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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-06-21
NOTICE OF
SHERlEF'S SALE.

DY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION. AND
D decree of foreclosure. and order of sale,
j.sned out of the District Court Of the Fourth
Judicial District in and for the County OF Hum
boldt. state of Nevada. on the 9th day OF june
A. ID, 1877, and to RE directed and delivered,
upon Judgment and decree OF foreclosure,
and sale recovered in said Court, on the TIN
day of April ID. 1877, in favor Of James "
plaintiff. and against Alexander Wise, defend
ant. for the sum of 90 ,450 u. S. gold coin,
with interest thereon at the rate OF one per
cent per month from the 3lst day OF Decem,
Der. 1874, until paid, and one hundred and
ffty-six dollars q, 5. gold com, attorney
fees and cost Of suit taxed at S55 10 in like
coin. and expenses of sale, all in q. ). gold
coin, and by which was commanded to sell
the mortgaged properly hereinafter described
at public auction, according to law, TO Inc
highest bidder for cash Z. S. gold coin, or
suficient thereof TO satisfy said principal, in
terest, costs and expenses OF sale, and to ap-
ply the same to the payment Of said sums.
The following is description of the prop
ertv authorized to be sold by virtue Of 1udg-
ment. decree Of foreclosure and order Of
sale to wit:
All that certain tract. piece or parcel Of
land situated in the county of Humboldt,
State of Nevada, and more particularly
described and known as the Alex. Wise
pasture, located about one half mile below
The town of Winnemueca, on the Humboldt
river and containing two thousand t2,OOOl
acres, more or less.
Therefore. pursuant to said Judgment and
decree. and in obedience toifs requirements, l
Will expose to sale at public auction TO the
highest bidder, for cash in hand, payable only
in United States gold coin, at the Court House
door, in Winnemucca, Humboldt County,
Nevada, on
SATURDAY, THE 30th DAY OF JUNE
AID, 1877,
At one O'Clock P M. of said day. all the right,
title. and interest of said defendant OF in and
to the said above described property, now had,
or had December 31st, 1874, or at any time since
then acquired, to satisfy said judgment and
decree.
Given under my hand. at my Office in Win
nemucca. humboldt county, Nevada, this TN
day of June A. d. 1877. G. A. KYLE.
sheriff of Humboldt County, Nevada.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-06-21

To all who are suffering from the errors and
Indiscretions of youth nervous weakness,
early decay, loss OF manhood, etc, l Will
rent. recipe that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE, This great remedy was discovered
bv a missionary in South America. Send
.lf-addressed envelope to the REV. JOSEPH I.
IwMAN, Station D. Bible House. New York
city
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-06-21

t-;MADE by agents in cities an
i GS ~ tcountry towns. Only necessary to
i - show samples to make sales and
lmoney, for any one out of employ
&XH Hnent and disposed to work Used
daily by all business men. Send
- . ~ ,Estamp fer circular, with prices to
4 ia 'hgents. Address
s ESPECIAL AGENCY"
Kendall Building, Chicago.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-06-21
FITS EPILEPSY
OR
FALLING SICKNESS

Permanently Cured-nO humbug--
by one months usage of Dr. Godl-
ards Celebrated nfailible Fat Pow
ders, To convince sufferers that these pow
eers will do al we claim for them, we Will
send them by mail, p II pa"i, free Iriai
nox As Dr. Gonlard is the only physician
that has ever made this disease a special
study and as to orr knowledge thousands
have been permanently cslei by the
use of these Powders, we will g"arap-
ref md you 81 IL money expanded. All
sufferers should give these Powders an arly
trial, and be convinced OF their curative pow
ers. -
Price, for large box, 100 or boxes for $40,
sent by mail to any part OF the United states
or Canada on receipt of price, or by express
20. d. Address,
ASH & ROBBINS,
9eo FrrrToN STREET BROOKLYN, N. Y.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-12-27
Mike.

