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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
Market Price of Grain.

The following is the market price paid
for grain, ETC.. corrected by Steele &
Turrill, Lower Main street
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Y TELE G r. A p II

SPECiAL To THE pIoCHB DAILY RECORD,
BY WESTERN UNION LINE.
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PLENTY OF ORE.-The ore houses OF
the Manhattan Company are full to
OVERLOOKING with rich ore, all the pro-
minent mines producing large quantities.
The mill is running night and day. and
more than the usual quantity OF bullion
is being turned ont. At no time in their
history has the mines OF Reese River
District been 80 productive as at present,
or given such promise Of permanence.
In fact the mines. and correspondingly
the town. are improving every day.
Austin Reveille, II.
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ASSESSMENT NOTICES.

Location of principal place Of business, San
Francisco, California; location of works, Ely
Mining District, Lincoln county, Nevada:
Notice Ia hereby given that ut meeting Of
the Directors, held on the first day of Decem-
Der, 1875. an assessment mo. III of Fifty
Cents (50c) per share was levied upon
the capital stock of the corporation, payable
Immediately, in United States gold coin, to the
Secretary, at the office Of the company, No.
4l9 California street, San Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the Eleventh day OF JAM
nary, 1876, will be delinquent, and adver-
tised for sale at public auction, and unless pay.
ment ia made before, will be sold on Tues
day, the Eighth day Of February, 1876, te
pay the delinquent assessment, together witt
costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
CHA8. e. ELLIOT Secretary.
Ofice--Room 20, 419 California street. Sal
Francisco, California. d7-td
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INDIAN CURE FOR RHEUMATIsM.-As
the Winter months are nearing. and the
time has come when the atmosphere is
laden with moisture and water feels very
wet, rheum stism is apt to become the
prevailing disease, and any antidote that
will insure cure for this most trouble.
some complaint will certainly be ap-
preciated. We therefore most cheerfully
append an Indian remedy as told rs by
the famous Indian doctor, DR.. Phurt, Of
Black Rocks, who says in substance
Remove the clothing entirely from the
affected parts and seat yourself on a big
ants nest. Keep as quiet as you can. >
He added: "By.nm.by heap boiler
pretty good" Old forty-nine bachelors
who are liable to exposure or saturatior
from dishwater would do we'll to cut this
out and preserve it for future reference
Inyo Independent
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NOTICE.

A LII PERSONS KNOWING THEMSELVES
IA indebted to ]. Myers b Bro. will please
come forward and settle their accounts immedi-
ately, otherwise all accounts remaining unset
tied on the first day Of January, 1876, will DO
placed In the hands Of an oficsr for collection.
diff MYERS BRO.
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c.,NcIsCo STOCK REPORT.

SAN FRANCISCO. December %.
MORNING SALES.
20 onbir-.7A AN 47hb5 AK
, ',S Nexican-l9 l9A 19hbl0
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30 80 psst / Belcher-56 56a 56A sos 5Gb5
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20 Choliar Potosi-STf SO sSb5
"a Hale Norcross-43
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,iso imDerial-8s 8 y 81 30 50
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40 Alpha--l7h Is
-a0 Feicher-3l 30% 30h 81
i9S Con Virginis--asl 3S2 $50 5s3Hb' SSob9'
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10 Bullion-A
400 Exchequer- y ,o,. .o.. ce,,-o so,,so
s5s California--6oS 66's Oo9s oo'asio o?t bSo
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$50 Utah-lO i6a
80 Silver Hill-o
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PASSENGER TRAVEL.

DEPARTURES.
BY aIL.MER & sALIsBURY's HAMILTON LINE:
N B Norvall ALI Lee
, 1875-08-08

fact is, things will be bot and lively next veal'
in professional circies, both East and West.
After ali. what appears to have been mistor-
tune for the " Reds, " NAV turn ont pecnn1arlIys
to be the best thing that could hare happened
There is nothing like 3 splendid rivalry Altn,
erto Boston has somewhat >" ronopoilzed
things" and it had come 10 be monotopous to
hear OF the Boston victories. Next year things
will not be so one-sided. All will admire Har-
rvs fidelity to Boston, and his pluck in being
equal TO the emergency.-tHpper.
THE CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD
The record shows the now strong team OF the
Athletics good SECOND. while the struggle for
third position in the 1ace lies between St. Louis
srd Hartford. the latter having tho place Ut
present. but how long they will retain 1t ls
problem Augusts pay will no doubt solve.
Their stroug team has not come mp to axpecta-
tion. Whether it is tho Captain. or his men, OF
the Directors, who are at fault: We know nor,
but certain it is something is "out nf k1iter.
Thev have failed to trouble the Bostohs alter
five trials; thoy have lost two oat OF three with
st. Louis; they stand eveu with the Athletics,
two and two; and only with the Ariantlcs ana
New Havens hare they gained any speclal ad-
yantages, and not with the latter lately. The
Chicaeos, by their victories last week. have
passed the Mutuais and ph1ladelphias, and bid
ialr to mount higher yet ere the Heason cfoses.
Games will be played On tho home ground with
all the Eastern cubs commencing Oh Aug II
with the Athletics The following is summary
OF the games played up to and Including yeatet-
day:
, 1875-08-08
The EJy-'rrnp III zsus

