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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-12-21
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THE LOUISIANA INVESTIGATION.
An Idiot witness Produced BY the
Democrats.
he PROVES A wuoH-NAruR-
ALLIED MAN.
Another Scheme to lnauuurats TlIdsn
by Fraud.
MORE "Bull.posINa" IN SOUTH
CAROLINA.
A Republican Senator Threatened
with Assassination.
rhe Privacy Of she Telegraph 20 BE-
Isvaded.
Isrrc,.L DurArcnrs TO Coin Hill
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with . long enough memory 10 DO %.
The Democrats ssiii Claim Florida
WASHINGTON, Dee. 2i.-Colonel Elliott,
the messenger bearing the Democratic
electoral vote Of Florida, arrived here to-
day and deposited the same with the Vice
President. lie reports that IL 10 the be-
lief In Tallahassee that the Supreme Court
Of the State will decide In favor OF reopen-
ing the canvass on State officers. and that
. recount OF the vote will elect the Demo
cratic State ticket and tive Democratic
members OF Congress. On the 2sth the
Court decides the quo icdrrapis case. which
looks 10 Q recount Of the electoral vote as
we'll. and which will also give the veto OF
the State 10 the Democratic electors.
NEW YoKx. December 2i.-Tho H,ratd's
Washington special says the belief gains
ground here among Republicans that
Florida belongs properly to the Democrats.
Private Information. some OF u from re.
spoasible Republican sources. has braced
up the hopes Of the Democrats. There are
also fresh signs that the Republicans begin
70 give up the election. The reports say
that Q Senator. one Of the most vigorous
and extreme o. the Republican side, said
to-day that he vsuld not DO content to &C.
cept anything less than Tilden and
wheeler, and the politicians Of beth sides.
Who are Ia Q position to know what 10
dsing and what 10 locked for In the highest
party quarters, privately prophecy tonight,
with apparently . good deal Of confidence.
that this will be the successful ticket.
1----a-
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mullen Decrease.

increase o. ppsete
PARIS, Dec. 2i.-Spscis in the Bank Of
France increased 6,fss,ooo francs during
the past week.
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SUMMONS,

/ N THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE
l. OF Oregon, for the county of Multnomah,-
Aleck Shetland, Plaintiff, VS.. Annie Shetland,
Defendant-To Annie Shetland, the above
named Defendant: You are hereby required
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Joe. 0ppenheimer and Henry Acker-
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lar Store, will be dissolved January l,
1877. 1t is imperatively necessary that
our stock be disposed of before that
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CANT holiday presents, crockery, glass
and fine plated ware, it will be readily
seen that great sacrifices must be made
to dispose of it all within the time set.
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cially of dealers throughout the State,
is called to the above.
IL ACKERMAN's DOLLAR STORE.
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SUMMONS,

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE
l. of Oregon for the county OF MuItnomah.-
sarah Welch, Plaintiff, vs. Russell Welch, De-
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name of the state of Oregon, you are hereby
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OF Plaintiff and minor child, Jane Welch, as to
the Court shall seem just.
By order of Hon. L. ID. Shattuck. Judge of
said Court, made Dec. Ii, 1876.
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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-15
A Hint For American Railroads

A singular railway decision was
rendered in an English court a fort
night ago. A gentleman named Ha-
mer sued the Lancashire and York
shire Railway Company to recover
Is. cd. expenses incurred by him
owing to the unpunctuality of the
train. The plaintiff set out from
Blackpool on September 7th by a
train which arrived at Manchester a
few minutes before IL o'clock, in
stead of 10 :l5-the advertised time
He missed connection with the fas,
train from Oxford Road Station, and
took a cab for Stretford, walking
thence to Ashton-on- Mersey. lie
claimed from the company the cab
fare from Victoria Station to STREET
ford. 1t was urged that the delay OF
the train arose in consequence OF
there being too many passengers, and
moreover that there was no special
contract in the case. The Judge held
that the company was bound DO their
time tables, uuless they could show a
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS for the non perform
ance of their contract. Here there
was no excuse, such as the breakdown
of an engine or truck getting across
the track. AS regarded the number
passengers, the company should have
put on an additional train, or have
done something to enable them to
keep their contract with the public
Judgment was, therefore, rendered
for the plaintiff with costs, the Judge
adding that had he been the plaintiff.
he should have certainly taken a
cab all the way to his home instead OF
to Stretford.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-15

