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Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-02-01
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Condor silver Mining Company.
Location of works, Ely Mining District, Lincoln
County Standardization Of principal place of
business, San Francisco California.-Notice is
hereby given that at q meeting Of the Board Of
Trustees OF this company, held on the twenty
seventh day of January 1874, an assessment tho.
q of Twenty-Five Cents per share was levied
upon the capital stock Of said company, payable
Immediately, 10 the Secretary at the Office of
the company, Room 2, No. 240 Montgomery ST.,
southeast corner of Pine, San Francisco Cali
fornia.
Any stock upon which said assessment shall
remain unpaid on Saturday, the Seventh
Day of March, 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
Twenty-eighth day Of March, 1874, to
pay the delinquent assessment, together with
costs OF advertising and expenses of sale.
BY order of the Board Of Trustees.
GEO. T. GRIMES, Secretary.
ofhce-Room @ No. 240 Montgomery street,
southeast corner Of Pine San Francisco, Cali
fornia. fl-td
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-02-01

KEYSTONE h. A., CHAPTER NO. g.
N Called convocations first and third Thurs
day evenings in each month at O'Clock.
Stated conyocations second and fourth Thursday
evenings in each month.
sojourning brethren and companions in good
standing cordially invited to attend.
KDwD d. L. QUITS, II. E. II. P.
II. KHAusH, Secretary. je2s-f
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-02-01
Telegraphic Dispatches

srx,1,I TO THr ProcHE DAILY RECORD.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-02-01

The Performance Tor the behFhI OF
Boucicault, last night, was a fine success,
and the attendance very large. He
closes his engagement here on Monday
night.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-02-01
WarmOutli--Rifl Match, Etc.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 3l.-The great
fire in Worthington block is now sub
dued. The loss reaches over half mil
lion dollars. assurances: Koch, Gold
smith & Joseph, clothing, about $780,
900, divided among the New York, New
England, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri,
and London and Liverpool companies;
Adams & Goodville, clothing, over $780,
600: insurance divided as above, with the
exception of the London and Liverpool
Company; Worthington & Co., hardware,
$4,000 insurance as far as known.
Their loss approximates 100000.
HARRISBURG, Pa, Jan. 3l.-The Judge
delivered long charge to the jury in the
Evans case this morning. After being
out three hours the jury rendered a YER
dict for the State for SIS, 566. $50.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-11
The Largest Vaulted Roof i'm the World.

The largest vaulted roof in the world
is claimed by Vienna belongs to
the great Exposition building. It is
said to cover nine times the space of the
dome Of ST. Pauls, in London, eight
times the area Of the dome of St. Peters,
and seven times that Of st. Sophia at
Constantinople. This miracle Of archi-
tectural skill is $50 feet in diameter.
1909 feet round, and stands on a ring of
thirty columns thirty-six feet apart, all
around the circumference. Within the
ring Of columns there is no support.
The upper dome 100 feet in diameter,
admits light by q series of windows
forty feet high and ten feet wide, be-
tween thirty columns which carry the
upper dome. The slope of the cone is
thirty degrees, and the length of the
slope on all sides is 200 feet. The roof
is formed of $50 iron plates, tapering
uniformly upward from the circumfer-
ence to the apex of the cone. They are
riveted like the plates of ship; each
row of plates covers one degree of the
circle, and each bottom plate is one yard
wide between the lines of rivets, and one
meter wide over the lap.-F7'oma Mr..
B0rtlett's Paper.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-11
Immense Anvil Block.

At the Vienna Exposition Russia ex-
hibited a model of one of the largest, if
not the largest, anvil blocks ever cast in
a single piece. This prodigious fabri-
cation, weighing 622 tons, was destined
for the large fifty-ton double acting
steam hammer of the steel works at
Perm, and is of a class of artificial
specialties in artificial castings which,
more than anything else, may be said to
show the increase in the dimensions
and weights of manufactured articles.
The casting of such block is certainly
a mechanical triumph. Nothing, in
deed, can be more exciting than the
handling Of large masses of molten iron
into consideration the glowing
temperature of the liquid, the tremen-
dous weight Of the mass itself, and Of
the apparatus necessary for moving it,
the rapidity with which all operations
must be carried out to avoid the setting
of the material, and, lastly, the loss in
case of failure, it being nearly impossi-
bic to make any profitable use of such a
vast block of metal. OfIcourse great
care has to be taken in preparing the
mould for such immense castings; and
it has found the best plan to divide
the whole mould into several separate
pats, which can be thoroughly dried in
a drying stove, and are only replaced in
the mould pit the day before casting. 4
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-11
Superstition Among Miners.

