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BACK PAY AND PAY IN ADVANCE.

Much as has been said in denuncia-
ton of the "back-pay swindle," it may
not be generally known that part OF
the back pay bill provides that all mem
bers, whose credentials in proper form
are filed with the Clerk, and where no.
tice Of contest is not received, may re-
ceive their compensation monthly from
the beginning of their term till the be-
ginning of the first session Of Congress.
and to avoid tine difficulty presented by
the old law, of requiring the certificate
of the Speaker (since there is no Speak
err the certificate of the Clerk, who is
the only officer in the House OF Repre-
sentatives who holds over, is made sutfi-
cient. All members are now drawing
1925 per month each, except in contest
ed cases, and the salaries drawn before
a single days service is performed in
December will be for each member
S5,625, or $685. more than his annual
pay under the old law. In the Third
District of Massachusetts, and the Sixth
Distric. of New York there are vacancies
and elections to fill them will be held on
the Tuesday after the first Monday in
November. Those who successfully
compete for these places, will inherit an
even five thousand dollars, which he
may draw upon presentation of his GER
tificate of election, and before he has
taken his seat, been sworn in, or done a
days service for his constituents. The
lobby, and the pack pay, and the front
pay all together make a Congressman
unite n fellow.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-07-30
GLEANINGs FROM EXCHANGES.

In 1853 the mercury lin the shade)
marked lis degrees at Coloma for many
days. In 1854 it rose in damon Springs
several times to ia and 115. In 1859
one day it rose to III at San Andreas;
the same day 121 at Knights Ferry, and
to 1873 lin the shade) at several places in
Santa Barbara and San Bernardino. This
last rise was too much for animal life.
Birds fell dead from the trees and cattle
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Foreign News.

BAYoNSE, July rs.
1t is reported that a severe engage
ment has taken place near Pampeluna,
between the Republicans and Carlists,
in which the latter were successful. Two
guns and 800 prisoners are said to have
been captured by the Royalists.
MADRID, July 29.
1t is reported that the Republican artil-
lery-men in Valencia have the insurgents.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-07-30

La PaL Mining COmpany.-LOca-
tion Of principal place of business San Fran
cisco, Cal. location of works, Ely Mining Dis
trict, Lincoln county, State of Nevada.-Notice
is hereby given that at meeting of the Trus-
tees Of said Company, held on the 10th
day Of June, 1873, an assessment of fifty
cents per share was levied upon the cap
ital stock of said Company, payable imme-
diately, in United States gold coin. 20 the Sec
Rotary of said Company, at the office OF said
Company Room No. !, No. 4llk California
street, San Francisco, Cal.
Any stock upon which said assessment shall
remain unpaid on Monday, the 2Ist day
of July, 1873, shall be deemed delinquent,
and will be duly advertised for sale at public
auction, and unless payment shall be made
before, will be sold on Friday, the 18th
day Of August, 1873, to pay the delinquent
assessment. together with costs of advertising
and expenses Of the sale.
By order of the Board of Trustees.
W. ". HOPKINS, Secretary.
Office Room No. l, 4l1h California street,
San Francisco, Cal. je2l-td
POstpOnement.
At meeting of the Board of Trustees of the
La Paz Mining Company, held this day, the
time fixed i'll the above notice for the sale of de-
linquent stock was postponed from Friday, the
18th day of August, 1873, to Monday, the
list day Of September, 1873.
W. W. HOPKINS, Secretary.
San Francisco, Cal, July %, 1873. jy29.td
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-07-30

PIocHE.-From letter to the Salt
Lake Herald we clip the following:
As Phoebe is getting her Eastern goods
from and through Salt Lake, and the
Western from San Francisco direct, there
is no danger about any shortage or want
of supply for this market. All seem to
have an abiding faith that this fall will
be very lively 1--WE don't refer to the
shooting, for that seems lively enough
now and the goose will hang high for
all classes of business. In a word,
Phoebe is lively place, and We wish you
would push your road toward us a little
faster and give us an official call. Till
then, adieu.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-07-30

In an article on the charges of ey-
District Attorney Bates the Salt Lake
journal concludes:
We venture to predict that the ex-
United States Attorney will never pro-
duce the slightest proof of any of his
charges, but will specifically and tear
fully deny that he ever meant to say any,
thing rejecting on anybody; and yet
newspapers will give credence to his
bosh. What credulity!
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-07-30

