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Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-11-09
Silyer.Note Bank Company
OF SAN FRANCISCO.
CONRAD AARON WIEGAND,
MA lager,
VIRGINIA CITY, NEVADA.

TT Is PURPOSFD, AFTER ESTABLISHING
l the Virginia City Agency Of this Company
to open Agencies OF the same at Gold Hill, Sill
yer City, Dayton Carson, Aurora, Reno, wsds-
worth. Ello, Hamilton, Austin and Truckee.
Postmasers PLEASE NOTICE and start &C.
ton in best quarters.
Partial information in relation to this move
ment may be obtained by parties we'll known
applying, who can expedite and assist in the
PRACTICAL RECONCILIATION OF SILVER, and in
RISING THE VALUES OF MINING STOCKS, by COM
municating I'm sTRIcTEsT CoNFIDENCEl peril
nent facts to the Manager as below.
All DAlLIES published in the State Of Ne
vsda Virginia Enterprise excepted) please copy
aud advertise this notice one week on lowest
terms and send bill.
Other Nevada papers please apply with prop
or statements IS to circulation ETC., as below.
San Francisco Post, Bulletin, CALL Chronicle
and Alta please advertise three insertions and
send bill.
No paper need publish which does not edito-
rally notice" the advertisement. Bill should
contain clipping Of nd. and notice.
CONRAD A. WIEGAND,
Drawer G, Virginia City PostcfHce, Nevada.
o2s-1w
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-11-09

This is the season OF the year when
church festivals are in order. and minis
ters commence wondering what their
congregations are going to give them.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-11-09

Rubenstein. the great pianist, has Sci
Millions paradise Lost" to music.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-11-09

The report Of the Congregational As
sociation. recently published. exonerates
Henry Ward Beecher from all charges
brought against him.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-11-09

There is some talk OF starting a new
weekly newspaper in Beaver, Utah.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-11-09

John Sargeson was found dead on the
LIST lust. in the mountains fifteen miles
from Shauntie. Utah. 1t ID supposed
that he committed suicide.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-11-09

The San Francisco Stock Report says
that standard work on the Comstock
lode is a present need. A book on the
mineral resources of the entire State. su-
thentic, statistical and exhaustive. ia
something that would meet with ready
sale at the present time.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-11-09

The snow is two feet deep in some
parts OF the Sierras.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-11-09

The monthly yield OF the Georgia gold
mines is $4,000
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-11-09

Russia has declared martial law in the
souther portion OF her vast empire.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-11-09
BANKING HOUSES.

w. e. GRIFFIN,
ga III TX Err.
AND AGENT
WELLS, FARGO & CO.,
PlOchE, New,
VI,RANsACTS A GENERAL BANKING BUS
L MESS. Dep sits received on Open Ac-
count or Certificates issued therefor.
Exchange drawn on all tho principal cities Of
the United States, Canada and Europe.
will purchase Silver ard Crude Bullion or
make advances on came and ship for owners
account.
connEsPoSDzsTs:
WELLS, FARGO d CO.,
San Francisco, Cal.
WELLS, FARGO q CO.,
65 Broadway, New York.
EWES, u ALLEN.
81 King William street. London, Eng.
Agents Wells, Fargo & Co.
OFFICE in Wells. Fargo Co.'S Building,
Main street. Phoebe. Nevada. mr26-tf
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-11-09

The November term OF the United
States Circuit Cour commences business
at Carson this morning.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-11-09

The recent British Arctic Exploration
Expedition report the discovery OF coal
iu N. latitude. SO degrees; within 400
miles Of the North Pole. This clearly
proves the former existence OF tropical
climate in that now frozen region.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-11-09

Probably but few we're aware that
there was fourth Presidential ticket in
the field last Tuesday, in the persons OF
Jas. u. Walker OF Illinois for Presiden,
and Donald Kirkpatrick Of New York for
Vice President. They we're put forward
by the anti. Masonic party, but did not
Affect the general result to any startling
extent.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-11-09

A London dispatch says that Bismarcl
is seriously i'll. occasioned, it is thought
by softeping of the brain.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-11-09

And now that the election is over and
the country saved once more, turn your
attention toward due thanksgiving three
weeks from to-day.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-11-09

