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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-11-06
ss0SGs OF THE WESTERN
saORE~

This Ia the title Of . very neat and
handsome little book Of poems by Cap.
tain W. K. wsars, we'll known to most
people in this section. It Is q work OF
200 pages. containing q collection OF his
choicest poems. some Of which are real
gems. As Q mariner on the broad blue
ocean waters ttIou ,hout the world, and
q miner in both California and Nevada,
Captain wssrs has had his experiences.
and the poetic fsrvor Of his disposition
IL strongly tinctursd with the glowing
romance, as well ss the practical and
crudsly sensational genes and incidents
Of his svsntful life. Illustrative and
dslinsati1s Of this are the following
titlss Of . few Of the poems in the book :
lode to the Pioneers :" LA Flor del
Mariposs;" "song Of the Bullion
"Ths Tragedy Of Lake Tahoe )" Ode
to the Cowstock Engineers" lode to
Ny Country :" "Ths Miners Flag
1.-THE Doom OF the Cumberland EMU.
sing BY the Spring. "Ths American
Mother" From his "Song Of the Bat
terry" va select the following specimen
verse
Ny revel IL not on the feld Of blood.
Like the "battsries" known Of yore:
Ny harvest 10 not In the crimson Hood
1t Is CLEANED from the shining ore
And a. death follows fast on my name
saks's track.
90 life follows fast on mino,
For I bring to the light and I scatter and
spread
The wealth Of the darksome mine.
A good portrait Of the postical old
mariner adorus n Of the front pages Of
the book. and it, dedication IL ITO the
Pioneers OF the Western Coast. BY q
Brother Pioneer" Hs prsfaoes the
work with some brief and sensible 70.
marks. concluding a. follows: I'll
through some Of the humble poems con
tanned In this little work I shall succeed
in dissbusing the minds Of . class among
the community Of q mistake under which
they labor. and prove that the Pioneers
are not the ''old stids" and fossils they
are supposed to be; that they are no,
buried In the ruins Of Forty.nins &C
deep a. to b oblivious to the exigsneiel
and necessities Of the living present, ]
shall have accomplished al I anticipated
and more" Capt. wesrs's book BE-
longs in every ones library.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-11-06

Charles Young whipped his wife at
New Philadelphia, Ohio. within . week
after their marriage. She had been .
popular belle. and q party Of young
men, probably including disappointed
s%uitors, decided to avsngs her wrongs.
They seized Young In the street Of .
dark night carried him to the gas works
and pumped warm coal tar on him until
the substance cooling. he was coated
several inches deep. Then they took
him home. placed him against the door
post and rang the bell.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-11-06

Many Of the mines on the mountains
around Lssdville. Colorado, havs sus.
pended work for the winter, being inac-
csssibls In consequences Of snow. Those
that can be worked are carried on With
difficulty. and prospecting IL not easy.
The ground Is covered from two feet
to eight feet with snow.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-11-06

The Boston Police Commissioner, IN
whom 10 vested the power OF licensing
shows In that city. will not permit per.
formancss BY children. The case at 10.
sue was that Of . juvsuils Uncle Toms
Cabin" company. 4 Massachusetts,
statute suthesisss suaA Q psohihlhsn.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-11-06

THr NEVADA CrNTRAL.-The Nevada
Central Railway 10 completed "a miles
out Of Battle Mountain. The Battle
Mountaineers were yesterday treated to
an excursion over the road and about
$50 women and children rode 10 the
present terminus and back. A grand
ball will be given at the Capital Hotel,
Battle Mountain, on the 9th in honor Of
the opening Of the road.-Rass Riper
Repsius, November 8.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-11-06

According to the last report Of the
State Prison Warden. there were siI
prisoners discharged In oetobsr and
ssvsn received. There are at present
$50 men remaining under the wHdsn's
charge.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-11-06

England doesn't know what to do
With cstswsyo: Massachusetts, don't
know what to do with Ben. Butler.
Send them both - special ministsrs to
svsngslixs the Utss.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-11-06
NOTICE TO T%AxPAYERS.

