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Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-05-04
WONDERFUL ESCAPE FROM
DEATH.

Evidently Bill Garhart tCnrly
Bill was born to be hanged or re
served for q Peace Commissioner OF
spared to run - newspaper. Read
the following from Yesterdays En-.
ierprise and see if our conclusions
are not justifiable:
Yesterday afternoon. about half
past 3 o'clock. John B. Winters and
William G.rhart. the we'll known
livery stable keeper. narrowly es
capped losing their lives ut the rail-
road crossing Mt American Flat.
he two men were in . twO-hOrs..
buggy. and came to where the wagon
road i crossed by the railroad inst
a. a tram was TRYING to round the
cnrve which occurs III the track just
at that point. The wheels OF the
locomotive we're slipping AMI it was
laborins and pnffing to pa>~ the
bend, but WAS not making much pro
Sress. The men thought they would
have time to cross the track and
started to do SO. when the train came
pinnging ahead. They then feared
they wonld not have time to cross,
AMI turned abon. and attempted to
drive up bank. out Of tie wav.
The bank was steep. and when they
were part way mp the team began
backing down. They could not he
urged forward. and inst as the loco
motive came booming along. down
went the carriage upon the track
Garhart called out to Winters To leap
for his life. IL command which th.t
gentleman instantly obeyed He
was lucky enough to land out of the
reach of danger. hu: Garhar. stuck
to the vehicle. not being in q posi-
ti"n to make successful leap. The
engine struck the buggy. scooped it
Mp on the COW catcher and rolled it
over and over until it WAS ntterl,
demolished. At tie first shock Gar
hart fell in such way IS to strike
hi~ head upon the front end of the
engine. This somewhat stunned
him. Int he still hal his wits abont
him sufficiently to struggle to keep
IN top Of the wreck of the buggy
aud the Cow catcher. all the time
going for shore He at last tum-
bled of. outside Of the track and nur
nf the way Of the wheels. the worst
scared man III America. and not with
ont reason. The only injury he sus
tanned was a cnt on the head, received |
when he fell against the engine.
The horses were considerably injured
by l'eing drawn down 80 that they
were raked by the passing lncorn"
tive AMI tram bat were able to
III. bron.h back to the city shortly
after TIN. accident. Those who were.
in the vicinity Mt the time of the &C.
say that Garl,art's escape
sas the most remarkable they ever
witnessed.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-05-04
President Grant Expresses Himself.

OMAHA, May 1.-President Grant
Yesterday. up"n receiving the news
on board the tram III which he WAS
travelling. about the Ia est Mndnr
murders. said the news wa sad. very
sad, and expressed himself dissati>
tied with the management at the l:.v;.
beds. This called mp the subject of
treatment of In.lians. and h.. sid
tina: making treaties with them WAS
a mistake: that we began wrong
away back: bnt white men had urged
on Indian ~ars expressly that the,
might make treaties and swinlle th..
Indians out If all they hal. H. saws
that where the Indians commit ont
RACES he wants them punished; bnt
they are charged with great man,
things they are not gnilfv Of Upon
lring asked by reporter if he did
not fear general Indian war. or
further trOuble from other tribes in
California and Oregon. the President
replied: We mnst receive newspa
per reports of Indian troubles and
alarms with Il good deal Of allow
snce. A good manv men arr. always
read Y to ex .gerate Indian diff Mite
There is an lohject in it which the,
we'll enough Altoge.h
er the President WAS reficent. and
seemed disposed not to speak on the
Indian subject. General Harvey.
wh" accompanies the party. waS al
most equally n"n-committ.,l. The
General said. however. that he was
Disguised with the entire plan of
warfare against the Mndocs.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-05-04
The demoralization which has