The dv-trap man arrived id vicksburg three
or four days ago. He MAS long -geared man,
havsng very solemn e<p.e 1a!on 1t contens1ce
and q red nose. The red on his nnHe might havs
come from eun-burn, aud it might have coma
from cronked whisky, bat there was no qnes-
tiou that he whs an earnest man and an hunest
one- He went right 10 business as soon AZ
coming up the hill. he met small red-he AIDED
man on the walk-a mar who Was IN crest
hurry to get to the panI,-and ns 10 took him by
the button-hoie, he said:
- Mister. hare ar1ove in Vicksbury for tho
purpose OF selling the Boston 1v-trnn"
"Arrove to th1nder with you!" exclaimed
the little man. ~ he broke awav.
The ay-trap man walked s1,wly down Wash
iogton street, looking ~ the sights aud In abons
ten minnts he cane npon the little red-heN1ed
man again, who had finished Ills business 1t thu
bank.
II have srrove in Victsburg for the p1rooss
OF giving yonr citizens A." he commenced,
when the red-headed man ehoutad i
What do care whora you've arruye tot
Don't atop me on the streets ngain. air."
The fv-trap man went into a store and tried
to trade dy-traps for come Calico and, failing to
make tho exchange, he croEsed TIM streas and
approached man who was whistling for hin
dog.
mister have arrove-," be was rpipu On,
when he saw that he was the same tittts rod
headed man.
.see here" said the little man, ''didn't 1
warn you over there not to SLY fy-trapa to na
again ?"
"It's an excellent trap.~
.'Well, now, you keep AWAY from me,-kssp
right away" continued the little man, ~ he
walked OF.
Re went into grocery aud had soma co6es
mt up aud was iuat coming out when tho Hy-
trap man come along aud said:
Mister. I have a1rove here in order To-" ,
The little man smiled. He said he had boen
looking for hy-trap-a good dy-traD-thsaa
many years, and he wanted to buy eighteen Of
them. He a1ked the flv-trap man to follow him
home. and they we're seen on th4 street together.
They we're seen half mile above the city by one
party, aud = mile above that hy two boys, since
which time no one has securel c1ew to thA fato
OF the fy-trap man. The red-headed man c4nne
back looking tired, and one OF his dngers wAa
doue mp in rag, aud he refuses to answer any
questious- We believe there has been foul play,
and We hope the police will make every effort
to ferret out the guilty party. Hearts NAV By
aching for the return Of ths dy-trap man. md
even II he be dead ~ we suspect. it will be soma
conao!ation for hia widow TO sit beside his grave
and remember that he WAS kind-haarted - vs4
~ sarnast.
, 1875-08-08

Tho Tiger and the British Govern
ments
viii you have wild beast story, OF which YOU
may believe as much rs YOU please a tigfess
who lived in captivity at Lahore made her escape
one day. and not unnaturatly startled the station
considerably. Al length the gardener in whose
domain her cage WAS situated vent to the proper
authority, and begged to be- ordered to take the
runaway back. Order you to take it back :"
was the reply; "rll give Jon no such order; il:
would be ordering ron to be killed" mot nt
all, sir." said the man." "0nly give me the or
der, and will take the tigress back" IN give
you no such ordez, but you may do as YOU
please" was the rejoinder. Hereupon the man,
taking OF bis turban, walked up to the creature,
which was living IN 4 shrubbery which it hs !
probably mistaken for jungle, and, after
courteous sslntatloo. said to her, In the pane
Of the powerful British Government, I request
you tn 90 back to your cage" At the same time
be put his unfolded turban round her neck and
led ner back. The poor fellow Lost bis Ii. not
long s1terward while trying the same expert
ment on bear whose political prinelp1ea we're
not equally good Contemporary Reoicso-
, 1875-08-08

