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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-08-13
Mining C2mps of 10.

In 1850 Mr.. Avery started from Nor
mon Island, now Sacramento county.
on a prospecting tour to Redding
Springs, now Shasta City, and several
hundred miles distant. He erode a
little white mule, pork, beans, hard
bread, and blankets packed behind. !"
Hearing of pound digglngs," or those
yielding some $500 per day, he changed
his course to Gold Run.
At that time Caldwell's upper store,
now Nevada City, tapped its canvas
sides and protected TO the best of its
ability a slender stock of dollar a-drink
whisky and dol!ar-a-pound -four and
biscuits, Down on the fiat were few
tents, and the bars were being worked
with dug-out cradles and wire and raw
hide hOppers. Pork was g a pound,
and boots cost $50 or $50 pair. Mr..
Avery found good diggingS, and re-
turned for his companions, but when
they arrived the entire gulch was
occupied by long-haired MiSsourians,
who had staked out their thirty-foot
claims, and were taking out their piles.
AT night many long tom party took
quart tin pail full Of gold to their
cabins"
Those were the times when it cost
81. 80 TO have letter carried from Sac
ramento to the camps, when Mrs.
Stamps, the wife of the first elected
alcade of the region, and her sister
were the only ladies in the country,
and when lawlessness was quickly sup
pressed, and the steady increase of
social protective organization was
everywhere manifest. The first alcalde
of Nevada City was elected by a vot-
ing population of $50, but in many
camps ten or dozen men chose this
peculiar and all-powerful officer, giving
him all the powers granted under the
Mexican and early Spanish system.
He became the judge of the village,
the petty lord of the tented town, and
only the voice of the people could bring
his powers to an end.
Brief though the reign of the alcaldes
was, it left deep impress upon society,
as story will illustrate. The writer
once knew California school teacher,
a man of mighty muscles and great en-
ergy, who had spent his boyhood in
placer mining in Siskiyou, in cattle
raising on the eastern Oregon uplands,
and in Indian fighting and wild pros
pectiDg times along the frontiers of
British Columbia. When the war broke
out he rode for Missouri, cross the lines,
joined Virginia regiment, and came
back so crippled and battered that the
old, free, careless life was impossible.
Always great reader and close stu
dent, he turned to the school room and
won reputation over three counties as
a successful teacher. Under these cir
cumstances he was called to take charge
of what was, with undoubted justice,
called the worst school in northern Cal
ifornia.
The trustees had written to him at
his cabin, perched on pine-clad height
of the Sierra, trout streams within
stones throw, grouse in the woods and
deer and bear, his gun and rod, his
"Marcus Aurelius," and 'Noctes Am
brosiane" on the shelf within reach.
He saddled his horse, and, rising at
daybreak, reached the village, once
mining camp, before 0 o'clock. When
school was called tn order he found that
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-08-13
Yosemite at ITS Best.
sles who have recently '

cIes who have recently visited the
Yosemite Valley report that the falls
are now at their best. The flow of
water is larger than the Oldest visitor
recollects ever seeing before. The
present season is very late one. Rains
in the valleys and heavy snowfalls on
the mountains extended until late in
June. The snow on the mountains con-
tiguOus to Yosemite lies six or seven
feet deeper than is usual at this season.
For some weeks to come the Yosemite
country will present unusual attractions
to tourists. The eest of the excursion
has been gradually diminishing until it
is now quite reasonable. There are
now something like half dozen routes
into the valley, each one of which has
special attractions. Many go in by one
route and return by another. Many
more people outside of California have
visited Yosemite in former years than
were included in the list of Califorpians.
The latter reason is that inasmuch as
Yosemite Is wonder of the State, il
can be visited at any time. The years
go by and Californians never see what
people from the Atlantic States and
from European countries make journeys
of from 5000 to 1000 miles to see.
With this lateness of the season and the
heavy body of snow on the mountains,
Yosemite will be in good condition for
sightseeing quite into July. There are
special advantages for visiting the val
ley when the water coming over the
various falls is at its greatest volume.
1t is now nearly or quite at its maxi
mum, the roads are free from dust, and
the country has the freshness of spring
and early summer. Many people go to
Europe with less hesitation than they
would have in making the Yosemite
tour. Yet not to have seen Yosemite
is to have missed one of the grandest
sights in the world. Beyond that Of
mere sightseeing is the advantage for a
few days of one of the most invigora
ting mountain climates in the world.
The round trip can be made by ordina-
~ public conveyance in from eight to
ten days-tbat is, all the principal parts
can be visited IN that time. Eight
days for people who are in a hurry
may suffice. Fifteen days for people
not in hurry would be more satis-
factory disposition of time.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-08-13
Battle with n Turtle.

