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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1877-12-22
Buy Before the Rush.

Buy your Toys! Buy your Toys!
And avoid the crush;
Bring your little girls and boys.
Buy before the rush.
Finest Candies OF every kind
At Krause's Variety Store,
Search the town and you cant find
Such display--was never seen before
Buy your pretty Christmas gifts,
Buy without delay;
Soon tho heavy rush will come,
Buy your gifts to-day ,,,,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1877-12-22

Enterprising men of Kern county
are forming companies to develop oil
wells. A petroleum district has been dis
covered about forty miles from Bakers
field, in the western part of the county.
The oil has been tested in lamps With
most satisfactory results. The railroad
company use it, and prefer it to any
other. 1t is thought the oil will be OBJ
tanned from wells not more than 800 feet
deep.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1877-12-22

For THE HoLIDAYs.-To the ladies OF
Phoebe and vicinity: I have just re-
ceived magnificent stock of fine jewelry,
consisting of good assortment of ladies
gold watches and chain and a large as
sortment of ladies and misses gold sets
of all kinds and all prices. Also ladies'
and gents gold rings and line selection
of gents gold and plated iewelry. etc.,
which am now Offering at greatly re-
duced prices. The above goods guaran-
teed as represented. Golden Rule Dry
Goods and Clothing Store. J. Roesen-
blum Jr, d15-3w
KRAusE is known to have the very
best imported genuine Havana cigars. tt
Go TO Clute's for Brilliant Coal Oil.
GRAND Tom & JERRY. and other sea-
sonable drinks-hot drinks-at No. 1000
Main street. One price! one bit!!
JUST received, fine selection of gents
Black Suits and Silk Velvet Vests, suit
able for the holidays, at the Golden Rule
Dry Goods and Clothing Store. j.
Rosenblum, Jr. dlo-2w
ALEXIS Shoes OF Clute's.
CoHN's Mammoth Clothing and Dry
Goods Emporium, at the old stand on
Main street, opposite Meadow Valley
street, has again opened with new ane
well selected stock of goods pertaining L
a first-class establishment. Everythini
new, nobby and stylish. Satisfaction
guaranteed in every instance. Call at tn
old stand, where goods are sold at bot
tom prices. HENRY Conn,
Main st. opposite Meadow Valley st
EVERYBODY chews the celebrates
Golden Thread fne.cut tobacco a
, Krause's.
MINERS call at Clute's for your sur
, plies. =,
Fon fine Key West Havanas at ~
; cts. 90 to Krause's. Domestics, 3 and
\ for rs cts.
Q The fresh Chewing and Smoking ~
bsccoes direct from southern factor.'
Q at Krause's.
g. CLOTHING cheaper OF Clute's than 81
Q other place in town.
Go TO Clute's for fine groceries.
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"You have often" said the clergyman.
"heard the brethren say Amen! amen!'
while some one was praying. What did
they mean? If any one knows. let him
hold up his hand. Up jumped little
fellow, so eager to answer as not to walt
for recognition, II knowl" he called out,
at means hurry up an get through
There was an audable smile.
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CHRISTMAS MEArs.--Adelmsn u
LOOMS, OF the Peoples Market, Meadow
Valley street. have now on hand the oess
and latest of Beeves, Veal and Mutton.
Families desiring fne roast for a
Christmas Dinner should look at their
selection Of meats.
A. MANp1cH's FRUIT STORE Four
dozen Turkeys; lots Of Fresh Oysters,
Celery, Chickens, Fish; Raisins, the best
In Phoebe; Nuts, Candies, etc., on hand,
All fresh and ready for the Holidays
Call and try them.
To GRAND JURoRs.-You are hereby
notified that the Grand Jury meets q
the Courthouse to-day, Saturday, De
cember 22d. at II O'Clock.
1t &. r. ALEXANDER. Foreman.
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LATE REcEIPTs AT PouJADE's:
Crushed Sugar.
Extra g. 40.
Hams & Bacon, choicest.
Claret, in casks.
Do, In half-casks.
Choice fresh Spices for Christmas
cakes.
White Russian Soap.
Coal Oil. extra quality.
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CHRISTMAS FARE.--At Gibfried & Bri-
sacher on Christmas day there will be
set before the guests of that house first
class Christmas dinner, consisting of
turkeys, chickens. roasts, etc. At the
San Jose House Mrs. Pierson has been
dinner that all her guests will be glad
that they accepted no invitations to dine
elsewhere. The fare will be turkey,
chickens and the best kind of pastry
and buildings.
RAcEs.-A race will take place on
Christmas Day at the Four-mile Wells,
for purse of $500. The race to be to
wagons. The advertisement shows the
entrees in the race which will be to
wagons. There will also be trot against
time by the black mare Mohawk. Pool
selling commences this evening at Bob
Fulks' saloon at o'clock, and will be
continued on Monday evening. The
races take place at IL o'clock.
SERVICES will be held at the Episcopal
Church at o'clock Sunday evening.
To BE SpLIcED. "A wedding will take
place on Sunday night in Picche.
A PERTUMED MAIL BAG.-Stub. the
eccentric individual who drives the mail
and express between Austin, lone and
Ellsworth. was discoursing this morning
on the necessity for additional mail SER
vice on his route, an account of the in.
creased population of Western Nyt
county. Said he: Now that there's sew
eral hundred people at lone, good many
at Ellsworth and a whole lot at Carbon
ate Point and Lodi, the mail only runs
once week; when there was only ont
man at Ellsworth and two at lone tn
, mail was tri-weekly. I used to carry tn
!, mai in my boot leg, and when the felloY
, at lone would git his letter he'd sniff a
it, and sniff and ask me how much the
, sold that kind Of scent for up at Austin
and the two fellows at Ellsworth, the
used to save the envelopes till they wa
2 writin' home to the States to their gall
i and then they'd scratch out the writil
on them and write their gals names IL
stead, SOS the gals would think they W.
= heightened and used perfumed envelop
d But then times amt what they used
was, nohow. = Austin Reveille.
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WEDNESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.

