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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-05-09
oBsTRUCTING INVESTIGATION.

An opposition House of Representa-
tives has given the public an inkling of
the Wholesale stealing INDUCED in by
Federal officials, from Cabinet officers
down to gaugers in the whisky dis
tilleries. To prevent the conviction of
these thieves, who, while drawing pay
from the Government, whose interests
they were sworn to protect, were con-
spring to plumber it at every turn,
the whole force of Grants Administra-
ton has been used as bulwark for
their protection. The White House,
the Cabinet, the Senate, and the Ring
Courts at Washington have each and
all, with the exception of Bristow, COM
bined to obstruct the wheels of investi-
gntion. Witnesses were threatened with
vengeance for daring to expose the
secrets of the thieves with whom they
were connected. and bill passed by
the House for their protection
has been pigeon holed by committee
in the Senate. Hallett Kilborne, one
of the District Ring refused to answer
questions which would expose prom
inent members of Congress, and per-
haps Grant himself, and was impris-
oned for contempt. A ring judge in
Washington came to his rescue and re-
leased him in defiance of the order of
the House. committing him for con-
tempt. In reply to demands OF the
House for papers in the Departments,
showing what bills have been allowed
and to whom contracts have been
awarded in certain cases, the Presi-
dent has issued an order forbidding
the delivery of the original papers to
Congress, thereby obstructing inyesti-
cation and shielding forgers and con-
spirators from detection. And now
howl is raised by the loyal press
throughout the country against con-
tinuing investigation longer. They
want no more thieves expo sed lest it
might injure the chances of othess
not yet discovered in the ensuing
elections. Honest men do not fear
investigation, and were it not that
Grants Administration is corrupt to
the very core, the whole Government,
Including its auxiliaries of the press,
would not be directed to the one OBJ
ject of concealing its rottenness.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-05-09
ORDER TO SHOW
CAUSE.
OF THE COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT, STATE
OF NEyADa

IN THE FOURTH JUDICIAL cIsrlucT COURT
OF THE COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT, STATE
OF NEVADA,
IN the matter of the Order to show caEse why
Estate Of o. NJ Order Of sale OF Real Is
EVANS, Deceased. tate should not be made,
-. BUCKINGHAM, the tdminis'ritor OF the
4SEstate Of O. 81. EVANS deceased having flied
his petition herein, duly verified praying for
an order of sale Of ali the real estate, OF said
decedent, for the purpo es 1hereln set forth.
IT Is THEREFORE, ORDERED by the
Judge Of said Court, that all persons inter
ested in the es ate of said deceased. appear be-
fo.e the said District Court on WEDNESDAY,.
the SEVENTH day Of JUNE, 1876. at 10 o'clock
III the forenoon Of sad day, at the Courtroom
OF sal d District Court at the town Of Winnie
mucca in said county of hun. boldt, to slow
eause why an order should not be granted to
said Administrator to sell much of the real
estate Of the said deceased, o, VI. EyASs, as
shall he necessary.
And that a copy OF this order be published
at least -four successive weeks III the silver
State, a newspaper printed and published i'll
said county,
W. S, BONNIFIELD.
District Judge.
Dated May 8, 1876,
my9-td.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-05-09
notice TO LEM
EOLOER3
DISTRICT COURT, FOURTH JupIcLAL
DIsT.Icr or NEVADA

DISTRICT COURT, FOURTH JUDICIAL
DISrEIcr or NEVADA
n. LEVY & Co., Plaintiff, vs.. The BADGER
MIL AND MtNN8 Company, Defenilnt
YEyO ALL PER SONS CLAIMING OR
holding leins under the provisions Of an
Act Of the Legislature of the State uf Nevada
entitled, Z" An Act to secure leins to mechan-
les aud Others, and to repeal all other Acts in
relation thereto" Approved March 2, 1875, Oh
the following described real estate. situate In
Humboldt county, state Of Nevada, to wit:
A certain five stamp quartz mill, situate ON
Bartlett Greek in said county, about one mile
below Snaps store in Yaryville, ln ,wn as
the Badger mill, also the land on which said
mill is situated sufficient for III g use and en-
joyment Of said mill.
WHEREAS, the plaintiffs have commenced
an action in said Court against the defendant
to foreclose lein held by them against the
above described property, under the provisions
Of said Act.
You are hereby notified to be IN appear be-
fore the istrict COuItO t the Fourth Judicial
District Of the Slate Of Nevada at the Court
house, at Winnemucca, il said county, at the
room of said Court On the FIFTH dAy of
JUNE, A. ID. 1876, at eleven O'Clock A. M of
said d y the same being a day OF regular
term OF said Court then and there to exhibit
the proof OF your SAID leins.
GRASS x HARDING,
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-05-09
Riot ina Chicago.

