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WHAT THE WITS SAY.

She was ironing when her sister came
in with the news that an uncle was dead.
'Deadp' she gasped, nearly dropping the
iron from her hand. Her face was very
pale, as was that of her sister. as they bOtq
stood there looking at each other with that
awe-struck expression which a death leaves
upon the faces of the living. g Dead ?''
she repeated, in falteringG voice. :" 1t
doesn't seem possible. It is SO sudden, SO
unexpected, SO dreadful that can scarcely
realize it. What are you gong to wear pa
--Danbwry Nesos
When people ask Gordon H. Giddings, a
one-legged and very popular commercial
traveller of Syracuse, how he lost his leg he
generally replies, ''Lost it on the election"
and that satisfies the most curious. - Utica
Herald. Giddings seems to have got on a
new tack, as he used to take pride in in
forming his friends that it was g bitten off
by cow" Rochester Union. The last
time he was in Rome he said he lost his leg
through hole in his pantaloons pocket.
Rome Sentinel. On the contrary he has
frequently said that when he lost it he was
going on the stump.-N Y. Herald.
81 tell you that perseverance and pluck
are bound to win," said Camden man in
a cigar store on Saturday night. !" Look
at the history of our country" he contin-
ued, '' and take for illustration the follow
ing; Twelve years ago Dan Rice brought
his circus into this town. He was not sac
ceesful. Since then this plucky man has
been tackled by the sheriff of every county
he went into. Everywhere he failed, and
all seemed hopeless. But what did the
man do? Why, sirs, he went to the
grand old Bay State; he persevered, and
to-day he is Governor of Massachusetts.
There's an illustration for you.-Cdmden
Post.
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Iang1.ishe Theatre.
Black Hills Miner, 2sth.

The opening night of the Langrishe The
atre may be pronounced grand success.
Tie house presented gay appearance and
a better pleased audience it has never been
our fortune to witness; every available seat
vas filled and the enthusiasm manifested
gave encouragement to the actors, drawing
out their best qualities Mr.. and Mrs.
Langrishe were greeted with prolonged
cheers on their appearance and acted in
their best style. J. M. Martin received
marked attention and performed the thor
ough soldier in the first piece to perfection.
A loud call at the end of the piece raised
the curtain second time on the pretty and
effective tableaux that brings it to close.
THE Gentleman from Ireland" took the
house by storm, and Langrishe was in his
element throughout. Our old friend Gross
appeared as Mr.. Rivers and proved himself
thorough artist. There was no hitching
or embarrassment, SO generally discerna-
ble on first night, everything going as
smoothly as could be expected had the
company DeeH ofgdni1eu ioI niohtnS. NJ
the fail of the curtain Mr.. Langrishe re-
sponded to loud call and in a neat speech
thanked the audience for their kindness
and announced his programme for the fri-
ture. Our citizens can now look forward
in the coming winter to good performances
gwen IN such a manner as to insure the
snnna,t rf our best families.
AtSthe cattle-show: Gentleman with
solemnity--s Miss Florence, do you love
beasts ~ Lady, with vivacity Am 4
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Terrific Encounter With Two Rob-
bers in which One Is Thrown from a
Bridge 140 Feet High.
fFrom uhe Louisville News.l

fFrom uhe Louisville News.
The News received information this
morning of terrific encounter that took
place about 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon
at the bridge over Nolyn river, between
West Clifty and Big Clifty, on the e. and
p. railroad, between Mr.. Joseph NJ. Hau-
8 n. a commercial traveller of the Wholesale
hard ware house of Pratt & Co., ofthis city,
and two desperate highwaymen.
Mr., Hausen had been at West Chfty,
about three miles beyond Big Clifty, and
having finished his business, started to
walk back on the E. and p. railroad to Big
Chfty. no train being due for several hours,
and he not desiring to wait at that point
until tram should arrive. AT the bridge
over Noyln river Mr.. Hausen was met by
two desperadoes VINO demanded his money.
Mr.. Hansen, however, had no idea of ac-
ceding to the demands Of these highway
men, and in an instant he drew his revol-
yer and fired upon the villains, wounding
one of them severely. The other, being
unhurt, made rush upon Mr.. Hansen,
and attempted to throw him off the bridge
into the chasrn below, a distance Of 14o
feet. But again M. Hausen was too much
for the desperate, for he quickly drew a
large butcher knife from a roll of hardware
and stabbed his assailant twice, and then
pushed him off the bridge into thesriver be-
low, terrific fall of nearly $50 feet. 8
Mr.. Hansen then left the scene as rapidly
as possible, and arriving at Big Clifty mar
rated the circumstances of his terrible en-.
counter Citizens went to the scene aud
arrested the would-be robber and murder
ers, both of whom were yet alive, but very
seriously, and it is thought mortally
wounded.
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lie Lied.
BY MAX ADELER.

