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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-19

Mill Creek, which is peopled with mil
lionaires, has its drawbacks, if you are to
credit gentleman who few days since
interviewed Jim Townsend, of the Homer
Index, on the subject of finance. "Col-
lections!" exclaimed Townsend, "by the
granite groins that mark the graves of
the played.out placer diggings of old
Tuolumne, haven't collected q quarter
since l took charge of the paper. If I
dun man he stands me off by inviting
me to drink at the nearest saloon; there
he stands off the saloon man, who in turn
stands off the wholesale dealer in San
Francisco; the wholesale dealer stands off
the Moonshiners of Kentucky-and so it
goes. Let's go over to Kikendale's and
start another ball rolling back to the
Moonshiners-it's the only way to reach
and punish those rascally distillers who
defraud the Government"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-19

Wheat is 'thrashed" for the purpose
Of getting out the grain; boy is
.thrashed" to get out the chaff.-[New
Haven Register.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-19

The Oakland (Cal. Times says: A new
industry is being conducted here in Oak.
land, namely, the grinding up Of euca-
lyptus leaves into insect powder. No in.
sect is ever found on this tree, and the
hanging Of q twig near the chicken
house causes the immediate disappear
ance Of chicken lice. Persons who are
troubled with heas, have only to take q
little eucalyptus bush to bed with them,
when their comfort for the night is in.
sured. Lousy persons are cured by put.
ting the leaves in tho lining of their hats.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-19
FRIDAYS QUOTATIONS.

By W. U. TELEaRAPR Co.
240 Ophir-40j s
200 Mexican-5x 6ss
1856 Gould d Curry-3.20 3k
200 Best b Belcher-7x ~
10 California;
s25 Savage-2.10 2.06
80 Con Virginia-1k
leo Chollar--1 80 IL
ITO Potosi-2.O5
COS Hale j. Norcross-3.S5
100 Grown Point--1.46
10 Yellow Jacket-2A
60 Alpha-296
6l6 Belcher-95c
100 Sierra Nevada-6h
100 Utsh-7kb30
1860 Bullion-l.10 1.05
100 Exchequer-1.05
$50 Overmsn-G5c
6l0 Justice-75c zoe
12b Unions
1855 Alta-2.60 2.55 2.65 BE-. ...--
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-19

CT your lob Work asAs ~ ths
IN ssReeords Omeo,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-19
NOTICE.

PIocHE, December IL, 1880.
During my absence I have appointsd James
Goodrich TO make my collections. and hs Will
receipt for the same.
d1s-lm JOHN SHEER.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-19

In Dubuque, Ia, two men are now en-
gagged in saving wood for Mr.. John
Coleman who have q history. One of
them, John Derney, has been million
aire. During the war he was member
Of a New Jersey regiment, and served
under Mcclellan in the Potomac army.
He was in many battles and received
many wounds. He receives a pension of
IS per month. At the close of the war
he went to California, and thence to Mex.
leo, where he engaged in silver mining,
and was very successful, amassing hand
some fortune. About eight years ago he
married the daughter of General Emil
Toutoreta, wealthy merchant of Mex
leo, with whom he lived very happily for
two or three years. He decided to sell
his property and return to this country.
1t did not take him long to dispose of his
real estate and other interests, although
he sacrificed considerable of it. His
wealth now consisted of bonds and other
cash securities, which he intended to de-
posit in the Bank of Mexico for safety,
and to be drawn when he reached his
destination. On the 10th of October,
1874, the night before he intended to
start on his return, his wife stole all his
money and securities and fled with her
lover, and he has never seen nor heard of
her since. He arrived in New York with
little money, and as may be expected,
gave himself up to dissipation. He has
been wanderer ever since, arriving in
Dubuque few days ago. John Murphy
IS his fellow-laborer at the wood-pile of
Mr.. Coleman. A few years ago Murphy
was the captain of a steamboat on the
Ohio river, which he owned, and was
otherwise well off. He met with reverse
of fortune and ill-luck, and last summer
was a roustabout on the upper Mississippi.
=. NJ. j. A. Roorda Smit has in the Ar
chivcs Neerlondses DIES Sciences Exactes
paper on the diamond mines of South
Africa. He states that the diamond is
found in the primitive gangue of volcanic
origin, the presence of double carboni-
ferrous silicate being characteristic of
these mines, which he regards as extinct
craters of volcanoes. His hypothesis is
that the diamond is of Plutonic origin
formed at the expense Of organic matter
under the influence of great pressure,
and at high temperature. The recent
artificial production of the diamond ap.
pears to confirm this view. M. Meunier
states in the Complies Rendus that he has
produced crystals of spinel, and he be-
lieyes periclase and corundum, by the
action of steam on the chloride of alu.
minimum in presence of magnesium at
red heat. ft
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-03-26
NOT ICE.


