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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-22

The case of the state vs.. D. L. Brown.
for criminal libel. has Como over till 2
p. N. Friday on O motion TO dismiss on
the ground that the article complained
OF does not constitute q libel. The de-
murrsr was yesterday overruled.
Mr.. F. A.. Wise says to the friends OF
St. Johns Sunday School, Gold Hill
Don't forget the Christmas tree at ST.
Johns Church on Friday evening,
Christmas Eve, OF Z o'clock. Everybody
10 invited"
William Manning. 20 South O street.
Virginia. offers for sale jswelry OF all
kinds suitable for holiday presents al
low prices. See his advertisement In
another column.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-22
EASTERN DISPATCHES
A Devilish Crims-The Deed Pro.
perly Avenged.

MEMpHIs, December a. Specials
from Polo Station. Miss. on the Mobile
and Ohio Roilroad. give the following
account OF q horrible crime committed in
the northern portion OF Monroe county,
Miss, last Saturday night. The details
are as follows: Mr.. Brown, . promising
young man OF the neighborhood, mar.
rird and built q house near his parents.
His family consisted Of Q wife and 9
daughter two years old. On Saturday
night two men giving the name OF Meter
called and asked TO stay all night. The
evening being SO dissgresabls they we're
permitted to remain. and occupied . bed
ia.ths same room with the family. 1t be-
ing the only one where there was . nre.
About IL O'Clock flames from the little
cottage attracted the nsighbors. who
found the house so far consumed
that nothing could be done toward
saving 1t. /. was the impression that tho
family had absented themselves for the
night. bot In the debris were found
the charred remains OF tho parents and
child. Investigation showed the visit Of
the Meters. when search was at once
made for them. II was found they had
separated. one going direct to Aberdeen,
the other direct to Polo. A posse that
went in pursuit OF the Aberdeen. bound
man found him hid In . field six miles
from Aberdeen. Last night he was
taken back to the scene. whom be told
the following story: 1--WE wanted money
and were permitted to remain OVER
night; We lay awake after retiring until
the heavy brssthing Of the family salts
fed Us OF their slumbers. when We arose,
administered %cbloroiorm, rii-d the house
Of valusbles consisting Of S27. q watch.
o suit OF clothes and u pair OF boots. and
then scattered cotton over the floor and
ON thu bed. saturated 1t with coal oil,
set II on Ere and left" The horror
stricken crowd. composed Of twenty-five
~resoluts men, determined that the devil
should be punished with his own
weapon. and pinioued him with pine
splinters artis,ically arranged around
him, dispensed with the choloform and
set him on fire. Diligeut search Is being
made for the other man. who will doubt.
less share his companions fate, II
caught.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-22
RNTs,

Julia Coa so cents per share; levied
cembef ID: delinquent January 20; sale day
BuIIi0n-0 cents per share: levied December
IL; delinquent January II; sale day F.bm.
airy I.
Piowery = 10 cents per 'hsre; levied Deem.
Der Is; delinquent January ~; sale day
February 10.
Hale d Nercross-7s cents per share: lev.
led December :: delinquent January -;
sale day February !.
Pos.si-0 cents per share; levied ree.mber
10; delinquent January IL; tale day feoru'
airy Q.
Globe Con.-3o cents per share: levied De-.
csmber o.; delinquent January 10; sale Day
February s.
ymber ~; deliDQusn' Jsnuar, 4; sale day
January IS.
Mackey-25 cents per share: levied Novem-
Dor %; delinquent December 10; sale day
January ~.
Centennial 0raveI-0ns.half cent per
share: levied November 30: delinquent Do.
ceuber Is; rals day January u.
Original Gold Hiil-iO cents per share;
levied November 40; delinquent January 3.
sale day January n.
Conc0rdia-:0 cents per share; levied De-
cember 8: delinquent January 3: sale day
January 20.
silver liiil-SO cents per share: levied No.
venber 10: de inquent December u; sale
> DAY January II.
Overmau- so cents per share; levied Deosm.
be- .; d~el.Dqusnt January 0; sale day Jan.
uary7.
Choiisr-O cents per share; levied Novsm.
her Q: delinquent Dessmber u; sale day
January 4.
Sierra Nevada 81 per share: levied No.
vemper II; Delinquent December 10; sale
day January Z.
Usisu Ceu..-si per share; levied Novsm.
Der Is; delinquent December 10; sale day
JAnuary3
Beat Il Beichsr so cents per rhare: levied
November6; Delinquent December ~; sale
day December 81.
per share; levied November 8; de-
n'qusnt December 10; rsls day Lscsm-
Der ~.
Utah 81 per share; levied November 4: de
linqusnt December .. sale dsy December ~
Con. Imp-rtHi- 10 cents per share: levied
November 5; delinquent December .; sale
day Decs nber ~.
Belrhrr- rs cents per share; levied Noven.
Der 5; dsliLquvnt December O. sale day do.
cember a..
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-22
The Nicaragua Canal Project.

