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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-08-28

For CoNGREss. &c. w. Cassidy, the
handsome and talented editor of the
Eureka Sentinel. passed here Saturday
to attend the Democratic State Con-
venton, before which he is candidate
for Congress.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-08-28

A BONANZA KrNa.--J. @. Flood, ono
of the Bonanza Kings of the Comstock.
passed here yesterday, going east. in a
private car. belonging to the San Fran
cisco and Northern Pacific Railroad.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-08-28

Losr. - Between Winnsmucca and
Wise's ranch, in Paradise Valley. q
large account book, of no value except
10 the owner. The finder will confer q
favor By returning it to Alex. Wise.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-08-28

STAGE STATION. s. j. Chambers,
who has taken the contract to carry the
mails between Winnemucca and Jer-
ssy City. il having stations built along
the route. f.8 II aalss
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-08-28

TILDEN CLUB. "A TiIden and Hen
bricks club was organized at Union
vile Saturday evening. o. K. Stamp
ley was elected President,J. NJ. Brown,
G. Lark and l.. Il. Bracket vics Pres
idsnts, and W. ii. Davids Secretary.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-08-28

FoR AssEMBLYMAN.-- friends of
Charles Mcconnell, of Quin River an
Douncs him as q candidate for msmb. r
of tho Assembly from this county. Mr..
Mcconnell is q representative Hum
boldter, and is in every respect well
qualified to represent Humboldt in the
Legislature.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-08-28
A. SMITH.

n, EMITH,
DRACTlcAL MATCHMAKER AND JEW.
a eler, begs leave to infolm tho citizens Of
Winnemucca that he has opened q shop at
chenoweth's News Depot. Bridge street, VIM
nemucca, and is prepared to DO ELL work IN
his line ON short nstiee. Satisfaciio lon suaran-
tsed. N1aR stt may2e-u
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-08-28

TO be found in the State Our prices will he
found reasonable. fHe1
Meats shipped to all points ON the Railroad
and al orders promptly filled.
GIVE Us CfLF.. js12u
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-05-26

Jack l;atcliff, the veteran show
man, committed suicide by taking NOR
phine, at Liberty, Ind, on the night of
the eth.
Mrs. Lumeley, residing near Des
Moines, Iowa, was working around a
burning brush pile, when her clothes
took fire and she was burned to death
WIN. Reader, a farmer who lived
four miles from Baldwin City, Ks,
hanged himself "A few days ago while
partially deranged. He was 30 years
old.
-Elson Ford. an old and wealthy re-
sident Of Lynn County, Iowa, recently
committed suicide by taking poison.
No cause is assigned
The wife of Hans johnson, Of
Greenyille, Mich, together with her
infant child, was burned TO death re-
Gently by an explosion caused by kim
ding fire with kerosene.
-George Holt, Of the firm Of Van
Wormer & Co., Of Cincinnati, COM
mitted suicide on the 9th BY shooting
himself in the head. Cause said to be
temporary insanity.
Henry Terhellen, hardware mer-
chant Of Bloomfield, Iowa, committed
suicide on the 18th BY taking poison.
Four weeks ago his ailianced, Miss
Maggie Selman, died, and since then he
has been greatly depressed in mind, the
depression finally eliminating in the
rash act above mentioned.
The adopted daughter of f. b.
Rowell, AT Pleasant Valley, MINI, was
Instantly killed the other day by the ac-
cidental discharge Of gun which had
been placed in the corner Of a clothes
press for safe keeping. A young man
was removing his coat from the press,
and not knowing Of the presence Of the
gun, accidentally threw ii down, when
il went of, shooting the girl through
the head
Last November a young lady named
Nellie Foreman, IL years old, mysteri-
ously disappeared from her home al
Eaton, Ind, producing much excite
ment. Her fate was not ascertained
until few days ago, when her brother,
John Foreman, overcome with remorse,
confessed that she died from the effects
Of abortion, and pointed out her burial
place in swamp, near Eaton. Her body
was disinterred and Foreman placed in
Jail, together with Nat Smith. whom he
implicated as her seducer. Robt Brandt,
Postmaster at Eaton, and Drs. Manzur
and Mcllwaine, whom he accused Of
being accessories 10 the abortion and
death.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-05-26

