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Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-03-27
A Young Woman and Her diary.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
A case that occurred in small Penn
sylvania town the other day will serve to
illustrate this last fact. A young lady
dashing, pretty, charming, and decidedly
the belle of the village lived, loved,
presumably, at least, and kept her
diary. She keptit too, with that faithful
ness and accuracy which young ladies Of
the period love to assume. She dealt
with her dates, and facts, and names with
msparing hands, and dlssccted her own
feelings with the artleSs enthusiasm Of her
age and sex, and devotion to detail
which comes only to the true artist. One
lay she lost this diary, and it was picked
mp by some one else, and ITS contents made
the text of a village uproar. Amarylis
had kept her diary too faithfully for the
comfort OF many. Went riding with Mr..
Peterkn," SAID she on certain day, "and
had such nice time; he Rugged and kiss
ed me all the time" Mr.. Pcterkin, it
seems was the leader of the church choir
of the village, a highly respected young
man, with wife and several children.
Another day she wrote; Mr.. JudkinS
came home with me from prdger-meeting,
and hugged me for half an hour at the
front gate" All, Amaryllis! you should
have thought, before coniling thenamc of
Iudkms to paper, of his gentle, confding
tiancee on the next square but one, who
was waiting for him in her co2y parlor!
Then, again, on another day: "Went
with Mr. Henth0rne to the ice cream sa-
loon, and talked about our choir-mcetngS
while there. After we got home sat in
his lap, aud he huggcd and kissed me un-
I'll II o'clock. Turned down the light
real low" Mr.. Henthornef it must be re.
corded, was an amlable music-teacher
iiustrecently arrived, and engaged in the
rather perilous enterprise OF supporting
wife and several children by his fiddle
strings. Once more she noted the fact
that "Mr. Hadlock took me out riding,
and hugged me till screamed, and told
me if wouldn' I run away with him ard
marry him he would kill himself Mr.
Hadl0ek, it seems, was a demure bachelor,
an elder Of the church, and was at that
moment engaged to marry widow with
five children, who owned II farm adjoining
town. And so this reckless, truth.telling
diary went on, through all its pages, deal
ing with the best citizens Of the town, and
their huggins and kissing, until the Won
der is how Amaryllis could stand it all.
But the vitality OF the young woman of
tho period is something wonderful, and the
truth of her diary could hardly he disput'
ed. The result was, that it set the town
by the ears, and it has not yet recovered,
and will not recover, until she Is fairly
married off
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-03-27

My gettip' the better OF my wife's faith,
or Is one of the richest things on record
I'll tell yeou how it was. Yeou must
kneow that he is monstrous stingy. The
complaint runs in the family, and every
boldly reound our parts used to notice that
he never by any chance asked anybody Il
dine with him. So one day, list for q
chunk of fun, said tew friend of mine
Jeddy Dowkims,-a dreadful nice feller is
Jeddy,-l'll bet you a cents worth ot
shOc-strings ginst row of pins that
get old Ben Merkins, s,-thats my wite's
tather,-to ask me TO dinner" "
"Yeou git eout," said Teddy, "why
yeou might as well try to coax a cat into q
shower-bath, or git moonbeams eout oi
ceowcumbers. "
well" SAID ], I'm going to try"
And try | did, and I'll tell yeou how |
went to work
Jist as old Ben was sittin' down TO din
ner, at o'clock. | rushed up to his house
at high pressure rate, redhOt in the
face, with my coat-tails i'll the air, and my
eyes rollin' about like billiard.balls in
convulsions. Observation-Disclosures
ling. kicked up an awful rumpus, and
in flash out came old Ben himself. ]
had struck the right mint. He had a
napkin under his chin, and a carvin' knife
in his hand. ! smelt the dinner as he
opened the door.
"Oh Mr.. Merkins, said |, "l'm tarna-
ton glad to see you. | feared you
moughtn't be at home. I'm almost out
OF breath. I'm come to tell you | can
save you thousand dollars" "
"a thousand dollars!" roared tne old
man; and defy a weasel to go pop
quicker than his face burst into smiles
"A thousand dollars! Yeou don't say SO!
du tell"
"O," said |. al see you are iist havin
dinner neouw, I'll go an dine myself,
and then I'll come back and tell you all
about it.
Nonsense" said he, don't 90 away;
come in, and SIT down, and enjoy yourself
like a good fellow and have n smack with
me. I'm anxious to hear what you have
to say"
pretended to decline, sayin' "I'd come
back" so stirred upth old chaps curl
oslty, and it ended by his fairly pulling
me into the house, and made a rafting
dinner of pork and beans. managed for
some time to dodge the main point of his
inquiry. At last | finished eating and
there was no further cause for delay; be
sides oil Ben was getting fdgety.
"Come, neow," said he, mo more pre-
face. About that thousand dollars; come
let it eout!"
"Well, I'll tell yeou what, yeou have q
darter, Misery Ann, to dispose of in mar
riage. have ycou not?"
"What's that got to do with it?" inter
ruEted he.
''Hold pour proud eeds,-don't run of
the track,-a great deal to do with Il,
said |. 'Neouw answer my question.
well, said he, 81 have.
"And you intend, when she marries, tc
give her $4,000 for u portion?'
"I do" he said.
"Well, neouw, here's the pint I'm com
ing tew. Let me have her. and I'll take
her with $4,000; and 5000 from 10000
accordin to simple addition, jist leaves
1000, and that will be clean proft--sGreC
az slick as a Whistle!"
The next thing knew there was rap
id interview goin' on between old BEN
foot and my coat tails,- and I'm inclined
to think the latter got the worst Of it.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-03-27

