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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-10-06
The Bonanza King.

A correspondent OF the Boston Her
aid tells story of James G.. Flood. of
the firm of Flood & O'Brien, who rule
the financial affairs of California and
Nevada. He says: J. G. Flood is the
name of the man who is at the head of
that great moneyed Institution in San
Francisco which was the cause of the
breaking of the Bank of Cali
formal mean the bank of Ne
vada. The history of that move
ment and all it's results are well
known to the readers of the Herald.
But the history of the man who was the
prime mover of the whole affair has
never yet been printed. He was born.
it is believed, in Ireland, but on that
point my informant is notpositive. He
made his appearance at Fort Hamilton
many years ago, when he was quite a
lad, and engaged himself as a workman
i'll the wheelright shop Of Col. Church.
He was accounted good boy, that is,
there was nothing particularly bad about
him. He was faithful in his work
and was of rather an inquiring mind, al
ways wanting to know the why and
wherefore OF everything. He could not
read or write, and the two sons of Col.
Church were then about his age. They
have since grown up, and keep the ho-
tel; are the Judges, coroners, sheriffs'
agents, agents of the government for
many things; are agents of the Western
Union Telegraph and of the Associated
Press there. Their father is now dead.
Young Flood prevailed on Thomas G..
Church to teach him to read and write,
and he proved very apt scholar His
learning enabled him to take a front
rank among his fellow workmen, and it
is said there are good many wagons
now in existence on Long Island that
have particular finish put upon GER
tain parts of them by young Flood.
When the California fever broke ut
there were three companies of troops
sent there from Fort Hamilton. In one
of these companies Flood enlisted and
WI Mt with them to California. After
serving his time he went into the mines,
and came back again to the wheel
wright shop at Fort Hamilton with some
S., 1000 or $1,000: After staying short
time he married, and soon after, with
his wife. went to San Francis
co. He there opened a bar
room and became quite popular, made
money, and. being naturally shrewd
and careful in Investments, has risen
now to be one Of the acknowledged
powers of the Pacific coast. There are
several around Church's Hotel at Fort
Hamilton who we'll remember the young
man, and will agree it was good place
to emiorate from He is rich anorob
to buy up the whole region around Fort
Hamilton, and throw in Fort
Lafayette also as chowder
depot, which is all it is fit for. His his
tory is like that of many another in
this free country poor, illiterate boy
Taught his alphabet and to read, write
and cipher by Thomas G.. Church, bis
old employers son-now not million
aire, but ten or twenty millionaire.
He has the consolation of knowing that
in case Of an accident he is a good
wheelwright, and can make splendid
cocktail
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-10-06
Song of the Mill Children.
nv Lucy LARcoM.

BY LUCY LARCO1I.
Will the fairy-folK come back,
Such as haunt old stories,
Sliding down the moonbeam's track
Hid in morning-glories /!
Air is warp, ard sun is welt;
Is rainbow-spinner left?
Nc: not one. They never will
Streams they loved are busy
Turning spindles in the mill;
Turning mill-folk dizzy.
Toll is warp, and money weft;
Not fairy-loom is left.
Noise has frightened them away
From their greenwood places;
Never would they spend day
Among care-worn faoee.
Gather up the warp and weft;
See # anything is left
Merry days go dancing by;
Hard work comes and tarries,
g Why, for that. wind sigh through sigh !?
Children, we'll be fairies!
Life is warp, and love is weft:
Childrens hearts end hands are left.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-10-06
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.
The ClOck-Tinker.

LUCY LARCOM.
Tinker, may learn the trick
How you cure clock that's sick,
Peeping in her face behind,
Care those wheels her brains?) to find
Why her pulses donot go
Regular and sure and slow?
Tinker, have you learned Times trick
How it Is he makes clocks tick ?
Is there such thing as knowing
What it was first set them going!
Do you, sir. suppose they had EN-
In their garden, Eve and Adam?
Is there, up among the sums
Father of those other ones
Some great timepiece that can snow
All the small clocks how to go?
Are the stars set right by some
Mighty swinging pendulum {?
Tinker where's the loosened screw
That the juggler Time greens through
When he slips into his place,
Up behind the old clocks face?
Have you ever seen that feat?
Or does Time even greybeards cheat !?
Boy, I've tried through Time to see
But he played strange tricks with me,
While I gave the wizard chase
He was dancing on my face.
Look you like crow be flies:
Here's his track around my eyes
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-10-06

