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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-10-11
CALEDONIA SILVER MINING
~ COMPANY. Location Of principal place

Of business. Ban Frsncisco. California.
Location oi works. storey county, Nevada.
Notice 10 hereby given. that o. . meeting OF
the Board OF Directors, held on the fourteenth
day OF b, ,ptsmb =. 1850. an assessment No.3D
OF Twenty ave osuts per share was levied upon
Immediately, In United states gold coin. 70
the Secretary, at tho once 0f the Company,
No. tlS California street, Ban Francisco. Call.
forniA.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
Of OCTOBER, 1880, VIII be delinquent, and
advertised for sale at pubic auction. and
unless payment IL made before will be sold on
WEUNksDAY, the TENTH ,1Uih) day OF NO.
vRNBKR, 1880. 70 pay the delinquent assess.
ment. together with costs OF advertising and
R. wR0ENER. SECRETARY.
ofhos-<it California street. Ban Francisco
California. Is
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CAUTION NOTICE.

YELLOW JACKET SILVER MINING CON-
i psuy.-Ssls No. 10 Tho pablo % here
By csutionsd against purchssing the following
described stock OF the Yellow jacket SILVER
Mihipr Company. a. the same was sola iof
Assessment No. 80, on the I'D DAY OF sep'em'
har 1870.
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C,xcHEQUER MINING COMPANY.
~ Location of princIpal place VI business.

INXCHE0UEb ~ NAN0 COM n ~
II Location Of principal place of business.
san Francisco. California.
Location Of works. Gold Hill Mining District.
Gold Hill. Storey county. kevadA.
Notice Il hereby given, that ct meeting OF
the Board OF Directors. held on the seventh
lIth) day OF October. 1880, an Assessment mo.
io) OF fifty ls0) Cents per rhars waa levied
upon the capital stock Of the corporation, pay.
able Immediately. In United Statea gold coin,
70 the secretary. at the once Of the Company.
soom (, No. 81, Pine street lstock Exchange
Buildlng) san Francisco, Cali ornis. -.
Any stock upon which this assessment snan
remain unpaid on the tenth (l0th) Day
November, 1880, will bo DELINQUENT, and
advertised for sale at public auction.
and unless payment II made before. wiz %
sold on TUESUAY. the THfkTlETH tsoth)
"a, Of NOVEMBER, 1880. TO ray the delln.
queut assessment, together with costs OF sdver.
tising and expenses OF sale. BY order OF the
board OF Directors.
CHis. &. ELLIOT. eseretsry.
onacs-Room Z. No. s1 Pine street lstock
kxehsngs Baiidins), Ban Francisco. oaliiornia.
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NOTICE TO VOTERS.

nHE BOOKS FOR THE RRorsTRATIoN
J. Of vptsu In Tovnsnip No .. Gold Hut
iaaO. Al a O'clock ?. All persons whose
nsmes srs not on the Register at that lime viii
b bsrrsd from voting Ct the coming election
On November ID, lsao. ,,x
q. Cola Iiu. ostsss ., lsso.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-10-11
OUR ADVERTISING AGENTS.
NEVER GIVE UP.