Court me. at 10 o'clock, when the case
of the State Of Nevada vs.. Sloan ct al.
was proceeded with. A jury to try the
case was empaneled in the forenoon, and
at 2 O'Clock D. m. the trial commenced,
the Court holding an evening session.
The above case occupied the attention
of the Court during the remainder OF the
week
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DISTRICT COURT.

The District met on Monday. Decem-
Der 18th, and transacted the following
business:
Louis Weldenberg VS.. E. Ferguson,
etc.; counsel for plaintiff asks for judg-
ment in accordance with prayer of COM
plant; judgment granted in accordance
with the findings to he hereafter filed.
In the matter OF the estate Of Jesse s.
Pitzer, deceased the petition of Rebecca
F. Pitzer praying to be appointed execu-
trix of said estate in accordance with the
terms of the will OF deceased and that
said will be submitted to probate, came
on regularly to be heard, whereupon the
Court set Thursday, the Sd day OF Janu-
airy, 1878, be and the same is hereby
fixed for the hearing of said petition.
and the notice by law is hereby directed
to be published.
State of Nevada vs.. Jerry Sloan, Isaac
McManus, VIM. Dean and A. G. New
man. This case being called for trial
counsel for defendants move that they
each be tried separately, on the grounds
set forth in the affidavits filed. The
Court denies the motion. The work
of empaneling a jury was proceeded
with. The venire becoming exhausted
the Court orders that 36 additional
names be drawn from the jury box to
serve as trial jurors for the October
term of Court; that the venire be made
returnable Wednesday, December 10Th,
to which time the trial of said cause is
ordered continued. Whereupon his
Honor, Henry Rives, Judge Of said
Court, and J. NJ. Hanford, Clerk, pro-
ceeded to draw alternately ia open Court
said Sc persons, which being duly certi-
! fed to venire was issued.
Court adjourned to Wednesday, De-
cember 10Th, at 10 a. In.
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Nv. WRIGHT. Bank Manager,
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CHRISTMAS DINNER.-The Bank Elk.
change Restaurant intends to set before
its customers on Christmas Day dinner
of Turkey, Fresh Oysters. Celery, and
the best of everything the market affords
in the vegetable line.
XMAs.-All the fluid delicacies OF the
season, viz: Egg.nog, Tom & Jerry,
| st. Louis Beer, fine Wines and Liquors
together with elegant Cigars, at No. lOoo
Main street, Panaca Saloon. Only One
Price! One Bit!
SOCIAL PARTY.-The members of the
Young Mems Social Club held meeting
Wednesday evening and decided to give
a social party New Years Eve.
PAY DAy.-The Alps Company will
pay off the mine employees to-day for the
month of October and the mill hands on
Monday next for the same month.
CAPT. Fl. FL. DAY will leave Oh Mon
day or Wednesday for the Bay and vii
not return until about the first o.
February.
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. and se'
the extensive assortment OF fancy goods
i tripkets. etc., at J. Myers Il Bro.
P1ocHE BuLLIoN.-$14, S57 20 in bull
lion was shipped by Wells. Fargo u Go
during the week.
Go TO Alexander's for your Drugs.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-27

