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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-07-26
A SagaoiOus Cat.

One very strange thing | remember
happening at the house where was
once visiting. ! had been told of it,
but never fully realized how peculiar
1t was till witnessed it myself. The
family consisted of my friend, her hus-
band and four children; and when
news was brought that puss had five
new kittens. each begged SO hard to be
allowed to have one that orders were
given to save four and drown the re-
naming one. Whether Mrs. Puss
missed her child or not | don't know,
but she seemed very well satisfied with
those left her, and was more than usu-
ally happy when any of the children
would pay her visit at her snug quar-
tiers under the kitchen table A dozen
times a day or more would the luck
less kittens be dragged from their bed
to be kissed and fettered and Rugged.
But 1t SO happened that from some
cause or other one whole day passed
without any one going to see the Kit
tens, much to their mothers grief who
had frequently gone to the nursery III
search OF her young friends. Evening
came; the whole family We're together,
The two younger ones being on the
toor, when, to their establishment, III
walked the cat. carrying a kitten in her
mouth. This she carried to one OF the
Children, and rs soon as she saw it was
kindly received ran quickly away.
Bump, bump. was soon heard. ana III
came tie mother cat with another XII
ten. which was deposited near another
81 the children. Curiosity was now eX-
cited; the two elder children took seats
on the floor. to see if kittens would 90
Drought to them, and in a very sh2rt
tlme they were. Then was PuSsys
happiness complete: she would purr
loudly, rub herself against each one III
turn, and try by every means to show
now pleased she was.
during the time" | visited at my
Trend 5 | witnessed the above strange
scene three times, and never once dio
puSS make mistake III not giving the
Kittens To their proper owners. ror was
the peculiar dumping noise ever
heard when she carried any other o1t
Ned'S. Need say that it was sooh
named Bumps" 10y the children <
Ae1c Dominion Monthly.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-07-26
The Hamburg Is. c. Butchery.


On the glorious Fourth, Company A of
the Ninth Regiment of the National
Guard of South Carolina, being a part of
the State militia to the number of thirty
eight men, turned out at Hamburg, in
that State, To celebrate the Centennial of
American Independence by parade
They were going through their drill ON "a
street between 100 and 100 feet in width,
when Thomas Butler and Henry Getzen
drove up in a carriage and demanded that
the Company get out of their way--a de
mand made 10y Butler and Getzen, white
men, 10 demonstrate their superiority over
the niggcrs" who composed Co. \, and
which no two white men in South Caro-
lima would have dared make of any white
militia company After some parley, the
Caucasians refusing To drive around the
"niggers, the commandant of the Com.
pany ordered the ranks opened and the
two representatives of the superior eau
casian race asserted their superiority by
driving through, crowding the negroes
into the ditch on either side
Next these two young hloodS made
complaint before a magistrate against
Company A for ohstructing the highway
blythe Fourth ot-july parade
When brought before the Trial Justice.
Adams, Captain of the Company, was ar
rested for contempt of court and his trial
continued until the Sth. On that day d,
Gen" NJ. c, Buslcr, uncle of young
Butler who drove through the ranks of the
company appeared as counsel for the
prosecution, and there also appeared in
the town some 200 or 300 armed white
Democrats Gen. Butler, instead of going
into court with his case, then proposed 10
settle the matter by having surrendered tn
him the arms OF the company lie had no
shadow Of right to make such demand.
The arms were the property of the State,
and were lawfully in the hands of the
State militia, while Butler was mere
private citizen, having ma authority what.
ever in the matter But he had POO OF 800
armed white Democrats there, anxious to
shoot down The nlggcrs.N He graCiously
aCCedCd 60 thv request ui the members of
Company 4 thai time be given them
for consultation. agreeing that " fire
should not be opened upon them" until
they had done SO; and they retired To their
amory in The second story of "a building
near by From thence, Butler having
declined To guarantee their safety in case
they SURRENDERED their aymS, further
than 20 SAY il would depend ON
how they behaved, " they declined To dis
arm themselves, ami less than forty all
sold were then attacked 10y the two or
three hundred white Democrats, reinforced
hy other white Democrats who CroS>td the
river from Augusta, Ca, Immediately OPP
po>itc, to take a hand in the niger XIII
ing.
After few rounds. the negroes, whose
ammunition was exhausted, lied cat of the
rear of the building, Some of them, with
other who were not memGerS ~ Company
A, and in all twenty FIVE men, we're cap.
iurcd, They were placed in the midst of
ring OF their captors, and one 10y one,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-07-26
The Cry Of "Stop Thief"