Never give upi u IL wiser aud better
Always 10 hope tnan once TO derpair.
Tiias od the load OF doubts cankering fettsr.
And break the dark spell OF brznniesl care.
Never sive upi or the burthen may sink you =
Providencs has L nd'y mingled the cup.
And In all trials er troubles. b-think you.
Toe watehword OF life must Be, Never give
upi
Never give upi there are chances and changes
Helping the hopeful hundred 10 one.
And through the chaos High wisdom arranges
Every success II you'h only hope on.
Never give upi Ior the wirest ir bo'dest.
X owing tha, Providebcs nsingles the cup.
And OF ell maxims the best. ~ the oil sst.
L. the true wstchwoid Of Never give upi
Never give up I though the grapeshot may
rattle,
Or the full thu odsr.eloud over you burst.
Btald like rock and the storm and the battle
Little shall harm you. though doing their
worst:
Never give upi II adversely presses.
Providence wisely has mingled the cup.
And the beet counsel. IN all yoa- distr-sses.
IL that stout watehword of Never give upi
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TNVIs PAN Is FAR SUPERIOR TO ALI
l. tthers In several important psrtisularr
Tue Grinding huliers are Lear the center. 70
raise the quicksilvef with ths pulp regularly
with less power. without violepce. and viii
better smslgawsting effect, be-ides admitting {
larger charge. The inclined shaped housinRi
OF the muiier.plate openings efhciently force
the pulp directly under the nullers.
Manufactured st the Golden State and Miner
Irou Works, 2sT TO ISL First ptrest ban ftan.
cisco, aud Of the Gates 3 Scovills Iron Work,
81 soutn Canal street, Chicsgo, whore u can b
examlLed and iurthsf particulars DO learned
OF perrons may apply 70 the Inventor and Pa
.ntes, O Q. sTRvkSBON. ~ the Douglas Mill
Gold Hill, hevadA. where the Pans have iona
been In operation.
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INFORMATION WANTED.

INFORMATION Is WANTED OF WILLIE
l HARKtN, who ran away from his parents
on ths ID oi October. 1850, nom Silver City.
Lyon county; II yssrs old, ANDY compIexion.
Addrsss d. =. HAhkfN.
Justice Of The Peece.
Silver City, Lyon county. Nsv. oes i@
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BAdKYRS AND BROKERB.
THE NEVADA BANK
OF sAn FRANCISCO.
San Observation-Disclosures

~Buys and cells Exchange and Tslegrsphie
TrsnsfsrS. Issues Commercial and 1ravsisrr
Crsdils. This bank has special facilities foe
dealing In bullion. gu
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Il is Not GentIemanlI.

To point at person with the fin
ger aud make reuurGs, Mt u plblic
place or uu the street. Those who
witness the operation NAV think the
Que so pointed out has been guilty Of
n mislemeanor, aul found unjust
conclusions.
10 beg chew OF tobacco from a
man, aud then If 1t don't snit ypur
taste, TO nsG him when he be- aIu
mu!cIiuI dock leaves.
10 suDke in church, or take u
dino novel along to real during the
delivery Of the sermon.
To attempt 10 draw n sensitive
reihcalti Eilh into Conversation on
lirp-wo.Es.
Ia make q remark about clothing
going up, on meeting man CA the
street whose trousers legs are four
inches too short.
70 AK n man into q cigar store
for a smoke, aud then discover, with
seeming astOui,hment, that, with the
exception OF a bunch Of keys aul u
truak check, yolr pocket IL empty,
aul leave the other felloS 10 settle
tho damage.
To invlte Young lady to an On
tertainmant aud then, about half an
hour before the time for the show t.
begin, drop her note stating tlat
as your washing was not sent home
iu season you VII not DO able to call
for her
To ask a bald headed mau what
the prospects are for god nv crop.
To accompany man home u
supper 10y Invitation, aud then spread
your butter all over the plate on the
huut for hairs.
To stand at the entrance of church
doors on Sunday, aud slairt tobacco
juice over the sIcp, for the ladies' t.
drag their dresses through.
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The Impending Tyrant.
RMrdekta ON NulrocL..

