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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-02-11
4 DWELLING BURNED.

About 10 o'clock on last Sunday
morning, the dwelling house of Mr..
Wesley Batey, situated just west Of
the Woodlawn School House, was
discovered by his three little boys to
be on fire; they beng out on the
place watering the stock at the time.
The eldest, jefferson, lad some
fourteen years of age, dispatched the
Younger brothers to the nearest
neighbors for aid. while he, hiNiself,
ran to the house and endeavort1 to
extinguish the devouring fiar,es.sRat
rs the spring Of water was d ISM : dis
tance from the house, and but small
quantity of water in the barrel iuthe
wagon. (as it was customary to haul
the water from the river,) his efforts
proved unavailing, and the house, to-
gether with everything in and about
it was consumed, except the sewing
machine and few other articles,
which the boy was able 10 remove
from the building. The parents had
gone on the evening previous to at
tend meeting of the Grange and to
remain over night with some rcla-
tives, about two miles distant, and
were absent at the time of the acci'
dent. The origin of the fire is sup.
posed to be a spark or coal blown
from the stove, and which attached
to, or caught, the pine floor and rap
idly spread to the building, before O
strong wind from the south. The
meat, lard, and wareing apparel o.
the family were all destroyed. Mr.
Batcy, like too many other persons
now-a-days, can lily afford to loose
what was there destroyed, and his
condition calls as justly as it does
loudly upon the charity OF the com
; munity for aid. have 10 doubt bu
what his many personal friends an'
the Oranges in the county will cheer
fully respond to the unavoidable de
mands made upon them in his case
There is large family of small chill
dren dependent on the parents, VIII
are worthy of all the confidence am
sympathy of their race. Too mnc
commendation cannot be made of tn
= heroic and manful conduct of the so
jeff, in his forts to save the endar
gered property. Few boys of his az
could hare retained their presence c
mind and done as he did.
MONEY STOLEN.
II A few nights since, the dwelling
n Mr.. Manlcy Files, some three mile
k south of Rochester, was entered L
= some unknown person, in the absen'
@ of the owner, while his father, Jaco
j. Files, an aged soldier of the war
G 1912, was in the bed OH the first foo
Y but still awake, and the pants OF u
.e old man, which were under his he's
IS and in the pockets Of which the
d was some $40, ofthe old mans pc
10 sion money, taken out and left in Il
n highway, riffied Of the pocket-bot
|, and money. When the man came
ir to the house, the old gentlem
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-02-11
From Rochester Township.

Ed. REpUBLICAN:---As am aw are
that all local items are eagerly sought
after by the many readers of your
valuable paper, venture to send to
your columns for publication, il
deemed of sufficient Importance, an
item or two from Rochester Town
shin
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1876-01-15
Origin Of Things.

Ciuderelit's fairy godmother. wien sic
made satin rote from rags, performed a feat
90, more wonderful than many miracles which
're wrought every day by the molern artisan
Nearly all the things that we throw away To-
the alleys, or even through our drains, are
vaInae'c, aud. after going through the hands
of skilled workmen, c5me ont in new shapes
and have new fields Of usefulness.
Our ge'atiue was originally rat-skin; toilet
soap Is furnished by defulct cats and dogs /;
perfunery owes its existence TO coal tar; toilet
powders is found in drains; choice ale is fla
yarei with pnirii cheese; that obnoz ions ami
NAL, the skunk supplies the Ialics with To-
ti,us for the complexion. We call largely on
the auiria creation fcr both necessities and
luxures. Tmting-shuttIes. orochet-books,
dice, etc, once adorned tine jaws Of a horse
Guitar aud violin strings have been iudispens-
able to the comfort Of Grimalkil. Hair
brushes first saw the light 90 the back Of 4
hog. As for the clothes we wear, who can
c,uu, the yicissituies they have endured be-
FIRE assuming their present shape All our
fine stationery comes from the ras-msn : bag
Well may the scented, rose-tiuted sheet blush
fJr lis ancestry! All this goes to prove that
we capuo, well be Astilious in this world, in
which tie original Of all things is-dust.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1876-01-15
A complioeted ReIetionship.

