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Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-01-11

Kentucky Gold and Silver Mining
Company-Locaton Of Works, Ely Mining Dis
trict, Lincoln county, State of Nevada.-Notice is
hereby given that at meeting of the Trustees
of said Company, held on the Sd day Of January,
1874 an assessment mo. y Of Twenty-Five
Gents per share was levied upon the capital
stock Of the Company, payable immediately, in
Company, at the Office of said Company, No. SIS
California street, San Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which asid assessment shall
remain unpaid on Saturday, the 14th day
Of February, 1874, shall be deemed delin-
quent and will be duly advertised for sale at
public auction, and unless payment shall be
made before, will be sold on Saturday, the
9TH day Of March, 1874, to pay the delin-
quent assessment, together with costs Of ad
vertising and expenses Of the sale.
By order of the Board of Trustees.
R. GOLDSMITH, Secretary pro tenn.
ONCE: No. 5l3 California street, San Fran
cisco, California ja1O-td
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-01-11
JOB WORK.
delinquent Salts.

Caroline Mining Company.-Location
of Works, Ely Mining District, Lincoln county,
Nevada. Notice.--There is delinquent upon the
following described stock, on account OF assess
ment mo. 81 levied on the l1th day Of Novem-
Der, 1873, the several amounts set opposite the
names OF the respective shareholders, US fol-
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-01-11
VOL. VII.

1ezzlemsnt has come to our knowledge
during the year, and We have good rea-
sons for believing that none have oc-
Cured" We shall soon again present
our readers with further extracts from
this very interesting report.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-01-11

The coinage of the trade dollar Of sill
M yer was designed expressly for export,
out large number are to be found in
general circulation in this State and Csl-
norma. They have been shipped, to
some extent, to China and Japan, are
weh received there, and been formally
lecognizsd by the Chinese Government
as a legal tender for duties and msrcan-
nls purposes, being liza per cent. better
.han the Mexican dollar. It is generally
supposed that the mines Of the world
produce, annually about one hundred
miiiions OF gold; but the consumption Of
goid IN the arts il admitted to be twenty
~: millions per annum. From the most
.enaole .s data obtainable, the gold coin in
.ne country 10 estimated ct $135, 900, 900,
1ea SILVER coin at 81, ,O00, 900. Director
Alnoeman, in the conclusion Of his re-
port says: II must express my satisfac-
aon that, though We have several hun
t.sa t; employees, performing various du.
nes connected with the workings Of the
p'scioas metals, not single case of en-.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-01-11
REPORT OF THE DIREcTO r OF
MINTS.

We are i'll possession Of the Annual
Report Of H. Il. Lindeman, Director Of
Mints, which contains a full and COM
plete statement of the operations Of the
Government mints and assay offices for
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1873, to.
gether with much that is interesting and
instructive, respecting the coinage since
the fret establishment of the Parent
Mint in 1898. From its pages We learn
that the total amount of gold and silver
deposits and purchases, coins struck, and
stamped bars manufactured during the
fiscal year was $72, ,Sl8, distributed
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-01-11
NOTICE.

Orrrcr NEVADA CxNrnAL RAILWAY,
. P1oonE, New, Dec. 8, ls7S.
IyHIs COMPANY DOES NOT ASSUME TIE
indebtedness Of ito employs, and nom and
sftsr this date will not accept Or pax Srosn
given by them. JOS. ". NEsDlt,
n. G. CHAPLIN, Supsr1ntsnoens'
SECRETARY. os-u'
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Huhn & Hunt silver Mining Compa

Huhn & Hunt silver Mining Compa.
ny.-Location Of principal place Of business.
San Francisco, Cal. Location Of Works, Ely
Mining District, Lincoln county, Nevada
Notice is hereby given that at meeting of the
Board Of Directors, held on the 22d day OF De-
cember, 1878, m assessment no. 81 Of Fifty
Cents per share WAS levied upon the capital
United States gold and silver coin. to the secre-
tary at the office Of the Company, Room 2,
No. 419 California street, San Francisco, Cal.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the 29th day of JAM
uary, 1874, will be delinquent, and adver-
tised for sale At public auction, and unless pay
ment is made before will be sold on the 23d
day of February. 1874. to pay the delin-
quent assessment, together with costs Of ad-
| vertising and expenses Of sale.
By order of the Directors.
T. L. KIMBAIiL, Secretary.
Office: Room 2, No. 419 California street, San
| Francisco, Cal. d2s-td
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LOST.

r osT--A LADY's GOLD CHAIN, ETC. THE
IL finder will receive . liberal reward by
leaving the same at the RRoonD once.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-02-18
The Mesquite.

