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CURiOUS BUalNEaS.

One Of the most singular of all avoca-
tions is described by AZ English journal
in way to indicate that it has an es-
tablished existence in London, IL is
nothing more nor less than the bringing
off of prize-hehts, and the business gives
employment to number of middlemen.
The middleman has his regular beat and
calls on regular customers. He also has
his pairs Of glodiators always at call.
Supposiug that set Of men wish to see
genuine combat, they simply subscribe
G20 or E30'or $50, and p ace the money
in the middleman's hands. A $40 "mil"
is not very saneunary affair, but $50
will buy good deul OF blOodshed. When
the money is deposited the agent picks
out "two lads that want to have y turn. I"
The "lads" are mostly lazy louts who
do not love work. They train for a week
on mones supplied by the honest mer-
chant who atraDges the meeting. When
they are finally placed in the ring they
really do hurt each other good deal,
and the spectators have the pleasure OF
battle and conspiracy simultaneously.
There arc half III hour of heavy hitting,
few spirited rallies on the cords, q
large amount OF bad language, and then
one man gives in. The middleman
pockets half the money, and the lest is
divided between the battered rufians
who afforded the entertainment.
, 1883-05-03
THADDEJ,S STEVENS.

Thaddeus Stevens was buried in the
graveyard for colored people at Lancas-
ter. He declined to ley his bones with
those who were too proud to associate
themselves even in death with the race
whose suffrrirgs lad excited his sympa-
thy. In his Public conduct. in his do.
mestic life, aud III his testnmentary ar-
rangemonts, lo nado cl or lis detesta-
ton Of ;be distinction wlicb society had
always rnaiulpiacd.
Stevens was certainly the great Com
moner Of the war period. J:e WIS for q
while the House Of representatives,; its
action Jay in his voice. Opposition
wilted before his str ng will. Weaker
men, and s0metiDGs more conscientious
men, cowed beneath ms lash, and were
driven into measures they fain would
have escaped. Gen. Garfield, for in.
stance, did not be,cyi III the constitu-
tionallty OF the Reconstruction laws he
had, indeed, demonstrated their uncon-
stitutionality in the Eupreme Court; but
he voted for them un,Ier Stevens stern
command rs ohe,!l' utIy nH ii il bad been
high treason to have ~ ot'uion OF his
own. Stevens tolerated 'Ap Nolsepse,"
as he called it. When 4 Ynr!nher offend.
ed him, o Nus Hark in lis service,
which he called the service OF the party,
he had no hesitation in writing to the
gentleman's constituents that lie had no
further use for him, and they had better
keep him at home. He never pretended
that he Thought tine reconstruction laws
constitutional. On the contrary, he
caudidly stated bii opinion that they
were entirely "outside The constitution,
and as candidly expressed his sovereign
contempt tor the int elect of any man
who supposed they were inside. His
doctrine OF political necessity covered
the case. He had no notion OF pauaing
10 consider matters OF mere legal right
when the intelt ats he had in charge re-
quired him to go ahead.
With much Of the moral coarseness Of
Danton, he mad many OF tie high mental
qualities of Mirabcnu. lie was one OF
the greatest OF revolutionary leaders.
He rode the 5torm, and rode it for
purpose. There WAS q time when Mr..
Lincoln's power WIS not comparable to
the actual power welded by Stevens.
No other man in American history has
ever occupied the singular position
which courage, genius ond stern convic.
ton gave him. .-PhitadclloAia Press.
, 1883-05-03
A GEORaLa Same SIORY.

A Georgia woman set a hen upon thir'
cen eggs. A few days afterward,
,oking into the nest, she was surprised
find the hen missing and the eggs
one, and in their stead huge rattle.
make comfortably coiiod up. Noticing
the swelled condition of his snakeship.
she procured spade and pinned hi
read to thegrounl Then, with rake,
the tail was drawn ont and fastened
Iown to prevent wiggling. A Penknifa
.oon split the repsile fron head to tail
and the eggs were taken ont. Being
carefully washed they were placed under
the same hen and eventually every one
Matched out, and the Chickens grew and
thriyed.
, 1883-05-03

A UNION has been formed Of o number
OF typographical societies throughout
Australia for the purpose OF being able
to take combined action in oil trade
questions that may arise. The Execu-
tive Council is composed OF representa-
tives OF the different societies. It il
proposed to raise fund by subscription
rom each society in the union, to the
extent of IL per cent. on the gross nm
nual subscription income of each society.
Ten per cont. out OF the II are to be set
apart as n common sinking fund, not to
be drawn upon for two years, and the
remaining 2 per cent. are to defray tho
working expenses Of the union. As q
first stop tho Council Of the union has
resolved that an Australian scale OF
charges for extra matter be compiled.
, 1883-05-03
GREAT sMoKEERs.

