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To THE EDfToB OF THE SuS-Sr: | read Men
with Queer Nerves" the third page Of last sundays
suN. with rs much amusement as amszcment lhaVe
lived among French Canadians many years; In fact,
was In Canada when my mother gave birth to her only
SON. and can beat your contributor all hollow as far as
experience with them goes. He says he saw dozen
perform ludcrous act simultaneously. such as pointing
the fingers toward the ceiling and saving "Sh-h."
have seen seventeen small men and two big boys IN a
Lumbar district on the upper Ottawa upon seeing cou
pie OF bears and three TOUR OVtrgruwn cubs running
toward them, start jump Jutt the beasts were DO
luz. only they in the same direction and seemed
anxious To gel there frat have also lun
herman telling tree periorma "jump" oi several feet
the very rst crcak O the falling forest giant no doubt
because his partner ON the opposite side Of the tree had
given similar jump. ON anher occasion. oi tho
boarding shHntcs actually less than iorty mc
Jump the table At tho report Of gun aud the whil
zng oi ballet over their heads
short while ago rng suN answered edtorially cor
respondent who scd to he wealthy aud willing "a
devote much OF his money to help either "a man Of
genius" poet" or "a good man. You suggested the
endowment oi institution for the aud N
liars rcsncctiuy suggest that the writer Of the article
Men with Queer Nerves be given the benefit o the
nrst admission to IT. A FRENCH CANADIAN.
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Two or three thousand persons assembled on
the lcNce on saturday to see the Elephants 20 in
swim few minutes after o'clock the keepers brought
nve of the monsters ashore from the barge at the foot
Fulton avenue and led them 10 the foot Division
street. Two large ANIMALS and baby or dwarf Gle.
nhant were turned into the river with restraining
letters Gordon OF skiiis manned by the attaches OF
the circus surrounded the spot selected keep watch
upon the animals Entering the slowly and eau.
nously until they got nearly over depth The beasts
stopped and sat down on their launches the cool
water with their heads above the surface lashing the
water with their trunks and ENJOYING the GOODNESS
lection Then they became sportivc nnd Jumped around
aMkwardy hke boys at play IN the water giving low an
prcciauve gruns of ausHcton and spou'ny trunks iul
Of water In every direction like whales They nnal nc
formed several sporye tricks such forming py raud
standing erect and rolling In the water.
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There seems to be a remarkable dscrcp-
ancy between the officials Of the Indian Bureau
and Gen. Howard respecting the number Of In
dians I'm tho present uprising in Oregon and
Idaho. The bureau officials charge HOWARD
with gross eXaggcration in his reports Of tho
strength Of the hostile Indians. ana oven assert
that not moro than two hundred Indians nre
really on the warpath. They support their
averment 10y kilograms and letters from
the agencies in the regions adjoining
tho scene % strife. Tho reliable evil
dence all seems to be on the side
Of tho Indian Bureau. and against the
veracity Of HowAnD's wonderfully wordcd de-
spatches. But 1t Is surely not poss bic that in
tho battle which HowARD compared 10 Mission
ary Ridge. the enemy consisted only OF two
hundred brcech-clouted. root-eating savages.
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whi.Ley Note. In Pennsylvania.