Eight lines Of nonparsil, solid, oonstitute q
square.
Displayed advertisements will be charged
according to tie SPACE occupied. at above
rates-there being twelve lines Of solid type to
the inch
To regular advertisers we offer superior in
ducemCats, both as to rates OF charges and
manner of displaying their favors.
Notices in local column inserted fert wenty
cents per line for each insertion.
Special notices inserted for ten cents per
line for each insertion.
Notices of deaths and marriages, twenty
cents per line.
All bills for advertising are d.xS Wasn con-
traoted and payable on demand.
Ali letters, whether upon business or other
wise, must be addressed to
=. WHITMORE,
Publisher and Proprietor.
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DRESSING UNDER DIFFICULTIES.


scanIy Toilets OF Confederate Bellies
The Cost of Fancy Goods.
Mrs. NJ. P. Handy. in Philadelphia Weekly
Times
During General Sheridan's last
raid General Custer and his staff
stopped over night at the house of
planter in Fluvanna county, Vir-
glnla. Naughty, yet courteously,
after the fashion Of well-bred peo.
pie who cannot help themselves,
the best in the house was placed at
their disposal. Among the first of
Clusters requirements was bath,
and tubs and water, with home
made towels, we're readily forthcom-
ing. Not SO, however, were sponges
and Turkish towels. At this the
General showed some anger, sup.
posing the neglect intentional.
When his servant was assured by
the lady of the house that her stock
Of such articles was exhausted and
could not be replenished within the
Confederate lines, master and man
were intensely disgusted, and Gus
ter expressed his astonishment that
civilized people could exist without
them, Sponges were not to be had
at any price in Richmond during
the winter of 1S64-5, the few i'm
ported to Charleston and Whining
ton being kept for hospital use.
The ladies knit bathing-gloves of
coarse cotton yarn in garter-stitch,
making close ribbed surface which
gave the desired friction, The car
goes brought by the blockade.run-
ners consisted chiefly of munitions
of war, medicines and staple dry
goods. Only occasionally pack
age Of fancy goods was included,
and these were soon exhausted
the demand far exceeding the sup.
ply. Hairpins, needles, pins, scis-
sors, combs, etc, brought fancy
prices. In January, 1865, com.
mon gutta-percha tuck-comb
bought to order in Wilmington, N.
c., cost fifty dollars-equal to one
dollar and a quarter in gold-at
which price the purchaser was glad
to obtain it-Richmond and
Charleston having been previously
ransacked in vain search for one,
! A great deal Of smuggling was car
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MEMPHIS TENN: TUESDAY EVENING NOvEMBER27, p, 1871

ried on across the border, principal
ly by women, and the stores brought
by the Suttlers in the Federal army
were some small compensation to
even the most rebellious women for
the presence of the army under
whose shadow they came. Quilted
petticoats were the fashion then, as
now, and many Of them were made
to order for smuggling purposes.
In one the filling was skeins of sew
ing silk, in another papers of qui-
nine, and 80 on with everything
which could be crowded into small
compass. Ladies who came through
the lines, under fag-of-truce, were
vigorously searched; nevertheless, a
great deal that was contraband of
war came through with them. A
school girl acquaintance of the
writer displayed much ingenuity on
such an occasion. "I brought my
waterfall cushion full Of morphine
to DR.. -" she said. "The
morphine was in tissue paper; ever
that | laid dark cotton batting, and
over that curled hair in an invisible
net. They made me take my hair
down and shake it out. Miss Kerr
carried dispatches to Beauregard in
hers, you know. l tell you, though,
/ was scared when the woman who
searched me ran a hairpin through
the cushion. Ihad dispatches, too,
on thin paper, folded and sewed
into a pocket pin-cushion, but as
they were written with invisible
ink, and l had taken care to soil
the cushion, l didn't feel frightened
about them. 1t was arisk, though,
for if they had found them, ]
should have been sent to the Old
Capital Prison.
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Ak. e.A. An PM
iii and Express train
laily.... ..................... 5.45 1l.25
lnerville accom- datn
except Sunday ........ 8.l8 500
ticket ofloe 27S Main street.
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We are glad to hear it. Our druggist
informs US that Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup
sells better than any other medicine,
and always gives satisfaction.
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,0HiSViIlG and Great Southern R.R.

