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Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-07-10

pretending the situation said all right.
The robbers then said. We will run THIS
thing ourselves, and both si that instant
fred one shot which killed the engineer
The fireman. who vas on me
tank. Immediately jumped and run
10 the rear OF the tram
to notify the train men. Daring the pro-
ceedings at the engine confederate mao
detached the Adams express car. The
robbers then ran the engine two miles
east and stopped, and returned to the
express car and asked to be let in. The
messenger Burke refused to let them IN,
and they commenced firing into the car
the conductor aud train men coming TO
the rescue the robbers fed. The tram
raen speak in fattering terms Of the
bravery displayed By messenger burke
under the trying circumstances. There
is intense feeling among railroad men
over the death OF engineer Ames' ana
should the perpetrators be caught 1t is
believed that it will cost the state moth
ing to prosecute them. Several suspi-
cious persons are already under arrest.
and every effort is being made by the
railroad men to bring the robbers to JUS
tice.
WASHINGTON, d. c.. July 9.-Daniel
G.. Lobdell, supervising special agent Of
the Treasury Department, died here this
morning, after shor, illness. Aged 81
years.
ST.. LOUIS, No. July 9.-General F..
p. Blair, Jr., died last night at about IL
O'Clock.
NEW YoRK, July 9.-The Evening Post
says a sensation story to the effect that
F. H. Eccles, member of the Stock EI-
change and Gold Exchange. had de-
frauded or made an attempt to defraud
the National Banking Association and
the Third National Bank, and had alb
seconded, is proved to have been ground.
less by the return Of Mr.. Eccles yester.
day afternoon on the Saratoga Express
train.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-07-10
Eastern Dispatches.

CISoISSATI, July "a difficulty oc-
Cured between the pilots OF two steam
ers on public landing last night, in
which John Sullivan, pilot, was fatally
cut.
New YoRK, July "a Milford, Penn
sylvania, dispatch states that on Wednes-
day night bill in equity was filed in the
County Clerks office by the Farmers
Loan and Trust Company against the
Erie Railway Company, upon the con-
solidated mortgages. for $4,000, 900,
and the Court of Common Pleas of Pike
county yesterday appointed President
Jewe't Receiver, The proceedings were
auxiliary to like proceedings in New
York upon the same mortgages.
CINCINNATI, July "a dispatch to the
Superintendent of the Adams Express
Company in this city says that desper.
ate attempt was made to rob the express
messenger Burke at Long Point, Hin.
dis, on the Vandalia road last night
The engine aud car were cut loose ani
the engineer killed. but Burke BARR
caded the doors and kept the robbers a
bay until help arrived.
CHICAGO, July 9. - Washington
special says that the Republican Con
gressional Committee. through its Secre
tary, is sending out to all the fedora
officers Of the country demand for on
per cent. Of their salaries for the carry
ing on of the Fall campaign.
TERRE HAuTE. Ind, July 9.-The fol
lowing particulars of the attempted Ell
press robbery on the vandalia road las
night have been received: As the train
No. 8, engineer Ames and conducto
Farley. stopped at Long Point for waite,
two men boarded the locomotive an
ordered the engineer to pull out. Tn
engineer was at first bswildered but com
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-07-10

Los Angeles congratulates itself on an
other street railroad,
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-07-10
Foreign News.

LONDON, July 9.--The rate for money
at the Stock Exchange on Government
securities is per cent.
HAVANA, July 9.--An official dispatch
reports that on the 9th nit. a force Of
Spanish troops fought for two hours 400
insurgents posted in an advantageous
position near Moron and killed ~ Of
them. The loss of the Spaniards is
small. The same day there was another
engagement near Ocuje, in which ten in
surgents wero killed.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-07-10

General Frank p. Blair, Jr.. died at
his residence, in st. Louis, ON the night
OF the 9Th instant. He had been in poor
health for long time, and his demise
was not unlocked for. Deceased was
born in Maryland, in 1918; he received
a thorough education at Alexandria, Va.
and occupied psominen. position in
various capacities for a number Of years
At the breaking out of hostllties in 1861
he occupied the position Of Lieutenant.
Colonel of the Missouri State Guards.
He served on the Southern side, and was
captured by General Lyon in his cam
paign of 81. He afterward served on
the Union side, and at the close of the
war made test case of the oath requi
site for the elective franchise. Ha was
nominated for the Office of Vioe-Presi
dent by the Democrats National Con-
vention in '6S. and stumped the State,
Since that time he had been living in
comparative retirement.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-07-10
BY TELEG RAPH

