with
N the b1ildngs and improvements thereon. attn.
eted a First District Of this city in tho Square
etteets. said lot forming the corner Of Maxasine
end DeIord strpctss and Measuring twenkY-6Se 6see
front On MAeAzine street BY one hundred And
twqnty6ve feet in depth and front ON Deora stfeot
and designated By number one hundred and 1fy.
nine. -F -
Seized in the above suit.
Terms-CAsh On the spot.
3 1. ..55 Is y. G. 9. aANyINtf.
ne3o6ef7 ia Sheri6 Of the Psrisk 81 Orieans.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-12-09

COTTSs
transactions of the Week
Exports and StOckt

-Uo -
transactions of the Weeks
Exports and Stock -
MOBILE, December S.-Stsz5 1<Ss.32@ts ~
net receipts for the week l2S.s ~
Great Britain 900: Rotterdas f. nv F!Sss
wise 1867; sales 1900. 49,
SAVANNAH, December SIS ~ (s al
bales net receipts of the eeazs&;5 ~
ports to Great Britain co. to tsS5,2&ssz 49,
7l45: cOastwise 242); sales 1890 &4.5ssz4E -
GALVESTON, December
bales; net receipts of the week 49, z52 -
to Great Britain 1888; coastws 81 "a 40 ri
$780,
SELMA, December Stock u
bales; 1871. j755. 2z.!ss
CHARLESTON, December
bales; net receipts of the week ssssss@
2O,933; exports to Great BritalssEA&sssr3 Ms
tnent 1899; sales $500. .sl.ssssss s. fEsj
PROVIDENCE December S94He1ce
bales; sales almost entirel 49, 80
market tor others. xa~ssssaas9 III Il
MEMPHIS, December S.-VS
l2l+ bales exports 1879 sl,s - g
stock Is, O33 f<e!os
Boston, December S-Stdt 81 -
net receipts of the week S&xf4I<&ss,l. 49,
exports to Great Britain 7.,SEssS.se5S5 4sH -
MONTGOMERY, Decemlss 7e1 & 80 ly,:51 -
1870, 1895 bales; 1871, g. ~ ~
AUGUSTA, December fAxSsx4S
$4,000 bales; 1871 1880; 49, 91ss1
week $780, sales 1870. -
NASHVILLE, Decembe4% a ne6]
800 bales: in 1871, 31zSSflR. a. rs.
MACON. Ga, Deces - !s5 - 4
's So S1iss; in Isl n z rs
' W11n,scroa h & tsa.e.
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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-08
4 Wild Woman.

Gebhertsville, Somerset county, Pa,
claims the sensation of the week. 1t has
n genuine, simon-pure, wild woman,
almost rs nude as was Eve after
the fall, for she wears only an apron of
leaves, sandals of bark and necklace
of tea-berries. Swift as a doe, people
have rarely been able to see her fea.
lures distinctly in her visits to the
neighboring farm houses and outskirts
of the village yet those who have seen
her declare that she is far from income
ly in person and countenance. Her
oval face is set with keen black eyes,
and framed in long masses Of flowing
black hair; and with her tall, slender
figure, she has the air of the Queen of
the Forests. Like most women, she has
q great dread of men, and bounds away
over fences and fields whenever one at
tempts to approach her. Yet she is
consistent, and avoids in like manner
too great familiarity with women.
For children, however, she seems to
have greatfondness, Us was eXemplfied
only few days past. While passing
near the house OF % farmer she espied u
little girl three or four years old, play
ing in the road. Crouching, she crawled
behind fence until within short
distance of the child, then with a bound
cleared the fence, in the next moment
seized the screaming little one, and was
away at the top of her speed. The
mother hearing the screams OF her child,
pursued, screaming. yet more loudly.
Hef husband, attracted by the cries OF
both, hastcned TO the chase. The wild
woman, finding herself encountered by
the weight of the child, dropped it and
escaped. The latter was uninjured,
with the exception of some scratches,
which, no doubt, are attributable to the
long nails of the strange denizen OF the
folds and fnracte
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-08
are still the choice for ladies' use they
cost from 500 to Sl25.
The Perils Of Bear Hunting Oh the
Missouri.


