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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-01-24
Deadly Assanlt.

Yesterday evening. says the Lyon
County Times OF January 2sd. Mr.. John
Mahauny, foreman Of the Cosmopolitan
mine. was assaulted BY q miner working
under him at that mine. with a knife.
As near a We can learn tho particulars
are as follows: Mr.. Mahanny was re-
elining ON the bed in his room. at At
kinson's. when the miner. John Smith.
entered, and after . few words drew q
large knife and made for Mshanny. but
before he could do any damage a third
party intsr.srsd and prevented blood.
shed. Smith VA arrested and taksn
before Justice Gould. whom the CON-
plant Of assault with . deadly weapon
was Withdrawn and that OF assault and
battery substituted. This was done al
the request OF Mr.. Mahsnny. who also
desired that the ine be made a small a.
possible. and the defendant Be bound
over to keep the peace. This Was done.
the hns being only $3l. and bonds for
preserving the peace placed at $500. in
default OF which he vas SENT 10 the
County Jail. We believe some trouble
OF words had passsd bstvssn them al
the mine. and Smith. getting under the
influence Of liquor, made the attach.
when not 90 affected with drink he In
very industrious ilofisnsivs man. For
this reason the foreman didn't desire to
prosecute him, - the merits Of the NOR
Its Of The case demanded.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-01-24

In the Lyon County Tunes Of ysstsr-
day. Harry J. Norton. late associate
editor. publishes his v~alsdictory. ofic-
tally announcing the ssvsring Of his con.
nection with that paper. which event
took place on the 6nt Of this month.
Harry IL . lively writer and viii doubt
less rsappsar elsewhere in the broad
nsld OF Journalism Ssiors long,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-01-24

JAMES PATTON is described as a mid
dls-sissd. lean. specialized gentleman.
with pleasant. brown-bearded face; hair
fattsnsd on the top and sides OF his
bead; q suit Of black broadcloth that did
not it him; the evidence Of q little bad
ta.ts In the shape o. q watch chain dang
linz across his low cut vest.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-01-24

Dunno November. Oregon wheat sold
of = higher price in Liverpool than that
from any other section Of the world OF.
cept Australia. rtnv -. o.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-01-24

excitement here pertaining 10 the Grand
Jury and about my indictment. He
showed ho was considerably excited, and
said he felt ! had II in my power TO save
him, and wanted to know u / would do
H.. I replied that I would have all !
could do to save myself ; that l was
thinking Of a course to pursue, and did
not know whether I would tell or not
tell anything; that I had not been before
the Grand Jury. I said II i testified to
the truth I would say there was q GER
tim amount OF money paid TO mo and !
disbursed u In q certain way. and that
I paid John Leavenworth money to be
given to him (sIcKes) and Ford. After
I had been before the Grand Jury. when
they we're entitled to know II the State
had introduced all the testimony they
had to prove McKee's connection with
the whisky ring. 80.
Col. Broadhsad said the State might
introduce evidence from time to time. rs
Il might be developed. ldI8i
The Court asked : "Do you propose
10 introduce the declarations OF Leavsn-
worth a. one Of the oonspirators
Col. Broadhead answered that they
did. and proposed to show that money
was received by Mexico by the declars-
Of Leavenworth before aud after
the payment. .r. a--
Upon this point q lengthy argument
snsusd, the jury having been sent to n
hotel. and NO more testimony was taken.
Murder asa fhreass.sd LynehinE.
CrScrNNAu. ian. ~. The Gdiehe's
Nv. Val special says: A
young man named Chas Z. Mesling has
been missing for some time. Search was
instituted to-day and his body VI found
buried In . livery stable with his throat
cut. Meetings. wife and q man named
Williams who had been paying her i'm
proper attentions were arrested. Mn.
Assling finally confessed that she and
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-01-24

DrsoaAcryuL. The worst speller in
Storey county is the reporter Of tho Vir-
ginia Chronicle. as shown BY his pub
lishsd report in that paper Of Saturday
last OF the spelling match in Gold Hill
tho evening before. His report was .
very strained effort In some points to
Be dssoripdvsly funny. and In trying 10
eritioiss the poor spelling he had heard
hs Inadvertently did some still worse
spelling himsslf. He spslt almost svsry-
body's name wrong. and in giving the
list Of the test words in the prize spelling
match he spslt some Of them wrong.
In heading his report "a Public Dis
grace" he hit IL exactly. That venture
some youth should pluck that beam nom
his wi eye forthwith. and diet dill
gently on old spelling books and dc
tionariss for q year before be again A.
to report . spelling match. He
won't do.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-01-24
= y n.

