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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-09
An Astonishing Story OF Silver Mine

tzh AStritHhait5 lo'"1 VI a t'Aa'OA nsA'cs
The people of the northeastern por-
tioii Of Iacjede county, Mo, were re-
Gently excited by the appearance af an
Indian, who came there from the West
and took away load of silver ore.
The Pierce City Record says: "Ithas
been an oft-repeated story among the
old settlers of Laclede that there exist
ed q cave somewhere in the vincity of
Ozark Fork in which large quantities of
silver ore were known to exist many
years ago. Indians and Spaniards who
long ago visited this section Of the
country used to tell the people that
they could line their doorsteps and
shoe their horses with silver, if they
only chose TO dig for it, as it existed
here in large quantities. Not only this,
but they often exhibited specimens in
proof of their assertions. No devel-
opments ever were made, as the Indians
and Spaniards would not reveal the
wereabouts of theprecious metal. Last
week the Indian above referred to came
and described TO our informant cave,
the mouth Of which was walled up with
stone, and covered with large flat
rock, the location of which he would not
tell. It is supposed he entered the
cave III tie night, as our informant
knows that the Indian departed in the
night, taking with him Il. wagon load of
silver ore. Explorations are being
made, and it is to be hoped that If a
silver mine exists in this region it may
be found and developed. p"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-09

g Well, the fact is, my fourth child
has got rash, and my wife is rather
uneasy" said I.
Fourth child ~
g Wife -
eyes. Did you not know that I was
a married man ~
wonder whether the Ducklings real
ly took me for bachelor with intent
ions? / only know that their manner,
when I took leave, was not 50 cordial as
it had been; that the ensign drove me
over to the station in brother officers
dog-cart, and that he wrung my hand
at parting with such cordiality, that
his signet-ring nearly drew blood.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-09

Mrs. STOWE appears TO think that to
believe something 'tsweet and com
fortable'' is more to her taste than d
belief in the horrid truths suggested
by Darwin. She causes Eva to say III
Il late chapter of " My Wife and T.
g Mr.. Henderson gave methe clearest
kind of a sketch of the argument, and
that is the way it impressed me. That,
to be sure, IS among the things I prin
cipally value him for; he is my milk
skinner; he gets all the cream that
rises on a book and presents it TO me in
a portable form. [ remember one of
the very last really comfortable long
talks we had; it was on this subject,
and [ told him thai it seemed to me
that the modern theory aud the Bible
were point blank opposites Instead
of men being fallen race, they are a
risine race, and never so high as now :;
and then, what becomes OF the Garden
of Eden and st. Paul? Now, for nv
part, l told Mr. Henderson I wasn't
/ going to give up all the splendid poetry
of Milton and the Bible, Just because
Mr.. Darwin took it into his head that
/ it was not improbable that my seventy
I fifth milionth grandfather might have
been big baboon with green nose and
pointed ears!"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-09

LIE fact that the terms of twenty
four United States Senators expire a
wear from next March lends considera-
BILE interest to the present fall, mas
much in eight of the States, VIZ, Ken
tuckv, California, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Iowa, Maryland, Wisconsin, and Yer
mont, the Legislatures chosen Will be
elected with reference to the selection
of Senators.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-09
DesOlate.

strain my worn-out sight across the sea,
hear the wan waves sobbing on the strand
My eyes grow weary of the sea and land
OF the wide deep and the forsaken lea:
All love, return alb love, come back to me =
As well these ebbing waves might command
10 turn and kiss the moist-deserted sand
The JOY that was, is not, and cannot be-
The salt shore fu1Towed by the foam, smells sweet
All blest for me, if it were now my lot
To make this shore my rest, and hear all strife
Die out like yon tides faint reoeding beat
If he forgot so easily i'll life,
I may in death forget that he forgot.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-09

