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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-01-11

SCRAPS.
When the Chaplain offers up prayer In
the Assembly. the most dsvout msn Of the
whole works 10 Billy Wood. who bows his
head In deep devotion and looks - II
" butter wouldn't melt In his mouth"
Asssmblyman Parker. while arguing
with Mr.. 0ladding on the memorial and
coacurrsnt resolution, asking that the
Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation be
proclaimed open 10 settlement. in the As.
ssmbly Chamber. this evening. asserted
that he once counted Q hundred thousand
millions Of trout In Pyramid Lake. And
yet the sazerac Lying Club. Of Austin,
lsnguishss because 10 can find no good ma.
teriAl for Its membership.
The legislative halls and the 0rmsby
Houss bar-room are deserted this evening.
I don't know u there 10 any cennsction
between this Circumstance and the one
that there IL . fancy dress ball Of the frail
incidence, ct any rats.
Little Nell and 0iddens showed 10 . big
house at the Carson Thsater last night,
The members from the ~sassbrush wilds oil
the Great East were delighted with The
show. and Il will require . concurrent res.
olutisn 10 keep thsm from following II on,
The IA Fai Club gives . reception On
Friday evening next. 10 which tho mem
bsrs. attaches and rspsrtsrs are courts-
susly invited. The last named consider
themselves very lueky in receiving this
instead Of IN invitation 70 the reception Of
. stuffed club or . piekhandls. The A
Fat Club receptions. however. are said 70
bs very social and pleasant affairs, the
msmbsrship Of the ellb bsing eompossde Of
some Of the bsst citizens Of Carson. who
do all In their Pswsr 10 make agreeable
the stay Of the stranger within their gstss.
Tolr 0RrxS.
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DIVIDEND NOTICE.
STRICT NOTICE.

A IL PRISONS INDEBTED TO oRIBsLR
"A kTEhBy, OF the New wiseossin saloon,
Gold Hill. are hereby notified that they must
come forward aud settie krrthwith. or they will
get into trouble. We have b'en ~ .enient %
possible but In pelf defence We must and shall
collect what 10 honestly due Ne.
Js7 iwk oRIBDLE / rEMny.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-01-11
GENERAL NOTES.


A orxrInxAx Of LunsviIls. France.
allied his bath-tub with boiling water,
which he psrfunsd with bottle Of white
wine, . bottle Of whisky. cayenne pep
per. spices and vegetables, altar which.
divsstins himself Of his clothing. he
jumped In with the cry. loud enough to
b heard outsids: "Adisu. I I'M going
70 cook myself a ~rAm1ioains." The
story Is copied ssriously BY several jour
malls in this country. but it reads amaze
insly like an invention Of the imagin.
alive gentleman Of the Paris Figaro. II
1t Is not . satire on American cookery.
1t is nothing.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-01-11
Js1 iwk aRIBDIE / rEMsY.
ORDER OF cAUcAslAMs.

A CAMP OF The ORDER or cArcAs.
n tANs will b orfaniEed IN the City Mar.
shs's once. Gold Hin, 90 rHuRsDAY MONT,
Jsuuary llth. jsnlO N
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-01-11
NEW
DIVIDEND NOTICE

NORTu CARSON sILvER MINING
IN compAny.-Losaiion OF principal place Of
business, san Francisco. California.
Location Of works. Orm.by county. Nevada.
Notice Ia hereby given. that II . meeting Of
the Boa d Of Directors, held on the 9th day Of
January. 1877. an assessmeot (No. o. OF nj.
teen Gents per share was levied upon the
capital stock Of the corporation. payable I'm.
mediately, In United States gold coin. TO the
Secretary. At the ofnce OF the Company, hCom
I. No. <01 Montgomery street. sAh francisco.
California.
ANY stock p which this assessment shall
rmaln unpaid on the 18th dsy Of February,
1871. will be delinquent, and advertised for
sale at public auction, and unless payment II
made before viii he sold on MONDAY. the
5h day OF March. 1871. Ia pay the ielin'
quent sssessment. together with costs Of I'D.
v~e,iising and expenses Of sale.
by order OF the IIoar I of Dinectarp.
W. Y. BOuART. SECRETARY.
Ohics - RScm No. I. t0l Montgomery street
San tnneisco. California. jaiitd
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NE Gold Hin Daily News has

now the largest and best
circulation Of any evening
newspaper published In the
State Of Nevada. It Is
therefore the very best and
most efficient medium for
business, mining and all
other advertising.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-02-01

