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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-01-30
Political Points.

A correspondent of the StiUer State
says:
AS Judge Hawley, who will have
served twelve years on the Supreme
bench at the expiration of his present
term will doubtless be candidate for
reelection, halls from the great East,
us does also Senator Foley, of Eureka,
who is supposed to have laundering
for the seat now filled by Congressman
Cassidy it is probable that the patriotic
Carsonites will have to be content
with such positions as delegates to
the National Convention and Presi-
Dental electors, as it is extremely
doubtful about their wrestling the
nomination for Judge of the Supreme
Court and Congressman from Hawley
and Foley. 1t is possible, however,
if ex-Congressman Wren of Eureka is
a candidate for United States Senator,
that the Congressional nomination
may be given to Carson or Western
Nevada, as Foley is hold-over Sena.
tor, and his vote might be necessary
IN the Legislature to help his friend
Wren.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-01-30
What Makes Corn Pop.

Chemists who have examined Indian
corn find that it contains all tina way
from six to eleven parts of hundred
(by weight of fat. BY proper means
this fat can be separated from the
grain, and it is then thick, pale oil.
When oils are heated sufficiently in
CLOSED vessels, so that the air cannot
get to them, they are turned into gas,
which occupies many times the bulk
that The oil did, When popcorn is
gradually heated and SO hot that the
oil inside the kernels turns to gas, this
gas cannot escape through the hull of
The kernels, but when the interior
pressure gels strong enough it bursts
the grain, and the explosion is so
violent that it skaters it in the most
curious manner. The starch in the
gram becomes cooked, and takes up a
great deal more space than it did
before.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-01-30
SOMETHING OF NEWSPAPER MEN
AND NESWPAPER WORK
IN NEVADA.

There are twenty.eight newspapers
in Nevada, quite number when the
small population of the State is con.
sidered. The men employed on these
papers, says the Eureka Sentinel, are
generally faithful workers, and when
the difficulties of their situation, the
sinailness of the field in which they
are occupied, the scant profits of their
labor and other dampening circumstan-
ces are taken into account, it is
remarkable that they preserve their
spirits and accomplish such creditable
results. Almost any newspaper pub
llshed in Nevada will be found on in
spection to be superior to almost any
Journal published in the older commu-
mites of the East that does not surpass
II in population. From an intimate
familiary with the talents of the jour-
nalists of Nevada, obtained by criti
cal reading of their productions for a
number Of years, We are convinced
that many of them would succeed in a
much larger field for newspaper litera
ture, and perhaps, loo, be more appre-
ciated. There are men to-day wearing
themselves out in little dead towns of
Nevada on newspapers that barely
furnish them bread and meat, who
could fill very creditably some of the
departments on, at least, the average
metropolitan journal. 1t is not to be
inferred always because a man is
found bent over an editorial table in a
little mining camp that his abilities
are Sc slight that they would be a
failure if his work were to be daily
subjected to the criticism of many
thousands, instead Of possibly less than
the half of II thousand.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-01-30
THE OLD STORY.

Every year, regular as the tick of a
rendelum, comes the complaint that
the storms are so long delayed that
California ranchers will suffer from
want of water. Although it is not yet
Is late in the season as the heavy snow
has usually come, the yearly growl has
begun, and it will be continued until
bad weather makes everybody COM
Portable. Until that time comes pre-
dictions of a failure of crops will
probably be used by grain spectators,
when, they will have sold out and be
ready to begin buying at low prices
on the strength of the immense crops
which will be raised.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-01-30
Rouge OF NOir.

Fred Douglass, the well-known COL
ored leader, was married in Washing
ton Thursday evening to Miss Helen
M. Pitts, a white woman, formerly of
Avon, New York. The wedding,
which took place at the house of DR..
Grimke, of the Presbyterian Church,
was private, only two witnesses being
present. The first wife of Douglass,
who was a colored woman, died about
year ago. The woman he married
Thursday is about thirty-five years of
age, and was employed as copyist in
his Office while he was Marshal Of the
District of Columbia Douglass him.
self is about seventy-three years of age,
and has daughters as old as his present
wife.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-01-30
Public Land Surveys.

