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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-05-09
NEW TO-DAY.


Z K CONSOLIDATED MINING CON-
IA PANY. Location Of works, Eureka
Mining District, Eureka county. State Of
Nevada.
Notice is hereby given that at a meeting Of
the Trustees OF said company. held on the 9Th
day of May, 1877, an assessment Of ONE DOL
LAR per share was levied upon the capital
stock Of said company, payable i'm Immediately
in United states gold coin. TO tn, Secretary
of said company, at the office Of said COM
pany, Room No. 40 Nevada Block, No. 800
Montgomery street, San Francisco, Cali
iornia.
Any stock upon which this assessment
shall remain unpaid on saturday the 9th day
of JUNE, 1877, shall be deemed delinquent,
and will be duly advertised for sale at public
auction; and unless payment shall be made
before will be sold on Saturday, the THIR.
TlETH DAY OF JUNE, 1877. to pay the
delinquent assessment. together with the
costs OF advertising and expenses Of sale.
By order OF the Board of Trustees.
b. Is. MINOR. Secretary.
~Ofice.-Room No. ~. No. 803 Montgomery
street, san FraEcisco. California. myg-td
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-05-09
List of Unclaimed Letters

- EMAINING IN THE POsToFFICE AT
IL Eureka, Nevada. on the Sth day OF
May. 1871. Persons calling tor any OF these
letters VIII please say Advertised
Mays, 1877"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-10-20
From Wealth to Poverty.

AMONG those who have "passed the
way of all the earth" during the last few
days was one who represented the last of
a once wealthy and aristocratic family in
one of our New England cities. The
death was hardly noticed on account of
the lowly circumstances in which the poor
mortal passed away, but it eliminates a
chapter of eventful history. One dark
night, some years ago, a vessel lay
moored at one Of the principal wharves
in Boston. She was fruiter, and was
She had received her cargo, and was to
sail at high water the same evening
About. an hour before sailing man,
dressed shabbily and under the influence
of liquor, staggered on board and offered
to take passage on the ship as common
sailor for very meager sum. The Cap
tain being one man short, and seeing a
chance to get one on easy terms, hired
him. The papers were signed, and in
less than an hour the ship had cast off
and was bounding on her course.
The new hand was too much intoxi-
Gated to be of service, and he was put in
the cabin to sleep it off. He was on
deck the following day, and the mate as
signed him his duties. In the evening
he took his turn at the wheel. The Cap
tain was walking the deck, and, noticing
the perfect ease with which the new man
discharged his duty, he approached him
and found him to be of noble structure,
with high forehead and intelligent eye,
and he conversed Oh all matters pertain
ing to navigation with remarkable in
telligence, and soon convinced the Cap
tain that he was, no ordinary sailor.
Each day produced some new appoint
ment, and the Captain grew anxious to
know how man of such ability should
beg the situation Of common sailor.
His curiosity increased until one day,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-10-20

No DIVIDEND has been paid for two
years by the Hudson's Bay Company in
consequence of depression in the market
for furs and sealskins. This great com
mercial company finds it's vast territory
and its numerous salaried servants rem
dered almost useless by the commercial
stagnation of the world. Furs are arti-
Giles OF luxury, and as such they are large
ly dispensed with in the hard times
The shareholders get nothing on their
capital, and as the regular servants en-
ployed in overseeing the company's terri
tory receive a share of the profits as part
of their payment, they are being severe
ly cramped by the absence of all divi-
dends. --- L.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-10-20

