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WEST VIRGINIA ARGUS,
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PUBLISHED AT

Is large seven column folio politics and con-
each week all the local. general pro
edlng market reports and much other
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-11
A ST.
SPECIAL TO rHE EUREKA DAILY SENTINEL.
CALIFORNIA.
THE GOVERNMENT TRANSFER OF GOlO'
Gold rs Tlsird-Ciass Mail Matter.
THE MECHANICS FAIR.
no.ar Iorl Refused Bail.
ESPECIAL TO THE eureka DAILY SENTINEL
THE GOVERNMENT TRANSFER OF GO
Prisoner Lord Refused Bail.

SAN FRASoIsco, August 10.
so,ne c,eeks AGO about three millions OF
dollars. gold. was paid into the sub-Treas-
urv here. the Government paying out a
similar amount in New York. The trans
act;nn was then considered in the light of
a Government transfer Of gold to this city,
but subseouent information puts the mat
ter in another light, or else the Govern
ment has changed its tactics. 1t IS now
learned that the postoffice authorities have
been directed to make arrangements to
carry this three millions, with an add
tional $40, 900, 900 in gold, as third-class
rail matter from here to New York.
The date of the proposed shipment is not
aseertained, but preparations arc now in
progress.
The Thirteenth Industrial Fair of the
| Mechanics Institute will open on Tues
day next. The Pavilion Is the scene OF
| great activity at present, an army OF car
penters being at work building stalls and
making other preparations Tor the recep-
ton of exhibits. The inaugural exercises
will take place in the Metropolitan Temple
on Tuesday afternoon, commencing at 2:30
o'clock. The pavilion will be thrown open
to visitors at Z o'clock ON Monday evening.
SAN B~uENAvENTuRA, August 10.
Judge Fawcett this morning refused to
admit prisoner Lord to bail, pending an
other trial in November. From a CONVEX
sation with jurors, it is learned that some
of them thought that Jones testimony was
not corroborated sufficiently to justify
them in convicting the prisoner, while
others fatty disbelieved him, he being di-
rectly contradicted by Cyrus Kenny. Cur
lee will be sent to San Quentin by the
steamer Senator, which sails on Monday
III
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-11
For n Ladies'.

Says a late fashion writer "Among new
Summer toilets is one of light brown ba-
rege, trimmed with Flemish pinche and
BOWS of white and biscuit-colored satin
coat bodice of striped satin, white and bis
cult color, with large pocket and opening
over a pale brown silk waistcoat covered
with barage a jabot of old lace a white
straw bonnet, with a tuft of brown feathers
and a ruche of Valenciennes lace, a spray
of bright roses at the back. Another is a
pale blue batiste toilet, trimmed with
bands Of Indienne embroidered with gold !;
a pink batiste, with pink aud blue en-
broidery on net ; a white muslin, with
coat bodice of rich white-ribbed silk, and
fastening with paste diamond buttons /;
mauve and white bows at the side Of the
dress white muslin bonnet, with Tuscan
straw brim, which was turned up at one
side to show a spray Of pansies Of all col
ors, and especially white.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-11
THE NUNCIOS TO ACT WITH
GREAT PRUDENCE.
DEFICIT IN THE PENSION BUDGET.
10000 Disafrected Mountaineers.

PARIS, Aug. 10.
The Franeo-American Conference, after
considerable discussion, adopted a project
for the commercial treaty, which was
partly summarized yesterday. The pro-
ject proposes the abolition of the French
prohibitive laws, and the reduction Of
French and American duties of 80 to 40
per cent; the greatest reduction Is upon
wines and silks, the tariff upon which is
recommended to be arranged on a sliding
scale for three years. The adoption Of the
project was greeted with loud applause.
ROME, Aug. 10.
Cardinal Lorenzo Nina, the new Papal
Secretary of State, has addressed a circu-
lar so the Papal Nuncio, announcing that
he will follow the policy pursued by the
late Cardinal Franchi, and recommending
the Nnncios to act with grea. prudence and
avoid creating unnecessary embarrass-
ment for the Holy See. He instructs them
to assure the Powers that the Holy See
will endeavor to maintain with them re-
lations Of sincere f~riendshi }.
LONDON, Aug. 10.
A Berlin dispatch says the deficit in the
Pension Budget for 1877 reached twenty
million marks. This is exclusive OF Prus-
sia's share of tie German Federal deficit.
Several minor German States also have
deficits. At the Heidelberg Conference
several Of the South German States de
clared that they were unable to continue
contributions at the present rate Of expen-
ditures for military purposes.
A special dispatch from Batoum says
the population are armed and pressing to
resist the occupation by the Russians. The
local chiefs held a council and decided to
fight. The disaffected mountaineers on
the frontiers are said to number 20, 900.
The excitement is intense. The Turkish
army remains neutral.
HAvBE. Aug. 10.
The condition Of Queen Christina, Of
Spain, is regarded as almost hopeless.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-11