Settlers upon public lands DESTROYS
of having the same surveyed in order
to secure title, are requested to make
immediate application to the U. S. Sur
veyor General, at Reno. The applica-
tions of bona fde settlers will be given
preference. All others who desile to
purchase large tracts of public lands
for stock-raising or agricultural pur.
poses, said lands not yet having been
surveyed, should file their applications
in the U. S. Surveyor Generals office
in order that the same can receive
attention as soon as there is an appro-
priation available.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-01-30
About Ready to Resume.

The new engine foundation at the
Mount Diablo hosting works is fin,
ished and ready for the engine, which
was sent to Carson for repairs and
arrived here by last nights train, 1t
will not be many days before the
whistle at the works will add Its
melody-and it is melody in mining
camp-to that of the Columbus Con-
solidated, and the work in the mine
be resumed.-Irue Fissure.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-01-30
How sSunset" Cox Wrote "Why We
Laugh.S

Laugh
81 will tell you my boy, but you
must not give me away, the true story
of Why We Laugh and how it came
to be written" said "Sunset" Cox,
confidingly, to jovial companion,
recently, in New York, who had been
laughing at one of the witty stories
that the New York Congressman de-
lights in telling. 81 had occasion a
few years ago TO look through some
old Congressional Globes, and l came
across many sparkling pieces of wit in
the speeches of Senators and members
of the House. In those days, when a
speech called forth applause or laugh
ter the fact was noticed in parentbeses.
The idea occurred to me that many
choice and witty sayings might be
culed out of The Globe and Records.
| had very bright and educated
colored man in my employ at the time.
and | put him to work looking through
The Congressional Globes with inst1uc-
tions to scan every page, and whenever
he found the words applause or
laughter 10 mark the page. My
order was carried out, and when my
sable brother had finished his labors l
had the material and foundation Tor
why We Laugh"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-01-30

John T. Poe, formerly County Judge
of Mono County, attempted suicide on
the 18th Mt Temescal, Alameda County,
where he is residing with friends, by
taking five grains of morphine ip some
brandy, but the brandy acted as an
antid0tc, and his life was saved.
Judge Poe is seventy.eight years old
and is penniless. Two years ago he
owned nice farm in Antelope Valley,
and was comfortably fixed, but he con
cluded TO sell out and seek a milder
climate for a home. r.. Terry bought
his farm and he started in his own
team for Sonoma County. On, the
trip over the mountains his wife, aged
about seventy-two, took u severe cold
and died. Since that time he has lost
what little he had and is now penni-
less, as stated above.-Chroaicle- Union.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-01-30
A Would.be Punster.

The craze on electric study is begin.
ming to bear fruit:
Are you the conductors" asked q
lad on an excursion train. :
81 am" replied the courteous official
"and my name is Wood"
"Oh, that can't be-" said the boy
for wood is non conductor. ~ Con,
meYcidt Bulletin. Is"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-01-30
Two Important Questions.

These questions are set adrift
through the journals: us it the duty
of u man who has married widow to
accompany her on visits TO the grave
of her first husbandg"
"Should the small boy who hangs
around the parlor and makes faces at
his sisters beau, be punished for con-
tempt of courts"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-01-30

al DON'T understand why women
dress that way" said man pointing
at a lady who passed along the street,
" don't either" replied bystander.
That woman" continued the first
speaker, is dressed ridiculously. Her
husband must be fool" "Iknow he
is" said the bystander.. do you
know bims" "Oh, yes. I'm the blamed
fool myself"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-01-30

A CITIZEN went into hardware
store the other day and inquired
How much do you ask for bath.tub
for child2" Three dollars and
seventy-tive cents" was the reply.
"W-h-e-wi" whistled the customer.
"Guess We'll have to go On washing
the baby in the coal scuttle till prices
come down."
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-01-30
REAL ESTATE, TO WIT:
NOTICE

Is hereby given that on MONDAY, the
25th Day of February, A. d. 1884,
Between the hours of 9 O'Clock A. NJ. and 5
o'clock P. NJ, viz: at II o'clock A. NJ.
OF said day, in front of the Courthouse
for sale, to the HIGHEST bidder for cash, all
The right, title anc interest OF the said Giles
& McClane in and to the said above de-
sctibed real estate,
d. J. ROBB, Sheriff.
By w. B. BRENT, Deputy Sheriff.
Dated Hawthorne, January 90, 1884.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-01-30


