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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1878-08-06

,ar.,,roud,ut amount was added by the
senate. ,o the bill, IT,, they passed the House and
what ,,.i, tt. character vi the addition
senator Window The total OF snch additions is
>lSp1lIl2 80 part of tbi, amount was cNtrava-
-,us,. but the whole was iu compliance with some
OBJ. cations NJ tle Government which could not Toe
Ii.r0r,b'v cysdcd or boz rhe line Of economical eN-
lvujirure>
Thi, Will very clearly appear 10y reference to the
item, constituting the additions The following are
the amount, added hy the senate 90 the NeVelal
hills
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1878-08-06

APP PRECIPITATION INCREASED
S2S. 132. 36:5. 40.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-11-14
DAILY SILVER STATE.
Thursday..... November Ii. 1878.
A NEW ELECTION Law.

Through the columns of the Virginia
Chronicle. an old citizen proposes a
new election plan. He says:
Let a certain day be set apart for
selling State offices at public auction,
and let them be knocked down from the
steps of the State Capitol to the highest
bidder. The respective candidates for
each office could bid for the place, and
the man with the longest purse could
receive bis election certificate by paying
the cash down, and all the worry, ex
element and speech making of the
campaign could be done away with
BY this plan an unsuccessful candidate
need not spend dollar needlessly.
County offices could be sold in the same
way from the steps of the courthouse,
aud the whole business finished salts
factoriIy in day. No primaries, no
conventions. no elections. no campaign
fights. no slanderous reports, no sore
heads. no vexatious counting aud no
continual treating of buumers, pimps
aud loafers who follow the footsteps of
candidates before election. Why should
one beat about the bush for weeks try
Ing 10 buy his way into Office, when the
whole thing could be settled on the new
plan by by single cash payment?
The "old citizen" is undoubtedly a
defeated candidates; yet his plan is
worthy of consideration. 1t is perhaps
as we'll, i: not better, to dispose of the
several Offices at public auction to the
highest bidder, as to sell them in con-
ventions. as is too frequently the case
nnder the present system, and make
tue weakest candidate before the people
appear the strongest in conventions.
Rings and combinations which control
conventions are the banA of the system
now in vogue for nominating candidates
aud some other method ought to be
adopted. though the people are not
quite prepared for SO radical change
as selling the Offices to the highest cash
bidder.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-11-14
RAILROAD COMBINATION.

1t is asserted That the Central and
Union Pacific railroad companies have
formed new alliance for offensive and
defensive purposes. according to the
terms of which, the Southern Pacific
Railroad will be connected with the
Atchinson, Topeka aud Sante Fe Rail.
road. which is controlled by the Union
Pacific. instead of being continued
through to tide water. The object of
this combination is to prevent legisla-
soa in the interest of competing lines
trom the Atlantic to the Pacific States
A convention of merchants has been
sailed to meet in Chicago. to devise a
method of securing cheap transporta-
ZION from the Mississippi Valley to the
Pacific Coast. b. urging Congress to
sake such action as may lead to the
speedy completion of competing lines.
and thus prevent the new alliance from
accomplishing its design.
If platforms have any meaning, the
people of Nevada may reasonably ex-
pect State and National Legislation the
coming winter against discrimination
gu railroads. Both parties III this
State pledged their nominees for Con.
gress aud the Legislature to use every
sndeavor to regulate by law fares aud
freights on railroads within this State,
and the people expect their representa-
tves elect to abide by these pledges.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-11-14
DISPATCHES


LONDON. Nov. I3.
AT meeting of committee of the
Kent aud Sussex Laborers' Union, it
was unanimously resolved to accept tue
otter OF the Canadian Government, to
set of 5000 acres OF Iaud for the locked
out laoorers who may emigrate to
Canada.
An Archbishop Fined.
LONDON. Nov. l3.
The Posen Gazette states that Arch.
bishop Ledocho xski has again been
sentenced III contumacia to a fine OF
lo,OoO marks. or two years imprison-
ment. Tor communicating a local
priest.
Succeeds TO the Archbishops
ROME, Nov. ID.
The Very Reverend Monsignor Nc.
Cabe, Vicar General TO the late Cardi.
nal Cullen, has been selected TO succeed
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-11-14
MAJORITIEs sIO.EY COUNTY.

