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Sharon.

A gentleman stated to q Carson Ap-
poal reporter that ex-senator Sharon
has never been in more solid financial
way since the failure OF the Bank Of
California than at present. 1t is said
that oil ho touches turns TO gold. Should
he live ten years longer he will in all
probability be classsd among the wealth.
lest men Of the nation. While he do.
votes much OF his time to the auemen-
tltion Of his already colossal wealth.
ho does not ignore any OF the pleasures
in life that money can purchase. He la
good liver aud is generous enough to
permit his friends to ride with him on
the crest OF the wave Of good fortune.
The e1-senator's oldest acquaiutancss
say the acquisition Of great wealth has
not changed his nature; while his .nor-
nous interests associate him with dif-
f,rent class of men. yet he does not for.
got or slight his companions OF thirty
years ago, However many sorrowful
pronks fortune may have played with
them. In point Of business ssRacity he
is considered the peer OF D. o. Mills,
which Is o patent fact. clearly proven by
the present prosperous condition Of the
Bank Of California and tho continuous
increas. Of his possessions during times
when other millionaires were lost In the
maelstrom Of speculation. He IL in
deed one Of few men OF the century.
in point Of succt S..
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The Egyptian situation.

An Alexandria dispatch Of the goth,
states that important events are i'm
pending in that quarter. II says: The
people who have hitherto intended
staying here on account Of vital inter
ests in Egypt are now huuying away
Last night council was held for taking
into confederation the question OF h osi-
ages. the selection OF EngIishmen be
ing advocated. The natives seem TO
be certain that dissensions have arisen
in the Conference on account OF some
powers that are unable to agree with
them. Whether this is true or not the
consequences for the moment are dis.
astrous to the prestige VI England and
France. Preparations are being made
on a large scale to block the Susz
Canal.
The French journal Dos Drbats says:
Great Britain is right IN d, Giripg to
act alone in Egypt. We firmly believe
that France will afford her no assist
aUce. The control Of the Suez Canal
belongs by right to England and will
belong to her de facto. Ii is for her q
question Of life or death.
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rh. L.., or az, A.....,,,.

Yesterday's dispatches from wsshins-
ton state that .Guitsa aus death was 10 /.
s,sntaueous. his neck being broken by
the fall through the trap; no subseq aent
movement OF either body or limbs being
detected.
Following is the text of prayer he
had prepared to read on the seaffold.
Immediately upon tho conclusion Of
which he was launched into eternity
Father. now / go to Thee. have
finished the work Thou g,vest me TO do
aud am only too happy to go to Thee
The world does not appreciate my mis-
sion. but Thou knowest it. Enouknow-
est Thou did'st inspire Ca7nfGaa re.
Wossl and only good has come from IL.
fh:s is the best evidence that the in
spiration came from Thee, and 1 have
set IL forth in my book, thAt all men
may know that Thou, Father,, dId'st the
act Tor which l aui murdered. This,
Savior, without the slightest ill will TO
ward a human being. Farewell, ye men
| OF earth"
Hy q letter, in the nature Of viii,
"uiteh" SlSeA MS body TO his spiritua
adviser. Rev. w. A. Hicks, provided; it
should be used for no msrcenary pur-
pose. His book entitled 1.-THE Truth
aud Removal" are also given to Hicks.
to lie used, as Guiteau dictates, "In
writing a true history Of my life and
execution; and direct that such his.
4
tory be entitled, "Ths Life and Work
OF Charles J. Guiteau."
Permission is also granted TO any
person who may so desire, to honor his
remains with monument upon which
shall be inscribed. "Here lies the bod,
OF Charles j. Guiteau, Patriot and
Christian"
Could human vanity and towering
egotism reach farther7
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ELKo. ELko COUNTY. NEVADA, JULY 9, 1882.
Terribie nni,ro.a Ac,,a.n,.

