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Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-06-19

And in accordance with law, and an order of
The Board Of Directors. made on the thirteenth
day OF April 1s74, so many shares Of each par
Gel of such stock as may be necessary will be
sold at public suction, at the Office Of the Com
pany. No. 438 California sreet, San Francisco
California, on Monday, the 18th day of
June, 1874, ut the hour Of 10 O'Clock M. Of
such day, 70 pay delinquent assessment
thereon, together with costs Of advertising and
expenses Of the sale. ltIt .4t.t .NT'T
B.J. GRAY, Secretary.
Qfiee-Room 4Ss California street. San Fran
CISCO california. my27-td
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-06-19

- CARSON CITY, NEVADA,
Will practice in all the Courts Of this State.
Being Attorney for the Central Pacific Railroad
Company, will obtain title to the lands belong.
ing to the Company, for any parties wishing to
purchase.
Having paid especial attention to the practice
before the United States Land Once for nine
years. respectfully tenders his services for that
branch Of business. Will take necessary steps
to secure the selection Of lands by the State,
and obtain patents for the same for parties with
or without their being present.
Having an associate Attorney at Washington,
especial attention will be given to obtaining
patents to public lands and mines, a. well as
suits and business generally before the Depart,
ments. my20tf
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-06-19

Portland Silver Mining Company.-
Location of principal place Of business, San
Francisco Californix-Location Of works, Ely
Mining District, Lincoln county Nev.-Notice.
There are delinquent upon the following des-
cribed stock, on account Of assessment mo. ~
levied on the thirteenth day Of April, 1874, the
several amounts set opposite the names Of the
ras ix.ac cll raho hold mi folloyvs.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-06-19
Masonic Directory.
ASSESSMENT NOTICES.

Technttucup Silver and Gold Min.
ing Company ny.-location of Principal Place OF
business. San Francisco, Standardization OF
Morks. II Dorado Canyon, Colorado Mining
District, Lincoln County. Nevada.-Notice is
hereby given, that at a meeting Of the Trustees.
held ON the 4th day of June. A. d, 1874, an as
sessment mo. 81 Of Five Cents per share vps
levied upon the capital stock Of the corporation,
payable Immediately, in United States gold and
silver coin, to the Secretary at the Office of the
Company, No. T29 Montgomery street, Room
No. q San Francisco Cal
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the lst day of August,
A. d. 1874. will be delinauent an advertised
for sale at public auction, and unless payment
is made before, will be sold on Saturday.
the 29th day Of August, A. d. 1874, to pay
the delinquent assessment, together with costs
OF avertising and expenses of sale.
JOSIAH II. APPLEGATE, Secretary.
Ofhce-No. 729 Montgomery street, Room No.
2, San Francisco, California. je1I.lw
Spring Mountain Tunnel Comp.nv.
Location OF principal place of business San
Francisco, Naturalization of works, ELY
mining District, Lincoln county Nevada Nc
tice Is hereby given, TINT at o meeting Of the
Directors. held on the nd day Of NAV. isTi. an
assessment tNo. 81 Of Ten Cents per share was
levied upon the capital stock of the corpora.
hon, payable Immediately, in United States gold
com, to the Secretary, at the Office of tho
company, Rooms 81 and So tthirl floor New
Merchants Exchange, California street San
Francisco Cal. VII
Any stock upon which this asse ssment shall
remain unpaid on the 3D. day Of July,
1874, will be delinquent, and advertised for sale
at public auction, and unless payment is made
before, will be sold on Saturday, the 25th
day Of July. 1874, to pay the delinquent
assessment, together with costs Of advertising
and expenses of sale.
]. NJ. BURLINGTON, Secretary
Onice-Rooms 81 and 3S New NerchantB'
Exchange, California street. San Francisco,
California. leo ID
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-06-19
N Otico.

A IL PERSONS KNOWING THEMSELVES
"A to be indebted to the estate Of the late
John Ii. Lynch are requested TO come forward
and liquidate such Indebtedness without delay,
JOHN L. DONAHUE,
Attorney for Executrix,
Meadow Valley street, Phoebe.
august y, IL ayl-H
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-06-19

