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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-07-25

CENTRAL PACIFIC EARNINGS.
Falling or or $1,000, 900 I'm the Las.
Fiscal Year.

Fiscal Year.
The following statement from the
San Francisco Post shows the income
OF the Central Pacific Railroad for the
fiscal year 1884: "Gross earnings.
1884, from roads, including net earn.
ings from river steamers, dividends on
investments, interest ON sinking fund,
land sales and money refunded by the
s. p. r. R. for loss in operating Colo
RADIO division in 1883, s23, 26l, 242 70.
Gross income for 1883, $25, ego, 1872 IS.
Total disbursements, 1854, S2I. 23S..
l66 Oh. Disbursements for 1883, $50.
log, 1853 AZ. The directors explain the
decrease of over 81, 500, 600 in the gross
earnings as having been caused by the
unprecedented and continued storms
during the first half of 1884, which
washed out the road and INTERRUPTED
traffic. The balance sheet for the wear
shows q deficit of STA $50, which.
added to $l,77S,265 of unearned divi.
dends paid, makes total deficit of
VI, 1872, 545. The Central Pacific al.
rectors claim that there is due the com.
pany from the Government $500. 339
which is held without sanction of law
by the United States Treasury Depart.
ment. The directors remark: This
treatment by the Government ia IN
striking contrast to the untiring efforts
OF the company to perform fully every
duty to the United States
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-07-25

NEVADA, through N. LEVY Co.. sells Buck.
eye Mowers. Balm Wagons, and Barb Wire
e e tnAn California Send In your orders
!" "' As Nv lee
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-07-25
0VGlMGChaniCal Effects!

Admission: Chairs, 81; Back Seats 40 cts
Reserved Seats now on sale. without evtra
charge, at the Postoffice iv2a
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-21
FOREIGN.

SIR MOSES MoNTEFIoRE, the eminent
Hebrew philanthropist, who in October
last celebrated the Tooth anniversary of
his birth, died on the 2Sth at his hone in
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-21
NEWS.

LIE Grant family, together with Rev.
Dr. and Mrs. Newman, on the I'd held a
sacred service of prayer in the parlor of
the cottage at Mount MacGregor where
rest the remains of General Grant.
the outbreak of cholera in Spain
there have been 1887 cases. The number
reported on the LIST was 3,46G, and deaths
1872. United States Consul Mason re-
ported on the I'd that several deaths from
cholera has occurred in Marseilles during
the past week.
A STORM marked by an almost phenom-
email rainfall prevailed at Chicago on the
I'd, the gauge at the Signal Service office
marking 5.5S inches for nineteen hours.
The sewers were pressed beyond their
capacity. and as q result many Easements
In the business and residence districts
were Hooded and much damage done.
On the morning of the Sd a fire broke
out in the works of the Toronto (Can.)
Sugar Refinery Company. The flames
spread rapidly on the Esplanade and the
loss at four a. m. was estimated at 1,OOO,-
900.
FEARS were entertained on the I'd in
Utah of a general uprising among the In
dlans of the Territory, who, it was claimed,
were being melted to mischief by Mormon
emissaries. General Howard had left
Omaha for the West to investigate the sit
uation.
/ HE little log-cabin at Mount Pleasant,
o., i'll which General Grant was born, was
purchased on the LIST by a New York SYM
dictate for $1,000. The building would be
shipped to New York City at an early
period.
The public-debt statement (old form)
issued on the 1st makes the following ex-
hlblt: Total debt (including interest of
ss,557,O03) 81, 2G9 1885, us; cash in Treasury,
4es,4lS,7l9; iebt, less amount in Treasury,
7So,9l4, 1876. Decrease during July, $780,
7S9. Decrease since June 30, 1884, $74, 157,-
493.
l ACKNOWLEDGEMENT GARLAND on the
lst reached the conclusion that the cattle
leases i'll the Indian Territory are illegal,
and has so informed the President.
The jury in the case of Riel, leader of
the Northwest Territory rebellion, on the
LIST returned a verdict finding him guilty
of treason, and the death sentence was
thereupon pronounced by the Judge.
JUSTICE CREASE, at Victoria, B. c., on
the 1st g%avejudgment surrendering Hibbs,
the post-oftice swindler, to the custody Of
the United States authorities. Hibbs has
retained counsel, and will appeal the case
to the Supreme Court at Ottawa.
4 In accordance with an act of the Penn
is%ylvania Legislature defining the age at
which boys may be employed in and about
coal-mines, five hundred boys were on the
LIST discharged from the collieries in the
vicinity of Shamokin.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-21
PULLING A WARRIORS TEETH.
How a Cowboy Dentist Struggled with
One of Sitting Bulls Grinders.