SPECIAL To THE PIooHE DAILY RECORD
ny WESTERN UNION LINE.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-07-10

The Pacific Mail Steamship Company
has lately made some very satisfactory
arrangements. The different Central
American and Mexican Governments
have agreed to pay an annual subsidy of
$l47 900 in gold coin. The Australian
Government also agrees TO pay the CON-
pany $3.50. 900 per annum for monthly
mail service between Sydney and San
Francisco.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-07-10

The Pennsylvania miners have gone
to work again, and it is to be sincerely
hoped the last OF the "long strike" has
come.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-07-10

Joaquin Miller has written letter to
the New York Evening Post from Phila.
delphia. The only striking point about
the epistls is the total ignorance he
evinees Of the subjects be attempts to
talk about.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-07-10

The latest bone of contention among
the heightened San Francisco journals is
which one sends the most pounds of mail
tnattar
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-07-10

WICKER collins. for summer use, are
the most approved thing now at New
York funerals. A corpse ought certainly
keep cool in one Of them.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-07-10

Dana, of the Sun, still continues to
administer moral soothing syrup to Reid,
OF the Tribune. Now he tells him:
Young editor, men have different gifts.
Some are funny, and some are not. You
are one Of those who are not. Therefore,
don't try to be funny. When you try
most to DO serious you are funniest.
There is no humor in the tall tower-only
deep profundity. exalted sentimentality
and tempting sweetness. Nurse the tai
ents yon have. young editor; don't try to
create those you have not, for then you
only make the emptiness more apparent.
we like you best just as you are.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-07-10

DEsIRABLE TERMS An ancient darkey
leaned over Clay. street gate yesterday,
ana called to the dusky proprietor of
cabin: See heah, Henry. isn't you
bout ready tn pay me dat two-bits?"
Havnt nothin' tn pay wid," was the
reply. You borrowed dat money
wnole year ago. Henry!" continued the
OLD man. Cant help dat--can't pay"
Henry, ! believes you don't want to
pay; believes You IL dishonest. and
neboer ask for de money again; I'll
leave de Lord to collect i'll" "Shoo!"
exclaimed Henry, greatly interested all
at once, you hasn't emmy more money
tn lend ON dose terms. has ye?-T vicks-
burg Herald.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-07-10

Portland chap via, daring his sours-
ship, sent his girl some poetry begin
ming. . Was il gissm CT solcsn nair,
WAS mortified after marriage to see Der
bang that "gisam over the back e :
chair.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-09-04

diagonally over France, it must
be evident that what pigeon can do over
200 or 300 miles only must be cOnsidera-
bly, greater. Then, again, it is almost in
conceivable that pigeon starting from
San Sebastian for Liege, suppose, should
be able to adhere to the true mathematical
line of short distances. Whether in Obe
dience to the currents of winds or in obe-
dience to the landmarks he selects, he
must follow, not a straight, but broken
line of some sort Now the computations
made by the Belgian societies are, as far
as we know, invariably on the principle of
taking the crows flight from corner to
corner, and then dividing the number of
miles by the number of hours between
the time of departure and the time of ar
rival. The exact distance between OAK
and Liegc is, am told, $50 miles as the
crow flies, 4. e.: in the mathematical line
on a true map. But pigeon can scarcely
follow the true mathematical line, and to
accomplish 600 he may be supposed to fly
700, 800, or 1 200 miles, in broken lines,
all tending more or less homeward. The
pigeon which took the first prize of all
Belgium, in 1871, belonged to a small
basket maker at Huy, near Liege. I re-
member holding the bird in my hand-a
small, compact black bird, as hard as a
stone to the touch-I forget whether in
his third or fourth year. The bird was
flown, in 1871, at OAK, in the Pyrenees, at
five O'Clock in the morning and arrived at
Huy the same evening at six o'clock.
Taking the distance as 600 miles crow
flight, and dividing by the number of
hours, thirteen, this gives us the rate of
forty miles an hour for thirteen hours"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-09-04
Short Hints Concerning Sickness.