When a hue and cry is raised in IA
crowded city, and the multitude are chas-
lng down flying pickpocket, a fayorite
dodge of the rascal is To cry stop thiein
louder than all his pursuers," and so di-
vert attention from himself So now,
every graduate of the Tweed regime in
New York, every Southern statesman who
assisted to steal the arms of the Govern.
mont in 1861, every member OF the party
whose stealings while it administered the
affairs of the Nation amounted 10 from six
to twenty dollars on every 81 900 dis.
bursed, is now crying stop thief in the
most frantic manner, or pretending to be
in hot pursuit of some Republican
sCoundre just ahead of him. It's
a clever trick, but an old one, and
has become too we'll understood to
meet with much success, The bare idea
of the Democratic party being seriously in
favor OF honesty in anything Is too absurd
TO be gravely considered That the party
would for one moment think of admins
teriug the Government in the interests of
reform is simply prepostcrous. They
have had abundant opportunities to prove
the sincerity of their professions. They
are in power to-day in about half the
States of the Union. Where has reform
been consummatcd, or even begun Is it
in lndianaY A Republican Governor
handed over the Executive Office to Mr.
Hendricks clear from embarraSsments
and gave him the State better OIL financial
ly than nj any former period of its his
tory. l. ii in Wisconsin \ Reform
Governor was elected there few wears
ago, and he has recently been convicted
ot the most scandalous procedure
that ever disgraced the Chief Mag.
istraie of a Commonwealth, Is il
in New York; The reign of
Tweed and Tammany answer that
question So fully that even the latter
day professions of Mr. Tilden himself
cannot eNpunge the shameful evidence
Is it in Georgia. Direct charges OF ras-
cality are made against the Legislature by
Democratic papers themselves and allega-
ton. that bills have been passed through
the Legislature by fraud and corruption
are openly presented. Is it in Kentucky,
or Mississippi,or Texas, or any of the States
Boosting Democratic administration
Where is the record of reform =
/ Where, indeed, is any record, save one
against liberty and popular education
which that party has made wherever il
has taken the reins of power. The House
of Representatives is Democratic. Ii was
able, Ii it wished, to naugurate the re
forms in the civil service about which il
pirates So much. Did il do it, On the
contrary. move 'iScmccful partisan
strmble for of A. never been seen
since the organization of the Government
old and ued officials were swept from
their places to make room for partisan sd-
hcrents, and the hungry SNarms of mpc-
cunious ConfederatcS blocked up the door
ways OF the National Capitol, And this
is the party that is asking 10 be placed in
power because of It's superior purity
People may have a sort of admiration for
the assurance and the infinite cheek of
such "a demand, but to seriously think Of
granting il. is a step into the absurd which
they viii hardly think il wise to take
Chicago fattr-Otog.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-07-26
CROW, Billed CROW.

