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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-12-29

80 'h - e>Nbt "c0 49, ~
surance on the dwellings. Nearly all
the people in town depended on the
factory for their living. and its de
>tractian will aus grca, suffering.
General Sheriian's Dcnini-rerrib,e
Murder In ~. Louis -Tile 81.
Louis "Timcs"-Nurser in De
kaIb. MiSsOuri-Fa.nl Acct dent.
CHICAGO, Dec. Is.
General Sheridan stated to a re-
porter this morning that he has re-
ceived no instructions whatever con-
corning the Louisiana matters, and
that the story of his intended departure
for New Orleans or vicinity has no
foundation in fact.
ST. Lotus, Dec. IS.
The Times announces to-day that on
Tuesday next the management and
editorial control Il the paper will be
transferred to Still>on Iiutchins. for
,ceriy proprietor and fer some time
past manager ofthe Ereaing Dispatch.
Tine Times will be reduced in size from
the present quarto 10 folio form. and
he price changed. II i claimed this
change Will add TO instead OF de:ract
from its value As IA comprehensive
III ~ : 48'a "a ~ ~ ~
a reliable and consistent advocate OF
trae democratic principles.
BY the explosion OF a spirit lamp.
last night, at the residence of Herman
Bour. No. l120. Linn street, Mrs. Bour
and an infant eight days old, a servant
girl named Adele klencS and Mr..
Beckert We're trightfully burned. Tho
lat.er's injuries were received in eI-
tinrui>hin- the flames. which W"re
burning the on and babe, md
which he succeeded in staying.
J.. b. >pratt. an old AMI wealthy citi-
zen of De kalb. in buchanan county
in this state. was fatally shot by Il Nj.
Brown. on Christmas day. and the lat
ter was severely wounded by a son of
Spratt. fourteen years old. The affair
grew out of an old feud.
ERIE. Pa. Dec. 2S.
\ horrible and attrociouS muir
der was ierpetrated in this city
last night. tathsrine Harmon, a wild
ow and II midwife by profession. was
found dead in the gutter at : O'Clock.
She was JUS outside Of a low groggefy
called the Franklin House. The in-
! quest is not concluded, but there is no
doubt but that the oma was MUIR
dered during or after an attempt nj
rape by John Hantz, proprietor of the
house, Il mar sixty years Old. Tie
woman was addicted to drink and
was probably intoxicated AT the time.
HantZ's bears A reputation OF being
peaceful. but he is a notorious profit
gate. lie is in custody with the other
members Of his family. His clothing
and underwear We're found stained
with blood and the floor of the bar
room exhibited plain traces of blood.
Mrs. lannon's body WAS mutilated III
a frighttul manner and bore evidence
of strangulation. She has a family OF
highly respected children and tho
murder has aroused intense excite.
ment.
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In N;--;nia City. Dceember 2lSt. David
Keith to Elite Mcleod, both Of Gold Hill.
In Oakland bacemher Sti. ". II. Nirden.
Of Gold liill, To Carrie b. BrUlin, Of san
Francisco.
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PACIFIC COAST DISPATCHES.


