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THE UNEMPLOYED M1LL10N.-.A DEsPER-
ATE PROBLEM,

strike.
THE UNEMPLOYED M1LL1on.-A DEspER-
ATE PROBLEM.
Tho recent strike hos presented forcib1y
to public attention tho fact, not sufficiently
considered, that there nre Mt least one mill
ion Of men IN the cities and towns OF the
United States, md representing due pro-
portion Of families, who arc either wholly
out Of employment or sahsisting on tho pro-
Goods Of odd jobs, or reduced time at low
rates Of wagea. 0ne-hnlf oarn but little, aud
the other half subsist on public and privase
charity and theft.
In seeking for CAUSES Of discomfort and
disturbance, this alone is sufficient. But tho
unemployment Of so many thousands Of
persons Is itself doplorab1o fact, and tho
Causes producing such condition Of affairs
demand earnest investigation, md, II possible,
a relncdy.
/. should be borne in mind tint, while
there In much skilled labor unemployed, tue
great bulk of uaoso who aro not engaged aro
Of the classes without trades, Or those whore
the trade is Of tho roughor character, oasily
learned, md depending on physical strength
rather than on skul; such trades arc all
overmanned and surrounded by swarms Of
unemployed men.
In searching for tho causo OF tho existing
excessive redundancy OF town labor, atton-
ton must be given to tho circumstance that,
during the last twenty yoars, aud especially
sinco the Civil War, there hss been going on
q rapid revolution In the oomparatiye popu.
Iation Of tho cities and tho r,,ral districts,
classino tho lattar AZ the agricultural md tho
former the commercial, mechanical. and
laboring population. At tho uno Of tho
American llevolution, mora than three
fourths, or 75 out Of 100 OF tho people, lived
upon farms and plantations. At tLis time
tho proportion IL reversed In aome States.
In Now England the farmers hayo become a
small minority Ut the whole, and the six
States may be said to 10 ono vast workshop,
tho farmers amounting to little more than
gardeners and truck.raiYora, New York.
New Jorsoy, pennsylvania, Delaware, sud
Maryland have lost all distinctive character
they onco had az agricultural States They
arc now covered with cities, towns, and
villages, In which commerce Is conducted or
manufactures are produced, aud tho people
no longer l1yo by work on Tie firm.
In Ohio. which. opo caner.t;on arm. wat tha
leading agricultural State OF tbe Northwest.
tho same change has taken place, and q
large majority Of her population live In tho
citiea and towns. In in1iaua. half or mora
OF tho peop1e have crowded into tho towns.
and even In Illinois mora than one-half tho
population do not live On The farm. In most
of fhe Western md IN aoma NJ tbe Gontbarn
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II the strikers had confined their dispute u
aght with tho railroad compauies, tie tym-
pathlea Of the public generally would bo pretty
strongly on thelt ada. But when, iu order to
coesye tho suals, they struck tho whole people
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for habits and associations fatal alike to TEN.
pcrat,cc, industry. ami integrity.
The War etinulated demand for cor
tain lit.es Of manufactures. and the
War tariff raised the rriees OF all goods
very greatly, and excited the cnridisy
Of capital with tho gliltering prospect Of
su.1,len wealth. Under the hope Of excessive
profits on dear manufactures, capital WAS
enormously invested, production was slim
ulatetl, and labor WAS eeduced By the
prospect Of 4 high wagcH from the
farms Of Enropo A. we'll rs this
country; willis fleets were employed In
transporting the peasants Of frelnild aud
other foreign countries from their farms to
the cities of America. Cintcr this lot-bcd
system Of stimulating manufactures, a vast
scheme of railroal.hnildng WAS inauguratetl,
and ,nyriadu Of, taborers were set ut work
grading tricks, boring tunnels, cxcavat'ng
cuts, constructing embankments, building
bridges, and laying tracks.
The production Of iron and Of conl be-
came enormous Hundreds of thousands Of
men were put at work 1T the bowels Of the
earth extracting ores and coal, and put at
work in furnaces and mills making iron and
steel. The imitation extended to all other
similar productions. between tho cnd OF
1866 and the end Of 1876, there were built 3d.
204 miles Of railway, at cost Of g, 100, ,000,-
600, or moro than tile wholo national debt:
Then there was n crash. Then all this
labor ceased. Then these mon came out Of
the mines, and the furnaces. the mills. tho
factories, and the shops; there was no more
work for them; and they hase been idlo In
grent degree ever since.
All this explains how II is that before the
strike there were ono million Of men out Of
work. and receiving no wages In the cities Of
Tho Northern sthtes, Assuming TINT NIL the
men who were put out OF employment by
the late strike should be restored to labor,
1t will not change the fact that one million Of
Rble-bodicd men will still be idlo or slightly
employed.
Now where is tho remcdy7 This constant
rush OF persons from the farm to the city
this constant aggregation in tho cities Of tho
immigrant popnlation-cannot go on with
out In timo producing social revolution.
The superstrncturs Is becoming heavlcr than
the foundation. Tho city population is too
large for tho agricultural Tho aatsar arc no
longer numerous enough to consume tho EUR
plus which tho e1cesaivo town population
can manufacture. We export but little ex-
cept agricultural products. Our high-tsriff
system WAS calculated only for tue supply of
Tho homo market; but that market Ia
inadequate. Great Britain has vnst e1-
ecss of c;tv nonulation. Init her free.trade
commercial svstom fnda an or,ttat II,
t...irx,, .o+.,t,iou Ill ,u,. tho .,.,u,.1
fot the surplus goous nado IN tne cities.
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Three words will suffice 10 summarize tho
aspect Of riot matters in Chicago yesterday
There were none.
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Tho buck by the wrtsta. antl keeps him aaspepiel.
The other stEips OF hfs coat, aud, srmetl with q
Iarre aud heavy rod, gives hteea cuts IN lle boys
bare back. and the.~ with usht and main. Thls,
however, was mild ho.gtng, for II tho odenss
was At all great. this hoy, utter having tfcun cuts
on Ills back. EccnIycd fifteen moro In anolAet place
with ffcsh Eod: anil tint, u ltsst In Ar. bays
tllns, used 10 bs tht pnnlslment for running Away
Tho school 1t which tbla sort Ut logging prevails II
called, by M odd Irony, chs.ss's 1lospi.a!.
Henry Merritt, The artist ssho recently died
In England, wss especially famous ~ restoseE
and pesscrvcr OF pictures, in ~lich capscIiy hs
gained such Etpute that he wsA eonsul&ed aud eu,-
p!oysI by must OF Tho aisttncpshed owusts Ut
pritats galleries smung tho nobility sui olAers,
and also bY the authorities of the National laiety
aud lIs loyal ACADEMY. llta most famous work
WA The elrauIpg of Tho ancient portrait Of NIch-
ard H., which used 10 hanu above ano Lord Chm.
ccllUf'x pew tu Thu choir uf WsAtmlu.
siee Abbey, and Wa removed In IRIS 10
t4e Jerusalem Chamber. where II LOW Il. il uns
kruwu that not only had tbs picture been paInt<l
aftesh, tut the plaster crown An4 fls Imitation
jewels had been supplied. This. then. Would have
to be cut Oh, Il well ~ thu ahick coating Of ali
patut winch tapt. Bloomo and une Nuss had b..
slowed upou The portrait In thelF ssstoEattons. 1t
sppesss tn4I AE Merritt op=rated upon half Of Tho
lAct hsst with such solvents ~ ha knew practically
would lake Oh oil paint. but not act upon Lbs tcm
pera work which hs believed Wa the original
picture. II was N anxious moment, aud 1t tsxcd
al bis skill to observe the eau4tic scsIou - pro-
cseded, and u stup when II had gone far enough.
~ the delight Of hialaelf aud Mr Richmond,
Watching the effect, The face Of lhs old King show
81 out, with tbs auburn curly bAlf aud lha 1las.
gray yves. almost pcefect tA the Huetent lcnpes4
painting. resembling In style the we'll. known sx-
Amplca VI AeMmi aud The old Italians Vi tna fur
tssnlt Century Ths work va. thug ea.ata'ly gss::
thu tu,e ard noIt valuable portrait w&s recovered
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-07-17
SUPERIN rENDENT KELLY,S AP-
POHTIONMENr OF SCHOOL
MONEYS.