The official majorities for candidates
for State offices IN Storey county are as
follows:
j. II. Kinkead 725. ii. Il. Mlghels
90. Il. NJ. Daggett $50. Thomas p.
uawley 795, III A. Murphy 1.095. q f..
Bicknell Ill, Jasper Babcock 72l, l..
l.. Crockett 593. j. +. HalIock 456. j.
ID. Hammond 12j, A. j. Hatch 6g5.
Richard Rising was elected District
Judge by 1912 majority.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-11-14

A young woman in Atlanta, Ca,
bought from an elderly woman her son
for the purpose of making husband
of him. The young man was twenty
years old; the mother. however, sold
him for muslin dress and few yards
of calico. The trade was made on Sun
day, and the man was to be delivered
three miles from the purchaser s house
on the Tuesday following; and,
although that Tuesday was bad day,
the fair purchaser walked in the rain
to get possession.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-11-14
One of ahn Lion.

OF New York is Crittsnton's immense
Medicine Warehouse, No. z, Sixth
Avenue; aud this "llon" establishment
has Its lion preparation Hale Honey
OF Horehound aud Tar-fo the cure of
coughs, colds, inhaenZ4 aud Bronchitis.
No medicinal agent introduced during
the present century has created more
profound sensation among all classes of
the community than this absolute
specific for ali ordinary affections of the
organs Of respiration. Sold by drug
gists everywhere at 90 cents and 81.
Great saving to purchase large size.
Pixies Ioothache Drops cure tooth.
ache In one minute. sold by all drug
glsts at % cents.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-11-14

Women often dress as men tor the
sake OF getting employment, but why
a man lived for year in Dakota in
petticoats. passing for Mrs. Noonan"
and doing Laundry work for the soldiers
at Fort Lincoln, is not explained, His
fraud Was not discovered, but he con.
fessed il on his deathbed.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-11-14

A Boston woman induced her rather
weak. minded husband 10 Will ali lis
property to her. aud then locked him
up III d woodhouse TO die. while she re
eeisei the courtship of the man whom
sue intended to marry when she be-
same widow. la her absence, the
husband 5 friends made a search, and
Aund him einaciated, dragged, and
nearly dead. She was arrested
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-11-14
WHAT SAkGGNr TANKS.
Home News from the National
Capital

Home News from the National
Capital
A Washington dispatch reads as fol.
lows:
Senator Sargent has SO far recovered
that he Was able TO take drive yester.
day. and will be out again to morrow
Some features of his illness have been
Identical with various recognized symp.
toms OF yellow fever. aud he thiuks
that he may have become slightly III.
fected with that disease in passing
through Wtnnemucca, where several
Souihern yellow fever refugees had a
short tune previously bsen qlarantined.
Isu't 1t strange that Senator OF the
United States should have sucn strange
thoughts? Infected With the yellow
fever while passing through WInnemuc.
Ca III palacs car, and that too, before
the election. when two men were conf.
dent OF being elected to every single
Once IN the gift OF the people. 1t is 10
be- feared that the san Francisco
Chronicles expose of S4rgent's con-
nection with RIGGS III California las
impaired his mind.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-11-14
Dissatisfied Gia..biowers.
CHICAGO, Nov. /

CHICAGO, Nov. ID.
The Tribune's Pittsbar9 special
says: Tue blowers Of all the glass fac
tories have given notice of strike Sat-
urday, on account of the new measures
OF Independence adopted By the mas.
tiers. and would return only on their
own terms. The people are uneasy
aud apprehensiys here, and fears of a
spread over the country to all the craft
are entertained.
Mouth Alabama District
MONTGOMERY. Ala, Nov, ID.
Shelly Cd is elected to Congress
over Haralsou (colored Il by over 2,
100 majority.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-11-14
T Z l. G T. Fl a = HiC.
DISPATCHES
strike of Female weavers.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. l3.
The female power loom weayers in
the carpet mills of the Nineteenth Ward
struck on account of the notification of
a reduction OF their wages of one cent
per yard. The strikers are willing to
accept half cent reduction.
strike of the Ohio Coal Miners.
CINCINNATI, Nov. Is.
All the coal mIners III the vicinity of
Zanesvlile, Ohio, are on strike, de-
mandlng quarter of cent advance
per bushel
The Inter~Ocea mic CanaI-N carugua
Route.
Nav YORK, Nov. 10.
The Sun says: Rear Admiral Am.
men read a paper before-the Geograph-
zeal Society last ght on the Nicaragua
route. The Admiral said: 40 route
exists comparable with that. The most
important physical feature is the exist
anee OF Lake Nicaragua. which, when
full. is los feet above the ocean levels.
This is designed to be the summit level
of the canal. Tbs cost of the canal
will fall short of $4,000 900. The
question at Issue Is, can the inter-
oceanic canal be constructed with nd
vantage TO Its constructors, as we'll as
to the advantage OF the commerce OF
the world. Information from the best
sources Indicates that not less than
1900. 900 tons of British aud American
shipping would pass through the canal
yearly, and that tbs aggregate tonnage
OF the commercial powers would be
very great. The saving OF distance be-
tween New York and San francisco
would be $500 miles. The Admiral
advocated the construction OF the canal
on an international basis.
Dissatisfied GIas.bIowers,
CHICAGO, Nov, ID.
h. L
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-11-14