The German Bcndholders and sse
California Pacific Railroad-Thc
Probabilities Of She Latter He.
Ing thrown Into Bankruptcy
The Pamamims HOax-MisceI.
lamc0uS.
SAN Francisco, Dec. %.
In the aSe of the German bondhold-
er> VS.. the California Pacific Railroad,
r. +. Low. agent and attorney for the
German bondholders. through his at
torneys, Haight Il Cadwalader. filed
to. day An amended petition. To this
petition were appended the names OF
over 400 additional creditors; the whole
representing Indebtedness of the Rail-
road Company exceeding $1,000 900.
which is $4,000 more than one-third
of the whole, and which causes differ
ent suggestions in opinion. Judge
Hoffman. it is understood, claims for
several hundred thousand dollars adj
d%itional. nov on the way from Europe.
which will swell the aggregate amount
of Indebtedness held by the petition
ers to about $4,000. 900. Under these
circumstances it seems certain that the
California Pacific Railroad Company
will be forced into bankruptcy.
Inc SlcTN IViuliSi-eu lew utN SlIltc
about a fatal afiray at Panamint, in
which several mel were killed. turns
out to he a hoax. Private letters re-
ceived by parties i'm this city say 10 at
FRAY of the kind occurred, and there
was NJ foundation for the story.
Los ANGELES, Dec. 2S.
About 5 o'clock Saturday evening a
F'renchman named Jean Marie Pepan
committed suicide in a French board
ing house. on Main street, by shooting
ing himself through the head. Cause.
whisky.
TIA. Weather Ennner District =
Arizona News.
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 2S.
The recent rains were heavier in the
interior than along the coast. Cuya-
maca peaks are covered with snow.
With Il light rain in February or March
farmers would he sure of good crops.
| At present. everything is encouraging.
Adviccs from Banner Mining Dis
trict say all the mines are opening
good and times a;e lively.
The Union this morning has the fol-
lowing from Arizona:
Tucson. 4. T.. Fec. -.
The Citizen publishes a letter from
Agent Jetterais. of the C~hiracahua res
ervation. relative tn the recent tlefts
committed, which are attributed to the
Cachi>e .Apaches. The letter. taken
with other reliable information, shows
that over sixty Apacles have always
lived in sonora and have never been
on the CEiracahua reservations: tina;
most of the depredations committed in
The Mexican territory Nere done tv
those .Apaches. and the recen, deere
da;ions in this territory are believed to
have been done by the same Indians.
1t is claiunerl that strange Indians had
beer seen on the reservation prior 10
tie thefls. If the statements prove
true, Mexico has been denretia; ed uuon
by her W Araches, and no blame
can rest o this Government for bar
boring raiding Apaches IN her border
OK III BRAIS.-The agerneSs o
the third page. this mornin-. is a.trih.
utable to the fact that our local i, get.
ting spiritualism on the brain TO such
an extent that his e;herealized caput
pXDnpS al matter more urDSS than the
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-12-29
DIED,

In Carson lily. December 18th. Hal Claw
ton. son of T. ". ". Davies. aged } years and
: months.
In arson City. December 9th, Mrs. Fran
cas- Il. Mack. aged - years and i months.
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HoCT-
~ .

IN Carson City. December 9Th. t. the wife
n iacob Klein. II son.
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Destructive Fire.

VNIO. Tee. =.
4 fire in Bate>Nille, Indiana. yes;er-
day. destroyed the furniture factory Of
II. Sctrader " GO. The loss is esii-
mated at we $1,000 M Several ai-
iacent dwellings, We're also destroyed;
the loss Of which is $4,000. No insur-
N on the factory; about $4,000 in
surance on the dwellings. Nearly all
the people in town depended or the
factory for their living. and its de
~ ra.tlpn will pnusn rr,.at sutlpriup
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General Sheriinn's Dcnini-rerrib.a
Murder In ~. Louis -The 81.
Louis "rimcS"-Nurser In De
X alb. MiSsOuri-Fafal Acct lent.

.N''V, IFCI. :.
General Sheridan stated to "a re-
porter this morning that he has re-
ceived no instructions whatever con-
corning the Louisiana matters, and
that the story of his intended departure
for New Orleans or vicinity has no
foundation in fact.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-12-29

The German BOndhOl6eTs md she
California Pacific Railroad-The
Probabilities Of the Latter He.
Ing thrown into Bankruptcy
The Panamims HOaX-Misce1.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-09
have to inform you of the death Of your

