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Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-09-17
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Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-09-17
Disbursed in the following Funds
Total disbursements during the quar-
REHABILITATION.

REHABILITATION.
Cash in the several Funds March 81,
1875. Observation-Disclosures. s1i,520 81
receipts during said quarter. ,....... 2l,01G 80
Total. Observation-Disclosures. S35, 537 10
Disbursements during same period. 25,006 50
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-09-17
Portland silver Mining Company

Portland Silver Mining Company
Location of principal place of business, San
Francisco, CALIFORNIA;; location of works, ELY
Mining District, Lincoln county, State of Ne
vada-Notice is hereby given that at meeting
of the Board of Directors, held ON the nth day
of september, 1873, an assessment (No.2j OF
twenty-five cents per share was levied upon
the capital stock of the corporation, payable i'm
mediately in United States gold coin, to the
Secretary, at the office of the Company, No. ass
California street. San Francisco, California
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the 10th day of De-
tober, 1873, will be delinquent, and adver-
Used for sale at public auction, and unless pay
ment is made before, will be sold on the 18th
day of November, 1873, 10 pay the delin-
quent assessment, together with costs of adj.
vertising and expenses of sale.
z By order of the Directors.
D. J. GRAY, Secretary.
Office: No. 43s California street, San Fran.
cisco, California sl6-td
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-09-17
Chief of the hin Mining Company.

Location Of principal place Of business, San Fran.
cisco, California; location of works, Ely Dis
trict. Lincoln county, State of Nevada -Notice Is
hereby given that at meeting of the Direc
tors, held on the nth day of September, 1873, an
assessment NO. 81 of fifty cents per share was
levied upon the capital stock of the corporation
payable Immediately in United States gold
coin, to the Secretary, at the office of the Com.
pany, room % Haywards Building, No. 4lg
California street, san Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the 10th day of October, 1878,
Will he delinquent, and advertised for sale at
public auction, and unless payment is made
before, will be sold on Friday, the 18th
day of November, 1873, to pay the delin-
quent assessment, together with costs OF ad-
vertising and expenses of sale.
- CHAS. S. NEAL, Secretary
Ofliee; Room 90 Hayward's Building, No. 4l9
California street, San Francisco, California.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-11-14
A Yankee SwindIer Abroad.

A cheeky individual announcing him
self as Col VIM. Hurlbert, member of
President Grants military staff, and
dressed in the full uniform of United
States army officer, has been swindling
some of the smaller potentates of Ger
many in rather novel manner, lately.
Armed with the most unexceptionable
credentials, he appeared in several of the
smaller capital cities, where he hau little
difficulty in obtaining access to the petty
courts. With him this self.styled colonel
had curious subscription list, which,
before taking leave of his new-made emf
nent acquaintance, he submitted to
them. This subscription list was for a
gigantic monument at Washington in
honor of the soldiers killed in the late
civil war. Col. Hurlbert stated that
only rulers of States and military and
civil officers of the highest rank were to
take part in this grand enterprise, and
in opening his list he proudly pointed to
the names of President Grant, Queen
Victoria, the Emperor William, Marshal
Mcmahon, Bismarck, and other illus
trious personages who had each sub
scribed literally. For some time the
Colonels little game worked beautifully,
and he succeeded in obtaining consider
able sums of money, but at last he came
to Dessau, in the Duchy of Anhalt,
where the reigning Duke and his people
proved to be little sharper than pre-
vious victims. Their suspicious being
aroused, after brief and satisfactory
correspondence with Mr.. Bancroft in
Berlin, they had Hurlbert arrested on O
charge of swindling, and he will now
have to suffer for his smart but hayward
career. His real name seems to be
Edward Beatty, and though an Irishman
by birth, he has long lived in the West
ern States.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-11-14
The Future Price of Wheat.