A CALIFORNIA TEAMsrER is alleged to be
the man most prone to strong language on
the Western Goa st from San Francisco to
San Diego. Waile recently driving a wagon
load Of apples up a hill the tail board came
out, and all the apples rolled down the
sIope. A crowd assembled in breathless
expectancy Of hearing something unusually
choice. To their surprise the champion
votary Of unfettered sp ech wiped the per-
SEPARATION from his forehead and modestiy
remarked. My friends. this is an occasion
to which / am unequal"
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-11

THE Crawford plan goes in Storey. Dag
gett first proclaimed for it, Batterman
writes the Enterprise that he will stand in
on that line. and Tyrell is understood to
be willing to take an even chance with the
rest. What of Conner and Kinkaid ?
Are they to be shut out without a show
ing? Fair play, Governors, fair play.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-11

YOUNG LADY, don't tell a man you sweat.
1t is vulgar. Inform him that you are
being deprived q the saline and oleaginoas
fluids Of y~oarsmaterial substance through
the excretories Of your pellucid e~uticle,
with q sensible condensation Of moisture
upon the superficial exterior.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-11

NEW TO-DAY.
For Assemblyman,

WIN. s.. EVANS, OF PALIsADE. RE-
w spectfully announces himself as q can
didate for the Assembly, subject to the action
Of the Republican County Convention.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-11

SENATOR JONES is ON a visit TO Carson,
and has been holding a reception at the
0rmsby House.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-11

The state Central Committee to
the respective County Central Committees to
hold Primary Elections on SATURDAY, THE
SEVENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER. 1878. for the
purpose of electins Delegates to the state Con-
~vention. and also that the Delegates to the
State Convention frcin the counties constitut-
ing Judicial Districts constitute District Con-
~ventions for such Districts.
The County Central Committees arc request
ed to give this notice publicity in their respec-
tive counties.
BY order Of the Committee.
]. C. CUERIE, Chairman.
A. II. WILLIS, Secretary.
Virginia City, August 7, 1878. aul1-td
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BORN.

Virginia, August 5wife Of W. J. Luke. a
daughter.
Austin, August 5-wife of Michael Rockford, q
son.
MAuRUEn
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GaOi Watch-w0rk.
Mr.. P. Steler informs his customers that he
has secured one of the best workmen on the
Pacific Coast, who has long been. connected
with several Of the leading San Francisco
houses, and who possesses many testimonials
as 10 his skill and excellence NJ a watchmak
Customers arc notified that Repairing and
Cleaning will be promptly attended 10, and the
work guaranteed 10 give satisfaction.
p. STELER. Jeweler, Main street.
Eureka, August T.. 1878. aus
Boots and Shoes.
Boots. shoes and CATERS at the lowest prices
imaginable. Summer boots and CATERS, very
comfortable in hot weather, at the Golden Rule
Store.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-11
MARRIED..

Virginia, August s-Richard Thierman to Anna
Bertha Martin.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-11

A Reduction Of 30 or &C Per Cent.
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Governor,
Lieutenant Governor,
Secretary Of State,
state Controller.
state Treasurer.
Attorney General.
Surveyor General.
supf. OF Public Instruction,
Representative in Congress.
Justice Of the Supreme Court.
Clerk octse SussreHnc Court

And for the selection of a DEMOCRATIC
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE, and for the
transaction of such other business as may prop
erly come before said Convention.
Ssid Convention will be composed of 1876
members, spportioned rs follows:
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-11
FO REIGN w
PROJECT FOR A COMMERCIAL TREATY.