Baron Simeon Sina, one Of the rich
est. if not the chest man in Austria,
has just died, leaving "A fortune Of $780,
100000.
Henri Rochefort's exile to Geneva
Is rendered tolerable by the fact that he
j. realizing an income % $4,000 yearly
from lac conlraband sale Of In LanterHe
in France and his contributions 10 the
Radical journals of Paris.
The Irish certainly bear no malice
Mr. Thomas Carlyle, who has 80 often
thanked God that he inspired Oliver
Cromwell with the pleasing purpose Of
DISCRIMINATING the whole Irish race. and
who has 80 often regretted that Ireland
could not now be regenerated by the
simple process Of keeping the island
under water for twenty-four hours, has
just been admitted member Of the
Royal Irish Academy.
There have been many ludicrous
stories told about court etiquette, but
the following which MIR. Conway tells
of the English Court surpasses most of
Them 1T j. considered Indispensable
that ladies introduced 80 Court or re-
ceived there shall wear very lnw-bodied
dresses. just before the la~i drawing
room. Lady -. wife ~ distinguish
ed nohleman, wrote 10 the Lord Cham
berlain, saving that she bad recently
been i'll and her shoulders hal become
SO thin that she was ashamed 20 show
them, The Chamberlain, knowing
how strict the Queen was, referred the
matter to her, and a grand consultation
was held After a long and serious de-
bate, the Lord Chamberlain was in-
structcd to write 70 the petitioning lady
that her Majesty would for once give
her consent 20 the innovation. but il
was intimatod that the dress must be a
compromise. that j.. cut down Ia front.
The Court papers referred vaguely 70
this exception to the rules Of court-drcss,
stating that it was by her Majesty
gracious and special concession. in or
der that il might not bscome q prece-
dent.m
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-05-26

Aterra-cotta mandatory i To be
established AZ Eidorado, Iowa.
-Faserizcd anthracite coal, spread
on Tie soil a the depth Of half an inch.
j. said 90 have a remarkable effect in
Frightening the colors Of flowers Of
potted plants
Nashville j. 90 have grand tobac-
60 fair, 81 continue five days, commence
ing june I| -Four counties 81 Tenncs-
see and the same number Of Kentucky
will participate.
Brick from Japan, and ready-madc
doors, .tshes and blinds from Belgium
and Germany, are imported into En-
gland. and the native building trades
are wondering what they are going to
do for living.
A new and simple blowpipe consists
Of two large jars connected near the
bottom bv 4 piece of rubber tubing.
One j. flied with water and put on a
shelf above the table on which the other
stands The water passes into the lat
ter, and. in doing 80. forces the air out
through 4 stopper and piece ~ tubing
into the hlowpipe, which is supported
separately With jars Of gallon ca
pacity and blowppe with an orifce ot
OriG inch. a steady air current of ~
minute, duration IL obtained and 10
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-05-26
The Murder OF the Consuls at Salonica.

The Turkish city If Salonica, which
lies at the head of the gulf Of that name,
in old Macedonia, some 800 miles west
Of Constantinople, was the scene II a
terrible riot last Saturday. in which the
French and German Consuls were muir
dered. 1t would appear that the cries
Of Greek girl. who had just arrived n
the railway station, and was about 10
be forced TO become a convert TO Mo-
hammedanism, were heard by the
American Consul. who Glanced to be
there. He al once interfered. and tax
ing the girl under hi> protection. either
sent her to the German Consulate. or
escorted her in a carriage 10 his own
The French and German Consuls,
meantime, having learned Of the occur
renee, and being informed that the
American, who is connected with them
by marriage, was in danger, FASTENED
10 the mosque. There they were as
sailed by 4 furious mob OF Turks, and
killed. according 10 one account, with
iron bars wrenched from the grating.
and in the very presence Of the Gov
ernor Oft city, who, il j. asserted 10y
the Ottoman Government, made every
effort to save their lives. The version
Of the Porte, moreover, = that the whole
disturbance wa caused by the United
states Consul's taking tho would-0e
convert by force from her Mohamme-
dan friends, for which purpose he had
organized 2 band Of l.N Greess- The
GIRL they maintain. a.A not cry out, nor
object To I'VE cereM As 81 conversion
AZ tins stage y Il impossible 70 deter
mine whirh Ncr~ i"n u ihe true one, out
I noi improbable iHai our Consul mas
been somewhat IL "'ame, - ne i 2
Greek. aHd ~ IRE 'y,'4" inhabitants 81
Nas"ncs -'M" are creeks WIN 80
strong /" nlnrhN ~ iark MN ne may
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-05-26
A Horrible Outrage.