BRAVE ACT OF A RAILROAD ENGIN-
EER.-That was brave act Of the en-
gineer of locomotive drawing a
train of eighteen loaded cars on the
Portland and Ogdensburg railroad
the other day. just as it had COM
mcnced the descent of a heavy grade
between st. Johnsbury and the Con-
necticut river, the engineer deserted
three cattle on the track just in adj
vance of him. To drive or frighten
them from the track, or to scasonably
stop the train was impossible. In-
stantly he decided what to do. He
sent his fireman to disconncct his en-
gine and tender from the train. whis-
tie down brakes and with full
steam on, plunged forward alone, and
with the fearful impetus thus gained,
threw the cattle from the track. He
ihcn quietly allowed the train TO ov-
crtakc him again, connected it and
continued on, his passengers know
ing nothing OF the fearful danger
they had escaped by his bravery, his
quick wit, and his fidelity to duty.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-15

What,,We Find In Coal.
From the Coal Trade Journal.

Professor William f. Roberts says
HThc coal itself, even where it is most
abundant, constitutes but an insignifi-
cant portion of the whole thickness of
the carbonifcrous strata of the ancient
coal formation. Most of the coal
seems to rest upon an under-clay, con-
tanning stigmaria, the fossil rootlets
of the plant, called sigillaria. Prof.
Goppert examined the coal-ficlds Of
Germany, and stated that he detected
in the beds of pure coal the remains OF
plants of every family, then known to
occur, fossil in the coal. Many seams,
he remarks, are rich in sigillaria, lep-
idodenda, and stigmaria, the latter In
such abundance as to form the bulk
of the coal. In some places almost all
the plants were calamamatics IN 9th
er ferns. In cut for railway in
Lancashire, England, in the distance
Of 100 feet six fossil trees were dis
covered, standing in vertical position
to the dip of the strata, which was
fifteen degrees south the roots were
imbedded in an argillaceous shale un-
derlyinG seam of coal about eight
inches thick. Beneath the coal seam
and around the base Of the trees more
than bushel of fossil cones, supposed
to be the fruit of the lepidodendron,
were gathered. In the carbonifer0us
strata of Coalbrook Dale, and in 9TH
er coal-fields, these fossil cones are
met with some of which are five
inches long. One Of the trees found
in the cut measured 15Ia feet ut the
base and TX feet at ii feet, its discov-
cred height. In the New Castle, Bris-
tol, and other coal fields, these vcrti-
cal stems are called by the miners
coal-pipes. These cylindrical casts Of
fossil trees, now forming solid sand
stone. after the coal is mined from un-
derneath, sometimes slide sudden
ly down and cause fatal acci-
dents. The lofty cliffs known as
South Joggins, on tho sea coast os
Nova Scotia. afford admirable Sec
tions of the coal-bearing strata, con-
tanning fossils Of the forests of the
carboniferous period. Large trunks
of trees are seen standing at right
angles to the dip of the sandstone
strata showing that they were, before
this strata was deposited, standing in
an upright position. Now they in
cline at an angle of $50 degrees from
the vertical line. The vertical height
of these cliffs is from 15O to 200 feet.
At low tide fine horizontal section
of the strata is exposed 10 view on
the beach. Lycll and Dawson in 1852
made detailed examination Of one
portion of the strata 1400 feet thick
where the coal seams are most fre-
quent, and found evidence of root
bearing soils at sixty-eight different
levels, clearly showing sixty-eight
fossil forests, ranged one above the
other in this coal-field IN the above
mentioned thickness of strata.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-15
Cuban Affairs.