How a Cowboy Dentist Struggled with
One of Sitting Bulls Grinders.
There was nothing to relieve the
monotony of "wild life'' in a civilized
locality yesterday. The COWBOYS
roamed aimlessly about the inclosure.
pitched pennies in the shade of their
tents, and struggled hard to pass awav
the weary moments. Everybody was
in good humor except Sitting Bull,
The great chief sat alone in his tepee.
rocking to and fro, in great pain.
and uttering the most dismal groans.
Buffalo Bill visited him about noon.
and succeeded, after considerable trou.
BILE, in eliciting q few ineligible grunts
in Sioux lingo to the effect that the old
warrior was nearly crazy with tooth.
ache. >.
Many Moons ago, while crunching a
tooth, and has borne the pain with
stolid Indifference. A plate Of ice cream
made him fairly howl at Belmont Man
sion on Thursday evening during the
''Buffaloes'' banquet, and yesterday his
stock of patience gave way entirely.
"Big Chief wants tooth pulled out"
said the interpreter to Buffalo Bill. The
cowboy dentist was sent for in q hurry
and soon appeared armed with a large
pair of pincers. which looked as though
they had done duty before, cutting off
horseshoe nails. Sitting Bull was soon
ready for the operation. He opened his
mouth and the dentist tapped a tooth
with the handle of the pincers.
'Ugh!" said the chief.
"All right" said the operator.
The old fellows head was thrown
back and the pincers took a good hold
on his red gums.
"Yow!' said the chief.
"Steady!' said the dentist.
A wrench and a pull followed; the
tent wal filled with a flourish of brown
arms and buckskin-clad legs, turkey
feathers and earrings.
A series of b~lood-curdling wells
foated through the loosely tapping door
of skins, and the dentist picked himself
up outside in a badly demoralized con-
dition. 1t was dangerous to go near
the old chiefs tent. until nearly six
o'clock, when the tooth, becoming
noisy again, brought the Sioux chieftain
to terms. The dentist was sent for a
second time, and came swearing in full
cowboy style. This time the operation
was successful, and a great three
pronged grinder in the pincers told of
muscle not vainly excited.
'Yow! Me big chief" said the old
fellow, as he looked at the tusk and
spat the gore from his toothless gums.
Philadelphia Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-21
HE REFORMED.

A Young Mans Cunning Stratagem, and
How 1t Worked.
There is a young nan in this city, a
good-looking young fellow, who has a
sweetheart out in the country a few
miles, and he spends two evenings
every week in her society. A few nights
ago he stayed to the usual hour, and as
he passed out of the front door he dis
covered that it was cloudy and dark.
He did not relish the idea of driving
alone through the gloomy night, and
limited about a good deal to get an in
vitatlon to remain, but it was not forth
coming. But the young MAJ was equal
to the emergency. Going down the
steps he artfully contrived to slip and
fall gently to the ground. Thereupon
he set up q tremendous groaning. The
use worked admirably. The girl
screamed, the men folks jumped out of
bed and carried the young man tender
ly into the house. His horse was put
up and he was assisted to undress and
deposited in the spare. chamber. He
had hardly begun to chuckle over the
success OF the stratagem when the girls
mother put in a appearance with q
mustard plaster a foot square and Of
ten-horse drawing power. This she
Immediately proceeded to clap on the
small OF the young mans back. where
he bad in~cartiously located the damage
to his frame. For two mortal hours
that woman sat by the bed, and was not
satisfied till she heheld with her own
eye a blister an inch deep. The young
man is now a reformed liar.-COuncH
Btu6s Nonparell.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-21