As the head Of a family ia Utica was
engaged in family prayer the other
morning, part Of the family still sitting
ar the breakfast table. a discussion arose
between a gr0wn-up son and q daughter
Of the household regarding the merits
If young Granger who had kept the
Young lady up to late hour the pre-
vious night. The Young lady getting
somewhat worsted in the discussion,
and al the same time losing her temper,
rcs0rted TO a more convincing line Of
argument by playfully emptying her
cup Of tea down the inside of her broth
er-s shirt-collar. The brother, resolving
- light il out on the same line if il took
two hours, deliberately got up from the
table. and taking teapot full Of boil
ing hot tea from the stove. turned the
entire contents over the girls head and
face. This proceeding brought the dis
cussiOn 10 an abrupt close, a. also the
morning devotionS 81 that happy house
hold. For several DAYS the cir has suf-
fered untold agony from the effects IT
the .caid, the hot tea penetrating both
ewes and erySipelas setting in. The
Young lady will recover. but stands a
good chance of losing one ~ her eyes,
and has already lost the greater portion
OF beautiful head u hair The old
gent. in order to remove All occasion
for further hostilities. and 20 The same
time insure immunity from interruption
Of family devotions, has sent word {,
the Young Granger. who indirectly wa.
the cause Of the little unpleasantness
10 come again no more forever. III oh
kosh (HIN) Northeastern.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-05-26

keep itup, one has merely to transpose
the jars.
The Massachusetts labor report for
1873 states that the average yearly earn
ings OF laboring men were s4s2, and
their average cost Of living s4sS-show-
ing lack Of 70 in making both ends
meet. The average yearly earnings Of
women laborers were slgs, and their
average cost Of living sls2, showing an
average saving of SIC. The average
salary Of men who work for salaries is
given at : ,0l6, and the cost Of living
at @9l3; for women the average salary
is 1929, and the cost Of living S35s. The
average working hours for the wage
earning men are 10 i-5, and for men on
salaries 10 2-5 per day.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-05-26
Grant and "All Of U.s."
- III 81. I.onl. NM

Prom the -. Louis Timcs.
There j. not much in '.Granti-m' that j.
peculiarly individual; the practices ~ the
President are not very different FROM nor
are they worse than the average ~ the party
which elected him. The Republican or-an-
iZafion can not shake itself free from "a hat
j. called Graniism without shaking itself al
% pieces. The only way 20 rid the country
~ The evil q. % Kill the Republican party.
- far A. lies ia it, power ~ perpctuate
any thing the Cincinnati Convention viii
perpeisaie Grautism. II can not tN upon
either ~ the politicians who viii claim con-
siderafiau "a it, hands without doing 50.
Blaine who. probably. has the greater
strength with the mere political element ~
hi- party. has been use fu tool ~ The Ad-
miniSfrafion. He was the ma~fer-spirit ~
the majority in three successive Congresses.
which recent investigation has shown %
have been nOtoriouslN corrupt and iufa-
NOUS. The Maine a>pirant ha- been the
wiling serRitOr ~ Grant on AN occasions.
approving actively or pa~~itclv the
course ~ the Administration. always
with an eve open 70 hi own pecuniary or
political Advancement. What Blaine mas
been in the House. Conkiing ha~ been 10 a
far more enthusiastic extent ia the senate.
He has been the Administration whipper-
im an intimate al the White House. and
whatever Grant has done Coukiing has been
a party 10. M has steUsi H. the defender ~
Grant from protests and complaints ~ am
outraged people: he lie under the probably
very iu~t impufatiOn u having advised the
President a. much that he ha- done. and be
has ~hamefuily used the high influence ~
his office Morton. in point ~ Admins
trafiun iuiQuity L. IN advance ~ tonk Ting
He has treated the one Or two decent things
Grant may haye done with contempt a.
earnestly manifest a. has been his applause
~ every evil and outrageous act ~ the Ad-
minis.rafion. Morton has been inpatient
that an even more infamous course was not
pursued ia regard 10 the south Bri>tnw ].
not only q part ~ the Administration. iden.
tilted and remaining with II. hut like the
Others be has individual sins 90 answer
for-sius which SHOW ihAi Grautism would
Of very completely iHdnf~ed in hi~ nominal
tiHn. Ii> failure % prosecute the " hiskl
i.ng when De first bad Information ans
prDAfof ii operations i-. az least .urarrount
\ "a for. and hi- mule speculation Wa a
adnrnmcnf 20 Grsntism generally. Tia
Have. has recently been away from tn
E hnehiing atmosphere ~ Washington ha
7 been bis good luck. Bui 10 ha. not save,
him from Granti-m. Conspicuous a. a pub
lic man he has never once given expression
90 a protest against administration practices
lie has been i deyOut follower ~ Grant an
THE PARTY.
Here i ihc lit from which the Cincinnati
candidate viii probably De chosen. som
.-Great Unknown may swnnp down an
bear 20 the nomination. hui no cone. hoNcve
great or unknown. who has ever proteste
against CNnii-m can do IN. II j. also certai
that who has NOT so protested can not Z
elected 10 the Presidency This year.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-05-26

