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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1889-07-06
SOME QUEER WILLS.
Extraprsilnary Documents Copied from
South Carolina Court Records.

Extraprsi1nary Documents Copied from
South Carolina Court Records.
In overhauling some Of the old books in
the records of the probate court, Judge
Gleason has, according t,the Charleston
News and Courier, come across some queer
documents. Here are some of them:
man, who has been dead so long that he
shall be nameless, was hanged in Charleston
Tor murder. He protested his innocence to
the last, and the day before his execution
made :'lll leaving his personal property,
valued at $439 in money, and silver watch
and chain to his relative. The last clause Of
the will Is as follows:
'A.1zm to be hung tomorrow for the
murder Of -, of which crime am inno-
cent, and firmly believing thatI was found
guilty BY apacked jury, bequeathto this
jury eternal damnation, and in order that
their names may be known to posterity
herein insert their names. -, foreman.
and eleven others. ] order and direct that
my executor hereinafter named shall deliver
my body to the medical students Of Charles
ton, 3. G., and they, are requested to have
my bones PROPERLY cleaned, my skeleton
properly mounted, so that it will pass
down as proof of the bribery and corrup-
tfon used in the conviction of an innocent
man"
Another man, long since deceased, and
who was evidently a wealthy Frenchman,
after dsposing of his estate, provides for an
erring daughter as follows: t
ut is 10 me great cause Of modification
and regret to mention the name OF CiotiIde,
my daughter,now twenty-three years old.
To protect this instrument I bequeath to
her one barleycorn. Ipray she will repent
and prepare for the Lords forgiveness"
AnetAer man, who was o widower, and
had an only daughter who seems to have
been the cause OF much trouble to her
father, disposes of his estate and gives to
his daughter "My blood horse, Jim, feeling
satisfied that II she will either ride or drive
him It is likely she will be brought home
corpse, ia which satisfactory event then let
the horse be sold and the proceeds given to
the poor.n
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1889-07-06
Application for q Patent
No. ST..
UNITED STATES LAND OFSIoL,

NO. 0tIs
UNITED STATES LAND OTSIoL,
Eureka, Nevada, Dect n, Der "a, A. d. 1857.
OTlUE Is AEREBY CT EN-, THAT The
~ south~ est. rn Mining Company, through
their sttor ey In fact " s Mills. whose post.
ONCE ADDRESS 10 ~ Dorado Cany on, Lincoln
c'ubty. Nevads, has this day hled his nppli.
cation Z 3paten, for seven hundred linear
feet OF the Beldirg mile or,vein, bearing salt
with surface ground z,x hundred fet in width
situa'ea inst. Thomas Mining Distri county
Of Ltnco In and State Of Nevada and designated
by The d. Id bOtes and oh1cisl plat on file In
this ONCE - lot number 81 in township 20
south range 6S east Of Mount Disblo Meridian,
aid lot number " being - follows: S
BeginLine at post marked No /. o. 8. sur.
vey no. ~ from which tho \ section cor. TO
sections iour - aud nine 20. township 20
south. ran SO east b. ars south II deg, 81 min
north III deg EAST 600 feet 10 post marked
No. 2. v. survey NO. 81. thence second
cou' 20. south7h Dig east, 3i6 S-i0feet to In
tereect secti n line to section and y Of town.
ship 20 sou, of range " east; north 1850 feet
from ssfd \ section corner. to sections and
NO. 81; thence third course, south llh deg
west. 600 feet TO post married No. 1 y. 3. sur.
vey No. ~; thence fourt course north, 78h
deg west, 262 2-l0 feet to ntFfsact section line
68 east. Mount Diablo Meridian. north 1887 ITO
teet from satd i section corner: 70O ieet to
post No. ]. the place Of beginning, contsinii 6
64-l0o acres. Magnetic variation Is degrees
east.
The location Of this mine is recorded 10
the Recorders ottce Of 1t Thomas Mining Dis.
trtct Nev., in Book a, pages Of Mining Be.
cords. The I'D dining ella mants are not known.
Any and all persons caaiminR adversely any
portion Of said '.Belding Lode" mine or sur.
tsce ground arc required to ale their adverse
claim with the Register Of the United States
Lnnd nf1No knr0k n fhA 0f NAVNdn. /.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1889-07-06
/ Nothing Too Good for Him.