Celcmitted % Await she Action Of
the 0raad Jury.
MARYsyILLE. CAL, Jan. 22.-Frank
Selby. charged with the murder Of John
Regain ON the 10th instant. was taken
before Judge S.ilor Of the County Court
yesterday for preliminary examination.
He waived examination and was com.
mittsd to wait the action Of tho Grand
Jury.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-08-10

Another thing sold at dollar .
tree Is certain peach tree, capable
of resisting tho rigors OF an Iowa
winter, and producing plenty OF
luscious fruit. Such wonder never
has been found yet. aud II not likely
to be either.
But may a. well stop with these
examples, as to go through their list.
They have fine fruit in jars, and tell
the people that the specimens have
just been plucked from the trees in
Des Moines, or at some place few
miles away from the residence OF the
victim. He, good, soul, sees the
fruit, wants some like it, and never
waits to be sure that any such fruit
as the sample ever grew within
thousand miles of an Iowa prairie.
Thousands of dollars have been sub
scribed this season for such stuff, and
other thousands will be unless men
stop and think just little before
believing the fluent protestations OF
these swindlers. The operators
glibIy offer to warrant their stock
TO live, and they agree TO refurnish,
gratis, any that fail within i've
years from planting. OF course the
warranty is worth nothing whatev-
err. AS general guide, farmers
will find ii safe to follow the follow
ing rule: Whenever any man
comes to you claiming to represent
a distant nursery, claiming to sell
trees and plants possessing new and
wonderful properties as to fruit,
hardness, etc, claiming, maybe,
that your home nurserymen have no
such. and cannot raise them, and
lastly, If he asks an extortionate
price, you may be sure you are face
to face with an arrant scamp, whose
game is played with your creduiity,
and who will cheat you just as Tar
AS you deal with him. Now, Mr..
Editor, / have had my say, and |
hope every farmer will give these
men just as much money as he feels
able to waste this year.
ONE WHO KNOWS.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-08-10

A correspondent OF Galignanfs
Messenger, writing from SabastopoI,
says: "The place does not now con-
tain more than 5000 inhabitants,
who yegetate In the midst Of crumb-
ling walls, living by wretched
commerce which hardly brings them
in bread. However, life is reviving
in that devastated port. Already on
its new slips, have been constructed
some frigates and corvettes. The
Russian flag floats on the Euxine.
Sebastapol Is in communication with
the interior Of Russia by Railway,
the shortest route to the Bosphorus.
If England should assume too pro-
voking an attitude before the Darda-
nelles, who knows whether the Rus
slams would not exclaim that Sebas-
tapol ought to be re-established?
For the moment, all that Is to be
seen there is some hundreds Of mod
est dwellings built with the stones of
the dismantled ramparts. Forts
Constantine and Catherine retain
the deep marks Of the cannon-balls,
but they are still standing. Those
OF Nicholas, Alexander, and the
Quarantine, which formerly defied
the enemy, are dilapidated, unrecog-
nizable. The dock-yard, the theater,
the barracks, the hospitals, the ca
thedral, are all destroyed. On the
pOrtico of the last-named edifice, the
Doric colonnade of which stillNesti-
iies to its former beauty, Is seen the
oye of God surrounded by rays,
which appears to be contemplating
this desolate picture"
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-08-10

A parent, unlike a poet, Is not born
he is made. There are certain
things which he has at once TO learn,
or he will have no more influence
over his child than If he were COM
mon stranger. To gain obedience,
you must first set yourself to deserve
it. Whatever you promise your lit
tie one, however small the things
may seem to you, and whatever
trouble ii costs you, perform it.
Never let the doubt once enter that
innocent mind that you say what
you do not mean, or will not act up
to what you say. Make as few pro-
hibitory laws as you possibly can,
but, once made, keep to them. In
what is granted, as in what is denied,
compel yourself, however wearied or
worried or inpatient, to administer
always even handed justice" "Fiat
.j,iStitia rudt coei,tm, !" Is a system much
more likely to secure your child's
real affection than all the pettlng
and humoring so generally INDUCED
in, to give pleasure or save trouble,
not to your little ones, but to your
self.-lSermons ont Of Church, by Mss
NuiOch.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-08-10
Damaging Effects Of Weeds.

