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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1880-08-05

The journals olson of Our jealous
rival towns which have been sqaeal-
ing, "The Gunaison is played out,
should send an unprejudiced and com
petent representative to irwin and
Ruby Camp. We have, to-day, the
best mines in Colorado, and more of
them. We don't ask you to take our
word for it, but invite you to come
and see for yourself.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1880-08-05
INNING NE VS..

INNING NE US.
Mr.. J. H. Havron has sold onc-
half interest III the St. George lode to
Cartright & Co., for the sum of
81, 900.
The Forest Queen shaft is being
tiInbered, and large quantities of high
grade ore is being sacked and shipped
to the Iowa Smelling works, Crested
Butte.
Six men have been put to work on
the Lead Chief by Mr.. Gilkenson, in
order to Keep the b2ll rolling until the
machinery arrives, which will be m
about four weeks.
The owners Of the Chiquita lode
are working two shifts and pushing
the work of development as fast as
possible. They will commence to
sack and ship ore Immediately to the
Iowa Smelling Works, Crested Butte.
Senator Chaffee and Lieut. Governor
Tabor employed not long since an ex-
perlenced miner to examine the In
depence mine in this camp, and on
his report being made the above gen.
tlemen paid SOS, 900 in cash for half
interest. Another "fair prospect, !"
for the Leadville CAyumele to recsG1.
tAtwe-thirds interests in the Bella Apf
Titusyille lode, owned by A. S.
Heitchew, marshal of Ruby, and G..
w. Andrews, was sold few days ago
to Denver parties for the sum of
500, 900 cash. This property is located
Oh the west side of Rock creek, near
Cloud City. "Leadville papers please
copy"
The Diabola and Joanna mines on
Mt Lena, continue to improve as the
work of development progresses.
Sulphurets running very high were
struck in the latter on Monday.
Messrs. Earle and Winters are erect
ing a large shaft house over the
Joanna, and we may now count this
property another one of our paying
mines.
The King of the Valley is a galena
lode, with a vein from four to FIVE
feet wide and only one wall reached
as yet. 1t assays from twenty to thir-
ty ounces in silver five feet from the
surface, and is improving all the time.
The William Henry lode is supposed
to be on the same vein, as the ore
is very similar in character. Also the
Clinton, No. 7, and Vanderbilt are
all being worked and improving as
development progresses. The forego-
ing are part Of series of mines To-
Gated in and around Elk Basin, that
Mr.. B. F. Fields is working vigorously.
The Little Elesie and Ten Brock,
in Independence basin are being de-
veloped very rapidly by Mr.. Fields.
They are on the same vein of the In
dependence mine and the prospect for
these claims developing into rich pay
ing mines are very promising.
Messrs. D. w. Douthitt, Brown and
]. A. Phillips, with one or two other
parties from this city spent four days
of last week in travelling over a section
Of country adjacent to and within the
Indian Reservation. They report
that the country is extremely rough,
broken up with mountain defiles and
canons. They state that within ten
miles, in an open direction from here,
that there are quite number of per-
sons prospecting, which is mostly con-
fined to the same range in which IS
found the mines in this vicinity; and
further, that the country has the ap-
pearance of being rich in minerals,
but that many portions of it are al
most inaccessible by reason Of steep
mountain ranges and steep decliM.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1880-08-05

ties hut there Is no doubt but that
rich imines will be worked in this re-
gioa at sone time, perhaps, in the
near future.
At the present the mines Of this To-
cality offer greater inducements to
capitalists and Others than any other
unexplored ,nd remote localities.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1880-08-05
Mr.: John Mec & !! IS i

>r05
Mr.. John McCaxmic d! IS
- aaacte (lf of
the town board on last Friday evening
to fill the vacancy Of c. D. Gage, re-
signed. We think our town board
were wise in their choice, as Mr..
Mccormick is a man of large business
experience as a builder in some of our
eastern cities. He Is whole-souled
public spirited man, and we have no
doubt he will do all in his power to
further the ends Of improvement in
our prosperous and rapidly growing
town.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1880-08-05

A certain mining expert" was
sent here sometime ago to purchase
certain mining properties, and because
he could not get the said properties at
his figures is no reason that he 20 to
Leadville and write articles der ounc.
ing our mines and country.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1880-08-05

