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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-06-30
Campaign Appointments.

Below is given the rcarangcd program
of a portion Of the appointments made by
thc Democratic Executive Committee for
the calnpaiEn of 1899. Cut it out and
paste up for future reference:
Spartnnh,Wg, SATURDAY, August 6.
Grrcnville, Tuesday, August 8.
fickcns "Wednesday, August 10.
Oconcc, Thursday, August H.
Anderson, Satu day, August 13.
Ahbcvillc, Tuesday, August 1G,
Ncwbcny, Thursday, August IS.
Laurens, Saturday, August 90.
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GUNNER Excursion fRnIna.

Commencing June 1st 1892, the Rich
mond and Danvillc Railroad will put on
sale reduced rate round trip summer cXcur-
sion tickets to all summer resorts. Tickets
on sale juno 1st 10 Sep. Both, limited re-
turning Oct. 3let 1892
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Normal Singing SchoOini Cross .sonds
(HNrrIi.

Prof: 4. J. ShowaItcr will teach Nor
NAL school in singing at Cross Roads, be-
ginning the 22d day Of August and ending
Terms of tuition fcr the ten DAVIS nd.
Vanccd Harmony class, 80 each: Eicmcnta-
ry harmony class, $l.1J each; adults not
with liarmrny class, $1.5O; children be-
tween - and lJ years Of age, $l.2j each;
children uMdcr - years, 81.
Only the hest methods will hn wood
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GenticInon Of tho Jury.

The following is the petit jury for tho
approaching term of court, which con-
NcncS here the second Monday In .Iuly:
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tat@tio2s.

stIu Mla. riiiiIi t. Wilson, dccenSed, that they
b" AMI nNicHr before me in the Probate Court,
tG ne hciI 1t iirkcuS Court House, s. G., on the
nth "ny OF July, next, after publication hereof,
nj II o'cir"k III the forenoon, to shcW cause if
any they have, why the said administration
should mot bC granted.
Given under my hand this nth day OF June,
l%f:, ~ the ono hundred and sixteenth year OF
our Independence.
junihW6 j. B. NEWBERY j. c.
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BE sure that your stock have good water
III summer.
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4 New Reversible Historical Chart, ?q-
Gtieal Map and y. 5. Map Combined,