a New York travelling salesman
named Fry stopped a few days at farm
house, near Star pond, one of the go
mountain lakes of Wayne county, Penn.
One day he rowed out to the middle of
the pond to fish for pickerel. Suddenly
he felt strong tug at his line, and
shortly afterward large swapping tur-
| tie came slowly to the surface by the
side of the boat. When the turtle saw
the fisherman 1t turned to dive down
again, and Fry grabbed 1t by the tail.
With great difficulty he lifted it into
the boat. His hook was fastened in
under the turtles foreshOulder, it hav-
ing accidentally hooked itself. The
turtle no sooner found itself a prisoner
in the boat than it turned on Fry.
Raising on all fours, it shot out its
great head, and advanced with open
jaws upon the fisherman. He retreated
to the bow of the boat, and the turtle
followed him. Fry then jumped over
the turtle and ran to the stern. The
turtle chased him and would not per-
NIT him to rest a second IN any one
spot, but kept him jumping and running
from one end of the boat to another.
Fry had nothing to defend himself with,
as the paddle with which the boat was
propelled he had used in aiding him in
getting the turtle into the boat, and he
had thoughtlessly let 1t lie in the water,
and it had drifted out of reach. Fry
shouted Justify for help. The wife OF
the farmer with whom he was stopping
was the only one at home, and she
heard his cries, and put out in a leaky
iat-bottomed boat to his rescue.
By the time she reached his boat hers
had several inches of water In 1t, and
it was entirely out of the question for
it to be used in safety to carry them
back to the shore. Fry's boat was an
chored by large stone tied to the end
of long rope. The farmers wife
jumped into his boat and began pulling
up the anchor with the intention of
dropping it on the turtle. Before the
anchor reached the surface it slipped
from the moose in the rope and sank to
the bottom. The turtle had kept up its
chase of Fry, but, on seeing the woman
in the boat, turned his attention TO her.
As it approached her she struck at 1t
with the rope. 1t caught the rope In
its mouth, and as a swapping turtle
never releases its hold on anything it
seizes with its mouth, even If the head
is severed from the body, the farmers
wife wound the rope taut about the
post in the bow, and the turtle was Sc
cured. The boat was padded ashore,
and the turtle dragged out on the land
by the rope. Its head was soon after
ward chopped from its body with an
axe.
The next evening Fry took a train
for New York. He carried the head OF
the turtle by piece Of the rope which
was still held in the mouth. The head
had been separated from the body over
thirty hours, but was still alive, the
eyes rolling and glaring fiercely when
ever any one approached it. The turtle
was the largest one even seen in the re-
gion, its weight being AZ pounds, the
head alone weighing nearly ten.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-08-13
English and Arab Horses.

Abbas Pasha, somewhere about 1855,
sent challenge to the Jockey Club to
run any number Of English race horseI
against his Arabs for a sum not less
than $50, 900. The Jockey Club is a
society, and could not accept such a
bet; but some merchants at Cairo made
a bet with his son Halem Pasha, who
inherited his fathers stud, which cost
nearly five millions of dollars to collect
and breed, to race eight miles for 81
600 side. The Cairo merchant sent
to England and bought from Tattersall
an Irish mare, Fair Neil, without a
peiigre, which he had used as park
and covert hack. The race came of
within two weeks of her landing in
Egypt, and in the eight miles she beat
the Pasha's best Arab over a rough
stony ground, by full mile, doing the
distance in 1si minutes, and pulling up
fresh, -
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-08-13
a DREAM.
BY MELVIN e. wINsToCK.


Ilsy upon the verdant grass,
Bafhrd IN the fun moons silver flow,
But overhead deep clouds weuld pass
That shadcwed back its beam and flow
Der mast ring force my being thrilled,
While | with nature, trusting lay,
7 welded up 10 powers, that willed
To realms unknown was borne away
Nsrhauchs at first could not see,
Il Il On mine ear there fingered sweet,
some choice and rareSt melody,
In welcome seemed my soul 10 greet
L., from my sight an unseen hand
Bore far away the mystic veil,
found myself in some strange land
Unknown 10 song, untold by tale.
Here told they me, men nev.r lied.
Nor woman e'er was known Ia weep;
Here could not woe or grief abide,
H~e unknown deaths eternal sleep.
Nv burning gaze away l turned,
And thought, how else on II was earth,
Where men have wept and loved ant
yearned
Since God unasked, had given men birth
Arsiu was myself once more,
Nv form the sky, beneath, l found.
Had seen in dream an unknown shore,
In dream, had stood on Holy ground.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-08-13
Canon Birch.

