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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-12-02

General Cos; of Omaha, is i'm town,
taking look at the country.
Bishop Luther, of Paradise, left for
Virginia City last evening.
Henry Pratt, of Clover Valley, ar
rived in town last evening.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-12-02

A lady told her little son, who was
teasing for something TO eat, to wait
until breakfast. With tear in his
eye, he burst out Il jest honestly
sometimes think you're stepmother!''
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-12-02

A. fearful tornado which devastated
Louisville, Kentucky, last Friday morn
ing, destroyed church and a cemetery,
and large brick warehouse containing
three hundred barrels of whisky. Not
one brick. was left upon another, yet
only three barrels, of whisky were de-
stroyed,, all of which the Louisvillians
consider-a dispensation, etc.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-12-02
Eireuren's I:asl.

Winnemuccm Rose Company No. l
will give grand. ball at Centennial
Hall ON Christmas night.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-12-02

There are three degrees of folly: To
censure actions from wlnch we are net,
exempt; to discover faults in others
which we are prone to overlook in ours
selves; tnsolicit a useless favor.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-12-02

Ministers, teachers ant!i students will
find, after long continued mental effort,
great refreshment by purchasing fine
cluster l3 stone diamond ring worth.
$3.50 for 1920 of Uncle Harris, 22t
Kearny Street, San Francisco.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-12-02
Cattle Shlpnetl.

Dunphy 4 Hildreth, the cattle kings
of Central Nevada, shipped eleven car
loads of cattle from Iron Point to San
Francisco to day.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-12-02
Ore from the ohio.

Con. Ryan's team arrived heray
terday with $4,000 pounds of rich ore
from the Ohio mine at Rebel creek.
The ore is to be shipped to Salt Lake.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-12-02

Divided lives are multiplied in our
divorce courts, adding to lawyers liz,
comes and human miserg
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-12-02
SPECIAL LOCALS.


+. Reinhart 4 Co. will. sell their. en-
tire stock of the latest styles of ladies
winter hats and cloaks at reduction
Of twenty five per cent. for cash.
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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-12-02
VIII shortly Leave.

G. w. JOHNSTON will shortly leave
town, to be absent about two months.
Parties wishing to have any dentistry.
work done, had better attend to it at
once. nl7-lw
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-12-02
RraelieaL Matchmaker.

Geo. F. Jackson, practical watch
maker, with j. Il. Sabine All work
warranted. ap2O-tf
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-12-02
DELINQUENT TAXES. j.

OFFICE Of THE COUNTY AUDITOR, Humboldt
County, Nevada, November 26 1879. I
Notice. is hereby given, that the Delinquent
Tax Listfor the fiscal year of 1879 has Deen
deposited with the District Attorney OF Hum
boldt County, Nevada, and that unless the de-
hnquent taxes therein specified are paid TO the
County Treasurer OF said County within twenty
(20) days from the date hereof action will be
commenced by the district Attorney for the
collection of said taxes and-costs 81
GEORGE II. TuRRITTIN,.
County Auditor OF, Humboldt County, Nevada
n20-td
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-12-02

The most popular and fragrant per-
fume of the day, Hackmetack. Try it.
Sold by CA. DESAUssuRE, Druggist,
Winnemucca, Ney.- n7.eod
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-12-02

DECEMBER lst--Maxira'lm Thermometer, so;
MIninunI thermometer, 30.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-08-07
Sultan's Treasured Chamber Robbed.

]
One of the richest and rarest treasure
chambers in the world is that belonging
to the Sultans of Morocco, in the City
Of Fez. 1t was established there in 815
by the Sultan Edris ben Edris, the
founder of the city, and it has been en-
riched by some addition to it's vaiuables
or rarities by almost every one of his
successors. There are preserved in it
many precious relics belonging to the
time of the Moorish rule in Spain, and
there is a sword of Ferdinand the
Catholic, the handle of which is mass
of precious stones. 1t is needless to say
that this treasury is most carefully
guarded, and some travellers say that
there are in it and about it nearly two
thousand locks. Tunis newspapers re-
port that some months ago the Sultan
Sidi Muley Hassan, who has been long
of the Fez Treasury to his brother,
Prince Muley Abbas, who, in his turn,
intrusted it to the Governor of Fez. A
few weeks ago the Sultan was presented
by one of his vassals with splendid re-
volver, which was adorned with gold
and precious stones. His majesty or
dered it to be lodged in the treasury
but upon entering the chamber, some
boxes were found broken open and COM
pletely emptied of their contents. The
Sultan had several persons arrested, but
the inquiry led to no result; and he has
now offered reward of 97 500 for the
discovery of the thieves. From this We
may infer now great was the value ol
| the stolen treasures r
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-08-07
The Matrimonial Relations of the
~fa ZuIUs. .l i-f.+.7-l