supposed TO have lived in the fifth
century before Christ. Their names
are Pittacus, Bias, Scion, ThaleS, Chic
Cleobulus and Hernandez. The
reason of their being called ''wise" is
given differently by authors. but the
most approved accounts state that as
some Coans were fishing, certain
strangers from Miletus bought what
ever should be in the nets without
seeing it. When the nets were drawn
in they were found to contain golden
tripod winch Helen. as she sailed from
Troy, is supposed to have thrown
there. A dispute arose between the
fishermen and the strangers as TO
whom it belonged, and as they could
nos agree, they took it to the Temple
of Apollo. and consulted the priestess
as to what should be done with it.
She said it must be given TO the wiSest
man in Greece, and it was accordingly
sent to Thales, who declared that Bias
was wiser, and sent it to him. Bias
sent it to another one. and so on, until
it had passed through the hands OF all
the men, afterward distinguished by
the title of the Seven Wise Men,
and as each one claimed the other was
wiser than he, it finally was sent to
the Temple of Apollo, where it still
remains to teach the lesson that the
wisest are the most distrustful of their
| wisdom, boston Transcript.
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Christmas Ghosts.

From the Sacramento Record Union.
a well-known citizen, who had been
''out with the boys" celebrating
Christmas eve, returned home about ,
a. IN. yesterday. To avoid answering
questions that might be too searching,
he entered the house very quietly,
struck light, took off his boots, and
was congratulating himself that he was
going to make a success of getting TO
bed without his wife's knowledge of
the latenesS of the hour, when he hap
pened to glance toward the window of
his room. the curtain of which was up,
and instantaneously uttered a shrek
which aroused the household, at the
same time spTinging upon the bed and
burying his face in the covering. His
wife was of course greatly alarmed, as
were also the children, but in res
ponse to her inQairy as to what was
the matter he merely calculated,
''Ghosts in the window-twO or three
of them-see their bloody Threats
My God What have | done!" Nat
urally enough, the lady was not much
treasured, but her curiosity was
enough to cause her to look toward
the window. and at first glance little
scream of terror started to her lips,
but almost Immediately it gave place
to burst of laughter as she saw that
the 'ghosts" were nothing more I'M
earthly and horTid than the pet yellow
cat of the family, with a red ribbon
about her neck She had seen the
light in the room, and, wanting to get
in, jumped upon the window sill to
see what the prospects were. 1t would
have been a subject for much thought
for young men contemplating matri-
mony to have seen the tender manner
in which that mild-tempeTed lady ap.
piled her elbow and knee to her liege
lord, and TO have heard her murmur,
as he jolted upon the floor, ''Get off
your clothes, you beast, and come to
bed nice condition you are in !!
Three ghosts with their Threats cut
Don't talk to mel Bad enough to
come home drunk without arousing
the whole ueighborhOOd Saw three,
did you If you'd stayed out an hour
longer suppose you'd have seen six. -
In reality the head of the family was
not ''full'' so to speak but he knew
it was useless to say anything in extern
uation just then. Later in the day,
his wife having got over her anger,
they had a good laugh over the incl
dent, and he thought it so good joke
that he told it to his friends in strict
confidence.
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Her Weak Point.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Yesterday morning a woman, living
Cd Napoleon street was seen on the
walk in front of the gate heaving the
snow right and left, and she had only
got fairly settled to work when a boy
leunged up and remarked:
"I'll clear off the walk for 10 cents. "
l guess I'm able to do it, she re-
piled.
"But see how it looks he contin-
ued. "Here you are, perfect lady in
look and action, highly educated, and
vet you grovel in the dust, as it were
to save the pitiful sum of 10 cents"
''You grovel along and mind your
own business, she CURLY replied, still
digging away.
'It's worth 10 cents" he said, as he
leaned against the fence, "but I'm a
Teller with some sentimentin my bos-
ON. Now we'll say five cents, or
Just enough to cover wear and tear o
my bones. Give me the shovel and
you 90 in, get on your seal-skin saeque
and best jewellery, and while / work
YOU stand out here and boss around,
and talk as if you owned the biggest
half of North America, while | had
nothing, and was in debt for that.
She looked at him sharply, saw that
he was in earnest, and when she pass
ed over the snow shovel she put two
nickles into his hand. He looked af-
ter her as she went in, and then sadly
mused:
.sOhl Flattery, thy surest victim is
a woman, homely enough for scare
crow.
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Maxim 30.O00A Year.
From the Cleveland PlaiRdealer