New YORK, December GA Times
editorial on the two canal projects says:
The names OF the %inc0rporators OF the
Nicaragua project give promise OF fnsn.
cial support and vigorous action. and
there are assurances that the necessary
capital Is already pledged. One thing 10
toirrably csrtsin-if the Nicaragua canal
10 built /, will be by American capital. II
10 to be hoped. too. that 1t will be In all
respects o legitimate commercial enter
prise. free from oil suspicion Of intrigue,
political or financial. and oil necessity
for such devices az q heavy advance to
the projectors out Of the subscriptions OF
shareholders, special founders shares
and payment OF interest on the capital
during construction.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-22
TOWN TRUSTEES.
Regular Meeting or the Board Yss.
terday.

A regular meeting OF the Board Of
Town Trustees was held yesterday. Pres.
idsnt pro tom. Mercer in the chair.
Present-Trustees Dauohy aud Lsmsry;
also, Town Marshal Kennedy, Town At.
torney Flsnpineham and Clerk Hyde.
The minutes Of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
The Finance Committee reported the
following bills a. correct; and. on mo-
ton, they were ordered paid: Thomas
Gallagher, So 70; r. Mercer. S24 O6;
Mat Bay. S28; John Marks. $38; Geo.
Duprey, % 80; ]. B. Gsynon. 80 40;
Gsilatin & Folsom. sixty.thres cents;
W. G. Hyde. S25; W. Hall. 80 40.
The following were referred: John
Marks, SO; Thes. Gallagher. 500 rs.
No reports were received from the
Committees on Streets and on Fire and
Water.
Town Attorney FsnninRham reported
that hs had collected delinquent taxes
10 the amount Of $1,000 10 and paid the
SAM into the Town Treasury.
A communication was received from
A. A. Putnam, Secretary Of the citizens
meeting held last week. The csmmuni.
cation stated that the Town Trustees.
together with 2 Lyford, were instructed
to dispose OF two old csnnon belonging
to the citizens Of the town. and which
have outprown their usefulness as pieces
Of ordnance. the proceeds to be applied
to relieving the wants Of the poor and
destitute OF the town. Trustee Lemery
and Marshal Kennedy were instructed to
visit the different foundries and see
where the cannon could DO disposed OF
to the best advantage.
The Clerk was instructed to issue o
call 10 the citizens Of Gold Hill to meet
On Monday evening next, December "a.
at Z o'clock p. NJ, in the house OF Yell
low jacket Engine Company. for the
purpose Of discussing the question OF
consolidation. See notice 10 another
column.
Adjourned.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-22
Royal Arch MRsons.

At q meeting OF Virginia Chapter. No.
2, Il. A. NJ. last evening. the following
officers wore elected for the ensuing term
Phil. A. Doyle. NJ. E. q. p; j. E. Nc
Donald, L. X; W. N. Thornton, E. g.;
]. @. Curris. Treasurer; @. D. McDufie.
Secretary. The following are the sp-
pointed officers: William Sutherland. O.
Of H.; N. v. Follett. p. g.; w. 8. Fer.
euson, r. A. c.; T. r. Bingham. n. OF
Third "; T. ]. Hambly. N. Of Second
": F. Fielding. N. Of First v. The
installation OF the above ofacsrs.elsct
will take place next Monday evening at
z o'clook.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-22
s,r..s Cro..,ns wanted. /:

Where Is that block crossing across
Main street, which always belongs to
the winter season. It 10 time that 1t
was put in. and people who are taxed
for tbs convenience say 80. The sug-
oestion 10 made that It be placed about
Ten or twelve feet below Ito usual ioca-
ton this time. In order to accommodate
the sidewalks on each side and the
points Of travel. Let's have the cross.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-22
Fouadry aoussiidasiss.