Yesterday morning large number OF
the miners employed at some Of the
/ Bedworth collieries, in North Warwick
shire, giving way to superstition which
has long prevailed among this class, re-
fused to descend into the coal pits in
which they are employed. The men
are credulous enough to believe that
certain nocturnal sounds, which are
doubtless produced by fly hocks of
night-birds in their passage across the
country, are harbingels Of an impend-
ing colliery disaster. During O. certain
Sunday night it was stated that these
sounds, which have been designated,
"The seven whistlers," had been dis
tinctly heard in the neighborhood Of
Bedford, and the result was that on the
following morning when the work
should have been resumed, many of
the men positively refused to descend
the pits, and were to be seen idling
about the streets of the town. The re-
cent colliery accidents at Bedford, and
the sounds by which they are said to
have, been preceded, seem to have
augmented rather than diminished this
superstitious belief -EagJjs5 paper.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-11
The Flower Girl of Paris.

Everybody, says the London Court
Circular, has heard Of Isabelle, the
fower-girl of the Paris Jockey club,
who never sells flowers, but only gives
them. Well, then, this giver of flowers
has made quite respectable little for
tune by giving flowers away. To be
sure, no one ever thought of receiving
her flowers without some little acknowl-
edgIaent. Thus, for the smallest rose
bud louis dor was readily paid.
Some, according to circumstances, give
more. The late emperor is known to
have paid for his button hole boouets
five hundred francs. Others paid her
in Jewelry; and at this moment Isabelle
the flower girls jewelry is more numer-
Gus than Schneider's. She has over
five hundred different pieces of jewelry
given by the highest personsges al
many nations. And she is no eight O.
love- Isabelle is portly, middle-aged
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-11
A Man Looking for Himself.

The ludicrous spectacle of man look
ing for himself and suffering the keenest
chagrin at failing to find himself, was
exhibited on the Union Pacific Railroad
not long ago. An eastern-bound emil
grant train stopped at Rock Creek sta
ton for breakfast. One emigrant
strayed away, and the first section of
the train started without him. He
reached the second on time, and man
aged to get away. Els friends in the
first section missed him, and were seized
with a dread that he had been killed.
The conductor telegraphed to the Sec
ond station to look for him, and
bring him or his body to Laramie.
The passengers turned out read
lily to aid in the search. Foremost
among them, and displaying a, terrible
anxiety, was the man for whom they
were looking. He hunted for the miss
ing emigrant with zeal which could
only be accounted for by the fact-un-
known to him-that he was looking for
himself. During the whole day and
following night the search was contin-
ued, the unconscious cause of it suffer
ing deeply to think that he had been
lost. When he reached Laramie, the
idea never occurred to his friends, and
the railroad employees might still be
looking for him, when one bright in
dividual startled the crowd with the re-
mark that our hero had been looking for
himself and had failed to find himself.
Chicago Tribune.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-11
Great Fires in Russia.

4 ST. Petersburg letter to the Lon
don Echo, dated September 10, says:
GA few days ago telegram from Bob
ruisk stated that more than 100 houses
had been burned to the ground. Such
fires are becoming SO common now, that
we scarcely ever take up paper with
out seeing one or two similar calamities
In it. Since the spring scarcely week
has passed without some little country
town being partially or wholly destroy
ed by fire. According to official statis-
tics, in European Russia, during the
month of May, no fewer than 1,718 fires
occurred, Of which 22S were due to
malice, 40 to carelessness, and 97S to
causes 1nknown'-the loss being esti-
mated at 100000 roubles. In June,
1902 fires occurred, and destroyed
property to the value of 5,976,476 rou-
bles, Of which loss more than 100000
roubles fell on the government of Mos
COW. Nearly 900 houses were burnt to
the ground in a little Polish town.
Half dozen small country towns were
more or less temporarily effaced from
off the earth, and in Moscow large
fire converted three streets and bazaar
into smoke and ashes. This month a
tobacco mandatory in the same city
has been destroyed, and at Lianovitchi
government Of Mins) 329 houses, an
orthodox church, and three synagogues,
valued at 100000 roubles, have been
entirely consumed"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-11
Married and Single.