The express train leaving Long
Branch, Thursday morning on the Cen
trail New Jersey. met with ,,r. bl. &c
cidsnt while crossing bridge over a
branch OF the spruceburg River. The
accident was caused by the spreading
Of the rails. Six cars, for ordinary pas
Sepgers. a smoker and a parlor car left
the rails and run over the ties of the
bridge, tearing them 10 flinders. Th.
cars kept on the tack until the train
was half way across, when the fc1r pa,-
Ssng.r coaches aud the sleeping cal
went over into the water with a terrible
crash. The cars laid on their. sides in
about four feet Of water. The scene
that followed beggars description. An
unknown man f."m Dee Ii IS a h vus
taken out dead. The cars were filed
passeugrrs aud the number killed l..
unEnown, tut there was nearly luU
Demorsst, OF the firm of Demorest &
Co.. Read street, New York. was killed
Wm. r. Garrison, son of Commodore
Charles Z. Garrison. was terribly hurt
in the chest. Charles Ii. Foster, the
fireman Of the engine, pulled ex.Presi-
dent Grant out of the smoking car un-
injured. John T. Raymond. the actor.
collar bone broken, and was otherwise
severely injured. The cause Of the dis
Aster Was the moving OF the track for
the Monmouth Park races. The switch
Was not properly spiked. ANA when the
wheels struck il spread.
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Climate.

The Salt Lake Tribune says: The
comet or sun spots or Eomtthing else IL
disturbing the atmosphere OF the prairie
States drsadfully this ysnr. Cyclones
are common as typhoGns in the China
Sea IN October, and with the winds
there come rams that are almost cloud
bursis. In the old days tho men Of the
East were wont TO cnmmisera,e people
Of California in thsiS suffering from
earthquakes, but all the damage ever
done on the Pacific Coast by earth
quakes does not equal that Of either OF
half dozen storms that have aweptthe
Mississippi Valley during the past three
weeks. A country subject to cyclones is
hardly worth living in. 1t can but have
the effect OF breaking down the nervous
Systems of people, and when people
reach that point that the appearance OF
cloud in the SKY makes them feel like
hunting for some cave under ground,
that place is no longer comfortable
place to make home in. The more
the matter is studied, the moro clear il
grows that there is no region Of tho Re-
public so blessed in climate ks the Far
West
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Where tho Indic, are Inferior.

OF course women are inferior to us
lords Of creation. We see and feel this
hourly. Take dress for example.
What man, however idiotic, would per-
NIT his heart, lungs and stomach to be
laced in pair OF corseis. until breath
ing, circulation and dig stion come to
be diseascs2 What man outside Of an
asylum for idiots, would permit from
five to twenty pounds to be swung from
his hips, over pair OF shoes that have
the heels whore the soles ough, to be?
What is the lunRtio willing to pile
pounds on pounds OF dead hair on his
skull? And OIL because some skinny
old milliuers and lorcttes OF Paris make
il the fashion.-Don PiGn.
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NUMBER %.
a ss.sibIs BssAsp

The following article from ths 1<no
Gazette. is pretty good evidence thai the
Bishop Of Melbourns takes q very ssna-
bic view OF natural law. We have an
tertained the same viexs for many
years. and have frequently taken ooeas-
ion to cypress them publicly:
DR.. Moorhouse. the Bishop Of Mel
bourne, Australia. has delivered an ad-
dress which is altogether likely to bring
hornets nest OF orthodox believers
about his Episcopal eArs. The people
OF his diocese have been ssfsring for
lack of rain. and his clergy haze be-
sousht. him to irasss lAs easto6ary
''form OF prayer for rain" This he
has declined to do, declaring that the
course Of seasons and the changss OF
weather are regulated by the unvarying
laws of natural government. II, he said,
the sufferinas Of famine or drouRht
were not tho result of such laws, which
G d could not wisely and rIehteously
break, then God would appear 10 infiict
Suffering wantonly: while IL human
prayer could obtain rain In spite Of nat.
ural laws, Christians who failed TO OBJ
tain rain should be accounted criminals
who inflicted suffering which th0y might
remove. As to prayers for material
want. ms whole. the Bishop obssvsd
that all tho lower wants Of men were
supplied by an unvarying all-comprs-
hensive rule. which people should study
and ohszf. -a;GSirg w;.bout anxiety or
discomfort. what the working Of the
law gives them. and sseking In their
pr"yers spiritual blessings rsthsr than
material requirements. In conclusion.
the Bishop put in good word for hls
hobby Of irrigation, observing that ID
would be much moro rational for the
Australians to utilize the waters Of their
rushing rivers in inignting their Zelda
than to neglect such precautions. and.
when they find the conseque noes Of their
neglect intolerable, rush to prayer.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1882-07-09

