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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-15
EASTERN NEW S,
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SPECIAL TO THE EUREKA DAILY SENTINEL.


Political.
New YORK, March IA.
The "Tribune's" Washington corre-
spondent says the fight for the ~Speakership
has now become active. The friends Of
Tilden are supporting Randall. Every
thing relating to politics is now studied at
Washington with reference to its bearing
on the campaign OF 1880. The friends Of
Tilden say that il that gentleman is not
dominated for President by the Democrats,
Tilden will see to it that the Democrats do
not carry New York. There is talk about
q roll Of the House being made up in such
. manner as to give Democrats . better
chance. The Democratic Representatives
who have been on the sick list are rapidly
recovering. Acklen is on the street.; Sim
gleton, Of Illinois. has already arrived, as
has also Bland of Missouri. Lay il said to
be on his way, and it now looks as though
the Democratic roll would be full when
the house is called TO order next Tuesday
morning.
The Worlds" Washington correspond
ent says: At Greenback headquarters, to-
day, the leaders announced that the Ma
tionals would support the Democrats to
secure q repeal Of avs which permit Fede-
raj ~ofice-holders TO control elections.
Samuel Carey. Of Ohio, is said to be .
candidate Cor Clerk Of the House.
Fate Of the Gloucester Fishing YES
fa sells.
CHICAGO, March II.
The latest advices from Boston leave but
little doubt concerning the fate Of the
Gloucester fishing vessels. On the night
Of February Goth, when fifty Gloucester
fishing vessels were on the Georges Banks,
. violent northeast gale. with binding
snow and sleet, broke upon them while
they were in q most dangerous position.
1t lie feared that IA OF the vessels are lost.
with lag men Al Of the men being mar
ried, and were fathers Of nearly 100 chill
dren. The property Lost amounts to
$3.50 0 The excitement In Gloucester for
the past ten days has been intense. and a.
vessel after vessel came in with no tidings
OF the missing. the greatest anxiety pre-
vailed. There is . ray Of hope for some OF
the missing, but it il certain that most Of
them are lost. The owners believe that
the vessels and crews will never be heard
from. No great financial distress is ex-
pected In Gloucester. but . general do
preston 10 looked for.
Horr0rs of the Burmah Massacre.
CHICAGO, March IA.
A "Times" London special says: The
Burmah massacre was conducted with all
the refinement Of Oriental barbarity, re-
calling the horrors OF Cawnpore, during
the mutiny. Fortunately, the victims were
not Europeans. Prince Whomking, the
most hated, was compelled to see his wife
outraged. his children mutilated, his
mother beaten TO death with sticks. and
their bodies thrown into . well, where
other bodies we're hurled in mutilated con-
fusion. Children were hacked and torn
limb from limb before their parents eyes.
The European population is greatly ex-
cited. Prompt action Of the viceroy has
already brought fsinforcements on the
scene for defensive operations. This sp-
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To the Public.

DROFEssOR H. G.. RIxEN, WHO FOR
Il many years has been a student of Astrol.
ogy. ia now ready to receive patrons. to tell
their fortunes. and to inform them under what
planets they were born. under which condi-
tions tt cir life and fortune are destined. As
the Professor does not wish to deliver his rev.
Citations to anyone hastily, and IL very DESTROYS
10 give entire satisfaction, early calls are s,li-
cited. Once hours from . A. N. to IL NJ. and
from . to Q P. n. up stairs, on the west side of
North Buel street.
Eureka, February ~, 1879. felix's II
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King having dispatched an envoy 70 the
viceroy.
George q. Vest. Of Missouri.
WASHINGTON, March IA.
Senator-elect, George 3. Vest, OF Mis-
souri,, arrived here last night. He was the
center Of observation for a time among
the colonies and judges, who thronged the
Office OF the hotel. Mr.. Vest will be the
smallest man. physically, in the Senate.
He is more diminutive than Eaton, OF
Connecticut, or Sharon, Of Nevada. He
il, however, o man OF considerable pres
ence, and looks like Q small edition OF
Matt. Carpenter. He has rarely, il ever.
visited Washington before. He was a Con-
federate Brigadier, but he does not wear
the aspect Of one nov.
The International Rine Match.
New YORK, March IA.
At o meeting of the Committee on the
International Rife Match, Of the National
Rifle Association, yesterday afternoon,
Major Henry Fulton, Chairman Of the
Committee, was directed to ascertain from
Sir Henry Halford, Captain Of the British
rifle team, upon what conditions the match
could be arranged between the teams re-
presenting Great Britain and this country.
The Score Of h Pedestrians
New YORK, March IA.
The tramp is still continued in Gilmore's
Garden. From midnight, last night, to IL
o'clock to-day, the fastest miles made by
each man were rs follows: Howell, 3S7th
mile, in 9 minutes and IS seconds; Ennis,
337th mile, in Is minutes and 90 seconds;
Hartman, 349th mile, in 10 minutes and
10 seconds. The score at 10 A. M. to-day
was as follows: Rowell, 3S5 miles; Ennis,
357 miles; Hartman, 345 miles.
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BRITISH COLUMBIA.


