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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-03
THE STATE AGRICULTURAL So
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There is good deal OF unfavorable
comment in some quarters as to the
management of the State Agricultural
Society. While some Of this may be de.
served, it should in justice be remem'
bered that the Society has been very
unfortunate in the kind of weathersit has
had for several years past at the time Of
holding it's annual fairs. For this the
managers could not be held responsible
and yet it has done more to produce
successive failures than all other causes
combined. Noman could be more ener
getic or faithful than the Secretary, Mr
Judson, las been ;but there is no energy
that can surmount snow and rain ant
cold.
Let Justice be done.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-03
THE AGE OF BANKRUPTCIES.

Still the work OF destruction goes on.
We quote the following from the Mime
apoNs Tribune:
Contrary to general expectations. the
number of failures in the United States
for the first three months of the present
year show slight increase over those
of the corresponding quarter of 1876
though the amount of liabilities is some
what less. The quarterly circular of R
6. Dun & Co. furnishes the following
comparisons.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-03

pretension of the hard.moneY journals
that financial matters would improve as
soon as the presidential question was
settled.
There will be no improvement until
the present financial policy is radically
changed.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-03

VACANT GOVERNMENT LAND.

THCHNI UOV EI1v1HEV ~ 17111s0'
Parties who desire to settle upon gov
ernment land within four, five and six
miles of a depot; gne, high. rolling,
fertile land; are requested to call upon
or write to the editor of this paper, at
Donnelly Station, Main Line St. P. & T.
r. II.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1877-12-15

The assertion that Ex-Governor Co.
burn Of Maine is the largest landowner
in the United States is disputed in favor
of Wilson WaddinRham Of New York,
who ownes 665, 900 acres in one lot on
the Canadian River in New Mexico, and
about 600. 900 acres more in other parts
Of the same Territory, making altogether
1885, 900 acres. or more than twice as
many as are claimed for Coburn.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1877-12-15


V. W. Brooks, at one time employed
on the RECORD. recently returned to
Virginia City from the Black Hills. We
quote from the Enterprise: IAN old
Comstocker. V. W. Brooks, who has
spent Summer in Deadwood City came
back yesterday. He says there is no
use talking; there is no such country as
ours on the Eastern slope of tho Rocky
Mountains He says the Black Hills
is land of nickels and fractional cur.
rency, and men express their willingness
to work for $25 per month and 'feound.
1t is impossible to give in print the pro-
nunciation of that word found, or to ex-
press the infinite contempt of the man s
voice as he pronounced it. He believes
there is great deal of gold in the Black
Hills, but he thinks not many Nevada
men can compete with the tender feet
in business.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1877-12-15

DR.. Munke quotes passage from the
Tslmud, written in the fourth of fifth
century of our era, permitting the use of
iron ''ss protection from lightning and
thunder" Wiedermann, in an editorial
note, adds that the Egyptians appear to
have used gilded masts "for warding off
the bad weather coming from heaven. !"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1877-12-15

We learn through the columns OF the
Elko Independent that John H. Dennis
has purchased Z. A. Littlefelds interest
in the Tuscarora Times and that here
after the firm will be Dennis IL Fair
child.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1877-12-15

Tom Collins has turned up at last He
Is Mining Recorder Of Forrest District,
White Pine county. Any person who
may be in search of "Tom Collins" can
find him by going thither.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1877-12-15

The revenue of the State of Virginia
has been increased half million year
by the whisky.punch. If it was intro
duced in Nevada We could pay of the
National debt in couple of years.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1877-12-15

The Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph
Offices along the Pacific Railroad are all
being absorbed by those of the Western
Union line. We learn through the press
that the Atlantic and Pacific Company
will shortly be numbered among the
things OF the past.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1877-12-15

California farmers are cultivating fig
trees for the sole purpose of raising and
fattening hogs. This fruit contains large
quantities of saccharine matter. hence is
very fatteDing. The fig tree, once we'll
started, requires little attention. bears
several crops year and is very prolific.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1877-12-15

A Dntchman was about to make a
journey to the fatherland, and wishing
10 say good bye" to his friend, ex-
tended bis hand and said "Vell. ov /
don't COON back, hello!'
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1877-12-15

