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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-07-27
THE CHORPENNING CASE.

The Chorpenning claim, which, by a
system of arithmetical progression
known only to Congressman and those
having claims against the Government,
has increased from a few thousand to
nearly half a million dollars, has been
decided adversely by Attorney General
Pierrepont. The claim was originally
for balance due Chorpenning for car
rying the mails from Utah to Placer
vile, California, by way of Carson and
Genoa, in this State, once month on
horseback. 1t was alleged by the claim
ant that balance was due him for the
service. The Postmaster. General at
the time examined his accounts and
awarded him $1O,972; but this did not
begin to satisfy the contractor who, by
learning the ropes at Washington, fan
cied that by adroit manipulation it
might be increased materially. BY per-
severance the amount claimed was in
ceased annually, and the Credit Mo-
bilier Congress by resolution referred
the claim to the Postmaster General,
who, probably for an interest in the
spoils, found due Chorpenning from
the Government $443,000 That, to-
gether with what be had heretofore re-
ceived, ought to be considered remu-
nerative compensation for carrying the
mails across the Territory of Utah
twelve times year on Cayuse ponies;
but unfortunately for the claimant. be-
fore it was paid Congress repealed the
resolution. and the claim was submit
ted to AttorneyG General Williams.
That honest official was COM
PEELED to step down and out, and
Pierrepont, his successor, who was not
In the ring, decides that the amount
found due by the late Postmaster Gen.
eral is not an award which the Courts
can enforce, and that unless Congress
intervenes the claim is debarred by the
Statute of Limitation. AS the next
Congress will be partly Democratic it
is not likely it will sanction the swim
die, and the Government will not be
compelled to pay $50, 900 trip to
horseback rider from Salt Lake City to
Placeryille.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-07-27
An Hour ut the Detroit Central Po-
lice Station.

From the Detroit Free Press.l
"My husband is sick, you know,
said Mary Shaw, as she came out.
He is, eh?"
Yes; on his dying bed. Last night.
after the doctor went away, he took me
by the hand, and says be: Mary, L
haven't got over one day more to i've.
He may be dead by this time"
MARY" said bis Honor, lifting mp
his spectacles, "this is the season OF
the year for greens, isn't it?'
/" Yes, your Honor" =.
"Well, look at me, Mary. and see II
there is anything cowslipy or horse
radishy about me?"
No. your Honor"
"And yet you expect me to believe
that story. Mary. I've sent you to the
House of Correction three times dufing
the last year; know that you are sin-
gle woman, and it grieves me to hear
you go on with such yarn. Don't you
know that truth is mighty, and must
prevail?"
She hung her head.
1t is, woman. Falsehood is dark
ness, but truth shines through it like
silver ten-cent piece sticking out OF
sand bank. The charge is drunken
ness. and really wish you would come
right ont and tell me the TRUTH"
Il will, sir; wasn't drunk. y
"Great alligators! but here's four
witnesses"
II didn't bring EN- here!'
"No; the officer did, and all Of them
saw you drunk.
Judge, will you believe them before
you will me2'
=" will"
And you'll send me up?"
a. WILL"
:" Can it be possible, Judge?"
at can, and it is. make il three
months. This will take in the circus
season. Fonrth of July and the steam
boat excursions, and all the strawber-
ries and cream you get this year won't
affect your health"
Judge. you deserve to be murdered
for this"
Cant help that. GO in and sit
down"
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-07-27

MANY intelligent and educated per-
sons in New Orleans have not rid them
selves of superstitious belief in YOU
douism. Not long ago lawyer there
was stricken by disease that resem-
bled st. Vitus' dance, and he then re-
membered that negro girl whose ar.
rest he had caused, had threatened a
mysterious vengence. A physician s
care did no good, and he went into the
country for rest. An old negro woman
told him that he bad been voudoued;"
that process of witchery had caused
his illness. Doubtless this assertion
accorded with the lawyers own foolish
theory, and when the woman said she
could cure him he was ready to employ
her. She gave him her decoctions,
which may have been medically good.
and performed uncouth rites, which
satisfied his morbid fears, and very
soon he had recovered wholly from the
malady.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-07-27

