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SCARCITY OF LABOR.

Complaints are not unfrequeut smobe
farmers this season about the scarcity o.
farm labor In fac. some 20 SO iar a
to say that it cannot be obtained at any
price, and othcrs, that when il Gao be
gotten it Is Of such a worthless chsrae-
ter that the outlay in employing ~
greater than the profit derived there
fro u. From this state Of uffairs, i u
continues, and we believe it will, farm
ers will be compelled to do more Of he
own work or adopt some feasible plan
by which white labor eau be INTRODUCED
ia the county.
To DO all Of their own work aal %
fsrm successfully it is absolutely nece'-
sary that their furms should be MADE
smaller than they are now, and ''
tobacco grown.
Many farmers are deeply wedsd v
the notion that there is no profit 10 anl
other crop, but in this they are va'ii'
mistaken. At one time there was profit
in growing this product. When less Of It
was cultivated and the texture Of .
higher grade, good prices and readi
market could be readily obtained, but
now its cultivation is over done. The
great aim of the farmers seen to
be to grow as large crop as possible
without regard to quality, and the con-
sequence is. tie value placed upon
Maryland Tobacco in the foreign market
has 80 deteriOratcd that it can scarcely be
disposed ofat any price. 1t has there.
fore become imperative with the farmer:
in view of the present scarcity Of labor to
grow less Tobacco or to introduce white
labor into the county. Ii our farms are
made smaller, and the cultivation Of thr
improbable crop abandoned, the farmer,
will be able in great measure to d,
their own work, aud the proceeds o.
their crops when sold will be almos
entirely clear profit.
If this is not done and recourse is bad
TO the other alternative the question
will necessarily be asked what plan cal
be adopted BY which white labor cal
be secured? The several attempts tia
have already been made to bring emf
grafton here has failed, and can we hop
for a better success in another under
taking Of the kind =? Undoubtedly v
can. The emigration society made it
blunder in attempting to invite foreig
capital to the county, and not peasaU
labor Capital necessarily follows Labor
We want hard horney han'el workme
who are willing to be employed on OF
farms, and possessed of sufficient amb
ti.n to save up their earnings to be il
vested in our lands. To induce sue
people to come and locate among us
an undertaking, but we believe it can /
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-07-11

The Illinois Watch Company, Of
Springfield. closed down Saturday. aud
1000 employers are out Of employ ment.
The suspension is until the first Of
September.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-07-11

During the. lyt thr"e years the ex-
porte OF silk from japan to England in
creased only about 90 per cent, while
the exports for the United States increa-
sed $50. AMI those for France and italy
$50 per cent
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The striped convict suits have been
discarded in the Ohio Perii;eptiary. and
nrisoners have been furnished with
clothing ,he same az worm by honest
people.
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TERMS OF SALE:
SCHOOL NOTICE.
TIME Board Of School Commissioners will
1 meet at their office in Port Tobacco,
On TUESDAY, July 18th. 1854.

for the purpose Of receiving Teachers Reports.
Teachers of white schools will be paiI on
Thursday, July 18th.
Teachers Association (White, on Monday,
July l4th.
No reports received unless made out on
blanks prepared for the purpose, issued by
the State Board. Every Report must be
sworn, or certified to, before Justice IF the
Peace, or a Commissioner.
Teachers can be supplied with Blank Term
Reports by calling on, or sending to Wash
ington Burch, who can always be founl to
attend the Office.
By order Of the Board
A. ". NEALE, Secretary.
je 27-St
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-07-11

For quality, beauty, novelty a.,
varied ', styles this stock of suits for M auo
Boys and Children cannot be sur NJ .lsn
anywhere. Low prices in everv s p.sseo
meut. We advise every residen, par Z
ACNE HALL. 209 West BaI,;mo..s % pay
Baltimore, a visit. ''Fee'
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-07-11

Sul6n aflSllYssseiiles than officially re-
ported. the inhabitants Of those cities are
scarcely justified in running away like a
lot of frightened sheep tits probable,
however, that the official reports are
fAlsi6ed and that the malady is more
severe than represented. 1t i, said that
Marseillcs is afflicted with ,n invasion
Of mosquitoes Clouds of these pests
make existence intolcrahle there. The
Marscillaise are sensible in fleeing
from the mosquitoes if not from the
cholera.
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THE BEST
thin o