Mrs. Cooper, as soon as she heard of the
change in the management of the Justice
mine, contracted to have OF couple lodg.
ing-houses erected. OF course they will
be run by the old firm Of Cooper & Com.
pany.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1877-12-15

The following is taken from the Ward
Reflex of the 9Th instant, but like that
paper, we are inclined to believe that
the report was set aaoat by Tascol him.
self to protect him on a contemplated
raid into Utah, for Mr.. Prairie only left
Phoebe Wednesday. the 5th, on his re-
turn to his ranch, and had been here for
several days attending to some private
business:
From Hank Collins, just in from
Osoeola, we learn the following partic-
ulars Of the rumored killing of Ben Tas-
col and man named Taylor, at Prai-
rie's ranch, on Tuesday last. It appears
that Tascol and Taylor were caught in the
act of driving off horses and attacked by
Prairie and men in his employ on the
ranch. Taylor fell at the first fire, but
it took half dozen shots to bring Tas-
col down. Prairie ran up and placed his
foot ON his neck. Tascol requested him
to take his foot off, whereupon Prairie
drew his six-shooter and shot him twice,
ending his DEMONSTRATING career. Mr..
Collins is inclined to doubt this re.
pert, but gives it as related to him by r.
@. Layton, who keeps station at Sacra.
mento Springs, four miles this side Of
OsceOla.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1877-12-15

In Howell county. Missouri, COWS are
principal circulating medium. A
thin COW passes current for So, good
one for $40 and q fat one for $13.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1877-12-15

Tho war expenditures Of Russia up to
the Goth of October, amount to $780,
100000. The people are calling for an
income tax SO that all GLASSES may help
70 bear this terrible burden.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1877-12-15

We learn from the Eureka Sentinel
that Mr.. Kelley. State Superintendent of
Public instruction. is In Eureka tending
school matters.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1877-12-15

A Third House" has been organized
at Sacramento.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1877-12-15
Born.

At Phoebe, New, December 9th to the wife o.
L. ID. Turner, q son.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1877-12-15

400 doz. St, Louis Lager Beer at Pa
naca Saloon, No. 1000 Main street. One
price! one Bit! Families supplied at
four-b bits bottle.
KRAUsE is known to have the yery
best imported genuine Havana cigars. Il
Go TO Clute's for Brilliant Coal Oil. =
ALEXIS Shoes at Clute's.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-08
Zee NExr ITSrrln SrArns SrN.nr

THE NEXT UNITED STATES SENATE
The Senatorial elections in the several
states have now been completed. so that
the political division of the new Senate
can be definitely stated The only cases
undecided are the two seats from Louisi-
ana and one from South Carolina. The
rival Legislatures have elected contest
ing claimants for one or two of these
seats, and doubtless will for all. The
decision between them win depend upon
the recognition of the state governments
Assuming thatRepublicans will secure
these two chairs, and classifying Judge
Davis as a Democrat-though he would
more properly be designated as an hide
pendent Republican-the Senate viii
stand Republicans A, Democrats 81
This would give clear Republican ma
jority of s. If the three seats in dispute
should so to Democrats, then the divis-
ion would be Republicans 80, Democrats
37-leaving only the narrow majority of
2. This result, however, is not probable.
The Republicans will doubtless be adj
judged to have the legal title and will be
awarded the seats
In point of ability the new Senate viii
compare very faYorably with the present
The exchange Of F'relinghuysen for
Mcpherson n New Jersey Is a great loss
But IN several cases-like those of Hill
for Norwood, and Lamar for Alcorn-the
change is gain in intellectual force.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-08

