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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-03-19
SILVER REEF NEWS.
Marshal Arthur Pratt and Posse Cap
lures silver Reef and Arrests the
Leading spirits OF the Union.


For the Phoebe RECORD
At about half-past 9 o'clock Wednes-
day morning, 10th instant, detachment
of about thirty men, armed with shot
guns and mounted, suddenly dropped in
Silver Reef from st. George, and under
the direction of Marshal Pratt, Sheriff
Hardy and Deputy Sheriff Hoag, at once
proceeded to the Barbee & Walker mine,
where they arrested several of the leaders
of the Miners Union, who were employed
there, and having locked them up in Jail
and placed strong guard around it, the
detachment, at this writing, proceeded to
make other arrests. The town is under
martial law, all saloons being closed. As
vet no resistance or violence to the officers
has been offered, although it is hard to
guess at as to exactly what will happen
in regard to the matter. Among the per-
sons arrested are Michael Reagan, Pat.
Murphy, James Baldwin, John Twadee,
Dan Ayers, Steve Edwards, Pat. Gleason,
Mat O'Laughlin, Dennis Murphy, Henry
Collins, Robert Campbell, Joseph Carr,
James Walsh, John Walsh, and Others,
whose names did not obtain.
Mr.. Rowland is putting into the
Christy mill one of his pulverizers, by
which it is claimed IS tons OF sand rock
can be crushed and amalgamated per
twenty-four hours, and without the use
of pans, chemicals, etc. 1t strikes us
that Mr.. Howland's invention cannot be
surpassed as a gold working machine,
yet, at the same time, we cannot see how
silver can be reduced to metallic state
by merely running it through sluice
boxes, without heat and without chemi-
Gals. Strange things happen now-a-days,
however, and even proctical mill-men are
liable to be deceived.
As reported through Wells, Fargo &
Co., the bullion shipped from the Christy
and Barbee Walker for the week end
ing March IL, aggregated $l3.249. 50.
The U. S. Marshal, along with CON-
pany of soldiers from Fort Cameron, are
en- route for Silver Reef. So says report.
On the 7th Friedman's stock of dry
goods, packed on wagons, left for Wood
River.
| On the night Of the 18th snow whitened
this place and vicinity to the depth of Q
foot.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-09-01
Vice-President Arthur

1t is all wrong to be abusing Vice President
Arthur before he has been tried either as Vice
President or President Sad, indeed, would
be the death of Mr.. Garfield, and every true
man in the land would regret it, but so far as
administering the government is concerned,
we do not believe that the public interest
would suffer by the installation of Mr.. Arthur
as President. True he has been politician
and it may be a wire-working politician, but
so have many other men been such and who
are now worshipped by their constituents and
applauded as honest, well-meaning men. If
Providence should so order it that Mr.. Arthur
becomes President, let US give him fair trial
hold up his hands by encouraging words, and
not find unnecessary fault with the man or the
circumstances. He has been lawyer, merch-
ant, manufacturer, farmer, politician, &C., and
certainly must know great deal about human
nature, men, things, and public affairs, and is
capable of knowing what is right and doing
right in high station. For one we have no
gloomy torebodtngs, feel no Encouragement
about the welfare of the country, and are
ready to accept, without anxiety, what may
now seem unpropitious occurrences. Do your
best and hope for the best. If Mr. Arthur be-
comes President, let him be judged by what
he does, and not by what he has done or left
undone. He is strong Republican, of course
but he is better man than some people rep.
resent him to be.-Charlotte (N. c. Democrat
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CoMPLIMENTARY-In an interesting and
well written letter from Parnassus, Mr.. Alex.
Fortune, of the Republican, Bloomfield, Iowa,
makes complimentary mention of some of the
good people of Northwest Augusta. After
abiding to Staunton in pleasant terms, he
continues:
From here we take ride across the coun-
try, in private conveyance, to the pleasant lit
tie village OF Parnassus, about fourteen miles
northwest, where We spend several days very
pleasantly, with the families of Mr.. j. A. Ham
rick and Mr.. VIM. Wright both are old resi-
dents here Some of their "reminiscences OF
war times are very interesting. Virginia peo-
pie are noted for their hospitality, and during
our stay here, we see it fully verified. 1t
seems impossible with them to do too much
for guest, and while here, we have been the
REGIMENTS of favors which will certainly never
be forgotten.
Through the kindness of DR.. Kunkle, we
took drive, on Monday evening, to Augusta
Springs, quite a popular summer resort in
this vicinity, about four miles distant from the
village. They have over 100 guests at present.
There are springs of several different kinds OF
mineral water. 1t is a very nice place for
those to go who wish to spend the summer
quietly.
Our next visit was to the farm of Mr.. J. H.
Todd and sons, James and Rankin, near the
village of Mt. SolQn. Here we were met with
the same cordially as before. These gentle
men own one of the best improved and largest
farms in the State, and are engaged quite eX-
tensively in grain and stock raising. Their
two farms contain 1 400 acres of very fertile
land"
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A Colorado Sunset,

