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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1882-03-14

A clergyman, lecturing one afternoon
TO his female parishioners, said: "Be
not proud that oar Lord paid your sex
the distinguished honor of appearing
first to q female after the resurrection,
for it wac only done that'the glad news
. might spread the sooner
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1882-03-14

Thomas w. Locke, on trial in the
United States Court at Deadwood, for
the murder Of Lieutenant Cherry, in
the Sioux Indian country, last May,
pleaded guilty of manslaaghter. The
evidence failed to develop his motive
for commstting the crime.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1882-03-14

An iron buoy, fitted with apparatus
intended TO convert the power OF wave
motion into electricity, which will, in
turn, supply an electric light, has been
anchored in the lower bay outside of
New York haIbcr.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1882-03-14

DIR. Dunlop of London must be
simply monster in Temperance folks
eyes. In the course of recent medi.
cal inquiry he asserted that beer was
an absolutely essential adjunct to a
pasper's diet.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1882-03-14
RATES OF ADVERTISING:

One Square 40 lines) first insertion =. 81 80.
Zach subsequent insertion, per square. i 90.
A liberal reduction TO regular advertisers.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1882-03-14
DENTISTRY.

nR. u. j. MOORE. SURGEON DENTIST.
~ Office at the residence OF G.. NJ. Miller,
Bridge street
Extracting and filling teeth a speciality, at
Eastern prices.
win make this place headquarters for the
Winter.
Minnemueca, November IS, lsslr~'
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1882-03-14

Attached to the Works is an ASSAY OFFICE
where ores will bs assayed on reasonable terms,
and accurate returns guaranteed
o. +. AVERY, Assayer.
winnemueea, October Is, 1851. If"
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1882-03-14

cILyRR AND GOLD ORES, FREE OR
- base, n0ughs at Fair Rates, or
worked on reasonable terms, by milling or
roasting process.
Ores from distance can be shipped by rail
direct to the MILL Mark sacks "W. II. W.,
Minnenlucca, New"
ALEX WISE, Proprietor.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1882-03-14

ENTS:
c. w CsAsg, 3ls Pine street and 10 Leides
dorf street, Room 80, San Frapeisco.
GEo. VI. Morr, Sacramento, California.
b. f. RILEY is authorized 10 collect and re-
ceipt for subscriptions Ia the SILVER STATE IN
Paradise Valley.
II. G. MAREsR IL authorized TO collect and
receipt for subscriptions to the SILVER STATE at
Biz Meadows
A GINTz j.. authorized 10 collect. and receipt
Tor subscriptions to the SILVER sraiE in Spring
City.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-06-01
Why the Prairies are TreAlnss.

Mr.. L. f. Ward gives in the Kansas
City ReUie,U some reasons why the
western plains are destitute of forests.
Where the annual rainfall exceeds
twenty-four inches the absence of for
ests is undoubtedly due to the repeated
burnings which take place on the prai-
ries from human agency. Where the
annual rainfall is below twenty, or per-
haps twenty-four inches, there can be
no growth of forests, and this is the
true cause of the absence of trees on
the great plains. But this does not
prevent the existence in arid regions of
certain specialized types of vegetation.
The sage-brush that covers the dreary
wastes of the Rocky Mountain region,
the Laramie plains, the Bitter Creek
valley, and such vast areas of the west,
while in its botanical character it Is
little more than an overgrown weed, is
to all intents and purposes a tree, and
often attains a great age. The region
it occupies Is even more arid than the
great plains, yet no fires occur and no
forests grow. In the nearly rainless
areas of Arizona. southern Utah and
New Mexico, and stretching eastward
into Texas, there occur a number of
arborescent forms, the creosote bush
(Larrea Mexicana), the mesquit PRO
sopis julifora), various acacias and
mimosas, and one yucca Y. brevi-
folia), together with the Tree cactus
(Cereas giganteusl. These grow scat
tered at great distances from each
other, and rarely form thickets or
rrov-ac Whu no a11ob oh q 20 or pris III n
species are found occupying the great
plains is not known, and it is probably
mere accident that none happen to
exist, adapted both to their tempera-
lures and their arid condition. Did
any such exist, there seems no reason
why they might not thrive as well as
the sage brush further west or the mes
quit of the south.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-06-01
NO. %.

