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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-08-27
Yours
That "NOnstrou," Law
BrRLNGToN. Aug I,,A

INA.
BURLINGTON. Aug. I,,A
T. the Editor OF the Free Press an Tine
An article in Yesterday paper from the
pen OF O. e. W suggests to me ease that
may illustrate the injustice of our laws in
regard TO the disposition Of property.
In neichboring town, few year ago,
lived widower. a good easy soul.
somewhat infrm. the owner Of little house
with big mortgage covering it. A. year
and infrmities grew upon him be took 90
himself another helr-mees Wife number
Two was an enterprising hari-w1rkins wo-
man, who faithfully fulfilled hey household
duties and at odd moments wage carpets f1r
her neighbors The neirhbor, say that IN
ii late al night could be seen leIi-at from
her attic window where stood the carpet
loom In the course Of year she cleared
the mortgage from the little place she for
nished the house comfortably. she bought
COW and she made the declining wears of
her husband lie comfortable. lie died
The funeral was over and the widow lllhi-
les thought that she might -real her Jew
remaining years comfortably u the little
home she had woven. Could she
A viii appeared, made under the sanction
Of the laws of \ erm0nt. which stated .Hat
the little h0use-minuS the big m1rt.are-
the COW that she had earned the household
goods. intending the carpets she bal made
everything. was. and is. wiLcl. hcQueatlcl
and left u O sol hv another vito As lo-
the widow. she was I. have and hold. 10
her own right. the loom thar She had
brought and her personal apparel
She might become dependent ol
the bounty %. step-son and his wut. or .
she micat--->he was settil- I'D 0s- g.. n.. g.
earn another home.
IL that She law
Jud-e.-Tnyse.i sha.. see the act
How comes lt tla, our i1rel4-uar- mad. .
aw- that allowed and sanctioned -ucl lu-
Justice We may suppose taa- mc1. sid .
20 ne b. learned 10 the law. were lerltel
a draw VI tne-t statute, and ti4t these
Daniels. a- is the wont Of LAWYER. revcr-
.nllY turned O. the larharlu- customs o. tire
middle ayes and fixed their lsl.e- or olr
ta-ute books l. seems rs though neither
cmmon sense or common Justice could >lre-
.est such cuactment-. How much more
eaSonable would seem q law chat rt reI
be i-nature- of both husband and wife 90
make vii valid. or. pe-hap- law taa-
ll0wel the husband to vii away but half
be- estate. We can bu, hope with N. O..
a .. tuat some courageous reiorll.r lr aur
.eE- EOS. arurf WI. venture g. r.. .nr-r
hese ancient harbarities and substitute
nsfsfHg more ln arclrdanca with Justice
nj the needs o. the age
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-08-27

GIN GRANT A. WAG-A gentleman
from Woonsocket was introduced to Psesi-
dent Grant, by Senator Anthony, On
Wednesday, at the Burnside elsm-bake in
Bristol
Here, General, - SAID Anthony. lis one
Of those terrible newspaper men, Mr.. -
OF WoonsOcket, sixteen miles up the
Blackstone
Sixteen miles 10 Rhode Island p said
the President ''locredible - WoOns0el-
sf Patriot.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-07-17

other is not expected to recove from
the effecss of the shock. This is the
first case of death from the lightning's
stroke that has ever occurred i'll Hum
boldt county, but several deaths from
swallowing the fluid have been re-
ported.
Tommy Dimond, a miner employed
at work on the tenth level of the Ray
mond q Ely, at Phoebe, was seriously,
if not fatally, injured about 2 o'clock
last Tuesday morning by a bowlder
weighing about five tons falling upon
him, MASKING his legs and thighs al.
most to a jelly.
The Bowers mansion has been sold
by Mrs. Bowers to the liquor firm Of
Kelly Gilchrist Il Henderson, of San
Francisco. They will nj doubt con'
tinue to maintain the premises as a
place Of public resort.
Abe Edgington, of Virginia. has sold
his fast stopper ABE" to Leland Stan
ford tor $20,O0O. Quite a sum for q
| piece of horse flesh.
The entire indebtedness of Washoe
county is S31 ,2l2 80, and there are S2l,-
2S5 AZ in the county Treasury.
The measels are prevalent among
the children of Gold Hill.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-07-17
TIE WORTH AND SOUTH.