From the Cleveland PlaiRdeaer
There sits behind a congressional
desk a portly, aldermanic gentleman:
whose wealth is almost fabulous. lis
broadcloth is of satin gloss; his hat OF
il epToachable shape and shine; his
boots-(O deaIl they are made By a
fashionable boot maker, but not all
his skill could make those dreadful feet
shapely, so l had better not have
mentioned them): but his fat hands
are stuffed in delicate kids, and he
walks with almost as consequential an
air as does Bruce, the dusky Senator.
In a Pullman car he was cOnfiding to a
friend the way his success had been
achieved. He was proud of his career
and quite willing every one in the
vicinity should listen.
Said he: II was poor boy; | run
errands, held bosses This own pronoun-
ciation) swept out offices and such like
till a lawyer made me his messenger. |
always could see through a millstun,
and Mr.-----found | understood quick
er than his older clerks, so little by
little | had his confidence, and | learn
ed the tricks of the trade pretty we'll.
anu ~ 3
when | found a nice openin' in new
neighborhood, told Mr.-----he might
open branch office for shayen' notes
and doin' mortgages. lie thought
about it and give me chance, though
| was only twenty-one. ] begun max
in little money; then, litigatin' on
my own account till by the time | was
thirty l was maxim $4,000 a year.
That didn't suit me: knew | could do
better, so | moved down into Wall
street, and bless you'll | make now
$4,000 on a single case very often
bless youl | make now $4,000 on a
single case very often. This litigatin'
is very good business if you under
stand it; if you don't you had better
let it alone" and he wagged his head
solemnly. | wonder if he understands
as much about law making as he does
'slitigatin'." His enmity to that poor,
innocent letter ''g'' was quite as alb
surd as an Englishrlan's misplacing
his oh
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-02-01

Old Farmer H., of Canton, Mass,
became unpleasantly involved with his
parson about going to meeting. The
farmer was greatly remiss in his
Sunday duties, and spent his Sabbath
mornings in his orchard, just opposite
the Westinghouse. The scandal came
to a head when Farmer H., in answer
to pious expostulations, had the face
to say that he was in his orchard to
see that the Christians didn't steal
his apples. Thereupon, and according
TO the law as it then was, they brought
him into court and had him fined as
an absentee from the house of God.
Next Sabbath early he presented him.
self in the broad aisle and took his
seat bolt upright before the congre-
CATION. But when the parson began to
pray he pulled out Of his coat-pocket a
big bat of cotton wool, and proce eded
to stuff both ears with it. The dang
ling white ends of it, both sides of his
big bushy head. did not aid, during
that service, the devOtions of his
fellow citizens. lie complained after
ward bitterly to the parson about pay
ing his parish tax. II don't hear you,
he said, land | oughtn't to help sup
port you every well, said the par
son, Il am in my pulpit every Sunday,
and if you don't hear me it's your
own fault, not mine" ''Ah ha! said
Farmer Z. In the fall the parson was
surprised to receive a bill from the
farmer for two pigs. Flows this,
said the parson !; Il haven't had your
pigs alt syour own fault, parson,
said the farmer "them pigs ben in
the pen all summer waiting for We
and there's the bill.
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said he, at the same time putting on a
steak, and accompanying the action
with a wink and nod toward the tour
lists.
Brown took in the situation at a
glance, and, remembering having seen
shotgun IN the saloon next door.
stepped ont, borrowed it, and, return
ing, brought both barrels to bear on
the proprietor,-by the way, it was
not loaded,-the clink of the hammers,
as he brought them to full cock, sadly
interfering with our Boston friends
appetites. Brown, noticing their un-
easlness, remarked, "Gentlemen. don I
disturb yourselves, / never miss my
man ; but if do not get breakfast in
five minutes. there will be first-claSs
funeral and will furnish the corpse. .
Don't shoot" cried Tom, seemingly
very much frightened, Il will have
1t on the table as soon as pOSsi BILE.
''Ail right, said Brown, ''but do not
tell gent eman he cannot eat, and,
setting down the shotgun beside him,
calmly proceeded to discuss the meal,
while the tourists filed out gu te salts
fed having escaped witnessing horrid
murder. There was a simultaneous
production of note books, and the in.
cident appeared in numerous Eastern
papers, illustrating life in Nevada,
with scathing comment on the pow.
erlessness of the law TO control such
| characters as Brown.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-02-01
The Worlds Correspondence.

