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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-12-24

BAGAzETTE MINING Co, Rock
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engine on the Bagazette mine
in Rock Creek mining district,
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-26
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WEST CORNWALL.

Mrs T. s. Gold is making . protract- ed visit in Hartford and vicinity.
 Miss H. A. Jarvis, of New Haven, was a guest at the parsonage last week.
 MT Seymour Johnson, of Stepney, express agent here, is visiting his many friends for few days.
 Joe Cole has another model boy, born last Thursday evening-cigars !
 Mrs R. N Cochrane spent last week in Bridgeport.
 Service is held in the chapel every Sunday afternoon at two o'clock, in- stead of evening, as heretofore.
 Miss Jennie Brewer, who has been boarding at Mrs Nickerson's through the summer, has gone to Waterbury, Vermont, for the winter.
 Good skating on the river, and every where else at this writing.
 Mrs Spaulding and daughter, of Falls Village, visited friends here last week.
 Santa Claus has unloaded six more car loads of Christmas goods at 0. M. Halls this week.
 Charlie Butler has returned from his trip to Stamford.
 The ladies benevolent society held a sociable in the chapel rooms last Tues day evening, which was we'll attended. The stereopticon views, by Rev MI Hanna, of Falls Village, were much en. joyed by all present. The receipts for the evening were over $16 for the organ fund. t.
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SHEFFIELD.

MT J. A. Lathrop has gone to- Cleve- land, Ohio, on business trip.
 Lathrop & Smith have purchased the stone store on Main street, of c. R. Brown, which they will fix up and put in a new stock of goods, ready to occupy before very long.
 The lecture given by Rev w. w. Fem, of Pittsield, on Friday evening last was of much interest, as the speaker, in very happy manner, told us of the "Some Folks" We each surely thought: know of somebody who that is like, or, that means me, don't it /?
 The funeral of William May hew, who was killed by the cars in Kent, Conn.,, was held at the Congregational church here, November 3Oth. ...,
 The funeral service of Mrs Rosa Stan ton, widow of William Stanton, was attended from the house of her daughter, Mrs Elias Wright. on Sunday afternoon. Rev J. H. Mueller conduct ed the services.
 The music at the Friendly Union last week was piano duet by Mrs Dr San ford and Miss Mary Lemist, and two peices on the cornet by MT Bliss, of South Egremont, accompanied by ,Mrs Bliss on the piano. .
 Miss Carrie L. Smith is spending 8 few weeks with friends in New York.
 Mrs M. l.. Mercein has gone to spend the winter in Providence, R. I.
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Facts About Snails.

The snail is really as interesting an animal as is to be found in our gar deus, and deserves a better fate than the pitiless crushing which usually awaits him at the feet of the gardener whose path he happens to cross. If you wish to examine snail, procure a piece of glass and place him upon it. It is useless to expect him to seem at at ease in your hand. for the snail is a cold blooded animal, and your warm flesh must be nearly as uncomfortable to him as the top of the kitchen range would be to you. r.
 The snail emerges from small egg which was buried in the ground by his mother, and from the very first shifts for himself, quite ignorant of pa rents watchful care. Spring is the season which sees the snail emerge from the egg. He attains to about half his full size before winter compels him to retire from active life for a while, accomplishing almost the whole of his growth during spring and au- tumn. The heat of summer seems in some mysterious way to initiate against his development.
 Snails always pass the winter in a state of Information. At the approach of cold weather they scoop holes in the ground, which are carefully lined with dead leaves cemented to the sides with slime The hibernation of the snail is almost death. He scarcely breathes, and the hearts action is nearly in abeyance In the early days of spring the sleeper awakes, and pro- ceeds to form another hole in the ground destined to become the recep- tacle for the cluster of eggs, varying ill number from twenty to fifty, which are about to be laid. and which will hatch ill about three weeks.
 As might be expected from the way in which he can renew his head, the snail is blessed with very great powers of vitality. A case Is recorded of an Egyptian desert snail which came to life upon being immersed in warm water after it had passed four years glued to card ill the British mu- scum. Some specimens in the col lection of a naturalist revived after they had apparently been dead for fifteen years, and snails frozen for weeks together ill solid blocks of ice have recovered on being thawed out The eggs of this creature are as hard to destroy as himself. They seem per fectly indifferent to freezing, and have been known to prove productive after having been shriveled up ill all oven to tie semblance of grains of sand.- Lonoman's Magazine
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AUCTION.