The Hollnnders are more given 70
smoking than any Northern people
dreaming with the eyes OPEN" The
boatman Of the Treschkrit, the aquatic
diligence Of Holland, measure distance
by smoke from one place to another,
not so many miles, but 80 many pipes
Entering the house, your host offers you
a cigar, otter insisting on filling your
cigar case on leaving. Some go to sleep
with pipe in their mouth, relight it Oh
wakening in tho night, and in the morn.
ing before getting out of bed. Diderot
says "a Dutchmau is living alembic."
The cigar il not the companion of indo-
lence, but the stimulant and aid to labor.
Smoke is called their second breath, and
the cigar the sixth fiuger Of the hand.
A Frenchman tells tho story of rich
gentleman Of Rotterdam, Van Klaes,
surnamed Father Greatpipe, being old,
fat, and great smoker As a merchant
In India he had amassed fortune. On
his return he built palace near Rotter.
dam, in which he arranged, as in mu.
scum, all the models of pipes from all
countries and Of every time. This was
open to strangers to whom, after his dis
rlay of smoking erudition, he gave a
catalogue of the museum, bound in vel.
vet, with pockets of cigars and tobacco.
Mynheer Van KIaes smoked $50 grammes
of tobacco per day, and died at 9S; from
18 years of age lie smoked 1888 kiIo-
grammes-making an uninterrupted
black line of tobacco of twenty French
leagues in length. When but a few days
left to complete his 9Sth year, he sud-
denly felt his end approaching, and sent
for his notary, smoker of great merit,
and said: "My good notary, fill my
pipe and your own ; I am about to die."
When both pipes were lighted Van
Klaes dictated his will, celebrated over
Holland.
After the disposal of the bulk Of his
property to relatives, friends and hospi-
tails, ne dictated the following articles:
"I desire that all smokers in the
country shall be invited to my funeral
by oil possible means, newspapers, pri.
vate letters, circulars and ADVERTISE
ments. Every smoker who shall accept
the invitation shall receive gift Of ten
pounds OF tobacco and two pipes, upon
which shall be engraved my name, my
arms, and the date of my death. The
poor of the district who shall follow my
body to the grave shall receive, each
man, every year on the anniversary OF
my death, large parcel of tobacco. To
oil those who shall be present ut the
funeral ceremonies, I make the con-
dition, if they wish to benefit by my
will, that they shall smoke uninterrupted
during the ceremony. My body shall be
inclosed in o case lined inside with tho
wood OF my old Havana cigar boxes. At
the bottom of the case shall be deposited
box OF French tobacco so-called capo-
raj, and parcel OF our own Dutch to-
bacco. At my side shall be laid my
favorite pipe and box OF matches, be-
cause no one knows what may happen.
When the coffin is deposited in the vault,
every person present shall pass by and
cast upon it the ashes OF his pipe"
The will WAS carried out. The funeral
was splendid and veiled in thick cloud
of smoke. The poor blessed the memory
Of the deceased, and the country still
rings with his fame.
, 1883-05-03
FIRE HORSE MILK pEDDLER,


