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Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-05-03
DESCRIPTION OF PRISONERS.


TIM MCNAMARA; A native OF Ireland; aged
81 years; height feet l0Ii inches Shoes blue
eyes, light brown hair, red beard, scar on left
hip, scar on right side of back under shoulder
blade, made by knife, mole on back of right
elbow. Sent from Storey county, Sept 6, 1867,
for years, for manslaughter.
VIM. FORREST; Aged 25 years; trade, machin-
list; dark brown curly hair, blue eyes, large scar
on foretnger knuckle of left hand. Sent from
Storey county February II, 1870, for years, for
burglary.
THOMAS hebron; A native Of Florida;
aged IS years; height feet, hazel eyes (wsteryl,
dark brown hair, long face, blood veins in right
leg badly swollen, scar on left hip, shot in
shoulder in attempting to break prison Dec. l,
1870 Sent from Elko county March ., 1870.
Sentenced for life, for burglary.
CHARLES JONES; Native Of Ohio, aged 25
years; weight l49lbs.; light brown hoir, hazel
eyes, scar on right hand, ship in india ink on
left arm, small ears. Sent from White Pine
county March II, 1870, for 10 years, for murder
End degree.
DAVID LYNCH; Native Of New York, age q
years. height feet inches, weight 155lbs.
blue eyes. brown hair, sandy beard, four dots in
india ink on left hand, star on right hand in
india ink, Goddess of Liberty and American
flag in red and blue ink on right arm, over
which is three stars wreath and heart; two
hands on left arm in red and blue ink, Sent
from White Pine county April %, 1870. for 3
years for grand larceny.
L. q. WATSON; Native Of Michigan age 20
years; height .eet 10 inches, weight 16Olbs.;
blue eyes, dark brown hair, spare face, scar on
back OF neck Sent from Elko county, June "a,
1870, for % years, for robbery.
ELIJAH INGRAM; Native Of New York; age
Al years; light blue eyes, light brown hair, light
brown beard long spare face, mole on right
shoulder, scar on inside of right thigh, scar on
right side Of forehead. Sent from Nye county
Sept. Is, 1870 for 20 years, for assault with in.
tent to murder.
Il n pARsnNS. Not;v. ~ No~ uompsb;ra
age 81 years; height 8 feet 10 inches blue eyes
auburn brown hair, sandy beard, round face
high forehead, small scar on left forefinger
Sent from Washoe county for 20 years, for rob.
berry, Dec. %, 1870.
JOHN l. JACKS; Native Of Pennsy lvania; age
80 years; height feet 80 inches, weight 143lbs
dark hair, dark eyes, one small vaccination
mark on right arm between elbow and shoulder
Sent from Nye county, Sept. II, 1871 for years,
for grand larceny.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-05-03
Utah Southern Railroad,

VRAINs LEAVE THE UTAH CENTRAL
i Depot, Salt Lake City, at a. n. and 2.b
O'Clock p. IN.
Sandy nearest point to Little Cottonwood
Canyon), ut $40 y. IN. and $3.50 p. m.
Arrive at Lehi ut 9 .. M and 4 80 p. m.
Leave Lehi at $50 @. IN. aud p. N; Sandy
ut 1850 q. m. and G:l0 p. m.
Arrive at Salt Lake City at ll:3O q. m. and
p. IN. s2u-3tf
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-05-03

A II THE RECORD OFFICE you can
IA get the hnest Of Job Work done TO order
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-05-03
FL, W. ARDS
FURNITURE and BEDDING STORE,
Brick Building, Main st. Phoebe.

Great Reduction in Prices, so Fer cent
Less than Heretofore.
SPRING MATTRESSES, PULU, HAIR, MOSS
and FEATHERS.
T WILL SELL. CHEAPER FOR CASH THAN
i parties can import them, having an i'm
msnse stock that must be sold TO make room for
new goods. Parties will do well to call and see
for themselves, and be convinced.
Carpets, Wall Paper, Toilet Sets, Picture
Frames, Lamp Chandeliers, Paints, Oils, and
Glass. Mixed Paint, ready for use in any guam.
tity to suit,
UPHoLs STEERING.
Furniture Repaired in Good Style.
H. WARD, UNDERTAKEN.
Metallic Burial CASES on hand. Special stteI
ton given to shipment Of bodies.
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Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-05-03

ferraa ' =. IS mine we have not lately re.
ambr,o 70, Tut yesterday as we were per.
would ,ai over the hill we thought we
lust ov ,aA ne look at it. 1t is situated
The km An 'he shoulder of the hill east of
we fonna 1ie ~ Flag. When we got there
each owu Messrs. Craig and Wilson, who
taking MI large interest in the under
very co., These gentlemen received ms
cilitv 70 ,a any and afforded us every fa-
sired " E Ea'ner the information we de-
perpend;a NE shaft, is part of its DEPTH
euiar' and the remaining portion
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-05-03

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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-22
P.c,ident Grant. Ancestral Record.