Az exchange has the following reIa-
tive to tbs famous Mason and Dixon
line, which is frequently referred to in
political and other articles. The Mason
and Dixon limo is that separating the
States OF Maryland and Pennsylvania,
forming the dividing lino between what
were once FREQ and slave Stat, 8. Itis
the parallel of latitude so degrees, ~
minutes, aud &c seconds N. and was
drawn in 1857 by Charles Mason
and jeremiah Dixon, eminent English
astronomers and maihomaticiaus sent
out for the purpose, and to settle dis
puie as to the boundary line betxesu
Lord Baltiinore's and William Penn q
grants. The survey Terminated q bor-
der warfare that had been carried on for
nearly century between the respective
adherents OF Penn and Baltimore, and
put en- end to much litigation in the Eng
lish chancery court. The line properly
b. gins at the northeast corner OF Mary
land, and runs due west.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1882-07-09

TOPEKA sot became a wtll-known
character for drunkenness. J. F. Spence
took pity ON him and aided him when in
distress. Tho sot finally managed to
tramp out to Leadyille, aud in the heat
OF tho mining excitement located claims
that baye made him vastly rich. He
has sobered up and is staid good citi
zen row. Meanwhile Spence lost his
eyesight, and from a well-to-do condi-
ton he and his family wero reduced to
poverty. Now comes the Lazarus he
looked upon in the gutter and presents
him hnlf in,ercs, in property valued
a, $4,000. Who dare say that graft.
tude docs not exist In the heart OF man
in these days7
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1882-07-09

A YOUNG MAN named Charles Bune, q
resident Of Ogden. committed suicide at
that place yesterday, by taking lauda-
mum.
THE.well ut White Plains. Nevada,
is now down $50 feet and flowing water
has been struck. The Silver State SAYS
the water is somewhat brackish. Bor-
ing is being continued at the rate Of
fr-m 10 to 60 feet per day. The ma
chinery is run by experienced men from
the PonnsylyaLia oil regions, and they
arc prepared to sink 1900 feet il nee
essary. The well is being SINK by the
Central Pacific Railrsai Company. who
are desirous Of getting water for their
locomotives at White Plains.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1882-07-09

GENERAL sroSEMAs informed Cali
reporter that the rnmor Of his demsnd. =
ing the withdrawal OF certain candl-
dates on the State ticket was sntiaslyl
without foundation. Ho said u would
be unbecomipg in him TO interfere in
any way with tho ticket. and he eer-
t'inly will not. The State Convention,
be thought. was tho best judge Of whom
II wrs proper to nominate. snd had NO
fault to hud with any OF his associates
on The ticket.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1882-07-09

LARAMIE Boomerang: Tho coming
company Of Mormon immigrants is one
OF tho largest that has been on the road
iof Jehfs.-t II numbers Gdi s--:-. Va
shall endcayor to give notice before.
band OF their passage through the city
SO that our people can bo at tho depot
aud take look ai the grand ,ggrcsa
ton Of living curiosiu,s.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1882-07-09

A sr. Loui. di,ino said last Sunday /.
Gambling is theft, and II is no les.
theft because I consent that you may
steal from mo on condition that you
consent ] shall steal from YOU" Tho
Lakeside muser thinks this minister has
evidently taken second money on ibrso
aces sometime.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1882-07-09

THE Utica Observer canvnsssd
twenty-five Of the interior counties Of
New York for the purpose Of asceriain-
in the choice Of the Dom ocrnts for Gov
ernor. These were found to be almost
unanimous for Hon. Samuel J. Tiidon
MS FIRST choice. with Congressman Flow
or for second choice, whilst all de.
clared John Kelly to DO bold bad man
politically.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1882-07-09

DR. HICKS, the spiritual adviser OF
Guiteau, turns ont to be political
preacher. and was chairman Of tho
Florida delegation TO the Chicago Con-
vensiop. He was one Of the first South
e'n delegates who camo over to Arthur
when the Vice-Presidency was being
discussed. Ho is very great udmircr
OF Arthur, aud his previous record as a
siolwar, had doubtless commended him
to the prisoner.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1882-07-09

Tue Captain Of the British steamer
stfa,hairlio wos yesterday fined sli, 100
by tho United States District Court at
sar r.-ga!=sa. .ar bringing Cb,,es.
passengers ia excess Of tho number al.
loved 10y law.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1882-07-09

Ar TAnoE on Monday. says tho Gar.
son Appeal, trout weighing 30 pound,
was successfully landed. Tho eap.or
though, he lad whale on tho tnl Of
his line.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1882-07-09

