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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-28

y LoUDoUN COUNTY ITEMS From the Lees
burg Westinghouse. Acting under the ALL.
thority Of the Mayor and Council, Mr.. Lemuel
Norris,.>a young gentleman of this place, a
practical engineer, and graduate of the Viz
GINA Military Institute, is now engaged IN
making survey Of the meets and bounds OF
the Corporation of :Leesbnrg-the character OF
the man is guarantee Of the faithful manner
in which his work will be accomplished: =.
We have the report that the surveys upon
the Piedmont and Potomac Improvement will
commence this Spring, and with it the intimac
ton that an attempt will be made to divert It
frem the route defined In the character Of the
company We advise those in .Loudoun, in
terested 10 this improvement to watch their
interest. ), s,.r. - ',:-' !. - !. i
Messrs. Norris & Son are making arrange
ments for burning several thousand brick The
ward is located on Loud0un street, west. As
this FIR m never undertake anything they fail to
accom- plish, we Will In due time have full
supply of this much needed article.
Mr.. john lam merry, of! Iee5burg, has pur-
chased Of Joseph Brown about 100 acres of
mountain land, for which he paid 81 500 L
Ia without buildings; but the soil is good. 1T
lies about two miles north of Leesbug. ..@. -.
!: 'IHscuBURG AND DAnv1LLE R R.-Lynch-
burg w., Apr! 25, lS73.--A flat car, belong:
ingee the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pauy, With load of cross, ties, pushed by en-
CINE No. 3, Of Orange "A & Nj. h. n, had
the first Honor" Of crossing over The. Y. &. T.
R. K, at this place to-day aud landing on the
/. & D. r. r. Only about $50 yards of the
track is laid the cross-ties are being distrbut
ed preparatory to the laying of the track.
About sixty-ive feet, Of the tunnel under
Bridge street remains unfinished. which will
tako until about the 10Th of Nay next, after
time Cor. Baltimore San.
Bishop Gibbons will perform the rite of con-:
frmation in The Catholic Chapel at Eaittax
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-11-23
Foreign News.
Matter Relating to Cuba and Spai

New York, Nov. PA telegram from
Havana, of the 2lst, gives the following
from Ell Diario: We do not consider it
within the bounds of justice or reason
that war should result from the capture
of the Virginus and its legal conse.
quence, but if the conflict comes let us
emulate the example of Carthage, Nj
mancia and Saguntum, and make the
Spanish race in Cuba the admiration OF
the American hemisphere. The Voz de
Cuba believes the question will be settled
by diplomacy; nevertheless it praises the
activity of the artillery and engineer
corps in repairing Notifications, which
will, in a sh ort time, be in perfect con-
dition.
A telegram from St. Johns, N. F., says
the telegraph cable steamer, Robert Lowe,
was lost near St. Marys bay on wednes.
day morning. The chief officer and two
boats crew were saved. The captain s
TWO boats are missing.
LONDON, Nov. 22.-Dispatches from
Madrid agree in representing that the late
interview between Minister Sickles and
the Spanish authorities was of a stormy
character.
Sckles barely escaped mobbing by the
crowd which congregated in front of his
residence. In consequence Of these
demonstrations he determined to leave
Madrid, but the Government having dis
persed the mob, and since maintained
peace, he is resolved to remain.
New YORK, Nov. PA Washington
special says an official dispatch to Secre-
tary Fish was received at - o'clock last
night, which says second attempt was
made to assassinate Sickles, and that
1000 troops guard the American legation
Mt Madrid
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-11-23
RAINFALL.

