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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-27

SHOT A MAN.-The Phoebe Record of
the 22d says: "a letter was received
yesterday from James Finley, at OAR
win City, in which he says that Xiv
Phillips (well known in Pioche), had
shot a man at Darwin City named Nc
Carly; that Phillips had had an ex
animation and been discharged from
custody. The letter did not state
whether the man had been killed or
not" Xiv is also well known here.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-27

ILL.-We regret to learn that Uncle
Dave Hall is confined to his bed with
hopes to be on his pins again in a few
days.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-27

New CoURr-HoUsE.-Although the
question has never come up officially
at any meeting of the Board of County
Commissioners, We understand that
the proposition of building a new
rourI-house is being discussed among
the county officers. With our present
financial prospects and the judlcious
management of affairs which has char
~acterized our Commissioners thus far,
our county will have cancelled all her
Indebtedness by the time the taxes for
the present year shall have been paid
in, and we opine that the board will
conclude that the present building will
answer all purposes until we are free
from debt.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-27

NOT TO BE TAKEN TO THE ASYLUM.
Joseph Gordello, who, a few days
since, was adjudged insane and ordered
to he taken to the Woodbridge Asy-
lum. was released from the County
Jail Yesterday, and is now in charge OF
his friends. Gordello is a member of
the Masonic fraternity, and a commit
tee composed of memoers of our local
lodge succeeded in having Judge Cole
withdraw his order of commitment,
and allow them to ssum charge over
the unfortunate man. During the past
few days he has shown evident signs
of rational improvement, and his
friends are of the opinion that, with
proper care, he viii, III a short time be
entirely restored to reason. 1t he
should not rtcover from his dementia
his friends will, as Il last resort, have
him sent to the asylum.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1876-10-20

Clara's presence before but he didn't
mean it. It seems quite impossible for
these old gentlemen to realize how
serious such matters are to boys and
girls.
Squire Scudder rose with nod and
smile, and went away, leaving Ezra in
dire confusion, staring at the window
curtains, and wishing the floor would
open and swallow him. But it dinn't.
Instead, the window curtains and love-
ly voting lady stepped ont from them.
80. Mr.. Alden she said, coming
forward, 'you consulted the gypsy for
tune teller, too ?"
30, Miss Scudder-C lara-you have
heard everything stammered Ezra,
sinking into the chair, from which he
had risen in his first CONSERVATION.
"What terrible fool you must think me!'
'But DON'T have great confidence
in that gipsy's prediction.
"Then you consulted her, too" asked
Ezra
Dozens of timcs-she beguiled me
of all my small silver"
well, she got single piece from
me, that's some comfort" said Ezra,
recovering somewhat, and vcnturing to
laugh slightly
"Was it anything like this 7" asked
Miss Scudder, producing one from her
pocket aud holding it towards Ezra on
the palm of a hand like cream.
Ezra looked hard and started and gave
little cry 1t was his own lucky silver
piece. He glanced into the laughing,
blushing face and then for the first
time he looked straight into Clara Scud-
der's eyes. They were very, very dark,
and wonderfully brilliant; but this time
they did not seem to look through him
they sank before his glance and veil
ed themselves under lovely, long black
lashes.
20. Clara" murmured Ezra" ''you
were the gypsy 2"
''Of course ! was"
]. "And you knew | loved you all the
time ?"
"Of course I did, you foolish boy
that's why had to invent way of
telling you So"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1876-10-20
2 uetiGal.
INDIANA.


Hark, the peal from tower and steeple
Hank, the shoutings of the people
Hank, the gun
Yet another - tbs the token,
That the gallant West hath spoken,
Aud corruption's chains are broken,
Every one.
Hail to her who bore our banner
Hail TO glorious Indiana
First in line
To dishonor uncompliant,
See, she PUSHES forth defiant,
Thro' the battle like giant
Freshed with wine
Wax We holder, men, and holder
Press the shoulder, boys, to shoulder
'Tis the time
Let no recreant or defaulter
Pause 10 cavil or TO palter
Think, TO waver or to falter
Were crime
Unto every man that douhteth;
Unto every state she shoutcth,
''Follow on
Mind We how the vultures tore you,
Mark the ravening beasts which gore you
Drive the herd of wolves before you,
Sire and son %
--Ne,o York Sun.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1876-10-20
Hard Times.