-Dtbtsn Fttemdn.
W1MBLeDoH July 22.-1reland and Irish rifle
men have once more reason for proud feelings
over the match for the Eloho Shield to-day, in
which, after one OF the most brilliant contests
Wimbledon has yet witnessed for this famous
trophy the need Of victory was accorded, as the
fair and just reward of the superior shooting
skill shown, to the Irish uarksmen.
Purely in technical senae alone it was fair
display Of shooting ability all round, though the
closeness of the final SCORES gives to the van
quisbed the honor Of feeling that, though in &C.
tual figures they may rank as second and third
in shooting ability, the distinction between the
teams is insignificant Fifteen hundred out Of
the possible ls00 team aggregate. nearly IS per
cent Of perfection, Is about as near as could be
fairly expected OF any set Of eight men. The
mitch had been set down for II o'clock r. H.,
and at that time all the men we're at hand ready
for work. This match seemed to ba specially
favored one On the list Of competitions i'll being
exempt from the strict rules requiring the non
interference OF outsiders in the matches.
At the BOO yards firing point, where the battle
opened, tents had been erected, one for each
providing many little conveniencea- Chairs,
tables, mats, ETC., were there. The 1nng-range
iron targets were in use, 4 to q, OF eight in all
OF these and we're dummy. or hors de com
bat "a not being needed. red disc being placed
over the bull's-eye to prevent any confusion re-
eultiog to the competitors. This arrangement
left three groups or couples Of targets, 4 and D
forming one set, D and E another group. aud 10
the extreme right, and H. This was very
admirable Arrangement, q aes OF two being
taking the left couple. 4 and B; the Iri.h r1de-
man being placed iu the centre, while the En-
giish occupied the right wing, G and Il targets.
-Four men were p'aced on each target, Or about
, 1875-08-08
RACKET.
REVIVAL, or In ANCIENT GAME,


An attempt is being made in New York to re-
vive the old and once popular game Of racket.
which used to afford much wholesome recreation
to the youths Of the last century. Up to ten
years ago it Was played occasionally, but since
that time it has fallen into comparative oblivion.
But it bids fair 10 regain it's popularity. A large
number Of New Workers have formed cub and
negotiations are now pending to erect a magnin-
cent baiid,ng on the site formerly occupied by
the Waehington Riding Academy. corner OF Sixth
avenue and Twenty-si1th street. This baiIding
Will contain two courts 81 IS by 63 feet each, with
bandsomely-furnished club. rooms attached
also. gymnasium, fencing aud sparrins rooms.
bowling-allevs, bath roona, etc., and On the top
floor running track will be laid. Tie site upon
which this building is to be erected has 100 feet
Sixth avenue. It will be six stories high, OF
brick and iron, With handsome fscade on both
R.xeasA
, 1875-08-08

| permit the shooting to 90 on without undue
| haste or diia'o.iness.
The firing opened under wind blowing In a
fshtail direction directly from the right and
mems parance. The sun at this stage OF the
days work WAS shining out bright and clear. and
! It wss thought by the most sanguine that the day
| was 70 be fine hot summers dav, and Tor
time the beama came down rather *corch'ngly.
| Uuder these conditions the Elcho Shield compa-
| tion OF 1875 orcnad.
| The style OF shooting Of the several teams de-
serves word or two OF notice and comment.
! The Scotcbmen, In their bonnets OF caps. were
grouped in close bunch, keenins up u sem
hin's one from the other. They were in this
simply carrying out their natural clannishness.
and did not seem to go at their work with any
fixed plan.
The English team. on the other faux, wore
set Of free aud independent atoms. Each man
for himself :" WAS tho motto carried out and any
helm passed from one to another was bv uere ac-
cident. and mora in the nv of friendship than
with any preconcerted plan Of discipline or effort
toward fixed end.
is necessary. Thev had made no special ar
rangements for the dav; but the American rit1e-
men, as well to witness the match as to afford
soma recompense to the Irish team for the de-
feat at Dolvmount on the Goth ult., had arranged
to assist Them to the 4 most Of their power. To
this end Maj. Fulton and Capt. Colemsn were
provided with long, powerful telescopes, one at
either end Of the.Irish targets Besides these
two American gentlemen ant others OF the Amer
ican gentlemen, out Of barness, but taking
the scoree pro or con. Col. Gildersleeve
and Capt. Bruce filed these positions
aud we're provided with cards, on which were in
acribed the names OF the ritlemen and space. for
the record Of each and every shot fired. OF the
wind gauge aud elevation,--besides the man at
the telescopa,-a small target, in fact, on the
same style used in The International match by
the Americans themselves.
The victory is all The better for its cloeeness,
just a. Waterloo, s. first Of hattIes" was dubious
in the extreme until the eleventh hour.
1.50C. 1,503. 1909. These are the nnmbers
and the nation8 are Irish. Scotch, and English.
TIE worst arc only four nnder the best, and the
Scotch are but three points behind.
, 1875-08-08
THE TOLEDO REGATTA.


