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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-10-16
RusTIcus ON A ROPE.
A Bucollc Boy Beats BIondln and Bal.
leni.
From the Buffalo Commercially

From the Buffalo Commercially
The recent feats at rope-walklng at
the Falls have developed a new men,
Der of that order. who bids fair to
eclipse all his predecessors. It seems
he has been engaged for some time BY
the gentleman In charge Of the rope to
attend to the guys, and has often ex-
pressed a wish to try his hand at i'm.
itating Balleni. The latter, however,
has never given him a chance, and the
management have been afraid that
their "star'' would be entirely ecllpsed
In affording him a chance to exhibit
his ability. But circumstances
created a little unpleasantness be-
tween the slgnor and his employers,
which resulted last week In o rupture
between the parties, and a consequent
conclusion OF the semi-weekly ex-
hibitions. Looking for q new job,
Balleni Visited this city one day last
week, and during his absence the new
claimant of funambulistic honors got
possession Of the ~balance-pole and per-
mission to use the rope. Several who
knew him were aware that he could
walk q very short rope. but looked
upon his proposition to walk Il rope Of
over a quarter Of a mile In length,
with the guys all slack, and a sag Of
over a hundred feet, as a serious joke,
and endeavored to dlssuade him from
trying the p~erilous feat. He only
laughed ut their tears, and said that
he was doing 1t "just for fun" and
started down on a trot instead Of q
walk. Getting toward the center, the
loose cable began to swing, when he
came to a halt, and stopped the waver-
Ing motion by standing OH one foot,
and then proceeded to the center.
where he stopped. BY this time quite
a crowd had gathered OIL both sides Of
the river, aud were a~nxiOusly watch.
Ing the movements ut this point. and
wondering II Inc, too, was going to
Jump into the river, aud that without
the elastic cord, there being none at
hand. After lying down and fasten-
Ing the balance pole. he sent a thrill of
horror through the crowd by falling
from the ropes, but catching by his
hands. He then went through several
acrobatic feats, such al hanging by his
feet, head. and Que hand, and several
other feats. alter which he started
for the other side. Nearing the
terminus he turned around and walked
backwards up the steepest portion.
Residents OF the Falls say that his feats
have never been excelled By any who
have walked there heretofore, aud from
tho condition Of the rope accord him
tho honor Of being the best ever there.
He Is a painter by trade, lives ut
Drummondvlile, Ont. aud Is generally
known a. Stephen Peer, tho hack
driver. He walks again to-day, for
the last time, as the rope will be re-
moved tomorrow. lie agrees II the
rope can DO left till he secures an
elastic he will not only jump to the
river below but hang OIL till Its elastl-
city raises him again to the cable. We
learn TINT slglior Balleni was so much
incensed at tho laurels won by his
rival, that OH Saturday last he at
tempted to cut the cable, but VAS ar
rested by the Prospect Park policeman
before he had succeeded In serving but
one strand,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-10-16

A REpoRr comes from Washington
that the Boston Advertiser Is denoun-
ced In "court circles" as being no
longer a Republican paper. and that
the Government advertising lis to DO
taken away from It. II this be true,
It Is the best thing that ever happened
the Adrertiser. 1t cannot afford the
patronage Of even the United States
Government at such a ruinous price.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-10-16

TIE POLITICAL. MIDDLE IN MIssIs-
slrrr.-Governor Powers Of Mississippi
has issued n proclamation pronounclng
the proposed State election this Fall
illegal The Ames faction, however,
propose to 20 to the polls, while the
Conservatives will keep aloof, and It
Is generally supposed that Federal
power will be exercised to put Ames
and others Of the select" in Office. a.
vas the case In Louisiana. The Alcorn
faction swear "by the Powers" the
Ames faction by Ben Butler and GEN.
eral Grant.-St. 10. MOL Herald.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-10-16