The proprietor Of the Virginia Foun-
dry has purchased the Reno Foundry
and consolidated the two into one at
Reno, under the name OF the Reno
Foundry and Machine Works. This es-
tsblishment 10 now complete In every
respect and fully prepared to supply the
public demand in the way OF castings
and machinery OF all kinds and de.crip-
tons, from the most pondsrous mine or
mill castings to the lightest Of brass 40.
isbing work. and at the most reasonable
rates. Drawings and estimates furn-
ishsd wbtn required. Fraser has here.
tofore demonstrated his full knowledge
Of his business in every respect and
proposes to continue giving perfect sat
isfaction. Read his new advertisement
sadsv
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-22
An.ruoo. street. R-pors.

SAN Francisco. December as P. NJ
Hale L Norcross. ga. Gu. 6.sb; Mexican
So /; Sierra Nevada, Q. So. o. 81; Potosi.
2 10; Utah. o. 81; Union Con-, In. III;
Ophir. ~; Ballion. l IS, Con. Virginia.
2 IS, 2 20; Bodie. 81. 81; California. l Ssi
Crown Point. l 20: Justice, Csc; Alta. 3,
. O5; Benton. /; Scorpion. ~; Utah. 81
Savage, ~, 2 IS; Benton. l; overman'
6oe; Confidence. 3; Goodshaw, CSC; Gould
4 Curry, 1; Belcher. 1 IS; Eureka. ISL
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-22

At 7 o'clock tonight there will be q
meeting at the County Clerks office OF
the committees OF Carrick's boudsmsn
and o.. the County Commissioner. to
decide whether there eau be any com.
promise between the two on terms any
mere favorable to Mr.. Carriek's bonds
men than the payment OF the entire
amount Of dsfalcation.
The wagon road from the line OF the
q. i @. to Bodie is about completed. II
would probably have been completed by
tbi. time, but when the late season OF
snow storms set IN the Chinese weakened
and refused to work any longer.
The center OF one Of the hubs Of the
new wheels for the Jacket pumping en-
zine has been cast on the Divide. The
little plum OF iron weighs twenty tons
and il took twenty-,hres tons Of iron to
cast IL.
The streets OF Virginia are so holey
tina, they are almost impossible. Vsh'-
cl.s rs well as pedestrians nov eIperiepcs
there many OF the ups and downs oil hfe'
The Trustees Of the Sutro Hospital
Association have caused q handsome
picket fence to be erected round the bur-
ial ground. to the %northward Of the town.
People will have to wait some time
before finding shorter days or longer
nights than We are having now |; yet
Christmas Is coming right along.
Philip Fairbanks. Of Virginia, has
been arrested on . charge Of throwing
stonss at Wa Yew. He gave the China
man an ugly wound in the head.
There will DO q regular meeting Of the
Society OF Pacific Coast Pioneers at their
hall. B street. Virginia, tomorrow
Thursday evening.
10 all the history OF 'bussins on tho
Coms,ock nothing has ever equaled the
difficulties attendant on its present s1er'
else.
z. Lyford svsars that labor to the
mouu Of $500 has been performed on
the Golden Standard mining claim io'
1880.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-22
About Consolidated.

Under the head OF New To-day" will
DO found oficinl notification Of q meet.
Ing of the citizens Of Gold Hill to be
held Of Yellow Jacket Eueins.houss.
next Monday evening at 7 o'clock, for the
porposo OF discussing the question OF
consolidating with Storey county. 1t IL
expected that those who favor the scheme
will present ct that time some Of the ad'
yautsRss to BE- derived from Il. All are
invited, aud taxpayers are especially re-
qusstsd to DO present.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-22
A.X,x.i. Tn Mer.inE.

