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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-09-20

Against a Band of Sioux-Chased from
Boston Town, He Strikes it Rich in
Baked Potato-A Wonderful Cave.
from the Cincinnati Enquirer.l
When Boston Town, in the Black Hills,
and about 80 miles from Deadwood, woke
up one morning and found a Cinnamon
walking around with his kit on his
shoulder, every old miner was dumb
founded. 1t had been given out, and
was generally understood, that Boston
Town wouldn't wait a minute before
shooting the first Chinaman who dared
to show his head in camp, and this trav-
eler ought to have been posted. He
coolly walked about trying to discover
whether the diggings were rich or poor,
and nodding Familiarity to every miner
who showed his head. 1t took the camp
just four minutes to realize the situa-
ton, blow the rallying-horn, and re-
solve: ''That there is one of them durn-
ed Chinese in camp, and it is our duty
to teach him great moral lesson"
Lung-Sing went out o. there like a
tornado, his sheet-iron frying pan bang
ing the back of his head at every jump,
and his heels digging up a perfect show
erof gravel. None of the bullets fired at
him took effect, and breakfast was hardly
eaten before the incident was forgotten.
The Chinaman was out there to make a
stake. He knew all about the Indians.
but when chased out of Boston Town
he pushed right ahead over the frontier
and up the hills, and when he struck
Yellow he was four miles in advance of
any camp. Lung-Sing wasn't one of
your dirt washers or gravel pawers, but
he struck for quartz rock, and he kept
loose eye squirting around for mug
gets. He halted where he did, because
1t was far enough from white miners,
near enough to the Indians, and the
place offered a secure retreat. 1t was a
cave extending into the hill or range
since christened Baked Potato. The
hole was large enough for three men to
enter abreast, and the cave was cut up
IN curious shape. Back twenty feet
from the mouth it split into three caves,
each winding around in half circle,
and after short time Lung. Sing dis
covered that each of the three had an
outlet on the hill, but not within half a
mile Of each other "AIle light" he
unused as he made ready to take pos
session in the name of the Celestial En-
pire, "alle light; Injun man come if he
wantee, Lung-Sing no flaid."
There was rich quartz rock in the
cave. In one month after being occu-
pied by party of white men it PANIED
out ST. 900. Lung-Sing knew that he
had struck a big thing, and his mind
was made up to stay there, Indians or
no Indians. In the afternoon after he
began work the Chinaman, who was
working by torchlight, felt a twist at
his pigtail, and he glanced around to
discover an Indian warrior standing be-
side him. Some Cinnamon would have
"played calf at once" but Lung-Sing
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-09-20

The customary slow process of
smelling iron ore, taking ordinarily ~
hours, has been improved upon by a
Belgian mining engineered Canada, who
by his new method lately turned out
1,5o0 pounds of an entirely purified and
splendid gray-colored cast iron from the
crude ore in 10 minutes, and, notwith-
standing the rapidity of the process, the
kiln was left in better condition than
before the operation.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-09-20

IT is frequently thrown gu.
lean men that they can eat NOR \
their shorter fellows because tne, Z
physiologically, a greater caps a,a !
assertion, however, Ike maui /.
reckless generalities Of science 4. I
confirmed by actual test. Ons sa T. n
week, in Brooklyn, two eoiole ~ y
one a tall and lean, the other suy a.
already fat~ate on a wager - y !
sausages, eggs, beef, buns ana IN n'' :,
furnished unstintedly. Ihefs 4 1.
good deal of quiet work aoa. 81
while, but the tall, lean nan aa y
first to ask for u rest, and the - ~
fellow won the wager havlnS III v
pounds. From this time on asa e.
with the thin, and let the u. y ii 4.
in mind that to hisl that iiaah
given.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-09-20
A acknowledging Expedit;o,
Tragic Ending. aa'

