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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-13
eureka Dailp Sentinel.
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER Is, 1851
~CoSJUsAL LESSON.

In deciding an interesting question
growing out OF an ante-nuptial contract
the Supreme Court OF Iowa has given an
opinion which may prove a suggestive
lesson to a good many husbands and
wives. as well as those who may pro-
pose to take one another for ''better or
worse" 1t appears that John York
offered to make a specified ~pecuniary
provision for Susan Mosier if she would
marry him. Susan consented, the con-
tract was duly made and the marriage
followed. In less than two months after
the wedding the bride abandoned her
husband and refused to live with him,
Her reason for this was his drunkenness.
Subsequently John died, whether on ac-
count of the loss of Susan or the cause
for which she had left him does not APP,
near. After his death the widow claimed
the benefit of the contract and sued TO
enforce it. The supreme Court decides
against her. 1t finds that Johns intern
perate habits were no worse after his
marriage than they were before, and that
Snssu knew as much about them before
a. she did after. Under these clrcum-
stances the Court holds that she was
not justified in leaving him and had
not lived up to her part of the ante
ndptiai agreement. Hence she was not
entitled to the benefit Of it. "She
chose a drunkarl for her husband, .
saws the opinion, "anl she ought to dis
charge the duties of a drunkard's wife.
She does not show that her personal
safety, or even her we'll being, required
her to leave him. She doubtless would
have lived more comfortably in the
society Of a sober man, but she ought
to have considered, and doubtless did
cons. CT. the d;scomiorts Of = drunken
husband when she married the lntes-
tate. But she urges he promised re-
formation before marriage. His failure
to keep this promise did not justify
her in deserving him. All the world
knows that such promises made by a
drunken man are always broken. In a
few words, as she knowingly married a
drunkard she must be content to be a
drunkard's wife" This pointed lecture
doubtless LETT Susan a sadder if not a
wiser woman.
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TIE

II this is not the millennium it looks
a good deal like a frst.rate counterfeit.
Here is the Tariff Commission with a
report that actually recommends the
revision of the tariff in such a sense as
to reduce the duties by % per cent.
Here is a proposition made in Congress
to abolish some useless Offices. Another
proposition is made to overhaul some
delinquent corporations acting under
national authority, and the President
and the whole Republican party in Con.
gress are brilliantly in favor Of civil
service reform. They have all heard
from the people. But they have not
heard enough. They viii make believe
to be good and that is ell. II they had
the courage to 90 in for a thorough re-
form, even in the eleventh hour. they
might yet leave but littls faI She Dsmo.
Gratis to be virtaoga over.
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gEDTcE THE POSTAGE.

Postmaster General Howe, in the re
port of the operations Of his office during
the past year, recommends a reduction
in the rate Of letter postage. The Presi-
dent agrees with Mr.. Howe III regard to
the ACCESSIBILITY Of the proposed reform.
He says: 81 have given much study and
reflection to this subject and am thor
oughly persuaded that such a reduction
would be for the best interests OF the pub
lie. 1t has been the policy Of the Gov
eminent from its foundation to defray as
far as possible the expense Of carrying
the mails by a direct tax in the form Of
postage. It has never been claimed,
however, that this service ought to
be productive of a net revenue"
Mr.. Howe, however, estimates that
there will be a met revenue from the
postal service for the fiscal year ending
in June, 1884, Of nearly four million dol
lars. This prospective surplus should
suggest to Congress the necessity of deal
ing in an intelligent way with the whole
question. In large business houses
postage is i very considerable item Of
expense, and therefore q sort Of tax on
industry and trade. It is, Of course, only
fair that the service should be s~elf-sus-
tanning; but to make it pay more than
it costs IS absurd. There are several
bills pending on the subject, the leading
idea in all Of them being to reduce the
rate for half an ounce from three to two
cents. Let US have action on some one
Of them before the final adjournment
takes place.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-13