OFFICE OF THE ALPS SILVER MINING CoMpANY,l
SAN Francisco, May IS, 1874.
, At a meeting OF the Board Of Diree.
tors this day held, the Office of Secretary of the
above said Alps silver Mining Company, held by
O. Il. Balcom, was declared vacant and q. ID.
Squire was elected in his stead
The above assessment mo. " levied April 23,
1874, is now made payable to the said o. d.
Squire, at the Office of the Company, No. 42G
Montgomery street, San Francisco, California.
By order of the Directors.
WI. WILLIAMS,
my2i2w President
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-06-19

lng0mar silver Mining Company
Location of Principal Place of Business,
San Francisco, California. - Location Of
works, Ely Mining District. Lincoln county,
Nevada. = Notice is hereby given that
at q meeting Of the Board Of Directors, held on
the 4th day of May, 1874, an assessment mo.
u of Twenty-Five Cents per share wns levied
upon the capital stock Of said corporation.
payable Immediately, in United States gold
coin, to the Secretary, at the Office Of the
Company, Haywards Building, 419 California
street, San Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the 10th day Of June,
1874, will he delinquent, and advertised for
salo at public suction, and unless payment
Is made before, will be sold on Thursday,
the I'd day of July, 1874, to pay the delinquent
assessment, together with cost of advertising
and expenses of sale.
CHAS. q. NEAL, Secretary.
Office: Room 23 Hayward's Building, 4l9 CALI
fornia street, San Francisco. California.
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The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-03-19
italian Railroads.

A correspondent writing
from Italy says:"Hpr railroads
are magnificent structures, the
waiting room elegantly fres
coed, and the seats of the fines,
silk velvet. When the train
stops for dinner they give you
one hour TO eat yonr meal.
The railroad beds are the
smooihest | have ever ridden
over: the embankments are all
built Of solid masonry of the
most substantial nature, and
the bridges are all massive
stone. II the bridges, embank.
ments and road beds OF tn.
New York Central Railroad
we're built ike those of the
High Italy Railway, that road.
with Its immense revenues.
could not pay a halt per cent
dividend on the cost OF its con
structiOn.
."The expense of running rail
roads In Italy is enormous
Every tnn OF coal is bought IN
England, costing ten dollar,
per tun, and transported az an
enormous cost to Italy. The
system is admirable. OF course
| do not like the carriages; but
in every other respect they ex-
eel Us Americans. II is imposi
BILE for a traveller TO get into
the wrong train or car, even il
he does not speak a word OF
either French or Italian. Eve
ry man connected with u rail-
road wears a uniform, and the
guard lifts his hat to you as he
politely examines your ticket.
| have travelled nearly 1000
miles in Europe. on many d.
ferent roads, and 1 never missed
a train or knew one to be five
minutes behind time. Sgrely
such lacls attest he excellence
of the railway system in Italy
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-03-19
An Admirable Speech by a
Good Ola Man
From he Eev York TEgms, lsa FeS

From he HeV York TTi5ms, lsh Feb
The admirable little speech
OF Peter Cooper at the Area
dian reception the other night
was studded with terse EXPIRES
sions of the philosophy OF life
to which his noble experience
has led him. He was constrain
ed to say that one of the things
which now most surprised him
in his "reminiscences, was to OBJ
serve how much he had see n
come TO pass and how little he
had himself been able to do.
The recipe by which he had
preserved at the age of eight.
three his youthful cheerlulness
and buoyancy was this: always
10 give friendly welcome to
new ideas, never to feel too old
to learn, never to lose faith IN
human nature, believe in the
progress Of man to a hett er
social condition, and trust in
the ability of man to establish
and maintain self-govprnment.
He recognized that while the
object oil business is to make
money in an honorable manner,
the object of life is to do good.
To phrases like these we can
add in a Saturdays issue no
pleasanter conclusion to these
"reminiscences of The old phil
anthropist's latest appearance
(long may it be before we must
say his lastly than the words
with which he ended his mod.
est response to speech in hls
honor: Let me saw then, in con.
cluslon, that nv experience of
life has not dimmed my hopes
for humanity; that my sun is
not setting IN clonds and dark
ness, but is gong down cheer
fully IN a clear irmanNnt light.
ed up by the glory of God, who
should always be veneratpd
and loved as The infinite source
and fountain ofall light, power,
wisdom, and goodne 49,
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-03-19
Selecting q Wife.

