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Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-09-16
Hard ora Siskiyou.

There is good story told by Frank
Wheeler. of Virginia City; too good to be
lost, even in Wheeler's large circle of ac.
quaintances. 1t is as follows: Last Fall.
previous to the departure for Washing.
ton of Senator Sharon, some of his
friends had decided to serenade him at
the Palace. At about that time there
arrived in the city member of our Cali
fornia Legislature, who, Wishing to her
aid IN manner suited to his exalted
station, his approach to the State Capt.
tai, "pGt up" at the Palace. Being
aware of the modesty OF this statesman.
We will withhold his name, and will
designate him as the Member from Sis
kiyou, for instance. On the evening Oh
which it was decided to give the sere-
made, the Member from Siskiyou was
pronenading one of the corridors that
line the Grand Court at the Palace COM
muning with himself, perhaps, on the
manner in which he intended slaughter.
ing the O. P. folks, when the strains of
music from the courtyard attracted bis
attention. Suddenly it occurred to him
that his fame had preceded him (he had
been p. NJ. at Podunk once), and that
this serenade was intended as a SLIGHT
token OF the high esteem in which be
was held by the public oil San Francisco.
We have no positive proof that such
were his musings; but at least SO Thought
Sam Jones, who happened at that time
to be down here on a visit, and was
standing near by. The Member from
Siskiyou, turning around with look of
overpowering greatness lighting up his
countenanee, and, catching the eye Of
the demure Sam, asked, "Ah, what alb.
might be alb, the cause VI this commo-
ton belowY Sam, who knew we'll the real
cause OF the serenade, in fact had been
one OF tho getters-up OF the affair, first
complimented him on his modesty in not
appropristing the honor of the occasion,
unasked; then hoped that the member
from Siskiyou was not annoyed at the
manner in which the people had chosen
to honor him. and added: GOT course.
it is not for me to prompt member of
the Legislature of California as to his
duty on such an occasion as this; but the
people will not be satisfied with only a
sight OF you, and nothing will satisfy
them but few remarks" The member
from Siskiyou waved his hand gracefully,
and,s swelling with conscious pride,
leaned over the rail OF the corridor, and
when the musis ceased. began his speech.
de had got nicely started on bis ideas Of
the conflicting CLANS of hydraulic mining
and farming, whom he was interrupted
BY the cheering Of the crowd, and OBJ.
served the gaze OF the multitude fixed on
man who had just made his appearance
on the corridor, three or four stories
higher. on the opposite aide Of the court,
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-09-16
Fatal Accident at the Raymond
and Ely Mine.

Ono OF those deplorable accidents that
fortunately occur so rarely in this place,
happened yesterday about one o'clock p
n, by which Fred Grandjean was in
SANITY killed. A party OF four have
been engaged for some time in Chord.
ing between the second and third levels
Of the Raymond and Ely mine. About
eighteen feet from where they were run
ming their drift was a stull that had long
been disused. The unfortunate man, it
appears, had been DESTROYS OF seeing
what was beyond this stull, and, regard
less of his companions warming, started,
a little after twelve o'clock yesterday, to
pry a large boulder that had been
jammed in the stull, and which evidently
held in place large mass of loose rock
and earth. He succeeded in prying ont
the rock, which fell with great force,
striking him on the skull. breaking it,
and causing instant death. The de-
ceased was an old resident of this place,
and was considered a hard working,
straightforward man. He was q native
Of Hamburg, Germany, and was IS years
ofage No blame can possibly be at
tached to any one in the mine, the acct
dent appearing to have been the result of
temerity on his part. The remains OF
Inc deceased were taken ito the Hose
House OF Protection No. 2, from which
place he will be buried at 3 o'clock this
afternoon.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-09-16
STOCK REPORT.