Thomas A. Stephens has been elected
City Attorney at Virginia to fill the place
left vacant by the decssss OF Charles
belong.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-11-09

A company has been incorporated in
San Francisco to carry on q general oys.
ter seeking and canning business in the
Gnlf Of California. and also to transplant
oysters in the bays Of San Diego and
San Francisco.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-11-09

How stale and uninteresting all oul
exchanses-published on the eve OF the
election and now coming to hand seem
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-11-09

The corner stone of Solomon's Temple
has been discovered. 1t lies nearly
twenty feet below the-present surface o
the ground.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-11-09

Conrad Wiegand is lecturing on In.
sanity" in Virginia City. He speaks ad
visedly upon that subject.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-11-09

The PROPOSED BRrrrsH CoLoNY.-The
Transvaal Republic, which will probably
soon be British dependency. is l 900
miles north Of Cape Town. Africa,
and 800 miles from the nearest point on
the Eastern coast OF that country. 1t
has an area Of $4,000 square miles. is a
high plateau 1920 feet above the sea, has
climate like that of NsvAna, and has
mines Of gold. silver, lead. copper. iron
and coal. 1t was first settled by the
Dutch in 1916, has population OF IT,
600. with Republican form OF govern
msnt, which is at present at war with
the natives. The English Governmen,
has been trying to get all the South AT
rioan States under the rule Of a Viceroy
and will probably obtain jurisdiction
over this colony before long.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-11-09

A Reno correspondent Of the Virginia
Chronicle alleges that Sharon used pecu.
MARY arguments to defeat Beck, the In
dependent candidate for Senator in
Washos county.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-11-09

Three hundred thousand dollars was
paid in wages at Virginia City last Fri.
day.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-07-08
Close Times.

The financial stringency continues
with undated severity, notwith-
standing the fact that a considerable
amount of money has been placed
in circulation by the farmers in saw
ing their wheat and hay. 1t is al
most next to impossible to succeed
in collecting small bills for business
purposes, and merchants and others
engaged in business requiring con-
tinued outlay of money for supplies,
are suffering from inability to collect
for goods credited. The complaint
on this score is general, and unless
purchasers make it matter of honor
to pay small accounts ON presenta-
ton it must surely result in hurry
ing on the cash system.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-07-08
Hal Fare.

The committee on railroad fare,
Captain S. F. Shaw, chairman, APP
pointed to secure special railroad
rates for delegates to the Republican
State Convention to be held in Park
ersburg July 9th, have secured the
following rates {: Rates on all points
of the B. & o. railroad will be two
cents per mile, which makes a frac-
ton over half rates. Tickets will be
on sale at the following points: Har-
per's Ferry, Martinsburg, Sir Johns
Run, Green Spring, Cumberland,
Rowlesburg, Keyser, Tunnelton,
Grafton, Clarksburg, West Union
Central, Pennisboro, Ellenboro, Cal
70, Laurel Junction, Wheeling,
Moundsville Cameron Warrington,
and Fairmont. The fast lines will
not change their stopping places.
All regular packets arriving this
point will charge but half rates. Re-
publican papers are requested to
publish.-State Journal.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-07-08
The City Finances.

That the city finances are in a bad
condition admits no longer of doubt.
But if all taxes due, and over due,
the Corporation were promptly paid,
it would help straighten things up
considerably. There is now due from
water rents alone, upwards of 81, 900.
which, if paid, would save the cor
poration great annoyance just at this
time. The Water Board has deter
mined to collect these accounts at
once, and we presume the Council
will urge the immediate collection OF
all amounts due the corporation for
taxes, and all other sources as speed.
lily as possibly. The corporation is
in the condition of a great many in
dividuals. 1t could pay its debts
and more too, if everybody who owe
it would pay up.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-07-08
CONGRESS.