He used to look into the windows of
the periodical stores, and read the
titles of the dime novels with delight;
he reveled in the wood-prints of Zone
Eye, the Scourge," and stood long before
the fascinating pictures descriptive of
Snarleyow, the Dog -Fiend = And SO
looking and dreaming in his own way.
he decided that a trapper's life was the
life for him. He had small conceptions
of distance, and thought some hunting
grounds might be found near the termi-
nus of the horse-railway; SO he made
preparations FOR the work. One five
cent loaf, jack-knife with two blades.
one piece of clothes-line, five feet long,
for capturing deer. buffalo, or anything
of that sort, and six cents, comprised
his outfit. He knew trappers had q
tent usually, and slouched hat and
black moustache; but not being able to
manage either, reluctantly left them
out. One chilly, gray day, late IN No
vember, he wrapped up his possessions,
contided his secret to the latest nice
boy he knew, who recoiled with horror,
and then, his father and mother being
out, and his elder sister or brothers
scattered or quarreling, Mike set out on
his travels. He took 3 car, and BY dex-
trous jumping on and on, managed to
save his fare; and when the horses were
unloosed at the end Of the route, he ran.
There were too many houses about
there, but he saw trees in the distance,
and went toward them. The street was
l..k - 1-.k 1~~r <Y{vraI.{r.op mn HfUk
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-12-27
A Century Of Danish History.

A well-authenticated case of longevi-
ty is reported from Copenhagen. On
Wednesday, Nov. 21, there died in that
town, at the age Of one hundred and
two years eleven months eleven days, a
Mr.. Johan Joseph Ronge, glass-deal-
er and glasscutter by trade, the oldest
citizen of Copenhagen. He was born
on the 10th of December, IVA, not ear
ly enough to have seen Queen Caro-
line Mathilde before she was carried to
Cronborg Castle and sent an exile to
Celle, but still at time when as boy
he could from eye-witnesses hear the
report of the public execution of that
Queens unhappy favorite, the once all
powerful Minister Struensce.
He was youth of over eighteen
when Louis XVI. was beheaded, man
of forty at the time of Waterloo and the
downfall of Napoleon 1. Till he was
100 years old Mr.. Ronge managed his
business himself, and attended in his
shop, though he had been compelled
some years earlier to give up working
at the glass-cutter's wheel. On the
10th of December, 1874, he received
from the King decoration, not as a
reward for living so long, but as an ac-
acknowledgement of an active and hon
orable life of no common extent Even
after having completed his century,
the old man could be seen every day
sitting at the same table in one of the
most frequented cafes of Copenhagen,
slipping his tumbler of toddy and glanc-
ing at the papers, withered and wrin-
kled as an over-kept winter apple, but
withal, hale and healthy, with his men,
sudden at the last. was occasioned, not
we're cold.-Lof1ton Tunes.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-12-27
Romance Of a Dust. Barrel,

/ hn hor s., E I i
no noiiol anu lortune OF iady once
% nnn IS uPUn Ln Me Sle resu,l v OF q lawsuit M IN
imnortant r ~ , om am. aetk ~ courts. Inc most
80. ns POI " " 'ne otloence III ner
tars .oi Sts was Ia la sne colIents oI three iet-
desI I bnt whan ha ph1 sho snond Saonat aMa IN her
- 49,, Sa' - 1no soaioneu ~, 4. INC iet,
haon H "taI stoIon noo " NC io'hu' ihey had
TIL The e; 1adn;s ao,,n,o,
un1ase taaSo 10y ,ot. oe,ooi u iiiioiiie' neI thaG
tho oasa enusv ",,id iJVoeis ooulu oe Proouced
oanna cor go on 49, ona 81 q" linss neI me 'lial
TIL a., az, aha aio o 'ne ne, morning oi tne
court con- I ,rha .ne ooauso, " uu ,a,.a nos appear IN
Want on ,1,;tI Lose. thn "eio anioyea' oue
tha r1o;n+;T 't th .,'G lds o5osseAalnina'ion oi
SnddonIn tba ,rn,,s a" . .shaI uJoan..
oo,,,.t ,on,5 'ne Ia "onn n:anI' ueneu ilIo tlie
ber conmsai % sn 1ond 1geuty 4ho ~ eaclaineo 70
inv, bna,.S ~ 81 iouu o'I 'na' .he oourt anu
Examininn the nacIaoe % oJo she banded ta1,
to +han, 4ha oo,aI ~ pen eaS IN Ino nanueu 1nu
ters Which % had hean ,ohnd hnd .nree oo 1et.
,yoro rnur sil;1f,,,1,. .oI e% .oln, pu'
TbaU um 1no,.o y IT, pas:ne9 : 'ogelher.
sci, now oflef FIJI III 5sfdteefh%tic 5sfdehtc
ters, which, up to this moment, we
could not find.'
LET us examine them" said the
plaintiffs counsel. They looked at
them carefully, and then remarked to
the Court:
"We object to the admission OF these
papers. They purport to be letters
written by some person, but they are SO
patched and pasted that there is no
way by which they can be identified as
genuine letters" )"
"We propose, if Your Honor please,
to show that they were written by the
plaintiff, were lost, and found in most
extraordinary manner, replied the
lady's counsel.
The Court examined the letters, amid
the silence of the audience and the anx-
iety of the husband. You may iden-
tify them,' at last said the Judge, land
then offer them in evidence. "
The plaintiff was again placed on The
stand.
Did you ever see these letters be-
fore?'
The witness hands trembled while he
held the letters, and his face grew
white.
:" 1t is possible was his hesltatlng
reply.
"Are they in your handwrltlngF
"It looks like my writing"
Are not the signatures yoursP'
"They look like my writing"
Have you any doubt that they are
your signatures"
He hesitated.
" Answer the question:" said the
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-12-27
Sold for Rent.