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Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-09-16

The man begun speaking in a nervous
manner. and the member from Siskiyou
bad not an auditor left. TURNING. he
asked few curious listeners who were
standing near him, who is that little
cnss who is intsrrupting me, opposite p
And then 1t was that small boy told
MIN It was Bill Sharon, who was being
serenaded. and that small boy had the
quiet gall' to advise the member from
Siskiyou to pull down his Aest," that
article Of his apparel having become
dissIranged during bis Inflated SPEECH.
Grimly did the member from Siskisou
seek his room and arm himself with his
trusty seven shooter. and for two DAYS
he hunted Sam Jones. But not knowing
where j. P. Jsckson's private Office was.
OF course didn't find him.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-09-16
BY ELE CIR APH,

SPECIAL To tbs FIoCuE DAILY aEcoRp
nj wEsTSBs UNION LINE.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-09-16
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
PASSENGER TRAVEL.
DEPARTURES.

DEPARTURES.
By GILNHR h sALIsBURY's HAMILTON LINE
Jordan Beckman
&c L0eWenthal Mrs Pearce
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-09-16


AGRAND sight was visible from the
DIVIDE yesterday OF sunset. 1t had bsen
raining in the valley south and east of
Us and dark masses Of clouds wore hang
ing In the armament. They bore q
c'oSe resemblance to q martial encamp-
ment, but as the day drew to close a
s'fong air current broke up the cloudy
most and futtering flag and f1eeoy tent
woke into ragged fragments. The re-.
usating rain bore off to the eastward and
a. inc rays of the setting sun broke
through cloud-rift, shattered rainbow
fragments glowed in prismatic tent be.
M .s US and the Wahsatch peaks, while
ns western horizon glowed with an
uIAnee'purple tint. But soon the great
Muun'aln shadows extended out to the
s ms and the CELESTIAL scenery shifted to o
more sonbrs tint.
ASSouNcEMENT.-Dr. G. r. Alexander
announces himself in to.day's RECORD
80 candidate for County Assessor, SUBJ
iSCs 70 the decision of the Dem ocratic
m 10 A'ohsAous LIZ Al6Aduu6E Is
s ~ old and respected citizen, and SO we'll
b hlu widely known that any comment on
T I's character, etc., by US is superhuous.
; II, ~ man of unguestioned ability and
d0.sSal,a'gence. and. if elected, would un-
'redtabIy. p'''''"
LIE following beautiful lines. COM
posed by Wagner, and teleeraphed as
u t1 p been received with great applause
Dayrenth, are now found in the local
ion .mh OF every well regulated family
M ss sn.snds der streets und corners round.
INA sh ages to be ground,
SAu snmlld und bowed md nofar rroxrroa,
Oh Der Candidate.
IND t n1ia your hand ven you would start,
IND ho'u. you you vas mighty shmart.
ne Iuved you NIT his hart?
Der Candidate.
NJ Inc force Of these remarks lies in the
pphcation Of them. ' :. wv
sAlr.-Note the advertisement in this
pofning's RECORD relative to the
'.'e OF the furniture of the vir-
u sinia Lodging.house on Saturday, the
va inst. A full l;et ~ ort;olao onch
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-09-16

found in o first. class lodg-
~ u sold, and all those in
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pc was. yesterday
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candidate for
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1876-12-08
THE SENTINEL.
THE GIFT OF EMPTY HANDS.

FAIRY TALE.
They were two Princes doomed TO death
Each loved his beauty and bis breath;
" Leave us our life and we will bring
Fair gifts unto our lord, the King.
They went together. In the dew
A charmed bird before them flew.
Through sun and thorn one followed IL;
Upon the others arm it lit.
A rose, whose faintest flush was worth
All buds that ever blew on earth
One climbed the rocks to reach; ah, well,
Into the others breast it fell.
Weird jewels, such rs fairies wear,
When moons go out, to light their hair,
One tried to touch on ghosly ground
Gems Of quick fire the other found.
0re with the dragon fought to gain
ghe enchanted fruit, and fought 10 vain;
The other breathed the gardens air
And gathered precious apples there.
Backward to the imperial gate
One took his fortune, one his fate,
Ore ehowed sweet gifts from sweetest lands,
The other torn and empty hands.
Al bird, and rose, and gem and fruit,
The King was sad, the King was mute;
At last he slowly said: "My son,
True treasure is not lightly won.
" Your brothers. hands, wherein you see
Only these scars, show more to me
Than IT Kingdoms price found
In place OF each forgotten wound
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1876-12-08