YkyO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
L Notice is hereby given that George Denton Cardew
is no longer Director of the Isabelle Gold and Silver
Mining Company, of London, England and that any
power attorney which he may have had from said COM
pany invalid for the set forth in the follow
ing resolutions
l. Resolved That the power Of attorney given to Mr.
Geo Denton Carlew the 9th of August last, not
duly authorized and the seal OF tn company affixed
without the authority OF duly constituted board
CT directors the directors of the company hereby re
puate all and things done, caused to be done by
Mr. G. D. Cardew under or by virtue of such power OF
attorney and that by OF caution the directors OF the
company do rescind the said power OF attorney but with
ont in any way recognizing the validity of such power OF
attorney and snch power OF attorney is hereby rescndd
accordingly and that the solicitor of the company inform
Mr. G. D. Cardew of this resolution, and request him to
return to the Office of the company the said power OF
attorney,
, Resolved That the solicitor do forward copy of
the last resolution Mr.. Lewis Chalmers, the m aaser
at the mine and request him advertise in such papers
California ne may think necessary the said resolr-
the prport thereof and also the fact of Mr. G. d.
Cardew having resigned the office Of director OF the COM
pany. By order of the Directors.
mr4-3w LEWIS CHALMERS, Manager
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-03-26
OMAHA.

The following was written many years ago b.
Hon. William Hichlin of Nebraska, for the pur
pose of deprecatng Omaha real estate. The Cd,
is said to have cost the town million dollars
and set back its growth five years:
Hast ever been to Omaha,
Where rolls the dark Missouri down,
And four strong horses scarce can draw
An empty wagon through the town"
Where every bubble, late or soon,
From frothy substance overlooking,
Is made very large ballon
BY constant and persistent blowing?
Where muddy waters rise and swell
With fearful and resiStlcss might;
Where fish are caught by sense of SMELL
Because they cannot see to bite?
Where sand is blown from every mound,
To fill your eyes and ears and throat
Where all the steamers are aground,
And all the houses are ahoat?
Where taverns have au anxious guest
From every corner, shelf and crack;
Where halfthe people are going West
And all the others coming back?
Where whisky shops, the livelong night,
Are sending out their poison juice,
Where men are often pretty tight,
And women are triie loose?
Where beats and blacklegs, thick as hail,
Are deep in faro, cards and vices;
Where real estate is still for sale,
And held at most outrageous prices?
Where theaters all the run,
And bloody scalpers come to trade;
Where everything is overdone,
And everybody under-paid?
Ifnot take heed to what say,
You'll find it Just as I have foundit;
And lift lies upon your way.
For Gods sake, stranger, go around it!
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-03-26
3HERIFF'S SALE.
5IRTUE OLA DECREE AND ORDER