g =
"He was the awfulest liar ever seen, "
said Cooley of O'Leary,as We returned from
the latter's funeral. "Why, he told me
once that he lived on small island out in
the Pacific Ocean, on which there was a
volcano. And he said that there was an
active demand out in that region for water
melons, SO he went into the business of
raising them. And he said that one year
his whole crop failed, except one melon,
and that kept on growing atsuch fearful
rate that it crowded him off of the lowland
and up ON the side of the volcano. And
still it grew until at lastlt got SO large that
it sunk the island and let the water into the
yolcano, which generated steam and caused
an explosion which blew, the whole concern
to atoms and shot HIM 400 miles out to sea,
where he was picked up by whaler. He
used to tell me that the one mistake of his
life was that he didn't drive a plug in the
crater Of that volcano SOS to make it wa
ter-tight, and then slice open the water
melon and come sailing home on the half
shell. 's..''
He aoould lie. He said that orce he
was cast away on an iceberg, with no bag
gage but pair of skates and fishlng-poie.
But he skaied around until he came across
a dead whale, frozen into the ice. So he
took off his shirt-it was night for six
months in the year up therefore it into
strips for a wick, ran the strips through the
bamboo fishing rod, stuck the rod into the
fat of the whale, and Int the other end. He
said iu burned splendidly, and the iceberg
reflected the light so strongly that it was
bright as day for forty miles around, and
one vessel ran into the berg, thinking it
was a lighthouse. He said he sold the ice-
berg to the captain for $4,000, and the
captain split it up and took it home, and
made 200 per cent. profit disposing of it to
the ice companies.
"Lie? Well, sir, he beat any man I ever
came across. Told me that once, out in
Nevada, a mountain lion attacked him, with
its mouth wide open. He had presence of
mind enough to grab it by the tongue aud
to pull. The lion roared with pain, but he
did his level best pulling. and pretty soon
the tongue began to give and the tail to
shorten, and directly out they came. the
tongne and the tail, in one long continuous
string. He said he had 'em at honie, and
he showed 'em to me, but my belief is they
were only three or four cowhides and a
bul,'s tail, may be, dovetailed together, or
something of the sort. -
"He was astonishing as truth-crusher.
SAID he served on a gunboat during the
war which was very small and light, while
the mortar on the deck was very large and
heavy, and he said the first time they tried
to fire 15-inch shell, the shell remained
stationary, while the recoil was SO great that
it fred the gunboat four miles up stream,
and landed it in tree. He was liar, but
now he's dead reckon he'll ketch it.' =.
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The Colorado Stone Man.

SIR: Having just read your editorial Of
this morning about the stone or fossil man
of Colorado, in which you make use Of ray
name, beg TO say that / have never seen
a photograph Of it, as you say you have,
but have seen the critter itself My first
effort, after, seeing the giant. was SIC, 600
cash, s'pig in poke, !" and | gave the pro-
prietor three hours to make his decision.
He declined my offer, and | then offered him
$4,000, provided upon looking into the
figure and giving it a close examination,
Professor Marsh, of Yale College, or any
other equally competent scientist, should
pronounce it a petrification. The owner,
Mr. sConant, positively declines to sell more
than three quarters of his find at any price,
and also declines to sell at all until such
scientific examination has been thoroughly
made. az s# gs sss.s a fspe
have seen q good many people hum
bugged during my life, and / have been
humbugged myself, but have noticed that
more persons, ON the whole. are humbugged
by believing in nothing than BY believing
in too much. In addition 30 what the Dem
yer Aesus states as the reasons why | hap
pened so be in Colorado in September, /
may say that | had visited my great show
at Des Moines, Iowa, wLere seven of my
men were killed by . railway accident, and
accompanied the same to Kansas City.
whence went to Colorado to look after
my real estate interests IN Greeley and
Dsnser, see nly daugh. er at Castle Rock,
a.,i visit my large cattle ranch 35 miles
south .of Pueblo. I write this much, not
particularly On NJ oS account li..r | dons !
care n,slcia v h;lr the pers say about me,
papsisird they say sonesll llingl. DuI u ex-
plain. III .lussieu l., Nj. lsonant. What sou
phase d. cali .Ll,,. u,ost astonishing c.iItl-
! aessca - HIP. \. Baanun'~ presence ID
Denver Yours truly, P. L. BARsuA. d
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A Home Missionary.