INDIANA grand juries have but little
respect for the Civil Rights bill. There
is law in the State prohibiting the in
termarriage of whites and colored per-
sons, under penalty of imprisonment
in the State Prison for not less than
one year nor more than ten years, and
fine of not less than $1,000 nor
more than $1,000. The same law
makes it the same crime with the same
punishment for any person to aid or
ubet In the commission Of the act. Re
Gently a white man named Miller
wooed, won and married dusky
maiden named Mary Sims. The cere-
mony was performed by Baptist min
lister named Bass, a license having
been issued Ivy the Clerk of Clark
county. The Grand Jury found true
bill against Miller and Bass for viola
ting the above mentioned Act, and
Miller was arrested at his home by the
Sheriff. His wife begged the officer
not to take her husband away. but the
Sheriff was relentless, and Miller was
lodged in the County Jail. The preach
err was also arrested and his bail fixed
at $500, in default of which he was
lodged in Jail. That Hoosier Grand
Jury needs reconstructing by the mil
itary.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-07-27

FRANK STEWART, the Centennial
specimen-colector, has found q res
taurant at Hamilton where the hash is
of such superior quality that the lank
rock-sharp thought a three months
stay at the place would transform him
from the bean-pole" style of human
architecture to a solid column of the
" Tufynian order" He has secured
specimen of this rare compound for
exhibition at the Centennial. It is
marked 9o.001 on the catalogue, and
labeled Pogonip Hash. the rarest
production and most valuable find in
Nevada"
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-07-27

she tried 10 sit down in the street
car. but was pinned back SO tight she
couldn't. Old lady peeped over her
specs and asked her. How long have
you been afflicted in that way?" The
young lady blushed and made ga
break" sitting down sideways. and
holding her knees together 30 tight that
she looked as if she had on a one
leggsdspair of breeches. Old lady not
iced her sitting sideways, cramped po-
sition. and whispered, +" Bile, Is'pose /;
have had 'em thar myself"
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-07-27

The editor of the Reno journal, who
was recently married, has been pre-
scented by Lake Tahoe lady with two
eggs, the ends of which are united by a
ligament, and nothing less than twins
will satisfy the young man since he has
seen them.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-07-27

JOHN A. LOGAN, who came all the
way from Illinois to reluctantly consent
to deliver few stump speeches for the
Republican party in California, and
hoist the bloody shirt for Gorham and
Sargent, is being handled without
gloves in the Atlantic States. The
Lieutenant Governor of Illinois says he
is serving his last term in the Senate.
At the outbreak of the rebellion lie was
an ardent Democrat. and the evidences of
his acting as a recruiting officer for the
Confederate service are said to be man.
fold. When Douglas pronounced for
the Government and the Union, To-
gan's declaration was, douglas has
sold out the Democratic party, but. by
heavens! he cannot deliver it," This
is little of the history of the man who
to-day consents to speak in California
for the success of the Republican party.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-07-27

SUSAN b. ANTHONY asks the public to
forgive Henry Ward Beecher's sins.
and Henry informs the public that he
isn't guilty Of any sins. There seems
to be mistake somewhere.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-07-27

CALIFORNIA JOURNALS, DESTROYS of
emulating the example set by Nevada,
are urging the proper authorities 10 ap-
point and send out collectors to gather
specimens for the Centennial.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-07-27

PROFESSOR STEWART has been lec-
turing in Eureka; the last of q series
was announced for last night.
The Morning herald., 1875-11-13
Whish Ne We suld Rather Have.

The Detroit Free Press say: A Detroitel
Of liberal education has been greatly an
nsyed because his wife and other women
are not better posted on history and other
matters cssnec,ed with the growth or well
fare of the country. The other day he
carried home big history, ana handed it
to his spouse with the remark:
"There, Mary, wast You to commence
at page one, and see if you can't learn
something"
She agreed to b.csme his pupil, and
when he came home to supper he found
her rs"diny away, hair down, slippers on,
all the fires cut but one, and No sign Of
supper.
"Why, how's this% he inquired care
you sick%'
"sick! No."
"Well, where's my superb
Il dent know anything about your sup
per-" she replied, a. she settled back in her
chair; "but l can tell you all about the
arst discovery Of Florida as straight as a
stringw
That history hasn't been opened since
that evening,
The Morning herald., 1875-11-13