About 9 O'Clock yesterday -.
says the Cincinnati Enou;y.rn '1
Carney, Eddie Coyne and Hsrra,, !
none of whom were thirteen ssesg 2
OF age, started from their hons hon. lsa
commons south of Newport f.
and in search of boyish ~ aaaaa
Coyne's parents had formar au'sa
about a mile and half sonthas..i ny
city, on the Water-works PSI q
about half-past onein the after ,oas
brought up in the vicinity. in ,bo
melon patch on Lewis T6orntannes.s
Barney did not 90 into the na,sl
remained outside the fence p ~sa
little brother and Willie carn "ait
into it to hook a few melons W;,i
to regale themselves. Mr.. T ra
residence is not more than folr h.,
feet from the watermelon patch -
movements of the boys were ob =
by his hired hand, Henry Green,
strapping big fellow of 10 or y 1
went into the house and took ds.j
double-barreled shotgun and III
out in the direction Of the melon y.
Mrs. Thornton spoke to him a. l.
going out of the door and told him |
to shoot at any body, or #
she says she gave him that adv;ss
he disregarded her counsel |
a couple of minutes later she hes,,
report of the weapon, and she w.
to see if any one was hurt. As MI
over to the melon patch she met 4,
coming back with the gun in bis N
and, on getting over the fence she'll
the lad Barney Coyne stone dead
a terrible hole in the back of mi
where the charge had entered il. al
put the gun back in the house and \
ed for town, accompanied BY Tb]
tons son, a boy of twelve. Meant
the body of the murdered bov was !
mitted to lie where he had been n
until his brother and Willie an
came into Newport and told Bari
father of the tragedy. The poor n
who ekes out a precarious living
himself and family by shoyeling coal
of barges in the Licking, procursl
wagon and went out and got M
mains and brought them to his hul|
home. There DR.. Davis examine
wound and found that twentE.1
heavy buckshot had penetrated
skull, causing instantaneous ID
Several days ago it is said that Cd
took down the same gun and hia
fire it off but could not do so. alb
Thornton told him to put the Gun !
and not fool with it for it might nj
Green replied, II wouldn't be ahll
give you that gun and let you tryhI
it off at me at ten feet.n Thor
thought differently and replied, agl
away; the next time you take It d
you will be sure to kill some one !
it.' He also cautioned his wife aga
the gun. This is the Thorntons' ii
Green was formerly a circus man.
does not bear the best of charsa
Our representative had talk with
lie Carney, and he says that BarneTl
not been in the melon patch at all
had charge of two OF the melons Vi
he had taken. When the boys
Green coming they all took to their
except Barney, who crouched dow
bird a bush or a little knoll Of !
Green advanced on him until he
within eight or ten feet of the trena
child, and then shot him down y
dog.
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Some Burlington Poetry.
CANTO PRIMUS.


This stanza is expressive OF the au-
thor's Intense Amusement:
Bless me, how the years are fitting
Thirty three!
Land alive, how old Pm Citing
Thirty three!
Fleeing yearsl What they have taught me,
Far outweighs what they have brought me,
And at last they've come and caught me
Thirty three.
CANTO SECUNDUS.
This stanza indicates a Contented
Spirit, a serene, placid Christian resigna-
ton and acceptance of what he can't
help:
Good enough; I'd rather far be
Thirty three,
Than stay in my twenties* arbi-
Trarilee;
If, in weakness, I'd be longing
For the days whose joys come thronglng
In my dreams, should be wronging
Thirtv-thre
CANTO TERTIUs.
In which he grows just little bit
sentimental and reminiscent:
Oh the bright years of my golden
Summer time;
Tender love dreamSt of the Olden
Loving time.
Dreaming can not make them clearer,
Wishing can not bring them nearer,
Words can never make them dearer;
Nary time.
CANTO QUARTUs.
He is brought back to the present by
man who, with imploring looks, hands
him bill, eight months old, and in at
fecting pantomine intimates that his wife
and children must starve if those clothes
are not paid for:
Here's fellow with dirty
Bill see;
And feel like ten times thirty
Thu thu three.t
Pleasure is a tieeting bubble,
And L carry two mems trouble
And no wonder-Im double,
Double 3!
CANTO FIvE-TUs.
He runs out of Latin. And also out
of "poetry:"
Wen, old Time has been most gracious
Unto me,
And he's blessed my cOntumaciouS
Thirty three,
With the brightest fortune, may be,
Ever came to lord or lady;
With million dollar baby,
He, he, he!S
This has no reference to the five twenties
He was never in them, and if he ever got in
them, all the Federal bayonets in America
couldn't fish him out of them until they were
all gone.
had 60 sweethearts to choose from, when the
fact is that he was an object of pity and his
wife, who was very conscientious young
girl, was for a long time undecided whether
to go as missionary to UgobOgobogo, Cen
trail Africa, or marry him, and she finally
chose the latter as the greater act of self
denial and charity.
+ He does not stutter habitualty, but had to
adopt the habit in this instance, in order to
fill out the short line.
S"He, he, he!" There is double meaning
in this line. The expression quoted is in.
tended to represent Hysterical Laughter. 1t
is also that kind of baby.
Gin conclusion the author desires to
express his warmest thanks to the ap.
preciative and flatter1ng friends who
presented him last night with $3.50
gold watch and chain, and a purse of
$500. He regrets exceedingly that
their extreme modesty, and their over
kind aversion to calling him from his
bed prompted them to hang such val
liable gifts on the front gate, as some
tramps, who were up and stirring
before the author was awake this morn
ing, carried them away. But the an-
thor thanks the kind donors just rs
heartily, and will ever prize their mag
nificent Gift as memento of one of the
happiest occasions of his life. )--Haagk-
eGe.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-09-20