Bishop Hill, the priest who has charge
of the Lords battle-axes, quartered on
Bear river, above Corinne, is sending his
missionaries forth with glad tidings OF
great joy, as will appear from the suo7Join-
ed preachers license, which greasy look
ing buck presented to our reporter yester-
day with demand for ''four bits" The
following is copy of the license, spelling
and all, just as the bishop wrote it:
INDIAN FARM BARE RIvwER
Sep the IL
1877
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CURE OF CoRNs. Soak the foot in warm
water for about quarter of an hour, every
night; after each soaking, rub ON the corn
patiently, with the finger, half a dozen
drops of sweet oil, wear around the toe dur
ing the day two shicknesses of buckskin,
with hole in it to receive the corn; con-
tinue this treatment until the corn falls out;
and by wearing moderately loose shoes, it
will be months and even years, before the
corn returns. when the same treatment
will be efficient IN few days. PAIRING
corns is always dangerous, besides making
thea take deeper root--as will a weed, if
cut off near The ground. Many applications
alc recommended to be made to coEns, to
burn or eat out, or soften tllem. bur the
plai, advised above. by Hnlrs journal ri
Heath, is safe, is painless. gives most wel-
come rsliefin i few honfs, and faevenfs q
return OF The com for Longer tine Than
any other remedy il costs nothing bnl a
httle attention: thai. Is the great drawback
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BUCHANAN BURIALs.-When the mead
Of a Bulgarian family perceiyes that ne IS
about to die he sends for the priest and
begins to bargain with him about the cost
Of his funeral. The moment he dies, all
the pots, pans and kettles in the house are
turned upside down to prevent bis soul
taking refuge in any one Of them, and
great care is taken to prevent either man or
animal-especially . cat or dog-from step
ping across his body, as otherwise, in fhe
opinion of his family, he would turn into
vampire and be . continual nuisance to
them and to their neighbors. The body il
buried without any coffin, in shallow
grave, and left there for three years, during
which time many offerings of food and wine
are placed upon il. Al the end Of the
th;rd wear the bones Of the dead man are
duu M. carefully washed, put in y linen
bar. laid before the altar in the village
church. and, after receiving the blessing ol
| The priest, are finally buried for good.
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THE DEEPEST BRIDGE PIERS IN THE
World. = We read in the Rnslsoag World
about a meeting of the directors of the
Ponghkeepsie Bridge Company, at Pongb-;
k sepsie. Before the business meeting the
directors went in a tug to inyestigate the
work done. Tue westerly pier was found
to be fixed on the solid gravel bed on feet
below the surface of the water The gran
ito is beginning to arrive, and the work
of building the stone piers will be begun
shortly. The second caisson is sunk SO feet
below the surface. The depth of the mud
is greater than with the first pier, so shat q
foundation will be secured 112 feet below
the surface. Both these caissons are i'm
meDse timber structures, and will be filed
with solid concrete to q point % feet below
the surface, where the granite pier will be-
g,n. All the piers Of this bridge will be
sunk to depth greater than that of any
bridge piers in the world. There are TO be
fonr piers in all, and tsto will be completed
to point 30 feet above the water before
the river freezes. The height of the piers
abrye the water is 81 be 1ss feet. and the
depth of the frnss Ofees, SO fhaf the rail-
read s,ark viii b. 100 feeu above The water
liae.# az .si
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To all unto hoom

To all unto h00m
this may came
Greeting the Baror of this Poonp Is 2
mod Indian he is trovl;ng Missionary q
mong his own people as such he needs
some Assistance any small favor will be
Thankfully reserved something to cate and
to ware Brethren be kind TO him for ne is
worthy ho. hiAN'
Salt Lake Tribune.
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Incredible 1nhumanisy.

