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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-04-18
COAST ITEMS.

In Jackson county, Oregon, barley is
three and half feet high and in full
head.
The Washington Territory Insane As
sylum at Steilacoom contains l62 patients
A large number of miners are leaving
Victoria for the new diggngs in Alaska
and Northern British Columbia.
A line of railroad is projected from
Kelton, on the Central Pacific, to Sho-
shone, Idaho on the Oregon Short Line,
to cross Snake River at Shoshone Falls.
The Lakeview Examiner says that two
men killed a big grizzly bear a few days
since at Bear Creek. 1t took twelve shots
to dispatch him
Mrs. Nancy Nichols, who crossed the
plains with her husband and settled in
Polk county, Or, "A, died at Little Luc-
kiamute, in that county, on the lst inst
She has resided in Polk county ever since
she first came out.
A notice printed in heavy black type,
surrounded by a deep black border like
an invitation to an execution, was posted
in Nacaville, few days ago, notifying
an individual named jeff. Gordon, who
had been merchant in that place, to
leave within twenty-four hours. He
took the hint and left.
Nicholas Bergstrand, Norwegian, left
Durango, Mexico, with a mule team
April 10, 1884, for Arizona, in company
with II. L. Fisher David Woods and
one Harris. He was last seen in com
pany with these men, near Fort Wingate,
New Mexico. His wife, whom he left in
Durango, fears he has bee murdered
Captain Hugh Harvey of the British
bark Beeman, recently arrived at Port
land, Oregon, exhibits butterfly, meas
uring seven inches from tip to tip of
wings, which came aboard of his vessel at
sea on the Atlantic, after a heavy gale
(pampero) on the 25th of October last, the
nearest land being the coast of Brazil, 43O
miles away.
Pat Hayes, alias Murphy, alias Lin.
erick, professional burglar, who has
been in the State Prison three times since
1869, was arrested in Sacramento, dressed
in a priests cossock, which he had stoler
from a Roman Catholic church in that
city during the day. He was drunk ano
pretending to be bishop.
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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-04-18

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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-04-18
Trustees Sale.
Eighth day of September, Iss3,

Eighth day of September, Iss3,
at O'Clock p. NJ, the property mentioned an
described in said Trust Deed, or SO mucl
thereof as may be necessary to pay said inter
ests and costs of sale, to wit:
Those certain Mines, Mining Claims, Quartz
Mill and Machinery, Millste, Corrals, Boarding
House, Barn, Assay Office, Blacksmith Shop,
and all properties situated in Bristol Mining
District Lincoln County, State of Nevada, and
described as follows:
All of that certain mining claim known as the
"Ohio" mine.
All Of that certain mining claim known as the
Nevada" mine.
An undivided one-half OF that certain mining
claim known as the "Gipsy" mine.
An undivided one-half Of that certain mining
claim known as the "Contact" mine.
An undivided one-half OF that certain mining
location, or privilege, known as the "Bristol
| Tunnel"
The Bristol Silver Mining Company Mill and
| Millsite, containing GAO acres of land, more or
| less.
That certain Ten-samp Silver Quartz Mill
| thereon, with Mill Building, Ore House, Retort
| House, Engine Room, appurtenances and ma
chinery, includ ng pans, settlers, 0-norse
power steam engine, Q boilers, clean-up pan, re
| tort, well and well fixtures ! boarding house
| building with furniture, l barn, assay office
with furnace and tools, blacksmith shop with
| tools, building uted as lodging house for EN-
| ployes All machinery, tools, implements and
| appurtenances now at the mines and mill afore.
| said. And also all the real estate and interest,
or other claim or demand, as well in law as in
| equity, which the said Bristol Silver Mining
| ompany now has, or may hereafter acquire OF,
in and to the said premises, with the appurten-
ances.
Dated August LIST, 1888
| aull3t HENRY T. WELLS, Trustee
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-04-18
TIE RECORD

delivered in Phoebe ard Bulionville at IS
cents per week, payable to the Carriers.
All persons having business with this Office are
requested TO address the RECORD PUBLISHING
COMPANY. We have no authorized Agents.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-04-18
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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1885-04-18

26H Kearney street, San Francisco Cal. Office
hours, 0 to daily, 6 to evening. Sundays, Q
to IL only. d2o.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-04-10
Chinese Passion for Flags.