Standing upon the margin of a lovely lake
in the bosom OF the nesting mountains above
the beautiful village OF Georgetown, in Colo
RADIO, one can see sunset more brilliant and
beautiful than was ever looked upon in the
East and which is only equaledl by the virgin
reach of reddening light which mellows into
twilight shadows on the plains. saw it on
summer evening when all nature was flushed
in stiffness. The ire-f1les shot through the
growing dusk like sparkling hours in Egypt
iaE night. Overhanging forest and swart and
blackened crag were reflected in the green
waters of the lake. The sun lowered, as in a
fascinated spell, above the mountain tops,
while rays of golden light flushed with crimson
peak and turret eon natures battlements. 1t,
seemed to glow and expand like an opening,
rose, until it became full blown, and cast It's
arrowy pencilings for miles across the sky
like mighty flame. Then, as if asllaneGhof
its bodness it drew a veil of grayist mist
about its face, and blushed beneath. it. The
mist changed into cloud shaped like. cres--
cent, with ragged fringes fecked with gold,
and in its wonderful aspect recalled the legends
of Mahomet's banner, red and luridf beneath
Asian skies. Even as l looked it changed.
The darkening scarlet was transformed to ruby
brilliancy. Long lines of pallor whitened on
the part-colored surface, side by side with :
golden lances which seemed to fash from the,
glowing ORB IKE dlssolVlng rays. The enam-
ored sky for one feverish instant caught and
mfrrored all the colors of the rainbow Then
again it darkened-fushed and paled-and
drawing the lowering draperies OF the night
about it, sank out of sight. The stars came
out. The night hawk poised on swooping
pinion, shrieked above the forest solitude.
The leafy murmur ofthe moaning pines took
up the refrain, and awoke the spell bound
senses into life and action. The charm was
gone, but its beauty fingered on the fancy like
a beautiful memory -OmaIsa Heruld.s ~ !. ~
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he following lines:
Dead-not under the coffin lid
With hands crossed ON her breast,
Above heart with Its passions hid
In the peace of an endless rest.
Dead-but not where the daisies grow,
In the billowy place Of graves
Where the fltful shadows come and go
Like Lethe's wandering waves.
Dead-but not in the ray1ess gloom
Where the worms feast night and day
On corruption, which fills the insatiate tomb
With the crumbling wrecks of decay.
Dead-but only dead to me ...-
And her grave Is In my heart, -
Where kneel with my silent memory
As the burning tear-drops start.
kneel and pray and try to call
The spirit back which has fled,
But only see the dusty pail f
Which covers the face of the dead.
Iwould gather flowers rich and rare
To strew DER her bed of death.
But the flowers are dead, too, everywhere,
And cannot weave a wreath.
'slf love, of truth and of trust:
Oh, no, there is only left to strew
On this grave a handful Of dust.
All, me, that tremulous, dimpled emile,
Like the wing Of a cherub given,
To play over the lid and cheek awhile.
Then to speed away to Heaven
All, me, those liquid and lustrous eyes,
Too bright for world like this,
When her heart gave forth its muffled sighe
From fitness of love and Of bliss.
All, me, those lips where life's young dream
Nestled IN roseate bloom,
And murmured It's song like hidden stream
Endowed in golden gloom.
And bow with my tears, Q God, to ask
To see them again as pray;
But only see the CHASTITY mark
Under which they are falling away.
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A Race for Life.