WoRKNEN are now engaged at Con-
stantinople in excavating the grounds
of the old Seraglio in that city, and GER
tain discoveries have been made which
watched with great interest by Byzan-
tine archeologists aud antiquaries.
The purpose of these excavations is to
make room for Roumelian Railway.
They have struck upon the ruins OF
some old buildings which are believed
to be the remains of the monastery OF
the Paugia Odegatria and Of the Church
of Saints Peter and Paul-struct1lres of
the ancient days of the Western Church
of Byzantium.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-09

IT was a somewhat awkward, but sue
cessful expedient that youthful Vir-
ginian couple hit upon to facilitate their
elopement. The young lady, at dead
of night, lowered herself from her
chamber window in the parental man
sion to the ground by means of pull
ley and rope. just at this critical mo-
ment, however, the cruel father ap-
peared, and that enraged sire seized the
young man, fastened the hook to his
clothing, and left him dangling in the
air until morning.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-09

The Emperor William of Germany
has issued an order for medal to be
struck in commemoration of the war.
The medal for combatants 1t is to be of
bronze, and is to bear the inscription,
'FTo the victorious army" for non
combatants the inscription is to read
''For faithless TO dutv IN war, and the
medal to be OF steel Boil classes are
to bear the divice, Good was with us !;
to Him be the honor, and to have on
the reverse q cross with the date 1870
II. In the centre Of the cross will be a
shield, inclosing, for combatants, a
wreath of laurel for non-combatants,
a garland of oak leaves
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-09
In grouping flowers, complementary

In grouping flowers, complementary
colors as far as possible should be piac-
ed side by side,-blue with orange,
yellow with violet red, and rose with
should avoid confining pink with scar
let or crimson, orange with orange-yel-
low, yellow with greenish-yellow, blue
with violet or violet blue, red with
orange, or pink with violet Ii these
are to be inserted in the same nosegay,
white should be interposed between
them, as it prevents colors from acting
iniuriously upon each other, while it
he1ghtens their tone
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-09

AYoUNG lawyer in Philadelphia wrote
to an old limb of the law near Chicago,
. Is there an opening in your part of
the country that L can get into An
swer; 8 There Is an opening in my
back yard, about thirty feet deep, no
curb around it. IF that Will suit, come
II.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-09
The west.

ne - sSa-
FIRES IN the Cascade Mountains, Oregon,
are doing immense damage.
THE failure of the Lamar Fire Insurance
Company, Of Chicago, Is announced
CHICAGO capitalists are making an effort to
ecure the immense cattle trade of Texas.
EMMA CAsHIN, a fallen woman, committed
suicide at Chicago, Wednesday evening.
JOHN FoGLE, postmaster at Cadiz, o., has
been arrested for embezzling money orders.
The fremont House, in Omaha was burned
Saturday evening. Loss $40, ,0O0-insurance
1000.
A FIRE among the lumber and planning mills,
in san Francisco destroyed Sl5OOOO worth of
property.
HAIL storm passed over Chicago, Wednes-
day afternoon. destroying 81, 800 worth of win
dow-gIass.
On Friday fire broke out in Bunce's shoe
factory, Kansas City, which destroyed proper
ty valued at $50, 900.
The safe of John Kaufman, of Osborne.
Ohio was blown open Thursday night, and
$4,000 taken therefrom.
CHAs. ScHwEIrzER, a lad eleven years old
was drowned in Mud Lake, near Chicago, on
Wednesday, while bathing.
NONE Of the bids thus far opened for the
Kansas Indian land are above two dollars per
acre They range from $50 to $500
ALFRED ZIEGENBrEYER, the Gumbleton mur-
derer, has been sentenced TO the penitentiaTy
for life, the first days in January and June in
eachye to be spent in solitary confinement.
AT Canton, O, Friday, a young man named
Henry List, aged about 81 years, committed
suicide by taking arsenic. He was the young
man who was arrested at Fort Wayne last
week on the charge of seducing his employers
wife and with her starting west.
JosEPH French. for many years cashier of
the Detroit Advertiser and Tribune, left the
Office early Tuesday morning, since which
nothing definite or satisfactory can be learned
Of his movements. Tt is feared he has become
deranged and wandered away. There are no
reasons either financial or domestic that
would unsettle his mind, unless it is the sui
eide Of Hon. Henry Barnes, last week, who
was an intimate friend of Mr.. French.
Tne south.
Two bows. one eolored and the other white.
were drowned in White River, Ark, few days
ago, while bathing.
MACE and Coburn have signed articles to
fight November Both, within one hundred miles
of New Orleans. for $4,000.
TnE change of gauge on the st. Louis and
Of the Ohio and Mississippi railroads. was sue
cessfully accomplished on Sunday.
MAN named Caram rode mp to the house
OF Jas. Combs, in Jackson county, Mo-, on
Thursday last, with the ayowed purpose, itsis
said. Of killing him. Combs, suspecting his
intention, seized musket fred at and wound,
ed him in the abdomen, and afterwards fired
pistol at him. GaTam lied, but, after riding
about a hundred yards fell from his horse anC
died.
SolfE fifteen months ago eight young mel
of Washington county, KY, all cousins, wen
to the house Of an old man named McConnelly
IN that county, bound tho old man and hi
wife. and all outraged the person of thei
dan inter-. Two we're afterwards caught anC
Iyl ned. two sent to the penftentiary, and OF
luesdav. another one, named q. b. Hut
G a..l MS captured at Richardson's Landing
where he was teaching school.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-09

