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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-04-30
Horrible Story of the Grave.

Some employees OF the Pittsburg,
Titusville and Buffalo Rrilroad re
lated strange and horrible story
Yesterday. 1t seems that man
died last week at Triumph, small
place not far from Tidioute. The
body was kept three days and at
the expiration of that time buried.
Then some curious persons remem-
bered that sister of the deceased
had lain in a death like trance for
several days. 1t was suggested that
perhaps the man had been prema-
turely buried. This suspicion took
so strong hold upon the people
that it was resolved to exhume the
body, and the coffin was disinterred
Saturday last, after having laid three
days in the grave. The lid was
wrenched off, when a horrible sight
greeted the eyes of the resurrection
lists. Evidently the supposed corpse
had revived, and the wretched man
had fought desperately for life. I'm
prints of his finger nails were visi-
BILE on the lining of the coffin, which
in some places was torn into shreds.
The coffin itself was strained and
wrenched apart at the Jennings in
the death agonies of the miserable
man who was buried alive. He
had turned completely over, and
was found lying upon his breast,
his distorted countenance indicating
the frigh,ful suffering he had under
gone.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-04-30
TAX THEM.

The decision of the Supreme
Court in favor of the Union Pacific
railroad, and against the theory adj
vanced by the Secretary of the In
terror, vests the title of so-called
railroad .lands in the companies to
such an extent that no reasonable
excuse can he offered for not paying
taxes on them. The Central Pacitic
have thousands of acres IN this State
which this decision covers, and upon
which they heretofore refused and
failed to pay any tax. We call upon
the Assessors of the several counties
10 this State containing railroad
lands to assess them at fair valua-
tion.-Reno Journal.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-04-30

A TELEGRAM announces mo
arrest, in Europe, OF man who
was suspected Of having designs on
the life of Queen Victoria. The man
must be crazy, or the whole bust
ness is the result Of plot to bring
the Socialists into disrepute. Queen
Victoria Is . most humane sover-
eign. Besides, the British being a
constitutional government, she has
precious little control over public
affairs and should not, therefore, be
RESPONSIBLE for them.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-04-30
A Massachusetts Minister Beating
His Wife.

A correspondent writes the Green
field Gazette that Rev. j. w. Cole,
Methodist pastor at Charlemont for
the last year, has been seen striking
his wife with q horsewhip while she
was on her knees pleading for mercy,
He intimates that the minister has
been in the habit Of classifying his
wife for some months, although it
IL known that she is in an "interest-
ing condition." Nobody has been
willing before to expose the matter
In the papers, but the church did
close the pulpit against Cole some
weeks since.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-04-30

In view of the fact that most
everybody on the Coast expects
booming" stock market soon, 1t
would be we'll for spectators to put
their margins in good shape. The
bsars are perverse ANIMALS, and they
have been known to smash prices
terribly at ,the very moment when all
others we're looking for rise.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-04-30

THE San Francisco Stock Re-
port says that Hugh j. Mohan, the
isIrish Lecturer" had an empty
house 1t tho California, last Sunday
evening.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-04-30

-THE Eureka Leader has been
enlarged to the size of the Sentinel
of the same place. Both these
papers have been crowded with adj
yertisements since the fire. Some
how or other a conf1agration which
destroys large amount of property
in town always has the effect of
making times better for all the in
habitants of the place.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-04-30
Gold Hill News goes

THE Gold Hill News goes
after the Supreme Judges for their
delay in pronouncing upon the con-
stitutionality Of the bill to establish
a State poor-house. The News is
right. That poor-house should be
prepared at once. The way things
look now VIC will all have to go there
soOn.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-04-30
Consumption Cured.

An old physician, retired from practice,
having had placed in his hands by an East
Ipdia missionary the formula Of simple
vegetable remedy for the speedy aud permn-
nent cure for Consumption, Bronchitis, Co
tarrn. Asthma, and all Throat and Lung AZ
fections, also q positive ard radical cure for
Nervous Debility and AL Nervous complaints
after having tested its wonderful curative
powers In thousands of cages, has felt 1t his
duty to make 1t known to his suffering fellows.
Aetuated by this motive and a desire to re.
lieve human suffering, will send free OF
charge to all who dseire 1t this recipe, with
fun directions for preparing and using. IN
German. French, or English. Sent by mail by
addressing with stamp. naming this paper W.
". SHFRAR, 149 Powers's Block, ROchester,N.Y
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l,1.a... raahann,p Rnut G,uoDt NAVY Voi1accn
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-04-30

-THE anti. Chinese leagues OF
Storey and Lyon counties have
already had the effect Of throwing
some sixty Chinese formerly en-
ployed In restaurants and board
ing. houses out of employment.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-04-30
POSTPONFMENT.