Give mo hooly Gooly, said young man In
Penn street hHrruum. and huitc uf sptritnnus quur
WAS placed before HIM, from which he poured lib raj
poiatinn " What l. huNly gooN go Rskcd hystnndcr
That Il whiskcN at peculiar Favor compounded Of
-four different brands at rye WhskcN "
Have farmers purchased ~ much Nhiskcy this sum.
mer n heretofore Tor Ne m making hay nnd harvesting
grain wasaskcd Of ha dn},u whole sale liquor deal
crS in this city ana the reply each substantially
the same; Farmers have huught less whskry this
year than they have the past ten twenty years Re.
tore the war Hnd the cVyng ct GoNcrnm, tax quite
number OF farmers bnueht wmskty by the barrel Sow
small cask iull al "A time
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KELLOGG was decidedly more interesting
Yesterday than the day before. though still in
clined to be proix in his expeditions of Louisi-
ana politics. He Is too good n HAYES man now
ndays to shy any more than he can help about
tho ungrntefu abandonment Of PACKARD; he
acknowledged. however. TO Gen. BUTLER that
II HAYES had stood squarcly by PACKARD the
Democrats would almost certainly have
dropped the policy OF force and nego-
tated for compromised. He fatty
contradictcd john SHrRMAN's friend. Mrs
JENKs. testilying that she wrote and spoke TO
him about the SHERMAN letter, exhibiting what
he understood TO be n COPY OF it. at time when
she has declared under oath she had not COM
municated with any one about it, SO far
rs KELLOGG noticed. john SHERMAN while in
New Orleans was " exceedingly careful and
circumspect' had JONI been up to any
tricks. KELLOGG is confident he would have
been consulted. He contradicis ANDERSON and
weber. ~ to his own part in the conspiracy.
and we have this painful state Of things that
fiat perjury has been committed eithcr by these
witnesses or 10y the Hon. WILLIAM PITT KEEL
LOGO United States Senator. He also says that
eX-Supervisor KELLEY Is mistaken; he tKEL-
LOGGl never drew IN n protest to- be signed by
KELLEY or any other Supervisor. Another
New Orleans witness. Mr. SIMPSON, he dis
misses MS n sorehead. He does not know OF
any money having been paid to any HAYES
eloctor though Mr.. KEENER was poor and was
inclined to back out. and there were some
conversations about his case. KELLOGG
now says that no part Of the 100000
he borrowed in Chicago went for political
purposes lie knows nothing at present OF his
own knowledge about the forgeres in the Lou
isiana electoral certificates. He has heard ono
KELLY. a subordinate under him. mentioned
rs having bad hand in them. but doesn't
know whore KELLY now is. KELLY disap-
! pearcd on the day he was summoned by the
Potter Committee. KELLOGG admits that he
procured n leave OF absence for KENNEDY. but
asserts that he didn't know what KENNEDY was
going 10 do
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sand which. however. might be easily removed
by dredging The Turks have hitherto OPP
posed nil projects Of repair. drcadlng to lose the
treasures bc1ueathcd to them whom the Venetian
fleet was scuttled in the harbor. There is no ron
son. however. why Famagusta should not, under
English control and with moderate outlay. re-
gain its old maritime advantages and become
tho entrepot Of the Leynnt.
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Egyptian "a, the British Museum.

Gen. Stanton If responsible for tho following
story concerning the Egyptuosists the British Ma.
The Duke Of sutherland took mummy to Enrl with
Mint which he had unrollcd hy learned doc tor ul the
british Museum aud others interested iu the subject
TheN had hrs III" insert puons thu OUTSIDE oi the
given them IA interpret and they came assembly
WIN ne humiliation describing IN detail that the person
Whose body Mls enclosed was certain pues named
II the of G. n. Ac. The mummy A. then uurullet
and 10 and behold the body iound tl be that ut
woman But one cannot contradict these Esyptnogsts.
because they profess tn have the Key AMI n that
what they declare the meaning 10 be is not true they ask
YOU what then II does mean
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Madrnssi's Endorser.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: In to-
days suS letter from Madrassi who appears to
know what he writes about Having been a resident
Madras Presidency nearly two years lean safely endorse
Madrassis statements AMI say that the majority al
casics OF llindoos happy under English rule which
they were not under the Government Of III" various
KaJahs. 4. MADDocks
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year, and that the liabilities wcro OF tho
comparatively small amount VI SAT- ,5O4
Everybody will at least hope that Mr.. At
K1NsoN's prediction will net turn out to
have been too sanguinc, for after five years
Of business stagnation, the people are in
poor condition to stand n much longer con-
tinuance Of the hard times But not until
we have so dealt with the Electoral Fraud
that it will never again dare show its head
can we hope to rejoice in the prosperity its
SUCCESS has 50 long delaycd.
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A Menace TO the Public Liberties.