Men are like potatoes-they do not
know how soon they may be in hot
water
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1876-12-08

How Much is A HoRsE Power. The
question is frequently asked What is
understood by horse power, aud why
came that way of reckoning to be adopted
and brought into general use? Before
the power of steam was generally known
and applied to mechanical purposes, horses
were used to raise coal and other heavy
bodies. Mr.. Moots. in his experiments
carefully compared the relative power Of
the different breeds of horses, and found
its average equal to raising 80. 900 pounds
one foot per minute, or what is equiva-
lent, to raise $50 pounds 100 feet, or
100 pounds 300 feet during that space
of time, when attracted to a level or
sweep of given length. This after
ward became the standard of measuring
power or force applied to mechanical pur-
poses, and it is still retained in common
use.
The daily gazette., 1876-12-07
REASONS ENOUGH.

The Republican papers are engaged in
most elaborate. attempts to prove that
South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana
have no ''reason" to be Democratic, that
they are naturally Republican. Let us
see. In South Carolina the actual and
adjusted debt in 1865 was S13, 3,03S, 1854; in
1871 it was So, ,4S0, ,914; increase, $9,441,-
$50. In 1860 the property valuation
amounted to $500, ,000,00 in 1870, S17O,-
100000; decrease 81 per cent. The tax
levy in 1860 was $500,000; in 1873, 81
100000; increase, 500 per cent. In 1860
the legislative expenses were $4,000; in
1873, 1921, 900; increase nearly 700 per
cent.
In Florida, in 1865, the actual and
adjusted debt was $1,307,617; in 1870,
$16,556,072; increase, SIS, 1856, ,455.
In Louisiana the actual and adjusted
debt at the close of the war was $13,357,-
99S; in 1872, Sal 1854, ,473; increase, $2S,-
506,474.
No ''reasons" for being Democratics
Reasons enough, say we.
These are the fruits of Republican gov
ernment in the South. Does any sane
man doubt these three States have voted
the Democratic ticket.
The daily gazette., 1876-12-07
The Electoral COLLEGES.

The electoral colleges of the various
States met at their respective State capi-
tails yesterday aud cast their votes. Parke
Goodwin, was chosen messenger by the
New York democratic electors to convey
the certificate for Tilden and Hendricks
to the President of the U nited States Sen
ate. The Ohio electors appointed Benia-
min L. Wade messenger for their Hayes
and Wheeler certificate. The Pennsyl-
vania electors selected VIM. Cameron. of
Union, to convey their certificate for the
same candidates. Maryland sends Angus
tus Gassaway with her solid shot for Til
den and Hendricks, and Delaware, John
G. Gooding, ditto. In Louisiana, Gov.
Kellogg signed the certificates of the
Hayes and Wheeler electors and Gov.
McEnery those of the Tilden and Hen
bricks, the former meeting in the State
Senate chamber and the latter in the
House of Representatives at New Orleans
and each voting unanimously. Similar
action was taken by the democrats in
South Carolina. The Colorado electors
met at Denver and cast their vote for
Hayes and Wheeler. The Florida cleo
tors as in South Carolina. In Oregon,
Governor Grover has given certificates
to the two republican electors and to one
democratic elector. The latter cast his
vote for Tilden
The daily gazette., 1876-12-07
Drinking Water from the Sea.