For the following furniture and fixtures, to witt
FOR TIE CLERKS OFFICE
One case, Is feet inches long and II feet
high, TO be OF pine lumber, planed. Stiles TO
shelves. Shelves to be of finch lum Der
dadc ID to receive partitions for pigeon holes
and nook rack. Partitions in pigeon holes
and book rack TO De of not less than \ Inch
in thickness nor more than y inch. Pigeon
holes book rack, base, colnice and shelf to
be substantially IN size, depth aae finish as
shown on plans filed in the Clerks office.
There Will be no back on the case. The front
of the pigeon holes to be covered with three
glass doors sliding on rollers on two tracks TO
pass each other, as shown on plans on file in
the Clerks Office. The sash TO be framed so
that the bars and mountings will come immc-
dately over shelves and partitions and be
provided with bolts and locks. The front Of
book rack to be covered with one|panel doors,
TO be made and hung as shown on plan No. =
on file. Partitions between books to be cut
out in front similar to design on specifics.
lions.
made In all respects, as to um Der, sash, doors,
cornfce, ETC., as the first described case, ex-
cept it will only have two sliding sashes.
Compartments TO be as shown on plans
One case, 6 feet long, II feet high, to con-
tain blanks, etc, the size and depth to be
decided by the County Clerk, and to have at
least 90 compartments, to be +aade substan-
TALLY the same as the first described case and
TO correspond in style as to cornice. base ana
shelves, except The post above shelf to be
covered with two sash doors. glazed and pro-
vided with bolt and lock, the lower doors to be
made same as lower doors in two first
described cases. All panel doors and gliding
sash TO be provided with good bolts and locks
One writing table, to be ofpine, covered with
billiard cloth, d feet long by Az feet wide and
pa feet high at lower edge, 20 inches on each
side, TO have a raise of inches from each
edge, 10 inches in center to be fat.
FOR sHERIFF's OFFICE,
Cases, ETC., for bhaks as per plans and
specifications.
FOR TREASURER'S AND RECORD
ER's OFFICES,
Vault to be furnished as per plans ana
specifications.
Counter in Treasurer's office.
Counter in Recorderss office.
One writing table, 5 feet long, by ~ feet
wide, and ~ feet high at the lower edge, to
be finished in imitation black walnut.
Two black walnut writing desks.
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEYS
Ono case of pigeon holes. with shelves. etc
One black walnut writing deck, same a. fol
Recorder and Treasurer
One writing table, feet long, plain
The Board reserves the right to reject any
and all bids.
Proposals to be scaled aud directed to the
County Clerk. and to be Distinguished from
other Communications thus- Proposals. 10,
| furnishing Offices in Courthouse
BY order OF the Board Of County Com mis-.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-01-30


Wherein there is found to be due the said
plaintiffs from the said defendants the sum of
SEVEN HUNDRED AND FlFrY-EIGHT
AND 16-i03 (Si5s 16, DOLLARS principal at
date of judgment, with interest thereon
at the rate of ten per cent per annum fiom
said date until paid, and the further sum of
FlFTY-FOUR AND 63-100 1854 65I DOL
LARS costs of this action, and The sum Of
EIGHT AND 5-10O (sS 05) DOLLARS cost
OF verifying plaintiffs liens. together with
Clerks accruing cost. taxed at FIVE and
65-1C) 1856 Soy DOLLARS, rs well as all COSTS
and expenses of sale legally to accrue; and
by said order of sale l am commanded 70
levy upon and sell and apply the proceeds Of
said sale to the satisfaction OF said judgment
and certify The remain der sill due thereon, il
such there be, 10 the Clerk of said Court;
The efole, have this 3o,h day Of January,
1884, levied upon the following described
REAL ESTATE. TO WIT:
Lot eight (S), in block three 90, of the
town of Coryvlle, in Esmeialda County,
Nevada, on which is situate the building
formerly known as "Giles h Mechanics
Saloon together with all and singular the
tenements, heredtaTents and appuitenances
thereunto belonging or in any wise apper-
tainingi and
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-01-30
NEW TODAY.
SHERIFF'S SALE.