LEO pm. hight Express-Daily except
Saturday-Connect at Milan for St. Louis
and Chicago, at McKensie for Nashville.
Chattanooga, Atlanta and the Southeast,
Evansville, at Louisville for all points
N orth AID East.
Too am. Day Express-cOnnectS for St.
Louis and Chicago, at LeuisYille for all
points North and East.
LAO pm. Milan Accommodation-Daily
except Sunday.
oullman Palace Cars on either train to Louis
vjlle, and on Night train TO Nashville.
Yer tickets or inform alton, apply at Ticket
)f6ee. 287 Main, Northwest corner Madison
las. MONTG 0MERY, Sup't Memphis Div.
JAMES SPEED, Ticket Agent.
a1.f
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u I E
trigger, but the gunpowder which
they ignite is stored up in the mus /
cles. " We all know the effect
produced on a nervous organization
by a slight sound which causes
alright. An aerial wave, the ener-
gy Of which woNld not reach the
minute fraction of that necessary
to raise the tbousandth of a grain
through the thousandth of an inch,
can throw the whole human frame
into powerful mechanical spasm,
followed by violent respiration and
palpitation."
Thus far-and we have given but
the barest outline of the argument
nothing has been advanced which
rises to any higher level than that
of plain scientific truths which no
one can hesitate to accept. But
now comes the question: What
causes the nerves to act and liberate
this gigantic power? Who or what
is it that sends and receives mes
sages through the bodily organismP
The question is answered thus:
"You picture the muscles as heark-
ening to the commands sent through
the motor nerves you picture the
sensor nerves as the vehicle of in
coming intelligence; are you not
bound to supplement this mechan-
ism by the assumption of an entity
which uses it? Are you not forced
by your own exposition into the
hypothesis Of a free human soul Z"
Henceforward the whole drift of
the address changes-persuasion
and abstract argument replace SCI
entific deduction; but the speaker
has proved us necessitarians by ne
cessity, and then, lest the dilemma
affliCt us, goes on to show that the
belief is by no means such a dread
full one.
Are the brain, and the moral and
intellectual processes known to be
associated with the brain, subject
to the laws we find paramount in
physical nature? This is the final
problem. Science has led us into
the domain of metaphysics, and we
have been prepared for the affirma.
tive response. The phenomena Of
heredity, of how much we owe to
the transmitted influences of the
past, how closely We are bound uE
IN a chain Of eveNts-evolution,
whence we cannot escape-all are
adduced to prove that we are mo-
masters Of the circumstances il
which our motives and wishes
originate, and "lf finally our mo
tives and wishes determine our &C
tlons, in what senses can these ac
tions be said to be the result of fret
will?" "There is," says Professor
Tyndall, in his closing sentences
con all hands a growing repug.
nance to invoke the supernatura
in accounting for the phenomena o
human life; and thoughtful minds,
finding no trace Of evidence in favor
of any other origin, are driven tC
seek in the interaction of socia
forces the genesis and development
OF mans moral nature. If they
succeed in the search-and | thinl
they are to succeed-social duty
would be raised to a higher level Of
significance, and the deepening
sense of social duty would, it il
to be hoped, lessen, if not obliter.
ate, the strife and heart-burning:
which now beset and disguise oUl
social life"
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same light costume and the same
odor of roast meat in the air.
Meanwhile the attendants had
rushed in and one seized the cashier
while another held the doctor, and
a moment later the two men were
dragged out and away from each
other. A boy was sent to a drug
gist, and he came back with lini-
ments and other comforts for the
burned. The combatants were
found to be very badly scorched in
deed. From the soles Of the doc
tors feet the parched skin peeled
off like the bottom of an old boot,
and the cashiers injuries, though
somewhat less in the way of burns,
were numerous and painful. The
liniment and pOultices were applied,
the burned feet wrapped up, and
then the two gentlemen who tried
to settle a difficulty under such dis
advantageous circumstances, hob
bled away.
1t is doubtful if they ever go to
war in a Turkish bath again, though
it is asserted by both men that the
end of the trouble is not yet.
We are glad to hear it. Our druggist
informa ua thot Dr Rulpa Nouub gvrnn
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RAILROADS.
MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON
RAILROAD.

