The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-05-15

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summer of the year 1865 Bill Stewart, the
honorable Senator who has so long mis-
represented the people of the State of
Nevada in the Senate of the United
States made visit to Nevada in order to
make a second run for his position A
delegation of the Union Club went from
Reno to Wadsworth, the then terminus of
the Central Pacific Railroad, to meet the
honorable bull-whacker and escort him to
Reno. William arrived about l 4. NJ.
from Austin, by stage; with him were
George c. Gorham, Tom Fitch and two or
three more political hoOdlums- Poor Joe
Cults, 4 fine lawyer and honest gentleman,
was President pro tenn. Of the Reno Club.
Cults (since dead) knew Bill when he
used to drive bulls. and after calling the
members of the Union Club together, in
troduced them to the Senator. Said good.
honest Joe Cuts: "Bill. times have
changed within few years; you have no
more brains than jackass-still your
cheek has carried you ahead Do yOu
remember, Bill, when was County Judge
in California, and YOU used 10 pass my
office with the sleeve of your shirt hang
ing out of your trousers leg-and you
were singing out whoa-haw to them old
bulls belonging to the sawmill? And here
you are the Hon. ". NJ Stewart. United
States Senator, and | am poor old Joe
Cuts still But Bill" said our departed
friend, 4 am poor and honest, whilst YOU
are rich and as big n rascal as the country
ever knew."-Nerdda Daily Tribune, Mayl.
SISGULAR ACCIDENT.-The Yuba CITY
Banner tells the last snake story, as fol-
lows: Recently the Rev. Lewis ThOmp-
son, travelling book agent from Sacra-
mento, left Gridley's station in q one-horse
open-topped buggy, and was approaching
Yuba City on the North Butte road. When
about four miles from this place, driving
slowly along, he was suddenly startled by
1 large spotted snake standing upright be-
fore him in the front of his buggy. SO
great was his fright that he fell back
wards over the seat upon the ground,
striking about the head and shoulders,
and receiving severe injuries about the
spine. He was taken to the residence of
Rev. L. Harrow, near by, and DR.. Hamlin
of this city sent for, to whom We are.in-
debted for this information 1t is thought
some mischievOus person placed the rep
tile in the buggy at Gridleys, from where
Mr.. Thompson departed very early in the
morning, and that the snake. after becom-
ing warmed up, and stimulated by his
long ride, assumed the defiant attitude"
A Massachusetts, farmer saws: INV
cattle will follow me until / leave the
lot, and on the way up to the barn-yard
in the evening stop and call for a lock Of
hay.n Smithson says there is nothing
at all remarkable in that. He went
into barn-yard in the country one day
last week, where he had not the slight
est aequaintanc with the cattle, and the
old bull not only followed him till be
LETT the lot, but took the gate off the
hinges aud raced with him to the house
in the most familiar manner possible
Smithson says he had no doubt that tne
old fellow would have called ior iI s9m
! thing if he had waited littis "t1i1e5 LIZ
/ but he didn't want to keep Tue N H. %
waiting dinner; so he hung one one on o,1t The @
,, his coat and PS piece GsOt 0t into int the house,