ID of sale issued out of and under the seal OF
the Honorable Second Judicial District Court, in
and for Ormsby county, State of Nevada, on the
2lst day of March, A. d. 1881, and to me as Sherf
directed, wherein it is set forth that a judgment
was recovered in said Court on the 18th day OF
March, A d. 1884, in favor of Mary f. Davis,
plaintiff, and against VIM. r. Musgroye, defend
ant, for the sum of $500 principal, together with
the of $50 interest to January TO- 1881, and IN
terest accrued in the of S27 601O0 since jan
uary 10, 1881, together with counsel fees in the
of $50, and costs of suit taxed at S42 ;S,-iUO,
and Clerks accruing costs in the sum of So 80, TO-
gether with interest on the sum of $500 from the
date of this decree until paid, at the rate or one
and one half per cent per month until PAID, ana
all costs which may hereafter accrue by reason OF
creed that all and singular, the mortgaged prem
Uses hereinafter described, be sold at public sale
to raise the several amounts mentioned above
and at the expiration OF the time allowed by law
for redemption, and to give deed TO the puf-
chaser, and that the defendant and all persons
claiming or to claim from or under him. ana al
persons having claims subsequent to Sald mort
gage, and all persons claiming under them, ana
all persons claimingtO have acquired anylnterest
in said premises subsequent to the ming OF tne
notice of the tendency Of this action with the lie
cOrder be forever barred and forecloSed OF ana
from all equity of redemption ana clam OF IN
and to said mOrtgaged premises, and any part
and parcel thereof from and after the delivery OF
the said Sheriff's deed. Therefore by virtue OF
said decree and order OF sale, will sell at public
gold coin its equivalent in legal tender notes
of the United States, in front of the Court House
door, in Carson City, -Ormsby county, Nevada,
nn
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-03-26
THE KALLOCH VERDICT.

The Jury in the Kalloch case found a
verdict of "not guilty." on the extraor-
binary plea of "former acquittal." This
verdict was in direct violation of the
charge of the Court to the jury, who
said:
s1n regard to the issue of former
acquittal, l charge you, as a matter or
law. that there has been no evidence
interpOsed here which tends to sustain
the plea. Therefore, it will be your
duty to return to the Court, Oh that
plea, verdict for the people,"
In the teeth of this plain and unequi-
vocal language from the bench, the
jury acquitted man who, by reason of
his deliberate crime, did not seem to
have one chance in thousand Of es-
Gaping the gallows.
After the .verdicta strange spectacle is
witnessed in the streets. a mob Of
men endorse the crime by taking Kali
loch's horses from his carriage and pull
ling the murderer through the streets,
while men and women from the upper
stories the houses along Market street
cheer and wave their handkerchiefs.
Engravings Of this extraordinary traves-
try upon civilization will look we'll in
eastern illustrated papers.
The Kaliochs came to San Francisco
with an infamous reputation, and began
to take a hand in political affairs. The
Chronicle began to show up the elder
Kalloch, as it had a right to do. The
exposure of Kaliocll's back record, which
was dirty beyond all expression, and
fully proven, only seems to make him
the more popular i'll San Francisco. His
hypocriy, double dealing, blasph ming,
swindling, lying and lbertinisms, all
carried on under the gospel cloak,
seemed to have endeared him to the
people of San Francisco to most eX-
traordinary degree. Such filthy OBJ
scenity was never spewed from the lips
of public speaker as the terms in
which he alluded to De Young's moth
er, and it was applauded to the echo.
These same clacquers were in the court
room during the trial, Kissing or ap-
plauding as they felt inclined. The
verdict is simply fresh illustration of
the beauties of the law by which men
of intelligence are excluded from the
jury box.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-03-26

n Southern paper suggests that David
Davis be hired to sit Oh Malone instead
of the fence.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-03-26

The accession of David Davis to the
Republican side OF the Senate about
settles the business.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-03-26

Senator Conkling is reported to have
said: "Gentlemen, 1 may not live to
see it; my children may not live to see
it; but my children's children will live
to see Chicago the greatest city on the
face of the earth!'
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-03-26
Thirfeeutz, Day of April, a. ID. 1881,

At the hour of one o'clock P. NJ. the following de-
scribed real property set out and designated IN
said decree and order OF sale, to-wit: All those
certain pieces and parcels OF land and town lots
situate, lying and being in Carson City, county
of Ormsby, state of Nevada, and more particu,
larly designated and described by the official
map Of Carson City as lot one u, and the east
twenty (2G) feet of lot two 2) in block No seven
teen 90 in Sears, Thomson and Sears division
of Carson City :. 7. SWIFT, Sheriff.
T. Coffin, attorney for plaintiff
Carson City, March %, 1881.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-03-26