JUNE 29.-In the United States
Senate the conference committee
on the navalappropriation bill re-
ported that they had agreed on a
report, which, after explanation,
was adopted. The committee on
appropriations reported back joint
resolution submitted by the Pres
ident to provide for defraying
temporarily all necessary expen-
SEES of the public service by extern
ding the appropriation bills for the
present fiscal year into the next,
with an amendment that In no
else shall such appropriations be
continued for a longer period than
thirty days; the amendment was
agreed TO and the resolution pass
ed. Another conference commit
te on the postofice appropriation
bill was also ordered.
In the House the bill granting
the right of way to the Washing
ton, Cincinnati and st. Louis mar
row-eauge railroad was debated
at length, without action. The
House ordered another conference
committee on the postofice appro-
priation bill. The report of the
conference committee On the
naval appropriation bill was con-
Cured In, and the bill goes to tina
President.
JULY SIN the United States
Senate the conference report en-
the postofic5 appropriation bill
was adopted. The resolution to
| pay p. B. s. Pinchback his salary
whilst c~ontesting q seat in that
body from Louisiana was adopted
by q strict parry vote.
In the House, Senate amend
ment to H0uso bill providing a
| penalty for mailing obscene mat
ter was c0ncu led fl. A resolution
was adopted calling on the Secre-
tary OF the Interior for informa-
ton In regard to what portion OF
the Indian trust funds have been
invested in securities other than
stocks of the United states since
1871. The conference report on
the postofice appropriation bill
was presented by Mr.. Holman,
explained and passed..
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-07-08
Death Oft. ID. sine.

MI. L. ID. Sine, the great lottery
dealer, is dead. He was a native of
High View, Frederick county, Va.
and a printer by trade, having served
his time in Woodstock, va. He
subsequently went to Cincinnati and
worked on the Gazette newspaper
That paper in speaking of his death,
which occurred in that city on the
18th of June, states that he was to-
tally blind, having lost his sight
whilst employed in that Office. 1t
seems that he was cleaning out a
foul stove pipe with powder when the
charge burst in his face, binding him
for life. He then went into the lot
terry business, in which he amassed a
fortune, but has lately been in trou-
BILE with the postal department of the
United States owing to some charges
against him detrimental to his char
acter for fairness in dealing with his
customers. Mr.. Sine and family
were known to many of our people.
- Winchester Times.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-07-08
List Of Dead Letters.

The following list of letters remain
in the postofice, Martinsburg, W.
Va, July LIST. and will be sent to the
Dead Letter Office, July 18th, if not
called for:
j. M. Adams, Annie Cunningham,
G. Fl. Tremal, Elenora Quinn, Com.
Miller, Joseph Nail, John II. Robin
son, L. A. Selby, VIM. Turner, VIM.
H. Handkerchief, w. T.. Young.
And the following unavailable letters:
Mary E. O'Brien, illegible address ;
Chas. Greene, Berkeley Spring, held
for postage; Emily Kearns, Orleans
Cross Roads, held for postage.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-07-08
Tribute OfRespect.

AT a meeting of Washington
Lodge, No. l, Knights of Pythias
the following Vas offered and
adopted:
Our friend and brother Robert
M. Perry has been removed from our
midst by the hand of death.
While we know that with him the
cares of mortal life are ended, and
that he has entered into that beauti-
full land of promise, and is already at
rest we mourn the loss of one who met
the issues of life with bravery, whose
Christian fortitude and patience un-
der suffering, was a lesson to us all.
We offer our heartfelt sympathies
to those who were bound to him by
ties nearer ard dearer than ours and
we point them for consolation in their
sorrow to our Book of Law the Holy
Bible, which promises so much in
the death of the righteous. Our
Brother is at rest.
A. ODEN.
GEO. f. EVANS.
y. AMEY. }Com.
VIM. GERHARDT
j. r. FISHER.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-07-08
Republican State Go ~
tlon.

A convention Of the Union Republican
Party will be held at the city of Parkers-
burg, on Thursday, the 9th day Of July,
1876, for the purpose eff nominating can
didates for the Offices of Governor, Audi
tor, Treasurer, Attorney General, State
Superintendent Of Free Schools, and three
Judges ofthe Court Of Appeals also for
the purpose Of nominating an Electoral
Ticket, and transaciing such other proper
business as may come before the Conven-
vention.
The Union Republican Party Of tho
State Is requested to appoint delegates to
said Convention from The various conn
ties, and at such time aud III such manner
as may be convenient 10 the people Of the
several counties.
All voters Of the State, without regard
to past political differences, VI pasty afil.
atiohs, who are In favor OF such changes.
In our Constitution and laws Ms experience
has shown necessary, aud favor rctrench-
ment and economy in the administration
OF our tate affairs, and the unishme {
of official corruption, are cordially in
vited to participate in the said county and
State Conventions.
By order Of the State Onion Republican
Executive Committee.
JOHN W. MASON,
Oh 'irman.
GRArroN, w. Va. June |, 1876.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-07-08
Boy Killed.

