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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1886-05-01
Swing PINE GOLD.

The schemes for saving tho tine metal
which escape from both gold and silyeI
mills, and are generally lost in the tail
ings, besides the devices to which placer
miners have resorted to save their fine
or flour" lgold, have been as numerous
as they have been impracticable, and it
i with smile and shrug Of incredulity
that anything new in this line is heard Of
by the old-time miner. To-day however.
Regisser-Call reporter was shown a
.lnice-box amalgamator which at once
eommends itself to the practical eye as
heing machine ahead of anything in its
line IN present use. It is the property
Il Mr.. Edward Pike, Of Salt Lake City,
he Is in Central for short time.
The invention consist. Of series Of
fixed boxes set about Elk feet apart in
main sluice. These fixed boxes are made
si''ni two feet long. and at the upper end
have depth OF three inches. while at
the lower end they join the bottom of
the main slpice again m.Lin, . ,r;,no
MAR .baned hoy AZ The bottom ~ ~.
boY /, nl.ced the ou;cLs;lver ~ .n.Io.
mated nlo,e ,,d ,boro -,
with Il and cover;ng ,bs sn,;rs ga
boz i, a Mate nerfo,a,ed ne,rly 20 a..
end. In working everything :. m;nr,e
" divided and ttrown Win forco ,b,onoh
the persorat4d nl.,e mo, ,se worr;na
plate below and !, then ,y,;, worLea r9
into the mai. .I..:.. Sorsns. of ~
tact with ouicksilyer-no na,tsr tov
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-07-29
Did Not Forget.

Mr.. Stow used to be a clerk in the
brokerage firm of E. G. Stedman d Co.,
and the poet banker tells story much
to the successful young mans credit.
He was not very hopeful of riches in
the old days when he was keeping books
for Mr.. Stedman, and nobody would
have ever been likely to mark him then
as the prospective possessor of hun
dreds of thousands of dollars of his
own. There was no forwardness about
him; favors shown him wer always fruit
full of thankfulness. When he left Mr.
Stedman's employ-tO go to the doc
tors office, | think it was-Mr. Sted-
man bade him not only kindly good
bye. but expressed the hope that If ever
it were possible for him to lend the
young man assistance he would be glad
to do his utmost to help his clerk along.
Time went on. Stow was getting up
in the world, back in Wall street again
misfortune fell upon Mr.. Stedman.
Everybody, of course, remembers the
unexpected failure of the poets broker
age firm couple of years or so ago
But one nan who learned the news
found more interest in 1t than the ordl
nary citized, and a messenger WITHIN an
hour of the announcement of the tinan'
! cial trouble handed note to Mr.. Sted
man, which ran something like this;
DEAR Mr.. STEDMAN: l have go
$50, 900 more than l want. VIII yo'
please take it? W. l.. olo".
Mr.. stedman fortunately was bette
off than at first supposed, and ne de
clined the big hearted offer, though no
without the expression of gIratiitud
that had no lac k of earnestness in 1t.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-07-29
He Thought of Hogs.

"Just previous to the war;" said a
Mississippi planter the other day, 81
was out in the field giving an old and
favorite slave of mine some instructions
about change of fence, when | heard
the hiss of snake and jumped aside
Just in time to avoid the fangs of a cot
ton-mouth. l was for the time badly
ratified, while the old man seized club
and killed the snake. Several months
passed, and the incident had been for
gotten, when l got into trouble and was
challenged to fight duel. l accepted,
and named the next morning at 3
o'clock. How the news got to the old
slave l never could understand and he
would never tell, but in some way he
got an inkling that was to fight. In
the afternoon, as l sat alone on the
veranda, he came shufling up, pulled
off his hat, and when l gave him a nod
of encouragement he approached and
said:
q" Mars James. dey dun say you am
gwine to fight wild Mars -- to-mor-
row.
"'Hushl What nonsense?
"I amt gwine to say one word to
nobody, Mars James, but de old man
"'What 2 l asked as he hesitated.
"HMember dat cotton -mouf down by
de swamp, Mars James g
Eye
Member h w-how you dun turned
pale an trembled 2
" Perhaps l did
"'Wall, Mars James, if you am
gwine to fout wild Mars - jis' doant
fink of snakes tall when you am stand
in up to shoot. Put yer mind right on
dem eighteen hogs which rooted under
de fence an got out into de brush de
odder day, an de Lawd will help ye
drap him.
1.-THE duel came off, and Mars -
was 'drapped' with bullet in his shoul-
der, and the old slave didn't quit shout
ing and praying for week, IN. QUAD.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-07-29
: Warranted to rot your stomach in
: five years if you will stick to it.


