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Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-08-19

fort.
Weaverville, Thursday Night Aug, 81
and Friday Afternoon and night-Sept
lst. This establishment is an institution
with recognized reputation, and wide
ly known as the only show which gives
the public fifty times more than is actu-
ally promised for their money. As this
is the age of huge events, so it is also the
age Of on honest exhibitor. MONT
GOMERY QUEEN has stepped to the
front with the conscientious scruples of a
high-toned gentleman, with soul the
very embodiment of honor, with an idea
above the mere grasping of the almighty
dollar, and show of such combined at
fractions and magnitude as to sink into in
significance all former efforts of narrow,
contracted, and feeble minded show pro-
prietors, and managers. MONTGOM-
ERY QUEEN understands that the peo-
pile of the Pacific Coast are not slow to
patrOnize first class amusements, and
when properly convinced that such an
entertainment as Queens elegant circus
and literally conducted menagerie is in
their midst, success which has every
where greeted MIR. QUEEN is a fact, as
fixed as the starry hosts of the celestial
space above us. The advertisements of
MR.. QUEEN can hardly give u correct
idea of the many arts tic elegancies of the
great golden show. In fact it can hard
ly be faithfully described, it must be seen.
No language can understandingly paint
in sufficiently glowing colors the beauti-
tul outfit and the daring and seemingly
almost super human endurance of the
wondrous association of talent selected
from every civilized portion of the globe
Whilst the richly embellshed street pro-
cession was passing through Montgomery
street a few days ago, ard which attract
ed fifty thousand curious sight seekers, a
gentleman of the most cultivated taste
remarked within our hearing "that
the gorgeous public pageant was the most
elegant affair ever witnessed, and that it
had been most certainly designed by
some renowned artist or master OF the
highest order of poetry, whose concep-
ton of the beautiful only, could have
prompted such cunning arrangements,
magnificent displays and appropriate
groupings of the massively carved chari-
OTIS, the tableau cars. mounted knights,
elegant cages, the trappings and para
phernalia of the great show"
1t is most refreshing to be entertained
by an assemblage of riders like Sig.
Quaglieni, Abelardo Lowanda, and Mol
lie Brown, and such surprisingly beau:i-
full arenic talent as the Mathews family,
the Kenebels, Levantine, Austin, and
their host of auxiliares. The great
feats of strength by the French female
Samson D'Atalle Pierce, the tanner of
Tigers Drayton, the conqueror of Hye-
mas, and the youthful NJ lie Pauline, sub
duer of Lions the elephants of Thomson
and the great caravan Of wild beasts,
comprise show which has no parallel on
the broad face of the globe, and which
has been visited by over one hundred
thousand of our citizens.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-08-19

AFTER MANY DAYs.-Jake Hedrick,
a long time resident of our sister county
pf Sha sta, and miner of this basin in
.early times, was in town this week, be-
ing the first time for twenty years. Jake
thinks the basin has been torn up"
Some since his last visit here. Our read
prs will be gratifed to know that Jake
pas not been unappreciated in his Shasta
bome, having held the office of Mayor OF
Hogtown, Nep Territory, most of the
lme he has been gone.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-08-19

FROM HUMBoLDT.-Mr. Eli Kellogg,
of Rhonervlle. formerly Of Hay Fork IN
this county, was here this week shaking
hands with his many old friends who
were glad to see him. Eli gives encour-
aging reports of of ex-Trinitarians now
residents Of Humboldt, of whom svme
twenty live in the immediate vicinity of
RhonerYille.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-08-19

PUBLIC SCHooL,-The Small pox scare
having entirely subsided, the Trustees
having decided to commence school next
Monday morning. The Teachers are to
be Mr.. II. H. Heath, Mrs. K. b. Ames
and Miss Lizzie Shurteff, in the Gram
mar, Intermediate and Primary Depart
ments respectively.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-08-19

DANCE To- oNIGHT.-Ball-gOing peo-
Pile are reminded that the Dance at the
Pavilion, given by Mrs. Cochran, will
take place this Friday evening. A great
many people will be there, and good
time is expected.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-08-19
Settlement Notice.

ia WING SOLD OUR INDIAN
IL Creek Store to Messrs. Guptill &
Maloney, all persons indebted to us on
account with the said Store are requested
to make immediate payment to the un-
dersigned at Weaverville, or to Mr.. b.
S. Guptill, Indian Creek, who is author
lied to collect and receipt for the same.
KARSKY g. ABRAMS.
Weaverville, Aug. 4tb, 1876. I'm.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-08-19

