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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-07-03
Postponement.

The above sale of delinquent stock of the
Rye Patch Consolidated Mill and Mining
ompany is postponed unit SATURDAY the
Fiji EENIH DAY of MARCH 1879. at the
same hour and place. By order of the Board
of Directors. ID. T. VERDkNAL, Secretary
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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-07-03
FOR SALE.

Wishing to retire from business, | now offer
my entire property in Winnemucca, consisting
of Book and Stationery Store and he News
Business, and family residence on Second
street ali of which will sell at reduced price
for cash in hand. fC. CHBNoNEIH.
winnemucca, April %, 1879.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-07-03
POsTPONEMENT.

The above sale of delinquent stock Of the Rye
PTteh consolidated Mil and Mining Company
is postponed until SATURDAY, JULY IL, 1879,
at oIs same hour and place, BY order of the
Board of Directors
jolStd 10. T. NERDENAI. Sect.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-07-03

Office S2s Montgomery street, Room p
SaN Francisco, California. jel6-td
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-07-03
Postponement,

The day of sale Of the above named Mining
Company is hereby postponed until Tue :
DAY. the II EkNTh Hathl day of APRIL,
1879, at the same h, ur and place.
D. +. NERDLNAL, Sec'y,
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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-07-03
WHY STAY POOR?
Prospecting often faw; Idienes Eer

The millions Of the Csmstock were lucky
find Worthless locking rock Is often rich in
treasure At Leadvlle a simple kssay made
mllionares Of many Other ionanzas where
least suspected await the coming OF some ln-
known nan, who uses his eyes and is willing to
paw for a few ASSAYS
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-09
The Prince who Wants n Pulpit.

or all the members OF our royal fam,
lily perhaps the one with the strongest
intellectual bias is Prince Leopold.
Unable TO mingle much in society, in
consequence Of II malady which has
troubled INN now and again all through
his career, he has naturally been
thrown back upon studious pursuits.
lie is a very fair scholar, and is certain
| ly possessed by n great enthusiasm. for
learning and the arts. A few days ago
he attended great meeting in the city
of London, called by the Lord Mayor,
and spoke on behalf of the extension
of university education. He was plac-
ed at disadvantage 10y having TO fol-
low the greatest orator Of his time, Mr..
Gladstone, and yet, Notwithstanding this,
he acquitted himself with marked
ability. Mr.. Gladstone congratulated
the Prince upon his speech, and was
evidently astonlshed both by his fluency
and the cogency Of his arguments.
Prince Leopold has long desired to
adopt the church IA a profession, and
the matter has been discussed at court
very recently---so it is confidently al
firmed. He certainly has strong
leaning to clericalism, but what we
should do with Prince of the blood in
the church | do not know. He would
prove such sensation" that there
would be no place large enough TO nold
audiences, unless Mr.. Sturgeon agreed
to give up the Metropolitan Tabernacle
for bis use. | am inclined TO think that
the Church Of England would find n
great influx of candidates for confirma-
ton, if it became known that the
Queens son was willing to lay his hands
upon them. -London Litter 10 NeD York
| Post.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-09
How $500 ChrOnOmcter Lost John
Jacob Aston $50. 600.

In the "Causerie" Of the Boston
Transcript good story is retold. One
of John Jacob Astor's captains had sail
ed six voyages to China without n
chronom Ter, depending on "dead reck-
oning" and 'lunars." Just before start
ing ON the seventh voyage he suggested
to Mr.. Aston that ii would be safer to
have chronometer. "Well. get one,
said the merchant. The captain did
50 and entered It's cost in his account
current. When Mr.. Astor'5 eye fell
upon the item he drew his pencil
through it. The captain expostulated
to get one; | tidn't say I'd pay for it. u
The captain severed his connection then
and there, went into Wall street, engag-
ed with other owners, and before night
was in command of as fine a ship az
ever floated in New 1ork's beautiful
bay In three days he was ready for
sea, and set sail. At the same time
Astor's ship, under the command of a
new captain, set sail also. They had a
race for Hong Kong, but the captain
who. as he used to put it, had discharg-
ed John Jacob Astor, by keeping the
man at the braces, took advantage OF
every puff of wind and won by three
days. The ship was loaded in the
shortest time possible, and before As
tors vesS Ell, which had arrived mean
time, was half loaded, our captain
weighed anchor, and with full cargo
Of tea set sail for Sandy Hook, arriv ed
in good time, got his ship alongside the
wharf, and began hosting out his cargo
which was sold by auction on the spot
This glutted the market, for the con.
sumption was comparatively small in
those days, and when Astor's ship came
in prices had fallen. Two days later as
the captain was sauntering down Broad
way, he met his former employer. "How
much did that chronometer cost your
asked the latter. "Six hundred dollars. y
"Vell, said Aston, "dat vas sheap. II
cost me 100000" The merchant and the
captain have long since paid the long
reckoning, but that chronometer is still
a good timekeeper, and a treasured
relic as well.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-09
Pigeons in Missouri.
81. Louis Republican.