At meeting of the Board Of Directors of
the Amazon Consolidated Mining Company
held this Twenty-ffth day of April, 1879
the delinquent day of asses sment No. @ was
postponed until Monday, May u. 1879, and
the day of sale until TUESDAY, JUNE 3,
1879. JOHN CROCKETT. Secretary.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-04-30

IT SEEMS to be generally adj
United that the proposed new Califor-
MIA Constitution will be defeated.
This IL as it should be.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-04-30
TO THE PUBLIC.

nm AND AFTER APRIL /. 1879, l WILL
~ run Concord coaches from Sutro TO Vir-
ginia, by way of Dayton, Silver, and Gold
Hill. in the morning, returning the same wry
in the afternoon.
On the morning trip the coach will leave
about 9. and arrive in Virginia about 10
O'Clock.
In the afternoon the coach will leave Viz
ginia at 3, Silver at quarter to 4, and Dayton
at half past 4. arriving at sutro at o'clock.
a. Returning, coach will leave Virginia
on the arrival of the express, arrive at sutro
about half past O'Clock. and leave for Vir-
ginia about 8 O'Clock, arriving there about half
past ooloek.
e3s-P Passengers wishing TO attend the Sat
urday matinee can return by the coach the
same day. without extra charge If they notify
.he driver on b. up trip.
Tie coaches have been fitted up specially for
me, and are the most comfortable on the route.
FARE TO VIRGINIA.
From sutro. 81 30.
From Dayton, 81 25.
From Silver, 80 cents.
From Silver to Gold Ii i'll, 80 cents.
From Gold Hill, IS cents.
Parcels carried at nominal rates.
BOUND TRIP RATES.
From Sutro 10 Virginia and back. 81 80.
From Dayton to Virginia and back, 81
Tickets, good until used, sold at either end
Of the line
yIRGnn OFyIcE-At Alimsn's. next door
10 Wells. Fargo g. Co.'S, on South c street.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-04-30
c. q. zABRISKlE, M. D. =,

Physician and Surgeon.
a hFFICE-SfLVER CITY DRUG STORE.
~ Residence-Gay street, oppositea the
Plaza. Calls attended TO day and night.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-04-30

Chew Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Toba
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-04-24
Heading on n,.nmrnr-

Rufus ChOatc, IN an imnortant ma
rine assault and bat cry AT sea case. had
DICK Barton, chiej matcsofl the clipper
snip vna'ienge' Q n thdUfand, and bad
gereu MIN 20 io' about an hour that at
last DICK got his salt water up and
hauied Dy the wind TO bring the keen
Boston '"w.y er under his batteries.
AZ the beginning Of his testimony
DICK nat said that the night wasns'defk
as INC Witch, aud srainiug like seven
suddenly M. Choate asked him:
was there amy moon that nightY"
eyes SIR
"Ah, yes! A moon"
"Did you see it?"
"Not u mite"
Then how do YOU know there was q
moon?"
"Nautical almanac said so, and I'll
believe that sooner'n any lawyer in the
world"
"Ah.,you are growing sharp, MIR.
Barton" a.
What in dblazes have you beengrind-
ing me this hour lfor-to make me dull"
'sBe civil cir. Aud now tell me what
latitude and longtitule you crossed the
equator inP"
''Sho, you're joking?"
"No sirl am in earnest, and | de-
sire you TO answer me-"
81 shan't."
"Ah, you refuse to answer, do your
eyes. | can't.
"Indeed! You are chief mate of a
clipper ship, and unable to answer so
simple a question"
"Yes,t'l the simplest question I was
ever asked in my life. Why, 1 thought
every fool of a lawyer knew there amt
no latitude on the equator"
That shot floored Rufus Choate.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-04-24
Printers and Printing.

