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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-12-21
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.

n w "ohipSIou O'opdLCH says VI
the past year Mrs. Sprague has virtually
been an outcast from polite society here.
Her dress indicates poverty, and she is
heavily in debt. Roscoe Conkling wiz
be forced to provide for her means and
counsel. Nearly every Senator has wit
messed their exchange of notes in the
Senate Chamber. Schurz and Key, who
spent the Summer near her residence,
may be witnesses as to Conkling's visits
! Ben Batter is counsel for Ex-Governor
Sprague, and will probably summon
half the distinguished people in the
couatry.
The Irish Land Commission is ex-
peeted to report on Thursday. 1t is
rumored that the majority of the COM
mission are agreed on eahe outlines of a
scheme, the principal features of which
are the extension of the Ulster tenant
right system to the whole of Ireland,
with the alternative of compulsory pur-
chase, with a view to the creation of a
peasant proprietary in the event Of
owners Directing to the extension of
tenant right. 1t is understood that
kavanagh and the O'Connor Don dis.
sent from the proposal and will make a
separate report.
In the United States Circuis Court,
San Francisco, the. order for Richard
Brewer to show cause why he should
not be committed for contempt in main
tanning possession of the place where
the Hanford battle occurred, after he
had been dispossesssd by the United
States Marshal, Was continued. until
alter the settlers Trial is concluded. In
the Tulare trial this morning the ses~
sion ef the Court was occupied in the
defendant. He is the last witness for
the defense
A correspondent at Dublin says the
country is drifting nearer to the rocks,
and nothing is being done to save her:
The wave of agitation sweeps, wich
greater force through the provinces,
and although it has met with check
in Ulster, nobody can tell how long the
barriers which the loyal feeling in
Ulster impass will be able to withstand
the repeated shocks at Parnell's hands.
Coercion has triumphed, while the
Government shrinks from any attempt
to countsFact ii.
A laborer by the nama of Sim. Cum
Der left Quaker Hill for SCOTS Flat, in
California, several days ago, and has
not been heard of since, and is believed
to have persisted in the snow. A very
heavy storm prevailed at the time. He
was in the enploy of the Alvinza Hay
ward Mining Company, near Dutch
Flat.
A man by the name, of DuGf, aged
As OF so years, dropped dead. in the
Gem. saloon in Wheatland, California,
Yesterday. He was laborer, and had
been working in the employ of the
Newstadt Central Hotel.
| Aforce of $50 soldiers and constabu-
larry broke up the meeting at Callohill,
Ireland. The Land Leaguers moved off
to another locality and undertook, to
organize another meeting, but were
! prevented from. doing So
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-12-21

The. tfial Of Ggrick. the dafaultisg
Treasurer OF Stossy equity, is now pre-
crossing in Virginia City A jury was
iSspaneled yesterday, and the County
kaosrdsr and County Clerk were e&.
spined on behalf. of the prosecution.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-12-21
Inyilatlon Committee ::

All the members Of Winemueca Hose COMPANY
No. l.
Paradise Valley--C. c. Biles, Antoine Hinkey.
l.. Ii. Morse, Jas. X. Harvey.
Spring City-Hobart Luther, O. p Crawford.
Camp McDermit -Chas Bowling, W. Moulder.
Rebel creek-Frank snapp, jos. Mccolly.
Willow Point--West. Riekard, Asa Moore
Golconda-Theo Ley, A. NJ. Sadorus.
Rose Creek--E. Browning.
Mil City--James Gould, j. H. Potts.
Rye Pateh--M. II. Baily, r. NJ Howell.
oreana-Sam. Clay, L. y. Carpenter
Lovelock Ssation--D. ID. Grannis, H. C. Mark.
er, VIM. Ruddel
Unionyille-F. y. Banks, Thos J. Hadley jos.
Miller
Dun Gkn-Yance Nelson, d. p. Crook
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-29
FURTHER Reduction NEEDED.