DY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF SALE
ID issued out OF the Third Judicial Dis.
trict Court of the State Of Nevada, and to me
directed and delivered on the 22d day Of
January, A. d. 1884, upon a judgment and
decree rendered In said Court on the 2Sth day
of December, A. D. 1888, in favor of
JOHN FORBES AND W, D. TOBEY
Partneis doing business under the firm name
and style of
FORBES Il TOBEY,
80 PLAINTIFF,
AND AGAINST
l. B. GILES AND B. w. MCCLANE,
Partners doing business under the firm name
and style Of
GILES Il McCLANE,
DKFENDANTs,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-01-30

Horses Boarded by the Day, Week Oh
Month. Horses Bought and Sold.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-01-30
wHAY AND GRAIN FOR sALs,-a,

PASSENGERS AND FREIGHT CON
L veyed to Bodie, Aurora, Coryville and
all parts OF the country at any hour Of the
day or night
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-01-30
Sealed Proposals.

TN THE MATTER of ADVERTISING
L for bids for fitting and furnishing the
several Offices in The Courthouse,
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-06-12

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
wish to say that I am in full accord with
the sentiments expressed by o. L. Whitcomb
in your issue OF the 18th ult and, further, that
your editorials upon the subject of pensions,
pension laws, and justice to our long-suffering
veterans are of the highest order clear and f0rci
BILE, and fraught with common sense and justice.
| also indorse the views of r. Carpenter in be-
half OF members Of the &. A. r., under the head
ing " The Warner Bill an Insult to the Soldiers"
and, like the author of the Congressional
Wind Pudding" and yourself think if Con-
gress really wants to do justice to our veterans
it should pass the Laird bill without delay
And now want to say TO our comrades that
am a Republican, have ever heartily supported
the nominee Of my party for President, but it is
clearly our duty to ourselves to remove all
party ties, if necessary. We must support the
man for President who will speak, at least, one
little word TO Congress in favor of the claims of
our disabled, needy, and long-sufering com
rades, who gave their all that this Nation
might live. We must elect President who
will place in the Pension Department men of
generous and liberal views, who do not believe
that the rank and file of the army that saved
this great Nation are frauds, disreputable, and
entitled to no credit, and who viii not adopt the
present iron-clad rulings of the Pension Office,
which in great measure reverse all the rules
of common law, and thereby often defeat the
ends Of justice. We want there men who win
not regard itas their especial province to defeat
ali claims if possible. T. G. SWAN
LINoyIA, Tenn.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-06-12
A Soldiers Wife's Pathetic Appeal.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
Ten years ago my husband applied for pen
sion. From that date until about eight months
ago the Pension Office has been calling for
proof. He was obliged to send to Idaho for
the affidavit of his captain, to Colorado for that
of his lieutenant, to Iowa for that of his SER
geant, who was with him before and during
the war and to Illinois for several physicians
who had attended him while he lived there, to
prove his soundness at the time of enlistment
although he passed a rigid examination
when he enlisted in the army, and has proven
by four afiidavits that he was sound man at
that time. Now, after all this writing to every
point of the compass for evidence to satisfy
the Pension Office and raeked as he is by dis
ease caused by three years of exposure in the
service, he is tortured by the tardy work of
the Pension Office, and has not been able to do
any work since last November, and we suffer
with hunger, cold and sickness / am forced
to leave my little family every day in order to
earn by drudgery enough to support my family
and, even as it is am unable to keep them
from cold and hunger.
At the beginning OF the war had a pleasant
home and lived in plenty my idolized brother
enlisted and starved to death at Andersonyille;
my mother died of a broken heart: my hus-
band suffers all the time, and my children are
clothed in rags. 1t is no wonder that in the
bitterness of my woe feel inclined to cry out
" Ny God is this what was promised our noble
boys when they enlisted in the defense of their
country?n OH how much of all this suffer-
ing would be relieved were Commissioner
Dudley to do that which he would were his
own children starving. Would that he could
feel for another's woes as deeply as his own.
ADA f. ROBBINS.
AMERIcUs, LYON Co. KAN
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-06-12
At HEADQUARTERS
General Beath's Morements-The National En-.
campment-The Soldiers at BROOKLYN.

