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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-10-04
PLENTY. Of WATER.
An Ipexhaustible supply or II. I'm the
Mountains.

4 The following on water from corr
respondent of the San Francisco Buller
tin applies to Nevada ~ well as Cali
fornia. Old miners know it is true,
and that wherever tunnels have been
run into. the mountains in,this part of
the country water has been found in
abundance. The correspondent says:
The great want of California at GER
tain seasons, is water. At times it is
indispensable. If it comes not, vegeta-
ton withcrs, stock die, and the farmer
is ruined. Water is life, wealth, pros
perity, everything. And yet the crust
OF the earth is
GREAT RESERVOIR
OF the precious fluid, however parched
the. surface, olga little, it is cool, damp,
moist, wet, and finally the water is
there in abundance. Capillary attrac-
ton draws it up from below, from
'"hNo, iiNSiS, Stets3 uiltlSkLuc WtlOle. sur
face is full of it,. 1t climbs the mount
AIMS or perhaps. rather, they retain
what falls upon them by the same Ga D.
Hilary attraction. And thereby hangs a
tale; a useful tale; tale with millions
in it; a. tale that will eventually add
immensely to the wealth and greatness
of California. 1t is not known to all
but it shenld De. that wherever there is
a mountain Of any considerable height
and extent, it IS. fdll of water If Won
have farm near it, or land that will
make farm; If you want water for
house, stock, garden, orchard, or anv
other purpose,
TAP THE HILL,
And you will generally get an abund.
ant supply. Begin a tunnel high
enough in the mountain side to run over
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-10-04
A TALK WITH ARTEMUs WARD.
A Young Editors Experience with INC
IEumOrist

I met Artemus Ward but once. L
was quite young at the time and was
acting as city editor OF the Star, pub
lished at Schenectady, n. Y. While L
was city editor of that sheet met Ar
temus. was standing on bridge at
the time, and in. talking about news
paper work was about to say something
in regard to my heavy editorial respon-
sibilisy, but Ward checked me by ask
ing;
"What creek is this?"
"Creek!" / exclaimed, "why, this is
the Erie canal.
"How far is it navigable?"
"Why, of course it is.navigable from
one end to the other"
"Well,, solemnly replied Ward, "that
beats all the streams ]. ever heard OF.
BY the way, think + can make out
some large boats anchored up there
what are they, propellers or side wheel
efs?"
replied that they were merely canal
boats, and, we're moved by horse power.
"Ah | didn't think the stream was
as shallow as that" said Artemus.
GAS shallow as WHAT"
"Why, you said that those boats are
pulled along by horses. Now, of course,
they must walk along in front of the
boat, mustn't they? / used to run a
stone boat on my lamented Uncle Johns
farm, and | distinctly remember that
the horses walked along in trout"
/ mentally declared that IiEal never
before met with such ignorance. |
spent some time in explaining she pecu-
liarities of the big ditch, and just as
had begun to think that at last had
set the stranger right on the subject, he
Knocked my hopes into kindlng- wool
by remarking:
II suppose that when the stream
dries up in the summer they put boats
on wheels, don't they
Then l began again and explained
every feature OF the canal, from New
York to Erie. How attentively he
listened to my words? | can. still see
that melancholy face, lit by the sad
light of thesstars, and those mournful
eyes. looking into mine so earnestly; and
again. | hear, as | did then, after | had
talked for nearly half an hoar, going
fully into the details OF boating, the
low, pathetic drawl:
Any sawmills on this stream that
you know of"
Shortly after some gentlemen came
along who seemed to be acquainted with
ny obtuse friend. Presently one called
him Artemus, and then | commenced TO
reflect. l always reflect best when I'm
hid away somewhere, so | went and hid
myself.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-10-04
The talented young Washoe