Sir John Sinclair, some years ago,
tried an experiment which will serve
as an illustration here. He fallowed
seven acres of land and sowed 1t
broadcast. One acre was measured
off, and not weed was pulled from
IL; while the other six were care
fully weedcd. Tho unweeded acre
produced Is bushels, the six weeded
acres l35 bushels, or an average of
22t bushels; that is 4! bushels in IA.
vor OF wedding. In another case a
six acre field was sown with barley,
In fine filth and well MANFRED. The
produce Of the unweedcd acre was
only 10 bushels, of the weeded %
bushels; a difference here in favor OF
wedding of 10 bushels per acre.
1t Is difficult to find illustrations Of
the benefit Of wedding on all our
crops, but that the gain is large, Is a
matter OF every day experience; and
that there Is a loss. great loss,
which comes from little careless
ness In using the hoe, both horse and
hand, effectualIy, every one knows
TO his sorrow,
We might speak of the vast
growth of purslain which we often
see I'm neglected gardens and else
where, and might show the loss
through the direct usurping OF the
chemical elements needed by our
crops. Yet this would tell but por-
tion Of the story, and is unnecessary.
We believe in planting large areas,
and in taking good care Of the crops;
but II you must neglect your crops,
why then tho loss may In some cases
DO measured by the size of the field.
1t is not only necessary that our
fields should be fertilized, but also
that they must be cared for, in order
to carry forward the most successful
farming.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-08-10
Agricultural Item =.
Tcomnilad from state Register. !

ira, -, ~ n;.on or ,fo.
b.sk. county has an orchard of H..
ooo tyees tbe largest in the State OF
lowe
-. -. ,hoso
20
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nuns mas no' oA,oo.
ei' p'' "''' 'o' VIC '"' NV
LII barns were I'tie larger ana
more numerous-li corn Cribs were
IN u pet'or cohui'io'i W '"o"
II oi"ei' eaio'u' i''' "' rs "n1
management "sio " .'''e nv.
ei"i, ,o"" 49,"
7iieu n"'oh VI WV
Flies can be Kept away rom ca''ie
and horses by appiyinga mixture OF
ono ounce OF creosote 10 one quart
hsh oil once aay' ihio 10 "nih,'
less application ana ehl'reiy eiiec'-
uai. Inc MES VIII NOT larry LII oo''-
tact with the MIXTURE
An illustration OF the profit OF
judici0us paintings of timber Is az
ioraed pya recent SAFE III "cot'aiiu'
ihi7 was oi the growing un'oe'
upon SUI acres Vi o.''ei "i'e wo' ',
Tess rocky iafiu, which WIS i'",'e"
oo years aeo WIN MS "''' ia,'ne''
hi'er rcpea'oo '''inh'nsS' "'iI" PRIV
uuoeu i"'so '"'''0 VI '''o0'' "0
VI 'io 'iiiioei 'i'' ie'oH''s 'oe" SUI"
S'a'ia'is iof So'''oo'
The fifth annual meeting OF the
National Agricultural College is TO
DO held In the hall OF the society Tor
the promotion OF Agriculture at
Philadelphia, September IL, i3 anu
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-08-10

This is the thirty-fifth week OF
Congress and the product il what?
1t has spent sl25, 900 in useless inves-
legations, instigated for partisan pur-
poses. This sum includes tho
charges for the per diem, fees, and
miiage OF witnesses, extra commit
tee clerks, messengers, stationery,
ETC., but does not include the cost of
printing the testimony, subpoenaing
witnesses, and tho heavy expense
incident to the heightened session of
Congress growing out Of the investi-
cations. This In Democratic economy
and 1.-The much boosted reform. -
Hdpkeye, 81.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-08-10
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gxoxvrLLE. arGrsr 10, 1876
n. obtain LisBt W1th@Wa
Matches.

TO obtain light instantly without
he use OF matches, and without the
danger OF setting things on fire, take
an obIong rhial Of the clearest glass,
mt into it piece Of phosphorus
about the size Of pea, upon which
nour some olive oil, heated to the
= 5oiIing point, filling the phial about
one.third full, then cork the phial
tightly. TO use it, remove the cork
and allow the air to enter the phial
and recork IL. The whole empty
space in the bottle will then become
luminous, and the light obtained
will be equal to that Of lamp. AS
soon as the light becomes weak Its
power can be increased by opening
the phial and allowing fresh sup
ply Of air to enter. In winter 1t is
sometimes necessary TO heat the
phiaI between the hands to increase
the fiuidity Of the oil. Thus pre-.
pared the phial may be used six
months. This continuance Is used
by the watchmen OF Paris In all
magazines where explosive or in
fiammable materials are stored.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-08-10
Estate Reelster.I