''' ''''t 'ft tAiNltfh.
K j. Burd-'te explains ia tho
B"r!i"g'on Haycheye why he did
not call On General Hlucocs. lie
says :
Wolfe in the cry, I Wanted to go
over to Governors l,l,ud aud speak
to General Hancock about the gIiet
consulate Tor which my heart hls
been yrarnin. ever sine, | knew whlt
such thing was like. Bu, | dare
not 20. II is not safe. Teu years
of inilserimlnato prowliog among
the conservative democratic ournals
90 our exchrn:e list has taught me
that It would not bo salc. IRON
Whichever way | nigh, approach, the
hateful biyonet CLEANED IN the suns
light, and liberty died in the beams
reelected upon the gli,tering steel.
The tyraunons strains ut music from
Il military band poisoned the air ~
with the breath ot an onion ca, lng
despot. Freedom hating guns
frowued dark y from imperial csse-
mcnts, and ut sunrise aud sunset
the morning and evening gun pro
claimed with bra2en lhroit ani
har1n reverherations that daylight
ana darkocss cane and weHt by or
der Of Willi Id Scott !Iinclcs,
.Nhj lr-Heneral handing, wharea,
every iree.boru cit,l'n knows that
the sun sh uIi rise AMI set by the
act OF Congress. 80 lii n,t e, ou
the Island. couIl not stAud un.
moved in the presence OF the military
dictator whose nAii.rei hand is lllts
ed against the Liberties Of my cJun.
try.
And already this imperill desp,t
has placed his lcon heel nu tho neck
of groaning AMI dowu-lrodic len
people. Without waiting for his
election, he has justified the wirh-
ing' Of the Democratic press, which
has, for many faithful years, cried
alond with tho voice of the Prophets
concerning the dreadful thing. that
would follow II military candllatnre.
Immediately following his nomiua-
tion at Cincinnati, General Hancock
made the weather so warm in Now
York city that % people fell from
sunstroke in one day. Then no or
dered tho great aDod 10 the upper
Mississippi. Aud yesterday morning
when Sandsy sch,Jl picnic hli Just
got comfortably settled in a grove
Obey call lscnst tree and high
board fence and 23 beer tables II
grove anywhere within 30 miles of
New York; he made it rain. Aud
to crown his tyranny, from the mer.
est caprice of military power aud u
libcrty-hatlng despptism, regard
less OF the prayers of all the bays 10
free America, he crushed into tho
dust Of norveless submission AMI
grovellng subservience tho last ray
AMI hope of American liberty, ani by
a special field order mole tho iourth
of July como on sunday, ani chaas-
ed it to ti,th.
Arc We frcemsn, AMI end1re these
thingsl IL Dana's voice silent 10
the land, that We write with bayo-
nets at our breasts 7 Are We to rise
at royeille aud turn off the gas at
light taps J Must we "So up aud ut
our quinine" whoa tho uo iicne call
is sounded Is tho RapiOllc Of
America one great military camp 7
| tell you, brethren, tnes, are peril
ous tunes, anl no man is safe with
out corset.
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Slow News.

Much that fs not very important
is put into "news' papers now-a
DAYS but the ideas of the more an
cieut editors as to what is really
worth telling we're very defe,tive in
deed AS much so as woro their
means of getting news and sending
them abroad.
Wen iell Phillips, in lecture de
ivered in New York City last Do
cenber, noted the wonderful growth
anl power Of tho press in the dire,
Ii N of journalism This is an agent
of civilization that has developed
chiefly within fifty years.
The account of the buttl1 OF Wa.
terloo, which, Philips said, was the
grandcst event in European history
iu this century. occupied only ouo-
third OFFS column of the LDnlon
Tnes. Compare with thi, jDurnals
tic enterprise that which lays Il full.
page history Of the Ute mlssIcre Of
ten persons in Colorado before the
rei l,rs pf our groat iii'ios'
Garrison was mObbcd in Boston
in 1885, A | nlcrbwly esclpr bain :
hanged. With all the files Of the
Boston plpors OF that year before
him, Mr. Phillips cJull not inl
anything liko n detailed account OF
the event, (which shook the city
while il lpstod "
When presi lent Harrison died in
1871. it took ten days for tho news
to reach Springfield, Ill.,, from
Washington. nnl then AbrIiin lin.
coin dishelievel tho report because
it seemed impossible 1t CO MD reach
here ~ IDn.
Now, III tGo newspaper you b1y
this afternoon Won "uty rctl tue
words Queen Victoria spoke to her
Parliament since the sun rose in
Englund. or what congress of
European reprcs antitiyo sal a. i
on the banks of tho b Brsphorus the
evening before As Philips pei
tinently savs: : The mlu whD rel l.
the paper has telegraph wire that
connects him with the worll. aud
the min that does not read mi Lht ~
we'll be Robinson Crusoe Oh his
island
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20 q & n ".
How to Ask and Have.

