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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-12-19
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Under authority of decree OF the Circuit
court of Richmond city, rendered April %, 1850.
in the suit of Henry Lewis ct ais .vs. ,hs w. &
y. 4. h. Company ct ALE. and Affirmed bv the
Court of Appeals of Virgins At It's September
term. 1881. the undersigned, special Commits
sioners, will st II O'CLOCK m, on the
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-12-19

COLORADO RATTLERs. The kini found ou the
Colorado pl,ius is motlled ard of a gssyi.h
tint-s, yearly :he color of tho c,o!us and the
grass (which never takes on vivid greoul that
8 person nigh: pass very near one aud not sec
it. did it not sound its wtroiug rattle.
The sound OF the rsttlo ramiuds me of the
angry tuzzlrg of bee iml rlsoned in holly
heck aower. only it is not SO continuous.
Ii is rot safe 10 this region to 20 iolo ga,-
den and put ones hspd csreless'y ameug the
plants TO gather peas or baans. or 10 pull potato
vines, for under just such plants his snskeahip
delights to take pap on sultry days.
The reptile creeps into collars. undtr boards
aud general Watchfuluess is always in order.
The bur7esters must keep q sh.rp lookout for
this deadly enamy. When stacks of wheat sre
removed 1t is DO u5conmon tbiDg to fad
snakes under them, or to hesr the sharp, def
ant rattle as buuch grain is tossed 90 the
load. The faelirg of the mau upoo tie r.ok
on which the uuweIco1e v!sltcr has bsen landed
can be imagined.
ii sn enemy comes too uesr, the rattlesn,ka
will sound his rattle and hurry for the nearest
prairie dog hole, unless it is scluaIly moles,ed
then it will fight
In Ausu:t the bite of this srske is s,id 10 be
ore POISONOUS than at apy other time Of the
year. Theo they sr, blinded ty the shedding
of their skios. aud as they osunot see, ,hsy
strike at every sound they hear. This makes
tbeu urusually dsr 6 .rous.
I hsvs seen the head of rattlesnske c>m
pletaIs sevrrsd from its body. repeated jam1-
irg sn inch from the ground. at the same time
Ihfustirg its taugs from g widely opened
mouth.
By many persons it is thought tha. these
serpsnts dislike water and are not taupd 10 Low
places. Thy are more numerous on high, d7y
land. but lhsy are found on river bottoms
For some reason the meadow rattlesuakes are
much more pugn. cious than the others.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-04
SPECIAL 70 the srxrrxz1.1

LONDON. Feb. 20 p. M.-The House Of
Commons is crowded. Parnell asked why
Dayitt had been arrested.
Vernon Harcourt Home Secretary said
Ii was because his action was considered
incompatible with his ticket Of leave.
Parnell asked what conditions Daviti
had violated. There was no answer to the
question. The Irish members shouted
shame" and the other members cheered
tremendously. The scene surpassed de-
scription.
The Speaker called upon Gladstone to
move his resolution.
John Dillon rose. but the Speaker re-
fused to hear him. After repeated warn
ings the Speaker manned" Dillon, and
Gladstone moved his suspension amidst
enthusiastic cheers and cries Of "order."
The Irish members shouted shame" The
motion for suspension was adopted by q
vote Of 305 to SO.
Dillon refused to withdraw, and was
forcibly removed by the Sergeant-at-Arns,
by order Of the Speaker, amid cries Of
Shame" from the Irish members.
Sullivan protested against billions forci-
az 40 AL al VA 4OACAtC &Aa IL
legality. The Speaker pointed out that
Dillon had defed the Chair.
Gladstone rose to address the House,
and then O'Donohue rose to move an adj
journment. The Speaker ruled Gladstone
in possession Of the floor.
Parnell moved that Gladstone be no
longer heard.
The Speaker declared that Parnell was
defying the Chair. Upon his persisting,
he declared he was wiltully obstructing
and named him.
Parnell's suspension was then moved,
but upon an order that the House be
cleared for division, all the Home Rulers
refused to leave the House.
The motion to suspend Parnell was ulti-
mately voted, 405 to 7, the Home Rulers
not voting. Psrnell declined to withdraw
and was foreibly removed by the Sergeant
at-Arms, the Home Rulers waving their
hats as he passed.
Finnegan then persisted in speaking and
was named by the Speaker.
DUBLIN, Feb. Sat the meeting of the
Land League to-day. Mr.. Davitt brought
forward an imposing plan for a convention
OF delegates from every branch Of the
League in Ireland. He sketched the de-
tails Of q plan which were that each branch
of 800 members should send one delegate,
and branches Of over that number,
two. This convention, he said, will be
called to show Mr.. Forster and England that
local leaders Of the organization through
out Ireland are neither rufians, black
guards, nor ~scoundrels, and to show Mr..
COURAGE" Forster, the chief slanderer of
Ireland, that the Coercion bill will not
strike terror to the ranks OF the Land
League, and to make a national pronounce
ment against coercion, as we'll as against
real and manufactured outrages, and to
make known in an emphatic manner the
national demands in regard to the land
question. 1t is not necessary for the
branches to wait for the passing Of the
bill, They should proceed to elect dele
gates at once, and send them up to Dub
lin. The moment the bill becomes a law,
there car be but little doubt that the Gov
eminent will stop this convention, either
before the delegates come to Dublin or i'm
mediately after their arrival there.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-04