The average rainfall in San Francisco
is about % inches during the season. At
Vancouver Island it is 40 inches, and at
Sitka and Alaska as high as 90 inches.
In the Southern States it averages from
so to 65 inches, and in the Northern
States ranges from q to As inches.
These discrepancies, though quite
marked, bear no proportion to the differ
ences existing in portions of England
and Scotland. But rain is very caprici-
GUS. There are regions where it never
rains-as on the coast of Peru, in the
African Sahara, and the Desert of Cobb,
in Ashland there are others, as in Pat
agonia, where it rains almost every day.
At most places i'll our latitude, if an inch
falls day, it is pretty heavy rain; but
among the Highlands of Scotland, and in
the English "Lake District" from to 7
inches not unfrequently fall in a day.
On the Isle of Skye, in December, 1868,
1875 inches fell in 10 hours. At Joyeuse,
in France, BLY, inches fell in "a hours;
at Geneva, 80 inches in "a hours; at
Gibraltar, SO inches in 26 hours. In In
dia, on the Khasia Hills, the rainfall av-
erages 600 inches--500 of which fall dur
ing seven months of the year At two
points on the Ghauts mountains in India
it is 254 and 263 inches. AT Madras it is
As inches; at Bombay rs inches. The
average in the west of Great Britain and
Ireland, in the vicinity of high hills, is
from so to $50 inches, while away from
the hills it is only from 80 10 As inches,
and in the east of England not more than
20 to % inches. In France it averages
80 inches; in the level parts of Germany,
20 inches; while in some parts of Russia
it falls as low as Is inches.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-11-23

men. This closed the strike, and thy
went TO work again.
The weather is fine for the tEoiiing
race at Agricultural Park this afternoon
between St. James ard Sam Pnrdy. for
purse of $4,000.
The Harris case has been postponed
till next Monday for final argument.
san FR.NcIsoo, Nov. 22.-There was
O large attendance at Agricultural Park
to-day to witness the trottlng race be
tween St. James and sam Purdy. st.
James took two heats: Purdy took two
heats. St. James won the first heat,
Purdy the second, St. James third heat,
but it was given to Purdy on account Of
alleged foul driving. The fourth heat
was won by St. James. Time. 2:29,
2:30, 2:2S1a, 2:2S1..
On account of the darkness the fifth
heat was postponed till Monday. Much
feeling was exhibited at the decision OF
the judges on Sd heat, but the crowd H.
nally acquiesced. Purdy a; the last was
the fayorite in the pools at $3.50 to Sl75.
PALIsADE, Nov 22.-Surveyors for the
Palisade and Eureka Narrow-gauge Rail
road arrived here yesterday and com
menced surveying the route to-day. The
narrow. gauge scheme from here to Eu
reka has been kept very quiet, and from
appearances of things the work will bt
in full blast very shortly. Parties who
have the management of the work ex
pect to have the road competed to Eu
reka in from six to eight months.
SALT LALE, Nov. 22.-Bnt one senti
ment prevails Cd the yirz MUS a,rocity
ample reparation or war. The meeting
last night concluded with @ resolution
that when the Administration finds i
necessary to declare war to yindicate tn,
honor Of the nation, the people Of Utah
without distinction OF party, will rally t
the support of the Government. Publ,
feeling is high to day to ayeuge the in
suit to our flag and to free Cuba.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-11-23

Go TO II. Krause's Photograph Gallery
on Lacour street, over the New York
Bakery, for your A No. ! pictures.
Prices reduced to one-half. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Carries de Visite $500 per
dozen. Ferrotypes for SOC apiece. ni.tf
A NEW circulating library, imported ci-
gars, tobacco, stationery and confection-
cry at ]. Levin & Co.'S, opposite Hamil-
tons saloon. Main street.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-11-23

The HALFWAY SHooTING.-Co Constable
Thomas Hughes and Barney Kinney
were tried before Justice Hickey of Day
ton, on Monday, for their respective
parts in the little friendly shooting at
the Halfway House, Carson road, last
Saturday. The testimony Of outsiders
was to the effect, so we are informed,
that Hughes fired the first three shots at
Barney, the last one of which passed
through the latter's three coats, just be-
low the arm, as he was holding bucket
OF water up to the horses head SO that
the animal could drink. Hughes was
acquitted, however, and Barney was
found guilty, under the new statute. of
"e1hibiting deadly weapon in q rude
and threatening manner in the presence
OF two or more persons, and was fined
therefor in the sum Of $25 and costs,
which he paid.-l Ex.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-11-23
POPULAR INDIGNATION.