That the United States has accepted
She assistance Of Mexico in the endeavor
% capture Victoria and his tnarauding
Iudians, is enough to swell with pride"
the breast Of every patriot. Our nation
"a little "n" is required in this instance)
boasts a million OF Inhabitants TO every
zen red rascals under the Indian chief
tain; yet We must combine with an
auarchial confederation like the Mexi-
can States in order to subdue the hordes
C. the red man OF the forest This fact
must tend to make the Colombian Gov
rment careful about refusing our right
20 establish cosling stations on its coast
Tor our navy; must awake China to our
EJility TO ride rough-sbOd over the
Parliugame treaty if a satisfactory set
De nent OF the mongolian question is
not reached by the Chinese Commits
SION; must arouse Europe TO a knOwl-
ee that the Monroe doctrine will be
str city maintained aud upheld by the
ghty and invincible armies Of the
atest republic ever blessed 10y the
of the sun. Another reduction Of
le standing army is necessary, and the
q Congress should see 10 il that the
ee is so arranged that each private
p y have at least three commissioned
a-'cers to watch him. In the mean
tme, 1t would be we'll to make exten-
eve additions to West Point, that the
sDgply Of second lieutenants may not
hli short but, If there should be a
dlsrth of these most necessary accom-
= riments Of our army, We would mod
~ suggest to President Hayes that he
sht appoint all attendants at the mil
Iiary academy who we're unable to COM
a-ete the course and were dropped.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-29

Matilda J0slyn Gsge has written
pamphlet entitled as above, which has
been published under the auspices Of the
New York STATE Woman Snnrnge As
sociation. Ia which she claims that
many Of TIE most important inventions
Of ancient aud modern eras have been
the work # women. She tells us that
the cotton gin IVES q woman's idea,
worked out by man who was guest
at her house in the Winter Of 1928.
The rePuieI inventor was mechanic
named Whitney, but the work origi-
mated in the brain of Catharine Little
field Greene, widow Of General Greene
Of the Revolutionary War. The work
was done ia her house aud under ner
immediate supervision. The wooden
teeth first tried did not do the work, and
Whitney, despairing, was about TO
throw the invention aside. when Mrs.
Greene, whose confidence in its ultimate
success never wavered, proposed the
substitution of wire. Whitney there
upon replaced the wooden teeth 10y wire
ones, aud within ten days from the first
conception Of Mrs. Greene's idea a small
model was completed, which was Of
such perfect construction that it has
ever since stood a. tie model OF all cot
tOn-gins. BY means Of this invention,
an extraordinary impetus was given to
the culture Of cotton. Instead Of a
pound a day, as was formerly cleaned by
hand, three hundred pounds were cleaned
by this gin, and in a much better man
ner than hand work could do. Mr.
Whitney, with the characteristic mod
esty Of the sex in taking back seats,
claimed the invention as his own,
though Mrs. Greene, through her second
husband, Mr.. Millei. became tine part
ner of Whitney in the manufacture of
gins. Says Mrs. Gage:
There is scarcely a manufacture or a branch
Of the Government that has not been benefited
by this invention. Every particle OF revenue
the Government received from cotton has been
ten thousand times enhanced 10y the inventive
genius OF this woman. o Let every wom-
an who hereafter enters the Patent Onice ex-
anime well the original model OF the cotton
gin there deposited, and when she looks at it
remember that it was the invention OF a
woman.
Mrs. Gage also claims that silk man
ufacture, gauze, straw-braiding aud
lace-making are women's inventions.
Hitherto, when woman has been
gifted with an inventive genius, she
has either frittered it away in Intricate
styles Of dress or like Mrs. Greene) suf-
fered some man to claim the award due
her. But public opinion and the print
ing press are changing all this, and but
few more decades will pass before the
cry that women are not inventors will
have ceased altogether.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-29
A GERMAN OPINION.

The Freie Presse Of Chicago. a paper
which is edited with the careful fore
thought and research which is charac-
teristic Of the German mind, compares
Hancock aud Garfield thus: "The Dem
ocratic papers cannot deny that Han
cock is devoid Of those qualifications
which are necessary to be a good citi-
zen, to say nothing about those de-
msnded Of a President of the United
States. If we consider that during the
last twenty years the General hss had
ample time in his well-paid position 10
study and inform himself relative TO
public affairs, then we must come to the
conclusion that his ignorance Is in con-
sequence Of a singular lassitude. II we
compare Garfield with Hancock, and
take into consideration how the former
possessed himself, under the most ad-
verse circumstances, as a boat-boy, of
knowledge which can only be acquired
by bard application to study, then we
must confess that to give the preference
to a man like Hancock, the lazy mill
tary aristocrat, over n man like Garfield,
seems almost to be an insult TO the
American people"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-29
%. 1880.
TEMPERANCE suPPRAGIsTs