Complete History OF our Government by Ad.
Hlni"trntlons and Congresses --latest 1892 Edi-
ton, i6XCG inches GnrGest ever printed). Noun
ted on rollers at top and bottom.
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Shooting liuic birds is not an cnnobling
@, N,;iI"t!Cil.
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America last year was over $4,000 gallons
larger than iu 1890 and there was large
incref Sc in the export 10 the other countries
enumerated. California exported ont OF the
State altogether over 100000 gallons OF
her wine, the Ia ger part OF which was con-
sumtd in the Eastern States. OF brandy
tie amount shipped from California by rail
and sea was III, 0o0 gallons.
New York held its whisky end up in 1891,
having taken IS, 800 barrels or enough to
keep he ely on a spree for several weeks
In 1889. however. New York INDUCED IN
over 100000 barrels of domestic whisky and
q. 900 barrels of domestic alcohol. The al
cohcl bought here last year showed big ln-
crease Ii amounted TO over 112 eco barrels.
An enormous quantity Of British ale and
porter came in. the figures showing $1,000
packages bottled and 1900 packages
in bulk. OF German beer there were
impaired 2l49 packages bottled ana
5S,73S packages in bulk OF foreign
ginger ale there were $4,000 packages,
with $4,000 packages of mineral water
ard 66I, coo gallons OF sherry. OF cherry
Juice there were 224 casks. besides s. 900
gallons Of "Cet.e" wines, 154,j0O gallons Of
Spanish red wines, 81. 600 gallons Of port,
37l0 gallons of Madeira and 1880 gallons OF
ST. CroiX rum. OF c0rdIaIS there were Il, 500
eases imported last year, failing of from
the previous two years.
More than 100000 gallons of German and
Hungarian wines were Imported IN addition
10 $500 cases There also came into the
country 5JOCCO gallons az Bordeaux and
Burgundy, 81, 600 gallons ana %4,0e0 cases Of
Italian wines, Of VeTmouth l6S,OOG gallons,
81, coo cases of foreign brandy ana nearly rs
much each Of Holland and British gin, with
over So 900 gallons and Is, 200 eases Of Scotch
and Irish Whisky.
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derful vegetation that lie naturally looks
for n coastal landscape at least novel. Bal;
until he comes within a few hundred yards
OF the shore he sees nothing that he might
not see in a cruise of New England or Nova
Scotia.
For anything 1t suggests, however, you
might rs well he approaching the coast Of
Labrador. First you see what resembles
a line Of mist low on the water. Il grows
rapidly, and darkens into a cloud. But that
t holds its form so steadfastiv you would
be sure it was a cloud. Everybody begins
to clamor and pull out Eyeglasses. Some
say II IS Haytl. Others Cuba, others suggest
Mexico, and then You begin TO perceive
how little the most intelligent men know
about geography, and YOU recall Mr..
BeechPr's story Of the English Cabinet
Minister who answered an argument for the
Union aud against the rebel claim of n right
30 SecrGe. by TeWar6lng that he couldn't get
over the notion that he I,rhmus OF Panama
was natural division between the North
ern and Southern States. The land beyond
the starboRrd bow Is really Porto Rico, as
the first officer presently remarks In an of
hand way, as much as TO say what fool
wouldn't know IL, and the little dark spots
Ia the port Ofling are the Culebras, with ST.
Thomas beyond.
5. Thomas, s.. John and St. Cralx are
Danish possessions, and have been so held
with brief intervals since their first settle
ment, more than two centuries ago. They
are small islands, even as the Lesser An
q les 90, and their commercial Importance,
once nearly supreme, has fal Ell seriously.
St. Thomas has been famous thrOuEho
West Indian history as a great distributing
port. ana in the early DAYS its Importance
20 trade was second only 10 Cuha's. This
resulted mainly from its position and its
notable harbOr. II was the entrepot Of the
West Indies, the place where every vessel
stopped, going or coming, If not for cargo.
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never brought out by temperate climate.
Vegetable life is sustained under the most
surprising conditions. Immense vines grow
from roots in the cleft OF a rock that knife
blade cannot enter. II is said that there
are more than 1000 different varieties of
plants growing al natures call in the little
island OF Santa Cruz. In half an hours
walk around FrederickStad | counted over
200 common forms. The glorious hanyau
tree which the nations call "evergfeen,
for no reason that they could give or |
imagine, since everything is evergreen here,
towers alOft and spreads around-the king
of the forest. From its great branches hang
huge punches OF hbers-gray beardS-reach-
ing after the soil to take root there and
start another tree. Hundreds of exquisite
orchids, inconceiVably rich in color, nestle
in the bark wherever II Is sufficiently in
dented to give their roots a hold Ferns,
green, slvered and golden. as tiny as
mustard seed and as big as a house. spring
up from every embankment. Ind an Shot
and Lady of the Night, sweet potato wires
and cockspur, bachelors button. cape
laSmin, lllacS and fOuT-O'clOckS greet ytur
eye wherever it happens to turn. The
palms, of course, are supremacy beautiful,
but however pleasing the sight of a stately
palm crowned against the sky, there is some
thing quite as Impressive in the grand
proportions of the hardwOods. The ma
hOgauy, for Instance, growing like a horse
chestnut or a linden, only with a much
greater spread of foliage, is one Of the
noblest spectacles of tropical nature.
AS in all the other West India Islands. so
in ST. Thomas and Santa Cruz, the negroes
Outnumber the whites ten to one, ana sup
ply all the really serious problems of goy-
eminent Their intelligence ana attain
ments differ considerably according TO politi-
cal and social treatment they receive. In
the French islands where manhood suffrage
obtains they are supreme, and they have
reached a really high point in civilization.
They have done nearly as well in some of
the British islands, but in Spnta Cruz they
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are held under with some strictness, and
they bear to the whites a comparison
socially and Intellectually no more favorable
than they do in Louisiana or Georgia
Sun, being so numerous, they have some
times made themselves felt most effrctually
There are half hundred heaps Of stones
and rubbish scattered about through Santa
Cruz, relics aud reminders Of what a negro
lad TO whom / applied for information
abeut them called "de ree-at" He meant
riot 1t occurred fifteen years ago, but
the memory of it halnts the white sugar
planters still. Five millions of property
were burned and destroyed in 4 single night.
The leader OF the negroes was a woman.
She has been in good circumstances since
the 'ree-at" The Danes arrested her aud
took her TO Copenhagen, where, she says,
she had good time. In a couple Of years
She returned, and is now person Of much
consequence.
The merchants Of Santa Cruz are much
concerned 90 know whether Mr. Blaine's re-
ciprOcity eXactiOns apply to them Their
trade is not large, but America gets sub
stautially the whole Of 1t. Their exports
consist wholly Of sugar, molaSses and rum.
and their total value last year was S30l. 7J2
OF that We took 500. 81, Denmark took
$40, 937, and the rest was scattered over IN.
world. Their imports amounted to 1892 go,
and we furu .shed S267, S3j Denmark ;
share was only S14.174. The tariff might be
arranged. perhaps, so as to enable US TO sell
more goods than We do, but scarcely a
larger proportion.
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A STORY OF ARTEMUS WARD.
How the Well-Known Humorist Fright
ened Hotel Man,
Pittsbur- Press.