We heard yesterday many animadver-
sions upon the conduct of Jesse Beene,
in regard to the rattle which came of on
Thursday evening for the house and lot
now occupied by him as a residence.
No one seems to offer any apology for
Beene's conduct; and if he were mis-
represented man, it is strange that Meth
er he nor any of his friends have offered
any defense. The facts are that after
the tickets were ell sold, Beene expressed
his willingness to deed the property to
whomsoever the judges might award it,
After the drawing, Mrs. Beene said she
was ready to sign the deed provided she
was not turned out of the house immedl-
ately. She was assured that from 80 to
60 DAYS would be granted for the
family to make other arrangements.
But change seems TO have been
wrought in some manner, not easy
OF explanation. Ticket No. Psi was
held by one-armed man, named
Graham, and the number thrown for that
ticket (5l) having been the highest the
judges were ready to make their award ;
but Beene declared that the ticket held
by Graham was spurious, and refused to
give up the property. The judges assure
US that the ticket held by Graham was
numbered on the back in the same hand
writing that the others were, and that the
number 254 which Beene alleged 70 be
genuine, was declared by experts to have
been written by another hand, and with
different ink. From information given
US by tho judges and all others best able
to understand the true nature Of the case,
Beenes conduct is censurable in the
highest degree. In fact, the transaction,
on his part, is denounced as a deliberate
swindle. After the tickets were sold and
the money paid in, it was none of Beene's
business who got tie property, and to
put up job like that, by which trifling
sums are filched from the community, is
simply scandalous, and Jesse Beene will
find it difficult, if not impossible, to re-
move from the minds OF Phoebe people
the conviction that he is o deliberate
swindler. Our people are ever ready to
give freely for any benevolent purpose,
and it is therefore doubly contemplate
in Beene to obtain their money upon a
false representation and without any
equivalent; aud if any law can be found
to punish such neflrious transaction, it
ought to be enforced. How any man
with an honorable purpose can rest
quietly under such damaging imputa-
tons as now rest upon Beene, We are not
able to understand, yet his serenity
seems not to be disturbed in the least
Had We chosen to do so, we might have
said more yesterday morning than We
did; but we had hopes that there was
some mistake which could be rectifet
and matters set to rights. We find, how
ever that there is no room for charita.
BILE view of the case. The whole com
munity will uphold US in the denuncia
ton of such a dastardly piece of rascal
i;y. More anon.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-11-23

WHILE Democratic papers ont OF Ohio
are nominating Governor Allen for the
Presidency! in 1876, those of Ohio are
pretty generally suggesting Thurman.
The Ashland Press is amongst the first
that comes to rs with Humans maine
at its masthead. There ought not to be
any undue excitement about the Presl'
dency just at this time.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-11-23
Hfw 0o-pav.
NOTICE.

& v,HERE WILL BE MEETING OF
~ the Phoebe Engine and
NHose Company, TO-DAY, at
fSs2 O'Clock p. m. at the School-house
fold RECORD oficel, Upper Main street.
By order Of
P. HOLLAND, Foreman.
GEO. T. GoRMAN, Secretary. n23-l
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-11-23
Pacific Coast.

Strike Settled--The Weather--The
Harris Case.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 22.-The steamer
Montana arrived this morning from Pan.
anna.
A private letter from Guaymas states
that all is quite in Sonora. Pesquera is
stronger than ever.
One hundred iron workmen on the
steamer Costa Rica struck for higher
wages. but Superintendent Waddell
threatened to plank her up, take her out
of the dry dock and send to New York TO,
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-11-23

MARKED improvement has recently
been made in the United States in max
ing glazed hardware and cutlery papers,
which has hitherto been mainly pro.
cured from England.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-11-23
SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 20, Is7a.

TIE Business Office of the PIocHK DAILY
RECORD viii hereafter be in the ofice of H r.
Breakey. at Miehael's cigar store. Main street,
gpposite Meadow Valley
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-11-23
Aleu- Gu-Dau.


Washington and Creole Mining
Company.-Location of principal place Of bust
ness, San Francisco. State Of California; To-
cation of works, Phoebe, Ely Mining District,
State Of Nevada. -Notice.-There are delin-
quent upcn the following described stock, on
account of assessment No. 81 levied on the
18th day of October, 1878, the several amounts
set opposite the names of the respective
shareholders. as follows:
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-11-23
Telegraphie Dispatches


sPEcIAI 10 THE PIocHE DAILY RECORD,
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-11-23

GREAT BRITAIN has 1896 paper mills,
France 634, and Spain 1879.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-11-23

the Board of Directors, made on the 18th
day Of october. 1873, SO many shares Of
each parcel Of such stock as may be necessary,
will be sold at public auction, ut the office Of
the Company, Room No. 10 Merchants Elk.
change, California street, San Francisco, Cali.
forna, on the Ninth day OF December,
1873 at the hour OF one O'Clock p. m. of said
day, to pay said delinquent assessment thereon,
together with costs Of advertising and expenses
of the sale.
FRANK d. CLEARY, Secretary.
Office: Room No. 10 Merchants Exchange
California street. San Francisco, California.
n03-td
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-24