THR TAXES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
l ending Nay ist. 1880. for the Town Of Gold
Hill. are nov due and payable 20 me q ny
once. back Of } elbow Jacket Engine Housc,
Main street. Gold Hili, between The hours u
10 4. 4 and Z ,. 4. The Laws and Ordinances
In regard 10 the collection Il the ssms siii b
strictly enforced. AL taxes not paid will b.
ooms delinquent on the 9th Of Octobef, |sn.
=. ". FoLook,
I Narshal snd s1.onsts tn cslSetcr.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-11-06

The trial Of j. T. Pritohazd. Tor the
murder Of Humphrey aymons, T. sst fos
December 2 d Canon. "a
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-11-06

@. F. Ncalashan having bought out
his partner. Crowley. 10 now sole pro-
pristor Of tbs Tfuekss Republican.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-11-06
DIED.

In carson Valley. November Z. Mn. Frsvsrs.
In saska. November .. xn. william Han.
In 0sfi.nd. octessr u. Aivtrs Tonini, sssa
Syssss and . neatAs.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-11-06
aoRN.

In Eureka Novsassr .. 70 the wife Of Go.
Henderson,, . ION.
In EUREKA. November .. to the wifs Of 10.
Travis. Q son.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-11-06
s. ARoNSoN,

TINE LEADING CLoTHrER or GOLD
i Hill. has. during his long stay In San
Francisco. had the opportunity Of buying
s2o.0 600 worth OF Goods at sherif's
Salet
And hs 10 now ready to dispose OF them at the
ssms price for which they were purchased:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30
Destructive Fires.


The Missouri insane asylum atHt. Joseph.
was burned ON the 25th. All the inmates
were rescued. Loss $75,O0o.
Ton stores were burnSd 1t 81 Stephen,
N. B., on tho Goth. Loss $4,000. ,l;9
The Dayton and Mishiglu Hallway com.
psny's elevator B, with contents, consisting
Of 100000 bushels of grain, mostly corn,
was entirely destroyed by fire at Toledo,
O.. on the 24t Ii inst. Estimated loss $s5, 900.
The bui1dhs'was insured in Cineipps for
$25. 1000; insurance on grain $4,000. The
FIRE started in the cupola and is supposed to
have been caused by friction in machinery.
The Arcade building at Elizabeth, N. T.,
took fire on the 2ls: inst. The building was
occupied by the Opera House, First national
and Savinss banks, postofics, Masonic hall,
four stores and Z number of Offices. The
whole upper part of the building, including
the Opera House, was ruined. Money aud
securities were removed from the banks and
letters and papers from the postofice. The
structure cost $3.50, 900, and was owned by
ex.Congressman Clark, who has partial
insurance upon it.
Emanuel Congregational Church. Boston
Highlands burned on the Goth inst. Loss
100000; insured for SIS, 700.
The lecture and Sunday school rooms of
the First Presbyterian Church. Newark, N.
j., burned on the goth inst. Loss $4,000.
The woslen mill of John Brown & Sons,
Philadelphia, Pa, burned on the goth inst
The loss is about $780, 900. Insured.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30
Naptha and Benzine.

We have often been asked the differ
ence between benzine and naptha, manv
people wanting to know whether naptha
didn't include benzine, or whether it
wasn't the same thing under market
able name. A prominent refiner saws
that benzine is the first production that
arises from the process of refining crude
oil, and bears the same relation to naptha
that that distilled does to refined oil. In
other words, benzine is gcrude naptha.
The feason it IL not quotable under the
name of benzine, therefore, is because it
has to be reduced to naptha before it is
marketable in any extensive quantity.
The process that benzine is subject to
produce naptha ID not; 10 seperate business,
but is carried on by the regular oil-re.
fners in the same stills and retorts that
the refined oil il produced. The benzine
is treated with sulphuric acid and the
result is naptha, which il in large de.
mand in Europe, especially in France,
for the purpose of producing analine
dyes, while it is also put to many other
purposes.
This demand is partially instrumental
in keeping up it's price, but its rapid
evaporation also has tendency in that
direction, as any large seller of it has to
take into consideration the depreciation
that might take place by the time he
sells it on that account, and for the same
reason buyers: give no more orders than
immediate necessities require.
- All refiners, however, do not produce
naptha, but some of them sell the ben
zine, which is largely used for fuel pur-
poses, for which it ia much better than
coal, and it is not only absolutely cheap
er, but gives steadier heat.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30
Can a Man Marry Himself?