.n1ntsr Soltsr to gentleman just arrived)-
"W'9 o wart any poetry" Gentleman :
.sM.s. -S0n 4 ieor--"Nor prose-" Gentleman
&diter- r-"Nor blank verse. " Gen.
vs.. =. hew would. two-dollar bill suit
Ed;. a toe PEARS subscription In advancep'
,.or-Whys ~ my dear sir, why didn't you
ths. = y nrsti (To oflcs'boy) James, give
80 .senueman . couple Of ehairs and the
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1889-07-06
How this Sexton Figured If.

Two ladies' entered fashionable church
IN New York just before the services be.
gan, and one Of them remarked TO the sex.
ION That the star on the pulpit, in which
were great many gas jets, had the point
turned the wrong way, and that i. should
point up instead OF down. The dignifed old
man, feeling that his quarter of centuries
experience should en,itle his opinion to re.
spect, and realizing the difficulty Of making
change, Strengthened Up and said: LA.
dies, we are told in the Scriptures that the
star hung over the manger to lead the wise
men thither. If it was to guide them to the
sacred spot and direct them to the manper.
or or course 1t would point down and not up"
The star remains as it was.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1889-07-06

For SALE 9Y
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IS Market st. istory Buildin {, Sa" Francisco.
Gal. Branches 40 VI rri,oa st. Port land ur.
% North Spring st., Los Angeles, Gal 18
nth Second st, San Jose, CAL; Fresno, CAL;
so7 z. ST.. Tacoms. W. Ty, Lo,al agencies
everywhere. Write for cards, catalogue. and
banners.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1889-07-06

A MORTGAGE is worse than an earthquake.
IL can make mans farm shrink into the
size of piece Of paper.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1889-06-19
Bruno.

The erection of a monument to
Bruno in the heart of Rome and un-
der the auspices of the Italian gov
eminent, and in the presence Of 3d.
600 people, naturally arouses the in
dignation Of the pope, who was af-
fected by it even to illness and great
depression of spirits.
Bruno was an Italian Protestant of
the sixteenth century. He antici-
pated Luther in many of his doctrines
of revolt against the creed Of Rome.
He went even further than Luther
not only denying the doctrine of
transsubstantiation, but the deity of
Christ and the doctrine Of the trinity.
He has been called the Bob Inger-
soil" of his day. For he was as bold
and outspoken and persistent in his
heresy as that modern skeptic of the
platform and the review.
In addition to his strictly theologi-
cal heresies he was guilty Of proclaim
ing scientific contradictions of the
teachings of the church. He adj
hered to the doctrine that the sun,
and not the earth, was the center of
the solar system, and that the stars
were not mere night lamps for the
pleasure and accommodation Of the
inhabitants Of the earth, but other
planets revolving with it in their own
orbits through painless space.
At the instigation of private enc
mics, pope and inquisition condemn
ed him to the stake for these hereses,
and he was burned to death, bravely
refusing to recant or modify his opin-
ions. The present monument has
been erected to commemorate the lib
erty of thought and speech to which
he was martyr.-Detroit Journal.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1889-06-19

The amount of money that is to be
expended in dredging the river at this
port by the government this year is
only $4,000, being the amount that
was left of the harbor fund that was
appropriated some time ago. The
contract with Stickney g. Co. specifies
that they are to receive 40 cents per
square yard Of dirt removed from the
bottom Of the river, and work is to be
continued until the $4,000 is expend-
ed. The depth to be dredged is 144
feet. The work commenced in the
river at a distance of $50 feet from
the end of the pier of f. w. Gilchrist,
where the river is fourteen feet deep.
The firm is then to dredge a channel
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1889-06-19

English SPAWN Liniment removes all
Hard, Soft, or Calloused Lumps and Blem.
ishes from horses, Blood SPAWN, Curbs,
Spints, Sweeney, Ring-bone, Stiles,
Sprains, all Swollen Threats, Coughs, etc
Saves $50 by use of one bottle. Warrant
ed. Sold by II. Beebe, druggist, Alpena,
Mich. 900yl
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1889-06-19
Variety Store,
DOCK STREET.