The runaway on Chestnut street Sun
day morning was a queer affair, and
wasn't runaway either. 1t will be re-
membered that o number Of old horses
that had been used by the fire depart
ment were sold at auction last week.
One of them, a sleepy old fellow, was
sold and traded around until he got into
the hands OF man who peddled milk.
The old horse thought he had struck
something that just suited him in his old
age, and he trotted along with the milk
wagon as handily as possible, and the
German peddler, who did not know any /.
thing of the former employment Of the
fire horse, smoked his pipe in peace, and
emptied his milk in pitchers as though
there was no care on his mind. Sunday
morning the German was delivering
some alleged milk into girls tin recep-
tacle ON Chestnut street, when the fire
bell struck 317. The old horse simply
raised his fore feet in the Dir and made
one jump before the old man could pull
up on The reins, when the beast was
stopped. We presume there never was
q more astonished German in the world
than this one. The milk man
was covered with spilled milk,
and looking over his shoulder at
his customer he found that he had emp
tied quart of milk on her neck, and it
was seeking its level, while she was look
ing at broken pitcher on the sidewalk
and swearing at the milk man in English
that was nearly as badly broken as the
pitcher. By the time the peddler got
the horse quieted the fire engine and
hook and ladder truck and hose cart
came across the bridge. the alarms ring
ing, and the crowd yelling, and then it
was that the old hose horse hitched to
the milk wagon began to smell woolen
burning. He started up Chestnut street
on run, the milk wagon rattling, and
the German trying to hold the horse
with one hand while lie kept six milk
cans right side up with the other hand
and both legs. Going over the first
crossing milk can jumped into the air
and came down bottom side up into the
Germans lap, and he fairly floated in
milk, while he yelled Whoa 40 for
dana shimmeI," or something of that
nature. The milk wagon kept ahead OF
the engine, and at every stroke of the
bell the old horse gave an extra Jump,
until he arrived at the store from which
the smoke proceeded, when he turned
the milk wagon up to hydrant on the
corner and stopped so quick that the
driver went over the dashboard with q
milk can pounding him in the ear. The
rest of the fire apparatus stopped at
convenient points, and the old horse
looked over his shoulder as much as to
say to the other fire horses, "You
thought old Tom was played out, but I
notice his flag is still there, and he can
teach some of you green colts thing or
two about fire department. The old
German got out and wiped the milk
out of his neck, set the cans right side
up, kicked the horse in the stomach,
and as saloon keeper looked at the
hydrant and asked the old man if he was
going to water his milk, the peddler got
in his wagon, and drove off 10 find the
girl with milk in her hair and said /:
"Well, / tink dot old horse vos crank.
He yoost act crazy ven q red-headed
girl coomes ont NIT pitcher for milk.
-Pecks Sun.
, 1883-05-03

SAID the Texas man TO his Northern
guest: "There isn't much fun going on
his week; now, il you'd come a week
,go, could have taken you to three
ynchings and dance, but just now
,hcre isn't much sport on hand. How
ever il yon like, we'll go down to the
saloon aud start a fight I've no doubt
he boys would go in to make il pleaAan,
or a stranger" Texans are hospitahle
nuh
, 1883-05-03
Territorial Officers,

Governor WIN. A. Newell, Olympia
Secremry, n. IL. owings,
Treasurer, Y. I. Ford
Auditor, II. NJ Reed,
r. s. pros. Attorney, j. b. Alon, Walla Walla.
u. :. Asst. G. II. llanford, Seattle
Chief Justice, r. S. Greene, Semitic.
Asso " =. g. Wingard, Walla Walla.
" Jno. p, iioyt, olympia
Pros. Atty, I'd Dlst.C. NJ, BradshswiPt Townsend
Jefferson County:
Auditor, James Seayey, Port Townsend.
Treasurer Frank A. Bartlett, Port Townsend
Probate Judge, J.J Van Bokkclcn Pt. .Townsend'
Sheriff, j. +. Sheehan, Port Townsend
Coroner. b. y IloXsic,
School Supt., +. A. Collins Port Discovery.
County Commissioners, K. u, Attridge, Port lud-
low; jas. A, Smith Port Discovery a. A. Plum
mer. Port Townsend.
, 1883-05-03

DIR. OLIVER WENDELL Holmes Is said
to have received $S line from the Bos-
ION Globe for his poem ON Garfeldi
Iaakh.
, 1883-05-03

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locality. Sample copies sent free on application
ALLEN WEIR,
Editor and PrODriet0r.
, 1883-05-03
THE SHARES ALPHABEE.

NJ. is mining -pa-ny--
It has cer-tif.i.cGtes
And shares and directors.
Where is the minep
/ do not know.
Has it treas u.ry9
Oh, yes There is q treas-u.ryl
NJ. is the mine.
NJ. I. is the mine treasury. y.-Qgi,.
, 1883-05-03
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, 1883-05-03

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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1883-07-14
Legal Point. ON the Lien Law.