nate one has released the pig his defeated
rivals have the right to dive in after it, so
that his chances Of securing the porker, as
it generally makes for the shore, are not
50 very great after all. The duck hunting
is performed in the water with the teeth,
a score of wooden ducks being set afoat
with = string tied around each Of their
necks.
Tie tilting is s...i. moe exciting and
dangerous sport. Alta given signal two
sight-oared gigs stationed hundred yards
apart, set off at full squirt toward each
ether, and on the small platform erected
in the bows Of either boat stands jouster
clad in fencing mask and padded jacket.
bearin: a tall ash lance. As the boats near
eaci, other the rivals poise their lances
with the view OF hitting each other in the
chest, and Knocking the weaker into the
water. The CHANCES of the port are in
finite. The comba.an:s generally miss
each other at first, but after the second or
third tria! one Or the other of them man
ages to send his adversary flying over the
*ide with lis neck perhaps almost disls-
..Hi.
$.1.eri'',e-sur-1->r, wh:ch was recently |
Sc s,1"l ot one CT these festivals, has lis
ch,rl. ion ioustyr man who makes
QHss.-proiessional income by travelling
ahe,.t and woraling other champiol :. IN
thcse marine tournaments the English tar
has no chance, lis nimbler and rsre ath-
leiic adversary lowing him over llk,
bag ot linen. Perhaps the Yankee, with
his v.ry figure IA wc,l-kr!1 ruscles'
ssisht te able to give Jack Froggv les
O,
The Morning herald., 1875-11-13
Small Economies,

Inc ln!nss TO save out of are shows, falls.
appearances and seli-iAdulgencies, not ne
eessarleS. For instance where is the eco
n"n'y in working or reading by dim
light to save candles or Gas, ard iniurins the
sight; ia wearing Leo:s that let in tn.
water, bringing On colds and rhsunatisu
IN living on poor feed and lowering the
system? Far better wear shabby hat a
week Or two Longer than usual, or diseense
altogether with some contemplated tinerv
Inc worst Of it is. though, that people are
generally much more willing to dispense
"''!' nceessaries that afford AZ opportunity
Tor u display which every Ole sv~s through.
4 late writer on the above subject give.
SOME words of warning in reference to
small economies, which are apt to desen-
crate into meanness. He remarks that we
co ''innally read in the news papers Of peo.
pie who die i'll misery and poverty, who
have perhaps received help from the par.
isa, and after their death money is found
Wa. !. tAey have hidden in all sorts of old
nooSs and corsers. With those unfortu.
mates saviA. had become MANIA and Of
all manias it is sure.y tie mo,. tleplova-
bic, for after all money in i,se... is vert.
absolutely nothing; it is only valuable .o.
what it can procure. If it will en!y bring
comforts and nece- saries for those We love
Wills: We are all: to work, and insure in
dependence for ourselves when We cannot
90 'o' it is worth economies, fsrethsusht,
hard work, energy, care and self denial,
but even gold is bought too dear when the
desire for it is allowed to overpower every
other feeling.
The Morning herald., 1875-11-13
4 Grateful Chicaxsan.

In enc Of his addresses at Brooklyn, IN
Sunday last, Mr. Moody told the follow.
ing anec,lote: "There was rice Christian
in my Chicago church-one Of those men
who made you feel good if you locked at
him, and made you feel better if van
spoke to him. lie was the most grateful
man ever knew. He always had some
thing that he wanted to thank God for mar.
;icularly. Well, one lAornins he cut hi,
fnger-ca. it pretty bad and l knew
that he would manage in some way to re.
turn praise for it, tut 1 did not see how he
was to do it. Well, the prayer meeting
came, and he was there, and one Of the
FIRST to GET on his feet. You know. O
God he cried, that this morning CIT NV
finger; and l thank Thee Heavenly Father
that I did not cut it off,"
The Morning herald., 1875-11-13
!" Come and SEQ Ne"