A correspondent of oneof the English
periodicals sends to it two curious ex-
tracts from the European Magazine, vol.
sc, 1914. One of them appears in the
list of marriages for July OF that year,
and is as follows: "Lately, at Glasgow,
Mr.. Fl. Cain, aged eighty.fou3', to Mrs.
Maxwell. of Clark's bridge, aged nine
ty-siu. It is the sixth time for the
bridegroom, and the ninth time for the
bride, being joined in wedlock" The
other represents an entirely different
temperament, and is found among the
obituary notices: " Lately, in Gray's
Aims House, Taunton, aged eighty-two,
Hannah Mlrton, maiden lady. She
vowed, several years ago, that no he .fez-
lOW should ever touch her, living or
dead. In pursuance of this resolution,
about ten years since, she purchased
coffin In which, whenever she felt seri-
Gus illness, she Immediately deposited
herself thus securing the qualification
OF her peculiar sensibility. The coffin
was not, however, exclusively appropri-
ated to the reception of her mortal re-
mains, but served also as her wardrobe,
and the depository Of her bread and
cheese
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-11
Artificial Birds Nest.

A writer in ILLUSTRATION, referring to
the Bots de Vincennes, says: "They
are placing this year, as they did last
year, great number of artificial nests in
the clumps and thickets OF this wood.
Are you aware that there exists in Paris
workmen skillful enough to fabricate
nests SO admirably constructed as to take
in Gin more than one sense) the very
birds themselves !? They make them
for the thievish and quarrelsome spar
row, for the titmouse with the azure
tail, for the warbler, for the kingfsher
there are large artificial lakes in the
Bots de Vincennes), and for the chat
finch. The cuckoo, the blackbird, and
the magpie himself are not forgotten.
Such beautiful nests Large and small
apartments for feathered families to be
let, with immediate possession, without
taking lease, or with a lease Of three.
six, or nine years at pleasure. These.
by the way, are the usual terms of lease,
in France. The writer goes on to state.
that 5000 OF these nests have been put
up. The plan, we believe, was first
suggested by a Professor of the. Jarden
DIES Plantes, with view of encouraging
the multiplication of birds that NAV help
to destroy the worms and insects iniu-
rlous to vegetation.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-11
Don't Insult tho Dnctar

A hearse was slowly rolling along to-
wards the Cemetery Pere La Chaise,
and gig was running rapidly from the
opposite direction. The two met, but
the place WAS narrow, and one of the
gigs wheels struck the hearse. The
driver hurled an invective against the
man that dared disturb the rest of the
dead, and finished by saying 8
T "You ought to be boxed up in there
youself, you old villain! p
While this scene was passing, the
janitor of the graveyard made signs for
the driver to keep still, but he did not.
They entered. After the corpse was
inferred the janitor addressed him:
"DO you know what you have done,
most miserable Of men Are you
aware that if this man said but one word
to the Board of Burial you would be
discharged instantly?''
g Oh. sir, you do SO to brighten me !
Is it the Chief of Police?''
More-much more" ~ S.
"Good heavens Not a minister,
hope?"
60 Even more, answered the janitor.
and then continued: "He of all men in
the world is most useful to you. You
are under particular obligations to him,
and so am [. That is the great DR..
Pillkill, whose prescriptions have not
failed to make business good for all of
u.s."
4 am q lost man forever! For
mercy's sake, janitor, say nothing Of
it !"
every we'll, won't. But use it as
lesson, and in the future always mani
fest the greatest respect toward those
who have it in their power to make men
die.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-11
Revolutionary Relies.

