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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-01
Little Johnny,s Anecdotes.
San Ffaneisco Argonant.


Gotes butts, and Uncle Ned he said:
Johnny one day there was a cote ia a
field, and it took after Bildad, which
you better explain to yure bnited
readers is the new dog. Bildad he ran
toward hi fence for TO git over, but
the cote il cothim and butted him
cruil on the tail, and he wirled over and
yer, and lit on the uther side Of the
fence but dident kno il cos he was be-
wildered, and scrambled back over the
fence agin, lifely as he GUIDE, and the
cote ii let him have II a other time,
and wocked away. Bildad he was a
stonish dog, and shuke his he'd, much
as to say: i never see 50 many but
gotes, one III .evry fecldl'"
II was cote rather be a sheep,
COS gotes ii MIXED, but sheep Il
shingled, and the rose is red, and the
vilets blu. But Billy he says let him be
cracky die and frightfe teeth, and
notches on his hack like saw.
Mister Jonnice, which has got the
wuden leg, says theirs die wich WAS a
sho, ard il was in pond. Mr.. JON
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-01
Angora Goats n Failure.

The animals have a healthy look, the
fleece is beautiful and very proposes.
sing in appearance, the best qualities OF
wool command good price, the pelts
make beautiful robes and rugs, the
meat of the kids is delicacy, the
tanned skins are good material Tor
gloves; but the breeding of the Angora
goat for its fleece is u failure in Cali
fornia, where it has now been tried for
twenty years, as in Kentucky and
Georgia for thirty years, and in France
for half a century. In five years after
the first Merino sheep had been brought
to California for wool growing purposes
the first importer has made fortune,
and wool has become prominent
article of expectation. Intwenty years
the Angora goat wool has not been able
to obtain mention in the ordinary
annual summaries of exports. The
men who have goats for sale at high
prices tell about shipments Of Angora
wool, but the records of the commercial
newspapers know nothing Of them, and
the large shippers Of wool and the
annual wool circulars take no account
of them So far as we are able to learn
no herd of goats in this state yields
enough OF wool to pay the interest on
their cost and the expense of keeping
them, and every person prominent as
the owner of them looks for his main
profit not to his wool clip but to the
purchase Of his bucks by ignorant and
deceived customers. The production
of Angora wool may ultimately be a
success in California; hitherto it has
been most complete failure as n
source Of profit TO those who made the
venture. 1t is reported that there are
10000 high-grade goats in the state
IAa (alifornidn.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-01
A Snake Hngging a Little Girl.
Lynchburg virginlan.

Flora Agnew, IL years old, living 10
New York city, has been visiting mt the
home OF her uncle, Henry Burns, two
and half miles north OF Hunters
Range, Pa. She has frequently gone
with her cousin, little girl about the
same age as herself, to drive the COWS
10 the pasture. Last Sunday morning
her cousin was sick, and Flora went
alone with the COWS. When she had
driven them 10 the pasture she started
for the house, but becoming tired, she
sat down on NOISY mound TO rest.
She had hardly seated herself before
sho saw huge black snake soiled on q
cluster Of laurel bushes. She screamed
and started 70 run, bat the snake dart.
ed at her and circled itself about her
body. She cried at the top OF her voice
and ran, with the snake drawing its
folds tighter and tighter around her, till
she fell down with fright and exhaus-
ton. Her cries brought her uncle, who
cut the snake in two with his knife, and
released her. II was some time before
the little girl could speak. The inn
print Of the snakes folds was left on
her body. The snake measured six
feet six inches in length.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-01
Catching wild Mustangs in Texas.

The long-continued heat has dried up
the county. The Chiltepin Creek, at
the Consado rancho, was dry as a
powder.house. At the Stockley rancho,
in the Cruz Lake pasture, where re-
sides the hospitable family Of J. NJ.
Doughty. with whom we put up for the
night, Mr.. Doughty and hands were
busily engaged in catching mustangs
and wild cattle from the Brasada. The
only water in the entire pasture for
stock was that in the Cruz Lake about
three miles from Mr.. Doughty's resi-
dence, except two or three other small
water holes in the bed Of Chiltepin
Creek. These we're watched night and
day, and wild cattle and horses kept
away from them. This necessitated
their coming to the lake for water.
This lake is inclosed with fence, i'm
closing some 200 acres Of land, with 4
gap Of about fifty yards. This gap is
watched at night, and when the mus
tangs and wild cattle come 10 drink
they are retained in the Enclosure. Up
to the time when we were there about
eighty head Of mustangs and about
forty head or cattle had been caught.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-01