The mesquite forms prominent
feature In every landscape, and it's
valuable properties entitle it to special
notice. 1t IS the only tree, if tree it
may be called, in these regions, that
does not have to cling to the water
courses for it's existence. It fourishes
best in low prairies, but holds it's own
on the high, and by it's enormous roots
seems specially adapted for holding
out i'll the longest thoughts.
It resembles dwarfed honey locust,
and is sometimes found with a trunk
one foot in diameter and eight or ten
feet high, but generally much smaller,
and more frequently as large shrub.
the wood is red, hard and brittle, ig-
mites readily, and when at all dry
continues to burn till there is none
left.
Its gum, as a substitute for gum
arabic, is becoming an article of COM
merce. It's ashes yield large per-
centage of alkali, and in burning the
heat is SO intense that stove plates are
as soon burnt out by it as by the best
Pittsburg coal. And for this reason
Goals made from it are not fit for the
blacksmith's use. It furnishes nearly
all the fuel used at Fort Concha, and
as frewood has no equal. At Fort
Stockton, one hundred and forty miles
west, where, at present, it appears
mainly as shrub, it's roots furnish all
the wood for the post, and the wood is
considered even better than that from
the tree. Either the country must
formerly have been covered with large
trees, or the roots continue to grow
when the parts above ground give no
index of the size below.
1t is said the wood is good conduc-
tor of electricity, and that on this
account the Mexicans have prejudice
against using it in building. And it is
certain many trees are struck and fred
by lightning on the prairies, and con-
tlnue to burn till the roots are con-
sumed and large holes are left in the
ground. But whether or not the preiu-
dice OF the Mexicans is we'll founded I
cannot say.-Te1os Letter to Csncin-
nat5 Gazette.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-02-18
Scandal About English ROYALTY.

English scandal about Royalty seems
to grow more venOmous every year.
Just before Christmas, 1872, the
Prince of Wales was foolish enough to
buy up at great cost the whole edition
of bitter, anonymous pamphlet,
entitled 1.-The coming K" He
reaped the reward Of his folly last
Christmas when the same publishing
house issued savage satire on Prince
Albert, QueenVictoria, the Prince, and
others of the Royal family. The new
brochure is called "The Silliad. ="
It's every sentence stings, stupid as
the whole thing is. And now a hard
headed Scotch Laird has written a
vindictive pamdhlet aimed at the
Queen. 1t seems that the Duke of
Athole is strongly suspected of en-
bezzling some $50, 900. but the Govern
ment has, on various pretexts, STAYED
off the trial. The pamphlet alleges
that this effort to save the Duke from
investigation, is due to secret about
the Queen which the Athole family
know. It was:
It is we'll understood that it was a
threat on their part to use their charm
which so operated on Mr.. Gladstone
that he opposed the motion made by
Mr.. Parker, M. P for Perthshire, in
the House of Commons for an investi-
cation of the Dukes conduct after the
Home Office had given it's consent
thereto. Indeed, the Dowager Ouch
ess of Athole had been often heard to
say, If they dare meddle with us
about these horrid accounts, aUiW let
the cot out of the bog." ...... .
1t then goes on to give the pretended
secret, which is Of the most scandalous
nature. It is evident that the divinity
that once hedged King is fast disap-
pearing when such circumstantial and
particular charges can be put forth
over mans own signature, and can
find such a ready sale. AS soon as the
attack appeared, Radical Association,
called ''The Patriotic Society,"" bought
a number OF copies, and began to cir
culate them. This has been stopped,
but the pamphlet is already in every
body's hands.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-02-18
BuShY'S Flat.IrOn Wedding.