We have heard oil this test ap.
piled to servant girls, but John
Starkley was the man who ap
Piled it TO the selection of a
wife. The Starkleys and tn.
Belknaps had been fIisnds
through several generation.
In the present generation there
was, III The Starkley family; one
son, and in the family If Bel.
knaps there were five daught.
erS; and it had been arranged
between the parents that the
heir of the Stark!eys should
take HIM a wife from among { he
daughters of Belknap. John,
the heir Aforesaid, at the age Of
tlve and twenty, had returned
from his travels, hen his faith.
er bade him select The daught-
ers ofthe friendly house the one
he would have for a wife. John
was a dutliul son, and his heart
was whole, and as the m aidens
were all fair to look upon, hc
accepted The situation, deter.
mined to master it if possible
John spent several evenings
in the company of the young
ladies, and it was difficult to
decide which was The most
charming, though his fancy rest
cd most lingeringly upon the
yonngest-not that she was
handsomest, but she appeared
the most sensible.
One dav John was invited 10
dinner, and IN a advance ofthe
family he made his way into the
hall, and threw broom upon
the floor directly across the
passage to the dining room. BY
and by the summons sounlod
for The meal AMI John watched
for the result. The eldest dangh-
ter stepned over the broom loft
ilv. The second went around
it. The third gave il a kick
from her path. The forth gave
it an extra kick. The fifth the
yonngesi-stooped and picked
the broom IN. and took il to the
tar corner Of the hall, and SCI
il carefully ont of the way.
And )onn selected tine meek
eyed far haired maiden who
had lhus stood The test. and he
never had occasion to regret his
choice. She proved to be wife
who looked we'll to the wavs of
her household. and her heart
had no lack of faith and love.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-03-19

FROM the following from tho
Pomeroy Telegraph, it APPEARS
that Judge Plants means that
there shall be no mercy for VI
olators of the Liquor Law who
come before him: di
'rwo Racine druggists wero
up before the Court of Com.
mon Pleas yesterday, charged
with selling liquors in viola
ton Of law. They plead guilty,
and were fined one hunderd
dollars each, and required t0
give bonds OF $1,OOOto observe
the law in the future. This Isl
but the commencement of the
,hunderings of the law in this
county. No one need wonder
If our county jail is filed uj'
with violators ofthe liquor law .
within a month"; = Isg-
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-03-19
Family Attachments.

One OF The saddest things
about a large family who have
lived together for years under
the old roof tree, is the scat
tering to distant homes, which
takes place as they grow up,
one by one, years OF maturl-
~. 1t is often the case that,
in The cares and hustle OF bus
mess, letters grow more un-
frequent, and finally brothers
and sisters will sometimes en-.
lirely lose sight of each Other
These kindred lies are too sa.
cred 10 be thus lightly served.
II takes such a little while to
write a letter, and the expense
Is so lriflIng, that there can
hardly be an excuse Tor the
neglect. A loving family cir,
Gle, thus widely severed. adopt
ed a curious but beautiful plan
of keeping informed of each
others, welfare. the two m ,si
remote, on the first of each
month, write a part Of page
on a large sheet containing the
principal news of The month,
and this is sealed and forward.
ed To the family next in order.
Some member of the house
hold aids a little contribution
and sends 1t on to The nex', and
so on till The circle is complete
Thus the family circle goes its
rounds twelve times a year,
aud each one is kept well in
formed OF the jnys, sorrows,
plans and pursui s OF the 9th
ers. Family gatherings are
frequent IN such households,
and the o.d home attachments
never grew cold. %
Sons, in particular, away
from home are apt to grow
very neglectful of letter wrl-
ting. II they knew how many
heartaches such neglect often
causes to the loving breast that
pillowe6 their tired heads in
childhood, they would not be
so thoughtless. II they knew
the Joy that a letter brought,
and could see how It's lighiest
words were dwelt over, and
s
talked over by the fireslde,
they would not be go sparing
OF those messages. Are not
some Of us sadly iu arrears in
this particulars Istins.6
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-03-19

MIKE McNEAL, q boy, twas
wanted by the police Of CrswI
fordsville, Indiana, for theft
Abou, tnidnigh. Mike McNeat
was found, whose mother 80
.toutly protested hi, innocence,
and wss SO stricken by the aca
cusa;ion, that TIE officer consent,
ed to go back to headquarterJ }
and see il there had not beeIf
some mistake, There they learned
they had hit upon a namesske,
aud that the thieviag Mike Nc,
Neal was another boy. Return,
lug to tell the mother Of the efrori
they found her dead. Tho shoes
had helped heart. disease kill hers
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-03-19

Poor Tweed! We thonght Of
HIM as we behald the thronE
about the luxurious Metropol-i
tan Hotel the other day, when
the body of. commissioner
Smith was taken 10 tha City
Hall, and heard q bystander re-
mark on his appearances last
week at Blackwell's o island,
His head IS shaved, his form
attenuated, his couutenaucs
sad. His departed friend, Mr..
Smith, visited him every Sum
day, and his son goes every
morning to the island to take
the morning paper and COM
forts and deIicacies TO reNevS
his dreary Iiie.-N Y. SIN.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-03-19

