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ALL FOR LOVE.
A Soldier Deserts to Marry His Captains
Sister.

A Soldier Deserts to Marry His Captains
Sister.
From the Davenport Qowa) Democrat
On the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pa
cifc train going East last evening was
Sergeant and two privates of the 9th
United States Infantry, who had charge
of prisoner; and with them was an ell
derlv and rather fine-looking man,
Mr.. Samuel Rice, who was the prison
er's father. The soldiers were non-com-
initial as to the offense the prisoner had
committed, but the father, who stepped
to the platform of the car, told passen-
ger the story of his sons crime. He
said that his son, who is "a years Of age,
went into the army two years ago,
against the protest of parents and friends,
and was made Second Sergeant OF his
company in a few months. About
wear ago the company was sent to Fort
Sarpv, Montana, and the Captains wife
came on there, accompanied by her SIS
ter, young lady of Is years. 1t ap-
pears that the young Sergeant, Rice,
who is really noble-looking fellow, land
this sister became acquainted somehow,
and fell in love with each other. How
they managed to meet each other and
reach such an intimate acquaintance,
circumstanced as they were, Mr.. Rice
didn't know, but they did more by
writing than in any other way. They
kept up a secret correspondence for
weeks before they were detected; but at
last the Captains wife discovered what
was up, and in less than one week after
haY- cto
their way to Cheyenne, from which
place the sister was sent to her
home near Northampton, Mass. That
was last fall; last May the command
was moved to fort near Helena, and
there young Rice deserted, made his
way to Northampton, and married his
Captains sister-in-law, with whom he
fell in love at Fort Sarpy. The couple
were married some time before the
young couples friends knew any thing
about it-and it wouldn't have been
found out when it was but for letter
from the Captain telling of young Rice's
desertion, expressing fears that he had
left for Massachusetts to see the girl,
who was infatuated with him, and de-
scribing the lover. Young Rice had OBJ
tanned employment in the vlclnlty. HIS
wife was watched, and she was seen
with him, and the description caused
his arrest as deserter. Then she told
her father that the arrested man was
her husband, and there was cOnsterna-
ton and grief in the family. The father
of the wife did all he could to hasten
the taking of Rice to the West-and he
was first taken to Fort La Fayette, and
then started for the West with the Ser
geant and two soldiers. Mr.. Rice said
he believed the proceeding was very I'M
usual-and the officers on the island to-
day say it is, too. Mr.. Rice said that
his sons young wife was almost frantic
at first, but when he left she was calm
as any body. The old man believed she
would be on her way West before long.
Mr.. Rice said that his son might be
severely dealt with, but there were in
fiuences at work which he thought
would secure the young soldiers release
before many months have passed.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-30
Saved by His Strength.

1t is often remarked that personal
strength has ceased to be of much ac-
count on battle-felds- this is main
" true where both contending parties
are civilized armies. But here is an ex-
ception in modern warfare, which re-
minds us of Homer's battles:
The late Gen. Donovan, known to al
most every one, some years back, in the
city of Cape Town, etc., as the man with
the lions voice, for many years COM
manded that famous corps, the Cape
Mounted Rifles. As an evidence of the
strength of his lungs, it is stated that he
could drill his regiment with perfect
ease at quarter of mile off. He was,
at the time of the first Kaffir war,
Captain commanding a troop in the
above-named regiment. He was over
six feet in height, perfectly proper
toned, and possessed of muscular
strength rarely given to human being.
Scarce knowing what fear meant, con-
summate horseman, well skilled with his
weapons, he invariably defeated the
enemy whenever they had an encounter,
himself coming off scatheless, so that he
got to be regarded by the natives as
bearing a charmed life. The Kaffirs,
then as now, fought with address and
determination, and were peculiarly cruel
to their captured. If not Immediately
and humanely slain by the deadly asse-
gal, they were usually reserved for the
torture of being flayed alive, after suffer-
ing nameless indignities. The Kaffirs,
particularly the Zulus, made a VOW that,
if ever the "devil captain" as they
called Donovan, or what was equivalent
in their gutterals, fell into their hands,
his fate would be worse than any that
had preceded him, and he knew they
were men of their word In one of the
fights that took place in the up-country,
the Captains luck seemed to have de-
serted him. He and his command fell
into an ambush in gully between two
riffs of hills common in that country.
His men were almost all either killed or
wounded, his horse shot from under
him, saber broken, and pistols empty.
He apparently was at the enemy's mercy.
Donovan knew that small mercy would
be accorded him, and as two Zulu chiefs,
famed for their strength and bravery,
advanced to capture him alive, he seized
one literally in each hand, and with his
enormous strength doubled by the des-
pair of the moment, brought their heads
together with deadly crash. One of
his wounded men afterwards said that it
was like the sound of broken bottles.
One chief was killed outright, and the
other so manned that he lived but a day
or two. The rest of the band fled with
terror, now thoroughly convinced that
he was not man, but a demon. The
survivors and the dead chiefs were
shortly after brought in by reinforce
ments of the regiment. Donovan was
hardly ever again opposed during the
continuance of the war.
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Concerning the Memory.