BHRTHA's basket: maiden Bertha,
With the merry dancing eyes,
And the brow whereon a shadow
Would be such rare surprise
What has she within this dainty
Shell of PUSHES. silken-lined,
Where so many maiden musings
InnocentlY are enshrined?
Gayly mingled ends Of worsted:
Beads that glitter silver-bright;
Fleece of Shetland, light and airy,
Lying there in waves of white;
Broidered linen wrought for pastinie
In the dreamy summer hours;
And perhaps poets idyl,
Read amid the leaves and flowers.
Bertha's basket: mother Bertha,
All, serener light hath grown
In the Thoughtful eyes; the forehead
Hath some fitting sorrows known.
In the larger basket looking,
Other handiwork we find;
Where the woman's heart, its pleasure,
Love, and longing hath enshrined.
Little aprons; little dresses;
Trousers patched about the knee
With tender art, where no keen critic
Can the mothers piercing see;
Flannel worked with skill and patience,
And an overlooking store,
Every size, of little stockings
Always needing one stitch more.
Bertha's basket: grandma Bertha;
For the years have run theirway,
And it seems. in looking backward,
1t was only yesterday
That the maiden tripped so lightly,
That the matron had her cares
Age slips on so gently gently,
Like an angel unawares.
Grandma's work is contemplative.
With the scintillance Of steel
Clean the needles, smooth with flashing
of the toe or round the heel
Leisure days have found the lady;
But her face is deeply lined,
And her heart is as a temple
Hallowed memories there are shrined.
AS along the dusty highroad
Rise the millstones one by one.
Telling here and there the distance,
Until all the way is done:
So woman's working basket
Marks the journey OF her life.
Working dearest work for others,
Whether she be maid or wife.
-Margdret +. SdHgSter, in The Methodist
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-10-20

THE other night Ben Horton, an engi.
neer on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Road, was accompanied by his wife, who
wagered that she could fire the engine
from Burlington to Galesburg. Ben took
her up and bet her five dollars she
couldn't. Mrs. Horton promptly accept
ed the challenge and buckled to work
with the shovel and-won the bet She
shoveled one and quarter tons of coal,
and kept steam up alike a little man I"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-10-20
A Point OF Etiquette.

THE Nashville Ne,os says: The people
of Kalamo wish to submit the following
point of etiquette: Suppose two young
couples from a country town go to De-
troit on a pleasure excursion and the
gents purchase two very large water
melons, and, perchance, take in Wood
ward avenue in their strolls, should each
gent carry melon under one arm and
escort his lady with the other, or should
they act alternately in carrying both
melons and escorting the ladies likewise?
Answer the foregoing and it will relieve
many anxious hearts in the fashionable
circles of this high toned village.
Answer.-Neither. The proper thing
would be for the ladies to carry the
watermelons and allow the gents to have
free use of their arms, as they might
need to caress or protect them whilst
passing along such an unfriendly street
as Woodward avenue
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-10-20

A MAN in Tonawanda, N Y, perfected
a sort of raft or flotilla which, h. claimed,
would safely carry man over Niagara.
His idea was to place on it small house
containing couple of dogs, cat, goat
and sheep, and send it over the great cas-
cade, and, should the experiment be sue
cessful, have man next essay to shoot"
the cataract. He had the raft towed over
the Chippewa from Tonawanda, and it
started on its perilous voyage down the
rapids, proceeding as naturally and al
most as calmly as pine chip down
well-regulated mill-race. 1t continued
its way until it reached the spot where the
schooner struck and stuck some years
ago, and further the owner couldn't tow
it. He couldn't drag itup.stream, as the
current was too strong, and it couldn't
go downstream, as the rocks were both
numerous, full grown and strong. In
such an emergency what could a poor
fellow do? He couldn't wade out and hoist
the life-raft over the surly rocks, and he
couldn't do anything but abandon his I'M
dertaking as a losing spec, and leave
the life-raft to live just as long and as
well as it could, stuck on top of the
rocks above the falls.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-10-20

SOMEBODY writes to a Chicago news
paper to complain because the President
OF one of the plundered savings banks
closed 1t as soon as he did, and says:
" They say he could have held out six or
seven minutes longer, as the bank had
sixty-two dollars, to say nothing of the
odd twenty seven cents, which might
have prolonged its existence a quarter of
minute longer after the sixty-two dol
lars had been exhausted"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-10-20

AN Amherst (Mass.) grocer offered
young school-teacher a bushel of pota.
toes free if she would wheel them home
at an hour when most of the students
were in the streets. She did it and says
she is ready to receive more at any time
on like conditions.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-10-20

A HANDBILL announcing negro pic
mic in Tennessee requested persons at
tending to leave their pistols and razors
at home.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-10-20

THE telephone may be we'll enough as
musical dissemination, but what the
country needs is the invention of some
sort of musical conductor which may he
applied to hand.organs and tin. pan
pianos in such manner as to conduct
the music" noiselessly of and dump it
in some out of the way place, where it
will not become offensive. Chicago
Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-10-20