That noted collector of relics Mr..
Sirge, Of Orange street-has just cap
tured four revolutionary relics of much
value. One is an old chair taken from
the old Bassett house, in Hamden, which
was torn down some time ago. In this
chair two American soldiers, wounded
in defending this city from the British
soldiers in ITS, once sat to have their
wounds bound up. In those days the
happy possessor of country seat shot
deer from the door as they darted
through the thicket Another relic is
all old button that was worn by mem
Der of the continental army. Another
is lath taken from the Bassett house,
which was built during the latter part
Of the eighteenth century. And still
another is a $50 note Of continental
money. Mr.. Birge has another curiosity
in the shape OF an old gig driven in
revolutionary times.-NeaO Haven
Palladium.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-11
4 Story of Tom Marshall.

On one occasion Tom Marshall
heard R. J. Breckenridge preach, and
falling in with him after the service,
accompanied him home. "Whr don t
you preach better?'' said Marshall.
81 do as we'll as can, answered Brock
inridge. "Why don't you preach as
the Saviour did % continued Marshall.
"That's hard to do rejoined Breckin-
ridge. "Preach in parallels, said Mar
shall "that is a very simple and easy
thing to do; that's the way our Lord set
forth the truth swell, Tom," said
Breckenridge, "I have as high an opin-
ion of your talents as anybody else has,
and I set a higher estimate on your
reading and information than most peo-
pie do. [ defy you to make parable,
and | defy you to find one in literature
outside of the New Testament ''Non-
exclaimed Marshall; ct can
make 30, and can find 1OO." "Well,
try it, and let me know, replied Brock
inridge. Shortly after they met again.
"Wen, Bob" said Marshall, "what
about those things-the parallels? I
have tried my best, and I can't make
one; [ have looked everywhere, and I
can't find one. What does it all mean !?
[ give it up" "You see," replied
Breckenridge, ''why [ don't preach in
parallels. [ can't do that.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-11

woman, and SO plain that she has
scarcely known what it was to possess
the devils beauty = namely, the
beauty attendant on all that is young.
Not spot, therefore, is on her escutch-
con. Her fortune and diamonds have
been woneby smiles, but nothing more.
1t has been the fashion to give to her,
and every. one has given. Every mem
Der of the Jockey club makes her a
present on his installation, and on New
Years day, also, whenever a horse wins
the owner remembers Isabelle.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-11
Polite Eccentricity.

A very characteristic anecdote is re-
lated of Charles XIV, late King Of
Sweden. AS is known, he treated all
rules OF etiquette with the utmost levity,
and was never happier than when he
could pass himself off as some other
person. His favorite place of residence
was his castle called Ulrksdate, situated
in the environs OF Stockholm. Here he
passed his summers and notunfrequent-
~ part of the winter. One day, alone
and dressed in a simple summer cos
tune, he took walk in his park, which
was always open to visitors. Here he
encountered family Of strangers who,
not recognizing the King, walked up to
him and asked if they were permitted to
visit the castle. F" Certainly replied
the King. "Be so good asto follow me. y
And he conducted them from hall to
hall, explaining everything in manner
to do credit to the most voluble cicero.ae.
The strangers were intelligent and pleas
ed the King, who pleased them in his
turn. At themoment Of separation they
begged him to tell them in what man
ner they could show their gratitude 81
like photographs very much," said the
King, 81 let us change portraits" They
agreed to do this, and in the evening,
when the strangers returned to their
hotel, they found a large Photographic
portrait awaiting them, at the foot Of
which was written the words: "From
Charles XIV, King of Sweden"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-11
Ancient Relic.

The second t1mulus found on Mr.
Skrines estate at Cockham, in Berk-
shire, England, was opened few days
ago and found to contain the skeleton
of q Saxon warrior. The figure lay
facing north, feet inches from the
surface Of the mound, which rises to
about 3 feet from the present. level of
the marsh, and is surrounded by we'll
defined ditch. Covering the right
shoulder was the jumbo or boss Of
shield. which, in all probability COM
posed of wicker or hide, had itself long
since persisted. The umboo, which is
a very fine specimen Of early Saxon iron
work, is about 6 inches in diameter, and
conical in form, being surrounded by
raised bolts, and with what may have
been spear point rising from the CEN
tire. To the LETT of the head had been
placed an urn, now crushed beneath
the weight of earth above it, but orig
inally. doubtless, contained wine or
water, while at the feet of the skeleton
lay the body of a sheep, together with
those of another animal not distinctly
recognizable, and beside them an iron
knife, measuring to the portion of the
hilt that remains, inches
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-11

+ JUDGMENT OF MUSICIANS Theodore
Thomas, the distinguished founder and
conductor Of the famous "Thomas'
Orchestra, New York, ought to know as
well as any onethe opinions entertained
by musicians respecting musical 1nstru-
ments. He declares that they generally
agree with him in regarding the Mason
q HAMLIN CABINET ORGANS as much
the best instruments of this class in the
world. tits, not, therefore, surprising
that they are now largely exported to
Europe, commanding higher prices
there than the Instruments of their. best
makers.-Com.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-11
The Harvest in Austria.