Since his return to the South from
the Bunker Hill Centennial, General
Fitzhugh Lee has made a speech,
which is indicative not only Of the ap-
probation of the welcome he received,
but which shows that he rightly esti-
mates the true public sentiment,
North and South. The following words
trosn his speech are full of wisdom and
patriotism:
"Do you know what all this means?'
he said. at means at that end OF the
line precisely what the out-pOuring OF
vour people at this end of the line to
meet us on our return means, viz:
That the people OF this country have
taken this matter of reconstruction out
of the hands of the politicians; that the
crust which separated them has been
broken at last, and the men of the
North and South are at last allowed to
see each other face to face"
The presence of General Lee at the
Bunker Hill celebration was recognized
by the Northern people in the same
spirit which inspired the Southern
soldier to go. His warm reception by
the managers, the enthusiastic greeting
which he received from the populace,
was a tribute to him and to the mem
DRY Of his father, and was an unmis
taxable truth that the people of the
North, and those of the South, had
been misrepresented by the politician;
of one section and the carpet-bagger.
of the other.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-07-17

PROBABLY A "WHAT."-The Gold
Hill Ne,rs of the 14th, under the head
ing of "a Ghost, or What?" contains
the following thrilling spook yarn:
For the last four or five nights, the
men working at the New Caledonia
shaft have seer a female figure in and
around the works, from l O'Clock till 3
o'clock in the morning. Several of the
men made attempts to get near enough
to talk to and discover who she was,
but could not succeed in doing >
One man in going home about3 O'Clock
IN the morning, two or three days ago,
passed. her at the powder magazine, a
short distance from the mine, and was
followed by the figure until he came to
the old works of the Caledonia, when
it suddenly vanished from his sight.
He is firmly persuaded that no live
| woman could have kept as close to
him, at the rate he was going, as the
figure did. 1t will be remembered
that a man met with a violent death at
the shaft some time ago, and this fact,
| together with what is stated above,
leads some OF the men to the conclus-
ion that the figure is not that of a ma
terial IN Some people may scot
at the idea Of spirits revising the
| earth, but it would be hard to convince
the men at the mine that it was a live
woman who made the unreasonable
visits referred to-.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-07-17
DOWN OUT.

There is some talk, in the papers be-
low, that General Bldwell may decline
10 be a candidate tor Governor any fur
Their, and that he may resign and let
Pacheco take his place. 1t is alleged
that the reason for such a step is that
the General is a very venerable candi-
date so far, and that his opponents
have not neglected to assail him. His
record does not seem to be good and
his unpopularity, by reason of his
pomposity, is very apparent. Hence
it is that some very influential mem-
bers of his party want.him to step down
and out of the leadership of the INDIE
pendent party.
The above is from the Grass Valley
Onion. There need be no fear of old
Raisin Grapes stepping down and out.
He has been a standing candidate too
long for that. This being his only and
last chance, it stands him in hand to
make the most of it. 1t is ~flattering to
the vanity of a pompous old cucum-
Der like Bidwell to even be a candidate
Tor so important a position, and he is
certain to hang on while the lndepen
dent lamp holds out to burn. He
must begin to realize by this time that
a gubernatorial nomination will never
chase him down again.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-07-17
STEALIyGS.

The match for $500 a side between
the wrestlers Bauer and Miller, which
was to have come off at Virginia City.
has been declared ssoff, nfrom the fact
that there has been considerable talk
about q ''put-up job" and therefore
both have refused to wrestle for mo-
ney. Last Sunday a man threatened
to blow the top of Reguier's head off
il he lost the match with Farnworth,
and Bauer was threatened with the
same doom in San Francisco. Now il
the penalty of fall il to he death by
the hands of some rutfian who has lost
q bet, it is a sort of a stake few care To
wreslle for. The men, however, are
anxious to wrestle, and the probable
ties are that a match will be- made TO
come off to morrow evening at Piper's
Opera House, where the contest will
be for "glory" alone.
Daylight was seer through the Sum-
NIT tunnel on Yerington, Bliss Il Co.'S
narrow gauge railroad, in the mount
aims back of Carson, about u week ago.
The work is being pushed forward
rapidly, and the tunnel will soon be
timbered throughout. 1t is expected
that the cars sill ue running the whole
length of the road by August LIST. Wood
and timbers will be carried on the road
from the sawfnills TO the hume,
through which they will be sent down
to the dump, neal the line Of the Vir-
ginia and Truckee Railroad.
John Sullivan, a gambler, better
known a. "Sport O'Sullivan," died IN
q tit OF deliriuin tremens near Oreana.
His body was discovered half buried
in the mud, the Humboldt river,
last Wednesday.
Two Cinnamon who were engaged
in cutting sagebrush in luena Vista
valley, were struck by lightning dur
ing a. thunder storm last week. One
Of them was instantly killed, aud the
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-07-17
Telegraph Meeting.