Wine is not half SO dangerous as lace
or furniture. When a taste or fondness
for display comes in the love Of the
beautiful has gone mad, and the FASH
ionable lady is no longer student Of
Gods gifts and mans art she has be-
come an unstrung harp. Taste has
become passion, and instead of light
ing the eye it consumes the souls in
tegrity While u taste flows within
lawful banks it can afford to wait for
honorable means for its qualification to
come The true, lofty heart is long
suffering, but when u taste becomes o
madness then money must come. even if
it must be bought by the sale of morali
ty. Great are the evils which result
from the use Of strong drink, yet could
we see clearly the fountain of human
ills, we should discover that in the power
to ipjure society, the thirst for ardent
sprlts has been surpassed of late by the
longing for elegant homes and elegant
furniture, and what are called the zap
poiDtmcDts" in the fashionable tongue.
IL is quite probable that the 'appoint-
mcnts" Of former times, a decanter and
glass, injured the world less profoundly;
for ntemperance has often left the con-
science and all the moral sentiments
noble, but the love Of display seems al
ways to drag the mind and soul into
ruin, leaving no sentiment in full vigor
except vanity At least, this is true,
that intempcrance is a known, a confess
ed evil and men have learned to be on
guard whereas this passion for display
is balf-concealcd enemy hiding behind
ouch saints as taste and beauty. Of tho
hundred cases Of fraud that year or a
month reveals not tenth part of them
spring from the old passions that once
were wont to devastate society, but
from ncw madness the frauds spring.
hunger for home magnificence The Ko-
man republic was compelled once to pass
law forbidding the consuls from going
ia professions with white horses to their
cars The empire had done enough Of
that The people bad seen the tax lists
and the wars and the brides that came
from splendor, and they ordained by law
that their republic should make an ex-
pertinent in simplicity But the law was
vain The barbarian love Of display
was all through and through the people.
TO crafty their tastes they would sack
any city aud strip the rings from the dy-
ing woman, or gold from the affairs of
the gods When Rome died it was full
of furniture and tapestry and marble,
but empty of soul No men or women
Of mind and Of virtue had trodden its
elegant parlors for hundred years. -
When high style comes in at the door
reason flies out of the window. Pro
fessor String.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1876-10-20
YEARLY RATES=

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Advertisements should be marked with time
and space they are to occupy.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1876-10-20

a fancy, originating in Paris, is the
wearing of ball dress made entirely of
flowers. The garment is really an over
dress, although it is SO long as nearly to
cover the other. From beneath the edge
falls some dropping flowers, like fuel
sias, and entirely covering the upper
part, generally made of muslin, are
flowers of one spicies or a mixture OF
all kinds.
The White Sulphur Springs corre-
spondent who wrote the following seems
/ to have been melted by personal feeling:
1.-THE airt is the painted hyena Of So
ciety, the lamb-heece-disguised raveuing
wolf of the affectional fold. Her faags
drip With the gore Of the foolishly fond
aud true"
Stokes. who killed Jim Fisk, will
leave prison on the 2sth instant.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1876-10-20
THE SEN TIN Il l.

Is published every Friday morning at 81 so
per anuum, if paid within three months from
the time Of subscribing, or 50 90 II not paid
until the end of the year. No paper discon-
tinued until all arrearages are paid, unless at
the option of the publisher.
TERMS OF ADVERTISING For plain matter,
81 90 per square Is lines) for the first inser-
ton, and 25 cents for each subsequent inser-
ton. Rule and figure matter, double the
above rates. Obituary Notices 30 cents per
square.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-03
"Lord Won't They be Surprised!