OF the habits and characteristics Of
the Zulu race mentioned by. the cor
respondent of the Paris Figaro some of
the most notable are to. be seen in their
matrimonial relations. The juvenile
male Zulu is obliged to work for his
father until he is about eighteen years
old, when he goes on SO, of grand tour
to make his fortune in the world. Al
though he. is not much of workman
where industry or activity is needed he
j., nevertheless, very keen in pursuit of
filthy lucre, and is not above practising
a strict economy, while he employs
every meapsy fair or foul. of scraping
together hoard of money. Thieving
is his especial forte, and what with this
and an occasional spell Of more honest
labor he acquires sooner or later suffi-
cient pocket money to enable him to
purchase wife. The price of a help
meet in Zululand seems to be from ten
to twenty five head of cattle, according
to the rank of the, woman, anG as soon
as the first wife lis secured the bride
groom begins to enjoy for the first time
some degree Of leisure and ease. He
| makes the unfortunate woman work in
the fields and earn fresh hoard, with
which he procures secbnd wife, and
then is enabled to begin life of com
parative LUXURY. Children are bern
to him, and of these the males are sold
so that the father has nothing to inter
fere with his natural tastes for beer,
| tobacco and idleness. The Zulu mother.
in-law appears in a strange light in the
account given by the Figaro. Her name
is never mentioned by the son-in-law
and if the two happen by i'll luck te
meet, the woman hides with all speeo
behind the nearest bush, while the mar
turns his head away and pretends not tt
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-08-07
A Breakfast in Montana.
lChicago Tribune.I

II hlcago Tr1bune.I -
Let me tell you about that breakfast.
1t was fit for King, and my mouth
waters now at the remembrance of it.
1t consisted of brook trout, caught the
day bofore, sweet, fat and luscious,
weighing half pound each, and broiled
perfectly-no culinary skill could have
done it bettet-a cup of fresh aromatic
coffee with sweet cream (no coffee can
be good without it), golden butter as
toothsome as reeds be-rolls as light as
feather-fresh blueberries as sweet as
the dew on the clover, and other things
to match. l tackled one of these
speckled beauties, and when 1 got
through felt as Charlie Lamb did when
he was describing to friend fine din
ner that he had just eaten. 1t was one
of the finest dinner parties ever at
tended" said Lamb; "the company was
good-natured and happy, the wine was
excellent. the turkey was brown, crisp
and juicy, and when we arose from the
table, there was nothing left but the
bones" -rss- 4+t 30 a.sa.5 -
How many constituted your party 2?
asked the listener.
"Only two of u.s." quietly answered
Lamb; "the turkey and myself"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-08-07
THE ROTHSCHILDS.