The talented young Washoe states
map,, who yields the mighty and vigor-
Gus pen which makes the Reno Journal
the leading Republican paper of the
State, CONSTITUTES what the SILVER STATE
intended as compliments. merited by
his genius and ability, into "dirty little
siurs." Ii the .gentleman's perceptive
faculties have been SO blunted and his
sensibilities proportionately edged by
contact with the solons of. Nevada dur
Ing one session or the Legislature, the
SILVER STATE fears that his boom for
United States. Senator is-sin vain, and
that he is not the .man-to elect as Shar-
oQs.succesaor.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-10-04

The Farmers Emigration Society is a
reality in London. 1t sent batch of
eighty men, with their families, to
Texas the other day, and it is organiz-
ing a second and larger expedition.
This colony carried with it more than
$4,000 in cash. This wouldgive not
far from $1,000 to each emigrant.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-10-04

We acknowledge the receipt of a
complimentary. ticket to the Annual
Fair of the Nevada State Agricultural,
Mining and Mechanical Society, which
commences at Reno October 9th, and
continues six days,
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-10-04

Henry Smith, the colored Waterman
at the San Francisco mint, who pleaded
guilty in the United States Districs
Court to stealing sl5, 400 has been SEM
fenced to four years in the State Prison.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-10-04
FOR SALE.
FOE SALE.

NNHE LAFAYETTE HOTEL, situated near
r. the Depot, Winnemucca, Nevada The
Hotel - doing iirst-cass business, and will
be sold at bargain, as the proprietor desires to
the proprietor. JOSEPH GEnMAiN :
Winnemueca, Apil p, 1879.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-10-04

Gald is accommodating in the Treasury
of the United States almost as rapidly
as silver coin has since the passage of
the Silver Bill. As million dollars in
silver is about sixteen times as heavy
and nearly twenty times as bulky as
that amount in gold, it is not so incon-
@enient 10 keep tha latter as the former.
Almost every steamer from Europe
brings large consignments OF gold to
New York to pay for bread5tufis, and
if the golden stream keeps flowing west
across the Atlantic for. any great length
Of TING, the Government will find it
almost Is inconvenient to dispose OF as
standard dollars. The pcople in the
Atlantic States are accustomed to paper
money, and for convenience in hand
ling and carrying prefer it to coin.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-10-04
PRIVILEGES AT AUCTION,

Privileges for Bars, Restaurant, Fruit Stands,
lee Cream Stands, and Poo Stand at the Fair
Grounds Of the Humboldt District \. NJ. s NJ.
Society during the Races eonpcncing oetober
1itb and continuing four days.
WILL BE sOLD AT Ar1TION.
To the highest blddeEs,
on Wednesday, October sfh,
At 7:30 O'Clock 2. H., In trout OF the Bonanza
sisloun on Bridge street.
FERD,. RIED.
Secretary II. d. A. II. 4 NJ s., winnemucea,
Nevada. oztd
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-10-04
IN WlNNEMUCCA.
OctObeTI4thtoI.th inclus,,.
PR d 4. y 4 "a NE;