In is reported that Rev. j. d Ham,
ssoLd, who was beaten by ID. Il. SEES.
aions for State Superintendent of
Public Instruction. is to be Principal
VI the State University at EIko, the
npaitiop which Sessions now fills.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-11-14

There are fifteen prisoners in the
Elko county Jail, three serving out sen.
fences aud twelve held to answer before
the Grand Jury, which is now in ses-
sion.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-11-14
to the Archbishopric, and will probably
be made Cardinal.
English Labor Troubles,
BuRNLEY { Fog J, Nov. l;

BURNLEY { Fog }, Nov. 10.
1t is estimated that in consequence
OF tbs stoppage of machinery the
amount paid here in wages is a
third less than before the strike.
Several hundred looms are under
notes to stop next week.
A large number of masters are
resembling the ruls which compels them
to give notice before stopping their
mills.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-11-14
Dresslna kIng

Mrs. Jennie Rhodes Is prepared to
do plain and fashionable dressmakiug
to order. oct8 If.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-11-21

knoning " e can mt ysa. We solicit patronage hom every section of tie uHt
2r RFEce& aHa Aerf@a> @d fDra OBJ ot G} Agricultural iaBer to-
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-11-21

nELExA PaoDuck nAaKET.

II is gratifying to note the firmness which
aas characterized our produce markets 1oi
,hs past two months. At the beginning OF
he fall season flour was forced down some
g.aat BY the low bids on Government con
iraets, but the supplying of these contracts
mas kept the mills engaged 50 hat but niue
new wheat for thc markets could pc ground
This has helped TO bring prices back 70 pet
Ter figures, and now that the season h 50 Tar
advanced. there is little probability OF prices
roine down before the coming Of me Jresn
crop next year. ii at all. The operations OF
Major John r. Bruce in -four have ilao
much to do with tho -four markets. us
purchases OF wheat appear to have worker
ady~antagcously III two ways, that % sup
plyino the farmers with cash, and ~ hoid~
inv 4 eort II control OF the trade and keep
inc ii 40 to good prices, for which ne = en-
titled to thanks from the farming cofainhl-
ity. The price Of oats Is already beginning
10 advance. This was predicted NY Us some
time AGO. Our farmers can now sec ttat
what we haze said was true. Ne AGAIN
saw. hold on for prices that will remlhefate
you for yorr labor and you will get it. Oar
knowledge Of the oat yield in the several
valleys warrants a. in saying this. We will
Give i new list Of prices next week.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-11-21
brood Mares and young Horses for
Sale.

Tie Undersigned has for sale about Is head Of
.sii breed American brood raaleA and young
Nossea, ana \ fine American srolfing stallion. Il.
goea As any IN Montalsa. There aie about twenty
colts TINS rear. and the mares have been kf445. AL
50 q span Of hne wagon or buggy horses, black and
yell matched. Persons wishing 10 20 into tie
stacs o7siness cannot ind = better ttera of raasra j1
,oontSns. Ihts stock must be sold, and can lie
teeGet 3 az usn's own price. GEO. +. GOpn.
Meadow Irela, Montana.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-11-21
PATRONS or HUSBANDRY.
The National Grange was to have met at
Richmond, Va. yesterday.
II WORK AHEAD.