Since the death of Baron Rethschild
nearly all the newspapers of Europe
have been guessing at the wealth of the
great house. Nobody outside of its
members and their confidential en-
pleyees has, we suppose, any actual
knowledge of the subject, although
many persons claim to be informed as to
its resources and operations. A writer
in a Paris journal claims to be in
position to know that the present capital
of the different Rothschild houses is at
least $500, ,000, 900, and that they can
control as much more. Stories of the
Rothschilds will always be told, as they
will be about any and everybody
thought to be enormously rich. More
idle tales are told of the celebrated
Jewish bankers (they, by the by, call
themselves merchants, which they really
are) than of any other bankers, prob
ably because they are the wea!thiest of
their class. One of these tales is that
the Rothschilds almost never lose any
thing, which is absurd on its face, con-
sidering the prodigious extent of thei,
operations. They lose a good deal; but
their profits are doubtless always in ad
vance of their losses. There seem to be
authority for the statement, often made,
that their losses from depreciation in the
funds and securities which followed the
disturbances brought about in various
European capitals by the French revo
luton of 184S reached some $40 ,000, 900
They afterwards made up the loss, it il
asserted, which they would be very
likely to do. A great advantage such
houses have is in their colossal capital
Tne interests of the Rothschilds ar,
we'll nigh universal, aud their secrecy
save in open transactions, is invariabl,
profound. Nathan Rothschild is re
puted to have said: "One great reason
of our success is that we know how t.
hold our tongues" They are as reticen
az the grave touching their business
After Baron Lionel had been dead
week, London wag remarked: 9Th
I old Baron is just as communicative a
! ever" The recollection that tn
=. founder of the house, Meyer Anselm Oh
; took the name Rothschild from tn
I, sign of a red shield placed over his sma
9 shop in Frankford), entered Hanover i
a 1863 barefoot with bundle of rags o
s his back, is enough to prevent any poe
s man from despair. But it is not ever
" one who has the brain of Meyt
= Anselm.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-08-07

THERE is great excitement in Montreal con-
Local stockholders were expressing themselves
very freely about the gross mismanagement. 1t
is rumored that application is about to be made
for warrants for the arrest of Sir Thomas
Hncks and the ex messenger, ]. B. Kenny.
A GAINESVILLE dispatch gives the account of
terrible tragedy Saturday night at Dover,
Tenn. w. G. Burchett, of Clarksville, has
been separated from his wife, who was making
a living by keeping hotel at Clarksville Bur
chett is worthless fellow and was driven off
some time ago by his wife. He returned Satur-
day night on the steamer Mat Gracey, and
about nine o'clock called at the hotel and
demanded an interview with his wife. The
two went into a room. Burchett, drawing a
pistol, threatened to hill himself unless
she talked with him. She started for the door
to call for help, when Burchett placing the pis-
tol aim ost against her person, fred twice, caus-
ing two dangerous wounds in the neck. Mrs.
Burchett's daughter, young lady seventeen
years old, at..this moment entered the room,
when Burchett fired again, seriously injuring
her in the head and hand. He then placed the
pistol to his own head and blew his brains out,
falling to the floor dead.
DURING rainstorm, accompanied by light
ming and thunder, at Malvern, Ark, the
residence of Professor W. D. Lieper, teacher Of
the public school, was struck by lightning, and
his son Hugh, a boy aged nine years, was in
stantly killed. The lightning struck and
passed down the chimney, tearing the corner OF
the house up, and also the step on the opposite
! side. The family were all in the house at the
/ time. Mr.. Lieper was sitting in the front
F, room and slightly stunned. A negro
F, servant was severely stunned but not hurt
| Little Hugh was sleeping in a small
| room close to the chimney on some quilts, which
were set on fire. The boy was but slightly
disfgured by the fluid, as one small wound
was discovered on the top of his head, and
| the hair crisped. He must have been killed in
stantly None of the rest of the family were
hurt, being in the back room. -
The corn shelling department at the starch
factory in Vincennes, Ind, took fire from sparks
from passing switch engine, and, all being as
dry as tinder, the flames rapidly spread unit
all the main buildings belonging to the works
were on fire. An alarm was given
and the Fire Department promptly
responded, but were unable to do mucf
toward suppressing so large confagration
The starch factory is owned by james A. Gun
ningham, of Madison, who loses heavily, it il
estimated $3.50, 900, with $50,O00 insurance
Five freight cars on the side track, three o
them loaded with corn syrup and ready fo
shipment were also burned to the ground. Al
the main buildings were destroyed, with tn
stock, machinery, etc. About one hundre'
hands were employed, and most of them los
various articles of clothing, etc., and severa
only saved their. lives by jumping from uppe
windows to the ground. This fire is a grea
calamity to Vincennes. 1t is feared the factor
will not be rebuilt.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-08-07
The History Of Wheat.