The new code in Indiana, recently
approved by the House OF Represent a-
tives, takes away the jury power to
prescribe sentences, and gives it to the
judges in all cases except those of a
capital nature.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-03-26

The Enterprise, speaking of Fairs
brogue, asks Fitzpatrick Henry's brogue
made him the butt of anybody ?" Pat
rick Henry had intelligence, and never
attempted to purchase a seat in the
United States Senate.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-03-26

1t remained for New England cler-
gyman to discover the reason why an
inscrutable Providence permitted the
Nihilists to assassinate the Gar, and it
was because he went to military
parade on Sunday.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-03-26

LeOUG tn1nkS M2ckdy SnOulO Spenu
more money at home, and, abiding to
his wholesale purchase Of picture gall
1t would certainly be graceful act on
the part Of our bonanza kings, to lend
some little assistance to enterprises
tending to the development Of the State,
aside from mining, instead of putting
all their surplus millions in United
States bonds, where they will be safe
from the inquisitorial scrutiny of the
Assessor Or the profane grasp Of the Tax
Collector. With their millions thus in
vested and their palaces in San Fran
cisco, New York and Paris, it looks as
though they had thrown Nevada, the
source Of all their wealth, contemptu-
Ously aside like a sucked orange.
THAT HINDEPENDENT'' CITIZEN
the Sacramento Bee takes this proper
view of the contemplate letter recent |
ly received by the Governor.
Some man in Virginia City, who |
signs himself can Independent Citizen" |
writes most abusive letter TO Cover
nor Kinhead. and shows himself to be
a contemplate coward in that he could
be guilty of such language and be afraid |
to sign his name to it. The man who
stabs you in the back with dirk is no
more to be scored than ne who black
guards from safe ambush. We would |
ten to one rather have as an enemy the
man who dare not face the sunlight
than have him for friend, and the
Governor is rather to be congratulated
upon having gained the ill will of this
particular person.
While a party Of American travellers
were visiting the battlefield of Waterloo
an iron box was found by one Of them.
1t contained the will Of an English Off
Ger, Sir Charles O'Neally, and by it the
present heirs of his fortune suddenly
find themselves dispossessed in favor Of
the children Of his eldest son.
The Buffalo Express aliudes to Mr..
Simonton's marriage and his wedding
trip to California, carefully adding,
"taking his wife along"
Garfield has reached the conclusion
that it is time to cut OF the telephone
between Conkling and the
White House.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-03-26

Ofico On King street, at rear OF WILLIE
BrGxsaore,
fY Residence south side Spear Street center OF ota
block vest Of Carson street.
calls promptly attended night or day.
Eerscn Sen.ember 10 1875.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-02-03
Origin of the Horseshoe Superstition.

In the very early times, says writer
in Baldwin's Monthly, among the Gel
tic race an effigy of the patron saint, SO
common in churches and temples, was
much used in the dwellings and work.
shops of the people, as sO-called ''pro-
lection" against ill-fortune. The .sglo-
ry'' above the head of these figures
which later was often rudely carved in
wood and painted-was represented by
a circular piece of polished metal, to
convey the effect of the shining halo or
nimbus, frequently seen in illustrations
of the Virgin and other scripture sub
jects. Often this metal nimbus was of
semi-circular form, and after the figure
itself had disappeared by reason
of decay, the nimbus remained and
was suspended in some prominent
place at the entrance door, or other
point commanding view. The effigieS
in question were not uncommOnly
seen by the side of the doorway. In
course of time the nimbus was much
used as substitute for the latter, and
was sold in shops for this purpose. The
tradition of good luck, as embodied in
the horseshoe theory, may thus be easily
traced, since it became common Oc-
currence for the faithful adherent in the
belief in charms and symbols to adopt
the horseshoe, worn to brightness, in
the absence of any other, which he
nailed over his cottage door. Hence a
piece of metal of this shape became as
.sociated in the common mind with SUI
pernatural presence and care, in keep
ing with the belief attaching to the
original figure of the patron saint.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-02-03
Wby "Salamanders2"
From the London Globe.