First DGy-Tussaay, October na
RU2aNIkG--INrso, $500; single d,.A !,
mile; tree for AL horses raised \ 49, "
humboldt county, Nevada, ioslr i, ~ =
enter, three or more y start. Fin 49,
20, second, $50; tiSrd, s2s. 'H',
RUNSlNG-Purse, $50; single d,A !,
quarter OF mile; tree for al hsp.s 49,. =
or owned in Humboldt county 49, S'sa
Tour or more TO enter, three a ,sass !,
start start first horse, $50; secona, vi
TRoTTISG-Do CBLE TEAMS Pm. a..
mile heats, two In three; free ior Il
horses raised or owned In Huiats,,
county, Eastern Ncsaaa ard -
oregon; four or more to eatsr thrss =
more 10 start First team. 500. sss,s
s85; third, So. Ali teams u.tl.t be A..
together at least two weeks prgyss.
to the race
Second Day Wedassdag, oeiotsr ga
RUNNING Purse, $3.50: single dash a tb,.
quarters ~ : mile. free for all tao.yta,ss,
raised, or owned in Humboldt county s-s
days previous 70 the race, four q NOR. 4
enter, three or more 10 ss-x.. Firss hor~
800: second, 500; third, So
TRoTTING-P Purse, S80O. mile hea,s two n
thres. free for all horses raised OF oxHtd IA
Humboldt county; four or more 10 sn,sr
throeo ~ more 70 start. First horse, a;s
second. $50, third, SIS.
RUNNING SADDLE HORSES Purss. slg
free for ali yaequsfus IN Haubos;
county and Eastern Oregon. snge
dash OF one miie; four CT mogp i
enter, three or more 20 start. Flint hefu
$50; sIsord, res; third, go Meme bet
yacquero horses can enter tor this rsce.
Third DGg-- LiursdGy, October ia.
RUNNING-P Purse. 500: single dash 4 ssf
mile, free for every horse In the tHid
States. four OF more 20 enter shf& q
more 10 start First hosse, 80, aeaAd,
So, third. so0.
TRoTTING -- THREE.YEAR-oL Ds = Pun.
L 500: mile heats. $50 a three. free iF q
horses raised or owned IN AeYssa, Easter
oregon ana tuAAffs ittAI or hF9ft t0tAlfi
three or more TO start First hofse. -
second s75, third, S25.
RUNNING Purse. sl00: single dash Of 90
mile; fTee for ali mules ra.sod o. owned 4
the fhsfhc Coast. tour or more 70 ehlsf
three or more 70 start First muls g.
/ second, 1e25
Fourth Bay-Frifdy, October i7A
RUNNING Purse, slo9, single dash Of . nib
free for all three. car-olds raised o. Oils
in Humboldt county thirty i've days ~
10 ths race; four or more 70 enter, lhn
or more 10 start. First horse, =
second, 800, ihird, SEQ.
| RUNNING Purse, $500, mile heats, three
FIVE; free for al horses In the world On
or more 10 enter. rhree or mere 20 gar
First horse, $500; second, slSo: hird's
| SLOW RACE Purse, f75; single dash q
mile: four or more 40 enter, three or NO
H. start. Last horsa. $50; next 10 last =
Entry Fee;
An Entry Fee OF Is. per cent. Of the pm
Competed for, mnst be paid 10 the Secretary
the time Of entry.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-10-04
TRoTrISG-DornLE TrAus >,

TRoTTING-DoCBLE TEAMs-fnr, ~.
mile heats, two In three: Tree h. 81
horses raised or owned In H,,ss.is
county, Eastern Nevada ard 80
oregon; four or more to eatar. thrss !.
more to stait. FRS; team, $780, ses,s
= ss5i third, So Ali teams aust he Dr.
together at least two weeks prssvss
to the race
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-10-04

the top of your house. Go in nearly
on a level, and in little while
the water viii be dripping all around
you, and will run to your home, sweet,
pure and cool as mountain dew. You
bleed the mountain as it were. You
cut the veins and capillary vessels, and
they drop the nectar you desire. Of
course it will cost money, but not
much. In soft ground half a dollar a
foot. and if there is no hard rock, dol
lar at most.
TWO OK THREE HUNDRED FEET
Will indicate the result. and having
found the water, the more you dig, the
more you have. A thousand feet would
rarely fail of a,good supply Then IT is
unlike a well. 1t needs no drawaDg.
1t runs to you all the time. And when
ever you want pure water, do little
more digging. There are ten thousand
places in California that such tunnel
would make desirable that must else
remain waste and barren for centuries
to coJne Doa't forget However dry
the mountain, if it be only large enough,
the water is thore--a perpetual spring,
fortune worth more than gold.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-10-04

RUNSING-Purse $50; single a,sA !.
quarter OF a mile; tree for al haf.,s 49,
or owned in Humboldt county 49, $50
four or more TO enter, three a. ..,ss'
start. First horse, $50, second ~ !
third, So. ~
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-10-04