have TO inform you of the death OF your
son."
Such dream he who dreamt naturally
thought far too unpleasant TO commune
cate 10 the parties chiefly concerned
Sill, finding himself seated the following
evening precisely as in the dream, he
felt compelled, in spite Of his unwilling
ness, TO relate IL. Hardly had he con
Guided when the figure, as ne had seen II,
passed the window, knocked, and was
ushercd into the apartment, where ne
acted and spoke in every particular a.
foreshadowed. II may be added that
neither the family nor their friend had
the slightest knowledge of the arrival OF
the vessel, and that nobody could have
anticipated The captain in bearing the
fatal news,
The dreamer could not help remarking
that his relation Of his dream prepared
the mother for the announcement, which,
abrupt as it was, might otherwise have
given her dangerous shock.
Are such visions TO be accounted Tor
on reasonable grounds? We think so.
In conjunction with what are called
s'forcbodings" they teach ourselves 10 be-
lieve that intense love, or hate as intense,
maintains connection between those
under its influence, no matter how wide
~ they may be sundcred.
Organized bodies-perhaps we might
say all bodies--are forever giving oil parti-
clcs; those al rest, in every direction
those in motion, behind them, in one long
stream These particles carry with them
the characteristics of the body from
whence they part We know IL TO be so
in The case Of flowers, otherwise there
would be no such thing as scent, and as
suredly no such thing as distinction OF
scent. And we may presume that 1t Is
so in other instances. Nor is it presump-
ton only. That there must be something
Of the sort Is evident from the success
with which the dog traces his master
through crowd, or along well-frequent-
ed thoroughfare.
II requires but small stretch of mag
ination 10 conceive that the particles
thrown off by human beings bear the inn
press of their thoughts, feelings, hopes,
fears and cxpectations-as they exist at
the moment of separation. We may con
ceive, too, that there exist in us senses
acute enough to distinguish, under favor
able circumstances, all the peculiarities
Of these particles when they are brought
III IOULdtb WIFI no w thht Sohta'b,
it Is not so very unreasonable to suppose,
in these days of electric wonders, that
the fixed affection Of persons may give a
fixed direction TO such carnations, and
thus originate and maintain, through all
chances and changes, those delicate
chains Of intercommunication between
friends and foes, to which, rather than to
supernatural agency, we prefer to as.
cribe our startling, truthful dreams and
prcmonitions.--Eoe, SATURDAY.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-09

arupa, commonly known as Indian turnip,
Jack in a box, wake-robin, Jack-in- a-pul-
pit, green-dragon, dragon-root and various
other names This is also distinctly
marked botanical order, of which the
well known Gala lily may be taken as a
familiar example The root of the Indian
turnip has an intensely acrid juice, caus-
ing when chewed, great irritation of the
throat and sometimes blistering the
tongue and mouth, and producing trouble
some swelling of the fauces. Many of
the family produce showy-colored berries,
but they should never be eaten, as nearly
the whole order are suspicious or danger
Gus when taken internally.
The root, leaves, and berries of the
Phnt0Iacca, commonly known as poke
weed, scoke and garget, are poisonous;
the Young stout shoots are sometimes
eaten boiled as asparagus, the boiling
appearing TO destroy the poisonous quail
ity, or perhaps it NAV not be developed
in the young state of the plant. When
older it is certainly poisonous.
The S0ianuDa, or potato family like the
TmbelltterP, contains several species that
are cultivated as vegetables, such as the
potato, the eggplant, the tomato and
peppers, but also contains many species
that are suspicious or decidedly poison
Gus, the berries of some Of them being
snowy and tempting to children. The
whole order is dangerous, as in many of
them one part of the plant may be safely
used while another part may be danger
Gus, as in the potato the tubers Of which
are so wholesome, and the leaves and
berries poisonous. OF this family there
are not many species native northward.
The principal dangerou. species are the
Datnra strnmohi1m, commonly known as
thorn-apple, jamestown weed, and stink
weed; the Hy0scyaD,ts, or henbane; the
bittcr-swect; the common nightshade;
the deadly -nightshade, and the matri-
mony-vine. The dark purple, almost
black, berries of the deadly nightshade
or belladonna are sometimes eaten by
children, producing death.
Children sometimes also eat the berries
of the Hltnmn,ts, or buckthorn, which is
violent and drastic purgatiye, frequently
producing dangerous symptoms.
The only safe way TO avoid unpleasant
or dangerous effects is to scrupulously
refrain from handling or chewing any
plant, or any part of it, unless the plant
is well known to you, and known to be
innoxious.-HagDers Bazar
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-09

