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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-09-09

That's what | call political shy
cane" said Brownrigg when the opposing
candidate threw his walking stick at him.
You mustn't think it is heart trouble
that makes the young lady cry, oh!
so often, these days. 1t is simply oh-inS
to the heat.
One of the editors of the Louisiana
Sugar Bo,cl has had 900 left him in
France. Oh to be a fly in that Sugar
Bowl with the cover on,
Franklin, KY" says the Comjer
Journal, sis to have new male college.
Now, how are the alumni going to speak
of this male college as their Alma Mater !;
Blessed is the woman who never
SAYS to her husband, II told you so. y
Modern Argo.-Bless your innocence,
that's all you know about it. That privi-
legc is her chiefest blessing.
A clerk in Americas, Ga, wants to
bet $1,000 that he can eat a three-year-
old beef in twenty-four hours. Why
will he fly in the face of accepted facts
The less cannot include the greater, then
how can a calf include a full-grown OK;
Beg pardon, but we merely insert
this to show how the thing has demoral-
lied even the children. At the South
End little girl came tripping into the
house with, "He wore knee breeches be-
cause he didn't have any pants, and SC
did MS sisters, and his cousins, and hi.
aunts."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-09-09

Coop ADVICE.-There are thousands Of
Young men in this county, who are roost-
ilg about on barrels and boxes, wishing
themselves rich, and learning from older
statesmen that they should blame John
Sherman and the Republican party that
th,y are not posScsSors OF wealth. 1t
wcg'l 10 them GOOD Ia emulate the exam
pie OF 4 young man named Crouch, who.
ut the close OF the war hired ont to herd
sheep for Sl2 a month in Frio County.
Tex. He now OWLS $4,000 acres of
fenced and. 1000 cattle and 1000 sheep.
No need 20 90 10 Texas either. There are
plenty Of chances in ArooStook where
those Out Of employment can get lands
and make lLus .pr themselves, and an
honest living. This country can use al
the vool mutton and other farm products
that can De produced There is plenty Of
work for idl1 HANDS to do if they will only
do lt.-.Ar0ostOok Pioneer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-09-09
NUMBER 35.

State Treasurer aud members of the Leg,
stature: and Louisiana, December >, upon
the adoption Of the new constitution. A
member of Congress, 10 llll a vacancy,
will also be elected in Iowa October II.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-09-09

ANorHEK DEFlcIENCY.-At the last
meeting of the Lime Kiln Club, Judge
Sunhower Truax, Chairman of the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations, announced
that he had delicate mission to perform.
He had been requested by the new jani-
tor to state that there was 4 deficiency
in the cash accounts of the old janito..
The Treasurer books showed that the
ianitor should have turned over to his
successor the sum of l3 cents, whereas
he only turned over s. Brother Gard
ner requested the ex-oiiicial to step for
ward and explain, and he stood up and
said:
IL tole the new janerter all about it.,
an he had no bizness 70 raise diSs fuss.
Dat five cents was lost down a crack in
de flo out in dc ante-room, an de Treas
urer should report it as cash on hand.
kin dat ) cents be sawn down daI
under de ho':" inquired the President:
and being informed that it could be, ap-
pointed a committee of two Ito Sawu
it and report The result was the ac-
quitaI of the old janitor Of the seriou,
charge of embezzlemcnt. The commit
tee reported that they could see the nick
el under the floor, and that it could be
recovered any time carpenter was calleC
in.-DeiroH Free Press.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-09-09
A STRANGE SORT OF SCHOOL
TEACHER.

| was talking with a school teacher
the other day who will certainly come to
some bad end if he does not change his
opinions. He had the audacity to hold
that children went TO school not as pris-
oners, but rs pupils, the social equal OF
teachers, but to obey orders because real
ling that discipline advanced the inter
csts of all. He held that II mattcrcd
not how the pupils learned that Michi-
gan was bounded on the south by Ohio
and Indiana, so long as they came to a
distinct knowledge of the fact, and,
therefore. said to his young class in gcos-
raphy:
Now, children. the President of the
United States used to live in Ohio. and
Senator Morton. now dead, lived in In
diana Tell me in what direction these
two states lie from Michigan:
1t is very wrong in him, because his
pupils take real pleasure in hunting out
the answer. No pupil should be allowed
to search for any answer not regularly
laid down in the textbooks. This teach
cr sets another awful example. Right in
the fact that there is a school reader con-
tanning the history of William Penn and
the adventures of Mary's little lamb hc
takes a magazine or newspaper into his
school room and says:
Now, children, shall let one OF You
read this report of recent excavations in
Pompeii. Before we read let some one
tell me where Pompcii is =
"In Italy is the answer.
"And what happened to the city"
No answer, because it is not down in
their readers.
1T was buried by ashes and mud
by an eruption of Mount Ncsuyius, he
said, and now where IS that mountain
In Italy.
Correct, and it again shows signs OF
an eruption. We will now read.
In half an hour not only one class bat
the whole school has learned geography,
history, natural philosophy and some
thing of art in the one lesson, and each
pupil goes home TO relate what Wa, read,
to discus, it with their parents, wlo are
very likely to be interested themselves IN
the studies Of their children. if such a
teacher be employed. In this way the
children learn new facts. However, 1t
is wrong-vcry wrong. What /, to be-
come of our children if we permit such
things Detroit Free Press.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-09-09
Professional Cards, SC.
I,fPoSTANr.