A correspondent of the Tines, writing
from Erzeroum, makes, in . very. grave
and well considered manner, a dreadful
charge against the Turks. He says the
higher officers positively refuse TO allow
amputations, holding it better that their
own soldiers should die than that thew
should live useless pensioners on the state.
We have no doubt from the evidence ad-
duced, that the fact is as stated, and can
well imagine that this cynical reason was
given TO Europeans, but justice must be
done even to Turks. and their real motive
is probably not SO bad as this which. in
deed, as they never pay anybody Who can can
not enforce payment, would not influence
them. All Mnssulmans at heart despise
medicine as an interference with GODS
decree, and they have a special horror of
arnputation, believing that the body SO
treated will rise with out the removed l;mb.
Azrael, when he calls the faithful to indg-.
ment, can not be bothered hunting for the
separate bits. An act was once passed: by
the British government in India to take
advantage of this belief. directing the
bodies of dead Mopiahs to be burned to
ashes, and the dreadfulness TO Mussulmans
ofexecution by blowing from guns arises
from the same theory. The Turks, in
this instance, are rather superstitious than
cruel. - T,ond0n Snsefnsas. sstsa! Ea gB
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How Eassss. Dillon and Gould Do Business By
sa7 f5o-. a@o Lightning. .7s2nR J4F ~


A short, time, since Chicago Tribune
reporter way laid the special train Of Messrs.-
Gould and Dillon and ascertained, the (
modus opsraadi of their way of travelling,
He found these railway princes in one of
The latter-day combination cars, which
serve for sieeper, drawing -room and dining
car. Mr.. Gould had with hirn o Shorthand
reporter and ote1egraphic operator Mr.
Dillon only his short hand Decfetafy., Mf.
Could explained to the reporter shat every
hour in the twenty -four when absent from
New York be was in communication with
his friends and brokers in that city. His
telegraph operator had all the necessary in-
struments attached to one Of tie tables in
the car, with ground and connecting wires
running through one panelof the ear. On
arriving al q terminal station Mr.. Gould
notified his friends in New York npon
what fine Of road he would be the next
twenty four hours SL5uId they desire to
communicate with him their dispatch was
dir, cted to the care Of the train dispatch
er of that read, who, upon its re-
ceipt, knew just where Mr.. Goula's special
was, and dropped the massage down one
station in advance. The operator at this,
station would signal the special and deliver,
the message. Upon receipt the, special
would immediately pull out, ana dr. Gould
would consider and digest the message: IT,
it NEEDED reply, he would dictate TO his
shorthand assistant, who would translate,
for the operator. When the reply was.
ready the engineer would be signaled, ths
train stopped and intwoi minutes the main
wire would be hauled down, cut, attached
to the instrument, and the message wing,
ing It's way 70 New York. To twist the,
wire together, let il up, and start the-trsina
was only the work ofanother minu'e: rMr-
Could kindly added that ke slsesi his psi,-r
vate signature, which insured right Of way.
for his message. which was salsgasa Ia
cipher. OF course Mr. Dillon arailed him-
sell; Of Gould's facilities whenever necss-
sar, for bis business, s sa
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4 FEMALE ERoEAvT.

An Adventurous Flight in the Moonlight
Narrow Escape from Drowning---A Roman.
tic Rescue.
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At the cattle-show: Gentleman with
solemnity--s 7 Miss Florence, do you love
beasts ~ Lady, with visacity -ts Am 70
consider that proposal s''-P Parssian Wis.
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DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY OF TEE

DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY OF TEE
UNITED STATES.
O.
Authorized CAPITAL. .......... $500, 600.
Paid On CAPITAL .................... 1000
Prrmpnrrt Surplus Fund ........... $5O,0GN.no
Diyi5nnd pafd March A. 1874. 10000 90
GypreGe Deposs proceeding six months, ass, 600 co
ibyasta5 in T. s Bonds. 214000. 90
We Transact general Banking business. and buy, at
HIGHEST rates Gold Dust, Coin. Gold and Silver Rul
ion md Icc11 Securities: Sell Exchange and Tele-
graphic Transfers available in all parts of the United
States the Canadas. Great Britain Ireland and the
Continent COLLECTIONS made and proceeds remitted
promptly Our facilities for hant1ling
SILVER ORES are particularly good, and this
branch Of our business will receive special attention
Cash advances made upon Ores and same shipped for
sccoret of owners. OR WE WILL BUY FOR
CASH at the very best rates allowable. Owners OF
mines will consult their interests by calling upon us.
275
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-03-17
SEg&7GE F'S SALE.