The military desire for flags in China
has developed into passion, asserts a
Hong Kong letter. Every fortress, in
trenched position, camp, city gate OF
officers headquarters has from one to
one hundred, some of them of one bright,
solid color, but most are arranged in
stripes, the colors red white and blue
being preferred. Were but three stripes
used the resemblance to the French tri-
color would be almost exact. but as they
ordinarily use five or six the similarity OF
color becomes mere suggestion. When
blue is not obtainable, black, and rarely
yellow, takes its place. At the camp of
the Tso tsung- tang regiment, on pleas
ant knoll just outside the walls of King
chung foo, more than one hundred large
flags were displayed, ranged with the
precision of the rows in a cornfeld, the Q
being one for nearly every white canvas
tent, in which the soldiers were com.
fortably installed The material used is
Manchester cotton, bought white and
colored by the Chinese. As each is
about the size of o common bed blanket,
and several thousand must be required
for the 10000 troops stationed in and
about Hollow and King cbow-foo, the
quantity needed is immense, and the
merchants who deal in the goods were
prepared according, There is no doubt
that their number is often unreasonably
increased by the mandarins commanding
the troops, that they may have the
squeeze or difference in price, since they
purchase at a fair rate and charge the
government double.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-04-10
A Battle of Flowers.

AParis letter says that among the fea-
lures of the carnival at Nice this year
was the battle of flowers. Precisely at
2 o'clock the gun at the chateau gave
the signal for beginning the hostilities
and by o'clock the battle had really be-
gun. Vehicles richly decorated with
flowers, fruits. ribbons, straw and other
decorative material paraded the Corso and
bouquets fell thick as hail upon the
crowds, which extended in thick mass
from one end of the course to the other
The people on foot responded with vigor
to the attacks of the riders, many of them
having provided themselves with large
baskets full of small bouquets, in the
manufacture of which whole army of
florists had been engaged during the pre-
ceding day and night. There was con
slant shower of violets, mimosas, lilacs,
pinks, anemones, roses, and, in fact,
every flower to be found in bloom at the
season in that portion of France.
Some of the vehicles were remarkably
pretty, and among the most noticeable
was a victoria entirely hidden with scar
let pinks, even the wheels being covered
with these flowers. Another vehicle was
a cart covered with verdure and vege
tables and occupied by three pretty peas
ant girls who threw leeks, carrots, cauli
flowers. and even large cabbages as wei
as flowers among the people. There
was, of course, great variety of cos
tunes and the battle was scene of ami
nation and beauty.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-04-10
The Cat.Meat Man.

At 10 o'clock every day, except Sun
day, shriil whistle sounds in Cedar
street The cats which are nodding in
the corners spring to their feet and run
with ears and tails erect to the doors of
the stores. A chorus of miaoaws is
heard from every side. Each repetition
of the whistle is greeted with fresh
chorus. Then an old man comes along
with a heavy basket on each arm. In
the baskets are portions of chopped liver
tied up in packages. He distributes
these at each door, aud q little later the
cats are purring and licking their paws
The cat meat man is paid by the firms
along the street to look after the cats.
On Sundays the cats have to provide for
themselves, --.Nsao York Sttn,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-04-10

Of washing machines, but we find those
Of our own make the best. We in
vented the ironing machines we use,
and sheets that used to be ironed in the
old.fashioned way may now be ironed by
machinery. 1t takes four girls to
iron sheet - two to put the
corners between the rollers and
two to take the sheet out. 1t is cheap
labor, however, and Is done by girls
fourteen or fifteen years of age. Ironing
is the largest part of the work, because
each piece has to be handled separately.
Collars, cuffs, and all plain pieces are If
oned by machinery, but shirts are ironed
by hand. There are some men who iron
shirts, but most of them are graduates
from State prison. 1t is easy enough to
keep track of all the pieces by having
system. We give an entire floor to the
work for the Pullman company, and by
making a separate job of each lot that
comes from hotel or steamship We
know where we stand. We charge so
much hundred pieces for big lot, and
every bundle that comes in this morning
goes out tomorrow morning. In rush
we can take in a lot at 10 o'clock in the
morning and have it ready to send out
at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The
pieces from an ocean steamship will vary
from 300 to $4,000, and those from ho-
tells run up to 1850 day. When travel
is large the bundles are large, and they
must be done in a hurry. Guests linen
is washed and ironed separately, like the
rest of our piece work. Some hotels do
the guests washing, but the others send
out the bundles with the house linen.
For piece work each piece is numbered
with indelible ink, and after going
through the machines is put into com
partment corresponding in number to
that of the piece. 1t is a good deal like
sorting letters in the postolfice. -Ne~
York IinaeS
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-04-10
An Incident in New York Telegraph
Office.