Judge A, J. Miller, prominent
aav5er for venty-three years in Kan
fa. .s@,in camp for the purpose oi
pr2eticing his profession7thc law.
He comes highly recommended by
the leading men of the bar of Kansas,
and we hope he may do we'll.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1880-08-05

Notwithstanding our city authori-
ties spent quite a little sum on clearing
Ninth street Of boulders and other OBJ
structions, yet, to-day, it is almost
impossible.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1880-08-05

The Gunnison street passenger
railway have filed articles of in
corporation; also, the Gunnison Gas
Company.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1880-08-05

A very important communication
from the pen of Col. ]. D. Elliott is
crowded out this week, but will ap-
pear in our next issue.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1880-08-05

A damphool.-Mr. Hewitt, who
wrote up the "Gunnison Country"
In the Leadviile papers.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1880-08-05

~ Having just completed our
new and commodious building, oppo-
site the postofice, on the site of the
old restaurant, We are better prepared
to accommodate the public than ever.
Our dining room is the largest and
most comfortable west of the divide,
and with the assistance Of good cooks
and attentive walters, we are better
prepared to suit the most fastedious
than ever.
We are also much better prepared to
retail to the public, bread, pies and
cakes, which always will be found OF
band or baked to order on short
notice.
A Specially
In filling orders for
Ba110 and Parties.
SPAHR & VANTUYL.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-02-05
stories OF Gilbert and Sullivan.