Tue correspondence between the
Pope and Emperor William Is official
ly published. The Pope writes Aug
ust Z, that as the measures Of his Maj
esty's Government aim at the destruc-
ton OF Catholicism he Is unable to dis
cover a reason for such severity, being
informed and believing that the Eu,-
peror Is averse to the increase or con-
t~inuauce OF this harsh policy. He
points out that the measures are In
furious to the Christian religion and
only tend to undermine the throne.
He speaks Thankfully and truthfully to
all. rs is his duty, and says all the
baptized. even non-C Catholics, belong
In a certain sense to him. He cherishes
the conviction that the Emperor will
adopt the necessary measures, and con-
cludes by praying God to be merciful
to the Emperor and himself. The
Emperor replies September 80, re-
joicing at the opportunity to correct
the errors relating to German affairs.
II the Pope were truthfully informed
he would be aware that the Govern
ment cannot act against the approval
of the sovereign. The Emperor deep
ly regrets that a portion Of his Cath
Ollie subject priests have organized a
party which Is engaged In intrigue
against the State, disturbing the re-
ligious peace to the extent Of open
revolt against the laws. lie points to
the Indications OF similar movements
in other parts Of Europe and America.
and declares he will maintain order
aud law so long rs God enables him to
do so. even against the servants Of the
Church, which he supposed acknowl-
edged obedience to secular authority
as the commandment OF God. This
doctrine Of obedience, however, he
regrets to see so many priests In Prus-
sia disown, aud expresses a hope that
now the Pope has been Informed OF
the truth he will use his authority to
terminate the agitation which, he de-
clares before God, has no connection
with religion or truth. He takes OBJ
lection to the Pope's remark about
non-C Catholics, and In concluding says:
"The difference In belief, however,
should not prevent our living in peace
and harmony"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-10-16

EIGurEEN THOUSAND RnooM HAND
LES! What clouds Of dust do they
suggest! What an armory OF weap-
ons to be used upon the heads OF dis
pirited husbands BY spirited wives
A manufacturer OF Traverse City.
Michigan, has this number Of handles
Of the aforesaid description ready for
shipment. At least, the local news
paper makes this sweeping assertion.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-10-16
T1E seyenth annual meeting Of tht

TIE seventh annual meeting OF the
Society Of the Army Of Tennessee be-
gan In Toledo, o, yesterday afternoon.
The attendance was large. General
Sheridan presided. Among the dis
tinguished guests were Generals Sher'
man, Sheridan. Logan, Howard. Gus.
ter and Rear-Admiral Worden. The
Presidential party were to arrive a,
s o'clock last evening.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-10-16

AT Memphis, Tenn, yesterday ten
thousand rations were received from
New Orleans, BY order Of President
Grant, and it Is understood that
blankets and clothing will be sent
from the same source. Mayor john
son was reported doing we'll at noon.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-10-16
FINANCIAL PANIS.