Judge Rives, in the foreclosure OF
the liens against the Albion Mining
Company, made the following rul-
ings, which cannot but prove ofinter-
est 10 our people at this time:
Firstly commencing suit and is
suing attachment before fling lien the
right to claim a lien is deemed to be
waived, and Il lien filed after the is
suing OF an attachment is void.
Seeond-Laborcrs who work in or
about a furnace, in running or oper-
ating it, do not acquire, under the
statute, a lien on the furnace for their
wages.
Third-Those who perform labor
for, or furnish material to, the owner
of property, upon a contract made oil
rectly with him. are not ''original
contractors" In the sense in which
that term is used i'm the Lien law, and
must file their liens within thirty
days from the time OF performing the
last OF the services or furnishing the
last OF the materials, or the compile
ton of the building or other improve
ments.
If the above decision Is good law,
which we hope it is not, all the men
men who worked in the Star mill,
cannot recover a dollar on their liens.
Neither can those who furnished ma
terial for the mill and mine, unless
they filed their liens within thirty
days of the time OF furnishing the
last OF such supplies.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1883-07-14
THE o,NEILs, DEFENDER.

Peter Mccullough still Harping on
IA Subject that Is now only fit for
Judicial Investigation.
Peter Mccullough, of Taylor, some-
time since had a lengthy communica-
ton in the Sentinel on the O'Neil
tragedy, and now he comes out in the
Virginia Chronicle with a rehash Of
the anne story. To the first of these
communications we took no notice,
nor would we now did not Mr.. Nc
Cullough attempt to place US in a
false light. Here is an extract from
his letter:
Now. Mr., Editor. since writing the above l
have seen another article lin the hite Pine
News which gives some OF the fuets, but. Is
careful 10 withhold certain things in regard to
deeoying officers, etc. The editor also says he
thinks the Grand Jury will do nothing in the
case. Would it not be a disgrace TO White
Pine county if each and every man who had
n finger in this disgraeeful murder we're not
hunted up and punished as he deserves? All
good citizens here believe so. O'Neil had
lawsuits with his neighbors. | will admit,
but | would ask Mr.. Davis. editor OF the
W ute 4 Tic = eHEf II lub AAtlia nti1 CfNi
convicted of a crime in this county or in any
other portion Of the United states they ever
resided in.
The News has no desire to preju-
dice public opinion in this case, which
will shortly come before the courts.
one way or the other. We have not,
as Mr.. Mccullough states, been every
careful 10 Withhold certain things in
regard to deeoying officers, etc." but
have given both sides of the case an
impartial hearing. Nor have VT up
held in any way the O'Neil murder.
1t was a cowardly affair, and our files
will show that we so condemned it.
But unlike Mr.. Mccullough, we gave
the other side of the case-the causes
that led To it-and this is what seems
to hurt the Taylor correspondent. 1t
is strange that in Mr.. McCullOugh's
lengthy letter he never made a single
allusion To that other eowardly affair,
the shooting of Il. l.. Bassett from be-
hind a cliff Of rocks as he was peace
fully pursuing his daily avocation.
Peter, a story half told is not told at
all. But the newspapers are not the
place to try the case or cases likely TO
come out OF this affair. The Courts
of Justice are the medium established
for that purpose, and to them we
leave its further consideration, bellev-
ing that, when all the facts are
brought out, eyen-handed justice will
be meted to all the parties concerned.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1883-07-14
SUICIDE.
Johnny Spiker Tires Of the Ills of
Life and Blows His Brains Out.

Johnny spiker Tires Of The Ills of
Life and Blows His Brains Out.
Our Hamilton correspondent writes
that on Sunday morning last Jonnny
Spiker committed suicide at his cabin
on the west side Of White Pine Noun
tain, by shooting himself through the
head with a pistol. He had been
drinking hard since the Fourth, and
it is supposed his reason, which was
always weak, gave way and led to the
fatal deed. John Spiker was an old
Time prospector, quiet and in~otfensive
when sober, but very cranky when in
liquor. He had recently developed a
pretty good mine (the Queen OF the
Monntain) for which he was offered
80, 900. Poor Johnny, he had wealth
cred some hard times during the past
seven years, and now that fortune
seemed TO smile on his labors, he
throws up the sponge and rushes
readlong into the Great Unknown.
May The powers that govern there
deal kindly with poor Johnny Spiker.
AAI Ut IAt& oAiAbNhA al lli3iit
OF which the following is a literal
translation:
FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCEs: You
will please to forgive me for what
| have done wrong against you. L
shoot myself in Gods name. l am
siek-cannol live. What l am worth
divide up among them what / owe.
Bury me in Gods name where it
pleases You.
Sunday morning, July sth, 1888.
JOHN CARL SPIKER.
A coroner's inquest was held on
the body Monday, and the jury rem
dered the following verdict:
We, the undersigned, jurors in the
above case, having heard the testi-
inonv and heard read the letter left
by deceased, do hereby find, that the
deceased, John Carl Spiker, came TO
his death on the Sth day of July, a.
ID. 1853, by means of a pistol shot
fired by his own hand while suffering
under temporary alteration OF the
mind. Signed, b. Gregory, Fore
man. Nelson Bush, Herman Hoppe,
William Halse, j. w. Lockwood, j.
b. Mathewson.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1883-07-14