The Medical Press and Circular gives
some entertaining statistics of memory,
from NJ. Delaunay. The inferior races
of mankind, such as negroes, the
Chinese, ETC., have more memory than
those of higher type of civilization.
Primitive races which were unacquainted
with the art of writing had a wonderful
memory, and were for ages in the habit
of handing down from one generation
to another hymns as vOluminous as the
Bible. Prompters and professors of
defamation know that women have
more memory than men. French women
will learn a foreign language quicker
than their husbands. Youths have more
memory than adults 1t is well devel-
oped in children, attains its maximum
about the fourteenth or fifteenthyear, and
then decreases. Feeble individuals of a
Emphatic temperament have more men,
DRY than the strong. Students who obtain
the prize for memory and recitation
chiefly belong to the former class. Pa
riSian students have also less memory
than those who come from the provinces.
At the EcOle NOTmGle and other schools
the pupils who have the best memory
are not the most intelligent. The men,
DRY is more developed among the peas
antry than among citizens, and among
the clergy than among the laity. The
memory remains intact in diseases OF
the left side of the brain, and is much
affected in those of the right, from
which it may be inferred that the right
side is more the seat of this faculty than
the left.
From physiological point of view
memory is diminished by over-feeding,
by physical exercise, and by education,
in this sense, that the illiterate have pO-
tentially more memory than those who
know how to read and write. We re-
member, moreover, better in the morn
ing than in the evening, in the summer
than in the winter, and better in warm
than in cold climates
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-30
A Genius ut Figures.

Mr.. Leonard Gardner of South Wey-
mouth, mechanic, who never had more
than ordinary schooling, devotes the
most of his time to astronomical calcu-
lations, by methods which he has taught
himself, and has attracted the attention
of the scientists at Cambridge and Wash
ington by the accuracy of his computa-
tons, in some cases having pointed out
and corrected the errors in those of
more learned men. He spent some time
last year in computing the limits of Wis
Utility of the recent transit of Venus on
the earth, with the time of beginning
and of the transit at Ill places on the
globe, and the suns altitude and All
muth at the beginning and at the end.
The work filled a closely lined book OF
large paper and over 400 pages, which
was bound and presented as a curiosity
to the public library of bingham, of
which town Mr.. Gardner was a native
The library was burned last year, and
the book shared the same fate, but, al
though Mr.. Gardner had no other rec
ord of his work, he determined to re-
place the volume, and has again COM
pleted the computation, and had it sub
stantially bound by Groom of Boston.
1t is understood that the government of
the observatory at Cambridge are de
sirous of securing it for the library, not
only for its value as a mathematical
work, but as curious specimen of
work done by mechanic who never
enjoyed special culture. Mr.. Gardner
has offered to furnish for the library at
Weymouth a drawing of the coming
transit of Venus, 1882, with the time of
its beginning and end in that town.
Boston Globe.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-30
Western Titles.

The traveller who journeys westward
in our favored land should make up his
mind to accept without demur such
military or judicial rank and title as may
be conferred upon him. He may be
quite sure, too, that when his brevet has
once been settled west of the Missouri
by proper authority, it will cling to him
as long as he remains in that region.
81 don't half like once remarked a
Scotch fellow-traveler of the writer, TO
friendly group at Denver, "the pro-
motion backwar-r-d which l receive.
East of Chicago 1 was Colonel; at Chi
cago was Major; at Omaha a man
called me Captain and offered me din
ner for thir-r-ty-five cents!"
One of the group, after careful sur
vey of the face and figure before him,
the kindly vet keen expression, and the
iron-gray whiskers, replied: " You amt
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-30
Mr.. Bingle's Timely Rebuke.