We are indebted to Superintendent
Kelly for the following:'
DEP'TMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
CARSON CITY, July IL, 1877.
To School Superintendent and Fiscal
Officers OF the State of Nevada:
You are hereby notified that in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the
amended School law, / have this day
apportioned the sum of twenty thou
sand one hundred and thirty seven
and fourteenth one hundredths dol
lars (S2O,l3 Ia, among the several
counties in this State, upon the basis
of the School Census Returns for the
year ending August thirty-first, eight
cen hundred and seventy-six, as per
the following abstract of apportion-
ment.
ABSTRACT OF THE SECOND sEMI-AN-
NUAL APPoRTIoNMENT OF SCHOOL
MONEY! 1877,
At the rate of s2.S76O63 per census
child:
Churchill county, number of chill
dren between 6 and Is years of age, So,
amount, Sl33 Go; Douglas, 26l, $500 l5:
Elko, COS. 81 ,444 80; Esmeralda. POI.
SAT- so; Eureka, 1893. 1888 70; Hum
boldt, 424, 81 ,0O7 45; Lander, 372,
1883 50; Lincoln, 6l5, Sl,46l %; Lyon,
1888, 500 O3; Nye, pol, S477 SO; Orms-
by, $50, Sl,9S6 80; Storey, 3.OO2.
S7,l32 "a; Washoe. 995, 81 ,SSS 81;
White Pine, 32s, S779 IS.
S. p. KELLY,
State Sup't Public Instruction.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-07-17
Clarence King.

