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Jackson and His Wife.

Lippincotts Magazine: One OF
those to whom it is fas ciuatiOn to
listen has recently given us book
full of memories, which he calls
"Old Times in Tennessee" But a
greater treat than reading it is to
hear the author tell how he saw
Gen. jackson scare and put to fight
twenty-thousand men. 1t was on
Clover Bottom race-course. The
narrator, then q small boy, was sta
toned on a cedar fence. The bet
ting was very fierce. Horses and
negroes as well as money were put
up, large pound being filed with
the livestock. Murmurs arose that
it was to be a jockey race; that
Greyhound, one Of the famous ra-
GERS, had been seen the night before
in a wheat field, and his rider was
to receive $500 to throw him off.
In the height of the excitement
Gen. Jackson appeared riding a
gray horse and carrying a long pls-
toll in each hand. l think they
were as long as my arm, with muz
zles that ground squirrel could en-
ter. He swore by the eternal he
would shoot the first man who
brought his horse on the track
that the peoples money should not
be stolen In this manner. He
talked incessantly, while the spittle
rolled from his mouth and fire
flashed from his eyes. have seen
bears and wolves at bay, but he was
the most farocious looking animal
/ have ever seen. His appearance
and manner struck terror into the
hearts of 10000 people. If they all
felt as l did, everyone expected to
be slain.
The end of it was that there was
. great rush to the pound to get
back the money stsked, and the
boy on the fence was overturned
and nearly trampled to death. But
be still lives, possibly the oldest
survivor of that great crowd. He
gives the most vivid idea of "Old
Hickory's personality. When La
fayette visited Nashville in 1924
and Jackson greeted him In the pub
lie square, approaching the carriage
with peacock stride," the eyes of
all were attracted To their own hero
rather than to their distinguished
guest. A hundred voices exclaimed
sjust look at old Jackson p' There
was something in his face, his mar
tial presence that enchanted the
public gaze whenever he appeared.
OF course, amid SO much talk Of
General jackson, the lady TO whom
be gave the protection OF his name
and honor comes in fer her share.
Many a sly little anecdote about
her has been preserved. One lady
tells that the last time her mother
saw Mrs. Jackson the latter re
marked, by way OF accounting for q
cold under which she suffered
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Throwing a Family to wolves.

preservation is said to be
the first law of nature, yet there
are circumstances in which this
law should be infringed, and the
safety of others, take precedence of
the longing to preserve ones own
life from the danger which threat
ems it. No one, for instance, can
read, without IA feeling of indig1a-
ton, the subjoined incident, related
by Russian Journal: ga peasant,
residing near Moscow, was travel
ing through a deserted part of the
country in q conveyance containing
himself, his wife, and four children,
when the party was pursued by a
flock of bowling, furnishing wolves.
The peasant urged the horses
along at full speed, hut in spite of
al, the wolves gained every minute
on the travellers. A horrible death
seemed imminent, when the father
devised plan for personally escap-
ing from the danger. He took his
youngest child in his arms and de-
liberately threw it to the pursuers.
This averted the danger for a brief
time, but soon after the wolves
weres again followingsthe carriage
in search of fresh prey. Success
sively the other three children were
thrown to them and deVoured
which enabled him and his wife to
reach a neighboring village in safe
ty. The poor mother, who had 10
vain implored her husband not to
aerifice, in this barbarons fashion /,
the lives of thelittle ores, denounced
the unnatural parent to the authori.
ties. The case was heard in court and
the father acquitted, on the theory
that he had right to sacrifice the
lives of the children since his own
life was at stake. The law of his
country may absolve him, but every
parent will condemn him
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-13
Vennor's Weather For January.

Vennor's Almanac, 1881: 1 ex-
pect blockades Of snow In the Uni
ted States about the 7th and 9th of
January, and rainy days during the
month will be exceedingly few.
The second quarter will open
with heavy snow-fslls and termin ate
in q cold snap.
The middle Of the month will
bring snow-falls. which will termi-
nate in mllder weather toward the
and of the third quarter. This
thaw, which will be interrupted by
n brief cold spell, will extend from
about the 18th of the month into
February.
The record of this month will
show it will have been q severe one,
and the general condition of the
weather will probably remind us of
some OF what are called "real old
fashioned winters"
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STORIES FROM THE WEST.
Incidents of Wild Life--An
intoxicated Grizzly-A
Snow Slide.