Pittsburg Press
William Winter says that one evening lie
and Artemus had been attending a gather
ing Of literary friends, and about o'clock
in the morning they started down Broad
way on their way home. When they
reached the old Jones House, now demol-
ished, Artemus insisted upon entering
They found a solitary night clerk there,
who was barely able TO awake sufficiently
to receive them.
Ward said, as this the Jones house? p"
and he said it very sOlemnlY, and when the
clerk informed him that it was, Ward,
Strengthening himself up and assuming a
manner Of grave importance and mystery,
said:
First Of all want bottle Of gin. Can
it be negotiated for?"
The clerk produced IT, and then Ward,
| still maintaining his manner of heavy mYs-
terry. said to the clerk. rs the proprietor
IMP" Yes, be was in, but abed. 1T is very
Important that l see him, ." continued Ward,
''in fact Of the utmost Importance"
80 the clerk went OFF to ar use the pro-
prietor, who, some ten minutes later,
came down in his night-shjrt, pair OF
trousers and slippers over his stockngless
! feet Ward seized him impressiveIy by the
hand, ana then, with the manner Of great
mystery, led the ast0Bished Jones TO q
! corner, and, bending 10 lis ear, said, il
| tones when would nave done Edwin For
rest credit, "Sir, 1 have called to impress
| upon you the sublime aud az full fact that
! eternal vigilance IS the price Of liberty Let
/ these words sink deep into your heart, STRIP
| Jones seemed overcome with ast0u!sh
| ment, so that he was not very angry, and
| Winter and Ward walked out Of the hotel
/ arm in arm. Just as they reached the side
! walk Ward turned back and handed Jones
/ his card. Years after, when Mr.. Winter
happened to be at Jones' lace, he saw the
| card framed and hung up conspicuouSly in
! the Office
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THOUGHTS.

When earth IS clothed I'm vesturo OF flowers,
And robins carol their sweetest song.
We should hold the brightness Tor coming hours,
v hen days are dreaTy aad nights are ous.
There is little 10 cheer us and much 10 chill;
1 thought SO once. and thuk SO still.
Tie poISonS Of envy sud hate and malice,
O'erbrunmirg. are held 10 our lips each day;
But those who drink from the bitter chaiiCe
Are dwarfeI and stuHted ana warped Away.
" e should quaf at Tie springs OF sweet Coed VIII
I thought 50 once, ana think 50 STILL
A worthier shrine for our love arises
Whenever an Idol trails the dust;
And all the delrer some friend We prize is
Because of the Ole who betrayed eur trust
a solaCe awaits as for every 90;
I thought SO once and / IhiuA so Still.
I thought II the eloquent voice o. Science
Should scott ar all hope for life 60 oe.
would place ia my faith a new reliance;
With deeper conviction. more earnestly
Wouid I look 10 that Power, that Hl.her Will
And thank my God that / think SO still
LILLIAN PLUNEETT.
San Francisco. Jrr 1SE2
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HISTORIC DARK DAYS.
The Occasions when Pa0Dla Concluded That
tlg End Was al Hand.
St Louis Republic.