"This is beautiful corn bread, my
dear" remarked Mr.. Bingle as he sat
at breakfast this morning.
Mrs. Bingle smiled approvingly.
Mr.. B. slit the corn bread, inserted
between the sections a liberal flake of
butter, and then began to eat. A
slightly rank taste manifested itself, and
in a timid way he ventured to remark
that the finest butter he had tasted in
town was at Bevans's restaurant.
Mrs. BIS eyes flashed fire, and there
was Il look of awful determination on
her face.
"What's the matter with that butter?"
she asked.
Mr.. B. saw at once that he had made
a taur pas, and cunningly endeavored
to retreat in good order.
"Oh, nothing, my DEAR" he replied
cheerfully, "nothing the matter with
this but
"But what, now? but what?"
"Why, I'm not finding fault with the
butter, my dear"
"What are you talking about that
restaurant butter for then? Isn't this
butter gOod?'
"Wel, now, Tabitha, if you insist
upon direct answer, truth compels me
to say that there is Just a very little
rank taste; but l probably got slice
from the outside of the roll
Mrs. B. contemplated her lord in 81
lent amazement for full minute.
"WeI, confound you, you cOnfounded
old fsol! You're never satisfied with
any thing on your own table. A wom-
ans fool that tries to please you, any
how. You're bound to growl at every
thing
"Why, my dear Tahitha, l haven't
growled at any thing. You asked me
if the butter was good, and surely you
wouldn't have me say it was if l
thought"
"Oh, shut up! shut up! You don't
know what is good or what isn't. Talk
about your restaurants, cOnfound you!
[ wish you'd 90 and live at a restaurant
altogether. [ declare I've been married
to you for so years, and | never in my
life heard you praise any thing on your
own table"
Mr.. B. had a fine opening for him to
say "What, never" but he lacked the
courage to take advantage of it. He
Just stared blankly at his wife and be-
seemingly protested that she was too
severe on him. Her meat pies, he
avowed, brought a heavenly bliss to
his soul, and the way she broiled a steak
was unequaled in fact, only a few min
utes ago he had highly praised her corn
bread
You did not-nothing of the kind I!
You never praised any thing cooked for
you at home. If you did, I'm sure you
didn't mean it,
In an agony of despair the hapless
husband grabbed his hat and rushed
from the house. This afternoon he was
treating the crowd continually in the
Magnolia Saloon, and singing, "What
(hic) jolly old cookie am I.'-Vrgtnio
Cify (Nec. Chronicle.
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A Sure Thing.

DIR. Hunters Specific and Injection No.
are warranted to cure GonorrhGa, elect,
Cordee, Structure, diseases Of the Kidneys,
Bladder and Urinary Organs Of males and
females.
DIR. Hunters Specific No. is a sure rem
edy for Spermatorrhea, Seminal Weakness,
Nightly Emissions and Loss Of Power, caused
by self-abuse or excessive indulgence.
Price of DIR. Hunters Specific g per bottle;
injection 81. Sent everywhere by express.
DIR. j. Dinsbeer, sole proprietor, No. 415
North Seventh Street, st. Louis, Mo. Send
two stamps for treatise. Cures guaranteed,
or money refunded.
n-Dr. Dinsbeer will treat all chronic
diseases and furnish medicine for less money
than any other physician in st. Louis.
Write or call.
For sale at Coley's Drug Store, Milan,
Tenn.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-30

THAT Quinine will cure Chills and Fever 10
well known. But 1t is strange that the other feb
rifuge principles contained in Peruvian bark are
more powerful than Quinine, and do not pro-
duce any annoying head symptoms like buzz
ing in the ears. This fact is proved by DR..
T. Wilhoft's Anti-Periodic or Fever and Ague
Tonic, which is a preparation Of Peruvian
bark. without Quinine, according to the decla-
ration of its proprietofs, Wheelock, Finlay d
Co., of New Orleans.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-30

Colonel with cent. allow that you're
ledger
And "Jedge >, he was from that time
forth. Nobody called him any thing
else. Newly made acquaintance, land
lords. stage-drivers, conductors, all used
this title, until his companions began to
feel as if they had known him all his
life in that capacity.--Harpers' for No
1.e7J1ber
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-30

DoUGHNUTs.-One cup of sweet milk,
three-fourths cup of sugar, one egg, one
teaspoonful of cream-tartar, one-half
teaspoonful of soda, flour enough to
knead but not too hard.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-05-14
LOTS: LOTS!.: L0Ts!!!
SPRING CITY, NEVADA.