To save removal of goods to my new location, I will sell at public auction at my store in Ashley Falls, Mass. on Fri day and Saturday Dec. 18th and 2Oth, a large line of holiday goods, toys of every description, dry goods. notions, ladies', misses and children's hoods, toboggans, nubias, knit jackets, skirts and under wear, gloves, hosiery, scarfs, ties, etc. Mems and boys hats, caps, gloves, nit tens, boots and shoes. A lot of earthen- ware, hardware, woodenware, glassware, and lamps complete. Horse blankets, lap-robes, surcineles, halters and whips. Bed-quilts, woolen blankets, spring beds, wall paper, boys sleds and skates, and large variety of articles too numerous to mention Don't miss this opportuni- ty to buy goods at your own prices Sale continues from 10 a. m. until 8 D. m. both days. N. VAN DEUsEN. ASHLEY FALLS, MASS.
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Three Unique Bunyans.

The most important books in English literature that came into the possession of the British museum in 1889 are off, cially declared to be the three unique, or almost unique, copies of editions of works by John Bunyan purchased from 4dr. Stevens. So far has opinion trav- eled since the days when, as Macaulay somewhere observes, the writings of the author of ''Pilgrim's Progress" were looked upon as the delight only of the ignorant. The chief item of these treasures is Bunyan's first work, 'Some Gospel Truths Opened According to the Scriptures" London, 1856. Only one other copy is known, and that is imperfect. It is controversial treat ise against the Quakers, and although Bunyan's earliest production contains the first printed notice of him, in the form of a predatory address by John Burton, who says, "This man is not chosen out of an earthly, but out of the heavenly, university. News.
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1890.
FAHMERs' CONVENTION.

The winter meeting of the Connecti- cut Board of Agriculture will he held at. Rockville on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Dec 16, IF and IS. The usual exhibition of fruits, grains, nuts, and other farm products will be held under charge of the pomologist, P. M. Augur. The program of addresses and lectures includes variety of subjects of interest to farmers. The railroads and hotels make the customary reduc- tions to those attending the meeting.
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NORFOLK.

The sleighing is perfect for those having sharp horses the roads being covered with ice.
 A Hartford firm are putting 8 hot water heater in MT. Battell's residence.
 The icemen are happy, and some of them will commence putting in ice this week.
 Will Egleston, with part of his gang, have commenced on MT. Frisbie's new house.
 George Johnson's smiling face may be seen at the drug store about these days and a glance at his stock will show that he has reason to be satisfied with his prospects for the holidays. .
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NEW MARLBORO.

The schools of this town began last Monday. ..
 MT. Joseph Doyle, who has been in the employ of T. H. Clark for the past year, has gone to Poughkeewie, N. r., to take course at EastmahB Business College.
 Miss Jennie F. McCaughen has gone to Monterey to teach.
 Miss Alice Fuller, who has been sick with scarlet fever, has nearly recovered.
 While John Curtin was driving On the flat near this village last Tuesday even- ing, he collided with another team. The shaft of the other wagon struck into his horse's breast and killed it almost in- stantly.
 James Jordan of Great Harrington. the painter, is helping John Dorman.
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FALLS VILLAGE.

