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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-02-12
CONGRESSIONAL OUTLOOK.


Already the slate makers are at
work in this the Second Congression-
al District of West Virginia. Among
the Democrats we find the present
incumbent Hon. G. j. Faulkner, and
his former opponent, Hon. B. F.
Martin, pitted against each other,
but it seems also as if they will not
be the only candidates started in the
race, as Hon. John Blair Hoge, of
Berkeley, and Hon. Daniel B. Luz
cas-, OF Jefferson, both good, strong
men, are talked of in this connec-
ton. Martin now seems to be ahead
for the nomination, a great number
of the politicians arguing that Mr..
Faulkner is Frightening up his ar
NOR for a tilt in the Senatorial arena,
and that he should therefore loose
his grip in the lower House. AS
there will be no walk over for the
Democracy this fall the Republicans
are looking around for a knight will
ing to do battle under the leadership
of Blaine, &C., and we find that Gen.
George w. Brown, of Grafton, who
has made very honorable record in
the past, is very prominent as can
didate. If he makes the run it will
be lively chase for his opponent.
Mr.. Carskdaden, of Mineral county,
is also thought to be a candidate
He is very able gentleman. Hon.
J. M. Hagans having gone west will
not be candidate.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-02-12

In response to request of friend
to answer the recent speech of Mr..
Blaine on the amnesty bill, Mr.. JEFF
ferson Davis has written letter de-
ploring the reopening of old wounds,
and characterizing Mr.. Blaine's con-
duct with considerable sharpness
He denies the alleged cruelties at
Andersonville, and reviews the his
tory of the efforts at exchange, which
he claims were frequently thwarted
by Federal officials. In regard to the
question of mortality in prison he
says that although the Confederates
held sixty thousand more prisoners
than the Federals, six thousand more
Confederate prisoners died than Fed
erals.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-02-12
Death on the Rail.

We learn that two men, strangers,
were killed on the b. Il O. Railroad
Saturday night near the Monocacy.
They were walking on the track,
when the Winchester accommoda-
tion going east came along, and they
stepped off the track on which it was
coming and OH to the side track when
they were struck by a freight train
coming west, which they had not no.
ticed. Both were instantly killed.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-02-12
Martinsburg Manufacturing Company

We are not fully advised of the
plans of those in charge of this COM
mendable enterprise, but it is suffi-
Gent to know that the aim and in
tention is to build up manufactnr-
ng establishment to enlist the SYM
pathy and aid of the INDEPENDENT.
A company of this character, well
equipped with machinery and means,
will save thousands of dollars annu-
ally to the people of Berkeley comfy
by supplying useful and necessary
articles at low rates, and we trust
that the corporators may receive
ready, cheerful and ample aid in
every way from the people of the en-
tire county. Let every man put his
shoulder to the wheel.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-02-12
Iron Ore near Sir Johns Run.

The Alexandria Gazette says that
Mr.. U. Mendenhall, Of Sir Johns
Run, West Virginia, has sent to the
Alexandria mineral bureau speci-
men of:hematite ore of good quality.
The ore is found in two distinct veins,
one two feet wide, the other six, SOL
id and compact. The other dimen-
sions are not known. The property
is located about one-half mile from
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad de-
pot at the placed named, and embra-
ces about one thousand acres, most
of it in timber.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-02-12
Arm Injured.

Mr.. James Hartley, Of this place,
IA freight conductor on the Baltimore
u Ohio Railroad, met with an acct
dent coming East Friday night which
resulted in crushing his arm quite
badly. He was taken back to Cum
berland.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-02-12

The Nation comedies that "the
whiskey trials in st. Louis have been
remarkable for the skill with which
they have been conducted by the
Government, and the intelligence
shown by the iuries in following the
evidence.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-02-12
Ball and supper.

The Knights of Pythias of Berke-
ley Springs will celebrate Washing
tom birthday with supper and
ball on the night of the ed. Mar
tinsburg knights, who may attend,
will have pleasant time.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-02-12
Conference.