In other ways than this "Stormyn
sought to impress on the bibulously in
clined that the Apostle Paul was way
off when he made the assertion to the
effect that little something was good
for the stomach's sake. Sometimes
young blood, on a hurrah with crowd,
would enter Jordan's saloon and sing
out:
cold man, give US the best you've
got in the house"
Without changing muscle of his
face, "Stormy" would quietly size up
the number in the crowd, range an
equal number of glasses filled with
water on the bar, and then, as if to re-
heve his feelings, would break out with
series of emphatic dashes, thus:
'"There, confound you! If you are
really men, that's the best drink for you
in this shop; but if you're beasts, l can
give you something that will make you
great sight beastlier if you'll try it
long enough"
In those days it was recorded to
''Stormy's" crediC that no minor had
ever been permitted to drink over his
bar with his permission; and woe be-
tide the barkeeper, who, in his absence,
broke the iron-Clad rule, for it not only
cost him his situation, but brought
down on his unlucky head sulphurous
| stream of profanity that he would never
| forget. When a lad or party of them
| entered while STORMY" was presiding
behind the counter, he or they would
sometimes be attacked with such savage
language that it took but moment to
convince them that the outside air was
far healthier; at other times ''Stormy"
would talk as gently yet firmly of the
evils of strong drink as if he was lee
| turing his own children. Nor could a
man already intoxicated hope to sink
still further into the gut er through the
medium of "Stormy's" bar.
! 1t is also matter of common report
"Stormy" put aside q certain portion OF
his earnings for the relief of the families
of drunken men, and that he frequently
contributed for weeks to the entire sup
port of such unfortunates.
Yet, with all his contempt for the
business in which he was engaged, he
presented the strange contradiction OF
brooking no restraint in it; and when
Iowa concluded that the saloon must
go, none of the whiskey men went to
greater lengths IN denounclng the
fanatics, " as the Prohibitionists were
termed, and none have violated the law
more openly. AS a consequence, ''Stor-
my" has at last found himself in the
situation described at the beginning OF
this dispatch. Many stories have been
told of Jordan's past, mostly founded
on surmises The one most current was
to the effect that he belonged to 6
wealthy family in New York and began
life with every prospect of brigh
career. Eventually, however, he gave
way to an acquired appetite for liquor
sank very low, and then drifted West
finally landing in Ottum I when it wa
the toughest town between Burlington
and Omaha, and engaging in the busi
ness which he has labelled "the road t.
hell -
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-07-29
A STORY OF STORMY" JORDAN.
A Specimen iowa Saloon-Keeper - one
Sinner With n Conscience.
[From an Otumwa Ga. } Letter. !


Perhaps no saloon-keeper in the State
is more widely known than "Stormy"
Jordan, and probably none of them
have sought less to disguise their hatred
for the Hawkeye Prohibition law or vio-
lated it more openly. But Stormy"
has reached the end of his rope at last,
and is now in the Wapello County Jail,
sentenced to undergo imprisonment for
300 days for putting that into his neigh
bors' mouths which it has been stated
takes away their brains. But Jordan,
although law violator and generally
tough character, with yards upon yards
Of profanity ready to unroll upon the
slightest provocation, and with such
violent temper that his Christian name
of Kinsley has been corrupted into
STORMY" has, nevertheless, some traits
which to a certain extent redeemed his
shortcomings Excessive frankness was
one of them.
So highly developed was this faculty
that soon after opening his saloon, some
fifteen years or more ago, in basement
beneath the Union Depot here, he Gre
ated sensation by placing sign over
the stairway leading to his bar which
was a startling rovelty. Surrounded
with grinning devils, twisting serpents
and grinning skeletons, and ending in
huge hand pointing downwards, were
the following words:
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-07-29
TIE FARMERS WIFE.

