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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-06-11
CALIFORNIA ELECTION FRArDs.


The unprecedentedly large vote of
California at the Presidential election
in 1876, led many to believe that sys-
: tenn of repeating and ballot-box stuffing
bad been divised by the Hayes
managers of the campaigns. which had
not been excelled in New York city in
the palmiest days of Tweed ring rule.
In 1875. the year preceding the
Presidential election, when there was
spirited contest for Governor, with
three candidates in the field, the total
vote Of the State was l22, $50, of which
Iwrin, Democrat, received 81, 500
Phelps, Republican, 1892 and Bid
well, Independent, 20 7O2. In that
election, San, Francisco polled p, 4577,
OF which, Irwin received IA, 1913, ma
iority OF. NEARLY 1900 over the COM
bined vote of Phelps and Bidwell.
In 1876. the total vote of the State
for President was l55,7 an increase
OF nearly 1900 in one year, and the
State was carried by the Hayes electors
by Ins5oEity OF 2, 795. The most no.
table increase was in San Francisco.
which jumped. from Is, 457 in 1875 to
4i,57l in 1876. 1t was believed at the
time that frauds had been perpetrated
in that city to.carry the State for Hayes
and the recent election for the ratifiea-
ton or rejection OF the New Constitu-
ton confirms that belief. The Consti-
tutional election was, at least, as excit-
ing in California as the Presidential
election, yet the official count OF the
vote polled on the 7th of last May,
showes it to be over 1909 less in. the
whele State and about 500 less in San
Francisco than in 1876, notwithstand-
ing, two years and half had elapsed
since the Presidential election, in which
time the population OF the State had ma
terially increased. In 1875, the vote of
San francisco, in round numbers, was
25, 600; in 1876, it was swelled to Al
600, and in 1879; at the most exciting.
election ever held in the State. when
svery voter in the city probably went
TO the polls and deposited his ballot, it
fell below IS, 600. In the face OF these
figures no reasonable ns&n. can dubt
that thousands of fraudulent votes were
counted in, San Francisco at the Presi-
dental election in 1876, and that Fed
6rd Supervisors of election corntenance
such. frauds when they are psrpetrated
inrthe interest Of the party upon whose
success their lease OF office depends, Ii
there was-aechange in the politics Of the
Administration, those, who to-day ap-
plaud the President for vetoing the bill
repeating tho Act creating the office of
Federal Supervisors Of elections
II large cities and the employ
ment Of an unlimited number Of Depu-
ty MarsAals at the polls, would de-
rounce him as despot unfit to preside
aver a free people, for countenancing a
law which gives the party which hap
pens to be in power, opportunity TO de-
feat the Will of the majority by fraudu-
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A HORRIBLE CRIME.
An Attempt 10 Murder Tive Young
Ladies' al Farm House.

WHEATtASD, Cal, June 10.
About q O'Clock this morning news
was brought to town Of an attempt at
murder at the residence Ct VIM. Rod
dan, three miles from town Miss Ida
Dunn and Miss Cora Hestlep were the
victims. The young ladies were sleep
ing together, aud the perpetrator is
supposed to have effected an entrance
through a side door. The discovery of
the crime was made by Mrs. Roddan,
who heard Miss HestIep groaning, and
gave tine alarm. Mr.. Roddan arose.
and on going into the apartment Miss
Hestlep was found with her head and
face covered with blood, and Miss
Dnnn was missing. Search was insti-
tnted. and she was found twenty-five
or thirty feet west of the house, where
the fiend had dragged her. She was
insensible and terribly mutilated. her
face being covered with blood and her
eyes closed from the beating she had
received. The instrument used was an
iron stake about twenty inches long
by three inches wide and an inch thick.
OF oval shape. The people are terribly
excited, and men are securing the
country with guns and pistols. One
arrest has been made on suspicion-a
negro who was seen around for several
days. Sheriff Mccoy and detective J.
b. Hume are on the ground investi-
eating
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-06-11
rELEcRArmc ITEMS.