Headquarters for Crock
cry, Glassware, Lamp Goods
and Fruit Jars. Also in
stock, Velocipedes, Express
Wagons, Hammocks, Gro
quet Sets, Bird Cages, Tin
ware, Table and Pocket CUT
lery, Towels, Toweling, Oil
Cloths, Corsets, Laces, Hos
iery, Gloves, Notions, and
New Goods added every
week. We invite COMPARE
son of stock and prices.
LANGWORTHY & HISER.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1889-06-19

down the river to distance of 600
feet beyond the lighthouse, and the
channel is to be fifty feet wide. AT
ter that work is completed, the dredge
will be removed up stream and sand
and rubbish removed from the bottom
of the river between the bridge and
where the dredging. work first COM
menced, and, if the fund is still unex-
pended, then some dredging will be
done above the bridge. In some
places two feet of an excavation has
to be made in order to reach the re-
quired depth.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1889-06-19

The rainfall of last month has been
exceeded by May rainfalls of nine
preceding years, as follows: 4.16 in
ches in 1874; 3.22 inches in 1875 !;
6.56 inches in 1876; 1874 inches in
1873; 1856 inches in 1880; 5.02 in
ches in 1881 4 40 inches in 1882 /;
4.56 inches in 1888; 3,27 inches in
1884. The rainfall last month was
303 inches. 1t however all came
down during the last II days of the
month.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1889-06-19
Nj 4 X RTE ID.

BY Rev. f. n. Barlow, June 18th, 1882 Miss Ella
johnson TO Alexander Boyd Gillice.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-09-06
Gilt Edge Butter.

There is no patent on making gilt
edge butter, and as matter of fact
there is no very deep science about it.
1t would seem sometimes as if there
were men and women who could not,
under any possible circumstances, make
good butter. But we believe that the
statement can be truthfully made that
anybody can make good butter if they
choose to master the science or art.
Good COWS are the first essential. Good
feed is the next. What shall the food
be in Summer? Well we want good
pasture, of course. Any grain? Yes,
feed wheat bran and cornmeal, three
pints of the former and one of the latter
all through the Summer. Try, and
see if it does not pay. Winter feed
might consist of good clover, if you are
where you can raise it and bran and
cornmeal. A Wisconsin man feeds in
Winter cut corn fodder, wheat bran,
corn ground on the cob. oats ground
with the corn, cake meal and cotton
seed meal. with the best clover hay we
have. This comes about up to the
standard as fixed upon by analysis, and
also general observation for the pro,
duction of good milk at the cheapest
rate, and for the good health of the
COW.
And to cut long story short, having
managed to secure rich quality of
milk, take measures to satisfy the near
est creamery of its value and sell the
whole milk. The creamery will make
"gilt edge butter" of it and you will
escape the drudgery and risk incident
to making the butter, and be enable to
keep more cows.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-09-06

abandon it. If store could fud
ready sale for all its goods, and yet
made no profit month after, month.
inquiry would be made as to the
cause, and if the trouble could not be
remedied, the store would be closed
Now farming is an established bust
ness. A man can buy farm, SOW.
raise and harvest bis crops, and the
world will need them. Indeed it must
have them. But it is fact that under
the most favorable circumstances, farm
ing pays but little profit and in very
many cases no profit at all. To put it
very mildly, farming is not as profitable
as it ought to be, and there is only one
of two reasonable things for the farmer
10 do; under such circumstances either
go out of business or increase his pro-
fits. To think of going out of business,
is in thousands of cases, equivalent to
starting direct for the almshouse. A
man cannot change his business at all
times as easily as turning over his hand
1t would practically be impossible for
many farmer to SUCCESSFULLY do any
other business. But if he is making
nothing, and perhaps losing every year,
he is on direct road to the poorhouse
If he remains on the farm. If he goes
he goes into pauperism, if he stays he
will become pauper. The most reaso-
nable thing to do, therefore, is to
increase the profits. How? Well we
never forget to say that our methods
need reduction to science, but the
chief way Of increasing the profits on
the farm is to put stop to other peoples
stealing what we produce. 1t will not
make US rich if we grow thousands of
bushels of apples, if the boys steal
them all from US. We might just as
we'll raise no wheat as to raise millions
of bushels if railroads and elevotor
rings and boards of trade and millers'
combinations are to steal the whole
harvest. If we can get fair share of
the fruits Of our own labor, we will do
well enough ordinarily; and we can get
them. How? By rising up as one
man in defense of our rights, smash.
ing the combinations against US and
making government representative of
the interests of the majority. There is
but one way to do this, and that is by
getting together and standing together
solidly. Organization is our only hope.
W. Rural. &
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-09-06
Activity of Western Farmers.