Busby, Of Trenton, N. j., celebrated
his 9 :, iron wedding" one day last week
and he invited about 100 guests to the
wedding. Of course each person felt
compelled to bring q present Of some
kind and each one did. When Mr.. and
Mrs. Smith came they handed Busby a
pair offat-irons. When Mr.. and Mrs.
Jones arrived they also had a pair of
flat-irons. All hands laughed at the
coincidence. And there was even great
er merriment when the Browns arrived
with two pairs of fat-irons But when
Mr.. and Mrs. Robinson came in with
another pair of fiat irons the laughter
became perfectly convulsive. There
was, however, something less amusing
about it when the Thompsons arrived
with four fat-irons wrapped in brown
paper. And Busby's face actually
looked grave when the three
Johnson girls were ushered into
the parlor, carrying fat-iron apiece.
Each one Of the succeeding 60 guests
brought fat-irons, and there was no
break in the continuity until old Mr..
Curry arrived from Philadelphia with
a cast-iron cowbell. Now Busby has
no earthly use for cowbell, and at
any other time he would have treated
such present with scorn. But now
he was actually grateful to Mr.. Curry,
and ne was about to embrace him,
when the Walsinghans came IN with
the new double pointed fat-irons with
wooden handles. And all the rest of
the guests brought the same articles
excepting Mr.. Rugby, and he had with
him a patent stand for holding fiat
irons. Busby got madden and madden
every minute, and by the time the COM
pany had all arrived, he was nearly in
sane with rage; and he went up to bed,
leaving his wife to entertain the
guests. In the morning they coupled
up the spoils, and found that they had
213 fiat irons, one stand, and a cow
bell. And now the Busbys have cut
the Smiths, and Browns, and Johnsons,
and Thompsons, and the rest entirely,
for they are convinced that there was
preconcerted design to play a trick
upon them. The fact, however, is that
the hardware store in the place had an
overstock of fat-irons, and sold them
at an absurdly low figure, and Busby's
guests unanimously went for the cheap
est thing they could find, as people
always do on such occasions. Busbv
thinks he will not celebrate his "sil-
yer wedding"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-02-18
FIRM AND HOUSEHOLD.
About Bran.

Wheat bran is very much richer in phos-
phoric acid than corn bran. Wheat con-
tains in the whole grain eighty-two per
cent. of phosphoric acid and corn only five
and one-half per ceut. but nearly the whole
of the phosphoric acid of the gram exists in
the husk or bran. This wheat bran con-
tains nearly twenty-nine per cent. of this
valuable substance. What percentage is in
the bran CT corn we have no means of ascer-
tanning, but it is certainly less rich than
wheat bran. Rye bran is still richer than
wheat bran, containing over thirty-four per
cent of phosphoric acid, which is larger
proportion than is contained In any other
Article of food for stock. Wheat bran is al
SO far richer in lime than corn, and is there
fore better food for poultry than the lat
ter. Ii wheat bran is preserved free from
damp or mould, it will not deteriorate in
quality by keeping for any moderate length
of time,-a year, for instance
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-02-18
SINGULAR.
The Spirit of Drowned Man Tells
Where his Dead Body was. g
Tepv EoI,

Our readers are we'll acquainted with
the details of the drowning of the two
men, Seyfelth and Sarstedt, some
three or four days ago. while crossing
the river. Ever since the accident
occurred hundreds of men have been
at work saving places in the ice and
dragging the bottom Of the slough, IN
hope of recovering the bodies, but
without success. Rewards were offered
by the Turner's; experienced divers
and river MEN came from st. Louis
and st. Joseph, but up to Saturday
night nothing had been accomplished,
and it was feared that the undertaking
would have to be given up. I..s-
Sunday morning Mr. Julius Haug,
brother-in-law of Seyferth, one of the
drowned men, was sent for by a woman
living in the north part Of the city, who
said she had something of Importance
to communicate.
Mr.. Haug ent to the woman's resi-
dence, and was told by her that if he
would not be too skeptical, and sheer
at the very idea, she could tell him
where the body of Seyferth could be
found. He agreed to listen to what
she had to communicate, and the
woman then said she was a medium
and had a communication with the
drowned man, who said that his BODY,
as well as that of his unfortunate COM
panion, could be found seventy feet
from the place where they had fallen
in, down the stream, and near small
bush which was frozen in the ice.
Having obtained this description Mr..
Haug left the medium, and procuring
a horse, rode to the scene of the acc1-
dent, where he found the bush as de
scribed by the woman, and from the
nature OF the surroundings and the
couse Of the current concluded that
possibly there might be something in
what the woman had said. Monday
he visited the place again with large
number of his neighbers and friends
of the deceased. The ice was cut away
from around the bush, and at 3 o'clock
in the afternoon the body of Seyferth
was found within ten feet of the spot
pointed out by the medium. The body
OF Sarstedt has not yet been found, but
is supposed to be frozen in the ice,
which reaches nearly to the bottom of
the slough where the men fell in. There
was considerable excitement among
our German citizens over the strange
and mysterious information furnished
by the medium, and the fulfllment of
her voluntary prophecy.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-02-18
Statistics of Drunkenness in New York