The striking lumber showers have
gathered to the number OF 1900 or
1000, this morning, and are engaging
i'll riot at the Twenty street
lumber district. Nearly the en- ire
police force of the city has been massed
in that vicinity, and serious results are
anticipated. Eight of the rioters have
been injured. two quite seriously. from
the discharge of policemen's revolvers.
A lumber office from which one Of the
rioters was shot. has been torn to
pieces by the Infatuated mob, and
bloody work is feared. Ths strikers
are armed wit h pistols and clubs. and
aided by communists, are fairly beside
themselves with rage. An immense
crowd. aggregating many thousand
people is in the vicinity of the dis
turbance awaiting events. The strik-
ers are principally ignorant foreigners.
Their present action is by comm unistic
counsel.
The Silver Bill I'm the senate.
WASHINGTON, May 5, 1876.
AS soon as the impeachment trial
shall be disposed Of, Sherman will
make an effort to have the silver bill
considered, though the bill in relation
to indemnity is the unfinished bust
ness.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-05-09
LAST week the Central Pacific

LAST week the Central Pacific Rail
road settled the delinquent taxes of
1873 and 1874 with Placer county Cal
ifornia, paying at the rate of $4,000
per mile for the road bed, at which
rate it was then assessed. The Reno
Journal calls the attention of Assessors
throughout this State to that fact, aud
suggests that uniform rate of $4,000
per mile be adopted by them. This is
tine rate at which the road is assessed
in Washoe county. The journal says
If the company can pay at the rate of
$4,000 per mile in California, they
will not object to SO 900 in Nevada.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-05-09

THE first number of the Owyteo
Avalanche under the new manageme
has come to hand. 1t ia fully up to the
old standard, and shows that Major
Hay, the present publisher, under
stands running newspaper as well as
his predecessor, "Old HILL" who
made the Avalanche one ofthe newsiest
and spiciest sheets east of San Fran
cisco.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-05-09

THE Cremation Society Of Milan has
over four hundred members. The APP
paratus used in burning bodies was
built by a wealthy silk merchant, and
his remains were the first to be reduced
to ashes by its hundreds of burning
gas Jets. A recent use of it was highly
successful, there being no. disasreeable
sight or odor.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-05-09

THE Eureka Democratic Convention
last Saturday elected Richard Ryland,
s. B. Wyman, J. c. Lockwood, Geo.
w. Cassidy, A. M. Hillhouse, ID. j. j.
Mclaughlin aud NJ. G. CavaDaugh del
egates to the State Convention at
Carson. The delegates were instructed
to support no persons for delegates to
the st. Louis Convention who are not
actual residents of the State.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-05-09
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.

TENHE. cO-PARTNERSHIP HERETOFORE
Il existing between JoHN HARRISON and
FRANK MnRAs, under the nfm name 81
harrsgn Co, is this day dissolved by
nlutual consent. All persons indeb ted 10 The
firm will please make i'll mediate settlen ent.
and all persons having claims against the
same will please present the same for pa, :
nlent.
FRANK MORAS.
JOHN HARRISON.
Jersey City, Nevada, May /, 1876, I'm.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-05-09

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
~ tax on proceeds Of mines for the quarter
ending March 81, 1876. is now due and
payable to me at my office in the Court house
of the county Of Humboldt, and hat the laws
for its collection will be strictly enforced
J. MES BUCKNER, County Assessor.
By ). BUcKNER, Deputy, Assessor.
Winnemucca, May 3, 1876. mNs-4w
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-05-09

The Rev. j. P. Newman, of Presi-
dent Grants Church at Washington,
delivered sermon, which is now being
spread broadcast over the country as an
electioneeri~g document. 1t is aimed
at the Catholic Church, and is more OF
a political than religious character
The National Republican Convention,
composed of members of both branches
of Congress end other friends of the
President furnish the money to print
and circulate the document, which is
intended to divert public attention
from the real dangers of Grantism, to
the imaginary dangers of popery.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-05-09

LABOR is SO cheap in China that a
Chinaman can make money by sitting
ali day and clinking gold pieces in a
leather bag. BY night be has worn
enough gold dust off to pay him, and
has the coin left.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-05-09
7 z / Z g r. q p I'LL c i.
By Atlantic and Pacific Line.
ESPECIAL TO TIE SILVER STATE
EASTERN DISPATCHES
Terrible Explosion The Act At
tributed TO Strikers.