Az Ohio paper proposes to number the
hours Of a day and night successfully
from ! to "a, or from midnight to mid
night. thus doing away with a. N. and
p. n. in railway time tables and else
where. The advocate Of the proposed
new method says there is no more reason
for having two IL o'clocks in one day
than there 10 for two twelve-mile posts
in q twenty-four-mile railroad. Under
such an arrangement Of time theatrical
managers would doors open
at 10. performance begins at 20 o'clock"
And at % o'clock all good people ought
to be in bed.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-04

C~ouRTLASD tCal.), Feb. 3.-The Grand
Island levee has broken on Steamboat
Slough, near Walkers Landing, where II
broke in '76. There is no chance OF stop
ping the breaks. The damage to orchards
and vegetables on the island viii be I'M
mense. A vast number Of breaks ABOVE
and below Sacramento City, on the west
side Of the river. has filled the tule land
to such an extent that when the ieVee on
Merrett Island, opposite this place. broke
the water being higher in the tules than In
the river, caused the river to rise rapidly
here, and there is great danger OF Its over
flowing the levee on this side. II the river
continues to rise it will be impossible to
prevent its going over.
SAN Francisco, Feb. SIN the halloch
murder case the work Of obtaining Jurors
Is still dragging along, only three having
been secured thus far.
A jury having been obtained IN the case
Of Wheeler, stranger Of his slsser-ln-iaw'
Miss Tilson, the taking OF testimony mas
commenced. The evidence as yet tallles
with the previously published reports.
A CORTLAND dispatch says the Grand
Island leyees broke last night. The loss
will necessarily be very heavy.
San FRANCISCO, February 3.-The Hood
In the Sacramento river eliminated this
morning. the water being within a foot and
a halt n the top Of the levees Of that city.
The levee below the town broke and the
country o~verhowed. The town Of Wash
ington. Yolo county. opposite Sacramento,
Is inundated. The damage in both cases
reaches an enormous sum. The entire Sac
ramento Valley presents the appearance OF
an inland sea. A number # houses have
been swept away, but fortunately the loss
Il life. SO far reported, is very small. The
hills, high ground and levees in the over
flowed district are covered with live stock,
and there is great demand for boats to save
the cattle, sheep, etc, remaining, as great
numbers have been drowned
1t is raining in the Sierra Neyadas from
Plnmas 10 Calaveras counties, and as there
Is an immense deposit Of snow, should the
rain extend high up in the mountains an
other food is probable. Should it come on
top Of the already immense body Of water
in the Sacramento and San Joaquin VAL
Ieys, there is no telling where the inunda-
ton would end, or destruction Of property
stop, as the water now covers places that
were never overhowed before.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-04
In Common Justice.

We trust that our exchanges throughout
the State and Coast. says the Carson
Times. will correct the statement made by
the Carson Appeal that the Times has sns-
pended. On the contrary. the business Of
the paper was never better, and arrange
ments are now being made for further ex-
tensiye additions 10 our job-printing out
fit. II the Times Is indeed a corpse our
large circle Of readers will acknowledge
that it shows remarkable life for q defunct
journal.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-04
A TERRIBLE
FRANKTowN DESTROYED.
Carries Away h Entire Town
Great Loss of Property.
Reno Gazette Of the 3D.