From the economists trancase.I
EVERY day shows more strikingly
how fruitful of great results was the
idea put forward by Sir Rowland Hill
forty years ago, revolutionizing the
fundamental principles of postal ser.
vice organization.
The uniformity of a low postal tariff
has become a common blessing for all
countries of the world. Steam COM
munication and the extraordinary ex-
pansion of commerce have no doubt
contributed the largest share toward
multiplying correspondence, but in
order to produce the great results be-
fore us reforms have been necessary
in postal administration. We owe
them to commercial and postal treaties
and especially to the late postal con-
gress at BeTne.
In some European countries the
growth of correspondence has been as
follows:
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The Immense Ransom Asked for the Release
of Captured American.


From Letter by an American Lady in Sicily
SO YOU understand the brigands on
the roads have nothing to do with me.
But last month they caught young Mr..
Rose, OF the firm of Gardner & Rose,
correspondents of Mr.. Cobb of Boston.
He has just got home, and his expe-
rience is worth good deal perhaps
he will publish it. Leone is the name
of the capo, or head of the band which
took him and, in conseqr ence of an
Englishman being taken, The country
was overrun with troops, gendarmes,
&C., &c. When a Sicilian is taken,
which happens once or twice month,
they are more quiet about it, pay their
money and are free at once. So that
poor Rose was obliged to stay in a
grotto, instead of accepting the hospi-
tality of Milford Leone, who assured
him he had house at Cerda, Sciara,
&C.; but, because the country was
alarmed, he must put up with grot-
to. But he got dinner nearly every
day-cold, however-beef, English
cheese, brandy, coffee, and even tea.
All these articles that | have named
are about as easily got in the interior
of Sicily as oranges would be on the
trees about your house. So you see
they were en- train to entertain an
Englishman. At first they asked one
million ounces in gold Zone ounce is
two dollars and half); but as Mr.
Rose justly remarked, 81 had better,
then, take gun anG belong TO your
band, for at that price a head l should
be better off than a sulphur mer-
chant" However, they reduced their
terms by degrees, saying thatif it was
not paid directly they would increase
thousand francs for every days de.
lay. The money was paid, and Mr..
Rose restored to his family, after part.
ing on the most affectionate terms
with his captors-even kissing and be,
ing kissed at the last. But what won I
one do to obtain freedom And il
seems even brigands have affections
and are much attached to their prison
erS.
All this band have fine houses, ex
cellent guns, and are young, stalwart
men. Leone, himself a fine type
not dark, but blonde-dTesses well, has
good manners and withal a reward OF
twenty-five thousand francs for his
head. Perhaps Mr.. Rose will be the
means of catching him yet. The part.
ing words of Leone were: sNow you
are free; go where you please-all
over the country, if you like-we will
protect you" And so it is. A man
who has once paid his ransom is free
as air. Meantime, during his captiv-
ity, all the movements of his family
here in Palermo, what they said and
what they did, were known by Leone
and his band. Howl They have their
paid spies everywhere and the old
proyerb, that "a servant is paid ene-
my" is, one may really believe, truth
with us /; and such is country life
about Palermo. Like the times of
Rob Roy in Scotland.
The eagle he was lord above,
But Rob was lord below.
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How He Sold Them.

Eureka New Sentinel.
Long Brown is quite a character in
his way, and has acquired notorlety
for his many practical jokes. Like all
sporting men, his eXchequer was at
times depleted, but, to use his express
sion, when the cards came his way he
always settled up his liabilities. The
proprietor of the lunch stand, whom
Brown honored with his patronage,
understood his peculIarit; es, and much
playful badinage was exchanged be-
tween them. On the occasion to which
we refer, a number of Boston tourists
were doing the mines, and the manner
in which they contrasted the free and
easy town with the sedate Hub,
was not to our credit. Gambler
was a synonymous term in their
vocabulary to outlaw and desperate,
and they were eager to witness that
nhase of life which Mark Twain has
immortalized as a characteristic of Ne
yada society. They listened to tales
of violence that had become leglons
among us; but as yet during their visit
no one of them had been shot down
in cold blood or deliberately murdered.
1t came at last. They had strolled
into the Understand, and were engag-
ing a meal when Brown came in to
breakfast.
"Have you got any money asked
Tom, the proprietor.
mot a cent, replied Brown.
s.Then you don't get any breakfast,
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Published Every Thursday.
RECORD OF THE MEMS.
Political. PersCnll and Foreign Do
ings aid Gossip.
Review Of the Markets.

