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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-04-15

STRANGE TTALLrCINATIoN.- One Of the
most cxtravagant conccits peculiar to II
deranged mind belongs to II poor fellow
who may, during every twenty four
hours, be seen at regular times standing
about the railroad dcpots in Louisville,
Ky. For several months past he has
believed himself to he the general super
intcndcnt of the railroads LEADING INTO
the city. In his madness there is meth
cd. lie has the schedule of every rail
road committed to memory, and is ON
time with the arrival and departure Of
every train at the various dcpois in the
city. At twenty minutes past two T.. ",
he is at the Short line depot, to see tina,
the Cincinnati train gets off all right; II
few minutes later he is at the jefferson
vile, Madison and indianapolis and
Ohio and Mississippi depot, and thence
he goes TO the Nashville depot. thus
making the rounds until all the trains
have arrived and departed.
AS it is above the dignity Of so i'm
pOrtant an officer to command the sub
ordinates in person, he is never known
to give an order, but contents himself
with standing around the platforms,
watching every movement Of the en-
ployecs. After the arrival or departure
Of IL train. the countonancc of this queer
creature lights up with an expression Of
supreme satisfaction, and without say
ing II word to anyone, he compl accntly
puts his hands IN his pockets and Wallis
away with an air OF indifference and
aclf-lmportancc.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-04-15

The DANGER OF DrIATrs. Scarcely Il
week passes now without an illustration
of the danger incurred by the practice
which unfortunately prevails OF taking
large doses of opiates to alleviate pain
or discomfort. Instead of seeking the
advice of IL medical man and learning 1T
least the nature and properties Of these
drugs, persons who take them frequently
do 50 without the slightest KNOWLEDGE Of
their effects, and consequently have TO
pay the penalty for their imprudcncc.
The latest case Of this nature is Tia t Of
Il lady. According to medical evidence
the deceased had probably consumed in
two hours 70 grains of choral hNdr..tc.
from fifteen to twenty grains bein. Il
sufficient dose. The jury returned Il
verdict of " Death from an overdose of
chloral," some Of them expressing an
opinion that the sale of 50 highly dan
gcrous drug should be placed under
the same restrictions rs the sale Of poi
sons. Whether this is done or not. there
is some comfort in the reflection that
the growing demand for chloral lydratc
by ladies will, beyond Il doubt, lead to
its being extensively adulteratcd bydrug-
gists, and its noxious effects will by this
means probably he somewhat mitigated.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-04-15

AN CNKNowN IsyENToH In Gastop
Tissandicr'a History and Handbook Of
Photography, there is II curious anoc-
dotc which shows that photography by
the camera WAS invented by some IN
known person before it occurred to Da-
%mcrrc II seems that in l25, Il poorly
dressed young man entered the shop Of
Charles hcvallicr. thcrmincnt uptician.
winch was ut that time much frcuucnted
by amateurs, and demanded the price Of
one of the now cameras with converting
ucnisrus lenses which were then being
made for the first tilnc. The yonn.
man manner showed that the Price
named was far above his means, and
theVallicr then inquired for " hat rllr-
pose he required the camera. Tho
strangcr declared THAT he had succeeded
in fixing the image Of the camera on
paper. but that the instrument h" had
employed was Of rough construction.
and Ii" was anxious to continue his ~
p"rmrnts with tnr improved apparatus
theVaIlirr being skoitlcal rs to this
statement, the Nnun" man placed on the
counter before him a piece Of paper on
which appeared a licN of Paris. and on
further puc,iipninn gay, the orilcian
wal Of hltrli,h fluid. which hc stated
to hc Tia" flnd with which he operated.
TO continue. ia the authors own words:
The unknown Nplained to thu optician
how he should 90 10 work; then he 70
tired lancniue his hard fate. which
would not permit him TO possess that
object of his dreams a new camera
He promised 10 return. bat disappeared
forever 1t may hc added that Chc,,ll
her could tst no result with the liuuiI
left with him. the incident WAS catel
I" Da%ucrre, but the unknown inventor
never appeared again, so tha. his name
and fate remain mystery.
Is Il recent case before Massachn-
setts Court one of the lawyers lllnstra
ted his knowledge Of the Scriptures in
this way He said. "Skn for skin.
yea, all that man hath will he give for
his life, o",' .Sncio~r Naoi His oppo-
nent took him up quick and remarked
at may be that Brother IS Saviour
said that, but | AN very sure that mine
didn't"
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-23
Communicated
To OUR DELEGATES TO THE
ST. LOUIS CONVENTION.