Pat Maloney and troupe will give one of their musical variety shows m Cltl- gems hall Monday evening, presenting a changed program from their last appear ance here two years since.
 There was no service at the M. E. church Sunday, the repairs and changes proposed not having been finished.
 Miss Edith Burnett and her mother returned last week from a visit at New Haven.
 A party of five from this place atten- ded . whist party at Dr. Camps in Canaan last Thursday night.
 Miss Julia Zin is spending a week in the empire city. .
 E. I. Dudley is having an addition built on at the rear of his hotel.
 G.. w. Hall is having an ice house built.
 Miss Cora E. Brown, the popular bookkeeper at Hall, Hornbeck x Co.'S store, enjoyed brief recreation with friends in Bridgeport, recently.
 Miss Sarah Ferguson, of Canaan, was a guest of the Misses Jacobi for couple of days, returning Sunday.
 Arthur Porter visited Bridgeport friends Sunday.
 Mrs. Lyman Finkle IS visiting rela- tives in Stanford.
 Miss Hattie Owen is sojourning with Copake relatives.
 A pretty scenic effect as you enter tho dry goods department at Hall, Hornbeck X Co.'S store is the arrangement of the orange and blue satin plush chairs, o'er- shadowed with rich crimson portiers curtains, which are elegant articles of furniture and further the fine show cases filled with fancy articles rich in style and value.
 The Congregational church will be represented at the 15Oth anniversary os the establishment of the Cornwall Con- gregational church Thursday.
 Dogs got among E. D. Goodwin + sheep a few nights since, killing half q dozen and wounding several others some of which have since died; one or more were driven into the frog pond and kept there until drowned.
 The blacksmiths are reaping harvest now and the shops are full of horses from daylight till evening.
 The Congregational aid society to by held at Mrs. H. s. Williams Friday afternoon welcomes all who will favor ii with their attendance.
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Sargent Elected Mayor.

NEW HAVEN, Dec. 3.-The election here was very close. Joseph B. Sargent, Demo crat, was elected mayor by 187 votes. The Democratic town ticket was elected. The Republicans also lose in the matter of councilmen and aldermen, but not enough to disturb their having an equal voice in the makeup of the different boards.
 They Tired Lyons Out.
 HARTFORD, Dec. 3.-Jimmy Lyons, of Boston, once a member of the The Allen gang in New York, has been sentenced to two years in state prison by Judge Prem tice, of the supreme court, for crime of which he was convicted in 1869. At that time he escaped from prison by bribing jail official The state attorneys have kept the case alive ever since, and Lyons finally tired of pursuit and surrendered himself.
 A Voice Told Her.
 NEW LONDON, Conn, Dec. Airs. Char lotte Wilcox, aged 59, widow of Charles Wilcox, of Mantle, committed suicide by taking arsenic. She left letter saying, "A voice told me that would be in an in- sane retreat within a year, so I determined to prevent it." The deceased was former ly matron of the Old Ladies' Home at New Haven.
 Sullivan Goes Free.
 WILLIMANTIC, Dec. 6.-The prosecution of Daniel P. Sullivan, charged with caus- ing the death of John Mallen, during street fight, which has caused much inter- est, has been discontinued by the states attorney.
 She Was 1O1 Years Old.
 CHESHIRE, Dec. 6.-Mrs. Marcia Beers died in this town yesterday at the ad- vanced age of 101 years, 10 months and IA days. She was relative of Gen. w. T. Sherman. Mrs. Beers centenary birthday was celebrated on Jan. 21, 1888, with 8 ju- bilee large number of descendants at- tending from all parts of the country.
 The Hat Trimmers' Lockout Broken. DANBURY, Dec. 5.-At last the lockout of the trimmers, which has paralyzed the hat trade here for two weeks, has been broken. This conclusion has been reached by concessions on both sides. The manu- lecturers have agreed to recognize the old Finishers' association and to pay them un- der the agreement in force last August. A Double Wreck.
 SOUTH NoRwALK, Dec. 5.-A west bound freight train broke in two when half way between Bridgeport and Fairfield. The next to the last car jumped the track while crossing trestle bridge and plunged into the creek, twenty-five feet below. A brake. man who was riding on top jumped and escaped injury. The last car was thrown across the track. obstructing traffic several hours. The Boston express, en route for New York, crashed into tho wreck, but owing to the slow speed at which it was summing no serious results followed.
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Forrer Smith and the Church,

NEW YORK. Dec. 6-At the regular monthly meeting of Plymouth church, Brooklyn, last night, letter was read from Albert H. Smith, just convicted of forgery and sentenced to seventeen years imprisonment, expressing contrition for his sin and resigning his membership in the church. Dr. Abbott offered a resolu- tion to retain Smiths name on the rolls lon the faith that no man more needs the watch and care of Christian church than one who has fallen into sin, but has sin cerely repented and desires to return to the way of righteousness" The resolution was passed unanimously.
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HIM E ROCK.