Two MEN in England recently set out
to divert themselves, and having don
ned female attire as an appropriate
costume IN which to make mischief, set
upon poor railroad swltchman, bound
him hand and foot, singed off his whis-
kers, and then hung him by the heels
Not finding sufficient amusement III
this, they set the switches and signals
so that the trains coming from differ
ent directions were likely to come into
collision. These men are described as
of respectable connections, and were
merely enjoying themselves.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-09

A Boston paper relates that Edward
Everett, when at college. used to walk
to Boston, when practicable, on foatur
day mornings, carrying the week s
soiled clothes in bundle to be wash
ed, and bringing back the bundle O
clean clothes in the evening" There
was not then carpet, Il window cur
tain, sofa, or an easy chair, in an,
students room :. and nearly all tin
young men brought their supply o
water from the pumps. and trimmed
heir own lam ps.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-09

THERE are more than 800 miles OF
railroad in operation west of the Rocky
Mountains, which the San Fran cisco SEQ
Herald apportions as follows 1oo
miles in California, $50 miles IN Ne7a-
da, 125 miles in Oregon, and 23O miles
in Utah, exclusive of THAI portion OF
the Union Pacific Road lying WITHIN
the limits of that Territory.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-09

A HUMAN SMILE. on earth
can smile but human beings. Gems
may flash reflected light, but what is a
diamond flash and mirth fash A
face that cannot smile is Ike a bud
that cannot blossom, and dries up on
the stalk. Laughter is day, and So
briefly is night; and smile is the
twilight that hovers gently between
both, and more bewitching than either.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-09

LORD TBNDERpEN, of the High Com
mission, has written private letter to
a friend here, in which he says he does
not know what has happened to the Eng
lish climate; but that any thing more
horrid than the exchange from the
brightness of New York to the chill
and gloom of London, as it now Is,
could hardly be imagined. He wishes
he could borrow some of the sunshine
from Fifth aAenue, for he has hardly
seen the sun since his return.
The Shasta courier., 1871-12-02
LOCAL ADVERTISERS.