The late Canon Birch was one of the
tutors to the Prince of Wales in the
Princes boyhood. He was also life
long friend of the Prince, a frequent
visitor at Sandringham and a familiar
figure at the Marlborough House gar
den parties. He was described in 1913
by the Prince Consort as ''young,
good-looking, amiable, man."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-08-13

had occupied so lately. Here rney had
been hungry; here they had rejoiced
over some wlndfall of fortune, in the
shape OF cheese rind and knuckle-bone;
here Dmky had 50 often slept with Spot
curled in his arms here Spots had
been the only breast on which the little
outcast's head had ever been pillowed.
With streaming eyes Dnky remembered
each charm of his lost companion how
long and black the little terriers hair
was, and how warm a comforter during
the long chill nights his faithful ewes,
brown as berry, sometimes SO mourn
full, aud often fairly Swapping with de.
light and that beautiful white spot on
his nose Oh Dinky felt that he could
stand silence and inaction no longer.
"I'I go to Horse Heaben ~ he cried
aloud IN his pain, and started off as
fast as his poor little legs could carry
him.
Horse Heaven, the place where all
unpald-for dogs caught by the dog
catchers were put to death, Law short
distance east of Poor-House Hill. When
DliIky left Jail ALLEY he had TO pass a
spot where there was a lively negro
auction going on. AS he approached,
Dlnky could hear the auctioneer's stem
torIan voice chanting the praises of the
slaves of which he was disposing, and
the voices of the traders in reply. soon
Dinky saw the auctioneer exhibiting
his merchandise, and the buyers ana
traders examining their new-made
property. Near the auctioneer stood a
tall, handsome man, who seemed to be
taking no active part in the sale. A
brilliant thought struck Dinky. He
hurried forward through the dusky
crowd, and grasping the auctioneer by
the hand SAID, -
Mars, mars, put me on de block
mex; please put me on de block, ell sell
me fer two dollars en- haf."
''Sell you. child To whom do you
belong 2" inquired the auctioneer.
Il belongs ter myself. Use a free
Niger. Sell me quick, mars, befo dey
kills Spot ~ cried the little yellow boy,
with swollen and flushed face.
who is spot ?"
"SpOt's NV dog, en- de dog-ketchers
took him. Sell me quick, en- gle me de
and lemme go to Horse Heaben.
L m right smart, gentlenIsns.' said
Dinky, addressing the crowd. II kin
dance, en- sing, en- crack bones, en- play
de Jew's-harp. See me cut de pigeon
wing; - and climbing up on the block.
Dinky began, and tried to Jump Juba"
as he sang -
'De cotton is blowin'
De Niger is a hoein'
De lowlan groun'.
De yaller gal is waitin',
De tomtit 5 matin',
De sun S goin' down.
"Molly Cottontail il settin'
Crackin' nuts, en- bettin
Nobody nigh.
De fiat boat 5 comm,
Wild de rowers hummIn'
'Heaben bimeby.'
ode cotton done pIckin',
Niger start deir kickin'
On de kitchen foo.
De fiddle am scrapin',
De crowd am gapin'
At de open doc.
"Jump Juba, high en- higher,
De yaller gal S a flyer,
MOrnin' comes prancin',
De sun : in de sky.
Hear de horn fer de pickin',
Niger II git lickin',
If daylight cotch him dancin'
Root hog er die,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-06
nIrS OF NEWS FRnM TIE COUNTS.