St Louis Repuolc
The earliest mention OF the phenomena
known as the dark days appears 10 be In
+1,s ,..,s- "a. p T. rr ebou+ tha +i,,a If tha
-s - - -, 40 - =,
90" Va o",'GH I.0'".' VIZ" We I0"u ~
FluaIcA ana Dlo Od'sIus tnal inc sun was
paleT than usual Tor whole year. The
great darkness which lasted for two whole
7avs ali over Furope apppars to have pre-
,aaa1 ina -raat aartboI,aLa IF NIfaor,al4fs
- -, - ~ s,5 ~ -
""'O' U1oN- -S1 u - 90 u IT,
years laieF ID al lEe Eastern pToFIA Is q
the Il man Empire there was a dark dav,
which was so dark as 20 make stars visible
at MONDAY.
From further descriptions One might con-
slider THIS the result Of total eclipse. but
astronomers say that neither the eclipse If
March 4 800, nor that Of August . Of the
same year was visible ID tie countries men
TONED. During A.arIc siege ot Rome, 439
and 40 A. D.. there were ~eveTa days as
DARK as the nights which preceded and fol-
lowed them Ia 531, 551 AMI 625 we lind
mention Of long periods OF q unfinished sun
light According 20 Schuurer The sun
darkeued In an alarming manner on August
% 735, without there being the least posi-
b.ity Of an eclipse being the cause"
Ine Portuguese historians record several
months of diminished sunlight In the year
g34 which terminated by an apparent open
ing 10 the SKY, fIOm which loud sounds
Issued, the uo.se sounding not unlike two
giants QuarrelnE" In 1921, on September
IL mot p. as given ia some Iranslatiuns Of
Humb0ldj's Cosmos ~ the sun turned sud
denly black and remained so for three
hours. For DAYS after tile Diackuess had
disappeared the sun gave ont a peculiar
grepUIsh Light which OccasiOued great
alarm.
ScLnurrar next mentions a dark day in
June lIql but astronomers attribute il 10
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isle OF ST. THOMAS
And OF SANTA CRUZ.
Two Danish Possessions That May in
Time Become AmGriCaliZGd.
The Harbor of St. Thomas and It's Value as a
Naval station-A Glimpse at the People
There and at Those at Santa Cruz.

At various times since 1861 the question Of
the United States having a naval and coal
ing station in the Danish West Indies has
been before the public, and at one time,
when William II. Seward was Secretary of
State, negotiations were entered into for the
purchase Of the islands OF st. Thomas and
St. John, but for some reason the Senate in
the year 1867 refused to ratify the transac-
ton. and for Il time tie matter dropped.
Recently the que ton has been again agi-
tated, but whether anything will come OF it
is 4 matter that time alone viii determine.
a member of the New York Tribune
staff recently visited the Danish West H.
dies. and ID letter to that journal from
Frederickstadt ST. Croix, writes interest
ingly about that country. From his letter
the following extracts are taken:
At first sight the tropics are disappoint-
ing Oae hears so much about their Won
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Breakfast being the plainest meal of the
day, the arrangement OF the table should
always be simple, writes Maria Parlo In her
domestic department I'm the February
Ladies' Home Journal The table should
be spotless. At each PERSONS seat place
knife, fork, teaspoon or dessertspoon, tum-
bier and napkin, ana if fresh fruit is TO be
served, finger bowl if there be no servant
IL you have a waitress she will place the
finger bowls on as you finish the fruit
If fresh fruit be served there must
also be placed at eacn seat a fruit
knife and plate. The knives and spoons
should be placed at the right and the forks
and napkins at the left; the tumblers TO be
at the point OF the knives. There should be
space between the knife and fork for a
breakfast'plate. Have the dish of fruit in
the center of the table. Have tray cloth
at each end of the table. Spread little but
ter plates ut the top of each plate If indi-
yidual salt aud pepper bottles be used place
them at the side Of each plate. II large ones
place them at the CORNERS OF the table. Put
four tablespoons on TIE table, either in two
corners or beside the dishes they will lie
used IN serving. Pat the carving knife and
fork at the bead Of tie table and the cups
and saucers, sugar aud cream, coffee-pOt,
hOt-water bowl, ETC., and ste mush dishes at
tie other end.
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WHAT WE DRINK.
A Years Import Of Foreign Wines and