In TewN.-Jud Loomis, Jr., a native
of this place, but for eight years past
resident with his parents at Red Bluff,
has been here rusticating during the past
week. Jud says he feels much better in
this climate than at the Bluffs.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-08-19

PRosPEOTING.-Dr j. o. Montague
left this week for the lower country, in
tending to invest in landed property In
some of the COW counties, with a view
to ultimate removal.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-08-19

BusTED.-The Wilbar g. Willis Min
strel Troupe, which was to have perform
ed here last Saturday, got on a bust at
Red Bluff and busted-up and didn't get
up here with their way-up show.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-08-19

PREACHING AND LEcTURING,-Rev.
c. Millard, Of Shasta, has been holding
forth to small audiences at this place dur
ing the past week, having preached Sun
day morning and evening and Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. A
temperance lecture delivered Monday
evening, is spoken of as being much bet
ter than his sermons.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-08-19

For THE EAsr.-Theodore Tuley and
VIM. Mathews left Friday morning for
a brief visit to their old homes. Mr..
Tuley goes to Chicago and NJ. Math-
ews to Michigan.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-08-19

EASTERN STAR.-Members ofthe East
Pm Star Masonic Lodge of this place are
Notified that next Friday evening Aug,
R5th, is the time for election of officers.
A full attendance of members is particu-
laTly requested.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-08-19

The SMALL PoX SCARE.-After ten
days earnest search, under direction OF
|our active and energetic Board of Health,
.Mr. Geo. w. Ward reports that he has
Hbeen unable to find even vestige or
trace of small pox in the Chinese quarter,
|Rnd the opinion is now general that there
has been no small pox there. So much
The better the small pox scare is decid-
IDLY at an end, and we will probably
hear no more Of it. There seems to have
po foundation for the rumors afoat last
week, except that an aged celestial hap
hened to "pass in his checks " the usual
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-08-19

DEAD HORSE. - Admirers of good
horse-flesh will regret to learn that Sher-
'h Philbrook has lost his beautiful grey
lnare, she having died from the effect of
the mineral waters cf Cinnabar District.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-08-19

AT HoME.-Dr. John Lord returned
Thursday evening, accompanied by his
wife, child and servant.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-08-19
LIST OF LETTERS
WEANERViLLE POST OFFICE,
August is, 1875.
TOWN AND COUNTY.

THE Town SITE.-Mr. w. S. Low
den, under directions of the County
Judge, will commence the survey of the
lands embraced in sthe Weaverville
Town Site, about the fourth day of Sep
tember next. AS the application is ap-
proved for patenting, tt is deemed advls-
able not to delay the survey any longer.
but have the business concluded as quick
|ly as possible. Notice of the survey is
given in accordance with law in this is
|sue of the JOURNAL. Interested parties
will be on hand when the surveyor ap-
|proaches their premises to give him in
formation in reference to the lines of the
Rots and enclosures claimed by them,
when theT will be surveyed according to
directions and the plat Of the town filed
on completion of the survey with the
couaty Recorder. Where there is con-
iiict of claims, the Surveyor will run the
lines as directed by both parties, mark
ing The ground in dispute with different
'colored ink than that used in the body of
the plat, and the right to the premises
will be decided according to law. The
Act of 1867 requires that the business of
town site shall be concluded, except as
10 lots in litigation, in one year from the
time the plat is filed in the Office of the
County Recorder. The County Judge
desires us to say that he is at all times
rsady to give information in reference to
procedure when called upon. The jour-
NAL will also keep its readers posted as
TO the progress of matters and all neces-
sary steps required to be taken.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-08-19

INSTALLATION OF OFFIcERs.-The fol-
Sowing officers of Western Star Lodge,
No, 1903, |. o. q. T., were Installed by
John II. Vanderhotf, Lodge Deputy {:
Emma Ewing, g. r.; Jacob IIilliard,
II. IL. s.; II. M..Francis, L. ii. S.; Julia
Duncan, V. T.; G. Maynard, Sec'y (;
Ivan Vaughan, Treas; Millard Carter,
a. S.; Mrs. a. ID. Bayles, c.; James
punton, NJ; Sophronia Duncan, d.
T.; Stella w. Young, l. g.; Willis
Vaughan, o. g.; Nm. II. Ruch, p. w.
~. T. John II. Vanderhoff, John Balm
bridge and Miss Emma Ewing we're
Elected as delegates TO the Grand Lodge.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-08-19

WEATHER is delightful, heavy cloth
ing comfortable after sun-down.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-08-19

THos. d. DRAPER. of Trinity Center,
leaves for the East next Monday.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-08-19