THrsRs complained that the sunshine
hurt his eyes, and friend proposed
blue spectacles. !" Change the color of
my speotacles? said the veteran. ooh.
no the country would be agitated for
month I"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-10-06

The Equinox was too sadly season
able name for the propeller that foun
dered on Lake Michigan hast week.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-10-06

See that you are out, bag and baggage,
before the first of January" the baiiiff
said, roughly laying his hand on the
old woman's shoulder.
Don't touch me, ye miserable crea-
true =" she cried. shrinking back
g Don't lay your dirty band on me, ye
black hearted villain. Look at him,
neighbors, mark him, the evSctor! It's
all his doin's, and his, pointing to the
agent. Mark them, Willie Don't
forget their evil faces"
"I'll not forget them, granny" Viii
lie Merrlck said sternly, with culver
ing lips and flashing eyes; land if
ever have a chance, God help them
both"
"Och!" Judy cried, lifting up her
hands; "may God forget them at their
greatest need, and forgive them as [ do
now" and then she went in and sat
rocking herself for hours over the fire.
The LIST of January, 1856 Was bleak,
wild day, with fierce east wind driving
cutting. bitter sleet before it. The
sea and sky, of gray, leaden hue,
seemed to meet, you could scarcely
distinguish one from another; and the
storm ragged along the desclate coast.
The village of Cloonabeg presented a
very pitiful sight that New Years Day
"a sight once seen, never to be forgot
ten-a sight which impressed itself on
the memory with burning intensity, the
sight OF an eviction /! All words are in
adequate to describe the scene-it is
something one must look on to thor
oughly comprehend. That morning, on
the common, wherever stunted shrub
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-09-09

keep a large assortment of guns, pis-
tolls and ammunitions of all kinds.
They are irst-class g%unsIniths, aud
repair firearms In the best and most
Workmanlike manner.
There are a number of good hotels
in the place, the principal among
which are Dyers Hotel, American
House, Planters House, and Railroad
Hotel. There are also several res
taurants in the place, where meals
can be obtained at any time. There
are three blacksmith and wagon
shOpS-JOhn NeaI0n, H. Haas, and
Draper * Coat which a gOud sup
ply of two, fOur and six horse wagons
of Balm, SchuttIer, Sludebaker, Muir
ply, and Espenchied make, can be
always found, with bows and covers.
Besides the above there are n num-
Der of boarding houses tailor shops,
barber shops, small retail stores, &c-,
that we cannot spare time To give in
detail.
The public may rest assured that
there are abundant facilities in Chpy-
enne to outfit everybody AT this point
who may start for the Black Hills or
Northern Wyoming; and that II can
be done cheaper here than parties
can outfit at other points, and trans
port their outfits here. Besides they
will know just what they will need
when they get here, and ran avoid
purchasing useless and cumbersome
articles.
There is a good stock market mt
this place for the purchase and sale
of horses, mules, and cattle. Several
persons. are engaged m0r or les, in
the business of dealing in stock,
among them w. NJ. Ward, J c. Alb
ney, Barnard Il Co.. and Tracy e Co.
Those who will come to Cheyenne
aS the starting point will save money,
time and trouble in purchasing their
mining outfits at this place.
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\. Sntorius. Captain 2rd cavalry, cnmdg CO L.
Bird Cavalry and Post
Vim; Abbot, @ud Lieutenant . h Infantry. Post
A.. A. q u. amt !. c. 5.
C.. V, fettys. =. A. SUrcc0n-Pr-t surgeon.
W. W rogers, lst Lieutenant Sth Infantry. com.
handing co. T.
W. &. Holman. l~t Lieutenant 9Th infantry, com
H..} i.em'ry, end Lieutenant, &rd Cavalry, Co. f
Maj"r E. F. Townsend, 9th Infantry, leave Of
Cap. { D. Emory, oh Infantry, a. D. e. to Gen.
Capt. G. ?. Russell, 9th Infantry, A. d. c. to Gen.
Nu-ur.
lst L:rurcaant II. Bowman. 9.h Infautry, re.
Cruillng service.
SPOTTED TAIL AGENCV-NrBEAskA.
Major r. \. Howard, U. 5. indian Agent.
G. II. juwc;i, Trader.
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BANKS. 50 %
FIRST NATIONAL 1HhI rect
STEBBINS, WILBUR & 90, III
FergLeOH street
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RLACk$MITHING.&C
II. II NAS. Tiogles street
j. NEALDN- IE.OHIes street
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FURNITURE.
CONVERSE u WARREN, 18th ST
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BAKERIES.
UNDERWOOD u MCGREGOR,
Enterprise b Lery
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BILLIARDS.
JAMES BRENNAN, I6H street
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FRUIrS AND VEGETABLES.
:. IL. WOOD, Eddy street
W. l.. CDAkLEN, 18Th street
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REAL ESTATE AGENTS.
CORLETT & STEVENS,
Ferguson street
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GROCERIES.
+. II. LilBEH. 1871 street
PEASE Il TAYLOR, Ferguson 81.
/. G.. WHIPPHE. Ferguson street
UNDERWOOD ~ MCGREGOR,
Enterprise Bakery.
+. NAGLE, ferguson ST tet
GUNS, &C.
FHECND K BRO. EILdy street
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CI4EH ZEN Il
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