New York Times.
All who have read many narratives of
shipwrecks must have been struck by the
fearful. sufferings to which boats crews
are exposed through the want of fresh
water. A boat cannot carry water tanks
of any size, yet she cannot make voy-
age without water, and often men have
escaped from sinking vessel only to die
| worse death for want of fresh water, in
an open boat under q tropical sun. The
danger can now be avoided by fitting ships
boats with avery simple and compact con-
densing apparatus which has just been
invented and patented by firm in Dub
lin. 1t consists of small boiler heated
by paraffine lamp. The steam from the
boiler, which is filled with salt water, is
condensed in worm-tube which passes
through receiver filled with cold sea-
water by a pipe passing through the side
of the boat, second pipe allowing the
heated water to escape, and so keepinrg.
the supply always cool. This apparatus
will produce from pint to a pint and a
half of pure water per hour. There is
small tank for collecting and fltering the
water, and second tank contains sup
ply of oil sufficient to keep the tamp burn
ing ten days. The whole is fitted in the
bow of the boat, where it is protected from
the wash of the sea by little ''forecastle"
built over it. Besides removing some of
the worst horrors of shpwreck, the in-
vention will be ofseryice in otherways-
for instance, to boats navigating and ex
ploring brackish lagoons and aims of the
sea, or making short voyages along the
coast
The daily gazette., 1876-12-07
LATER.
BR0OKLYN'S HORROR
NEARLY 800 BODIES TAKEN FROM
THE BURNED THEATRE.
Probably $50 Lives Lost.
HEARTRENDING SCENES THROUGH
OUT THE CITY YESTERDAY.

TWO MEMBERS OF THE THEATRICAL COM
PANY BURNED TO DEATH.
From the World to-day.
Two hundred and eighty-five bodies
had been recovered from the ruins of the
Brooklyn Theatre up to 2 o'clock this
morning, and the work of searching for
the remains is only approaching the end.
1t is probably not exceeding the truth to
estimate that the total number of the lost
by this horrible catastrophe will reach
300, and fifty men, women and children
When the newspapers went to press yes
terday morning it was not suspected that
more than two or three persons had
perished in the flames, and even this was
| doubted The last man within the burn
ing building had looked around the lower
| auditorium and saw no one there. But in
the extreme end of the topmost gallery
there were imprisoned several hundred
souls, suffocated by the volumes of smoke
that poured down from the burning roof
and who gave no sign that they were
miserably perishing there. 1t was not
until yesterday morning, when the flames
were under control and the firemen began
their search among the ruins, that the
exploration of dreadful pit, Just beyond
the door leading into the street, discover
ed the sight which made strong men pale
and faint, and disclosed a scene which is
to be recorded as almost unparalleled in
history There, piled one uDon another
in every attitude Of struggling despair,
was mass of charred and agonized
figures, just as they had fallen with the
end of the gallery above where they had
met all together their horrible deaths.
The daily gazette., 1876-12-07
MERIT RECOGNIZED.

BcnsOn's Capcinc Porous PlaSters recciv-
ed the highcstand only award of merit at
the Philadelphia Exposition, over all arti-
clcS of like character, proving by the high
est medical authority in the world, that
they are greatly superior o ordinary porous
plaStcrS. and not II patent mcdicinc-as no
nOstrums were allowed to be exhibited
there. BcnsonS Capcinc Porous Plaster L.;
positively the best external remedy ever
devised. They relieve pain ut once, and
cure where other porous plastcrS only re-
licvc after long use. Over three thousand
physicians now recommend their use ; and
they are sold by druggists everywhere
Price 25 cents
IMPORTANTT TO EVERY HOUSEHOLD
Improvement" is the watchword of the
hour Its development and rc-development
Is the mbition of every true American
Porous plastcrs were invented in 1916. For
thirty years their composition remained un-
improved, until BensOn's Capcine Porous
Plasters were invented. They differ from
all others In their greater medical activity.
1hey tUM cure disease IN q JeU hours that other
porous plasters, liniments or compounds
require days and weeks of continuous wear
and use to simply relieve. They are supe-
rior to electricity and more powerful. 1t Is
not q nOstrum. They are endorsed by over
three Thousand physicians and druggists as
meeting q great want n remedy for exter-
nal diseases which relieves instantly and
cures quicker than any known medicine
Try them and you will not be deceived
Purely vegetable. Price 25 cents.
Oyl6eod&W
The daily gazette., 1876-12-07

