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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-04-30

How WERE THE ALPS FoRMED!-Dif-
ferent scientists have answered this
question in different ways. Sir Roderick
Murchison argues that the mountains
were formed by uhpeaval and subsequent
fracture. Others contend that Switzer-
land was once covered by water, and that
this water, operating through long ages,
has fashioned the mountains and hills,
valleys and ravines. Prof. Tyndall con-
cludes that water, ice and wearing away
have, to use his own words, scu1ptured
the Alps into their present form; and he
says, "That such is their genesis and
history, is as certain as that erosion pro-
duced the Chimes in the Isle of Wight
The erosion theory ascribes the formation
OF Alpine valleys to the agencies here
referred to. 1t invokes nothing but is
performed are still there; though it may
be in diminished strength; and if they
are true causes. The artifcers by which
its work granted sufficient time, it is
demcnstrable that they are competent to
produce the effects ascribed to them"
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PHENOME AL RAINS IN AR ,BIA

A singular phenomenon is reported
from. Alden. "A heavy shower Of rain has
actually fallen there, and the Arabs and
other inhabitants feel at loss to account
for it. Such was the effect of the down.
pour that the air afterwards became so
cool that Europeans could tolerate light
overcoat, and Arabs and Abyssinians
their cotton cloth, without feeling in the
least disconnected. This is truly.
wonderful state of matters for Alden,
which is the only station that the British
possess on the coast of Arabia. 1t has
the unenviable reputation Of being the
hottest place in the world. Situated at
the southern bend Of the Red Sea, not
far from that celebrated Babel Mandeb,
or Gate of tears, which the Arabian and
Indian navigators at one time never en-
tered without believing that in all prob
ability they would never survive either
the shoals or the calm, sitting heat of
the Red Sea. Alden is built at the foot
of bare volcanic rock, and is not much
oftner visited by refreshing breeze than
it is by rain
British soldiers whose lot has cast them
upon that bleak spot of earth tell wicked
stories about it. One is that an Irishman
died from drink, then said the climate
killed him." When he had been buried
for a time he reappeared as a ghost at
the bedside Of former comrade, and
beseeched that he might be given his
great coat, "because after Alden hell was
cowld." Another is that the European
residents are, in the absence of shady
trees on the barren peninsula, accustomed
to cluster under the lean flagstaff that
stands on Alden Point, in the hope that
they may share the grateful shadow that
it casts upon the ground. In the vicinity
of Alden there are enormous masonry
tanks which the Arabs assert to have
been built by Moses. These tanks
three in number-are situated in corner
formed by the junction of high volcanic
rocks, and are connected by gradually
descending flights of Titantic steps. They
have never bsen even half filled within
the memory of man, and this has made
certain philosophers opine that the sea-
sons in the Red Sea must have changed
within the last two thousand years, as
Moses would never have been so foolish
as to build colossal stone reservoirs if he
knew there never would be rain enough
to fill them.
Previous to the construction of the
Suez canal, Alden used to be visited by
light showers about once in every three
years; but within the last twelve years
these showers have become more and
more frequent, and now they appear to
have eliminated in the downpour which
has caused so much surprise. Old navi-
gators Of the Red Sea are confident that
the seasonal change is due to the Suez
Canal, perhaps their theory is correct that
the new water connection between the
Mediterranean and the ancient Erythrean
causes rain-clouds to travel from Eestern
Europe until they are broken by the
heights of Alden and descend in the
form of rain.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-04-30

That the Mississippi may deservedly be
called the Father of Waters" the fol-
lowing data will show: Quantity of water
discharged by that river annually, H..
S83, 800, 636, $50 cubic feet; quantity Of
sediment discharged annually, 2S,lSS,-
OS3, 1872 cubic feet; area of the delta Of
the river, according to Lyell's estimate,
$4,000 square. miles, and depth of the
same, as calculated by Professor Rid.
dell, 1855 feet. The Delta, consequently,
as appears from these figures, contains
400, 37S, 429, ,44O,OOO cubic feet, or 272(
cubic miles; and it would require for the
formation, therefore, of one cubic mile o.
delta, five years and eighty-one days, and
for the formation Of the whole delta, IA,
POS As years.
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Application for a Patent
.5s TO THE
SOUTH END MINE.
IN No. SOS.