John Jacob Astor stood beside me al
we wrote messages in a Broadway tele-
Graph office. My curiosity was quite i'm
pertinent enough to make me overlook
his composition and see what it was
about, but naturally the manner if not
the matter was covertly watched. AL
though distanced by newer millionaires,
his half of the Astor is worth fifty mil
lions or more, and the penalty of so much
wealth is submission to constant scru-
tiny. However, John Jacob Astor is so
retired and quiet in his habits, and so
lacking lin striking personality, that he
can walk the length of Broadway with.
out being recognized by other than ac-
quaintances. The curious fact about the
telegram which he wrote was that he was
as long at the job as a nearly iliterate
person might have been. and that he
spoiled and destroyed no less than three
blanks before getting one satisfactorily
filled. "Mr. Astor wasn't bothered as
to what he wished to say in the mes
sage, for it was a trivial matter"
said the receiver, after the rich man had
departed, "but he was struggling
to compress it within the limit of ten
words, so that it would go at the single
rate of fifteen cents-the price for city
dispatch of no more than that length"
"And as he so stingy as that2" l ex-
claimed. "Oh, he isn't stingy at ALL"
was the reply; 'it was mere force of
habit. The idea that kilograms must be
so concise and brief as not to exceed the
fifteen cent limit is common among the
wealthy as well as the. necessarily
economical Some business use the
wires freely, and you newspaper men
telegraph as copiously nowadays as
though your manuscript was going by
mail-provided your employers will
stand it; but old fashioned men like
Mr.. Astor will spend time and brain
issue in the most excruciating efforts to
confne their messages to single rate.
In this instance he actually risked mis-
understanding by the person who will
receive the telegram and labored assidu
ously five minutes in order to eliminate
four words. If he had left them in they
would have cost an additional eight
cents. OF course, he never thought of
the expense at all, but was the victim of
habit which you can see illustrated
every hour of the day in telegraph of.
fee. There seems to be weird fascina.
ton about it. "-Broohlyn Eagle.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-04-10
PHYLLIS AND HER PASTRY.

Fair Phyllis made pretty cake -,
To please her papa's palate; ( e.
Her parents put it on stake
And used it for mallet.
philadelphia Ne,Us.
And then she got him up pie;
He thought twas made of leather,
And kindly asked her if the crusts
Were pegged or sewed together.
Chicago Ledger.
And then she made big mince pie
In manner new and novel;
Her father seized it with sigh
And used it for a shovel
-Neto York Journal
At last the gentle pastry cook
Composed some affy-candy,
A club of which her father took
And used it playing handy.
-HatcloA
And then she stirred pan of dough,
And made a mess of biscuit
And passed them to her sweetheart, though
He thought he wouldn't risk it.
-Marble Folio
She took some yeast and flour and lard,
And true to duty's call,
She baked them in lump so hard
1t made good baseball.
-Richnloild B0'a'.
Some cookies next she deftly made,
All sugared round the edges:
Her pop lin the wood splitting business)
Found they made stunning wedges.
Fall RiUer Advance.
But when she called her pa to eat
Some just-constructed biscuit,
The old man said his life was sweet
He didn't dare torisk it.
-Someruhle Journal.
Then next she made a concrete bun,
Nodded with greatest care;
Her father rammed it in his gun
And was loaded then for bear
Brooklyn Times.
And then she made some nice doughnuts
And fried them well in fat;
Her father used them in the night
To plug the old Tomcat.
--Gorham Mountdineer
She made darling sponge-cake next,
And said no one could beat it;
A tough old goat got very vexed
Because he could not eat it.
-Hdtchek,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-04-10

New York city uses up policemen IT
the rate Of 800 a year,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-04-10
VOL. XIII.
HOPE AND FAITH.