IL jain. J II Hammond. c Newell. J III
Kyander. A brennan. Z Young. E A Mar
tin, W Woods. T II Byrne. Mrs Osborne
Miss English. J L ellison. Hattie Swift
Mr. E D Zabriskie. Mrs b Douglass. Capt
J Kelly. Z J Sherwood, Chss Davenport.
q T s~tenhouse. " Marks. EP Gould. W
smith. Thos Hully, J Waters. l. Wilson,
Moilis Teats. Carrie Marks. Lille Daven-
port. Robert Mcwade. Fannie Campbell,
] Murphy. J G Taylor.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-22
Gould 4 Curry Eise,ion.

At meeting Of the stockholders OF
the Gould & Curry Mining Company.
held Monday, at which 81. $50 shares Of
stock were voted. the following Trustees
were elected: N. 8. Hobart (Presidsnt).
A. B. Hull (vios Presidsnt). 8. Heyden-
isldt, @. oonRdou. W. Kohl. A. Hay
ward, Robert Sherwood. A. Z. Dur
brow wss elected 8, erstary and h. Il.
Pspeyss Superintendent.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-22
,rhs Bsss score.

Burke, Of the Emmett Guard. made =
remarkable score at the company's ZOO
yard range last Sunday. He started on
with three iours, followed with sixteen
consecutive bulls.yes. and ended with q
four, making q total Of ninsty.six points
out Of q possible one hundred. This u
tbs boss score Of all military rine shoot
Ing a. far q heard from.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-22
District Court Rising. Judge
The following business was trans
acted In this Court today

Tho following business was trans.
acted In this Court today:
Estate OF Wm. Date. deceased-R. 7.
Brodek appointed Administrator L.
G%uRRenhsin. B. Schwartz and q. III.
Cantrovitz appraisers.
Estate OF Thomas Hale, deceased-
Letters Of administration issued 10 Mar
ssret @. Hale, sister Of deceased; bonds,
500. .
Moses W. Virginia City-Alloved Rel
cree SIS per day for taking tsstimoy;
total allowance, $45.
State W. B. II. Carrick-Trisl 70.
sumed and continued till 10 A. NJ. to.
morrow.
Notice given by the Court that this
week and next the law calendar would
DO called Friday instead OF Saturday -
usual.
James X. Cook VI. His Creditors M.
c. Tildrn appointed attorney Tor absent
creditors.
Adjournsd till 10 A. N. tomorrow.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-22
soms,hipw To BE Glad over.

Gold Hill Is fortunate In having plenty
OF fuel on hand. Coal iaminss do not
affect the people here at oil. It Is moro
fortunate still for all that Thomas Gal.
laRhrr 10 the man to look after The
warmth and comfort OF the people In
this respect; for be gives l28 cubic feet
Of wood to the cord and 2OOO pounds Of
coal to the ton every time. Coal lam
Inc or NO coal famine elsewhere. MIR.
Gallagher puts himself squsrrly on rec.
ord 10 this matter under the head oil
New Today"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-22
A CARD.

To all who are suffering from tho errors and
indiscrtlons OF you b. nervous weakness. early
decay. loss Of manhood. etc VIII reno . re-
ceipo that will cure you. FREE uF CHAB0k
This great remedy was discovered by q mission.
arr in South Amsrics. send \ sell. addressed
envelope to the nEv. JosKru T. IsxAs. station
ID, New York city. iAl6 "
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-22
sansk q q 20
Nan FRANCHISE Beard.