From out the rosy land of dreams
She comes at early morning;
The dew upon the meadow CLEANS,
Fair as brides adorning.
ATop.a from the waving pines,
And fields of blooming clover;
The noisy brook that sings and shines,
With willows bending over;
The eastern sky grows all afiame,
As though, to one beholding,
The gold and sapphire clouds that came
Were heavens gates unfolding.
But all this glory stands apart,
Nor charms her with its beauty,
For care sits heavy on her heart,
Where falls the line of duty,
The cows await the milking time
With soft and patient lowing
The sturdy farmer. in his prime,
Must hasten to his moving.
His wife must speed the morn's repast,
And work with nimble fingers,
For farmers all, from first to last,
Make hay while sunshine fingers.
And when the meal is DER, the pals
OF foaming milk are waiting,
With fragrance caught from sunny wales
To future joys relating.
The cream lies thick. like cloth of gold,
Where shining pans are bEimming,
Their riches gathered fold on fold,
AL ready for the skimming.
Then, later, as in olden days,
With much of stir and flutter,
by weary hands the dasher plays,
And wins the golden butter.
And SO the day goes on, and on,
No time for rest or pleasure;
"A woman's work is never done"
Is true in fullest measure,
And as the sun sinks in the west,
And day grows into even,
Weary and worn she goes to rest,
And almost longs for heaven.
-LAvILLA E. ALLEN.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-07-29

Cool ABOUT TIT is said that it is
not always safe to let ones trouble be
known. Some years ago panic swept
over certain city, and a well-known
merchant was at his wits end for money.
He kept his own counsel and walked
leisureiy into the bank. After talking
about indifferent things the merchant
said: Il know it is difficult for banks
to get reliable paper, in these panlcky
times. l thought l would show you
some notes that | have. / think the
paper is good. You may put the money
to my credit or not, just as you please.
With this cool method of asking loan
as favor to the bank he walked away.
He got the money, nevertheless, which
would not have happened if the bank
had known his condition. DRY Good
Chronicle.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-07-29
: Road to Hell@

The thirsty mortal who dared to run
the gauntlet after being confronted with
such warning, and found himself be.
fore the huge mirror backing "Stormy's"
bar, would find further cause for curd-
ling up his blood by reading such no
tices here and there as the following:
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-07-29
The Following is Partial List OF my
OFFERINGS OF REAL ESTATE

One e5OAcre dwelling, suitably
vded ~ wood timber place and apple orchard
water at barn.
Onetid e soil strong and productive and farm would be
earded selling Will sell for s2 OOO5Oo
800
One Farm buildings good water good price s75o-25o
down, balance so per year.
One village a bong
and raise his vegetables; $5OO15O
balance so per yea.
One Dwelling good buildings
and good size; price 100000 balance
Sixteen of Hyde Park village
meadow but what good;
VIII sell part or all
Several Good Building Hyde village enteping
industrious young into land and labor
will timber lumber nails glass; DOORS SASH shing
and lime and allow payment therefor
be payments Land parcels of two and three
those who want land with by
of lots s75 500, $125 and $50 each
the "Corner stor pages
rented for five at two hundred dollars per year. but ar
gem probably tho lease vacated desired Price,
s2OOO-$5OO down. balance 500 per year.
Sixty Acres This lot lease land and not sub
ct taxation subject rental of s12 Will sell my equity
s25 informed that it within two miles OF
awu no bad hills between be cheap
desiring logging job Terms $50 down-$26 one ana $40
two years. per NJ stumpago reserved until am paid
hundred lying the banks OF the
mill pond which supplies mill Hyde Park Price S3O
800 year. dollars sumpage reserved till lot
paid
One Building Belmont within few rods Of both the Vt and
Mass Fihburg Wae Price $iOO-OO down. balance
per yeaz
An examination of property will show believe that have placed
much below good would apprase it, but am
~ . and vo vf of the care moment practicable
desiring paying viii find this properly wen "
examination their use either he p" " ~
offered AS CHEAP one Oh ne ABOVE
described
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-07-29
HYDROPHOBIA OR BEE STING.
Death Following Sting in an Arm Bitte1
by n Dog Ten Months Before.