no mo-, He TUX his gun and dogs and
went down into dat sleepy, no-'count
section Oh Nod, an loa'ed aroun' dat
country; an havin' lost AL ob his PLAN
tation and mules. and all oh his self.
respect, and pride ob family and state,
dc mex we hear oh him he had got so
low down an tritlin' dat he married
gal ob one oh dose no-'oount, poor,
white.trash families which he inspired
'postle didn't consider tittin' to mention
in de Holy Word,n
The reverent "spounder" ga1ed
around upon his admiring congregation
with an air of triumph, and u brother
struck M the hymn, "Whar, oh whar
am dc Hebrew chillenY
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-01
Some Good Lessolls.

once dined at strange house, in a
strange country among strangers; and
listened with admiration 10 q young
gentleman who laid down the law about
tides and curents, and "sat upon
rather too heavily, ] thought gray
haired thoughtful.looking person, who
ventured now and then TO differ with
him. During these passages an express
sion Of amusement played round the
mouth Of our host for which / was un.
able to account until after dinner, when
the "sat upon" one left us. Then
quote mine host 70 our instructor,
"Well, you've made nice idiot Of
yourself; that was Mauryp In the
days Of my golden youth ! was present
in sporting tavern, lat which In those
days gentleman might be seem and
there was fuss about something, which
clerical-looking man came forward 10
stop. "Mind your own business"
shouted an angry diaputant, or I'll
punch your head lam Owen Swift,
sir" replied the peacemaker with the
utmost politeness.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-01
Another White Girl Runs or With ,
Negro.
Pitsbnrg Dispatch 10 New York sun.

Pi,tsbnrg Dispatchto New York Sun.
In the search for Annie Moore, the
young girl who ran away from her
home in Beaver. and married a negro
miner, it was learned that negro and
a white girl were living ms husband and
wife in Il hotel in East Liverpool, near
Pittsburg. The couple on investigation
proved not to be Annie Moore and her
negro husband, but the story of the
couple in question is even morerevolt-
ing than that Of Annie Moore. The
girls name is Hattie Ludwick. She
belongs to one Of the best families in
McKeesport, suburb of Pittsburg, and
her brother is rich merchant there.
She was an orphan, young, very pretty,
well educated and intelligent. She
lived with the family of relative
named Gray. Mr.. Gray had, among
his workmen, negro named Tom
Bronson. lie il NJ black MS coal and il
wholly uneducated. He is married and
he has a wife and four children. lie
ran away some time ago, leaving his
family, and in 4 short time Miss Lud.
wick also left home and went over to
Ohio, where she married Bronson. She
is now living with him in East Liver
pool, although she knows that he has q
wife living. Her family will probably
have Bronson indicted for bigamy.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-01

A QUEER old cave has been discoyer.
ed IN the mountain side near Lewis
burg, opposite Poughkeepsie.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-03-15

Kansas Is a land of prodegies. Every
thing ard every one in short time assumes
the attitude Of the marvellous. Animate
and insnimate nature vie with each other TO
add TO ;aae list OF remarkable growth and
wonderful developments. The COWS give
birth 10 INDUSTRIOUS cSlves, the fastest horses
claim Kansas for a birth place, the mos.
unique and strange fossils are found in the
rocss; twins, trIplets, and even quadrupli-
cate child;en e, one birth are not uncom-
mon. Thunder, lightning, and cyclones the
most appalling sometimes visit her domain,
and even the earthquake shock occasional v
sIirs up her people. Her crops are the won.
der OF the world. The hens lay bigger eggs
than hens elsewhere, and her politics are III :
like any other State. To-day two eggs were
brought 20 us by Mr. W. Y. Christy, ;hst
measured SIX and half inches by eight and
a half, and FIX and three-tights, by seven
and half rsspeciively-tbe noble effort of
one Spanish hen. Eggs-sctly how she evolv-
ed these enormous embryoes Of gigantic
race of chickens We do not know, but they
lie ON our table monument of her success
in adding TO the possibilities of our climate
: I.arnea Chronoscope.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-03-15
THE FUEL PROBLEM.