Whom Won a-i-rr leave >ew York Ci.y save
Escr cc F>lresssge aud Carnage Hire aDd stop
a. t.rsnd r,iou SIotri. nearly opposite Grand
Central Depot. slHc.,gart ROOMS reduced J' s.
ard upwards p,.Has. European plan. Elevator
K,staarau, supplied vaa .b, be-,. Hor-e Cars,
s,tsc- ami Elevated EaI Eoal to an Dcpo,s
Give th- ,,-tr.l Jllou % TRIAL uy-ily
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-09-09
EN0tH fosItk lE

attorney and Counsellor at Lar,
Isnf-- EETtEL. Ne
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attorney and Counsellor at Lac,
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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-06-17
fIE'.

KEANE-In Wiunem1cea, June 10, Eiward
Keane, aged 81 years
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-06-17

some of his followers is to keep him out
of the Guberna.orial race, BY uniting
Democrats and Greenbackers on Castor
for Governor aud reserving Dotler Tor
Senator in place Of Dawes.
A contract by which the Fuller Elec-
trical Company,of n. Y.engases to sup
ply electric light to the Madison Square
Gardenfo a termof months has just been
signed, and the project will be put IN
execution Immediately. The garden Is
lighted by means Of four lamps, each OF
$500 candle power, for three aud a-halt
hours per night at a cost of about IS to
the proprietor of the place. This, IN
the absence Of exact calculation, Is esti-
mated to be from one-third to one fourth
the present cost of lighting the garden
by gas.
There have been no new develop
ments in the case of the assault upon
Ida Dunn and Cora Heslep at Wheat
land, California. The physicians III at
tendance pronounce both girls as i'm
proving slowly, although others think
differently as regards Mss Heslep.
New persons are daily having suspi-
cions whisr erred about them, but no
new light has been let in upon the case.
1t is thought that several arrests WV
be made as soon as the girls receive
sufficiently to converse on the subje
Detective Hume arrived there yester-
day to assist in working up the case.
- - 49,. sarnzssz
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-06-17
TAKING TIME BY THE F0RELOcK.

John F. Dillon, Judge of the Eighth
Circuit Court of the United States,
having received an offer to become the
legal adviser of railroad company at a
much larger salary than he was receiv-
ing as Judge, rendered his resignation,
to take effect next September The
President Immediately nominated as
his successor the present Secretary of
War, George ". McCrary of Iowa.
The Office of Circuit Judge, with a
salary of S., 600 year, is for life, while
that Of Secretary of War ends with
Hayes term of Office, hence McCrary
agreed to accept the nomination, with
the understanding that he should re-
main in the Cabinet until judge Dillon
vacated his seat on the bench. Mean
time the President nominated General
Manderson for Secretary of War to
succeed McCrary. It is thus shown
that the Administration was taking
time by the forelock and providing fat
Offices for friends before any vacancies
existed in those offices. The Senate
has taken this matter under advise
ment and is considering whether it has
authority to confirm a nomination for
an office in which there is no vacancy.
Should Henderson be confirmed as Sec
rotary of War, there is no certainty
that McCrary viii resign unless his
nomination as Circuit Judge is con-
firmed, as he does not propose TO vacate
his place in the Cabinet until he is as
sured OF a more permanent position.
This undue haste in making nominal
tions for Offices where no vacancies
exist, shows that the greed for Office is
as great among the leading 'tstalwarts"
who have been feeding at the public
crib for years, as it possibly could be
among hungry Democrats.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-06-17
TELEGEtpsIEr ETEszs.