This year having been peculiarly
subject TO floods, II may be expected,
from preceding years Of like charac-
tor, that we will be subjected to
malarial diseases, such as ague,
neuralgia, fevers, etc. And 30 far
as prudence would dictate we should
avoid exposure to Its effects. Prof.
Henry says: "This substance (mias-
MAJ 10 found In marshy and low
places where animal and vegetable
matter OF an aqueous character Is In
state of decomposition, but the
winds which pass over these places
transport this malarious effiuvia to
distance, and thus render whole
tracts of country unhealthy The
season Of the year for the prevalence
OF ague In the low and exposed por-
tons OF our State Is just at hand, and
II Is well for all to listen to the voice
of wisdom and save themselves from
painful and protracted diseases, and
In many cases OF death. The best
scientific minds have investigated
this question, aud nearly every citi-
zen can obtain the best advice on the
subject. We arc informed that hu-
mid air is the best conductor Of
missma and that when the cool Of
the evening approaches 1t Is con-
densed and settles near the earth and
Ia most fatal In Its effects, morning
and evening. IL has been found
that u a grove. Intervene between a
filthy pond or marsh or any decay
ing vegetable or animal matter. II
deprives the air Of this noxions pois-
on by passing through the foliage OF
the trees; and those who have ex-
perimented say that In cases similar
ly situated ia the same deighbor-
hood, one protected by q screen of
trees has produced q marked differ
ence TO ono exposed And some
writers flor we are relying on opin.
ions or scientific men, recommend
double gauxs screens 10 windows OF
sleeping rooms, rs valuable In pro-
tecting health. Prof. Henry says
this should always be done In mala-
rial districts where there Is danger
frlm TIA lalaiarioiia afiecla NJ -,aaias
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-08-10

state Register, Agl Dept
Just at this time the elements
which constitute the soil Of Iowa,
are attracting considerable attention.
This has been aroused probably by
the circumstance Of such fine speci-
mems Of our soil being exhibited In
so favorable a shape at Philadelphia.
Our readers are already aware OF the
shape in which II has been presented.
We learn from the Progressive Far
mer, that the Centennial Board Of
Managers for Iowa requested Thos.
+. Pope, Professor of Chemistry in
the Iowa Agricultural College, to
analyze specimens Of our soil, which
he has done and furnished them for
publication. In a communication
from Prof. j. X. Macomber we learn
that the specimen from the soil of
Marshall county Of 1Oc parts, the
following was found:
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-08-10

or element in the air, and travels
slowly, and for this reason Sigh.
obstruction retards its progress. II
Is also stated that when it first arises
it Is not As injurious TO the human
system as ii il after /. has remained
| i'm the atmosphere one or two days
exposed to the rays of the sun. and
then ny the cool Of the evening
precipitated near the earth. Ii is
taken into the human system by
swallowing, by respiration and by
absorption through the pores of the
skin. Many are Of the opinion that
building fires i'm their houses morn
ing and evening wards off this dis
ease. But the only possible good
resulting from this would be to heat
the air and malaria, by which 1t
would raise higher in the atmos-
phere, but this would be impotent
Of beneficial effects if the air outside
as well as inside were not heated.
Ground which has for a long time
been under water is capable Of
emitting this effiuvis for II long
time when the water recedes. And
the soil In new countries, especially
Ia prairies, when the virgin soil is
FIRST plowed, has in it large amount
ri Srrfa oad 1kvno xryhsah IN Ia0cpu-
posing throw Off the moisture.
So we have many sober reasons to
urge upon. the farmers, and those in
villages, to surround themselves with
those ornaments of the landscape
and preservers of health-the groves.
There is prevalent opinion that
sunfiowers are valuable i'm absorbing
this deleterious malaria, but it is
only probable that ID acts like all
other groves in checking the move
ment of the effiuvia In the atmos-
phere. 1t is also stated on good
authority that other large vegetation
and even corn fields at the proper
season, are greatly advantageous if
they lie between the dwelling and
the low lands or marshy part Of the
farm. But there is everything TO
induce the rearing of groves besides
protection from the storms of sum-
mer and winter for we see il stated
that in the storm in Warren county
lately the barn was blown away, but
the house was protected, and saved
by the grove. The quantity of ma
terial or matter in the atmosphere
which constitutes malaria is too
minute to be detected by instruments
usually employed to analyze air.
But IL Is said that with glass globe
filled with ice the poisonous vapor
will settle on 1t In slight white
precipitate. And lately we see it
stated that grass In the cool of the
morning precipitates 1t. and, that
animals which partake of it have
peculiar maladies. Would il not be
well for scientific men to look in
this direction for the disease known
in Ohio, Indiana and Eastern ILL.,
nois as milk-sickness?
But heretofore we have given di-
rections to the readers Of the Register
about the location of their residences
on their farms which we will not here
repeat, but we will urge the necessity
OF looking TO the sanitary part Of the
question, when selecting the place to
raise the family. And we urge the
immediate importance Of starting
q grove; not few struggling trees,
ample groves for oil purposes, for
protection, for beauty, for comfort,
for fuel, for timber and for Christian
civilization.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-08-10