The woods in Shannon, Oregon and
Howell counties are full Of pigeons which
are being killed by the thousands for
shipment to eastern markets. Pied
mont. on the Arkansas division of the
Iron Mountain railroad, is the shipping
point, and from there are shipped eve
nv day from seven hundred TO one
thousand dozen of pigeons, bringing
into the county from 5000 to $500 net
cash per diem. The birds are sent to
Boston and New York, where they sell,
at $3.50 and $3.50 per dozen. The
roosts of the pigeons are from sixty to
eighty miles southwest from Piedmont,
and the hunters go out in parties of
from four to six, provided with wagons
to bring in the game. The pigeons are
continually moving toward the north,
but their progress does not exceed eight
or. at the utmost, twelve miles per day.
With daylight they leave their roosts
in almost innumerable numbers, and
after feeding at will during the day, re-
pair TO roost days journey further
on their way northward. The hunters
watch their game settle down and then
range through the woods, looking ups
and when body Of pigeons settled on
the limbs of pine or oak outlined
against the sky, a half dozen men fire
at q signal in the mass. what pigeons
are not left on the ground fly away, and
the hunters go on following till they get
another opportunity for shooting. In
the, morning all hands are set to
work to pick up the game and prepare
for the next nights slaughter.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-09

and romantic histories. The Regent or
Pitt diamond, 1865 caratS, cut, found in
Hyderabad, was taken 10 England bv
Pitt, grandfather of the first Earl of
Chatham, and sold by him to the Due
q Orleans Tor sum equivalent to $780,
600. 1t ornamented the sword-hilt of
Napoleon; was taken by the Prussians
AT Waterloo, and is now among the
crown jewels of the Emperor of Ger
many. The Sancl, another celebrated
stone, once belonged to Charles the
Bold, Duke of Burgundy, who were il
IN has hat at the battle of Nancy, where
he fell, 1t then passed to the hands of
Anton, King of Portugal. and he, being
embarrassed, disposed of it for 10000
Then 1t was purchased, after divers
changes, by a Frenchman named Sanci.
whence It's designation. One of his
descendants, having been sent rs am
bassador to Henry ILL.,, ut Soleure, the
King demanded the jewel rs n pledge.
The servant carrying it TO the monarch
was waylaid by robbers and murdered
but not before he had swallowed the
diamond. His master, confident of his
fidelity, caused the body to be opened,
and found the precious stone. After u
while 1t was secured by the Government
of Great Britain, and James II. carried
1t to France IN 1858. After varied for
tunes, Louis Nv. got hold OF itand wore
1t at his coronation. Then it passed
from hand, and was bought fifty odd
years since 10y Russian noblemau, for
100000, and is said 10 belong now to
one of his heirs As it is too valuble
for almost anybody to keep, it will con-
tlnue, no doubt, as the years go on, to
add to Its memorable history. Dia-
monds supply most of the romance of
precious stones.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-09
Factory FACTS.

Close confinement, careful attention
70 all factory work, gives the operatives
pallid faces. poor appetite, languid, mis-
cradle feelings, poor blood, inactive
liver, kidneys and urinary troubles, and
all the physicians and medicine in the
world cannot help them unless they get
out doors or use Hop Bltters, made OF
the purest and best remedies, and espe-
cially for such cases, having abundance
Of health, sunshine and rosy cheeks in
them. None need suffer If they will
use them freely. They cost but trihe.
See another column.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-09
Curious Mechanical Work,