! THE decentralization which la.
come upon the wretcLed village .,
Reno seems to have extended even
to the beardless boys of the place
as is indicated by the annexed item
from the Cre~ ent:
A conservatOr Of public morals
, , We deem it Onr duty to refer in terms
of the severest condemnation to the
conduct Of u portion of the ynnng
men and boys of our town: That
', which We refer to is commonly
known among the Young hoodlnms
abnnt town AZ chasing >quawS"
This evil has grown to alarming pro
portions in our midst, and so shame
lessly Is it carried on that scarcely
an effort at concealmenti is made. and
vonng men who have mothers and
sisters here. may I've heard pnblicIv
hosting their exploits. On several
occasions have the officers in their
nightly rounds fallen upon these
amiable Youths in their rendezvous
one day this week officers Peers and
Avery dragged two of them. whose
parents are living in town. from II
vacant out building where they were
spending the night in company witt,
u compile of sqnaws. Not night
passes away without these .li>grac.ful
occurrences. pointing to state If
immortality among our youths al,sn
Intel, fri.htfnl If the advice and |
Of parents have no effect
I" restrain these Young men. posi-
bly, public scorn and condemnation
might. and with this view We pro
pose in the fntnre to publish tie
names Of surh As may he canght
,fel,cu
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-05-04

IN the report of discussion in
the English HOuse of Common,
We note the name of Percy w, MI
ham. Wonder il that is the 81,
Percy Wyndham who commanded
a volunteer regiment for a time in
the Union army during the rebel
lion? 4 bigger bully. according to
his inches. never lived than this Col
Percy Wyndham. He had the man
ners Of AN English boxer and
was an offensive swagserer and top
room hravado. He got to swelling
around drinking SALOON in Wash
ington one night during the war,
and Johnny Mccarthy. the fighter
who was subsequently, shot to death
by a Washington gambler. whaled
the shifting ont of him. Wyndham.
as We knew him was stOcky, bnrly
fellow. not by any means u gentle
man, but, on the contrary, extreme
~ overbei'ing and qnarrelsome; and
WAS 1.-the. springey,
gamesOme yOungter of the New
York Irish sort. and a fighter from
anywhere you wanted it.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-05-04

GAK1BALDI is reported to he alarm
ingly i'll. It would he . great loss
ito the Atlantic cable proprietary
for this fossiliferons sensation to
shuttle off this NORTH coil. We
might better spare = better general.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-05-04

ANOTHER shad has been caught in the
bay near Vallejo. California.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-11-11
: sT0KES' SENTENCE.
C0ngratuiatiansio a Man on Res
: Cefylng a aPe1tfeniiaryS SENTENCE.

from the New York World. ]. : 80, i.
3 Ala quarter, past eleven those ac
quaiated with alhthe omens. Of Grimm
TAI Court life saidsthat the crisis had ar
Erivedh The. .nshefs began 70 put the aii-
tdience in orderppd arfap geehairsS All
Hhose who had been wandering up aud
down in the loEpnaa throughout the
evening had either gone home or taken
Eseats. The conrI room vas filed though
not cfuwded. Presently Stokes enter
led wi<n, his counsel sand friends Then
came the'Jpdge' and the jury Theans
|wef ef the foreman Of the jury 10 the
Question whether 4 verdict had been OBJ.
'tained WAS now decidedly in tire ai1lrma-
..si;sse, aiAi alt present awaitellits an
- il u s5sc ~
When Tie clear voice of the foreman
gave it as ''Mhaslauetter in the third
faegroe," -sild hurrah rang through
the room, at least BALI the assembly
seemed to join in it, and there was no
dissentient voice. The dead who had
been so long dead was already shad-
ow, and the sturdy living who had won
so much sompathy absorbed the inter
est of the tickle multitude, who the day
after the killing wished to lynch the
prisoner.
Stokes stood up to receive the verdict
with his head bowed. almost upon his
breast. he showed no emotion save in
tightening of the muscles of his face.
His counsel were granted five miu
ates to consult, and the speech that fol-
lowed from Mr.. Tremain to the Judge
urging lenieucy produced very little
effect upon that gentleman When
Stokes arose again TO receive sentence,
with his head hanging rs before, and
the Judge expressed his sorrow that the
verdict was so light, the prisoner sud
denly lifted his head again. Slow and
cool and icy Was the tone OF Judge
Davis as he said that 1t was quite use
less to ask him to give light sentence
A great crime had been committed, and
he would render the highest possible
sentence an rendering this verdict"
he said, ''the jury have exceeded, and
more than exceeded, all the mercy that
should be extended. No appeal to this
Court can diminish the sentence below
the highest penalty fixed by statute to
the degree in which you are convicted.
You have committed a great crime, and
/ shall bestow upon you the severest
sentence that is ever attached to yer
dict of manslaughter in the third de
gree. sentence YOU TO Imprisonment
for four years in Sing Sing Prison at
hard labor"
A crowd of ongratulating friends
pressed closely around Stokes when the
Court adjourned, and it was found that
he was fslntino: Mr.. Dos Passos was
very much affected as he offered his
congratulations. Bowling his head into
his pocket handkerchief he wept freely.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-11-11
watcss-springs,