That Grant should be candidate in the name
OF strong Government is menace To the public hcr
ties ANY attempt To disguise tina, Will be fooshncs II
Grant Is wanted Tor third term he will he wanted for
ne His election would he popular verdict against
publican form OF government
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The Very Latest from DIR. Carver.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: AT 2
O'Clock DR. Carver stepped into the field II was raining
hard. lie began nring the drops aud in ve minutes
had shot dry space Oi half an acre around him.
MUNCuAVsES.
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We learn TINT Mr.. T. PUBDY Of Town Point
Nd. has recently discover ft hr heir e. large
amount Of mgnyN A. n-cnt 90 law hrm called "a, on
him last week Win the reformation that $3.50 was
NOW lying n England awai;iuf tho lawful claimants and
that Nj fuEDr was undoubtedly one Of thcn-Mti,f0rn
I1Hsfirf
Mr.. PuRDY would do wisely not 70 fec the
legal agent who gave him the information until
he has received portion at least Of the $3.50 900
he is said TO be heir to- The number Of people
who have recently received gratifying news sim
liar to that connded to Mr.. PuRDY is large. but
50 far we have heard Of no returns from the cs-
tates in England.
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Ffom Nf TI1nUW FIN
WASHINGTON, July l2.-Mr. Hayes yesterday
rendered 70 Col Mostly an important Federal ,hcc, hut
II was declined. A hrothcr o COL Moshy wa, appointed
special agent ot the Post once Department ON the LIST
Of July, but hr also declined toHcocpt tho place.
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Many of our strcots. especially those on
the east sido Of the city. are IN terribly filthy
condition. After these rains. should the sun
shine holly. 1t will generate a noNious vapor
there which will doubtless cause much typhoid
fever and other illness.
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The Philadelphia Times speaks OF the ex-
ecution Of MACMILLAN MS "a disgrace 10 the
Mexican nation and to tho civilization of tho
age in which we live"
Nonsense. Such language is unworthy an
intelligent journal in republic whore all men
are supposed to be equal before the law. MAX
IMiL1AN signed his own death warrant-and he
signed 1t when he affixed his name, or allowed
it to hc affixed. 10 that inhuman proclamation
booming every Mexican found in arms for his
country to execution as hrigand. That order
was carried out with hideous severity Tho
life Of every Mexican put to death under it was
just MS valuable as that Of MAMMALIAN. More
over. his fate was a lesson that royal and impc-
rial adventures in Europe will not soon forget.
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y ohm aud Agnes
II Mrs. Jciiks were wIlow Jcns',
And Honest John were tree
At IIymcn's altar FIRMLY nmkod
Lol what team they'd be
II poker were game ot lies
The stake a nations tate,
Sure hi. would he the sort of pair
To play and be- tn straiaht
Get rid Of YOUR cold AZ once hv u,ins DR. Jaynes Ex
peetorant and avoid the risk OF developing serious
lung trouble.-.idr
The NJ soap Tor lsrrify and bath N not wtxyher Il
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Some Of the Parisians who gaze upon

Some of the Parisians who gaze upon
NAssR ID DIN might find tho edge OF syco-
phancy II lule dullcd 10y thinking Of the Incl
dent that preiaecd his coming from Teheran.
He was riding TO the mosque when u group Of
petitioners accosted him. The Shah gave them
NJ heed his escort rode them down. and they in
return flung stones ut the soldiers. Tho Shah,
who perhaps suspected them of being rcgicides
had twenty Of them arrested. tried. convicted.
sentenced. and punished before nightiall. Ten
suffered death by implement, tho other ton
had the bastnndo. under which three Of them
expired Then NAssR I'D Din set out for
Europe.
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Tho Grand Jury do not take the view OF
the Metropolitan Elevated Railway that the one
hundred and forty doctors took.
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THE SUNS views I'm regard to the sur
prising statement Of Prosecutor JENKINS that
the witness GRAHAM must hang. meet general
approval by the New Jersey press The New
ark Journal speaks of the proposition ms AN
outrage on NIL justice. and travesty Of Jersey
Justice" and cites the wcll-known opinion Of
Lord MANSFIELD. in tho case Of RUDD. whom
the Crown sought 70 convict, Notwithstanding
thathe had boon received AS n witness against
associates and had fully and fairly given his
testimony, that
~ an acconpl.ce has mode full AMI iar confession
ted A. wncs, Tor c Grown, ana his evidence has been
Is not entitled o r M to pardon Vet thr usage tic
lcnity and Tho praccr thu court !, SION hc prose.
rccomincniauon o. The Court o the kins s,ncrcy.'
The Journal also quotes the case 81 AN Illinois
mail robber named LEe. who. in 1916. was used
ms q witness nganst an accomplice named WAR
NER. LEE. like GRAHAM. had been instigated
to the act by his companion In crime. but
WARSER was acquitted The United States
District Attorney then attempted to put
LEE on trial. but Justice MCLEAN dis
charged him. deciding that an accom-
pice is used by the Government becansc
his evidence is necessary to II conviction; and
being called ms a witness there is an implied OBJ
legation by the Government, If not expressed
that II the witness shall make a full and honest
disclosure Of the facts which have direct bear
ing on the case he shnll not be prosecuted"
In his last annual report Con. ORD said
referring 10 his invasions of Mexico:
u hnyc tried to convince the local authorities across
ne hnrler ihatits far our common interest TO get rid
ne raidins Sayase, IN the most summary manner and
stay there
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Millinery and Fancy Dressmakin