In the early part of 1910, Napoleon's
attention was drawn to the magnificent
diamonds worn by certain lady; he
inquired who she was, and learned that
her husband was tobacco manufacture
er. In the following November a decree
appeared which announced that this
trade would in future be State monopo-
". 1t is so to-day. There are sixteen
factories.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-09-20

ST. MARY's, Ga, is offering ls -;
to all who will locate there peru ~
The town is entirely out Of III E
owns 4 great deal Of land, WIZ " y
offer a. an inducement 70 he'
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-09-20
LUNG-SING AND THE INDIANS.

How Chinese Miner Held the Fort
Against a Band of Sioux-Chased from
Boston Town, He Strikes it Rich in
Baked POtato-A Wonderful Cave.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-06-15
SECOND DAY.

SECOND DAY.
THURSDAY. JULY 5th.
Running Race--prendum $3.50 for all
Horses; four or more to fill; three or
: more to start. Single dash of mile.
First Horse, $50; Second, S40;i Third, to save
entrance.
Second Race-Saddle Horses, Second class;
Purse SIS. Free for all horses raised or
owned in Humboldt County: four or more
to fill, three or more to start Single
dash of half mile.
First Horse, $40; Second, $40: Third to save
entrance
Third---A slow race, for which grand prize
will be presented to the winner; free for
all horses.
The entrance fee viii be Is Per cent Of the
purses offered.
All entries will close at O'Clock the evening
preceding each race.
Entries. must be made with c.. Chenoweth,
Secretary of the Society
sAR AND POOL PRIVILEGES.
Separate bids will be received by
the Secretary for Bar and Pool privileges
at the Track until Saturday, June IL.
The right to reject any and all bids is
reserved.
may29.td.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-06-15
AN ARIZONA VOLCANO.

Since communication by rail has
been established between Arizona and
civilization that Territory seems determ-
ined to keep its attractions prominently
before the public. The richness of'its
mines, and the size of its lizards and
horned toads have furnished fruitful
theme for it's newspapers, and now,
not 10 be outdoAe in any thing, it boasts
of a volcano. A dispatch says the
eruption occurred in the mountains
opposite Flowing Wells Station, about
six miles from Yuma, on the Southern
Pacific Railroad. 1t was preceded by
a violent vibration of the earth, after
which dense volume of smoke and
huge black powders issued from the
mountain. This explains why Fort
Yuma is the hottest place in the United
States, and why the soldier who died at
that Post SOME years ago returned next
night to get his blankets. ,..,
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-06-15

my voice could reach throughout our
country. and be heard in its remotest
hamlet, would say: "Be of good
cheer. The Republic will live. The
institutions of our fathers are not to
expire in shame. The sovereignty Of
the people shall be rescued from this
peril and re established. A successful
wrong never appears so triumphantly
as on the very eve of its fall. Seven
years ago a corrupt dynasty eliminated
in it's power over the million of people
who lived in the city of New York.
1t had conquered or bribed or tattered
and won almost everybody into ac-
quiescence. 1t appeared to be irwin
chile. A year or two latter its mem
bers were i'll penitentiaries or IN exile.
History abounds in similer examples.
We must believe in the right and III
the futare. A great and noble nation
will not sever its political from its
moral life.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-06-15
THE MOUNTAINS OF YANKEEDOM

A party of. surveyors have been
measuring the principal elevations in
Connecticut. They found that Mount
Brace, IN the extreme northwestern
quarter.is the highest land in the State.
This hillock. which is digniied by the
title of mountain in Yankeedom, is
only 2, 300 feet above the level of the
sea. The Humboldt Valley at this
point, acoordingto the survey of the
Central Pacific Railroad, is 4, $50 feet
above tids water. II the river bottom
lands were scooped out to the sea level
and Mount Brace set in the hole, the
people of Winnemucca could, look
down 2,055 feet upon its summit. and
yet away down East they call such
knobs ''mountiHgs.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-06-15
NOTICE OF
SHERIFE'S SALE.

