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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-05

A SAN Francisco paper speaks OF
n safe constructed by an Ingenious me-
chanic Of that city. To illustrate Its
burglar-proof qualities, he had himself
locked up inside Of it, with IN ample
supply of provisions, and offered to
give 81, 900 to the nan who could un-
lock the door. That was about two
weeks ago since which time all the
blacksmiths and burglars and carpen-
tiers In the State, have been busily Dor
ing aud blasting and beating at the
safe, and the man is there yet. He
has whispered through the keyhole
that he will make the reward $1,000,
but fears are entertained that the only
way to release the prisoner. will be to
melt him up with the safe In a blast
furnace.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-05

ACoRPsE PURCHASED As UNCLAIMED
FREIGHT.-A Portland, Oregon, date
of the 2Sth ultimo. says:
1t Is said that the corpse purchased
ut tho unclaimed freight sale, Is that
of Clark the desperate. A medical
examination proved the mans throat
had been cut, and the body sailed and
packed for shipment. No clue has
been ascertained from whence, or by
whom shipment was made.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-05

And In accordance with law and IN order OF
the Board OF Trustees, made on tho Goth day OF
January, ls72, so many shares OF each parcel OF
said stock as may be necessary, will be sold at
public auction, at the auction house OF John
Middleton & Son, on THURSDAY, the 2ist day
Of March, 1872, at the hour OF o'clock p. NJ, OF
said day, to pay said delinquent assessment
thereon, together with costs Of advertising and
expenses OF sale.
HENRY TO0MY, Secretary.
0lice-No. 33s Montgomery street, Rooms 5
and 1, San Francisco, Cal. mars I'd
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-05
HAPPY N

One Of the greatest raritles among
the human ace Is q truly happy and
contented man or woman. So very
rare is this little circumstance, that we
never recollect having seen one. Not
one but Is ~eternally striving for some
thing beyond what they have in pres
ent view or possession. Alexander
the Great, after conquerlng the world,
Is said to have sat down and cried be-
cause there were no more worlds to
conquer. He was undoubtedly very
sssmart Alec" and the first n on re-
cord. We never saw the man yet who
had so much money that he didn't
want n little more. A friend of ours,
involved in business troubles, once
told US that II he could only wake up
some morning on a lone, uninhabited
Island in the middle of the Pacific
ocean, with nothing but a crust to eat,
he would be perfectly contented. Bah!
the fellow would be hunting for loaves
and fishes inside Of twenty-four hours,
and making attempts at raft or boat
building before tho end Of the first
week, in order to get back among the
troubles and trials Of the white settle
ments again as soon as possible.
Take the quietest Of our fellow clti-
zeus, for instance, n of your easy
going chaps, the hight Of whose amoi-
ton Is to be elected Constable. Give
him his coveted office and he'll want
to run for Sheriff just as soon as his
term expires; In fact, ten to II but
no gets such reckless ideas Of elevation
into his head, that he will ultimately
aspire to the Nevada Legislature,
where his natural frailty will induce
him to u for the Speakership. Should
he succeed in this grand elimination,
he Is u demoralized, discontinued man
henceforth and forever.
John Jacob Aston had plenty OF
money, but he was not more contented
than an Esquimaux with n good pile
OF whale blubber laid in for future con-
sumption. The commander Of clip
per ship Is no happier than the captain
OF a scow. A king on his throne, sur
rounded by all the luxurles and
pleasures which wealth and power can
command, cannot DO half as happy rs
a common California 'tgreaser," camp
ed in n brush shanty in the midst Of q
patch of ripe watermelons. "Swim-
ley's boarders" are said to have been
"happy and content" but we cannot
testify to the truth Of that popular as
sertlon from personal acquaintance
with any of those paragon' Of good
fellows.
A certain discontented individual
once worried himself into the belief
that no was sick; that he was consti-
~tutionally ailins, and ought to do
something for 1t, so he went to n doc
tor, with a long dolsful tale about his
dephysicalized condition and general
disappointments. His medical adviser
soon came to a full conception and UNI
Outstanding of his case, and according
~ told him 10 swear a contented
mans shirt" Acting under his own
Interpretation Of this advice, he started
out searching far and near for a con-
tented man, In order to secure his
shirt If possible. He finally succeeded,
that is to say, he found Il man who
seemed more perfectly contented than
any one he had yet seen. He wa q
Digger Indian, and had no shirt.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-05