Spcrta, D4spatch to The Chtcaoc Tribune
TOLEDO, O., Aue. 7.-To-daY's races began at
II o'clock BY a race between the senior six-oated
crews in which the Excelsiors Of Detroit the Wah-
Wah-Sums OF Saginaw, and the Detroits of De-
troit, participated The river was 10 better con-
dition than it has been since the beginning Of
the regatta, and the crowd OF spectators was
very large, although not quite SO large as on the
first day. The race was closely contested, and
one of the most exciting ever rowed on the
Manmee. The struggle was between the Ex-
oelsiors and the Wah- Wah-Surns, and when With
IN twenty lengths Of the home stretch the
boats we're nearly even- Both began squirting
amid the intense e1c'rement OF spectators and
friends Of both crews. The Wah- Wah-Sums
forged slowly ahead, aud passed 10 under the
line half length ahead OF their competi-
tors 10 10 minutes 2-5 seconds. The cheering
was bonndlets.
This was followed bv einge-scu11 race, in
which montgomery, Of the Chicago Scu!lers,
Standlsh, OF the Excelaiors and Barnard, OF th q
Chicago Scnllers, took part Montgomery took
the lead and kept It all the wav through although
oeandlsh, who had just rowed in the three mile
race. pushed him very hard, and once nearly
passed him. Montgomery came uuder the line
10 70 minutes So aeconds, 6tandish following in
2t miuutee II seconds.
Then followed the four-oared race, which Was
. very exciting Que. The E1ceIeiors OF Detroit,
hoe-Wae-C -Caemette OF Monroe, Amateurs Of
Monroe, and Farraguts OF Detroit. entered.
Inc contest was very close. and the interest in
the race grew very intense. The Shoe-Wae-
Caemesse came ln first in 90 min. 48 sec. closely
who we're in turn followed By the Excal.iota il,
81 miu. &c sec. The Amateurs broke N oar and
retired from the race.
The regatta concluded with four-oared race.
Tres for slL The interest centerne On this Was
very greatr and large numbers OF pools ware
Dn1uh9npx hh W~h I.
, 1875-08-08
PRAIRIE CLUB TOURNAMENT.

Some time ago the members Of Prairie Shoot
ing CLUB settled on prize contest to take plsce
at Dexter Park on Friday last and on that day q
large number Of the members of the Club gath
cred to shoot ut fifteen birds each. The weather
was favorable aod the sport good. Iu order to
equa1ize the differing abilities OF the twenty
three competitors, they werc handicapped as to
distance. the stations varying from 81 to 26 yards
from the traps. Following is the result Of the
first round, tho fgures In the first column indi-
eating the distance Of the sportsman from tho
birds:
, 1875-08-08
AQUATIC.

FORMATION or YACHT CLUB.
/ largo meeting OF yacht-owners and person
| interested 10 yachting wss held at the Sherman
| House last evening for the purpose Of forming
permanent yacht club. Mr. r. II. Bradley pre-
sided.
The first business transacted vas the dstribu
ton Of prizes to the Winners in the last race. I
xas as follows: Zoe, first prize Cary, secoD,
prize; aud Lulu, third. The proprietors OF tn
yachts Zoe and Lulu presented their prizes-
which were sums Of monaY-to the Club, to con
stituta the uucleus Of fund
Mr. Frank Wentworth presented to the pro
prietors of the yacht Zoe the winner over sll il
the last race, for the donor, Mr. C. D. Peacock
very elegant silver and gold-lined cup. orua
menred uith appropriate aquatic embiems. Capt
Pr ndivie made brief socech OF acceptance
The report Of COMMITTEES on claae,1cation
time, allowances. crews and measurements Wal
submitted and adopted.
Mr.. William Lyon presented a report on uni
form. It recommended the adoption of stve
of dress as follows: Frack coat OF navy blue
cloth, with two rows Of large sized Yacht Club
buttons On the breast niue in each row panta-
looms of same mater4al; vests Of navy blna, Sin
Gle breasted, with standing collar, to button
nearty to thu throat; neckerch1efs OF black silk.
and caps OF navy blue CLOTH with silver letters
&c. Y. c." and anchor in gold. surrounded with
q wreath OF gold, on the front. The report was
adopted. A stvie Of undress uniform and pen
nant aud signal flags were also reported aud
adopted.
A constitution which desienates the name Of
tbs organization "a the Chicago Yacht Club
modelled after that governing the 1nternationa.
Association was then signed, Capt. John P1in-
d4ville heading the list.
An election OF oHcers then took place, with the
following sesult:
, 1875-08-08