INSANITY EXTRAORDINARY pa
pers have teemed with articles on insanl-
ty for the past year or two, having been
moved thereto by the plea of insanity so
often advanced by counsellor the defense
in murder cases. The most singular in
stance we have yer heard of occurred in
Yolo county. Cal, recently. The case
is that of man who coniesses himself
an incendiary, and who says that when
in liquor he cannot resist the impulse to
set buildings on fire. An article from
the Yolo Mail gives the following partic-
ulars:
Lately two mysterious fires occurred ut
Woodland, lolo county, and no one
could account for the origin. 4 day or
two after the last fire, IL man named Ed
ward Nickerson delivered himself up to
the police and voluntarily confessed HIM
self the author of both. He said he had
been drinking freely and that whenever
he did so he was always seized with an
uncomfortable impulse TO burn buildings.
He did not even know the owners, and
had not the slightest motive for being an
incendiary; but whenever he INDUCED
in drink, he became such in spite o.
himself. After commitment for exami
nation, he was interviewed by some o
the officers and three medical gentlemen
1t seems that some three weeks ago Mar
shal Strong received through the Post
office a letter signed MARY - reAuestin
him to put the police on watch for
man who would be certain to set build
ings on fire if he got drinking, and CIV
ing detailed description of the individ
ual. Nickerson was asked if he coult
surmise who had written that letter
His reply was that he had written
himself, giving as accurately as possibl
a description of his own person, in tn
hope that if he got to drinking the polio
might arrest him before he could do an
mischief. The case is a strange one, an
perhaps furnishes a new type of insal
ity
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Caution,

TUE PUBLIC WILL PLEASE TAKE No
L tice that / am il no manner CONNECTED
with the stockton House ON Meadow Valley
street. that will pay no debts contracted for
the support of that establishment, and that
am not. as might he supposed, the husband Of
the proprietress, who calls herself Mrs Mitch,
ell. but whose real name is Mary Corcoran.
fy23.2w THOMAS MITCHELL,
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RECORD BUSINESS OFFICE RE-
MOVED.

The Business Office of the PIocHE
DAILY RECORD will be hereafter in the
Office of H. r. Breakey, at Michaels
cigar store, Main street, opposite
Meadow Valley.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-07-30

THIRTEEN hundred and twelve pounds
of mixed bullion, gold and silver, was
received on Friday at the Carson Mint,
sent down from the Crown Point mine
for melting and assay. Large deposits
of silver bullion are being received daily
to be coined into trade dollars.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-07-30

HoN. A. A. SARGENT publishes card
in the San Francisco Alta of July %, in
which he denies that he is stakeholder
IL the Central Pacific Railroad Company.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-07-30

IL Gold Hill, at 2 p. IN. on Saturday
shaded thermometer showed temper
ture of 92 degrees.
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Notice to Creditors

A GAINST THE ESTATE OF MISS fANN ~
N PETERSON.-Notice is hereby give, IL, y.
the undersigned. Executrix of the estate Of MIS-
Fannie Peterson, deceased to the creditors IVA "a
and all persons having claims against tne s .hs
deceased, to present them on or oeiole ' ny
27th day of July, 1873, as after that da'e nv
claims will be allowed. -
ELIZA LAWSON, EIeeutri1,
Phoebe, New. July IS, 1873. Ns-'"
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Dissolution.

rIIE COMPREHENSIVE HERETOFORE EX.
L listing between the undersigned is this day
dissolved by mutual consent A. Mcmahon
continues the business. All debts are payable
to him. All liabilities of the firm late proprie'
tors of the Occidental Saloon will be settled by
A. Mcmahon. o. NJ. CONVERSE,
A, MCMAHON.
Rullinpyille July 10 1873 iylh3t
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-07-30

GOLD at Salt Lake July 25th: Buying,
1857; selling, 115hs; greenbacks, 50.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-07-30
SheriFs Sale.