Hair springs, says writer in the Vic
toria Magazine, are made in the factory
of finest English steel, which comes
upon spools like thread To the naked
eve it is as round as hair. but under
the miscroscope it becomes a fat steel
ribbon. This ribbon is inserted between
the jaws Of a fine gauge, and the dial
hand shows its diameter TO be two
twenty tige hundredths of an inch A
hair plucked from mans head meas
ures three twenty-five hundredths-one
from the head a little girl st a neigh
boring bench, two twenty five hun
dredths Actually, however, the finest
hair is twice as thick as the steel ribbon,
for the hair congresses one half between
the metallic jaws of the gauge. A hair
spring weighs only one fifteenth. thou
sandth of pound troy In a straight
line it is a foot long. With q pair Of
tweezers we draw one out in spiral form
until it is six inches long; but il springs
back into place, not bent a particle from
its true coiing
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-11-11
sqr. O,g1arence,s New Fair Conl'
Is. PnEesh

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thon, oas;n and inrne5 nm the lea to saa
tho o,hor s;ae and all tbe vb;ls her mind
gathero,, doubfs and fnrshod;ngs Ir he
Iad only said ha was coiro to Inv q nair
~ nsnts sha would have went with him
herself and nicked tbem ont . but tailors
know that , man can't tell one kind al
cloth from smother and will mt off any,
thing on him. Then she abruptly drop
ned his leo and went to the back door
and called Mrs Mureut. Mrs. Mugent
came n.and beinc made acouain,ea witt,
thn narticulars ninched Mr. trrIsrence' :
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-11-11
The New MeslluseIal,.

The Anglo Brazilian Times has dis.
covered the Methuselah of the day
The gentleman's name is Jose Martins
Continho. He was (says the Brazilian
Times born at Saquarema, on the Goth
of May, 1895, and is, therefore, ITS
years old. He is still in possession OF
the mental faculties, and the only bodily
ailment is stiffness of the leg joiuts. In
his youth Continho fought as soldier
in Pernambuco against the Dutch, and
remembers the most notable facts Of the
reiens of Don John V, Don Jose, and
Donna Maria 1. The testimony to the
extraordinary age of Continho is
strengthened by the fact that he had
forty-two children by six wives, and he
can count 1913 grandchildren, Sc great
grandchidren, % great -grandchil
dren, and 20 great-great-g great grand
children.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-11-11

California State tax is 5 cents on the
dollar.
Cotton-worms have done great Gam
age in Texas.
A Fort Wayne merchant advertises
his goods Sat oxyun."
A Justice of the Peace at Kansas City
puts il: "Now let the gaal darned jade
vince"
There are l0S theological seminareS
in the United States, with 1851 student.
in attenda nee.
The estate on Stratford on Avon, or
which Shakespeare lived, was recently
bought by an Australian for $4,000.
A Connecticut soldier has returned 8
silver teapot stolen from a Virginia fam
lily in l SG2, and he sleeps better
The General Land Office at Washing
ton has recognized the fact that Michigan
is entitled to about so, 900 acres more Of
school lands.
The Brotherhood Of Locomotive En-
gineers comprises $500 members and
the Treasury. has balance Of nearly
$4,000.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-11-11
Both CASTELAR, and Gambetta are Jews