A BURGLAR can make no explanation
of his presence that will satisfy bull
dog,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-09-11

The Importance of county and dis
trict fairs can not be overestimated
These meetings are the occasion of thos,
interchanges of notes and observations
which are of vast Importance to farm.
ers, mechanics, stock.raisers and mer
chants. For months before the meet,
ing, flutter of preparation is seen on
all hands, which among farmers is in
and OF itself productive of the very best
results. The finest grain, finest cotton,
and the best specimens of each kind of
stock are selected for exhibition. The
modes by which these results have
been produced, form the staple of inter.
est at these meetings. In this connec>
ton we desire to say that the North
Texas fair, which commences in this city
in October, will eclipse anything of the
KIND ever yet attempted in the state.
Every product of this section of the
state will be on exhibition, and on this
account the coming fair viii possess n
commanding interest for strangers from
other states who expect to settle here
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-09-11

Boston Post; Should the report be
confirmed that Colonel Valentine Baker
has been killed in one of the late en-
gagements between the Turks and Rus
slams, it is easy to believe that he sought
danger that he might end his clouded
life in sunset of glory, An ardent and
impulsive nature, with an intellect as
clear as glass and u courage that tlinched
at nothing but shame, one can conceive
that he would choose the manner of his
exit deliberately while running upon
the event with an eagerness nursed by
long waiting A greater misfortune
could not befall such man than the
one which, to say no more, his indscre-
ton invited. His honorable and deli.
cate refusal to say word either in ex~
PLANTATION or defense was proof sut6
cient of his native superiority, and
went far to turn the sharpe edge of hos
tile judgment. One who had so fool
ishly imperilled such fame could have
but one chance of worldly redemption
left him, and that was death in the
thick Of battle, 10y comparison with
which suicide would be contemplate.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-09-11

TnE following from the Mckinney
Advocate is rather hard on the News, but
is just. There are few weekly papers in
the state that we would consent to be
without even if they cost more than the
daily in exchange, The Nc,os like TnE
HERALD, owes much of its interest to the
weekly press, and ought to be willing
to return iavors, or give the daily in
exchange. We are obliged to the Ad.
vocdte for its partial favor to us:
The Galveston Neos is sending out
hall column advertisements to the ooun.
ty papers, blandly stating that if those
papers will publish them given length
of time, they will send the. daily Ncos
in exchange. lfall the proprietors of
papers felt about it like we do, none of
their advertisements would be publish,
ed, THE DAILY HERALD at Dallas is
equally as good paper, if not better,
and the proprietors take pleasure in
exchanging with weeklies, and are far
more liberal than the Ncacs.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-09-11
Friendly Indian, Want War.

Philadelphia Times; The reports from
the Indian country more and more jus
tify the fears of u general Indian upris-
ing The red men OF northern Mon
tana, who have for some time been
peaceful, are beginning to complain
that the hosties have received better
treatment than they, and therefore it
will be benefit for them to engage
with the Nea Perces in the war, which
has thus far been II successful one, The
disaflect ed on the branches of the up
per Missouri can muster about two
thousand five hundred warriors, and
should they begin the work of debasta-
ton, which they are likely at any mos
mcnt to do, there is nothing in their
way, The massacre would be general
throughout the thinly settled sections
of that region, and the whole north-
west would be cut off from the Missouri
river its source of supplies.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-09-11

Travis County, The democrats Of Aus
Tin meet on the 10th instant % perfect
an organization They seem TO mean
business, The Gaaetto calls upon the
Germans TO ask the resignation Of Com
missioner Groos. THE governor Is
not going 10 back down from his high
stand against the Mexi1an authorities
who shield the parties that have com
mtted depredations on Texas sol -----
The Hobby trial progresses without
eliciting much information,
Grlyson Couty.--Chiles, Of George
town, was assaulted Thursday night by
John Bowyer aud seriously bea ten, II il
feared latally.-rwo county prisoners
Escaped last week from the chain gang
In sherman, -----Owing TO the misman'
agement Of the Denison club the lase
ball game was delayed two hours and q
quarter which rendered il impossible to
complete the game, no II was postponed
until Saturday at which time the Den
ison boys refused TO play, "a hog orr
dinanco Is wanted IN Donison Cotton
is coming in rapidly About three
thousand head Of cattle are en- route ioi
Denison from the plains, The News
is decidedly opposed to having th'
dance houses reepencd, -Laborer
from the Tyler Tap have arrived anc
have tented near Denison 10 work OF
the Denison and Southwestern road
The Sherman Patriot has enlarged
to nine column paper
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-09-11