One of the best exhibitions of me.
chanlcal skill and ingenuity ever shown
IN this city has Just opened in the va
cant store in the Lincoln House Block.
1t consists ottwo models in gold and sill
yer, the value Of which is So, 800, one of
them being model OF locomotive No,
l6, on the Boston 4 Providence railroad,
with the machinery working; the other
n model of the famous and elegant
steamer Rhoie Isldnd, on the Providence
and New York line, with the engine
working. In fact, the word "model"
means more in this case than ordinari-
ly, for it is perfect copy both inside
and outN AID Of the beautiful steamer,
whose name it bears. 1t was made
from the same drauehts which were used
i'll building the Rbode Island, and is on
an exact scale Of s OF an inch 10 the
foot, being AZ inches long and 0 inches
wide.
Any person who has travelled on this
steamer will at once recognize each and
every part, and will be surprised at the
accuracy with which they are inflated
in gold and silver.
As one looks through the window, the
companionway and dining saloon are
seen, with the carpets, walls and Gurni-
ture represented TO the hre, and lower
down, the engine room with machinery
in motion. The walking beam and pad
die wheels are also in motion, ana the
revolution are the same ms III the orig
nal, nineteen per minute.
The work was done by Mr.. }. ID. Ben
ton Of Providence, and the model of the
Rhode Island required four months ex-
clu3ively to complete it. 1t has Just been
completed, and Mr.. Benton is now en-
gagged in making a model of the great
Corliss engine, exhibited at the cen.en-
NAL, which will soon be completed. Mr.
Benton is the only person who does this
kind Of work, and has been in the busi-
ness seventeen years. He has made
tify-six models, consisting Of locomo-
tives, monitors, ships, palace cars and
others, the value Of which is estimated
at over 100000.
His customers have been Commodore
Vanderbilt, Charles Morgan and others.
His first piece Of work was n perfect
model Of monitor of the United States
Navy less than two inches IN length, for
which he received $40.
Mr.. Benton was soldier in the rebel
lion. and had one of his hands disabled.
The models are worthy Of a visit by all
and should be carefully examined.
Mr.. w. II. Benton, the brother of the
artist, is the agent, and takes pains 10
illustrate all that is seem worcester Ga
zette
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-09
A DIVERS SAD END.
Suil'Ocated Eighty Feet Under Water.
The Airline Gets Caught In Hook
ON a Sunken Wreck.
New York Herald.

NEWPORT. II. l., March 24.-The first
accident In q submarine dress which
has occurred in these waters took place
/ this afternoon off Point Judith. John
Waters, the well-known wrecker, went
off early this morning to the sunken
Block Island mail packet Thomas j.
/ Lynch, which sunk off that place about
two weeks ago. for the purpose of lais-
/ ing her. His driver, Horace Manches-
/ ter, 81 years Of age, went down early
in the day, and apparently endeavored
TO make all the necessary arrangements
to tighten the wreck. Nothing was heard
! from him Tor some time, and the per-
sons on board the wrecking schooner
| Young American began to get alarmed.
! The air was being pumped and the life
| line kept IN hands which vainly tried to
/ feel the least pulsation, but none was
| felt from the unfortunate man who was
| eighty-four feet below, that being the
depth of water where the craft sank.
After he had been down three-ouarters
of an hour he gave q signal that he was
all right. In Il few moments he sig
nailed he wanted more air. and then he
signaled that he was having too much.
His signals were faithfully answered by
Capt. Waters, who is known in all
wrecking companies between here ard
New York as Il man who understands
his business.
The revenue cutter Samuel Dexter
hove in sight, and, seeing the flag at
half-mast on board the Young America,
bore down to her. She was immediate
ly dispatched to this port for a diver,
gear, and attendant. which was furnish
ed by Capt. Ramsay, United States navy,
commanding at the torpedo station.
The diver Augustus Feliess. promptly
volunteered to go down in search of the
missing man. He wassoon submerged,
but returned after lapse of about
twenty minutes terribly exhausted.
He reported that he saw the man sus-
pended about five feet over the sunken
vessel, the airline having been caught
by hook on the boat. He went down
again and succeeeed in disengaging the
line. At last the lifeless remains of the
diver were free, and as soon as the sig
nal was given they were hoisted to the
deck of the vessel. The body was
brought here at once by the cutter and
placed in the hands of an undertaken,
The diver, when he came up for the
second time, was found to be extremely
exhausted. 1t is believed that the de-
ceased was engaged in taking out the
ballast when the lire Suddenly became
entangled.
Capt Waters is of the opinion that
the man, who went down with some lit
tie misgiving, owing to the depth of
water, became frightened at some slight
disarrangement; and died in a lit. The
face of the man shows that he died II
Terrible death
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-09
About Diamonds.
New York Times.