saw the flames over his head. How he
made his way out he does not remember.
He does not think any of the actors were
lost. The audience were pretty well
thinncd out of the lower part of the
house, when he left the stage, which he
be lieves he was the last to leave.
The following persons were reported to
the poles as missing at $3.50 o'clock this
morning, the parties in every instance
having been at the theatre during the
evening:-Phillips Cadmus, G. NJ. Cad
mus, Henry Werdon, George Farrell,
Annie Wenig, Rosina FroudevauX. At
the Long Island College Hospital the fol
lowing parties were received:-A gentle
man named Lynch, who was taken up
insensible ard is still unconscious; his
injuries will probably prove fatal. Mr..
John Cumberson is burned about the
face and hands; Mr.. Fred. Voss was
vaux is severely burned about the face
and hands; he is also badly cut about the
head
Mr.. H. s. Murdoch, the actor, is believ-
ed to have perished in the flames. Up
to o'clock this morning he had not been
seen.
BROOKLYN, Dec. Go A. M.-It is now
stated that thirty-three bodies are in the
Morgue, and at least fifteen more in the
theatre yet. Most of the killed were in
the dress circle Their means of escape
was cut off, as the stairs were burning,
and they were suffocated.
LATER-11 A. MA gentleman who
has just come from the interior of the
burned theatre reports that sixty-five
bodies have been removed, and that he
saw pile of twenty-eight or thirty more,
as they fell through to the basement with
the dress circle, burned beyond recogni-
ton.
The daily gazette., 1876-12-07
G'G0nOr oss the Situation.
THE VENERABLE JURIsr.

LETTER RFRoM THE VENERABLE JURIsr.
From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
FoRT WASHINGTON, N. Y, November
26, 1S76.-DEAR SIR: Gibbon says there in
vital difference in the consequences Of
Il foreign and civil war. The former is
the external warmth of summer, always
tolerable and sometimes beneficial; the
latter is the deadly heat of fever which
consumes without the vitals of the Con-
stltution. do not think opinions ofa
judicial nature concerning the law or
Constitution of any consequence The
enDemocratwhom the Republicans
dragged out of the Galena gutter, be-
smeared with the blood of his country
men slain in domestic broil, and lifted Q
high PEDESTAL as the Moloch of their
worship, rules-and until great change
in sentiment shall take place must con-
tinue to rule-over the PROSTATE ruins of
Washington's iRepublic. The Republic
perished on the day that Mcdowell
moved ON to Richmond
Yours truly, CHARLES O'CoNoH
To SAMUEL &. REID, st. Louis.
The daily gazette., 1876-12-07
THE BASTILE UNDERGROUND.

Many persons are visiting just now the
curious underground passages brought to
light by the demolition of various old
buildings in the neighbolhood of the
bastile for the opening of the new Boule.
ward Henri Quatre. The foundation of
the old stronghold of Jacques Ceur, the
walls of which were thrown down, leave
their bases intact. These old walls, built
of enormous blocks of stone, are nearly
two yards thick, and even thicker in
some parts. In the adjoining Rue Cas-
tex are two sets of subterranean gal
leries, one below the other, running out
in various directions, and none now
knows whittier. These galleries are in
tercepted by the foundations of the
modern houses that have been built upon
them; but many of these have now been
pulled down to find room for new thor
oughfares, and people can go considera-
BILE distances, with the aid of candies.
through these gloomy passages. 1t is
probable that these galleries served for
sending soldiers privately to the hotels
Of the Duke de Maine and others of the
men in powerr.