RUSSIA LEATHER. While Gen. Jewel
was our Minister III Russia he visited
the tanneries of that country and found
out the secret of the Russia leather, be-
loved of book devotees. The secret is
the result CT the use of birch bark tar
with which the skins are dressed in
place Of tallow and grease, the latter
substances being so largely used as food
among the lower classes. This tar
which is carefully saved as it exudes
from the wood when burned, was first
used for substitute for wheel grease in
Russia as it is to this day, and then for
the filing and dressing of skins. By
system of careful inquiry, and literally
following his nose during his visits to
some of the great Russian tanneres and
curriers' shops, Mr.. Jewell found this
compound in great kettle ready for use
and thus the mystery was solved. It is
not Expensive, costing $40 barrel,
and he Immediately ordered ten barrels
and sent them to various leading leath-
er manufactures in this country with in
structions, and the result is that genu-
inc Russia leather goods are now made
i'll America, and doubtless viii soon be
sold at nearly fifty per cent. below for
mer prices.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-08

FRESH evidence is at hand comfirma-
tory Of the charge that the developments
in the louisiana investigation are the al
tentative outcome Of the failure Of con-
spiracy to obtain blackmail When in
New Orleans Senator Howe, Chairman
OF the Senate Committee, received a
broad intimation that, unless something
was done TO avert it, a disclosure would
shortly be made that would annihilate
the Republican interests in Louisiana
and give the Electoral vote to TiIdcn be-
You'd question. Senator Howe replied
that this was just what his committee
had come down there to find out, and if
there was any such monstrous fraud as
was limited at to be uncovered he would
be glad to know it. This ended the ne
gotiation for hnsh-money, and the next
thing heard OF the gunpowder plot is tie
appearance of Littlefeld, the peri
forger, and thief, before the House Com
mite in Washington. This is not, how
eyer, the last that vii be heard OF it
There is another side to tins Louisiana
affair, and it is promised that when it is
made public there viii be yet more start
ling and sensational developments. -
(ficoqO Tribune.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-08

A BEAUTIFUL enthusiastically be-
fore the departure for India. the lament
ed Heber preacheda sermon, which con-
tanned this beautiful sentiment
Life bears us on like the stream of q
mighty river. Our boat glides down the
narrow chaanel-through the playful
murmuring o* the little brook, and the
winding OF its grassy borders. The trees
shed their blossoms over our young
heads, the flowers on the brink seem to
offer themselves to our young hands we
are happy in hope, and grasp eagerly at
the beauties around us-bntt he stream
hurries on, and still our hands are empty.
Our course in youth and manhood is
along wilder flood, amid objects more
striking and magnificent. We are ami
mated at the moving pictures Of enjoy
ment and industry passing us, we are ez-
cited as some short-livel Disappointment.
The stream bears us on, and our Joys
and griefs are alike left behind us. We
may be shipwreeked, we cannot be de-
layed whether rough or smooth, the
river hastens to its home, till the roar of
the ocean is in our ears, and the tossing
Of the waves is beneath our feet, and
the land lessons from our eyes, and the
floods are lifted around us, and We take
our leave Of earth and its inhabitants,
until Of our further voyage there is no
witness, save the Infinite and Eternal"
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-08

A FEW weeks ago young man who
had been attending the revival services
at Chicago shot himself at his boarding
house while singing ''Sweet by and by"
4 commercial traveller who had listened
to Mr.. Moody's sermons in the same
city left Lis room IN an Evansville, Ind,
hotel one evening last week, walked
down stairs without 50 much as a collar
to protect him from the cold, and in
formed the clerk that be was going out
doors TO do penace for his sins. Relig
ions excitement had crazed his brain.
On Saturday night II Young man who
had lost his reason through the same
cause made desperate attempt to wreck
a train on the Erie Railway. After for
cling open the switch and obstructing
the track near the bridge, he seated
himself on a freight car and waited for
another Ashtabula horror, which hap
PLY did not come to pass. When he
was arrested he remarked that he had
been reading about lIr. Bliss's death,
and was anxious to see a big accident.
These incidents illustrate the dangers
that are insoparable from emotional re-
lioiOp
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-08