The Baltimore Annual Conference
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church
meets in Washington on the first
Wednesday in March, and the Con-
ference of the M. e. Church South
meets in Winchester about the same
time.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-02-12
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

TAylNG entered into partnership in
the practice of the law, will attend
egulary the Conr.s Of Berkeley and
Jefferson Counties daw
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-19

NYE COUNTY ITEMS.
From the Belmont Courier, litf

#
SLOW PRoGREss.-As to Getting into
the new Courthouse, the present conn-
ty officers regard their chance of be-
coming occupants thereof with q large
share OF distrust. On a visit to the new
edifice, a day or two since, we found
one mechanic at work, At this rate of
progress, the time is too remote to at
tempt a guess when it will be COM
pleted, although the first of April is the
contractors time ior delivering the
keys to the Commissioners.
The Ell Dorado Company is pushing
its work Of development with a good
deal of energy and determination. The
shaft work is being pushed forward to
u depth of 400 feet, which will soon be
accomplished. The new machinery
works splendidly, and is about ready
for service. This is the only company
looking for a bonanza in the district.
JEFFERSON MINEs.-We understand
the Prussian and Jefferson mines are
looking well-better in fact that ever
before. The amount of bullion going
out of the canyon is the best evidence
of the value of the mines. The mills
of both companies are running steadily
aud giving entire satisfaction.
Work progresses on the Barcelona
mine at Spanish Bait. The storms
have been too severe, since our last,
however, to get new OF a reliable char
acter.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-19
STEALINGS.

The Lyon County Times relates the
following: Some of our nimble- feeted
youths have been going to Dayton for
the pleasure of skating, which is rep
resented as first-cla>s, The ice being
about six inches thick; The best To-
cality being a short distance above
town. Our I" devil and Holmes were
there, and say the girls are toe pretty
and funny in their sly remarks. Their
EXPLANATIONS, when they fall down, are
invariably, "How cold the ice is !"
Owing to "A disastrous faur pas on the
part of Holiness, lie SAT- down with
fearful velocity. Being in close prox-
unity to a bevy of angels, he thought
it good policy TO rest awhile, but 1.-The
ice was so very cold!" Two ladies
Undoubtedly they were ladies' sailed
past, and one, casting a side glance at
Holmes, remarked to her partner:
s. Maria ! Maria ! Good gracious look
at that gentleman sitting on his pock-
et-handkerchief ~
The Investigating and Distributing
Committee @, says the Enterprise of the
10Th, held its regular meeting yeSter-
day morning and determined htraaf
ter to enforce the rule that the heads
of families must apply for relief iii
person. Where there is q mar III the
family he must come personally be-
fore the committee unless sick, AMI in
that case the person applying must
bring a certificate of some physician to
the mans inability to attend in per-
son. The "conveniently-sick" dodge
will not work, nor car men loaf around
the streets and send their wives be-
fore the committee. Widows and sin
gle women taking care of themselves
can apply in person. Yesterday only
three applicants were allowed. -Four
were referred and five rejected, be-
cause the heads of the families did not
apply in person.
We clip the following from the sama
paper. The wal in Chinatown seems
to be in a fair way TO break on afresh.
There was shooting among them last
Thursday night and again night before
last. On the night last named a Hop
Sing man was shot in two places, one
ball lodging in his shoulder and the
other in his back near the hip. 1t is
thought hat his wounds will prove
fatal. The Chief of Police was but a
rod away when the two shots were
fired, but the men who did the shoot
ing lodged into Il Sam Sing store so
quickly that they could not he identi-
fed. Once within the store they passed
out the back way. and then nobody
knew anything more about them.
Again from the same source. Our
very courteous and gentlemanly young
friend, the reporter of the Gold Hill
NeWs, after quoting half a column in
regard to the word Gibraltar" to
show what he knows of the derivation
of the same, winds up by saying that
no "still contends that, according to
Webster. ter , is the correct termina-
ton of the word " though he is begin
ming to believe that g according to the
best authority {" .ter" is not correct.
He should throw aside his defunct edi-
ton of Webster and get n that is up
with the times.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-19