SPECIAL TO THE unEKA DAILY SENTINEL.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-11
For Sale, or to Let
FOR RENT.

A--A A STORE ROOM. sUITAprr,
sss5N any kind of business, on III il
sAs floor of the Eureka opern Hon.ss "sa
particulars. apply 10 u
Eureka, May ~, 1878. m.aI.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-11
The Illicit Disti,Iers.

CONCORD, N. H., August 10.
A bill allowing women to vote at school
meetings passed the House of Representa-
tives Yesterday. 1t had previously passed
the Senate by a vote of 9 to 8. This is the
first substantial Legislative victory won
by the women suffragists in New England.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-10-25
DeadwOOd City.

Deadwood now has a population of
1000, and is the commercial center of
the Black Hills region. 1t has rude
theaters, dance houses, gambling hells,
and uncounted bar-rooms; yet recent
visitor says there is far less ruffianism
than might fairly be expected in new
mining place. There are banks,
churches, school house, newspaper,
and good hotels. Many lawyers get
good income out of the excessive itiga-
ton over the titles to mines. Deadwood
is in an irregular gulch, has already out
grown its space, and begins to climb the
precipitous sides of the hills by which
it is inclosed. White cottages, APP
preached by winding paths and steps,
stand hundreds of feet above the level
of the town. Under Deadwood proper
there is another city-the city of the
miners. Openings to the tunnels and
shafts are seen at various places through
out the upper town. In the tunnels
and shafts the placer miner digs out the
yellow earth, and sluices it for the
crumbs of gold that, during the long
ages, have been slowly escaping from
the quartz lodes in the hills. But cap
italists have taken hold Of the mining
business of the Black Hills, and many
quartz mills of the best class are run
ming. The truth about the yield of
gold it is hard to find out, because the
owners of rich mines seek to depreciate
values, and the owners of worthless
mines have contrary intention AZ
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-10-25
MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINas.

According to estimates compiled at
the Agricultural Department in Washington
the cotton crop of the United States this year
will exceed 5, 100000 bales.
The owner of the horse Hopeful has
issued sweeping challenge to all the horses in
the world to trot two races-() mile heats, three
in five, in harness, and C2 mile heats, three in
five, to wagon-for any reasonable amount.
A report of business failures for 1878,
recently compiled, shows that in the third quar-
ter, ending Sept 80, there were 2, S53 suspen-
sions, as compared with 1915 for the same
period of 1877. The liabilities embraced in
these colapses amounted to S66 DOC, 900 for the
quarter just closed, and to s42, 100000 for the
corresponding quarter last year. The failures
for the nine months just closed numbered 8, 76S
and for the same term in 1877, 6,565
The New York Mine Company s
book, 8 which were seized some time ago by Til
denis counsel, at Marquette, Mich, and spirited
away, have been surrendered up, in accordance
with the order of United States Judge Baxter.
The transfer of the government of
Canada from the hands of the party in power
for the past four years, to those of the Con-
servatives who carried the late Parliamentary
elections is now complete, and Lord Dufferin
has sailed for England. The Commander of
the Forces, Gen. Macdougall, will act as Cover
nor until the arrival of the Marquis of Lorne.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-10-25
A Wife's Crime.

Mr.. and Mrs. George Hoffman, living
near Vesper, n. Y, quarreled for years.
They had nine children. The mother
sent her 14-year-old boy to Vesper to
purchase quantity of arsenic. She
met the boy on the road home. She
examined the poison he had obtained
and told him to go home, and, if his
father had not eaten his supper, to put
a quantity of the drug in his tea. If tea
was over, the boy was charged to put
the poison in his fathers breakfast tea.
The mother then went to Vesper and
remained with relative. The boy
found that his father had been to tea.
Next morning he stepped some of the
arsenic in his fathers tea. Shortly
after drinking it the old man was taken
sick. He sent for his wife. She would
not go to him. The boy who had given
the poison then went for his mother
He told her his father was dead She
started home. On the wsy she said to
her son, taking him by the neck: IF
you ever say a word about this I'll kill
you the first chance l get" The boy
did tell what had been done, however,
and he and his mother are in Jail. Hoff-
man was 81 years old. His widow was
his second wife.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-10-25