At Pantano, Wednesday afternoon the brakes
of a fiat Car loaded with ties became loosened
in some inexplcable manner, and the car be-
gan to move down the steep grade towards
Cienega A bystander jumped aboard and
endeavored to tighten the brakes. He, how
ever, found them unmanageable. Another
brakeman then boarded the car and quickly
discovered that the brakes were out of order.
The car by that time had increased its speed
to fully twenty miles an hour, and to remain
upon it would be almost sure death when the
first washout was reached. He therefore call
ed to the other two men on the car to jump,
and this they did. Engineer Frank Shaw at
this time was sitting on his engine at Pantano,
and attached to his locomotive was car filled
with Cinnamon. He at once realized the ter
rible result if tins runaway fiat car was allowed
to proceed unchecked on its way, for score
or more of labOrers were engaged far down a
deep gulch in the Cienega Pass strengthening
the braces of broken bridge that spanned it.
They would not be able to hear the approach
ing car, and it would soon crash through the
weakened timbers and probably crush many
beneath its weight
AS these thoughts flashed through his mind
he pulled wide open the Unbelievable and
started in pursuit of the fast receding car. 1t
was race for life, and Shaw was soon thun-
dering down the track at sixty miles an hour,
with the carload of terrified Cinnamon behind
him. The fiat car ahead was increasing speed
| at every turn of the wheels, and the grade
there is very steep. The locomotive, however,
kept gaining, and finally Shaw placing the
lever in charge of bis fireman crawIed to the
COW catcher, and taking the heavy coupling
rod in his had, stood in that perilous position
until the car was reached. The chasm where
the men were working came in sight, and still
the fugitive car was two hundred yards away.
He called to his fireman to open wider the
valve, and the laboring engine made lurch
that showed she had felt the increased volume
of steam: They sped on with lightning "a
pidity. The space between them gradually
lessened. Shaw stood with the rod in one
hand and coupling pin in the other. Finally
few feet intervening disappeared and with a
dexterity that comes from practice and COO
brain the coupling was made. The locomotive
was reversed and the train came to stand
still, and within fifty feet of the bridge This
is the way one man saved many lives.-IucsOh
"A. IT. Daily Journal
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No. l MAIL.-Runs daily except Sunday from
Richmond to Huntingdon; daily, Williamsons h
Huntington; connects at Lynchburg Junction fc
Lynchburg, Danville and Bristol at Huntingto
with steamers for CINCINNATI and at Ashland, KY,
with all rail for Cincinnati and the West.
No.3 EXPRESS.-Runs daily from Richmond to
Huntington; connects at Lynchburg Junction for
Lynchburg and Washington.
No. ACCOM.-Leaves Richmond daily except
Sunday at 80 and arrives at Charottesvlle7 As
p.
No. z PASSENGER.-Leaves Cannelton at As a,
M daily except Sunday, and arrives at Huntington
10 90 a m.
No.9WHITE SULPHUR EXPRESS-Leaves Lynch
burg Junction daily except Sunday at 25o p m.
Waynes boro 90 p M, and arrives White Sulphur
at p.
LEXINGTON DIVISION TRAINS run daily.
q. b s. Il T. P. STEAMER leaves Huntington daily
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HOTELS.
THE KALORAMA,

'%T>HE KALORAMA,.
i STANTON, VIRGINIA.
This beautiful place, the name indicates, is
centrally located and the business part of the
city and convenient the different railroad depots,
which makes 1t desirable not only for permanent
boarders but also for transient guests.
The house and cottages alta ched thereto make 1t
the most pleasant and attractive place In the city,
having large and beautiful grounds and the rooms
large and convenient.
Having leased the properly for term of years, |
am determined to make 1t lhe most inviting and
desirable In the city. ~
The property is undergoing thorough repair, In
painting, papertng &c.
We make specially for the accommodation Of
commercial men, and have provided large sample
rooms on Main street, in the business part of the
city, for their convenience and use.
In opening the house with its ''beautiful VIEWS,
and furnished with new and well selected furni
ture I feel confident with an experience of %
years in the hotel bustness) of giving entire salts
faction to my guests.
Our omnibus and baggage wagons attend all the
trains.
TERMs-For permanent boarders sos TO $40 per
month. Transient guests 81 per day; $40 per
week. N. NJ. CARTMELL,
aprl4-tf Proprietor.
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RAILROAD NEws.-The Ashland, (Ky.)