WAN ft1g s4sonth enssva, NE snaM ans4A ap \
the third Quarter Of the year, bur he tas'
quarter will remain. This is a reflection
.llai force. itself upon as a we look about
and over gle State 10 sec Wl,at the subofdltl-
a1e gfaa&a~ have done and are likely 70 GO
liz 3fe.aft year. Like everything else, the
wafR III fhe order can by 40 mems stand
stills IL Dlist either 90 backward offor"ard.
IFS hardly possible 10 find / grange where
il ii net painfully evident that ground has
beef, lost, or quite apparent that progress
has been made.
But, whatever the condition Of q grange
rnav be, prosperous or otherwise. i may al
be traced 10 some well defined cause, cisie1
among which may always he found the III
ness OF officers for the positions which they
hold. 1.-THE leading officers oi 4 grange are
possessed OIL Wisdom and zeal, the success 81
the eis4noe Il assured, but il they are inetfie-
ieat ana Indifferent. hut little can be hoped
for. Il Is very easy 70 fall into habits OF IN
dolence during the busy seasons ht spring
and summer. but it does not follow that the
interests need bt permitted to shate. L isa
very easy thing for . master 10 say ID eA-
tenuasion OF his " shortcomings. as he
sees the gfauge dWindling away il interest
and numbers. you can't get farmers out
very generally during the summer Ilas
il true OF some oranges. but there is always
4 cause Tor IL. Where better counsels have
prevailed, no such difficulties are eXper
fenced. There are within our knowledge
oranges which have held weekly meetings
throughout The busy season, SO called, an,
ut no time has there been less than fifty pres
cit and often nearly q hundred at q time
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-11-21

From I'LL parts of the country reports
come oil the Immense sales and Increasing
demand for that deserying!y popular Sew
ing Machine, The Old and Reliable Stan
pARn.' the price of which, the proprietors
wisely reduced to $40 including all the at
taelnents, and at once secured for them Il
popularity among the people, lar beyond
that ever yet attained by any other mn
chine At any price, The consequence Of which
is agents are leaving the old high priced ina
e%ttiues, and seeking territory for the Stan
nARn," Knowing from experience that
@ish the best goods ST the lowest price they
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-06-12
A Novel Walking Project.

On the 1st of May q novel undertaking
in pedestrianism was begun at Toronto
by an amateur athlete named j. Duff
Henderson. he proposes to walk q dis
tance equal to the earth g circumference,
and to finish his task within two years.
choosing the localities in which to walk,
and resting where he pleases: He Will
spend several days in walking before
leaving Toronto, and will probably cross
soon afterward into the United States.
Henderson is afine, stalwart Scotchman,
twenty-eight years old, and house car
penter by trade. He stands six feet IN
his stockings, and has a stride varying
from forty.two to forty-six inches. He
has not undergone much special train
ing for this undertaking, his hackers
feeling confident that he will improve
as he goes on, and being afraid to post
pone the commencement till the warm
weather begins. He will visit the prln-
cipal cities in America, and proposes
crossing to Europe in time to reach
Paris before the close of the Exhibition.
He will be accompanied for time by
DIR. Ryder, a. hygienic practitioner, who
is also one of his hackers. BE intends
to keep up an ordinary diet, and to avoid
the use of tobacco and spirits, as he has
always done. He is perfectly sound in in
limb, wind and digestion, and will
drink little or nothing except pure
water. he is to receive $50 . month
and expenses, and if he succeeds he is
to. receive $4,000. To accomplish his III,
task by the ist of May, 1880, he will
be obliged to walk forty miles a day on
an average, and he expects to gain
enough on this during the first few
months to enable him to dispense with
walking on board ship while crossing the
Alantic,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-06-12
A Rbinocer0s Attacks q Train.

At Pittsburgh, Pa, there was an e1'
citing accident recently, while the rail
road show of the Sells Bros. was making
its advent into the city, The cages OF
the menagerie were loaded on fiat cars.
a projection near the Point bridge
struck the cages and overturned three OF
them, containing a rhinoceros, lion and
black bear. A large crowd Of people
had been attracted to the spot, and fol-
lowing on the heels of the accident there
was an incident that made the people
scatter like leaves before the wind. The
rhinoceros escaped from his cage, and
at q fast gait started up the railroad
track. No one was particularly desirous
of being in his way, and consequently
everybody cleared out or got IN secure
positions. The frightened and exasper-
ated beast soon encountered a locomo-
tive, at which he made q lunge, and
from the pilot tore off an iron bar with
as much ease it would have ripped away
a strip of board. Then he dashed at a
freight car, in the side of which he
knocked big hole. Mr.. Kelly, his
keeper, finally caught up with him, and,
catching him by tho ear, attempted to
lead him away, but he refused to obey.
Kelly then leaped ON his back, and was
treated to ride Of several hundred
wards. The showmen eventually sue.
ceeded in lassooing the rhinoceros, and
with the aid of half a hundred men he
was forced into box car, from which a
transfer to his cage was subse-
ouently made. The bear displayed
his agility by running up an
inclined plane for some distance Pc
fore he was captured. He would doubt
less have reached the top. had he been
let alone,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-06-12
Act from Principle.

