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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-10-24
Helped by q Flood.

was in an idle mood that even
ing. Indeed, it was an evening in
which to be idle. No one could
have felt like work, with the
drowsy tinkle of the sheep bells,
the sight of the cows lazily chew
ing their cuds, the sound of the
birds twittering among the
branches of the trees, and the
broad face of the sun laughing
good night as he slowly went to-
ward his bed. The little village
was sleepy enough at any time,
lying in among the farms and
meadows, but more so than ever it
seemed to me as lazily strolled
along toward my friends house. l
found him seated on O rustic seat
under a large tree in the front yard,
holding his handsome three year
old boy on his knee.
"Good evening"" he said, making
room for me beside him; 81 am
very glad to see you. Tonight is
an anniversary with US"
"Indeed T. / answered, "I was
not aware of the fact. Anniversa-
ry of your marriage, l suppose 9"
"No; of what made us free to
marry. / have been telling the
boy about it, that is, what he could
understand and be interested In.
Look at him, Harry, old fellow"
he said, tossing the boy up and
down on his knee. "Isn't be hand
somel Say you are proud Of your
namesake."
/ answered what had already
been said dozens Of times, and add
ed that should like to hear the
story myself-,be part i could be
interested in and understand.
"As to that, perhaps you would
not be interested in any of It, bu,
wife and ! think IL better, or o.
more interest than any story w
ever heard or read. The boy seeml
to be weary. I think he viii cud
die down and 60 to sleep. Lii
down. Harry boy" he whispered
gently. papa win tell Uncle Harr,
the story"
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Now, | was not in the least re-
lated to the child, but my friends
persisted in calling Inc "Uncle
Harry" and / did not in the least
object, though | must confess l
could not see all in the boy that
his fond parents did, but that, as
every one knows, is not singular
thing. 1 could not help feeling,
however, in my bachelor heart, as
I saw my friend draw his boy up
in his arms preparatory to his nap,
and look down on bis rosy, smiling
face, with the brown curls about it,
that there was something in the
world l had missed some way.
$50 you wantthe story" he said,
pushing back the curls from the
boys eyes. "Well, if it proves dry
to you, it has enough of interest to
me to compensate for it.
"Do you remember to have heard
of flood in Denver City five years
ago-five years to night! No ?
Well, it is not at all strange. In
this time of newspapers, when
everything large and small is re-
ported, it must he great calamity
that can be remembered five years
by the simple reading of new
paper report; but we who were in
it are not likely to forget it.
"Denver was at first built in a
ravine, Cherry Creek, it was called,
though there never had been water
in it from the time the town was
built until the flood, and there has
been none since. had been there
but a short time. / had just be-
gun to practice law then, and had
gone there in hopes of building up
with the town.
can old man called at my Office
one after noon and said he wanted
to see me at his house that evening,
some papers to be made out, oil
something that he wished done
privately, and which needed the
signature of his wife. l was glad
enough to have anybody call for
me, for l was about discouraged,
and at the hour he mentioned
went to his house.
"He was a surly old fellow, no
given to sociability or wasting
words and we at once set abou
business. When the papers were
finishsd he said he would call in hi,
wife, and stepping to a door, open
ed it and called: Susie !!
"That name called up a pictur,
of a sweet-faced girl / bad dream
ed about a year or so before, ant
when she appeared in answer to hi:
call, it was the very same,
wouldn't pretend to tell you how
felt; 1t doesn't do for q married
like me, with n fathers responsi
bility," and he looked proudly dowr
at the boy, now asleep in his arms
"to be spoony over his old low
affairs, but l can tell you l bat
about as hard work to appear un
concerned while being introduced
to her as I ever had to do anything
"There was the very girl I hat
loved, but had been too bashful L
her, and here she was married
TO this sour old curmudgeon. |
she cared for me / could not tel
any more than I could when I hac
known her before. Women ar,
trained to hide these things from
girlhood up, aud thcy do IL till l
comes TO be second nature to them
"Ip ten minutes more she woul'
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A tramp came down the dusty
road and sat down to rest on the
steps of house in a quiet village
street. Through the windows
voices of a man and wife in violent
alteration were heard, and the
tramp listened intently. Angry
words and occasionally sound Of
something thrown came to his ears
and he could hardly sit still. At
last, evidently, the wife had taken
O broom, and the blows fell fast
and furious. Our tramp could
stand it no longer but rushing
round to a side door darted in, and
stepping between the loving pair,
cried in husky voice: "Give us
q clip or two with the broom, old
woman; it seems just like old
times" No matter how much we
wander, the old home feeling will
get us once in a while.
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had caused it. They supposed a
lake had burst its bounds upon the
mountains, and the water rushing
suddenly down the empty bed of
the creek, had swept over all the
town except the houses back on
the bluffs.
"a regiment Of soldiers, station
ed there, were ordered out to search
for the dead with the citizens who
escaped. The work was carried on
for days, but in all the search moth
ing was ever found of the old man,
though the search was kept up
long after the water had disap-
peared."
He had the heart disease, and the
shock had killed him. The doctors
had told him he was liable to die
any moment, and that was why he
had begun to arrange his business
that night when he had called me.
His money being mostly in the bank
and not yet invested, was swept
away as was its owner, and whether
he was washed out into the river
or buried deep in the sand, we
never knew.
"Susie and I were married quiet
ly, after proper time, at the house
of friend who lived up the bluffs
far away enough to escape, and
then we came here. We never
could feel at home in that section
after that. There she is now"
A pretty little woman appeared
Just then at the door a short dis
tance off.
"She is afraid Of the dew, / sup
pose, for Harry takes cold very
easily" looking down at the rosy
checked boy still asleep in his arms.
won't you come in ~
"No, thank you," l answered. I
wasn't aware any other man had
been as big a coward as l, and 1
think l won't wait for the food"
"Good luck to you, old fellow"
said he, with a quick understand
ing of my meaning. "Susie has
had your case under consideration
this long time, but ! told her it
would come out all right"
l wondered then if he had told
me his story to set me to thinking,
and l wonder yet. / walked on
across the village to little cottage
where lived dear girl, Lucy,
I whom l had secretly kept in my
heart for months.
, Never mind what / said or how
said 1t; but there is little woman
with her hand on my shoulder now
: looking out of the window and
begging Husband Henry, pu'
down your pen and look"
/ look, and see my friends Fred:
boy, a handsome little fellow, lead.
ing our toddling little Susie down
, the walk.
"Arn't they cunning9 Was ev-
er anything sweeterl" asks my
wife. "Who knows but they'll
make a match some day 7"
Sure enough, who knows.
|
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"Mister ledge, i clare, fore God
/ never stole nothin' in my life,
'ceptin' pig-tail at a hog KILN
time, from my old missus, when /
was boy, an Mister Jedge, / shall
never forgit my punishment. She
sewed dat pig-tail to my breeches
behind, and when company would
come she would make me come out
and shake myself so dat tail would
switch, an Mister Jedge, ! felt so
mean an got so tired of dat pig
tail dat ] never stole nothin' sense.
OATS fac"
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A rich, but parsimonious and
very old gentleman, on being
taken to task for his uncharitable-
ness, said: "True, / don't give
much; but II you only knew how
il hurt me when do give any
thing you wouldn't wonder"
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GOOd-By.
Open the easement, Roger,
Open it wide;
Let in the friendly voices
OF the winds and tide;
Let in the golden sunbeams
On every side.
Raise me high on my pillow
Yes, that will do;
How is it, Roger, that no one
Lifts me like you!
Nobody's hands are so tender,
Steady and true.
Just as you promised to hold me
When death is nigh,
Tui- Oh g4oo aU your shoulder
Le. IA hedd li,.
Now, Tor oue last .uo. Eo..s,
On 90 an and SKY.
Yonder the silvery sea.birds
Fiu,ter and cry
Under the band of purple and gold
In the western sky;
Fairest of earth's fair pictures,
Good-by gool-ly.
Roger, you know how often
In my pain,
I've longcd for glimpse Of the shining seq
Yet once again;
Doubling, as days rolled onward,
My prayers was vain.
But the answer has come, and see 1t
Stretching for miles,
With its murmuring, dancing waters,
Its changing smiles;
Whilst the clouds Of evening gather
In the FURNISHED piles.
I've said good-by. and I'm ready
Where's your dear hand
And you'll hold me. won't you, Roger,
Until stand,
With the Fathers arms around me,
Safe in the Better Land!
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1877-12-12
THE SILVER QUESTION.