A Philadelphia correspondent
Of the Boston Journal of Com:
merce tells how money is spent
at Centennial headquarters;
Thomas Webster receives $500 d
month for special literary SER
vices, B. II. Haines receives
$500 per month, and William B:
Robbins $3.50 for the same sort
of work, which consists mainly In
copying circulars. The other BEN
efciaries are j. E. Peyton, who;
as general visitor to differens
States, gets $500; Hart, general
editor, $500; man named Blake,
$500; man named Petit, $500;
aid Charles B. Norton, $400
per month. At this rate it will
take about the amount donated
by New Jersey to keep these
cOpyists and runners going ups
til '76. ..I- .t II
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-03-19
The Value Of Coal Lands

the jackson Standard. The
letter is in reply to a question
put the week beior' what il
The value per acre of the Goa
contained in four feet vein a
one cent per b0shel, one,fOurti
of the coal being allowed fol
pillars and wastage:
| saw Allen Austin at the
Gibson House last Saturday,
he in formed me that the sale o.
Lasley's and McGhee's land,
had been completed. AS stat
ed last week. Mr.. McGhee
cleared thirty thousand dollars
on this land. And yet l am
sure that he lost ten times that
amount by not holding his land
a year or two lnnger. Mr.. Aus
tin said that be had sold Tor ii.
~ dollars per acre, the lands
immediately across the road
from the McGhee farm, only a
lew years ago, and then that he
was getting a good price for it,
l stated last week that |
believed the Bundy tract, oil
1000 acres, is now worth 81,
100000. Was hat an exlrava
giant asSeruons Let US see. On
saturday night found the fol
lowing in the Post, flee:
JACKSON, o., Feb. 21.
"MR. MAcKLEY:-ln the per-
usal ol this " eek s paper, | note
The problem given by you TO be
prepared by some school boy
or your next article. Now,
I'm a lit Ie school girl, and not
IA boy; but knowing that You
are a a"woman's rights" editor |
an nQi afraid at all; Tor women
are only llIlle girls gro oSn tall.
| now submit the solution
which is at your pleasure. |
find in my arllhme ic thai 43,
$50 "a. IL. make an acre; then,
nnlli; lying by 144. | have 6
272640 SO. in. which is one
acre. Now, allowing fourth
II The vein hichls 4 II thick. J
or pillars and wastage, | have
3 1t, or 36 in. in height;
hen multiplying bv SO | have
225 S15640 en-. in Of coal; Then.
nviding 225 SIS O40 Gu. in. by
2,6SS Gu. in., the numbcr IN a
nShel, | have S4O,OOS5 bu
which at one cent gives $S40
OS5, The value oil an acre OF
coal.
81 am constant reader OF
vUur spicy Standard.
"Hopefully yours,
"EDIE SCoIT."
Very well. 1t will be seen
that at this very liberal est-
nate. the McGhee farm Of 400
acres, at SS40 per acre, is worth
1886, 900. Practical coal min
ers assure me that One-iourth
nr pillars and waste is too lib
raj ar estimate. | am also
assured that my price is much
90 low. | am informed that
good coal in the ground, as
'asy Ol access as the great Nil
ton vein, and lying right on (or
under) a railroad, is always
worth fifty cents perton. AT
hat price, what would an acre
of coal be worthl | will not
Ask Miss Ed.e to give me the
solution, but ! will attempt it
myself. One acre contains 81,
o0S bushels A bushel weighs
80 lbs. This would give 2S
bushels to The ton. Divide 81,
600 bv 2S, and We have 8 0O0
IONS per acre, which al 80 cents
per ton is worth 81 500. Frank
Austin has The coal under
1,400 acres, which he proposes
TO sellior about 500 per acre.
fake this from $500 The price
Of one acre OF coal at 30 cents
per ton, and We have 81 400
speculation on each acre. Mul-
iply the profit on one acre
C,400) by the number oil acres
in the tract, (1,40O) and we
have the enormous sum of 81 :
96O 900 profit on the Austin
lands.
" IN .L-I Al =.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-03-19
The second edition Of tho