The wholesale trade has been very
quiet during the pest week. In the line o.
dry goods. domestics are still advancing.
Sheetings, standard, are sod At g. and are
held firm, while Lawrence $ are finn al &c
All leading brands OF cOttOns have advanced
from Z to lc LOusdales and Prints are held
firm at Il &c Dark and medium prints are
scarce At u for leading makes. Ginghams
have advanced 70 o. tur staples and lOk Ion
dress styles.
Flour has taken still another advance in tbs
mills Of the Northwest, straight xxx Is
held at s6.50g7OO, while xxx Is salable at
$500 per bbl.
No ?, wheat may he quoted as follows \: New
Pork 81 -; Chicago, sl.3l; Milwaukee, Si-33i
St. Paul Sl.30; Minneapolis 81 20.
Barley, No. 2, sells readily al 55G7Oc-
Butter and eggs are about as last reported,
the former plenty in shipping grades, and
scarce IN better lots, while eggs are very
scarce. as tor butter, each cOnsignOr must
make his own price, as scarcely two lots in a
week are sotd at the same figure. Eggs sell
readily at &c for fresh.
The following are the quotations for tUrs,
taken from actual sales in St. Paul Muskra;
tall, l5c: muskrat, winter, Isc; muskrat kits,
Zoe; mink, 8; TaocOon, soc; red fox, Si.75
otter, $; bear, sl4; bear cub, 81; beaver
Lake Superior, y b, $3.50; tSaver, Western
Il, $3.50; lynx, s2-50; fisher, $40. Good
qualities Of dressed beet find active bidders
and quick sales at AZ Csc, and very chO ice {
585Xc, but the supply is rather limited.
Since our last review hogs have declined
they are weak at s6.7537.O0.
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Big Haul Of Counterfeit Money

James Brooks, of tie government
secret service, who caused the arrest a few
days since Of John McKeeuan and wife. Of Gin
cinnati, for dealing in counterfeit money, ard
OF Miles Ogle Tor manufacturing the same, has
induced the latter 10 make = confession, and
by This means obtained possession of over one
hundred finely executed plates. Among
them were plates for ;he manufacture OF SO
notes on the banks az Richmond, LAFAYETTE
and Auncie, Indiana. lie also recovered
forty thousand counterfeit fifty cent pieces.
which were found buried near Brighton. a
suburb q Cincinnati These pieces SO closely
resembled the genuine that none hut experts
could distinguish the difference between
them.
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The View Illinois senator

The Chicago Times DEM does not
claim the election OF Judge Davis as partv
triumph,-that Is, it is not a triumph Of either
Of the party combinations labelled respective.
" Republican" and Democrat The
Times says; ''Judge Davis is one OF the most
truly independent men in america The
Creator gave him not only :: great deal OF
brains but great deal OF conscience and a
great deal .. self reliance. His opinions and
judgments upon public questions are not the
DEGREES Of this or that caucus OF expediencv
spolls-hunters; they sre the opinions and
judgments @ David Davis, a man Of brains,
ideas and views, based upon sincere convict
ions Ct truth and right.
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Chexennes ON lie War rath.

The mail carrier between Hot Greek
and Red Cloud was attacked by four Indians
last trip, Int escaped. On the return trip he
met fifty friendly Sioux, who were en- route
to treat with Crazy Horse for his surrender
They report that party of hundred Chey-
ennea met them, and on learning their mis-
sion dismounted them, necessitating their re-
turn to the agency. Small bands have been
seen at several points between here and In
dian Creek.
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The Tri-Parttte jury.

The commission for the decision of
disputed questions during the counting the
electoral vote, As provided FIR in the COM
promise bill, 5 composed Cr three RePubi-
can, and two Democratic Senators; two
Republican and three Democratic
Representatives and i've justices Of the Su-
preme Court. The Senators chosen are
MessTs. Edmunds, WartOn and Frelinghuyren
Republicans, and Thurman and Bayard, Dem
Ocrats. The Representatives chosen are
Msssrs. Payne, Hunter and Abbot, Democrats,
and Garfield and HOar, Republicans The
justices are Clifford, Strong, Miller and Field,
Il was understood that David Davis had
been selected as the filth Associate Justice,
but on account Of his election as United States
Senator from Illinois lie firmly declined to
allow his name TO be used in thai connection