How few persons there are whose
lives are governed entirely from pr1nn'
ple rather than inclination. Even those
of us who may be endeavoring to live
for high purposes. come far short OF our
aspirations; alas how very tar short:
How often we find our convictions OF
right and duty questioning if it might
not be as we'll for US to yield to molina
ton, Just for the time, promising our
disturbed consciences that we will make
up for the present indulgence by more
vigorous self-denial and stricter attention
to duty. Vain, falacious reasoning OF q
weak nature | we can never make up tor
one neglected opportunity, one mis-
spent hour, one wrong, selfish act. Once
past. the opportunity unimproved, the
hour wasted, the act committed, 1t ls
beyond our reach TO recall, except IN
thoughts of regret. We may atone tor
it, but we can never change the past:
Alasl how painfully we are aware OF
this fact. Then should we all endeaVor
the more earnestly to make our lives
embodiments of principle; for we al
know that, after all, the path OF duty
though sometimes rugged, ls not Win
out sweet pleasures; and let us never
follow our inclinations, if they would
lead us away from right. Then shall we
be permitted at the last to look back
upon our lives with satisfaction, feeling
that we have "done what we could, "
and that our Father regards us with
approval.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-06-12
What the Girls Should be Doing.

The taste, skill and industry Of the
daughters of the family can hardly be
put to better use than in devising and
executing floral and vinal adornments
for the home. II the porches and YER
andahs are not already furnished with
vines, don't delay another week, but put
in some roots of woodbine at once. What
q comfort it is in the hot days of summer
to have vine-curtained porch in which
to sit. Then there is the arrangement
of Aower-baskets to look after. For
fifteen or twenty cents each very SER
viceable wire baskets can now be had,
and half.dozen of them filed with
suitable plants and vines will go great
ways towards rendering the door.yard
and porches attractive Rose culture
ought to be added to the accomplish
ments OF our girls. A rosebud garden
of girls" is very pretty poetry; but Q
garden.bed of roses, with bright girl
tending it, is an equally pretty fact
Golden Rule.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-06-12
A Floating Hospital.

It is strange story of the sea that
comes from the bark Beatrice Haviner,
which has just reached port after a voy-
age commenced on the 18th of Decem-
ber, during which three of the crew
died from a disease which seems to
battle medical analysis. The bark came
from Padang, one Of the East India
isles, and was laden with green Java
coffee. Whether the exhalations from
this cargo poisoned the men, or whether
they had contracted the Java fever be-
fore starting on their return voyage,
does not appear /; but whichever it was,
it prostrated the entire crew, and for
two days they we're so weak that only
the mate could move about, and, sitting
in chair, steered the bark. Coleridges
Ancient Mariner had not much worse
time with his dead crew than did this
mate with his sick and delirious COM
panions. Finally they fell in with other
vessels, obtained fresh supplies of qui-
nine and loans of men, and by slow de-
grees worked themselves into port. For
four months the bark was a floating
hospital, and the principal wonder is
that she ever reached port at all.-Ne0
York Erpress.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-06-12
A Powerful Voice,

Just before the thunder storm on
Saturday evening last, aWhitehall man
stepped into the telegraph Office at this
place, and requested the privilege Of
talking through tho telephone with his
wife, who was visiting friends at Troy.
Mr.. John W. Eddy, the gentlemanly
assistant manager, granted the request,
and the WHITEWATER began operations.
He couldn't be prevailed upon to believe
that it was really his wife who was talk.
ing to him, and she 80 many miles away.
He finally asked her to say or do some
thing known to themselves only, that he
might be convinced thati was her. Just
then rambling streak OF lightning
came in on the wires, keeling the hus.
band over on his head, when he jumped
to his feet and exclaimed: y.
"That's the ole wcman, sartin'-only
she's erode q l-e-e-etle more powerful
since She left hum. - Whitehall Times.