The largest and finest stock ever shown
at prices which cannot be euualed else.
where.
Our entirely neT stock is 50 desirable
that every man aud boy should have !
suit. and to appear handsomely dressed
you must wear our clothes.
Should your circumstances be sn.b
that only a small amount can be inves,.
ed in clothing. then our house !, Tho
one to patFonze for the reason that vo,,
get just what you pay economical
administration ofall its affairs makes ORR
establishment the popular one n Inv
from, Every garment in our bousa an
tirely new, handsome and seryiceahla
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10 Bales Yard Wide Brown Cotton
10 Cases Bes, Nerrimo.t CIT 81 cents.
50 rieces so inch room r.s,,. 4! cents
$50 Pieces Mems and BOYS Cloth. ~ cents
20 Roi;s Yard Via. % cents.
100 Pieces British Dress Goods, 81 cents.
r. piece. Fira 81, w.,n lG cents.
40 p;eces hI,,L Gao 10 cents.
rs Pieces Colored Dress Silks, 90 cents
English Hose, 10 'e"'s'
Ginghams, - CENTS
shawls' White ORES. Goods, etc. GEMS
Special 1000 Mems Nerino Woo. Shirt, 81
cents, former price 81.
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Michigan apparently is not much pa
troniIed by the eircus A horse !" that
State died Of ffigh, The other daY on
seeing an elephant
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-07-11

Reports from + rd.aux state that ;hc
wine crop Of 1881 will be abundant and
ofeEoeilent quality
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increasing the number until finally our
county will become amply populated.
One horn or the other Of the dilemma
must sooner or later be adopted, or else
farming in this county will become an
Improbable persuit
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-07-11

Postmaster-G General Fawcett has open
ell the sale Of small annuities through
the post-office. As a large part Of the
EncIish dehf. in Which tic funds Of pos
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-07-11

Silks of every make and of every shade
Dress Goods, White Goods, Wraps, Dress
Trimmings veIvets, Tea Curtains, taces,
Gloves, Parasols, &c Special attention di-
rected to our Jersey Department. Children's
Jersey, all colors 1919 Ladies' fine tailor
made Jersey, G5. Peated back Jersey,
with Collar Cuffs and Pockets, only Co.,
Beaded Jerseys. Braided Jerseys &c. 26 inch
silk U Umbrella, l 65 Ladie Satin Coaching
Parasols, 25. Our stock is so variable and
large as TO beggar description. Your patronage
is solicited NATHAN GUTMAN,
66 Lexington St, near Charles St,
may 2-lm Baltimore, Nd.
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FRIDAY. J"IO nm. ..........ISS4

The damage to the crops in South
Carolina by the recent storms is s'timai
ed at $40. 900.
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Destruction of Forest, and the Con,

loud9st atter the damage uOne ny sun
den foods, or during long periods of
drought, when the streams and springs
have dried up; and recent drought in
Australia has emphasized the dcnuncl-
alton Of the reckless decreasing there.
The chief agricultural industry ofail the
Australian colonies is sheep husbandry.
and during the recent drought there was
loss of at least eight million sheep
Large rivers approaching the coast were
reduced to chain of stagnant pools I'M
fit for use either by man or beast; while
further inland both rivers and tributa-
ries great and small, disappeared entire
IT, and water coud be obtained only
BY digging deep wells. Owing to the
cutting down of timber and the hne
natural drainage there, the water, after
each rainfall, rapidly finds its way to
the rivers and ocean, so that the streams
and springs soon become dry. In view
ef the rapid decreasing of this country
and the great yearly increase of artl-
fetal drainage, is not there danger that
We may, ere long, experience such
droughts as those that frequently cause
world of loss and suffering to ous
antipodes?
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thursday July l7th.
1884, all that tract or parcel Of land situated
in Charles county, Maryland, containing
200 acres: more or less.

belonging TO the estate of William V. Elicit,
deceased. being the same and all the Land de-
scrlhed in two deeds, one from Edmond
Plowdcn and wife to William NJ Elliott and
James T. Sullivan dated on the 9Th day OF
january, 1857, and recorded among the land
records of Charles county in Liber J s No. ,.
folio l26 and 1871, the Others from Richard W.
Bryan, trustee, and others to William NJ.
Elliott dated on the goth day OF August, 1874
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-03-30
SPORTING VOTES.