The Fire Department recently brought an ac-
ton against the Atlas steamship Company to prevent
the maintenance Of freight she'd at the foot Of West
Twcuty-nth-st the ground that the shed not
cred by netting and that hair mortar had not been
used VI its construction. required by law. The
pary sets mp the claim that the Do., Department had
tho control Of tho matter Judge Lalreuore ia the Court
o' Common Pleas decided yesterday in favor OF the Fire
Department, suggesting that as the OF im-
Dor IUce II be carried to the appellate court,
Justice Barrett refused yesterday to yacate the order Of
subpoena issued by the supreme OF Michigan that
Oliver w. West lawyer OF this city. should give toSt-
monv before commission in the suit for absolute d.
vorce OF Florence b. sherman, In Detroit, against
Roger W. Sherman Of this city He holds that an action
IS pending IN Michigan under the meaning Of the Code,
and that he viii try the srave question OF jurisdiction
asserted by foreign tribunal upon motion to
cate an order OF subpoena to take testimony to be used in
the action.
Mis4 Billie Barlow singer IN comic opera, has brought
sIt IN the City Court against Messrs. Miles, and Barton,
Of the Bou Opera House. for ST. as alleged balance
on her salary from March to April II last Judge
H,hrbas refused Yesterday to dismiss the
lion that the singers Is fictitious and that Mr..
Rartou's name IS William g. instead Of James Barton a.
given in the complaint Erroneous Christian names the
colrf holds may be amended and there is nothing %
show that Bilio Barlow Is not the real name Of tho
Flfrila Num- who camo TO this city from London on
March %, recently brought a sut IN the Cly Court
Hot 90 recover 5000 the Value OF 4 seaiskin sacque,
which she declared had been stolen from her clothes
press while at the hotel Judgment obtained by
default Judge Nchrbas opened the yesterday
the affidavit, besides Others OF Mr. CrangtOn who de-
clares tat he has incrog1cd his employees. and thcy
declare that Mrs Num- wore cloth sacqu" trimmed with
fur.
walter Burke, IT,, driver on the Sixth Avenue
Railroad. recovered $3.50 yesterday in the city Court
nom the Manhattan Elevated Railroad Company, because
cnder from elevated engine entered his eye In July
l.-l. lie sued for $1,000
In the hearing In the COcksRead suit yesterday Dr. L.
LOOMS testified that It hs opinion after having
examined Miss Clara Iotton th she was hysterical and
that she was not really paayzed IN her legs. but coud
walk n she was VI disposed
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articles OF merger aud consolidation under the name OF
the latter company. The directors elected were j. "
Dubarry president John T. Green Nistar motifs Henry
NJ Phillips, q. B. Roberts, n. T. ShOrlridSe and Edhuhd
Smith
READING Penn, May 5.-The Wilmington and Northern
Railroad stockholders to-day elected the following
President II. A. Dupont. OF Wilmington Del; secretary
and tressurerP g. Emod Of Reading Directors; George
Brook Charles Huton H. Foster Richard Elv Charles
Wheeler and John = Gerhard The Length 81 the ROAD aud
sidnCs Is lO3 miles The receipts curing tho year were
S347, PSI, and the expenses S2sl,'3@'
EAsroS Penn. May 5.-rhc contract FOR building the
masonry on the extension OF the Lehlgh VaeT Railway
into Buffalo y. Y. has been given TO James smith, OF
Fas.on This extension 4 about two miles org and viii
be carried about twenty feet above the surface Of SCOTT
A. tat civ About fifteen railroads and streets must
be crossed 10y bridges which VIII require largo amount
of masonry.
SrIoUIs. MAY 5.-M. VI. French assistant claim agent
Of the Gould and Wabash systems in the vicinity Of
MuskoCa Indian Territory, has been arrested here for
forging names 10 claims and defraudne the company.
BORON May 5-Thc statement Of the Achlson. Topeka
ndSanta Re and the Southern Kansas Railroad Com
panes for March shows net earnings ~ S126j2, an in
crease over the month last year OF J per cent
Boston, May 5.-The al'-ra lines having reduced the
freight rate on sugar to Chicago and Milwaukee 10 10
cents the lake aud rail routes to-day met this reduction
by lowering tho rate To II cents between Boston and
Giles
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-06
4 NEW BROoELYy CHURCH.