DEs MONIES, Iowa, has n youthful
Samson Of 20 years, who shoulders an
Iron rail 81 feet long, and walks off as
though 1t was a pine pole, and will
strike an iron rod fye-eighths of IN
inch In diameter and two feet long
across his left arm and bend it up like
a copper wlro. He weighs $50 pounds
and lifts 1875, and yet he cannot raise
himself by the straps of his boots.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-05

QUEEN CHARLoTTE's necklace ofper-
fectand well-matched a%methysts, which
was worth in her day Sl0,O DOC, would
not bring $500 to-day, 30 rich is the
amethyst region Of the Seven Noun
tains on the Rhine,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-05

ACCORDING to the cheerful predic-
ton OF a learned Hindoo astronomer,
a blazing meteor will pass by the earth
during the coming year, destroying
every form Of vegetation and killing
millions Of people, all In twenty-four
min utes.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-05

THE total number of cartridges fired
by the Germans in the late war Is said
to have been $4,000, 900, or about 80
per man. Taking the total number of
French killed and wounded at 100, 900,
this would give an average of $50 fired
to each man struck.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-05

The Tredegar Works, at Richmond,
which were so useful an ally Of the Re-
bellion, give employment now to 1900
men, and will soon be extended by the
addition of an immense car shop.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-05
NEW TO-DAY.
DIVIDEND NOTICE..

OFFICE OF THE BELCHER SILVER
~ Mining Company, San Francisco, March
8, 1ST2.-At o meeting Of the Board Of Trus.
toes, held this day, q dividend CNe. g., OF FIJI
teen (Sl5l Dollars per share was declared. paya-
marS i'm Fl. c. KIBBR, Secretary.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-05

w Gold and Silver Mining Company-Loea.
tion Of works, Storey and Lyon Counties, State
Of Nevada. Notice.-There are delinquentupon
the following described stock, on account OF as
sessment levied on the 26th day Of January,
1872, the several amounts set opposite the names
Of the respective shareholders. as follows:
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-05
Births.

Births.
WARNER-In Virginia, March .. to the wife OF
&C. Warner, q daughter.
HYDE-In Virginia. March 3, to tho wife of E.
A. Hyde, a dsughtcr.
BUDDEN-In Reno, February o, to tho wife Of
G.. ". II. Buddcn, q daughter.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-05

JUDGE-In Hannibal. Mo-, February o, Mrs.
Mary E. Judge, aged sc years.
DAVESPORT-Near Rono. February q, Mrs.
Augusta Davenport, aged g years.
PARRER-In Eureka, February %, Charles A.
Parker. aged 20 years.
HOsTETTER-h Eureka, February %, J. z.
Hostetter, aged "a years.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-05
Marriages.

BUSSE-ADAMS-In Virginia, March 3, by
Bishop Whitaker, Julius Busse to Christine
Adams.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-09-27
MOman's Pluck--A Story OF Anna
Dickinson

