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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-04-21
SURPRISED INDIANS.

The topper who stole and drank bottle of
whisky Gas he thought, and found it to be
wine of ipecac, was one of the many thieves
who swallow more than they can keep down.
The experience of some copper-colored rob.
bers out West was about as miserable as his.
An Idaho mining camp, intending to cele.
brate the glorious Fourth, ordered heap OF
fireworks to be sent to them. A whole wagon
load was forwarded, and while on its way was
captured one night by a band of Indians.
They did not exactly know what sort of prop
erty they had got hold of, and proceeded to
investigate.
The chief thought the cannon crackers we're
cigars, and the little ones cigarettes, which ar.
ticles he had seen in use at various camps be
had visited, and he distributed lot around,
and they all lighted up for smoke, and in a
moment more surprised and puzzled set Of
Indians never got together.
The chief had cannon cracker, and after
the explosion it was three minutes before he
could get breath enough to yell, and then the
wild shrek he gave could be heard mile
away. That ended the smoking.
Another brave fell of the top of the wagon
with big box of giant torpedoes, and the
crash that greeted him as be alighted scared
him so that he got up and ran off at break.
neck speed.
A SO uaw contrived to get pin-wheel a6re,
and as she dropped it on the ground the nat.
ural tendency of the thing to whirl around
made it go over the ground like wheel OF
fire, sending out shower Of sparks, and
causing the affrighted lady to scud away from
it, with her eyes as "big as saucers" with
terror.
The pin. wheel got under the wagon and ig.
nited it, and the Indians at first tried to ex.
tiuguish the flames but pretty soon Roman
candle went off, and before the man who was
hit by the first ball on the nose could clap
his hand on the injured member, another ball
was thrown there and then third.
Then the rockets began to 60 off, and take
the braves in the legs and ribs, and the differ
ent colored fires threw first red and then a
blue light upon the scene.
More pin.wheels got loose, and when a
brave jumped to avoid pin.wheel he got
into the air just in time to be hit by rocket,
and almost every red man was more or less
burned and in about five minutes crowd
of the worst scared and most frantic Indians
I ever saw was scurrying off in the darkness
across the prairie, believing with pain and
fear. The next load of fireworks sent through
that region won't be meddled with by those
Indians.-Boston Post.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-04-21

How STORY GRows-A farmer was
once told that his turnip field had been rob-
bed, and that the robbery had been committed
by a poor, inoffensire man, Of the name of
Palmer, who, many of the people of the vii
lage said, had taken away wagon load of
turnips. Farmer Brown, much exasperated
by the loss of his turnips, determined to pros.
ecute poor Palmer with all the severity of
the law. With this intention he went to
Molly Sanders, the washerwoman, who had
been busy in spreading the report, to know
the whole truth but Molly denied ever hav.
ing said anything about wagon load of tur-
nips. 1t was but cart load that Palmer
had taken, and Dame Hodson, the huckster
had told her so, over and over again. The
farmer, hearing this, went to Dame Hodson,
who said that Molly Sanders was always
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-11-05
The Cypress Groves Of the City o
Mexico.

The following interesting sketch of
the famous trees of IdrOdtunl diStichuna
is from the pen of Moses Thatcher, in
the Contributor, of Salt Lake City:
''For quiet repose and peaceful med
itation the cypress groves of Chapulte-
pee afford, perhaps, the most attractive
features of any spot near the city. The
castle, located on the abrupt rocky hill,
is quite massive and imposing. 1t has
recently undergone many improve
ments of desirable character, which
add much to the beauty of the place.
Here is the National Observatory, q
position well chosen, healthy and beau
tiful, while affording the most attract
i've view of the surrounding country.
Between 1t and the end of the Pas
SEQ, leading to the capital, stands
monument of gray sandstone, recently
cadets. who, refusing to retreat, fell in
battle, September y, 1S47, when our
countrymen, under General Scott,
gained the victory which led to the
surrender of the capital few days
later. There are in the park probably
not less than 1000 fine cypress, whose
planting by the Toltecs (Nephites) ante
dates, perhaps, many centuries, the rise
of the Aztec Empire Some of these
are nearly fifty feet in circumference,
and from 100 to 125 feet in hight,
with huge limbs extending all around
to great distance, and being always
clad with dry, bronzed and fresh green
leaves. mingling with dropping silvery
MOSES, form the most enchanting
bowers imaginable. The arrangement
of these trees is in groves and double
rows, sometimes crossing at right
angles and affording splendidly shaded
narrow avenues. An exceedingly fine
spring of pure water gushes from the
rocks of the south side of the hill.
Three hundred and seventy years ago
the waters of the spring were conveyed
by the Aztecs to the city, through an
aqueduct of masonry constructed fol-
that purpose. A portion is now force d
with steam pump for use in the gar
dens of the palace above, while the re-
mainder still flows to the capital"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-11-05