One Of the mos, serious obi 5ctions 20 life
in the .'!ar west" may be found in the
scarcity of fuel. Years ago, before a few
hardy settlers had demonstrated THAI this
was one OF the most prolific agricultural
countries in the world, an army u people,
who saw not into the future, went their sew
eral ways into the narrow belts Of timber
skirting the streams il this region, and pro-
miseuou.iy cut from railroad and govern
ment land thousands Of cords OF wood. For
ten years an annual government contract of
no, less than one thousand cords was filed;
and, while the natural timber supply never
would have been adequate TO the demand, it
wss ibus greatly reduced. Our people will
be compelled 20 burn coal until the thous-
ands of timber claims bear fruit. A num-
Der OF coal mines have been Discovered
Throughout the county; bat, az yet, no 6nt
oliss article has been mined; and we are
forced to obtain our fuel from abroad. A
number Of qualities of coal haze been used,
and passed upon with widely different re-
sults. Until recently Canon City coal was
held as the best; but now n new candidate
appears upon the field. Ii il known AZ the
Marshall" and lie mired in Colorado. 1t
comes a dollar cheaper than the Cannon
City coal; snd Denver dealers say that il is
rapidly ruperseding it. Ii is hard, clean
article, and burns long and brightly. One
carload has been distributed through the
city, and is reported as giving the best of
satisfaction. NJ. J. K. Treat is handling
the Marshall, and proposes to carry an al
most exclusive supply. We are usirg it in
our Office, and are more than pleased with
its lasting and heating powers.-[ Hsys Citv
Sentinel.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-03-15
Land Title DECISION.

The Secrettfy OF tine interior has decided
involving one hundrei and fifty acres which
embraces a considersbie portion Of the
ground upon whioh Leadviile, Colorado, Is
situated. The Department holds tina, il is
mineral land within the meaning OF the
statute, and il Star has complied with the
mining laws he il entitled 10 patent
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-03-15
Nothing snort of unmis,a,,anle Hene-

Conferred upon tens Of thousands Of sufferers
could originate and maintain the reputation
which AYERS SAESAPARiLLA enjoys II
is = compound OF The best vegetable Alternatives,
with the iodides Of poiassiuui lnd iron, and =
the most cfectnal % an remedies for scroinlcus,
mercurial, or blood disorders. Uniformly sue
cessful and certain in its remedial effects, 1t
produces rapid and complete cures Of >crofala.
Sores, BOils, Nlm0rs. Pilnples. Eruptions. SKIN
riiy Of tie blood. BY its nvigprating effects IL
always relieves anG often currs Liver Com
plants. Female Weaknesses and Irregularities.
and is potent remover Of Vitality. For puri-
Tying the blood it has no equal. Ii tones up the
system. restores and preserves the health. and
impArts vigor and energy. For forty years 1t has
been in extensive use, and is to-day the most
available medicine Tor the suffering sick, any
where Fer sale BY h. J. FriAger.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-03-15

The Joint Resolution submit ing con
siituiionsl amendment to the voters OF the
State, forever prohibiting the manufacture
and sale OF in-oxiciling liquors in the Sts;e,
passed the Kansas House. The till viii
undoubtedly be signed by the Governor. and
the qEe-tioa viii be Submitted in Noyem-
be. 1850.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-03-15

A convention OF Kansas editors and pub
lishera viii be held at Hutchinson, March
I'D. Members Of the Association and Wis
itoTs will be the guests of the citizens OF the
city OF Hutchinson, during their stay.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-03-15

In Marian county, near Peabody, three
and one-half foot vein Of coal has been dis
oovsrod q . depth Of IS fset.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-01-29

pairs and improvements from the gross
receipts, that Surplus is properly sub
ject to the five per cent. claim OF the
United States, and must be 30 applied.
Stanley is announced for another At
rican exploration.
Considerable alarm was caused in
Moscow by the arrival from the plague
district, of recruits for the Imperial
Guard They were isolated, disinfected
and their clothing burned.
The plague is reported near Moscow.
The press here approve OF the lnterna-
tional Medical Commission, declaring
that the fmatter concerns humanity at
large. Special Health Commissions are
being appointed, and military pickets
invest the towns affected.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-01-29
THE NEVADA LEGISLATURES .