DY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION ISSUED
ID ont of the District Court, in and for the
county OF Lincoln, state of Nevada, and to me
directed and delivered, for Judgment rendered
in said Court, on the 10th day OF July ~
1873. in favor of J. G. Armstrong and against D.
P. Cullen and W. Scanlin, for the sum OF zen
hundred and ninety dollars damages, together
with one hundred and sixty-one dollars VA
costs and all aecruing costs, have ieViea "
the following property, to wit: All and singular
that certain town lot situated IN said toWhoi
Phoebe. lying on the southerly side OF MEADOW
Valley street, being bounded on the westerly
side by the store and lot OF Clute Young anu
on the easterly side by the property owned y
Sherwood, and which is known as the oiu
Theater " building, and which is now USED "
restaurant and lodging-hsuse. Notice Is hetep!
given that on
Tuesday, the Fifth day Of August
A. D., 1873,
At ~ O'Clock, NJ. l will sell all the righ', t.le
and interest of said defendant in and TO 'ne Aoo.e
described property, at the Court House dooI' ~ ~
Phoebe. Nevada, at public auction, for easn ~
hand. TO the highest and best bidder, TO satsi'
said execution and all costs.
July Is 1873, W. 5. TRAVIS, ener al
BY b. II. HEREFORD, Deputy. Hp-ooe-.
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alew To-lag.
Notice! Notice!

OFFICE FLORAL SPRINGS WATER Co..,
July 80, 1873.
THE FOLLOWING REGULATIONS HAVE
been duly adopted by resolution of the
buArl VI Trustees of the
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-07-30

the late term of this Court fifty-six cases
were passed upon, in fourteen of which
the judgements appealed from were re-
versed, twenty-five affirmed, two re-
versed upon stipulation, two modified,
and one. case were remanded for further
proceedings, Three appeals We're dis
missed one application for mandamus
was granted and denied; five applications
for rehearsing was granted and five de-
MED. Forty opinions were filed, involv-
ing various questions of law and prac-
tice. Numerous motions were considered
and dis Sed of.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-07-30

THE BENDER FAM1LY.-From the Salt
Lake Herald, Of the 9th, We copy the
following:
Some six days ago, half naked wo-
man came down out of the mountains
back of Provo, the capital OF Utah coun-
ty, and into the residence of a gentleman
living near that city. She made a most
remarkable statement, TO the effect that
she had come from Montana, was a
Catholic, and was doing penance for a
grieyous sin she had committed, She
$ id, also, that she had lived on roots
and berries in the mountains. The Mar
shall of Provo went to the place and
found that the strange woman answered
the description of Katie Bender in every
particular, except that she looked older
than the published description indicated,
and her ears We're not pierced.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-07-30
New YoRK, July 20.

The notorious Yves. Allen, Sing Sing
convict, refused yesterday to join party
OF fellow convicts who were being sent to
auburn. He retreated into his cell and
armed himself with knife. When the
authorities were about to attack him, he
pointed to a can of nitro-glycerine, which
he had with him in his cell, threatening
to blow up the prison if molested. The
officers then retreated.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-07-30

Cholera is prevailing on the planta-
ton below here, TO a considerable ex-
tent. Eleven deaths occurred since Fri
day on the plantation. None in the city
yet.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-08-29
SsSH,,EYIs:N AND A f1AE.l PER
GENT,

A report OF the proceedings Of a
meeting Of the Stockholders Of the Tai
lalassee Manufacturing Company, held
IN NEnnt~n,nnry on January %, 1873,
has inst reached u.s. The President
shows that the net gains for the year
1872 were 1928 ,3S1, being over nineteen
and u hult per cent. on the capital
stock of the company.
The Same report shows that, when
trade became dull and cotton high, an
entire change was made i'll the kinds OF
goods Dro.Iuccd Instead of heavy
shcctinGs and shirtings light sheetings
were made, and all the yarn machinery
was run on numbers above twenty
This enabled the mills to go safely
| through q season of high cotton and
low priced goods without a"cumula-
| ting any stock, and to work off, at good
prices, the stock previously accumula-
! tod. The President, benjamin IL.
NIicou Esq, points ont the great adj
vantages the spinning business pos
scsscs over the business of weaving
into fabrics. In the first, if you find
conr@e goods made of high-priced
cotton begin to accumulate. in face OF
an expected decline in cotton, yon can
with f.cility change at once to finer
yarns, and, by the reverse of this rule
when cotton is low you can change
from finer to coarser yarns. Tho
change in the style of cloth prodncee
cannot be made with the same facility
The Tallahassee Mills are evidentl,
: well managed. Their net profits TO
eighteen months were as follows
Six months end,n June 30, 1872 -S56, 81
SIX months ending y crm"er -, 1s'..-- 6t5
Six months ending June 50, 1>13 3.....-... Sl,n1
,, And we firmly believe that any we'll
managed cotton mill III the South cal
accomplished at least approximateresnlts
: Where, then, can capital be employee
: to better advantage?
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The Cape Fear.