Grotesque are the vices Of the Chinese
The wife of Il charcoal peddler in Shang'
hal boarded money secretly, and not
even her husband knew that avarice
was her ruling passion When she was
taken i'll she concealed her money un
der her pillow, and when she died her
hands were found olutching n number
OF coins so tightly that it was impossible
to unlock her fingers Firmly as the
muscles may have beer set, it would nc
doubt have been possible for the hus'
band to have wrenched or cut then
apart had he wished to do 50. "Sht
stuck to her dollars during her life,
said the widower, and she clings tc
them still more desperately in death
let her have them undistmbed And sc
the corps was buried,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-09-11

TuG Ne,oS thinks it strange that two
prominent citizens of the state should
have exchanged letters on the United
States senatorship, as though it were a
matter to be disposed of by private UNI
derstanding. 1t does not follow that
it should be thus disposed OF, but it is
perfectly natural that the subject should
be treated of by private correspond
ence rs well rs by the papers, and the
two most prominent public men in the
state could hardly write letters to each
other without mentioning the matter
while it was the leading topic, The eff.
fort to connect Coke with the matter
in a dishonorabe way has most signal.
ly failed, doubtless to the Ma,os chagrin,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-09-11
THE STATE OVER.

Washington COmtH--An escaped ne
gro convict who is wanted at Hunts
vile, is lurking near Brenham ---Th
county treasurer says the Jury anC
common fund of this county has beer
exhausted, and there is now no none,
on hand to meet drafts drawn on thes,
| funds.
Denton CdWaty.--Greenback clubs ar,
being organized throughout the county
w. j. Austin espouses the greenbact
cause. ---Brothe Green's meeting at
Stewart creek made twenty-five CONVEX,
sions, most of them hard cases, anC
many were baptised. The county
has been thoroughly drenched with
rain.
Tdrrdm County.--Fort Worth is work
ed up over the prospect of having to pay
more for cotton shipped from there,
than Dallas has to pay. They call this
discrimination,-The . compress is
ready for business. Mrs. Gibson, OF
Fort Worth, who was charged with pois.
oning her husband, in Giddings, was
tried and acquitted there last week,
Collin Comty,-The Enquirer office
has changed its location to the south
side of the square, and is more neatly
fitted up than formerly. George
Cameron has gathered eleven water.
MELONS from volunteer vine, which
has never been hoed. Some sickness
about town.-Twenty>two licences
have been issued to loving couples dur,
ing the past week.
Harris COuntI-James Allen, the me-
gro murderer of G white man named
John Mcclellan, in Matagorda county,
in 1856, has been captured near Hous-
ton.---Ed. Williams, colored, shot at
his step>father iu>law, william Warf
with intent TO kill. a few evenings since.
The ball passed within few inches of
the old mans head.--A young lawyer
named A. r, Masterson attempted sui,
eide Friday. but failed.
McLenndn CouRty.-King's lectures
are published in the Examiner.-Tbe
public square is TO be cleared of "wae.
ons for SALE" The mayor can't stand Il
any longer a debating club. called
the Waco Lyceum. has been organized
Ledger Robinson was bitten
,ne day last week by a poisonous spi. |
Der. For hours he suffered the most |
lcute agony and at one time his life |
vas almost despaired Of lie rallied |
however, and is now rapidly recover.
ng.
Wise C6uny.-The corroner's Jury
rendered virdict that Emma Bryan
anne to her death from an attempt to
produce abortion by unknown parties.
! post mortem examination was had
saturday. Warrants were issued against
wo persons.-The Tribune saws Rob
dcGraw, desperate, rides through
he town of Cooyse. Delta county. and
lefies the officers, who have warrants
or his arrest.-Six men were hung in
he county last week. They were il,
ors. ]
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-09-11
A Tramp DisgusIed with His Accom-
mOdatiOnH,

Mckinney Enquirer We are told
that on one OF the Hat cars thrown from
the track in George Barnetts field near
Plano, on last ednesday night, was a
huge steam boiler. This fell from the
car and rolled down the embankment
plunging into mud hole, As soon rs
II became settled, three tramps who
had hid themselves, and were stealingo
ride, emerged and began to Chamber NJ
the hill. When safely out, one turned
and looking at the boiler in the mud
said, "Well, am done with railroads
You won't catch mo in this sort OF {
scrape again. He started of in al
easterly direction, and is, no doubt
wading through the mud of Easterr
Texas now.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-09-11
NOT DEAD YET.