The Calico Print says that Messrs. Far
rington and Cavanaugh went on a pros
pecting tour a few weeks ago, and when
they were near and south Of Soda Lake
they discovered what they consider the
footprints Of Lee, the mining ~prospector
who located the Waterman and other
mines. They found II monuments and
some signs which caused them to believe
that they were where the lost man had To-
Gated claims. Their water gave out, so
that they had to return before they had
finished their search. They brought to
Hawley's Station specimens of white metal
which they found out there, the same kind
that Lee had shown to parties after re-
turning from 81 prospecting trip, and
which assayed up in the thousands. The
above gentlemen think they have struck
ONE very rich prospects, which We hope is
the case.
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Assessment Notice.
Boston a Eureka Mining Compan,

Boston a Eureka Mining Company.
Location OF principal plao5 of business, Bos.
ton, Massachusetts.
Location Of wo,ks, Eureka Mining District,
Eureka, Nevada.
Notice is hereby given you that at a meeting
OF the Board Of Directors Of this Company held
the End day Of November. 1882, an assessment,
No. 2, of t5l Five Gents per share was levied
upon the capital stock Of the Corporation,
payable Immediately TO the Treasurer, at the
office OF the Company, at No. 81 Milk street,
Room l3. Boston, Mass.
ANY stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid for thirty days from date here
Of, will be delinquent and advertised for sale
at publis auction, and unless payment is made
before s sufficient amount of shares OF each
party's stocks so delinquent, will be sold on
Thursday, the Eweniy-nnh day of
January, 1883.
To Ray the delinquent assessment, together
with cost q advertising and expense OF saiei
81 the ohee Of ]. K E. ii. Rand. e9 Exchange
street. Portland, Maine.
By order Of the Board Of nirecto Z.
GEO. X. TABER, Secretary,
o~mce-Room 10, No. 81 Milk street, Boston,
Mass. dlStd
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THE POSTAL SERVICE.

One of the best exhibitions of Uncle
Sans ability to'keep a hotel is made in
the report of the Postmaster-General
which shows an excess of income over
expenditures for this year of 81 ,394,-
3ss 50, and presents an estimated excess
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sidered Hawley's bill prohibiting the as
sessment of Government employees for po-
litical purposes, and adopted as an amend
ment making il criminal, and prescribing
therefor a penalty for any person entering
q public building for such a purpose.
Hawley was unanimously authorized to
offer the bill with this modification, as an
amendment to the Pendleton bill.
horne Wants au Escort.
WASHINGTON, Dec. IA report is in
circulation to the effect that the Marquis
Of Lorne has asked the Secretary of War
by telegraph to give him a military escort
from San Francisco TO San Antonio. Fears
aye being entertained that the Fenians are
plotting against their lives, and may take
advantage of the occasion of their intended
journey to carry their plot into execution.
This may be only a rumor, but it is a fact
that an escort Of an officer and ten men
have been detailed to accompany the dis
tinguished visitors.
kObbing n DeaGhOuse.
ST. AIMS LOCKS Quebec, Dec. H.
The deadhouse of the parish church was
entered last night by robbers. The collins
Of an old man, an old woman and a young
girl were broken open and the bodies
stripped OF their clothing. They were
dragged across the road, laid behind a
fence, and were subsequently, taken away
in a sleigh.
LaDGtry S~lande-ed.
New YORK, Dec. 12.-It is denied that
Abbey intends to withdraw Langtry from
the stage on account Of the gossip, which
is nine-tenthS nonsense, and the rest
exaggerations. She has done a splendid
! business in Boston so far.
Zoe Go1Hru.
New YORK, Dec. 12.-Joe Coburn, the
pugilist, recently released from the peni-
tentiary, has decided not to so California.
He will settle down here and open, he
says, a first-ciass saloon.
Commenced His Canvass.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-Carlisle yester-
day began in earnest his canvass for the
! Speakership, being forced out of inaction
by the yigor OF Blackburn's campaign.
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s,c,vr,C.NrAxp INSTRUCTIVE.