LAST EVENING.
10 Eureka Con-. iSk
1870 Northern Belle. 81
4l0 Grand Prize. l Us. l
$50 Manhattan, 90c
$50 Argenta. zoe. 23e
liO0 Navajo. 75c. soc. SOC slo
$50 Star, Zoe
$50 Tuscarors. zoe
$50 Albion. SOC
100 Paradise. &c
200 Wales. soc. s5c
IS Mt. Diablo. , 30
40 North Belle Isls. 40e, 35c
$50 Mt. Potosi. 35c
100 East Mt Disblo. zoe, lse
70 Bodis. 81 81
30 Columbus, ~
100 summit. i5c
400 GoodshAw, 9jc
40 Mono. l 10
$50 North MONDAY. l
$50 Boston Con-, 600
100 Orc, 35c
1875 Silver King. IL. i3t
100 Nosuday.
THIS MORNING.
265 ophir, ~
$50 Mexican. ~, ~
100 Gould 4 Curry. , s.
20 Best 4 Bslehsr. 81
so California. l IS
4Oo savage. 2 IS
50 Con. Virginia, 2 l5s
100 Chollar, 2 10
395 Potosi. I IS
$50 Hale / Norcross. So, So
$50 Crown Point. l Is. I 20
2sO Yellow Jacket. 8 10, > 20, Is
$50 Imperial. l5c
3v0 Beich.r. l 30. l 80
10 Confidence. ~
400 Sierra Nevada. 81, 81
100 Bullion. l 40
800 EIchequer. l 80. ] 50
710 Overman. 5Oc
avs Justice. l
$50 Union Goa. IN, III
763 Alta, 3, IS
200 Caledonia. 100
go Silver Hill, 40c. i3c
20 Challenge. Toe
$50 Occidental. l 10
i2VO Lady Washington. 20c
$50 Andes, ~. l Is
900 Wells Fargo, SC
400 Ward. IL
l25 Scorpion. IL. l 80. l IS
100 Benton, l. Us
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-22
n.n,r,,,.. Las, Ey.uinr.

p Leonard. l. Caldwell. RI Breed. A q
peyoe, F Andrews. " Hanscom, Captain
Dali. Jas Curran. W Munson. X II Streeh.
T J Mcmahon. W J Harvey. J Lauzon,
Mrs @ n Harris. DIR Conwell. Mrs Gibssn.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-22

James Cook has fled his petition in
insolvency. He lost $500 by bad debts,
$1,000 by the failure Of The Pioneer
B.nk Of San Francisco and $500 BY the
f.iIur. Of the Collateral Bank Of San
F~rsneisoo. Cocks liabilities are about
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-22
THE COMSTOCK.
Official Mining News.
For the Week Ending Wednesday,
December 70, 1850.

The Douss In Aisa-Atseusien o
Directed Elsewhere Ate.x The
Lode-sierra meade aud the la.
creased Prospects There-Cnisa
aud Its Drttih0iss-Ths q. 4 q
asd d. q B.. shsfs-Jsckss and
she AusrV Tunoel.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-22

feet per day are made 10 the Joint eau.
fornia rais. from this level. The joint
California crosscut on the $500 level Is
making about six feet per day, and has
nearly luO feet yet to run TO reach the
point where the joint WINS 70 ! be sunk
TO meet the raise from the $500 level.
Yeiisw Jacket.
The station at the 1913 level has been
Gu, out bot not timbersd. the rock being
very hard. and the driit to connsct with
the Sutro tunnel has been started In .
northeas,srly direction. The distance
to the header Of the south lateral Of the
tunnel. as per survey. 10 1909. feet.
which will be rapidly run from both d.
r. ctious. Easing ,imbers In the shaft
and changing the pit work Of the pump
inc engine 30 a. TO ft II for the engine
when repaired.
Untos Consolidated.
DriIhoie No. 8 north on the 26OO
level has encountered . strong dow OF
water and been stopped. Preparations
sre making now to run the drill east,
and /, will be started this week. For
workings joint With Mexican. see report
of that mine. The slopes OF the mine
continue to yield about sixty tons per
day OF good milling ore.
Csitfsraia.
E~ulargins the connection on the 29oo
level aud preparing /. for . thoroushiar'
between the ophir and the c. i G.
shaft. Six feet per day are made IN
pushing the DRIFT from ophir south on
the $500 level and toward the Q. q ..
shaft. For workings joint with Ophir.
see report Of that mine. The slopes are
yielding The usual amount Of milling
ore,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1880-01-06