The following story was told by General
Slocum in a speech to the Independent
Democratic Committee in Brooklyn just
after the late election:
A few months after l was sent West,
during the late war, met one of the most
accomplished generals who ever wore the
American uniform-1 refer to General Nc
Pherson. We had been at West Point to.
gether, and this was our first meeting since
we had left the Academy. In talking over
the scenes through which we had passed
since we parted at West Point, our CONVEX
sat,on turned upon the battle of Pittsburg
Landing, where Mcpherson acted as chief
of staff to General Grant. Mcpherson de.
scribed to me the disasters of the first day
of that great battle-of how he had been
compelled from hour to hour during the
whole day to be the bearer of bad
news to his chief. 1t was a success
sion OF reverses from morning till
night. When night came on and it
was becoming too dark for the enemy to
continue the fight, Mcpherson rode up to
Grant, who cOolly said to him, WELL Mac,
how do things lookp Bad enough, General,
artillery and at least a third of the in
fantry. Our lines are broken in several
places, and we are pushed back, as you see,
pretty near the bank of the river Grant
made no reply, and Mcpherson becoming
impatient, finally said to him, well, Cen
eral, under these circumstances, what do
you intend to do9 Do! Why, shall reform
the lines and attack them at daylight.
Lord! won't they be surprised Grant ex-
ecuted his plan to the letter, and before
nine o'clock next moning the enemy was
flying in every direction. Whatever may
be mans occupation, if he met with
disaster, know of no other better motto
for him to adopt than the words of General
Grant: Reform the lines and attack them
again at daylight.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-03
PRECEPTs AT PARTING,
BIZ IRWIN RUss1LL..

Well son, 80 yous gwine for to leah rs, your Tub.
bin Oh NANNY an me.
And set yousef up IS waiter boad OBJ do koDous
Along wild dem fancy young niggers. what's
shsmed for to look q hoe.
got muffin to show.
You's had better traipin' dan dey hss-I hopes ct
you'll 'zibit more sense;
Sech niegers 10 like young rooster. s'settin up
He keeps x On q .tretchin' and CROWN. and while
he's a-blOwin HIS horn
Dem chickens what amt after fussin' 10 pickin up
oil OBJ de corn.
Now listen. and min what tell you, and don't
Take sSVice sb speriencsd pusson and you'll git
Who knowsi You might git to be President, or
Jestice perhaps OF de peace,
pe man what keeps pullin' Dc grape vne' snaAeS
down q few punches at les
Dem niggers what rune on the ribber is mostly
Dey'd fin out some way for to beat you. you bet
Yous got to watch out for dem fellers-dey'd cheat
off de horns oh q COW
knows 'em-I follered de riDher fore ebber FOL
lered plow.
and steward and clerks
Dey don't say word to niger, - long - dey
notice he wOrke:
And work is de onlieg inkine ws's any 'casion to
To keep us gwlpe on t'roo de currents dat posters
de sprichul boat.
Iheered dat idee from q preacher-he lowed at
dis life wuz q stream,
And ebery ones soul wuz packet dat run wild
full he ad OBJ steam;
Dat some Oh ems only stern wheeers. while oders
wuz mOus'Ously fne-
Ana de trip wuz made safes an quickeg by boats
OBJ de MefOdis' line.
wants you, my 500. to be ticlar. and sociate only
wild dev
OATS titled to go in de cabin-doA't nebber hab
muffin to say
To dem low minded roustabout niggers what
ham les de cotton below
Dem common brack rascals amt itttn for no
cabin waiter to know,
But nebber git ary-be Apecful to all de white peo'
pie you see,
And nebber 20 back on de raisin' you's had from
your nanny an me.
It's hard ON your mudder, your leabu-I dom
know whatebber she'll do;
And shorey your fader II miss you'll alluz be
thinkin' OBJ you.
Well, now rs zone toll you my say Solar amt
muffin moro as knows
'Cept this: don't you nebber come back sab, wild
out you has money an cO'es.
Is KEEP you as long ~ rs gwine to, and now you
an me we 10 done
And calves 10 too skace in dis country to kill for
P10oigal Son.
-ScribneE.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-03
How an Infants Cradle Should be Orna.
mented.