BosroN, July Is.
An adjourned meeting of the Frank
lin Telegraph Company was held to-
day, Fred. Nelson, of New York, pre-
siding. lie reported that a statement
of the ~company's finances could not tie
presented as it vas not ready. A pre-
amble reciting that the Atlantic and
Pacific Telegraph Company had aud
uiently assumed control of the Frank
lin line and decreased its rates and in
jurei its business by gross misniana"e-
ment, and a resolution directing the
directors to bring action in behalf oil
the company was lost by a vote OF
$500 to 2,44S.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-07-17

THE people who think they could
run a newspaper a great deal better
than the fools who have been brought
up to the business will be surprised to
learn that during the past year ove
one thousand newspapers have died
and carried down more than $4,000, 900
with them.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-07-17

IT has been telegraphed to the San
Francisco press from Chico that Bid
we'll is going to take the stump for the
purpose of refuting the bold charges
Of Senator Sargent in relation to his
(Bidwell's) land larceny. Now stand
from under. Booth, too, it is said, is
going for Goraam's scalp. There is
fun ahead for the sovereigns of the
Golden State.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-07-17

ENLARaED.-The Phoebe Daily Jour
nal has been enlarged and otherwise
improved. The proprietors speak
we'll of the outlook and assert that
their paper is on a firm and prosperous
basis. 1t has our best wishes for its
continued success.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-07-17

Col. TowNE, a resident of Phoebe in
the early days, arrived in this burg
yesterday, from Bristol district, where
he has lately made his permanent
abiding place.-ffoche Record.
The same parsonage, we believe, who
used to be taken by some people for
the genuine original Quantrell.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-07-17

LETTERS received from the Superin-
tendent Of the Woodbridge Insane
Asylum, state that DR.. G. G. Green, OF
Virginia City. has become perfectly
helpless, and that he is constantly con-
fined to his bed. His death may soon
be expected.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-07-17

GENERAL LOGAN, of Illinois, now
sojourning in San Francisco, has been
invited by the California Republican
State Central Committee 10 make a few
political speeches in that State.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-07-17

THE Stock Report places the total sill
yer YIELD of the Pacific Coast up to
date at 5000, OO0. 900. That is not too
high, possibly under the mark if any
thing.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-07-17
DIED.

Ruby Hill. July ij-Sm Burns, u native Of
ireland, az ID about Al years.
| Virginia, July g--Birdie Josephine, infant
daughter Of Thomas and Elizabeth Beer,
aged 10 months.
American lat, July s-Joseph odgers, aged
% years and ) months.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-07-17

in Salt Lake City. 1t will be proven
that he sent an emphatic command
that the Mountain Meadows massacre
should not be committed.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-07-17
PACIFIC COAST DISPATCHES
FROM
Politics In California.

SAN FKANCIsCO, july 70.
The State Central Committee of the
Temperance Reform party met last
evening. A grand temperance ratiti-
cation meeting is being arranged to
take place in this city in about two
weeks. A movement is on foot to
start a daily paper in the interest OF
that party. The County Committee in
this city is to be re-organized.
II. q. Phelps addressed a Republican
mass meeting at Oakland last night in
the campaign tent. Alarge part Of his
speech was devoted to statistics and a
comparison of public expenses under
the rule of the different parties.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-07-17
stage Robbers Politics.

SAN LUIS OBIsPo, July 10.
Sheriff Norcross and posse started
this evening in pursuit OF the robbers
who stopped the southern bound stage
this morning and took the express
box.
It's said the Democratic nomination
of p. w. Wiggirgton tor Congress in
this district has disappointed the lead
ing Democrats of this county. The
party feel that they are justly entitled
to more nominees from this section.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-07-17
Those shooters.
The Riaemen Once Merely.