The cock is also held In very high cs-
TEEN, and is believed to be well aware
OF the reason for rejoicing at Christmas
tide, since for nine nights at that season
he crows all night long. Nor Is this be-
lief altogether confined TO Roman Cath
olics. A Presbyterian family IN Carr-
gas, village in The county Donegal,
had some years ago a hen so piously Dis
posed that she initiated her crested
spouse, and crowd loudly on Christmas
eve, the mistress Of the house exclaimed
in CONSERVATION from her bed, "Whisht,
you villain Of Il bird just wait till to-
morrow, aud III ring your unlucky
neck" "Dced you will mott" cried the
master; "you'll no stir thon hen, for
she has more wit nor many a Chris
I So the growing hen lived on {;
but had she happened to crow at any
other time than Christmas Eve, she
would have been thought the herald CT
death or misfortune to the family, and
would have met with speedy cnd.--
Everybody in Ulster knows the old say
ing:
A whistling maid and Growing hen
Was never good in one town end.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1880-01-06
The Cheapest Newspaper in the South.
THE
Nashville Weekly American.
One Dollar for II Year,

The next Presidential election will de.
tormino questions Of vital Importance to
every citizen Of the Union, Upon its re-
suits will depend the perpetuity Of our re-
publican form OF government. All these
questions will be thoroughly discussed in
the next session of Congress, which begins
on the LIST day Of December. Il is our de-
sire and our purpose, so fur as We caa con-
tribute to that end that every citizen shall
be fully informed upon all these questions
OF such vast mon ent. Is our national
government to be hcGceforth mn imperial
despntism Is the bayonct TO rule the bal
lot Are the rigls If the States, expressly
reserved in the Constitution, 10 yield to
centralized dictatcn Shall arrogant and
imperious party leaders, under the cry of
! Liberty, rob the citizen Of liberty Shall
Mnmmon be the only deity who Shall be
acknowledged as having divine lights ,
Shall labor be deprived of its just reward
! In order to bring it within the means of eyl
cry man, mechanic, farmer and laborer, in
all yocltions, even in these hard times, to
inform himself what political parties are
proposing, we have reduced the terms OF
the Weekly AmericdE to ONE DOLLAR
n year; For Fix months, - conrs' Three
months, 40 csnts. Tho real value of the
paper will not he decreased with reduction
Of price, but will be vastly increased in
proportion to price. Address
THE AMERICAN,
NASHVILLE, Tenn.
oct IA '79-,tf
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1880-01-06
The SniCija! tut.

There was man named Ferguson,
lie lived on Market street,
He had n spccklcd Thomas eat
That couldn't well be- beat;
He'd catch more rats and mice, aud sch,
Than forty eats could eat.
This eat would come into the room
And climb upon u cheer,
And there he'd set and lick hissclf,
And purr 30 awful queer,
That Ferguson would veil at him
hut still he'd purr-scyerc.
And then he'd climb the moon-il fence
ANA loaf around and yowl,
And spit mud claw another cat
Alongside of the lowl;
And then they both would shake their
tails
And jump around and howl.
oh, this here cat of tcrguson's
Was fearful then TO see:
llc'd yell precisely like he was
Nv awful agony;
You'd think n tlrst-cNss slomach-achc
Had struck some small baby.
And all the mOthcrs IN the street.
Walked by the horrd din.
Would rise right up AMI search thcir
babes
To llud spuc worrying hin:
h,ld Slill ms tircrols eat would keep
\ hollcrin' Hike ain,
Aud rs for Mr., Ferguson,
Twas more than he could bear.
Aud ~ he hurried his boot lack out
Right through the midnight air.
But this voclcrous rhomas eat,
Not one cent did lie care.
For slill he yowlcd aud kept his fur
4 Ian,lin' mp ON rnd,
Aud hia old spine u dUuhlln' up
AZ fir M Il would hcul,
Az " his hopes 0t Happiness
Did on his lungs depend.
But while n cur,in' Of his spine,
Aud waltln' & attack
A eat upon the other fence.
There come an awful crack;
Aud this herr sprrkhd Thomas ca
Was busted N the backl
When Ferguson camc home ncNl day,
There lay his old feline,
Aud not life WINS left IN him.
Although he had had niuc,
"All thiH here comea." said Ferguson,
"of cnrein' Of hls spine"
Now all You men whose tender hearts.
This painful tale does rack,
just take his moral to yourselves.
All OF yhh both white and black,
Don't ever ~ like dis here cat.
To gctlin' up your back