Lots can now be procured in the fourishng
mining camp of Spring City, Mount Rose Mining
District, Paradise mines by applying to the un-
dersigned, the regularly authorized agent for
the sale of the same by letter or in person
HARRY WARREN.
Nov. 20. 1878 Spring City, Nevada
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-05-14
LOOK HERE!

Having received large lot Of Moulding from
Chicago, am now prepared To make all kinds
of
PICT U r Il f r A NJ ES.
Repairing Furniture and Sewing Machines
speciality.
Lounges and Mattresses of every description
made to order.
Perforated Chair Bottoms constantly on
hand.
Saws filed by machinery at MY SHOP, on
Bridge Street, above Leyys Store.
EGEo. r. WALKER.
winnemucca, July Is, ls7s3
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ID. n. HASKELL,
TOWNSHIP AGENT. q. =. +. X.
TOWN LOTS FOR SAFE 0E LEASE.

PARTIES WISHING TO LEASE OR PUR-
chase Lots in the town of Winnemucca, are
hereby notified that all applications for the same,
or on business relating thereto, should be ad-
dressed TO the undersigned at San Francisco,
at the c. Z. r. r. office where they will receive
prompt attention.
Those occupying lands belonging to the com
pany, without having bought or leased the same,
are also notified to attend to the matter without
delay and avoid troublei -
nola D. II, HASxELL.
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Commercial and Mining Agency

The undersigned having opened an office at
2l33 Miss en- street San Francisco, will receive
and promptly attend to all orders for any DE-.
SCRlPTi0N OF MERCHANDISE, SELL ORES.
BUY AND SELL STOCKS. Mrs Thompscn
viii personally attend to the purchase of goods
for Women and Children. The business cx.
peri ence Of both is guarantee that they wiA
giyec ecsatisfaction. HOMAS THOMPSON.
de .l1-7S-tf
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REWARD.

Wes. Antrim lost memorandum book be-
tween keinhart's store and Shone's Toll House
containing papers of value to the owner TIE
finder will receive five dollars reward upon, de-
livery of the book to the undersigned at winno.
mncca. ELIAS JONES'
W.nnemucea, April rs. ~
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-25
HAvERLEy's SHOW

The Academy was again filled last even
ing from top to bottom with o most enthI-
siastic audience. Il is due to say OF
Haverley's big show OF forty perform.
ers that Its programme, by It's diversity
procures amusement to all classes Of specta-
tors, and yet without In any wise trespassing
upon tho rules Of propriety. Indeed, 1t Ia
one Of the very few minstrel companies TO
which We have been able, conseientiously, to
extend such compliment.
Among the balladists, Otis Carter John
Rapier, Harry w. Roe and Geo. w. Harley:
among the comic singers, and as end men,
Tom Sadler, Billy Rice, Sam Price, Pete
Mack and John Styles rank among tho first
In the country, and offer most interesting
entertainment Of themselves. Twelve first
class "song and dance and clog dance men,
viz the four Arnold Brothers, the three
German Brothers, Hooley Thompson,
Styles, Sadler and Barry Maxwell are In
cluded In the long list Of performers. Besides
prises an excellent entertainment In ventrilo-
quism by Mr.. Harry Kennedy, and "dlyer-
sified musical illustration" ON various instrtI-
ments by Mesars. Adams, Lee and DeerinR,
which Is both scientific and overwhelmingly
funny. Deering Is one OF the great cards OF
the show.
The programme closes with one of the very
best burlesque sketches that has ever been
presented here, and In which Billy Rice, Pete
Mack and other members OF the troupe are
very eomcal
The same programme tonight and to-mor-
row night. On Thursday there will be an en-
tire change of bill, however.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-25
A BULLETS WORK.
A YOUNG LADY shot AND DANGER
OUsLy WOUNDED III OFFICER
GEORGE HOWARD.