tCHEDULR ON AND AFTER SEPT. Ie,
Leaves. Arrives.
Iail and Express. daily-l Is pm 5.45 pm
omerville accem'd dat'n
daily (Ox. Sunday)...... 500 pm S.lSa.m
lime Twenty Minutes Faster than
Ci1y Tlme.
som arviIle train will stop at reg
lar ssad flag stations.
The ii, 90 p.uI. Train makes the quick
az Iime ever made to Chattanooga, Knox
lille, Lynchburg. Washington, and the East,
nd will stop at all Regular StatioBs,. and at
alag Stations when tagged, except Flag Sta
ions between CollieTville and Memphis.
Ticket Office 278 Main street and Depot
iemphis and Charleston railroad:
JOHN A GRANT,
Chief Engineer and General Sup't.
7. S. DAVAN1,
n ARsistant General Passenger Agent
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MEMPHIS q lIrTLE ROCK R.R.
ShrOt Line to Arkansas and Texas.
TINE OARDi

Leaves. Arrives.
Na;l tr, in, daily pm. ll.3O pm
Preieht train daily Tex
sanday cinc on tSi. SS H;%; J0:a S2G 1iI t,Rs r.
;ns 81 ths 6Spot Of the Louisville, Nash
|viIie and Great Southers railroad. Mail
rains make close connection at Argenta for
|points ON the little Rock and Fort Smith
|rSilroad and at Little Rock with the Cairo
land Fulton railroad for points in Southwest
Pullman % Palace Sleeping Cars sn all night
Fer tickets and information apply at Ticket
offices 27s and 2S7 Main street, and at depot
foot Of Washington street, or at Louisville,
Nashville and Great Southern railroad depot,
Ter to the undersigned
NE STAY. q. P. ayd 7. Ag't, Little Rock
W. 2. SMITH, Sup't. Memphis Tenn.
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PUBLIC LEDGER.

THE PUBLIC LEDGER Is PUBLISHED
l every afternoon Except Sunday at No.
Is Madison street.
The PUBLIC LEDGER is served TO city subscri-
bers by faithful carriers at FIFTEEN CENTS
PER WEEK. payable weekly to the carriers.
By mail lin ADVANCED: One year, IS; six
months, 81 three months, 81; one month, rs
cents Postage free,
Newsdealers supplied at ~ cents per copy.
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MISSISSIPPI g. TENNESSEE
RAILROAD.
sCBEDULE.

InN auS after Wednesday, November IA,
1877, TRIMS will run as follows:
Leave. Arrive
Main Train ai,y........... 800 pm. l;05 pm
Sardis Accommodation.
daily lex. Sundays) ""ll:6O am. V;l0 am
Freight Train daily sex,
al N. BURKE, Sup't.
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.pital Stock, 1900, 900


iMPHIs AND LOUISVILLE RAILROAD.
Arrives. Leaves.
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Weekly Public Ledger,

Published every Tuesday at 81 per annum I'm
advanced. Postage free.
Communications upon subjects Of general
able.
Rejected manuscripts WILL NOT be returned.
RATES OF ADVERTISING IN DAILY:
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SSJSS
ParI1er,s EIair lalsanA is the Be

AhalAA LAaAEaAAAA - AAAO A9boA
and c!oanest preparation ever made
for Restoring Gray Hair to its original
color. It is entirely harmless, and free
from tho cheap and impure ingredi-
ents that render many other prepar-
atioas injurious. It is exquisitely
perfumed, a2d so perfectly and ele-
gantly prepared &C % make it toilet
luxury, Indispensable TO those who
have once used it. Itromoves Dan
drufr and ctops tho Hair falling. At
renders the Hair vigorous and beau
tiful. 1t preserves it's lGzurianoe
whom abundant, and restores its
Color and Life when Gray, harsh and
deoayins
Sold by all Druggists.
[ !: a.y |! SAM
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MEMPHIS AMI CHAIR sToN R.R.
Arrives. Leaves.