The water III the Cape Fear river is
now very high, there being rise of
81 feet at Fayetteviiie. The lcwlands
along the river are all overflowed, and
We regret to learn that q severe loss
will be Cn-ailed. in consequence. upon
some OF the farmers in Bladen and
New Hanover. \ week ago the low
laud crops were very fine, and tho
who had sweated and toiIed through
the long Spring and Summer months.
saw the near approach of Il bolmtiful
harvest, but the floods came and the
crops are now ruined. In some places,
it is true, the ruin is more general
than i'll others, but there are few who
will escape. One gentleman from
Baden says that, a week ago. he could
count with some certainty upon gath
ering 5000 bushels of corn, but now
he Will DO we'll if he gets 800. We
trust. however, that the evil may not
prove as great, eventually, as is now
apprcHended, although the waters are
still rising. and accounts from the in
terror of the State speak of continued
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a RlIt E2Nl.

They say that the chief astronomer
at the Washington Observatory was
dreadfully sold the Other day. \ wicked
bOy. whose SImIay-SclOOl experience
seems only to have made him more lie
prayed, caught n firc-iiv, and stuck It.
with the aid Of some mHsc!aCe, III the
centre of the largest lens III the tc!c@-
cope. That night, when the ;sstrGno-
mcr went to work. he por5eivc.l Il hlHZ"
Of light apparently in the heavens and
what amazed Inn mere was that II
would give couple OF spirts ard then
die ont, only 10 huat ont again III q
second or two. He examined II few
moments carefully, and thcn began 10
do sr1n1s to discover where in thA hCa-
vcn that extraordinary star was placed.
He thought he fonnl The locality, and
the next morning be telc"raphc,i all
Oyc7- the universe that he bad discover
! cd Il new and remarkable star of :hc
| third magnitude in Orion. In II day
or two all the astronomers in america
and Europe were studying Orion, and
they cazed at it for hours until
| they were mad, and then they began to
telegraph to the man ut Washington to
know what he mcaHt. The dlscoveror
| took another look and found thai the
new star had moved about elgitto, n
billion miles in twenty-four hours, and
upon examining it more closely he be
came very much alarmed TO find that il
had legs! When he went cut on the
dome, the next morning, to polish n
his glass, he found the lightning bag
People down in Alexandria, sever
miles distant, heard part Of the sweat
ing, and they say that he infused into
it much whole-sOulcl siccrity and Wig
orou5 energy. The bills for telegrnrhi'
dispatches amounted to .-2,6G0, ant
now the astronomer wants to tind tha
boy. He wishes to consult with I'm
about something. g.-Na.c 1dctCr.
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E:sss rIEE;EtNe..

The meeting OF complaining tax
payers at, South Washington yester-
day, WAS one Of the largest, and by far
the most enthusiastic, meetings we
ever attended IL New Hanover county.
These people are terribly in earnest,
and they mean business.
The speeches were listened to with
marked attention, and funds w-ro
raised to employ counsel. Jr.d8lnG
from the very many instances of indi-
vidulal hardship which was brought
to our notice we are satisfied that a
more unjust and arbitrary action Was
never perpetrated than that OF the
County Commissioners in their sweep
ing increase of the assessments of the
lands in several OF the townships,
without proper notice, without cvi-
dence, without information Of any
kind
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-08-29
:sATES OF ADVERTISING.