From Jan. 1, 1870, to Jan. 1, 1874,
$50 men and 5000 women were com
mitted to the workhouse on BLACKWELL
Island on the ground of habitua]
drunkenness. This vice, judged by
these figures, is, then, sixteen times as
common among women as among men.
Of the masculine offenders, one was
arrested 100 times during the four
years before his final commitment; OF
the feminine, twenty-nine were arrested
100 times before their final commit
ment. None of the stories that con-
stantly float through the press about
intoxication among women have ever
foreshadowed what seems to be the
real state of the case. The gentler sex
is the supposed great opponent of the
liquor traffic. It is devoutly to be
hoped that 1t may heed the maxim
" Physician, heal thyself," and devise
some means of counteracting this
frightful curse. The Commissioners
of Charities and Correction can suggest
nothing better than longer terms of
imprisonment.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-02-18
A Bowl of Punch as was a Bowl.

A remarkable bowl of punch was
made across the water in 1914. It was
made in fountain in garden, in the
middle of four walks, covered over
head with orange and lemon trees,
and In every walk was a table the
whole length Of it, covered with re-
freshments. In the fountain were the
following ingredients: Four hogs.
heads of brandy, %, GOO lemons, 20 gal
Ions OF lime juice, 100 lbs of white
800 toasted biscuits, and / pipe of dr r,
mountain Malaga. Over the fountain
was large canopy to keep off the rain,
and there was built on purpose a little
boat, wherein was boy, who rowed
round the fountain and filled the cups
OF the company. It is supposed more
than 5000 men drank FROM the foun
tain.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-02-18
Intelligent Farming.

The average farmers are too careless OF
the quality of their production. 1t costs but
a trife more to raise and prepare for market
first class article than it does to produce a
second or third rate one, and the difference
in the price obtained is often very great. A
bushel of large potatoes usually costs less for
labor than a bushel Of small ones; while the
large ones are saleable at profit, the small
ones often don't pay the labor bills.
A fruit-tree overloaded with fruit will
not yield a harvest that will sell for as
much money as half of it would if the other
half of 1t had been removed at the proper
time. A hundred pounds of apples or pears
are worth much more in 100 than in 300
specimens A thousand pounds of beef is
worth more in one animal from twenty-five
to fifty per cent. more than if in two ami
mails. A pair of plump well-dressed chick
ems will find a market at a much higher fig
uressthan pair of blue, lean, half-plucked
ones will, even if of the same weight.
Last year the apple crop of New England
was immense. Thousands oil bushels rotted
because they were not worth the cost of
gathering and marketing. The trees were
overloaded, and of course the fruit was
most of it under SIZE At harvest time a
barrel of Baldwins, Or greetings, or russets,
could be bought in almost any orchard for a
dollar. At the same time, large, fair
Western apples brought from three to five
dollars. In such year the sale would of
course be limited, yet there were buyers for
such apples in every city.-E:rch07age.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-02-18
a Sonnet.
BY II. NJ. MILNES.

JoYnot or murmur not if tried in. vain
In fair rememberable words to set
Each scene Or presence of especial gain,
AS boarded gems In precious cabinet
Simply enjo the present loneliness -
Let 1T become a portion or your being
Close your glad gaze, but see it more than less,
No clearer with you eye than spirit seeing.
And when you part at last, turn once again,
Swearing that beauty shall be unforgot:
SO In TAI sorrows it shall ease your pain.
In distant struggles it shall calm your strife,
And IN your further and serener life,
Who says that it shall be remembered not?
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-02-18
Use the Golden Egg