10y VIRTUE OF AN.EXECUTION ISSUED
ID out OF the District Court Of the Fourth
Judicial District. in and fer the County of
Humboldt, State of Nevada, on the Sth day of
June, A. ID. 1877, and to me directed and de
livered for execution, for a judgment re-
covered in said court, on the 26th dav of Jan-
uary, A. ID. 1877. in favor. of David Melarkey
and against the Humboldt Distric. Agricul
tural, Mining and Mechanical Society. for the
sum of four hundred and eighty $40 00) dol
lars, gold coin, damages, with Interest on
said amount at the rate of two per cent per
month, from December the 9th, 1876, till paid
together with SGT 80 costs and .di bnrsments
at the date of said judgment ind accruing
costs all in gold coin of the nited states
h Now, therefore, in obedience to the com
maAds aud requirements of the said Writ of
Execution, | did on the 18th day Of June A.
ID. 1877, levy ON and take in execution the
following described real estate property 10
wit: That certain piece or parcel of land sit
uated, lying and being in the County Of Hum
boldt, State Nevada and more pa ticularl,
known and described as follows. to wit.
Lot number two IL. No. y Of N W. frac-
tional quarter IN W. frac, qr) and
southeast quarter. of northwest frac-
tional quarter. an northeast quarter of south
west fractional quarter of section thirty .tsec,
30l in Township thirty-six, north Of Range
thirty-eight east or. So n. II. 80 eastl, Mount
D1ablo base and meridian, conta ming one
hundred and twenty and fifty-one hundredths
(f20 50-100l acres according to the official
Plat of the survey of the public lands as made
by United states Surveyor General tor the
District of Nevada and all the improvements
thereon, including race track, fence, grand
stand, stable, sheds and all buildings ana
improvements of whatsoever character on
said above described lands
Notice is hereby given that will on
SATURDAY, THE 7rH DAY OF JTIY. A. D.
1877.
Between the hours of o'clock in the morn
ing and o'clock in the afternoon, to wit: AT
] O'Clock p. NJ, Of said day in front Of the
Courthouse door in Winnemucca, Humboldt
county Nevada, expose to sals at public auc.
ton to the highest bidder for cash ia hand
payable only in U, s. gold coin, all the right.
title interest and claim ofsaid defendant OF. in
aud to theabove described property, to satisfy
said Judgment, costs and accruing cost.
Given under my hand at my Office in Whine
mueca, Hnuholdt county, Nevada, this 18th
day of June A. ID, 1877.
= c. A. KYLE,
"a Sheriff of Humboldt County, Nevada.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-06-15
THE DEERAUDED PRESIDENT.
Patriotic Sentiments OF a Great
Man.

Man.
At the Manhattan Club reception in
New. York City last Tuesday night
Governor Tilden said: s
Every body knows that after the re-
cent election the men who were elected
by the people as President and Vice
PRESIDENT of the United States were
counted out, and men who were not
elected were counted. in and seated.
q disclaim any thought of personal
wrong involved in this transaction.
Not by any act or word of mine shall
that be dwarfed or degraded into per-
sonal grievance, which is in truth the
greatest wrong that has stained our
national annals. To every man of the
four and quarter. millions who were
defraudsdsof the fruits of their elective
franchise, tits as great wrong as it is
to me, and no less to every man of the
minority will the ultimate consequence
extend. Evils in government grow by
success and by impunity. They do not
arrest their own progress; they can
never be limited except by extreme
forces. IF msn in possession of gov
eminent can in one instance maintain
themselves in power against an adverse
decision at elections, such an exam pie
will be initiated Temptation exists
always. devices to give color of law,
and false pretences on which to found
fraudnlent-de decisions, will not be want
ing. The. wrong will grow into
practiee,if cendoned. In the world
history, changes in succession of gov
ernments have usually been the result
of fraud or force. 1t had been our
faith and pride that we had established
a mode of peaceful change. to be
worked out By the agency OF. the ballot
box. The question is now, whether
our. elective system in it's substance
as. well as its form is to be
maintained? This is the ques-
ton of questions. 1t involves the
fundamental rights of the people,; it
involves the elective principle; it in
wolves the whole system of popular
government. Ths people must signal
~ condemn the great wrong which has
been done to them: They must strip
tho example of everything that can at
tsacsimitstors. They mnst refuse a
prosperous immunity to crime. This
is not alia The people will not be able
to trnst the authors. or beneficiaries of
wrong, to@devise, remedies; basswhen
those who. condemn the wrong shall
have the power, they must devise
measures which shall render a.. repeti :
isioan6a w-eogs fSeegsr. impossible. II
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NEW TO-DAY
SIPS Reward!