UNITED STATES LAND OFF1cE,r
Eureka, Nevada, May TO- 1880.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
IN Great Western Tunnel Company, by Jas,
smith whose postofice address is Tenn Piute,
Lincoln county, Nevada, has this day filed his
application for apatent for fifteen hundred t15QO)
linear feet of the South End Mine or vein
bearing silver, with surface ground four hun
dred (400 feet in width, situate, living
and being in Tenn Piute Mining District, County
OF Lincoln and State of Nevada, and known and
designated by the field notes and official plat on
f1le In this Office as lot No. SO Mount Diablo
meridian.
The exterior boundaries of said lot No. 81
being as follows, to wit: Variation 1Ch degrees
east. Commencing. at post marked No. /, U.
8. survey No. SO, whence Grant Peak bears N.
deg: 10 min. W, ll.!1l feet; U. s. monument
NO. on Coyote Peak bears 9. "a deg. 20
min. W, 1108 feet; the Colchis shaft hears N. 8
deg. 45 min. e, ,'2156 feet, and the working shaft
upon this lode bears N. 9 deg E, sG2 feet.
Thence running. LIST course. N. 10 deg. L, 400
ieet, to post marked No. Q. .. s. survey No. So;
thence, I'd course, N. deg 15 min. W, 15CO feet,
to post marked No. 8, U. s. survey No. So,
which is also post No. Of U. 8, survey No 80
Colchis lode; thence, Sd course. 8. 10 deg W.
4O0 ieet, to post marked No. 4, u. 8. survey
No. o. which is also post No. 4, U. 8. survey
NO. o.. Colchis lode; thence, 4th course, 8. 7
deg 10 min. Z, 1900 feet, to post No. l.. the place
of beginning, containing ID 43-100 acres
This claim is bounded on the north by the
Coicnls lode, on the northwest by the Old
Abraham. and on the south and east by no
known claim.
The location Of this Mine Is duly recorded In
the Recorders Office of Tenn Piute Mining Dis
trfct, in Book B, page SO, of Mining Records
ANY and all persons claiming adversely apy
portion of said South End Mine or said min-
ing ground as hereinbefore described, are re-
quired to file their adverse claim with the
Register of the United States Land Office at
Eureka. in the State Of Nevada, during the sixty
days period of publication hereof, or they will
be barred by virtue Of the provisions Of the
Statute.
my15-10t JAMES McMARTIN. Register.
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HOUSE FOR SALE.

r WILL SELL MY HOUSE IN BRISTOL,
i which IL Furnished complete, at very low
price. Any person desiring to purchase said
property can learn particulars BY calling on me
In Phoebe.
ap-lm DICK WELSH.
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Somerville Journal: Massachusetts,
newspapers are to be prohibited from pub
fishing marriage notices in future, be.
cause marriage is lottery.
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As for her social standing, it will be
sufficient to say that her father owns 100
mules, and is candidate for the Lepisla-
ure.-[Colorado Newspaper.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-04-30

Whether biologists contradict Moses
or not, DR.. Joseph Parker thinks an open
question; but he is sure they contradict
each other.
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0nca week IN your own town. TsFns ysndSs
YUuoutft free. Address Il. HAIlxrr y o..
Portland, Maine.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
SheriR's Sale.