Like great CONGREGATIONS or storms
at sea great panics have small begin
nings. Words of suspicion or Of dis
credit are the sparks, or the first faint
puffs of air, which, fed by the COM
bustib;e material Of popular distrust
aud accelerated by the absence Of calm
aud sensible advice, develope into
fierce contiagrations or bowling hur-
ricanes Of disaster and ruin. And 1t
Is always those who are In least dan
ger or who have the smallest amount
to lose who are the loudest croakers
when failures impend or have appear
ed. The breaking out OF distrust In a
community Is the signal. not for COM
bined and strenuous efforts to conf1ne
1t within legitimate bounds, or for its
absolute suppression, but for a hurried
rush, a general raid upon credit In
general, aud n fierce struggle for
leadership In scattering broadcast the
brands Of gossip, grouudless ruinors,
aud ill.omened prophecy. Let once a
rumor, affecting the financial standing
of some bank or the productlveness Of
a mine be started, ami whether 1t be
true or false, busy mouths repeat the
tale, and add their mite thereto until
the whole community Is aglow with
excitement or pallid from fear. A
sudden run Ii made upon the bank
stock In the mine floods the market
and disaster follows. The best bank
In the country may be forced to sus'
pend by a hasty, ill-considered and un'
reasonable demand. II the value Of its
securities has been so unsettled by
popular excitement as to render
them unconvertible. Banks loan
money. They must DO so to pay
expenses, and they must loan more
than their own capital, or where would
be the profit. They lend money end
take securities therefor, and to con-
vert these back into cash requires time.
A we'll managed bank keeps a certain
percentage OF its capital In cash. 1t
Is always ready to meet any ordinary
and even extraordinary demands. But
1t is easy to perceive that II n bank
has, say 40 per cent. of deposits In
coin and the balance loaned, and n
run Is made calling for 20 per cent. OF
Its deposits. the 80 per cent. Of loans
must be called in. This Is not always
easy to do at a days notice, and IL we
add to this tho fact that, as In the re-
cent panic at the East, this 80 per
cent. has been invested In securities,
which popular excitement has caused
to depreciate largely In value, we
have before us the great difficulty with
which even the best banks have been
contending. Panics should be stopped
at the moment Of their inception !; "a
with fires, In the first spark Is the dan.
ger. and that spark, in nine cases out
Of ten, is incendlary. A panic ought
to be impossible. aud depositors, I'M
less forced to realize, should rather as
sist than endeavor to destroy the cred
it. cripple the resources, or force the
suspension OF the bank upon whose
credit and standing both their own
safety and the welfare Of their commu-
nity depend,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-10-16

TIE London Builder says that a rail.
road Is to be constructed which will
have but q single rail. The carriages
have but a single row Of central wheels
ranged q Ia bicycle.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-10-16
GLOBE MINING COMPANY
Location of princlpal place OF business

U Location Of principal place OF business
San Francisco, California.
Location Of works, Gold Hill Mining District
Storey county, Nevada.
Notice IL hereby given that at q meeting Of the
Board OF Directors, held on the 14th day Of Oc'
tober. lS73, an assessment mo. y Of Ftny Cent?
per share was levied upon the capital stock o.
the corporation, payable Immediately, In United
States gold coin. 10 the Secretary, at tho ONCE OIL
the Company, Room No. 96 No. 40 California
street, San Francisco. California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shal
remain unpaid on the nth day Of October, 1873,
will be delinquent, and advertised for sale at
public auction. and un.e.s payment IL made DO.
fore, will be sold en- the Sth day OF December,
1873, to pay the delinquent assessment, together
with costs OF advertising and expenses OF sale.
JOSEPH MAGUIRE. Secretary.
ohice-Room % No. 40 California street, san
Francisco, Cal. oclo 70
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-10-16
NO EASTERN MAIL.

We had no Eastern mail this morn
Ing. and our State news Is, therefore,
limited.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-10-16

THE granite block for the pedestal
of the statue of Gen. Scott weighs 120
tons, aud has reached Washington.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-10-16