The dispatches from Washington
are of tenor reassuring to the adj
vocates of silver reconciliation. II
is believed now that the measure can
be passed in the Senate over the
Presidents veto. An organization of
those who favor the silver bill was
effected the other night, for the dis
semination Of appeals and arguments
in favor of their theory. 1t was de-
termined to make efforts tn effect a
national organization, and for this
purpose a committee was appointed
to invite gentlemen from each State
having Representatives in Congress
who favor the reconciliation of sill
yer, to make a determined effort
in behalf of the measure.
A Washington special says that
Controller Knox takes rather
gloomy view of the future of the sill
yer question. He believes there will
be a two-thirds vote in the Senate in
favor of the Bland bill as reported
from the Committee on Finance, and
that the Senate would pass that bill
over veto by the President. In this
opinion one of the most pronounced
of hard money men in the Senate
also concurs, and he is Senator who
is as well qualified to judge what the
temper of the Senate as is any one in
that body. He says the bill will
certainly pass.
Senator Matthews speech Monday
is regarded as the ablest Argument in
favor of reconciliation ever deliv-
cred in Congress. He spoke an hour
and half and had unusual attention.
Senator Jones says it will convince
the country if it will not convince
the anti-silver men.
Senators Allison, Jones and others
will endeavor to get the bill through
before recess by night sessions.
Jones thinks the Senate will not
agree to the amendments of the Fl
nance Committee, but that the Bland
bill as it came from the House will
pass. If he speaks at all he will OPP
pose the amendments.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1877-12-12
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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1877-12-12
STATE NEWS.