Many who condescend to illuminate
this dark world with the fire of theil
genius through the columns of q news
paper little think of the lot of the print
.er, who sits up at midnight to correct
their false grammar and photography
and worse punctuation. We have seen
the arguments of lawyers, in high re-
pute as scholars, sent TO the printer in
their W handwriting, many words
especially technical and foreign terms
abbreviated, words misspelled and few
or no points, and these few, if any, GER
tainly in the wrong places. we have
seen the sermons of eminent "divincs'
sent to the press without points or cap
itals to designate the divisions of the
sentences; also the letters of.he politi-
cal and scientific correspondents. Sup
pose all these had been so p~rinted-.the
printer would have been treated with
scorn and contempt. No one would
have believed that such gross and pal
pable faults were owing to the .igno-
rance or carelessness ofthe author; and
no one but the practical printer knows
how many hours the compositor, and
after him the proofreader, is compelled
TO spend in reducing to readable condi-
ton manuscriptthat often writers them
selves would be puzzled to read.-CEx.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-04-24
A School-M Master as a Ring-Master

In Edward Eggleston's paper on "Some West.
ern s~chool.masters," published in the March
Scribner, occurs this anecdote of school discipline
in Indiana in the old times:
To a nervous child the old discipline
was, indeed, very terrible. The long
beech switches hanging on hooks
against the wall haunted me night and
dav, from the time l entered one of the
old schools. And whenever there camc
an outburst between master and pupils.
the thoughtless child often got the beat
ing that should have fallen upon the
malicious mischief-maker. AS the mas
ter was always quick to fly into a pas
sion, the fun-loving boys were always
happy togstir him up. 1t was an cxcit-
ing sport like bull-baiting, or like pok-
ing sticks through a fence at Il cross
dog. Sometimes the ferocious muster
showed an ability OF his own part to
get some fun out ofthe conflict, as when
on one occasion in a school in Ohio, the
boys were forbidden to attend a circus,
Five or six of them went, in spite of the
prohibition. The next morning the
school master called them out in the
floor and addressed them. fvt
$50 you went to the circus, did you?'
eyes, sir" iii
"Well, the others did not get q
chance to see the circus. l want Won
boys TO show them what it looked like,
and how the horses galloped around the
ring. You will join your hands in q
circle about the stove. Now start!"
With that he began whipping them,
as they trotted around and around the
Stove. This story is told, | believe, i'll
a little volume of Sketches" by En-
win House. now long forgotten, like
many other good books of the Western
literature of a generation ago. ! think
the author was one of the boys who
''played horse" in the masters circus.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-04-24
Given Away ON his Dodge.

The old MAI Bendigo keeps a pretty
sharp eye on his daughter Mary, and
many a would-be lover has taken a walk
after n few minutes conversation with
the hard-hearted parent. The old chap
is stuck this time however, and cards
are out for wedding. After the lucky
young man had been sparkling Mary for
six months the old gentleman ste pped in
as usual and requested II private confab
and started of with:
"Iou seem Il nice young man and
perhaps you are in love with Mary?'
eyes | am" was the honest reply.
"Havn't said anything to her yet,
have your
"Wcll, no; but | think she rccipro-
Gates my affection"
.'Docs, ch? Well let me tell you
something. Her mother died Il luna
tic and there's no doubt that Mary has
inherited her insanity"
"I'm willing to take the chances" re-
piled the lover.
eyes, but you see Mary has a terri
BILE temper. She has twice drawn q
knife Oh me with intent to murder"
"I'm used to that-got a sister lust
like her." was the answer.
"And you should know that Eve
sworn a solemn oath not TO give Mary
a cent of my property" continued the
father.
"Well, I'd rather start i'll poor and
build up. There's more romance in it."
The old man had one more shot in his
carbine, and he said:
'Perhaps l ought to tell you that Ma
ry's mother a away from my home
with a butcher, and that all her rela-
tions died, in the poor house. These
things might come up in after years, and
| now warn YOU
"Mr. Bcndigo," replied the lover,
"Tve heard all that before, and also
that you were on trial for forgery, and
had TO jump Chicago for bigamy, and
served n yoar in State Prison for cattle
stealing. | am going to marry into
your family to give you a decent rcpu-
tation. There-no thanks-good byl"
Mr.. Bendigo looked after the young
man with his mouth wide open. and
when he could get his Jaws together he
said:
"Somc internal hyena has went and
given me away Oh my dodgc!"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-04-24

The following story now going the
rounds is almost too good TO be true :
A reporter of the Cincinnati Enquirer
was sent TO a hotel to interview Gen.
Sherman; The reporter sent up his
card, and a young lady, attended by a
footman, who was also in a RECEPTION
room, sent up her card at the same
lime. The messenger returned with
two cards from Gen. Sherman, and the
clerk handed one to the reporter, the
other to the footman. The reporter
read the card that had been handed 10
him, while his hair stood on end, as fol-
"Regret exceedingly that | can't come.
Give my love to your mother and assure
her | have not forgotten old times.
Hope the soiree will be a success, as /
SURE il will. Pardon the witticism
when | say that yours truly is very
soirec he can't be present.
w. T. s."
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-04-24
The Minnie Sugar Senson.