RUNNING Purse. $3.50; single cash a tb,,
quarters u { mile, free Tor all tao.ytar@
raised, or owned ia Humboldt county II,
days previous 70 the race; four a mar
enter, three or more 10 s,zxt. Fin, her.
500: second, 500; third, ST.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-10-04

Second Day WeiaesdoV. oeiotsr pa
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-10-04

First Day-Tussaay, October IN !.
U-aNlNG--l1rse, $500; single dasA /.
mile; tree fer Az horses raised q ~ = y !
Humboldt county, Nevada. tour 4, ~, -. ?
enter, three or more - start. lin ~ ~ /"
A23; second, $50; tlsrd, s2s. "''S'
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-10-04

Purse. SsgO. mile hea,s. two !
thres. free for all horses raised Of Owned !
Humboldt county. ionr or more 70 en,sr
throA0 ~ more 70 start. First horse. si,s
second $50, third, sf5
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-02-25
A Dog Detective.

The residence of DR.. =. W. Hiestand,
at Millersville, Pa, was lately burglarious-
iy entered while the family were quietly
asleep in their beds. The bold intruder
bored hole in the outer cellar door,
through which he managed to insert some
instrument and push back the inside bolt.
In the cellar he found an ak, with which
he cut hole 10 the kitchen door at the
head of the cellar stairs, and so succeeded
in unlocking the door. In the kitchen he
found and appropriated to his own use a
pair of boots and twenty-five cents of milk
money. In the kitchen was the doctors
dog, small and gentle, quite unable to cope
with a burglar, but as the sequel will
show, possessed Of that sagacity which
often is more effective than mere brute
strength. After the burglar had thorough
ly inspected the lower precincts of the
house, with the indifferent result above
stated, he bethought himself of the more
promising regions above. But no sooner
had he opened the door leading up stairs
than the little dog began his part in the
drama. Quietly bad that dog looked on
while the william prowled about on the
first floor; without any audible protest
had he seen his masters boots and the
milk money of his mistress stolen before
his very eyes; evidently the opening of
the upstairs door was what he had waited
and hoped for. Unostentatiously insinu-
ating his little body into the crack of the
door made by the burglar in opening it,
the dog passed noiselessly up to the doc
TORS chamber, and had told him Of the
robbery below aud the danger above before
the cautious thief had got half way up.
OF course the doctor sprang to the rescue
on the instant and made some noise in
doing so. The burglar heard the noise,
hastily retreated, and made good his
escape. But the house was saved, and
saved by the dog, in a manner that would
have reflected credi, upon a two-legged
detective.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-02-25

EgA prominent physician of Peru, Ind,
was called to the country last Saturday to
see a child, a few months old, but before
his arrival the child had died and had been
laid out. Directly he came in the mother,
Noticing the child's head was lying little
crooked, undertook TO straighten it, when
the child gasped. This attracted the doc
tors attention and he began to question
them as to the sickness and treatment of
the child. They told him the child had a
bad cold, and they gave the child some
patent cough syrup. 1t grew worse they
thought it had the Group; they gave it
more of the congh syrup. The doctor saw
IN a moment the situation. The child was
poisoned by opium. he prescribed strong
coffee as an antidote, and soon the little
one was running about the house.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-02-25
Frozen to a rrestle-Brldue.