A woman entered roiiroad car al
Bloomington. H., carrying n big bas.
ket' The conductor told her tba. IL
must go among the baggage. She 70.
piled that II he took Il away sho would
hold him s.riotly accountable for the
contents. When ho found that Il held
triplot babies only month old ho ceas-
cd objection.
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HENRY TnoMPSoS, who died At the
Naval Hospital in Philadelphia. n few
days Sg', served In the United States
Navy for moro than City. years. He
was known as old Pail Jones. and was
very popular among his associates. He
was ono Of the sdrviv,rs Of the massa.
ere a. the Daitmoor Prison in April,
1916.
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lr Is sisted that the Central Pacific
have Lought GO,ooO tons OF steel rails
for the extension OF their road from
Corinne TO Yankton and moro than halt
Of them arc landed in San francisco.
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TgS Democrats of Maiuo have re.
nominated larhs ". Piais,,d for Gov
oTrot.
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Daily Republican., 1882-02-16

The following correspondence mas tak.
an place between tbeDu uPontG"ards and
the Charlotte Thompson Dramatic Com
pany. % w. VIZ
Kelly, ESQ. Manager OF Charlotte
Thonpson, Co. DEAR SIR-Learning
of yo,ir intention to visit Wilmington
with your excellent company headed
byAmerica's beautiful actress, Charlotte
Thorn pson, and being desirOus OF secur-
ing one or more beneficial performances
to be given ander the auspices of the
DUPONT Guards, Co., G. lst Regt.
ID. V. W., we have concluded
to address you concerning the same
Should you accept the proposition
our chairman isauthorized 20 make, we
shall guarantee you the largest audi
ence ever assembled in our city Trust
ing that we will receive an early and
favorable reply.
We remain yours etc,
j. j. HAzLETT,
7. B. RICE,
/. =. WICKERSHAM,
q, j. HART,
+. G. JACKSON,
COMMITTEE.
Messrs. Hazlett, Rice, Wickersham and
others, representing DUPONT Guards,
Company o., First Regiment.
Gen I'll emen: Your esteemed favor Of
yesterday at hand and after full cen
sideration of the proposition AZ made
by your chairman have conc uded to
accept the same and would name
Wednesday afternoon and evening,
February 90, (Washington's birthday }
at the Opera House as the time and
place most convenient, and the plays
to be presented as follows: the new
"Jane Eyre" at the matinee and "Nell
Gwynne" in the "king's Rival" at the
evening performance, Hoping that our
engagement may prove in every way
a success, remain,
Respectfully, W. W. KELLY.
Daily Republican., 1882-02-16
kDpCIAI PRAYER.

y Rev. j. II. Nixon, pastor, and
les Stewart, W. X. Crosby, Lewis
lsh, f. 7. Taylor and l.. =. Bush,
5lders of the Central Presbyterian
h, have appointed Tuesday next
ay of special prayer for the out
ing OF the Holy Spirit upon the
th ard Sabbath school. In the
ing revival services will be com
ed, to which all are Invited. Cir
have been issued and will be
10 members Of the congregation,
)g all who are unable to meet az
hurch on Tuesday, to devote the
bet ween s and . in the evening tC
hl prayer, for n revival Of religion
b church,
Daily Republican., 1882-02-16
Tne Fire Alarm =.

During the Fix months that the fire
alarm system has been in operation in
this city there have been 81 lar rs
sounded as follows: From box No 2,
Twentieth q Market, SITS. /; No. 3, 10th
and Orange Sts., 10; No. y, City Hall,
Z; No. l3, Fifth & French, 3; No. II,
Front 81 Poplar, 81 No. ID, Sixth 4
Snruce, 4; No. Ii, Eleventh Il Church,
2; No. II, Third street bridge, 8; No, IS,
Thirteenth 81 King, y; No. q, Seventh
& railroad, l; No, %, Second & Ship
ley, q; No "a, Front & Justison, 4; No
%, Second & jackson, /; No. 26, Mary,
land avenue & Beach, 9; No. ". Del
& DUPONT, 4; No. 2S, Ninth & Madison,
!; No. 81 Sixth Il Tatnall, /; No. "a
Fourth & Madison, 2.
The only stations from which no reg
ular alarms have been struck are No6.
Tenth and Walnut Streets, and No. 81
Fourth and Broone.
Daily Republican., 1882-02-16
Congress-.