ATTORNEYS.
D.. MCLAUGHLIN, Ferguson street
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MEATS AND VEGETABLES
/. l.ANDAC, l7th street
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ROOTS AND SHOES.
>iEPitEN BON. I6th street
-. !. IItbMIS''\, I'm street.
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DRY GOODS.
MARKS d MYERS, Eddg street
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JEWELRY AND WATCHES.
JOSLiN AZ PARK, 18Th street
ID. MILLER. I7h street
SETTER, MARSH & co, 10Th ST.
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UONFECTIONEHY AND SODA
WATER.
:. H. WOODS, FIFTY street
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LEATHER x FINDINGS.
BON, 10Th street.
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PHYSICIANS. l
DIR. \. J. HOGG, Eddy street
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LIVERY STABLES.
W. II. WARD, 1871 street
II. G. MAYNARD, 10Th Street
q. ". SMELL, 1871 Street
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PAIN rIIRS.
OWEN x ANDERSON.
Ferguson street
j. /. FUTILE, IIW street
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-12-01

A WOMAN EvANGELrsT.-M Mrs. Lowrie, a
converted actress, is conducting series of re-
vival meetings in the Drew M E. Church
Port Jervis. The meetings are attended by
thousands of people, and over five hundred
converts have been made. The number in
cludes many wealthy and prominent residents.
MRS. owrie isSan 6soApcnt speaker, and an
excellent vocalist. Her sdiscourses are de-
livered while she walks about the house.
They are full of extrayagant and impassioned
passages, interspcrsed with weird hymns and
wild gestures, She, wields powerful infiu-
ence over the large congregations that as
semble to hear her, aud heryoice is frequently
drowned by their shouts Two avowed in
fidels--one contributor to the Boston Investi-
gator-are among her converts. leading
atheist asked for prayers on Saturday night
amid scene of wild excitement. The church
will not hold all that apply for admittance.
People come twenty miles to hear her. and SO
many train hands from the Erie Railway at
tend the service that new men have been en-
ployed to fill their places.
Mrs. Lowrie is lady about 80 years of
age, and shows the effect of the hard work
she is doing.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-12-01
FEARFUL NINE CAVE.
ROOF OF EXTENSIVE MINES IN THE WYOMING
VALLEY FALLEN In.