On Monday, two weeks, ago four
men left Georgetown, Col, tor Ty-
ner, in the North Park. They trav-
eled over the snow without mishsp
until Wednesday morning, which
found them climbing up q steep
and rugged mountain few miles
from Tyner. The snow covering
on the mountain was about six feet
thick. As the men were tolling up
the height the great carpet of snow
suddenly began to move down
The slide was comparatively slow
at first, but within thirty seconds
it had become q laundering ava
lanche, and the four men were
hurled at lightning speed to the
foot of the mountain. james Mel
son, one OF the party, fastened his
boots into an icy crust, and cling
ing with all his strength was not
hurt seriously, though his body
was bruised and his flesh torn in
various places. When the slide
stopped he was within few inches
OF the surface OF the mass and was
able to thrust his arms through to
the surface, thus securing air. Ten
minutes later William Sandels, who
had escaped unhurt, dug Nelson
out and they together searched for
their companions. They found
Charles Eaton several feet beneath
the snow and not far of WAS Thorn
as Gray, both black in the face from
suffocation and both dead. Search
ing further they found John Fra
ser, who had been buried twenty
feet. He was purple in the face
and blood flowed from his mouth,
but he soon regained consciousness.
His left leg was broken in two
places.
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A half-dozen prospsct0rs canped
one night recently il the Sisrra
Nevada, FL Dorado county, Calilor-
MIA. The ground was covered with
snow, aud when about midnight 8
grizzly bear approached the crunch
ing of his feet aroused the whole
camp. The bear trotted boldly up
to within a few feet OF the fire and
seized the nearest thing that could
be reached-a bag containing few
such articles as bread and sugar
and a demijoh * The hottest whis-
ky manufaet, on the Pacific
coast. The Pectors fred sew
eral shots at the grizzly, which
caused him to seize the bag in his
teeth and scsmper of. Relieved of
the unwelcone visitors presence
the party dropped off to sleep again,
TO be aroused about dawn by loud
and long roars in neighboring
ravine. The men approached the
rsvine cautiously and were delight
ed to see the grizzly uproariously
drunk and rollIngin the snow. The
bear had broken the demijohn and
Tapped up the whisky with an ap-
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Louisville Post: "Mr. Wash Bar
row, who returned from New York,
says that the prevailing opinion
there of the telegraph troubles is
that messages will shortly be sent
most anywhere for ten cents. Mr..
Barrow believes that the Western
Union will suffer far the worst in
the fight, and considers its stock
bound to go much lower, being
kept to its present figure by the
large short interest in it. Other
parties from the east say that the
new line is doing well, and believe
that it will ultimately swallow the
old company. The local fight is an
earnest one. The following circu-
lar is the latest feature: Western
Union Telegraph company facilities
tsnfold greater than any other COM
pany. Lowest rates and best SER
vice. Direct lines"
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preciative tongue. His antics were
very funny-"as good as q circns,"
one Of the prospectors says-and
they were kept up until long after
sunrise. He tried hard to climb
up the side of the ravine and made
ferocious dashes at the men, but
every time he rolled down. AT last
the spectators shot him and moved
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-13

The average weight of American
cotton bales the last season was
452 pounds against 444 pounds the
previous season; of Brazilian, ISL
pounds; OF Egyptian, 629 pounds;
Of Smyrna. $50 pounds, and West
Indian, 160 pounds for both sea
sons; OF East Indian, 378 pounds
against 376 pounds FOR Great
Britain and 365 pounds against 800
pounds for the Continent. OF all
kinds the average for Great Brit
ain is 444 pounds last season
against 436 pounds the previous
season, and for the Continent 423
pounds against Alb pounds The
English Textile Manufactures.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-13

In Louisiana formerly the Legis-
lature selected the governor from
the two candidates who received
the highest popular vote. In Mary
land, Virginia. North Carolina and
South Carolina the governors were
elected by the legislatures.
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PErERsBURe. Va. january |