Clarence King, Americas eminent
and brilliant geologist, arrived in
town Oh Sunday evening, and visited
the Ruby Hill mines yesterday. He is
making an examination of the great
mineral belt by invitation of the Rich
mond Company, with a view of testi-
flying at the coming trial. MI. King
at a former period held the property
in his possession in trust for the Lon
don company, and transferred it to
the Nevada corporation. He was also
a witness in the former trial, and his
evidence as to the geological formation
and the action which produced the
deposition of the great mineral belt
existing in Eureka District was the
most interesting feature of the suit.
Professor Rossiter j. Raymond, one
of the best authorities on mineralogi-
cal matters in the United States, while
on a recen visit to Eureka, after care
ful examination of all the mines on
Ruby Hill, Endorsed Mr.. Kings the
Dry, considering ii fully established by
after and deeper ex plorations.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-07-17

The Phoebe Record publishes the
following: "We had the pleasure of
meeting James Day, son of Capt. III.
III. Day, just in from Hunter District,
at which place he is engaged with the
Winnemucca Mine and Furnace Com
pany. A forty-ton furnace is being
erected, which will be started to work
in September. About sixty men are
at work for the company, which is
composed of foreign capitalists, they
having purchased from Bristol and
Daggett. The company have the ex-
elusive privilege OF water, bringing it
some two miles. A branch line of
Gilmer & Salisbury's Cherry Creek
line of stages will be running to Hun
ter this week. A postoffice has been
established and order is kept in the
district by a Justice of the Peace and
Constable"
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-07-17
Excitement.

Quite a little excitement for the time
being was kicked up in the vicinity of
a house up on Mob Hill, Sunday even
ing. The parties residing therein had
just returned from church, and the
head of the family, in attempting to
extract a pistol from the real pocket
of his pantaloons, accidently dis
charged the weapon. The wife, under
a mistaken impression that she was
killed or wounded, uttered a half.
dozen ear-piercing screams that
aroused the neighbOrhood, and then
tainted dead away. The neighbors
rushed in, and seeing the lady prone
upon the carpet, and the man frantic
ally brandishing his pistol and dane
ing around her PROSTATE form, came
to the conclusion thai a first class
dom este tragedy had been enacted,
and added to the confusion by their
screams for the officers. 1t took the
unhappy author of the excitement
halt an hour TO explain matters, and
then those present wore a most skept-
ical look, until he demonstrated the
truth Of his statements by exhibiting
a damaged pair of unmentionables,
and a slight flesh wound hat will
sadly interfere with his comfort when
assuming a sitting posture. The
chances are strongly in favor of his
either leaving his pistol at home when
attending divine service, or else ex-
ercising more care i'll extracting it
from its receptacle.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-07-17
BITE.

Charlie Grimm is the happy posses-
o Of a full-grown badger.
Geo. L. OTIS blacksmith shop u ap-
preaching completion.
Eureka Consolidated touched $2sX
yesterday.
The Parker House is being over
hauled and frightened up.
Frank Durkee, at the Postoffce
news stand, has all Of the periodicals,
etc.
Contractor Phillips is adding . sec-
ond story to his residence on Spring
street.
Z. Dewitt departed for Chicago this
morning on business. Will be back
in three weeks.
Joe F~arren, one of the early corners
on the Base Range, put in an APPEAR
ance here last night, for the first timo
in several years.
A bucket of water squelched an in.
cipient confagration in . load of coal,
near Zottman's shop, Sunday evening.
Messenger Ross, who has been TAX
ing a W weeks holiday ove in Nor
mondom, returned to his post yester-
day, and fills up the usual space in
Wells. Fargo & Co.'s portion Of the +.
& p. II. X. train. He reports very
hot weather in Ogden and vicinity.
J.. T. Mathewson, of Hamilton, has
purchased a half interest in the Eure-
ka Foundry, and the firm is now
Wells & Mathewson. 1t would be
hard to find a better business team.
c. ID. Stuart & Co. are renovatipg
and repairing their premises on North
Main street, the services of the painter
and decorator being called into requi.
sition for that purpose.
]. p. Hixon, representing the mer-
chant tailors' firm OF Burr & Fink,
san Francisco, has returned from
Austin, and will remain in Eureka
until Monday next.
The Cosmopolitan Lodging House Is
firmly anchored In its new location,
corner Of Bullion and South Main
street. 1t made the trip without mis-
hap, and II quite al addition to the ap-
pearance Of that portion of the town.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-07-17
Justices Court.

