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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1894-05-19
4. Episode !. Colorado.

1t was a chilly evening in early
fall. We all sat around our ruddy
camp fire and reveled in its warmth.
My friend, Amasa Weatherlee, and
| were young geologists, who were
spending some weeks at mining
camp in Colorado, in the pursuit OF
our chosen profession.
How we'll remember that night
The rough miners sat and smoked
their short Guilty pipes in stoli1,
speechless content; their wild
kempt boards and great arms, If, %
which the red flannel shirt sleeves
had been rolled back, making them
look like species of grotesque
giant in the Pickering freight.
Those of us who formed little
group by ourselves, with the super
intendent of the mine for our cen
ter, laughed and talked gayly to
while away the long, tedious even
ing hours. Each one considered it
his duty from time to time to add
his mite to the general merry-mak-
ing, and would relate some anus
ing or thrilling anecdote. All except
one; for my companion, Amasa
Weatherlee, sat gloomily and silent
ly with his arms folded and his
eyes fixed on the fire. Now Amasa
was usually the gayest of the gay,
and there was not man at Silver
Lock Camp who could tell better
story than he. He was handsome
fellow, of noble physique and of a
healthy, sunny aspect in general.
The curly hair, that had grown long
in the wilderness and lay loosely on
his flannel shirt collar, was golden
in hue, and his cheeks dimpled like
girls when he smiled.
We had rallied Amasa several
times on his unusual silence, when
finally he raised his head and spoke:
"Well, friends, | suppose | must
contribute my share to the evenings
entertainment. So | am going to
tell you a curious story:
Years ago, when was a little
child, had strange dream. |
seemed tn stand alone on a great,
fiat, waste desert which stretched
away in infinite dreariness and mo-
notony to the banks of a river,
shining like silver in the distance
AS | stood in the midst of the desert
and gazed away toward the river, |
saw something, so small that it
looked like mere, tiny speck, leap
out of the water and begin running
across the desolate moor in my di-
rection. On approaching, this rap
idly moving speck took the shape to
my eyes of an exclamation point,
which ever grew larger and larger
till it was the size of man. |
seemed rooted to the spot, and, spell
bound, watched the curious phan-
toms swift advance. When it
reached me, it uttered a peculiar,
mocking, blood-curdling 'Ha! Hal
and then leaped upon me and throt-
tied me.
81 cannot describe to you the hor-
ror of that dream-to be murdered
by an exclamation pointl 1t sounds
too absurd.
"Gentlemen,' continued Amasa,
solemnly, doubtless you are Won
dering why and how l recollect so
clearly this nightmare of my child
ish years. The reason is simple
enough. l never have been per
mitted to forget it. For since then
| have had that same dream, with
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dream"
Amasa's voice sank away to a
mournful whisper. The weight of
terrible apprehension seemed to
be pressing him down. And yet it
was nothing but the shadow of a
dream that was clouding his bright
spirit.
Intangible and fantastic as my
old friends trouble seemed to me,
yet it panied me to see that horror
striken look in his honest eyes. /
turned away from the great cam :
ire that | might not see that lG'
and in doing so | faced the long,
irregular line of the barracks or
miners quarters, with the small
cabins of the superintendent and
his assistants nesting near. There
was light in the superintendent's
cabin. Just as Amasa finished
speaking, a woman's face appeared
at the open window of this cabin.
Her features were silhouetted against
the outside blackness of the night
for an instant. With start, | re-
allied that she was gazing at ANA
sa's detected figure with the most
baleful expression of fiendish and
savage revenge. Appearing, as she
did, at the end of that strange mar
rative of his, this woman seemed to
me in a flash to be the evil spirit of
fate brooding over his destiny.
1t was Mahala, the superintend-
ent's beautiful young Mexican wife.
Once | had seen her offer Amasa
a crimson rose which she plucked
from her black hair hut Amasa,
who was in no mind to set evil
tongues to wagging, had said curtly:
"Madam, n" one hut your hus-
band is worthy Of such gifts from
your fair hand"
Mahala dropped her eyes, and
when she raised them to follow
Amasa's retreating form the amor
ons look in them had changed to
one of bitter, scorching hate. 1t
made me shudder to behold the
counterpart of that look on the night
of Amasa's story. 1t was said that
Mahala had Indian blood in her
veins, and | believed it.
"Mr. Weatherlee, have you ever
heard an Indian war-whoop?"
1t was the superintendent, Colo
mel Altruz. who spoke. He was a
Spanish Mexican, but had served
in the frontier warfare of the States.
"No," said Amasa II am a New
Englander, born and bred, and
know very little about Indians out
side of story-book tales of them"
"Well," resumed the Colonel, "the
cry of the dream you described re
sembles exactly an Indian war
whoop l am inclined to think
there must be Apaches in our neigh
borhood. | shall send search
party out in the morning and We
shall probably frighten the red dew
lis off"
The superintendent laid his hand
kindly on Amasa's shoulder.
"Come, Mr.. Weatherlee, cheer up;
it's coincidence, of course. But
dreams are queer things and often
find strange fulfillments in real life.
I wouldn't dwell upon that one of
yours any longer, If | were you"
I'VE are such stuff as dreams are made on,
And our little life Is rounded with a sleep"
quoted some one lightly and the
group broke up for the night.
At daybreak the next morning
the search party went out to discov-
er the whereabouts of the Indians
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NO. 49,.