"Ob. 'is time should talk TO your mother
Sweet Mary" saysI
,Ob, don't tals to my mother" says Mary
Beginning to cry |;
"fOr my mother says men are deceivers,
Add never, know, will consent
She says girls in hurry who msrry
At leisure repent"
"Tbsu s'pose | would talk to your father,
Sweet Mary" saysI,
"0a dju't talk to my father" says Mary
Besinuins to cry
"For my father, he loves me 80 dearly,
He'll never consent should GO
bfyou talk to my father" says Mary
"lle'll surely say No."
''Then how shall get you, my jewelP
Sweet Mary" sail
1'If your father and mothers so cruel
Mos, surely III die
T. ROh, never say die, DEAR" says Mary,
"A way now to save you | ses
nee my parents are both so eoitrary
Z You 4 better ask ME-"
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He opened the door. cautiously,
and poking his head in u suggestive
sort of way, as if there was more fol.
lowing, inquired
lis this the editorial r,nktum.'
Tho what my friend 20
"is this the rinktum -tinklum-
sanktum, or some such place, whore
editors lives y
This is the editorial room yes,
sir, Cone in.
"No guess | won't como in. |
wanted To see what riuktum WAS
like that's all. Looks like our gar:
ret, only wuss. Good day
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|. 81 don't know nyself-neither
know nor u he growled.
She slipped her band in his arm,
with the old caressing movement be
remembered 50 we'll sand spoke gen
tly, using hs namo for the first time
since bo came.
but LennoS' dear, ifyou go away
OIL somewhere, what will do 7"
Ho turnod suddenly aud caught
her TO his heart.
"Ob, Mamie. Nannio 7" no eriel
passionatcly, iii you wonlI only
come back TO me, and love mo If |
could recover my lost treasure.
wonld not go anywhere. Oh. my
lost love, is it too late l'
She laid her face down against
his shoulder and nsked
"Lcnnox denr, tell mo which YOU
lovo bcsi, the Mamie you nsei E.,
know, or the fashionable young Ia ly
you found here Z"
"Oh. Mamie, darlingl" he cried.
ciasp'nS her closer. "t wouldn't give
one toss OF your old brown curls
Tor all the f,shionablo yodns hlie'
in the world
Then you will hiv, 30 take yorr
oli Mamie back again, L1nuox,
dear.'
Aud Lcnnoy, passionately clisping
hcr to him, begged to be forgiven,
aud vowed ho would not exchange
his precious little willi rose for all
the house ilowors in Cristenion.
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IN One Lifetime.

Some one has recently written ;
Z" am not an old man yet in mat
erial things have seen tho creation
OF a now world. lam contemporary
with the railroad, the telegraph, the
steam ship, the photograph, the sew
ing machine, the steam plow, the
friction match, gaslight, chloroform,
nitor -glycerine, the monitor, the
caloric engine, tho California gold
disc ,veries, tbs oil we'll dis coveries,
gutta percha cinnel fruits, the olec-
trio light. the telephone. &c, These
are some of tho f)otpr nts Ut m lter-
ial progress Of tho present genera
tion, Do you think the moral world
will remain ho sams as before 7
that society will remain unaffected
by these changes If,you do lot me
call your attention to the fact that
the same generation has seen the
abolitiou'pf slavery on grand scale,
tho opening OF China and japan,
tho iustitution OF worlds fairs, aud
tho agitation for tho freedom OF wo
man. Aud the march ia steadily 90 /,
ing on with accelerating nation,
What is its meaning 7 Where will
- onQ ~ Y M :. n
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Bad Advice.