1t is always fall election for the
defeated candidate. IN. 0. Picayune.
Advice from the Greek: 'Know thy
SELF is good advice. And to find on:
all about yourself in the shortest time
get nominated for office. LoWeU CT
Gzen.
They asked him if he was the best
man at the wedding. NO" he said
81 don't know as | was the best, but
bejabers was as good as any of 'em!''
Boston Post.
Fashion has decreed that the blonde
takes the front seat this season.
AS soon as the brunette finds out that
she is questionable she will be willing
to dye.-Teras SittingS.
The Chinese Government is going to
build some railroads, and soon will be
heard in the land the voice of the Celes-
tial brakeman, "Hoop-pee! Yang-tze-
khan junction. Tlainee stoppee ten min
utes eatee and dlinkee" Burlington
HaUk-Eye.
-" remember" said Brewer, "I
remember two young men who used to
board at my house they are both dead
now" The crowd broke into a mean
ing smile, and Brewer wondered why
they didn't wait for the funny part of
the story to come.-Lo90eN Courier.
Bread is the staff of music as well
as life; for do not the scales of notes
start off on dough?- Webster Times.
They do.-Cambridge Trtbatne. La,
me! is not this ia fetched. liberated
RGjIooay Journal. Not a bit of it.
Bread has to start off on dough before
it can rise. SIP Cambridge Tribune. '
would you like tosee the paper?'
asked Emphatic looking gentleman
at the hotel, after he had kept the sheet
for nearly an hour. "Would you like
to see the paperP There's nothing in
it," "Seems to me-" replied Fogg,
somewhat ill-humoredly, perhaps,
''you waste good deal of time over
aothing. "-BoSton Transcript. esd.
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Two NOblemen.

Among the passengers OF the steamer
Scythia, on which / returned from Eu-
rope, was an English Earl, quiet gen.
tleman, in no way remarkable or inter-
esting, who comes to our country al
most yearly to hunt in the West The
obsequious homage of the captain and
officers of the ship in the presence of
the little great man, and the painful,
cringing Difference of the stewards were
almost as disgusting as was the ineffa-
BILE Stiffness of two American women,
who became oblivious of the commonest
rules of good breeding in their raptures
over live Earl. There was another
gentleman among the passengers, a
nobleman in the highest sense. but un-
titled, and of the people-Samuel Nor
lev, member of Parliament, a grand
man, philanthropist, finding his hap
piness in work for the race. His chart
ties are unbounded, his contributions to
the temperance work of England alone
amounting in some years to S25, 900.
But while officers and stewards gave to
him, as to all the passengers, the most
courteous attention, there was in their
manner an utter lack of the fawning
and self-eiiacement so conspicuous in
their behavior toward the Earl One
was an hereditary nobleman, by birth
the other every inch nobleman,
without q title-and this made the diff
ference. Mary a. LiUermore, IN The
Troy IN ~ Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-11-05