Millinery and Fancy Dressmaking.
Miss Peterson would respectfully in
form the ladies' Of Wlunemucca that
she has now come here to remain, and
will take great pleasure in waiting on
them in anything they may want IN her
line. Hats, caps. bonnets. parasols.
iaces, ribbons, aud all kinds Of plain
or fancy underwear for ladies and
children constantly on hand.
LB@ Plain and fdncy dressmaking a
specially, at prices TO sait ths times.
je2o If
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e. Z c ZAP Hlc.
EASTERN DISPATCHES


PIrTsBURa (Pa.), Aug. Z.
The fast line on the Pittsburg, Gin
cinnati and st, Louis Railroad, which
left this city at 1l:45 last night. met
with q terrible accident at point one
and a half miles west of Mfngo
junction, Ohio. At o'clock this
morning, at the point named, the fast
line. which was twenty minutes behind
time and running at the rate of 40
miles an hour. collided with a freight
train. The entire train, except the
hotel cars aud sleepers. was thrown
from the track and fearfully wrecked.
Eleven or twelve parsons are reported
killed and fifteen or twenty seriously
wounded.
Ovsr-issue of state Bonds.
NEW YORK, Aug. Z.
The Suns special states that an over
issue of $l00, O0O of Pennsylvania State
bonds have been discovered. The
bonds we're issued in 1868.
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INlthe chimney Of one Of the cars of
the Burlington and Lamoille Railroad
Is birds nest containing two eggs.
The car leaves Cambridge junction on
Its daily trips at noon, and gets back
again at 6HI, and during that time the
mother remains at the junction, return
lug to the nest as soon as the Car
comes.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-08-08

The Reno Daily Record, published
by ID. A. Waldo d Co., has made its
appearance. 1t Is newsy and we'll
edited, and it promises to make it red
hot for the refoImers of Washoe, who,
under the guise OF loyalty and honesty,
have been feathering their nests at the
expense OF the public.
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II WANT, and will have q wife with
out sailing" was the remark of a
young man who had three seasons ex.
perisnce of life. His sister, with. only
country girls philosophy, remark ed.
"Ihsp you'll never marry, because,
Should you find sach a woman. she'll
be snfa to want a husband of the same
character.
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APPOINTING DELEGATES.

The Republican Central Committee
Of Nye county appointed delegates to
the State Convention to be held at
Eureka and instructed them to vote for
Conner for Governor. The Enter
prise buoked like a mustang horse
when first saddled and straddled by
vaquero. at the high-handed proceed.
ing, and declared that it smacked of
sharp practice, if not downright per-
tidy and corruption. Now the news
comes from Phoebe that the Republi-
can Central Committee of Lincoln
county met last Saturday and appointed
delegates to the Eureka Convention
pledged to support X. M. Daggett of
the Enterprise for Governor. AS the
action of the Lincoln committee is
similar IN every respect to that of the
Nye committee it is to be inferred from
what the Enterprise says that the Re-
publican executive officers of South
eastern Nevada are guilty of sharp
practice. If not downright perfdy and
corruption. 1t is probable, however,
that the Enterprise would not accuse
the members of its party in Southern
Nevada OF perfdy and corruption if it
Was satisfied at the time the accusation
was made that the Central Committee
OF Lincoln, without consulting the Re-
publlcans of the county. had appointed
delegates,to the State Convention un.
der pledge to support for Governor its
chief editor.
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A LETTER received by Gen. Sherman
from 'ien. Ord, says that Gen. Nc.
keDxae has not crossed into Mexico. as
has 2aen reported; that the river 10 80
AigI hat neither party can Cross.
ASefl Thug. therefore, is quiet on the
Soraer.
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SPECIAL 10 GALS.
Notice TO Water Consume,