JERSEY CRY, March 8, 1876.
1t is said there are peculiar circum-
stances attending a terrible explosion
at the Bergen Tunnel, Saturday night,
which point to the strikers as perpetru-
tors of the fendish deed. Out of 600
,nen employed, there are $50 on the
strike. The workers made a demand
for an increase of compensation or
Saturday, bat only partia. concession
was made. One of the strikers was ar
rested for completely, and his life
threatened. This excited the others,
and the explosion is said by the bosses
to have been the result of their VEN
geance. Mr.. Mcintyre, one Of the
bosses, says the strikers are a branch
of the Molly Maguires, and he can
prove it. The theory of the police as
regards the explosion, is similar in
character - they think the strikers
placed cartridges or fuse in the
building. No direct evidence, how
ever, has yet been found against the
strikers. The injury TO property i'll
Jersey City alone will reach $3.50, COO,
and in Hoboken. from $l5, 900 to SEQ
(liHl
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-05-09

The Phoebe Record says Donnelly
the prisoner accused of murder, was
not let loose as it was supposed he
would be, and arrangements have been
made for boarding him.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-05-09
A Centennial Battalion.

BROTHER, why don't you ask the
stranger to pray?" because, re-
provingly observed the deacon, =" this
amt no place for practical jokes. That
man, 8 the president ola gas company. !"
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-05-09
W ESTERN DISPATCHES

SAN Francisco, May 8. 1876.
Resolutions of Welcome.
The Supervisors last night passed
resolutions welcoming O'Donovan
Rosa to the city.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-05-09

Dr.. P. 7. KIRBY, of Gold Hill, has
bsen appointed County Physician of
Storey county. to succeed DR.. Van
zandt resigned.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-05-09

The General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church now in
session at Baltimore. shows by figures
that It is the largest religious body in
the United States. 1t has over "a. 600
preachers, and nearly as many churches,
which has property valued at over $780,
600, 200. The denomination was
founded in the last century by John
Wesley, in England, and was trans
planted in the United States, where it
fourishes more thriftily and has taken
deeper root than in the land of it's
origin.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-05-09
NEW TO-DAY.
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNER
SHIP.

Y6YHE Co-PARTNERsHlP HERETOFORE
existing between the undersigned, under
the finn name Of PUBDM * WOOD, doing d
mercantile business III Winnemucca, Nevada
is this dsy dissolved by mutual consent, O.
w, PuRpIS having sold all his interest III Real
Estate stocks II MereL andise and Book Ac-
counts to II. W. WOOD. who will Pay all liabili-
ties ard collect all debts due tae late firm OF
pnrdill x Wood G, w. PUbDIN,
h. ". WOOD.
Winnemucea, May s, 1876.
VTTITH REFERENCE TO THE ABOVE,
w the undersigned is thankful for past
favors, and. by strict attention to business,
hopes to merit q continuance Of the same 1T
the old stand. X. W. WOOD.
Winnemucca. May 8, 1876. myy-lm
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-05-09
Leopard stockholders.

At meeting of the dissatisfied stock
bolders of the Leopard Mining Com
pany last night, some 10, ZOO were re-
presented. A committee reported that
the mine was all right, but that the
management of affairs was not in the
same satisfactory condition. The move
to get the management away from the
present clique is contil ued' All the
stockholders wishing a change are In
vited to send in their proxies.
A Centennial Battalion.
At meeting Of the Odd Fellows
Centennial Committee last night, 1t was
decided that battalion shonld leave
for Philadelphia September 9Th.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-05-09
PURE MILK

DEGUIAp CUSTOMERS WILL !,
hsuppIic~ with milk at reduced prio'e
the Winucmucca airy. ,,i
Milk by the gallon 80 cents; In less q"aA'"
rRotsDA.E & o'NFAL,
Ircprieon
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1876-10-26
A Curious Trade.