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Aug. IA large mass Of
soft rock fell IN the Hoosac Tunnel last night.
and small pieces are falling to-day. The minors
dare not approach to ascertain the extent OF the
damaee, The track iH bIocKaded.
, 1875-08-08

4 mstronlv ben belonging to Jacob Zimnaer*
man. Of the Town OF Mfndeu, Montgomery Co..
n. T., Was the heroine OF a stnbhornlv-foughs
contest the other day. A large BARNARD rat It.
taoked her brood. with intent Of mailing : good
" meal but the mother warned the little ones
of their danger, and they fed, she remaining to
give battle to what to her was feroctous naon-
ster. Her only hope wzs il. = furious Aggressive
assault and sho consequently made the attack
at once, for sho como1ehended the situation sts
glance. Her method Of campaign consisted u
confusing and binding the rat with her wings,
at the same time ae1ce1y pecking him on the
head In vain tbs rat tried to seizs her; and
he finally fell stunned to the ground, too dis"
abied to get through another ronod- The coa-
batante were then separated and b small dog
was called tn aud proceeded to dispose Of the
defested antagonist as only dogs aud Chinaman
can do.
, 1875-08-08

lookout over here" Tbs defendant
fenced to pay fine Of $500 and he ;n,ns. 49, se1
tor EMO months These are ONLY fsH ~, asooeo
many casea, and though the eii.t;nn o0s oi
OCCASIONALLY catch some OF tie "2i,;,.u uoes
more stringent system ia tequirsd,
eo"'4et1oH OF AZ 1h1sH hEacHAxr-1ov r.
PI1HsoLL Is FEARED. 1o-
iuA Mai Gazttx.
At waterford asslzes lately seotenc.
ed on 3ir. Loushlin Freeman. Wata,S p4as-
chant aud shipowner, who was conv7ctsS 80 me1 aa
last asszes Of sending to Cardiff in Sentahao =. .ao
1874. bricantine named the Alcedo in .n nn.s
WORTHY state Sentence had been delayed .s,s nana
Reserved, on point reserved at The srial F-oes
the evidence it appeared that the vessel vsa ~
years old, although built OF teak vooE1 vs;.I -
would not last more than about half thst 40
The timber wasso rotten that the deca7e,i n.s
could be taken out in handfuls. Before ths s.s
gel vas sent to Cardiff, ,1r. freeman vrota T.
Messrs. Begg, OF Cardiff. ~ foitov.", U "
~ wonl1 be inclined to renew tho FORM,
insurance at 8 gnineas. il I thought ,aes 1haes
would be no danger Of rtimsoll. This be,ws.ee s.e
ourselves, private" 3lessrs. Bsgc. in rsol1
wrote: :" We don't think there Is apy fe.r :,
Plimsof interfering, at all events on tals aida ~
thev don't appear to ba so much On the ]ookors
over here" The defense vas that the prisoner
had expended over 81, 100 IN re1airs on the vaa
sci. and that, not being a soafar1ng m.n +.
could pot be supposed to have guilty hnovl.
edge OF the unaeaworthineas OF the ves+el. Tba
points reserved were that the jury should havs
been instructed to TAKE inta consideration ths
circumstances under which the ship Was sent h
sea, the .nata1e os the cargo,-pitwood. d.-ths
character OF the yovnge. and the season OF ina
year.. The. Court for Grown Cases Reserved
decided aeainst the accused Oh these points.
He was sentenced TO pay fine OF E3Q0 and h
Imprisoned for two months.
, 1875-08-08
CUtSiANA BONDS,

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. THE Funding Board
have adjourned till the second Wednesday in
September, and will fund no more bonds till
then.
, 1875-08-08
KILLED BY 4 BEAR

OTTAWA, Ont. Aug. IA dispatch from Gait
iresu saws three children, while picking ber1iea
in tns bush. were killed bv bear. Only the
feet and AIMS OF one child can be found.