BEADYvILLE,, Page County, Iowa,
Julv 18th 1879

BEADYvILLE, Page County, Iowa,
July 10th, 1873.
DEAR COURIER: Having received
you as a most welcome visitor since
left Wapello county, drop line SC
that you may know that yet live 10
do all the good can in my profession.
Having noticed that on the 10th OF
this month You were presented with a
stalk of green corn s feet in length, this
induced me to measure some Of mine.
find one planted about the LIST OF
May measuring 81 feet, promising
three large ears of corn. two of which
are already in silk. There is quite a
number of stalks in my lot feet 10
inches. to 9feet high. We have As fine
a prospect for corn as ever saw in
any country, and the best crop of small
grain ever harvested in Page county,
and the greatest number of acres
Grass is splendid, in fact the farmer
has nothing to complain Of at present
except low prices. Weather very
warm; farmers are more than halt
through with their harvest.
Yours as ever,
}. G. WILLIAMS, NJ. d.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-24

A SLANDERER's INFLuENcE.-Dr
Holland has written thousand good
things, and here is one of them:
at matters not from what source
SANDER may come. Multitudes will
be influenced by report against q
good mans character from one who
would not be believed under oath, in
any matter involving the pecmiary
interest OF fifty cents. The slanderer
may be VIGOROUSLY base--may be a
pandercr to the worst passions and the
lowest vices--may he shameless sin.
aer against social virtue--may be 8
thief. a notorious liar. drunkard, s
libertine. a harlot, all this matters
nothing. The engine that throws Tho
mud is not regarded. The white OBJ.
icct at which The foul discharges are
aimed is only seen: aud the delight Of
the by-standers and lookers-on is
measured by the success of. the stair
sought to be inflicted. Every mar
who reioices in, and circulates SANDER
thereby advertises the fact of his owr
untrustworthiness.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-24

The Council Bluffs Agricultural
Works are in hcalthful condition.
Fhe net earnings for the past year, and
surplus. were found TO be 37is, per
cent. on the capital stock. A stock
dividend of 8 and n cash dividend of
ten per cent. were declared. and the
balance was ordered 10 the constrisc-
ton ola further building, for the cx-
tension of their business. These works
were secured to Council Bluffs by the
efforts Of the Citizens Association
organized to promote the man
ufacturing interests of that city. This
is lesson to the citizens of Ottumwa,
and should encourage them to use all
means in their power to build up our
manufacturing interests. The very
life of our city depends npon MANN
factories.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-24

MARROW EsCArE.-Last night about
half past 8 O'Clock, the fire bell
sounded the alarm and people rushed
to and fro in search of the fire. which
was soon ascertained to be in Eatons
new building, Union Block, but fortu-
nateiy was extinguished before it had
made much progress. In the after
noon, Mr.. Eaton 3 son Eddie had been
oiling furniture in the back room and
says he spread the oiled cloth out on
table at which he was at work, when
he quit in the evening. Near where
he was at work there was pile of dry
ceiling piled UP against pine parti-
ton, and against this stood box of
marble bureau tops on end, and here
the fire originated, burning a place
some two feet square down the side
of the lumber pile and backing up the
marble pretty badly. 1t is supposed
that some one had taken the oiled
cloth from the table and thrown it on
the lumber between tho partition and
the box of marble, and after the house
was closed the dense heat caused spon-
tane0us combustion. 1t is perfectly
clear that the fire could have crigina-
ted in no other way. Mr.. Hodge, of
the Ballingall. first discovered it and
gave the alarm. Sam BarkweIl broke
IN the rear doors, and whipped ont the
rapidly progressing confagration with
broom, until some persons arrived
with water 70 complete the job. it
was lucky indeed that it commenced
when it did. fit had been three or
four hours later nothing could posi-
bly, have saved the building. This
should teach all of our business men
that uuder no circumstances should
they leave oiled rags laying around
loose in their places of business. Take
them out and burn them before YOU
close your place of business at night.
or put them in such place as they
can do no harm evea if They are con-
snmed by fire.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-24