In the Senate yesterday Committees
reported favorably on Senate bill No.
AZ, Senate bill No. 20, aud on Assembly
joint Resolution No. g; aud uufavorably
on bill to regulate the sale of medicines,
and on Senate bills Nos. A and 81.
Mcconnell moved to reconsider the
vote By which the reward bill was lost,
and tn motion carried.
The following bills were introduced
BY King TO provide vault for the
State Treasurer d office.
By Westerield--ro provide for the
government of the State Prison.
BY King--To pay H. G. Mathewson
81, 500 for heroic services as Deputy
Warden of the State Prison.
By Boardnan--To purchase Haw-
ley's Digest for distribution.
Senate bill No 20, to exempt two
COWS to all persons, from execution,
passed.
Several amendments to Senate bill
No. Ii, to create State Board oil
Equalization. were offered and adopted
The Governor sent in his approval oil
Senate bill No ID. prohibiting the use
of the Capitol chambers except for leg.
islaIiye purposes.
Ia the Assembly, Taylor presented a
remonstrance from citizens of Tybo
against the repeal of the Drummers
licease lag.
Hdgar introduced bill to regulate
the engrossment aad enrolment of bills
aud resolutions.
Price, bill making 40 appropriation
for dehciencits in Secretary of State
office.
smith of Lander, to provide fol
safety cages in vertical shafts.
Palmer, bill to piy deficiencies il
the l4ih and 18th fiscal years.
Senate concurrent resolution relative
to appointing a select committee Of
fourteen, one from each county, fol
considering the various railroad bills.
was adopted.
Melarkey's bill to provide compensa
lion fer witnesses ia criminal cases.
passed; ayes. AZ; noes, /.
Assembly bill No. As, to prevent the
forced sale OF homesteads, was in9efi
niteiy postponed.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-01-29
TRANSFERRING THE INDIANS.

The Joint Committee, consisting of
eight Senator'S and Representatives in
Congress, appointed to report on the
expediency of transferring the care of
the Indians from the Interior Depart
ment to the War Department. have re.
p rted TO Congress. They are equally
divided in favor of and against the
transfer. ard two reports have been
made. The arguments advanced by
those favoring the transfer are to the
point. They charge that the Indian
Ba eau is Incapable of a proper con-
duct of Indian affairs, and was there.
fore compelled to delegate mach of its
authority to other hands. From the
slow progress made in civiizing eda
eating and Chrstianizing The Indians
there is no room to doubt that other
methods of dealing with them from
those now in vogue should be adopted
Gross frauds have crept into every
branch Of the service. which no one
has the hardihood to deny. The his
sory Of such frauds is visible on every
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-01-29

page of the Indian management. So
hagraht are these frauds. and SO defiant
have their perpetrators become, that a
ring exists, composed of contractors
and employees of the Bureau. aud
wealthy and Influential outsiders. whose
object is to swindle and defraud both
the Government and the Indians The
Committee entertains the opinion that
the frauds will forever exist, even with
the most yigilant and scrupalous hon.
esty in the management of the Iuoian
Bureau, because the system of that De-
partment is inadequate to prevent
them. In answer to the very pertinent
question whether or not the same
abuses would be praciiced if the man
agement should be transferred to the
I War Department. the committee say
they think not, as whatever else may be
said OF army offisers, they are, as a
class, men of high honor and strict in
tegrity. Every army officer is check
upon every other officer, and such is
the system of accountability in the
army that it is nearly impossible for an
officer to act dishonesty without being
detected. With civil agents this is not
the case, as they are appointed gener-
ally as partisans. and for limited
time. They are paid small salaries.
aud, as they do not expect to hold their
positions for more than a few years at
most, they have not the same induce
ments to act honestly thata army off,
Ger has.
Next to the absolute justice of the
transfer, comes that of the compare
tive cost of tue two systems, the CON-
mittee being of the opinion that a large
amount of money can be saved by 1t,
as wars will be prevented by securing
justice to the Indians.
1t is probable that the transfer will be
made party measure. as all the Demo-
cratic members of the joint committee
favor the project. Ia this event. If the
bill fails to pass in this Congress- the
next Congress. with Democratic ma
jority in both Houses, will be almost
certain to pass it,
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-01-29
sut. LovsEood at Candy Pallinc.

had heap of trouble last Christ.
mas, and I'll tell yoa how it happened.
Dekiu Jones gave a candy pullen',
and got stool. rs they say in North
Carolina. and over We goes.
Sister Poll aud | went together. and
when We got to Jones the house was
chuck full.
Dog my cats if there was room to
turn around.
There was Susie Harkin- she's as
big AS a skinned horss--aud six other
Harkins and Simmonses, and Peddi.
crews, ADD the schoolmaster AMI his
gal. besides the old Dekin and Dekin.
ess. aud enough little Dekins to set up
half dozen young folks in the family
business.
Well, bimeby the pot began to bile,
and the fun begun. We all got our
plates ready, and pnt four on orr
hands to keep the candy from siickin'.
and then we went to pulIin.
Wasn't it tnu! | never saw secb
latfia' and cutting up in ali my born
days.
Emade candy bird for En-, Sim.
mons. Her and me expect to tr,t,in
double harness soma Of these DAYS.
She made clady goose for me.
Then we got to throwing candy balls
into one another's hair. and running
from one side of the honse to tother
aud out into the kitchen. till everything
on the place was gamned over with
candy.
got pine bench and EN-. Simmons
sot close to me.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-01-29