All large druggists keep full assort-
ment of curatives of this description for
two reasons: there is great popular do
mand for them, and a retail profit of
from 10 to 80 per cent. on them. They
never pass an opinion upon the medicine
to purchasers. A man who wants a hot.
tie of any of the thousand specifics in the
store obtains no word of condemnation
or commentator of its contents from the
seller. He pays his money and takes his
choice. He is supposed to know what
he wants, and the source of his informa-
ton and his line of arguments are emil
nentlv ridiculous.
A well-dressed, intellectual gentleman
strolled in hesitating way into Buck &
Rayner's store a day or two ago, and
asked for bottle of Plantation Bitters
Mr. Rayner handed him bottle. What
do you think of it?" asked the customer
We never express an opinion, sir upon
these medicines. We do not know what
they are made of, and will not be made
responsible for their effects"
Well" returned the customer "that's
perfectly right. I'm opposed to these
quack- myself. | told nv wife
never would buy bottle of them But
these Plantation Bitters have been so ex-
tensively advertised that there must be
something in them" This species of
reasoning is very prevalent among even
intelligent men. Because some vandal
hand has posted a glaring wood-cut on
Lookout Mountain, Plantation I5itters
will regulate the stomach, expel the
poisonous humors from the body and
transform wasted life of misery and
sickness into an earthly paradise of
health and happiness. Precious faith
and sublime reason.
In speaking of the patent medicines it
mustnot be inferred that all are worthless
Some of them are undoubtedly valuable:
some are harmless and some positively
injurious. 1t stands to reason that a
drug which must yield 400 per cent profit
to remunerate the compounder, and at
the same time sell at reasonable price,
can contain no costly ingredients; or if
it should their efficacy must be merely
nominal, not active. Take the trifing
matter of buchu, for instance The
druggist can extract a more valuable
quality for the same price than is con-
tanned in bottle of the Helmbold prep
aration, the actual value of which is
mainly in its association with gorgeous
posters representing Africans carrying
huge bundles aimlessly about in different
directions, and wearing an expression of
the utmost benignity. Some of the in
MIGRANTS" land their name is legion
contain an alternative of acknowledged
efficacy-corrosive sublimate Now, as
everybody knows, this is, in excess, an
exceedingly deadly poison, and should be
dispensed with the utmost care and with
heavy personal responsibility. Under
existing laws there is no such thing as
onsibility.-Chtcdg0 Tribune.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-09
A PERFECT CURE.

CHARLKsrowN, juno II, A55I.
Mr.. II. r. STEVENS:
Dear Sr-Ths is to certify that yEGETINF made
aperfect cure OF me when my attending physician
nad pronounced my case consumption apd said 1
could not survive many days.
MRS LEDsToN. IS Cook street.
The facts stated by Mrs. Ledston are personally
known by me, and they are true A. ID. HAYNES.
Vegetine IL Sold by All Druggists.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-09

THE New Albany Ledger says: 1.-THE
farmers down on the river bottoms are
having good deal of trouble with snakes.
1t is said the reptiles abound abundantly
down that way. Joseph Snider, while
driving his moving machine through the
field the other day, was surprised to find
the horses stalled, and upon examining
discovered the snakes so thick in the
wheels and cogs as to completely clog the
whole running arrangement. One black
snake was fifteen feet seven inches in
length and seven inches in diameter
There were several other snakes mixed
up in the mowing-machine, but all the
balance were of less caliber."
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-09

"A woman living in the canton of
Zurich, Switzerland, recently resorted to
curious mode of revenge, Her cat of
which she was exceedingly fond, had for
some reason or other been killed by an
official She accordingly procured sew
eral mouse traps and caught some fifty
mice, which she Immediately inclosed in
box and sent to the offending person.
He, suspecting nothing opened the pack
age and was Mortified to see swarm Of
mice tpring out of the box and run all
over the place. AT the bottom of the
box he found note containing the fol-
lowing words: You have killed my cat
| have, therefore, the honor to send you
my mice"
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-09

A BURLINGTON (Vt.) lass has accom-
plished the dream OF her girlhood by
marrying circus clown. She has for
years been wild for such an alliance.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-09

1t is said that the area plantedin cot
ton in Georgia has been reduced 25 pc
cent. this season.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-09
Mad Ants.