Josh Billings has spent many
years in giving good advice. say
3 giriH1 with mental reservation,
because ho has been we'll paid for his
advice. But the thought that mine
will DO followed when bis has been
almost totally disregardei fills me
with delight greater than the expec-
tation ofauy amount of souldestroy-
ing gold c1ulI awaken. Mind that,
Sammy
Young man, stay where you are /;
don't go West TO saw wood
Don't saw wood at all your
hands were intended by Nature to
holl fancy canes aud clasp wlists
not to clear wastes. Waist places
never need clearing.
When you aru travelling, hug shore
as much ~ possible If you cant
hug shore, hug SON ethius moro in.
terostiny, anyhow
Part yonr hair in the midlle Of
your forehead, leaving an equal
number Of hairs on each side OF the
part An unequal division might
nnbalanco your mini ltomsm Der
this, and you may be Mayor Of Now
York some day.
Look not upon tho wine when il is
red, bat, like Temperance orators,
shut Your eyes and gnlp it down.
IL you want tn starve to death
write poetry for a living.
Temper your pttriotiln with pru,
lonce aul keep out OF the range Of
guns, for love of country ceases with
life 1t il thy duty, therefore, t. live
~ long ~ yJu eau.
When thy parse is empty be phil,
anthrOpic in thy schemes : whou thy
purse is full, forge; thy schemes.
Pat thy f,ith in rich rol,tiDu. !;
something may turn up when they
turn down.
Threaten not thy mpther-in.law,
for the threatened, like cats, have
many lives.
CD to thy "uuclo" when thou art
in need.
Let not thy heart yearn nftor ele .
vatol stock nor other worldly gross
ness, bat love the green Field aud be
n student of nature.
If thou woullst find the beautiful
seo!, it in the ballot.
Beware of the wilIws, particularly
OF those that havo never boan mlrS
riel. for thou mIy'st not 10 able to
give Rpllnls for their divers.
When u womln tells yol that she
hates iltttery, say that ypl bal al
ways thought So; that will fllLtcr
her most
JulSa not Of the logs by the
stockings on the liuo.
Nhea you treat call fOr lager Z;
when treated, for vino
y. B -Np5Dly's BlsilesI II |
have Inadvertently (anl | have intl.
vortently or not Mt ALL allnwol any
good advice to creep ilto the abovs
paragraphs, bog the retltr t. act
directly ut variance with that advice,
IL. {. W GIN. Sat Niyh.
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There Is No Death.
BY sIn y. BuLwgp LYrroS.

fc is no death! TIE stars g, io~a
! rise upon some fairer shore I.
bright in Heavens jeweled crown
3ey shine forevermoce,
5e Is no death | The dust we tread
al change meath the summer showers
olien grain or mel,ow fruit,
raj nbo v stated flowers.
granite ro,ks disnrglu'z,
feed the hungry moss they hear.
forest leaves drink daily life
ON out the viewless air.
fc Is no doath ! The leaves may fall,
10 aowers may fade and pass away;
only wait through winiry hours
ie coming ofthe Nay.
re is no death An angel form
alks o'er the earth with silent teal;
bears our best loved things away,
nd then we call them, ,"iead"
caves our hearts all desolate,
Il pluck, our fairest, sweete-i howets (;
hsPlintel into bliss, they now
|mii immortal bowers.
birdlike voice, whose joyous tones
lale glad these scenss Of sin aud strife
now an everlasting song
|lnli the tree of life.
where he secs a smile too bright,
ir heart too pure for iaIut ani vice.
PEARS il to that world Of l;gLt,
4 dwell in paradise,
unto that undying life.
Icy leave US but to come again;
joy we welcome them tbs same,
cept 10 sin and pain.
fven near us. though unseen.
dear immortal spirits tread
Ill the bounlless universe
life-thefe are nc dead.
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A Lady, After All.