D. WE'LL & BROTHER, Dealers in Dry Goods
& Clothing, Main Street
JOSEPH ISAACS. Dealer in Dry Goods
Clothing, Main Street.
c. G. BUSH co, Dealer in Groceries &
Provisions, Main Street.
DANIEL LYNCH, Dealer in Groceries &
Provisions Main Street.
SCAMMoN & TIFFIN, Wagon making &
Blacksmithing Main Street.
SAMUEL ISAACKS, Blacksmithing Main
street.
SAMUEL RICHARDS, Blacksrnithing and
Wagon-making. Main street.
JOHN V. SCOTT, Empire Hotel, Main Steet
d. II. DUNN, Boarding House.
MRS. H L. GREENE, Hotel. Main Street.
A. COLEMAN, Dealer in Hardware, Fuse, &C.,
j. NJ. MANAsSE, Books and Stationery, ETC.,
Main Street.
VIM. HARTMANN, Bathing & Shaving Saloon,
Main Street, Shasta.
L. WELLENDORFF. Dealer in Drugs, Med
ieines Etc, Main street.
VIM. II. DUNN. Lively Stable and Coral,
Main Street.
o. l. c. STAGE CO.. Jno. Craddock, Agent.
Office Empire Hotel.
GRANT 1 TAGGART, Shasta and weavervlle
Express Line, Office Empire Hotel. Also, Livery
and Feed Stable, Main Street.
JOHN FLEMING, Proprietor Of the Brandy
Greek Saw MILL
CHARLES MCDONALD, Saloon and Reading
Room, opposite the Court House, Main Street.
HENRY F. JOHNSON, Commission Mer-
chant, Red Bluff.
RANTZAU d SHAW, Commission Merchants.
Red Bluff.
G. C. SCHROTER, Saddle Harness Maker,
Charter Oak, Main Street.
PETER HoFF, City Meat Market, Main
Street.
J. E. PELHAM, Physician, Office up stairs in
Wells Fargo & Co., building, Main Street.
JOHN S. F0LLANSBEE Attorney at Law,
Shasta.
SAMUEL COOPER, Agent fer PhGnix and
Home Insurance Companies, Office Main Street.
Shasta.
E. LEVIN L Co., Matchmaker & Jewellers,
Main Street.
E. DOBROWSKY, Gunsmith d Machinist,
Main Street.
A. DOBR0WSKY, Matchmaker and Jeweler,
Main Street.
w. A. SCOTT, Bootmaker, Main treet
S. GILBERT, Expressman.
G. r. KNOX, Saloon, Greene's Hotel building.
E. V0LUNTINE, Hardware Store and Tin
Shop, Main Street.
GARRECHT FERRIER, MeBt Market, op-
posite Empire Hotel,
The Shasta courier., 1871-12-02

THE FRENCH LoCAL-Is the American
local to be surpassed by the French so
soon after the late war? 1t seem so, to
judge from the following story, in which
probability and possibility are SO well mix
ed, that one cannot doubt while he reads,
but is obliged to do SO when he reflects ::
at does not always follow that 'the cure,
bad as it may be, lis worse than the dis
ease.' The other day an elderly and very
corpulent gentleman, accompanied by a
very pretty young lady, in passing along
the Boulevard Beaumarchais, suddenly
fell, and at the same moment the young
lady was observed to draw glittering
weapon and repeatedly stab the PROSTATE
and helpless victim. OF course, an excited
crowd gathered around the pair. The
young lady was seized, and found to have
been armed with a pair of sharp scissors,
while the elderly party was very naturally
covered with blood. Mute, motionless,
and with gentle air of innocence and ter
ror, the young lady gazed upon the circle
of enraged faces. Presently the old gen
tleman revived, smiled blandly on the
crowd, kissed his charming companion and
explained. He was subject to apopletic
fits, and never weEt out unaccompanied by
his dear niece, then present, who saved
his life when ever fit came on, by freely
bleeding him with her scissors. Tableau
Old gentleman and niece depart in car
riage amid cheers"
The Shasta courier., 1871-12-02
SHASTA COURIER.