Our dis patches give an account OF a
disgraceful affair which occurred in the
California Senate Chamber yesterday
afternoon just after the adjournment of
the Senate. John Wilcox, better
known as the "Mariposa Blacksmith"
a member of the Assembly, committed
a cowardiy attack upon Summers, the
Legislative reporter for the San Fran
cisco MroaicLe; coming up behind
him as he was sitting at his desk writ
ing, and hitting him overthe head with
a heavy cane. Wilcox is a burly fell
low, a giant in strength, and able
physically to cope successfully with
the worlds champion but if the state.
ment contained in our dispatches is
correct, he has proven himself a cow
ardly bully and unworthy of a seat in
All honorable body, which, if it per-
mits him to remain among them,
will merit a share of the disgrace
which attaches to him. The alleged
cause of the brutal assault was
something which appe AIRED in the
Chronicle rejecting upon "the men,
Der from Mariposa." Having never
read the article, we know nothing of
its purport, but will venture the as
sertiOn that it was not nor could not
have been too severe upon a fellow
who has proven himself to be a ruffian
and O coward.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-19

CONTESTED SEAT IN CONaREss.-T.
w. Bennett and 5. 8. Fem are contest
ing the Delegates seat in Congress
from Idaho. Bennett was Governor OF
the Territory at the time of the election.
and is a Republican. Fem is a lawyer
of fair abilities and a Democrat. Ben
nett's election was secured by throw
ing out the vote of Nez Perez county,
which was strongly for Fem. Bennett
was himself one of the board of can
vassers which rejected the vote.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-19
PACIFIC COAST DISPATCHES
FROM CALIFORNIA
A COwardIy Act-WilcOx, the Mari.
ssOSa Blacksmith, BiudgeOns "a
Reporter rs lie II Sitting at His

SACRAMENTO, Jan. Is.
A few seconds after the Senate adj
journed to-day there was sud
tienly a great shout and dis
turbance raised. The reporter of
the San Francisco Chronicle was
sitting writing quietly at his desk,
when Wilcox. the Mariposa black
smith, came up behind INN and struck
him violently over the head with Il
thick cane, breaking the cane in two.
Blood gushed down from the neck Of
Summers, the reporter, and all was
confusion. Pistols were then drawn
by both parties, but before any firing
could take place several Senators inter
ferred. Summers was Immediately
taken into the Sergeant aI-Arm>' room,
where his wounds, which do not seem
to be OF a serious character, are being
dressed. Wilcox left the chamber but
up to this writing has not been arrested.
The assault arose from some articles in
The Chronicle rejecting on Wilcox.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-19

A BELL weighing 80 pounds has
been successfully cast at the Union
Iron Works in Virginia City. 1t is for
Monumental Engine Company, and Is
the first bell ever cast in the State.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-19

Nor ON IT.-It waareported here yes
terday that Senators Jones and Sharon
would pass here on to-day's train on
their way to Washington. The train
arrived on time. but the Senators were
not on it.-SilUer State, Jan. IA.
On it! Who said they were?-Cdrson
Appeal.
Everybody.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-19

THERE will he foul eclipses this year
two of the sun and two ofthe moon.
The first occurs March 8, being a par
tial eclipse of the moon, and visible in
country.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-19

vigorously enforce d. AT Saco, yester.
day, a druggist, for a simple case OF IL
quor selling, was sentenced to Sixty
days in the County Jail, and to pay "a
fine and costs.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-19
&c N e w S.


PARIS, Jan. IL.
La Patrie gives the following as the
general result of the elections for sena.
torial delegates from an official source:
Of 3 5000 Communes 20, 200 have re-
turned conservative delegates. The
extreme radicals have been victorious
i'm very few instances. The successful
candidates are ~Bonapartists, Orleanists
and Moderate Republicans. The Bona.
partists preponderate in II depart
mentS.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-19
Reception of the Boston Committee
in neutrality-suspicious. of Good
Feelings.

NORFOLK, Jan. IL.
The committee of ladies and gentle
men, deputed by the ladies of Boston
to present to the Light Artillery Blues
the white banner OF peace n other
mementoes of the Bunker Hill Cen
tennial, discharged that duty last ever
ing in the presence of a large mum
Der of ladies and gentlemen of this
city. The committee was welcomed
by Mayor Whitehead, who extended
the freedom of the city, saying they
were a united people and henceforth
would be friends, countryInen and
brothers. Captain Hodge, in his adj
dress on delivering the banner, said:
:. Be the course of demagogues and
malcontents of either section what it
may, we understand each other and
defy their efforts to sever u.s." 4ester-
day the committee was taken to For
tress Monroe and other places of inter
est, and To day it is viewing the city
suburbs, and this evening a grand re-
ception will be given.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-19
rhe Banquet to GaNnbetta nib
ited-COnservative Victory.