The maple sugar days have come, the
sweetest Of the year, when little cakes
and big CUES, too, are sold so awfully
dear. We see the sugar In big brown
cakes In some windows, and In straw
colorcd cakes in other windows, aud
the proprietors of the first assure us
that the deep brown color is a proof OF
its ~gcnuineness, and the proprietors of
the second say they wouldn't keep the
brown article on my consideration.
The sign in the shop window raises sus-
picion: "Gcnuinc maple sugar." This
naturally suggests that ON othcs'
place Keeps maple sugar that is not gen.
uine. ''Maple sugar warranted pure"
Then there must be quantities not strict
ly pure. Happily, however, non of
this stuff is kept in Detroit as can easily
be proven by the signs in the windows.
Every store keeper in the city will at
once.acknowledge that he keeps only the
pure article. Many simple persons
think, misled by the name, perhaps,
that maple sugar is made from maple
trees in some manner or other, but
whether the trees are grown up or not
they are moi exactly certain. In olden
times it must be admitted that maple
sugar did have its origin in maple sap,
but modern science has made gigantic
strides in advance of the crude old
fashioned ways of our ancestors. At
this time of the year long ago a sort of
V was cut on The naples about four
feet from the ground. An upward
blow from an AK under the V cut Il cash
in which was inserted the wooden
spout, and into the wooden troughs,
or perhaps buckets, steadily drip
ped the sweet lite blood of
the maple. Then the boy came along
with the sled, generally drawn by oxen,
who made frantic endeavors to drink
the sap as they passed the brimming
troughs. On the sled was a barrel,
which, when filed, was taken TO the
camp where seethed the steaming cal
drons over the fierce fire. Here the
barrel was ernptied into the large tank
which supplied the big open iron kct-
Ties suspended over the fire. Then
fcame the sugar-off. And with il came
the neighboring young men and mai
dens to assist in eating the rapidly form
ing sugar. The sugar-off was always
a big time. There was a great deal OF
sweet talk INDUCED in, Of course. II
there was still some snow left it was
very useful. The thick boiling sugar
was ladled out and poured hot into the
cool snow. The result was a waXy
substance that had a sort of remote re.
lationship to the tafly they give lis now
adays. 1t was swecter than a sister
and stuck closer than n brother whcn il
got a good reliable hold in a persons
mouth. These were the good old times
| mhpn manln Cppnt. sold f,p five ,artc q
pound, before we got into the improved
method of manufacturing it down cel
lar from brown West India sugar ant
Lake Huron sand. However, we still
respect the maple sugar season, anl
don't dust off the cakes and bring then
to light of day except in early spring
when genuine maple sugar is made
Detroit Free Press.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-04-24

even 16 tons per acre raised here of
alfalfa green cured hay. When scwn
sparsely it grows coarse like pea vines
and dries up almost worthless.
You should get your neighbors TO
club with you and order 1000 a 200O
lbs, then you gain in freight and a
shade of in price 8 per cent. All we
can gain in freight we will add in grain,
EnropeMn Lucefne and California alfalfa
are botn Trifolium. They are the same
nominaliy, yet alfalfa as grown here
from original Chill seed is the best ant
most thrifty clover and best hay known
only cure it green, not dry II up as toe
many of our lawmakers do, and thu
give their cattle straw or pea vines in
Stead of hay, green cured hay"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-04-24
Foreign blood.