Reno Gazette Of the 3D.
Yesterday, about 4 P. NJ, the dam of the
great reservoir in the canyon above Frank
town gave way and precipitated the whole
volume Of water down upon the town.
When it reached the place the breast Of the
food was 25 or 30 feet high. As the en-
tire town was situated in the canyon, every
building in the place was instantly de-
stroyed and washed away into Washoe
Lake, which is situated about a mile below
the town. Having a very steep descent
down the canyon, and four or five
miles distance in which to gather momen-
tum, the crash, when il struck the town
was appalling, and the sight terriically
grand. The larger buildings were at once
crushed in piecemeal, while many OF the
smaller ones were lifted on the breast Of
the torrent without falling and we're swept
in n promiscuous mass down into the
lake. Nothing now remains Of the town
but q barren and washed out waste. The
number Of houses and buildings destroyed
we are unable 10 state. Not only was the
town destroyed, but all the ranches and
farm buildings in the course Of the food,
above and below the place. Fortu-
nately, the danger Of the dam break
ing was apprehended for q day or
two previous, and all the families and
people had removed from the town the day
before. Only wstchmen and workmen
we're left, and they were all warned Of the
coming torrent in time to escape. Indeed,
the roar Of the coming waters could be
heard for miles, which alone gave timely
warning to those who were on the alert.
So far as known no lives were lost. How
it was with live stock we have not been
able, yet, to learn. About one mile Of the
Y. d 7. Railroad track was washed away
covered with debris. Fifteen telegraph
poles torn down. The amount of loss can-
not now be estimated. OF course no light
ming train or mail came down from vir-
ginia last night, and probably there will be
none to-day.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-04

A CONTEMPORARY remarks that "the
successful mines in Arizona are being
worked by practical men," This is one
of the most commonplace utterancesthat
most any n will admit; yet it is per-
sistently disregarded. Delving into the
hard strata Of the earth and opening up
its richness is not the special work of
Missionaries and soft handed, and too often
soft-headed young men who have no fit
ness whatever for the management of an
industry that requires a peculiar knowl-
edge and rare executive ability.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-04

THE parents Of d little girl at Calais,
Me-, declare that she was cured of st.
vitus dance by placing her for nine sue.
cessive mornings on the back of a donkey,
with her face to the east, and saying
"In the name Of the Father, Son and
Holy Ghost" The treatment was de.
vised by an aged Free Methodist.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-04

CAREFULLY compiled statistics show
that during the past year there has been
constructed {. 1899 miles Of new railroads
in this country. The roads have been
built at an estimated cost Of $50, 600 per
mile, making over sl75, OOO, coo, and
most of this money has been expended
on lines west of the Mississippi River.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-04

THE New York Stakeholder says that
the new Senator from Nevada, Col. Fair.
promises to make an excellent legislator,
with his common sense, large experience
and the liberal and sound views that are
attributed to him.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-04
OVER H WATER.

Commons = The Scenes SurPass
DISQUALIFICATION and ParneIl
Forcfbly Removed by the e
geant-at-Arms The House Or
dered Cleared for a Dfvfsion-The
Home Rulers Refuse to Leave
An Imposing Plan for n Conven.
ton.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-04

THE Chinese treaty gives Congress
enough power to stop Chinese immigra.
ton If it chooses to do SO. But what is
wanted is a treaty that will stop the in
AUX without waiting on Congress.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-04

The Erie and New York Central now sell
emigrant tickets to San Francisco for
$55 80; to Salt Lake, $50 80; to Santa Fe,
SAG Is. The Pennsylvania road rates are:
To San Francisco, $50 10; to Salt Lake,
s54; to Santa Re, s44 05.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-04

The bursting Of the dam at Franktown,
above Reno, an account OF which will be
found in another column prevented the
arrival Of any mail from Virginia and
Carson last evening.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-04
A Carou.aI Ends i'm Death.