country at large would be shocked be-
yond expression. The vast maiority
of the people regard funeral as an
occasion for sorrow, and believe, with
that simplicity born of unfamiliarity
with the ways of congressman and
politicians. that funeral train is
pretty solemn affair. 1t seems like a
desecration of innocence to publish
the revolving details of such a mon
strous national scandal as that of the
Garfield funeral.
On general principles nearly all con
gressional iaunts develop into undigni-
fled spress. 1t can be set down as an
established truism that legislative
junket is Synonymous with a charn-
payne drunk. A fresh illustration In
point is just developed, and is fully
described In another column. Among
the items III the general appropriation
bill Is one of $23, 900 to make up de-
for the Yorktown celebration.
Inquiry has developed the fact that
this S23, 900 was expanded for running
a free bar and caravansary on one of
the boats. Four or five hundred free
lunchers got aboard this boat, and pat
roniZed the bar until it became ueces-
sary to fencr the women off on the
upper decks out of reach of the men
below, who were yelling drunk.
This case will be fully ventilated, it is
said. Perhaps it would be as we'll to
make a private investigation, pay the
bill, and keep the disgusting features of
the affair from the public.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-06-01
CRIME.

FIVE men who attempted the destruc-
tion of a bridge on the Mexican National
railroad were shot as soon as caught.
1t has been ascertained that T. J. Navin,
the absconding mayor of Adrian, Mich.
siwndled the Clark estate to the amount
of 500, 900 by means of forged mortgages.
In the case of Ben Eyster, on trial in
Chicago for taking the life of Schumacher,
the jury failed to agree and was discharg-
ed. For twenty-nine hours it wrestled
with testimony, and stood eight for con-
yiction and four for acquitted.
JOHN c. WoLCoTT, the best known law
yer in western Massachusetts, has been
Jailed in Boston to make him sober. Then
he will be arrained ii the federal court
for charging pessioner 500 for prosecut-
ing his claim.
EARLY on Sunday morning a party of
about one hundred masked men took two
desperadoes from Jail at Bolton, Tex, and
hanged them to a live-oak tree. One of
the victims was previously charged with
several grave crimes, but never convicted
the other was a negro who laid In the ca
boose most of the time, and could well be
spared,
DR.. STEMEN, of Fort Wayne, formerly
a Methodist minister, preached last Sum
day evening, and thought he discovered
his bitter enemy. DIR. Sweringer, making
faces at him. He walked down the aisle,
| and offered to thr ash him at once. Swer-
niger retaliated by having Stemen arrest
| ed on charge of provoke When they
met in the justices Office, Stemen put in
three singing blows on his adversary 3
face, which drew blood, and the case was
adjourned.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-06-01
Chicago Market.

CHICAGO May 3O.-Flour Steady and firm
Wheat-Unsettled and lower; No. Chicago
spring, 1.23HG124 for seller cash; l.2360
LA for seller May; 1.241a for June; I24%
for seller July; Ito for seller August; 1.O6H
for seller September; 1.04 for seller year; No. 8,
Chicago spring, 1.10@l.12; rejected, S5@9O.
Corn-Unsettled and generally higher, 7O% a
7O% for seller cash; 7197115 for seller May;
Y for seller June; 7O% for seller July; 5614 for
seller August; year and rejected, So Oats--Un-
settled and generally higher; 49H for seller cash;
49h for seller May; 47@47& for seller June; 43
94915 for seller July; 356 @36 for seller Au-
gust; SAX for seller September; 33A@34X
for seller year. Rye Steady and unchanged.
Barley-Steady and unchanged. Flax seed
At 1.3691.2O. Butter-Easieri creamery 2O@
23c.; dairies, fair to fne 13@21c. Eggs-At
1S@lShc. Pork-Actiye, firm and higher
l9.5O919.62k for seller cash; 1885 for seller
May and June; 10 for seller July; I9.S5a
19.S7H for seller August; 1920 bid for
seller September. Lard-Fairly active and a
shade higher; 1l.3O for seller cash; IL 3O61I 80
for seller June; I1.45 for seller July; II. 5S Il
for seller August; 11.7O@n.7215 for seller Sep
tember. Bulk Meats-Easier, shoulders. 900:
short ribs 1l.25; do clear, Ills. Whiskey =
Steady and unchanged; 1.16. Freights-Corn to
Buffalo, &c. Receipts-Flour, 55O wheat, TO-
900; corn, 80 200; oats, $4,000; rye, $780, barley
80. Shipments-Flour, 4 900; wheat, %, 600;
corn, 1S2 900; oats, 5000; rye, 14OOe; barley
1000. Board holds no session Monday or Tues
dav
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-06-01
gOREIGN