right, N l seq to i'm. " Doctor! canSI
pay you?" "Nop' ses he. Latham, YOU
can't. His life saved mine. IN besides
that, Latham, y N he filed up like % be-
sides that, Latham, I've got one Jest his
age. There amt nothin' you kin give
me but that little curl on his forehead
So Mary takes the scissors and cuts it
off. He kissed it n put it in his pocket
n went away.
On the night of the break at Devils
Run. wen got off the machine to see
what was the matter, | pulled out my
watch and it was twelve O'Clock and
three minits. 1t was exactly week
after that | took out my watch and it
was twelve o'clock and three minits.
Some of the neighbors had come around
IN the mountains, m minister from a
village about fifteen miles off. / didn't
give no attention to nothin', for | was
stunned like and didn't know how it all
was. was sittin' in front of the house
on large stone where Charley used to
sit and wait for me W en- l was coming
by, and I heered whistle. An l see
train. 1t stopped near where l was.
The locomotive was No. 30 The boys
had her dressed in mournin'. Bill
Walker was runnin' her and Crazy was
firm. There was three coaches filled
with the boys and their wives and chill
dren. They was in their best clothes,
n when they came by where | was sit
tin'-they all knew it was little Char
ley's place-the men took off their hats
and the women had their handkerchiefs
to their faces. | alters knowed they
was very fond of him, but it seemed as
though they had lost an only child.
There was six little boys, all the same
size, and they took i'm up, and we all
follered up the side of the mountain. 1t
was a mild day, and the sun shinin'
bright. We crossed Devils Run and
came to a place of level ground where
there were some large pine trees. 1t
was just over the cliff, little ways from
the road, say q hundred feet, and in
plain sight of where he stood wavin' his
lantern backward and forward slowly
across the track when he said, "You
and mes pards, isn't wep'' efs
After all, it was harder on Mary than
on me. In three months time | took
her there. too. l stayed on the line
a while after that, but | couldn't never
go back to my house agin, and when
ever was goin' by and saw those two
heaps of fresh earth it worked on me so
| couldn't stand it.
AS | was tellin', l sometimes think
I'd like to go back there and see the
place once more, but seems as if l was
Altered. l don't believe in ghosts, but
on dark night I'd see my little Char
ley waviN' his light as he did that night
when it cost him his life,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-11-05
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.


The pastor of the UniversaIist
Church in Bromfeld, Maine, is Miss
Annette 6. Waltz.
The late John Magee, Jr., Wat
kins. N. Y, left $4,000 with which to
build i've Protestant Episcopal churches.
The first was recently completed at
Antrim, flourishing mining town in
Tioga County.
The number of students at the
vienna University is now 5, 457, exclu-
slve of 594 unattached students, or con-
slderably more than at the German Uni
versities of Berlin and Leipzig. Thir-
ty-ive are Americans.
Mary E. Ellen, NJ. D., has been ap-
pointed Professor of Physiology and
Hygiene. and resident physician at
Vassar College. DR.. Allen is talented
young Philadelphia Quakeress. a gradu-
ate OF the Women's Medical College of
pennsylvania, class of 1876.
At the meeting of the Methodist
Conference in London, James Calvert.
OF FIJI, said that the greatest blot of the
FlJlans was their cannibalism. One of
the natives stated that he had feasted
on o72 different persons, and six or
seven OF the missionaries were eaten
when they first commenced their labors
in Fiji.
"A church is not to measure its sue
cess by the accretion of new members,
says the Christian Union. That church
is most successful which cultivates most
assiduously the holiness of its individ-
ual members. We call church strong
as 1t counts its members by hundreds
and its wealth by millions. Christ calls
1t strong as it is strong in faith and
rich in good works.
The first official Sunday-school CEN
sus in the United States is now being
taken by the Government. Circulars
containing questions are sent to every
Superintendent. These cover the num-
Der of teachers and children, the ages
OF scholars, the number, value and char
aeter OF books in Libraries, the property
owned, the money collected and the in
crease in attendance since 1870.
The rector of the Episcopal church
in Shrewsbury, N. j., reads from a
Bible which was printed in 1717, and
presented to- the church about 1852.
The church was founded in 1902. The
spire is surmounted by an iron crown
of George Ill, which the soldiers in
the Revelation amused themselves with
shooting at, as may beseen by the bull
let holes in the wooden ball below.
The President of Amherst College
has offered to the students the privi-
lege of selecting represe natives in
whose hands will be left certain matters
of college administration now under
taken by the faculty. This body will
probably be composed of four seniors,
three juniors, two sophomores and one
freshman with member of the facul-
ty as presiding officer, if the classes &C
cept the proposal, which seems doubt
| full. .W
The Baptist ministers in Germany
complain that the Government has,
during the last year, carried out reac-
tionary policy against them. Mr.. Jahr,
at Frankfort, has been fined for speak
ing at the grave of deceased member
His Sunday-school has been prohibited
because it meets at private houses, and
teachers and persons who open their
houses to Sunday-schools have been
threatened with fine if they disregard
the prohibition. The Church is trying
to secure the protection of regular
house OF worship of its own.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-11-05
Heat Without Fire.