The following from the Rural New
Yorker has been copied into some of
our exchanges; we publish it here to
say that we entirely dissent from the
assertion at the beginning. If We were
to state it, we should say that nine
tenths of the farmers of the sections
named had more or less of foreign
blood, more or less remote from impor-
tation in their stock, and generally the
eye of the practiced breeder can detect
what strain of foreign bloodiis present.
The cattle throughout New England are
generally native born, but very few o
them are, strictly speaking, cattle OF
native blood. In all of our acquaint-
ance with the cattle of farmers we do
not happen to know of single bull
kept for stock purposes that has no for
eign blood. A very large proportion
of them are full-blood Short Horns
Ayrshires, Jerseys or other foreign
breeds, or high grades from such
breeds.
"Probably nine-tenths ofthe farmers,
even of New England, New York or
Pennsylvania, have as yet little or no
blood of foreign breeds in their stock.
Yet they possess many beasts that are
good and profitable. Our "%native''
animals are as easily improved by pro.
per acre, feeding and breeding as those
in any part ofthe world. The judicious
introduction of foreign blood viii often
hasten the development OF desired quail.
%}ities. But never, never, never will il
do so unless, along with it, we take the
methods that made it what il is. Anc
with those methods it is simply a ques
ton of greater or less time tc make al
good or better thoroughbreds upon the
basis of our native animals. This il
most important to be known. 1t il
not yet by any means so well known n
it ought to be-"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-04-24

A lady in A%nnisquam, Mass, has
three pullets That have laidone hundred
INC twenty eggs within sixty days,
commencing on Christmas day.
Eleven Plymouth Rocks in North
Bennington, N. H., have laid six hun
dred eggs between january l and
March 2S, or a fraction over eight eggs
per day for eighty-two days.
Both these are determined TO lay
themselves out to produce a large num-
Der OF eggs, but the Bennington pullets
must shell of the largest quantity of
rocks for their owner.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-04-24

The publishers ofLittclrs Living Age
make the interesting announcement
that a new serial story from the pen of
Jean Ingelow viii be Immediately be-
gun IN that standard periodical, from
the authors advance sheets. There are
few living writers from whose pen a
new contribution to u current litera-
ture would be more gladly welcomed.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-04-24

The article Is telling Its own story Ia the hands
OF thousands who are using IL with most graiify-
Ing and encouraging results:
Mr.. GUsTAYUs +. HALL, Of the Oates Ouera
Troupe writes: "Aner six weeks use am con-
WINGED, rs are also ny. cos rades. that your CAR
BoLINE has and Is producing a wonderful rowth
OF hair where | had none for years"
N. MCCLARRAN, SIKH Avenue Pharmacy,
Pittsburg. Pa. says: The good effects from tile
use Of CARBOLINE are brought to my notice every
day 10 such an extent us 10 Iustif, me Ia recom-
inending IL 10 my most Intimate friends"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-04-24

CYCLoPEDIA OF LITERATURE.-A list Of
the celebrated authors whose lives and
writings are represented in volume 3
of the new Acme edition of Chambers
Cyclopedia Of English Literature, just
received, Is certainly very attractive to
persons of fine literary taste. Fox,
Penn, Baxter, Bunyan, Locke, New
ton, Browne, Hale, Walton, Dryden,
Temple, Evelyn, Pcpys, Butler, Addi-
SON, Swift, Pope, Ramsay Cibber,
Steele, Berkeley Defoe, and Boiling.
broke, are a few of the brilliant stars
which brighten the 4l6 pages. at will
bring gladness TO many a scholars
heart" says the the Times, of Philadel-
phia, "to find that this truly admirable
work has been brought within the
range of shallow pockets" Eight such
volumes, beautifully printed, and ele-
gantly bound in cloth. for only $3.50,
or by the single volume for forty-threc
cents, postpaid, is certainly a marvel
of cheapness, and should establish all
enviable reputation for the publishers,
if it cannot make their fortune. A.
ready they report a sale of nearly Co.
600 volumes. it ought to be in every
library and home in the land. Speci-
men pages and full particulars as to
various styles of binding, terms to
clubs, etc, will be sent free.on request
by the publishers, the American Book
Exchange, So Beekman street, New
York. The work is sold only to sub
scrlbers direct, and the present Won
derfully low rates are offered only TO
early purchasers.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-04-24
IMPORTANT
TIC Consumptives.

A gentleman having been 81 fortunate AS 10 cure
his son Of Consumption la lis worst stage, amor
being given up n die by the most celebrated ply
sicians, desires 10 make known the cure, (Which
proves successful in every easel, 10 those afflicted
with Asthma, Bronchitis, Coughs, Colds, Con-
sumption, and all Affections OF the Throat and
Lungs, aud will send the Recipe free OF charge
TO all who desire II, ifthey Wal forward their ad
York. Ss-em