A letter from Wadesboro, N. c., says:
Robert Robinson, the 16-year- son of
Col. John Robinson, has just died hero
of hydrophobia In August last a
strange dog came to his house and at
tackled one of the yard dogs. Robert
went to the rescue of his dog, and was
bitten on the arm by the strange dog,
W Which then ran off. 1t attacked several
other dogs while running away, but was
finally killed. Roberts family feared
the results of the bite, as all the evil
dence indicated that the dog was mad,
but so long a time elapsed without evil
consequences that their fears entirely
ceased.
On Tuesday last the Young man was
stung by bee on the arm bitten by the
dog Robert suffered great pain ON
Saturday morning, while engaged IN
conversation with his mother, she OBJ
served that Robert had fallen into a
strange mood, laughing frequently out
right and immoderately without appar
ent cause. He admitted there was
nothing to laugh at. but that he could
not help it. His father being informed
of his peculiar condition, and at the
same time discovering unusual nervous
ness in the patient suggested taking
him to a physician, but proceeded hrst
to give Robert milk toddy to quiet
his nerves. The sight of the liquid
threw the young man in violent convul,
sions, which continued until several OF
the physicians of Wadesboro and vicin-
! ity arrived. The most powerful opiates
were administered, and even the pro,
fuse application of chloroform failed tc
keep h1m quiet long at time. He
toamed at the mouth, gnashing his
teeth in his effort to bite the attendants
about the bedside. In his lucid inter.
walls, although brief, the poor victim
gave every evidence of intelligence,
talking with those around him OF hl'
awful condition, and. realizing that M
must die, he expressed a resignation tt
Gods will, and prayed that all other
might be spared the fate that had be
| fallen him.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-07-29

A BLIND MAN attracted considerable
attention playing whist on New Eng
land railroad train the other day. Cards
with raised spots were used, the three
players who had their eyesight naming
their cards as they played them. The
blind man and his partner easily beat
the other two.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-07-29

My Calf Skin Business absorbing my capital time and
attention. and having decided to close out all of my other
branches of business we'll my miscellaneous personal
uropery and real estate offer for sale all the land own
except that occupied in my business and my dwelling and will
dispose of same at very low figures and easy terms of
payment
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-07-29
Where Flies are Plentiful

81 think flies must be more numerous
on the baseball ground than they are in
our kitchen, " remarked Mrs Snaggs.
"What makes you think thatg" asked
her husband
"Why, see by the paper that one Of
the clubs has a fly catcher, but l should
think it would be hard to catch them in
the open air. "-PittSburq Chronicle TeIs-
0rdph.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-07-29
: Nose paint sold here !

AS if this was not sufficiently start
ling, something like the following
would boldly obtrude itself upon the
view just as one had raised glass to
his lips:
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-07-29

AT the Horticultural Exhibition
He-''This is a lime tree, Clara. But
you are not looking" Shelves,
Charlie, see it; but l was wondering
how they extract the mortar from it,"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-07-29
CARROLL S. PAGE.

Hyde Park, Vt, Feb 2, 1885,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-07-29
NO LIGHTHOUSES.

A well known theatrical manager Of
this city recently made visit to Cape
May. He was asked to drive over to
Cape May Point to see the lighthouse
there, but declined the invitation on the
ground that che had seen enough light
houses during the past winter to satisfy
HIM for the rest of his life. ."-Philadel-
phia Bulletin.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-07-29
PREPARATIONS COMPLETE.

She was to be married the next day,
and as her old father stroked her hair
fondly he said:
"And do you think, my dear. that you
have fully considered the important step
YOU are so soon to take Do you feel
that you are thoroughly prepared for"
ooh, yes, papa," she interrupted
brightly; 'everything is prepared, and
we've had two rehearsals and George has
promised to buy me pair ofponies just
as soon as ever we get back from our
wedding trip. ~. Y. Times.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-07-29

''Mistah Johnsing, t'ink you's suffer
in wild affexion OBJ de heart. Yo'
heart beats is terrible irreglar."
''Dat's all right, doctah; but, sab,
yo' has yo' ear right gin my watch, an
it hain't varied a mint in de las free
months, sab. Wild all respec' to yo',
guess go ter some older practitioner,
sab. v-H01per's Bazar.
The Red Cloud chief., 1886-06-04
TIE NATIONS TRUST.
RI, . NJ