A FATAL HUNT-Another instance of
the pitcher going once too often to the
well has occurred in India. Captain Doig,
an infantry officer, had become renowned
as tiger hunter, and the fame of his ex-
ploits had even reached Europe. He was
supposed to be invincible, had performed
almost fabulous feats, life The poor
gentleman was, Notwithstanding, killed by
tiger early in September. He went out
one day and had brilliant success, staying
fine tiger single-handed. Four or five
days after, news came that another tiger
was lurking in the same place, about six
miles from the cantonment. The new ar
rival at once began to distinguish himself
by slaughtering bullocks, and Captain Doig
resolved to bring his sport to an end. Un-
accompanied save by his own "Shikaries," "
the hunter repaired to the spot. The saw
age beast was soon found, and Captain Doig
got rather long shot at him, and felt sure
he had hit him in the head. His impress
ion, however, was that the tiger had got
off into the jungle, not much hurt, and that
he must beat again for him in fresh
quarter. While preparing to do this,
Captain Doig being at the moment alone,
the enraged animal suddenly leaped from
cover, and in an instant, seized his foe and
bore him to the earth. Captain Doig after
ward said that the onset was so swift that
he never even saw the beast until he him
self was on the ground and being, as he
expressed it, "calmly eaten" A horrible
struggle ensued, the "Shikaries' sprang
to the rescue, and the intrepid hunter ac-
tually fought himself out of the tiger
clutches, and not only that, but managed
to destroy him. The encounter was never
theless fatal Captain Doig had the pluck
to ride back to the cantonment, being lift
ed to the saddle for that purpose.A But he
recovered from the shock and the frightful
laceration he received, and five days after
breathed his last For men who get cele-
brated for this kind of achievement its pur-
suit seems to have irresistible fascination,
and the sad case of Captain Doig has
many precedents.
The Shasta courier., 1871-12-02

FRE1GHT.-This item of freight says
the Appeal is causing some of our business
men to growl little. The freight on
plow, from this city to Tehama, is S6 IS,
and to Chico s4 25. 1t works decidedly
against the trade, and our manufacturers
feel its evil effects in the lessening of
orders.
1t is now a continual growl at this point.
this rise in freight, especially since the 1st
of November, at which time an extra tariff
seems to have been put on. A wagon
which was put down here previous to the
above date for s4 90, is now charged SO
90, and many other things in the same
proportion. The railroad company, by
their extortionate charges, seem to court
the animosity and ill-will of the people of
the State, and our citizens now appeal to
the Leg stature sbout to assemble to cur
tail the powers of this monopoly and relieve
them of burden too grievous to be borne.
Chico Review
The Shasta courier., 1871-12-02

The following is said to have been a
Yankees reasoning on progress in transpor-
tation: ~ kin reckerlect ten or twelve years
ago, that if started from Bosting on a
Wednesday, 1 could git in Philadelphy on
the next Saturday, maxim jist three days.
Now l can get from Bosting to Philadelphy
in one day; and I've been caPlatin' that if
the power of steam increases for the next
ten years as it has been doin' for the last
ten years, I'd be in Philadelphy just two
days before | started from Bosting."
The Shasta courier., 1871-12-02
CORRAL g. STABLE,
TIN S H 0 p.

NyHE UNDERSIGNED, HAVING LOCATED
at the town of Millville, Shasta county, and
opened shop for the manufacture and sale OF all
kinds of Tinware and such other articles as are
usually to be found in such establishments, respect
fully requests the support and liberal patronage OF
the people of the surrounding country, and begs
leave to assure all, that his prices will be most
reasonable
Repairing done on short notice.
Stoves and Stove Pipe supplied on demand
Old Pewter, Brass, Copper and Greenbacks
taken in trade. Highest price paid for Wool.
BENJAMIN SNOW.
kflivills, June l, IN.
The Shasta courier., 1871-12-02

A cotemporary records that a nice young
girl at Green Bay, Wis, was being courted
by nice young man. He was generously
inclined, and made her presents of hair
oil, which he purchased from the store OF
the father of his adored After giving her
some 20 bottles of the oleaginous fluid he
discovered he was working in cirele-as
fast as he presented them she returned
them to the store, thus dutifully making
trade for her father.
The Shasta courier., 1871-12-02

An Iowa gentleman, who was involved
in domestic troubles, met with genuine
"Job's comforter" the other morning
Meeting an old friend, who was widower,
he related his troubles to him, and told him
he expected to be broken up, as his wife
had commenced suit against him for the
sum of three thousand dollars alimony.-
"Well," says the widower, "Pll wait and
see how she comes out, and if she succeeds
I'll 90 for her"
The Shasta courier., 1871-12-02