In the Justices Court yesterday, Mr..
Ford plead guilty to a charge Of as
sault on VIM. Taylor, and was fined 81
and costs, which he paid.
The case of Brooks, arrested for as
sault on Tognini. was called at 2
O'Clock yesterday afternoon. The testi-
moDy vas conflicting as to who was
the sggressor and the Court gave the
defendant the benefit of the doubt
and discharged him.
In the evening, the attention of the
Court was engrossed in the trial Of a
civil suit-Capron vs.. Allen. The
room was thronged by an interested
audience.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-07-17
George Young.

The establishment of Geo. Young,
on Main street, is one of the most COM
plete in the State. A large assortment
of guns, pistols, etc., including the
finest articles in the way of weapons of
offense and defense. are kept constant
ly in stock. Mr.. Young is a thorough.
ly competent workman and does re-
pairing at reasonable rates, and also
makes any kind of surgical instru-
ments to order, -
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-07-17
BLUE MONDAY.

The town is as dull as a country
school house during vacation. The
excitement engendered by the display
of patriotism and powder on the
Fourth, aud the series of conhagra
tons that happened the following
week, has entirely subsidized, and even
the water question has become too stale
to raise a ripple on the surface of an
ocean of small talk. The presence of
a few experts is daily noted and COM
mented on, and the neal approach of
the legal battle between the two min
ing companies is looked forward to as
a relief from the prevailing stagnation.
The heated term engrosses the mind
and adds 10 the bodily discomforts of
the average citizen, and there is a gen.
etal desire to keep cool and comforta-
bic at all hazards, a commendable
effort when the thermometer is rang.
ing in the nineties, but one not always
meeting with success. Pedestrianism
Is at a discount and the perambulators
OF sidewalks seek the shady side OF
the street, greeting their acquaintance
with the original exclamation of
WARN day; hottest of the season,
etc." The brute creation succumb to
the soporific influences, the dogs
stretching themselves out i'm a shady
place and quitting for the time being
their hunt for stray bones. A strange
canine arrival passes by unnoticed and
fails to excite the usual demonstrations
of curiosity accorded to the country |
denizen. The delivery teams are
hitched to the posts in front of
their proprietors' respective places of
business, and employ their idle time
in lazily switching the flies away that
persitently annoy them. A Typo out
ut puts In lis appearance, the mules
kicking up clouds of dust and plod-
ding YEARLY along. refusing to accel-
crate their pace, although urged by the
sharp crack of the blacksnake and
the profans CALCULATIONS of the driver.
The clustering winds howl down the
canyon, the fierce gusts gathering
acres of pulverized soil, whirling
it into d~oorways, carrying ii aloft in
eddying circles, penetrating every
crevice and Granny, depositing an i'm.
palpable layer OF dust on every WISH
bic object, and rendering life a bur-
den. Add to these discomforts the fact
that yesterday was collection day, and
one-half the population were busily
engaged in keeping out of the way of
the other half, and you have a picture
Of human misery complete. The
croaker in contemplation of the ap
preaching anniversary OF the food
that overwhelmed the town three
years ago., utters dismal predictions of
the probability of the recurrence of
that disastrous visitation, and conf
IDENTIFY informs one that just such
weather, prevalent at the present time,
was the precursor of the former catas.
trophe. The reporter in his weary
search after items is willing to tackle
almost any sensation, even if it came
in b shape of a deluge, and mental
ly thinks that an outpouring OF the
clouds would provide subjects for a
weeks locals. Dull times, abomina-
bly, hot weather, a hurricane prevail
ing, and a man in"sinuating his little
bill into ones face, all go to make up
an u~ndoubted blue Monday.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-07-17

What A Correspondents Says
About It.