PETERSBURG, VA, January l.
The thermometer this morning was
fonr degrees below zero. The
weather for the past two days has
been the coolest experienced here
for twenty five years, and the birds
are freezing TO death in the fields.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-13

Mr.. G. C. Gorham, former secre-
tary of the U. S. senate, says that
be does not think the republicans
will organize the senate after the
4th Of next March. There is no
way Of counting noses, up 70 the
present time, that would warrant
such q superstition,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-13

INK SPoTs.-If soaked in warm
milk before the ink has a chance TO
dry, the spot may usually removed.
If it has dried in, rub table salt
upon it and drop lemon juice upon
the salt. White soap diluted with
vinegar is likewise a good thing TO
take out ink spots.
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- NorrheAst corner OF the Square, q stairs
Terms or SUBSCRIPTION:
suo Dollars per AnuIn, always in Advance
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-04-02

justice IL the act was not enforced against
q person connected with the publication
Of such an article. In the House OF Com
mons Sir Harcourt replying to questions,
read extracts from the obnoxious article
in the Freiheit, and pointed out their re-
voting character. He said that its at
tack even included one Of the Presidents oil
The United States. The Governments
thought it would be a grave error from a
domestic as well as external point OF view
to ignore the article. 1t was a domestic
crime and breach Of public morality to IN
cite to murder. No Government would
do its duty if it allowed a free press to be
converted into a hot-bed OF incltement
to assassination. The Government acted
Of its own accord, and was not lnstigated
by foreign powers. Notwithstanding the
arrest of Maste, the Socialists
who dir ected the Freihelt, have
resolved that the Journal shall reappear. A
new Office has been selected and new type
purchased. Wilhelm Martin, one of the
staff elected from the old premises has
undertaken the publication of the paper.
The Times condemns the prosecution of
the editor of the Freheit, as it gives an
unexpected and undeserved currency to
the offensive article.
ST. PETERSBURG, April IA ukase has
been promulgated ordering. with a view to
the restoration of complete security in the
Capital, the creation of a temporary Coun-
Gil, charged to assist the C~ommandant OF
the City Council. 1t will consist of a
member for each of the 22s city districts,
and will be elected by the votes of all land
lords and independent tenants. 1t is I'M
derstood that the Council will decide by a
majority vote ON all measures submitted
by the Commandant, and the decision of
the majority will be executed on receiving
the Emperor's sanction. The same cata-
gories of persons who vote shall be eligi-
BILE as candidates. The Commandant has
fixed the time of elections. A fund for
carrying out the measure will be provided
from the Imperial Treasury. The Agence
Russo says the measure is part OF a scheme
for the whole Russian Empire, projected
by the late Gear.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-04-02
PEACE IN SOUTH AFRICA.

As it is officially announced in England
that peace has been made with the Beers
there is no room TO doubt that bare fact
but we may reasonably doubt whether it
has been made on the terms reported in
the dispatches. 1t is said that the Beers
are to have independence, Subject to con-
ditions to be hereafter settled by a royal
commission" and that the Boer Govern
ment "shall after the COM
mission shall have made its reports"
That so claer-sighted and r~esolute a breed
of men as the Beers have shown them
selves to be should disarm, with no more
substantial guarantee than a few British
promises, seems scarcely credible. For
men who have had lively experience of
the nature OF English authorities to put
their d~estinies blindly in the hands of ''a
royal commission" and consent to the
adjournment Of their rights to that misty
time in the remote future when a royal
commission, yet uncrested, may possibly
report, are things that might happen if
the Beers had had much the worst of the
fighting, but which seems unlikely, as
the lighting was just the other ay.
There are doubtless details in the settle.
ment that were satisfactory to the Beers,
but which, perhaps, it was not thought
judicious to make public in London just
at this moment
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-04-02