The New York Herald Gsyotes a
leading article to Grant and Cesarism,
protesting against a thirAter2-
Mrs Jones, wife of al farmer near
Grayson, KY, killed her husband in a
quarrel which resulted because she OBJ
jected to his bringing a courtesan into
the house. She cleft his skull with
an ak.
Edward Parr, sentenced to be hanged
for killing his>daughkr at Philadelphia,
died in the courthouse after judgment
had been pronounced against him. All
of his immediate relations are now ia
custody, and rigid investigation will
be had with asview to discovering the
manner in which and by whom the
poison was conveyed TO the prisoner.
General Grans writes that after ar
irving in San francisco be. intends to
make an excursion TO all the places OF
interest on the Pacific Coast. After
wards he means TO stop for a few days
at Virginia City, Nevada, and on his
way east viii spend little time in Salt
Lake City, and them take in Colorado,
where he expects to make rather an Elk
teRsiye tour
The New York Times says. There
are many indications that General But
Ter viii make an other attempt TO cap
ture the State Convention OF the Massa-
chusests Democrats and secure the
regular Democratic nomination for the
Goyernorship. To that end he appears
to have been working untiringly for
months past, and he has succeeded N
capturing enough township and county
organizations to seriously alarm the
Democratic leaders, and give the Re-
publicans prospect of another easy
victory.
NJ ultEAGnZ "a
men in Cooper Institute. New York,
strong appeals were made in behalf Of
the Southern enigrsting negroes. DIR.
J. P. Newman, exChaplain Of the SEN
ate, and who is suspected of being
bitter on account of losing his place, in
dorsed I. B. Conway's project to run a
a steamboat down the Mississippi,
gathering up the negroes wishing 10
leave the South, and for which Boston
and Philadelphia had each raised s.. COO
The boat starts from Cincinnati next
week. Conway stated that General
Bntler promised q C acres of land in
Wisconsin, and another gentleman
would give 81, coo to settle the negroes
on the land; also, that In half dozen
States men are now travelling inquiring
what farms would employ colored
hands, and most encouraging reports
were received from them.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-06-11

1t is notion of the learned DR.. Keith
vi Illinois, that -diphtheria cones from
potato eating. Or. Keith claims this
notion to be the result Of his own expe-
rienee as well as that OF his father. ex-
tending over twenty-nine years, and
embracing eleven hundred cases of diph-
liberia, In all OF these cases, the pa
tlents were potato eaters. Persons who
escaewed the potato escaped the diph-
liberia, though residing in the midst Of
an injected. district 1t may be pre-
sumed that this sweeping charge does
not apply to healthy tubers, but only
to those affected'by the potato rot.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-06-11

The newborn zeal Of the Prince Of
Wales and the Duke Of Edinburgh in
favor Of the bill for legalizing the mar
riage with a deceased wife's sister is said
70 fad inspiration in the wish of the
Queen saat her daughter Beatrice should
marry the widowed Prince Louis Of
Hesse ami take charge Of the children
OF her deceased sister, the Princess
Alice. Any wish Of the Queen is re-
gareed as a command by all her child
xsL.
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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-06-11

There are certain comparisons be-
tween the vital statistics OF France and
OF Prussia. IN recent report to the
Academy of Sciences of Paris. Thus,
it appears that in France 100 marriages
gave about 800 children; in Prussia 400.
1t Is also shown that in France the
annual increase of population births
over deaths) is 2, 400 for each million OF
inhabitants, while in Prussia it is
l3,ssi0 At this rate the population OF
France should double in 10 years; that
OF Prussia in ~.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-06-11
TfLTY DOLLARS REWARD.

Strs-yed from the ero-siny % the Owyhee on
the Silver City roed, der; by horse. Jrsaded
ii on let shoulder. mad bell on whea he let
the team vii Iay SO REGARD Tor tie de-
livery Of tne animal q C4HDD McBernft
JOBN FITZGERALD.
Winnemueca, june 10, Is79. A.
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TRANSFERS PROTECTIVE
ASSOCIATION.