A writer says: Never take Come aid
Sc Ie' as .!rs,e meant in earnest ua-
less ii ss accompanied with a date. Such
AIT invitation aRountS to nothing at all. If
lady or gentleman desires your company
he Or she will appoiA, time i.r vour visit.
Call on me when yeu can make it conve-
nlent," "Drsp in as YOU are passing" :"
Make us a visit whenever YOU have an
hour er two 10 spare are social smbigu;-
ties BY which men and women of the
world understand that they are not exyec-
ted to do the thing requested. When pee.
pie wish to +: cheaply polite there is moth.
ing like this kind Of yasueness. The csn-
plimentary small change of society must
always be taken at large discount. 1t is
never worth its face Or anything like it.
\ ct ii is convenient medium of exchange,
ard heavy debts Of gratitude that ought to
be reqnitsa in better coin are often paid
with it. People who have more polisI,
than principle Use itlavishly-plain, blunt
honest men, sparincly or not at all. Who
ever makes friendly visit 20 fasAiona-
Die house on the strength of a mere Some
md see me-" will very often find that the
an'!y circle he has dropped into bv re-
iuSs; is As unscnial as the Arctic circle,
md he will probably leave it with chilly
ceiling that will prevent him from vent,,.
ing into the same high latitude again.
8at when whole-souled man, whom yeu
'now to be your friend, srasps YOU vicor-
'l.lv BY the hand and says, Come aud
line with me to-dsv-,linner on the table
1t five o'cleck-he sure to conceive sh,l,
'xpect you,' yea can take It ~ certain
hat your presence is war:lly * ::re'. :;
5 pleasant always to me- or receive a
Tisit from freud, BIZ, ..o' IN Tie street
5 all sufficient from fashionable acoua;..-
Ince,
The Morning herald., 1875-11-13
? t:SS"3NS EROS EMpEwlEy.E

Liz ',. South, the people of or ow
r.:..ns"'', are awakening rapidly to til
oncH*''a Ast :.ey should pay more a,
ten';o" % diversified crops. This ii
Sou,t ha' l2eome cogrizant Of Il. v.r,
late day. bur they believe in the old prob
lem 'nrver 80 ia;s 70 m.N!." ana with q
little discreet m0nas can soon raise
diversified rrNn, wiili such ste g. Il. TO Get
them ia the;r regular c!l4NHelsaaG be made
productive Of considerable reyenue. II
is well knows that n the South, co. toll has
always been the principal article Of ca..'-
walton. Every tarxer stocked his laal,
iiberal'r with it, an! 10 til. exclusion of
other things while its overwoiuc.:ou dam
aged the m1rk-. prices considerably. So
much so, that it is now really .nrrot,able
and to any part OF the South YOU may 90,
the plax.ers will tell YOU tha, i. is really,
curse 20 tia. section, and it would be we'll
and better for tho people If they were TO
give ii np almost alio.et!.er. Here spon
cur own peninsula We have cultivated! the
peach 10 the exclusion OF smaller fruits
and even grains. Last sumzl-r showed Il.
the follies arising from it. The markets
were lSt'e,l with peaches and many Of the
farmers sustained more serious lssses than
they had ever known before. Th.u.auJ.
OF dcll' We los. hv individuals bv The
ove.itor''. e. peaches III the market, and
suddenly 1t became a.'rrreAt that tier.
was 10" n!uch attention -tjHs isaii the cu,-
tiva!!on s. ii.i, t,.':;r. !! = to be he ed
that they. II" i've. - a. ! Sou,a. will
act upon -, >u,gts..,n rha. they have
game :.sni tx. H!.e.,e al; !.nprove uron
:.2,,," N" - I '.,~.si,. 2 generally .ud their
sy.:v'A o: ">>,-..u':",'. Daniel Webster
aae' -, ', ...,,'rn,,,. : ,n.a wha; vol hay.
seek . :.,''he-.' I:e sa:aeis syY,;,al,s
TO every b'ancn o. .,;Si:.cs: and industry,
and to tie :ilers OF the sell it sho.,l l..
specially hsN>frirl.
The Morning herald., 1875-11-13
Heavens First Law Is Order. Reon

larity IN eating, sleeping and exercise, and
abstinence. from such dangerous irritants
AS alcohol aud tobacco. tend to secure a
long and healthful life. But even a strict OBJ
serVance Of these wholesome rules will not
always avert sickness. The best safeguard
against " epidemic and other diseases is DR.
WALKERS CALIFORNIA VINEGAP E1rTtns
"!ich, Dy promoting regular and vigorous
action OF the digestive secretive and excre-
I'VE organs, keep the body in the best pos
slole condition for resisting and repeline
the cause of disease, iw
The Morning herald., 1875-11-13