Suze Harkin-confound her picture!
-tbrowed candy ball sock into one OF
my eyes.
Imade a bulge to run after her and
heard something rip.
NV stars alive; wasn't picked! L
looked around and there was the gaple
end of my bran new brltches sticking
10 that pine beuch.
| backed up asin the wall sor'er
crawl b like aud grinBed.
"Sut.," SEE sister Poll, whats the
matter?"
"ohut up!" SEE I.
"Sut,." SEE En-, ''come away from
that wall; you'll get all over grease.
"Let her grease" SEE l, aud l sot
down on sashooard that Was lying
across tub feelin' worse than an old
maid at a wedding.
Purity SOON 1 felt something hurt,
and purity soon II nuft again.
Ice-whis-I jumped ten feet hi, and
kicked over the tub; out hoped old
Jones Christmas turkey, aud you
ought to see ne git.
I cut for tall timber, now, and
Jumped stake andrider fences aud
mashed down brush like runaway
hurrikan till got home, aud went to
bed aud staid there two days.
Eff old Jones barn burns down next
Winter and I'm arrested for it, and ei
any body pears as witness agin me,
I'll but his doggoned headl Them S
| my sentiments,
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-01-29

TELEG RAPHIC LEEMs.

A tornado struck the town Of Rock
port, Texas, on Sunday evening, de-
molishing forty houses, including
churches. the court house and the Ma.
sonic Hall. il child was killed, aud
several persons badly hurt.
The will of Caleb Cushing directs his
property to be divided into two equal
parts--one for the children of John N.
Gushing, the other for the children OF
the late William Cushing The will
Was made in Madrid in 1876.
Director Linderman. of the Mint,
died in Washington Monday afternoon.
Postmaster Snowden OF PHILADELPHIA.
will be nominated to fill the vacancy.
Runners from Sitting Bull have ar.
rived at Standing Rock Agency with a
proposition from the chief to return
and surrender his guos and ponies.
He says his people are cold and hungry,
and his spirit is broken.
The investigation by Congressional
committee OF the doings of John L.
Davenport, United States Commits.
sioner aud Supervisor of Elections in
New York City began yesterday. 1t
was decided to make the inquiry very
mprehensive. Edward J. Denping,
superintendent in A. T. Stewards
| store, testified to his arrest when at
tempting to vote npon naturalization
papers of 1868, and characterized his
arrest and treatment as a great outrage.
The bill to restrict Chinese immigra-
ton was passed by the House of Rep.
resentatives. and its passage by the
| Senate is almost assured.
Seven thousand miners are idle in
Durham, Eogland. The distress is un-
equaled since the great strike in 1874.
Fresh outbreaks of the rinderpest are
reported in Prussia.
| 1t is asserted that at Yesterdays
meeting of the French Cabinet, Presi-
dent McMahon declared he wonld not
yield with regard to military com.
mands. He would rather resign.
Seventy Cinnamon in laundry at
Bellsille. N. j. celebrated the Chinese
New Year in grand style. aud gave a
lunch to one hundred white women EN-
ployed in the laundry.
The case of the Union Pacific Rail.
road Company against the United
States, known as the five per cent.
case. has been decided by the Sapreme
Court. The Court holds that the road
was completed in November 1859. and
and the Company must pay the inter
est on its first mortgage bonds, and il
after so doing. surplus remains, de-
duciing. the usual expenditures for 70.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-01-29
Proposals Wanted.

~ EALEn proposals for insuring the County
y Courthouse az Winnemncca. Neyalt. for
, n sum OF $4,000 will be received bv the
board OF county Commissioners OF Humboldt
the 9TH day Of April, A. u. 1879. pronn.aIs
should state name Of insar nee company
name VI aren't at Winnemurca, il any. rate Of
Insurance per annum, and contain such other
Information AZ will enab tho Board TO fnIIv
ae1ermihe the terms and character Of the bid
and all bids. ""'
BY order Of the Boari.
J. Fl. JOB, Clerk.
"innemncca, January 25, 1879. ja2s-SOd