ANNIVERSARY BALL
OF THE SOCIETY OF
PACIFIC COAST PIONEERS
AND.
CELEBRATION OF THE ADMISSION
OF NEVADA INTO THE UNION,
4 ....'' THE EVENING or. a
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 81, 1873,
IN THE MAGNIFICENT HEw HALL OF
ODD FELLOWS BUILDING,
VIRGINIA CITY.
Committee OF Arrangements:
WDCG Gibson, Ri Taylor.
Will Campbell, Seymour Pixlcy,
VIII Thomas. All Tresdway,
cCO W IucuiC.
Committee of Invitation:
VIRGINIA CITY.
DrSA McMcans, AJTyrrell,
W Sheppard. j Smith.
Patrick Flanagan, Hon VIII Campbell,
Geo Z Fcrrend, Matt Reddlng,
Jacob Rein, Joseph b Nelson,
CMoinet.
GOLD I'LL
wv Noyes, Blanchard,
AID Moore, Samuel L Jones,
VIM II Mcservc, wDCG Gibson,
Seymour Pixley.
SILVER CITY.
John " Grier. William Thomas,
Charles G Robedec.
EMPIRE.
Milton r Elstner.
CARSON CITY.
AID Trcadway. Lyman.
Hon W W Hobart, Geo W Chedic,
Geo L Gibson, Augustus Lewis.
Committee of Reception:
Storcr, F. Titus,
PD Beebe, Frank Morrill,,
Vincent Elliott.
Floor Managers:
WV Tinker, Samuel Jones,
AL Edwards, Hon ii Fitz.lmons,
William Thomas, s Marietta.
Floor Director:
Hon r II Taylor.
III 50 0O
Including supper and admitting a gentleman
and ladies', can be obtained Of any member OF
the society. Ocll I'd
The New York herald., 1873-08-31
EUROPEAN STEAMSHJPs.

IroR CARDIFF. BklsToL LONDON AND ALL
IL other points in England and Walea
The South Wales Atlantic steamship Company's new
first class steamships will sail from Pennsylvania Rail
road wharf, Jersey City, as followr.- -
GLAMok0AN.. September II
First cabin passage, s7s and ssh currency; second
CABIN soo currency; steerage, $S, currency PREPAID
for 81 and upwards For iurther particulars apply 70
ARCHIBALD BAXTER Co, Agents.
II Broadway, New York.
The New York herald., 1873-08-31
EXCURSIONS.

GRAND OCEAN EXCURSION TO THE FISHING
"A Banks, giving fine view OF barDor and forunca-
uons.-Tbe new fast and elegant saloon steamer TIVE
leave Eighth street. East River, at Peek slip 1885,
30 and pier No q, o. dinner refreshments bait ahi
lines on hoard Tickets 81: ladies &c. Good music.
The New York herald., 1873-08-31
EXCURSIONS.

HOY FOR ROCKAwAY BEACH EVERY SUNDAY
n steamer AMERICUS In place of Nelly White, leaves
Peck slip, Fast RIVER ats 80 An ;lsPn ChristSpherr
Riyer IA H., +. u: Martins dock. Brooklyn, 80
An, NJ Returning leaves the beach at IL A. NJ and
The New York herald., 1873-08-31

CUNDAY MORNING BOAT FOR NEwBURa AND
- Iona Island, iare 5Oc.-The iast steamer THOMAS
CULLlER will leave from Harrison street per every
Sunday morning at o'clock, landing at Christopher
ing az Yonkers, Hastings, ,Dobbs', Terry, Sing
Cornwall Returning will leave Newburg at q o'c lock,
arriving in New YORK at As.
The New York herald., 1873-08-31

PHNNsYLvANIA RAILROAD.
Trains leave New York, from foot Of Desbrosses and
EXPRESS Harrisburg, Pttsburs the West and South,
sn fsmsa NJ sanass rala's GH5: s'f.ihsd $3.50 A and
Tsy ss AR U. ns sfa andsy
Hsp5sis sS to rspfs1Ps sna & aiss sasasS
FGr shisasaRniA sasas1 so yf ksn''ns0n at A. and s0
F%tssss Eol Ess.sR sHd i stfGpe slis'
is sS sS s + "a and u 1r H. and u night sunday
ss ~ il? T. sas a. issst' s 'i ssnsss az s. s
'?r $AGsTsy - . s,s 4 T. sh
For %9sdeTdge q .ad apd Perth Amboy, and 10 A. NJ $50
sN s;!o 80 81. n. and L night sunday, ID is %
For East Millstone. sloA: n, u noon 4 and s:soPM
"a %ls.$$I ''' '
Sos @SS SsS SS Camden NJ and via
Trains G arri1e S's as locSsFrSm Pittsburg
III sS saceSi NJ Son.y SSA Wash ss@ saS
more via Pennsylvania Air Line $40 An -, and
n s1p$rE Si's tiS% s.Isssass'Ins
,oT Sss SS.s ssS ~ .as
4. j. cXssATr OUNCE NO. 'a'"'' 3 PM n BOYD, Jr.,
y SPECIAL NOTICE.
Steamer RHODE ISLAND viii MAKE Hesnss he Est a' rp
aS f" ns~ of as the day ns steamer on August %
m hs nc ma. dssrous Of stu retaining the popular
adyansages win place upoa night line, in sSnheeiien
oS and S&kkaSxSsnp o ps NIS.
the new and masnieeGI;snnsh eI;nhn atesm,r iS1axn
thus ahordne Eastern passengers the privilege OF transit
The New York herald., 1873-08-31