Freight Forwarded to all parts Of Idaho.
Eastern Oregon and Nevada
consignments ot Goods respectfully solicited
Freight forwarded on short notice and on rea-
sonable terms.
A. j. SHEPARD, AGENT.
Mark Goods care 1T. n. A..
Winnemueca. Nevada.
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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-06-11

Strawberries, apples, figs, oranges,
lemons, lines and fresh candies are be-
ing received al Chenoweth's book store,
and viii la supplied to customers du-
ring the season at the lowest market
price apr26-tf..
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-06-11

A 30-aile spy-glass, for farmers use,
worth $45, large size, price SO. Send
for IT. Uncle Harris, 22l Ksarny
street, between Bush and Suffer.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-06-11
NEVADA BAKERY.

l. now prepared 10 furnish Families and Res.
tIurants every moraiag with
Fresh Eread, Pies, Cakes. Rolls. Con.
feetieaeFy,
And everything appertaining to a First-class
Bakery.
ORNANENTiNG CAKE 4 SPECIALITY.
Bridge Street, one door above SILVER STATE
Printing Office
HENRY BUSCH, Proprietor.
Winnemucca, June 7, 1879. II
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FOR SALE.

TIME LAFAYETTE HOTEL, situated n Tns
the Depot, Minnemueca, Nevada II
Hotel is doing firSt-class business slu w,
be sold at a bargain, as the proprietor desl,ss
retire from the business. For terms app,N
the proprietor JOSEPH ULhNAi'"'
Winnemgcca, April q, 1879.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-06-11

WHY STAY poor:
Prospecting often Pays; IdlsaeSs Saoer

Prospecting often Pays: IdlsaeSs Saoer.
The millions Of the CoInstock were a lucky
find. Worthless looking rock Is often rich in
treasure. At Leadville simple Assay rzaae
mli5olaires Of mary. ether bonanzas where
least suspected await the coming cf sprso an.
known man, who Uses his eyes and is wiling 70
pay for few ASSAYS.
Reader. are y0u the man?
AZ Virginia City, Negada, assays q ore for
GSd and silver are made az a per sample by
Conrad Wie2aEd, formerly the rvisng
Assayer Of the L. 5. Mint in san Francisco
Ores aesayed for other metals a proportion
atety low rates, and bullion skillfuliy melted
and a,styed at the lowest rate conapatible with
critical determination OF fun values.
Tise charges for assaying l,lion are often
fully paid oy she metallic grains ana other
scraps recovered from the slag. Full credit
given for all slnsiI scraps
We possess tie best facilities for SLING EuVion,
for ,rhieh our ch1rges are reasoaobge.
We also attend to Minting as.ayed bullion.
with an intelligent supervision OF reported
losses In Melting. declared iinenesses. Mint
charges &C. Oar commissions for 50 doing are
mDdcFate.
The orners If sslUer Mines rAose ores are
Geppery viii find il greatly to their advantage
70 address letters OF inquiry To us respecting,
a cheap method OF refining Coppery Analgam
~ their own hands. II IS process patented By
C. Wie-and. Though he has disposed Of III, title
% an Incorporated company, he i empowered
To grant licenses for the use u the process on
very reasonable terms
The mail nov carries samples Of Ore and Bul
ION for One CcEa per ounce, prepaid by
stamps.
Reports are telegraphed when ordered 80.
All costs, delays and risks in renjtting
money are avoided by the purchase 81 our
Dollar Remittance Tickets, which pay for all
work done incur establishment
We se1 these prepaid Tickets NJ discount
l1hen - to0rth or mare are ordered al one
time.
We also sell at { nominal price small sacks
prepared expressly for mailing samples Of ore,
paip and tailings
For fuller Information address,
c. WIEGAND s co, Assayers,
Virginia City, Nevada
ntYz7-3n
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CIGAR FACTORY No. 3.

firsi-eiass, Cigars at Bedrock Prices, in
quantities to suit.
Orders Jfona abroad promptly .dIfed.
VOW II the Tine 60 Get bargains
J. +. BANNIsTER.
Winnemucca, Nevada, June 0, 1879 If
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FOR SALE.
FOR SALE.