PARIS. Jan. II.
General Lewal, Acting Commander
at Marseilles, has prohibited the pro-
jected political banquet to Gambetta.
the Conservatives to have carried thirty
Republicans.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-19
COnservatiye Delegates.

PARIS, Jan. II.
The Conservatives have elected a
majority of Senatorial Delegates in
the Department of Loire, Maine ct
Loire, Inferieure, Indse and Gironde
~Cartaginia.
Intransigentes refuse to vote for the
COrteS.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-19
NEW J.
FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

MI. CIlAS. ALLEN: NOW THAT YO'
wi have declared yourself the Champ n
litter Of dumb-beils of the base Range, /.
now challenge you TO meet and lift with IN
for ONE THOUSAND DOLLAkS. OF any
Cine you may mention. before the I'D inst.
No more newspaper talk; PIT ap or shut up.
You can find me at the Corner Saloon.
jal9tf ED. BRANNAN.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-19

THE Grass Valley Union man calls
upon the editor of The Nevada Trans
Crypt to get sober, as he has some bust
ness to settle with him. What an i'm
mense amount of journalistic business
would remain forever unsettled if such
courtesies were generally extended
among the editorial fraternity of Cali
iornia. i
The above is from the Eureka, Ne
vada, SENTINEL, one of whose editors
has just returned home from a pro-
tracted visit to this State. Judging
from his remarks, he must imagine
that the frightful example he set while
here has sadly demoralized the edito-
rial fraternity on the west side of the
mountains. Sacramento Herald.
Not SO, Uncle Rock. Our impress
sion, concerning the editorial frater-
nifty of California upon which the
above remaks were based, was formed
from observations in Sacramento dur
ing the holidays.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-19
UP!

HAVE CLOSED BUSINESS AT Tie
i Eureka Mark ct, and propose to settle W
al my business forthwith. All persons y
whom l am indebted will present their ~.
counts at once, and those WIN are owtng ~
will please como forward and cancel Their III
debtedncss with tho coin. nnoo
jall.2w JOSEPH Booo'
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-19

Ever since last Saturday evening we
have been intending to devote some
space to a consideration of the resolu-
lions with reference to the Centennial,
adopted at the late meeting of the Eu-
reka Association of Veterans of the
Mexican War. Other duties have
heretofore prevented us from affording
to the subject that notice which is its
due.
The Eureka "Veteran Association"
comprises, we believe, thirty-eight
members. Among these are men of
every rank in life, representing every
section of our country, who, during
the struggle of '46-s, served the nation
on foreign soil. Their various grades,
while in service, cover every rank from
private to Major. They are generally
(as they must Of needs be- men ad-
vanced in life. They are without ex-
ception useful men and good citizens.
Most of them by fortune and their own
merit have established themselves in
comparative af1uence; but many are
still struggling-butin the front rank
in the noble army of prospectors. We
presume that most of the mining com
munities on the Pacific coast are hon
ored by the citizenship of other sur
vivors of the Mexican Wal eqnal in
character and position to those in our
midst. Now all these veterans, we be-
lieve, without exception, are DESTROYS
of visiting Philadelphia and their old
homes during this centennial year,
and again, and probably for the last
time embrace their comrades in arms
and fight over again the battles of
their youth; and the Eureka Veterans
have asked of the Government, or be-
half of the poorer members, that free
transportation to and from Philadel-
phia be furnished to all survivors of
the Mexican war who may desire to at
tend the centennial celebration Of
American independence. 1t is also
proposed 70 secure the cooperation of
all veteran organizations throughout
the land, and an active corresponding
committee has been appointed and is
earnestly at work.
1t is very little that these old sol
diers ask of their country, and We hope
their wishes may be gratified with an
u~nstinting hand. 1t does not become
u generous and great nation to forget
that thirty years ago the entire cont
nent south of Oregon, from Louisiana
to the Pacific, was Mexican in name, in
language and in laws, and even worse
than Mexican in its semi-barbarity and
ignorance; and that it VAS owing to the
endurance and g~allantry of these old
men and of their brothers in arms, who
have paid the last tribute of mortality,
that the United States is now the SON
trolling bullion producer of the earth;
that the vast territory of Texas, New
Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Ne
vada and California has been redeemed
from Latin bigolry and sloth to Anglo
Saxon liberty and enlightenment; and
that We are to-day possessed on the
shores of the Pacific of the empire of
the future.
All this we owe, under God, to the
soldiers Of the Mexican war, and at
their wish. let us loosen our purse
strings.
THE Grass Valley UniOn man calls
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-19
BORN.