Treasury Department OF the results
which would have been obtained by
the bill prepared under the superyi-
sion of the able and distinguished
Senator from Texas (Mr. Mills),
which passed the House OF Repre-
sentatives, but did not become a
law, the Senate bein g Republican,
and which was distinctly indorsed by
the Democratic platform of 1888.
The result OF the first labors OF
the Finance Committee was to make
still further reductions below the
Wilson bill, and it prepared and re-
ported amendments to the bill IN
which the average duties, under CON-
putation made by the Treasury De-
partment, was about "a per cent. in
stead of 35 and fraction per cent.
in the House bill. This was thought
by some of the Senators on this side
of the Chamber to be too radical a
reduction and might endanger the
business prosperity Of the country
under existing conditions. Most OF
the reductions below the Wilson bill
have since been restored by amend
ments, which constitute a large pro-
portion of the amendments reported
in the last Senate bill, and some in
creases made in other directions,
which now leaves the bill as amend
ed by the Senate at an average OF
S6.70 per cent. as against 35-52 per
cent. in the Wilson bill, as shown by
the following statement from the
Treasury Department:
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ATLAW,

Dlaries-Town. jefferson County, West Va
VIII practice in the Courts Of Jefferson,
Berkeley and Morgan counties, the L. 5. Dis
'rs. Court at Martinsburg and the Court Of
Appeals of West Virginia.
Mar 1902
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MOORE
(}LEoN MOORE
ATTORNEY ATLAK,

ciarleiiolc1i, JsFason Co.a.ty Vest Virginia,
"i.l undertake cases jointly in the Courts Of
both Of said Counties.
May ~. 1872.
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The Jefferson Co. Mutual
Fire Insurance Company.
ESTABLISHED 1873.
A. ALEXANDER, Secretary
Office, Gibson Building, Courthouse yard,
Charlestown.

OFFERS to the people of Jefferson County
~ Insurance in a safe Company at the actual
cost of insurance, which is much cheaper than
the rates usually charged and keeps the money
at home. Good risks from responsible parties
are invited.
Executive Committee meets every Friday.
DIREcToRs-Jos. Trapnell, Henry B. Daven-
port, J. Garland Hurst, John w. Rider, w. II.
T. Lewis, r. Preston Chew, Wm. L. Wilson,
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JOS. TRAPNELL............. ......... President.
II. B. DAVENPORT. ......... Treasurer.
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Local AGENTS .-Middleway-J. G. Shirley I;
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TERMS