OF late a number OF very serious accidents
have occurred from the careless handling OF
fire arms, and two OF the accidents were
caused by police officers who are allowed
tho right to bear arms, and assume the re-
sponslblity OF showing them to friends.
The first was the shooting and woundlng Of
q young man at the corner Of Dryades and
DeIord streets by Officer Abadie. Officer
Abadie, however, appeared to have some sort
OF an excuse for taking the pistol from his
pocket as he said he handed it to the young
man, who had expressed the opinion, on
learning The weapon was out Of order,
that he could repair 1t. But unfortunately,
while the officer was transferring the weapon
from his hands 10 those OF the young mar,
one OF the chambers exploded and the bail
entered the young mans abdomen.
The wounded man In this instance laid at
the hospital for number Of days, at Deaths
door, but, fortunately, being la the hands OF
skilrul physician, recovered.
But the accidental shooting OF Miss Martha
Byner at midnight Sunday, at the residence
OF Mrs Byner, No. 248 Cont, near Claiborne
street. by Doorman George Howard, OF the
Fourth Precinct, appears to be without the
shadow OF an excuse SO ar as the drawing OF
the weapon was concerned.
It appears Officer Howard WAS visiting the
young lady, and during the evening the con-
versation turned on police arrests, carrying
pistols, and the sort of pistol q man ought
to carry. To demonstrate the exact kind of
weapon Officer Howard considered man
ought to carry, he drew from his pocket his
pistol, and while showing II TO the young lady
one of the chambers exploded, and tho ball
penetrated her right side. The victim fell
back In her chair wounded, and as the imne-
date services OF q physician could not be OBJ
tained she was removed to the Charity Hos
pital The physicians at the hospital, after
examining her wound, declined to express an
opinion as 10 It's nature.
Officer Howard after seeing the victim OF
his careiessness arranged at the hospital as
comfortably as her condition would permit,
repaired to the Fourth Precinct Station and
surrendered to Sergeant Rowley.
The sergeant detained him in custody until
yesterday when he was arraigned before Re-
eorder Mittenberger and remanhed to the
Parish Prison without the benefit Of bail,
owing TO the factIthat the house surgeon at the
hospital declined TO give a certificate that the
wounded woman WAS out OF danger.
A visit to the hospital last evening by n
DEMOCRAT reporter revealed the fact that
ISIS Byner had rested easy all day, but was
still under the effects of morphine; s3onse-
quently her version OF the affair could not be
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-25
GEORGw r. CRANE.

The many friends OF this gentleman, and
no man ever had more. were inexpressibly
shocked TO learn OF his death. which occurred
Mt an early hour yesterday morning. Appa-
rently hale and hearty man, blessed with a
vigorous constitution, which gave promise OF
long and useful life, he has been stricken
down. almost without warning, on the very
threshold OF his career.
George p Crane was born In Kentucky and,
at the time of his death, was In his thirty
ninth year. He was educated at Georgetown
College, In the District Of Columbia, where
the hand that Indites this last tribute first
grasped his own In an affectlonate friendship
which never lost Its warmth or sincerity
during all the years Of his lfe.. Leaving
Georgetown at the outbreak OF the war, our
friend entered the Confederate army rs leu
tenant In the First Louisiana Regular Artll-
lery. In which command he served throughout
the seige at Vieksburg, and afterwards In the
Army Of the Tennessee with great gallantry
and devotion to the cause he loved 50 we'll.
After the war he was connected with Mr..
Charles Chism, his stepfather, In business,
until some two year ago. when he went into
business In his own name. As merchant he
bore high reputation for intelligence, enter
prise and the strictest integrity.
Qf his personal and social virtues we scarce
dare trust ourselves TO speak. True as steel,
simple-hearted and sincere as a child. tender
as woman, but courageous as lion and
sternly conscientious In all things. he was,
withal, noble gentleman and @ most admira-
BILE character. II was In hiss family circle,
however that the amiabilty OF his nature
found Its sweetest illustration IN tho deep
affection he bore for bis wife and children.
TO these we offer our heartfelt sympathy In
their sad bereavement.