The morning after the party of Madison
prospectors arrived in Leadville, so the
story goes, one of the boys-who would
pass for cass-leader in any piouS, we'll
regulated community-took a stroll down
Chestnut street, to see the sights A burly
stranger, who looked like veteran CALI
tornia "forty-niner," met ouryoung friend
and solicitously inquired us to the where
abouts of the Grand hotel. Madison in
formed him, though wondering why an ap-
parently old settler didn' know where the
principal hotel was, and was thereupon in
vited by California to take drink. Such
an invitation amounts to command, in
the mining camps, and Madison dropped
into the "llome" and "smi!ed' with his
new.fOund friend. Pretty soon, Caliior-
mia still furnishing the drinks, gentle
manly, but seedy individual, who looked
like "a literary rellah,' whose publisher
had gone back on him, cameln with II bot
tie to be filed The literary man and Cal
fornia showed up gold eagle simultane-
Ously; the bar.kcepcr couldn't change but
one, so California proposed to throw dice
to see who should pay the whole bill; the
literary iclah" suggested the Black
Hills game, and California being assured
that it was square" game and the bar
keepers dice were not loaded, sad ed do
it, providing they played with three dice
"thc way they rattle EN- at Pixies Peak.
1t was queer little game OF twenty
one"-bettng on the opposite faces and
the sum total thrown, they soon began
throwing for outside money, California
keeping the lead. The literary man hay
ing temporary engagement across the
street, went out for a few moments, during
which California instructed Madison as to
how easy it was to win al the loose change
IN the "literery fcllah's' pockets he sug-
gested that Madison should put down $500
on the next deal and give California 10
per cent, for instruction.; Madison said be
had $500, but didn't want to stake It all
at oncc-he would put down $50 and if
he won would 90 deeper, to which prOpO-
stiAn California aSscntcl. The literary
individual returned, and Madison, put
ting down his gold eagle, wus allowed to
win Picking up his adyorsary's stake
along with his own. and sticking ,hc pile
in his vest pocket, Madison said he guess.
ed he wouldn play any more to-day; and
again he had very pressing engagement
at the hotel.
The Black Hills game Is not as popular
as it was at the "Home" in Leadville and
the opposition saloons are thinking otrun-
nmg that Madison boy for Congress, as
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-03-27
From the sutro New Independent,

From the sutro New Independent.
The most foolish bet that we ever heard
of was made last Sunday morning in
George Shaw's saloon. on Florence avenue,
by Micheal Hall, that he could drink one
quart of wliskey within FIVE minutes.
Hall had been drinking a good deal dur
ing the morning, and was at the time Of
betting somewhat intoxicated. The sum
bet was only $40, which fact alone shows
the condition of the mans mind at the
time. A quart measure was procured and
filled to the brim with whisky, the quail
ity of which, we suppose, was the same as
that generally served in mining towns in
this State. Hall put the measure of liquor
to his mouth, without taking it from his
mouth, drank it to the dregs. Before a
minute had passed he fell to the floor, ap-
parently dead, and in that condition was
at once removed to his lodging house on
Helena avenue. DIR. Briefly was sum-
moned and emetics were given, but with
ont producing the desired result, A stom-
ach pump was applied to the man, and
more than pint Of liquor was taken from
him. Inflammation OF the stomach set in,
and his sufferings became intense. The
alterations from the Inflammation finally,
it is believed, perforated his stomach, and
on Thursday night, about II o'clock, he
died. Hall was a hard-working young
man, only 25 years Of age. He drank the
liquor in two and half minutes.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-03-27
SING Po-THE YELLOW RAVEN.