A burglar was caught at somerville
(Mass.). from the circumstance of meeting
a young lady in one of the rooms in her
night-clothes. On seeing him she tainted
and fell into his arms, and when the peo
pie of the house came in he was trying to
bring her to with bottle of camphor. He
said no gentleman would go off and leave a
LADY, in such condition as that.
The Shasta courier., 1871-12-02

Western Star Lodge, No. 2, F. & A. M.
A L. Wellendorf, W. NJ; John V. Scott,
~NS. "; C. c. Bush, J. W; Benz. Shurt-
NJ left, Treas; A. Dobrowsky, Sec.; G. c.
" \Schroter, S. D.; J. Ashfeld, J. D.; Chas.
Anderson, s.; W. P. Hartman, SD Isaacs, NJ;
J. F. Scammon, T.
The Shasta courier., 1871-12-02

A Detroit paper says that when con
temporary remarks that "Heaven helps
those who help themselves" it is mean
attempt to throw the responsibility OF po-
litical thieving on Heaven.
The Shasta courier., 1871-12-02

THE whites Of ten eggs saved the life of
Jesse Crary, of Mystic, Connecticut, after
the foolish boy had eaten slice of butter
ed cake spread with arsenic, which his
mother had prepared for black ants.
The Shasta courier., 1871-12-02

WHAT is the difference between the en-
trance to a barn and loafer in printing
Office One is a barn door and the other
darn bore.
The Shasta courier., 1871-12-02

IF one man can saw a stick OF wood eight
feet long, how long will it take him to saw
it longer?
The Shasta courier., 1871-12-02

. 'eh OHH 1ou5 5e' N0' %Oe, H o. %, II
- W. A. Scott, w. G. T., Norah
>doran, R. H. S. Kirk Spalding,
L. II. S, J. E. Garter, Wv. T.,
80 &c. A. Garter, W. s., G. Shurtlef,
W. A. s., ]: Valuntine, W F. s.,
~ J. N. Chappell, W. T, J. E. Tifin,
W. NJ, L, veid, W. A. Ne, J. Crocker, W. L G.
J. Isaaos, W. O..G., A. u. Scott. W. c., VIM.
Hskson, r. ". O. T. Meets on Monday night
The Shasta courier., 1871-12-02
SHASTA COURIER.
rvpIuurp nvrnY SATURDAY xoRMss,sr
W. l.. CARTER.
Publication Ofice,-Armory Hall
- Building, First Floor.
Terms of Subscription.

Terms Of Advertising:
Fer One Square, of 10 lines or less, one insertion
Ysur Dollars; for each subsequent insertion, Two
Dsllars.
A liberal discount made to Monthly and Yearly
Advertisers.
xR Advertisements not marked with the num-
Der Of insertions thereon, will be continued until
ordered cut, and charged accordingly.
All sanmonses, Sherif's sales and Court ad-
ysrtissmsnts charged strictly according to the
rates fixed by law. All legal advertising must be
paid fer in advance.
ALSO,
Hsviag furnished our Office with an elegant as
ssrtnsnt Of FANCY JOB TYPES, We are pre-
pared to execute, neatly and expeditiously. all
manner of Job Printing, such as
Bills of Fare Bill Heads,
Circulars, Hsndbills,
Pamphlets, Programmed
Ball Tickets, Cards,
Posters, Books,
Law Blanks, Catalogues,
Drafts. Checks, g.,
The Shasta courier., 1871-12-02
AGENTS.

L. p. FISHER, 20 & FL New Mer-
chants Exchange, is our only authorized Agenti in
San Francisco.
HUDSON MENET, No. Al Park Row, N Y.
are authorized to solicit and collect for advertis-
ing in New York and other eastern cities.
The Shasta courier., 1871-12-02

MEMPHIS, Tenn, is the best interior
cotton market in the world.