CPEClAL N0TICE-ruH SpLEnDlD STBAMSHiP
- WISCONSIN, sailing Wednesday ser'-nber 8, VIII
carry limited number OF Intermediate passengers q.
StQ currency Apply to WILLIAMS GUION, 29 Broad
The New York herald., 1873-08-31
BOARDERs WANTED.

I BLOCK WEST or pBROADWAY-LAR0E OR SMALL
Rooms, nicely furnished, and good Board, to semitic
men Nc or gentleman and wilei private American family
EXCHANGED
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-05-03
City VS.. Country Newspapers.

The city weekly newspaper is usually
made up from reading matter used and
paid for by the daily paper ; hence 1t
costs but little; while the country paper,
on account of the limited amount of the
local advertising patronage, cannot af-
ford daily, and must make its weekly
from matter expressly prepared for its
columns.
The city paper is made general in
character, adapted to one part of the
country as well as another, and conse-
auently has wide field for circulation;
while the country paper must be made
local, and adapted to its particular latl-
tude, hence its circulation is limited to
its particular locality. But does the
city paper answer the purpose, and sat
isfy the wants of the country reader ?
By no means.
The paper published in the city re-
alizes thousands of dollars from its ad-
vertising patronage, while the local
country paper gets but a meager sup
port from this source. The principal
clerk in one of the agricultural news
paper offices in New York informed us
that the advertising patronage of their
paper amounted to an annual income OF
over one hundred thousand dollars.
And yet the people of the country ex-
peot the local paper to be furnished at a
lower price than the city monopoly.
And while he pays cash in advance for
his city paper, he puts his home paper
off with promise to pay when he sells
his produce after harvest, or when he
gets ready, and can best spare the
money, at the end Of from one to three
years.
The tendency of such procedure on
the part of some delinquent subscribers,
as well as the recent act of Congress,
taking away from country publishers
and their county subscribers the only
boon they ever al lowed them to have,
will require the utmost economy in the
conducting of the country papers.
The best way for subscribers to en-
courage their papers and keep them up
to their present standard, is to be
prompt in their payments. Exchange.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-05-03
A Murderer Dying.

James g. King, the lawyer who killed
O'Neill some months ago on the stair
way leading from a law office in New
York, and who has been confined in the
Tombs ever since, it is now pretty GER
tain will never be tried. King, since
the day he committed the deed for
which he entered the Tombs prison, has
been sinking under the weight of sew
eral diseases, and has now come to such
a pass that he cannot rise from his bed.
Indeed the trial, which was to have been
on some time since, has been postponed
from time to time, to allow King to re-
gain his health sufficiently to appear in
court. Instead of this, however, he has
been growing worse, and it is now GER
tain that he can neverrecover his health.
He never leaves his bed, and lies on it
constantly without moving, being unable
even to sit up. 1t has been clear for
some time past that he was not well, but
it is only within the last few days that
the extent of his disease has become
known.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-05-03