Both CASTELAR, and Gambetta are Jews
Some of the blowers in the glass
works at Rock Island, Ill makes from
$40 to s25 for every eight hours they
work
A Montpelier lady has spent eight
months and 969 .2l0 stitches in working
the portraits of Boaz and Ruth in wors
ted.
A new uniform for our entire stand
ing army of 10000 men is now being
made at Frankfort arsenal, Philadel.
phia.
In Kansas, a widow married young
man early in the spring. jnst at planting
time. Her crops have now been gather
ed in,and she has turned the young man
I out of house and home.
A recent visitor to Rhode Island has
ascertained that Napoleon lied when he
said "that Providence was on the side of
the heaviest artillery" for the heaviest
artillery is at Fort Adams, and Provi
dence is on the other side.
A singular lawsuit has just closed in
San Francisco. A man gave his note
some years ago for $4,000, with inter
est at per cent month, The debt
now reaches 100000 The Court deci-
6ed the note invalid owing to the lapse
Of time since it was given.
One may live as conqueror, king,
or a magistrate; but he must die as a
man. The bed Of death brings every
human being to his individuality, to the
intense contemplation of that deepest
and most solemn of all relations between
the creature and his Creator.-- H'ebster.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-11-11
inheritance OF Vicious Habits,

Papilon, in Popular Science Monthly.l
We lind almost as egectual and con.
tinuous an intervention of heredity in
the transmission of passions and senti.
ments of very different order-those
which incline to vice. TAe liking for
strong drink, habits of debaueh, pas.
sion for gambling. acquire in some per.
sons degree of force which can-be ac-
counted for only by some fatal organic
predisposition derived from their ances-
tors "a lady with whom was acquain-
ted" says Cana Machado, "and whu
possessed a large fortune, was possessed
of passion for gambling, and passed
whole nights at play; she died young, OF
a pulmonary complaint. Her eldest son,
who was in appearance the image of his
mother, had the same passion for play
He died Of consumption, like bis mother,
and at about the same age. His daugh.
ter, who resemblad him, inherited the
same tastes, and died young" The he
redity of a disposition for theft, rape
murder. and suicide, has been pro oved in
several instances
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NUMBER 38.

292 cubic yards at 80 cents and s25 extra
for timber used in foundation; said Drollin-
Ieer& Co., not being satisfied with the meas.
urement, the final settlement wa5 postponed
and ordered 4 new measurement. i
Allowed Drollingsr & Co, $500. partial
payment on said work Contracted with
William C. Mann & Co., for $74O to. grade
the road and build four eulyerts, com menoing
at the cross'street in main strse. in the town
Of Malaga. to the Rarnesvills pike, at the
county line, between the counties of Mouros
aud Belmont, boud given in the sum OF $500
conditioned for the faithful performance Of
said contract. d..gs = e.,l...,s.,, e-.sq ~
Entered into contrae. witt Thomas g.
Fowleriand Jno. B.1ruex for 8 $50 to furnish,
deliver and break all, the lime stone for the
road, commencing atthe cross strest ia nam
street in the town Of Malaga, to the Barnss-
vile pike 3, the county line between the
counties of Monroe and Belmont, bond given
in the sum of $4,000 conditioned for the faith
full psrfpFmancesof said contract. ,s..5,,f !.
$ Allowed lsasos Tsbar $500 partial ps symsat
for fill made al Baresville bridge; allowed
John Pool $50 for painting onpalo asdSysl,.
leys on court house; allowed John B. Nsil
80 W. 'Vt aptAN cttss
at Whtsns fork and grading road at Malaga.
Responsibility submitted. .G 80 :
WILLIAM WORKMAN. ! Commissioners Of
CHRISTIAN CRaRSsa f.fq. ssr.7 8ss.
JAMES ARMSTRONG. Monroe CO.. Ohio.
Animal Report Of the
Receipts and Expenditures OF
Monroe Caunty. .Ob;o ,t0r The Fis-
cal Year Ending September 4,
{ 1878. Fiaa'
RECEIPTS.
Balance in Treasury Sept. 4. Is 7as. 1858 SS
Gross amt oollscte on Dup. for T2 95481 30
Common school fund from state. .15al3 so
Interest Sect. f5'SA aWs Eaia.,... 2T5s So
lat. Ssg, IS coilscted.by Treasurer. $50 %
Principal SEQ Is col by Treasurer. 2e4 STg
Fines, cost &c collected by Treasurer szg So
Show license collected Ivy Treasurer. 40 90
Teachers l,ist.fund colby Treasurer. 16s 90
Total ...g. ,.. !. sI3s 9is 90
AG tsf's. III l-7ss e,-issafl s.'t Fsr
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JusE SESSION, ,rsr 20, 1879.