SIGNIFICANT AND ENSrRu.EtNf.
Mr.. Folger's report on the state OF the
finances contains a great many words
and a great many numerals. Here are
four words and two rows of figures from
the accounts Of the last fiscal year:
Internal Revenue. .......S l46,4g . oso
| Surplus revenue ........... l4o'o4o'olu
Volumes OF discussion on the state OF
the finances could add nothing to the
force of this coincidence. The internal
revenue has provided the surplus.
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DIED

On Ruby Hill, Dec. Il, 1882. VIM. Hawke, a
native Of Cornwall, England, aged "a years.
The funeral will take place at l P. NJ. to-day
tRuby Hill time) from residence on Richmond
side, Friends and acquaintance are respect
fully invited to attend.
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ES.

A Ny ONE WISHING COSTUMES FOR
n the Masquerade Ball should call imme-
d~iate!y and select them, as intend leaving
for Cherry Greek on the 18th instant. and Will
return about the 2gth. MRS, ] sThAUs. d.
Eureka, De-. Il, 1859. dl2td
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FURNISHED ROOMS.

T HAVE just REFIrTED AMI FURNISH
4 ed nay Lodging house, aud aR prepared
60 let furnished rcotaa to families or slislyl
The rooms are large and aifyi and wall DO iet
OF reasonable terms Apply on the premises.
TO IRIS j. Il. DENNIS.
At the brick build ng nearly opposite the City
Brewery, on Buel street. dl2tf
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TEIEGRAPHIC.
HaEley'S Bill Prohibiting the Assess
nGnt Of Government Employees.
loaAN's SPEECH OF The EITz-IoIN
PORTER QUESTION.
An Interview with o'Leagy ant Murphy,
the Monte and Buako Men.
SOME RICH ~plsGlasuREs AGAINST WASH
iNGT0R DETECTIVES.
4 Constitutional Amendment Offered
by Representative Springer
SPECIAL To THE sESTINEL.l

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-If anybody sup
posed that Logan would surrender his
convictions or account of Grants changed
views on the Fitz-John Porter question, he
would have been undeceived if he had
heard the Senate proceedings yesterday.
Logan said with energy and feeling: 81
will demonstrate to the country, if can
not convince the Senate, that I am right
in the matter. The Porter bill cannot
pass this Senate with discussion. Persist
ence in wrong does not make it right.
One Senator says q great wrong has been
done. l do not think so. l say that no
man was more justly convicted than Fitz-
John Porter, and l stand here now to de-
fend my position before the country l
believe l have the facts on my side. am
ready to sustain my position. l am ready
to take up this case when the Civil Service
bill is disposed Of
Senator Mcpherson, then referring to
| Grant without naming him, said: There
are gentlemen no less distinguished in mill
tary and civil life than the Senator from
Illinois, who have changed their views on
the subject"
Logan, at this first public mention IN
the Senate Of Grants recent advocacy OF
Porter, became intensely earnest, and
said: 'Inasmueh as the Senator from
New Jersey intirHates that persons nave
changed their minds, I have to say that
have known people to change their minds
on very fimsy preteAts. Any man h
] H. aI,,p1 Ii Wind I1uhs m he ca
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Hay For Sale.

NTAGGINI BROTHERS OFFER FOR SALE
vi some of the best Hay there Is in the coun-
try, either by the ton or bale. Apply to their
place of business, North Main street, Eureka.
d6.1m
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for next year of IS, 929. S45 o.. This
certainly indicates a chance for cheaper
hostage.
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NEW TO-DAY.
Funeral Notice.