Hope is the scented flower
Which, in the breast implanted,
Whe winds have swept the bosom's bower
Still blossoms like thing enchanted
Lifes sweet inheritance and dover.
Faith is the steady spark \
For journeying mortals lighted,
Still beaming starlike through the dark
On high where erst by sorrow lighted
And still where lifted eyes may mark.
Alfred w. Harris, in the Current
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-04-10
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Agricultural reports-The corn pop
ping.
Like tho worm, the roller skate will
turn when trod on.-Merchant- Traceler.
Bakers are generous. They never
Keep all the bread they knead. -.SJting8.
The business man who's truly wise
Is always sure to advertise
- Chicago San.
Mule jokes, like tramp's shoes, are
always out at the heels. .-Neao York
Journal.
Speaking of spreading ones self, the
skating rink seems to be the place of all
,thers to do it successfully. oil Citg
Derrick.
The Wisconsin hog which ate two
quarts of nitro -glycerine is the American
inimal which Bismarck should be in.
7ited to Baltimore american.
The thief who steals dollar
Can never rest content,
And enjoy the blissful peace
OF him who earns a cent.
Whitehall Times.
It is said that bee can draw twenty
lines the weight of its body. But it is
lot by pull that bee gets the best of
lis victim; it's by his push. .-Neao York
Journal.
You may have youth, beauty, health,
spirits, everything that can gladden. the
,oul and charm the senses, and yet feel
ike an ordinary human being when you
ind hair in the butter. Chicag'
Ledger.
According to Chicago paper, "An
Qlnois doctor has discovered a sure cure
for rheumatism in geranium-leave'."
This will be welcome news to geranium-
caves afflicted with that distressing
rouble. e.-Pucb.
NOT QUITE RELENTLESS.
9 Give you kiss" indeed, said she,
"Give you kiss my goodness!
Tis strange that you should be SO free,
l wonder at your rudeness.
could not such thing endure;n
And then with manner nervous L..
She added 'For I'm very sure
That some one would. observe us"
Boston Courier
Lady Ito small boy, to whom she has
given sixpence to console him for the
.oss of one he has dropped: "Why do
you still cry, little boy? There is nothing
70 cry about now" Boy: "Why, cause
f l hadn't dropped the other sixpence
should have had shilling now." Sobs
bitterly. l-Jady.
Now the maiden is returning
From her trip across the sea,
And she wants to air her learning
In the language of Paree.
Now, of course it is improper,
$50 theV told her over there
To say either "pa" or ''popper,"
And she greets him with "mon pere"
Then she turns toward the other,
Who can naught but stand and stare,
As she hears no longer mother"
But far-away INA mere
Puck
"Jimmy, my child" the fond mother
exclaimed don't eat so much of that
lobster salad. - You'll be ill to night,
dear; know you will" "Well, ma,"
said Jimmy, as he helped himself to an
other plateful, "if l am you'll know
what's the matter with me, anyhow. ""
SQmerViNe Journal
"Well, how did you succeed9" asked
Slim of O'Dude, when the latter returned
from making matrimonial proposition.
"Oh, I'm all right, l guess. She said
she had a great many Offers, but she
gave me the refusal" ''For how longa"
"Oh, we'll, the time wasn't mentioned,
you know. ."-BoSt0n Times.
ROLLER POETRY.
Glide,
.t, Slide.
Glode,
Slode.
G'ud,
Thud.
1RAB.
| Arnica.
Merchant Trdreler
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| Now York nitv uses I'M nOlicemen 9t
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-04-10

No machine Of travel that man ever
invented can equal the speed of wild
fowl The canvas back duck flies two
miles minute. The broad bill goes
slightly slower. Teal can fly at the rate
of 100 miles an hour, the wild goose
about ninety,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-02
A "REMINISCENCES OF DoNELsoN.