A famous Indian runner will join in the
coming Rowell Fitzgerald six-day race.
Milton Young will return to the turf
this season with a string Of 16 racers.
Brown Dick is training the horses in
Louisville.
The English racing season opened on
Monday at Lincoln. The event of the
meeting was to be the Lincolnshire Handi-
cap, to be run on Wednesday.
There Is q strange pool player in New
Orleans, known only as Rogers, the
champion Of Malone" he pockets the
balls with astonishing accuracy.
The first foal by Hindoo is a FLY. THE
a~ristocratic stranger was welcomed al
Runnymede Farm, Ky, March 5. 1t is q
bay with a large star, dam Mamie Nc.
Dowell, by bennington.
When Hanlan stepped ashore at Homo
lulu, on his way to Australia, he was soon
surrounded by an admiring throng. He
gave an exhibition of rowing which pleased
the natives, and drew a purse of 5000, $50
OF which came from Kalaksue.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-03-30
Mexican Mining society.

The Mexican Mining Society, an organi-
ntion aiming to systematic the mining
interests Of that country, includes among
ia members many noted Mexican names.
There are in all 1913 members who take an
mtive interest in promoting the ends for
which the society was organized. Its or
g~anizstion is already thorough, and
through Its many members all over the
republic Q complete and invaluable collec-
ton Of minerals and data is being made.
Gen. Carlos Pacheco is the President Of
tha society. The other officers are Vice
President, joaquin Obregon Gonzalez;
Treasurer, Pablo Lascurain; Secretary,
Manuel Contreras; Directors, Antonio
Merry Cells, Sebastian Camacho, Miguel
Rul and Trinidad Garcia. This society
has initiated surveys Of Guanajuato, Zaca-
iecas and Catorce three great mineral
regions.-New York Mining Record.
The Importance of this organization will
be not less in exhibiting the mineral re-
sources Of Mexico than in securing a defin-
iton Of the rights in Mexico OF foreigners
who go there to mine. Let these rights be
clearly defined and thoroughly established,
and many citizens of the United States,
Who already know how rich the mines Of
ke1ico are, will migrate thither without
delay.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-03-30

Latest from Ceur d'Alene-Guus In
en watch Their Claims.

Latest from Occur d'AIene-Guus I'm
Hand-nen watch Their Claims.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
ST. PAUL, March 20. State Senator
Griggs, who has just returned from the
Ceur d'Alene region, says: The yield Of
gold the coming season will be an extraor-
binary one. A miner q few weeks ago, too
poor to buy his wi outfit, has taken u
$4,000 from q place six feet deep. Another
has sold a quarter Of his claim of five
acres for $4,000 cash. A miner at Rath-
drum sent 81, 200 gold to the United States
Mint. he showed me three nuggets worth
$l67. The merchants at Spokane Falls
have taken $40, 900 from the mines in
exchange for supplies. Few of the
plscers are working. Most Of them have
from two to twenty feet of snow. The
snow is melting rapidly. The miners who
are working take out $40 q day per man.
The men who jumped the Widows claim
last Fall, while testing the matter in
court, have taken out S18, 1000. There are
5000 men in the mines. Their claims
cannot be bought. Many sit, gun in hand,
watching their claims. People are flock
ing into the mining region at the rate Of
100 per day. At Thompson's Falls over
100 buildings have been erected in the last
two weeks. I anticipate an influx Of
from $4,000 to 100, 900 people.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-03-30
rLUE Dusr.
Scraps from the Notebook Of the
Seutfnel's Reporter.