ypY VIRTUE or AN EXECUTION
} ISSUED GU OF The stice's Court
OF Union Township, N and for
Humboldt County, state of Nevada. on the
9Th d;y Of March, 4. d. 1877, and 10 me
direc cd and dclivored. for judgment re-
covered in sid court on 80 day Of
March. \ y. 1917, in favor Of the Stste
of Nevada. aad against the Pioneer
Mill and Mining Co., and others, and
the following named real estate and in.
provements, tu-wit:
Pioneer Aill ana fixtures, and all that GER
tain Iot or Parcel OF lend fsm.iliArly knowa
u the Pioneer NIL tract, situated and locat.d
ia the town OF knoxville Humboldt county,
state Of Nevada, acc8r lias to survey made by
J. Dryden, Coauts Surveyor Of said county.
more psrti u,arly described and bounded as
follows. Beguuirg at o stake on Fall street,
on South bauk vi Baena Vista creek, theme
down said creek ia an eas.sr y direction lU50
feet GO Phillips street. th,nee south 7gO feet
along the lfne Of Phillips strea; TO the brown
tract, thence along the lice Of the Brown
tract 1880 IN no tlG stefly direction to
Fall street, thence along the line Of Ian
street 5l1 ieet containing six acres. more nr
less. being the same pop rsy on which the
mill known as tie Iou~er Iill is now sit
us,ed, including said mill, machinery ard
sppurtenanoce, defendants.
For tie sum If sss 90, L. s. gold coin, and
Delinquency amounting 70 IS 10, q. 5. gold
coin, and costs amounting 10 the sum OF
so %, al in like coin. ana acerueing costs,
have by virtue a said xeeutioH. on this
l4th day Of March \ D. 1877, levied upan
and taken in eAeeu ion The following real
estate to wit:
Pioneer hill and h-.iires. and all tina. GER
tain lot or pagce, 81 iaud iamigiiarly known
as the Pioaecr Mll trtc,. situated and located
in tbs town % Cuiauviie, Humboldt county,
State of Nevada, ecc,rling % survey made by
Dryden, County snrg yor 81 said county,
more particularly &c. e,ibed aud bounded as
follows; il coming IT q stake on Fall street,
on sou Ia bank OF BuCna Vista creek, thence
down said creek in eA5terly direction 1850
feet 20 Phillips s.rce.. thence south 100 feet
along he line q tlihlls street to the Brown
tract, thence along ia, line of the Brown
tract 1850 ret IN north westerly direction 10
Fail street, theLce along the line OF Fall
street $40 feet. continuing TX acres, more or
less, being the seine properly on which the
mill kroyn as tho Iioneer Mill is now SIT
uated including sald mill. machinery aud
appurt nasspes.
NOTICE Is hereby given that on wEDNEs.
DAY. the EIGHTEENrI Gay OF APRIL, A.
d. 1877. between the huy,rs OF o'clock Ia the
morning and o'clock ia the afternoon, viz;
at IL o'clock a. m, in front Of the Court
House door in the towa OF Wiune-
mucca, HUMBOLDT County. Nevada, l viii
sell. all the above described property to the
highest bidder for cash, U. +. & Id coin.
TO satisfy said cxeeution, costs, aud accrueing
costs or SO much thereof as may be sufficient
for these purposes.
G. A. KYLE,
Sheriff Of Humboldt County, Nevada.
WinneInueca, March 1t.h, a. ID. 1871. I'd
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IMPORTANT CAUTION.

None are genuine unless the signature Of j
HAYDocK, as agent for the United states sur
rounds each box Of Pills and ointment A
handsome reward will be given TO any one
rendering such information az may lead to the
detection OF any party or parties counterfeit
ing the medicines or vending the same, know
ing them to be spurious
*s*Sold at the manufaetory of Professor
HOLLOWAY Co., New York and by all re-
spectacle druggists and dealers in medicine
throughout the civilized world, in boxes at rs
cents, 81 cents and 81 each.
E%< Theirs is considerable saved by taking
the larger sizes. an
N. B. = Directions for the guidance o
patients in every disorder are affixed to eac h
box.
Office. 10 Liberty Street, New York.
dec1A1S76.1y.