WEEDsroRT, N. y, Feb. t5.-A most
remarkable accident happened to train
on the Southern Central road, near here
last night. Two loaded and thirty empty
coal cars drawn by good locomotive left
Fair Haven aud proceeded safely until the
crossing of Muskrat Creek was reached.
Here it was found that the water, back
ing up from Seneca River, which is unusu-
ally high for this season, had overflowed
the track about four inches. When almost
across the treste the locomotive drivers re-
fused TO "bite" and the train came to
standstil In moment every wheel was
frozen in its place. The train had entered
the water just as it was on the point of
congealing, and the instant the train stop
ped the conducting properties of the iron
proved an efficient aid to mplete the work.
After several hours chopping about the
drivers and tracks the engine was loosened
and came to Weedspoit. From here two
engines were sent Just after daybreak Ar
wing at the creek, third engine, from
Fair Haven, was seen on the opposite side
ofthe creek. Then the chopping and shov-
Cling of ice began. The two engines
would hitch on to one car, literally jerk it
out, and the workman cleaned the track OF
ice, only to have it again covered by freez-
ing water coming up from below. After
tho first start everything once loosened
had to be kept moving lest the ice should
once more fasten it. After the cars had
all been started the three locomotives
undertook to shove them up the grade and
out OF the slough. But this was not so
easy. A film Of ice constantly formed on
the rails, causing the drivers to slip. The
train moved one way, and stopped. The
whistles screached, and it swayed back
ward. One minute of idleness, and the ice
would fasten every one of the hundred and
fifty wheels again.. The engines shook,
ratified, jumped on the icy rails. Where
the throttles were not drawn with perfect
concert of action there would be jar as
If everything would be torn in shreds. At
last, when the iron giants seemed ready to
give up for very eXhaustion-in the last
thrust of two rods the steam in our boiler
ran down from 1870 to 105 pounds to the
inch-lhe wheels hugged the rails, and
the train was moved clear of the water.
The watches showed o'clock.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-02-25
Andersonville Prison Sketches,

by one who was there. A new Serial Story was
commenced Nov. l4th. Another will commences
In January
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rHE TMEs. NEW BLOOMFIELD, rA. EEBRuARY Is. 1870
Eaot6rY Eaois.

Close confinement, careful attention.to
all factory work, gives the operatives
pallid faces, poor appetite, languid, mis-
erable feelings, poor blood, inactive llv-
er kidney and urinary troubles, and all
the physicians and medicine in the
world cannot help them unless they get
out doors or use Hop Bitters, made of
the purest and best of remedies, and es-
pecially for such cases, having abun-
dance of health, sunshine and rosy
cheeks in them. None need suffer II
they will use them freely. They cost
but triile. See another column.
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The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-02-25
A Cock Fighting Justice /.

A cock fight took place Saturday near
ironton, Ohio, in the office of a justice Of
the peace. The officer was the owner of
the birds on one side, and, VIII is more,
his birds were the yictors and he gathered
his several hundred dollars Of the money of
his antagonists.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-12
CROPS AND WEATHER.

There was ice In Rayville last Sunday and
Monday mornings
All the sugar mills in Pointe Coupee are
under way, with promises OF q fine yield.
st. Landry has had two white frosts this
week, and also fine rain, which has laid the
dust.
The marshes In vermilon parish are again
getting dry. There has been no rain there
for some time.
Potnte Coupee boosted Of fine white frosts
last Monday and Tuesday. This will help the
cane crop materially.
The weather on Cow island, parish Of Yer
rASlion, Is SO favorable that they will have a
second crop of figs this year.
A fine rain fell In Iherylle Wednesday even
ing; just the thing that was needed, as the
planters cisternS We're almost all dry.
Richland will make big cotton crop this
year. Notwithstanding the favorable weather,
the picking will not be over before Christmas
The first frost fell in st. Helena Monday,
November 8. There We're frosts also On Tues
day and Wednesday. but not sufficient to Kill
vegetation.
Several showers have lately fallen in st.
Bernard, with the satisfactory result Of max
ing the roads pleasantly firm. Planters arc
we'll satisfied with the crop prospects.
Sugar planters id East Baton Rouge are all
actively engaged In grinding. The GdpitotiuN
thinks that East Baton Rouge Will send IN Q
much bet ter sugar report than was expected
A rain fell In Tensas on Wednesday noon
and greatly improved the condition OF the
roads, which were disagreeahly dusty. II
also helped to fill the empty cisterns Of the
planters.
There were three frosts In IbeIvllle last
week, On Sunday, Monday and Tuesday
mornings. This has had an admirable effec,
upon the cane, checking it growth anc
ripening IT.
The past summer has been SO dry that
numbers of bees have died out Id Nermilior