PHILADELPHIA June 10.
COMMANDMENT Chief Beath returned on Sun
day night from his trip to Springfield, Mass;
Keene, N. H., and Rutland, Vt. He speaks in
the warmest terms Of his reception by the
comrades at each of these places and of the
many encouraging signs of healthy progress
exhibited by the Departments in the East At
Springfield an open meeting was held under
the auspices of Wilcox Post, in which the
citizens took an active interest, several of them
making addresses in addition to those made by
General Beath and other members of the Or
der. The Ladies' Relief Corps thoroughly
organized association of patriotic ladies, also
did their share in preparing fine banquet for
the distinguished visitors and other guests.
1t is proposed that the representatives to the
National Encampment from the Departments
of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and
the District of Columbia shall meet in this city
on the 18th of July next, and proceed to Min
neapolis in a body, leaving here on the morning
of Friday, the 18th, by the I4ehigh Valley Rail-
road via Buffalo and Niagara Falls, spending
Sunday, the goth, in Chicago, aud arriving at
their destination on the evening of the 21st.
The idea has not yet been fully matured, and
may be materially changed during the next
two or three weeks.
Post No. 2, of this city, viii visit New York
and Brooklyn on Wednesday and Thursday to
take part in the meeting of the Society of the
Army of the Potomac. The comrades will
leave Broad street station at 7:30 a. m. to-mor-
row, arriving in New York at $50, in ample
time TO permit those who so desire to attend
the business meetings of the society and the
various corps societies. The Post will be re-
ceived by Dahlgren Post, No. 13 and in the
afternoon will take part in the parade in
Brooklyn. On the 18th the Post will have an
excursion to Coney Island and banquet at the
Hotel Brighton, returning home III the even
ing, arriving not later than Ii o'clock. About
260 comrades including the famous Post
Guard, viii participate in the trip, accompanied
by full band.
The Association of the 118th Regiment Penn
sylyania Volunteers is having monument
prepared for erection on Round Top on Gettys-
burg battlefield in a short time. 1t will cost
$500, and will be somewhat similar to that
erected by the I'D regiment last summer.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-06-12
How the Music Vas Cut Short at Fredericksburg.
To the Editor NATToyA1. TFYRrryE.

How the Music Vas Cut Short at Fredericksburg.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
Let me say word about that music at the
crossing of the Rappahannoek, alluded to by
General Howard in his article on Frederieks-
burg. After my brigade list brigade, I'd diyis-
ion 9th corps had crossed the river it lay in
line on the first street parallel with the river
the right of my regiment (the 9th New Hanp-
shire) being opposite the end of the bridge,
above the railroad bridge. While we were lying
there the 18th New Hampshire Ia new regi-
ment) came marching across the plain west of
the Lacy house with their band at the head
of the column. When they came to the descent
leading down 10 the pontoons instead of taking
advantage of a ravine, which would have COW
cred them, they started down the open slope in
plain view of the Johnnies' batteries When
the band came to the crest OF the descent they
could lock across the river and see the thou
sands of troops that had preceded them, and
they struck up Bully for You, Bully for
You" At this, old General Sam Stnrgis, COM
handing the division, who was sitting on a
doorstep in front of my regiment, said: " Who
in - commands that brigade? He'll get the
eternal stuffing knocked out OF him in two
minutes" He had hardly got the words out
when "quit, quit" came a couple of shells over
our heads. and l tell you what, Mr.. Editor,
they cut that Bully for You mighty short.
WM II. HARTwELL,
Sergeant, Co. /, 9Th II. FL. Vols.
KIRKWooD Ill
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-06-12
LIE Roy, KAN. Battery 1T. list Ohio ART
Win Some of the Kanawha's Crew answers


According to a communication that have
received from the q Office of National Gene
teries at Washington, the old soldiers of Gen
eral Buffers army who were buried ON Ship
Island, Miss. (some 253 in number) were re-
moved to the Chalmette National cemetery in
December, 1867. / trust you will give fresh
publicity to this fact, for it will be a consola-
ton to their dear ones, and l am very anxious
myself to find the spot where Charles r. Bar
stow was buried on the island. His name does
not appear on the list of those who were re-
moved to the cemetery, and Quartermaster
Reynolds. q. S. A., has spent over $50 in
hunting for his grave. He has now found a
grave at the place which l described to him as
the one where Barstow was buried, but it is
necessary that | should have the statement of
some member of the Kanawha's crew TO
corroborate mine as to place of burial in order
to secure the removal of the remains to the
family lot at Oswego. IF James Roberts or
Vim. Andrews or any of the Kanawha's crew
can furnish the desired information, they viii
be doing the family of the deceased great
kindness. JAMES j.. FERRIS.
81 Lewis St. BRIDGEPORT, Conn.