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Year: 1877

II TUE DISTRICT COUHN OF TIVE SEC.


ond Judicial District of the State of Nevada in and fol
Clegg and Florence Cegg and A w. Pray, defendants
Action brought in the District Court of the Second Judicial
District of the State of Nevada and for the county
Ormsby and the complaint filed in said county of Ormsbv


in the office of the Clerk of said District CourThe State
of Nevada sends greeting to L. Cegg and Florence Cegg
and A. W. Pray defendants You hereby required to
appear in action brought against you by the above
named plaintiff in the District Court of the Second Judicial
District of the State of Nevada in and for the county of
Osby and to answer the complaint filed therein ia copy
of which accompanies this summons within days
elusive of the day of servee) after the service on YOU of


this summons-f served within this county, or if served
out of this county but in this district within twenty days
otherwise within forty dayS-or judgment by default will


be taken against you The said action is brought fore
close certain mortgage executed by defendants j. L.
and Florence Clegg to said plaintiff lot No. ~ in
block No. six @ in Rice Peters addition the CITY of
Carson, in Orsby county, Nevada; which said mortgage
was given to secure the payment of promissory note
made by defendants j. L. and Florence Cegg the Goth
day of May A d. 1875, to plaintiff for the of six
hundred dollars and interest thereon at three @
per month, all in gold coin of the United States And
plaintiff asks decree of foreclosure of said mortgage and
that the moged premises be deoreed to be sold the
proceeds applied to the payment of ooss attorneys fees
taxes insurance and the principal and interest on
said note in gold coin of the United States found
insufficient that judgment be docketed against the prop
erty of defendants L. and Florence Cegg for any bal
ance found remaining due plaintiff All of which is more
fully set forth in plaintiffs complaint file in my office
And hereby notified that if you fail to appear and
answer the said complaint, above required the said
plaintiff will apply to the Courtfor the relief demanded


Given under my hand and the seal of the District


"' of Nevada in and for the county of Ormsby this
* gath day of August, in the year Of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy seven. '' -


au251aw6w ALFRED HELM, Clerk.
Year: 1877

And in accordance with law and order of the Board of
Trustees made and the 14th day August A
D. 1877 many of such designated shares of stock be-


longing and standing in the of the shareholders
aforesaid shall and will be necessary psy the
ment upon all shares held and owned by such shareholders
standing in their upon the books of the company
will be sold public auction the office of said company
in the office of Trenmor Coffin in Carson City, Nevada on
Year: 1877

John p. Hale, the owner of the burned piano
factory, in West Thirty fthst returned TO the oS S
terday He states that he between salt Lake 'i'y
aod san Francisco when the Of the fire reached
him. Having some business IN San Francisco ne con
tinued his journey. and soon as possible safed ior
home Mr. Hale said that when his factory was
built the specifications and plans were inspec ca ana a
proved of by the Building Department, and he was a
n loss to know how TO conform with the avs IT, any
other way He did try to money III the erect,h
of the building for the contract not gwen 10 tue
lowest bidder but the most responsible person Inc
statement the fire used heating tue drYnEooh
was made OF shavngs, he denied The room was IN
tended for heating sounding boards, and an even ehi
perature had to be kept up the whole time ShaVings
would be inadequate for that purpose and me e0al con
sequeny had to be used Mr.. Hale sad that he woua
begin to-day to clear away the Debris so az 70 erect
another factory as possible He expected during
the week TO hire other premises and continue MS bus
ness as heretofore.
Year: 1877

youth, it is this underneath cur
rent that remains in their memo.
ries, long after all special efforts
have passed away. Was their home
bright, sunny, full of love, and
simple, natural joy? Were truth,
honor and duty woven into the
lives Of those who guided them?
If SO, how their hearts spring back
with gratitude and Joy to the spot
where such holy and loving inhu-
ences overshadowed and blessed
them! If, on the contrary, the
spirit Of the home was gloomy, for
bidding aud austere; if nervous irri-
liability pervaded the air, or a tone
of distrust and suspicion tinctured
the intercourse, then the shadow
has been a baleful one, and has
darkened the whole life and chilled
the whole nature.