Mamie E. Vosburg died Monday Dec l, of diptheria, after an illness of only ten days. The burial, which was private, took place Tuesday evening, and the funeral services were held Wednesday at the M. B. church. Mamie was n bright, intelligent and affectionate girl, and was general favorite, especially in her school, where her sad death caused much sorrow. The sympathy of all is with the bereaved parents, Mir and Mrs Graham Vosburg.
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A Fair Nihilist,s Unhappy Fate.

LONDON, Dec. S.-Much interest is felt in England in the fate of Sophie Guenzberg. the female Nihilist conspirator condemned to death for being the emissary of revolu- tionists who had plotted the death of the czar. Of her guilt there seems to be no doubt, and therefore also no doubt that the sentence will be, if it has not already been. carried out. It is not likely that the public will ever learn what becomes of her, except, perhaps, in some brief official report of the execution
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An exchange says that a man named Corn was married to lady named Wheat, in the church at Deposit. N. Y.,. recently. and the choir stunned the audience present upon the occasion by singing, "What shall the harvest be?"
 A wild animal, which rumor says Is a panther, is making ravages among cattle near Ridgefeld.
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THE NEWS OF CONGRESS.
Tho Copyright Bill Passes tho House
 by Vote of 130 to 95.

by Vote of 130 to 95.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-In the house the speaker stated the pending business to be the further consideration of the copyright bill MT. Springer argued that the bill changed the tariff law in so far as the inn portation of books was concerned. So that the first effort after the Mckinley bill and after the election was to make it more inn possible to import articles from abroad. MT. Breckinridge (Ky.) did not believe that cheaper books could be obtained now than could be obtained under this bill, but oven if they could, this was matter of justice and honesty. MT. Farquhar CN. Y.) said that the intention of the bill was public honesty. MT. McAdoo (N. J.) said that the moral sense of the American people would be outraged unless this bill passed. MT. Cummings (N. Y.) declared that the bill was demanded by the laboring classes.
 MT. Butterworth (O.) supported the bill. Whenever, he said, the time came that ideas-thinking- no money value we would become a nation of "chumps." !" Naughter.) The vote on the passage of the bill was-yeas, 139; nays, 95; so the bill was naaSed
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A Ministers Sudden Death.

BROOKLYN, Dec. S.-Rev. Lester N. Don nan dropped dead in the Church of the Holy Trinity while attending the services last evening. Rev. Charles H. Hall, the pastor, who was officiating. saw MT. Don- nan fall and hastened to his aid, but found him dead. MT. Hall then re-entered the pulpit and asked the congregation to kneel while he read the Episcopal prayers for those stricken with sudden death. MT. Donnan was born in Hamlin, Conn.,, in 1899, and was graduated from Yale college
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Passaic's Big Failure.

PAssAIc, N. J., Dec. 4-The Rittenhouse Manufacturing company, operating exten- sive woolen mills here, has failed, with liabilities of about $500, 900. The assets of the firm are stated to be about $eO, 900 less. The failure was brought about by the em- barrassment of other houses and the low prices prevailing in the woolen market. The company has been in g shaky condi- tion for several days past.
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Ask Ye.r Friends About It.