Lucy HOopsr's etter in the Philadelphia Tee.
graph.
One often hears of the curious trades
which are exercised in Paris, and novel
one Of these was brought TO light by ter
rible accident which happened in this city
a short time ago. The sufferer, NJ. ",
was by profession cleaner Of shells, not,
be it understood, of the innocent and pearly
homes of fish, but Of the missiles fired by
the contendipg armies of the war Of 1870,
quantities of which still exist, buried in the
earth or imbedded in walls or earthworks.
NJ. KS trade was to clean out these
relics at the war so that they could be kept
as curiosities without danger, or else mount
ed as clocks, a very favorite form Of utiliz-
ing them. One day a servant brought him
one to clean which her master had found
in some part of his grounds. NJ. Y set
to work, and probably rendered careless by
long practice, he so managed the matter
exploded in his hands. The poor man him
self was blown to pieces, his house was al
most entirely demolished, and several per-
sons in the neighborhood were severely in
jured. Considering the frishtful risk tina,
il now seems that he must have run con-
tinually, the price he asked for his work
was not large, one dollar being demanded
for cleaning each obus. Tragic az was this
incident it had an odd sequel The other
night, when the guardians of the PALMS
Royal were going their rounds preparatory
to closing the garden, they Uncovered under
one OF the benches big black object, which,
on examination, proved to be an o6us in
very perfect and highly desti uctive condi-
rion. 1t had evidently been deposited there
by some person, who, scared by the recent
catastrophe, had wished TO get rid of 70
dangerous a curiosity. 1t wa. forwarded al
once TO the Arsenal. WHY its terrified
owner had not disposed Of it by quietly
dropping it into the Seine on some dark
night is rather puzzling question.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1876-10-26
Fob Ingersoll's Children.

From the Burlington Eawk-Eye
Just now, while Colonel Insersoll is fairly
shaking the country with grand old Repub-
lican enthusiasm and Thomas Crafty is the
candidate Of the Peoria county Republi-
cans for State Senator, we recall pleasant
little incident in the earlier legal history OF
the TWO men which may not be amiss to
publish. Both men were members Of the
Peoria bar, and were making their mark.
1t 90 fell out, one day years ago, that they
which they were conducting with all the
ardor of young lawyers, and in their yea
for their respective clients and their am
bition TO add to their own laurels they fell
into personal discussion which terminated
in the court imposing fine Of some $40 on
each Of them for contempt. The business
of the court went on, and in a little while
Ingersoll was all over his passion, and
strolled across the room to where Crafty
was sitting, pretty mad, if you please, for
he didn't feel very happy over the fine, for
various reasons which will readily occur TO
any young lawyer. Ingersoll lounged up
to his chair and said:
swell Tom, have big advantage OF
you in this business" Don't see how"
replied Crafty, not at all in a conciliatoTy
mood, you were fined as much as | was,"
,'Ah, yes, but don't you see," replied Inger-
soil, ''this money all goes into the school
fund have children to be educated, and
you haven't and so, you incorrigible old
bachelor, you've got 20 help pay for nv
children's edncationw "Neverl' shouted
Tom, Never, I'll marry the first widow
with seventeen children l can find, first"
The joke is very apparent when it is known
that the girls in Peoria have long ago given
Tom up to q jolly, confirmed old bachelor
hood, while lngersoll is the father of several
bright, pretty children, whom the great
orator fairly idolizes. But truth compels
to cay that fstherless brood still wait for a
protector, driven to their arms by a spirit
of revenge, and Tom, now crowned with the
brightest laurels his profession can yield to
merit and industry, cannot forget that the
drst money he ever Taid for con.empt OF
court taught Ingersoll's little girl TO read.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1876-10-26
Why q Distant Light Looks Blurred.

Hubert AIRY IN Saiure-I
Looking at distant lamp with both
eyes / see radiant corona round the lamp.
/ find that this corona is composed of two
corona superposed, one due to the RICH: eye,
the other 10 the left. Each corona has
distinctive features of its own, which are
recognized in every observation and have
remained the same Tor years. The radiant
beams (which are the conspicuous feature)
are not exactly radial, but are forked once
or twice. The corona is bounded by per
ipheral fringe Of blue succeeding to red.
The diameter Of the corona varies with the
diameter Of the pupil. The distal portions
of the radiant beams are concealed or re-
vesled by the contraction or dilation of the
pupil.
There is nothing in the ooyned, aqueous
humor, or pupilary margin of the IRIS, that
can cause such refraction. 1t appears most
likely that this excessive refraction of the
outside RAYS of the entering pencil is caused
BY something in the crystalline lens-prob-
ably, in the first place, by undue convexity
II the more marginal parts of the lens,
which are uncovered by diiation Of the pu-
pills. The radiant appearance Of the corona
is probably due to the radiant structure of
the crystalline lens. The asrseemnt be-
tween them Is pretty close, extending to
the furcate character Of the rays.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1876-10-26
NEW YORK CITY.