Nobody ct the bar ever equaled him
in utinR ronical compliments to the
Jud6es who blocked his way to the
hesrD and understandings of juries.
Judge Shaw was specially noted for the
gruff way in which he interposed such
obstacles, and Shaw's depth of legal
learning was not more conspicuous than
his force of character. ""Iisn't so, Mr..
Choate," was frequent interruption
when Shaw was on the bench and Choate
was arguing a case before him. Choate's
side remarks on the Judge have passed
into the stereotyped jokes of the bar,
and are now somewhat venerable. One
is, i think, not commonly stated in the
exact words. Il always approach Judge
Shaw he said, "as a savage approaches
his fetch, knowing that he is ugly, but
feeling that he is great" OF Judge
Story he once remarked, Il never heard
him pronounce judgment in which he
did not argue the case better than the
counsel on either side; and for which,"
he added with twinkle in his eye, "he
might very properly have been i'm
peached." He delighted in gravely jok
ing with Judge. Thus he once asked
that a case might be postponed, owing
to his engagement in another court.
The Judge replied that the case was one
in which he might write out his argu-
ment. With mock solemnity, which
it always seemed to me no other human
countenance could so readily assume,
he replied, II write well, your Honor,
but sloWiy." As his handwriting re-
sembled the tracks of wildcats, with
their claws dipped in ink, madly dash
ing over the surface of a folio sheet of
white paper, the assembled bar could
not restrain their laughter. Indeed, it
is affirmed that he could not decipher
his own handwriting after case was
concluded, and had to call in experts to
explain it to himself. He congratulated
himself on the fact that if he failed to
get a living at the bar, he could still go
to China and support himself by his
pen; that is, by decorating tea-chests.-
Ed,cin p Whipple, in Hafper's Mag
azine, for November.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-10-25
How n Bird Lined Its Nest.

Mr.. William H. Walton, farmer OF
Greensville county, was seated on a fence
near stack of oats, watching the opera
tons of his field hands, who were at
work. While seated, a small bird alight-
ed on his shoulder, and remained there
until frightened away by blow aimed
at it by Mr.. Walton. 1t flew off but a
little way, and returned to be treated as
before, and repeated this feat until the
gentleman concluded to allow it to re-
main on his shoulder in order to ascer-
tain, if possible, what induced it to act
as described. The bird moved close up
to Mr. Walton's face, and deliberately
commenced to pluck a mouthful of gray
hairs from his beard, after which it flew
away to the oat stack, and disappeared
in the crevices between the sheaves of
oats. Examination of the stack dis
closed the fact that the bird was build
ing its nest, and had used the beard for
the purpose of making lining for the
same. The bird is said TO have been of
the wren species.-Petersburg (Va)
Hlder.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-10-25

Young men contemplating marriage
have so frequently called upon us to adj
wise them in the manner of popping the
all-important question that we have con-
cluded to give our opinion once for all.
Never propose to young lady after a
hearty meal. The blood is needed to
aid digestion, and her Imagination is
chilled. Nor should it come just before
a meal, for the longings of an impor-
tuned system conduce to anxiety and ir-
aitability, and the shock may prove haz-
erdous. 1t would be better to select the
evening, and invite her to some entertain
ment which you know she wants to at
tend, and then propose to her just as
she is ready to start. This will be
greatly to your advantage, for she will
easily see that rejection will upset an
rvening's amusement.--Lddys Journal.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-10-25
Landlord and Tenant.

A decision has just been rendered in
the United States District Court, at
Chicago, by Judge Blodgett, upon a
question of great importance and inter
est to landlords and tenants. The case
before the court was an application for
an order giving plaintiff possession of a
house occupied by defendant under a
lease, one of the clauses of which gave
the owner of the premises power of at
torney to confess judgment in suit of
this kind whenever the lessee failed to
fulfill his part of the contract. The de-
PENDANT had failed to paw the rent, and
judgment was asked by the owner under
this clause of the lease. No case of the
kind had been presented hitherto. Judge
Blodgett held that the power of attor-
ney conveyed in the lease was as good
as any other power of attorney to con-
fess judgment, and the relief prayed for
must be granted. The defendant gave
notice that he would carry the matter
to the Supreme Court. If the decision
of Judge Blodgett is sustained, as it
probably will be, landlords will not be
slow to avail themselves of the means
thus afforded for speedily getting rid of
non-paying tenants. A clause in leases
giving power to confess Judgment will
greatly simplify the hitherto rather
complicated job of ousting delinquent
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-10-25
WASHINGTON NOTES.