Anassortuent Of Furniture. Cooking Utensils
Cutlery, Stoves, ella aud EarthNare, t'sile ~
Bedroom SEES etc, j. now offered for sale al Wv
rear Of the Central Pacific Hotel.
ie6.tI MRS. T. MILLS
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-08-05
Trunk Space and the Sexes.

Mr.. Bowerman and wife left for the
country yesterday. One could tell that
their trunks were not over half full, as
they were pitched into the baggage car
with crash. They began packing week
ago. When the subject was broached
he said he preferred to pack his own
trunks, and he didn't propose to take a
whole month to do it, either. All he in
tended to take along was an extra suit,
and he could throw that in most anyway.
Night before last he began work It
struck him that he'd better put in an
extra pair of boots as foundation and
he flung 'em in the corners with his
clean shirts. The shirts didn't seem to
ride very well, and he braced them with
two pairs of trousers. Then he stuffed
his Sunday coat pockets with collars and
cuffs and found a place for it, used his
white vests for chinking," and the bal
ance of his clothing just fitted in nicely.
1.-The man who takes over ten minutes
to pack trunk is doltln said Mr..
Bowerman, as he slammed down the lid
and turned the key.
Mrs. Bowerman has been at it Just
seven days and seven nights, and when
the husband went up stairs at ten O'Clock
she sat down before the open trunk with
tears in her eyes.
"You see how it is" she explained, as
he looked down upon her in awful con
tempt. I've got only one part Of my
dresses in here. saying nothing of a
thousand other things, and even now the
lid won't shut down. I've got such a
headache / must lop down for few
minutes
She went away to lop, and Mr.. Bower
man sat down and mused:
Space is space. The use of space is
in knowing how to utilize it.'
Removing everything, he began re-
packing. He found that silk dress
could be rolled to the size Of quart jug.
A freshly starched lawn was made to
take the place of pair Of slippers Her
brown bunting fitted into the richie she
had reserved for three handkerchiefs
and her best bonnet was turned bottom
up in its box and packed. full of under
clothing. He sat there viewing suffi-
cient empty space to pack in a whole bed
when she returned and said he was the
only real good husband in this world,
and she kissed him on the nose as he
turned the key.
Its simply the difference between
the sexes" was his patronizing reply as
he went down stairs to turn on the bur
glar alarm.
When that wife opened that trunk last
night - But screams and shrieks
would avail nothing. g.-Detroit Free Press.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-08-05
Emigrant Icelanders.

Among the passengers landed ut Cas-
tie Garden, New York, by the ocean
steamer Anchoria. were fourteen fam
lilies of Icelanders, consisting of seventy
six persons They are the first large
batch of Icelanders that ever arrived at
New York, and it is their intention to
60 to Minnesota, where they will found
colony, which will be further increased
by emigration if the pioneers should find
success in their new homes. They had a
very pleasant voyage, keeping altogether
apart from the other passengers, and
the only thing that happened TO mar
their Journey was the death of Kiesteum
Ryensen, an old lady of the party, who
died at sea lust previous to the ships
arrival.
The Icelanders seemed very much
pleased when they had been landed at
Castle Garden and expressed themselves
SO to theinterpreter They complained,
however, of the warm climate, and,
seemingly, not without just cause, as
they were wrapped in heavy Arctic
clothing. which they seemed very re-
luctant to relinquish. The party con-
sists of about thirty middle-aged rersons
with a great many children. They all
spoke in the Norwegian tongue. The
men were short OF stature and seemed
to be intelligent. They were dressed
in heavy pea jackets, coarse trousers,
thick flannel shirts and caps with ap-
pendages for the ears. The women
wore wooden dresses and heavy wooden
shawls, and instead Of hats they had
sort Of head dress consisting Of a round
piece of black cloth resting on the top
of the head, from which depended a
long black tassel attached by a silver
band, which swayed to and fro in re-
sponse to the movements of the wearer.
The children were also dressed in heavy
clothing and, as well as the women,
wore moccasins instead of shoes. The
party bring some money with them,
one person having ST. 1855 and the others
sums ranging from 1925 to $3.50. They
seem to be very simple and eonfdinS
people. and were perfectly satisfied with
all that the authorities did for them in
the way of exchanging money and pro-
curing railway passage. The Icelanders
left Castle Garden for Minnesota, by
way of the Pennsylvania railroad
NeD York Herald.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-08-05
Something About Pretzels,