st. Luke's chapel at Bedford-ayc. and Pacific
ST. Brooklyn il the first attempt made many day to
add TO the number Of Protestant Episcopal Churches in
that city. Bishop Little0hn recently remarked that
while the population of the city had nearly doubled dur
ing the last twenty years. the number OF parishes in his
diocese had not been enlarged. His explanation Of this
unfortunate result a practical one When he became
Bishop found the churches of the diocese overbudencd
with debt. Costly cdihces had been erected
and only partly paid for, and the great majority
the parishes seriously embarrassed with church
debts This indebtedness proved serious obstacle IN the
way Of church extension. Bishop Ltejon has lived to
see the bulk OF these church debts paid Already
than veseycnhs OF th. indebtedness has been cleared
of and there reason believe that within the next
FIVE yearA the remainder will be paid.
The relief afforded by the Wipng ont OF Old debts, the
pclon ST. Johns Hospital and other institutions on
the Church Charity Foundation. has enabled the diocese
To enter upOn OF church extension, and II Is
confidently expected that the decade will witness
large increase the number OF church edihces and work
ing parishes in Brooklyn On Sunday the foundations or
new parish were laid in the twenty fourth Ward,
Of the rapidy-TOwng sections Of the city. St. Luke's
con rrrgaton has purchased the edhce Of the Bedford
Avenue CONGREGATIONAL Society. and has reOpcucd II for
.g worship q mission ch Sl. Tue services we
conducted by tho EcY. George H. NdndeWatcr "nd at
tractrd large cOngre cation morning and afternoon.
Forty families enrolled themselves ~ members Oi
the mi congregation and aF-schooi was or
E3ul-d The chapel is opened free church the peEs
not being rented Tho music IS rendered hv Vcaued
boy choir Every assurance T. afforded OF the speedy or
ganizdtiOn Of large, eeh-suppOTtAS AID successul
parish.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-06
WASHINGTON NOTES.
WAsmrorON. MOn1ay, ~

NAsHEGfOS, MONDAY, May D. 1854.
ENTITLED TO EXTRA pAY.-The Court Of Claims today
decided that General ". Meigs Is entitled 10 compen-
saon at rate OF 81 day superintendent OF the
new pension building in addition 10 his regular salary as
an officer on the retired list OF the Army.
TO DECLINE AN OlTICE.It is said al the Treasury De
part,nent that Mr. James A. Connolly, OF Illinois, WI de-
cline the once Of solicitor Of the Treasury to which he
was recently nominated
TIE AGMCULIt RAJ BiLL.-The Agricultural Appro-
pration bin reported back 10 the senate today The
benate Commute has increased the appropriation Tor
sorghum experiments from $4,000 10 100000 aud has
added provision for aresan wells tOrecaim arid lands
$4,000, aud one for encouraging six culture, Sl3OOO
A NEW BANS.-The Acting ContrO Ter OF the Currency
has authorized the Merchants National Bank OF Patt8
burg y. Y, 10 begin business with capital OF 100000
THE swAD. ISQCmY.-The Court OF Inquiry 10 inycsd-
gate the charges laid by A. J.. Bsteman, Of Batoman
Co, bankers, with the Secretary OF the Var against
Judge General SWAIN VIII De organized tO-nOr-
row w be determined whether The sessions Of the
court shall or shall not DC open.
The ARCTIC VEssELs-The Navy Department is in
formed that the Arctic steamer Bear sailed from 81.
Johns yesterday and the coal SCHOONER arrived the
day. The later viii await The arrival OF Ensign ". l.
Chamber Oh TIE IAetS who VIII assume command.
TO PENsIOS MRs. KnPArRICK.-senator CuIlom to-day
reported favoraby from the Committee Pensions, with
81 amendment the House bill granting pension 10 1ls.
LOUISA " Fitzpatrick, widow Of Judson Ahpalrck'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-06
THE CREDIT MOBnIER CASE.

PHILADELPHIA, May 5.-Rowland @. Hazard,
stockholdor upon whose complaints receiver was APP
pointed for the Credit MObier OF America, today filed
in the United States Circuit Court an answer to the Pc
tton Of the Union Pacific Railway company for the re-
moval OF Oliver Ames from the reccvership Mr. Hazard
syers judgment for 81 2993G5 obtained by tho
Union PacSlc Railway Company against the Credit
MOber in the NewYork courts, upon which proceedings
have been brought have the said Judgment opened
not Justly due and that the Union Pacific Railway Com
pany is necessarily interested In the suit pending In
Massachusetts, brought by the Credit MOlcr to
s. 600 900 from the Union Pacific Railroad Company.
the latter corporation IL the Of the Credit Mo
bier. MI Hazard denies that the Credit MOhicr is III
solvent he believes that would be to It's best inter
est # Oliver Ancs was removed from tlc Tcccvcslip
and Pcnnsyvanian appointed. He agrees with the
stateneutthat Mr. Ames has not managed his trust In
the manner ne should.