/
The Tusoarora Mining Review is
now edited by Professor W. Frank
| Stewart.
The bullion product of the Eureka
Consolidated for November was
S42S,569 81.
The man who was sick with ANAL
pnx at Winnemucca has recovered,
but his nurse is now down with the
disease.
Hamilton and Laurie, the convict
ed stage robbers, were safely depos-
tied in the State Prison at Carson
Saturday,
E. A. Littlefield has retired from
the Tuscarora Times. John Ii. Den
mis-, formerly of the Eureka Sentinel,
takes bis interest.
Job Brashier, the man who killed
Michael Higgins at Si.verado last
week, is still at large. A reward of
5000 is offered for his arrest.
Ward has within a few weeks had
two fires, and the citizens are now
discussing the subject Of fire de-
partment MS precaution against fu-
ture CONGREGATIONS.
The Grand Prize vein has been cut
on the $50 level and is richer than
ever. The ledge is 81 feet wide
and the entire ledge will yield an
average of S243 per ton.
The preliminary examination of
w. II Pierce for killiig NJ. B. Hayes
at Tuscarora resulted in his being
bound over to await the action OF the
next grand jury, with bail fixed at
$4,000.
SO great is the demand for carpeu-
tiers that every man who can drive a
nail or saw board and wants work
can get employment at carpentering.
The present is the liveliest time in
that line since the early days of
Austin.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1877-12-12

Two yERDICTs have been rendered
in the case of the Scranton penn
sylvaniO, vigIlantes by separate
juries, in each acquitting the parties
on the charges preferred. The first
verdict was in the case of forty or
more citizens of Scranton who had
been indicted on the charge of will
fully and maliciously Staying three
men, Langan, Lane and Dunlavy,
and the second in the case of some of
the same parties who had been in
dicted for manslaughter. The second
verdict was essential, after the first
had been entered, and was in ac-
cordance with explicit instructions
from the bench. Each is in con-
formity with common sense and the
facts, and only comedies the right of
the law and order portion of the COM
munity to protect itself and its prop
erty from the depredations of mob.
The three men named suffered death
in the streets Of Scranton on the first
of last August, and the indictments,
which were against some of the lead
ing men Of the city, were found by
the grand jury which met shortly
after, when the riot excitement in
Luzerne had not abated to any appre-
ciable degree. probable that had
the trial taken place at that time it
would have been difficult, If not i'm
possible, to have secured jury to
weigh the facts impartially.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1877-12-12
The True Story Of Mazeppa.

Mazeppa was young Cossack of
the Ukraine, who having been en-
nobled by the Russians, declined to
pay his taxes. For this the local
Governor, Count Talboski, ordered
him to be stripped naked and tied to
the back of his horse with his head
to the an mails tail. The horse was
then f1ogged, pistols were discharged
close to his ears, and after being thus
excited he was turned loose. The
road to Mazeppa's house was bride
path leading through the woods,
which were particularly fertile in
thorn bushes and wild pear trees, aud
the infuriated beast, accustomed to
follow this route before, dashed off
us soon as he WAS at liberty home
ward, where his master arrived very
much the worse Tor his journey. He
had, however, enough strength left to
call for the gatekeeper, who recoS-
nized his voice and opened the door
to close it Immediately to keep out
what he supposed to he Mszeppa's
ghost. At last other servants, recov-
ering from their fear, came to his
assistance and put him to he'd, where
he remained some months between
life and death from the injuries he
had received. When he recovered he
exiled himself voluntarily to P.Dland,
and joined himself to the fortunes of
Charles XII, was mortally wounded
at Plutowa, aud dying at Barnitza,
his body was taken for burial to
Galatz. His tomb is to be seen in
the church of St. Mary.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1877-12-12
PR.IN TI.N q

HAVING LATELY ADDED. AND BEING
i Il still 10 receipt, of New Fonts of the
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1877-12-12

Hiles for Congress and Biles for
Secretary of State. We don't want
TO run this thing in the ground, but
by way of keeping up the euphony
oe the business, we would suggest
Piles for United States Senator. Ii
must not be understood, however,
that in throwing out this suggestion
we stand pledged for General Tom
Williams Eureka Sentinel.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1877-12-12

VIRGINIA stands by the bar-room
bell punch. All the anti-reglsier
candidates for the Legislature were
retired by decided maj rites, and
NJ ptielt, the inventor of the punch
received almost Unanimous vote in
his district.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1877-12-12
Telegraphic Paragraphs.