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The terms Of advertising are, for asquare
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or three insertions-larger ones IN the same
,-oportion. Each continuance Fifty Cents.
Fs-No advertisement 70 be considered by
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script. orpreyiously agreed between the par
ties
rs-An advertisement not marked on the
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be continued until ordered out, and payment
vill be exacted accordingly.
es-REGULAR ADYERrIsENENrs.-Io avol0
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,ral advertisers it is proper TO state distinctly
tbat their privilege only extends TO their I'M
r,eliste business Real Estate, Legal or other
,3vertisements sent by them TO be an addition
n charge and no variation.
ss-Obituary notices Of more than five lines
viii be changed for.
JOB WORK. Posters, Sale Bi,is, Circulars,
Caris. etc, executed promptly, neatly and al
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There is the further noticeable
fact that the Senate bill, as it now
stands, is a reduction on the Mckin-
lev bill of 25.79 per cent, the Will
son bill ls a reduction on the same
bill of 2S.37 per cent, and the Mills
bill was q reduction Of l4.52per cent,
according to the statement made by
the Treasury Department.
will add that there is not a sim
gle item in the Senate bill that is not
a large reduction below the McKin-
ley bill, and also, with very few ex-
ceptions, is a large reduction below
the same items in the Mills bill. 1t
is only fair TO state, however, that
the present bill is framed under
more progressive conditions than
existing at the time the Mills bill
was formulated, and indorsed and
approved by the Democratic plat
form Of 1888, the progressive condi-
tions of tariff reform justifying the
increased reductions below the Mills
bill.
Now, Mr.. President, the plain
statement of this difficult question OF
tariff revision can be summed up as
follows: The necessities Of the Gov
ernment require that about one hun
dred and seventy millions Of revenue
shall be raised by the present tariff
duties. This involves the unques-
toned result of giving q certain
amount of incidental protection to
the articles which are manufactured
or produced in the United States
upon which duties are levied. 1t is
only question as to how fairly
distribution has been made TO the
various manufacturing, industrial
and producing sections OF the coun-
try, and as TO how far We have pro-
gressed in the direction Of freer raw
materials. Upon these questions
there are unavoidable differences Of
opinion which must be met, talked
over, and adjusted in such spirit OF
compromise and fairness as all great
questions have always been settled.
II is incorrect to say that the spirit
of the Wilson bill has been changed
by any action of the Senate except
in so far as items in particular sched-
ules have been raised or lowered,
keeping in view the general average
results.
slr. President, as for myself, i
have been a consistent and earnest
Democrat all my life, believing in
and abiding by the action Of the ma
jority of my party, studying as best
might the principles and teachings
of the party, and the advances made
in the direction Of lower tariff duties
and in the economic administration
of governmental affairs, and ! stand
ready to abide by the responsible
ties which may properly attach to
my efforts in relation TO the present
tariff legislation. Amongst the
things which / have learned by ex-
perience and observation is, that in
matters of great consequence, in
volving large responsibilities and
positive differences Of interests and
opinion, that concessions, modi6ca-
tions and com promises must be made
in order to produce harmonious re-
suits. 1t has been so in the past in
all great measures, and must con-
tinue TO be so in the future. He
whose path is intercepted by stone
wall will always find it easier and
wiser to pass around it than to try to
butt his way through.
Mr.. President, the work of the
committee and the Democratic ma
jority of the Senate has n OF been
! Concluded on fourth psge)
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Not Expected.

It is not expected that 1 viii flood the coun-
try with Pianos aud Organs But tits expect
cd that I will take few orders for the very
b 50 and most reliable Organs and Pianos in
the market. fully warranted i'm all respects,
shipped direct from the factory with the un-
derstandins that If not found satisfactory on
arrival the instrument can be returned. and to
be sold on terms and prices TO suit the times.
10 will be o. your interest 10 communicate with
me before purchasing. I do expect the home
man 90 get q chance. Write for catalogue
J. II. holland.
Dealer IN Pianos and Organs.
April l}. 04-2t Charles Town, ". Va.
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ForSale

WludOw-sashes blinds. doors. etc, ONthe
Oh Methodist Church Apply az this ofhce
JlIe e. 1895
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ATTORNEY ATLAW,
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ATTORNEYS AT Law,
A F. KENNEDY
AFTORyEF ATLAW.