10 Pulaski county youth Of nineteen sum-
mers married Lis grand-hthers widow, who
bad several children a. bis grand-mo,hei's
husband be became bis fathers father, aud az
he Is bis fathers father lie is lis own grand
father. lie al his wife are therefore, the
great grandfather and great grandmother Of
,heir own children KS sons are then his un-
clcs aud his daughters bis aunts and their
children are lis grandchildren, but they arc
bis frsi-cousins, because they sse children Of
his uucles and aunt while these are set bis
children. As tie fa.bes Of his father he /.
father to his uncles aud aunts, aud as such bis
nieces and nephews are bis grand Children
His wife had several children. These
children. are Lis unclcs and aGnis,
because they are Children Of grandpa
rents, but they are his Children for be Is The
husband Of their mother, then they are half
brother and sister to lis own children and at
the sane time they are UDcles aud sunts 70
these half-trothers and sisters. These first
childfea being bis nlcles and aunts are also tlie
great nncles aud aun;s Of bis chiidreJ, but u,
children and these children are brothers AID
sisters, therefore big children are grcat-uncls@
aad erea. anat5 u themselves. Siace bis sCus
and daughters are great unc.es AID great aubis
70 themselves bis wife ishis niece. hs = Lee
grand con spi b. lis ovn crsn1h'hsr- T..
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1876-01-15
Acts Of tie Legislature.

An Act f,r protection Of birds and game.
An At to prevent cruelty t,.animlls.
Among the euar,mcnis Of the Legislature at
its recent session are Tie following:
An Actto exempt ministers Of the Gospel
from working on tie public roads.
An Act To repeal sec 8, Of chapter Il, of the
acts of 1925. ia relation to jurirs in cases Of
f-!auy, which abulishes -recid juries.
An Act relating 10 insane convic,s IN the
peniien,ary, aud providing far their discharge
Iherefrom.
An Act prescribing the time within which
School Trustee, and members Of The Boards oi
Educauou shall qualify.
An Act making general provisions for elcc-
iions hy the people and providing for filing
vacanGes.
An Act 10 authorize the establishment, and
maintenance OF iufrmarres. houses Of refuge
houses of correction, and work houses in Ger
tain COUNTIES. cities aud towns.
An Act authocizing the Cluuty Courts TO
levy tax on dogs, for the purpose Of raising
a faud with which to re-imhurs: owners OF
sheep from injury thereto by dogs.
An Act to provide f,r regulating # the
charges for freight and passengers as between
Railroads connecting 10 this State
An Act to repeal chapter 80 of the acts Of
1872 - entitled. 'au act providing ior The
exanliustjru of persons charged with felony
before tie County Court.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1876-01-15
The Best Virginia Farms in the
valley.

The Richmond Wig" in answer TO en-
quilies on the subject says "at the risk Of Civ
ng offence to sections that may consider them
selves moderated, we are bound, according 10
our dispassioaale judgmeut-ani we are ia.
milia- with the lands Of the State gene ally
t. report the "bc.t soil aud tie most product
i've lands" are found west Of the Blue Ridge
in uha' is known as the Valley Of Virginia
aud extending fr5m jefferson County, The
West Virginia Iiuc on TIC North, to the Nortl
Carolina and Tennessee line 10 tie South, IT,
Guiding what !, known as Southwest Virginia,
t. the frontier Of Kentucky"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1876-01-15

COOP MOTHER Is NEyEE FoEGyTTEs.-
There Is an Illinois conductor who deserves
the most conspicuous place 10 lbe uext Sab
baih-schoo books. lie was 50 kind to an old
lady when she got of the cars at De- VIII, and
rendered S, much assistance in getting her
baggage to tbe depot thai a passenger asked
him If tie old LADY was bis mother Oh,
10, was the reply. but she is somebody :
mother
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1876-01-15

SELrEn SogR,w. AT recent funeral Of !
Daubury nan, one Of thc peignbors. a female
of very sympathetic nature, was 50 deeply
affected as 10 attract the attention Of tbos5
present Tie wife Of the deceased, a tall.
bcncd woman, noticing tie attention paid
to tic nelghbor, kindly approached her, Snd
IN a hoarse whisper, indicative Of the most in-
tsuse disgust, demanded
Who is running tais funeral? Toa OF
nc ?"
The sympalhetic neigitor driel ler iear'.-
DdnJHry Nsies
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1876-01-15
NV SERTFSJ CHARLESTOWN, JEFFERSON COUNTY W "a oAL1
POLITICAL.
WHERE REST THE DEAD.
Br MSS AllcE olnEr.