DON'T whisper in the sick-room.
When the doctor comes to see you re-
member how many pairs of stairs he has
to climb every day, and go down to him
if you are well enough.
When you are sitting up at night with
a patient be sure to have something to
eat, if you wish to save yourself unneces-
sary exhaustion.
Remember that sick people are not
necessarily idiotic or imbecile, and that
it is not always wise to try to persuade
them that their sufferings are imaginary.
They may even at times know best what
they need.
Never deceive a dying person unless
by the doctors express orders. 1t is not
only wrong to allow any soul to 60 into
eternity without preparation, but how can
you tell but that he has something he
ought to tell or do before he goes away?
If you have sick friend to whom you
wish to be of use do not content yourself
with sending her flowers and jelly, but
lend her one of your pictures to hang in
place of hers, or a bronze to replace the
| one at which she is SO tired of staring.
DOnt.have needless conversations with
| the doctor outside of the sick-rOom. Moth
| ing will excite and irritate nervous pa
tient sooner. If you do haye such con-
| versations don't tell the patient that the
doctor said nothing" He won't believe
you, and will imagine the worst possible.
In lifting the sick do not take them by
the shoulders and drag them up on to the
pillows, but get some one to help you.
| Let one stand on one side of the patient,
the other opposite, then join hands under
the shoulders and hips, and lift steadily
and promptly together. This method is
easy for those who lift, and does not dis
turb the one who is lifted.
Do not imagine that your duty is over
when you have nursed your patient
through his illness, and he is about the
house, or perhaps going out again
Strength does not come back in mo-
ment, and the days when little things
worry and little efforts exhaust, when the
cares of business begin to press, but the
feeble brain and hand refuse to think and
execute, are the most trying to the sick
one, and then comes the need for your
| tenderest care, your most unobtrusive
watchfulncss.-"H Home and Society,"" IN
| iSc11bner for September.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-09-04
Garget In Cow.

INFLAMMATION of the udder, in the first
stage, is amenable to treatment; after that
much trouble is involved and disappoint-
ment contracted. Let the animal be at
tended to at once; administer a curative
as: EPSON salts, one pound; ginger, one
ounce; molasses, half pound; water, one
pint Next institute lamentations, which
should be applied necessarily for three or
four hours, and at the close let large, hot
poultice composed of three parts bran and
one part oat-meaD be ready for applica-
ton, to cover the affected quarter, and
support it by means of a broad bandage
over the back. When portions become
hardened the following ointment may be
used with smart friction: Soft soap, eight
ounce; mercurial ointment, one ounce 3;
camphor ointment, four ounces; extract
of belladonna, four drains. Mix, and
apply once a day. Or, take of tincture OF
iodine, three ounces; tincture of
opium, one ounce; soap linament, four
ounces. Mix and apply two or three
times day. 1t may be advisable to give
the following internally morning and
evening: Take of iodine of potassium,
two drains; water, one pint. In all
cases the milk must be drawn regularly
and effectually.- Wilkes Spirit.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-09-04
A Home for Dogs.