Mrs Van Colt is at Davenport,
lows, conducting very successful re-
vival- She commenced on May 10, in
tending - continue for a month.
The percentage If the school pepu-
latiou in regular attendance il In Bos-
ton. ~. in New York. "a; in Chicago,
81, and ia II. Louis, 81.
The Indiana Young Mems Christian
Association Com mittee has secured the
services II about a dozen theological
students to labor as evangelists during
the summer vacation.
There are in -. Louis l5s, 900 chill
dren Of proper age 10 20 10 school. The
-. Louis Frts5nferian mourns that only
15,OF " these are % be found in the
Protestant Sunday-schoos Of the city
The Roman Catholic Sunday--chools
accommodate great many: and vet a
large proportion Of the ijs,0uVa are with
out any religious privileges At al.
The clergy and other Christian
worker, ~ Philadelphia are not al AN
agreed 81 % the cXpediency of estah-
iishing preaching places in and around
the Park grounds. Some are in favor
of "a once pitching fifty ~ hundred
tents % gather the mu.tifuleS who Will
a.-emb, q aud about the Exhibition
ground. Others say thatthis will only
draw nenple away from the churches
Between these two opposite opinions it
Is more tAan likely that no special re-
li-ious provision viii be made.
The American Tract Society have
AZ their rooms III New York A venerable
Religions lelic, v hieh Will BE- sent to the
Philadelphia Centennial Iii the port
able iieid pulpit used by the Rev.
George Nhiteiield Ia open-air meetings
lZ5 years ago The venerable relic j.
a curious old-fnshioned continuance
made If pine wood. n j. 50 construct
ed that il can he readily sci up and
taken dawn Whitctield preached over
2.OuW sermons from this pulpit in the
open fields ~ England, Wales and
America ne took ii with him wher-
ever he went
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THEN AND NON.