The worry and wear to which the
President has been subjected by Office
seekers cannot be appreciated except by
those who have seen something of the
rush to the White House. A Washing
ton dispatch to the Cincinnati Enquirer
says: Each Congressman has all the
way from a dozen to fifty to provide for.
Some Of them are on the ground sleeping
on the soft side of a board and living at
the ch~eese-boxes at the hotel bars. Mean.
while the worry ON the President is
beginning to tell. He complains that
his appetite is failing him, that his sleep
at night is disturbed and his general
health is breaking up. Under the advice
OF his friends he began to-day taking out
door exercise on horseback. At 3 O'Clock
he incontinently abandoned his Office,
and with his private secretary for COM
pany mounted q horse and rode out into
the country. He looked jaded and worn.
The President sits on a horse well. From
the start he went off at a full gallop,
looking neither to the right nor left.
After the exercise he has had for more
than three weeks with the applicants for
office he ought to be in a condition to
prepare that message which he promised
in his inaugural, making a fixity in the
tenure of office" The horseback diver
sion was a happy thought. But will not
mounted Congressman intercept the Pres
ident, if this practice continues?
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Especial to the SENTINEL


SAN Francisco, April 1.-The United
States steamer Wauchusett sails this even
ing in search of the steamer City of New
York. Captain Williams. General Agent
of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company,
has forwarded to the commander of the
Wauchusett the logs of Australia vessels,
which will enable him to make an accurate
search in mid-ocean by indicating their
usual course.
Late advices from Hawaii say the cpl
demic Of smallpox among the natives still
continues. At Honolulu there Is little if
any among white people. The natives who
have been taken down with smallpox are
sent to the Reef off shore, and little can
be learned from the natives themselves.
Concerning the ravages of the disease,
some deaths have occurred.
In the Supreme Court, in the case of
Levitt VS.. The Tax Collector, to eDjoin the
collection Of taxes for the payment OF in
terest and Sinking Fund of bonds, issued
to pay the cost of widening Dupont street,
Judge Edmunds to-day rendered a decision
declaring the act of the Legislature author
izing the issue of the bonds u%nconstitu-
tional. 1t is understood that the bonds
dIt luOStly utlu III UeTmaUy. An appeal
will be taken to the Supreme Court.
DisreputabIe.
BoDIE, March 31.-About 2 o'clock this
morning, as a man named Elijah Ellis was
dining with two women of the town in a
Virtue avenue bagnio, Chas. Price, better
known as Cockpan Charley, entered in a
partially intoxicated condition, and COM
menced a disturbance. Ellis told him to
keep quiet. to which he replied, II believe
I'll take a shot at you for luck" Suiting
the action to the words. he drew a revolver
and shot Ellis in the groin. The latter
sprung from the table at which he was
seated, snatched the revolver from Prices
hand, and shot the latter twice, once in the
hand and once in the left arm. Price has
been arrested. His wounds are not consid-
cred dangerous. Ellis wound is thought
to be fatal. All the parties are very low
down in the social circle.
The new Cdfliss engine at the MONDAY
mill was started up last night with an addi-
ton of ten stamps to the battery. The
mill is now of forty stamp capacity.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-04-02

An interesting paper which has been
prepared from data by the Bureau Of
Education in Washington contains some
valuable information concerning the chill
dren's savings banks in the public schools
of France. The experiment is. it APP
pears, a very great success. According
to the statistics presented the number of
these institutions at the present time is
between ten and eleven thousand, the
depositors are more than two hundred
thousand, and the deposits between
$500, 600 and 5000, 600. These figures
are in many respects extraordinary and
exceedingly suggestive. In founding the
first Of these institutions the idea of the
originator was that thrift and economy
the chief ends of life in France-should
be taught as other things are taught, and
that the place to begin was in the home
and the school. 1t was the reduction of
theory to practice, and the results that
have been achieved, ever in the mere
matter of dollars and cents, are not I'M
satisfactory. 1t may be objected that
a scheme of this character mas a tendency
to bring the young into contact with the
coarser and harder features of life that
should be postponed to a later period /;
that it makes misers Of boys who should
be concerned only about marbles. While
the genius for saving may not belong to
the noblest or highest order of intellect.
the exact value of money is a lesson that
should be taught more frequently and
inculcated more strongly than it is at
present. This French experiment is not
without its value to American parents
and educators. Perhaps no children in
the world receive more money than orr
own, and as a rule the extravagant hab-
its acquired in youth follow them into
the years of manhood and womanhood.
The practical question is, may we not in
this respect learn something from France!
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-04-02