So each one Of us, not only in
the house, but everywhere and at
all times, is casting a shadow either
of blessing or of blight. Over
words and deeds we can exert some
authority; even thoughts may be
subjected to the control of strong
will; but this aroma which our
characters are ever shedding we can
no more prevent than the rose can
hide her perfume, OF the tree with
draw its shadow. Yet we can by
no means escape the responsibility
of this unconscious influence, para
dox though it seem. The maiden
who views her face in the mirror
and beholds a scowl, cannot indeed
prevent the faithful reflection, but
she may drive the scowl from hel
brow, and so create new and more
attractive image. So although oul
characters will throw the shadows
of themselves which we can by nc
means alter, yet the building up o.
those characters rests with us. i
we keep our hearts truthful, hon
orable, pure and loving, the shad
ows they cast will bless all who
come under them. Martineau wei
says: "The noblest workers of the
world bequeath us nothing so grea
as the image Of themselves. Theil
task, be it ever SO glorious, is his
torical and transient; the majesty
of their spirit is essential and eter
nal"
Year: 1877

ther damage. The narrative
adds that the police at once
interfered and stopped the
fight, to the great chagrin of
the crowd which gathered to look
on with cynical indifference as to
whether the editor or the physician
got whipped. Both combatants
were taken to the station-house,
where DR.. Ambrook was fined. Aud
now what was the sequel? Does this
wild Western journalist immediate
ly publish long lists of the patients
that have died under his opponents
treatment, accuse him of scandalous
malpractice, charge him with being
employed by the trustees to start
the new graveyard, tell how his
uncle was hanged as a horse-thief
in Texas and how his cousin
served ten years in State prison in
Illinois; assert that he squints, that
his hair is red and his legs crooked?
Does he avail himself of any of the
thousand amenities of the newspa-
per profession by means of which
the scorned editor becomes to his
fellow-man more devilish than any
scorned woman that ever breathed?
Not at all. The person who waves
the Colorado Banner quietly con-
siders the merits of the whole mat.
ter, and mildly and meekly re,
marks, like Christian and a gen.
tleman not over-much skilled in
the arrangement of the English
iambic pentameter acatalectic:


"Let it be said to the credit o


DR.. Ambrook that he has made


toward us the amends of a gentle


man, and because for once his pas


sion got the better of him is nj


reason why we should harbor an.


i'll will toward him. That is no


after the manner Of a friend. 'TC


err is human-to forgive, divine.
Year: 1877

ing at Atlanta.


One Of the most remarkable and
skillful instances of jail-breaking
for many years has just been
brought to light in Atlanta. The
jail at Atlanta is one of the strong
est in the South. The men who
made their escape were Gus John
sou, the notorious murderer from
Floyd county, awaiting the execu-
ton of a death sentence, passed
upon him for the murder of a ne.
gro man in Rome some months ago.
The other was Shaw, the Baldwin
county wife murderer. The two
we're kept together at Johnson's re-
quest, in the same cell-No. IL on
the lower floor, north side and east
ern corner of the Jail.


In the corner Of the cell was a
loose place in the plank flooring,
laid over iron beams in the shape of
7 rails lying upon their sides, but
much thinner than railroad iron,
being about quarter or three
eighths of an inch in thickness. Be-
tween each bar of iron is a three
inch beam of wood. This loose
point in the wood flooring was made
by 0'Neal, a murderer hung some
years ago, in an effort to effect his
escape. johnson and Shaw skill
fully removed about four square
feet of this flooring. They then cut
about eighteen inches in length of
enc Of the wooden beams, and with
a saw severed in two places,
eighteen inches apart, one of the
heavy iron beams, saving the bar
so nicely that the plane of the cut
was as smooth as though made by
the best workman with the most
approved tools. Through the hole
thus made they were enabled to de-
scend to a close basement under the
cell, of the same dimensions with
1t, except that it was about five feet
from the ground to the floor above.
Here they concealed the wood aud
iron and their implements of labor
safe from all possible detection,
however thorough the search.


Tunnelling out was now the pro-
gramme, and beginning close down
to the wall, in the decline to its foot
left by the builders, it was easy to
reach the lower line of the masonry
The dirt taken from the tunnel was
safely disposed of in the basement
alluded to. They worked with a
pocket-knife, probably, and a sharp
ened stick, and succeeded in max
ing hole under the wall and up
the outside toward the surface. On
Thursday night they burrOwed cut,
and Immediately against the wall.
The hole was large enough to admit
of the easy passage of their bodies.
They could come under the wall by
turning upon their backs and pull
ing through. This they evidently
did when making their escape.