While the steamer Orpheus. bound
to koenigsburg, Germany, was lying in
/ Stettin harbor, her boiler burst, and
many persons aboard were killed. Ten
bodies so far have been recovered.
The Pacific Mail steamer City of
Toxic arrived at San Francisco yes
terday from China and Japan, having
on board l,020 Chinese, the largest
shipment for two years past.
The steamers Herald and Sonoma,
running between San Francisco and
Sonama creek, eollided on the bay yes
terday near the mouth of the creek.
The bow of the Sonoma was stove in
and she sank III few minutes. The
passengers were saved by being trans
ferred to the Herald
A dispatch from London says that
over $4,000 persons witnessed the boat
race between Hanlon and Elliot, and
the greatest excitement prevailed.
Harion was the favorite at 100 to 80.
The struggle for two miles was the
most exciting ever witnessed. Hanlon
won the race by ten lengths.
The World attacks General Sherman
for his recent letter to Louisiana and
says: civilian Tecumseh Sherman.
General Commanding all the Armies of
the United States" has entered the
political fray in ali erratic fashion as a
letter writer to promote the Presiden-
tial aspirations of his brother John
Sherman. These bold brothers lead the
Republican campaign against Grant.
The important political event OF the
day is the attitude of the Sun toward
Tilden. 1t expresses a willingness to
accept Tilden again as the Democratic
standard-bearer in 1880 The Sun
being regarded as the most intelligent
and influential newspaper in New York,
It's utterances attract great attention.
The Tribune to-day says: Notice
was given ON Saturday by the Pacific
Mail Company to the Panama Railroad
Company that in consequence of the
| dissolution OF the contract with the
overland railroad the Steamship Conn
pany intended at once to put additional
vessels on its lines 1t is said to BE- the
purpose OF the company to increase the
service on the California lines so as to
make weekly instead of a fortnightly
trip.
The Boston Herald is not yet quite
certain that Ben Butler will run for
Governor this year. He cannot run
with any hope except as the regular
Democratic candidate, and as such he
cannot hold the Republican malcontent:
who trained with him last year. The
revival OF stalwart politics has weak
ened the irregular movements. Butler
is at present nondescript in politics
One idea that has been suggested b,
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-06-17

Monroe Shepplelnan's drunken fun in
Wahoo, H., consisted in frightening
women. He pointed a revolver at
several in the street, and was greatly
pleased when they screamed and ran
away. One was pluckier than the rest,
and would not stir; so he stuck the
muzzle Of the weapon into her mouth
and laughed heartily when she tainted.
His next hilarious exploit was to try
how close he could fire at a woman's
head without hitting her, and the re-
suit was a dangerous wound. Then al
enraged man killed him with single
blow of heavy club.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-06-17

At Burrillville, r. l., Alonzo Anthony
was fatally shot by James Driscoll, who
did not know the pistol was loaded,
and snapped the cap, holding the weap-
on at the mans head, intending to
brighten him. At Ridgeway, ILL.,, Ma
son Evans supposed that an old pis-
col was unloaded, and pointing it at
bis wife, pulled the trigger, shooting
her through the head" At Norwich,
N. Y. William J. Hopewell "took
down broken musket, believing il
empty, and was Mortified when it was
discharged, killing his sister,"
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-06-17
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.


NuMA MISlSu COMPANY
Location q principal place OF business san
Francisco, California
Location of works, Humboldt county, NesauA
NOTICE Il hereby given, that at inee'ins
Of the Directors, he'd on the lS,h RI ~
Of june, 1872. an assessment No. /, q 1bies
Cents per share was levied upon the cap'as
stock ul the corporation, payable h'iieu a.
II u. :. gold coin t. the secretary, az tls op'.a
Of tlle Company, IS Montgomery street. n0V''
u, san frlncsieo, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shan r.
lain unpaid 90 the 2lst day q Ju,,
1919 Will be delinquent, and ADVERTISED Tor say H.
pubic auction, and unuss payment y ln" mas.
fore, VIII ne sold on MONDAY, the LLhN IN ~. he
attn day OF AUGUST, 1879, to pay w
delinquent assessment, together WIN co's '
advertslng and expenses OF sale.
DAVID WILDER, Secretary.
San uI F,ane;s.o G coIi,ssrnia jel0tdl
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-06-17
SACK AND FOOT RACING.