LONDON, April Poland, in opening
the case against Herr Maste, editor Of the
Freiheit, the Socialist newspaper, for pub
fishing a libel against the late Gear, and
urging the people to commit murder out
side Of Her Majesty's Dominions. said
there was 10 wish to interfere with the
freedom Of the press. and that Maste had a
right to publish anything that q British
subject might publish. He then read an
article in the Freiheit Of the 18th OF March.
Some persons who applauded the passage
landing the murder Of the Gear were
elected from the courtroom. Poland
pointed out that the article contained an
incentive to- murder the Emperor OF Ger
many, who was described as THE Cromwell
Grapeshot Prince Of Prussia" and added
that the act provided that persons melting
TO murder were guilty Of misdemeanor and
liable to penal servitude. of the maximum
Of ten or the minimum term Of three
years. or two years imprisonment with
hard labor. 1t would be . scandal to
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-04-02

H printed sermons of the new-school
Scotch preachers are only less demoraliz-
ing reading for orthodox American pas
tors, in the judgment of the Presbyterian,
than the rationalizing d~iscourses of the
English Broad Churchmen themselves.
The tendency of such reading, the Pres
byterian explains, is to rob s~ermonizing
OF point and power by taking "the sting
Of divine truth " out of il.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-04-02

IT is said that General Upton was a
somnambulist. and often got up and did
things in his sleep. It was in the family,
his sister once rising and going to the
window to throw herself out. but was
prevented in season. There is little
doubt but that he shot himself in a
somnambuIic fit
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-04-02

A Sr. PAUL, Minnesota. Republican
paper, wants Geo. G. Gorham appointed
as Consul to Honolulu, as it learns that
the smallpox is prevailing there, and there
would be a hope of his taking it and there
after ceasing to be a trouble to his party.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-04-02

From the way Garfield changes his
mind on the extra session question, it
would seem that he is as uncertain as
the old woman's soap.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-04-02

IT is thought that Indiana will profit
by the treatment she is receiving at the
hands Of Garfield and vote the Demo.
cratic ticket hereafter.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-04-02
FOR SALE.

TUE UNDERSIGNED PROPOSES TO
L leave for the Northern Country az soon
Is spring opens. and will dispose Of his one
hsli interest In the Palace Saloon at . bargain.
ib LUTHER LARK.
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FOR RENT.

VNHE BRICK BUILDING ON THE CORNER
L Of Clark and Buel Streets. II Is one of the
best locations for . lodging. house or restau-
rant In Eureka. The building will be put In
piyto r. RYLAND.
Eureka, Feb. o., 1881. feblOtf
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-04-02

HAVE AMPLE ROOM TO STORE 100
L tons Of goods In my hre-proof warehouse
and VIII charge but very low rates for the
same. THOMAS WFTHERFD-
Eureka. Dot. o. 1880. o7-tf
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OVER H WATER.

The Libel Case against Herr Maste,
Editor of n Freiheit-The Crea-
ton Of q Temporary Council. 10
Assist the Commandment " city
Council-The Measure was Pro
jected by the Late Gear.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-04-02
FOR SAIE.

TWO SHOW WINDOWS, AT A BARGAIN,
l. can be used in hre-proof building. En-
qufre at the San Francisco Clothing Store.
mh26tf
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FOR RENT

A NICELY FURNISHED FRONT ROOM IN
~. the SENTINEL Building.
Eureka, Jan. 81, 1881. feb1tf
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PACIFIC COAST ADvICES.

in Search of the Steamer City of
New York-SmalIpox at the Sand.
wich Misunderstanding the Col.
lection of Taxes.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-04-02

WASHINGTON, April 1.-The argumentin
the Eureka Con- Richmond mining case
closed and the case taken under advise
ment. 1t was argued by s. W. Wilson and
Thomas Wren for the Richmond Company,
and by Harry L. Thornton for the Eureka
Comnanv.