COUNTY FINANCEs.-The County
Judge and County Auditor counted the
money in the Treasury yesterday in
pursuance of law, and found the fol-
lowing amounts in the different funds {:
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-08-19

Il FROM THE CENTENNIAL.-By Wed
<pesday's stage, Mr.. Il. l.. Miller, Of Mi
liersviie, returned from his Eastern visit,
being the first of Trinity's Centennial Wis
7tors to arrive at home. During his alb
re ice, Mr.. Miller visited among relatives
and friends in Ohio and spent three weeks
sat the big show" in Philadelphia. He
bays that he observed more new things
Ethe last day than he did the first, and
hat the most interesting feature at the
fCentennial was the file of the WEEKLY
TRINITY JOURNAL, at Rowell's Newspa-
per Exhibition, where every courtesy is
Extended to visitors. Although as many
.s $4,000 people visited the Exposition
grounds in a single day, the grounds and
Exhibits are SO extensive that there was
Do crowd in any one place. He says that
ample accommodations are furnished in
philadelphia and prices for board and
Iodging are less there than in any other
Eastern city which he visited. Aside
from the excessively hot weather, Mr..
MILLER says he enjoyed the trip and sight
seeing immensely.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-08-19

All contribute
Wild Riders
England Skilled with the world
Gemny melody producing
intellect egreat-
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-08-19

From the San francisco Chroniclc.l
The Wonderful Show. Visited by
over One Hundred o Thousand
People I'm San Francisco. Mont.
gOnery Queens Centennial EE
fort.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-08-19

Which corresponds with the amount
as entered in the Auditors books.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-12-01
Anna Dickinton's Future Husband

The peculiar misfortune of wo-
man thus gifted is that she is sepa-
rated by her genius from general So
ciety. This is a penalty which all
such persons feel keenly. There
are few men who are sufficiently her
equals in talent to command her re-
speot. Then as for love matters, it
may be asked who is there that
would fall in love with such lion
ess? Let none envy that degree of
talent which must cause perpetual
desolation. If Miss. Dickinson ever
marries, it must be an act of conde-
scention. Women of talent, when
they take husband, must view him
as the "weaker vessel" Mrs. Sig
Quincy was in her day noted poet,
but who ever heard of Sigourney?
He was merely Hartford carpet
dealer, unknown beyond the limits
of the trade. Jenny Lind threw her
self away upon an inferior fellow,
whose name she had been compelled
to wear, and Mrs. Stowe has always
ranked above her excellent husband,
the professor. And Mrs. Siddons,
too, that famous tragedienne.. There
must have been Mr.. Siddons, bu,
though he was a clever player he
was lost in the grandeur of his wife
Nobody ever heard of Siddons, ex
cept as small piece of masculinity
attached to q wonderful woman.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-12-01

A bashful-appearing man stepped
into the Enquirer editorial-room the
other evening, and edgelng up to the
table OF the managing editor, hat
in hand, said in a hesitating way:
"You like little items for your paper,
l suppose?" Certainly" replied Mr..
Cockerill, ga newspaper, like life, is
made up of little items. What have
you to offer?" "Well," said the
bashful man, playing with his hat
band, "my name is Smith-John
Smith-and I've just got home"
"Glad to see you back again Mr..
Smith," said Cockerill, "been gone
long?" 81 have becn," said Mr..
Smith, with a tremor of pride in his
voice, "to the Centennial, and if you
want to make a little notice"
"What!" cried Cockerill, springing
to his feet, "you've been to the Cen
tcnnial? And you've got back?
Give us your hand; I'm delighted to
see you. Spear let me introduce you
to John Smith. John has been to
the Centennial" Spear shook hands
very warmly with Mr.. Smith, and
then ran to the aperture communl-
eating with the reporters room and
shouted: "O'Shaughnessy, come in
here, quick, here's man that's been
to the Centennial" Then O'Shaugh-
messy, bounced in, followed by his
assistants, all of whom embraced
the bewildered Smith warmly, and
expressed the qualification it afford
ed them to meet man who had
been to the great National Exhibition.
Word got down stars somehow, and
Joe Mcdowell, Bill Small and Uncle
Joe Shadlnger came upstairs at a
tearing rate, to gaze upon the lndl-
vidual who had been to the Exhlbl-
ton. 1t was too much for the mod
est man to bear, and murmuring
something about making an item of
his return if they wanted to, he hur-
ried out just in time to meet on the
stairs the foreman and thirty-two
compositors,all eager to get a glimpse
of the man who had "been to the
| Centennial"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-12-01
The Ingenuity of Surgery.