History says that fifty-two years ago
man named Sherley baked the first
pretzels in Lancaster county, Penn, ever
made in the United States. He rode
through the country on an old horse and
sold the pretzels from bushel bag. 10
to comparatively few years ago pret-
zels were made only in Pennsylvania
and some portions of New York State.
They are now becoming very popula lar in
Chicago and other portions of the West,
and also in some of the cities of the
South.
1t takes a very expert hand to mold
ten pretzels in minute, ready for the
oven, while no one cares to make more
than seven pretzels minute, working
all day. A Pennsylvania firm has Just
completed an automatic machine that
turns out pretzels at the rate of sixty to
one hundred per minute ready to be
baked 1t is nine feet long, two feet
wide and eight feet high, water OF steam
power.
The dough is placed in funnel-shaped
cylinder eight inches in diameter and
sixteen inches long on top of the ma
chine, and it passes half way around a
concave cylinder eight feet in diameter
and fifteen inches wide, having back so
arranged that the dough is rolled be-
tween them and then drops upon an end
less apron having sixteen molds, where
the rolled dough is shaped by curious
device into pretzels, after which they
drop upon movable board, which.
as soon as filed with pretzels, is re-
moved and.an empty board substituted.
The machine is very ingenious con-
trivance and includes feeder, cutter,
roller, folder, presser and movable board.
The pretzels are deposited at uniform
distances upon the board.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-08-05
The Author of Cheap Postage.

Probably not one person in a thousand
in the United States is aware that the so
justly celebrated Sir Rowland Hill, who
was the means of the introduction of the
penny postage system into Great Britain
and Ireland, is still living. But such is
the case. Though born near Birming-
ham in l705, and consequently an octo-
genarian and four years better, he is still
in good health and il the full possession
of his faculties.
The Court of Common Council of
London. having regard to the vast bene-
fits conferred upon the commercial COM
munity by those measures of postal re-
form with which his name will ever be
associated. has paid him graceful COM
pliment by sending a deputation to his
house at Hampstead to confer upon him
the freedom of the city of London. The
veteran reformer replied at some length,
saying, among'other things, that letter
could now be sent from Egypt to San
Francisco for smaller sum than in 1889
was charged on letter coming from the
city of London to Hampstead distan
Of few miles.
1t was in. 1887 that Sir Rowland pub
| lished pamphlet first developing his
new postal system; in 1888 it was re-
commended by parliamentary COM
mittee tor adoption; and in 1910 penny
postage was carried into effect. In 1646
lie received testimonial from the public
amounting to see, 800, and was subse-
/ quently made secretary of the general
postotfice. Chicago NesUs.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-08-05
Words of Wisdom.

The word of an honest man is surer
than the gold of a villain.
We can never die too early for others
when we live only for ourselves.
1t is the best proof of the virtues of a
family circle to see happy fireside-
How few faults are there seen by us
which we have not ourselves committed.
IF every year we rooted out one vice
we should soon become perfect men.
Ingratitude calls forth reproaches, as
gratitude brings fresh kindnesses.
Let man overcome anger by love,
evil by good, the greedy by iberality, the
liar by truth.
He who would amass virtues, leaving
out the guardian virtue humanity, is like
a man who leaves a precious dust exposed
to the wind
Might and right do differ frightfully
from hour to hour; but give them cen
turies to try it in and they are bound to
be identical
Men Of great and stirring powers, who
are destined to mold the age in which
they are born, must first mold themselves
upon it.
Energy will do everything that can be
done in this world; and no talents, no
circumstances, no opportunities will
make a two-legged animal man without
it.
There are some benefits which may be
SO conferred as to become the very re-
tinement Of revenge; and there are some
evils which we had rather bear in sullen
silence than be relieved from at the ex-
pense of our pride.