4 LII MEMBERS OF THE RUBY HILL
~ Miners Union are requested TO meet at
their Hall at l O'Clock P. NJ, TO-DAY tWednes-
day, Dec. 10. to attend the funeral of their
late brother, WILLIAM HAWKE, who died in
the Richmond Gulch Dec. II, 1852.
HENRY RADCLIFFE, President.
THos. H. PEARCE, Rec. Seer tary. d13.1t
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rhe Nicar qua Canal Bill.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-Belmont's indl-
vidual report on the Nicaragua Canal bill,
which was reported iavorably to the House
by a majority Of the Committee in July
last, opposes the bill because it would
commit the United States TO guarantee
that the annual net receipts from traffic
through the canal will not be less than 3
per cent upon the total cost Of the canal,
and compels the Secretary of the Treas
ury to annually pay out Of the Treasury
8 sun necessary to make good the under.
taking, because it limits the rights and
privileges Of the United States in the con-
troll Of the canal, and because Article 81
Of the concession conflicts with the pledges
made under the Clayton.Bulwer Treaty.
Other minor reasons are given ia the re-
port, which Is prolix. The report closes
as follows The proposed canal is to be
built entirely within she jurisdiction Of
Nicaragua, just IS the Panama Canal is to
be built within the jurisdiction Of the
United States OF Colombia. TIT Spanish
speaking Republics 10 the South Of the
United States are deeply interested in a
ship canal across the isthmus, and their
wishes with respect TO the political control
Of the canal are entitled 10 q kind and
even generous consideration by the Gov
eminent Of the United States. Il car
tainly becomes the Government OF the
United States, as the most powerful in its
present strength, to treat its neighbors TO
the south Of it in conformity TO a standard
Of ~justics, so absolute and perfect as to
Eaf~ r-e-1yoI1a g. frietgra
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WOOD WOOD!

WANTED-TO TRADE A NEW SINGER
w Sewing Machine for Oord wood AnnIS
ct the Methodist Church, Eureha. se2stf
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4tb-|'A-bbAt "a ANttAEAAAH
Monte and 8unkO Wen.
WAsHISGroS, Dec. l2.-The Citizt
Committee had an interview Ii the
asterdsy with O'LeRry and Murphy,
1nyicted three-card-monte and BuI
Each detailed the circumstance.
leir many robberies, including the G
Printing Once. They gave
amss Of the thieves and Of the detect
no stood in, as well as the percentage
le proceeds Of the robberies paid to
electives. The latter received 20 per c
the detectives, It was ever said t
icy planned some of the jobs and selec
le men to execute them. Murphy
'Leary gave : circumstantial account
le ChristiaGcy diamond robbery, and
Iamonds Of the ex-Minister, valued
ON SIS, 900 to $780, 900. They were
1sed Of at a great sacrifice in New 70
I'd d heavy per cent given the two det
YES, who are named. The wife of one
.ese men, O'Leary said, now wear:
-ess taken in the Burdette robbery, a
as given to the detective az his part
e plumber. II Is alleged that the eHt
stective force Of the distric, recei'
yidends. levied weekly on the bunko a
oute men.
Constitutional AmenumeDs.
wAsaISaroN, Dec. l2.-Representat
Constitutional Amenamens.

WASHINGTON, Dec. l2.-Representative
Springer yesterday introduced a resolu.
ton proposing q constitutional amend
| ment relative TO She election Of 3 presi-
| dent, Yice-Prosident and members OF
Congress. II fixes the term Of the Presi-
dent and Yice-President at six years, and
makes the President ineligible to election
for the next succeeding term. abolishes
the electoral college, and provides for q
direct vote for President. Every state
shall be entitled to as many votes as 1t has
Senators and Representatives in Congress.
The term OF members of Congress is fixed
at three years, and each session shall begin
oil the FIRST Wednesday of January. IN
counting the votes cast for President, in
Joint convention, each Senator and mem
Der shall have one vote.
The n. r. land Grant.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1~2.-Congress ap.
pears disposed to renew the agitation
respecting tae northern pseiAol land grant,
and this will ~uafayoFabiy iaiaeaoe -peo-
aiation ia this property. A discussion OF
the tariff question will indirectly effect
coal shsres, and altogether the outlook for
a rising market ia not satisfactory, even II
the railroad war should be settled. 1t is
probable that the market will be active,
but there will be very little opportunity
for outsiders to operate with any degree Of
success,
H~awiey's Bill.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-The Senate
| Committee on Civil Service yesterday con-
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-10-19