Two colored boys aged about IA
years, one named Moses Campbell
and the other Pen Williams,
went to the B. IL o. Railroad,
on Monday afternoon for the purpose
it is said of obtaining coal. Not find
ing any handy, they both laid down
on the railroad scales near Frazer &
Bishops warehouse, and strange to
say, went to sleep thereon, Campbell
with his head on the track. One of
the trains had occasion to back in
over the scales for the purpose of
taking out a car, and of course those
in charge of it knew nothing of the
sleeping boys, and the wheels passed
directly over Campbell's neck, sever
ing his head completely from his
body and injuring one of Williams
legs. 1t seems impossible for either
the old or young to learn that a rail
road track is intended for cars, and
not as a foot-path or resting place for
people.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-07-08
Teachers Institute,

BY appointment of the State Su-
p~erintendent of Schools, an institute
for the training of teachers will be
opened in Romney, July "a, by Prof.
F. H. Crago, of Moundsville, and
Prof. Joseph McMurran, principal of
Shepherd College. During the ses-
sion of the Institute, lectures on ed
vocational and kindred topics will be
delivered at night by distinguished
educators, and perhaps other literary
exercises will be held. AL teachers
and friends of education are cordial
ly and earnestly invited to attend.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-07-08
The Fourth in MLartinsburg.

There was no public demonstra-
ton of any character in our town that
would cause our staid citizens or a
passing stranger to suppose that the
hundredth anniversary of a great
event was being celebrated. A few
flags hung ~listlessly in the glare of a
scorching sun, and the dull mcnoto-
ny of the day was only broken by the
firing of crackers by children. Some
things, however did occur that inti-
mated adesire to celebrate had there
been a slight effort toward orgaLiza-
ton. At twelve on the night Of the
Sd the church and the fire bells were
rung in concert, and from that time
until daylight there seemed to be a
general attempt to create a noise by
the firing of guns, pistols, &c. At
4:SO A. NJ. quite a crowd of excursion
lists took the cars on the B. & 0. r..
r., and proceeded to view the tomb
of the patriotic Father of his Coun-
try and it's surroundings at Mt. Yer
non. At about half-past 6 A. M. the
Martinsburg Band played several
airs, and then quite a large crowd
of our citizens took passage on the
e. ". Railroad for Hagerstown,
Chambersburg and Mt Alto, where
most of them spent the day until late
at night to witness the display of fire
works. In the evening rockets, Ro-
man candles and blue lights and
other pyrotechnics were streaming
and flashing over various parts of the
town, forming a beautiful contrast to
the swift and vivid lightnings that
seemed to be continuously lighting
up the southern and eastern horizon.
Added to this was the almost end
less discharge Of some kind of fire
arms and chinese crackers. Taking
it all together, we know not il we
ought to complain, for it was a day
of perfect freedom, and after all it is
hard to say who enjoyed it most,
those whose ardour kept them out in
the fearful heat OF the day or those
who rested. 1t was a day of remark
able good order, and that is worth
remembering.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-07-08
A Young LADY in this city. says

A young lady in this city, says the
Herald, of Helena, Montana, talks in
her sleep, and will answer unconscious
ly questions put to her. She is courted
by a timid young man who has never
had the courage to ask her to marry
him. He called One night last week,
and, entering the front door. as was his
habit, without ringing the bell, saw her
asleep on the parlor sofa. He heard his
own name softly expressed from be-
tween coral lips. Immediately the pent-
up burden of his heart broke out In
words: dearest, do you love me?"
"Yes," was the soft response Of the
sleeper. evil you marry me?' eyes,"
.:Shall it be in q year," "Any time"
"Let it be in six months2" There was
a moments silence and suspense, when
the lips again moved, and the young
man heard distinctly the little word
"July He stepped cautiously back,
and glided quietly from the house. July
was too soon to suit his purse.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-07-08