A story comes from Parteall, India,
where diamonds are usually found
,Golconda being the place where they
are merely cat and polished--that the
largest diamond in the world has lately
been discovered there. 1t is said to
weigh 400 carats, thirty-tnree carats
more than the famous stone belonging
to the Rajah Of Mattau. The story is,
in all probability, much bigger than the
diamond, and both will be likely to d.
minish under careful examination.
Great diamonds are interesting, be-
cause they nearly always have curious
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-09
FacetiI for Females.

Facetim for Females.
Wells will soon be considered "a an
INJURY to the eyes of inquisitive gen
tlemen.
7 Ladies now work at embroidery and
crochet while attending morning lee
lures.
a stocking with a yollcw snake cooled
'sound the upper part. is the latest
snake story.
Embroidered cotton is substituted f,y
the thin muslin frills placed ut the lower
edges of trains.
Pretty Princess Beatrice is in love
with young nobleman who is not even
the eldest son and heir.
In sutton, Massachusetts, is Mary
Jane WaJleigh, who fondles 100 cats
She says she needs a-mews-ment.
The iishwife tuniu, turned up in
front and caught back SO ms to form
drapery behind, is still very popular.
sorosis is going up higher and higher
IN the fashionable world. The upper
story of Delmonico's noted saloon has
been hired for the dashing club
Garibaldi's daughter-in-law has been
compelled to take to the stage. She is
now acting IN pantomime ut tue Surry
Theatre, London. Surry to hear it..
At a recent "kettle drum" in New
York, beautiful ornament decorating
the tea table, was kettle made entire,y
OF ilowers, and represented MS if emit
ting steam.
Woman suffrage is about To be tried
IN Dakota, and if that plucky territory
doesn't suffer by ii, other localities will
propably follow suit, and give the pal
liant girls a chance.
According to etiquette in Michigan a
bride can be married without gloves"
But that's nothing. In some parts of
the cracker country up in Georgia,
they can be married without shoes.
A lady Of the temperance persuasion
stopped a pedder and asked him if he
ever drank. He Immediately dropped
his pack, "Nell, | shust leve drink
init you rs any odder MANS" he re-
marked.
A lady asked the Judge what she
would say in court il she were asked
her age? The blunt iurist replied, "Sav,
madam, what believe would be the
truth. that you are not yet come to the
years of discretion"
The following advertisement appear
ed in the London Times: Wanted, A
lady thoroughly competent to nurse
poodle dog. Wages one pound week. -
The most curious part of the matter
was, there were lots of applicants.
AT a dinner recently given by
French artist, he cruelty caused II stuff
ed mouse TO be hidden in each napkin
given to lady guest When the nap
kins were gracefully uniolded, there
were leaps, yells and walls, but we cast
a vail over the mice-rable scene.
! The old-tme Egyp,iau women carried
small bags of perfume on their persons
and wore beads made Of scented woods.
We don't know if they Wore such high
cented dresses, though rs the present
generation. If they did it must have
been dollarous for Mr. ptolemy and Mr..
Pharaoh
Mrs, Foltz, San Francsco's female
lawyer, is n bright fair-haired, rosy,
cheerful, matronly woman. She says:
81 originated from the cradle. the wash
tub the sewing-machine and the cook
stove. have educated myself, and am
trying to earn n living for myself and
my little ones"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-09

THE territory in dispute between Chill
and Bolivia is seventy miles wide, and
reaching from the ocean to the Andes.
1t is rich in nitrate deposits, and sew
eral wears ago the two countries made
a treaty, under which it was agreed that
the nitrate works at Antafogasta and
other points in Bolivia, which are main
~ owned by Chilians and worked on
Gillian capital and account, should be
exempt for twenty-five years from all
but municipal taxation. This treaty
obligation was respected until few
months ago, when Bolivia laid an ex-
port duty on all nitrates sent from the
country. The ground Of this act was
that the treaty with Chill had been made
by revolutionary government, whose
acts could not be acknowledged as valid
by the existing and lawful government
of Bolivia. The owners Of the nitrate
works refused to pay the tax and were
arrested, and hence the trouble. Peru 5
inclination to help Bolivia is selfish
one, as Peru desires the control Of the
nitrate trade Of the coast.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-09