SIR MOSES M~oNTEFIoRE, the eminent
Hebrew philanthropist, who in October
last celebrated the Tooth anniversary Of
his birth, died on the 2Sth at his hone in
London.
The trial of Louis Riel, leader of the re-.
bellion in Canada, was begun at Regina on
the 2Sth.
The Marine Hospital Bureau at Wash.
ington was informed on the 2Sth that Up
to date there had been twenty-four cases
and four deaths from yellow fever at HI.
a
AT Montreal on the Goth the Royal Elec.
trio Light Company's works, a box-facto-
ry and four tenements were destroyed by
fire, with a loss of 100000.
The Parliamentary committee which
had been investigating the condition Of
Irish industries reported on the 29th that,
with the exception of the linen manu-.
f~acture, they were in a deplorable state.
The committee having in charge the
matter of investigating the statements OF
the Pail Mall Gazette in regard te vice in
London, made q report on the 18th sub
%stantially affirming the charges o. the Co.
zette.
SAID PASTA, the Grand vizier of Tur-
key, who has been ill for some time, be.
came insane on the 30th ult.
In the British House of Commons a Pc
tition a mile and a half long, and contain.
ing 100000 signatures, urging the passage
of a law for the protection of young girls,
was presented on the 30th ult.
Nell MEHD1's dying request was that his
successor continue to wage wa against
The Christians.
Sixty Russian criminals, while en- route
to Siberia, made q break for liberty on the
Both ult. Twenty were killed by the SOL
diers, and thirty of the survivors made
good their escape. Two of the soldiers
were wounded.
A BILL raising the age of protection Of
girls from thirteen to sixteen years was
passed by the British House Of Commons
on the evening of the 31st ult.
A SOLDIER reported for misconduct on
the 31st ult. at Bombay, India, killed two
ing his wife, committed suicide.
Louis R1EL. the Northwest Territory
rebel, delivered a long speech il his own
defense on the 31st ult. to the jury
trying his case at Regina, N. w. r.
The prisoner claimed to have been directed
by Providence.
The death-rate from cholera in Spain is
increasing. The number of new cases re-
ported on the 31st ult. was 2,616, and Of
deaths 1893.
THE remains of Sir Moses Monteiore
were buried at Ramsgate on tho 31st ult.,
in the presence of q vast asscmblage.
The ports of Sabanilla and Baranquilla
were on the 31st ult. i'll the hands of the
Colombian Government. Preston, the in
cendiary of Colon, was prisoner in the
latter place.
THE Provost of Glasgow declared at
a meeting held in that city on tho 31st ult.
thai a system of vice prevailed there
similar in its character to that recently
exposed in London.
A DUBLIN dispatch of the 31st ult. states
that the Registrar Generals quarterly re-
turn estimates the present population of
Ireland at 1904, $40.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-21

was on the a1st ult. found guilty on both
charges, and will be suspended from Sank
and retain his present number in his glade
during that period.
STANLEY H%uNrLEY, author of the
"Spoopendyke Papers," died at his RS
idence in New York during the night of
the 30th ult.
THE arrangements for General Grants
funeral were practically concluded On tts
evening of the 31st ult. 1t was estimated
that probably 100000 people would fall
into line on the day of the funeral process
sion at New York. Rumors of the rapid
decomposition of the Generals body were
denied.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-21

tipped, two falling sixty feet and being
dashed to death. The others were saved
by clasping the bucket, but sustained seri.
GUS injuries.
FIVE American steamship companies on
the 31st ult. declined to carry the United
States mails. The Post-ofice Department
has made satisfactory arrangements SO
hat the service will not be materially in
terfered with.
Six Chiefs of Division in the Second
Auditors office in the Treasury Depart-
ment were requested to resign on the 31st
ult.
A DEFICIENCY of $4,000 was discovered
Conover, late Assistant Cashier of the
Manufacturers and Traders Bank of Buf-
falo, N. Y, who died suddenly the pre-
vious week. The officers of the bank claim
ed thai its soundness was unaffected.
THE american Benefit Association"
and the "American Benefit Society,"" of
Boston, were on the 31st ult. declared
fraudulent concerns by the State Insur-
ance Commissioner of Massachusetts,, and
will be supposedly the authorities.
DURING the progress of a ball at Rogers
vile, Tenn, the other night, q revolver
dropped from the pocket of a young man
and was discharged, the bullet passing
through the heart of Miss Martha Brown,
a beautiful girl, killing her instantly.
Hot weather, attended by frequent Sc
we're storms, continued to prevail through
out the West on the 31st ult. Numerous
cases of sun-stroke and heavy losses from
wind and lightning are reported from
various points. The damage inflicted
upon growing crops in Minnesota, Dakota
and Wisconsin was very great.
THREE hundred men and boys employed
by the Lake Erie Bolt Works at Cleveland,
O., went out on a strike on the 31st ult.
because of a ten per cent. reduction in
wages.
CHARLES DAVIS, George Jones and Ma.
thilda Jones were executed for murder on
the S1st ult. at Plaquemlne, La. The wom-
an fell off the trap in a swoon before the
preparations had been completed and was
straneled to death, and after the drop fell
in her horrible struggles she clutched the
bodies of the other culprits, whose necks
had been broken by the fall.
A BAND of strikers, armed with clubs, ap.
peared at the wire-mill yards in Cle@e-
land on the afternoon of the 3lst ult., and
beat two employees severely. Nc arrests
were made.
REPORTS from the financial centers East
and West up to the 31st ult. give no indi-
cation of an Improvement in the business
situation, and there was no material
change for the better in the movement of
merchandise.
THERE were 1919 business failures in the
United States and Canada during the seven
days ended on the 31st ult., against 241 the
previous seven days. The distribution
was as follows: Middle States, 80; New
England States, 81; Western, 65; South
err, 81; Pacific States and Territories, 81;
Canada, 10.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-21
I RAILROAD ACCIDENT.