Opened the bids FOR builiing abutments on
Witiens fork of Muskingum creek at Rekle.
berrys mill, awarded the contract for bull.
ding said abutments TO H. h. Hixsnbaugh
& Co, at S3 IS per perch and 80 cents pei
cubic yard for excavations, II. B. Hixenbaugh
4 Co, presented a bond, conditioned for the
faithful performance of said contract, which
bond was accepted = a4.s.
Allowed Siebsrt & Lilly SlGl IS for book:
for Probate and Clerks Office. including Sl5
rs order book for county infrmary; allowed
the cost in the case Of Ohio VS. NJ, Stephan
before Justice L. J. Griffith S2l 40; allowed
the cost in the case of Ohio VS. Stolty before
Justice Boughner $50 10; allowed A. j. Pear
son 500 fees as Prosecuting Attorneys allow Cd
Amos & spriggs $40 attorney fees in the cas-,
of Ohio VS. Nancy Adams, sllcwed A. j. Pear
son $40 attorney fees in the case of Ohio v:
a. Stephan.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-11-11
Tie way the Land Goes.

The following statement has been pre-
pared bY Commissioner Drummond, OF
the General Land Office, for his fortt-
coming report. During. the last iss..s..
year public lands were disposed of Is
follows:
Cash sales, 1920. 265
Located with military warrants, 214,94O
Taken for homesteads, 1898, 796
Located with Agricultural Col
lese scrip, 653,446
Certified to railroads, 6,0S3 .356
Certified to wagon roads, 1856
Approved to States as swanps, 23S,54S
Certified fol- Agricultural Cole
ges, 1929
Certified for Common Schools, 1909
Certified for Universities, 5I,22S
Certified for Seminaries, 500
Approved to States for Internal
improvements, l9O,775
Indian scrip locations, 1929
Total in round numbers, 1900, ,606
Disposed of previous year, IL 1854, 975
Increased disposal, 1876, 631
Cash reefs under various heads
amounted to S3,45S,5l5
Surveys during same period
show a total Of, acres, 30,4S9. 1873
Surveyed during previous y'r, 29,450, ,939
Inc in number acres surveyed, 1887, ,l94
Total area Of land in States
ard Territories, acres. 1884, 1898 400
Yet to be surveyed, making
proper deduetions,acres, l8,443 ,605
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EXPaNDITERES.

Cash paid. Treasurer Of State. .SlesA ed
Orders redeemed BY Co, Trsaiursr.s sSl47 Il :
Treasurers fees on Duplicate .s...., 1915 7ss
g g othsr funds. ~ Ss
Publishing delinquent list, ...... 1s3t IS >
Treasursrs milsage to Columbui.. Al SO
Baiancein Treasury Sept. !, lS73,, s4at ls
Total ..............,.... sI3ssts Sc,
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SESSION Aueusr S, 1873.

Proceeded to settle with DrolIinyer & Co.,
for building stone arch bridge across Bares'
run at Bsresyille, found that said bridge
contained k63 perohes at s. 40 sexesvation
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sssstoy pnosYppa 10. 1879:

asttIad with the agent of the King Iron
Rriags Company. Of Cleveland, for two iron
hssdess, ne atfoss Sunfsh creel, at Cameron,
lac fsst span at SIG per lineal foot, and one
aoress Susfish. creek at Glaringtop, loo feet
span at SIS per iineal foot; upon eTaraina-
ton fnti that said bridges were built accord
ing to contract, authorised the Auditor TO is
sus his warrant on the county Treasurer fer
Sa,4Go, in full, in favor of said company, Gn
the above is included Sl00 for extra work }
Allowed Pred Stoehr SIC 80 for shelving in
Auditors Office. Allowed y II Watt L Bros
s36 for two stoves in comfy jail. Allowed
Drollinger d Co S4Oo on stone arch bridge at
Ro
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THE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY,
Sst szse Rsa
Pnklished Every Tuesday.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:
..ons Dollar and Fifty Cents per year.

j o B r fN.TsI.N g
Kxssnted with nea.uess and dispatch at this
pnss, sud 1t reasonable prices.