SCARLET FEVER. London Lancet
calls attention to the Importance, rs
safeguard to the public health, of secur-
ing the early dissection Of cases Of scarlet
fever, it being of iuoalcnlable conse-
quence not only to the patient, but also
to the community, in order that timely
measures may be taken for preventing
the spread OF the disease. The Lancet
says that the throat symptoms are the
most trustworthy for the purpose OF
diagnosis in the initial stages OF scarlet
foyer (; the soft part of the palate is ex-
tensivaly Redeemed, aud not merely the
tonsils, as in the case in the frst instance
of ordinary sore throat. When this con-
titi0H is met with, accompanied by a
very hot skin and n very quick pulse,
attended or preceded by sickness, with
a thicllly furred tongue, red borders,
and prominent papilae, d case of scarlet
fever may be prepared for. In most
eases, adds this journal, sickness occurs
within tyentyfour hours after the com
menoen2ent Of the attack-indeed, it is
we'll known TO all observers that, in the
large proportion Of cases, sickness oc-
ours within twenty-one or Eighteen hours
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-08
A SPECIAL to The Chicago Times dated

A SPECIAL. to The Chicago Times dated
at Washington on Saturday night says
at is a general impression tonight,
/ definite grounds assertainable, that the
Commission will decide against going
| behind the returns" Whether or not
there is a substantial foundation for this
| impression, we believe that such will be
| the decision of the Commission. Ii so
the Hayes electors in Florida and lii
Louisiana must be counted. But the
question will Immediately be asked How
would that effect the case of Oregon,
where Cronin, the Tilden elector, has
to be observed here that Judge Mat
thews makes the same point dealing
with this question that the Sentinel has
repeatedly made. The appointment of
electors, he shows, is a matter to be
governed wholly by each State for itself
and in the Legislature can set up such
machinery for the purpose as it sees fit,
and the federal Government can not
interfere But. he contends, when the
electors completed their work by casting
their votes, then the transaction passed
beyond the limits of State control, and
it became q federal act, one of those
things which passed to the jurisdiction
of the federal power" That is to say,
neither Congress nor the Commission
can go behind the appointment of the
electors, but it may go behind their au-
Identification so far as to inquire whether
the electors certified to were the ones ap-
pointed by the State.
But, aside from this reasoning; Iii
does not appear that the Oregon case IN
wolves any embarrassment. The decision
which we have anticipated IS to Florida
is only that the Commission will not go
behind the certificates, and admit the
mass of testimony bearing on the elect
ion and the canvass. As to the certifi-
Gates themselves, they are necessarily
before the Commission. In the case of
Oregon the certificates themselves,
taken together, show conclusivly that
Cronin was not and Watts was the third
eiector.
On the whole, there Is nothing in the
proceedings Of the Commission so far
that need abato the confidence of Re
publcans i'll their success. Sentinel
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-08
TIE New York EVANGELIST 50

TIE New York Evangelist says:
''Clief Justice Waite and Judge Field
were born, not only il the same State
but in the same county, within 20 miles
OF each other, and Iii the same month,
November, 1916. Chief Justice Waite
was born at Lyme, at the mouth Of the
Connecticut CHS father was Judge), and
Judge Field at Haddain, few mites mp
the river. Judge Field and Judge
Stororg We're both sons of Congrega
tional ministers, and the fathers and
mothers OF the two Judges were very in
innate personal friends half century
ago, when the two boys were trotting to
school II is sometimes said that min
i5ters' boys don't turn out well, bat they
seem to have done pretty well in Con-
neticlJt
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-08

The two houses OF Congress met ia
joint convention, on Thursday, to wit
ness the counting Of the electoral votes.
The work proceeded according to the
alphabetical order Of the States until
Florida was reached, when objections
We're made by the Democrats to count
ing the votes of the Hayes ele cLors,
and by the Republicans to counting
those for Tilden. As provided by the
compromise bill, the subject was refer
red to the Electoral Commission, and
that body met at 3 o'clock on the after
noon of that day. On Friday Mr.
David Dudley Field appeared and made
an argument as one Of the Democratic
objectors. He was followed by Mr. J.
Randolph Tucker, of Virginia, another
OF the Democratic directors. Then Mr..
Kasson, one of the Republican object
ors, addressed the Commission, and af-
ter him NIr. McCrary. This occupied
Friday. On Saturday the counsel had a
hearing. First, Mr.. Richard Merricz,
on behalf of Tilden, spoke He was re-
piled to by Mr.. Stanley Matthew'S
Then Mr.. Jere S. Black delivered his
argument on the Democratic side, and
Nh. Z. W. Stoughton, Of Hayes counsel,
followed. Monday morning the argu-
ments were closed by Evarts for the
Republicans and O'CouOr for the Demo-
Gratis.
The certificates of the Hayes electors
are signed by Coy. Stearns, who was
undeniably the governor of Florida on
the 9th OF December. They are there
fore authenticated as the laws of the
United States direct. The Democrats,
therefore, can only make good their OBJ
jections to counting these votes by es-
tablishing The right Of the Commission
to admit evidence for the purpose of
showing that the election was not prop
erly conducted, or chat the votes were
not properly canvassed, or whatever the
pretense Of the Democrats may be in
the premises. So the issue is raised at
the outset as to the authority Of the
Commission to go behind the certiiic-
ates. 1t is to this question that the
argument has been mainly directed.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-08