| RAILROAD NEws-The Ashland, (Ky.),
| independent, has the following The construc-
| ton OF the Means tunnel on the A. G. 81 :,
| railroad extension, has been tedious and
most undesirable work, on account of the la
bility of the roof to fall in at any time and
bury or MAIN the men while at work. Several
serious accidents have happened, two or three
of which have caused loss of life, and in other
instances the men were permanently crippled.
| On Wednesday of last week. a portion of the
roof about five feet long and nearly eighteen
feet in depth como crashing down into the tun-
mel. This was near the east end Of the tunnel
Again on Saturday afternoon, about $50 feet
from the shaft near the west end, portion Of
the roof thirty feet in length and twenty feet
in depth fell into the tunnel. On Monday
Mr.. G. P. Huntington Gen. John Echols, Jno.q
Means, ESQ.,, Col. D. Putnam, jr., DR.. Graves,
of Lexington, KY, and M. T. Hilton, engineer.
in charge, met at the Means tunnel and madeii
a thorough examination of the work, and after
consultation, it was decided to reduce, the .
tunnel to sixteen feet in width, the standard
size. In order to do this, it will be necessary
to put IN another set of timber supports clear
through the tunnel The reduction in the Z
height of the tunnel will be only seventeen
inches while the reduction III width will be
six feet, three feet on each side. Capt. Mayo's
forces will complete the grading and track-lay-
ing up to the mouth of the tunnel within, the :
next ten days. Capt. G. R. Mason, the con-
tractor on the tunnel, says his work may be
completed in the next sixty days. Should the
tunnel be ready by the time mentioned by
Capt Mason, trains can be running through
from this place to Lexington in sixty six days.
But probabilities indicate that this will not :
take place much sooner than the 10th of No.
vember at the least. ....... s..a.. ..,t ,
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T AMBLER SMITH
e. (Ex-member OF Congress)
ATTORNEY COUNSELOR AT LAW,
Corner Of 9th and d. SITS. Northwest
WASHINGTON, D. @.
Patents, Pension and Bounties, also all claims
against the United States collected.
Compromise before Customs, Internal Revenue,
and other bureaus attended to.
Two million dollars prize money is now held by
the u s. Treasury for the sailors in the Navy during
the war.
100000 is due colored soldiers for bounty.
Excess of tax paid by distillers recovered.
ALI enlistments for three years, prior to July az,
1861 entitled to 500 bounty regardless Of the time
served.
ALI enlistments for three years, prior to July 18,
1864, where but $00 has been paid, entities to add1
tonal bounty, under Act Of July %, 1885, If not al
ready paid.
ALI enlistments for three years between January
!, 1868, and April l, 1864, where the soldier had
served previous term of nine months or more, en-
titles to 800 veteran bounty.
J. AMBLER SMITH,
feb 12t Washington, D. G.
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NORTH BOUND.

Mall Southwark, connects at Charlottesville with
Ches. & Ohio r. r., East and West. AT Lynchburg
connects with Norfolk Western r. R., through
Southwest Virginia to Nashville, New Orleans, Mem
pills. Little Rock and Texas,-and at Danvtlle with
Richmond Danville R. R., toSouth and Southwest.
points on Chesapeake Ohio R. r. and at Danville
for all points Southeast and South.
Mixed Trains for Main Line leave Alexandria daily
except Sunday, 90 q. m, and II :35 m and return
ing arrive at Alexandria IL 40 p. M and 40 p. m.
For Manassas Line leave Washington at 10 a. m.
arrive at Strasburg at IL % p. M, connecting with
the valley Railroad, East ard West Leave Stras
burg2 80 p. M arriving at Alexandria at 6 So p m.
Mixed Trains for Manassas Division leaves AL
exandria daily, except Sunday, at 90 am arriving
at Strasburg at 6 o5 p. m. and returning leaves
Strasburg at Is a. m, arriving in Alexandria at 90
p m.
For Middleburg daily connections at Plains Sta.
ton.
For Upperville regular connection at Delaplane.
| For Warrenton leave Washington 10 a. M daily
and ii 05 a. m. daily, 9 kept Sunday.
Passengers can leave Warrenton at % a. m. and
take mixed train at Junction and reach Alexandria
at II 10 D. M, in time to make A. F. train at II 80
p. m. for Washington, Baltimore and New York.
ALI trains make good connections atWashington to
and from North and West
New Orleans sleeper leaves Washington at 7 10 a.
M, running through without change.
Fast train with Marks Adjustable Reclining
Chair Car attached runs through to White sulphur
Springs without change and from White Sulphur to
between these points.
Pullman Sleeping Cars between Washington and
Augusta, Ga, without change, on 10 :15 p. IN train.
Through tickets very low to the South and South
west. MERCER SLAUGHTER,
Jun % General Ticket Agent.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-09-01

How TO MAKE BEEFsTEAK TENDER.-The
best and most thoroughly certain way to make
your beef tender is to stand in with the bow
who drives the butchers wagon. discovered
this while living next door to millionaire
who dealt with the meat man that supnlie.t
me. The boy driving the wagon was corrnnl
tible, like the steaks he served, and Is cents Or
so would transfer the tenderness of the mil.
lionalre's 4o-cents-a pound porter-house to nv
my appetite listening to the millonaire's h,ra,s
girl walloping the other cut with rollinp- n;ns
etc, as advised by Mrs. Leslie. By chanpr ins
butchers as often as the millionaire did + -
cured tender beef until nv lease apn;rs ss
Two weeks before this, however. the mi,s;1a,
are dled With lockjaw, induced, the, soctors
said, BY attempts to chew tough meat Nfs''o''
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-09-01
Where to Find the New Comet.