HtvtNNh, Nov. S.-Advices from
the City of Mexico up to the Goth
inst, report that Lerdo Tjerda was
declared elected President by vote
of III to i5. Pronunciades are throw
ing down their arms in various dircc-
tions. Their resources are all eN-
hausted, and final collapse is cx-
pected. Oaxaca still gives troablc,
but Gen. Diaz and his followers are
compelled to keep in the mountains.
and are afraid to meet the goveri,-
ment troops.
A heavy flood is reported from Gu
ba, the exact nature OF which seems to
be causing great damage in some por-
tions. The exact estimate of the dam
age cannot yet DO made, but it is sup
posed that the sugar crop has suffered
from ID to 20 per cent. The crop will
be about as large as last years, be-
cause it promised to be exceptionally
large. The tobacco crop will be re-
tarded. because the seedlings were
destroyed, but can be replaced.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-15
Take Care Of the Apples.

Frost has kept away longer than
usual this fall. and orchardists and
gardeners have had a fine opportuni-
ty for harvesting their crops of fruit
and vegetables. If any of them are
caught by the approaching frost
there will not be much sympathy for
the losses. Apples are plenty and
cheap this year, but they should not
be allowed to go to loss on this ac-
count. Long keeping varieties should
be carefully stored for market or do
mestic use in winter and spring. and
fall fruit may be dried or ground for
cider. Wormy fruit should be picked
out and laid by in she'd for feeding
hogs or milch cows. Anything is bet
ter than to leave the fruit on the trees
or under the trees to be DESTROYED by
frost. The markets are glutted with
apples at present, but when cold
weather sets in the supply will be
greatly diminished. Good fruit may
be held over as long rs it viii keep,
with a fair prospect of remanera-
ting the owner.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-15
She Wouldn't Speak to Him.


When a young Chicago man came
down stairs the other morning he re-
membered that his wife, who was
preparing breakfast, had not spoken
to him when she got up, and so he
cheerfully said: "Good morning, lit
tie lady,"
Not word came in reply.
"Good morning said he again, in
a higher key, thinking that she might
not have heard him before.
'Um-'m--'m," was all that escaped
from her sealed lips, as she kept on
with the work.
"Why under the sun don't you an
swer me z" exclaimed he, in surprise
"what's the matter? What have
done to offend yon?''
"Um-'m-'m,' was still the only
sound elected.
"Look here !" then exclaimed the
husband, as he jumped up and
knocked over a cup Of coffee; II don t
swallow a mouthful of this breakfast
until you tell me what's tho matter" !"
"What's the matter?" echoed she,
suddenly turning upon him with
flashing eyes. And then she contin-
ued: "John Adell Smithson, the next
time that dream see you kissing
another woman, Ill will leave
this house !-bOO-hoOv
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-15
Buying Fruit Trees.

When travelling pcddlcr of fruit
trees, raised in distant State, visits
you, do not treat him rudely. but
take list of his trees, and then con-
suit with your nearest reliable fruit
man. who has had at least twenty
years experience in raising fruit in
Iowa before you contract. And the
man that has been almost uniformly
successful is the best man to consult,
Take your time to investigate the
question. The peddler will wait for
you. If necessary, GO twenty or thir-
ty miles to consult with a man who
has had ample experience. 1t will al
ways pay. The questioned the kind
and quality of fruit trees you arc buy
ing is a serious one, and cannot be too
carefully and closely investigated.
We are giving this advice to sensible
men. But there is another class, who
have to be swindled and humbugged,
as it adds so much of variety to life.
Besides, as it keeps them poor in
spirits, thus they have the promise OF
rich and imperishablc blessing.
Let such alone. They arc working
out great problem in human econo-
my, not easily comprchended. Such
men are not blessed with an over
abundance of wisdom, and they prob
ably are wisely made to stumble and
waste their substance to keep them
from becoming rich, overbcaring.
and insolent. When travelling
through the country, and VIC see so
many improvident acts, surrounded
by squalid poverty. it is best to con-
clude it is all right. These men are
Ignorant, and, if they should prosper
in their Ignorance, they might be-
come bad men, and have balcful in
fluence on society. Let such alone.
There is necessity for some agency
at work to keep them poor and hum
bic, and peddlers may as we'll do their
share in the great work.
But sensible men whom a little
prosperity will not destroy, had bet
ter move cautiousle--consult the best
informed-eXcrcise their own iudg-
mcnt and invest lightly in the schemes
of doubtful men. They are million.
They come in the sweetest language.
and most comely features, well calcu-
lated to divide community into two
classes-the wise and the simple.
They do ii most effectually. Neither
peddlcr nor his victim can complain
Of the spirit of this article. But in
becoming his victim, you choose
your eharactcr.-.Register.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-15
Amos Bookkeeper.