On the 10Th of November, 1881, the
Rev. Samuel Beamish, of Cork, being
then in holy orders, went to the house Of
q lmilliner, named Ann Lyons, in the
city of Cork, and there, in place where
he believed there was no witness, per-
formed a ceremony of marriage between
himself and young woman named Isa-
bella Frazer. The ceremony was that
prescribed in the book of common
prayer, the Rev. Mr.. Beamish officiating
for himself. No clergyman was present
at the performance of the ceremony ex-
cept the Rev. MI. Beamish himself, nor
was there in fact any one present as q
formal witness; but the performance of
the ceremony was witnessed by female
named Catherine Cofey, who, without
the knowledge of the contracting parties,
and solely from curiosity, saw it going on
through q window from an adjoining
back yard, though she did not hear what
was said by either party. Isabella Fra
yer gave birth to son in 184l, and in
1874 the Rev. S. Beamish died intestate.
It has been contended by brother of
the reverend gentleman that the mar
rage was invalid and that the boy was
therefore illegitimate and could not sue
coed to his fathers property. The ques-
ton occupied the attention of the Irish
law courts for two years, but it was at
length and finally decided that the mar
rage was valid in Ireland.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30
An Ancient Relic.

The solid silver spoon given by the
Dutch governor of the province of New
Netherlands to the first white child born
in the province, in 1926, is in the pos
session of Sara Rapalje Crandall, of
Monticello, N. Y, a direct descendant
of Sara Rapalje, the original recipient
of the gift. Sara Rapalje was born on
the 9th of June, 1926. As recorded by
documents in the possession Of the New
York Historical society, Joris Janeen de
Rapalje, fugitive Huguenot from Ro-
cnelle, France, landed with his wife in
the province from the ship Unity in
1925. He purchased of the Indians 1856
acres of land Opposite Manhattan, on
Long Island, in the bend of Mereckka-
wick" The site is now occupied by q
part of the city of Brooklyn. On the
point of land formed by the cove in
Brooklyn, then known as the Waalabogt
(Wallabout), Rapalje erected a log
house, the first in that vicinity. In that
house Sara Rapalje was born, to COM
memorate which event the governor of
the province ordered the silver spoon to
be presented to the child. The spoon is
massive and deliberately carved. The
name of Sara Rapalie is engraved upon
it. There is probably no older relic of
provincial New York in existence.-N.
Y Sum-. -
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30

revised statutes by providing a penalty for
embezzlemen emit on the part of the officers of
the internal revenue. Passed. The fol.
lowing bills were passed: To establish
district and circuit court at Chattanooga;
for holding terms of district and circuit
court at Fort Scott, Kansas; the senate bill
disapproving and annulling the at of the
assembly of the territory Of New Mexico
incorporating the society of Jesuit Fathers,
of New observation-disclosures. s..--.
SATURDAY, January 25.-The house,
soon after assembling, went into committee
CT the whole on the postoffice appropriation
bill. Amendments were agreed TO-: In.
creasing the sum to So, COZ, 000;, increasing
the appropriation for letter carriers from
81 100000 to $1,000, 900; directing Postofiice
employees, on railways, who cancel stamps,
to keep an account of the stamps so can
celled, the same to be credited to the post
master at the station where the mail was
put on the cars, for the purpose of fixing a
basis for the pay of such postmaster; in.
creasia Ing the approximation TO, star service
the house adjourned.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30
prurient PREACHING.

Some years ago minister in New
York city made great sensation by ad-
vertising q sermon to thieves and harlots.
The house was crowded, of course, with
people who wanted to get good look at
the wicked people who. for their part,
did not come. This kind of prurient
interest is easily excited by any dis
cussion of social evils that is trumpeted.
It is only the minister of firm but deli
cate touch who can advantageously
treat such topics at all, and he will not
use them as bats to catch gudgeons
with. Such themes are sure to excite
curiosity, whether they be treated in the
pulpit, or the daily papers, or the week
II dreadfub; but the chief purpose of
the mortal reformer should not be to ex-
cite evil curiosity. A certain kind of
information q reformer
needs; but it is not information to be
generally disseminated About all such
evils pure spirit willsay, " Oh my soul.
come not thou into their secret"-H-
,card Eggle.on IN Strib~er. 81 1885, - ID:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30
a Couple Of Mammoth Icicles.

Two enormous icicles, weighing 300
and 400 pounds each were formed on
the roof the New York postof6ce BY tho
freezing of tho condensed vapor from
steam-escape MOBILES. These masses
hung from 10 inner walls o5sr t61 IF
sfInda, md about 7osfeet oveEShssll1s
roof Of that portion Of the building.
As tho weather became mild, fears
were entertained that they might
fall. Captain HcAfee, assistant custo-
dian, took Z eqad Of men to the roof,
slipped nooses IT rope over tho icicles,
and broke them Of, and lifting them to
the. top Of the dome, had them chopped
70 pieces and thEowp to the street.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30
Wantad the Boots.