Horace Heath, Hartford penman, has recent
ly been engaged in hunting up President Grants
ancestral record, tracing it back TO Matthew
Grant, who came from England in the ship Mary
and John, to Dorchester, in 1880. Mr.. Heath has
written the record from that time until the pres
ent i'll the most elaborate manner, with a fine
steel pen, and is soon to place it, handsomely
framed, upon exhibition in the Capitol at Wash
ingtOn, where it is sure to attract attention as
work of art. Mr. Heath traces the Presidents
ancestry from 1880 as follows: Matthew Grant
removed to Connecticut in 1880, and, with Others,
formed the Windsor colony in 1881. He died
there 1851. Matthew married. in 1925, Priscilla.
whose family name is not given. From Matthew
the succession is traced through Samuel, his son,
Samuel, Jr., Noah, first, second, and third. to
Jesse Root Grant, of Pennsylvania who removed
TO Ohio in youth, where he married, in 1871, Han
nah Simpson. His eldest son, Ulysses S. Grant
was born April "a, 1872, at Point Pleasant, Cler,
mont County. To show that General Grant be-
longs to military family, it may be said that
his great-grandfather, Captain Noah, second.
served in the expedition against Crown Point, in
the year 1775 and he was killed there. The
Presidents grandfather, Noah, third, served with
distinction in the revolutionary war; among the
volunteers from Connecticut, and, in 1757, re-
moved to Pennsylvania.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-22
The Origiu Of lIn.onrr.

A western orator, dcscanting on the life of old
King Solomon, is reported thus: But the biggest
thing Sol did was establishing the order of Free
Masonry. When he was in the building business
he got all the BOOSTERS who worked for him to 20
into the Masonic institute heavily. Sol was the
hrst chap who made fellows ride goats and trav-
ell over rugged paths and be roasted hot grid
irons. 1t was the festive Sol who stood by in the
days of Old Lang Syns and passed the torture of
initiation. He was the Holy Daddy of the Free
Masons, and took the degrees of the nine hun
dred and nnety-ninth. Sol did business on the
square. He ran the kingdom and had bully luck
until he got to be old codger, and couldn't get
abont as lively as he could in his younger days.
HIS wives, who used to walk bee line for him.
got The upper hand and were sassy. They made
II hot Tor the old man. and he darsen't say boo,
Tor lear they'd pull his hair ont. They made up
faces at him, and he got discouraged. And then,
10 make matters more mixed, lot of politicians
Kicked up mnss in the kingdom. Sol died soon
afterwards, and was buried with masonic hon.
OTIS.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-22
Asefal aud Curious.
Escape from Houses on Fir,


Mr.. Braidwood, Superintendent of the London
Fire Brigade, has published the following 1udl-
cious directions to gnide persons in escaping from
houses on fire:
1. Be careful to acquant yourself with the
best means of exit from this house, both at the
top and bottom.
2. On the first alarm, reflect before you act.
If in bed at the time, wrap yourself IN blanket
or bed side carpet; open no more doors or WIN
dows than are absolutely necessary, and shut
every door after you.
3. There are always from eight to twelve IN
ehes of pure air close 10 the ground. If you can
not, therefore, walk upright through the smoke
drop on yOnr hands and knees, and thus progress
A wetted silk handkerchief, piece or hannel
or wOrsted aocking. drawn over the face, per
mits breathing, and to a great extent excludes
the smoke.
4. If you can neither make your way upward
or downward, get int front room; If there is .
family, sec that they are collected there, and
keep the door closed as much as possible, for re,
member that smoke always follows draft, and
fire always reaches after smoke.
4. On no account throw yourself, or allow 9th,
ers to throw themselves from the window. Ii
no assistance is at hand and you are in extre
nifty, tie the sheets together, and having fastened
one end To some heavy piece Of furniture lei
down the women and children one by one by tht
waist, and lowering them through the window
that is the door rather than one that Is Over
the area. You can easily let yourself down aftel
the helpless.
6. If womans clothes shogld catch fire, lei
her instantly roll herself over and over ON tho
| ground; if man is present, let him throw bel
down and do the like, and wrap her IN rug
coat, or the first wooden thing that is at hand
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-22
Mapaseneu, or Fowl. in wi,,,,