Tie most extensive and serious mining
casualty ever known in the Wyoming Valley
has just occurred, and seems to be still pro-
crossing at the Chauncy and Grand Tunnel
mines, between Plymouth and Nanticoke,
about two and half miles south of the form
err place. About two weeks ago Mr.. Roberts,
one of the proprietors of the Chauncy mine,
noticed that the roofof the opening was work
ing in most extraordinary manner, indicat-
ing that inside operations were attended with
considerable danger to those engaged in dig
ging coal i'll the different chambers or en-
ployed in the various gangways. He watched
the phenomenon with the greatest interest and
was finally convinced that the mine was doom
ed to certain calamity. About eleven o'clock
in the morning of the 10Th instant he gave
orders for the men to leave the mine as soon
as possible, and remove as much of the COM
pany's property could be taken out on the
spur of the moment The miners to the num-
Der of 125 left their works at twelve O'clock
taking with them the implements of their
calling, aud two hours later the mine caved in.
: Had it not been for the caution and foresight
of Mr.. Roberts a most fearful loss Of life must
have occurred, as the whole number of min
ers would have been entombed by about forty
acres of rock which crushed down and filled
up tie honey -combed opening beneath. The
disaster extended to Grand Tunnel mine, adj
joining the cave, it seeming to drag over the
roof i'll southerly direction until stopped by
huge wall of rock known to mining engi-
neers as "a fault, which raised up between
the Grand Tunnel and the adjacent mine
operated by the Susquehanna Coal Company
In the Grand Tunnel some sixty or seventy
acres Of rock have been hurled, effectually
CLOSING operations for months to come. The
whole fall it will be seen, embraces over one
hundred acres, and the damage to the mines
is estimated at over 100000 Several hum
dred miners have been thrown out of employ
ment just at the time when it most essentially
important for them to be at work. The
effects of the cave in were truly terrific
Huge boulders were thrown out of the mouth
of the tunnel by the compressed mir as il they
had been pebbles, and the shock of the crash
was that of an earthquake. The working of
the roof previous to the disaster is represent
ed as awe inspiring in an eminent degree.
The mountain seemed to be in travail, and
the rocks groaned and writhed as if in the
throes of intense agony. The hollow cham
bers re-echoed the dismal sounds, and taken
altogether, the scene was one calculated to
intiinfdate the heart of the hardest miner in
the land. The dissolution of the mountain
appears to DO still going on, and there is no
predicting how much moro desolation is to en-
sue in that quarter.
LATER.--Later dispatches represent the
5 above as considerably overdrawn. The dam
age to the mines can be repaired, it is stated,
at comparatively small cost.
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GENUINE REPUBLICAN, REFoRM.-Demo-
cratic journals with some honorable excep-
tions, show quite too much anxiety to make
party capital out of the exposure of whiskey
frauds The attempt to fasten some stain of
completely upon the President himself is
wholly nnwarranted by facts thus far disclos-
ed. Nor can it be said that the Republican
party has shown the least sympathy for the
participants in these crimes, or made the
slightest effort to shild them or to embarrass
Secretary Bristow in his work Of reform. On
the whole, the Republican party will unques-
tionably gain by this exposure, as any party
ought to gain which unhinchingly hunts down
and Furnishes corruption of any form within
its ranks. The credit is the greater in this
case because the guilty persons were promi-
nent in the party, and had been peculiarly in
fiuential. The spirit which refuses to grant
them any shelter or mercy, and demands full
punishment according to the letter of the
law, is the true spirit OF reform.-N 7. Iri-
blt7te. g.
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THE COLD SNAP.--Port Jervis, Nov. 3d.
Navigation on the Delaware and Hudson
Canal is closed srom Honesdale to Ellenville,
N Y. All loaded boats will reach tide water
today, when the canal will be closed for the
season.
PoUeHKEEPsIE, Nov. 30--The Hudson
liver is frozen this morning from Hudson to
Albany. All the night steamers are behind
time, owing to the ice obstruction. The
steamer city of Hudson will probably discon-
tinue her trips to day or to morrow and it is
believed that after to-day the steamers of the
Newburg and Albany line win go no further
than Rondout. The thermometer this morn
ing is at zero.
BosToN, Mass, Nov. 3d. nprecedented
cod weather for this season is reported from
all section of New England north and east of
here, the mercury ranging from to IA de-
grecs below zero. At Montpelier, VT, it was
Is below and at Bethlehem, N. H., 90 below.
PROVIDENCE, II. L., Nov. 30-The Their
momcter stands at zero ON College Hill this
morning.
PATERSON, N. j., Nov. 30--Last night was
one of the coolest experienced in this vicinity
for many years, so early in the season. The
mercury fell below zero, and at o'clock this
morning was but four degrees above.
MILFORD, Nov. 30.-Last night was the
coolest of the season. The thermometer in
uioateu tWo ueSrces aooVe zero itt seven D :