While at work they used impro-
vised garments, made of parts Of
their blankets. These they would
put on below in the basement after
descending naked from the cell.
When they yreturned to the cell they
left the work-clothing behind and
washing thoroughly, put on their
ordinary garments. Thus they
kept up appearances, and no evil
dence that they were engaged in
the enterprising business of min
ing. Part of their working uni
forms they left behind them. What
ever tools they had they carried
with them. After reaching the
outside they went around to the
south side of the Jail yard and
about the middle of the fence threw
"a blanket to the spikes which adorn
the high incloSure. By the aid of
this and some planks they scaled
the fence, coming down on the op-
Year: 1877

New York Worldl


The American editor is generally
supposed to be reckless in his con-
duct, insolent to his friends and
inveterate toward his enemies; and
the editor of the West and South is
considered the worst type of the
man Of types. 1t is therefore a
pleasant thing to find such a reve-
lation of charity, msgnanimity and
simple good faith in a journal on
the far confines of our civilization
as was made in the Colorado Ban
ner of last week in an editorial
headed "Tbat Row." The article
opens with dramatic directness
that at once commands the atten-
tion of the reader hundreds of
miles away. "The editor of this
paper" says the Banner, "and DR..
Ambrook have always been on very
friendly terms" What of it? is
the thought of the startled reader.
Why not? Is there perchance
some awful and mysterious reason
for a quarrel between these impor-
tant personages? "Never until
last Saturday" continues the sol
emn and judicial statement, "had
an uufriendly word passed between
them, although both had INDUCED
in twitting expressions toward each
other" Here, in a few lines the
date Of the encounter is fixed, and
the possible danger in the relation
of the actors suggested out of which
disaster may be generated. E" Last
Saturday." proceeds the impartial
narrator, "as we were coming
along Pearl street, a new subscriber
to the paper having taken us in
hand, making us feel good, we
passed DIR. Ambrook at the entrance
of Union Hall, and in the old and
familiar style grabbed him by the
hands and said: Hello, Billy Bow
legs, how goes it?' as we had often
said before" There is unconscious
genius in every one of these
touches. They give the picture of
the free and easy life Of a Colorado
town clearly, and Boswell himself
could not confess more frankly his
own gaucheries than this editor re-
lates his JOY over a chance sub
scriber and his boisterous and i'll
hammered greeting to a friend. No
less naive is the remark which fol-
lows; "The doctors temper got the
better of him, and before we knew
it he hit us a diff aside the head
from behind. On the part of a
friend such action came so unex-
pected we were dumfounded, and
all we could do was parry the blows,
and none Others gave the first struck
u.s." The ardor Of the narrative
leads the writer into the use of some
very everyday English. He never
seems to forget his dignity or lay
aside the calmness and truthful
ness that became literary gentle
man, to whom an accurate and ar
tistic statement of facts is the one
thing necessary. In most cases
when an editor has had a personal
encounter his opponent is aston
ished to find next morning how the
knight of the pen kicked, cuffed


and maltreated him, but here there


is simply a plain, unvarnished


statement that the editor of the


Banner got an unexpected "' diff


aside the head" and was aIterward


able to protect himself from fur
Year: 1877

twenty Thousand People
old and young, every week. It is just to say
that the patrons of the WESTERN
METHODIST belong to the best class Of
community.


We desire our business men to make note
of the above facts before completing their
advertising arrangements for the coming
season.


We use our best efforts to keep our columns
free of all irregular and irresponsible adver-
tising; for many good people seeing an ad-
vertisement in paper, especially their
church paper, take it as guarantee of ro-
spOnsibility. Such confidence should not be
aoubeu "neh IL can be helped. We want,
therefore,


The Advertising Patronage
of such business men and firms as we can
recommend to our friends and the public
without compromising the character of tho
paper.


Our Terms Shall be iE Harmon


with the business OUTLOOK.