The form of the cradle demands fitness !:
its ornamentatiOn requires more extended
knowledge. When planning ii, a mother
must remember that the tixity of the eye
upan any object, particularly upon bright
one, and more so if that object is situated
upward and sideways from the ordinary
range of vision, and through the eye the
fixedness of the mind while the body is in a
state of repOse. constitute a concurrence Of
conditions eminently favorable to the pro-
duction of hypnotism and its terrible
seauels, strabismus and convul sions. Hyp.
nOtism, which, when unsupported, is not
controlled, is often mistaken for tranquil
happiness or natural sleep.
PsychOlOgically viewed, the decoration of
the cradle is of equal moment. To sur
round an infant with highly wrought or
colOred figures, often grOtesgue, or at least
untrue to nature, may by day attract more
attention than his faculties of perception
can safely bestow; hence fatigue OF the
BRAIN or worse; but it will by night evoke
other than the perceptive and rational
pow ers, for when the lights and shadows of
dusk alter all the forms and deepen every
color, the faculty Of imprnting images be-
ing led astray. it photographs distorted i'm
prints from confused, often moving, some
times rustling ornaments. In this way the
mind is made the subject of Authorizations,
which it accepts as objective, without in
curing into their causes, till it comes to
the fatal cred0 guia ahsNrdum Il believe,
because it is absurd). The seeds of most of
the insanities are sown at or before this
time.-Popular Science Monthly.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-03

to tho precaushen taken BY the Dimoesisy
not to allow any niegers to come neer enuf
to q pollin place to inflame 0m and provoke
q strife. the ablishnists are determined 70
throw out sich precinks and declare them
for Hayes and Wheeler, when We need en-
for Tilden and Reform; and
Wareas, We oleeve, now es ever; that
the Niger hez NO material rite to ballot
anyhow when his own status Il he'd to stop
and tell EN- the meenin nv the word statusI
10 concerned; and
Wareas, In the event Nv the eleckshun nv
Hayes the power nv the government will
rename in the fratrisidle hands nv the
+ Northerners. wich never wuz capable nv
preservin YooDyun or tho liberties there
Of. and
Wsreas, The Corners, with its $2O0, 900
war clsmes, will be bankrupt of Tilden and
Reform is beeten; therefore be it
RESOLVED. That the Corners believes that
Tilden and Reform is elected, and that We
will resist any attempt nv the Rsdikels nv
the North to inoggerate Hayes to the
l wus agoin to say death" but Joe Big
Gavitt eejested that it wood be better to in
sert "by all c0nst0oshnal MEANS" wich
did.
l then attempted to put the question nv
the sdopahen nv the res0l00shens, but the
meetin seemed 80 anxious to git away that
by tho time l wuz reddy to announce the
moshen they all disappeared. Them reso-
looshens wuz never adopted.
found EN- all at BsacOm's, wich citidel
they consider safe. When it wuz found
that there wasn't any marshel in the village
that mite, and they he'd taken q dozen or
more drinks apeece, ther thirst for gore
come on agin, and persoom the Avengers
could hev been organized without trouble,
but thot it best not to put the brave men
7 20 rnh
in a state of bitterness witch can't describe.
When l think of Tilden and reform bein
beaten by only one vote / sing:
"Thou art so neer, and yet go far"
Why didn't we kill few more niggers in
South Ke,liny? Why didn't we send more
money to Floridy and Wisconsin, Why
did we waste 90 much time in Moo York,
where We hev repeeters and gin mills in
SIGH perfeck dissiplin that they kin kerry
the State anvhOw7 It's q staggrer.
PETROLEUM V. NASBY,
Toledo Blade. Reformer.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-03

A well-informed correspondent of the
Boston Advertiser says the report of an al
lance between Miss Hannah de Rothschjld
and the Earl of ROsebery is without the
least foundation in fact, and adds that the
lady, although one of the richest heiresses
in the world, is true, devoted daughter of
Israel, and firmly believes in the holy re-
ligiOn, which strictly commands the Israel
ties to keep themselves istinct from other
nations. Miss Rothschild is lady of the
very highest refinement and ts snt as q
writer; her works have been translated into
French, Spanish, German, Dutch, Italian.
She received her diploma a. teacher in
Paris and London. Her charities and
nobleness of character are such a. royalty
would be proud.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-03
THE WEEKLY REPUBLICAN
AFTER LONG YEARS.
BY WILLIAM WINTER.