AM ARBoR fMich.), Feb. S-Two
women, claiming to hail from Detroit,
spent last evening at the hotel with q stu
dent named Henry O. Fairbanks of On
tario playing cards until about midnight,
when there were high words and the women
fed, just as Fairbanks put a bullet through
his head, causing almost instant death.
One OF the women claimed to be his wife.
He had evidently p~remeditated suicide. as
letters on his person proved.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-04
senator Allison has h Treasury
Portfolio.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-Friends OF Sen
stor Allison told the New York Times cor
respondent yesterday that the Senator has
the Treasury portfolio in his hands, but
don't want it. He wants James i. wilson
to enter the Cabinet, and have the Sena
torial field clear. OF course Allison will
accept if Garfield insists. Garfield will
not appoint Wilson, and the only way u
is to have both out Of the Cabinet, and
Senator Kirkwood as Secretary of the In
terror, unless Allison will take the Treas
ury and Wilson 90 10 the Senate.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-04
PACIFIC COAST ADVICES.

High Water and Great Destruction
OF Properfy-Tbe Kalieeh Murder
SSH Dragging Afong-fak-
ing Testimony in the
Csse-rhe Grand Island Levees
Broken.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-04
EASTERN INTELLIGENCE.
DEBATE IN THE q. s. SENATE.
Ru.AUyEs VIEWS ON THE ELEC-
rORAL COUNT RESOLUTION.
Another Bofeh Of Cabinet Making.
rspsei.I to the srs1rsnL-i

WAsHrSsroS. Feb. 3.--In the course oil
debate in the Senate last night, on the
Electoral count resolution, Blaine said
Although the trainers Of the Constitution
intended that no political majority in Con-
eress should have anything to do with the
election Of President and Vice President
IT now had everything to do with it. The
make shift proposal, like that Of the Elec-
toral Commission Of 1876. showed that in
the most important matter that could con-
front us. the law Of succession, the people
NJ the United States we're to-day without
law. He did not know what was to be the
politics Of the next four years we were
going To start out with q Republican
House. but il any man could tell him Nh,'
the slate was to be after the 9Th OF MaTcn
he was 4 wiser man than himself lLsugh-
teri In any event, he trusted mat no
nolitical party in 1884 would hold undls-
puted SWAY over the electoral votes, but
that sensible and patriotic men OF 0oIn
parties would come to see that tarins, a
funding bills and everything else were OF
minor interest in comparison with the
great question that might at any moment
involve us in revolution. The pretext OF
resorting repeatedly to some extraordlnar!
continuance to prevent the people from oe-
ing engulfed in anarchy was a noticeable
one in the eyes Of other nations. Com
menting on the almost numerical strength
Of the two great parties, as shown IN tne
late election. Garfield having received the
votes OF 10 States, and Hancock the votes
of exactly the same number, the only on
ference being that the former had more
electoral votes, and the lStter 2UsvU0 more
popular votes. Blaine remarked thai ne
thought the severest strain to which TINS
country had been subjected, aside from
the War Of the Rebellion, was the election
trouble Of 1876, and he doubted whether,
if the Presidential term had been ten
years, the country could have sustained
that strain. The shorter the periods De-
tween our elections the more eoniented are
the people to submit to their results, and
for this reason the politics Of the States
which hold elections annually are more
peaceful than where biennial elections are
held.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-04

A DWELLING HOUSE; FURNISHED; SIT
IA nated on sOnth Main Street. corner of
Gold. Apply to A. Z. SHANNON.
Eure An. &c. 1881. jan2Ttf
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-04

MIR. MORRIS HAS BkES IN BUSINESS
vi for % years, snd during that time has
learned that il is better for him to dispose OF
goods going cut Of season at reduced prices
than % carry them over from year to year.
This is no idle fax, but an sexual fact. and for
Morning journal and courier., 1881-01-11
Price Four Cents.
The Noise of London. From london Sociatv1