The house was small, and located in
one of the many little streets that are
hidden from, the public eye by reason
of their modest pretensions. A Con-
stable stood outside, experimenting the
removal of a lot of well-worn house.
hold furniture. At the door was a
woman, clasping to her frail breast a
little baby, scarcely six months old.
At her side. and hanging on to her
thin skirts, were three other children,
the eldest not above eight years of age
No one else was near. Nota word was
murmured as chair, bureau, bed and
table went out through the narrow
doorway and on to the cart that was
backed up in front to receive the goods.
The face of the mother was the picture
of sadness and despair. Her eyes
were dimmed, her lips trembled and
the little one at her breast seemed to
creep closer as the sighs of the parent
broke out now and then in heart
rending manner. "Oh! mamma, don't
let him take my horse, don't let him
take my horse, don't let him take my
horser suddenly exclaimed the eldest,
bright boy, as he saw the men carry
ing to the truck the defaced remnant Of
what was once a decent hobby-horse.
;" My little chair, my little chair!'
cried another, wee bit of girl; "Oh!
he's doin' to take it awayr'
1t was pitiful sight to witness, and
the mothers heart could not help max
ing one plea for the things her darlings
craved. 1t was no use. EVERYTHING
was taken, and in few moments after
the poor woman stood in the center of
what had once been cheerful parlor,
now utterly destitute, with only the
cold barren floor meeting her gaze.
In another hour she and her little ones
would be turned into the streets, with
out friends, without food, without shell
Wilkesbdrre PA. Leader,
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-12-27
Mourning Bonnets and Wells.

English Grape bonnets are worn at all
seasons of the year for the deepest
mourning. The best bonnets have two
thicknesses of Grape laid over silk.
Widows bonnets are so covered with
the veil that they are made entirely
without trimming, or at most they have
only a band Of the Grape laid around the
crown.
The widows cap in front of the bon
net now consists of but one, or perhaps
two, small pufs of crimped white tar
latan. If the close bonnet that this re-
quires is Objectionable, some folds of
black Grape are put above the cap to
fill it in. Some widows who are still
young have their bonnets made in the
old-fashioned close shape known as the
poke; others select the Marie Stuart,
and have the pointed front filled in with
a widows cap. The veil for widows is
three yards long, with hem at each
end from three-eighths to half yard
deep. 1t is thrown over the bonnet,
with the front falling just below the
waist, and the back hanging very low;
or else this is reversed, so that the front
falls almost to the foot and the back only
to the waist; tits pinned on each side Of
the bonnet with slide pins that are also,
covered with Grape. This veil is of
double-width Grape measuring from one
yard to forty-two inches, and should
not have fold in the middle, as the best
qualities are rolled on a stick. Ladies
wearing deep mourning for parent or
any other near relative, except hus
band, have black Grape folds for face
trimmings and around the crown. The
Grape veil is then only yard long and
of single width, and is plated down the
left side of the bonnet to the back of the
crown, and left to hang behind; a mask
veil of Brussels net is worn over the
face. With such bonnets some pipings
of gros grain are put in the folds, and
loops or bow of gros grain ribbon
Strings of gros grain ribbon are added
to all mourning bonnets. Quite young
ladies wear white tulle ruches for face
trimming. Silk bonne,s trimmed with
feathers and jet are worn in light
these are not trimmed with
Grape. The silk is plain on the frame,
and there are stiff, small, set bows in |
the back; curtain band is piped with |
silk. Felt bonnets with silk trimmings
are used for second best.-HarpeTs
Rnxu,
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soon showed hard. Mike looked round