Free for everybody that wishes TO take chances
Wrestling Grizzly Bill and Denis Kearney
will open the bout, for purse Of 500.
Second Bout, between Cetewayo and the
Sultan OF Turkey.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-06-17
CALLING OFT TEE MILITARY.

n
Just as a conflict between Eureka and
Austin, in the Great East, has been hap
PLY averted by the wholesome terror
which the gallant Hubbard and his Base
Rangers inspired in the breasts of the
Austinites, and an agreement on the
part of the latter to deliver that howit-
ger to the Eurekans, grim visaged war
appears above the western horizon, and
threatens to subvert the peace and har-
mony, which, from time immemorial
has existed between the Comstockers
and Carsonites. The Carsonites are a
shrewd commercial people, whose princi-
pal resources are members of the Legis-
lature, and excursionists and picnicers
from the Comstock. With view Of
drawing heavily from the population of
the Comstock. they combined bust
ness with patriotism by inviting the
Governor and his staff to join in a
parade on the ensuing Fourth OF July.
The invitation was accepted, and the
Governor ordered the several military
companies of the Comstock to report at
Carson for review on the national
holiday. This order was hailed with
delight by the Carsonites, who knew
from experience that when the Com
stockers decended from their aerial
abodes on the sides of Mount Davidson
and basked in the sunshine of the val
lev, thirst was created which only
cocktails, cobbler and1ager couldassuage.
The prospects for reaping bountiful
as good as could be desired, until the
people of Virginia decided that they,
zoo, would be patriotic on the Fourth.
meetings were held and remonstrances
made against the order of the Governor
calling their military companies, which
constitute the whole organized militia
force of the State, to Carson. Sam
Wagner, the sable town crier of the
Comstock, W; $ sent through the princi-
pal streets, shouting, Now citizens,
we didn't elect Governor kinkead to
rob us of our Fourth OF July celebra-
tion, but ne is trying to do it. This
appeal of course, had the desired effect,
:md protests against the order of
the Governor have been signed by
thousands and sent to Carson.
The excitement is said to be intense,
and, unless the order is countermanded,
it is probable that barbados will be
erected ON the crooked railroad to pre-
vent the military from going to Carson.
The authority of the Governor to call
out the militia has never before been
questioned in Nevada, and instead Of
objecting to military interference, the
people of Virginia City seem intent on
interfering with the military. The
feeling between Virginia and Carson on
this question is intense, and, unless the
Governors order is revoked, the Vir-
ginians may prevail on the military to
mutiny. All this trouble would have
been averted had the Comstockers, like
the Carsonites, announced in due
season their intention to celebrate the
Fourth, and extended an invitation to
the military to participate in the pro-
cession, instead Of waiting until the
eleventh hour, and until it was publicly
announced that the military were
ordered to Carson.
GArzz1ssSsazrxx1esEzszzzMnzxD
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-06-17
ID A n 6 Il.

The dance will be condlcted by q Committee
Of highheeld gentry, who understand the sit
uation 10 dot
n. H.-Nobody allowed TO enter the picnic
grounds with over one sack Of -four or
haIrei OF hams on their back. iel4
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-06-17
FIR n w d II TX s..

Grand illumination and display Of Fireworks
OF the Arizona have for the last three months
saved their snuffs, which Of itself speaks
volumes for Grand Illumination.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-06-17
NOTICE.

All persons whose accounts with me arc post
due, Il not settled. within the nest - days viii
be given into ,e hands 81 an att 4rney for col
lection. Make settlement Immediately ana
avo i'll costs. Il. ". WOOD.
Wiaasmucca, June Is, 1879. GOD
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-06-08
HATCREE NAVIGATION.
II Voice from Oae of the Victims OF
Alleged Railway Monopoly Urges
that all the Distractions be
Removed from HatchIe
River without Delay.

Brownsville Bee: "We are sorry to learn
that the officers of the Louisville and Nash
vile and Great Southern railroad have de-
cided not to put in draw IN Hatchie river
bridge, but intend to go into the courts to test
the constitutionality OF the act opening up the
river to navigation. Now, the idea that this
act is unconstitutional is to oridiculous to talk
of. 1t is miserable subterfuge of the rail-
road authorities, in their last extremity, to
'stave off the boats until the meeting of
another legislature, when Influences could be
used for the repeal of the act so obnoxious to
them. 1t Is simply an effort to perpetuate
gigantic, crushing monopoly, that has
paralyxed the industries of the people of
West Tennessee for many years past,
and has shut cut the hope of prosperity
to manufacturing enterprises of every kind
in this country. This monopoly costs Browns
vile twenty thousand dollars per annum.
And when we make an estimate for each
point from Bolivar down, it will amount to
several hundred Thousand dollars per annum.
| This action of the railroad authorities will
only make matters worse for them, for the
rIver people are as determined to have the
river open as the railroad officials are to keep
it closed. They are not likely to get decis-
ion OF the supreme court declaring this act
unconstitutional before November LIST, and if
the railroad authorities keep up the block
ade to that time, the river people, with the
law on their side. will simply hitch a tug to
the bridge and back Off with 1t, and then
let the railroad sue them"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-06-08
BOYS FOB THE NAVY.
REGULATIONS by tT5e Department Under
which Establishments will be Made
Advantages of Service as
Honorable AS any In
the world.