Belmont, Jan. l2-Wife of j. j. Cruik shank,
a son.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-19
LOST.

A CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT ISSUED
N by Paxton X Co.. dated October q, lo,p'
No. 1892. tor 500. drawn in favor OF [, u,
Clark, and payable ut Paxton X Co.'S Bank III
Eureka. The finder will be literally re-
warded by ~lenving il with the underslgneo'
or at tho SENTINEL office.
jai6-2w c. ii. CbAkh'
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-19
EASTERN DISPATCHES.
by Overland Telegraph.

ESPECIAL TO THE DAILY sENTINEL.l
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-19
NEW TO d Y.
"PUTSv AND "CALI.&n
WE MAKE PUTS" AND CALLS" A SPECIALITY

THIS SYSTEM OF DEALING IN STOCKS is GAINING IN POPULARITY Emmu
L daya ST enables persons of small means to take advantage of he rIea nd fall nMM3
priced stocks, Hundreds Of persons every week, clear from 200 to 1000 per cem n@
money invested in Puts an Calls" M@
We haveal nrgec capital amd ARE husc nabledt to fully protect our certfcatm NJ
have ferencest from parties aI ovrt this coaS- Va
The markets 81 lively; nrw is the tin to invest
We also buy ans sell stocks OF commissions and loan moncy On them.
Cost of Privileges for Ten Shares and upwards:
81 90 e share for 10 Days.
1 Is Pr share For IL Days.
= Is Pr share for 8 Days.
Send for circular freo) explm-ing, our system and giving BUR distances Raiua,x
by Wells, Fargo Il %. or Postofee order at our risk. 80. @s
jaMf Lock box $751; No ~ Montgomery street, n FrancMr'cn
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-19
The civil Rights Case.

a ANCIsCO, Jan. TO.
In the Civil Rights Gaze which caine
up in the Circuit Court to-day, tie
defense attempted to show that col
ored people were not excluded from
the dress circle on ccount of color,
but from the style of the tickets they
presented, but the weight nf evidence
was in favor of color. The argument
of the ease will be resumed to- morrow.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-19
silly Rumor-The Antioch CroOkea
whisky C~ase-tity Finances.

of the ease will be resumed to- morrow.
silly Rumor-The Antioch Crookea
whisky ~Case-tity Finances.
SAN Francisco, Jan. II.
1t is currently reported and generally
believed that a memorial has been re-
ceived in this city, signed by sixty
Democratic Congressman, and adj
dressed t o the Hawaiian Government,
threatening to vote against the Hawai-
ian reciprocity treaty if that Govern
ment insists CT the prosecution of Cap
tain Waddell, of Shenandoah fame.
In the case of the United States VS..
Antioch dislillery, "A. NJ. Crane, a Gov
ernment officer, was placed on the
stand to compare the Government
books kept at the distiliery, which
show the daily shipments, as checked
Ivy the gauger, with abstracts made
from the steamer mauifests. The som
parison showed discrepancy between
the TWO accounts. running from August
IL, 1873 to May %, 1874, amounting to
$50 pipes of liquor in favor Of the dr.
tillery and to The loss OF the Govern
ment.
The Board of Supervisors last night
passed u resolution asking the LegisIa-
i've W pToctIt the pdSShSt
of Senator Roach's bill fixing the water
rates.
There was considerable debate with
regard to the depleted condition of the
city treasury fund, which is nearly ex-
hausted. aud some, especially the street
fund, largely ~over1rawn, with six
months vet to run. The deficiency bill
hangs fire in the Legislature. and The
question of the manner of running the
various departments of the city GOV
eminent is becoming embarrassing.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-19
NOTICE.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT WE
~ hnve this day sold and transferred to +
X. Witten Der tho III Dorado Saloon and all
property connected therewi b, and bespeak
for him the same patronage enjoyed by him
while running the same heretofore
jal9-ln j.. =. q j. NJ. WHITrON.