,(Air. Home. Street H0Dte.)
To Conventions and Caucuses though we may go,
Be II ever 80 nauseous, there's nothing like
Grow.
The charms OF this diet the pen fails to trace
But they clearly are shown by the crow-eater 3
face.
Crow, crow, good billed crow,
BE IL ever 80 nauseous there nothing
like croW
A stranger to Office these sixteen years past,
| seek but chance for to break my long fast:
And the table is spread in the wilderness; 10!
The reire-hment is solid, not liquid Old Crow!
Crow crow good billed crow,
BE IL ever so nauseous, there's nothing
like crow
-ChtcdG0 Tribuae.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-07-26

IT IS solemn thing for a peaniless
Young man to lead hluSling bride up
To The altar and promise 10 eudoW her
with all bis worldly goods.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-07-26

JUN has gone, the dear, delicious
month of tender fruits and blooming
ulSrs, We takeoue long lingering look
at the reCedigg lovelineSS, ami turn
about with pain i'm our hearts 10 crap
pie with those months in which victualS
must he eaten mp to save them from
spelling, -EchuHgt.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-04-01


NErqnBoRHooD NEws.-Bishop Simp-
son is to dedicate the new NJ. L. Church
in Cadiz, next May.
The BeIlaire City Council has ordered
the City Clerk to advertise for bids TO light
that city with kerosene.
Mr.. VIM. II. .Tarr, Of WellsburG, is
named as the successor OF Hon. John Gun
ningham in the State Senate.
The Directors OF the Bellaire & South
western Railroad have had little UNI
pleasantness with their Chief Engineer,
in consequence Of which they are on the
lookout Tor another Engineer.
Lots sold, in the new town Of Lazear-
vile, near Wellsburg, last Saturday
week, for S32 so. j. H. Pendlcton bought
an entire block; twelve lots, at the above
figures. So says the Herald.
The NJ. E. Conference at its late session
in Canton, voted to hold It's annual ses.
sion in September instead Of March, here.
after.
Alex. Henderson was elected President
OF the First National Bank Of Cadiz, to
fill the place OF Mr.. Beebe, resigned.
Things don't appear to be running
smoothly ovcry there.
The Medico. Chirurgical Society Of
Eastern Ohio, will meet at Bellaire,
Thursday, April 9th. Election Of officers
and other important business will be
transacted. Aiull attendance Is requested.
JSo. E. west, Sec'y.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-04-01

We were exposed last week tot pitt.
less storm, that wet our feet and stock
ing, and indeed our person allover. In fact
We took a cracking cold, which brought
sore throat and severe SYMPTOMS Of fever
The good wife asserted her authority,
plunged our feet in hot water, wrapped
us in hot blankets, and sent our faithful
son for bottle ofAYER's CHERRY PEc.
roRAL. Il is q splendid medicine-pleas-
ant to take and did the job. We slept
soundly through the night and awcke
we'll the next morning, We know We
owe our quick recovery to the Pectoral,
and shall not hesitate to recommend II to
all who need such \ medicine Tthiaea-
ma (Tt1as) Pabytsriaa, aAw.
re- = - l.
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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-10
SILVER city TOWN LOTS
Fo7 SALE.