New York City has been Tor many
YEAR, past big bonanza for the Democracy,
and when it Is considered that the annual
income drawn by lis officers is something
like s492, 600, no one will wonder that bal
Iot-box stufing and repeating are resorteo
10.
The Offices are divided as follows: A
MAYOR with a salary Of $4,000; sheriff,
who pockets the pretty legal income OF
$4,000; and a county clerk, who can
kick up his heels on pay Of $4,000; a
modest surrogate pockets $4,000; supe-
rior Court Judge nurses ST. 500; Marine
Court Judge looks wise and gives decisions
for $4,000; the President of the Board OF
Aldermen keeps his mob in cheek for
$4,000; twenty-one aldermen divide among
themselves pittiance Of S105,0O0; seven
Congressman (who, though not absorbers OF
municipal pap, draw sustesance from city
inluence) pick up in their waywardness
SIS, 600; twenty-oDe Assemblvmsn put in
their pockets 81 500, and three happy.
genial coroners hold inquests on sum TO-
tai of $4,000. No genuine Democrat
holding Office in New York City, can sigh
for an elysium more replete with all that
makes life pleasant, and while In Office he
usually makes all he can out Of it.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1876-10-26
A Texas Editors Diary.

Dropping down into Texas We encounter
ed an editor with "head for figures" who
has kept statistical memorandum Of the
everyday events of his journalistic career
As his is the history of large majority Of
our frontier editors, We will let it repeat
itself for the edifcation of the craft, as fol-
lows.
Been asked to drink, IL 1872; drank, II,
1872; requested to retract, 4l6; didn't re.
tract, 4l6; invited to parties and recep-
tions, by parties fishing for puff-, 8, 1873
took the hint, SO didn't take the hint, s.
800; threatened to be whipped, ia; been
whipped, O; whipped the other fellow, 4
didn't come to time, 10; been promised
whisky, gin, etc, if We would go after them,
500; been after them, 5000; been asked
what's the news, 30t 900; told, %: didn't
know, 100000; lied about it. S9,177; been
70 church, 2; changed politics, 80; e1pec,
TO change still, 50; gave TO charity, s.:
gave for terrier dog, SIS; cash on hand,
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1876-10-26
Descending the Memoir, of Patriots.

When George T. Anthony spoke in the
Court House the other evening, he went out
OF his way to insult Peter Cooper, and to
throw slime upon the graves of Sumner and
Greeley. When Sumner died W. A. Phil
lips, Of Kansas, in pronouncing a eulogy
upon his memory in the House, said: SUM
ner was one of the bes. types of cur public
men," The idea Of a defaulter, embezzler
and perjurer trying to trample under foot
the garlands lying on the tomb of Sumner
Even an adder would crawl on its belly
around the sacred mound; but George T.
anthony could slide his forked tongue out
over the memories of men whose shoe
latchet he was not worthy TO unloose. And
he wants to be Governor of Kansas.-Sckle
and Sheet,
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1876-10-26
COLLEGE CONTENTS.
I These u The Ee.ior to Take Pr os January
:. rs11-Pri-es ard Prosr NINE.


These u the Ee.icr to Take Pr os January
:, Is7T-Prizes ard Prosr NINE.
New York Times, Oct. 81
A meeting of the General C.mmittee on
c,u.oi,.a Co,,sz.s Va, held last
ihiei-N :.
night at the New iork .oiisg ooine' u
Lexington avenue and Twenty third street,
for the purpcse of arranging ior the next
-, aor,ss, NJ Jr,;s, " Elliott pre-
sioeo' anu Representatives Wei.
from the following colleges Hamilton
Princeton, New York, Williams, North
.,., I,,,.r,;,v LAFAYETTE St Johns.
Pn,aars Nev Work Uniyersity. and Cor
Ill Letter from Col. Hieeinson was
III .5r;s;na , REDUCTION in The prizes as
he ,bonyb, ,bs honor wa. sufficient prize.
+, "a. J.c;Se5 tina, the oratoricaI contest
.honIJ h. hold a, the Academy of Music.
.. T.nn.rv ~. ard the eyamin atoms
us,I,a,n.,ic. mental scisnce Latin and
go be bsId On the 9Th al December