A REWARD OFTWENTY- FIVE DOLLARS
IA is offert for the capture of each of the
following described persons who escaped from
the County Jail at Winnemucca, Humboldt
County. on June 10, 1877.
Description:
Peter Devoe. Canadian Frenchman; feet in
height; raw boned; high cheek bones; dark
eemplexioned; talks fast and loud; heavy
short mustache.
VIM. OBrien, height feet inches; heavy
set; dark complexioned; black mu stache;
fiat nose, which had the appearance OF having
been mashed down.
E. Price, feet 10K inches in height !;
weight about ITO pounds; grey eyes; black
short curly hair; scar on one cheek.
John Rose, aged about 10 years; no beard;
blue or grey eyes; slightly freckled: black
curly hair; rather slender built; height about
8 feet inches.
Charley spencer, height about 5 feet 8
inches; heavy set; light complexioncd; blue
eyes; light brown hair, inclined to curl and
very thick.
c. A. KYLE, Sheriff.
Winnemucca, June Is, 1877.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-06-15
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

NOTICE u.s. HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL
~ persons having claims against the
estate of X. II. Crump, deceased to present
the same to the undersigned in Winnemucca,
Nevada. within nour months from the publi-
cation Of this notice, or the same will be
barred PAT BELk.
Public Administrator.
p WismemuccE, Nsvada, -MAH,2I, 1871. 4w.,
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-06-15
ARTESlAN WELLS.

HyHE UNDERSIGNED BEGS LEAVE
u TO inform the public that he now
prepared, with the most approved machinery,
to sink krtesian Wells in any part OF the state
on the shortest notice
All orders or communications on the sub
jee2 address to Cahoon n Palmer, Battle
Mountain, will receive prompt attention.
z s. L CAHOON
Battle Mountain. October 0. 1876. II
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-06-15
$40 REWARD.

The above reward will be paid by Naches, the
Piute Chief, for the recovery Of BLUSH col
ored horse, with round hole In each ear, white
star in forehead. and white strip on nose, and
saddle marks ON each side OF, back. and a
small pinto mare two years old A reward Of
Sl5 is offered for the recovery Of the horse,
and IS for the mare. Information concerning
either Of the animals may be left at this office
or with the undersigned. NACHES,
Chief Of the Piutes.
Big Meadows May %, 1877. II.
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r. q 9 e -.
FIRST DAY.

"WEDNESDAY. JULY 4th.
Running RGee-Premium 00-SaddleHorse
first-class four or more to fill; free for
all; single dash o half mile.
First Horse, $50; Second Horse, S25; Third
Horse, to save entrance.
Running Race-Mules- Single dash of half
mile
Premium: Fine team saddle. Four or more
to fill, three or more to start. First
Mule, Team Saddle; Second, Blacksnake
Whip. Entrance, SIS.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-06-21
CORRESPONDENCE.

The Opera of The bohemian Girl 10 he
Repeated Friday Evening. June a9Ih.
Mr.. &. p. REED,
Pi est. Philharmonic Society.
DEAR SIR:
We the undersigned citi :
Zens of Ravenna, having attended The
Opera of the Bohemian Girl given
by your Society, juno l4ih and 18th,
desire to exl ress our appreciation OF
what is certainly one of the grandest
entertainments ever given inRavcnna.
The energy and painstaking in the
preparation of the music and the eX-
pense necessarily incurred in placing
the work upon the stage, deserve by
way of reward the generous patron
age of every sitizen. No travelling
entertainment can afford like attrac-
tions. Now, understanding that The
two concerts given, have only covered
expenses. both for your sakes, and for
the many who were prevented from
attending and also for those who
would like to again attend, we would
unite in requesting repetition of the
Opera at your earliest convenience.
We would also suggest that now your
expenses are assured, the price of ad-
mission be placed at as popular figures
as possible, Dor the benefit of very
many who are large in sympathy but
Strengthened in purse.
P,voupa lima 1e,h 1877