A CONFEDERATION is said to have been
ravaging the Russian city of Kieff since
Tuesday.
AN outbreak is imminent in Egypt, and
the presence of Turkish troops is dee med
necessary as a peace preservative.
THE French chamber, by a meager ma
iority, voted confidence in NJ. Say, minis
ter of finance, who will accordingly retain
his portfolio.
THE Egyptian council of war has de-
cided on active military preparations. All
efforts at an understanding between the
consuls and the ministry have failed
RECRUITS for the khedive's army are
taken to Cairo in chains. The ministry of
war demanded G25, 900 from the treasury,
and was given $4,000 to purchase tents.
THE insurrection in Dalmatia is at an
end. the Crivoscians having crossed the
frontier of Montenegro and surrendered
their arms to the troops.
On the ground that order is now restor-
ed, the Turkish government has demand
ed the recall from Alexandria of the
British and French squadroons.
ARABI REY and the rebellious army
officers positively refuse to quit Egypt.
He maintains the country is with him,
though the French consul tried to dis
abuse him of his error.
THE French chambers of deputies is
considering a proposal to place duty or
alcohol instead OF wine and beer. Say
minister of finance, therefore rendered
his resignation,
THE land-Ieaguers of New Y York are Sc
curing signatures to a petition to the
president for the speedy recall of Minister
Lowell. One hundred thousand names
are expected by Saturday night.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-06-01
aAiIwauEee Market.

Mil wAUKEE. May 80 .-Flout- Wheat =
hard, nominal; No. 2, 1.291f; 1.29H for seller
May; 1898 for seller June; 1.2S3S for seller
July; 1.16H for seller August; seller Septem-
Der and the year, nominal; No. 3, LII; No. 4
nd rejected, nominal. Corn-Stronger and
fairly active No. 2, 7Oh; rejected, SO. Oats
Steady; closed weak; No. 2, 81. Rye-Un-
changed; No. L, rs; No. 2 lower, "A. Barley
Dull; Ne. 2, 92H sellers, 81; bid for extra No. 3,
So. Provisions-Lower. Mess Perk-19.35 for
seller cash and June; 1885 for seller July.
Lari-Prime stean, 11.30 for seller cash and
June; 11.45 for seller July. Live Hogs-Quiet
and lower; 7.4O97.9O for common to choice.
Receipts II ,126; wheat, 19,450; barley,
3,7lO. Shipments = Flour, 2, $50; wheat, 1875;
barley, $780,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-06-01
GENERAL NOTES

Miss ADA &. Sw EET has been confirmed
as pension agent at Chicago.
ADECREE has been entered at Cincinnati
for the sale of the Wesleyan college prop
erty to pay bonds of 100000.
THE sum of 100000 left by Mr.. Lewis,
of New York, to reduce the public debt
has been placed at the disposal of the Sec
retary of the treasury.
AT secret meeting Of western distill-
ers at Cincinnati. plans were discussed for
forming an organization to include the en-
tire interests from the Alleghenies to the
Pacific slope.
ALEXANDER II. STEVENS will not accept
an independent nomination for governor
of Georgia, but would run as the regular
democratic candidate.
A BLACK bear in a park at Richmond,
Ind, grew lonesome and visited school
picnic, where it trolicked harmlessly
with the little ones uatil shot
GOVERNOR CRrrTENDEN boasts that
since the death of Jesse James, travel in
Missouri has perceptibly increased, even
commercial travellers taking TO them
selves confidence.
The Pennsylvania republican conven-
tion nominated General James A. Beaver
for governor, w. t. Davies for lieutenant
governor, Henry Rawle for judge of the
supreme court, and Thomas Marshall for
congressman-at-large. The independent
leaders announce that they will place an
other ticket in the field.
A. F. BRAKEMAN, who died in the Mis-
o0uIi iu7due a1y Iuui, lIao oUulU weeks
been the laughing stock of st. Louis. He
came from Nebraska with an abundance
of money, married chamber-maid at the
costing 1890, and was deserted on the
day succeeding the wedding. He was
several times arrested for eccentric con-
duct on the streets. An autopsy revealed
the fact that he died from softening of
the brain.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-06-01