The following program of the move.
ment of western farmers will give our
readers an idea of the long strides tn at
farmers of the West are making towards
taking into their hands the direction
and control of public affairs. 1t is a
matter of vital Importance that our
eastern farmers should be preparing
themselves to co operate with their
western brothers.
The Homestead says that of al the
meeting of farmers to be held during
the summer and fall, none will have
more important and far-reaching con-
sequences than the the Annual Conven.
ton of the Farmers Alliance of Iowa.
This meeting will be held as usual
during the State Fair in the tent on the
fair grounds, but to such magnitude
have the business interests of the Al
lance grown that to avoid confusion
inevitable on the grounds it has been
decided to hold the business meeting at
Hibernian Hall, 314 West Fifth street,
Des MONIES, Ioa., Tuesday and
Wednesday, September Sd and 4th, at
2 P. m. 1t is very important that each
Alliance should he represented by one
of its ablest men.
The decision Of the State A Alliance on
some of the questions that will be dis
cussed will have far-reaching conse-
quences. Among these there will be,
the best method of co. operation; the
legislation needed to protect and foster
the industrial interests of the State; the
national legislation demanded by the
farmers of the West; the need of closer
organization and greater privacy in bus
mess transactions; the election of dele
gates to the next meeting of the Nation
al Alliance, and the ACCESSIBILITY of
consolidation, or more effective cooper.
alton with the Grange and Southern
Alliance.
The editor of the farmers paper
commenting on the above says:
"The Alliance has done a grand
work during the peat year, and is yet
in the small beginning OF its usefulness
1t is gaining every day not only the
confidence of leading farmers, who at
the first regarded it with suspicion, but
is justifying itself to all classes of pub
lie men. Entirely nonpartisan, as it is,
in its character, the action of the AL
lance on all questions which it has
discussed has had wonderful effect in
shaping public policies. 1t needs only
to continue its present straightforward
and patriotic line of policy to accom-
plish the grand results Cor which it was
organized. This will not be done ur-
less the local Alliances send their ablest
men to represet them in their State
conventions"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-09-06
Recognition of Facts.

Did you ever think that men are
prone to shut their eyes to palpable
facts and court ruin in the very midst
of warning? 1t is surprising that the
farmer, with all the facts that have
steadily pointed toward the utter col
lapse of all that could be considered
prosperity on the farm, unless radical
changes in prevailing systems were
made, has not acted more promptly in
his own defense. Our business either
pays us or it does not pay us. Ordi-
narily if business pays nothing, it is
abandoned. The exceptions to this are
when a business is new and must be
given an opportunity to develop, or
when there is temporary depression
of trade. In such cases, a business is
carried along with the expectation that
it will pay. But if an established
business fails to pay in ordinary times,
the one who conducts it will likely
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-09-06
Merit Wins.

We desire is say to our citizens,
that for years we have been selling DIR.
Kings New Discovery for consumption
DR.. Kings new life pills, Bucklen's
arnica salve and Electric Bitters, and
have never handled remedies that sell
as we'll, or that have given such univer-
sal satisfaction. We do not hesitate to
guarantee them every time, and we
stand ready to refund the purchase
price, if satisfactory results do not
follow their use. These remedies have
won their great popularity purely on
their merits. L. r. Kirk druggist.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-09-06
THE Household.
New York FASHIONS.
THE ROUND WAIST, SLEEVES, ETC