LONDON. July 16.
Shortly after the American rifiemen
arrived at Wimbledon to-day, Lord
WharncIiff and Col. Phillips visited
them and accompanied them to the
Councils tents, where whey were re-
reived by Secretary Mildmay. After
the usual courtesies, the Americans
were shown over the camp. They
will shoot first to morrow in the 1t.
Ledger sweep stakes at 200 yards.
Each competitor bias 10 shots.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-07-17

CHICO, Cal, July TO.
About IL o'clock last night a large
barn belonging to Emerson, a farmer
near ST. Johns, Colusa county. took
fire, burning about $50 ons of bay, 80
head OF horses and mules, besides
wagons, harness, etc. Three farm
hands we're sleeping in the barn, two
of whom were burned to death. The
third barely saved his life. The cause
Of the fire is unknown. Loss about
Sl0,0 600.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-07-17

SAN FRANCISCO, July Is.
Capt. Lindell, of the bark Union.
recently examined before United
States Commissioners O'Beyrne on a
charge Of wilfully wrecking the bark
on Puget Sound, was held to answer
before the Grand Jury. Judge Field,
Of the Circuit Court, fixed his bail al
gDo 0nQ
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-07-17

seals and a few less important fur
bearing animals, the profits of which
90 to the Alaska Commercial Com
pany.
A special from st. Louis says the
United States Grand Jury has just re-
turned twenty indictments against par
ties connected with the whisky ring.
One third of the indictments are
against Gen. John Mcdonald and Col.
j.. A. Joyce, ex-Supervisor and ex-
Revenue Agent. The others are against
distilleries and dismissed gaugers. SO
far Mckee, of the Globe Democrat, and
Constantine McGrew the late Collector.
have not been indicted. MEG rew, who
wa discussing agent, says the weekly
payments, as he understood them,
we're: McKeon, 8 1000; Ford, 5000;
Joyce, $500; Mcdonald, $500; Avery,
800; McGrew, $l,500. The figures
were changed from time to time, as
the parties grew FESTIVE under the I'M
equal division.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-07-17
The Dishonest Mail Carriers.


ION, July IO'
Since last December eight letter ear
riers of the Washington City Postoffice
have been detected tampering withand
abstracting money from letters. They
were promptly dismissed. These cases
were referred to District Attorney
Fisher, but no Indictment was found
by the Grand Jury in any case. and
this fact led to the complaint against
Fisher by the Postmaster General and
Secretaries Belknap and Bristow.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-07-17
EASTERN DISPATC HE'S
BY Overland Telegraph.

ESPECIAL TO THE DAILY SENTINEL
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-07-17
Jail Break ian Kamsas-Escape OF n
LOt of D~espera1Oes.

ST. LOUIS, July 10.
The Republicans special from Wa
chits, Kansas, says the Jail at that
place, in which was confined ten of the
most notorious horse thieves in South
ern Kansas, was broken open last
night by the prisoners and all escaped.
VIM. Bennett, brought in from the
Cheyenne Agency by United States
Marshal Leffebra three weeks ago, is
among them. They are all armed,
having been assisted by friends afier
their escape. Officers are in pursuit
and ii il believed a terrible fight will
occur when they are o~veriaken, which
ill be within tweniy-iour hours.
They are all thieves and cut-throats of
the worst character and will llake a
desperate resistance against recapture.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-07-17

Flooded.
LONDON, July 16.
Dispatches from Cardiff say the riv
ers Taft and Ely are overlooked, and
the adjacent towns are under water for
miles. Great qantities of live stock
were washed away. Hundreds of the
inhabitants of Georgetown were re-
moved to Cardiff to escape the flood.
1t was reported, at last accounts, that
the water was rising rapidly.
Those shooters.
LONDON. July 16.
The American Rifle Team will com
pete individually vt Wimbledon forthe
Albert cup, valued at $500; the Arthur
rifle, si00; the Derby and ST. Ledger
sweepstakes, and for n hundred and
ninety-two extra prizes.
Gainbetta Excited.
PARIS, July Is.
A majority of the morning papers,
including the organs of the Moderate
Republicans, express the opinion that
Gambetta erred yesterday in attacking
Buffet in debate in the Assembly. All
agree that the sitting was an unfortu'
nate one tor the Left.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-07-17

WASHINGTON. il

WAsHINGToS, July ID.
The July returns to the Department
of Agriculture were unusually full,
showing an Improvement in the cotton
crop during June.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-07-17
Another Federal Deiauiter.