A Years Import Of Foreign Wines and
Liquors.
From Custom-hOuse figures at the port Of
New York, compiled for the Bonfort Wine
and Spirit Circular, 1t appears that about 80
per cent of the wine imported into the
United States is landed at that point
Two hundred and seventy thousand, FIVE
hundred and eighty-four cases Of cham
payne were imported into this city during
1891, against 342,8l7 cases in 1890 There
was a boom, however, in the California
product, and a big export trade in it has
begun. This is largely nfined to countries
in the Western hemisphere. Central
America in 1891 took 1900 cases and 100. 4S3
gallcns OF California wine; Mexico, s., 519
gallons; the Sandwich Islands, $50 cases
and 142 025 gallons; France, go, 900 gallons,
while 81. 365 gallons went to the rest If Eu-
rope. TIE export of native wines 10 Central
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retentive is due to the Elasticity OF nerve
substance, and TO the property Of nerve
centers by which they retain in growth
their functional notifications and that
recollection derends uPOn physiological
conditions such as the cerebral circu-
latiOn and the proper functioning Of
nerve cells; moreover, that COM
plete act Of recollection is a complex
process involving comparison, inference,
and the like Hence whatever In general is
conducive to vigorous health and whatever
tends to habits Of clear and orderly think
ing-such conditions will aid recollection.
Aud whatever Is detrimental to the normal
functi0ntDg Of the e-cellS-fatigne, in
tense emotion. or the like-and whatever
blinds the judgment, will hinder recollec-
ton. In sh0It, all psychological beatitudes
are on the head of him who has good health,
sane emotions, and trained power Of atten-
tiOn. But no amount Of study, nor all the
prescriptions OF mnemOnic doctors. from
Smonides TO Loisette except SO fa- as they
train attention. can atone for arRma Of
body or lack Of the power Of attention.
From " The Illusions Of Memory" by Pro-
fessor William ii. Burnham, in February
ScribneT.
Every individual ought to consider the
hour for meals sacred one, not to be in
trudpd UOOD nv anV ord InarU ofr
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The "theaterphont" is coming into popu-
larity in London and Paris. Many private
houses and all the large hotels in London
have subscribed for it, and there are over a
thousand subscribers in Paris. BY drop
ping a shilling in the slot one may enjoy
ten minutes of opera or theater dialogue at
any Of the leading places Of amusement.
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DISAPPOINTMENT.

THE SALE DAY OF DELINQUENT STOCK or
i the CTu!kshauk Gold Mining Company Is hereby
pOstp ed until Friday december (, 1881, A. 2
O'Clock noon st the Ofice OF the company Room 5,
No. 2ll SanSOme ST., San Francisco Cal BY order
Lo4 I'd ERNEST }. KOCH Secretary.
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The entomOIogsts are called upon by the
residents of India to suggest some means Of
getting rid If the white ants, which destroy
all kinds OF valuable papers. Unless kept
in iron safes, wills and deeds are not secure,
as tie ants will eat their way into any
Wnndnn recentaclp
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DISAPPOINTMENT.