In the East at present there is more
u less contention between the temper-
nee sufIragists and the Woman SufIra-
lists in regard to the policy which is
most likely to secure woman the privi-
sge Of voting on the liquor question.
he former assert that woman should
ave the ballot on the whisky traffic
scause Of her known opposition to it,
nd trutbfully maintain that her vote
ould ruin the business. The latter
old and prOmulgate the broader view
rat woman is entitled to the temper
zee ballot as a right, and that her nat
1-sl antipathy to liquor Is no argument
ia favor of her Use of the ballot. From
1ese statements Of principle, the ques-
on OF policy is reached. The advocates
oi the temperance ballot only for wom-
ans oy parading her hatred of whisky,
cpe to induce the temperance men
the land to labor TO secure her the
Z tUiiege Of expressing her adverse opin-
ON at the polls, which does not gain a
very great support for the measure.
ne Woman SufIragists take the fair
ground that woman has a right to vote
on the question, no matter on which
side, and tbat she will thus obtain the
support Of all who believe 10 this wide
r ncfple, whether they favor or oppose
tas suppression Of the liquor traffic. In
brief, as Colonel 1. W. Higginson ex-
0- .sses il. il il better "to claim the bal
I,f for women in order that they may
le atDon this or that measure rather
Ian that they may vote for the meas
p"
dany Woman Sufiragists cannot con-
entiously support the temperance
lot for woman while the claim is
lde that Temperance ballot" and
quor suffrage" and prohibition" are
-- lonymous terms. The fact that they
rrs Woman SufIragists lis proof that
Icy are fair-minded, and they would
n- more wish TO give her the liquor bal
3, because she will vote against whisky
an they would desire to grant her the
r9ht to vote on taxation if they be-
lieved she would oppose the payment of
iaEes by women. II, after all women
tr enfranchised, prohibition is ordered,
WI and good; but they do not desire
It the "liquor suffrage" shall neces-
lily mean prohibition. They are
rking for the principle Of equal rights
70 all 10 all things. When all persons
Fe a voice, then any measure that the
at Ire people shall pass stands approved
hy all By virtue Of the majority rule.
& is wrong to accord woman the bal
lot just because she would vote against
liquor. 1t is equivalent to saying that
th1se only who oppose the traffic should
ue euffanchised, while certainly no fair
nd would deny a woman her right to
% for the traffic, however much it
uld be depIored. Woman should be
Fen an opportunity to express her
opinions, aud no one doubts that she
Juld generally have the good sense to
7Or prohibition but, should she hold
verse ideas, she should certainly be
et free to exercise her own yolition.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-29

Mrs. Julia Ward Howe delivered the
address to the graduates Of the Massa-
chusetts State Normal School, and it
was so ripe with the "wisdom Of her
own large knowledge and experience"
that the Boston AdUertiser thinks in
the future many educational institu-
tiOns will obtain the services Of women
on like occasions, aud be fortunate II
they can secure addresses so signally
appropriate in their matter and style"
as did the Normal School. Mrs. Howe
gave the graduates "earnest counsel
concerning the conduct Of their lives as
scholars having purpose of usefulness" +"
and in a manner so pleasant aud attract
i've "thst they will not soon forget or
carelessly neglect" She pointed out in
a judicious and kindly way the aims
they ought worthily to pursue and the
snsres they ought sedulously to shun.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-29
THE GRAND JURY's REPORT.