We asked Amos how his boy was
getting along at school.
"Plague take dat boy; done tuck
him way from dat school,
"Why what for? ?"
"Uh, oh /! he wus gittin' mos too
smart down dar wild dat book larnin'.
'Twon't do fer some niggers to be too
agikatid."
"Why not, Amos?"
"Well, sab, jees take dat boy, frin-
stance. I put dat boy ter keep books
for me bout de scllin' oh de garden
truck. dis summer. Well, sab, he
jess rit down charges dar in de book
fer all dat 1 sole, ali charges fer all dat
we eat in dc house, and den credit
hissef wild de little mounts dat let
him hab long at odd 'cassions, an
den he go an add dem all up, an
struck er balance, he say p
!"And how did you come out?"
"Come out !" Fore de good Mars
ter, didn't come outat ali! Dat boy
gone stuck me fer bout thutty-fibe
dollars, sides his wages rs de book
keepah. Now dat's what dc figgers
sed."
"Well, what did you do p
81 jess burn up dat book right dal
and den, scharged dc bookkeeph, an
hire him ober agin to saw wood fer
his board an close"
You did 2"
Eyes, sir, I did dat. Why, boss, et
dat boy had kept dat book on me tell
now, he'd own dat house and gyardin
patch an been chargin' me an his old
nanny for bed an bread !! tell hyal
book larnin' is ruinnin' dis breed oil
niggers-'tis, shore!"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-15

A minister was soliciting aid to
foreign mission and applied to gen.
tleman, who refused him, with the
reply, 81 don't believe in foreign
missions. Iwant what give to ben.
eft my neighbors."
"Well," replied he, "whom do you
regard as your neighbors?v
"Why those around me-"
ado you mean those whose land
joins yours.' inquired the minister
"Yes."
"Well," said the minister, show
much land do you own?"
"About five hundred acres"
"How far down do yon own ?"
"Why, l never thought Of it before
but l suppose own half way
through"
Exactly said the clergyman
suppose you do, and / want thil
money for the New Zealsnders-tht
men whose land joins yours on tht
bottom."-HarUord Times.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-15

The government Chinese investiga-
ting committee find that there are
about l,000 Chinese women in San
Francisco, and l51, 600 Cinnamon in
California aud Nevada, OF those in
San Francisco there arc cigar makers
to the number of $500; cigar boxers,
$50: clothing dealers, 1886; garden
ers and pcddlcrs, $500; laundrymcn,
l ,2oO; merchants, LOCO; professional
gamblers, 800; porters, 660; match
manufacturers, $50; boot and shoe
makers, 1000; woolen mill operators,
600; shirt makers, 100; tanners, 400;
slipper makers, 1900; restaurant
keepers and employees, 700; Joss
House priests and attendants, 100;
fishermen, 1900: house servants and
cooks, 5000: junk and rag pickers,
600; fruit and pickle Gamers. 2,20o
brokers, 100; ;expressmen and drivers
100, and loafers, 200. Every China.
man can read and write in his owr
language. The report of the commit.
tee to congress viii be very interest
ing.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-15

When Horace Greeley was on his
way to California he met Forty
miner coming East. Tho Californian
was in n dreadful stew about his ac-
He kept saying, II
wish I had some Of them Californy'
pertaters. Them's eatin', them is.
Dern this yer kentry ennyways. I'd
give thousand dollars for snootful
of OF Californy air. That's tho place
to live in-on'y kentry wuth livin' in.
Mountings and valley--strawbries in
winter, sparegrass alters, bes' bran
water ennywheres, finest climate on
the face 'ther yurth. Dcrn kentry
like this down yer. Californy's the
only place fit ter live
Horace smiled that child-likc smile
Of his, and thought he had the Cali
fornian bad when he said:
"My friend, If California is such a
splendid country why did you ever
leave il 2"
"Becorsc,' said the sloper, Il were
a-fule."