Now, the labor which stirs the great heart | of the city, and sends throbbing through all | it's arteries this thunderous beat of its mighty | pulsation, puts tremendous stress upon the | nervous system of those engaged in it, and, however accustomed the busy bees may be- come to this buzz of their own creation, it l tells prejudicially in the end upon their gene l ral health. Those-a small minority, by the way-who never get accustomed to it, who l always hear it, and to whom it is always dis l tressing or less, suffer doubtless the soonest but they are in this respect luckier | than those who are indifferent to it, in that | they at least are warned by the great mother Nature of the danger, and whether they are able or not to take her hint and escape as soon as may be from the hubbub, they at least may take precautions against its hurt fulnessI On the contrary, to those to whom, as we have said, the noise is second nature, and who do not appear to mind it or even notice it, its insidious effects remain often undiscovered until they reveal themselves in one great crash or break down of the nervous system. The high pres
 sure pace of life nowadays has left them no time to give thought to such a trife as the
 noise created by their restless energy in the
 streets or on the iron highways, and they are
 surprised to find suddenly that it disturbs
 their sleep by night, irritates their tempers
 by day, and finally becomes all but unbeara-
 ble This is undoubtedly one of the chief
 reasons why change and quiet for while be-
 come to most of us Londoners at intervals
 indispensable if we would stave off great mis-
 chief to our health. The gradual and unob
 served inroads upon even the strongest con
 stitutions which are made by the wear and
 tear of active life in populous city are &C.,
 celerated to a very large extent by the noise
 which is the unavoidable accompaniment of
 rush and turmoil. Therefore all measures
 which tend to reduce the chatter and rattle of
 street traffic to minimum should be encour-
 aged. Hence the substitution of the wood
 asphalt pavement for granite and maca-
 dam is step in the right direction, modify
 ing as it does most perceptibly the rougage of
 the roadways, notwithstanding that it may
 act in wet or frosty weather with some detri- ment to our horsehesh
Morning journal and courier., 1881-01-11

The outlook for the Indians is much
 brighter than 1t has been, and what has al-
 ready been done for and by them is not gen orally realized. There are 25s, 900 Indians in the United States, excluding Alaska. The five civilized tribes in the Indian Territory, the Cherokees, Choctaws, Creeks, Seminoles and Chickasaws, had 6, 25O children in school in 1879, and there are in these tribes 8, $50 who can read. out of total population of
 56, 765. In the other Indian tribes, number ing about 196, ,O00, there were ', ,193 children in school in 1879, and the number of children of school age was 34, AS. Of Indians who could read there were Il, ,021. Among the five civilized tribes were 195 schools; among the others 159. There are 15S Indian children in the school at Carlisle, Pa, and 65 at Hampton,
 Va The policy of education should be pushed. Congressman Pound, of Wisconsin,
 says the government should take sthe young
 children from the tribes, send them to schools similar to those at Carlisle, where they can be educated, learn the advantages of ciyiliza- ton, and when they grow up they will be- come useful citizens instead of sieves into which to drop the governments money. The sums spent to take care of the Indians are wasted. We should have 8 dozen schools, | and by scattering the young Indians all over the country it would become a question of
Morning journal and courier., 1881-01-11
The Jews in Germany.

It may seem that the English, who no t at bottom tolerant race, should be distinct ly in advance of their German relatives in their attitude toward the Jews. Even when they were doing their best to keep Baron Rothschild out of Parliament, Englishmen spoke with genuine reverence of his vast wealth. He was very rich that he ought to have been an orthodox Christian. Surely, divine grace could not in the end be with held from a man with such business. It was necessary to oppose his entry into the House of Commons in the interval but it was necessity that gave pain, not pleasure, to those who felt it's force. For many years past all that we have done in the way of per scouting the Jews has been to try to convert them; and though a good deal of money has been spent on this excellent object, we never heard that single Jew objected to the outlay. Nothing came of the effort, and the Jewish race have always been content to put up with it on the familiar plea that it pleased us and did not hurt them. Unfortu- nately, Germany is not precisely country i'll which schemes of conversion are likely to make much way. If an English Protestant is troubled at the worldly success of a He brew neighbor, he may hope that by the labors of the admirable Society for the Con- version of the Jews his rival may have the veil removed from his eyes and be brought to see the wickedness of underselling an equaN ly eager, but rather less clever, Christian Herr Stocker, the Court chaplain who has made himself so especially conspicuous in the Judsnhetze, has no such resource open to him, The last thing that German thinks of doing with Jew is to convert him. The hatred in which the race is now held in Germany is far too practical to be appeased by any such trifie as change of religion. If the German Jews became Christians tomorrow,
 they would be equally unpopular, because they would be equally powerful. If they were rather stupid, and not good at mt king money, and altogether given to lag behnd their Christian neighbors, they might be of any religion they liked. Their offense is that in all these respects they are better men than the Christians. They work harder, they earn more, they are sharper to see and seize advantages. If they become Christians, new reason would have to be found for hating them but it certainly would be found