A strolling troupe, of whom Hortense
Schneider was one, announced La Tour
de Nesle " for the last performance. An
overflow resulted. The actovs were in
high spirits and full of fun. Mile.
Schneider, discovering in old pair of rus.
set boots behind the scenes, put them,
by way of joke, into the hands of Bur-
idan as he was going on the stage. Ac-
cepting of the awkward handful, he
placed the boots on a.table On thsfstage
and quietly went through his part;
when another actor of the name of Phil.
ippe d'Aulnay, took possession, and
made his exit with one Under each arm.
In the next act, Marguerite de Bouro-
gogne entered carrying the mysterious
boots, and passed them to Gaultier d.
Aulney; he turned them over to Orson;
in short, before the curtain fell the
-boots. thong H. foreign to the piece had
been borneains succession by every per-
'eonagS. Thesaudience watched for their
appearance, while wondering what it all
meant, and applauded the players to
their hearts content. Twelve months
afterward another company set up their
bills in Agen, and LIE Tour de NesIe -
attracted everybody to the theatre; but
before the first act was over there were
symptomsof displeasure which gradually
increased until the uproar was 80 great
that the curtain fell on a half.played
piece; benches were torn up, lights put
out, and only the arriva1of the mayor at
the head of troop of soldiers put an
end to the tumult. Then the mayor
turned on the poor manager, who pro
tested his inability to understand how
the riot came about. "That is all non
sense" returned the mayor, "Your
conduct is disgraceful. You have mis-.
led tho people and mutilated a master
piece. Where the boots?"- Chambers
Journal,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30
BualneoS Troubles.

The wholesale liquor house Of Williams &
Lawson, Cincinnati, was closed by the
sheriff on the 25th, under an attachment by
creditors.
1t is feared that a general commercial
collapse is imminent in Sweden. Further
failures are daily expected and thousands of
persons have been thrown out of employ.
ment.
The failure of Carrick, Calvert & Co.,
Wholesale boot and shoe dealers and manu-
facturers of Boston and Nashville, Tenn, is
reported. They shipped large quantities of
goods to the SOUTH. Yellow fever is one
cause of the failure. Liabilities reported
at $250,000.
Alderman William Clendenning, an iron
founder of Montreal, has absconded with
$4,000 cash; liabilities, half million dol.
lars.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30
Attempted to Escape.

At noon on the 18th inst, eight prisoners
attempted to escape from Jail at Greensboro,
KY. They knocked down the jailor's
brother, Robert Moore, who had charge,
and fed, but Moore, regaining his feet,
drew his revolver and fired, the ball passing
through the body of VIM. Sawders as he
jumped out of the window, the wound
proving fatal in short time. Sawders had
been confined for burglary.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30

Solomon johnson, young school-teacher,
was brutally murdered near Robinson's
Greek, in Pike county, Kentucky, on the
ed inot., by James Bentley, who, failing to
incite him into quarrel, smashed his skull
with heavy club. Bentley escaped. A
large number of country people are on his
trail, and it is thought he will be lynched,
if caught
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30
Bayard TaylOrss Will.

Bayard Taylor's will has been admitted
to probate at Philadelphia. John J. Pink.
erton and Charles B. Kamborn are named
as executors. The sword of Schiller, pre-.
sented by William Makepeace Thackery to
Taylor, is ordered deposited in Schiller's
house in Germany, among other relics of
the poet. Unpublished writings are left to
his wife and George H. Baker, president of
the Union League, Philadelphia.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30

a. LITTLE fellow in one of our, Sun.
day-schools was asked who made him,
and gave the ansWer g God :" but when
his turn, came again the question, ;" Who
made this beautiful world and all the
lovely flowers and birdsf !" was pro
pounded to HIM wheFeupon he electri-
he'd the whole class and struck his h0lri-
fed teacher speeches by reply ing caro-.
lsssly: The sanne Old chap. "-P orsIosd
AdvFtjsR:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30

AMERICAN tobacco has now found q
market in Spain. Our Connecticut seed
leaf has long been taken to Cuba for
wrappers, and Virginia and Kentucky
tobacco has grown in favor so that
Spain proposes to contract for Is, SOC, 900
kilogrammes in March. Thus does the
Yankee nation expand, sending cattle,
cheese and cotton to England, beer to
Germany, caviar to Russia and tobacco
to the land whence used to come our
finest cigars.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30
THE MARKETS.
n eW York.