The following story, illustrative of
mind TO keep an engagement, is told OF
Miss Anna Dickinson. She had lee
tured at Newburg on very cold night,
and was advertised TO repeat her lee
ture on the following evening in New
York oily, and learned in The morning
that The river at the former place was
locked up--tiozen over, indeed, though
no one had the courage to venture
across. The ice was not strong enough
to bear horse and sle.g and above
and below the town was so Tick that
to G. a boat over was impossible. Miss
Dickinson declared she would cross the
Hudson, and offered a handsome price
TO any nan who would assist her n ac-
completing her object. Several stall.
waTt fellows whom she had consulted
assured her that il was worth ones life
TO attempt the passage, and fatty Ie-
fused TO aid her until she expressed her
resolution to 60 alone. This 50 shamed
them that they finally consented to get
a sleigh and Try to push her across the
Fishkill, where she could take the down
train for New York and reach Cooper
Institute in time for her lecture. The
mercury was in the vicinity of zero, and
the biting wind, sufficient to freeze the
marrow in ones bones. was sweeping
dowa the Hudson. The three men
bundled up the little lady in blankets
and robes, covering h rso completely
that she could neither see nor walk,
and placed her, as if she had been
oaby, in the sleigh. One went before
and two behind, and off they started
with their precious bundle of feminine
resolution. The way was long the
air was bitter; the blast was rough.
The men worked like 1roians; but they
did not succeed in reaching the oppo-
site Lank for nearly three houis, when,
after many escapes, they picked up
their charge, frozen Through all her
trappings almost stiff, and carried her
10 the railway station. They were too
late for the train. 1t was fully half an
hour before the fair lecturer was sufii.
GENTLY thawed 10 be able to stand on
her feet, and even then she was so cold
and in such pain that she was obliged
to pace the room for more than tour
hours until the next train arrived. Her
glorious energy and inAexible resolu.
ton, however, carried her through.
She reached the city about o'clock
her lecture had been announced at S
o'clock-when she drove at once to the
Institute, without morsel OF food, and
still suffering intensely from cold She
delivered the lecture az any rate, but
she could scarcely stand the Will, and
was so peiturbed in mind from what
she had suffered as scarcely to be able tC
COLLECT her thoughts. Some one speak
ing az this instance Of heroism TO Henri,
Ward Beecher not long after, asked
him if he Thought any man would DC
what Anna Dickinson had done for tn,
sake Of keeping an engagement. NO
replied Beecher, a don't think an,
man would and if he would, he'd be
coniounded fool T.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-09-27
Life i'm n Rolling Mill.

The weather is warm and the subject
likely to be warmer; but an illustration
of rolirg-mill work may affect the value
of the statement that lone half Of the
world does not know now the other half
lives or works it may not be unprofit-
able to consider il. Away from home
the widest questions are asked about
roll NJ mill work and wages. as the
work all done by machinery?' "Car
! get $40 a day in the mill p SIS it
very hot in the furnaces ?? The work
is not all done by machinery, as many
an aching frame of bone and muscle
can testify; and the questioner would
probably not get ten dollars, if he got
no more than he could earn. An un.
equiyocal Yesl disposes of the third in
quiry, which Is construed into meaning
the neighborhood, rs well as the fur
mace. The labor of most of the rolling.
mill men who work by the ton begins
in the morning. We've i'm the light
of other peoples hours, however, it be.
gins in the night. At ( o'clock they
must be up and doing, for at ), one half
of the world being yet in bed, sharp
hlAAAto viii ht NatitiN AAt lNlltIe 10
their tongs and hooks, and the iron
must be hot before that. During the
early part Of the day, the heat, though
intense, is patiently borne with the
body clothed, but between IL and 3
o'clock, when rolls, furna ces, and iron
are all kissing with heat, the endurance
OF the man is taxed TO the utmost. By
the time the 6rst.named hour IL struck
all metal substances have become too
hot Tor the unaccustomed 20 handle,
and the air about the furnaces and rolls
Is sitting. Nincty.hve degrees in u
shady office is terrible inhiction to
many, but here the Thermometer marks
from rs to 1876 degrees OF heat. Shirts
dripping with perspiration are discard.
ed, ana muscular development may be
studied 20 good advantage. Pantaloons
are wet and steaming hot, and even
shoes mus, occasionally cmptied Of the
sweat that runs into them. Counter.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-09-27
Whisky Cunning.

Whisky is gwen age in variety of
ways-by keeping it in casks by clari
flying with chemicals by sending it on
a sea voyage, so that agitation may add
its powers to the natural fermentation
by increasing the quantity of ozone,
thus oxygenizing its elements; but a
machine has been now presented which
does in few months the work of
months; the violent agitation of the
particles, and the extreme division of
the essential oils which compose them,
produce a change almost instantly. It's
construction is ingenious and promises
to revolutionize one of the largest IN.
terests of trade in the world.
The machine is large and expensive,
consisting of two cylinders, placed one
behind the other, containing two
wheels four and half inches in diane.
ter, resembling circular saws, on which
are arranged one hundred teeth, with a
Hat edge each, both revolving the same
way; consequently when one is going
down the other is coming up. AT the
point where they come together there
is space OF one. half inch. The LIQUOR.
being fed on the beaten going down by
steam pump at pressure of one hun.
dred pounds to the square inch, is
thrown on those going up, thereby sub
hitting it to the blows of both, and as
the wheels make 1000 revolutions per
minute, it gives us the number of blows
struck per minute as 100000.
The effect produced on new liquor by
passing it through the machine is quite
astonishing. Almost instantly is acrld,
fiery fluid converted into smooth,
palatable drink. All the effects of age,
which formerly could only be obtained
after great loss and patient waiting for
years, are, by this wonderful machine,
produced in an hour and so mpletsly
is the change wrought that the most
accomplished judges were wonderfully
deceived, add pronounced the tested
liquor always old and sometimes as
really better than liquor of the same
grade that was known to be ripened by
time. The changes produced by this
machine are still more marked, if pos.
sible, on new wines than on the strong
er liquo.s. One single treatment will
give all the effects of age, at once
smoothing the liquor and developing
the buquet. The whole operati n
takes place in an air-tight compartment,
and, { course, no loss can possibly en-
sue. This, of itself, will effect an inn
mense saving.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-09-27
Eugene and Her Son.