1t is difficult in the present day to
realize the fact that wheat was at one
time unknown in America; yet prior to
the discovery of this continent by
Columbus there was no cereal in Amer
ica approaching in nature to the wheat
plant. 1t was not. observes the Amer
ican Miller, until 1880 that wheat found
its way into Mexico, and then only by
chance. A slave of Cortez found few
grains of wheat in parcel of rice and
showed them to his master, who ordered
them to be planted. the result showed
that wheat would thrive we'll on Mex
lean soil, and to-day one of the finest
wheat valleys in the world is near the
Mexican capital. From Mexico the
cereal found its way to Peru. Marie
d Escobar, wife of Don Diego de
Chauves, carried few grains to Lima,
which were planted, the entire product
being used for seed for several success
sive crops. At Quito, Ecuador, a monk
of the order of st. Francis, by the name
of Fray ,Jodosi Bixi, introduced a new
cereal; and it is said that the jar which
contained the seeds is still preserved
by the monks of Quito. Wheat was in.
troduced into the present limits of the
United States contemporaneously with
the settlement of the country by the
English and Dutch. &. rs .
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-08-07

ties at Memphis have declared the yellow fever
as not epidemic. During the week ending with
August 2, there were forty four deaths, and of
these but twenty six are charged to yellow fever,
and hence this seemingly singular declaration.
1t is believed that the majority of cases of
fever this year are the result of wearing cloth
ing infected with the disease. The victims thus
far seem to be those belonging to families who
were stricken with the disease year ago.
Out of ZIG cases of yellow fever in Memphis
this year, there have been Ga deaths.
telegram from New Orleans says that at
the meeting of the Sanitary Association last
Saturday, Sanitary Director White officially re-
ported the total deaths for the week as 81, di-
vided follows: Malarial fever, Z; TYPHOID
fever, !; yellow fever, 8, and four cases OF vel
low fever. Two of these are Mrs. Robert j.
Howell and her three-year old son, who reside
at 119 Washington street. The latter were
visited by DR.. Chappen who pronounced it yell
low fever. 2 E 3aH 'r.-
All river trade is stopped at Memphis. ..
The Quarantine Hospital at New York re-
ceived two more new cases of yellow fever last
Saturday. Bartholomew MeKeon and A. V.
Reith, of the steamer Merida, died of the dis
ease Saturday.
New York has quarantined against Southern
vessels. '-.t
All the arms and ammunition at Memphis
have been collected from the gun stores and
placed in the arsenal at the station house.
The Knights of Honor at Memphis have
abolished the use of all kinds of liquors as
stimulants except upon the order of physi-
clan. They are paying two dollars per visit
to physicians.
A special to the Cincinnati Commercial from
New Orleans, dated August 3, says that th'
stringent sanitary measures adopted by tn,
Board of Health of that city has, to all appear
ances, checked the disease, no new cases having
| been reported for period of four days.
The death rate to date from the fever ha
been 3315 per cent
| The wife of Chief of Police Athey, of Mem
| phis. is convalescing.
There were services in but one church il
| Memphis on Sunday, the Sd inst. iH 'r
| The Howards have eighty nurses on duty.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-08-07
A Hummlng Birds Nest.

Elizabeth IN. J.) Journal
Recently humming birds nest was
found by some person who had sufficient
natural curiosity to overcome their
compassion, and who captured the nest,
two young hummers and the old one,
took them home and had them stuffed.
They are to be sent to museum of
natural curiosities in London. The nest
is built on little twig, and scarcely the
size of half an English walnut. Both
nest and twig are covered with little
patches of lichen until it is almost i'm
possible to tell one from the other, and
the nest looks like kind of natural ex.
crescence on the twig. The nest is plia.
BILE, like tiny cup of velvet, and the
inside is lined with white substance
as rich and soft as white silk. The
little birds are about the size of humble
bees, very pretty, and they sit on little
perch just outside the nest, with oFer
bills, while the old bird hovers ovel
them to feed them. +.-g .........
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-08-07

ACCORDING to the London Lancet it is,
doubtless, in the first instance, as the
cause of local skin disease that paper
collars prepared with arsenic in some
form are deleterious; but when once the
cuticle has been removed the toxic effect
may become general, because the alb
sorption is then very likely to take
place, and the whole system may be
poisoned. 1t is impossible that arsen-
ious acid can be used unwittingly. As
q matter Of fact, white paper is often
prepared with this poison, and if it is
brought into close contact with any alb
sorptive surface evil consequently may
ensue. It is time that the process of
manufacture should be placed under
official inspection, if, for the sake Of
cheapness or to give artificial luster to
their goods, makers will use dangerous
dye and dressings, regardless of every.
thing but their own commercial success
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-08-07
The Battle of Ulundi.
New York Post.