An artificial nose was manufacture
ed recently for man in Illinois,
whose nose had been bitten off, in
the following manner: Afterhc was
placed under the influence of chloro-
form, the pattern, two and half by
three and three qua ters inches at its
widest parts, was laid upon the fore
head and outlined with iodine. The
skin inside this area was taken out,
eft fast at the lower end, between
the eyebrows. This was then pulled
down, turned npon itself, shaped in
to the form of a nose, nostrils being
cut, and piece was brought down
to make the division between them,
and grated, rs 1t were, in the upper
llp. In the meantime the sides, where
the new nose was to grow, had been
freshened by cutting. The stitching
was done, the place in the forehead
where the skin was removed attend
ed to, and the operation was perform
ed. AT last accounts the operation
gave every promise of success.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-12-01
A. Slip Of tho "Moind. "

''How much casthur oil wud thaat
bottle hould, sorr, I dunno?" inquir-
ed an aged Irish woman of Chlca-
60 druggist as she presented him
with a good-sized phial the other
day.
"About 25 cents worth replied the
dealer.
"Twinty-toive cints' wurts?" ech.
oed the woman. "Och, sure it'll
hould more nor thaat."
"All right" replied the druggist,
81 guess l can squeeze so cents worth
into It,"
"He was about to put up the article
on these terms when the venerable
woman suddenly began to prance
around, and yelled out at one breath
"Och, sorr, hould on, sorr! Plaise
fill up for twinty-foive cints, sorre
So the druggist kindly abstainee
from putting pint of castor oil into
a half-pint bottle.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-12-01
Money in the Pools.

At least sl50,oO0 remains in the
hands of the SAMSON street pool sell
ers awaiting the definite settlement
of the Presidential and local elec-
tions. No money will be surrender
ed until the official votes of the differ
ent States have been made public,
and even then Il reasonable time will
be allowed, TO guard against the pos
sibility of error in the publication.
Some of the bets represented in
the pool boxes are odd and daring.
Upon Rowan's election the offer of
500 to $50 was the foundation for
many wagerS; so was the offer of
even money that his majority in the
county would range anywhere be-
tween 5000 and 5000. Some Of the
extraordinary bets on the Presiden-
tial contest were as follows: $500
even that New York State would
give more majority for Tilden than
PENNSYLVANIA and Ohio combined
would give maiorities for Hayes;
5000 to $500 that Wade Hampton
would carry South Carolina; 500 to
$50 that Pennsylvania would go Re
publican; even money that the Dem
ocrats would bring to Philadelphia
majority of 5000; 800 to SIS that
/ Indiana would east It's electoral
vote for 1'ilden, and afterwards 500
to $50 on the same result; 500 to
( $50 that Connecticut would go Dem
ocratic, and afterwards 500 to $50
on the same result; also, that this
State would give 1000 majority for
Tilden; 500 to $50 that two States
named would give more majority for
Tilden than all the New England
States would give majority for Hayes;
! 500 to $50 that Tilden would have
100000 majority Of the popular vote;
800 to $50 that one State named
would give more majority for for Til
den than any two States combined
would give for Hayes. The State
upon which this bet was made is
Texas 1t was believed by the sport
ing men that it would give 100000
majority. The unofficial majority,
however, is $4,000 for Tilden, and is
overcome by Iowa and Massachusetts,
the former giving something over
10000; and the latter $4,000 for
Hayes
Among those who have wagcred
their money in pools there seems to
be no anxiety concerning the fail
distribution of money. Those in
charge of the rooms, by their com.
mission of 3 per cent on the gross
receipts are making money at the
rate of thirty thousand dollars pei
year. An effort was made to sell
pools on Saturday, but it tailed on
account Of the trivial bets offered
Fifty cents was the highest sum any
one would offer against 500 in favor
of Tilden, SO the boxes were closed
Private bets were made, however, OF
$1,000 to 5000 in favor of Tildcn, ,and
$500 to 800 on the same result
This money was deposited with the
booksellers without the formality oI
auction sale. AS soon rs the courts
decide the local majorities of Hayes
and Wright the bets thereon are tc
be delivered to the winners.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-12-01
The Pool OF Siloam as 1t Now Appears.