How Fault-Finding Woman Was Rebulxed
for Her Abuse of the General.
Galena tIll) Special.
When General Grant was in command at Fort
Donelson in 1862 number of Northern women
went down there to assist as nurses in the hos
pitals Among them was the wife of certain
Western senator who distinguished himself for
his hostility to the great commander when the
latter was under cloud The woman in question
was unwilling to put up with things she
found them.for the good of the old flag, but in
sisted upon having matters revolutionized ac-
cording to her own ideas of proprety. The hos
pital locations wanted changing; the physicians
in attendance were incompetent: she would like
to have a carriage at her command; she called
for an orderly to do this and an orderly to do
that the officers were remlss in their attention
to her-in short nothing went right with
her, but everything wrong, and
'.abominably SO" at that Grant knew this
woman we'll. having been frequently pestered by
her complaints and demands, and on one occa-
sion when patience with him had ceased to be a
virtue, he told her plainly that he was not
sent to Donelson to obey the behests of petit
coats, but to command the army" She fiirted
from his presence in a rage, and ere long went
back to her home. To reach the latter place she
took passage aboard of Mississippi steamboat,
commanded by Galena man, an old river cap
tain and personal friend and great admirer of
General Grant The first night out the skipper
was making himself agreeable to his passengers
in the cabin, especially the women, when he
chanced to remark to one of the latter, in the
presence of the hereinbefore- mentioned female,
that he resident of Galena, and had lived
| there many years.
|. "You say you live at Galenaw interposed the
senator's wife. '"That is where that dirty,
drunken Grant came from, isn't it7" che con-
tnued.
Turning to the intermediary the Captain
glared at her moment, and, at last, in a voice
trembling with passion he said:
Madam, / don't know who you are, but this
do know: that if you were man instead of an
| apology for woman, I'd knock every tooth
down your throat if You didn't take back the
lie you just uttered against General Grant; and
by the Lord Harry, have half notion to bank
you, night though it is, for the SANDER"
There was great excitement in the cabin for
the moment, the passengers heartily siding with
the Captain and manifesting their appreciation
of the severe reprimand administered by him to
the senator's wife. AS for the latter, with red
mantling her cheeks she skunk away to the rear
of the cabin without deigning to reply, and from
that time until she reached the end of her trip
she was not at all troubled with company,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-02
THE POPULAR SYMPATHY.
Signs Which Indicate that the Heart of tn
Republic Is in the Right Place.

Signs Which Indicate that the Heart of the
Republic Is in the Right Place.
Eugene Field. in Chicago News.
The expressions of sympathy which go up
from every part of the country would be very
gratifying to General Grant were he not too near
the portals of death to heed either the tears or
the plaudits of his fellow countrymen. At the
same time it speaks well for tho Republic that
her heart should go out toward the old soldier in
this dark and trying hour. 1t is somewhat more
than the gratitude Of patriotism-it is the
sweetest expression of human love, and there is
nothing sweeter than that. The people love
Grant, and the suffering the old soldier is en-
during with such fortitude has awakened and
recalled and vivifed memories of those years
which first brought the sturdy Westerner
before the country and bound him
with indissoluble bonds to every patriot
heart The man who wore the blue loves
him because they were comrades upon their
country's battlefelds-because they shared the
tolls, the dangers, and the g!ories of war. The
woman with the white hair and broken heart
loves him because in those bitter years his fort
unes were linked with those of dear one whose
returning foot falls and CHEEKY greeting she shall
never hear again-ahusband a brother, father,
or one dearer yet, whose memory has made her
heart sacred shrine. And we, who were boys
and girls then, who heard the old folks talk Of
those things about the fresde; who organized
little armies and relief societies of our own and
drilled on the common, o. made lint in the sit
ting room; who awaited the arrival of the weekly
picture papers with such burning anxiety; who
saw our sisters weep and heard our mothers
pray; who bade the soldiers goodbye at the
depot and wished we, too, were men and women
that we might understand it all. aud do part
in the great tragedy then enacting; who heard
his name ON every lip for four long, weary
years, and knew him as the comrade-leader of
the boys in blue who marched away from our
town-we love him, too, and that love is o