DON FRANCISCO VELAsQUEz Informed
me in 1870 that he had powder which
made the ants mad, so that they bit and
DESTROYED each other. He gave me a lit
tie OF IL and IL proved to be corrosive sub
Innate. | made several trials of it. and
found il most efilcacious In turning "A
large column Of ants. A little Of it
sprinkled across one Of their paths in dry
weather has a most surprising effect. AS
soon AS one of the ants touches the white
powder it commences To run about wild.
ly, and TO attack any other ant 1T comes
across. In couple of hours round balls
Of the ants will be found, all biting each
other; and numerous individuals will be
seen bitten completely in TWO, whilst
others have lost some Of their legs or an
tennm News of the commotion Is car
ried TO the formicarium, and huge fell
lows, measuring three.quarters OF an
inch in length, that only come out Of the
nest during migration or an attack on
the nest Of one of the working columns,
are seen stalking down with determined
air as if they would soon right matters.
As soon, however, as they have touched
the sublmate all their stateliness leaves
them; they rush about; their legs are
seized hold of by some Of the smaller
ants already affected by the poison; ana
they themselves begin to bite and In a
short time become the center of fresh
balls of rabid ants. The sublimate can
only be used effectively in dry
weather. AT Colon found the
Americans using coal tar, which
they spread across their paths when any
of them led to their gardens. | was
al tDl,J hat ha I'M han
from ascending young trees by tying
wisps OF grass, with the sharp points
downward, round the stems. The ants
cannot pass through the wisp, and do not
find out how to surmount 1t, getting con-
fused among the numberless blades, all
leading downward. | mention these diff
fercnt plans Of meeting and frustrating
the attacks of the ants at some length, as
they are one of the greatest sconrges OF
tropical America, and II has been too
readily supposed that their attacks cannot
be warded off. | myself was enabled, by
using some of the means mentioned above
to successfully cultivate trees and vegeta-
bles of which the ants were extremely
fond. Notwithstanding that these ants
are so common throughout tropical Amer.
lea, and have excited the attention of
nearly every traveller, there still remains
much doubt as to the use To which the
leaves are put. Some naturalists have
supposed that they use them directly as
food; others that they roof their under.
ground nests with them. believe that
the real use they make of them Is as n
manure, on which grows minute species
Of fungus, on which they feed; that they
are In reality mushroom growers and
eaters,--Naturatfst IN Nicaragua.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-09

He has the largest life who lives in tn,
lives of the largest number OF people.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-09

THEY are actually beading kid gloves
This is the latest absurdity.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-09

A PRoTRUDING TOE is not slightly thing,
say nothing about health and comfort
SILVER TIPPED Shoes never wear out at the
toe. For Sale by all Dealers.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-09

Crops in the Arkansas valley are
very luxuriant.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-09
MARVELLOUS EFFECT!

MIR. II. Il. STEVRNs.
Dear Sir-I have used the great blood remedy, VEG
ETlNE, and feel 1t duty to acknowledge the great
beneht 1t has done In the spring OF the year 1862
was sick from general debility caused by overwork,
want OF sleep and proper rest. was very weak and
much emaciated. tried many remedies without re-
ceving any benefit from any OF them until per-
snaded TO try VEGETlkE. Before had taken this
one week my improved condition gave me renewed
hope and courage. Icontnued to take 1t, every day
gaming more strength, until | was completely re,
stored TO health The effect of this remedy In OF
general debility is indeed marvellous.
ELIZABETH A. FOLEY,
=. II webster street, Charlestown, Mass.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-08-21
Bazaine's Escape.

A London telegram of August III
says: The following interesting par
ticulars of the escape OF the French
Marshal Bazaine from his prison on the
Isle of st. Marguerite have been re-
ceived. The apartments occupied by
Marshal Bazaine opened upon terrace,
which was built upon lofty and pre-
cipitous cliff overhanging the sea. A
sentry was posted on the terrace, with
orders TO watch the prisoners every
movement. During Sunday evening
the Marshal walked upon the terrace
with Colonel Villette, his aid-de-camp.
At 10 O'Clock he retired as usual, APP
parently to sleep, bat before daybreak
he had effected his escape. He must
have crossed the terrace III the dead of
night, and, eluding the sentinel, gained
the edge of the precipice, whence, by
means of knotted rope, he descended
to the sea. He evidently slippedduring
the descent, and tore his hands, as the
rope was found stained with blood in
several places. Under the cliff, in hired
boat, were Marshal Bazaines wife and
cousin. They received him as he
reached the water, and Madame la
Marechal, taking the oars herself,
rowed directly to n strange steamer
which had been lying off the island
since the previous evening. They
reached the vessel in safety, were taken
on board, and the steamer then put to
sea. 1t is thought that they have
landed at Genoa, as the steamer pro-
ceeded in that direction. The first news
of the affair came to Grasse, the near
est place on the coast, and the magis-
trates of the town Immediately sent
officers in every direction to search for
the fugitive. There was great commo-
ton i'll Marseilles when the facts be-
came known. An Investigation was
opened. Col. Villette, who was walk
ing with the Marshal on the evening
of his escape, was discovered there and
imprisoned. The commandant of Fort
st. Marguerite was placed under arrest,
and Gen. Lewal has gone to the island
to investigate the affair.