Notice to Water Consumers.
During the extension of the water
works fume water will be turned on
the mains from the reservoir for half
an hour, as follows: Morning, $50;
to Z; noon, 1l:30 to IL M; night, $50
to 8. au5.tf
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Resolved. BY the Assembly, the Senate
concurring That Article ELEVEN IN of the
Constitution of the State of Nevada b. amend
ed by adding to Article Eleven Ia section ten
(l0) thereto, which shall read AS 1ol .ows:
Section ien. no public funds of any kind
or character whatever, State. County or mu-
nicipsl, shall be used for seclariau PURPOSES.
Passed February ~, 1877.
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SHERIFF'S SALE,

10y VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION ISSUED
1D out of the District Court of the
Fourth judicial District Of Nevada, in and
for the county OF Humboldt, on the I'D day Of
August, A. ID. 1873 upon Judgment recov ered
in said Court on the I'd day August 1875 in
1avor OF ]. W. Brown, plaintiff, and against
W. X. Cheney, defendants, for the sum of
l,oo6 34-l00 damages, besides interest, costs
and disbursements, have levied upon and
taken in execution the following described
property, to wit;
Three horses, mare and colt, 224 head (be-
sides calves VI stock cattle, beef steers and
COWS, OF which number aboat $50 head are
peer steers and stock cattle, and A head are
COWS with caves following them) belonging
to w. Il, Cheney and i'll his brand,
Notice is hereby given that on
THURSDAY, 9th DAY OF AUGUST. A. d 1878
between the hours of nine O'clock In the
morning and five o'clock in the evening TO
wit: at l o'clock p. NJ. Of said day, at L. L.
hickaTd's Livery Stable in town OF Winnie
mucca, humboldt county, nevada, l will ex-
pose to sale at public auction. to the highest
bidder for cash III hand, payable only in u. S.
gold coin, all the above described proper v
or SO much thereof as may be necessary TO
satisfy said judgment, costs and accruing
costs.
Given under my hand, at my Office in Win
nemucca, humboldt county, Nevada. this
Srd day Of August, A. ID. 1878.
G. A. KYLE,
auotd snerln humboldt county, New.
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hereby certify the foregoing to be true COP
les from the enrolled resolutions on file in my
office.
Witness my hand and. the Great Seal of
State, August 3, 1873. j. ID. MINOR,
lsRAL.l Secretary of state.
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ALI QUIET AT Reno; The Chinese
Esse not driven cut of the town. as
seEssiaaed. aud no attempt WAS made
90 Ia 70 them out
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DISPATCHES
The Bosnian and Herzegovinian Die
ficulties.

The Bosnian and HerzegOvinian Die
ficulties.
VIENNA, August z.
The, Cabinet is strongly urging the
Porte, in view of the Bosnian and Her.
zegoyinlan difficulties, to come lmme-
dlately to clear understanding about
the position. the Porte intends to as
sumo.
Awards at the Paris Exposition.
PARIS, August Z.
The names of the successful compete.
tors at tine International Exposition will
soon be made public. The official list
of awards will be published about the
10th of the present month.
Delegate Arrived.
PARIS. August Z.
General Walker, of the American dele
gates to the International Monetary
Congress has arrived here.
Another COiiiery Disaster.
LONDON, August Z.
The Globe reports that an explosion
occurred this afternoon In a coal mine
at Larlmerston, near Berwick. Thirty
tive men were III the mine at the time,
only two of whom have yet been got
out, and they were severely burned.
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DROPOSED AMENDMENT TO
u the Constitution of the state OF Nevada,
passed at the Eighth Session OF the Legisla-
tufe: GsA sAaasa A---4Xs5
Resolved, That there shall be added to the
present Constitution Of this 5 ase an Article to
be called and known as Article XVIII, and
which shall be as follows:
ARTICLE XVIII.-The rights Of suffrage and
Office holding snail not be withheld from any
male citizen oi the United States. by re son Of
his color or previous condition Of seryttude
Passed February 10, 1871
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ARTESlAN WELLS.

YEyHE UNDERSIGNED BEGS LEAVE
to inform the public that no now
prepared, with the most approved machinery,
to sink Artesian Wells in any part of the state
ON the shortest notice.
All orders or communications ON the sub
ject address {. CAf"op Il Palmer. Batts
Mountain. will receive I,-Hmpt attention.
=, l. CAHOON