1t behooves yeu to be seriously
thinking of the part which you will
take in the great work before you.
Whilst your share in this important
action may appear to be insignificant,
it is only made so by your own fault
and ~inattention to political duty.
The people, OF this country are almost
a unit in denouncing the fraud, corrup-
ton and hypocrisy of the administra-
ton of public affairs under Republi-
can administration, and they earnestly
desire a change. To accomplish this,
however, something more is necessary
than a supine folding of the hands,
or seuseless, because inactive, COM
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-23

plant. There is work to do, and you,
who are as intelligent and capable as
any. should be fully alive to it.
Nevada wants her voice to be heard
and felt in the nations convention.
There will be no uncertain sound from
her people if she is properly represent
ed. 1t is a time when the honor and
welfare of the people are at stake, and
on the action. taken at ST. Louis de-
ponds the prosperity of the country.
The maj to be nominated there as
the standard bearer must be one of ir-
reproachable character; he must not
only be pure and honest, but he must
be capable-a man OF brains as we'll as
good purposes.
The country is tottering ove a whirl-
pool of m~ercenary rottenness, for
which the dominant party in power is
responsible, and the only relief that
can be obtained is by hurting that
party from power. Whilst this is the
case you must not lose sight of the
fact that it is one thing to nominate a
ticket and another to elect it.
There is no doubt that a large ma
J' VI Wv IVVPto w cfRn biE olItp
death of Republican misrule, but many
of these, and perhaps they hold the
balance of power, are not fully con-
vinced that they a rapidly intrtist
the management Of affairs to the De-
mocracy. This ARISES chiefly from a
misapprehension of the true purposes
and aims Of the Democratic party.
In the East and north oar opponents
industriOusly represent us as initiation
lists and rebels.
They teach the people to believe that,
should the Democratic party he rein
stated, the country would be flooded
with an irredeemable paper currency,
which would soon become worthless;
that the rebel debt would he assumed
by the Government; that the amend
ments to the Constitution would be
swept away; and that our public school
system would be endangered.
There is not a word of truth in any
of these positions, but unless we place
ourselves square upon the record on
all of them we inightas well give up the
fight before 1t commences. 1t is true
that, to a great extent. the man will be
the platform, but for al! that, the plat
form upon which be is to stand must
be unmistakable in it's utterances; the
day for compromises with political
heresieS has gone tty On the finance,
on the tariff, on administrative reform,
on the integrity of the Union and the
free enjoyment Of the rights of citizen
ship, and OH all the live Questions of
the day the st. Louis Convention must
take a decided and unequiyocal stand.
There are thousands of pure men in
this country who have not acted with
us in the past, who will gladly do so in
the future ii we do justice to ourselves
by clear and distinct u%tterances of a
sound policy. Let the platform be
short, terse and to the point; breath
ing Of peace, harmony, determination,
honest government, gentlemen for Of
flee, loyalty OF the South, and no a
ton. With a pure man to stand upon
it, no power on earth can prevent
the election of the Democratic ticket.
Delegates of Nevada, you have your
part to bear in this glorious battle; grid
on your IN and do not be laggards
the fight. G. L..
EUREKA, May 20, 1876.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-23
EASTERN OISPATC HE'S.
Ely Overland Telegraph.
ESPECIAL TO THE DAILY sENrINEL.1
No Sunday whisky.