By MSS AlslN. NA"-A'
Answer thou star. whose brighting ray
Foretells the gathering shades OF night,
II SO It's given thee, where are they
Who pass from mortal sightf
We know in some green islc of bliss,
Where clouds aud tempests never roll,
There is a boiler home than this
\ triumph for the soul!
The early birds. the summer flowers,
The fearful Spring-time has restored,
Bat when shall they again be ours.
Ger whom oar love was pou'ed2
We look q see the spirits track,
Aud hear the stir Of wings above,
And call but win no answer back,
Nor token OF their love.
While kindred smiles and tones Of mirth,
Are mingling brightly As the waves,
There still rests tItkly on cur hearth
4 shadow from the graves.
Answer thou star, whose brisht'ning ray
Forctells the gathering shade Of night,
II so lis given thee, whore are they
Who pass from mortal sight?
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1876-01-15

a democrat from the Ord district suggests
tie fo'owiug reform Democratic State ticket:
For Governor. Samuel Price Of Grfeuhri-r; f,r
Treasurer, w. 5 Graulham Of Berkeley IN
Auditor, j. NJ Bruuctt Of Weston for Attnr-
NY General Okey johnson Of Wood far Stat
Of T. 5. Alex r. BJleler OF
IrLT-r.nn
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1876-01-15

Where arc you going 50 fast. Mr Smith ?"
demanded Blr- Jones, Home, sir, home !;
don t detain me. have just bought ny wife
a new bopuet, aud mast deliver il before tie
fashicus caaDgs"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1876-01-15
REMOVED
REMOVAL.

HATHERS 6CO., MERCHANT TAILORS.
= have removed from No. To No.32 NORTH
CuAtLES ST, northwest corner Of Lexington,
where they w,ii continue tEsi business az former
ly. with a well assorted stock of Choice and sea-
souabl, GOODS. which they will be pleased to
make mp TO order. and in the mos approved style,
at moderate prices.
March l5 lS72--lv.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1876-01-15
Chnnge - LocAtion.

'T7IE undersigned respectfully informs his for
uer customers and the pubic generally that
hc has leased the
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-24
A CARD TO THE PUBLIC.

In the proceedings Of the Boarj of County
Commissioners, held on Saturday last. The
Evening Chreaielo represents Torp. one uf
the Commissioners. as having rpase grssss
and uGwarranied attack upon me. He l. also
made. by the report OF this Journal, 10 admit
having been the authority for the libeloas ar
tiele that recently appeared in The Enterprise
ia reference to sAr Treatment of an insane fe-
male patient. In regard 10 the remarks made
by Terp Ia the meeting IL the Commissioners
socse referred 10, l have oniy 10 say that he
wilifuily aud malieioasiy misreprvsented
my position IN the hospital flor my
status could easily have been ascef-
or he relied upon uatru,hful reports 90 sustain
ing made statements in regard e. my past
for truth tina. can only be accounted for ou
the frs. hypothesis viz, desire to willfnily
and nssiicaoasiy misreprcsent me. Az 80 the
article in The Enterprise aboye alluded 10. ]
have only to say that the inssnuations therein
contained thssed upon the statements Of
Tvrpl are utterly untrue, A. the accompanying
memorial signed by all the patients in the
hospital and handed me by one Of their mum
bef. upon learning Of my having resigned my
position. xhuadsatly Atheists. By descent 1
ain Geyrian Jew. and by birth u Californian.
IL this same article headed Hospital Hur-
rors'' | arr called negro in several offensive
Paragraphs. which statement will net be re-
csiycd as = compliment by the Hebrew raee;
ana the luminous writer OF the article in The
Enterprise above referred TO is more of n ne
gro taan AIN. LEON THAI
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-24

IL summing up the history and
benefits to he derived from the pro
posed fast express train, to go into
operation to-day week, The Enter
prise concludes as follows:
The idea originated with the Nir-
Stnia and Truckee Railroad Compa-
nv. This company has been urging
the need and utility of such Il de-
parture upon the Central people fol
u long time. The Central Pacific
company hesitated because this local
train vii! drive through both then
up and down overland trains, and
VIII make $ general overhauliug Of
their timetables necessary. But at
length they gracefully yielded
granted everything in regard to the
time of leaving and arriving asked
by the Virginia and Treokee compa.
NJ, and entered into full accord with
our loea, company "a make the run
between the two citiss in such way
that no traveller could complain
While this is clearly shrewa bushes,
Judgment, which viii vastly Increase
the business OF the roads, it is at The
same time a gracious act on the par
Of the companies. and entities then
20 thq warm thanks of the commn
nitv.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-24

ARoc. the last business transacted
by the House of Representatives
during the past week was the pas
sage of the bill in favor of transfer
ring the entire control Of the In
dians TO the War Department, by
139 ayes to IS noes We do mol
think it will have As easy a passage
through the Senate-at least We
hope not.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-24
latest DISPATCHES.
rspesiai Ia ~ Dus,v Lysn cOwnty
Timesl