The report of the Grand Jury was
submitted to Judge Stott last Saturday
afternoon by the Chairman, Mr.. John
Wilson. Il abounds in practical rec
concentrations, among the best being
those in relation to women prisoners.
The jury found that though there is
nOminally "A department in the county
Jail for women, yet no provisions have
been made for feminine attendance on
them. The report says:
We think the custom Of allowing female
prisoners to be cared for ana controlled solely
by males tends 10 decentralization, and we rec
ommend that no jailer should be employed
except a married man OF respectabiIity, and
that his wife should also live al the jail and as
matron have exclusive control OF the manage
ment Of the women.
The good sense of Mr.. Wilson and his
associates is shown in these recommend
ations-clothes for the prisoners to wear
while their dirty apparel is being
cleansed ventilation of the jaiIs and
baths for the inmates new straw for
the mattresses every three mOnthsi iron
bars over all the windows; watehman
to assist the jailer in guarding prisoners
and the county's property; separate
toilets for the sexes; a safe large enough
to allow a portion to he used by the
Sheriff for keeping valuables; tele-
phonic communication between the
county Jail, the Police Department aud
the Fire Department; the right of the
jailer to prohibit promiscuous visiting
at the Jail; the passage by the Legisla-
ture of a more definite and specific law
against the crime Of abortion (the Jury
was compelled to ignore several COM
plants on account Of the peculiar
phraseology of the present statute).
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-29
HOW GAME 1T ABoUT9

Colonel Ingersoll has at last shown
b manish idea of woman's sphere
aud mans right to dictate what IL shall
be- and this, too, in face Of the fact that
aI all men be has hitherto seemed the
u st liberal. At the Chicago Conven-
Ca be was invited by the ladies at the
10 IS meeting to deliver an address, but
le refused because he said be didn't
want women TO vote for fear they would
vote to unite church and state. What
l.s become Of the brilliant ColonePs
lioerAlity," pray? And whence comes
-Is right to dictate to woman as to
nat her rights may be? In what
sense Is he more liberal in this exhibi.
iion OF dogmatism than a Calvin FOR
on S. G. Irving, even)? And, ifso, how
came it about?
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-29

N4f@--tt- MeA' a part " 1stN 4@N'-- 80 WV
Clatsop county shows the largest pro-
portionate gain, over 3is per cent.
Wasco comes next, having increased
over 3O7 per cent. Polk and Benton
show the smallest increase, IS per cent.
The five counties east of the Cascades,
Baker, Grant, Umatilla, Union aud
Wasco, have increased from Il. .OS2 To
1876, over III per cent; the six SOUTH
ern counties, Coos, Curry, Douglas,
Jackson, Josephine and Lake, from
l4,7S6 to 29.O79, over 81 per cent; Clat-
sop, Columbia and Tlllamook from 1925
to S.s7s, over 80 per cent; the nine
counties in the Willamette Valley from
81, l69 to lO2. .23l, over 67 per cent.
The population OF cities aud towns Is
shown in this table (why Ashland,
Hillsboro and other places are not
given, we cannot state)
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-29

The August number OF The Californian
comes to this Office as fresh and crisp as
usual. This admirable magazine is a
repository Of the choicest literature of
the Pacific Coast. II is the pride of the
Far West, and no doubt receives the
liberal support it merits. Contents of
the August number: Casa Grande, !"
by II. G. Hanks; "Modern Archery, ("
Albert w. Havensi Chapters III. and
". Of "Saint Bartholomew" by Anna
Alexander "Under the Sands" Seddie
L. Anderson "SOme of Our Earlier
Poetesses," John Vance Cheney PRO
lection of Animals Useful TO Man" w.
y. Lockington; Fritz Reuters Life
and Works." T. II. Reardeu; "An Ad-
venturous Num-" Philip Shirley; Rags,
Sacks and Bottles" w. c. Morrow /;
Failure" Carlotta Perry; "Probable
Changes i'm American Government" :"
John A. Wright; Future Gardens Of
California" c. II. Shinu; Jacks
Boys" Helen Wilmans; "The Maid Of
st. Helena" c. H. Phelps; "Abrasious
on the Northwest Coast" George David
son; "a Trip into Souora," James
Wyatt Oates; the editors articles on all
current topics of interest. Send 50 90 to
the California Publishing Company, 2O2
Sansome street, San Francisco, aud Sc
cure the magazine for a year.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-29

Mrs. Mary \. Work, Corresponding
Secretary Of the Iowa Woman Suffrage
Society, was recently elected, unani-
mOusly, suO-director in school district
No. G. Delaware township, Polk county.
Soon after she was unanimously elected
President Of the Board. This is be-
lieved to be the first election in Iowa Of
a woman as President Of a School Board.
Mrs. Work has the satisfaction Of know
ing that some of the ballots that elected
her were cast by her former pupils, and
that her election Was without solieita-
tion or effort on her part
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-29