= 4 colorcd congregation in Austin
recently discharged their pastor because
he made too frequent and uncomplimen-
tary reference to "de power ob darkness"
That kind of talk did not match the
complexion of the congregation.
= The mistress has gently .eprimand-
cd her maid for oversleeping herself in
the morning. "You see, ma'am," ex-
planned the servant, II sleep, very slowly,
and so you see, ma'am, it takes me much
longer to get my full sleep than it does
others, you see, ma'am.
= New York City discovers a small
crumb Of comfort in the fact that its
births last week outnumbered it's deaths,
the former being COG and the latter SAT.
This unusual circumstance is attributed
to the cool weather and the absence of
contagious diseases. When, however,
the whole month of September is con-
sidered, the figures assume the usual
discouraging aspect, with death first in
the race and it's competitor distanced.
For the first three.quarters Of 1882 the
deaths have been 30,218 and the births
20,028.
- Ex.State Senator William B.
Woodin, of Syracuse. New York, one of
the most prominent Republicans of that
section Of the State, has telegraphed his
congratulations TO Mayor Cleveland, the
Democratic nominee for Governor, and
assured him Of his earnest support. To
| an interviewer Mr.. Woodin said that he
holds that nominations secured by
forgery and bribery cannot be consid.
cred as binding upon Republicans, aud
that the good Of party organizations and
the interest Of the general public alike
demand the defeat of nominations pro.
cured by such means, no matter how
worthy the nominees, or what assurances
they offer for good administration Of
public affairs. In answer to the question
what he thought the vote will show in
November, hereplied: "Folger will be
overwhelmingly defeated Mt the polls.
His personal worth will not save him in
this contest. The controversy is not
with him. 1t is with and against Feder.
! al interference"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-10-19
The Morgan Statute.

The famous Masonic mystery 10 re-
called by the unveiling at Batavia, N.
Y, of monument to William Morgan,
the man whose name WAS for many years
in everybody's mouth. The monument
is nearly 40 feet high, surmounted by n
statue Of the man, and has been built by
subscriptions collected in all parts of the
country. The principal inscription
sniacks decidedly of the excitement
which followed his disappearance, thus:
Sacred to the memory Of William Nor.
gan, native Of Virginia, captain in
the war of 1912, q respectable citizen of
Batavia and q martyr to writing. print.
ing and speaking the truth. He was ab.
Quoted from near this spot in the year
1926 by Freemasen, aud murdered for
revealing the secrets Of their order"
Morgan was blacksmith in Batavia, q
Mason, and seems not TO have borne the
best possible character, in spite of this
inscription. He began the work by pub
fishing the secrets of the order, and it
was while engaged in getting out the
book that he was abducted. He was ar
rested upon charge of theft, Septem.
ber II, 1926, and taken to Canandiagua.
-Four days later, he was released-both
arrest aud release were strange-and i'm.
mediately taken in carriage, by Masons,
and conveyed to Fort Niagara There
he was confined for few days, and then
all trace of him disappears. A body was
found in Niagara river sometime after,
believed by many TO have been Morgan's,
but the fact as 70 that was never estab.
lished. Masons claimed that the only
object in abducting Morgan was to pre-
vent him from communicating with
Miller, the nian who was publishing his
book, and, of course, could suggest many
ways in which he might have disap.
peared; but the outside belief was that
the man who told secrets had been MUIR
dered by members oi the orier, and there
was the widest excitemelt Eli Bruce,
sheriff Of the county, and several others
were tried for murder, but there were no
convictions, although Bruce narrowly
escaped. Then anti. Masonic associations
were formed, the thing got into politics,
feeling on the question ran 30 high that
regular party lines were, for time, com.
p!etely lost sight of, and even here in
New England, some of tho Masonic
Campaigns" about the year 1880, are re.
membered as the hottest ever known.
Through it all the Morgan mystery"
remained unsolved, and 30 it remains to.
day. A man named Robert Morris, Of
Kentucky, has been busy for 80 years
trying TO get at the facts of the case,
however, and it is said that he will soon
publish the results Of his labors.-
Springfield Republican.