From the Kansas City (Mo) Times Nov. 10.
The hilly country of Cole and Usage
counties OF this State has at one time
been favorite resort for game, and
particularly for bears, and few bears
and number of deer yet remain in
the rocky, Undiscovered hills. A few
days ago, according to a correspondent
of the Plattsburgh Register, q man named
VIM. Hamilton, residing near the Mis-
souri, Pacific, took his rifle in the morn
ing and went into the timber about a
mile of, to shoot squirrels. Not return
ing in the evening, his family became
somewhat alarmed, as it was known
bears had been recently seen in the
neighborhood. Nothing being heard of
him all night, several neighbors the
next morning went in search OF him.
About o'clock in the evening they
found him up leaning tree, thirty feet
from the ground fast and unable 70
eXtricate himself After some trodble
he was gotten down, it was seen that
one foot and ankle were badly torn and
bleeding He said that about o'clock
the previous day he came across large
black bear, and shot at him, but missed
him, when the bear made for him with
all his might. He ran, and finding the
bear gaining on him, threw away his
rifle and partly climbed and partly ran
up leaning sycamore tree, with the
bear following right at his heels. The
top of this tree had been broken oil and
was hollow. in which hole he thrust one
of his legs, to keep himself from falling,
but he SON found that his leg was fast
when he tried TO eXtricate himself, and
he could not draw it out. The bear, in
the meantime, had torn the boot off the
foot on the outside, and was gnawing
and eating the flesh from the foot and
ankle. Mr.. Hamilton took his pocket
knife out and cut at his eyes, but with
one sweep of his paw the bear struck the
knife from his hand, with a part OF two
of his fingers. He could now see no
help, and gave up to die, expecting to
be eaten up alive by the beast. But
soon a happy thought struck him. That
morning he had put some salt i'll his
pocket to salt some cattle he had run
ming in the timber, which, providen-
TALLY he had not found. OF this ne
took a small handful and sprinkled in
the bears eyes. 1t had the desired effect.
He shook his head, growled and went
down. He soon, however, returned,
when little more salt drove him away
the second time, when, to Mr.. Hamil-
tons inexpressible delight, he now saw
him trotting off into the forest. That
night Mr.. Hamilton's sufferings were
beyond expression, both in body and
mind, with one leg fast in Tive ho!c u
the top Of the tree. the otncr hanging
out, torn and bleeding. and exceedingly
painful, and he not knowing what mo-
ment the bear would return and finish
UP his work. He now truly ascribes
the preservation of his life TO the salt
he had III his pocket, and advises every
body before they go hunting in Usage
county TO fill at least one pocket with
salt.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-08
A White.Pine Ballad.
BY BRET HARTE.

Recently with Samuel johnson this occasion l
improved
Whereby certain gents of aiiluence. hear. were
But not all Of Johnson's folly although multi
Could compare with Million Perkins. late an
owner in White Pine.
johnson folly--to be candid--was wild desire
10 treat
Every male white citizen he met upon the street
And there being several thousand--but this sub
iect why pursueY
'ris with Perkins, and not Johnson, that to-day
we have 10 do.
No wild .proniseuous treating. not the wine
cups ruby flow,
But the female of his species. brought the noble
Twas a wild poetic fervor and excess of senti-
That left the noble Perkins in week without a
cent.
Milton Perkins,", said the siren, mot thy
wealth do | admire,
But the intellect that flashes from those eyes of
opal hre;
And methinks the name thou dearest surely can
And embrace me, Mister Perkins - Milton Per-
kins her embraced.
But grievc to state that even then, as she was
wipng dry
The tears OF sensibility in Milton Perkins eye
She prigged his diqmond bosom pin and that her
Did seem to have of chloroform most suspicious
trace.
Enough that Milton Perkins later in the night
was found
With his head in an ash barrel, and his feet upon
the ground:
And he murmured "Seraphina, and he kissed
his hand. and smiled
On a party who went through him, like an unre-
ssting child.
MORAL.
Now one good word to Pcgonppers. ere this sub
ject resign,
In this tale of Milton Perkins--late an owner in
White Pine
You shall see that men and women are deceitful
Just the same:
And the tear Of sensblity has sailed many a
claim.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-08
Dreaming TO Some Purpose.