About It.
Regarding a tragedy which occurred in
Nye county, last winter, we are in re-
ceipt of the subjoined letter from a Mr..
Dunbar, now sojourning in San Fran
cisco, who seems to be familiar with
the inside history of the events lead
ing up to the difficulty. We give the
letter for what it is worth, not wishing
to do any one an injury, nor yet wish
ing to withhold information Of interest
to the public:
SAN FRANCISCO, July 10.
EDITORS SENTINEL: A few words
from II who is posted concerning the
Mason tragedy, on the TybO road,
may be read with interest by some of
your many readers. Mason lost at
poker, and, not having sufficient to
pay the entire amount of his indebted
ness, promised to pay johnson the
balance when he could, to which as
SEN was given, and it was not I'M
til weeks passed that trouble &C.
cured. AT this %juDcture n
:" Blowing Bill" WIN. Garrison), who
has since left the State, approached
Johnson, and feigning particular
friendship, told him that Mason had
money enough to pay him, but that
he said "he would not do it;'' after
which Blowing Bill" visited young
Mason, whom he informed hat John
son was going Ito bluff a little" with
a view of soaring only. Hence that
uncalled- for homicide, the result of a
falsehood.
Very truly,
T.. DUNBAR.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-07-17
State Sup't Public instruction
Point.

Following is from the ReueiyIe: ave
have news from Carbonate Point, Nye
county, ear Ellsworth, that Pat.
Downey is taking out large quantities
of very rich ore. which he is shipping
to San Francisco. Our informant
states hat Downey's mines are a for
tune to their possessor. Uncle Billy
Raymond, who is working mines at
Lodi. in the same vicinity. is also
shipping large quantities of high-grade
ore TO San Francisco"
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-07-17
4. w, Rover.

The Reno Journal says Rover talks
of but little else but his approaching
execution, OF which he talks very
fiercely. He dencunces judge. jury,
attorney and witnesses as having con-
spired to take his life, and a lot of
such nonsense. The 3lst of July is
fast approaching.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-07-17
htOpIt.

Waterman Middaugh informs us
that parties residing on the back
streets are in the hat i of throwing
ashes, containing Goals Of fire, out in
the roads in front of their premises,
eDdangering the safety of their own
and neighbours houses. Jim is Fire
Warden, as well as night Waterman,
and keeps a bright lookout for Incl
pient CONGREGATIONS, and he desires to
thus publicly demonstrate with the
careless persons mentioned above.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-07-17
Of TO Chicago.

Colonel j. H. Baker, AN old resident
of Eastern Nevada, who has been
making Eureka his home for the past
year, left or this mornings train. on a
business trip to Chicago. The Colonel
is the owner of several good mines in
Tempiute District, and is negotiating
their sale to a company of Chicago
capitalists. He will be absent about
one month.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-07-17
Lost q Hand.

Chas. w. Dale lost one of his hands
while firing a salute at Independence.
Inyo county. California, on the Fourth.
Charlie lived here in the early days
and also in Phoebe, in both of which
places he was we'll and favorably
known. His hand was so badly man
gled that it had to be amputated above
the wrist.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-07-17

In the recent report of the Grand
Jury Of Lincoln county occurs the fol-
lowing: In the case Of the State Of
Nevada VS.. Miles CULLEN, it was or
dered that the case be laid over for the
consideration of the next Grand Jury.
CULLEN is the man who, as Treasurer,
became embarrassed in his business
affairs, and got behind with the county.
The authorities are disposed to give
him a chance to pay up.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-07-17

Hon. T. j. Bell arrived sunday
ing from Ward. He reports the
Pleiades looking well, as in fact, all of
the mines in the camp. At Oseeola
the 5-stamp gold mill was reported to
be working admirably, but the result
of the first clean up had not been as
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-07-17
In Arizona.

ID. ii. Hereford, at one time Clerk of
WHITE Pine county, and well-known
al over this State, has got his single
Gu. as a practicing attorney at Tucson.
arizona Territory. lie is a partner If
uistrlct Attorney Goodrich. Pete
Mnier, who married the divorced Mrs.
hereford. is also in that section Of
Arizona.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-07-17
Good Ruu.

The Atlas furnace, running on Ham
burg ore, turned out $40 tons of base
bullion, of a total value of S10S, 1888 "A.
Who disputes the fact that the Ham,
burg isa valuable mine? 1t will dis
count that run in the near future.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-07-17
Cherry Greek.

me Tehama mill, from Schellbur n,
anu hosting machinery are on the
SS.ound Of the Star mine at Cherry
.ieeS. There is also talk that a fur
aace is to be constructed Immediately.
~ present the town is very quiet.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-07-17
GaO0 Work.

The new three-compartment shaft at
the Hamburg mine has been sunk a
further distance of one hundred feet.
The work of sinking, timbering and
cutting out the station was completed
in thirty-one working days. The di-
mansions of the Shaft are five feet by
thirteen feet, and the station is twelve
feet square. A contract for sinking a
further depth of one hundred feet will
be let this week.