SING PO-THE YELLOW RAVEN.
Johnny Chinee, thing of evil, coming still, yc
yellow devil!
Whether tempest sent or whether tempest
tossed ye here ashore,
Desolate, yet all undaunted, in this favored
land enchanted
By outside barbarians' haunted-tell me
truly, implore,
Is there, is there balm in Gilead for the labor
er, implore!
"IForkCc hedpee,
Vc''e rhoape""
And his eyes have all the seeming of demon
opium dreaming,
While the light Of progress casts his shadow
darker than before;
AID John Chinee, never quitting, still is sitting,
still is sitting,
With patience unrcmitting, on our Occi-
dental shore;
With a patience unrcmitting, undertaking
lower and lower:
"II'orko h,aprr,
Iiics rhCapcc."
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-03-27

from NATURE.
In his lecture on Claude Bernard, M.
Paul Bert narrated a singular stratagem
which was invented by Bernard during the
last Franco-German war, and might be
utilized without difficulty under similar
circumstances. 1t was proposed to re-
victual Paris, which was strictly blockad.
ed by German forces. A large number Of
cattle had been collected, waiting for an
opportunity to cross the German lines,
but a difficulty was to silence these ami
mails, as their cries would attract the at
tention of the enemy. Claude Bernard
proposed to practice upon them the section
Of the nerye which enables them to emit
their usual cries. The operation is so
easy that it could be executed by an or
binary butcher, None of the ANIMALS ap'
peared to suffer in my way by the mu.
tilation which had made them mute. But
the military movement proved q failure
and for other causes the revictualing
could not take place.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-03-27

From the Cleveland Herald.
A lady in the street met little girl be-
tween two and three years old, evidently
.ost, and crying bitterly, The lady took
the baby's hand and asked her where she
was going.
"Down town TO find my papa was the
sobbing reply.
"What is your papa S name?" asked the
lady.
His name is papa"
"But what is his other namep What
does your mama call him2"
"She calls him papa" persisted the lit
tie creature.
The lady then tried to lead her along,
saying, "You had better come with me.
guess you come from this way?"
"Yes, but don't want to go back.
want to find my papa" replied the little
girl, crying afresh as if her heart would
break.
"What do you want Of your papa?'
asked the lady.
~ want to kiss him.
Just at this time sister OF the child
who had been searching for her, CAME
along and took possession of the little run
away. From inquiry it appeared that the
little ones papa, whom she was so earn
estly seeking, had recently died, and she
tired Of waiting for him to come home, ha6
gone out to find him.
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puetW
THE SECOND WIFE.

A melancholy woman lay,
In sickness on her bed,
And, in faint and broken voice,
To her sad husband said:
Dear David, when my earthly form
Has turned to lifeless clay,
o wait and weep little while,
Nor hrOic yourself array.
know q woman, kind and true,
On whom you may depend;
o marry Arabella Jones'
She is my dearest friend
"Yes, Hattie, have much desired
To talk of this before
For Arabella Jones and
Have thought the matter DER"
"Then you and Arabella Jones
Have been too smart and sly;
tell you, David Wilkinson,
Fm not d.goiny 10 die."
Her dark eyes flashed, her strength returned
She left her bed of pain;
A week had hardly passed away
When she was well again.
-ChicGgO Trj5Yps.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-03-27

tfuIl tHU NtW Llhuuh IUOhH'T IeIcRTuHI'
Goose Rock, in East Lyme waters, is a
favorite resort of black duck. During
this season Edward c. Luce, of Lyme, has
shot two hundred of these fowl, and has
also captured four hair seals. He con
ducts his sporting campaign in hut built
upon the rock, in manner to represent
nature as closely as possible. A stove and
other ordinary conveniences furnish the
hut, and from loophole facing the water
he watches the birds. When flock set.
Tie within g,inshot he blazes away with
both barrels. One lucky shot brought
down eighteen duck. A trained waite,
spaniel is his companion, and he is sen
after the birds,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-03-27