The ex-Empress of the French, the
Prince Imperial, and few ladies ano
gentlemen of their family, have been
for few days guests Of the Royal Hotd
in Edinburgh, coming and going, as fa
as was in their power, in the most QUIT
wey, shopping and sight seeing like
other tourists the recipients, however,
as soon as their presence was known in
the streets, of no little staring apd a
good many cheers. As they are travel.
ing in the strictest incognito, no demon
STATIONS are made in their honor, ex-
cept the impromptu demonstrations of
the somewhat enthusiastic crowds who
gather in front of the hotel to watch
for their outgoings and mornings They
seem to be highly popular with the
masses, to whose occasionally uproarious
greeting they respond in the most gra-
cious and smiling way. We noticed one
particular enthusiast, uncouth in APP
pearance, uncombed and unwashed,
who eized the hand of the Empress ae
she passed out into her carriage one
morning, and not only shook it warmly,
but clapped the young Napoleon most
heartily and encouragingly on the back,
TO the hrror OF accompanying attend
ants and the great amusement of the
Royal party themselves. The young
Prince is slight and delicate in appear
ance, looking also younger than his
years, now some IL. His face and his
mothers are too we'll known to need de.
scription were any such description pos
sible on my part. The Empress seems
to preserve her marvellous beauty most
wonderfully, and appears less care-worn
and more contented than when | last
saw her in Paris, three years ago, in the
height of all her glory and with all the
uncertainty of her position. She is
certainly the most graceful AM most
queenly woman of the day-said by her
attendant TO be as aifable and amiable
in her disp sition as she is lovely in
person. She certainly carried from
Paris the respect and personal good
will of, all classes of people and OF all
colors of politics. When we met her by
chance in the passage-ways or on the
stair-ways of the hotel she inv riably
acknowledged, and gracefully, our hat.
fittings. would mention that the SO
salutes were offered on our part because
they seemed to be looked for and ex.
pected on her's-courtesies that were
extended by all the guests of the hotel.
! Il dinburgh Letter 10 Nw York EUsnirJ
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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-09-27
Potato F.mine in Britain.

England and Ireland are threatened
with potato famine. The alarm is so
great as to attract the attention of the
Government. Mr.. Gladstone has writ
ten to the Director of Kew Gardens,
Dr. Hooker. saying, that we are on the
eve of potato famine" and requesting
him to give the widest publicity" TO
the very simple method introduced in
to " certain villages in Suffolk" for ut.l-
izing the diseased tubers. This meth
cd " depends on the fact that the starch
of the potato is not affected by the
disease" DR.. Hooker, believing the
famine will be great, urges the lntroduc-
ton of beet.root, turnip-tops, and 9th
er vegetables as articles of daily food
The reports concerning the failure of
the crops in Ireland say, that in many
parts of that island, {" the poor farmers
are already seriously affected, and know
not what to do" while "as for the cot
tagers and farm laborers, they foresee a
terrible winter and spring" In Eng
land potatoes are now from e7 to fS per
ton wholesale, and are being retailed at
one penny per pound. Growing pota-
toes are being offered at one shilling
a rood, while the product should be
worth at least ten shillings, if unlimited
by disease.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-09-27

The French indemnity is the largest
sum ever paid by one country to an.
other in 50 short a time The grand
total is l,44l, ASH sol thalers, not includ.
ing the per cent interest 10 be paid
on three outstanding milliards from
March >, 1871, till March >, 1874.
Yet the Germans claim that they have
1t France OIL too cheaply. They say
that France, at the opening OF the
present century, took one milliard
francs from the Prussisns when they
numbered only four and a half millions
and were poor, while the Germans to-
dsy demand five milliards of a rich
So million people.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-09-27
Anecdote of Horace Greeler.