Dear heart and true, in the seasons fed,
Has the wol Id swept by me and left me dead!
Have the pansies withered used to know!
Are the Oses faded Of Long Ago!
Do the tsptrs gimmer that lit the fe asst!
And, musing here IN the ses-b sat coast,
Am living man, or . wandering ghost!
Still in the ecent Of tt autumn air
feel rapture that's l. ke despair;
The staIli sht psle on the sleeping sea
Il . name Less wful joy to me;
And lit by CRIB or cresct mt Of night,
Meadow and woodland are b ave to sight
Still bend to the mystic power
OF the strange sec breeze and the breath OF lower
And the face OF beauty wakes the wrath
OF holy passion and kinsly faith!
But ever bear an uudeItone-
subtle, sOrI Owful, wOrdless moan;
The dying note Of funeral bell;
The falteIing sigh of last farewel
And ever see, through lurid haze,
The s0mbre phantOms of other days
In light that's sad - the r0iu it fiets,
The solemn light of . sun that sets.
AL pever again can youth dream on
A. IL used TO dream in the sun meTs gone.
For round it dasbes tho tide of years,
Its eyes are darkened with mist OF tears;
And nothing IL wished has come to pass
But oh, 1t 10 Wild in his heart. this day,
Who brt athes . dressing and speeds away
In trust. when the fsgs Of triumph wave,
Where his soul 10 mo0red he may ind his grave.
December Galaxy.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-03

fourth all around Monroe, on the bank of
the river, south of Monroe around up west;
l saw procession going out to ths river;
saw the men coming in, and found it was
all as they said it was, like that night when
they had me in there.
Mr.. Kenner-Why do you suppose they
pieketed these roads and places!
Answer-They said there was four polls
in Monroe, and in order to give the colored
people a chance to vote their own opinion,
and these places was block about to keep
the men from passing.
Mr. Kenner-Which men?
Answer-The colOred; and finally, twenty
six of them started, and when they got
down near the place where it was block
AIDED they was shot at; Edward Taylor,
George Green. and a man from Kings plan
tation; they lost three men in the gang;
about twenty of them came through; the
pickets shot at them and they ran off.
President Wells-Repeat that, l didn't
exactly catch it.
Witness-There was about twenty -six
men, and part came from Mr.. Kings plan
tatiOn down on the river, and George Green
was on Kings plantation, and he told me
there was twenty-six men that was gOiDg
to Monroe to vote and those pickets stopped
them and commenced to shoot at them.
President Wells-What pickets!
L
don't know who was shot among them;
the boys said they missed three, but
don't know whether they killed them or no.
Governor Wells-You stated you were
shot; what were you doing and what was
your business when you we're shot
Witness-I had the ballot box; l was
deputy marshal, and l wanted to get down
to LogtOwn with it; at the same time l was
constable, and / had charge of the box to
take it down to Logtown SO they could hold
the election.
Governor Wells-Who gave you the
ballot box-the sheriff.
Witness-No, sir; Mike Grady, the super
visor; he gave it.
Judge Dibble-I was going to say it may
not be improper for me to put upon the
record here the fact that we have no town
ship governments here as they have in the
Northern States, and that all the functions
Of this region ere performed BY the parish
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-03

were q Radical.
Answer-I am q member Of the Repub-
lican party, and was shot for my political
opinion; nothing else that l know Of; those
men never had no hard feelings between
me and themselves; live friendly together;
neighbors together.
Answer-State what you know about the
formation of rifle clubs; whether they forced
the Republicans being kept away from the
polls because of fear.
Answer-Yes, sir; and there was rifle
clubs there; Twas constable, elected in
1874, and went through the country great
deal, riding about, and made it my bust
ness to talk with them, to tell them how to
get along, how to have meetings; ever since
this last gone May there has been rife clubs
organized in that parish by the Democratic
party; stayed there and heard them talk,
and every man belonged to it except a
young man named Talbot Stillman,
and they would laugh at him and call
him little coward; how came to
hnd out so much about it was going
in the country and hear the men
ings; one in the Island and Bayou Dessrd;
from that point the Democratic party start
ed their meetings at all our places; and in
my riding around the cOlored men. good
men, asked me what the Republican party
expected to do; asked them why, and
they said the Democrats had meeting and
they asked them why they didn't Join them,
and if they didn't join them they would
mark us; says no, may be not; you are
talking that way; and it came to be all
along through the summer, and this fall the
good men will come along and help us;
am well acquainted with q good many that
had to join the Democratic clubs to save
their lives; have been to their houses, and
they told me if they didn't join they were
may be not; but they would say, BEN
James, We must have protection; this place
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-03

Presence of mind for Christnaa should
be secured beforehand.