Col. Forney writes: at would surprise
you if the money spent upon what are
known as pet dogs could be faithfully set
forth. As you walk the streets of London
you see hundreds of thousands of these lit
tie animals carried or led by ladies, and it
is common thing as the nobility and gen
try ride along in their splendid equipages
to see variety of spaniels and poodles
resting on the costly cushions. Some of
these little pets are not much larger than
. cotton or snow ball, and with their fine,
fleecy covering, nothing else visible save
their black, piercing eyes, they present a
laughable appearance. In this connection
the temporary home for lost and starving
dogs, in Battersea Park, though not quite
been discussing (because We have such es-
adjustments in American cities), has its
amusing side. The patron and Presi-
dent is the most honorable the Marquis
Townshend, assisted by various patron
esses, all taken from the nobility, followed
by Vice Presidents, Trustees, Treasurer, a
committee, a Banker, Auditors, Manager
and Secretary, and a Keeper, making fifty
in all. The Treasurer's report shows an
annual expenditure of over e., 900 s 10 OOO)
for wages, food, medicine, printing and
interest on mortgage. In order to remove
any inducement for dog-stealing no fee is
paid on the delivery of lost or starving ca
mines at the home, the chief reliance be-
ing upon the duty and humanity of
the police. There is large list of
donations and legacies, many of the for
mer being from anonymous hands. In the
printed list the donor of e24 is credited to
Open thy Mouth for the Dumb and
another of e. les. is Pity the Sufferings
of Houseless Dog A gift of e5 is " In
remembrance of Tiney's dear Mistress"
and the same amount comes from Per
secuted Dogs in Belgravia.' This tenn
porary home for lost and starving dogs
was established in 1850 by the late Mrs.
Tealby, who, although not a lady of large
means, was its unwearied benefactress.
The late Mrs John Hamilton left legacy
to the institution of 81 900, and others
are following her example. Thirty two
hundred dogs were last year either re-
stored to their former owners or sent to
new homes; being an increase of l, 094
over the previous year. After being kept
for three days the keeper is empowered to
dispose of the inmates of the home, either
by death or sale, but they are usually
kept in their pens for a week, and some
times much longer. Prussic acid is used
to poison them, which, by its almost in
stantaneous effect, IS considered the most
humane method. The home affords &C
commodation for 600 dogs, although there
are not usually more than half that num-
Der. All brought in during one day are
put in double pens with yard for exer-
else, and small cells are provided for
special cases, such as quarrelsome or al
hicted dogs. 1t is singular fact that
among thousands of dogs brought into the
home there has been no case of HYDRO
phObia, which is attributable, no doubt, to
the absence of excessive heat In this mod
crate climate.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-09-04
How to Take Care Of Bulbs.

As soon as their beauty of flower is
over, we always cut off the fiower-stems
Just below the lowest flower, and for this
reason the hyacinth and tulip both seed
freely, particularly the latter; if the bulb
is forming seed, its strength is in great
measure wasted by that process; whereas,
if the fiower-stem is cut off, the bulb has
nothing to do but to prepare itself with
vigor for blossoming the ensuing year.
We pay great attention to the protection
of the leaves of both hyacinths and tulips,
and never allow them to be interfered
with until nature indicates, by the decay
of their points, that the bulb is preparing
for rest We then follow a course with
both hyacinths and tulips which we be-
lieve many do not; that is, we take them
up before the leaves are quite decayed,
and for this reason: we believe that both
of them, after the bulbs have attained this
period of growth, are only weakened by
remaining in the ground, because the off
sets are living upon the parent bulb, and
consequently weakening it for the flower
of the following year.
If a cultivatOr wishes for stock he should
let the bulbs remain until the leaves are
quite decayed. If he wants his bulbs to
flower in beauty again he should follow
the practice above mentioned. When
taken up the bulbs should be removed to
shed sheltered from the sun but free to
the air, and any earth adhering to the
fibers or roots should remain for some
little time; after two or three days they
should be looked after and the loose earth
shaken from them and, as the leaves de-
cay, they should be occasionally removed.
We have generally placed our bulbs at
first on the ground in the tools shed, and as
they got dry removed them to an airy
shelf. When the leaves are nearly de-
cayed we place them in very shallow
baskets and allow as much air as practica.
BILE to be between each root to harden
them, turning them every two or three
days.
BY this treatment, and rubbing off any
portion of mold attached to the bottom
and sides, they are in fit state to be
placed for the summer in dry-room; and
by little occasional attention the rough
and outside coat will, by gentle side
pressure of the thumb, be effectually re-
moved and exhibit the appearance of the
bulb clean, smooth and in good condition.
This latter operation is best performed in
the end of August, and at the end of that
time remove the remains of such parts of
| the root of the former year as may have
dropped off previous to this time. 1t is
hardly necessary to state that any bulb in
an unsound state, either from appearance
of decay or from having been injured in
taking up, should not be put with those
intended for future planting THE Garden.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-09-04
Hogs VS.. Crickets.