Hartford Courant
Two droll stories have attained currency
here anent Gilbertand Sullivan. Itappears
that during the rehearsals OF "The
Pirates OF PenzanCe" one OF the female
chorus singers was observed by Mr.. Gil.
bert to be weeping bitterly and refusing
to be comforted by her companions. Feel.
ing interested he asked her the cause OF
her grief, but she rigidly refused to dis
close it. All that he could learn from her
was that the costumer OF the theatre had
insulted her gravely. "0hl never will
repeat Il" was the reply that came through
the tears that almost choked her. ~ will
not allow any oil my people to be insulted
here" said Mr.. Gilbert; "and i you will
tell me what was said l will see that
amends are made" After considerable
hesitation the girl sobbed: "Well, sir, she
-she-told mel was no better than |
should be-" "But you are, aren't your"
inquired Gilbert, with the most pathetic
earnestness, and as though the proud
consciousness OF being better than she
should be ought to console her for every
insult. 1t was as bright line as there is
in any OF his comedies. The other story
is OF Sullivan, who at one OF the last re-
hearsals was annoyed by base singer in
the chorus, who sang out OF time and
dragged the other singers with him, "My
dear sir" exclaimed Sullivan to him, "do
please keep time. You are putting all the
others outl" at is not me-" exclaimed
the chorister Indignantly. Excuse me
SIT, " retor!ed Sullivan, with the air Of q
man who Is paying q compliment, II can an:
most exquisite voices that ever the Lord
blessed man with. 1t is sublime-it is
immense; l could pick it out Of a thous.
and; therefore excuse me when l say 1t
was you" The Chorister was silenCed by
the compliment which fastened the
olense on him and there was no more
dragging OF the time.
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The average of cats is l5years; OF squir-
rels and hares, Z or s years; rabbits, Z; a
bear rarely exceeds 20 years; a dog lives
20 years; wolf 20; a fox Il to 10; lions
are longlived, the one known by the
name Of Pompey living to the age Of 10,
Elephants have been known to live to the
age OF 400 years, When Alexander the
Great had conquered Porus, King OF
India, he took great elephant which had
fought valiantly for the king, and named
him Ajax, dedicated him to the sun and
let him go with this inscription: ''Alex-
ander, the son OF Jupiter, dedicated Ajax
to the Sum-" The elephant was found
with this inscription $50 years after. Pigs
have been known to live to the age Of 20,
and the rhinoceros to 81; horse has been
known to live to the age OF 81, but aver
uge 20 or 80; camels sometimes live TO the
age OF 100; stays are very long.lived;
sheep seldom exceed the age Of 10; cows
live about 10 years. Culver considers it
probable that whales sometime live 1000
years. The dolphin and porpoise attain
the age OF 80; an eagle died In Vienna ut
the age OF los; ravens have frequently
reached the age oil 100; swans have been
known to reach the age OF 300 Mr.. Mat
terton has the skeleton OF swan that at
tanned the age OF 200. Pelicans are long
lived. A tortoise has been known to live
10 the age OF JOY years.
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G. A. salRs Correspondents London Telegraph.
AUGUSTA, GA, January III am ut the
Planters, the general aspect Of which
bears out its name, for gentlemen in
broad.brimmed, low.crowned hats, almost
rivaling the Mexican sombrero in ampli-
tude Of circumference, abound in the
hotel, and their conversation is mainly
connected with cotton. OF course / have
visited the principal cotton mills; and !
am, physically, in a state Of fluff and
flue ever since my arrival. At least half a
dozen times day, returning from expedi'
tons in quest Of cotton, have been fain
to deliver myself up to the tender mercies
Of the attendant who throughout the
Union goes by the name Of the 'brush
6end." He Is the american cousin" Of
the ragged red.jacket who on English
race. courses hastens when you alight from
YOUR carriage to brush you down, which
feat he accomplishes with an ordinary
implement made OF bristles, INDUCING
himself meanwhile with cheerful
Kissing noise as though he were
rubbing down horse. The transatlantic;
"brush.tlend" does not brush you down"
He brushes you "off;" and while he
urticates you he utters low, grooming
murmur very much akin to that oil the
MOSQUITO singing his song OF triumph as
he drinks your blood. The fiend uses, not
a brush proper, but a kind Of whisk or
short broom made OF some dried grass or
another. He not only urticates; he hurts;
He touches up the nap otyour neck and
the palms OF your hands. The more you
tell him to leave of the more furiously
does he continue his virgal assaults, aud II
is only when you assume a decided
attitude, and, looking the brush-tiend
fxedly between the eyes, tell him that you
will strange him il he does not hold his
hand, that the unsworn tormentor desists.
This demon Of vapulation haunts the
entrance halls OF hotels and restaurants,
and especially BARRIERS shops. In the
North he is generally young, gaunt and
hungry.lOOking, and it is rumored that he
and his brethren are secretly retained
by the woollen manufactures OF Mas
sachusetts and New Jersey to do
their best to destroy the nap on
gentlemen's coats and otherwise disinte'
crate their vests and "pants" so as to force
them to purchase fresh supplies OF store
clothes, thus stimulating the sartoriaI
craft and encouraging native industry in
the production OF textile fabrics. In the
cotton States the brush.hend Is generally
black. lie Is a very lictor and belabort
you numerically. When he is middle
aged l imagine him to have been a slave
and to be avenging himself on your body
for the potential cowhidings OF his youth
You are for the nonce Legree and he Is
Uncle Tom, manumitted and possessing
equal rights. And then | fancy carpet
Dagger" in corner silly whispering to the
sable fend that you owe him arrears @
wages dating from President Lincoln't
Abolition Proclamation, and counselline
him to lay the brush well on, and to gel
meal il he cannot get malt. In reality the
black "brush-fend" in the South is 8
civil and willing fellow enough, and Is
etiusively grateful for a gift of five cents
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DIED.

BENNETT-On Wednesday morning, February
9Th, 1880, at o'clock, ANNIE LAURA, daughter Of
Thomas and Veronica Bennett in her nth year.
The funeral will take pIaee from her parents resi-
dence, No. 26O4 Chapne street, this afternoon at
o'clock Friends of the family are invited to attend.
In,erment at Peninsula Cemetery.
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TRAVELLERS GUIDE.