IuyHE UNDERSIGNED HAVING RECEIV-
ed patent from the United States, for
the town site of Silver City in the County of
Lyon, State of Nevada, in trust for the use and
benefit of the occupants OF said town site, en-
bracing the north half of the northwest quar-
ter of Section l6, the southeast quarter OF the
southwest quarter, the west half of the south
west quarter and the southwest quarter Of
the northwest quarter of Section 3, the east
half of the southeast quarter and the frac-
tional portion of the southeast quarter of the
northeast quarter as shown on map of Section
8 in Township 16 north Of range Il east, and
the following described lots of land within
said town site not having been claimed, per-
suant to the statute of the State of Nevada. in
such cases provided
Lots Nos 1 and of block /; No. 8 of block
2; No. II of block 81 Nos. 3. 4. and Of block
4; Nos. 6 and IL of block S; Nos. 2, and 8
O I block 8; Nos. 8, 4, and of block y; No.
of block IL; Nos. Q. 8, 4 and of block II; No
10 of block 90; Nos. 4, s.. 7 and OF block Il,
q. designated on map ga OF said town site
made by Ross E. Browne.
Also, lots Nos. $50, ISL, 252. 253, 254, 255. 256
257, 25s, 259, 260. 261, 262, 263. 1854! 265. 266,
267 $685. &c., &c, 2Tl, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276. 277
27s 279 $50 2Sl 49,, 2S3, 286, 2S7 28S, $50, 800
291, 1872, 1913, 294, as designated on map ''B" of
said town site made by said Browne, excepting
from said lots Nos. 277, 27S. 279, 2S3, 2sG, 2o7.
2S8 ard 2e9 and any part thereof within that GER
tain highway known as the Carson Toll Road.
Notice is hereby given that on tine oth ury OF
May 1876 at said Silver City, at the saloon OF
Joseph Munckton, commencing at 10 O'Clock
A. NJ, the undersignt as such trustee Will,
in accordance with the statute Of said State,
and subject to the provisions of said patent.
sell to the highest bidder, the above described
lots of land.
Each lot will be sold separately. said patent
provides that no title shall be thereby nc
auired to any mine of gold, silver, cinnabar.
or copper, or to any valid mining claim or
possession held under existing laws of Con-
gress.
Terms of sale: United States gold coin ut
the time of sale Deeds three dollars for each
LOTT at expense of purchaser. Maps OF said
lots can now be seen at the County Recorders
Office at Dayton and at Munckton's saloon.
Silver City, for three days prior to the sale.
W. NJ. SEAWELL,
District Judge Lyon County, New, Trustee.
March 29th 1876
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-10
0FFIoE KossUTH MINING COMPANY

NFFICE KOSSUTH MINING COMPANY,
~ San Francisco. March 2lst 1875.
Alta meeting OF the Board of Trustees OF
this company, held this day. the following
resi- luton was adopted, and notice is hereby
given to the ,tockholders of the Kossutn Min
ing Company that special meeting VIII be
held at the time and place named In said res
olution.
WHEREAS, The Kossuth Mine consists OF
27OO linear feet on the lower Comstock lode,
and in the opinion of this Board. cannot be
developed and worked to advantage. for us
entire length, through the present shaft, sltu-
ate about 900 feet from the north line OF the
mine, Therefore, it is hereby
Resoiped. thai 1t is expedient to divide the
clam of this company into two mines, the
northern 400 feet ladjoining the Dayton
Mine) to be retained by the present kossuth
Mining Company, and the southern 1900 feet
of said clai m to be decided to new company
in consideration of the receipt by this com
rany Of the entire capital stock ito consist OF
los, 900 sharesl of said new company; aad up
on the receipt Of such stock. stock dividend
of same be declared by this company to its
stockholders And 1t is hereby further
Resoieed That this action of the Board be
submitted for confirmation to the stockholders
of this company, and for such purpose, that a
special meeting of the stockholders OF the
Kossuth Mining Company be called for
WEDNESDAY, the Third (3ll of May, 1876
at the hour of two O'Clock at the once
of the company, in this city, 4l9 Califor-
mia street, Room No. 3.
mh34 EDWARD r. STONE, Secretary.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-10
NOTICE TO CO.OWNERS!

To- s. DALLAS AND JOHN GEARHEART
The undersigned, co-owners Of the Pitts
burg Coal Mine, situated in Lyon County,
Nevada, hereby give notice that we have ex-
pended the sum of Eight Hundred and Seven
ty-three Dollars and Ninety Cents ($S73.90l III
gold coin, for lumber, labor ana supplies;
that the proportion of the said expenditure SO
made as azores aid due from YOU amount to
From you, J. S. Dallas, $90,0 and from you,
John Gear heart, 5000. You are hereby fur
ther notified that in case you fail or refuse to
pay the amounts set opposite your names. to
the Secretary of said Company. at his ofhce In
the town of Dayton, on or before the expira-
ton of ninety days from the first publication
of this notice your interest in the said Pitts
burg Coal Mine will. in accordance with the
Act OF Congress, emitted. IAN Act to promote
the development of the mining resources of
the United States, approved May 10th. 1872, ="
become the property Of the undersigned CO.
owners, who made the above expenditures on
said claim
C. l.. ALL, JAS. DONOVAN,
HI CARING, JOHN DoLAN,
o. Il. NASH, G. EBNER,
FRANK KENYON, L. W. GowEN,
LOUIS GoLpsroNE, Jos. DAMON.
Dayton, New, March IT, 1876. 9ou
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-10
NOTICE IN BANKRUPTCY.