The late strike, which Hrs b oommens
ced on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad,
aud which dashed Ikea rocket from
one end OF the land to the other not
only affecting railroads but all other in
forests depending on the prompt trans
portalion Of lreights, mails and passen-
gers, proved new revelation 10 the
conservative masses of the nation
Men had heard, in u vague sort of way
of the different trades unions, and the
approaching conflict between labor and
capital, but few, very few, even among
the members of the organizations them
selves, and none outside, had the least
conception Of the yastness Of the move,
or the wonderful effects TO be produced
by it,
The uprising was accidental, and OF
course premature and partial The
fusion between tho workmen
on the roads and the laDoferS
in the cities was not perieoIed'
hence their work was only
partially performed, ana that whioh
was done was lar out OF the track
marked out by the leaders NOW qulel
has been restored meaSoraoly' ana men
look about wondering what the next
move IL to be, aud what developments
the next few months are TO make we
see the cmbers OF the disturbance sui
smouldering in Pennsylvania The
miners are drilling, and we are told that
FIVE thousand are fully armed and
equipped, and match for that many
soldiers, This is theinucleus round
which communism is to rally, when III
bloody work is resumed, Its balefu
purposes are dispensed all over tn,
country, The government is aware o
them, and still nothing is done TO dis
perse or punish the mon who are livinI
in dnily defiance of, and in open rebel
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-09-11

In order to establish health n sure basis
the enfeeoled system must acquire addi-
tional vigor. And yet, patent as this fact is
and widely known az 1t Is, too many people
neglect this vital point I'm the self.treatment
OF disease, and physicians are very often
equally remiss, resorting TO the use of pallIa.
tives which AFFECT symptoms only, and fail
to accomplish the chief enl in view, which
Is, or should be, inrigOrdtiOn. The main req.
sons why Hostetter's stomach Bitters are so
successful In overcoming disease is that. they
impart vitality where II is deficient, and
thus ouild up superstructure for exhauste
nature TO recuperate upon. The Ritters also
improve the appetite, soothe the nervous
system when over-strained, and are a genial
and agreeable medicinal stlmulant, with
basis Of pure spirits holding In solution DO.
tanlc elements of the greatest efficacy.
dtillseplO.wlt
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-09-11
The N,seer,s Future Paradise.

Boston Post. The negroes of South
Carolina are crowding up to deposit
their halisdollar fees for membership
with the promise OF paradise in Liberia.
But no democratic niggers" are al.
lowed chance. They are assured that
when they get there they will have
plenty Of slaves TO wait on them, and
that by boring hole In the wine.tree
champagne will How for them as long
as they viii curl their lips over the hole.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-09-11

TnG present oifilteen hundred regular
Mexican troops on the Rio Grande is
looked atdiiierently by thepeople. Some
suppose it to be move in sympathy with
the policy of our government, and in
the interests of peace and order while
others think it babes war. These are
apparently diverse interests, but neither
result would be more satisfactory to
Texas than the present chronic uneasiS
mass
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-09-11
TIM rains for tho past two weeks have

TIM rains for tho past two weeks have
been of little service to cotton. On
the contrary they have stained IL II
good deal, lowering the grade of the
early picking, considerably. Next to
thorough cultivation comes care in
picking, but no sort OF precaution can
guard against the stains, us they affect
cotton when rain occurs after the bolls
are open. However, this circumstance
should he strong incentive for greater
care in the future
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-09-11

WE owe Brother Darnell, OF the
Sherman Patriot an apology for con-
founding him with the Register. That
settles Darnell, and Wen trust to luck,
to be able to dodge Martin, when he
returns from Tennessee roseate with
health and Just indignation