Charles Dudley Warner, in a re-
cent article to the 4t{antic, says:
On our way to the Pool of Sloan
we passed the village Of Sloan,
which is inhabited by about a thou
sand Moslems-a nest of stone huts
and caves, clinging to the side-hill,
and exactly the gray color of its
stones. The occupation of the in
habitants appears to be begging and
hunting for old copper coins, mites,
and other pieces of Jewish money.
These relics they pressed upon us
with the utmost urgency. 1t was
easier to satisfy the beggars than the
traders, who sailed out upon us like
hungry wolves from their caves
There is a great choice of disagreea-
BILE places in the East, but l cannot
now think of any that l should not
prefer as residence to Sloan.
The Pool of Sloan, magnitied in
my infant mind as "Siloam's shady
rill," is an unattractive sink-hole OF
dirty water surrounded by modern
masonry. The valley here is very
stony. just below we come to Solo
mons Garden, an arid spot, with
patches of stone walls, struggling to
be vegetable garden, and some
what green with lettuce and Jerusa-
lem artichokes. I have no doubt it
was quite another thing when Solo
mon and some of his wives used to
walk here in the cool of the day, and
even when Shallum, the son Of Col
hozeh set up "the wall of the Pool
of Siloah by the kings garden"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-12-01
Casting a Bronze Statue.
New York Sun

The lower half of Conrad's statue
of a soldier, to be erected in Hart
ford, was cast in bronze in Fischcr's
foundry, Forsyth street, on Saturday.
The upper half had been finished.
The figure is heroic in size, and rep
resents a young Union infantry sol
dier in uniform, including overcoat,
and carrying musket The casting
of large piece in bronze is deli
cate operation, requiring care and az
tistic skill. The making Of a plaster
mold from the original model, then
a plaster figure from that mold, and
finally from the figure sectional
mold In which to run the metal, re-
quires many weeks Of skilled labor.
The element of luck enters largely
into the eliminating attempt to cast,
as flaws in the metal often cause fail
ures, imposing weeks of additional
labor. Consequently the dozen
workmen employed on Saturday were
visibly anxious, and a knot CT Spec
tators employed the entire afternoon
in interestedly watching the process.
The large box called flask" con
tanning the mold, clamped firmly
with with iron, was let down with a
crane into a cavity, and flowed over
so that only u tunnel protruded.
This was close to great brick fur
mace, in which the bronze was heat
ing over a great roaring fire. The
metal as it was slowly converted into
liquid, was closely observed bv the
foreman. A glimpse through an ap-
erture showed it boiling furionsiy
like water, and SO hot that an iron
bar stuck into it became hot almost
instantly. When the iron could be
withdrawn without my bronze cling
ing to 1t, the compound was deemed
ready. An immense metal bucket,
attached to a powerful crane, was
swung under the end of u spout, the
furnace was tapped, and a molten
stream ran out. Sparks flew in eve
ry direction, faces were shielded
hastily from the heat, and the dusty
plaster images Of Franklin, the Van
derbilt bas relief, and other relics
of previous jobs were made to glow.
The bucket was nearly filled, turn
of the crank took it over the flask
and the liquid was, by tipping the
bucket, poured INTO the mold, from
which the suddenly-heated air rushed
through vent-pipes with noise like
escaping steam. Some OF
the bronze stopped over and
set fire to the wood floor, and the
water that quenched the blaze made
so much steam that nothing could be
seen for five minutes. The casting
was perfect.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-12-01
A Wonderful Bird and Dog Story
Newark Advertiser.


The following incident of yester
day is so impossible and yet SO in
terestingly truthful that we prefer I'd
verify it sufficiently to remove all
cayil. DR.. Hunt, at Irvington, hal
an English pointer dog, which is thd
admiration of the neighborhood and
the terror of tramps. Madame hal
canary birds. Yesterday morning
one of them escaped, and the usus|
stern chase succeeded. The bird
made long detour, closely followed
to her occasional resting places, uni
til nearly an hour had been wasted
while the pursuers had grown six i
number, we may say seven, for ol
"Dash" had been "at heel" and wal
interested in the result. Suddenl|
the bird flushed, sailed swiftly acros|
the street, with Dash hard after he|
The bird was flying low, all the pu
suers trying to call off Dash, but III
kept on, made n sudden leap in I'll
air, caught the bird in his mouth,
an Irvington boy would a ball on til
fly, and then dropped to "charge."
OF course the bird was eaten al
and swallowed? Of course not. NJ
c. w. Harrison ran up and there VIZ
the bird tenderly imprisoned with
the capacious jaws Of Dash, and th
old fellow promptly surrendere
"Dlckey" to Mr.. Harrison's hand
with hardly more than a ruffled featl
er The affair was wonderful in tw
things-the accuracy of the catcl
and the gentle shelter Dash gave th
little fugitive in the only spare rooi|
he has-his capacious mouth. Wher|
is the border line between reasoI
and instinct?