The Birmingham Republican sub
mits the following: "The plea of Chas.
O'Connor that there was no proof
which of young Walworth's four shots
were fatal, and the jury must, there
fore, acquit him, is not original. 1t is
based on the argument Of the Western
lawyer, whose client shot another
mans dog: "You hcv heern, gentle
men Of the jury said the eloquent adj
vocate, you hev heern the witness
swar he saw the fash and heered the
report; you hcv heern him swar he
dug the bullet out with his jack knife,
and you hev seen the bullet produced
in court; but whar, gentlemen, whar, l
ask you, is the man who saw that bull
let hit Chat dog ?''
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-24

kingsbaker Brothers are now re.
eeivins 3 large lot of choice Havana
Tobacco from which they will manu-.
facture cigars that cannot be excelled
for exquisiteness of flavor anywhere.
This firm are doing a large business
and the better they are known the
more popular they become. Purchas-
ers of Cigars or Tobaccos can rely on
what they purchase of them being
fully up to samples. When you want
good goods at lowest manufacturers
prices, remember Kingsbaker Bros
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-24

Rev. Mr.. Lozier, of Fort Dodge, is
chairman of committee having I'M
der advisement plan to establish a
permanent camp ground and summer
retreat for Methodistsend their friends
in the Northwest, at Clear Lake, or in
That vicinity.
We vote for Clear Lake, for il we
90 to Camp Meeting there, we can go
fishing between sermons.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-24
Preceedin<s Of Auditor i'm Vacation
AuDlroR's OFFIcE,

AUDITORS OFFICE, }
WAPELLo COUNTY,
Ottumwa, Iowa, July 18th, 1871
+. Baumgardner ct al, presents a
petition praying the appoin tment ofa
commissioners to view, and If deemed
exPedient, to locate a road described as
follows:
Commencing at the center of che
south line of sec. 81, township 70,
range II W, thence running north.
Said road to be 33 feet in width.
The law having been complied with
James Reeseman is hereby appointed
such commissioner, to commence work
on the I'd day of August, 1873, and re-
port to this Office on or before the 10Th
day of August, 1873.
VIM. ii. CALDWELL.
Co. Auditor.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-24

MARK THIs.-Whcn you hear u man
accustomed to lead in politics, talking
in favor of the Oranges making sepa.
rate nominations, set him down at
once as a Democrat or n sore-headed
Republican. who wants Office, and who
cares moi fig for the welfare Of the
Grange. only so he attains his object.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-24

The Des Moincs Register has this to
say of one of our business firms: at
affords us pleasure.to note the steady
growth of the various branches of
trade in this State that short time
ago were almost wholly confined Ia
cities East and South. Within the
past five or six years the butter and
egg trade has grown to enormous pro.
portions, as can be seen from the fact
that Mccullough & Lilburn, of Ottum-
wa, handled million pounds of but
ter last year, and eggs by the million
dozen. This firm deal exclusively in
butter and eggs, and have grown TO be
the heaviest dealers in these two COM
modities west of the Mississippi river.
They are men of experience and BUSH
ness integrity, whose square and hon
est dealings with customers, have built
them up an enviable reputation and
large trade.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-24

The Fat Contributor says the health.
lest town he ever knew he came across
out west one summer, while the doc.
tors went east to attend medical con-
vention, neglecting to return for sew.
cral weeks. The doctors found when
they did get back that their patients
had all recovered, the drug stores had
busted. nurses had opened dancing
schools, the cemetery had been cut uI
in business lots, the undertaken had
gone to making fiddles, and the village
hearse had been gaudily painted and
sold for circus wagon.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-24

.Iohu w. Miller ia none of your
secondhand kind of men but never
,heless he does big business in Sec
ond hand goods. In his establishment
yon " i'll find almost snything from a
pepper-box to reaper and mower.
and he sells great many articles that
are real bargains.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-24

o. Tower, at his commission house.
Court street, is rapidly building up a
business. He has the confidence of the
business community everywhere. His
motto is stQuick sales and small prof
IT'S"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-24

1t is said that the new style of ladies
bustles show wonderful increase in
size. There is enough wire expended
in their construction to form the nucleus
of small Atlantic cable, and they are
SO elastic and springy that If dropped
out of the hand on level road they
can beat an ordinary horse down hill
for a quarter of mile or so.