Accident OH the Richmond a D,,,n,.
Raiiroad-seve Persons Killed and Five
Badly Injured.
GAINESVILLE, Ca, July 2e.-The latest
dispatches from the scene Of the disaster
Monday night on the Richmond & Danville
railroad, state that two more of the inimed
are dying. Seven were instantly killed and
tour or five more badly injured. The acct.
den was caused by q COW jumping On tho
track in front of a rapidly moving ear ~ 6, ins
with bars OF railroad iron. AS onick,u ~,
could be done the dead and wounded wo 10
taken to Suawance and laid out in the de "sao
ihere are - ven men in their cofins IN ~
depot now. The Coroner is holding on iao
quest. Or: Martin is ministerine to the
wants 81 the sufferers. All thu men h.rt W.. ~
colored section hands,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-21

-'Oh, missus, Is tarible skeered.
Las night | dreamed mos all night l
wuz a-dyin', an rs feared | amt long
fer dis world" ''lVhy, you shouldn't
be alarmed; you know dreams work by
the rule Of contraries." ..No, missus, I
kant see dat, coz night TO last I
dreamed | felled down a we'll, an
shuah l doan' %understan' how l could
fall up ne.'-Harper's Bazar.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-09-16
A Non partisan View of Ohio Mat
tiers.

DR.. Marine was in attendance at
the Ohio Conferences Campmeeting
at Lancaster a few days since. In
an interview with which the Doc
tor favored representative of the
Indiana Phalan1 he said: at is
well known that / have not been
a third party man here, but if /
were in Ohio | am not prepared to
say what position I would take.
The Prohibition party seems to be
growing in favor greatly in Ohio.
A large number of the ministers
are pronounced supporters of that
party. A number of ministers
with whom I met expressed them
selves as not having decided to act
with the Prohibition party until
since the desperate efforts have
been made to smirch the character
of DR.. Leonard. They know him
to be a pure, conscientious man
true to his profession and governed
in all his acts by a deep conviction
of honor and right, and the person
al attacks upon him have lee
many to the decision to actively
support and vote for him. The
Com. Gazette, in its attack upon ane
abuse of DR.. Leonard, has both in
jured the Republican party in Ohio
and curtailed it's own circulation
many who were formerly its read
ers now refusing to buy or read it.
l-PhnlnnI.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-09-16
Bound to Make Things HOWL.

The Prohibitionists are bound
to make things howl in Ohio this
fall. They are industriously pre-
pairing for one of the most stubborn
fights they have ever engaged in,
and are determined to make a live
or die issue of it. The whole avail
able temperance force of the coun-
try is being concentrated upon the
state, while at the same time assid-
uous efforts are being put forth in
all quarters to raise large cam
paign fund. Twenty-Five of the
best temperance lecturers of the
cou ntry will be placed at the dis
posal of the state Prohibitionists,
which, with their own lecturers,
will enable them to cover every
inch Of ground in the state. They
confidently anticipate vote of
from $4,000 to $4,000 and if this is
polled nothing short of 100000
votes in New York in November
will satisfy them. There is some
thing really admirable about the
way in which these misguided peo-
pie work for the establishment of
their foolish principles. Never
wearied, ever vigilant and constant
ly at work insinuating themselves
in here and boldly assaulting there,
they continue the battle never
ceasingly.-PubSc Leader.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-09-16
81 Am so Heart Broken. "