Chsriesiogn, jefferson County, Wesi Virginia,
NiI practice in jefferson and adjoining Coun-
uss
0Hce in Northern end Of Lawyers Row.
september 90 lS73-tf
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Hats Renovated,

Mr.. Fannie Fleming il prepared to renoyate
gentlemen's silk or felt hats promptly and at
moderate rates. Call at her residence, east side
of Charles street, south Of Congress.
MAY 3. 1893
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THE MILD POWER CURES
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ID. D.-Bots or Grubs, Worms.
T.. E.-COughs, Heaves, Pneumonia.
f. F.-COlic or GriPcs, Bcilyachc.
G.. G.-Miscarriagc, Hemorrhages.
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i, I.-Erup:ive Diseases, Mange.
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Stable Case. with Specifies, Manual,
Vet Cure oil and Mediator, $500
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Just Received.

have just received a nice supply Of Catsup,
Mustard aud Horseradish. Also Hayden
Easter Dyes, -four coloTs for cents.
W. s. MERCHANT.
Anil 13. 1se2.
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FORREST W BROWN.
N GREEN


ciqri,''o'rn. JcFason County West Tngiaia,
Wil practice I'm the Courts OF Jefferson, Berke-
eT and Morgan counties, IN the United States
District Court az Martinsburg, and in the Su-
1-eme Court Of Appeals Of West Virginia.
opecia. attention 10 the collection Of claims,
and prompt remittances Of the same.
O-ice opposite Court house.
Aug 1890
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Ice Cream.

lEe Zee Cream parlors of ihe undeDignWi
e nOg open for the season. Ice Cream serf
p ly lle saucer or sold hy measure, and iahl-
-.e. or parties supplied on short notice
NHy l6 l.9l HENRY DUNN.
The record-union., 1894-08-28

GOOD PAYING LODGING-HOUSE;
" rooms full; also a No. 1 saloon. L. j.,
tuls once.
The record-union., 1894-08-28
FIELD DAY IN TIE POLICE COURT.
Justice Devine Disposes of a Big
Calendar.
Primary Election workers Were
Dealt With Quite Leniently
by the Court.

The aftermath Of Saturdays primaries
was seen in the Police Court yesterday
morning. The courtroom was densely
crowded with court officials, lawyers and
men charged with various offenses COM
nitted at the polls. Frank Daroux and
j. T. Cayanaugh were in attendance to
look after the welfare of those who aided
them in running the primaries.
The first case on the calendar was that
OF John Bergweisen. for disturbing the
peace. He was fined s. 80.
William Ford, Ben Shields, George
Wise and T. j. Mangon were each fined
s. for disturbing the peace, and Brick"
Mooney and John Fitzsimmons were
fined 81 80 each for more aggravated
cases of the same nature. while Thomas
Daily aud Thomas Roddy, similarly
charged, were acquitted.
a. j. lihoads was fined 81 80 for strik
ing Robert Goods at the First Ward
polling place.
The case Of Dell Murphy, charged with
battery. was continued for week.
L. \. Daroux was fined - 30 for dis
charging his pistol at Fourth and l. streets
during the excitement at the polls there
The case OF Ed McGraw, charged with
battery on a. Nj. Wilson, wassdismissed.
The cases of II. NJ. Mcleod. William
Gibson and a man who gave his name as
John Doe, for illegal voting, wero con-
tinued until Thursday. as was also the
case of William Fouse. for resisting an
officer.
I'd Rand was given thirty days for va
graucy, and Ed Finley will be tried on
Thursday on a similar charge
''kid' Warren was fined 81 30 for dis
turbing the peace.
The case of Peter McCann. for assault
with deadly weapon on Patrick Cassidy.
was continued until Tuesday.
The cases OF Ed Danforth, II. B. Far
rell and james Conway, who were
charged with destroying an expensive
hitching- post in front of the Del Paso
saloon. on X street. were dismissed, there
being no complaint on tile against them.
Tho cases OF jim Moore and Sing You.
two of the Cinnamon who got into an
alteration with the porter Of the Golden
Eagle Hotel on Saturday night, and who
were charged with assault with a deadly
weapon. we're continued until September
1st.
w. J. Mccormack, found guilty of steal
ing coat was sentenced to the County
Jail for twenty days.
j. ~. Connors was given five days in
the city prison to enable him to sober up
from protracted spree.
The record-union., 1894-08-28
H. c. TRAINoR.s WILL
His Sons Petition That the Instrument
be Admitted To Pi.nhate