NmS SuSpecteHs
VICTORIA, March IA.
We are still without news from Alaska.
The prolonged absence Of the British war
ship gives rise to the l~iveiiest apprehen-
sion for the safety Of that settlement. The
steamer Grappler, from Fort Wrangle, has
just arrived. She left on the 9th, to which
date there were no t:dings from Alaska.
The Collector OF Customs at Wrangle in
formed persons on board Of the steamer
that traces had been found OF three or four
men, who left Wrangle three or four years
since, on a prospecting expedition Tor
Sitka, with some $4,000 with them. The
trace found shows that the men we're foul
ly murdered for their money. The lndi-
ans who were with them are suspected OF
the crime.
On Sunday, the I'd instant, at Mill Bank
Sound, five Indians were drowned by the
upsetting of a canoe, and on the same day
three Indians at Bella Coola were thrown
out Of a canoe and met with a similar fate.
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$40 Reward.

A GRAY HORSE BRANDED b ONH-
"A the left hip. and d on the NATION
hip. The hind feet are white. and also the
tail. The horse was lost about two months ago
In Newark Valley. Any person who will return
said horse 10 me, will secure the above re-
ward. CHARLES CERESA.
Eureka, March .. 1879, ml-lm*
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NOTICE.

A LII ACCOUNTS DUE THE LATE FIRM
IA OF Ed. H. Dean Il Co., contracted prior to
the lat day OF January, 1879. are payable 10 me,
and creditors are requested 10 settle promptly,
or the accounts will be placed in the hands OF
attorney for collection.
JAMES MIDDLEMAs.
Eureka. Feb. %, 1879. feb27-tf
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NOTICE.

HAVING DISPOSED OF MY INTEREST IN
IL the grocery store on Main street, next to
the Peoples Market. to NJ. l.. dregovich, l
hereby give notice that l will collect and pay
date. NICK MILLICH.
Eureka, March IA, 1879. mar15tf
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MRS.
south Main street, opposite Moore Bros. stable
NOTICE.

HAvIHG SOLD OUT MY BUSINESS IN
III the Exchange Restaurant. Of the cornss
OF Main and Clark streets. l intend closing oa'
the business this Tuesday evening, sna ~
quest all persons indebted 70 me TO MAKE ~
present them for payment.
MRS. LOUISA HIeLLi.
Eureka, March 10, 1873. marii
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An Assemblyman Hung In Eflgy.
VIRGINIA CRY, March IA.
John Flannery, one Of the Assemblymen
from Storey county, who fell down on the
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IT has 70 BE- on > very small scale. but
ON that scale the Secretary Of the Treas
ury has determined TO reciprocste the &C.
we're measures adopted by Great Britain
in regard TO the importation Of American
cattle into England. Orders have boon is
sued 70 prevent the landing in New York
Of some sheep imported for breeding pur-
poses. Somehow We hardly think we shall
get sven in this way. We import by the
psir, and export by the hundred.
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At last adyioes the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company's track was laid $50
miles east FROM San Francisco.
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yos four years the Texas Pacific Rail-
road Company have been endeavoring to
ssouys The ao-opsrstion Of the South in
their sttsmpt 70 build . soatheFn rosd in
it, interest. but having failed in this. they
have decided to give mp the struggle. and
have Withdrawn from their fight before
Congress.
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Notice to Miners and Contractor

GEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED
- by the Bay State Silver Mining Company
until March Goth at ~ O'Clock NJ at the Parker
House, Eureka, for running 3 tunnel and sink
ing a shaft at their mines in Newark.
Separate bids for tunnel and shaft, and at
least six names TO each proposal will be re-
quired.
The Company reserve the right TO reject any
or all fids.
Location can be examined by calling on
Phillip s. Goss, a. the mines.
Specifications, and all necessary Information,
will be furnished by e. r. CHENEY,
Agent for the Company.
Eureka. March g, 1879. mnr9 I'd
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FOR SALE.