The opponents of silver remone-
tization take a gloomy view OF the
future of their side of the question.
They believe there will be two
thirds vote in favor of the silver bill
in the Senate, and that in case of a
veto it will pass over the Presidents
head.
The House Ways and Means com
mittee is at work on new tariff bill
which, it is said, will Tighten taxation
about S50,000,OOO annually.
Eustis was admitted to seat in
i the Senate from Louisiana Monday.
by vote of 40 yeas TO s nays. He
is paired with Sharon on all political
questions,
An interesting discussion occurred
in the House Monday on our relations
with Mexico. Hewitt said they were
very critical.
The Senate Monday commenced
discussion of the silver question,
Matthews opening in a strong speech
in favor of reconciliation.
Charles Mulrich shot and killed
his wife in Fountain Bluff township,
Randolph couu'y, Illinois, Saturday
LAST, and then blew his own brains
out. Family difficulties.
Peter B. Sweeney mas settled with
the city of New York for his share
of the ring plumber by paying $780,
900.
The House Ways and Means COM
mIttee will recommend reduction
OF the tax on whisky to fifty cents
gallon, and on tobacco to ten cents
per pound.
Pinckback accuses certain Senators
of inconsistency in rejecting his Gre
dentials and admitting Kellogg.
1t is understood there will no vote
in the Senate this week, and several
Senators will go home before the
holiday recess.
The President is still undecided
between Dodge ana Clayton for Su-
perintendent of the San Francisco
Mint.
The brlgantine G. w. Jones of
New York for Halifax has been run
down at sea, and all hands except
one seaman drowned.
1t is reported that Prince Bismark
has renewed his request to be relieved
of office.
The political situation in France is
not materially changed. MacMahon
still refuses to appoint Cabinet ac-
ceptable to the Chamber of Deputies.
After severe engagement Sunday
in attempting to cut through the
Russian lines at Plevna, Osman Pasha
surrendered Internationally. The
Turks in Plevna were dying of hun
ger and cold. Osmau was wounded.
There is great rejoicing in Russian
quarters.
Great preparations are being made
to defend Elena, IN Bulgaria, in Case
the Russians attempt to retake it.
There Is jubiation in Russia and
sorrow in England over the fall of
P!evna.
The Pope is still alive, though ly-
ing in hopeless and suffering con
dlton.
The Carlist General Lizzlraga is
| dead.
The Union and Central Pacific rail-
road telegraph is to be consolidated
with the Western Union line, the ar
rangement to go into effect ON the 1st
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1877-12-12

DEPosIToRs have withdrawn So,
10000 from the San Francisco saw
pgs banks within the last two or
hree months. Failures of savings
anks east of the Rocky Mountains
nd the collapse of "similar institu-
lions" in that city were the cause of
this withdraw al OF funds.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1877-12-12

TIE Indian name for 'married
man is "Te-nah-tuckj aw-wo jaw. "
When speaking of married woman
they just tack on some more '.jaw."
We found this Ia the Elko Post,
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CLAUS BECKER.
Silver City, November %, 1877,
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1877-12-12

SAYS the San Francisco Exchange:
The Examiner is evidently opposed
to Mark Mcdonald as United States
Senator, but it beats about the bush
considerably. On the other hand,
the Mail, another "organ" of the
party, is decidedly in favor of the
Kentuckian, while the sprightly little
Echr, still another "organ," is flat
footed tor Ryland.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1877-12-12
CAUTION NOTICE.

TuNHE TRUSTEES OF SILVER CiTt
ii Miners Union hereby caution all boys
from disfPuring their hall, by writing on the
wall, cutting the doors, breaking WINDOWS,
etc. Any one caught In the act OF any wsy
4isneuring said building will be severely
dealt with.
BY order of THE TRpsIEEo'
Silver City, Sept. 5, 1877
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-08-03

MoRE THAN He ASKED FoR.-lt hap,
pened last week, but itis too rich 10 have
lost its flavor yet. One Of the most
solid Of Wheeling's solid men, after hav.
ing read the accounts of the railroad
riots, went home fairly bursting with
righteous indignation. Pacing up and
down his parlor floor he gave vent
to his outraged feelings. Being in.
formed by the gentle voice of his honored
spouse that man was at the kitchen
door waiting to see him, he hurried
down, with an impetuosity born of pas
sion. Before him stood tramp. Solid
man, "What do you want2" Tramp
81 want something to eat" Solid
man, "What else do you wantT
Astonished but full OF hope, ~ want
some Shoes" "Well, have a pair OF
thick.sOled boots" And with this laconic
answer he began to beat tatto on the
tramp's body, the tramp at the same time
beating hasty retreat.