Every seven Years. physlo!oylsts saw
me human body is entirely changed and re-.
newed: Every moment Of oar lives every
part OF our bodies Is wearing out and is be.
ins ~ pulit up anew offrtsh l.atter. This work
lnr0uSh every part. But if the blood becomes
w'aN wax OF v!ti4tcd. and does not perr.rm lis
WORK hrnH.rly.the system is aciuan , uois.
one, ny the worn-t ut matter rlog.i,: he
l,aiol2alls instead of leavin ~. .otly. Foy
tr troubles. lcyerS. snd all diseases nrisino
from Vitiatei b'ood. DE. WALKKR's CAITs
FsRSIA VINEGAR BIrrRRs are sovereign
remedy. S,,
The Morning herald., 1875-11-13
IEelp for the Homeless. You arp ve

12e1V tut TIE ZzOrGstss. on are WcN Z
detected, miserable. ana nothing does you
any good. you say. Don't despair. There is
Blttrrs? No! Then why don't you? Do not
insist that such thing as rital eliri, is
Impossible before you have tested the pro
per1icS ofthis marvellous Vegetable ReStor
atlve. Whether your complaint be dySpep.
Sa. DllliousneSs nervous weaknes cons
titutional debility or any other trouble ii.
negar Bite will revive and renovate yCul
shattered system. as a genial rain refrcslies
the withered flowers l,r
The Morning herald., 1875-11-13

II 10 Useless 70 attempt to cIesuse a
stream stream while the fountain Is impure. Dys. !.
pepsia. complaints Of the liver and kidney,
and all diseases arising nom impurs blnnd
nre n, a. once removed by DR.. Walkers Cali.
i9rsla vinegar Mttsrs, the great and infai.
nois PurInsr Of the blood, aud renovator nt
snS IN; system. It has never been known to
using 1t until the vitality Of his svs;.,,,
was too Ar gone. - S'eIa' .''
The Morning herald., 1875-11-13
JOSEPH FOUT

has again opened a Coal Yard at Wes,
=, nHo " ater streets, which he intends to run
water streets, where persons In wSnS snu ~
SeAs e - 6e supplied with the cclehrste,i
!EsNIEHPHlSE, which gives more ssfissac-
u3n tnsn any other Csal in the markss
rsons leaving erlsrs at either yard will
ser1-sm JOSEPH FoUT,
The Morning herald., 1875-11-13
Whence this Great CommotIon III.

county through. among the Alcoholic Rit.
ter-mongers? They stand aghast at an in.
novatior on heir privilege of ma king drum.
into the field with which they cannot con.
tend. DR.: j: WALKERS VINEGAR BITTER
the urdeflled essence OF the most efficac;nn>
vegetable tonics and alternatives in Tie
worlds drivingan the stH-i0rn nostrul;Is
Of King Alcohol to the wall ,rhere ;s w.
disease. Internal or external, in which II iS
not benefisially administered, .w
The Morning herald., 1875-11-13

An Indiana man picked up a Wild cat
in hls barn in place Of an afghan. He de-
tected the difference in the nillioath part
OF second.
The Morning herald., 1875-11-13
NiEtS for Newspaper Carriers.

|
"iou see,' said enc in San Francisco,
Il don't take b,c. scat to 10 man in this
town in lantin' paper just uAs.s lis
wanted. Up en- Stockton street there is a
little Tcsach wsssn wke hangs a parrot
out in 4 cage from ksr window every after
nson, and when sling the paper up it
falls on the ledge above the cage, and ths
parrot sr.ss it with his beak. She can't
read word Of EAglish, but she takes tha
paper because she likes 10 see HE sling it
around SO lively. n:ver missed but snce,
and that was one toggy Gay last winter,
VIXEN | suppose didn't make proper
calculation for the condition of the atmos-
phere." ''fs!aw. That amt nowhere"
ch!med in another, Owe been serving a
n,oraing newspaper all along to MN
who's never left his led fsr seven wears.
Get the rheumatic. There's ho. busted
IN one Of Tie windows about two inch..
TiUs, and lis Two stories high. | shot it
up through that slit at twenty Minutes past
five every mornn', and it strikes sifa in
the face and wakes him up. On these dark
msrHln's, whe" there's high wisdit takes
s'me ssi.hty lively calculation 10 hit the
place j"st right. One mornin' I dropped
1t ell lie foot Of the bed and didn't wake
A!m, 50 he stopped the paper hex: day.