The following old story of Mr.. Greeley
has been revived; 1t seems that the
sage. attended the Minnesota State Fair.
and was presented with a heavy ripe
prize tomato, weighing three pounds,
which he wrapped in his red silk hand.
kerchief, and placed it in his coat.tail
pocket. He then walked around for
while, sitting on various benches, and
then riding in a lumber wagon u. town.
When he got to the hotel the crowd
called upon him for a speech. lie went
on the porch and felt for his handker.
chief to wipe his brow. When he had
inserted his hand in his pocket a
thought seemed to strike him. He
grew red in the face he looked mad
he turned away and went to his room
TO think up some suitable language IL
which to express his feelings
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-09-27
Remedy for Painful Wounds.

A correspondent desires us to give
him of the best remedies that we know
Of for wounds. We know Of none su.
perior to the following one, which APP
peared not long since in the Country
Gentleman: Take pan or shovel with
burning Goals, and sprinkle upon them
common brown sugar, and hold the
wounded part in the smoke. In a few
minutes the pain will be allayed, and
recovery proceed radiply. In my own
case, rusty nail had made bad wound
in the bottom of my foot. The pain
and nervous irritation was severe. This
was all removed by holding it in the
smoke for fifteen minutes, and ! able
10 resume my reading in comfort. We
have often recommended it to Others,
with like results. Lately, one of my
men had hnger.nail torn out by a.pair
OF ice tongs. Ii became very painful,
as was to have been expected. Held in
sugar smoke for some twenty minutes,
the pain ceased, and il promises speedy
recovery. As good substitute for
this we will merely add that tea
spoonful Of the tincture OF arnica,
added to a pint Of cold water, will an
swer an excellent purpose.
TnE corn and tobacco crops Of Russia
are very good.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-09-27
Foreign Gossip.

The French Academy gives prizes for
virtue
WANT of coal in England has com
PEELED the Great Eastern railway to close
their rail mills at Swindon, throwing
500 men out of employment
SWISS papers say that the ordinary
trains are not sufficient for the increased
traffic caufed by the unprecedented
number of American tourists, and that
the railway companies have supple.
mented the usual service by putting on
extra trains.
WHEN the ships now in process of
construction by Germany are completed,
that nation will have war feet of 90
vessels, with an armament of 5000 guns.
Bismarck, like all great conquerors, is
anxious to shine in the field in which
he has not won his victories.
A CURIOUS case was lately before an
English court involving the legal recog.
milton of ghosts. A tenant who was
troubled with CHESTS on his premises
annulled the contract of lease between
himself and his landlord. The land.
lord took legal means to secure the full.
fillment of the contract, but the court
decided in favor of the tenant
A LATE English decision makes a man
equally responsible for indorsing bad
men and bad bills. A certain Mr..
Mason guaranteed the financial sound.
ness of his friend Goodwin. Goodwin
failed inhicting loss of fl00 on Mr..
Williams, who had trusted him on
Mason's recommendation. Mr.. Will
liams brought suit against the latter for
the amount of his loss, and jury has
just ordered the defendant to pay him.
The "bottle of sacred oil" recently
found amid the ruins of Pompeii turns
out to have been nothing but bottle
of whisky inadvertently left behind by
a poicnic party of Col. Pohk's friends,
while that gentleman was American
Ambassador at Rome. The Colonel was
the man whom President Buchanan
asked what were the qualifications
necessary for such an office, and he
promptly answered: San unfailing
thirst, and four years supply of Ken
lucky tlnglefoot."
A RARE gold medal has recently come
into the possession,of the Berlin Museum
by purchase, 1000 francs having been
paid for it, On one side is the head of
Marcus Brutus iaareratOr, and on the
other that of Junius Brutus, first Con-
sui, according to the inscriptions on the
medal itself. This medal was no doubt
struck, says the Gazette de Cologne, soon
after the battle OF Phillippi, which over.
threw the triumvirs and the ancient
Roman Republic, and set up the new
Empire.