4
SEx FRAScrsoo. April e. --Ashoe-
maker named Patrick Owens COM
mitted suicide last night at his resi-
dcnce, corner Front and Oregon
| streets by taking laudannrn. He
told his wife after taking the drug
what he had done, and she tried to
obtain medical aid but without sue
cess, and he died in about an hour.
Deceased was native of ireland,
about sixty-two years of age. No
cause is assigned for the act.
Walking Masch-Eire Precautions.
Dan oIeary, the pedestrian, who
rcceasly walked 500 miles in l4o
hours in this city, aud Henry
Schmepl, w&e recently made the
same distance at Chicago in l42
hours and some minutes, have agree d
upon five-hundrcd-m match in
tiais city, +, come off some time in
May, for $4,000 side. O'Leary
will also, between the LIST and 10th
of May, attempt to walk 152 miles
in thirty-two- hours,
a,;an ~ tha Ch;nes,s onarter have
died report with the Clerk of the
Board OF Supervisors recommending
the passage OF sundry enactments
fer providing security against fire IN
that portion of the town.
Tive Men Drowned.
JrprrwsoS OREGON April %
Y-,,: Ia.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-24

ms Relieving dispatch i worthy

The following dispatch il worthy
Of more than passing notice:
| CAIcurTA, April ss~-A telegram
Els Published IN TIE Pioneer to-day
announcing that seventeen persons
implicated In the murder Of Mr.,
Margary If the English Expedition
| will be executed at Bhamn. Burmah,
May ., in presence Of . British es-
cort.
Americans are prone to admire the
mother country for her watchfulncss
respecting her citizens in foreign
countries, and to condemn cur coun-
try for its apparent indifference to
the welfare Of our own people who
60 gallanting about off their own
dunr-hilS. The above is an instance
of how Great Britain will seek salts
faction. OF course it is nothing
in its results equal to the war with
the black kingdom of Abyssinia,
which was almost swept out Of ex-
istence because Of Theodore's treat
ment Of few English subjects; but
II is great satisfaction nevertheless.
and Americans ought to feel equally
pleased. Doubtless if Eagsish sub
iects were to meet with oneetourfh OF
the indignities characteristic of
Americans in Mexico, Great Britain
would declare war against the greas-
ers without the slightest hesitation.
and proceed TO lombard everything
in sight until fully revengcd.
But the conditions o. the two peo-
pies are entirely different. The
source of England's wealth and
strength is in her commercial inter
ests; her colonies extend around the
world. and if she did not protect her
subjects in every cline alike, and
with al, the prnmp.ness possible, her
little island at home would go to the
dogs soon enough. 1t is seltishness
to the las; degree, as well as English
pride, which impels her to follow
and revenge the wrongs of every
Englishman or subject. no matter
whether it is ia the sands of the Sa-
hara desert. Central Asia, or at the
north pole, so to speak. On the 9th
or hand, the American government
seems TO think that, normally. the
subject has room enough at hofne to
swing around in, and if he goes
abroad and gets into difficulty
it is his own look out. But the
worst drawback to a.Tording pTotee-
ton, after the manner Of England.
as the senstiveness Of the party IN
mower 10 uuhlic ciamnr If" pr"-'
dent sends vessel of war in the di-
rectioa Of a foreign port the oppo-
sition, as rule, will set up howl
that he is going to plunge the coun-
try into untold disaster aud expense,
and therefore, for instance, Spain,
Mexico, etc, can go along from gen
Grafton 10 generation, heaping insult
after insult and injury upon injury,
at the expense Of the great American
people,
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-24

The Black Hills fraud is bringing
along It's legitimate frrits --a series
of Indian depyedations, some of
which are sufficiently painful for
all practical purposes, The sum
per promises to be prolific in snili-
tary scouts, massacred miners and
slaughtered savages and the usual
expense TO the government. We
have said from the first, that the
BLACK Hills was a military job--shat
branch Of the government having
everything to gain and nothing to
lose in stirring up strife. The poor
devils Of indians have been tiattered
and fooled by knaves, over the idea
of selling out the fraud at wildly
exaggerated price. aud now we are
having the horrible conclusion. Il
is perhaps well enough In this Cen
tennial year, to bare what is the
last OF the Indian wars, jor with
tho overranning Of the country
north Of the Union Pscific railroad
aud east of the Rocky Mountains
there will be- little left OF the purely
Wild portion of the United States.
It is well that the Philadelphia ex'
libition ia TO be provided with >
few specimens Of tho aboriginal
relics. for by another century there
will be none left to tell the tale oil
ths original ownership Of NORTH
Amsrica.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-24
wAsHrSeroN, April ss.-Diree