4 COMPLETE OUTFIT FOR H~OrsEKEHP.
IA INC, consisting Of bedstesds, bedding.
chairs. stoves. etc, In fact everything suitable
for . medium sized family. Every thing new
and in perfect order. Also, house for rent.
Apply at this once for further particulars.
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The Hanging Of E. L.. Avery n .
johnson.
PORTLAND, Oregon, March IA.
This afternoon, at 2:30 O'Clock, Eugene
L. Avery, alias Archie Brown. and James
johnson we're hanged in the ~Jail-yard' for
the murder of Louis Joseph, last August.
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pears to have had Q wholesome effect, the
king having dispatched an envoy to the
viceroy.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-07-11
The Bell.Punch Tax in Virginia.

The last Virginia Legislature adopted
some notifications of the Moffett Reg
lister law, the most important of which
was reduction of the tax on every al
coholic drink from 81 cents to II cents.
The changes went into effect on the LIST
of May, and at the same time the courts,
in renewing the licenses of dealers,
generally announced that they would be
held to much stricter account in future.
The first months returns in Richmond
show that the saloon-keepers are turn
ing the cranks of their registers more
conscientiously than of old. Though
the number of places in the city where
alcoholic registers are used is but 257
this year against $50 last year, the
smaller number recorded 81, 9l3 drinks
in May. against but 1857 by the larger
quota of registers in April. A similar
increase in the number of malt drinks
registered is noticed, from 104,11O in
April to 121, $3.50 in May. The tax on
the latter was not changed, but the re-
duction of the levy on alcoholic drinks
nearly one-half brings down the gross
revenue from the registers of both
kinds from 1896 in April to 1886 in
May.
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AN italian official report lately pub
lished gives summary OF the criminal
statistics of the first four months of this
year. During that time there were 545
murders, 406 attempts to murder, 1,400
assaults with serious bodily injury, and
7,015 assaults with slight injury. This
gives daily average OF 90 armed at
tacks against persons. Very remarka-
BILE is the different proportion in which
these crimes fall to the share of the
several provinces. Foremost stands
Sicily, in which during those four
months there was murder for every
10000 inhabitants; next comes the
province of Rome, with q murder for
every $4,000, In the Neapolitan dis
trict the ratio was q murder to every
10000; in Sardinia, one to every 20, 1000;
in Tuscany, one to every $4,000; in
Piedmont, one to every $1,000. The
condition of things in the former Aus
trian provinces was the most satisfacto-
ry. In Lombardy the ratio was one
murder during the four months to
every 100000 inhabitants, while in the
districts formerly comprised under the
term Venetia the ratio had decreased to
one in every 122, 900.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-07-11
The Responsibilities Of HumOrists.
Oliver Wendell Holmes informs us

- II is a very serious thing
To be a funny man."
and most of those who have ever gained
a reputation for wit, or made the ac-
quaintance of one of those preternatur-
ally solemn and funereal-looking indi-
viduals whose lives are made miserable
by the consciousness that the public
looks to them for diurnal drse of dis
guised physic in the shape of jokes, can
corroborate the genial Doctors state
ment. The responsibility entailed by
reputation for being perennial fount
of spontaneous humor is enough to
make a man prematurely aged. He must
constantly maintain a high-water of hi
larity, and occasionally surpass himself.
Not satisfied with his professional eff
forts III this line, he is expected to scat
ter jests around him in his daily walk
and conversation, to write neatly-turned
epigrams for young ladies' albums, and
to scintillate at social entertainments.
If he is invited out to dinner, it is a
tacit understanding that he shall pay
for the meal by. his humor, and it be-
hooves him tc get plentifully provided
with a stock of extempore puns and
conundrums. to be dispensed at appro.
pirate intervals. If he does not feel up
to the mark, his host will probably spur
up his tagging energies with the re-
mark that he is unusually dull, or some
other pleasing reminder of his breach
of an implied contract. A fearful warn
ing against the social perils of humor-
lists career is conveyed in the anecdote
of the gentleman who habitually earned
his dinners by his wit, and on one oc-
casion of temporary Observation-Disclosures
was recalled to a sense of his duties to
society by the following message deliv-
cred in an audible tone by the daughter
of the hostess: Mammals compliments
to Mr.. -, and she wishes to know
when he is going to begin to be funny9'
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Daniel Webster.