The Milwaukee journal Of Commerce
in speaking of the prospect of the wheat
market has the following The require
ments of the United Kingdom are placed
at 30, 100000 bushels. France usually
exports wheat. That is to say, the
northern provinces usually have q
surplus which they find it more remu-
erative to export than to ship to the
southern portions of the country, which
are not, strictly speaking, wheat-grow-
ing regions. The south is supplied by
importations at Marseilles from coun-
tries on the Mediterranean, the amount
of which is generally much less than
that of the exports from the north. But
at present more than the usual importa-
tions at Marseilles are required, while
the northern provinces instead of ex-
porting will require to import consider
able quantities of wheat. A noticeable
feature of the trade is that of the "clear-
ance" of wheat from New York. For
the week ending Oct. 9, 800, 900 bushels
were sent to Havre, Antwerp, and Rot
terdam. In fact not only England and
France are short of wheat to an unusual
extent, but Germany, Hungary, and
cNth NOuthOlH tuSSld, are Also ldIRtlY
deficient. The latter country is usually
q heavy exporter, but according to
late report of the Minister of Agricul-
ture it appears that their principal
wheat region has experienced failure
of crops, and fears are entertained that
they may have to enter the Mediter-
ranean markets for supplies. These
facts all point in one direction. The
United States must be the base of sup
plies for the next year. Understanding
this fully, European dealers have pur-
chased more heavily than ever before,
and the exports from New York alone
during the fourteen days ending Oct. 8
were 3,50S, 400 bushels, an amount un-
paralleled in the history of that port.
On the other hand, to show that our
farmers have been free sellers, it may
be stated that the receipts of wheat at
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-11-14
Cost of Military Armaments.

The German papers point ont that
Notwithstanding the "bloated army
Budget" so much complained of, Ger
man army expenditures rank but fourth
in the list of great States. Russia
takes the lead with the immense annual
expenditure of 144, 900, 900 thalers @
francs rs confines each). France fol-
lows next, paying l17,OOO, 600 thalers
for army purposes Great Britain ranks
third, with l05, 1873, 900 thalers Ger
many comes in as fourth, with 80, $780,
497 thalers. Austro- Hungary only de-
votes 60, 600, 900 thalers to military ex-
penditure; Italy, $4,000, 900; Spain Tin
1922, 25,636, 900; Turkey, 20,67O, 900 !;
Belgium, 1882, 900; Holland and Lux
embourg, 1898, 900; Sweden and Nor
way, 5,73l, 0OO Portugal, D, 1913, 900 !;
Roumania, 1907, 900; Denmark, $685.
900; Switzerland, 2,714, 900; Greece,
1892, 900, and Servia, ], 100000.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-11-14
Pith and Point.

IT is very easy to say, Take things as
they come but suppose they don't come.
A GOOD sermon is like kiss-it
requires but two heads and an applica-
ton.
JONES got trusted for that hat, and
he now feels consciousness Of being in
debt cover head and ears.
A YOUNG husband calls his wife
" BIRDIE" because, he says, she is
"always associated in his mind with
bill"
WHY does man think more of wo-
man as wife than as sweetheart
Because she is dearer to him after mar
riage.
THERE is an ancient saying, Truth lies
in well. May not the modern adage
run, The most certain charity is at q
pump?
"GRAoIoUs me !" exclaimed lady in
a witness box, how should know any
thing about anything don't know any
thing about?"
WHAT is the difference between a
farmer and q bottle of whisky? One
husbands the corn, and the other corns
the husbands.
WHEN your pocketbook gets empty,
and everybody knows it, you can put
all your friends in it and it won't "bulge
out" worth cent.
Upon the marriage of Mrs. Wheat, of
Virginia, the editor hopes that her path
may be foury, and that she may never
be thrashed by her husband.
A MAN in love is a man who wishes to
be more amiable and agreeable than he
can be, and this is the reason why
almost all men in love are ridiculous.
AS so many articles in everyday use
are manufactured of paper, it is asked
if paper beefsteak cannot be invented
to take the place of the leather ones.
What's that which all love more than life,
Fear more than death or mortal strife?
That which conented men desire,
The poor possess, the rich require?
The miser spends, the spendthrift saves.
And all men carry to their graves
The answer is-NOthing.
WE fear we have got a maliciously
disposed sexton among us. Noticing
a habit among the young men of depos-
iting their half-smoked cigars in the
porch upon entering the church, he
gathered up the relics the other evening,
and carefully depositing a drop of cro-
ton oil in the chewed end, conscien-
tiously returned the veterans to their
places, and abided the result. When
the service was over, the young men
came out, recovered their cigars, put
them in their mouths, applied the lights,
and then the suction, and the next mo-
ment had lost all control over them
selves, and were dancing out in the
street, slapping their jaws, and using
such awful language that we can't bear
to think of it. However, they didn't
remain in the neighborhood but mo-
ment. The rest of the congregation had
but time TO note the extraordinary per-
Torrance, when the actors disappeared,
with a extra howl apiece, and at gait
that left no doubt of their sincerity
| Ddnbury NetUs
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-11-14