pnox Ray sprapg from the
and hastened up the green
. the wide, oldfashioned farm-
carrying his valise in his
wonder il Mamie got my note,
looking for me ! Halo 70
s last exclamation was drawn
Rays lips by a cherry, which.
6 from above, somewhere,
into sudden contact with his
looked up, aud there, purch-
, q great bird, upon q limb Of
70 old cherry tree, and looking
at him With dancing eyes and
ut cheeks, was a young girl.
ow do, Lennox ? Come up
ave some cherries !" was her
ievous greeting.
Annie ! Is it possible ?" ex-
ed Lennox, severely.
while Ray looked on in stern
proval, the young witch swung
{ lightly down.
|w, don't look so glum. Len>
Par,' she said, slipping her
bands into his, with a coax
otion. 81 know it's tomboyish
cmb the cherry tree; but then
\ch fun
pnie, you should have been o
laid Lennox.
= fsh | had No. I don't 9th
then you wouldn't have fall
love with me. What made
lear y with a fond glance and
ssing movement.
ecanse you are so sweet, dar-
answered Ray, melted in spite
pself. "But / do wish, Mamie,
onld leave off those hoydenish
pad be more dignifed."
Q Miss Isham = asked Nam
lsham' is a very superior
aud it would not hurt you
her in some respects.
Hrs sprang into Naunie's
tone.
nt into the psrlor. and
eat In a greatsrIn chair.
irving hor curls q toss
put and sat dswn.
u would pat up those
: apd dress yonr hair ~
e1lee d. said Ry
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So mctimcs. when look over my
lifr, | am umuzei t. SEQ hlV tho
pages Of il' roclri are dotted with
thcs, hair-breliLh escaoe'. o..
cape the dangers AMI hlrlship5 Of
ths revolutionary war, by waiting
until the war h,i been over about
Sky years before I gDL born. Wncn
tho Brooklyn theatre bnrnal | WAS
in Burlington. When tho yellow fcvcr
broke ont 10 Now O;,eins in
Minnesota, au i'm nsimtely SIX pped
ont for Canada. Whsn | vas by,
at school, one day, all the boys in
'ch pol were logged all arounI, for
robbns an appl, orchard, and the
nDsging didn't do a bit Of good, tor
every heggIr nf thom hal tho eh1I.
era m1rbus all that night, inst the
same. And II l was attending
another school twenty threc miles
distant. Whou all OF my brothers
anl sisters woro down with tho scar
let fever, [ was dISn SIuth in the
army, aud whoa | real tho letters
from home, laughed to think Of
my great good toTtane, anl that |
would only have 10 BE- shlt at once
or twicc week, instead of having
TO take mediciuc three times day.
When u man comes TO the oliice with
n little bill, nine tinOs ont of ten !
am ont. Aud If, by some astonish
log bluuler | am in, theu indeed !
AN more unfortunate, bat the man is
in no b,tter luck than beIorc.-Bur-
dette, Ud,rkeye.
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BENJAMIN Franklin, whom alive,
looked alter the pennies, aud now hes
his reward by having his head on
tho penny postage stamp.
Dancing dresses are made Of thin
goods, aud for young ladies white
opss are the most popular
Bridal drsssos are made Of white
satiu, With round dots, aud trlmms |
pke t7us ~ orssSs 1lssse'pu.
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Cleveland Htrdid On the first
vote in which Hancock developed
strength in the democratic conven-
ton he received nearly hundred
votes from the South on the ueS;
ballot the vote Of tho solid South
secured him the nomination.
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',Caa dogs dui their way home
from a long distance T. asks an ox'
change. l,'s according to the dog,
II its one you want to got rid Of,
no can dnd his way back home from
CalifosuiA II it's . good ous Nss
apt 70 GEL lost II he sNes-
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A Doomed City.

The town OF Coyiugton, iowa, says
the Sioux City JoaraaI. is literally "a
doomed City. Situated on the bend
Of tho Missouri River, the banks are
being gradually eaten away, aud the
ground on which the court house
stood year ago is now covered uy
many feet OF fast flowing water. The
cutting away ia done by fits aud
starts. Recently the current act IN
shore and took OF II strip of land
thirty feet vide in few hours. No
inyaslons were made for another
week, when another slice was cut OF
Then about half u dozen buildings
were moved back some thut, fest,
aud the next day the land on wulch
they had stood was all gone. The
citizens have tried to moor trees aud
logs to the bank in tue hope OF form,
ing barrier for tho hood, but the
current is SO swift aud the water So
deep that these attempts have failed.
To give an idea OF what the town OF
.Coviugton has suffered in the past
five years the case os the ferry house
and the principal hotel may be in
stauced. Two years ago there were
66l feet of land between the build
ing aud the rlvor bank now you eau
toss stone out OF the hotel window
into tho river, aud tue bulliings are
now being put ON rollers for removal