As the season is approaching, when all towels
need to be cared for, few hints III regard to
their management may be acceptable. Ali fowls
during the winter need some accommodations
and the better these are, the better will the
fowles repay all labor. But whateverthe accom-
modations, they should be clean, well ventilated
and free from vermin. To keep the house free
frcm vermin and also clean, the best way is to
whitewash it thoroughly. On the exterior of
the house, taste and beauty may be the prinei-
pal points, but OH the interior the health and
comfort of the fowls is all that should be regar-
ded. In selecting fowls for breeding purposes,
only the best of the variety should be used and
allow one cock to four or five hens. In feeding,
the rule of variety should be observed, such us
boiled potatoes and meal, Indian meal mash, and
occasionally corn, oats, and buckwheat. Fowls
thus managed will 10 found to amply repay all
labor in their behalf, and also afford means of
pleasure.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-22
Ventilation of stables.

While many farmers ventlate too largely,
others do not ventilate enough and some not at
all. A moments reflection will convince almost
any one of the great Importance of furnishing
animals with a good supply of pure air. When
we go into stable, and the ammonia arising
from the manure makes our eyes smart, or If the
air appears at all strong, we may be assured that
there is deficiency of pure air, and the health OF
animals will be seriously affected, if ventilation
is not perfect.
We frequently step into the stables of hotels,
and in the morning the stencil and impurity of
the the g Be- t Re as there hre
many sick horses, where so large a number are
confined within n small stable, where ventilation
is very imperfect; but it is great wonder that
they do not die right out, from being confined in
such impure apartments.
Impure air in stables always rises to the up
per side of them. Therefore, if there be an ope-
ming over the head, the foul air will escape and
pure air will take its place; whereas, if there are
nothing but small cracks, or other apertures in
the sides of the building the air will become
very foul in short time. Let the cracks be well
battened, and let the doors be fitted tight, and
then cut n hole from three to four feet square in
the floor over head; and if the building is not q
spacious ono there should be ventilator at the
top of the roof. Stables should have windows,
also, in the sides, or behind the horses, for ad-
hitting light, and which may be thrown open
when the weather is not freezing cold. When
the manger or rack is formed against the outside
of the stable, it is a good arrangement to have a
small dark window before each horse, which will
slide open and shut easily, so that each horse
may thrust his nose out when he desires, and
inhale the fresh air.
Great caution should be exercised in-yentila-
ting stables, that the animals be not exposed to
a current of cool air. Currents of cold air should
never be allowed to enter a stable through large
cracks in the floor, horses will most assuerdly
contract cold when thus exposed. When the
weather is not freezing cold, windows should be
opened, and sometimes the doors also
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-22
CIR Strip 8ook.
THE FRIEND OF OUR DARKER DAYS.
By FRANCS BzowS.


Twas said when the world was fresh and young
That the friends Of earth were few,
And shrines have blazed and hsrps have runS
For the hearts whose love was true
Lie deep On the old earth's brow.
The faith so priced in her early prime,
Shall we hope to find it nowf
II may be fOund-like the alOe's bloom,
In the depth Of western woods,
To which hundred Springs NAV come,
Yet wake not its starry buds
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-22
THE GAME OF POKER.
Hsw sharpers Sometimes Paid i'm their
Own Coin.