Philadelphia Accommodation train only runs
between Wheeling aud TTiAdelphia
tDaIly except SundAy-NewArk Accommodation.
fSteubeuVile AecommodAhon.-This train during
the day passes backward and forward between Mar
tins Ferry and BellRirc, stopping whom required a
sherman House, RtnAyille, West Wheeling and
Crawl Hill,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-02-05

"LADEEs and gentlemen" said Colonel
Scion, pulling roll OF paper from his
jacket, "this call was entirely unexpected.
1 am not prepared to speak and didn't
know five minutes before was called on
that l was expected to say anything here,
so merely jotted down few remarks
yesterday which l intended TO make.
You must excuse all blunders, as my
speech is entirely impromptu and the
manuscript SO poorly written l can hardly
read 1t. Drunkenness is terrible virtue.
have known men, after short career OF
dissipation, till drunkard's grave before
they were three years old. 1 have seen
rich men pass the wine cup around their
welLflled tables and their poor children
crying for crust oil bread. You see men
on every corner who have filed drunk.
ards graves. You see men Keeling about
the streets, who, II they had died Of
cholera intantum, would have starved the
saloon keepers to death. As Shakespeare
says: oh, that q man should put an enemy
In his mouth TO commit petty larceny on
his brains My hearers, eplury bus
eplury bus-my hearers, the squire has
rung in some Greek on me, and us don't
understand Latin I'm obliged 10 quit
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Dlenen.' Advice to his Son.

From Dickens letter.
ADELPH1 HorRL, LIVERPOOL, Thursday,
October 10, 1s8s.-My Dear Harry: 1haye
your letters here this morning. 1epclose
you another check for Eos, aud 1 write to
London by this post ordering three dozen
sherry, two dozen port, and three dozen
light claret, to be sent down to you.
Now, observe attentiyely. We must
have no shadow Of debt, Square up
everything whatsoever that It has been
necessary to buy. Let not tarthing. be
outstanding on any account when we be-
Gin together with your allowance. Be
particular in the minutest detail.
/ wish to have no secrets from you in
the relation we are about to establish to-
gether, and l therefore send you Joe
Chitty's letter bodily, Reading it, you
will know exactly what l know, and will
understand that treat you with perfect
confidence. It appears to me that an al
lowance OF e250 year will be handsome
for all your wants, II send you your
wines. I mean this TO include your tail
or's bills as well as every other expense,
and l strongly recommend you to buy
nothing in Cambridge, and to take credit
for nothing but the clothes with which
your tailor provides you. As soon as you
have got your furniture accounts in, let US
wipe all those preliminary expenses clean
out, and will then send you your first
quarter. We will count in It October, No.
vember and December, and your second
quarter will begin with the new year. II
you dislike taking charge OF so large sum
as G69 40s, you can have your money from
me hali.quarterly.
You know how hard / work for what
get, and think you know that never had
money help from any human creature al
ter was child. You know that you arc
one OF many heavy charges on me, and
that trust to your so exciting your abili
ties and improving the advantages OF youl
past expensive education as soon to di
minish this charge. l say no more on tha
head.
Whatever you do, above all other things
keep out OF debt and confide In me. L
you ever find yourself on the verge OF any
perplexity or difficulty come to me. Yor
will never find me hard on you while yor
are manly and truthful.
As your brothers have gone away one
by one, have written to each Of then
what am now going to write to you. YOU
know that you have never been bamperet
with religious forms Of restraint, and thai
with mere unmeaning forms ! have nc
sympathy. But l most strongly and at
fectionately impress upon you the price
less value. OF the New Testament and thu
study Of that book as the untailing guide
in life. Deeply respecting 1t and bowini
down before the character Of our Saviour
as separated from the vain obstructionl
and inventions Of men, you cannot g
very wrong, and will always preserve a
heart true spirit Of veneration and hu
mility. Similarly l impress upon you thu
habit Of saying Christian prayer ever!
night and morning. These things hav,
stood by me all through my life, and re
member that I tried to render the New
Testament ineligible to you and lovabl'
by you when you were mere baby.
And 80 God bless you.
Ever your afectionate
FATuPR
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-02-05

Tne reservoir system for supplying the
Mississippi River with water contemplate
the reconstruction Of fifteen dams, seven
in the Upper Mississippi and eight on the
St. Croix, Wisconsin, and Chippewa.
which shall have containing capacity OF
90, 900, 900, 900 cubic feet Of water, and shall
be qualified to furnish channel OF four
feet Of water at St. Paul at the lowest sea-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-02-05