NEW YORK, January $500 p. M.-Cot.
ton-Unchanged. Flour-Dull and un-
changed;; receipts 1900 bbls; sales TO-
600 bbls; rye -four dull and unchanged.
Wheat-Dull; receipts $4,000 bus; No.
red seller February at $l.09H. Rye-Quiet;
western at $4,000. Coma shade better;
receipts $1,000 bus; sales 100000 bus at
45A@48c. Barley-Dull. Oats-Dull; re.
ceipts $4,000 bus; sales 10000 bus at $40
steady at $3.50. Cheese, Eggs, Whisky and
SuRar-Unchanged. Butter-At 2O@33c.
Petroleum-Crude unchanged; refined at
9Nc. Coal-Unchanged Leather-Quiet.
Wool-Firm.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30
White and Black.

Three negroes named Alexander, and three
white men named Gamblin, quarreled at
Meridian, Miss, on the oath inst, about the
possession Of some land in Wayne county.
Later, the negroes ambushed the white
men, killing one, and wounding another.
The fire was returned, and two of the
negroes killed; the other fed.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30

The Colorado Ute Indians, after
weeks negotiation, have agreed to sell
to the government an area of four miles
square of their lands in the Owray val
ley, demanded by people working mines
in that district, which are inaccessible
except through all these lands. The
three tribes of Utes of Colorado will sell
altogether twelve million acres of these
reservations
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30

Dun, BARLOW Il Co.'s annual circular
estimates the new lands settle in 1878 at
10000, 900 acres, and the occupants there
of at not less less than 100000 families,
equal to half million souls. These
persons are mostly Americans. They
are small farmers from the eastern or
old western states, or mechanics. trades
people and their clerks, who have found
work or business slack and unremunera.
tive in our great cities.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30
Diving for Amber.

The labor required is of the severest
kind. The Thoroughbred, iracund {"
peasants, described by Carlyle, the de-
scendants of the ancient Cures and
Szamates, men often of reckless and ad-
venturous antecedents-smugglers, per-
chance, on the borderland of ancient
Poland, who have pureued their calling
with the Cossack bullets whizzing around
their heads, these are fit material for the
recruits whom the diving adventure of
the amber reef at Bruster0t enlists in
its service.
The costume of the diver is as follows:
A wooden garment covers the entire
body. This is again encompassed by an
india rubber dress, made in one piece,
but differing in shape from the old-fash-
toned diving-dress, and allowing the
diver to lie at full length. The helmet
also is of q novel construction. Firmly
fastened to it, and resting ON the shout
ders, is small air.chest, made of sheet
iron. This chest is connected with the
air-pump in the boat above by an india
rubber tubing forty feet long, and with
the divers lungs by another india rub
Der tube, the mouth piece of which is
held by the diver between his teeth; the
whole apparatus being scientifically ar.
ranged so as to admit sufficient supply
of pure air from above, and means OF
exit for the expired breath. The helmet
is provided with three openings, covered
with glass, and protected by wire, for the
use of the eyes and mouth.
When this continuance has been
screwed on to the person of the diver, a
rope tied round his waist, and half a hun.
dred of lead attached to the feet, shout.
ders, and helmet, he is ready for his
plunge. Down, fathoms deep, he de-
ecends into the amber world. He stays
there-maybe for five hours at time
hooking, dragging, tearing the amber
from its bed with his heavy two-pronged
fork. Often it resists his utmost efforts
However cold the weather may be, these
men of iron strength will come up from
their submarine labors streaming with
perspiration. The overseer stands in the
boat to receive the amber from thei,
pockets.
In case he should wish to ascend be-
fore the usual time, the diver has to CLOSE
his mouth and breathe five or six times
through his nostrils by this means filling
the apparatus with air, which will bring
him to the surface without other assist
ance. The diving heats are manned by
eight men each--two divers, two pairs
of men who work the air pumps alter
nately, with their eyes fixed on a dia
plate, by which the supply of air il
nicely regulated; one man to hold tn,
safety rope attached round the diver
body and haul him up at the slig htes
sign from below; and the overseer.-
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