Porter with all his capacity, and to push
forward the clause of the army bill in re-
gard to compulsory retirement.
LEWIS B. FRYE, the champion bicycle
rider of the United States, was thrown
from his wheel at Marlboro, Mass, and
fatally injured.
A COAL shed which was being rooted in
Erie street, Chicago. suddenly collapsed,
killing Thomas Anderson and seriously
injuring Fred Helm, John SiYerson, and
John Olson.
THE mystery attending the burning Of
buildings last summer at Richmond, Ind,
has been unveiled by confession of one
of the ircendiaries after he had been con-
verted in Cincinnati by the boy preacher,
Harrison.
FIRE destroyed GIeason's knitting-mill,
at Seneca Falls, n. Y, valued at 100000,
ard the Jail at Westminster, Md, from
which the prisoners were safely removed.
A damage of $4,000 was inflicted on the
pork-house of Levi Ashbrook, at St. Louis.
AT MONTREAL, a Grand Trunk passen-
ger train, loaded with 1000 British emf
grants for Manitoba, ran into a freight
train of sixty cars standing near V ictoria
bridge. The engineers and fremen es-
capped by leaping, but the passengers were
badly bruised. The damage to rolling
stock is estimated at $4,000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-06-01
TELEGRAPH TICKS.
Important and Interesting Items
from the Wires During the Week.
WASHINGTON

| SENATOR WINDOWS committee to in
vestigate the existence of a whisky ri ng
to affect legislation has appointed clerk
and stenographer, and issued subpe naes
for Meesrs Athertop of Louisville, and
| Shufeldt of Chicago.
THE secretary of war has been advised
| that troops sent out from Fort Reno cap
tured Payne and twcnty-nine colonists in
indian Ter ritory and escorted them back
| to Kansas.
| HALLETT KLBoURNE's amended plead
ngs in the case against ex-Se rgeant-at
arms Thompson, for false imprisonment
have been filed, in which he claims S35 o.
QOO damages. Thompson has employed
Judge McSweeney. of Wooster, Ohio, and
Samuel ). Shellabarger as additional
counsel.
IHE house committee on judiciary
adopted the report of the subcommittee
declaring that the lands granted the
Northern Pacific railway were non-for-
ieItable. The minority of four will pre-
sent dissenting report. Chairman Reed
was authorized to submit the ajority re-
port to the house.
The negotiations between this govern
ment and the republic of Mexico have
been transferred to the capital of the lat
ter country. The Mexicans are willing
that our troops should cross the frontier
under certain conditions, the same right
being given to their troops. 1t is believed
that if the arrangement is made to have
the troops of each follow hot trail, re-
gardless of the border line, until the other
takes it up, it will put stop to maraud-
ing.
THE Agricultural department is this
week sending off the last of 800, 900 worth of
field and garden seeds purchased with the
appropriation made by Congress to supply
the food sufferers on the lower Mississippi.
The time for putting up in suitable pack
ages the seed was short, but the agricult-
ural department put nearly 200 persons
to work. The department is advised that
the seeds are arriving in ample time, az
the subsidence of the hoods is very gradual,
and that much of the submerged lands are
not yet being in condition for blowing
and planting.
A BILL is in the senate and house COM
mittees on post-offices and post-roads pro-
vlding private message card that will
replace the open postal now in use. This
card is very simple, with about the same
writing surface and rate of postage az the
open card, but its advantage is the flexible
flap that cOnceals the message and secures
the privacy desired. 1t is said that it can
be furnished the government as cheaplv
as the open card, and if adopted IL would
give to the public convenience, privacy,
and cheapness of postage combined.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-06-01

ALL will agree with the Madison Dem
ocrat in the war it is making upon alb
senteeism of public officials from their
posts fduty. The Democrat insists that
officers should not be allowed to leave
their duties at all, and should not think
of it any more than d farmer would
think of leaving his harvest to go off
on amCnth or six weeks pleasure jaunt.
But if officiels are allowed to leave
their places the Democrat insists that
a pro rata reduction should be made IN
their salary the same as in the case OF
any other hired man. Speaking of
congressional absenteeism the DEMO
Graf says:
"Absenteeism among congressman
Is causing irreparable delay in legisla-
ton. 1t is not an infrequent occur
renee that a state goes unrepresented.
for several days at a time in the senate
This inattention is a disgrace and an
insult to state"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-06-01

In view of the inhuman barbarities
praacticed upon convicts by bungling
hangmen, the New York San suggests
that the judges sentence should here
after conclude as follows: ''To be hang
ed by professional hangman, by the
neck, or as nearly in that manner as
may be hit upon, till two-thirds ma
iority of the physicians present shall
pronounce you practically dead; and
NAV God have more mercy on your
soul because of the little that is likely
10 be shown your body.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-06-01