A resident of Paradise Valley, New,
gives the following interesting account of
the manner in which the farmers in the
upper end of the valley recently con-
quered pest of crickets:
when the advance guard of the crick-
cts made their appearance all the hogs
within convenient distance were driven to
the front. Some 400 hogs were thus mar
shaled in battle array, and right bravely
did they meet the enemy. For an hour
the pigs fought nobly, each of them de-
vouring crickets at the rate of twenty or
more a minute. Then they Withdrew to
water, and after wallowing a short time
renewed the combat voluntarily. In few
days not vestige of the invading army
was to be seen, and the condition of the
hogs improved materially. 1t is thought
that the hogs destroyed, on an average a
thousand crickets day each, and if with
in easy distance of water few hundred
of them are capable of killing any number
of crickets as fast as they advance"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-09-04
Electricity and Guns.

The recent experiments In Prussia in
The application of electricity to the dis
charge Of cannon are exceedingly interest
ing. By means Of this invention a num-
Der Of gums of the heaviest caliber may be
dhcharged simultaneously, the balls all
striking the same mark. The experiment
was successfully made with four Krupp
guns, increasing fourfold their individual
destroying force. The introduction of this
invention In naval warfare would render
fron-clads altogether. useless. The in
crease in the weight Of iron arInor for ships
Of war, though enormous, has barely been
sufficient to keep pace with the increase
In the caliber OF cannon. Guns have been
cast which the heaviest iron armor that
any ship of war can practically ever float
Il barely powerful enough to resist; and it
was becoming . question, before these
Prussian experiments, whether iron-clads
wers amy Longer serviceable, since guns
were coming into use which they could
mot resist more effectually than wooden
vessels, while on the other hand they were
much slower, cumbersome and far more
expensive This new invention tends,
therefore, TO settle the question. By max.
ing guns 50 powerful that iron-clads must
succumb before them, wooden vessels will
again come into use; while on the other
hand the temperance Of wooden vessels
will render such heavy cannons unneces-
sary, and will in turn do away with them.
Thus the invention of these heavy guns
and their discharge by electricity may rem
der both entirely Unnecessary Of
Ae Tekagrdph.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-09-04

The Hartford Post relates a suggest
i've little story, as follows: Early in 1862
a youth named Frederick Boyer found a
IS bill on the street and turned it over to
Chief Chamberlin to be returned to the
owner. In April of that year, no owner
having appeared, the money WIS deposited
in the Pratt Street Savings Bank to the
credit of young Boyer, and remained un-
disturbed until 1878, when Boyer came to
Mr.. Chamberlin, saying that he needed a
pair of boots and had no funds. He was
given an order on Marcy, and a year later
Mr.. Chamberlin drew the expense of the
boots from the deposit, which by this time
had increased to $9.77 by interest. To-day
Boyer made his appearance again with a
demand for more boots, and went with the
chief to the Savings Bank, where he re-
ceived 1928. The money originally found
had thus been of much more benefit than
If he had retained and spent it, and sew
eral other boys whose interests have been
looked after by Mr.. Chamberlin in similar
cases have now, with the original depos-
its and their own additions, some nice
nest-eggs' laid away for the future
Though deposited in their own names, en-
tries are made in the books stipulating
that the money shall not be drawn without
the acquiescence of Mr.. Chamberlin, and
this restriction has been of real advantage
to the youngsters"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-09-04
Flight of Carrier.PigeOns.

A WRITER in the Spectator says: pains
have been taken to ascertain the rate of a
pigeons flight. The English dragon is II
swifter bird than the Belgian. But he
flies low and is of small, if any, intellect
do not know whether the question is or
can be settled. For long distances the
Belgian fanciers had in the year 1865, by
induction of many instances, concluded
that a pigeon can fly on an average 1,164
meters "a minute, or 1878 yards, but if
such is the average, taken for distances
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-09-04

A NOTED burglar in the Pennsylvania
Eastern Penitentiary has written to Mayor
Stokely, of Philadelphia, explaining how
banks are robbed. He says majority of
the robberies are the result of mixed-up
accounts and collision between bank Off
GERS and burglars.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-09-04

THEY have some remarkable church
choirs in Norwalk, Conn. One Sunday
evening clergyman gave to his organ
list hymn--to be sung last-but so pecul-
lar in meter that no tune would fit it. So
the organist wrote a four-part melody dur
ing the sermon and the choir sang it from
his score. Length of sermon not stated.