FELL 'ITi't>' Nb '"I'>iS We
Assembled To-Day IA "''''''h'e ID "
significant ANA worthy custom nat "'
paving aiiec'i"siate tr'h'''' '''he ih''''
or' OF most OF our i'"'" c'''/c"s "''
.a:d down th"lr HNe- al ''e'' country
call That domestic peace ana ''''''.'
PROSPERITY might continue - NM
upon 'i's E'if ana % OLE ;" '"'
coming t"-etil'r We -D"'- - i"''.
able ,eT~i'oi,, IT, on!A l" the
ment % gratitude, but "i patriotism q,
well W. relolce That II" -"'e'hNH'''
lives that the p''.' c ~'"'.h"' B" '''
enioyn'v"' Il p".'i1ai freedom lh"t
our homes are SAFE t''h' h"'' ''''
happiness WHICH A''!''.-' '''@'' ""
lndI-ii, "'.' i''''I''''' '''. "'' "''.H
mao" l'"s-ihI'' '"I '''' ""''' '''
stimulus OF Inc Hu" American 'i'''
our Repuo'ic might econ ne beacon
high; oil the ""rIl. Ah' '''''. """'
we are -theIen /" lay ''F'"7 q"
I"yhi t'ihuit U" ''t ht'''-'' 81 '"'
boys IL. w., ~ e'teb 'h" dream
lee s'eep "Hi'h war ht7l MANN
Imte.-. Il cannon hr AIMS 20 'F'-'' "
few % ih>lsGt.~ 10 vac Ca" '''
whose triumph 1Aey 80 Freely -u'f'h-
der"d All tyitentiY We must admit
The Red Cloud chief., 1886-06-04
CITY NEWS.

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TIA" advent % 10 pound son
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The Red Cloud chief., 1886-06-04
8 Per Cent Farm Loan.

The Nebraska Farm Loon Go Nil
MAJ" l"u a loan ou vou farm al
straight 2 pcT cent and furnish ihc
money without any de.aE Call on
them Ia the Red Cloud Natiuna! Bank
Building.
The Red Cloud chief., 1886-06-04
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THE TARGET fish oftbc season caught
with hook aud line W., cap.ht ~
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fve and zoe half pound
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The Red Cloud chief., 1886-06-04

Tar Christian revival .o&luc,cd
t. H.. IL. ba--oss a, The lour,-
house. L ,t.!l n p-usrc,> IT. kcr-
,rcud gentleman J. i very :o.ciblc and
Interesting >p,lAer. y deep religious
iut,rcs, i benz taken IN the meet
in-~ Several per-,a, have ~lroics>cd
i >avsn- faith i'll Chris, and united
with the Christian church IT,.
viii l. preaching .o-n,an' ,tnday-i
Saturday evening and Sunday morn
iu- ami evening. F.vc r"uycr,s -
cc,yed the ordinance II baptism i
iuucr>iun. IL ,he r;ycr tuesday even.
ing lat anl sill where, more 70 fol-
luw.
The Red Cloud chief., 1886-06-04

~ 49, go
oyerSevr-H. f.. Fond.
Recciver-A. J kenncv.
FInanC.,r-H Il RuId.
Representatives n Grand lodce-H
". Brewer. J l.. Miller. \. {. tiu>mvr
The lodge l. kept busy taking IN new
memhcr> aui i II \ highly prosperous
unUa.;.o.
OH city fathers. oT the committee
ou : lewalk> should see that the side
walks are pa, down per order OF ihe
council, and when put down. they
should lee completed. There are
MANY places where about a loot or tw,
n the end Of walks have never bee,
completed. To q pedestrian who la.
To- depeni on the aculenc>> of vision
Ia pierce TIE d5uSercSs u darkness
hnd> himself often Jared 10y comm.
IN an,ac with these little jumping 1T:
places. II saves lunier hu, 1t /
mighty unpleasant yug know 10
iello~ who don't &c; much 10 eat.
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1886-09-20
why Hancock Rode Down the Line.

at is well known said Judge George
M. Curtis, the other day, that Gen. Han
cock did deed of supererogation at Get
tysburg, in riding up and down in front of
his line. He told me about it awhile ago.
He said he had a splendid body of men
and they had been fighting for two days
and were much exhausted At the time
spoken Of they had been under the fire of
$50 guns for two hours-an experience cal
culated TO unnerve some men, even
though they are brave, and it is said to be
far more fatiguing than any march. They
We're waiting for the end of the cannonad-
ing, and expecting that Longstreet's corps
would charge across the valley and at
tempt to capture their position.
"'Just as we were awaiting the onset,
said the general, and few minutes be-
fore 1t took place, the historical incident
of riding down the line of Massena's front
on the left of the French army at Wagram
occurred to me He rode up and down
many times to keep the men steady I'M
der fire, and it quieted their nerves won.
derfully. Men will dare anything if they
see that their commander asks them to
face no danger that he is not himself will
ing TO share As soon as the incident
came, to my mind, acted on it, dashnq
out in front of the men and riding up and
down between them and the advancin
enemy. Thatsall there was about IT, II
was done for purpose, and when TIC
men cheered and stood firm as a rock
knew it had served the purpose we'll NJ
Croffut in Kansas City Journal