clock this morning. The Delaware river is
frozen over.
WORCESTER, Nov. 30.--A heavy northwest
wind prevailed all day yesterday, and the
mercury last night indicated twelve degrees.
While the wind was strongest trees were up
rooted, unfinished buildings damaged, and the
roof of large business block was started. In
Westboro three story brick block was un-
rooted, and a chimney fell upon building
adjoining, crushing through to the CELLAR
Considerable damage was done by the wind in
other sections of the country.
NEW YORK, Nov. 30.-The officers of the
signal stations on Broadway, do not anticipate
cold weather for any length of time.
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7. A. Edison, of Newark, has made dis
covery which, he claims, will revolutionize
telegraphy. He CLAIMS to have discovered a
new force, similar to electricity, possessing
its efficiency, without being subject to many
of the influences which affect the latter.
Cotton dealers at Mobile say the present
crop Of cotton, if it can be gathered, will be
the largest since the war.
OF the 1884, 00O, 900 acres of land which
constitutes the area of the States and Terri
tories of this country, 1,154, 100000 acres are
yet to be explored and surveyed. This work
is progressing at the rate of 100000 acres
annually.
Vice-President Wilson was a.man of frugal
and modest habits, and died poor. His pub
lie services were not productive of much in
come to himself, though of the greatest i'm
portance to the country. Although often oc-
cupying positions of the highest responsible
ity, his opportunities for getting rich did not
compare with those of many subordinate in
official or private life.
Henry Wilson, for eleven years apprentice
ship to farmer received $S4 wages.
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REMEMBER THIs.-Now is the time Of the
year for Pneumonia, Lung Fever, Coughs,
Colds, and fatal results of predisposition to
Consumption and other Throat and Lung
Disease. BoscHEE's GERMAN SYRUP has been
used in this neighborhood for the past two or
three years without single failure to cure
If you have not used this medicine yourself,
go to your Druggist, G. F. Moore, or 1. M. s.
J. T. Severns, Lambertville, or DIR. Rob-
bins, New Hope and ask them of its
wonderful success among their customers.
Two doses will relieve the worst case. If you
have no faith in any medicine, just buy =
Sample Bottle of Boschee's German Syrup for
10 cents and try il Regular size Bottle rs
cents. Don't neglect cough to save rs cents.
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Why AND WHEN LAMPs EXPLODE. All
explosions of coal oil lamps are caused by the
vapor or gas that collects in the space above
the oil. When full of oil Of course the lamp
contains no gas, but Immediately on lighting
the lamps, consumption Of oil begins soon
leaving space for gas, which commences to
form as the lamp warns up, and, after burn
ing short time, sufficient gas will accumulate
to form an explosion The gas in the lamp
will explode only when ignited. In this re-
spect it is like gunpowdcr. Cheap or inferior
oil is always the most dangerous.
The flame is communicated to the gas in
the following manner !: The wick tube in all
lamp burners is made larger than the wick
which is to pass through it. 1t would not do
to have the wick work tightly in the burner !;
ON the contrary, it is essential that it move up
and down with perfect ease. In this way it is
unavoidable that space in the tube is left
along the sides of the wick sufficient for the
flame from the burner to pass down into the
lamp and explode the gas.
Many thugs may occur to cause the flame
to pass down the wick and explode the lamp
/. A lamp may be standing on table or
mantel, and slight puff of air from the open
window, or the sudden opening of door,
causes explosion.
2. A lamp may be taken up quickly from a
table or mantle and instantly explode.
3. lamp is taken into an entry where
t,.ere is draft, or out of doors, and an ex-
ploson ensues.
4. A lighted lamp is taken up fight of
stairs or is raised quickly to place it on the
mantel, resulting in an explosion. In all cas-
es the mischief is done by the air movement
either by suddenly checking the draft, or
forcing air down the chimney against the
flame.
5. Blowing down the chimney to extinguish
the light is frequent cause of explosion
9. Lamp explosions have been caused by
using chimney broken off at the top, or one
that has a piece broken out, whereby the
draft is variable and the flame unsteady
z. Sometimes thonghtless person puts a
snail sized wick in large burner. thus leav-
ing considerable space along the edge of the
wick.
8. An old burner with It's air drafts clogged
up. which rightfully should be thrown away.
is sometimes continued in use, and the fatal
result is an explosion. Scientific american
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cr.,
IN SATURDAY higue Nts. ihollas, VI noooks
en-, nearing as she supposed, ner husoano IN
lower room' store qnie.iy Gown ana sprang
upon MN. instead OF ner husband, 'sne
caugn. purglar VINO mao , ao9ue Slov wor. sn
he was arrested.
-
AT the signai station on .ne summt OF
mount Washington On Mon9ay afternoon,
the WIND attained speed Oh loo miies per
hour-the greates. velocity recorded since the
estaolishment OF sne STATION ana tne ther-
mometer marked "a degrees oeiow Zero