soon showed hard. Mike looked round
him, little frightened He fell, too,
once or twice, for the rocks were steep
and slippery. 81 wonder where the
deer aref'' thought he. He had heard
that whistle would call them, so tried
Capt. Jinks'' and the "Muliigan
Guards" but both failed of their OBJ
lect. and it was growing rapidly dark.
just then canary, bewildered and evil
IDENTIFY hurt, hopped close to him, then
flew little. Mike gave chase. Loaf
under his arm, rope in hand, he ran
farther and farther. The bird, though
evidently weak, went faster than he. 1t
was dark. He lost sight of it, saw it
just ahead, dashed forward, and fell.
They did not find him for several days.
The snow had fallen very thick for that
time OF the year, and it was bitterly
cold. On the fourth day party of
gentleman, walking out after dinner
from the great house on whose grounds
Mike had gone hunting. with cigars
and light talk, came suddenly upon
something half buried in the snow,
amid bushes and stones, with high bare
shrubs and trees above it-something
lying SO still that, though they hushed
their tones, the loudest laugh would
not wake it. The gentlemen lifted the
childish figure in the ragged jacket and
long trousers extended at the foot of
the steep rock, and the dead canary
near him. Such an unfinished little |
life to end so soon! Such an ignorant
child to have gone so far on the long
journey.
His parents mourned and buried him |
after their fashion; and that was all, |
except that one of the gentlemen, who
was an artist, being struck with some-
thing picturesque in the circumstances,
painted the picture as he saw it, and
people praised it, as an expression of a
phase of human life, very much. Final
ly lady bought it, and it is seen by
those who know mostly of lives like
this through art, and they feel its
pathos; often their voices tremble as
hey turn away.
The picture shows them a high
'ough rock and leatiess shrubs, and at
heir base, half hidden under a large
'tone which has fallen upon him, a lit
lie boy with long heavy hair lies
stretched, the rope and bread close beside
lim, and near by dead canary
Nary q. Morrison, in Harper's Maya
me for J0nuarU.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-12-27
Power OF the Hand.

IT may be going too far to say that
man may Judge the character OF his fel-
low-man by the manner in which he
/" shakes hands, But there is certain
ly significance in those busy members
Of the body which she who runs may
read.' The creator of Uriah Heep has
taught us not to trust the owners of
limp. moist hands, which close cordial
ly on nothing save their own possess
sions Says a commentator on this sub
ject:
"It is the touch of hand at a
greeting which warns or chills my
heart, and makes me know to GER
tainty how much or how little shall
like the person before me. If the fin
gers close about my own with short,
quick, convulsive grasp, know that
he will snap, snarl and finally quarrel,
and that the least that / have to do
with the owner of those willy digits,
the better off I shall be. If a nervous
cold hand glides into my own, and
seems disposed to lie there, without
life, know at once that my happiness
would be as nothing in that awful palm.
But if the hand grasps yours and holds
it firmly, in strong warm fingers, you
are safe in cultivating the friendship OF
the owner. These human hands! From
the beginning Of life they play an i'm
portant part.
can the greatness of earth has laid
in the hollow of the hand. The books,
the music, the pictures, the wonders OF
architecture, the intricacies OF mechan-
ism, the mysteries Of science and the
government of the countries, with all
their godlike beauties of color, sound,
symmetry, usefulness, progression and
| wisdom, have lain within human
hand. The highest aspirations and real
izations of the brain are brought to
light through the hand. and the tender
es. love and charity of the heart make
the hand their dispensator. They can
be tender ministers of comfort ana
peace, vet as cruel and full of venom as
| the bite of an asp. :,
!" And with ali their power, with all
their charities, their cruelties. their
tender touches, their mischief-they are
folded at last, and those who speak OF
us tell of the closing of eyes and the
folding of hands as a part OF our gong
NORTH american.
New ORLEANS claims a population Of
000 nm
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-12-27
IOWA STATE NEWS:

| m-4,,.
.hs tnird section OF freight train No 12faz
,o sN, 'lie second section one mile east Of Fair.
.s.u' On 'ne lotn' masfing up one engine and
sAooose ana severa& cars, and delaying trains
several hours. The train men ESCAPED by
spnk' no one was seriously hurt. The
ee'ueut was caused py the hrst section COM
'1g uncoupled'
co,,r.,. IN, '9 :, D. ~ Jug neceiver oi tne Cook
Rnrl;n,te, v. J.. IAN sea,ns. l. T. brown, OF
of stoa1, q. ~, ~ ,,' o. 'ne value OF ~ snares
snad ~ - p-s. ~ DssA lop'csen'lng s4ofU, Is
: de,,;s;.., ~ a9e's neu IN piank DY nun,
81 :. ~, ~ sss. v ~ Doen rcnuefeo. brown
~ sno ucloi,se 'lae ne never knew that the
IN tbe n,,h,;shod ,,.. - s'.'.o uu',i nc icso II
subscr;bed for heia - - ,..ss sAnoiuers, never
bant or o,,,h.,x;.os - .y e.IA u el,e
for hin [ haa - - ,.na.', a.s person 70 take sucn
and a.. ,;s 'a- ~ Ano"iouke oi II wnatever'
tif,cates wara nat .,sss - ~ as' Hnen's 70 GER
tnow,saas ~. =. ~ na.e =, nun or WIN ms
Of the case Tho Corrt doo;a.s ~. -. .ans
not at anv time owner - a. s."s,.. ~. az
had no knouiedoe ~ tbo a,,t-,, - .1.. -. -
the books of the bant in he ra,,a. ~. ~. -.
stock was used M securitr tor lo.ns ,..:..s. se
the kuowle,1pe or oop.art ~ p.,,,,,. .,.a. ~
signatures of the ass;onment -, ~, 80 -
the certificates are not oenuina .nd ,,.aro =,
fixed without Rrown,s Ino,yIa5oo =. .ss.
and that the case be .dism;ssed a. n,a;n..a,s ss,
costs e1 ~ pi''in'ins
A WIDOW woman. named Kuntvon wos
caught in the macb,nerv of tho r,;u ~ s,,.,
dahl, the other day. and cr,sbed tn death
THE fol,ow;no f;o,,ros oro ..,.o
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-12-27
Law a Hundred Years Ago.

The Albany Law Journal finds in
Halls History of Eastern Vermont
some account of the laws which were
in force hundred years ago:
Burglary was punished by brand
ing with a b in the forehead, and nail
ing one of the offenders ears to post
and cutting it off, and whipping; for the
second offense there was the like brand
ing, and mailing and cutting off of the
other ear; for the third offense the pun
ishment was death, the offender being
deemed incorrigible.' Counterfeiting
was punished by cutting offthe rightear
branding with c, and perpetual impris-
onment. Perjury was punished by a
fine of ESQ and imprisonment for six
months, but if the offender could not
pay the fine he was let off by sitting in
the pillory two hours, and having both
ears nailed and cut off. Wilful lying,
to public prejudice or private injury,
or deceiving or abusing the people with
false news or reports, was punished by
fine, sitting in the stocks and whipping,
the punishment being increased with
each repetition of the offense, except
that in no case was the number OF
stripes to exceed the number of thirty
nine. Theft was punished by compell-
| ing threefold restitution, by fine and
by sort of temporary slavery, the
prosecutor being empowered to dis
pose of the offender in service to any
subject of the State for such time as he
should be assigned to the prosecutor by
the Court. Unreasonable night walk
| ing that is to say, after nine O'Clock,
was prohibited, as was also the conven-
ing Of persons under the government Of
parents, guardians or masters aftel
that untimely hour. Tavern haunt
ers, were punished by posting theil
names at the door of every tavern, and
prohibiting the tavern-keeper from sup
plying them with anything in the way
of strong drink. No clamorous dis
course, shouting, hallooing, screaming
running, riding, dancing, jumping,
swimming or blowing Of horns, was
| tolerated on the Lord Day. Listen
ing outside of the meeting-house dur
ing the time of public worship was mo-
permitted. Secular meetings of any
number of persons, in the street o.
elsewhere, on Saturday or Monday
evening, were forbidden, under penalty
of fine or stocks.
/ "Mr. Hall gives several notable in
stances of popular legal errors prevail
| ing in Vermont. One notion was tina
if the friends of one dying in prison
carried his remains beyond the boun
daries Of the Jail yard, they were ac
committees in an pscapes and liable Il
satisfy the judgment by virtue Of which
was that if one should bury the body o
an imprisoned debtor, he thereby be
came administrator in his own wrong
and liable to discharge the debtors Oh
legations. In the case of Judge Chan
/ dfer, who died while confined in Jai
for debt. his interment became seri
ous problem. In this predicament tn
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-12-27
JNTY, IOWA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER u, 1877

Jailer discovered that by stretching the
chain he could include within the Jail
liberties small portion of the adioin-
ing burying-ground. A grave was dug,
commencing just outside the graveyard
fence, and just within the Jail-yard,
sloping under the fence, until sufi-
cient depth and obliquity was obtained.
So Judge Chandler was buried after =
Christian fashion, and yet no escape
was suffered