The farmer who works to the last limit of
daylight. and thus hoes his garden moon
light nights, is a poor manager He does
not get the most out of life It is not worth
while to hoard up the golden eggs, which
the good goose lays, until they are stale.
Better use them, day by day as you need
them. In other words don't be so greedy of
gain that you deny yourself all comfort and
pleasure as you 60 along, In the hope of Sc
curing the means of taking long rest by
and-by. When the capacity for enjoyment
is gone, how worthless will be the means of
securing it What is a fine gallery of
paintings to man who has lost his eyesight?
The young farmer should quit work early
enough to wash up, change his soiled
clothes. and slip on a fresh linen coat, or,
better still, q good dressing gown, before he
sits down to his supper. He will enjoy it
ten times as well, and SO will his family. It
will have an elevating influence on the
whole family. Let the supper be early
enough to ensure good sound sleep, even for
the children, Ii there is time after supper.
often take the tired wife and little ones for
ride of half an hour, or drop into a neigh
boris and spend social evening. When at
home, make the evening hour pleasant by
some cheerful sport or entertaining reading.
tt IS these little matters that make the dif-
ference between an intelligent, refined and
happy household, and one where its men,
hers are little more than drudges and slaves.
Don't hoard up for the Winter of life
what You need to make You comfortable in
The Spring-time and Summer. Don't harden
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-02-18
Mistaken Identity.

A ludicrous case of mistaken identity
occurred in Montreal, recently, through
the unfortunate resemblance of two
young gentlemen. One of them was
recently married, and the other is still
bachelor. The married person went
to dinner party, while the unmarried
one went to a convivial entertainment,
and, owing to a mis- calculation of his
capacity for wine, he spoiled his nights
amusement. While glimmer of rea-
son remained he endeavored to get
home. By the time the young man
reached cab-stand his mind had be-
come SO confused that he was unable
to remember his own name or the
street in which he lived. AS he was
engaged in gesticulating to the
cab-driver, a friend of the mar
ried gentleman noticed his plight,
and, confounding his identity, pushed
him into the cab, whispered to the
driver, and continued on his way. The
result OF this act was the conveyance of
the unmarried man to the home of the
married man, where his condition. Gre
ated anything but pleasant surprise.
The wife was, of course, mortified.
Subsequently the father-ln law entered
the room to demonstrate with HIM.
After wasting much good advice, the
father-ln-law discovered the mistake,
and was in the act of trying to persuade
his daughter, probably much against
her Will, that the young man was not
her husband, when the real husband
put an end to the dispute by letting
himself in at the hall door with a latch
key. -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-02-18
Corn and Hogs.

Below we give some statistics taken from
the columns of our exchanges. We pub
lish it, as it possesses the merit Of being
least guide for making calculations. How
near the figures given are correct, we are IN
able to say. The opinions of our readers on
this subject would be very acceptable. Who
will respond?
Every producer and intelligent farmer
understands perfectly, and acts contin ually
upon the fact that one bushel of corn pro-
perly fed, and with good care for the hogs,
will make ten pounds of gross pork. From
this admitted fact we deduce the following
Corn fed out at twelve and one-half cents
per bushel will fatten hogs at one and one
fourth cents per pound gress.
Corn fed out at twenty cents per bushel
will fatten hogs at two cents per pound
gross.
Corn fed out at twenty-five cents per
bushel viii fatten hogs at two and one-hali
cents per pound gross
Corn fed out at thirty cents per bushel
will fatten hogs at three cents per pound
gross.
Corn fed out at thirty-fve cents per
bushel will fatten hogs at three and one
half cents per pound gross.
Corn fed at forty cents per busheI will
fatten hogs at four cents per pound gross.
Corn fed out at forty-fve cents per
bushel will fatten hogs at four and one.hali
cents per pound gross
Corn fed out at fifty cents per bushel will
fatten hogs at five cents per pound gross.
Corn ed out at ffty-five cents per bushel
will fatten hogs at five and one-half cents
per pound gross.
Corn fed out at sixty cents per bushel
will fatten hogs at six cents per pound
gross.
Now compute what 25O-pound hog will
cost at given rate for stock hogs. A stock
hog weighing $50 pounds, bought at say
six cents, will equal So. One hundred
pounds weight added On ten bushels OF
corn, at twenty five cents. $3.50. Total
value of hog would be $11.50. This would
make the animal cost just So cents pei
pound, and the farmer sold his corn, in this
calculation, at % cents per bushel