by the presence of the lawyer. who
helped her into the carriage, and all
We're driven away. They proceeded to
the residence of clergyman, where
they were evidently expected. as they
We're promptly shown into the parlor.
The reverend gentleman entered, and
the lawyer stepped forward with MIRA.
eve are the couple, sir.
The marriage ceremony of the
Episcopal Church was performed. a
certificate was made ont, the two
friends signed as witnesses. and. the
Quartette were soon again seated in the
carriage.
<'Drive to the Court House." aid
Mr.. Temple to the driver.
The Surrogate, the clerk, Robert
kilborne, lawyer Whittemore, and a
few others were in the Surrogate's
Office when. the wedding party entered.
1t was Just twelve O'Clock. The will
was read, and Robert turned supercil-
lorsiy 10 hiyra for her decision.
''WIn you sign the agreement TO
marry me?" he asked.
NO" she replied.
F'Then You resign the property to
me ?" aud q gleam of triumph shot
from his eyes.
ssNo."
'E,Fho will provides said Mr..
Temple, ''that she shall take the for
tune if married at the time of its OPEN
ing. She is married TO me, and there
IS the certiticate The ceremony was
performed an hour ago"
There was no one to question the
validity of the document, or the fact
that, under the circumstances, Myra
WAS entitled to the estate.
On the same day proceedings We're
instituted by Mr.. Temple On behalf of
hlyra, to Obtain Tor her divorce from
himself. abandonment" WAS the
ground. \ few days later Harry re-
turned, and before the day appointed
for ms marriage to NIyra, she had oh
ta1net her divorce from Mr.. Temple
The latter was one OF the jolliest of
the guests.
''lf it hadn't been for you" began
the grateful bride.
"Stop," interrupted Mr.. Temple,
"I'll put it all III my bill For the
viii suit, SO many dollars; for the di-
vorce suit so many dollars; so yon see
[ am the one to he grateful, after all. -
Eut no bill for legal services was
ever paid with 4 better grace.
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tuiion of the State. it presents Il very
hopeful view to the property owners i'll
this unfortunate village. But the
heart Of the people in the village has
well nigh lost its capacity for hope
even that its future will equal its past,
So long las it been weighed down by
its load of oppression, that its old
time power of rebound has been well
nigh lost. The village people have
little or none of that buoyancy of feel
ing now manifest in their country
friends.
But to return TO Olr iron. The bet
ter opinion seems to be that going
down Il certain depth the whole hill
Will be found to be almost, if not quite,
{. solid mass or bed of iron ore. Thus
far, however, the several veins are as
separate and distinct from each other
as the several fingers upon ones hand,
and living there in all their present
nakcdness, seem rather to be the
mighty thews and sinews Of some giant
creature, laid bare by the knife of the
surgeon
Further explorations will doubtless
expose other veins, and may possibly
be made at some future day to crafty
curiosity, possibly, tho amount already
exposed being sufficient to satisfy even
tho greed Of Simon Cameron for iron.
Unfortunately. We were obliged to
defer our visit to the mine until after
the departure of General Hoke but
foi This we would have been able to
give q much more interesting dcscrlp-
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Am Iowa WOman,s PeculiaritieS.

The Davenport Gowao Democrat, in
noticing the report of the performances
of j. r. Brown, lately published in the
Chicago newspapers. says that highly
educated and refined lady of that city,
Mrs. Bleik Peters, possesses the same
remarkable powers. Though adverse
to exhibiting her peculiar ''psychic"
state, it says she occasionally astonishes
her friends by performing the most
marvellous feats while in Il state of SEEM
ing somnambulance, and it is not at all
necessary that she should be thrown
into mesmeric trance to elicit those
powers. AS in the case of the young
man from Red Oak, simple contact
with the party knowing the secret work
to be performed is sufficient The edi-
tor of the Democrat says that he has
tested the lady's occult faculty on sew
eral occasions. Once in particular, he
placed his watch in n box. locked the
box and placed the key in third party S
pocket; then placed the box in IL basket,
and, after tying all the hard knots he
could invent, hid the basket in an adj
jacent room, no one but himself being
cogniZant of the facts. He then re-
solved that the lady should discover
the watch and place it in her husband s
hands. He, without intimating an idea
of his desire. merely layed his hand
gently upon the lady. She Immediate
ly closed her eyes and glided rather
than walked to the door of the room,
opened it, went to the table, and took
up the basket, leasurely united the
knots, took out the box, went TO the
gentleman who had the key, which Oh
tainirg. she unlocked the box, took ont
the watch. and placing it in the hands
of her husband, started ut once into the
realization Of having performed some
involuntary act. This lady is suscepti
bic to the influence at all times, and
from any friendly hand, SO that mes
meric power seems to have nothing to
do with it. So powerful is the control
which her husband has over her intel
lectual faculties that he can control her
actions when out of sight and some dis
tance away. He has been known to
sit in the garden while the lady was
busted about her household duties,
and by mere act of volition has en-
forced obedience to his unuttered
wishes.