A correspondent writes to the
Haley News-Miner the following,
which goes TO show that Salt Lake is
by far the best market for ores west
of the Rocky mountains. He says:
Mr.. Moses Hirschman, long Super
indent of the great Flagstaff mines
near Salt Lake City, and o owner
of some valuable mines nea the same
city, furnishes the following facts:
"He has sold ore that runs but six
ounces of silver per tor and 55 per
cent. lead to Scott and Anderson,
Salt Lake City, for n dollar per
ounce for the silver and 90 cents per
unit for each per cent. of lead over %
per cent, that is, 55 less %, equals 80
per cent, at so cents per unit Is SIG so
for the lead; add six dollars for the
silver and we have twenty-five dollars
and a half net for that quality of ore
delivered at the smelter.o
II the same quality of ore was smelt-
ed at Green's smelter at Ketchum the
owner of the ore could be brought
in debt to that esta blishment ten dol
lars per ton. Difference between the
Salt Lake City market and the home
market-S32 so! But that is not all;
these Salt Lake City prices were paid
before the Denver & Rio Grande Rail-
road vas in operation there. Since
that road has furnished coke from Its
own works and takes the bullion out,
the Salt Lake City smelter takes but
l6 instead of % per cent. out of the
lead for smelling; thus adding the
value of 100 pounds lead to the ore
seller-say four dollars. This brings
the present difference between the
Ketchum toll for smelling and the
Salt Lake City price to lhirty-six dol
lars and a half!
Cut off from this cheap market as
we are by the refusal of the L. =. TO
make living rates on u ores To Salt
Lake, and swamped out of a part of
the value OF our ores by the rates thus
forced upon rs. is it not high time the
mine of this part Of the coun-
try were moving to get other smelters
started, say at or near Bullion or
HALEY? AS things are run now it
would be a blessing to the Wood
River country If the railroad were
| out of existence, and the Ketchum
smelters were to ''go up for then we
might hope for a speedy building of
competitive smelters. the revival of
bull-team transportation to Salt Lake
City Cheaper than L. p. rates) and
an early completion of the Denver &
Rio Grande Railway to this point.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1883-07-14
Installation of Officers.

AT the regular meeting of Cherry
Creek Lodge No. 30, I. o. o. F., held
at their hall on the evening of the 9TH
instant, the following officers were
installed by ID. ID. q. NJ, Geo. f.
Stockle, to serve for the ensuing term;
James Stuart, N. G.
Geo. IL. Taylor, V. G.
l.. O. Benedict. Rec. Secretary.
II. II. Frank, Treasurer.
II. Campano, Per. Secretary.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1883-07-14
nenth Of walter Elliott.

Walter Elliott, who died at the
County Hospital on the 4th, was well
and favorably known in this section
of the county. He had been in the
sheep business with the late Charles
Karbstein for five or six years, but
ON the death of the latter, through
some mode not yet plain to us, he
was cheated out of all his interest by
the creditors Of the estate. This at
least Mr.. Elliott told us about a year
ago. lie had no relatives in this
country, but has a brother living at
Day Mills, Algoma, Canada.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1883-07-14
Death OF barney Reavy.

A letter was received here Tuesday
last by Lewis Baker announcing the
death of Barney Reavy at Frisco,
Utah. a few days before, caused by a
fall down a shaft. His right leg was
broken and it became necessary to
amputate it between the knee and hip.
lie survived the operation four hours.
Many will regret to hear of Barney's
untimely death. lie left Ward about
two months ago.-[Retlex.
Barney was also well known in
Cherry Creek, and his old friends re-
greet his nntimely death.