this port from the present crop have
been 8, 555, ITO bushels, against 6, I 44, SO5
bushels for the same period in 1872. A
proportionable increase is noticeable at
Chicago, and taken altogether, the crop
movement is unprecedented. These
extraordinary receipts of wheat must
have given farmers fair supply of
money. Latest reports from California
show that the crop is far less than in
1872. Hence the Northwest is the
region which must supply the larger
portion of the wants of Europe. The
market at present rules weak, owing
mainly to a temporary depression in
Liverpool and a corresponding decline
in New York, but choice sound No. 2
Milwaukee wheat at less than 81 per
bushel, in gold (Which is about the
present price,, is not thing for invest
ors to be afraid of.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-11-14
British Railways and Railway.
Building.

Joseph Medills London Letter to Chicago Tribune.l
The traveller is impressed with the
enormous magnitude of the railway
traffic of Great Britain, by meeting
twenty trains an hour flying past him ;
rarely longer than five or ten minutes
intervene between trains. And every
half-hour or so he crosses some railway
line, and sees trains sweeping through
the country in almost every direction.
The tracks of different railways, so far
as / observed, never cross each other on
the same level l.; one always "viaducts !"
over the other, approaching it on high
embankment or series of arches.
The length of the lines in the United
Kingdom atpresent is about IL, 900 miles,
of which there are 1000 in England.
These lines have cost $780, 900, 900
gold, or about $165, 900 per mile. But
bear in mind that nearly all the British
railroads have double and quadruple
tracks. If measured by single tracks,
as in America they must considerably
exceed 40, 600 miles in length. If the
cost of the British railways is estimated
by the actual amount of labor expended
in their construction, and in the manu-
facture of the rolling stock, do not
think 1 would be far wrong in stating
that they cost double as much as all the
railroads in the United States. This
may strike the readers Of the Tribune
as wild statement but let us consider
the facts. There are $1,000 miles of
railway lines in the United States, near
ly all single tracks, nominally costing
50, 000, 600, 600. But $500, 900, 900 to
81, 900, 900, 900 of this same consists of
"watered stock" and discount on bonds.
Most of the bonds were sold for less
than 80 per cent, many of them for less
than 50 per cent, and some as low as
so. Then, all the railway constructed
since 1861 has been built with depreci-
ated currency, worth. on an average,
about 70 to 80 cents on the dollar. De-
duct 81, 900, 100000 for "water i'll the
stocks and discount on the sale of bonds,
and say $500, 100000 for discount on
currency since 1861, and there remains
only 81, 700, 900, coo as the actual cost of
all the existing railroads, with their
equipments, in the United States. There
should be deducted from this sum, say
$50, 900, 900 paid for right of way, and
! from the cost of the British roads
$50,O00,O00 for right of way. Now,
bear in mind that dollar here, in cost
of construction, represents at least 40
per cent. more than i'll the States by
which mean that 60 cents in this coun-
try did purchase as much iron, ma
chinery, or labor, as 100 cents did III
the United States, in the construction
and equipment of the two systems OF
railway, reckoning money as if coin
value III both countries.
The money to build these British
roads was every dollar furnished by the
capitalists of Great Britain. There was
no I" aid voted by towns, cities, coun'
ties, or State. No municipal corpora
ton subscribed a cent.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-11-14
4 LITTLE CLUB AFFAIR.