LOUISVILLE, NY, July TO.
Information was received here to-
night of an extensive defalcation in the
office of the United States Revenue
Collector for this district. George n.
Jackson, Deputy Collector aud Cashier
for Collector Buckner. was discovered
this afternoon to be Si5, 900 short in his
accounts. A warrant was issued for
his arrest tonight, but the officers
upon reaching the house of the deputy
were met by "A physician who refused
to allow jackson to be removed, say
ing he could not live till morning. 1t
is supposed he took arsenic. He has
heretofore been scrupulous!y honest
and upright.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-07-17

SAN FRANCISCO. .

SAN FRANCISCO, July 10.
The Hayward Consolidated Silver
Mining Company was incorporated
to-day, with $4,000, 900 capital, to buy,
sell and work mines in the State of
nevada. Directors-F. f.. Holmes, j.
NJ. Winslow, Geo. X. Gluyas A. A.
Hickox and p. Lyman.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-07-17
Federal Appointments.

WASHINGTON, July 10.
The President has signed the com
mission of Francis b. Stoekbrige, OF
Michigan, to be Minister Resident at
the Hague. The commission OF w.
Weber, of Iowa, to he Minister Resi-
dent at Brussels has been sent to the
President for his signature.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-07-17
A Female

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, July 70.
Miss Aurora X. Dimmock attempted
to take the life OF Dir. w. Thompson
with a revolver, at Northampton yes
terday, because he failed To keep his
promise to marry her. She was foiled
in her attempt, and DR.. Thompson has
sir.ce taken steps for her confinement
as a lunatic. Her friends claim thai
she is not insane, and there is much
excitement in the town over the affair.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-07-17

HEAVIER, UIah, July TO.
The testimony of John ID. Lee, as
well as other important, witnesses, will
entirely r. fnte all charges which have
been made against brigham Young
and tbs leaders Of the Mormon Church
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-07-17

New YORK, July l6.
Jos. Loeder, indicted with Jno. J..
Price for perjury, in connection with
the Tiiton-B eecher case, was arraigned
in Brooklyn yesterday and pleaded
not guilty. Price was not a~rraigned.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-07-17
John ID. Lee writing his Conf. ssion.

oHANEhf Ctuuy July IL.
John ID. Lee il at work writing his
statement. Several witnesses too near
ly connected with the massacre have be-
come alarmed and left town. Every
body is ~anxiousIy awaiting the de-
velopnuents to be made next week.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-03-24
The Georgia Tornado.

AUGUSTA, March 22d.-The Rev.
Mr.. Wellington, who was preaching
at the Elam Church, near Camac,
when the tornado struck it, reports
Mrs. Lewis Jones killed and five seri-
ously and fifteen slightly wounded.
Several houses were destroyed near
Milledgeville. AtSparta Mrs. Massey
and Mrs. Berry were killed by the
falling timbers.
The Coroner of Columbus county
arrived here to-day, and reports the
destruction of life and property as
fearful. The territory in the line of
the tornado is a desolate waste. In
addition to the loss of property re-
ported, he reports that the Methodist
and Baptist Churches and Academy
were demolished.
Reports of disasters come in from
Hepseibak, in Richmond county,
where the storm ragged with terrific
fury, destroying houses and fences and
tearing up trees.
There is great distress in the devas-
tated districts, and urgent need for
aid. Contributions sent to the Mayor
of Augusta will be distributed to the
afflicted.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-03-24
A Large Land Claim.

WASHINGTON, March 22d.-In the
Supreme Court to-day decision was
rendered in the case of Brown VS..
Brockett, ct al, error to the Supreme
Court of California. This was an af-
firmance of the judgment in an action
concerning old Mexican titles in Marin
county, in respect of Mexican land
grants. 1t held that every confirma-
ton is limited by the extent of the
claims made. 1t does not follow that
because the tract embraced within the
description of the grant is more ex-
tended than the land claimed, the
confirmation would have been made
to any greater amount than that
claimed, if it had been prayed.
The Court declines to go into gen.
eral consideration of these grants, or
the effect of the confirmations under
them, remarking that every conceiva-
BILE aspect of the subject has been pre-
sented and decided here. Affirmed.
Justice Field delivered the opinion.