Mr. Justice Miller, of the Supreme
Court, is quoted as relating o story told
him of Daniel Webster by the late
Judge Curtis. 1t illustrates Webster's
care in the construction of his ad-
dresses. Early in Curtis professional
life he had been employed rs Junior
counsel to Mr.. Webster in an important
case. A consultation being necessary,
Mr.. Webster invited him to call at his
office at as early an hour after daylight as
he could find convenient. When he
arrived he found Mr.. Webster, with the
papers on the table before MIN, a pen in
hand, and several sheets of paper writ
ten over. IL am very glad to see you"
said Mr.. Webster. Il have been taxing
my brain for the last five minutes for
the proper word in the sentence l am
just writing, and can't call it up. Per
haps you can assist me-" After some
suggestions the proper word was found,
to Mr.. Webster's delight, and the con-
sultation proceeded.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-07-11

Mr.. AND MRS. BowLAN parted in San
Francisco, and the wife began suit for
divorce. The disunited pair met in a
cemetery by appointment, one day, to
attend to the removal of the remains OF
their only child. Mutual grief for the
dead little one appears to have softened
their animosity toward each other, for
they agreed on the spot to become
reconciled, Mrs. Bowlan promising to
drop the lawsuit and live with her hus-
band again. But her heart hardened
as soon as she was out of the grave
yard, and when, on the following day,
Bowlan visited her to complete the
reconciliation, she told him that she
had changed her mind. He thereupon
murdered her.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-07-11

THE ex-Empress Eugene has not
lacked sympathy in her deep and sud
den bereavement. The sovereigns of
England and Germany in particular
have shown their sincere regret at the
untimely death of the young Prince,
and the courts of both countries have
gone into mourning for him. The pri-
vate character of young Louis had won
him many friends. He had received a
fine education at the military school at
Woolwich, and. quite independently
from any imperial ambitions, he was a
young man of much promise. To be
butchered by savages at the age of %
is sad fate. 1t has been rumored that
the Imperialists will rally around Prince
Victor, the eldest son of Prince Jerome
Napoleon Bonaparte; but conflicting
reports are circulated at the present
time concerning the movements OF what
remains of the Imperial party.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-07-11

A WASHINGTON correspondent says
the Postoffice Department is about to
incorporate in its regulations an order
likely to materially reduce the postal
revenue. Some years ago there was a
law passed authorizing the sender of a
newspaper to place upon it some de-
vice or inscription to indicate the send
er of it. Under this law a ruling has
been made which will allow very large
amount of matter hitherto considered
matter of the first class to go at rates
charged for third class matter, or for 8
cents instead of 90 cents per pound.
This includes large amount of insur-
ance and banking business, and gener-
ally would permit a great many busi-
ness blanks, in which there is little or
no writing, to go at the cheap rates
One Postmaster of an Eastern city has
already protested against the PROPOSE
ton, claiming that it will result in the
loss of 100000 to the postal revenue
from his office alone.
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OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
The Four Queer Elves.