I'm THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
Il United States. ID strict of Nevada.-1n the
matter of JOLESE LAWSON, Bankrupt, in
Bankruptcy Before Il. Strother. Register in
Bankruptcy. is hereby given that a
petition has been filed in said Court by Jolese
Lawson, of Silver City, County of Lyon, in
said district duly declared bankrupt under
the Act of Congress approved March I'd, 1867,
for discharge and certificate thereof from
all his deot and other claims provable under
said Act; and that TUESDAY, the 18th day OF
April, A. d. 1875, at IL O'Clock A. NJ. of said
day, before the District Court OF the United
states, In Carson City, is assigned as the time
and place for the hearing Of the same. when
and where ans creditors who have proved
their debts, and any person in interest, may
appear and show cause, if any they have, why
the prayer of the petitioner should not be
granted. X. NJ. DAGGEff,
Clerk of the District Court for said District,
Virginia City, April 9th, 1876.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-10
NOTICE NO. 800.
U. s. SURVEY NO. I19.


X s. LAND OFFICE, CARSON CITY,
u . Nevada, A pril 5, l976.-Notice is hereby
given that Hermann j. T. Scheel and Washing
ton Seawell, whose postoifice al ress Is Silver
City, Lyon County, Nevada. have made appli-
cation for eighteen hundred 1S00l linear feet
of the MONrEZUMA LODE, called the HER
MANN j. 4. SCHEEL AND WASHINGTON
SEAWELL CLAIM, situated in DEVILS Gate
and Chinatown Mining District, Lyon Coun-
ty, Nevada, together with surface ground four
hundred feet in width, for the convenient
working thereof, and described on the plat
and field notes ON file in my Office as follows,
to-wit: Beginning at PostaSo. l. whence bears
the Il section corner, on She west lime of sec
ton IL, Township IS N, X. 81 E., NJ. ID, NJ.
n, 704' W. distant 1885 feet and running
from said Post No. list course, N. 69' f. tat
so feet pass through the S. W. corner post No.
. of the Carson Co.'S U. S. survey No. 50;
whence bears smoke stack of Daney Co.'S
hosting works S. 47s.e W.: smoke stack of the
Spring Valley Mill S. 3ls4e W: smoke stack
OF Kossuth hoisting works n 33s W, flagstaff
on Mt. Davidson N. 22s 40 min. W 400 feet TO
post No. q thence I'd course, S. 549 W 800
feet to post No. 3; thence Sd course, S. 500 W.
400 feet to post No. A; thence 4th course, N.
55ae Il. loo feet to post No. l, the point OF
beginning Containing Is 97-l00 acres. Bear
ings expressed from the true meridian mag
netic variation ~ East. The labor and i'm
provements consist of shafts and tunnel ex-
ceeding five hundred dollars in value. This
claim was located under the name of the Mon
tezuma Ledge and Company. This claim is
bounded ON the north by the Carson Co. IS U.
s. Survey No. 50, on the west, south and east
by no known claimants. rhe location notice
is on record and may be found in Book &C."
Miscellaneous Records, page 1872, Lyon Coun-
ty Records kept at the office of the County
Recorder, at Dayton, Lyon County, Nevada.
Any and all per ons claiming adversely any
portion of said Hermann j. t. scheel and
Washington Seawell Cain arerequired to ii e
their adverse claim with the Register of the
u. S Land Office at Carson CITY, Nevada,
during the sixty days period of publication
hereof or they will be barred by virtue of the
provisions of the statute.
nrnrI .End A WAICZ RhnisfPr