Isabel walked the parlor of her suite.
1t was far past midnight and the great
hotel was nearly silent. Up and down,
with supple, leonine motion peculiar
to her. and football of velvet, turning
her black eyes restlessly, and whirling
about if the air stirred in the passage !;
thus she had moved for hours.
Was she a heroine in distress ? Was
she woman of gifts evolving some Gre
alton from her sleepless brain ? am
sorry TO bring her down to earth-she
was fit subject for romance-but it
must be confessed Isabel was only wait
ing for her husband, who was ont late.
Had she been a sensible, practical wo-
man, she had wrapped the drapery of
her couch around her and laid down to
sweet dreams long ago. But she has
only been wife year. Her husband
was her single tie she lived her life in
him.
Isabel was beautiful. Her flesh was
like marble lighted by fire F; her hands,
her eyes, her lips, the poise of her head,
her undulating motion, had an elegance
of their own. But when God lent her
the gift of loveliness, He added thereto
WIG Blt VI upcT-SSHSlJlNeuCSS, OuIOuBH
which so many are goaded to melan-
eholy and madness. She had been the
ward of a bachelor uncle, who felt he
did his whole duty if he visited her
twice a year at her convent, and an
swered her sorrowful black eyes with
mods and winks of approval When she
was ready to enter the world, the charge
OF young lady niece so taxed his free
dom, and, by consequence, his spirits,
that he laid him down and died. lie
hadn't meddled in matrimony. Why
should his autumnal youth be spoiled
by foster-daughter? The problem
shoveled him into the grave.
Then Burnham appeared to Isabel.
His family and hers had been on friend
lly terms whole generations. He had
Just returned from long tour, and had
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-11-14
Sad Effect of a Centennial Excitement
Upon Centenarian.

At Wallingford, VT, on the one humid
reth anniversary of the settlement of
the town, large concourse of the sons
and daughters of the town was present
to witness and participate in the cere-
monies, and, to make the programme
more complete, Joseph Haskins, an
aged and most venerable citizen of 81,
was introduced as an impressive feature.
The public appearance of people of "a
is so rare an event that the great crowd
drew closer to the stage, and were
hushed when Mr.. Haskins came for
ward and in voice still vigorous, but,
we presume, more or less mellowed by
age, sang an old Masonic roundelay
about King Solomon. The answering
applause sent the blood in quicker cur
rents through the old mans veins, his
furrowed cheek flushed, his eyes bright
ened, and he passed around among his
friends, telling, in a sprightly manner,
how, when he lived in Lynn, Mass, he
had seen Gen. Washington and other
celebrities of that remote antiquity, and
how he had moved to Wallingford q
matter OF seventy years ago, and had
been there ever since. He was the es-
sential lion of the day, and it doubtless
filled his soul with more Joy than it had
known for fifty or sixty years. He was
young again, and, with the thoughtless-
ness of youth, was unmindful of the
peril he incurred. In less than an hour
after his song, and while his name was
on every lip, he was observed to falter
suddenly and sit down. He groaned,
and his head fell upon his breast. They
rushed to him and raised his aged
frame, they applied restoratives, but in
vain. The centennial had been too
much for the centenarian Joseph Has
kins was dead.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-11-14

A CASE FOR THE DoCToRs.- Fri
day, the 3D. inst, the wife of George
Brown, colored man residing in this
place, gave birth to q child. On the
Sunday following, probably forty-eight
hours after the occurrence narrated
above, she gave birth to another. This
is said to be one of the most remarka-
BILE cases on record, and parallel for
it has never been known in this region.
A still further singular occurrence is
the fact that lady residing in Richie
county, aged SO years, few days ago
became a mother. Her husband is II
years old. Her youngest child, before
the coming of the last one, had children
married, and they had children. Surely
the country is progressing Weston
{ Va Democrat.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-11-14
NEW AND OLD.