UIundi seems to have been another
Waterloo on small scale. Like Gettys-
burg, it was fought on the Fourth of
July, but, unlike the American battle,
a second day was not needed to end it.
Lord Chelmsford's dispatches show that
he was fortunate enough to persuade the
Zulu King to attack him. Cetywayo,
in truth, seems to have been at fault in
two things: he did not choose his own
ground, and he failed to effect surprise.
The result, therefore, is not strange.
The British force was five thousand, and
that of the Zulus, twenty thousand men.
Such are the estimates as reported by
the English. Experience suggests that
if the English numbers are rated a little
higher and the Zulu numbers a little
lower than these, the result will not be
far out of the way. 80.
At six o'clock on the morning of July
4, the column of Lord Chelmsford crossed
the Umvelosi River The pa sage of
the stream was not disputed. 1t appears
to have been Cetywayo's belief that if
he could get his foe massed in a COM
pact body he could overwhelm him
This, in any case; is what he proceeded
to try to do. By eight O'Clock the Brit
ish, safe across the river, we're thrown
into hollow square. They had twelve
cannons and two Gatling guns. Foul
thousand of their troops were Europeans
and the rest were natives The Zulu
army attacked their enemy on four sides
at once. That they fought desperately
we may be sure. But the displine of the
white soldiers, their splendid arms ane
the skill with which they were handled
carried the day. The Zulus, as is said
were four to the English on j; but th'
Zulus fell as the battle went on in tn,
ratio of ten to one. By-and-by their lin,
on one side wavered and fell back.
column of lancers, preceded by heay.
fire no doubt, tore after them. TIL
black men on this broke and ran. Thei
other three lines thereupon recoile
also. The English then took the ohen
sive in all directions; and the decisiv
battle of the campaign, the battle tina
will probably make of the dought,
Cetywayo an English vassai, was los
and won EEll4. y gE 80 .-s- tsa7 s8 N 2
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-08-07

DEAN STANLEY, in a late sermon,
noticed the great Improvement that has
taken place during the present century
in the habits and moral character of sea-
men in the British navy, and also in the
merchant service. Profane oaths, which
were once. thought even necessary in
the case of officers. have almost ceased
to be heard the orgies which used to
accompany the departure and return of
a vessel are no longer recognized as
part Of sailors enjoyments; and if
here and there brutal passions and reck.
less folly are still seen, they are re.
garded as a disgrace to the British
eeamen.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-08-07

AN aged farmer named Carpenter
died in Vernon, Iowa, recently. He
left will, bequeathing to bis son an
old chest that had been an heirloom in
the family. On opening the chest the
con was surprised to find that it con-
tanned nothing of value. He so reported
to the remaining members of the family,
when they persuaded him to make fur
ther Investigations, which he did in
taking the chest apart. In doing so,
two cleats, each half an inch thick and
perforated with augur holes, were dis
covered. Tearing off these cleats the
young man found that they were hollow
and that the space between the lid and
the bottoms of the cleats had been filled
with gold coins by the thoughtful
parent. How long they had be I
stored in such singular manner in tha
old chest is mystery. 81
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-08-07

The animal remains found in the
Rocky Mountains show the gigantic size
of the monsters of prehistoric ages.
The backbone of one animal is three ard
half feet wide, and implies neck
fully five in width. The diplodveuswas
fifty feet long. Dinosaurians were ex-
humed twenty-five feet long. The
atlantosaurians, lizard-footed animal,
must have been forty feet long when
alive. Another animal, embedded in
hard matrix of rock which was removed
with difficulty after much blasting, was
thirty feet long. Such were some OF the
monsters that once enjoyed themselves
around the Rocky Mountains. They
were reptiles, and most of their friends
and foes were the same, even the birds
being half reptiles. What eggs some of
these reptiles must have laid, may be i'm
agined when one female atlantosaurian
is described rs one hundred feet long,
with thigh bones measuring nine feet,
and probably twenty-five feet high.