THE ROUND WAIST, SLEEVES, ETC.
The round waist is without darts, and
paradoxical as it may sound, is slightly
pointed in front and back. 1t has but
few seams, and may be either plain or
full on the shoulders; its fulness below
is pleated or gathered to the points at
the waist line, and it is trimmed there
by vandyke points of embroidery or Of
passcmenteric, or else it is edged by a
folded ribbon, fastened by bow with
out ends on the left side. The round
shallow yoke so often mentioned will
still be made of velvet, silk, MORE, or
embroidery, or of the dress material
covered by passementere. The high
standing collar and mutton leg sleeves
will be made for most woolen dresses;
cloth dresses, however, seldom have
very full sleeves, as they cannot be
worn under cloth jacket or fitted coat.
STRAIGHT SKIRTS.
The skirts of new dresses are hung
to appear almost straight, yet those Of
heavy fabrics have one or two short
steels in their foundation skirt, merely
to support them, not to add to their
size; the pad bustles are omitted alto
gether. The fronts and sides of many
skirts are perfectly fiat, while all are
made full in the back by means of gath
ers or pleats, or some lengthwlse jabot
folds. When two materials are used in
handsome camers hair and velvet Dress
es, the velvet is underneath, and the
soft wool is slightly draped at the top
on each side, and cut out there to show
the velvet below the belt, and it is
again slashed open in the front at the
foot to disclose the velvet there also.
In other skirts width of velvet or silk
or whatever the contrasting material
may be, appears down the left side quite
straight, or else in the middle of the
back; sometimes large ornament Of
passementerie or dropping sash Of
velvet holds up the lett side of the wool
skirt to show velvet skirt beneath.
Few pleatings are at the foot of skirts;
sometimes only band of velvet or of
wide ribbon, or facing of the dress
goods, is at the foot of the foundation
skirt. For trimming the outside of a
straight wool dress, no matter of what
color, black borders are used in rows OF
velvet ribbon, or else three straight
rows CT open patterned black passemen-
terie, or the single row of vandyke
points of passementer.e already de.
scribed. -Harpers' Bazaar.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-09-06
Grape Rot.

A. w. Pearson, of Vineland, N. j., In
a recent lecture on grape rot reported on
results of his experiments in connection
with the department at Washington
The results show that the black rot fun
gus is best controlled by spraying the
vines early in tho season, before vegeta-
ton starts, with a strong solution of sui
plate of iron, say two pounds Of cop
peras to gallon of hot water. After the
vineyard is plowed in May top dress with
slaked lime When the vine is setting
its clusters, and before opening it's bios
SONS, spray with Bordeaux mixture,
which is made by dissolving six pounds
of sulphate Of copper, say, liz six gallons
of boiling water; in another vessel slakc
four pounds of new lime in four gallons
of water; mix the two solutions and di-
lutte with water sufficient to make TWEEN
ty-two gallons of the liquid. Repeat the
spraying every three or four weeks, less
frequently in dry than in wet weather.
Mr.. Pearson says he saved 90 per cent.
of his grapes by this spraying, and has
found the best work done by the portable
sprayer, made (and inventedD by Adam
Weaber, of Vineland. 1t is not neces-
sary to drench the vines, and the spray
ing is less expensive than bagging.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-09-06
English Milk Rules.

An exchange says that the Agricul-
tural Department of England publish a
leafet giving Information as to the
terms on which the Copenhagen Milk
Supply Company contract with their
customers The fourth regulation
insists that the milk of newly calyed
COWS shall not be sent to the company's
dairy until twelve days after calving,
Also that the food of the cows imparts
no disagreeable flavor to the milk.
Swedes must not be given to the COWS,
nor turnip leaves in the Autumn. Car
rots and mangel wurzels may be used,
but, at most half bushel of each Of
these to seven pounds of corn, one and
one-half pounds of rape cake, or at
least five pounds of oats or barley, ex-
elusive of hay. Brewers grains and
similar refuse are strictly forbidden,
and every kind of fodder not in good
condition.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-09-06
Farm Notes.

Tho opinions expressed at a recent
meeting of the Ohio State Horticultural
society were almost unanimous in favor
of four foot drainage.
Tho opinion seems to prevail that, al
though frosted seed wheat did sprout all
right in IL greenhouse of the Minnesota
experiment station, frosted wheat is toe
risky to trust for SO important crop.
A plan is on foot to organize a COM
pany with sufficient capital to buy the
entire Florida crop of oranges, which
is to be delivered by the growers to a
large packing house that will be built at
Sanford. Thence the company pro
pose to distribute the fruit throughout
the country.