A machine has been invented in
Boston for generating heat without fire.
1t is simply an iron cylinder about a
foot long and foot in diameter. The
bottom of the cylinder is hardened
plate upon which another plate of the
same diameter turns, the pressure be-
ing regulated by a screw, according to
the power that is to be applied and the
amount of heat desired. All of the
space not taken up by the wheel and
shaft is filed with water. As. soon as
the wheel is set in motion the water is
brought up to high temperature and
the cylinder becomes stove, which
radiates heat from the whole of its ex-
terror surface. Of course this machine
can only be used in buildings where
there is steam-power that can be
awaited of to ran the friction wheel.
There is entire security against aeci.
dents by fire, which is strong point in
favor of the friction heater. baltimore
Sun.
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SIZE ONLY TOLD WHAT SHE HAD
HEARD.

Says Mrs. Brown,
OF Slandertown,
vt may, or may not be;
l only tell
You know me we'll
What folks have told to me.
"They say that Fife
And his young wife
Get on quite awful, dear; .
They scold and fight
Both day and night
Or that is what / hear.
"And who would think
That Smith should drink
The way he does, good LordI
Or so they say;
My dear, pray
You will not take my word.
And there's Miss Burt,
The saucy flirt,
She's talked about; I've heard
Such frghtful things,
1t bushes brings
10 tell them, pom my word.
80 dear, they say
The other day
That Rev. DIR. Bird
And Miss Montcalm
Went arm-in-arm
Down Broadway-so 1 heard"
Says Mrs. Jones,
In chilling tones,
You have quick ears, my dear;
Just fill them full
it'll cotton wool;
You hear too much, / fear"
Boston Transcript.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-11-05

I'm a "plug" of natural leaf chew
ing tobacco may be found licorice, oils,
molasses, glucose and slippery elm bark.
The component parts of a chew of UNI.
natural leaf cannot be contemplated
with composure. Hartford Post.
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AFTERNOON SESSION.
t1-N-S Is7k.' O1s'OVi D UIJ T. fOUI
MORNING SESSION,

The Assotin Country is beautiful tract
situated nearly southwest of the Grand
Ronde river and extends thence to the Pa
taha creek. There is what is called the
East Assotin and the Forks of the Assotin,
divided by deep canyon. About three
miles across that is the Georges Fork,
named for the first settler in that country,
who picked up this spot as cattle range.
He is known as Captain George. The East
Assotin is very thickly settled by thirty
ing, industrious lot of farmers, and the
neighborhood supports two stores and two
postoffices about three miles apart. The
names are Theon and Anatone. At the
foot of this valley, at the bank of the Snake
river and near the mouth of the Assotin
creek, some miles from Theon, is little
town just starting up called Assotin. 1t
has one store, saloon and livery stable, a
cooper shop and postoffice, and several
dwelling houses. A warehouse will be
added, and it is expected that it will be.
come shipping point for the crop of 1881.
There is room for lots of immigrants. 1t
mas rich and fertile soil, genial climate,
and never-ending stock range of the finest
bunch grass with abundance of water
TWalla Walla Union.
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FOREIGN NEWS.
The wimbledon shooting Contest.

New York, July 12th.-The Herulds
London special says: The shooting at
Wimbledon began yesterday, although the
volunteers have hardly yet settled down to
work. A slight mishap occurred owing to
furze fires, which were ignited from fire by
which some Scotch rihemen were cooking
An order was accordingly issued that thence
forth no small camp fires are to be used
beyond the boundaries of the tents. but only
regular cooking on stoves. The Scotchmen
are very wrothy in consequence, and swear
ing in choice Gaelic is heard be-
cause they cannot now toast their own
inexpensive bacon nor have the national hot
toddy at night. The Canadian team num-
bers twenty men, commanded by Colonel
Jobson. who is accounted the best shot In
Canada. This is his third visit to Wimble-
don. In 1879 he was the winner of the
Prince of Wales prize. The Adjutant of
the team is Captain Curren. The interest
yesterday centered in the Alfred and Alex
andria contests and the inter-university
match. The latter was not finished at gun
fire. The advantage was in favor of Oxford
The other two matches were finished, but the
result is not yet announced.
Yellow Fever at Havana.
HAVANA, July 12;h.-During the week
ended on the Ssh inst. twenty three deaths
occurred here from yellow fever.
The Tunis Ensurreclion.
TUNIs, July 12sh.-The iusurrection threat
ems the Regency, unless put down with a
strong hand.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-07-13