EVHF SALE OF DELINQUENT STOCK OF THE
i Cruikshank Gold Mining Company is heFepE
postponed uuti Monday, October 5, 1891, 40 u
O'Clock noon, at the office OF the Company, Room o
No I'll sansome street, san Francisco, Cal By
order o. the Board OF Directors,
ERNEST J. KOCH, Secretary.
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DISAPPOINTMENT.

THE SALE DAY OF DELINQUENT STOCK or
i the CruiEshank Gold Mining Company Is hereby
postponed until Wednesday, November 1. 1881, -
IL O'Clock noon. at the once of the Company. Room
6, No. 2lI sansome street. san Francisco, Cal By
order OF tie Board Of Dire ctOrs.
ERNEST J. KOCH. Secretary.
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DFLINOUENT SALE NOTICE-JUSTICE MIN
IL ing Company. Location OF principal place OF
business san Francisco. Cal; location OF works,
Gold Hii Mining District, storey County, New.
NOtCe-TheTe are delinquent upon the following
described stock, on account OF assessment (NO 4S)
lew ed the 23d day Of December, 1891, the sew
eral amount, opposite the names OF the respect
i've SHAREHOLDERS as follows:
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DISAPPOINTMENT.

THE SALE DAY OF DELINQUENT STOCK OF
i the Crulkshank Gold Mining Company is hereby
postponed until Saturday, January 2, 1892. a; II
o'clock noon at the ONCE OF the Company, Room ..
No. 2ll SaHsOme street. san Francisco, Cal Bg
order Of the Board Of Directors
- ERSES J. KOCH. Secretary,
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Whatever may be said in regard to train
ing tho memory, it must be remembered
that memory is net, as used to be supposed,
an Independent faculty Of the mind that in
some mysterious way may be directly
strengthened by exercise as the blacksmith
strengthens his arm; but that memory as
The morning call., 1892-01-31

Anu IA accoTdance with law and an order rom
tae Board Of Directors made on the tn day Of
suiy, 1891, so many shares Of each parcel Of Euch
took as may be necessary Will be sold at public
Rction at tne ONCE OF the company. Room !. slI
sEnsoms st., San Francisco, Cal, on Monday, tAs
tn day Of September 1891 at the hour Of -
s'clook n. OF said day, to pay said dslinQusnt a.
asSsDent thereon, together With costs OF adysItlS
sE and expenses Of sale.
ERNEST J. KOCH. Secretary
GpL
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And in aCcOrdance with law, and an order from
the Board OF Directors, made the 23d day of De-
cember, 1891 so many shares OF each parcel OF
such stock may be necessary Will be sold at pub
lie auction at she office OF the company, Room 3,
Haywards Building, 4l9 California street, san
francisco, CAL Wednesday, the 18th day OF
February, 1892, at the hOur of O'Clock P NJ. Of
said day, to pay said delinquent assessment there
on together with costs OF advertising and expenses
b OF sale X Il. KELLY, Secretary.
Ohce-Room g. Haywards Building, 4lD Califor-
MIA street. san Francisco, Cal. Jag I'd
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DELINQUENT SALE NOTICE - SCORPION
- silver Mining COMPANY. Location Of principal
place OF business, San Francisco. Cal. fOcation
OF works, Virginia City, Storey County New
NOticc-There are delinquent upon the following
described stock, on account OF aSSessmenS mo. 2TY
levied on the 10Th day OF December, 1891 tha
several amounts set opposite the names OF the re.
speetve shareholders as follows;
No, No
Names. CarttAreta Shoros .r,ts
George b. Root, Trustee..,,, 2949 20 81 90
And In accordance with law and an order from
tae hoard OF direct tors male the 5th day OF
december, 1891. 50 many shares Of each parcel OF
such STOCK as may be necessary will be sold at pub.
TIC auction at the saesToOuis Of samuel T. Middle
ton, ~ Montgomery st, San Francisco Gal, on
MONDAY, the 18th day OF February 1892 At tho
hour Of O'Clock p N. 81 said day, to pay said de,
hnquent assessment thereon together with costs OF
advertising and expenses OF sale
GEORGE X. SPINNET. Secretary.
ONCE No. 80 Pine s., Room IS San Francisco
Cal la26 ID