The st. Louis Globe says: About two wears ago
Missouri river steamboat left Fort Benton with
a party of tough and wcll-to-do miners oh board.
There were also among the Passengers three or
four "brace men," and before arriving at Sioux
City they had generally cleaned out the pockets
of the miners The boat stopped at Sioux CITY
to "wood up" and found among others waiting
to get on beard a ministerial looking parsonage
with the longest and most solemn countenancc
on him you can well imagine. He was dressed
in a suit of black, wore a white stove-pipe hat
and "choker" collar Ornamented with black
neck handkerchief.
Well he got aboard and the boat started down
stream. For two days he was unnoticed by the
other passengers, but one of the sports at last
thought he saw a chance to make something ant
of the sad and melancholy individual The lat
ter would once or twice day step up to the
bar, and, with voice that was mild and gentle
as a maiden's, ask for a glass of soda, if you
please" and then he would pull out a roll of
bills from his pocket and take quarter from
their interior layers. Then he would say to the
barkeeper, if under a Thousand obligations,
thank you, sir" and walk aft, as if about to
commit suicide.
This thing had gone far enough and the gam
bier have spoken of at last approached him.
Would you like a little game of seyen-up,
sir!'
"Seren-up' What is seven up! Please tell
me, my good friend"
"Why, a game of cards, you know, just to
pass away the time; let play a game"
"My good friend, do not know anything
concerning cards; cannot play them"
"Well, come along, we'll show you how to do
it," And the mild gentleman in black, after
some further protests, at length consented
They showed him how it was done, and they
played several games. The gentleman in black
was delighted. Gamblers want to know if he
will play poker, five cents ante, just for the fun
of the thing. Gentleman in black says he can't
play the game, but they explain again, and the
poker commences. The gentleman in black
loses every time. There are six in the game:
each one deals before gentleman in black, and
ante has been raised to dollar Gent in black
deals awkwardly and looks at his hand.
Next man to dealer bets five-gOes around,
aud bets are raised to one hundred dollars. Gent
ia bl-sls osc 10, and Iuakrs il hundred better
Gamblers look surprised, but will not be blnffed.
The bets have reached five hundred-a Thousand.
All drew ont except a Pixies Peak miner, who
sees and calls him: "What have you gOti"
well" said the man in black, ~ have-let me
see, let me see-well have four ones"
The gamblers, who have suspciOned something
before, now look wild, and light began to dawn
i'll the miners mind. He leaned across the table,
and said in the most sarcastic tones he could
command:
"Oh, you hcave, heave yer' You gol darned
sanctimonious son of gun"
The gent got up from the table and handed
one of the gamblers his card. 1t read, Bill Wal
kcr, New Orleans "-One of the most successful
sharpers in the country.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-22
Ennridiou. TnsIe.

A cadaverous fellow, dressed in bear-skin coat
and hailng from Nevada sat down in a restaurant,
and told the waiter that he guessed he'd take
some "briIed fox" The astOnished darkey adj
mitted that the establishment was just out OF
that kind of meat. "Gimme n piece of fried
wolf then" said old Nevada. The waiter re-
piled that the wolf meat was also gone. "Oh,
wal, sling along hunk of mule if We are little
piIiched for grub" continued the stranger The
waiter replied they were also out of mule.
"Then what in thunder is a man gwIne to eat ]"
shouted the stranger, as he moved back. "f |
can't git squar lunch in the States I'll leave for
Laramie afore snow fiesI' He was afterward
seen devouring a hunk of Washington pie, which
closely approaches Z" hunk of mule" in taste,
and perhaps he'll winter with us.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-22
Raerr and Reauir.

The following good sleeping-car joke is going
about:
A gentleman occupied an upper berth in a GER
tain section, and lady the lower. In the dim,
uncertain daylight which dawns on travellers in
heavily curtained "sleepers," the gentleman
above referred to tried TO find his boots, but no.
where about his narrow bed could he find more
than one of them. Looking downwards he
saw another on the berth below him; so, reach
ing down he endeayOred to lift it up. Strange
to say it lifted to certain height and then fell
from his hand. He tried again with the same
result, and yet again with no better luck, when
suddenly the Boot apparently became endued
with life and evaded his grasp. Then the situa-
ton flashed upon him and he became contrlte.
Contrition is a good thing but it may also be-
come a nuisance, for fancy the gentleman in the
upper berth apologizing TO the lady in the lower
for installing her boot OH her own foot for his
own.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-22
To CIeaa Feathers.