IRON me NcW Ork sun
Time was when men IN Washington were honest
And lived ana lAbored daily for the good tina,
they could do.
They soughi their counlry's welfare. self on the
altar laid,
AMI ia her ssrngglos. struggled too. and toiiel
and hoped, aud prayed.
And when they met ID council. no breast a
scheme concealed,
Which would stain The c0uniry's honor, II by
chance 10 were revealed.
10 member - tie Cabinet then sold himself for
gold.
DefraudiDg needy soldiers for the wealth Ia
which hc rolled.
No member u The Cahin't could then have robbed
Ana elasped hand in fellowship within the
White House door,
For stern and staunch integrity was guardian u
And no one dared to enter there who lacked an
honest i4ce.
No leader % a whisky Ring could have found
protection there,
For conscience bore premium IN the Presi
The hero o. the White House in those old flask
Never let guilty man escape-an suffered for
their crimes.
But that was many years ago. 80 distant does il
sem.
Now in The White House honest men are like a
vanished dream.
self- seeking politicians, with greedy thirst for
gain.
Have climbed to many poet Of trust. their pur-
pose 70 attain.
And shielded by their station. these men with
ekiliful hand
Reap harvesfs for their pockets " lille they rob
and spoil the land
They scorn the oountrys statutes. they are safe
beyond their rtach,
And the law that's written on mems hearts they We
only learned in speech
They know no God % guide them. love not their
They sc no beauty in the right. no dignity in
toll.
Imbruied by their sclashness. what think you
For the welfare q the people who were led to
place them iheres
on who vii save our country on where
Have al ne noble ana the good been laid be-
Meath the ground:
on who viii steer Us safely upon The storm
tossed wavee
We are rushing fast 10 ruin now, more hopeless
than the grave
On ye who love your native land. and tain
would have u he
a heritage q glory for the children Of the free.
Throw party spirit overheard, let fraternsi love
lie seen,
And 70 10 work a. Washington and sweep that
tit4 NAtAA.
Nor leave the work unfinished, but purge IL 10
its core.
Determined that corruption shall cloud the Land
more.
Prom North 10 south. from East to West. then
speed vou on your WAY,
And drag al hidden fOuiness 20 the undnmed
light - day
When this is done. II you can hnl no men like
those Of old,
Who love their country better than they love
themselves ~ gold,
II you car md no " ashington. no Jefferson, no
Clay.
70 Adams. Jackson. Webster. among our men
to-day.
Then lei a week ~ fasting be held ia every state
And the people plead with 60. 10 save before Il
BE- too late,
Plead tnat our Father raise Us up God-fearing
men q guide.
Who in their ways acknow ledge Him, and have
no God beside.
When these united prayers shall rise. az from a
single voice.
our Cod viii hear rs in our need, viii help us
In our cnuice.
And we'll prove % foreign nations who have
seen u brought 70 low,
We learned % suffer and q I've one hundred
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Odds and Ends.

al never complained Of my CON
dition bur once" said an old man.
" when my feet were bare and had
no money to buy shoes; but met q
man without feet, and BECAME con-
tented"
There Is still another serious OBJ
lection Ia silver money. A man can't
stand on his head without the "qnar-
tors" and halves rolling out Of his
pockets Women can't either, unless
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.


Friends of Grace Greenwood say
that she viii soon institute proceedings
for "A diysrce from her worthless hus-
band.
The fun which the Philadelphia
BULLETIN furnishes So copiously is con-
tributcd by Charles Ieber Clark MAX
Adelcr) and Francis Wells.
MIR Tilden i perhaps the wealth
lest of the various candidates named for
the presidency. He is said To be worth
Sj,uOp,VUp, and j. a bachelor AT that.
Mis-. A. r. Stewart objects to hay
ing any life Of her late husband pub
lished. Messrs- Appleton x Co, who
announced a biography Of Mr. Stewart
by Gen. J. g.. Wilson, have decided to
comply with this request MIR Stew
art was often requested to give facts
for a complete sketch, but he declined,
and hence the amount Of ridiculous
fiction which appeared in some Of the
New York papers at the time Of his
death.
Miss Anna r. Dickinson made her
debut on the dramatic stage at the Globe
Theater, Boston, on the sth, in play
written by herself, entitled the "CrOwn
Of Thorns," the principal role being
Anne Boleyn There was large and
very distinguished audience present,
but in the opinion Of the critics she
failed in many respects 10 fulfill the re-
quirements Of a great artistic.
-Onenhach, the eminent composer,
had a reception by the New York Lotus
Club a few nights ago In response to
a speech, he said he hoped 70 produce
on these shores new work. which
should be- the greatest Of his life. His
personal appearance is thus described
by reporter ..Iie is about medium
height, rounds houldered, and wears
eyeglasses, is quite bald, and his beard,
worn long, j. slightly Hinged with gray.
The pink-ribbon of the Legion of Honor
adorns his buuon-hole A high fore
head, pair Of twinkling eyes, and a
merry smile on his countenance, which
hardly ever departs, complete the pen
portrait 81 the most popular and prolific
composer ct the age"