Inc rqur queer Etvess
Rufiecumtufie and Floppytyhy
Bibbetybobble and Kickittygo,
We're four queer elves
Who lived by themselves
On q mountain HIGH
And scorned the fairies that dwelt below.
But Bnffiecumtuffie was real dandy:
With whIskers flowing wide and sandy;
And had wonderful wings
Painted with gold and scarlet rings:
And he longed TO dance In the fairies hall,
For he knew he must outshine them all.
SO Ruifiecumtuffie determined to go,
And did not meap that the others should know.
be sought for steed.
To take him down the mountain with speed;
His lone-tailed mouse that pranced so gay
Had stolen away.
So he had to harness an honest toad
To his mushroom car. and take the road.
Twice on the way, his cart broke down;
And while he patched il with sticks and things
He was heard to say " ~ black and by brown"
He was tempted 10 take to his WINGS
but safely he reached the fairies hall,
And was kindly and gayly greeted by ALL
Now Bibbety bobble and Kickttygo and Floppyty-
Were terribly sly
When they found themselves on the mountain
alone,
They guessed where Ruffiecumtuffie had gone,
And wanted to 20 themselves,
The silly, comical elves!
SO they harnessed a turtle safe and slow
TO their family coach, and Kickittygo
Held the reins and hourished the whip
And down with many bump and slip
They rode till they reached the fairies hall,
md were kindly greeted and welcomed by all.
Rufecumtuiile was striding about,
With his head thrown back, and his chest thrown
out
And held himself so stiff and prim
That the fairies would surely have laughed at him
" they had not been quite
Too good and polite.
He had danced and danced with the prettiest fay
And twisted his mustache every way,
nd paraded his wings
With the GOLDEN and scarlet rings,
And felt 80 vain and proud
That he almost chuckled aloud.
But when he saw his brothers three
Come rubbing their hands with elvish glee
With shame and dismay
He almost tainted away.
But fairy flew
For a cup OF the strongest perfumed dew.
And gave him to drink; and they brought sweet
Out of the redhorncd columbine;
aud passed il around to the elves,
Who then straightway
Became so gay
That they hardly knew how to contain them
selves
And when the ravishing music began,
The fairy flutes and viols sweet,
Then it was that each elvish man
Felt such lightness in his feet,
That. snatching the hand of the nearest fay,
Round they whisked in the dest dance
Oh wish, wish you had been that way
10 see them curvet and see them prance.
Bibbetybobbe tumbled about,
just like fat old bumble-bee;
Floppytyfy you could hardly see,
He went fast: and Kickittygo-
His legs like the spokes of a wheel rayed out;
And Rufiecu mtuille-you never will know
How he danced for never tells
And oh! twas wonderful sight for me:
And if again
The eivish men
With the fairies dance, you must go and see.
-Aunette bishop.
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Mistakes by Travellers.

One of the first lessons to be learned
in travelling is to place no confidence in
the supposed ignorance Of the people
you meet. 1t is the most natural thing
in the world to talk freely and careless
ly in English when surrounded by for
eigners, and one rarely appreciates how
general is the knowledge of the princi-
pal modern Ian guages oil over Europe
until he has been Inundated at least
once by the discovery that whatever he
may say in any language and at any
place is quite sure to be understood by
some one present. Very amusing in
stances are related of mistakes in esti-
mating the character of fellow travel
ers, and the latest which has come to
my ears is concerning the poet, Long
fellow, who, it is well known, is often
claimed to be al Englishman. The
story goes that Ernest Longfellow, the
son of the poet, met in railway train
in Italy an agreeable and apparently
well-informed Enghshman, with whom
he had an entertaining discussion On
the merits of the English poets as COM
pared with American. The English
nan calmly counted Longfellow in the
list of his countrymen, and was much
disturbed at the positive assertion of his
young fellow-traveler that the poet was
American. Both supported their opin-
ions with the assurance of unquestion-
able knowledge, and the discussion only
terminated when at last the young
American produced his card and an.
nounced that as he was the son of the
poet, he might be supposed to know his
nationality. One hears 80 often scraps
of English, evidently not intended fol-
general understanding, that at last the
sound of the language in q foreign
country gives him almost the same i'm
preston as it does to find himself al
involuntary eavesdropper. For my
own part, when hear English, 1 am al
ways tempted to stop my ears.-Pari,
letter.
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The Weed.

A comical story is told of two we'll
known Southern clergymen, one of
whom undertook to rebuke the other for
using the weed.
Brother g." he exclaimed, without
stopping to ask any other questions, us
it possible that you chew tObacco?"
Il must confess L do" the other quiz
city replied.
Then would quit it, sir" the old
gentleman energetically continued. at
is very unclerical practice, and very
uncleanly one. Tobacco! Why, sir,
even hog won't chew it."
Father c., do you chew tobacco?"
responded the amused listener.
Il? No, sirl" he answered gruffiy,
with much indignation.
"Then, pray, which is most like the
hog, you or r"
The old doctors fat sides shook with
laughter as he said:
well, have been fairly caught this
time"