The Washington correspondent OF the
Commercial, writing OF the comprom-
Use bill, says; cit is noticeable that
abont 7 Democrats out OF ten are free
to express the opinion that it will end in
the peaceable Inauguration Of Hayes,
and that about three out Of ten say that
they would rather have Hayes for Pres
ident than Tilden. The Democrats ere
beginning to show their true feelings to-
ward Tilden, and nothing was ever more
apparent than the fact that that party was
bulldozed by Tilden at St. Louis, and
held by him as the instrument to serve
his personal ambition, and they have
grown tired of It..
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-08

WHILE the Democrats arc claiming
Judge Davis as an addition to their par
ty in the Senate. il may interest them TO
recall the late Speaker Kerr obser7G-
ton when ii was proposed TO make the
Judge the Democratic nominee for the
Presidency: Gle would smash the
Democratic party TO pieces SO soon and
SO SIRE IS he got into The White House.'
The Illinois Republicans seem to be sat
isiied with tie Judges political bias too
for they are highly delighted with his
election, and clam that he vii rerresent
the whole state, rather than any party in
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-08

THE big fish story has been sworn to-
Capt. George Dreyar of the bark Pau
line, which arrived three weeks ago in
the Mersey from Akyah after voyage
of 20 months, appeared at the Liverpool
Police Court and expressed desire that
himself, officers, and half Of the crew
SHOULD make an affidavit as to the truth
OF their having seen the great sea ser
pent. Capt. Drevar informed the mag
istrate that he had seen it on three dit
ferent occasions, and it had evidently
followed the ship, which, owing to a
broad white streak around it, might have
been mistaken hY the sea serpent for an
other of its lind. Each time they
saw the monster It was catching and
crushing whales in its coils. The cap
tain further mentioned that he had been
invited by several scientific societies in
London to relate to them what he had
seen Of the fabulous creature. The Aft
day;ts were made.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-08

The contest for the seat in the Wis
coLsin Assembly for the Eighth District
of Milwaukee County resulted in GUST
ing Salentine, Democrat, and the seat
ing of Fink, Republican. The testi-
mony in the case, says the Milwaukee
Sentinel, shows there were extensive
frauds practiced in the Eleventh Ward,
Milwaukee. The names OF citizens were
forged rs witnesses to the papers of non
registered voters; a considerable num-
Der of votes We're cast ly men imported
from another ward and there were yari-
Gus other Democratic tricks.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-08

TIE Presidents message to Congress
on the importance of taking some step
to secure the speedy resumption of
specie payments is timely, and contains
some pertinent suggestions. The prin-
cipal reasons urged by the President are
the large balance OF foreign trade in our
favor, and the great increase Of the pre-
cious metals. He urges that unless
this can lie utilized it viii seek other
markets, and very favorable opportun-
itty for securing the coin necessary for
resumption will be lost. His recon-
medallion for utilizing the coin now lii
the country and keeping up the inflow
is shat a bill be passed to reduce the
volume of legal tender currency by the
issue OF four per cent. forty year bonds
in exchange for legal tender, and to
make them available for deposit in the
treasury for security for bank issues.
He also recommends the repeal Of the
limit TO the issue OF silver coin.