The second edition of tho
Medical Times says the autopsy
ofthe Siamese twins was contin-
ued on Friday last, resulting in
some interesting disclosures. II
says: "On Friday the commission
continued the autopsy on the
Siamese twins, aud made some
important discoveries. They
found that the two livers which
were supposed to be Joined only
by blood vessels were really one
body, sarencaymatous tissue be-
ing continuous between them, so
that when they were removed
from the bodies and placed on
the table they formed one masss
The so-ca!led tract ofportal Con-
tinuity is therefore liver tissue.
II will be remembered that Chang
was said to be possessed of one
more pouch than Eng. Wien Il Q
liver was removed, however, an
upper hepatic pouch was found
also proceeding from Eng, SO
that the band contained four
pouches Of peritoneum, beside
liver tissue. These disclosures
show that any attempt during life
to separate the twins would in all
probability have proved fatal"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-18
Palmyra.

Mr.. Judson Babcock and family have re-.
turned to Palmyra from the State of Kan
sas where they been residing for nearly
four years. He reports a good country of
lard and healthy, but the crops have been
badly injured by the chnch bugs. They
had quite pleasant but a tedious journey
OF about 700 miles with teams, being about
weeks On the road. Mr. Babcock has
farm in Kansas but will not be likely 10 re-
turn to that State very soon, as his wife's
parents as well as many OF his relatives and
friends are residing in this vicinity. 1t is
10 uncommon occurrence for people to re-
turn after having removed from Wisconsin.
wisconsin now, and Wisconsin forever.
The Garbutt Brothers sent us some 80
ears OF corn which were the heaviest we
have seen this season, weighing fully one
pound each. These bro hers seem bound
not 10 be beaten in growing agricultural
products. Enterprise.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-18
Personal Mention.

At the request OF his society, Rev. J. L..
Dudley, of the Plymouth Congregational
Church, in Milwaukee, has withdrawn his
resignation aad it is proposed to build
a new church and enter on enlarged and
more active operations.
Last Monday Senator Carl Schurz, of
Missouri, passed through this city on his
way from La Crosse to Fond du Lac, remain
ing at the Bay State House from l0-20 A H.
to 3 20 P. NJ. The Senator mad filed a
lecture engagement at La Crosse, and had
a similar engagement to fill at Fond du Lac
on Monday Evening. Several of his for
mer neighbors and friends paid their re-
spects to him during his brief stay in the
city.
Right Reverend Bishop Foley and Rev.
DR.. McMullen, of Chicago, and Rev. T. P.
Hodnett, of Lincoln, Illinois, euj Dyed the
hospitality of Hon. VIM. NJ. Dennis last
Monday while passing through our city en-
route to visit Rev. DR.. Murphy, ofRichwood,
who lies at the point Of death.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-18
w aterIOO,

Three rather tough specimens of tho
"en Us homo, put in an appearance in
this village, on Monday night, along tow
aros the eve sma hours" The Marsh al
and posse were in waiting, but owing to a
want OF military discipline among the Mar
shals assistants, a premature alarm was
gwen and the birds scat tered. They were.
however, overhauled and taken before the
court next morning, ON suspicion. No
thing was ELECTED to hold two of them,
ana they were discharged with an admoni-
ton from the court. They were named re-
spectively, John Brown, and Joseph Syl-
yes ter, and hailed from anywhere in the
United States. The other one rejoicing in
the Industrious name Of Charles Maley, was
convicted OF wearing clean shirt that Joe
Hobberman had lost, for which exhibition
OF good taste, the court thought the county
could afford to board him for 80 DAYS.
Ticket for board accordingly issued.
Any person caught in the act ofstealing.
IN the village of Waterloo, will be lynched.
The rope has been purchased, and the ex-
ecutioners engaged
DR.. Clark, the phrenoIogist, who was in
Waterloo, week before last, has been stop
ping in York, the past week, where he has
met with great success.-Journaz
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-18
BADLY Sold.

We find the following item relative to q
former citizen OF Watertown, going the
rounds OF the state press:
MIR. J. J. Foote, Esq, Reform candi-
date for District Attorney, supposing him
self elected came to Fond du Lac and re-
celved the congratulations of friends made
arrangements for an office; bought two
6OO-nile tickets on the Sheboygan and
Fond du Lac Railroad, and spread himself
around generally, when 10 there cometh,
last evening, delegation to our worthy
friend, s. Basted, Esq, with the news that
he was elected over Mr.. Foote by thirty
three majority. The American band came
out and gave the newly -elected officer a
serenade, and grand old time was en-
joyed by all. Mr.. Foote is going to start
a railroad ticket Office, we understand.