No SAAbuNy WHISKY.
NEW YORK, May %.
About 500 saloon keepers and bar
tenders were arrested yesterday for vi
olation of the sunday law. Among
them were the bart enders at Often
bach's concert, the Cafe Brunswick,
Spingler House, Grand, Central and
oLher hotels. Many were discharged,
the witnesses not being able or willing
to swear directly thai the liquors dis
pensed We're anything more than cider
or toast and water. Several delin-
quents were held to bail. a mass
meeting OF saloon-keepers is 500 to be
held to protest against the sudden en-
forcement of the law, which has been
Il dead letter for nearly a year.
New York .Times' on Grant.
The Times, editorially, says every
DISTINGUISHED friend Of the President
will regret that he again lent himself
to the Spencer faction in Alabama by
removing an important officer and put
ting II of Spencer's most objecliona.
Die creatures in that place. The re
moval and appointment would be bad
enough in any circumstances. 1t is
~discreditable in the midst Of tho exist
ing struggles among Republicans, with
all the good elements of the party
against Spencer, and the policy lie has
pursued. The President has yielded
to the solicitation of a man who has
brought nothing but disaster and dis
grace from Alabama and whose whole
political life has alienateu Spencer
from the House.
The Ohio Poison Begins TO Work.
Grant Lays the Blame On Kei-
lOsg-Ex plOsiOn.
The Herald's Washington special
says the Ohio Democratic Convention
has had the effect OF awaking the in
f1ation Democrats who had been dis
heartened, and who fell into ranks
quietly and renewed the attempt to
make the resumption act bring for
ward Imitation legislation. Demo
Gratis admit that the Allen movement
will narrow their chances of success.
Many Western Democrats speak of
Tilden with great bitterness.
1t is reported that Grant said to Kel-
logg: If he (Kellogg) were ~discharg-
ing his duties at home instead of being
maintained. He was tired of being
annoyed with Louisiana affairs and
did not want to be pestered
with them any more, and hoped Kel-
logg would attend to his duty. Elk
officers Of the State of Louisiana here
regard the rebuking as just.
The Herald's Richmond, Va, spe-
cial says: A terrific explosion took
place ut the old midlothian coal
pit, Chesterfield county. Eight per-
sons were killed and several injured.
The canse OF the accident was bad VEN
tilation.
Hon. Phil. Roach Lectures In Chi
cage.
CHICAGO, May 81.
Hon. Philip A. Roach, a member of
the California Legislature, who has
taken an active part in the movement
TO discourage the coolie trade on the
Pacific coast, lectured in Farwell Hall
last evening upon the necessity of alb
] rogating the Burlingame treaty. The
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-23
r o G w S
The German Language Adopted
Count Won Arnim.

LONDON, May 81.
A Berlin dispatch reports that the
Chamber Of Deputies has passed a bill
adopting the German as the official
language of Prussia. 1t passed through
the third reading in spite OF the siren
uous opposition of Polish Deputies.
Berlin journals publish an official
advertisement for the apprehension Of
Count Won Arnim, in order that he
may serve the term of Imprisonment
to which he was sentenced.
Won Moltke has returned to Silesia.
Salonica situation Still More
Threatening.
PARIS, May %.
A special dispatch from Athens re-
ports three more executions TO take
plare in Salonica.
During the funeral of the murdered
Consuls foreign men. Of war in the har-
Dor of Salonica had orders 10 bonhard
the town Al the first signal in the event
of disturbance.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-23

MOVED TO CALIFORNIA.-We regret
to learn that Judge Mesick has left our
State and removed permanently to San
Francisco, where he will engage in the
practice of hts profession. We have
too high an opinion Of. Judge Mesick
to suspect him Of any designs o. SEN
ator Jones' seat, But this step'1ooks like
it, and if he purchase 4 residence in
Oakland, we will give him up.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-23

THERE are about 500 Indians in
Florida, where they inhabit the Ever
glades, and are believed to hold a few
negroes in bondage. They make pets
of their pigs, and the porkers follow
them like dogs.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-23

A KANSAS paper speaks Of lady"
residing near Leavenworth, who has
been divorced once, married three
times, and now cares for a mixed
family of thirteen children, none of
whom are her own.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-23

THE recent census gives these fig
ure: New York, 1850, 900; Philadel-
phia, 100000; Brooklyn, 507, 900; st.
Louis, $50, 900; Chicago, 100000; Bos-
ton, 10000; San Francisco, $50 900.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-23

GOOD PLUCK, BUT BAD TAsrE.-Ex-
Attorney General Buckner had a diff
Guilty in Winnemucca last week with
the Registers editor, in which the for
mer appears to have come off second
best. Our sympathies naturally in
cline towards a journalist in a matter
of that kind, although we can not com
mend the taste of the Register man in
the manner in which he parades the
affair in his paper. Fewer display
lines and a less sensational account of
the ARRAY would, in our Judgment, have
been in better taste.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-23

THE first gambler mentined in Scrip
ture was Alpha. Alphabet-every II
knows it.-NorWich Bulletin.
Not so. Didn't Adam find a par
a-dise in Eden long before ever Alpha
bet a cent?
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-23
PACIFIC COAST DISPATCHES.
FROM CALIFORNIA.
Central Pacific suits Mining Mai
terS-Snaail.EsO