Scraps from fbe Notebook Of the
sentfnel's Reporter.
The indications were strong yesterday
for q spell OF good weather.
Lord Overstone died worth $50, 600, 900.
He would walk a mile to save a penny.
Roscoe Oonkling's annual earnings are
put at 500, 600 by those who know what
his fees have been this year.
Riegelhuth's Bon-bon party at the Opera
House Tuesday night will be a delightful
Entertainments. Don't forget it.
The building season opens lively in Salt
Lake and will, says the Tribune, probably
be livelier than that of last year.
Considerable preparation is on foot to
insure fine music on the occasion OF Easter
in the Catholic and Episcopal Churches.
Franklin & Co.. are just in receipt Of an
extensive assortment Of Spring goods for
the ladies. Drop in and see the new styles.
1t is said that 40, 600, 900 pounds of bogus
butter is made in New York State each year.
Hav'nt had a taste of it in Eureka yet
that We know Of.
Reno Gazette: P. FL. Mulcahy is making
some of the very finest toilet soap ever
seen in the market. He is building up q
large and profitable business.
Our musical amateurs are occasionally
rehearsing the cantata of Esther" in
part, but, we believe, without any definite
plan as to its production in public.
Gen. Sickels cannot wear a false leg, and
walks on crutches. Not long ago he passed
in the New York Opera House young Bar
ton Key, son Of the man he killed at Wash
ington.
1t is reported that Q man in Pittsburg
has discovered the lost art of making black
glass, or obsidian. The natural article is
much used in the manufacture Of optical
instruments.
Salt Lake Tribune: A party OF Is,
living OF Phoebe, New, will stage it over to
Frisco, q. T., about 60 miles, and then
take the Utah Contra! to this city to attend
the Patti concert.
Our retail dealers will do we'll to inter-
view George B. Hill, agent. In addition
to other goods, he can furnish them with
the best cigars, imported and domestic,
at the most reasonable figures. We speak
advisedly, having made the test.
All members Of the Knights OF Pythias
who have signed the charter list for the
uniform rank division are notified to meet
at the Odd Fellows Hail this Sunday
afternoon at 2 o'clock, for tbs purpose Of
electing officers and making other neces-
sary arrangements.
F~orepaugh, the circus man, has already
landed q white elephant in New York. The
country will be overrun with them in a
few days. Barnum's "Light Of Asia" is
the next arrival looked for.
George Sand says the highest enjoyment
is Ito throw oneself unreservedly into the
lap OF nature" True, true. And some
times other laps will do, il Natures is not
ava~ilable-several other laps-the lap of
Spring, for instance.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-03-30

Resolved, That the Secretary of this Com
mtttee request the County Central COMMITTEES
of the several counties of this State to cause
primary elections to be held tor the election
of Delegates to the State Convention according
to the apportionmentmade by this Committed
on the Slst day Of May, 1884.
Resolved. That the Secretary of this Com
mittee be directed to publish the call for the
State Convention in all Democratic journals Of
the State, together with the request to the
County Central Committees to hold primary
elections for the election Of Delegates to the
State Convention with the test presented by
the Committee.
Resolved, That the test required OF q voter
at the primaries is that he Is or Will be a quail
hed voter at the general election to be held on
the 4th day of November, 1884, and that he will
vote for the nominees of the Convention to be
held under this call.
MATT CANAVAN,
Chairman Democratic State Central Committee
of Nevada.
W. J. WEsTEREIELD, Secretary. mhS0-td
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-03-30
OLDEST NEVADA PIONEER.
The Founder of Ragt0wn Passes in
His Checks.

The Founder of Ragtown Passes in
His Checks.
Asa Kenyon Of Ragtown, in Churchill
county, known to everybody in Nevada
personally or by reputation, died at his
home Monday night, of apoplexy. Mr..
Kenyon established a trading post at Rag
town in 1852. where, says the Reno Jour
nal, he resided continuously until his
death. His tent was pitched ON the
bank of the Carson river, at the junction
of the old emigrant road across
the 4e-mile desert. At his place
the enigrants first found water af-
ter the long and tedious march
across that desert. There being plenty of
grass along the river there were usually
three or four hundred emigrant tents and
covered wagons at Kenyon's place during
every Summer and Fall, and it was this
ragged-looking congregation that gave rise
to the name of Ragtown. Kenyon made a
vast deal of money trading with the emil
grants, picking up abandoned stock, and
often purchasing horses, wagons and other
valuable property which the emigrants
were unable to travel with, for a song.
Had he been a worshiper Of money he
might have died a millionaire, but
being a noble, kind-hearted frontiers
man, his home and his purse were ever
open to friends or foes in distress. In
later years he is said to have lost a great
deal of money in speculations, yet he leaves
his wife and three or four children in COM
Portable circumstances
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-03-30
Patti I'm salt Lake.