be Admitted to Probate.
Isaac ]. Trainor and Charles E. Trainor,
by their attorneys, Robert I. and Will
lam II. Devlin, have petitioned the Supe-
rior Court for the probate of the will of
the late II. c. Trainor, and that letters Of
administration be issued TO them.
The estate of the deceased consists of
real estate in the block bounded by K
and L.. Front and Second streets; | and
}, Second and Third streets; all OF which
is valued at S24, 600; also, personal prop
erty, consisting of household effects con-
tanned in lis late residence, Of the value
of II, 900.
The deceased also had one-eighth in
terest an a stock farm in Arizona, but
whether ne held the same as tenant or
as stockholder in the corporation which
managed the same, the petitioners are
not at present Informed. The probable
value OF the one-eighth interest is $1,000.
The deceased also had j one-sixth interest
in stock and cattle now on the stock farm
in Arizona, the probable value of which
is s., 500.
The deceased left viii aud named
Mrs. koSe Trainor and Isaac, Charles,
Frances, Alfred and Walter Trainor as
devisees. After the death of Mr. Irainor
his widow. Mrs. Rose Trainor. petitioned
the Superior Court FOR the probate of the
will, but before the will was admitted to
probate she died.
The record-union., 1894-08-28
SECRETARY DOUGHTY.

Arrested for Enbezzlement-Exp
say He is Innocent.
John F. Doughty, Financial Secretary
of the local lodge of the American Rail-
way Union, was arrested about noon
yesterday on complaint of S. u. Worden.
now in the Yolo County Jail awaiting
trial for murder.
He, charges Doughty with embezzling
about 81, 200 belonging to the union.
Doughty says he is not guilty, as is
shown by the report of a committee con-
sisting of f. Y. Madeley, j. S. Carroll
and III. \. Bauman, who examined his
accounts and eXonerated him from blame
for any shortage that may have occurred
during the collection of large amount Of
dues which had been paid in during the
strike.
Doughty claims that Wordens action
in having him arrested is spite work,
brought on by Doughty preventing him
from killing engines and committing
other misdeeds in The railroad yards.
The record-union., 1894-08-28

several years. He did not think they had
paid an income on the assessment.
Assessor Schirmer said that he thought
that the real estate tland) in Woodland
was worth more than that in all the six
incorporated towns of Solano.
Siebe said the Solano towns incorpo-
rated simply to get the road tax to spend
on their streets.
Mr.. Schirmer then read list of prop
erty. some of which sold Tor less under
foreclosure than it was assessed for and
the rest of which is assessed for more
than 1t had been assessed for.
NAPA COUNTY.
II. NJ. Meachem, Assessor, William NJ.
Gwynne, Jr., District Attorney, and O..
W. Devices, Chairman OF the Board OF
Supervisors, represented Napa County
and conhded the tale of her reverses TO
the attentive ears of the members OF the
board.
The drop of about 5000, 600 in her assess
ment roll was due to the depreciation OF
real estate and personal property. they
stated. They cited number of instances
where places sold under foreclosure did
not bring the face of the mortgage and
where the assessment was in excess OF
the appraisement of property.
Ihe depressed state OF the wine inter-
esis in the State was another reason for
the falling oil in values. Personal prop
erty also had decreased in value.
SAN LUIS oBIsPo.
The Assessor of San Luis Obispo was
partially heard on behalf OF his county.
He read a statement of the deplorabie
condition to which last winters drought
had reduced many of the farmers in the
county and the straits to which they are
reduced. 1t was the most pitiable state
menJ by far 10 which the board has
listened and they could not help being
impressed by it. The hearing of the
county will be continued to-day. along
with that OF Sacramento County and
others.
The record-union., 1894-08-28
GENERAL NOTICES.

CROP EMIGRATION FOR TWENTY FIVE
y years; stop tinkering with the tarili;
sl3tinp out anarchy and stop at GEO. q RA4 =,
on the riverside road, for cool drinks ana
courteous treatment; then you won't have 10
KICK about the hard times. George knows
how TO make you ieei al home, and his
lunches are No. i.
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TEoR sALE-LoT NO. 4, D AND E, FOUR
Inquire e. NJ. Nick zen Err, 1112 L street.