ACAAlkhA AbahAAS q
ters-SmaiI- E'0x.
SAN FRANCISCO, May %.
The injunction suit Of A. COolot
against the Central Pacific, set for 10
day, is laid over till o-morrow At the
request of defendants. The war be-
tween the directors and the small
stock holders of the company promises
to be carried to extremity. 1t is re-
ported that the next o against the
directors will be to attack the legality
of the consolidation of the Southern
with the Central Pacific; it being
claimed by the adverse parties that the
statutory provisions were not complied
with in such consolidation.
The stockholders of the Original
Gold Hill Mining Company have de
cided to increase the capital from S5,.
000, 600 to $4,000. 900 in 10000 shares.
Small pox has again made its appear
ance in this city. Four cases have
been discovered among the white res
idents In the vioinity OF the Chinese
quarters, and it is supposed that a
number OF cases exist there that have
not come to light. Those attacked are
removed to the pest house and the
houses guaranteed. The Health OF
ticers are reported to have expressed
fears OF its becoming an epidemic and
recommend measures Of p~recautiOn.
The steamer Colorado, which had
several cases on board, is still undergo
ing fumigation in Mission Bay.
Mistaken For Hishwa ymem-Acci-
dent-OppOsitiOn Steamer.
About IL O'Clock Saturday night two
respectable young men, one the son of
Mr.. Talbot. of the firm of Pope Il Tai
bot, the other ox-United States Treas
urer Cheesinan, were shot, the former
seriously wounded in the neck by a
man named Neil. a clerk with Cope IL
Uhler, stockholders; who inistnok
them for foot pads and opened fire
without awaiting an explanation.
Cheeseman's wound is less severe. the
ball striking him in the thigh. Neil
was held in bail in S., 900, on the charge
of assault to murder.
w. b. Page, contractor for sprinkling
streets, while speeding his horse at
collided with another buggy, was
which he died i'm a few hours.
The steamer South Caroli1a, the pi-
oneer vessel of the Panama Transit
Company, opposition to the Pacific
Mail, arrived yesterday morning.
Pedestrian Fixzle.
O'Leary tailed to make his 500 miles,
stopping shortly before midnight Sat.
urday at the end of the 439th mile.
Schmehl continued a few minutes lon
ger, and scored 2S2.
The Infected Chinese Steamship
Chavez's Head.
SAN FRANCISCO, May %.
The Board of Health held a special
meeting this afternoon to consider
what measures should he taken in re.
gard to the infected steamship Colo
RADIO. A committee of two was ap-
pointed to visit the Colorado with the
quarantine officer and take such meas
ures as they saw fit. The board voted
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-23

THE Supreme Court has rendered a
decision in the case involving the COIL
stitutionality of the act Incorporating
Carson City. The validity of the act
is maintained. The opinion is by
Justice Earll, and is c%oncurred in by
Chief Justice Hawley aud Justice
Beatty,
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-23
A Violent storm.

New YORK, May 81.
There was a terrific thunder storm
this evening. At various places in the
Middle and Western States this storm
light, though the lightning was
vivid and continuous. AT Lancaster,
Pa, the storm was tremendous. Hail
stones an inch and a half in diamter
fell. Much damage was done to fruit
and grain.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-23

audience was small, not over a hun
dred persons being present. He
thought that a people who had. recov-
cred from such a CONFEDERATION as had
swept over Chicago would be likely TO
assist in a movement 10 urge the Fed
eral Government to rid the Pacific
coast of an evil which was running the
country. He stated that the great
masses were now only held from rev.
olution by the moral influence of a few
men. Chinese immigration must cease
even if it ends all commercial rela-
tons between the two countries. The
speaker concluded by ~contending that
the abrogation Of the treaty concerning
Chinese immigration would not dis
rupt the commercial relations Of the
two countries, and appealed to those
present to assist in the movement to
relieve the people OF the Pacific coast
from the thraldom which was running
them,
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-23

THEY have a Charlie Ross case in
New York, but the parties, including
the thief, are all Poles, and we have
not the alphabetical facilities for MOTTO
ing IL.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-23
Let IscIknapG Go.

WASHINGTON, May 81.
1t is now tolerably certain that the
Senate will vote against jurisdiction in
the impeachment case. Eaton is the
only Democrat who has announced his
intention to so vote, but it is probable
that nearly as many Democrats will
join the Republicans, as Republicans
like Edmunds, will vote in favor of
jurisdiction. The vote will not be
reached before Wednesday,.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-23
BELKNAP.