The Eastern Budget says: It APP
pears from the last harvest reports is
sued by the Ministry of Agriculture at
Vienna that the warm and dry weather
which prevailed during; the latter half
of September has PRODUCED on the
whole a favorable effect on the crops.
In Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia there
was an average crop of potatoes, beet
root was of excellent quality, but not
abundant, and the flax crop was fail
ure. The condition Of the maize crop
in the, Bukovina was satisfactory. as
also III Central Austria. The vintage
in Lower Austria has begun, and prom
Uses to furnish an average quantity of
wine Of good quality: in Hungary It is
expected that the wine will be good. but
below the average In quantity The
maize crops are very satisfactory in all
parts of the monarchy
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-11
A Veterans Treasured Musket.
From the Rochester Democrat.

He was a Misunderstanding old
gentleman, and he sat in the waiting
room Of the Central Depot with an old
fashioned gun across his knees. To
one who passed him by,i casual way,
he seemed to be a hunter On his way to
some wood Or field where game was to
be found. But he who tarried~ a~mo-
ment learned that the old gentleman
was one whom the nation had honored
for his assistance ia it's time of need.
On the stock of the old gun was plate
bearing fireworks:
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-11
The Effect of Lightning on Trees.

The theory that the splitting Of
the trunks Of trees by lightning is the
result Of the sudden evaporation of the
liquids contained within them, has re-
ceived much confirmation from expert
ments made by Osborn Reynolds, who
succeeded in splitting small sticks Of
wood by passing the electric spark
through them, after they had been i'm
pregnated by water. He also burnt
small glass. tubes, - which were
filed with water, although the
same tubes, when empty, allowed
the electric spark to Jump
through them without IL the least dis
turbing them. The most striking ex-
perimentmade by him was upon a tube
three-eighths of an inch exterior andon
eighth interior diameter, which at least
could stand pressure of at least two
hundred atmospheres to the square
inch; this tube was fourteen inches long
and bent at right angle. A very large
electric flash being sent through the
tube. it was split by the first discharge,
and the pieces thrown to a distance of
several feet. The inner surface of the
tube was, in fact completely pulverized.
as though it had been struck by a ham
mer. Reynolds estimates that thepres-
sure must have been more than 1000
atmOspheres.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-11

AN Englishman and Welsaman dis
putting IN whose country was the best
hVlng, said the Welshman, s'There is
such noble housekeeping in Wales that
have known above dozen cooks, en-
ployed. at one wedding dinner. .
Aye, answered the Englishman, s'that
was because every man toasted his own
cheese"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-11
Cremation in Dresden.

The body of Lady Dixie, who died
recently in London, was burnt on Oct.
10 at Dresden. The ceremony was per
formed in the furnace recently invented
for burial purposes by Herr Siemens,
and the relatives Of the deceased lady
permitting strangers to be present,
large number Of scientific men attend
ed the experiment. When the company
had complied with Herr Siemen's re
quest to offer up a mental prayer, the
coffin was placed in the chamber Of the
furnace six minutes later the coffin
burst five minutes more and the flesh
began to melt away ten minutes more
and the skeleton was laid bare another
ten minutes and the bones began to
crumble. Seventy five minutes after
the introduction of the coffin into the
furnace all that remained Of Lady
Dixie and the coffin were six pounds of
dust placed in an urn. The brother-in-
law of the deceased was present.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-11

CLERGYMEN and laymen will do well
to take warning from the fate of a min
lister in North Carolina, who lost his
life in a singular manner lately. He
was amounting his body with kerosene
as a cure for rheumatism, when the oil
was ignited By the fire on the hearth
near which he was standing, and he was.
burned to death. - 9 g" I'll