We have already called attention to the
fact that national var vessel will shortly
visit the Mississippi river, going as far, per-
baps. as st. Louis, for the purpose of enlist
ing Boys for the navy. The following are the
official rules and regulations under which re-
cruits will be accepted:
CIRCULAR RELATING TO THE ENLISTMENT
OF BOYS IN THE UNITED STATES NAVAL
SERVICE.
WASHINGTON, May 31.-The circular of
April 8, 1875, relating to the enlistment OF
boys in the United States naval service, is
hereby rescinded, and the following substl-
tuted, In accordance with the revised statutes
of the United States, approved May IL, 1870,
to-wit:
SECTION 1418. Boys between the ages of
fifteen and eighteen years may be enlisted to
serve in the navy until they shall arrive at
the age of twenty-one years, etc.
Sec. 1419 Minors between the ages of If
teen and eighteen years shall not be enlisted
for the naval service without the consent OF
their parents or guardians.
Sec. 1920. No minor under the age OF NJ
teen gears, no insane or intoxicated person,
and no deserter from the naval or military
service Of the United States shall be enlisted
10 the naval service.
These boys will be sent board of suitable
vessels, to be trained for the naval service, I'M
der the following regulations: Every boy, pre-
vious to enlistment, must satisfy the examin-
ing boa, d of officers: That he is OF robust
frame, intelligent, of perfectly sound and
healthy constitution, free from any physical
defects or malformation, and not subject tc
fits. That he is able to read and write. liz
special cases where the boy shows a general
intelligence, and is otherwise qualified, the ex
amining board, if they think fit, may enlis
him, Notwithstanding ghis knowledge OF read
| ing and writing is imperfect. That his high
and measure are sufficient, being as follows
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-06-08
SOUTHERN NEWS.

Corn sells for FIVE dollars barrel in North
Carolina.
Silver has been discovered in Marion coun-
ty, West Virginia.
Locusts have appeared on Caney creek,
Fannin county, Texas.
The various towns of West Tennessee are
organizing boards of health.
A thirteen year-old colored girl, in Meridi-
an, Mississippi, IS mother.
Texas and Alabama papers are on q big
boast about the growing crops.
Buffalo gnats are killing the horses and
mules along Sulphur river, IN Texas.
A child weighing only two pounds was
born IN Denlson, Texas, the other day.
A citizen of Hood county, Texas, has in
closed his farm with hedge of cactus.
Pensacola, Florida, is boasting of ripe figs,
seven and half inches in circumference.
The PoDtotoc (Mlss.) Democrat fears that
rust will ruin the wheat crop ct that county.
They are arresting citizens at Vicksburg
who are found carrying concealed weapons.
Farmers along the Warrior river, Alabama,
are planting more cotton than any year since
the war.
In the south since the war over two hun
dred thousand negroes have Joined the Meth
odist church.
The Meridian (Miss.) Weekly Mercury has
been enlarged and the tri-weekly N UGH i'm
proved lately.
Monday morning, at Paris, Lamar county,
Texas, Joseph Williams suicided by lauda-
mum. He was well connected.
At the recent hanging of three burglars at
Hiilsboro, North Carolina, pools were sold as
to which of the unhappy men would die first.
Charles Tandrop, clerk in a jewelry store,
committed suicide in Houston, Texas, Sun
| day, by taking morphine. Cause a mystery.
Cage Banks, colored late of Brandon, Mis-
slssippi, writes from Kansas to say that he
had rather live III the Mississippi penitentiary
| than IL Kansas.
Mr.. Pond MIR. Beecher's lecture agent,
has offered Ex-President Davis four hundred
dollars a night to lecture in the principal
| cities of the north.
The Lexington (Ky.) Press says from A pril
| Ist to June 1st there was but one rain IN that
! section, and that was q mere shower. CrcL
. prospects were very gloony, but recent rains