From the Lonton GlODe.~
A controversy is going on in the Ger
man papers as to the origin of the
word ''salamander'' among the academ-
zeal youth. A ..salamander'' is sub
stitute for the touching and clinking of
gias ,es at a drinking bout. In the year
1851 the Heidelberg students deter
mined to abolish the old German Gus
tom at their own extraordinary solem-
mites, and to substitute in its place a
new drinking ritual of their own. At
the word of command every man stands
up, and instead of striking his glass
against the rim of the glass of each of
his fellows, he shouts out with all his
might the apparently meaningless
word, '.Salamanderr' One pathological
critic has discovered that there was
never any mystery in the word, but
that it was simply a corruption of the
command, '.Drink all together (.Sautf
ale mil einanderO Another asserts
that the word was derived from a
Hebrew-Greek combination, Schalo-
nandrI (Hail to the manD; while
third contends that it originated with
student who wished to introduce Ma
sonic salamander into academicial so
lemnities. 1t appears, however, that a
fourth theory traces back its origin to
our own language. The American Off
GERS under Washington, we are inform
ed, used to set fire to the rum in their
glasses and dring it down while it was
burning. They called this peculiar ex-
ercise ..making a salamander." We
place no great faith in any of these hy-
pothetical derivations. Customs arise
often from some freak of the moment,
and this is particularly likely to be the
case with a convivial custom such as
the ecea;c,tam Salananoyl.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-02-03
Mappie Mitchell.

The Newark Adcestiser writer re-
garding this old favorite and popular
actress: Maggie Mitchell having COM
menced her professional career in this
city, her course has been a matter of
more than ordinary interests here. She
has been on the stage for thirty years.
She acknowledges to 43, and as she has
made great deal of money, people
wonder why she does not retire. The
truth is, that she is not as rich as she
was, and her work now is for her child
rem. Some years ago her husband,
Paddock, bought the Forest place at
Long Branch, paying S75, 600 therefore,
$4,000 of which was cash down. Time
ran on and interests and taxes with it,
but the little commedienne is in no
sense a business woman, and SO she
left everything to her husband. One
day the remaining $35, 200 fell due and
could not be met. The place was sold
on mortgage and brought less then the
first payment, and she awoke to a re-
alization of the fact that she had hard
time before her, and the little woman
is still on the stage.
Maggie Mitchell, since her first great
success in New York nineteen years
ago, has been a carryall for her entire
family. She feeds them, lodges them,
and clothes them. She has an old faith
er between 20 and 80, who is a verit-
able ..Old Eccles." In spite of the
familiarity with her plays and acting,
Maggie Mitchell is still one of the great
playing stars of the stage. She makes
money constantly and everywhere, and
she deserves to. She has created a
school in acting, and her school is be-
yond imitation. Few women have given
as grert pleasure to the public.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-02-03
Alleged Fiction Stranger than Romance.


The pleasing picture of the Iowa hero
inc, who had two pickerel under harness
and was drawn by them up and down q
pond in beautiful little boat, was the
sweetest fish story ever clipped with an
exchange editor shears. But who shall
say that the ingenuity of the local
chronicler has got to the end of its
tether and devised the sweetest possible
fish story? Here is the Whitehall Times,
for instance, with romance of the
queen of the speckled beauties. A man
has an artificial trout pond with at least
three thousand fish, each weighing from
half pound to two pounds, more or
less. He also has little girl, five years
old, who has succeeded in training the
fish SO that she can 60 to the edge of
the pond and with a handful of crumbs
feed them from her chubby hand. They
have learned to jump out of the water
and snatch worms from her fingers, and
they are extremely fond of their little
mistress. One day she lost her balance
and pitched headlong into the water
where it was deep. She says that when
she went s'away down" she called lusti-
ly for help Her cries quickly attract
ed her parents, and they were Mortified
at seeing the little girl floating upon
the surface of the pond. The father
rushed to the waters edge and reached
out for his pet, and as he raised her
from the water a perfect solid mass of
trout was found beneath her. These
faithful subjects of the little queen, as
she fell, quickly gathered beneath her
and thus showed their love for their
mistress by bearing up her body until
aid arrived, thus preventing her from
meeting watery grave. 'Tis beau
tiful tale, but the next file from the Far
West may have another still loveher.