pY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION ISSUED
ID out of the Sixth Judicial District Court.
IN ana for the County Of Lincoln. State of Ne.
vada, and to me directed and delivered. for
Judgment rendered in said Court on the lst
Gay OF December. A. D. 1880. in favor OF the
rioral Springs Water Company, plaintiff, and
=. N. Curtis and s. NJ. Smith, defendants, for
the sum OF twenty-six hundred and ffty-seven
1S-iu0 tS2,657 23-l00l dollars debt, together
WIN WIN one hundred and forty -hve 50.l00 ($l45 60
ioo( dollars tax costs and all accruing costs
property. to wit:
One safe, one desk, one stove, one clock, one
Of grain.
Notice is hereby given that on
Thursday the 10th day!of Derember.
A. d. 1880, at the hour Of u O'Clock m. of that
day, will sell all the right, title and interest
OF sid Curtis and Smith in and to tina above
described property, at Curtis and Smiths cor
raj. Lower Main street, at public auction, FOR
each in hand. to the highest and best bidder, to
satisfy said execution and all costs.
And by virtue of tho same execution have
levied on the following real estate, to wit:
The whole of block No. 7, together with all
the improvements situated thereon, known end
described as Curtis and Smiths corral also the
whole of block No. -, together with all the
improvements situated thereon, known aud de-
scribed as Delmoi's corral; also lots Nos. 1. Q.
81, SO, 10, II, and ~, in block 8, together
with all improvements situated thereon, known
and described as the Walker Bros. corral; also
lots Nos. 4, 8 and Q, In block 8, together with
all the improvements situated thereon, known
and described ss the Curtis House and lots, all
Of the above being situated in the town Of
Pioche, County Of Lincoln, and State of Ne.
vada.
Notice is hereby given that on
Friday, the 3Ist day Of December,
A. d, 1880 Mt tho hollr of 10 o,clocl, w ~ so;,
day, will sell all the right, title and interest
OF said Curtis and Smith in and to the above
described property, at the front door of the
County Courthouse. Phoebe, Nevada, at public
auction. for cash in hand. to the highest and
costs.
WI. MCKEE,
Sheriff of Lincoln County.
GEORGE II. GoRMAN,
dll-td Deputy Sheriff.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-04-30

There is lady in Calhoun county, ILL.,,
who, although seventy years old, has re.
Gently married her sixth husband. Her
last deceased husband was named Race,
and the man she has just married is
named Farris. A romantic feature of
her last matrimonial venture is the fact
that Mr.. Farris was her first love, but
cruel fate interviewed and prevented their
union. All of her dead husbands are
buried in the family graveyard upon the
farm on which she resides
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Colonel w. A. Cilloway, printer in
this city, is probably the most learned
printer in the United States, and the
only printer living who has set up the
Bible in the original Greek. He has
worked in London, Oxford, Paris, Mad
rid, Rome, Florence, Crete and elsewhere
He served in the Mexican war and five
years during the rebellion. He saved
President Lincoln from capture by the
rebels when they attacked the James
Brooks, and has several letters from Lin
coin thanking him from his bravery etc.,
in saving him from capture. Colonel
Galloway has suffered much from hunger
in endeavoring to support his family, his
parents being very aged people-his
father l02 years and his mother nearly
l00.-Hartford Letter in New York Sun
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-04-30

Colonel Tom Buford, the Kentucky
assassin of Judge Elliott, is still in a
lunatic asylum, where he was sent after
his acquittal. The physicians of the in
stitution say that he has growing men,
tai malady, probably softening of the
brain, but the Colonel himself says:
" Lunatic, the devil! I'm no lunatic.
Your own mind is not one whit better
balanced than mine at this moment. The
plea of insanity in my case was simply
adopted to cover the great crime of the
Courts. I wanted to try the case upon
its merits. l made the issue with my
life in the balance, and would have
laughed at death sentence" He looks
robust and talks connectedly.-[N. Y.
Sun.
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il persons having business with this Office are
requested to address the RECORD PUBLISHING
COMPANY. We have no authorized Agents.
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A ND ALL KIND OF FANCY AND PLAIN
"A Job Printing done n frst-clsss kstyle and
atshort notice..
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Business Cards,
Wedding Cards,
Lstter-Heads,,
BHl-Heads,
Ore Receipts.
Assay Blank
Programmes
Handbills,
Posters, etc. I
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EAE n ECORC

L. delivered in Phoebe and Bullionville at 81
cents per week, payable to the Carriers.
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THE RIVALS OF STEAM.
New York EVENING Post.