The Supreme Court is now in session.
The President and Mrs. Hayes visited
the Winchester (va) Fair last week
A verdict of acquittal has been
rendered at Montreal in the cases of the Or
angemen on trial for illegal assembly on the
10Th of July. The presiding Judge instructed
the jury that meetings in lodge-rooms were not
illegal, and the twelve @good men and true" had
no alternative but declaration of not guilty.
1t is said the Orangemen will bring q suit for
damages for false arrest
The October report of the Depart
ment of Agriculture estimates this years corn
crop at / ,3O0, 0OO,OO0 bushels Tho yield of
wheat will exceed 40O, 5000 bushels-proba-
bly, the greatest quantity of wheat ever pro-
duced in one year in any country-and the crop
of oats will be larger than the very fine one of
1871
Green G.. Chandler has been appoint
ed United States Attorney for the Northern dis
trict of Mississippi
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-10-25

eo.es; Ray, National, ss.xp obi N. ~
hibisOn, 9e7tfP sps , pluralty, 8, IS -
Samuel ~ Ti1ien is out wi(h : let-
ter denying ~ knowledge Of the cipher tale
grams recently published in the New York
Tribuae,, alleged to have been exchanged b.
tween his friends in relation to the purchase
of electoral votes in South Carolina and Flor
ida. He says of the alleged telegrams,
switch relate to an offer purporting to
have, been made In behalf of some mem
bers Of the State Board of Canvassers of
Florida, to give, for pecuniary compensation,
certificates to the Democratic electors who had
been actually chosen, none of these kilograms,
nor any telegram communicating such offer,
or relating to such offer, was seen by me,
translated to me- or the contents of it in any
manner made known to me-" In relation to the
cphers bearing on the canvass of votes III South
Carolina, 1ilden says: Il can speak of them no
less definitely and positively No one such
telegram, either in cipher or translated, was
ever shown to or it's contents made known to
me. No offer or negotiation in behalf of the
State Canvassers of South Carolina or any of
them, or any dealing with any of them in re-
spect to certificates to electors was ever author
lied or sanctioned in any manner by me, di-
rectly or through any other person"
Clarkson N. Potter declines nomina-
ton for Congress in the Twelfth New York dis
trict
Sam Cox and Fernando Wood have
been renominated for Congress in New York.
Abram s. Hewitt was defeated for a renomina-
ton by Orlando s. Potter.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-10-25
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
East.

Considerable of a furry has been
failure of Haar & Co., an old and heavy stock
operating firm Tie members of the collapsed
firm charge that Jay Gould and others formed
q conspiracy against them and effected their
ruin. Haar has been arrested and held in
heavy bonds on charge of swindling
A Providence Or. L. dispatch reports
the loss of the bark Susan, which left New Bed
ford on a whaling voyage Oct IL. Only three
Of her crew of twenty-five escaped alive.
New York papers chronicle the death
Of Rear Admiral Paulding, son of the captor of
Maj Andre, and last surviving officer of the
battle of Lake Champlain.
An important arrest of counterfeit
ers was made by Detective Perkins, of the Gov
eminent force, in Bradford county, Pa, last
week. The gang was well supplied with 80
notes on the First National, of Lafayette Ind :,
s. notes on the Hanover pa National, and
counterfeit gold and silver coin of all denonina-
tons.
Benz. II. Latrobe, the famous civil
engineer, has just died at Baltimore, aged II.
His father built the National Capitol and many
public buildings in leading cities
south.
Advices from the fever-infected dis
tricts of the South to Oct 16, report hot weather
all along the Mississippi valley, and the outlook
exceedingly discouraging The disease was
fastening itself upon new country localities
daily, and the same sad scenes were being wit
messed that has characterized the appearance
of the plague at vicksburg, Grenada,
and other stricken towns The
fever had broken out at Helena