We have received a letter this
week from Iowa, which contains
the following sentences:
II hare seven children kving.
Their father aoaU drink, and I am so
heart-5roken. My trouble IS greater
than any ever described IN print, but I
conceal 1t, as best can, for the sake
Of the children"
There is more of it, but this is
sufficient.
God help the poor womanf It is
not alone the poor woman In Iowa
who is uttering this piteous moan.
There is the same plant in the
houses of the rich. Cold and hum
ger cannot reach them, but disease,
disgrace and death can. The liquor
fend cares not who his victims are,
ard it's claws reach in all direc-
tions. 1t is as Merciless and as
greedy as a graveyard-it takes ev-
erything that comes to it. Wine at
five dollars bottle kills just as GER
tainly as beer at five cents glass.
There are mothers in velvets and
satins who moan just the same as
the calico-clad woman in Iowa. 1t
is all the same. And they will
continue to moan till the decent
people unite and take some practi-
cal action to
PuIverize the Rum Power.
Toledo Blade.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-09-16
Minister'S Sons not so Bad after
ALI.

There is a tough old lie still 60
ing to and fro in the land that
ought to have been buried long ago,
We refer to the assertion that min
isters' sons generally turn out bad
ly. This is a favorite lie with peo-
pie who hate the church, or who
have themselves turned out badly
in their own persons, or in their
families. The fact is that minis
ters' sons generally turn out well.
The exceptions only prove the rule.
Indeed the very fact that 80 much
ado is made when a minister's son
goes astray, proves the same thing.
De Candolle, the skeptical
French scientist, as quoted by the
Springfield Republican, affirms that
"the sons of clerical families have
actually surpassed during two hun
dred years." in their contributions
to the roll of eminent scientists, the
similar contributions of any other
class of families, not excepting
those that belong to the directly
scientific Observation-Disclosures
surgeons, and chemists.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-09-16
Gratifying Progress.

The consciences of many people
are becoming more and more sem
sitive in regard to certain habits
and ways of making money, which
speaks well for the growth and in
fluence of high Christian ideas in
the world. When a man inquiries,
What is right" "What wilt thou
have me to d." it is apparent that
he has struggling conscience that
is worthy Of consideration. With.
in recent years many farmers have
ceased to raise barley and tobacco
because they felt that the use OF
the beverage made from the grain
and the poisonous, filthy weed is
morally wrong. They have reason.
ed in this way: If the drink traffic
is wrong, if the tobacco habit is in.
jorious and sinful, it is likewise
wrong to in any way sanction or
encourage these evils. Christian
merchants have ceased to sell tobao-
CO in their stores for the same rea-
son that Christian would not sell
strong drink over his counter, be.
cause he felt it to be wrong. The
time was when there was very lit
tie conscience in regard to these
things. Not so now, though there
is vastly too little yet. But that
there is progress in the right direc.
ton is neutrality-suspicious. Tele.
scope.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-09-16
A Bad Business.

1t is business which is opposed
to every clergyman in the country.
It is business which every mer-
chant and business man hates and
detests. 1t is the business which
is the standing dread of every moth
er. 1t is a business which makes
ninety per cent of the business of
the criminal courts. 1t is BUSH
ness which keeps an army Of police
men in the cities. 1t is business
which puts out the fire on the
hearth and condemns wives and
children to hunger and rags. 1t is
a business which fosters vice for
profit, educates in wickedness for
gain. Drunkenness comprises all
other vices. 1t is the dictionary
for vice, for it includes every vice.
Drunkenness means peculation,
theft, robbery, arson, forgery, MUIR
der, for it leads to all these crimes.
louisville Courier Journal.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-09-16
No Friends of Law and Order
Need Apply.

The Assembly Chamber, under
Republican control, was refused to
reputable citizens, last winter, to
hold the annual meeting of the Cit
liens League in the interest flaw
and order. 1t was not, however,
refused to the liquor dealers, brew
ers and saloon keepers last Satur-
day evening for the purpose OF
abusing the leading members of
the Citizens League. We want
the people of the State to know
that those who control the State
Capitol are willing that it shall be
used by class of men who are
God defying, law breaking and So
ciety corrupting, but for purposes
of reform, with special reference to
the saloon, it is denied Wisconsin
Prohabit5onaSt.