tNcw Yor, Evening Post.
1t seems to be superseded as a power
for locOmotion Perhaps not in our
day, but there are signs ofsuch n thing
Without reference to mysterious "mo-
tors" whose capacity is yet to be tested
there are now at least two forms of en-
ginc that by practical test can drive
cars on rails which arc considered by
the inventors, and by some scientific
men besides, to be better than engines;
propelled by steam power.
Tho compressed air system that has
already on one short line of railroad
been successfully applied in England
Is to bc adopted, we arc told, on the
new rapid transit Tine ut Staten island.
The English experiment has been in
successful trial FOR some time. But
only recently was The second form of
engine, to which we have referred and
OF which the force is that of electricity,
put in use, the place Of trial being a
line between two suburbs II few miles
out OF Berlin. \ space OF eighteen
miles per hour was started, but il is
claimed that this with safety can bc
greatly exceeded. \ few years ago it
was declared, on high scient i,ic author
ity, That ii was and must remain i'm
possible y" To employ electricity so to
move railway or other carriages. But
IL WAS not many years before that
again that Dr. 1.arincr demonstrated
the impossihility of crossing the Attain
tic Ocean by steam powcr-and himself
crossed from England to America in II
steamship not long afterwards.
fhtS is but one of many examples
that inculcatc prudence in arguing the
limits of scientific impossibility, and
which suggest how likely il is that
those who come after us will cnioy
facilities and developments that look
almost miraculous in their ilnposSibil-
ity to ourselves.
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AND PLATr AND W: AND r..

Conkling and Plat are slowly sink
ing toward the horizon, but constellation
stretch around tho mighty circle of the
heavens in endless succession. When
one sinks another rises. Thus is the
supply Of Iuminaries kept up. Thus
are the inhabitants of this small but
favored planet perpetually supplied
with exhibitions calculated to regalc
tho eye and initiate tho understanding.
AS Conkling and Plat sink among the
dew drops Of tho Western Hemisphere
lSowell and Weston rise with the
morning rays which illuminate the
efiulgcnt East. The New World and
the Old now stand fronting each other
in spirited but charming rivalry.
Conkling and Plat going against time
in New York and Weston and Rowell
going against each other in England
and still tho peace ofthc world remains
unbroken! These be great struggles.
There is gatemoney ard, perhaps, some
more money in the way of side-bcts at
stake in the Rowcll- Weston struggle;
and there are salaries and pcrquisitcs
and poultice for ssswcll- head" at stake
in the ConlSling-Platt struggle. And
the eyes Of mankind roll hithcr
and thithcr--now resting on Conkling
and Plat, and anon turning to Weston
and Rowcll. Tho latter pair have an
advantage however. They wear no
shirts, whereas Honkiing and Plat
have shirts and ecially undcrshirts,
and tho latter are roiting up into ropes,
as unGcrshirts will in hot weather, and
the ropes arc working up toward the
necks of ConkIing and Plat and nc
one need feel surprised to see Conkline
and Platt turn blue in the face at any
moment and give a dying kick and be
quiet-while Weston and Rowcll will
rush on to fame and gate-money
STANCE are the DEGREES of destiny! One
would have supposed Conkling anC
Plat cut out for the saw-lust arena anC
Weston and Rowcll for tho U. S
Senate, but fate decrccd otherwise
and now seems disinclincu to send any
of the batch to the Scnatc.-N. O
| Times.
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the first term of the Court at Monroe,

the first term of the Court at Monroe,
La, in October.
We regret that our neighbors, among
whom we have many friends, and for
whom we entertain the kindcst feel
ings, should thus ruthlcssly attempt to
force upon the people Of the parish an
issue which is not desirable, and
which would not receive the consis-
tent support of q score of the intclli-
gent voters Of this parish outside OF
Trenton, Or il it did, tho voters would
not concientously vote for change,
but would be impclIcd only through
prejudice to vote for the removal OF
the capitol Of the parish.
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!0FFfritI.
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

MAinH'S OFFICE,
tirf or MONROE, June 3G, 1881
The Board met pursuant to call of
the Mayor.
Frcscnt-F. Eindom, Mayor; T..
Carrot, w. l.. Rcnwick, j. G. Sanders,
:. Meyer. Absentee. c. Lewis. d.
NJ. ShoiHrs, and +. w. Darlington.
Reading OF minutes rr previous meet
ings, dispensed with.
Mr.. Garrett, Chairman O! Commit
tee, appointed to confer with Commit
tee Of Police Jury in regard to taxes
for building Il Courthouse, made Il re-
port which was re ,CiNcu and the Com
mittcc discharged.
MIR. Garrett introduced the following
Ordinances, No. 1871 and i32, and rcso-
iutton, which, on motion, were unani-
mous'y adopted:
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tRDiN.A NOE NO. 1871,