Your distressing cough can be cured. We know it because Kemp's Balsam within the past few years has cured so many coughs and colds in this community. Its remarkable sale has been won entirely by it's genuine merit. Ask some friend who has used it what he thinks of Kemp's Balsam. There is no medicine so pure, none 80 effective Large bottles Soc and $1 at all druggists. Sample bottle free.
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They called it 8 case of professional courtesy when one policeman arrested another in New York the other night without clubbing him.
 A 17-year-old miss ran away from school at Westerly, R. l., last week and took the teacher with her.
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Military Ejecting Boomers.

WICHITA, Kan, Dec. a-Lieut. Elliott, of the Fifth cavalry, ejected fifty-fve boomers from the Cherokee strip Satur- day. They were camped on Bear creek. twenty miles south of Caldwell, and were forced to cross the state line five miles east of Caldwell. The cavalry is raiding the strip for boomers.
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NEWS IN BRIEF.

Condensed Telegrams Gathered at Ram
 dom from Various Places.
 Joe Coburn, the pugilist, died at New York Dec. 6.
 The board of review of the National Trotting association has decided the fa- nous Nelson-Alcryon. case by expelling MT. c. H. Nelson and his great stallion Nelson from the association.
 Mrs. Shell, the widow of Amos J. She'll of Chicago, has renewed her offer to pay $50, GOO for the arrest of William B. Tas- colt and his detention until identified. The reward will hold good for one year.
 Ernst Keller, a butcher shot twice at his wife, inf1icting only 8 flesh wound, in their apartments on East Seventy sixth street, New York, and believing he had killed her fired two bullets into his own brain, dying instantly.
 Adolpho Alves Maseira, petty officer in the Brazilian navy, cut down with a blow from cutlass seaman on board the man. of-war Aquidaban, now lying in the North river at New York. The affair occurred in the presence of six lieutenants, who, to all appearances, entirely approved of the ac- tion taken. The sailor did not obey the officers orders with the alacrity he thought proper.
 E. H. Ammidon, New York dry goods merchant has assigned. Liabilities, $500- GOO.
 A coroner's jury has decided that Law yer Townsend, of Englewood, N. J., com mitted suicide. There were no indications of foul play in the jury's opinion. Vast caverns, filled with onyx, are said to have been discovered in Crawford coun ty, Mo, near Steeleville.
 The president has nominated Alexander R. Fithian, of New Jersey, to be collector of customs for the district of Bridgeton, N. J.
 Francis Whelan, Patrick Kennedy, J ohm Miller and John Green, election officers of Jersey City, convicted of ballot box stuff ing at the November election in 1889, were sentenced to eighteen months each in state prison. An inquest into the cause of the death of Lawyer John Townsend was begun in En- glewood, N. J.
 Succi, the faster, lost one and a quarter more pounds in weight Dec. 5 He has also lost half an inch in stature since he began to starve himself.
 Fireman Fiegers was killed and several of his comrades injured by 8 falling wall at Pittsburg. The buildings destroyed were brick, seven stories high, and were occupied by B. Maginn, crackers; R. & w. Jenkinson, tobacco; Crea, Graham & Co.,, stoves and hardware, and L. H. Harris & Co.,, wholesale druggists. Loss, $500 Henry Kroehl, whose firm, Kroehl & Co.,, have controlled the bristle trade of New York for many years, died, aged 72 years, at Asbury Park, N. J.. Dec. g. Counselor John M. Bowers made an in teresting argument before the house cen sus committee at Washington in behalf o1 New York city's right to new census enumeration, Dec. 5.
 | The New Hampshire legislature has ad- journed without enacting any legislation. The extra session cost the people about $1O,0OO. -.
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Christmas Goods

Each and every department is filled with a high grade of useful novelties. Our PICTURE stock IS much improved; some elegant things in that line at low prices.
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 Our Regular Stock has all been purchased without the , Mckinley duties, and we have not advanced anything yet. Now, take advantage of this and save money by buying your goods of us.
 All those who went oh the last excursion tc Bridgeport know how much goods have advanced, and those few who bought there know they had to pay it; we filled lots of memoranda that came back without an item checked on it, at old prices.
 Thanking you for past favors,
 we remain, yours truly,
 HALL, HORNBECK
 & GO.
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