The advocates Of woman's rights are
making some progress in Paris. At a
recent meeting over which citizen
Blanqui presided, speaker brought
down theshOuse by declaring that as in
l7s9 the rights Of man were proclaimed,
so in 1889 should the rights Of women
be declared as one Of the principles Of
the French Republic. The Association
of Woman's Rights proposes to hold a
series Of meetings in Paris and the
provinces.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-29

The Indianapolis Herald has several
times said good words ia favor Of the
Woman Suffrage cause. It's latest is
this: Generous men smile aud try to
wave Off the Woman Suffrage question
by saying, we favor it il the women
want to vote Why do they not open
the ballot-box to women and see II they
want to vote? The majority Of the
women of America are to-day, through
their representatives, asking for the
right to vote, aud it is only Indifference
to the rights Of large class Of citizens
for men to say: we are willing for
women TO vote.i"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-29

The Standard is justly wrothy be-
C. use we credited to the Bee its remarks
on the divorce docket of the Circuit
Court. We are sorry, and have made
haste 70 correct our error. Il is not Of
thst The StQHdard display any en-
prise. sud q. is mean 70 rob % Of
lrited praise.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-29

Miss NJ. a. Hardaker attempts to
prove the natural superiority Of men
over women, and yet holds that women
should have the ballot. at takes all
kinds of people TO make a world" Cen
orally those who claim that women are
inferior beings hold that they have no
right to vote.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-29

Three hundred aud eighty-five girls
applied for the Oxford senior examina-
ton this season, and 35S for the junior
examination. In addition to the Ordi-
nary examination of boys and girls, an
other examination for young women
over eighteen years old began at the
same time, thirty-hSe Offering them
selves for the preliminary examination.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-29

The right Of woman to equal rights in
all things is in the fact that she is an
individual. Each aud every woman is
person, aad primarily one person hss
the same rights that each aud ever,
other person enjoys, and noue are Justly
entitled to privileges.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-29

Madame SkobelOff was murdered
and robbed by a lieutenant vino owed
his position throughout his career to
General. Skobeloff. She had refused
her permission for bis marriage With
her maid.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-29

Exclusive OF Chinese, go in Portland and
2ls iu Astoria
North salem, South Salem. and other dis
tricts outside the corporate limits, viii raise
Salem TO 5t00
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-29

Governor Long, of Massachusetts,, in
his address TO the graduates Of Weiles.
ley College, announced that be is q
Woman Suffragfst
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-29

The row about erecting mouumeDt
10 the Prince Imperial in Westminister
A AbJey Is stopped by Queen NictOria's
permission to erect % 10 st. George
Chapel, Windsor Garden.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-29
TIE CENSUS

Tire Returns from al tEe d.siric-s of
the State have been received, ana ore
gon is proud of the result The follow
ing table gives the population by conn
ti.. in Is78 and lss0:
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-29

General Hancock isatwiD. Histwiu
brother Hilary Haueuck, D. 3 lawyer At
MinH,
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1880-03-06
The Nightmare Has Blowout.

The wind blew frightfully, awfully
on Monday night. Pandemonium
and Bedlam had Joined hands for
breakdown dance and general jam
boree. There was shrieking and
bowling like an alarmed locomotive
in its earnest endeavor TO scare
stuffed dummy from the track. They
had variety in their fun; while Bed
lam danced and sang on the meeting
house roof, ripping off shingles, and
tearing her skirts on the nails. Pan
demonium, with heavy roar, blew
over nigger's chimney and upset
the blacksmith shop. Joining hands
and yelling in drunken glee, they
rushed up the street, kicked over
boxes, pulled shutters otftheir hinges,
and dislocated stove pipes wherever
they came in their way. All at
once they stopped to get breath, ana
began singing like negro minstrels:
I'VE are Bedlan and Perdition.
And were both ehock full of rum;
For tonight we've had permission
To go upon bum"
AT this moment, a stupid house
which had been sturuily bracing
itself against the rush of wind, taken
by surprise by the sudden cessation
Of hostilities, lost its balance and fell
over the wrong way. The crash
startled the Night Mare, and shaking
her name, she galloped to the land OF
Nod.