Arrrorriating two mills of the taxes
Tor the years 1881 ana lSS,, 10 build
Courthouse in the City of Monroe
Whereas the Parish of Ouachita, on
the nth of June, 1851, has adopted an
ordinance appropriating two mills of
the taxes of the years 1881 and 1889, OF
tho parish of Ouachita, for the cxclu-
sivc purpose of building and construct
ing Il Courthouse for said parish, in the
City of Monroe. conditioned that the
Mayor and City Council of Monroe,
shall make II similar appropriation.
Therefore, BE it ordained by the
Mayor and City Council of Monroe
Section l.. That two mills of the
taxes for the years 1881 and 1852 to bc
collected is hereby appropriated 10 be
held in tho City Treasury, exclusively
and for no other purpose than building
4 Courthouse i'll the City OF Monroe.
Sec. >. That Il joint commission be
ut Il failure date to be here
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Ola Mother Shipton the comets.
which have appeared lately: The nh.
sehcc maybe of Charlt. Christopher,
and probably other causes, of which
we nave not heard, seems to have in
sp'red our ncighboring city, Trenton,
to an ambitions and philauthropic purs
pose, one which is destined to annihil-
ate the only place, SO far as attorney
are concerned, that ouachita parish
can boast Of Hero we have some
where between 20 and 30 practicinr nj =
'orheys, whereas our ncighboriny city
"h'ch IS trying to .'taRy" us with the
proposition to "fork up' $25, 900, or in
other words present tho parish with
that amount, provided, that the Court
mouse and parish seat be removed
'here, cannot show up one sinylc resi-
oeh" attorney. Aud then the subject
Is 100 absurd, for unless we are labor
lug under an erroneous impression.
the Police Jury, with the consent Of
the Legislature, must put tho case bo-
lore the voters, who arc to determine
"he'her or not this rising city. tho
pf'de OF North Louisiana, and a glory
ana honor to the State; city that has
contlnually BONE its pro rata of cx.
Pehses imposed upon it by cases arising
o"'s'oe IT'S limits .and, perhaps, NAV
nave overdone herself in this. This
Guy possesses one OF the most he,u,i-
i"l squares to be found in the St,,o
which, as we learn, was donated h,,
Don Juan f'iihoil, or his hicrs, with
the understanding that il ever tho n,r.
1sh seat be removed, the property Calls
back TO the heirs of the donor. The
bill passed by Congress, creating a U
s. District Court for North Louisiana.
provides that its session be held Mt
Monroe and Shreveport, and we are
informed by an associated press dis
patch, that Judge Boarman viii hold
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EOk SALE.
THE BEST REAL ESTATE INVEST
MENT IN NORTH LOUISIANA

OFFER FOR SALE stSTOWED AVV-4AY''
the plantation tract OF the Late DR.. Gilman
NJ. Peck, decd of 1tichland parish. The
tract contains $50 acres of land, SO acres in
cultivation and so an old deaGenng now be-
ing cleared up. This tract is located across
the neck of large bend OF Bo,utf river,
one mile across and is known to be the best
tract on that river it is Is miles from,
Monroe tho river is navigable six months.
This tract has three Advantages over any
tract situated on the MISSISSIPPI river, viz:
it Is entirely aboYe any overflow has no
ctving banks and no lcvce taxes The
cleared land produces one and a hal bales
to the acre. and rents for $3.50 per aero an
abundance of labor on tho place which will
always command it; soil black mould,
mixed with a little sand; growth, ash,
g Gum. 9!ogwo.oa, oak, hickory, pawpau,
in abundance, waiting for the frying: pan,
Tho projected X. X. from AIcNantlria to
south west Arkansas Will pass by this place.
Apply to
T. N. PECK,
Attorney in Fact, Sicily Island
roe, La.
N. E.-fitis place has Il lino cypress,
break and mill-scat for water powder
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RESOLUTION.

Whereas, the New Orleans Pacific
Hallway has made application for a
right OF way, for their road to run
from Alexandria to Arkansas, through
the streets Of the City of Monroe.
Therefore, Be it resolved by the
Mayor and City Council of Monroe,
that the right of way to said railway,
through the streets of Monroe will be
granted, through either 9Th, 9TH, or Sth
street as said railway may select, on
conditions hereafter to be agreed upon
by said Mayor and Council, and said
railway.
lie it further resolved, that the
secretary is directed to furnish Il duly
certified copy of this resolution to the
representatives Of said railway.
Approved, FIR. ENDOM,
Mayor.