The new comet is now visible to the naked
eye, and may be seen any evening when the
sky is clear, with low, clear horizon, from
to $50 o'clock. 1t is to be looked for in the
same region of the heavens as that in which
its predecessor of June exhibited itself-in the
northwest. At o'clock in the evening its
position will be q little north of northwest,
about fifteen degrees or an hour above the
horizon, and little more than the same dis
lance below and to the right of Merak, the
star which forms the lower northern corner of
the bow OF the Dipper By looking careful
ly at this point the observer will see two toll
erably bright stars close together, with no
other one near them. The one to the right
being the lower, and the more northern one is
the very body he is in search of-the comet
Its head is easily enough distinguished, being
as bright as one of the minor stars in the Dip
per but it will take close and careful observa-
ton 70 bring INTO view the dim and tenuous
tail OF the new visitant. Good eyes will see
it without much difficulty, but others will re-
quire the aid of an opera glass-and then re-
sort must be had to the trick ofastronomers OF
fixing the vision little to one side or above
the object rather than directly on it.
INDIAN FUNERAL.-A dispatch from Omaha,
August 20, says Advices from the Rosebud
Agency give the details OF the burial of Spott-
ed Tail. The body of the chief lay in state
two days and was then placed in q rough
wooden box, the best that could be obtained
at the agency and taken to church in lumber
wagon, one of his wives sitting on the coffin,
while the others were walking beside the
wagon. Mourners to the number OF fifteen
all naked, but unarmed, followed the wagon
On arriving at the church the mourners took
front seats and listened TO the Episcopal burial
service in their own language. Spotted Tail
was buried on hill overlooking the agency.
Over one hundred dollars was raised toward
procuring suitable monument. Before his
death Spotted Tail said II never fought the
whites except in justice to my people; never
killed a white woman or child, nor allowed II
to be done by another, when it was i'll my
power to prevent it."
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SCHOOLS.

SCHOOLS.
VIRGINIA FEMALE INSTITUTE,
(DIocEAN SCHOOL OF vA.)
STAUNTON, VA.
Mrs. Gen. ]. E. B. Stuart, Principal
Mrs Stuart will be aided by efficient and full
corps of Teachers, and advantages in all depart
ments unequaled The aim of the Principal is 10
make teaching thorough and to promote In every
way the best condition of body mind and soul.
The next session begins Sept 10Th, and continues
nine months. Terms reasonable, with home COM
forts.
DAY PUPILS:
Tuition In Primary Department. ......$27 90
Academic ............... 36.0
&C " Collegiate ............... 40 w
For further particulars, apply to the Principal
jun303m
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[Albany IN. ~ Daily Press and Kntckerheeker ]
Abandoned.

We perceive by one of our Massachusetts
exchanges that DIR. Lorenzo Waite, of West
field, an eminent physician of Berkshire Co
strongly indorses St. Jacobs Oil. With it he
cured case of Sciatica that resisted all regu-
lar professional treatment, and that had in fact
been abandoned as incurable.
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La FaYetta Ind \ Snress.. ~.

Sc Our ~ city Druggists report an immense sale
u y, oo t 1aooos III saying the demand is based
It II has been used, it has proved its value a
thousand fold, and receives its hest encomiuma
from those who have tried it #
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-09-01

POPULATION OF CoUNTIEs.-From the cen
sus bulletins issued from the Bureau at Wash
ington, we extract the following summaries of
population in Augusta and near counties:
AunucTA C0JrNTy
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The publication of weather probabilities has
its disadvantages. The man who reads a
borrowed newspaper in the morning finds
out when he should borrow an umbrella.
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CTAUNTON FAMALE SEMINARY will open its
y twelfth session on the
1ST MONDAY OF SEPTEMBER.
The Principal refers with pleasure to the past re-
cord Of the Seminary to establish the fact that 1t
rs NOT SECTARIAN,
that 1t has eectually controlled the great evil of
Extravagant Dressing in schools; that its board Is
good its instruction thorough, and Its discipline
Unsurpassed. 1890. =,
ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE DOLLARS covers all
expanses for I've months in Literary Department.
EXSend for catalogue TO the Principal
h REV. j. l. MILLER,
aup4it Staunton, Va.