Cooperative building societies
in Canada are very thriving insti-
buttons. Real estate valued at
nearly $40, 900 900 Is mortgaged by
them for various loans, and the
influence they have gained there
by is so considerable as to inspire
nervous people with. no little
alarm. In Ontario the amount
of the loans they have made is
said to be $l5,680,0 900, aud in Que
bee 81, 729, 900. The total outstand-
ing loans made in these.two prov
inces alone amount to $l8,360.714
secured by real estate property
worth $4I, 962. 600. The paid-up
stock Is Sill ,434,267 and the depos-
its have been 5000, FOG.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-07-08
Will there be Another Hum
dred Years Like the One
Just Closed.

One hundred and ten years ago there
was not a single white man in what is
now Kentucky; Ohio, Indiana or Ill
nois. Then, what is now the most
6ourishing part Of the United States,
was as little known as the country in the
heart Of Africa. II was not till 1875,
that Boone left his home in North
Carolina to become the first settler in
Kentucky. And the frss pioneers OF
Ohio did not settle till twenty years
later still. A hundred years ago Cana
da belonged to France, and Washington
was a modest Virginia Colonel, and the
United States the most loyal part Of the
British Empire, and scarcely q speck on
the political horizon indicated thestrug-
gle that in q score Of years was to lay
the foundation Of the greatest Republic
of the world.
A hundred years ago there were but
four small newspapers in America;
steam engines had not been imagined,
and locomotives and steamboats, and
railroads, and telcgraphs, and postal
carde, and friction matches, and re-
volvers, and percussion caps, and
breach-loading guns, and stoves,
furnaces, and gas for dwellings, and In
dia rubber shoes, and Spaulding's glue,
and sewing-machines, anthracite coal,
and photographs, and chrome paintings,
and kerosene oil, and safety lamps, and
the compound blow pipe, and free
schools, and spring mattresses, and
wood engraving, and brussels carpet,
and lever watches, and greenbacks, and
cotton and wooden factories, in any
thing like the present meaning of these
terms, were utterly unknown.
A hundred years ago tho spinning
wheel was in almost every family, and
clothing was woven, and made up in
the household; and the printing press
was q ~cumberous machine, worked by
hand; and a nail, or . brick, or a knife,
or q pair Of shears or scissors, or q razor,
or a woven pair of stockings, or an axe,
or hoe, or shovel, or a lock or key, OF
plate of glass Of any size, was not made
in what is now the United States. Even
in 1890 there were only seventy-fve
p~ostoffices in the country and the whole
extent Of our post routes was less THAI
nineteen hundred miles. Cheap post
age was unhsard of, and had any one
suggested the transmission of messages
with lightning speed he would havs
been thought utterly insane. The M
croscope on the one hand, and the t2A
escope on the other, were in their infan-
cy as instruments of science; and geolo-
~ and chemistry were almost unknown.
In a word, it is true that the cen airy
passed has been allotted more improve
ments in there bearing on the comfor.
and happiness Of mankind, than to any
other which has elapsed since the crea-
ton of the world
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-07-08
Baltimore Cattle Market.
BALTIMORE, July Z.

BALTIMORE, July z.
BEEF CATTLE.-Prices to-day
for Beef Cattle ranged as follows.
Best Beeves at 4.87a$5.87 that
generally rated first quality Ala
81 81 ; medium or good fair quail.
ty 3.76a$4.12, ordinary thin Steers,
Oxen and Cows 3.50a4,75; general
average OF the market to-day
1912; extreme range of prices
3.50l$5.87. Most of the sales were
from 4.62 to $3.50 per 100 lbs.
SHEEP AND LAMBs-The t.ade
for home consumption has been
very limited, operations being al
most wholly confined to supplying
the Eastern demand. We quote
butcher Sheep at 4a5 cents per fb.
Lambs 5a7 cents per Id. Receipts
this week 6811 head, against 9l08
last week, and 1857 head same
time last year.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-07-08
Very Warm.

Notwithstanding the numerous
showers of rain which have visited
us almost daily for a week or more
past, the weather continues fearfully
hot. In fact, the summer thus far,
in point of continued heat, will COM
pare with any for years past. 1t is
beginning to affectthe health Of CON-
munities.