The Popular Scie,sce Monthly has
been experimenting with bots, and
has found that whale Oil poured on
them will destroy them almost i'm
mediately. Spirits OF ,turpentine
was poured over some bots on the
stomach of a dead horse, bat after an
hour they still held their hold ten
aciously, when the whale oil was
poured over them, which caused
them to lose their hold, and soon
they vera all dead. Hence, whale
oil will do to drench . horse with
when troubled with bots.
Mr.. A. Kepiinger, Of Indiana,
says that when your horse has bots,
drench him with two quarts Of fresh
milk and one OF moIasses; give all ut
one dose; wait fifteen minutes and
give two quarts Of sage tea. In
thirty minutes after this. give one
pint Of curriers' oil, or enough to
physic the horse. The cure will be
complete, as the milk and moIasses
cause the bots to let go, the tea puck
ers them up, and the oil carries them
entirely away. He says one trial
will satisfy any one of :ss efficacy Of
this antidote. Now, / have King
Cure-All for bots, which was pub
lished in the Indiana Farmer some
years ago. do not know who ed
tied the paper at that time, but it
certainly is the best remedy for bots
/ have heard of. The then editor OF
the Farmer tried the remedy him.
self, and told us IL had not failed
once In perhaps fifty times that he
had tried it for himself and his
neighbors. He told us it always
cured sound and well In from five TO
ten minutes time. The editor had a
horse bad with bots for three days,
in 1881, and tried all the remedies
that he could hear Of to no avail.
Finally an Englishman came along,
and told him to give the horse a
heaping teaspoonful each Of alum
and copperas, pulverized fine, and
put them into pint OF apple vine
gar. This was given the sick horse,
and in ten minutes he was we'll. He
never knew this to fail.
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following was fOu

lbi.lb
AS nearly all our soil Is thus iSiticic
acid, the common reader will be at q
loss to know what this element is
which Ia so abundant. But when he
does know he will be astonished that
there is so much of 1t in our soil.
Prof Macomber informs us that sand
Is pure silicic acid; common clay Is a
compound of silicic acid and an OK
ide of the metal aluminium; dtumiaa
is the name of the compound formed
by oxygen and aluminium. The or
gaaic material mentioned represents
the decomposlng vegetable matter in
the soil, usually called h,mus. The
siiicic acid In the analysis does not
necessarily all represent sand in the
soil, as some OF II, probably, was
combined with alumina as siticate,
or clay"
This shows how little we know of
the soil which we pillow and hoe, and
over which we wend our weary way
from the cradle to the grave. That
our soil, which Prof. Hall said was
$50 finely comminuted as to be al.
most in a state Of an impalpable
POWDER" which rendered IL unfit for
the growth Of timber, and hence its
condition Of prairies Is still two
thirds siticic acid, or sand, Is Won
drously strange. And Prof. White
informs us that the soil In the west
ern part of the State Is SO per cent.
sand, and only two-thirds of one per
cent. clay. Had we seen this state
ment of Iowa soil. without seeing
the soil, we should have concluded
there was q little too much sand for
US. But analysis reveals to US many
wonders.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-08-10

The West is making itself felt
At the Centennial Exhibition, In the
Dairymen's Association Building,
last week, an Iowa creamery carried
off the prize for superiority over all
the exhibits made from the State oi
New York, either OF State butter
proper or Of Orange county pals and
creamories, at the same time dis
tancing all other States In competi-
ton. This Is rather turning around
the scales on the New York dairy.
men who have hitherto arrogated to
themselves all superiority in the pro-
ducts Of the dairy -Neio York paper,