Before you begin your heavy spring
work after a winter OF relaxation, your
system needs cleansing and strengthening
to prevent an attack OF ague, bilious or
spring fever, or some other spring sickness
that will unit you for seasons work.
You will save time, much sickness and
great expense If you will use one bottle Of
Hop Bitters in your family this month.
Don't wait. See other column.
For sale by Laughlin Bros. & Co., whole
sale druggists, Wheeling, W. Va.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-02-05

"DAS" RICE, the much.advertised clown,
who recently announced his sudden and
well.nigh miraculous conversion to tenn
perance, has been wandering through
Missouri, and speaking in behalf OF the
cause. lie had thought that the best in
tercsts OF humanity demanded that he
should quit the arena and devote himself
to the rostrunl, and he has been obeying
his inner promptings vigorously, though
with very small encouragement. Previous
10 setting out on his mission he caused a
number OF posters to be printed, contain.
ing an extraordinary Caricature OF him
sell, with the information OF his new de-
parture, his various accomplishments, and
his great zeal for temperance, political
equality, and religious obligations. He
sent an agent In advance, and the even
ing before he left st. Louis IN acQuaint-
RnCe, meeting him in bar.room, invited
him to drink. The ex.clOwn promptly
accepted, and ordered glass OF wine, say.
Ing, to dissipRte the surprise OF his COM
panlon: II favor temperance, but not
total abstinence" A 81. Louis paper re.
lates an incident after Rice had
lsctured there one evening, and
proclaimed that heuceforth, as he
classically phissed 1t, rum would
have no more effect on him than bread
and milk poultiCe on q wooden leg. He
went out with some Of his old cronies, and
while they drank liquor he drank soda
water. Al last his eye alighted upon a
bottle OF bitters bearing label to the
effect that the contents were exhilarating,
but not Intoxicating. "Dan" was inspired
with faith in the truth Of the label, and
qnatTed the biters so freely as to need as
Iislance to get home. Those who were
with him report that his exclamation was
staggeringly conspicuous Since his tour
through the State he has contemplated
return To the sawdust He had the re-
verse Ui success on the rostrum. In one
town, for example, he leCinred twice. The
first evening he had an audience Of 10 per.
sons, the next evening 1t wasreduced to 2
the janitor OF the hall and the editor Of
the local sheet, who had received eompli'
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TuE teIegraph reports, lrOm day 70 day

TIE telegraph reports, from DAY 70 Jay
show a renewal Of workingmen's strikes
for higher wayes and reduction OF time in
various parts Of the country, including a
formidable one at the New Albany, Ind,
glass works, and another in the Maryland
coal regions. The former is said to be en-
Rineered by an organization, $4,000 strong,
with tho high.sounding title of the knights
Of Labor Like the pork.packers recent
demonstration at Chicago, under trades
union auspices, these movements, in all
probability, will but result in a lockout
thus throwing a vast number of people
out of employment, with the filling OF their
places ultimately by workmen imported
from other parts, Of the country, leaving
the former to wonder how they could have
been made such catspaws otby the gentle
men and the knights" who go about the
country playing workingman simply te
enable themselves to live without labor
while drawing fat salaries as presidents
secretaries, treasurers, etc.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-02-05

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Young Men and MaIdens buy II, read II, and study
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JONES BROTHERS co,
ia5 Cincinnati. Ohio.
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mentary tickets The notorious Snowman
has nearly made up his mind that temper
ance Is not remunerative, and that his
starring engagements as lecturer are
really starving ones; that the world Is, In
short, unworthy Of his seli.saCrifcing
efforts for its reform. Tan bark and toddy
are not without their allurements.
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TIME TABLE.

Examining only 70 Nj. Belleview.
An extra car Will leave the city alter church seF
vicos on Sunday morning
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-08-25

RoBEErs' Observation-Disclosures or
sufferers with sprains, cuts, bruises. old or
fresh wounds, swcllings, burns, etc. will
find it to their advantage to use NJ. b. Rob
crts' celebrated Embrocation. Ii has been
in Use over 20 years, and Is the most reliable
and eflicacious remedy known. 1t does not
blister the skin and can therefore be used
with much better results than any liniment
in the market 1t is also good for horses
where an outward application is desired,
and should be found in every household,
and we'll regulated stable. Price . cents
per bottle. For sale only by G. w Benford.