An ingenious person in India has recent
ly been endeayoring to cut down trees by
the aid Of electricity. His plan is TO con-
meet the two ends Of the copper wires Of a
galvanic battery with platinum wire,
which, ofcourse, instantly becomes red
hot, and, while in that state, ld gently seq
sawed across the trunk OF the tree To be
felled.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-03-27

Acknowledgement, Penn, the Greenback-
ers did well--about 40 majority is the well
did they did.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-03-27
We Believe

That II everyone would use Hop Bitters free.
ly, there would be much less sickness end
misery in the world; and people are fast'fnd'
ing this out, whole families keeping well at a
trifiing coat by its use. We advise all TO try
TIL q A., Rochester, ~ Y,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-03-27

In Ashland, Pennsylvania, the two old
parties united to defeat the Nationals and
got scooped.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-03-27

PLAINS, Luzerne county, Penn, elected
entire Greenback ticket against the COM
bined old parties. That's the way to do
n
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-03-27

IT is the mountain pass, now held by
the Grcenback army, which the enemy
will attempt to force on his march of in
vasion to other and more distant fields in
1880.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-03-27
POLITICAL MENTION.

RANDALL goes IN. This is another step
towards Tilden and hard money in
1880.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-03-27

SpRINGroRr, Cayuga county, Now York,
distributed its votes on supervisor as fol-
lows: Greenback, go; Republican, l26;
Democrat III. The old parties had bet
ter unite.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-03-27
A Perfect Flying Machine at Last.

From the Cincinnati Enqs;ru.
We were yesterday permitted to inspect
the working model Of a machine, which,
we think, successfully solves the problem
of nual navigation, we are not permitted
to describe the machine, as its inventor
has not yet, patented it, but we can say that
we saw it in operation, and, though il
weighs but eightpounds, itraised weight
of twenty-one pounds three ounces and
kept it in the air for nearly half an hour and
propelled it against the wind as fast as .
man could run. Unlike the generality O
mrial machines, this one does not depend
upon any balloon or gas.bag for its buoyani
powers, and its propulsive machinery i
operated by new motor that is extremely
light, reliable and powerful.
pedestrianism has run out in interes
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-03-27

After yean and years Of waiting, Ehsa-
beth Cady Stanton has become mother
in'lsw'
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-03-27

l'PARTA went Greenback two to one.
Dead, did you say? Summerhll did the
same. What is this patent method Of
bringing dead parties to life? Hardware
has the floor for personal expIanatiOn.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-03-27

The gossippy hen is beginning 10 long
for the freedom Of neiVhboring gardens.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-03-27

The National Greenback Labor party
elected its entire ticket at Girardville,
Pennsylvania last week. Joseph D. Davis
was chosen burgess. The old parties
tried to upset the ticket by stirring up the
distinction Of nationalities, but failed
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-03-27

A MAN came INTO our ONCE last Satur-
day, and inquired if war was declared in
the United States, as one Of his specie ba-
sis neighbors had so informed him, and
that the Greenbackers had been the cause.
We now answer that such is the fact, and
the Greenbackers have over one million
men in the field. This vast army is well
organized, and every man is a recruiting
officer; they are fortified behind the en-
trenchments of human rights, justice and
liberty. Their guns are the newspapers
of the land whose editors are not sub
.idized, and speakers who dare defend ev-
cry industrial enterprise against the op.
preston Of the money power. The mis-
silss hurled from these guns are argu.
nents based upon official reports, facts Of
the present condition Of thecountry, which
show the ruinous financial policy of the
old parties. This army is in line, moving
upon tho enemy's works, and in 1880 the
bugle will sound the charge, and the
nations defenders will avail them
selves of a power (the BALLOT which all the
combined hosts Of oppression cannot over
come
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-03-27

Like teeth for children, or wings for
birds, nature never permits genius to con-
struct until man is ripe for the product.
The combined labor of man with all tine
improved machinery ever invented are not
able to produce more than the race would
he glad to consume, were the facilities
and means of distribution as ample as
those of production.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-03-27

ONE Of the chief contests over the sen.
ate committee is the attempt of western
Democrats to make the committee on
finance soft money. They agree that
Bayard must be made chairman, but they
desire to reduce the number Of Republi-
cans one below the former number OF
Democrats, and so leave room for one
more soft money man to offset Bayard' S
vote.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-03-27