Feathers may be cleaned of their animal oil as
fellows: Take for every gallon of clean water
one pound of quieklime; mix them well toSeth-
er and when the undissolved lime is preciplta-
ted in fine POWDER pour off the clear lImewater
for use. Put the feathers to be cleaned INTO
another tub, and add to them portion OF the
clear limewater, sufficient to cover them about
three inches when well immersed and stirred
about therein. The feathers, when thoroughly
moistened, will sink down, and should remain in
Iimewater three or four days. after which the
foul liquor should be separated from them by
laying them in a sieve. The feathers should af-
trrward be well washed in clean water and dried
upon nets, the meshes of which may be about
the fineness of cabbage nets. The feathers must
be from time to time shaken in the nets; ana
as they become dry, they will fall through the
meshes and many DC collected for nse. The adj
mission of air will be servceable III drying. The
process will be completed in three weeks; and
after being thus prepared, the feathers viii only
require to be beaten to rid them of the dust.
To clean white, brown, or fawn-colored feath-
ers dissolve some fine white soap in boiling soft
water, and add a small piece of pearlash. When
the wafer is just cool enough for the hand to
bear it, pass the feathers several times through
it, squeezing them gently with the hand. Re
peat the same process with a weaker solution of
soap, and then rinse the feathers i'll cold water,
beating them across the hand, to expel the wa
ter. When they are nearly dry, draw each fibre
over the edge Of a small blunt knife, turning it
round in the direction You wish the curl to take
Then, if the feather is to be fiat, place it between
the leaves of book to press it.-Earmer's Home
Journal,
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-22

DON'T use hard pencil. At least that is the
advice an Evansville, Indiana benedict, gives his
iriends. lie explains thus: His wife desired him
party of friends at their house. After "hubbyD
mad done as his wife desired, and started to post
! !ne note, she saw on another piece of paper an
impression OF what he had written. 1t was:
W sweet Mattie-Efie desires your company on
wednesday, TO meet the Smithets. Don't fail to
come, and then, my darling. shall have the
hapPlness OF a long walk home with you and
sweet goodnight kiss. dare not see you often,
or my all consuming love would betray us both.
bnt Matte, dear, don't fail to Gomez The wife
pau ,s s.eel Mattle visit, and the result was
that Maitie uldnt accept the kind Invitation
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-22

RECEIPT FOR CLEANING ENGRAYfNGs.-Put
the engraving on a smooth board cover it thinly
with common salt, ,inely pounded; ponr or
squeeze lemon juice upon the salt. so as to dis
solve a considerable portion of it; elevate one
end of the board, that it may form an angle
of forty-eght or fifty degrees with the horizon.
Pour on the engraving boiling water from tea
kettle, until the salt and lemon juice be all
washed off; the engraving will then be perfectly
clean, and free from stains. 1t must be dried
on the board some smooth surface gradually.
If dried by the fire or the sun, it will be tinged
with yellow color Any one may satisfy him
self of the perfect efficacy of this method, by
trying it on an engraving of small yaluO.-LOH-
don irt EniaR.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-22

HOUSEHOLD NEAsUREs--As all families are
not provided with scales and weights referring
to ingredients in general use by every housewife,
the following may be useful:
Wheat -four one pound is one quart.
Indian meal one pound two ounces is one
quart.
Butter, when soft, one pound one ounce is one
quart.
Loaf sugar, broken, one pound is one quart.
White sugar, powdered, one pound one ounce
is one quart
Best brown sugar, one pound two ounces is
one quart.
Eggs, average size, ten eggs are one pound.
Sixteen large table-spoonfuls are half pint,
eight are gill, four halfa gill, etc.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-22

ROWLAND HILL once gave some curious traits
of the wretcbed ignorance of a population of
naiiers in a central district of England with
which he was acquainted. A clergyman who ex-
ertcd himself to effect an Improvement, took
particular care to get their children baptized.
One day, having come to baptize newly born
infant, whom be understood to be boy, lie ask
elk what name he should give the child. The
father was quite at loss, had no predictions
the subject. "Shan it be Scripture name!"
Eyes" "Well, what Scripture namep The
man agreed, at the minister's suggestion, that
Benjamin would do. As he was retiring after
ward, he heard great shouting, and turning
back, met the father, who exclaimed: "Sir, it
wunna dot maun be done again-the bariH's a
lreRchg"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-22

SALT PoRK-For the benefit of those who are
obliged to use salt pork, the following plan i'm.
proves it wonderfully: Cut as many slices as
will be required for breakfast the evening pre-
vious, and soak till morning in sweet milk end
water. Then rinse till the water is clear, and
fry. 1t is very nearly as good as fresh pork
For change, rolling it in cornmeal is good
imitation of fresh fish.
To keep fresh meat week or more in summer
time, / have tried the following, and know it is
a splendid plan: Soak it in sour milk or butter
milk keeping it in cool cellar. The bone or
fat need not be removed Rinse well when used.
Housekeepers, try it, if circumstances are such
that you cannot get fresh meat every day.