Patti will have an immense audience in
Salt Lake City Tuesday evening. When
the box office was opened last Wednesday
1000 tickets were sold at 81 80 and 50 be-
fore the crowd had been perceptibly
thinped out. The Tribune says there is no
end to letters and kilograms from Nevada,
Idaho, Wyoming and Colorado calling for
tickets. Colonel Mills Of Eureka tele-
graphed over for a ticket yesterday and
will leave here for Salt Lake Monday
morning; just to hear the singing and
come right back. The concert will be in
the Mormon Tabernacle, which has q seat
ing capacity Of about 5000.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-03-30
A Mistake.

There are only five infantry companies
IN the State, besides one artillery ~organiza-
non, as follows: Two at Virginia City and
'ne artillery company, one at Carson, one
Eureka, and the Reno Guards, the COM
pany formerly at Candelaria having dis
Oandsd.-Reno Gazette.
This Is an oversight. There are two
laliy organized and equipped military
companies in Eureka, the Centennial
uaard and the Union Guard. The latter,
,aough receiving no State aid, is one of the
Oes. Eept up military organizations in Me-
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-03-30
A Monster Anvil.

At one OF the Glasgow steel works there
is In progress an immense anvil block,
which will eventually contain about 165
tons Of metal, and which is intended fol-
use with 12-ton steam hammers, of which
there are several now at work in Scotland.
This monster anvil block is designed in
two pieces, the larger one being of about
140 tons weight. 1t was cast in q mould
occupying the position intended for the
block itself. The mixture employed in the
production of these huge anvil blocks was
about one-fourth No. 3 Gartsherrie and
three-fourths scrap iron.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-03-30
How Gambling Hurts.

DR.. Savory says in the British Medical
Journal that among the chief causes of in
jury to the health from gambling is the
prolonged mental strain which becomes
necessary TO the maintenance of self-con-
troll during extended periods of intense
excitement. He cites the case Of q lady
who had lately returned from Monte Carlo
much broken down in health. and greatly
weakened by the severe fits Of exhaustion
from which she invariably suffered after
an hour or two at the gaming table. She
said that her ability to continue the game
was determined by the extent of her power
to sustain an aspect of indifference in the
presence OF spectators.-Ex.
There is no need of science in this case.
Anyone that has seen others "kick," or
perceived the unmistakable symptoms oil
onward b~leeding;" or, perhaps, has been
moved upon himself in such fashion, can
dispense with the diagnosis Of DR.. Savory.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-03-30
Roll EN- High.

IT'S beginning to be understood that
no species Of robbery is so safe as that
psfps'rated upon Uncle Sam. 1t is also
anaerstood that the larger the robbery
saa Inc higher the party who perpetrates
y 'ne safer he is from punishment. This
W. 20 In degenerate Rome, and the fact
~ ever been deemed a sign of degeneraoy,
,aea presages a change Of institutions
&hnal dissolution.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-03-30
The Chinese way.

A tourist in China visited the fish mar
ket at Canton, and writes: The Chinese
always sell their fish alive, and all sizes
may be seen foundering about in wooden
tubs or stone basins partly filled with
water. Instinctively cruel in everything,
the Chinese do not stop to kill the fish,
but gouge a pound or two out of the side,
smear it with blood and tie a string around
it. All meat and fish is carried home
from the market by means of a string,
neither cloth nor paper being used.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-03-30
Patti-PrOdfgfOus Profits.

ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
SAN Francisco, March 29.-The Maple
son Opera Company leaves at II O'Clock
tonight on special train for Salt Lake.
M. H. De Young and Mrs. De Young, who
are en- route for Europe, accompany them
as guests. Patti is travelling in her special
car.
Careful estimates made tonight put
the gross receipts Of the II performances
of the Mspleson Opera in this city at
S205, 900, and Mapleson's net profits at
$85, 900.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-03-30
A social Club.

A number of the young gentlemen Of
Eureka propose to form themselves into a
social club. the principal object Of which,
at present, is to give dances for pastime
during the rest OF the season. All those
who are interested in the project are in
vited to attend the preliminary meeting,
which will be held this evening at 8 O'Clock
at the Bureau Hotel.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-03-30
The Reason whv.

'fne reason I never hire q chorus girl
saaer 40 years Of age" remarked Col.
mapleson, sis because / don't want to be
suuoyed by constant desertion from the
.saAs. The shows travelling with young
'uu pretty girls lose op an average 80 per
s.l' Oh them crossing the continent once,
auu seldom return to New York with
%v,e than a quarter Of those they start