EAND the cost. Apart from the new 300.
600 "politlcioner" auxiliaries, let us Iool,
at the cost of even the 1000 now embod-
led. Some s3O,0O0,OOO year. Some
years it reaches $37,OO0,OO0. 1t is only
100000 day for every working day in
the year. So, web or dry, it would take
100000 mechanics to work every day in
fhs ycar-not even a halt on Christma.l OF
New Year's-to support this useles, idle
crowd Of man-killers. Idle; with no man
to kill at present but the miserable, plum.
dered, outraged Indians and their wretch.
families.
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A New Version Of Marco Boliaris.

At midnight In his guarded tent the
surk. Mr.. Marco Bozzaris. was dream.
ing OF the hour when Greece should
bend her knee in supplianee. apologize,
eat humble pie. and so forth and 50 on.
and trsmble at his power. In dreams,
or. - We might say. In his mind. through
camp and court be bore the trophies Of
. conqusror. Also in his mind he wore
his monarchs signst rins-which COS.
four dollars and half-and pressed that
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-05-02
ELECTION NOTICE.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON
IN the First Monday, the fith Day. Of May.
4. d. 1879. at ieilos Jacket Rngine Company
lNo. 2isj Hou,-. In the first Ward. and at Lin.
coin Hees Company tNo. ys) HOUSE, In ths
Second Ward. In the County OF sorey and stats
Of Nevada. an election for the following ofncsn
OF the Town OF oold Hill will Be held:
Three Tru.tees for the Fret Ward,
Two Trustees for the second Ward,
Ons Town MArshAl,
One Town TREASURER.
Bald election win bs opened at O'clock IN the
morning and continue I'll O'Clock In the after.
noon OF the same day.
First Ward Inspeeton-D. L. Bean. z. Iyford.
II. D. Dsuchy.
Second Ward Inspectors -wm. Brennan. John
". q. HYDE,
Clerk Of the Board OF Trustees OF the
etd Town Of Gold Hill.
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three thousand dollars. quarterly license
twenty dollsrs.

nisc.LLAxBous rnovrsroSs.
src 90. kvsry person o. gagged In more thsn
one Kind Of business herein enumerated shall
pay for and take out license for each OF fueh
linda Of businsss.. and foe each plscs N the
town vhers saeh business 10 eondus'sd ana
eIc. 81. when any person, arm. association.
OF corporation shall eommence businees aftsr
the tine fxed for the beginning OF aquartsf, ~
provided In section two OF this ordinance. he.
the rvsidue Of the quarter. paying thsrefos
proportiouate sum Of the amount required oy
this ordinance for quarterly licenses.
Sec. 81. The monthly business. sales. or ~:
csipts mentiJnsd In the foregoing sections %
this ordinance shall be asoertained and ssti.
mated by the person or some member Of the
arm or association OF o1icsr Of the corporation
applying for the license, by tAAing the average
business. sales, or rrosipts OF his, hef, tnef on
its business for the thfre months, or such pof.
been engaged Ia business, next prior to the cur
rsnt quarter. and. II required By the n.isnsl.
an abstraet Of the aams shall be verified by the
oath Of the party and delivered 20 the harsnal.
n sny person required 10 make such Abstract
In. expiration OF niteea days nom the begin.
ming OF the quars<r. 70 shall b. tbs duty OF ths
Marshal 70 make such estimste. aud the same
shsll bc deemed, treated. and taken - the ed.
mats Of the penon % failing .f neslecting.
bEo g. When corporation violates section
one Of this ordinance. tbs eupenntsnasns, -. -
retary or general managins agens OF surh cnf.
porsft shall be alenAbie 10 tbs provisions OF
SIC. q. ii sisli be duiy Of the Marshal and
eysy regular policeman 70 see .h.s me s 2rv.
v,ions Of this ,rdin' nee relating 70 the taxing
out OF licenses arc rigidiy enforced.
sxc. Go. ANY person vioiating sections four
and forty sew, Of this ordinance, or either OF
the -, shail, on eonvietion. be punished - pro.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-05-02
Nws ORDINANCES.
ORDINANCE NO 100.

An ORDNANCE to Hix ssd Csiiset
. License Tax Upsn Csfsaan
Trades ssd Bastssss Within ne
Cerperass Linits Of ths rswn %
Geld Hill.