Crowds of Northern men flock to
Enterprise during the winter, and many
of them employ their time in hunting
alligators, The guests sit upon the
verandah of the hotel hour after hour
polishing alligator teeth with sandpaper
and buckskin. Every day somebody
brings in an alligator which has been
shot in the vicinity. After killing the
alligator, the men hitch him to the
stern of their boat with a chain and
tow him to the beach in front of the
hotel They then hire a negro to cut
off his head and skin him. After the
head is cut off it is buried for two
weeks. This is necessary to secure the
monsters teeth. It is amusing to see
eminent bankers, ministers, judges, and
others watching a spot in the ground,
near the hotel, where they have buried
an alligator's head. Occasionally some
gentleman gets hold of the wrong head,
and then there is a row. Everybody
seems crazy on the subject of alligator
teeth. They sell from two dollars
apiece up to five dollars. [ saw one
tooth five inches long sold to Capt. Tom
Reeves for twenty dollars. Some ne
groes make fair living by carving
flowers and curious figures on the
teeth
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-05-03
Hard Drinking Times.

1t was hard drinking time, says q
letter writer, referring to many years
ago in the old country, time Of bac-
chanalian toasts and royal bumpers,
when gentlemen" sat down early to,
and rose up late from, the dining table
when at certain periods of the evening
q boy was introduced under the table to
unloose the neckcloths of gentlemen
who fell down drunk; and when a re-
monstrance at some one more temperate
than another passing the decanter was
thought to be more stringent ii it was
enforced by calling attention to the fact
THAT the night was young yet--tne cal
lant's not under the table," All classes
of society drank, and drank frequently
to excess too. A jovial farmer would
go into tavern when the landlady was
"setting" hen, and would never come
out again until the chickens were run
ming about. His superiors might not
carry things to such an excess, but q
two days drinking-bout was thought
the most common thing in the world,
and the capacity for standing certain
number of bottles the test of thorough
good fellow These were the days of
fve-bottle men, and in st. Andrews
University was a students club called
the Nine Tumbler Club, the test of fit
ness for entrance into which was the
ability of the candidate, after drinking
nine tumblers of hot whiskey toddy, to
pronounce articulately the words, "Bib-
li-cal criticism" A miserly old laird
used to make it his boast, that so popu-
lar man was he that he could go to
market with sixpence in his pocket, and
come home drunk with the sixpence
still in it.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-05-03
Put Her Through.

The steamer Cassini, which lately
reached Philadelphia, after long pass
age from Liverpool, was evidently com
manded by an officer with a genius for
the healing art. The ship ran out of
coal, and rather than run the risk of
putting into Halifax, her commander
used parts of the cargo for fuel. He
first selected quantity of asafetida,
and with this odorous drug fumigrated
his passengers until he felt assured that
they were safe from contracting any dis
ease of typhoid character. This novel
practice he fellewed up by burning vast
quantities of Peruvian bark, whereby
he evidently believed that he would rem
der his passengers proof against the
malarious poison which they would en-
counter in Philadelphia. Other articles,
most of which are new to the materia
medica, were subsequently packed into
the furnaces, and the steamer was
brought triumphantly into port, his
passengers being in vigorous health and
full of gratitude to their medicinal cap
tain.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-05-03

THE MARRIAGE SERvIoE.-An English
clergyman lately reported in an evening
contemporary some of the blunders he
had heard in the marriage service by
that class of persons who have to pick
up the words as best they can by hear
ing them repeated by others. He said
that in his own parish it was quite the
fashion for man, when giving the
ring, to say to the woman, "With my
body thee wash up, and with all my
hurdle goods / thee and thou" He
said the women were generally better
up in this part of the service than the
men. One day, however, a bride start
led him by promising, in what she sup
posed to be the language of the prayer
book, to take her husband "to ave and
to old from this day form fer betterer
horse for richer power, in siggerness
health to love cherries, and to bay"
What meaning this extraordinary vow
conveyed to her own mind the clergy
man said it bafled him to conjecture.