The last speculation concerning the
probable action of the Senate in the
Belknap case appears in o~urtelegraph-
ic columns to-day. The statement is
made with a tone of confidence and
may probably be correct. 1t is to the
jurisdiction will be sustained. This is
not a party question and can no ne
made a party question. 1t is simply a
question of law, and a question in the
determination of which the best of
constitutional lawyers must differ. 1t
is simply this: Is the acceptance by
competent authority of the resignation
of a corrupt official a bar to his i'm.
parchment for corruption by the
House and his trial for corruption by
the Senate? 1t is, we believe, a case
absolutely without precedent in this
country, for while several officials have
resigned to escape impeachment, their
resignation has been the result OF the
same sort Of implied understanding
that induces a prosecuting attorney to
enter a mol. pros. for assault and bat
terry on condition the defendant shall
leave the State. There has been no
authoritative determination of the
question. In England there are nu-
inerous cases Of impeachment after
resignation Or removal from office,
notably that of Warren Hastings; but
English cases are not in point, and for
the very good reason that the House
of Lords is a court of supreme and
general jurisdiction, before which any
British subject may be arraigned. The
powers OF our Senate sitting as a court
are limited to certain specified cases
by the constitution, and the question
for that body to determine is: Does the
Belknap case fall within the limita-
tons of the constitution? The reasons
set forth on either side, as far as we
have seen them, are very evenly bal
anced, and no one but a person ignor-
ant of the very principles of law
would venture to pronounce an &c
cathedra opinion himself or charge
wrong motives upon one who differed
from him. IT the majority of the Sem
ate hold that jurisdiction does not lie
we may regret it, but we can not blame
them. Let Belknap be relegated to the
authorities of the District of Columbia.
He may be acquitted; Wa all know
what a retit jury is, but as far as the
impeachment trial goes he is to-day as
thoroughly disqualified from ever
again holding an office of trust or
profit as if sentence had been pro-
nounced. Should, however, jurisdic,
ton be denied, we would not envy the
feelings of the President, who, by a
llasty and inconsiderate act, will have
shielded the greatest criminal of his
administration from deserved punish
ment.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-23
to prosecute the pilot who brought the

to prosecute the pilot who brought the
Colorado into port.
Henry Roberts has sent a petition to
the Board of Supervisors for permits.
sion to exhibit the head of bandit Cha
yez, captured by him in November
last OH the ella River, Arizona. Rob-
erts represents that he has been at con-
siderable expense since the date of cap
ture, and that it will be impossible for
him to receive the reward offered by
Governor Booth until the meeting of
the next Legislature, and his funds be-
ing exhausted he desires permission TO
make such exhibition as will enable
bin by its profits to to Arizona.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-23

WE are sorry to say that Schenck is
4 Virginian, a descendant of Poker
Unconstitutional Enquirer
Yes, and his great grandmother
could beat the oldest OF them at the
family game. Remember how she
blnffed her father thai time when the
old ma held a club flush and she had
nothing but n jack.-Noav1stown
Herdtd.
That's nothing. Didn't she after
wards call Rolfe.
Gov. BRADLEY left Elko last Satur.
day, for Carson.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-23
A Brooklyn Murder.

New York, May 81.
A murder in Brooklyn tonight.
Henry L.. Bull. president Of Bul!'s
Patent Arms Manufacturing Company,
killed WIN. Hussey. of New York, u
of his workmen, by cutting his throat
in the street. Bull, who claims that I've
killed Hussey in self-defense,' vas
locked up,
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-23

SUNDAY AT THE CENTENNIAL.-Arch-
bishop Wood, of Philadelphia, the VEN
cradle Roman Catholic prelate, says it
would grieve him verv much to see the
exposition open all day on Sundays.
But he adds, after an able argument,
that "among the means of innocent re-.
Taxation OF soul and body I can see
none more harmless than an afternoon
visit to the exposition, where the poor
and the laboring classes land they are
most numerous among us) may enjoy
a few hours Of rational pleasure. y y
y u Indeed, / believe that it will
have a most beneficial effect; that it
will tend to prevent many disorders,
and to check to a great extent that des-
ecration of the Lords Day which is,
nnhappily, a growing evil in the COM
munity."