New little feet
Patter on the floor;
New little faces
Peep through the door -
New little souls
Have entered into lfe;.
New little voices
Speak in love or strife -
New little fingers
Tightly clasp our own;
New little tendrils
Round our hearts have grown.
Still the old voices
Echo in our ear,
Aud the old faces
Hallowed are and dear;
Still the old friends
Who have passed away
Live in our Affection
Love has no decay;
Aud the old words,
Spoken long ago,
Keep the heart tender,
Make the tears flow.
Thus New and Old
Mingle in one;
Each has its blessing;
And when life Is done,
Old faces, old friends
viii meet us again
Treasures long buried
We shall regain
All that is lovely,
All that IL true,
Will live on forever,
The Old and the New.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-11-14
Shocking Incident of the Memphis
PeStilence.

Many of our readers may remember
the little piece of verse in which COM
pany of British officers in the Indian
service are represented as getting to-
gether during a violent epidemic of chol-
era and singing song, the chorus
of which, as we remember it, ran as
follows
Heres health to the dead already;
And health to the next to die"
An Incidents reported to have occurred
in Memphis, which indicates the exist
ence III that city of a similar disposition
to make jest of death. A man some
days i'll with the yellow fever perceived
that the disease had taken fatal turn.
Remarking that he was going to die,
and that he was determined to die hap
by, he thereupon drank large quanti-
ty of brandy and died in the middle
of the fit of drunkenness which was thus
produced.
However horrible such q scene may
be, it must be confessed that it is not
unnatural Few men are able to main
tain an Indifferent bearing when they
are forced to keep still and watch the
constant and irresistible approach of
death. One may face the danger of a
desperate charge on battle field with
comparative calmness, because there is
something to do. But to lie still and
wait for death to make an end of one,
requires philosophical courage such as
few men possess. The poor man who
got drunk yesterday in order I" to die
happy" was probably too frightened to
be fully responsible for what he did I;
but his conduct shows under what
tremendous strain human life is main
tanned in those districts of the country
where the yellow fever has been raging
for the last few eeks.-Mcmphis Post.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-11-14

A New YORK reporter says of Hee-
nan: "Among his associates he was
ever popular. Their verdict is, more
Said Chris. O'Connor He wore his
heart outside his overcoat. Why, he
never was any more than 12-year-old
boy. Anybody could impose on him by
an appeal to his feelings" Said Harry
Hill {: He was good un, and good,
square fellow"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-11-14

BILLY CRAMER, of the Milwaukee
Wisconsin,, is going to give IS, 200 to q
Presbyterian church of that city.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-07-18

THE SPIDERS BRlDGE.-One
chilly day was left at home alone,
and after | was tired of reading
Robinson Ctasoe | caught a spider
and brought him into the house to
play with. Well, I took a wash.
basin and fastened up a stick in it
like a liberty pole or a vessels
mast, and then poured in water
enough to turn the mast into an
island for my spider, whom | named
Crusoe, and put on the mast. AS
soon as he was fairly cast away he
anxiously commenced running
around to find the road to the
mainland. He'd scamper down
the mast to the water, stick out 9
foot, get it wet, shake it, run round
the stick and try the other side,
and then rua back to the top again.
Pretty soon it became a serious
matter with Mr.. Robinson, and he
sat down to think it over. And in
a moment he acted as if he wanted
to shout for boat, and | was afraid
he was going to be hungry, SO |
put a little molasses on the stick.
A fly came but Crusoe wasn't hun
cry for flies just then. He was
homesick for his web in the corner
OF the woodshed. lie went slowly
down the pole to the water and
touched it all around, shaking his
feet like pussy when she vets her
stockings in the grass, and suddenly
a thought appeared to strike him.
Up he went like rocket to the
top and commenced playing circus.
He held one foot in the air, then
and turned round two or
three times. lie got excited and
nearly stood on his head before |
found out what he knew, and that
was this-that the draft ofair made
by the fire would carry a line ashore
on which he could escape from his
desert island, He pushed out a
web that went floating in the air
until it came on the table. Then
he hauled on the rope until it was
strong enough to hold him and
walk ashore, | thought he had
earned his liberty, SO l put him
back in his woodshed again.