The following occurrence is said, by
the Hartford Times, to have actually
transpired in that city, and not very
long ago:
One of our prominent and wealthy
citizens had purchased slightly piece of
land outside the city, but within the
town limits, and the purchas was
troubled somewhat because he had been
told that he could not get water, owing
to the elevated position of his laud,
without digging further Chinaward than
anyone would be likely 10 undertake.
As we said, this troubled him. He
wanted a well on his place, and al
though man of great energy-one who
who never allowed any obstacle, no mat
ter how great, to turn him from his
path-he hesitated long before under
taking this task The thought Of exca-
waiting for a well through half "A mile
more or less of solid rock was enough
to deter the stoutest heart. AT this
.juncture, before he had resolved upon
anything definite, he dreamed thlt he
had set a gang of men to digging for
well on certain Ito his mind) well de-
fined spot, and that after digging few
iNtt, pNiOiN Viz iOSh ntN lNdSh'o, WdtCl
came in abundance. The gentleman,
though not "a bit superstitious, and hold
ing dreams as lightly as anybody, was
more impressed with his sleeping vision
than he would have cared to acknowl-
edge At first he would have secuted
the idea Of treating the subject serious
ly enough to put spade into the earth
at the spot indicated in his dream but
do what he would he could not dismiss
the dream from his mind, and finally he
resolved to test it, but without any real
belief that his dream would be verified.
He set his men to work, and strange to
relate, after digging fifteen feet, water
abundantly flowed, and thus the dream
fully came to pass. We have seen the
we'll with our own eyes, and the dream
en- who is gentleman of undoubted We
racity, assures us that our story is true.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-08
HerOisnl Of n Conductor.
Correspondence of the New York Times
onn In 81 %. -, L, t,.n IL nnl 40

Correspondence of the New York Times
A conductor On freight and passen-
ger train on the Syracuse q Binghamton
Railroad performed daring feat few
days since, by which a fearful catastro-
phe was averted. The train, consisting
OF twcnty-four stock cars and one pas
senger car, which was filled wit
passengers, was between Chenango
Forks and Whitney's Point, going at II
tolerable rate of speed, when the engi.
neer, VIM. Hardy, discovered rail
entirely out of the track some distance
ahead. He Immediately reversed his
locomotive, but, upon second thought,
determined TO attempt to run the train
over the place where the rail was mis-
sing, and at once turned on o full head
of steam. The engineer and fireman,
however, did not remain to see what
success the experiment would meet
with, but jumped off the engine, leav.
ing it without any one to control it.
The train bounded over the disconnec-
ted track at fearful rate OF speed,
every car retaining its position on the
track. The dangerous spot was passed,
but, with no one upon the locomotive
to control it's speed, most terrible fate
awaited the train somewhere. The state
of affairs became known to the passen.
gers, and panic was ut once raised. AT
Wbitney's Point there was every proba
bility the track would not be in readi-
ness for the train, as at the rate it was
going it would reach there some min.
utes before its time. In this extremity
Conductor John Vrooman proved him
self to be a hero. He was in the psssen-
ger-car at the rear of the train. but
clambering up the ladder of tie freight
car next in advance, he ran the whole
length of the runaway train on the
tops of the cars and was soon in the
locomotive cab, seized the throttle, and
in the next moment had the train un-
der control. A less heroic man in
charge of the train, and it is impossible
to tell what the result of the extraordi-
nary runaway might have been.