In the U. S. Senate yesterday, the
report of the Cattle Commi ssioner On
Plsuro- o-pneumonia was received. A res
oIution was offered by Mr.. Call, di-
recting the Secretary of State to nego-
tate for the remission of thu tax on cat
tie imported into Cuba from the United
States. Mr.. Call spoke in support of a
proposed amendment of the Pension
Arrears resolution, declaring in favor
Of pensions to the survivors Of Indian
wars prior to lS45. Mr.. Miller gave no.
tice that he would move to take up the
bill to restrict Chinese immigration as
soon as the Anti-polygamy bill is dis
posed of. The Anti. polygamy bill was
then taken up and discussed, and the
Senate adjourned with the understand
ing that debate on the measure sho aid
be closed this afternoon.
In the House the entire session was
occupied with the ApportiOnment bill.
1t Was finally agreed that, after one
hours debate on the bill today, the
previous question should be considered
seconded and voting upon the various
amendments begun. The House then ad-
journed.
Daily Republican., 1882-02-16
A Sfepfsih er's Crime.

SCRANTON, Pa, Feb. II, 1882.
In tue court here to-day ii. G. Pot
ter, of Mosco ", this county, was sen.
fenced to tile State Penitentiary for a
term of two years and eight months, in
ADDITION to paying fine OF $1,000, for
the betrayal Of his stepdaughter, Lulu
Swar,z, the daughter of a melitary
chaplain who died during the war.
Luu's father went away when she was
a child, and never returned.
Her mother married Potter two years
ago, aud year later Lulu returned
home from the Soldiers Orphan School,
where she had been educated as ward
of the State. "A short time ago her moth
er's husband Potter)decoyed tire girl
away to Bethlehem, where they lived
Al man and wife. The members of the
Grand Army of the Republic employed
a detective ond Potter was arrested and
brought back for disgracinga a deceased
soldier child.
There was great indignation in the
neighbolhood and it was feared at one
time rn attack would re made to lynch
Potter, but the case came to a speedy
trial with the result already stated.
Lulu is a pretty girl of seventeen, and
great sympathy is felt for her dis.
tresSCd mother.
Daily Republican., 1882-02-16
A Disabled Steamer.

The ship Glenmary arrived at New
York, yesterday, from Calcutta, with
eleven seaman and two passengers
of the steame Bahama, Captain Ash.
wood from Porto Rica for New York.
They were picked up in boat on the
1lth inst, in latitude 3L5l, longitude
1910. Tue Bahama was disabled in a
hurricane on the 10th, which threw her
on her beam ends, and carried away
two OF the larger lite boats. In the
az ernoon it was decided to abandon
the vessel, and the remaining boats
were lowered. The captains boat,
containing seventeen persons, was
swamped soon after leaving the ship,
two or three were seen to swim bach
10 the vessel, but it was not known
whether they got on board.
Three of them preferred to remain on
the steamer, the two boats being heav.
lily loaded. The men on the second boat
picked up by the Glenmary are Robert
Williams, first officer; Robert Ross,
second officer; II. j. Feur and John
Scott, cabin passengers; the seco nd and
third engineers, the chief steward; g
cook, waiter, a messman and a fire
man.
Daily Republican., 1882-02-16

Mr.. M. M. Morrison, connected with
the Kansas City (Mo.) Times, and .
prominent real estate operator as we'll
unequivocally and emphatically alleges
that the St. Jacobs Oil once did a kind
turn which he is not likely to forget.
He was travelling, and, taking cold in
sleeping Car. realized that he had
rheumatism in both hips. The pain
was intense. and his business urgent
So I've thought of the st. Jacobs Oil al
a remedy which was reputed to effect .
rapid cure. 1t proved in his case, as it
has in thousands of others, blessing.
Four applications gave him complete
relief Before using the Oil, Mr.. Nor
rison says, he was SO stiff, and suffering
so intensely, that he could hardly move.
The transition from this unhappy con-
dition to one of perfect ease was almost
marvellous. The great remedy has since
been family friend Healways keeps
it in his house, and has seen its WON
derful power demonstrated upon several
occasions in the cures of neuralgia and
rheumatism. He has never seen the
remedy fail yet, and is a confirmed be-
lever in its virtues.
Daily Republican., 1882-02-16
SURPRISED with Greenbacks.

Rev. Charles Hill, pastor of Asbury
M. e. church, whatever his politica!!
predictions may be is. not considered
as a Greenbacker, nevertheless when his
friends to the number of between o0
and 20 called last evening in body ana
through their spokesman, j. j. McMul-
lin, preaented him with roll OF green.
backs, he did not refuse them because
they were not silver or even gold. In
fact he rather appreciated them the
more as if they represented as much
and were more convenient to carry.
He returned his thanks to his friends
for this manifestation Of their love and
esteem, and the balance of the evening
was spent in social conversation, sing.
ing and prayer.