DISPATCHES from Ireland indicate
that evictions are more numerous than
ever. In ore county three hundred
farmers have been evicted during the
past week. The lull in the agitation
will be followed by greater resistance
than ever before. Unhappy Ireland
has no prospect Of that better day
which seemed about to dawn. Parnell
is rapidly growing into disfayor, and
unless he does something to stem the
current in which public opinion is drift
ing he will be loudly denounced in Ire
land shortly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-06-01

Honest, but not reliable: Not long
since lady called on Nose Schaum-
burg to find out if colored woman,
who had formerly been servant in his
house, was honest, she having given
him as reference. "She vas too hon
est to suit me, but she was not reliable" :"
''How can that be ?" Veil, Won day
leaves q five tollar pill on the floor and
/ tells Matilda to sweep dot room.
shoost want to see if she keep dat BILL"
"Well, did she keep the bill !" "No,
she brings me dot pill pack" ''That
LOOKS very much as ifshe was reliable"
''No she vas not, for dot pill was coun-
terfeit. [ vas in hopes she dakes dot
pill and den never would paid her dot
twenty dollars I owed her, so she fool
ed NIT dot bad pill. can't say she vas
reliable, but maybe she vas honest"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-06-01
A WILDE SEANCE.
How the IEsthete Made it Hot for a
Pair of Old Poker Players

California Wasp.
While Capt. Foster was swapping lies
with Ned Fry, out at the Cliff House
last Monday, Oscar drove up with Mr.
Locke, and, taking stained glass atti-
tude on the balcony, was for some min
| utes lost in a contemplation of the
grand old ocean breaking on the cliffs
far down below him.
Glow grand the roar of the oceanp
he said dreamily, to the captain.
The captain was little taken aback,
but agreed that it was.
"Would any price be too great for
the glory of watching hour by hour and
day by day, through the placid, wave
less days Of summer, and the grand
turbulence of the wintry gale?'
''Fifty q month" said the captain,
who, while Oscar sighed unheeded, ask
ed Fry what kind of canary bird it
was, anyhow.
After a time they went to the bar,
where Oscar ordered some milk "fresh
from natures odorous laboratory"
while the others took little lemon in
theirs. Then Fry and the captain and
another gentleman sat down to play
'What eez dollar ante?" said Oscar,
dreamlly, IN mezzo-sOpranO sigh.
They explained.
"Of course" and they gave him
seat and chuckled way down in their
bronchial tubes.
A great sadness was upon him. Some
times an unutterable melancholy would
fill with dark shadows his dreaming
eyes, but lie said very little only
sighed.
Capt. Foster did not sigh. Several
times he might have been heard to re-
mark something about dynamite.
Mr.. Fry was also little melancholy,
but talked in q different strain, several
times saying, limpidly, "D-n the
luck!"
By and by it was Oscars deal, and
he caressed the cards gently, and dis
tributed them mournfnlly, like crumbs
at communion.
Everybody went in. The captain
took two cards, Fry took one and Oscar
one.
81 will contribute a fve-spot," said
the captain, locating a $5 piece in the
center of the green.
sit will cost you five more, remarked
Fry, disseminating a ten.
"Beshrew me, but l am oppressed
with doubt, murmured Oscar "Could
| but penetrate the dark veil Of the fu-
ture-but no, nay, then l will risk all, y
and he doubtfully and sadly put up his
portion.
"Ten harder" said the captain.
"Ten more than you," remarked
Fry.
Oscar knitted his brow. "Verily /
am in the vortex, and the o'ershadow-
ing sky is murky. But must stay. 1
will-how do you phrase it-call, call
call on YOU"
And the captain joined the merry
tnrong.
"Three aces" said he.
"Full hand" said Fry, proudly, as
he showed his cards and reached for
the money.
''Too, too" the poet murmured, as
he almost weepingly laid down four
| deuces.
And when the captain lad flung his
cards out of the window, and Fry was
making the air blue with inter-
Oscar winked his eye audibly and re-
marked in his natural frame of mind;
Now that remember it, gentlemen,
we used to indulge in this little recrea-
ton at Oxford. Come and take sniff
ter with me-"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-06-01

Says the Madison DEMOCRAT: "Ship-
herd is character. In card issued
''to the public" ke says he is impor-
tuned from all sections of the country
to publish the facts relating to the
Peruvian affair, and concludes: "the
necessary data are all ready, and if the
public wants the facts and documents,
| am rather inclined not to refuse
them" This tender solicitude for the
public is too, too touching. By all
means, elder, produce the damning
nroof"