WAsHrSaroN, April aa.-Direetor
Lindermaa's TELEGRAM to Virginia
City journal that the necessary APP
preparation for the Carson mint had
been agreed upoa is pronounced
very erroneous by Congressman
Woodburn. An appropriation will
be made for the salaries of the SUI
perintcndent and other officers, but
even the small increase of $4,000
promised by the Appropriation Com
mi1tee ON the amounts first reported
for wages and materials will not, ao.
cording to the present intimations OF
Chaira.n Randall, be granted. He
saws these items will rot be nAteri-
ally increased. Woodburn Will move
in the House for an INCREASE Of $780,.
600, to bring them up 20 the full
amount Of last year. He says Lin
derman's Recommendation before the
committee for the continuance vi
coinage at the Carson mint was ol
the most feeble character.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-24

THOSE excitable patriots on the
Chinese question, who think the
Monaghan has no rights which the
great and glorious Caucasian Is
boand to respect, will be interested
in the following extract from late
San Francisco dispatch;
1t is we'll understood Ia best in
formed quarters that much evidence
Tat would be of great value to the
Commission will be obtained with
great difficulty, owing to mutual
interests existing between certain
classes Of whites and Chinese.
waich renders the suppression OF
such testimony of the first impor-
lance 10 interested parties.
Who are these interested par
4ies?" Are they special policemen,
or cigar manufacturers? At all
events. the Chinaman is less to
blame FOR being in this country
than our own people.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-24

And in accordance with law. and an efdss
of the Beard &c Directors. made on the IAN
dsy II March, 1876. 81 many shares oil eaon
parcel Of such stock IS may he nssessAry; wiia
~, sala a publlc auction 4, the o;Ece q the
cumpsny. Hslicek Building. No. 80 Sansome
street. o;, SATURDAY. the 9Th day CT May.
1916. al the hour Of II o'cicck A. NJ, OF ssti
dsy. II nay said delinquent assessment
thereon. together with costs Of advertising and
expenses OF the sale.
Il. $. CULyERwEi.i., Sec'y.
of,sce--Rcom Haiieck building, 80 Sansomt
street. san Francisco, California.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-24

WASHINGTON, April sl.--Prosident
Grant, in conversation yesterday on
the disbursement of money TO Dav-
export and the purpose for which it
had been made, stated that the case
is substantially as has been STAGED
ps Attorney ueacral Williams. The
President said that he was more than
willing tina, all his official acts should
be Investigated. He would stand by
them. He was confident that he had
never in u single instance infringed
the law. What he stated was the
truth in regard To his official acts.
Beware of a cross-eyed barber who
fathers you on one cheek and shaves
you on the other.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-24
NEW TO-DAY.


proRrH DAYTON GOLD AND SILVER
ia Mfnfnc Coxnpany. --Iocsttm ~ pr1nclpaA
nisce 81 businsss, Ssn Frsncisco, Califos1is.
s-9ccstiop Of wo<ln. Devtis 0ate Nm
ina District, Lyon County. Nsvade
Nutice.- There are delinquent upon me tol-
lowinr lescribed stock. ON acccnne q .sss
Nnrsk. lxss. the seversl Amounos - cP-
poefte che names Of The rsspeetavs enAfs.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-24
AN acquaintance at Cheyenne has

An acquaintance az cheyenne mas
sent us copy of The SUM- of thai
place. In contrast with the dolefal
reports, as rule, written to papers
distant from the BLACK Hills. this
Cheyenne sheet is a literary curios-
ity. The paper is Of date the 18th
inst, and is generally filed with
aems about the new gold fields, but
on the fourth page there is two-and-
a-half-column article devoted to that
subject, With sensational headlines
AS SThe Goid Fields Not overcsu-
mated; Emmpcachable Testimony,
etc, We judge that the average
property holder and trader of Ches-
enne is conspicuousiy happy over The
Hills, and all the rest concerned are
happv--ever the left.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-24
wAsurscrox. April 2a.--Blaine,s

WAsHiscToS, April 2a---Blaineis
friends don't appear 10 be alarmed
by the efforts making 10 impair his
chances for the Presidency by SLAM
der. They say no will soon over
whelm his ASSISTANTS with vindjca-
tion which win tell heavily ia his
favor.
The Treasury up to this time has
paid out in exchange for fractional
currency $500, 900 in silver coin.