REV DR.. INGRAM, VINO died recently
ia Shetland at the age Of los, is said to
have been the oldest minister in the
world. Four generations of the Ingrams
have lived IN the same house in SEet-
land, and they we're long generations,
too. The deceased's father died at the
age Of 100, and his grandfather los.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-09

FISK university, at Nashville, ac-
knowledges the receipt from the Rev.
W. II. Wilcox Of $4,000. This sum is
but small fraction of the munifcent
gift to the cause Of christian education
in this countr, by Mrs. Daniel z. Stone,
Of Maiden. Mass, the amount donated
aggregating 81 100000.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-09

my horse and rode into New London in
time to lead at the evening prayer
meeting"
Arise and sing ELI PERKINS.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-06-20

PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1879.

Haughty, Stubborn and siff-neck'd they
Turn away, needing not thy servants
Humble warning And is it then too
Latei Hark bark! again the trumpet
Sounds its shrill clarion notes, and
The angel crieth as he flies on swift
Wings through heavens far courts,
"WOe, woe, woe unutterable to the In
habitues
OF the earth by reason of the three trunl-
pets yet TO sound"
With prophetic ears methinks hear again
The ttamping boots, and with phrophetic
Eyes see again the pale horse and
His relentless rider, waiting with his
HideOus followers, at the open portal
For his Kings command. The subtle
Fragrance of the ringing woodlands
Proclaim his coming, the south wind
Laden with the summer sweets
Herald their near approach!
Turn ye sinners, turn while yet
There is time, for yonder in the
Dim vistaed, but near future CLEAN
The dreaded spears and flash
The bloody swords of our unyielding
Foe. Nearer! nearer oh God,
Too late, too late! Right and left,
Left and right the sickles FASH and
The cold grave closes DER the sinners
Breast, while angels are weeping, and
Up from HelPs seething caldron, floating
On the signing wind comes the wild
Wall OF despair, Too late! too late
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-06-20
He Had Been to PinafOre.

Syracuse Sunday Times. .-......f
He came swaying up from below
singing . ..... ..........
For I'm Little Buttercup, .
Dear little Gutter Pup
when the Justice gently asked him
if he would stop his noise. aJ
"Can't do it, 'Squire-IIl lose
it-I'll lose it-rm little" .-..
"Lose what--what have you got
to lose 2"
"Lose the tune, man. Went
the opera last night-see little
Gutter" .. .l.-. .. ..a..
"And where did you go after
the opera was overp asked the
court.
Went straight to the hotel
straight. P'leceman showed me
the way. What'smy bill! Where's
the feller tkeeps this hotel-I'm II
little gutter pup"
Yes, you're evidently "a little
gutter pup" said the justice, sadly
hotel bill will be tive dol
lars, with the understanding that
you follow the company out town,
aud play the character of gutter
pup somewhere else.n iH1 --
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-06-20
NUMBER l3.

thanking him for coortesies receiv-
ed Mt his hands during his eonfine-
ment, and as the cap was drawn
over his eyes he said, "UoWt new.
er hang smother iHnoeent iran.V
A sigrai was given, the rope whfck
supported the drop was severed,
and the soul Of Samuel Hicks was
launched into eternity. His grave
was dug on hill near by which Is
known to this day as ~Hicks
Hill.s .... ..I aluK
Some days after the execution
DR.. Gartman and ono or two other
gentlemen went to the place where
the murder was committed, and
dug up the skull of William y. Al
len bringing it to Monticello with
Them where it has remained up to
tie present time, and CAR be seen
by any one who wishes to- exlnine
it. Though badly fractured roth
ing ever penetrated the fracture,
as all tire pieces Of bones are in
their place leaving only an inden-
tation such as "a lIa,H,nef or other
blunt instrument would make. So
the coroner and his jury we're all
mistaken as, in the case of Mr.. Gra-
ham the witness before alluded to-,
and the presumption is, that at the
time Of the inquest, the skin was
so m ach swollen the witness really
believed he inserted bis finger into
the cavity of the skull itself proves
nothing was ever inserted there.
And the suppositioh that the ball
had come out of the eye, was, no
doubt, due to the buzzards having
picked ont the eye; as the skull
shows ITO fracture in theeye socket.
Aud finally all goes to prove that
Hicks told the truth and was inno-
cent ct the murder. At all events,
it leaves great doubt of his guilt,
and, this case should be u severe
warning to- Witnesses and jurors
when trying one of their fellow
men for murder. H4Ha3Ha