son and c. II. Evans, San Francisco, steam
pumping engine William T. Cottier and j.
+. Montgomery, Sacramento, ventilator
James Scott, Arapahoe, Col, amalgamstor
William Beeson, Dillon, Montana Territory,
swimming apparatus.
The Heated Term.
CINCINNATI, July 12th.-Yesterday the
thermometer marked 102'. Thirtesn sun
strokes were reported, mostly fatal AT 10
o'clock last night the thermometer registered
92' with no signs of relief.
PITTsBURG. July 12th-There have been 81
deaths and 30 prostrations from heat since
Saturday.
The Hatf.Breeds Confident.
NEW York, July 12th.-The Times Albany
special says: Miller and Lapham's friends
hope they may be elected this week. The
Administration is stronger than on Saturday,
and will stand firm. Their opponents fear q
break which will end in a stampede. With
a full House yesterday Miller was only seven
votes short of an election, and that margin
will probably be reduced to FIVE to-day on
the first ballot, and he may be elected on
the second
Warner Miller arrived yesterday, and his
room was crowded by Republicans of both
factions, and the Democrats congratulated
him much. He is thought to be already
elected. Should the election occur by Thurs
day. bill for special Congressional elections
will be pushed.
The Proposed Thanksgiving.
COLUMBUS (O.), July 12th.-The Govern
ors of twenty States answer Governor Fos-
ter's telegram about thanksgiving day, and
all approve the plan.
Summer Night Concerts.
CHICAGO, July 12th.-Theodore Thomas
last night began six weeks season Of summer
night concerts, under the management OF
Milward Adams. Every promise of great
success is given.
Fall OF ScafIoldIng.
New York, July 12th.-By the fall of
scaffolding at the Ocean Oil Works, near
jersey City, yesterday, seven bricklayers
were severely injured.
sheriffs Killed by HOrsethieyes.
MENoMoNEE (Wis.), July 12th.-The Will
Jams brothers, horsethieves from Illinois,
shot and killed NJ. Coleman and Charles
Coleman, Sheriffs, who were attempting to
arrest them. Both escaped.
The Floods in Iowa.
MARsHALLTowN, July II h.-The present
floods here have never been equaled. The
water is four feet high on the car tracks
Immense damage has been done to railroad
and other property, amounting to $500, 600
and upwards in the city alone. The greatest
damage is done to the crops.
Another Arkansas Horror.
DEs ARC. July 12th.-The body of girl
13 to IA years old, who had been ravished
and murdered on her way to school, was
found by the people of this place. Two
npprOas are Snspected
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At Rowland Flat on Friday evening two
Cinnamon quarreled over game of cards,
and one stabbed the other to the heart, the
wound causing almost instant death. The
murderer ran out and hid himself. The
Chinese company with which the mur.
dered man was connected offered a reward
of $500 for the murderers arrest. A party
of white men caught the murderer, but the
Chinese company refused to pay the re.
ward, whereupon the captors led their pris-
oner away and locked him up, refusing to
deliver him to the authorities until the re-
ward should be paid.
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DENTISTRY.

T. ii. Ferguson. ID. ID. s.-Operative and Me
chanical Dentist Graduate OF Baltimore College o
Dental Surgery, "a hearny street. near Post.
The only place In this State where The
making and giving of pure gas is made speciality
of from the formula of the Celebrated COTTON
DENTAL ASSOCIATION, New York, origiuators
of the use OF gas for POSITIVELY Extracting
Teeth without pain, is at Nos 325 and 927 Market
street, above Fifth, opposite Mason.
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DRY GOODS

The White H0use-The oldest Dry Goods House
in San Francisco. We import direct from the
principal marts in Europe, consequently can sell
lower than any other house in the trade. Country
orders attended to. J. W. Davidson g. Co., Nos
101 and l03 KearnY street, San Francisco.
Keene Bros, Nos. 107 to lis Kearny street, are
now holding their regular Semi Annual Sale. I'm
mense reductions in Silks, Cloaks, Dress Goods,
Mourning, Domestics, Hosiery, Parasols, Lace:
and Notions. Samples on application.
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Board of Equalization.

NoTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
IN Board of Supervisors of the county Of Sacra.
mento will meet as required by law on the FIRST
MONDAY OF JULY, 1851, to examine the assess
ment book and equalize the assessment Of property
in the county, and will continue in session from
time to time until the business OF equalization is
disposed Of but not later than the fourth Monday in
July Lje25-tdl THoS. II. BERkEY, Clerk.