Send in Your FavOrs.
Year: 1877

A woman pushing a baby cab with
one hand, holding up her skirts, with
the other and carrying her parisol
in her teeth, is q sight which can only
be seen since the new f.shion broke
ntgs
Year: 1877

Yesterday II gentleman residing in a
mat. modest cottage in the suburbs
caught a tramp prowling around his
back yard. evidently trying 10 steal
something


Why dnnt you come 10 the front
door il YOU want anythingr" indig-
nautiy roared the proprietor


That's what was looking for, was
the impudent reply


Didn't you see i on the other side
of the house :" reior;ed the gentleman.


How was 10 know that was the
front doors No silver plate, no bell.
no telephone, no s'atuary. no servant 10
take Your hat or cane Tell your boss
there is a gentleman cut here who Is
waiting for his break fast


When the gentleman got back with
his shotgun the tramp WAS not there
any more san .iHtoHs0 Wcrdid.
Year: 1877

The second meeting took place last ev'
ening, Wednesday, and was we'll attend
ed, but was a slipshod, chaotic affair
Schaefer had got enough, and was moi
present to participate. Mr.. David Swan
ger was chairman. We could not dis
Germ any we'll defined object, although
the five minutes speeches were many
and the meeting continued till late
hour.


Thespeakers generally, though mostly
Republicans, were severe in denouncing
the legislation of the party in power, say
ing that for the last ten or fifteen years
everything had been done in favor Of
capital and against the laboring man,
and all this had caused the present suf.
fering in the country.


With all proper respect, we would say
to our friends, that it will take the uni
ted efforts of all good citizens to get rid
of or modify the engrafted evils, and
their sad results upon afflicted labor.


The Democratic policy is and ever has
been the reverse of that of the party in
power. The plundering Of the Treasury
by Congressional and other schemes
the enormous railway subsidies and land
robberies-the infamous financial policy
that enabled stock jobberS to pile up an
enormous public debt--a tariff policy
that has constantly robbed labor and
honest business, all these and more be-
long to the Republican party. The enor-
nous power thus bHilt up is not to be
overthrown or circumscribed by little
side show movement here, or a small
greenbaCk, one idead boiling over, there.
To effect a change for the better will re-
quire the united efforts of all who are
heartily sick and disgusted with the
doings of the party in power. We must
oppose fraud and iniquity either in
counting in President or enacting laws.
We must unite to restore justice and
squelch wrong doing.


The confusion and incongruity at the
meeting showed too many leaders, and
no one capable of throwing the others
into the shade, and running the thing
himself. Some Of the speakers got off
very good hits, but gave no evidence of a
grasp of mind, that had examined the
great questions of rational and consti-
tutional public policy, that would solve
the problem, and relieve suffering labor
and business. We would remind our
good friends, that while we concede the
laudable object they have in view, the
reform required is fundamental and in
considering the situation, the principles
of justice and the plain teachings and re-
quirements of the United States Consti-
tuition, must be kept in view. These
constitute the basis of all correct elucida-
alton of the present ENHANCEMENT. How
ever complicated and knotty, apparently,
when these principles are applied, the
case is greatly simpliAed, and the path
way that was dark before, becomes clear
and plain to the true American citizen.
Year: 1877

WEST is an old political trickster a
scheming "ring" man, the tool of Stanley
Matthews. Our Bishop is a thorough
business man, just the man to secure
honest and economical management Of
our State Affairs
Year: 1877

The climatic changes which take place on
this section Of the Atlantic coast just before
the commencement Of the regular winter
season are usually marked by the passage
of more or less violent disturbances during
the progress of which we experience rapid
alterations Of temperature and fair and foul
weather The equinoctial period was one Of
cold, mist and misery that surprised many
lingerers at the seaside and in the country,
and sent them cityward with pinched
cheeks and numbed fingers. Then came o
tantalizing spell Of warm summer-like
weather that made the refugees regret their
hasty fight from the woods and the waves.
But the storms soon came chasing each
other over the country, and rain, wind and
waterproofs ruled the hours. With the
exception of during the September storm
the temperature did not fall below the point
considered comfortable until the recent
great disturbance created the conditions
favorable for an inflow of icy winds from
the northwestward. vast atmospheric
depression overspread the whole country
between the Atlantic coast and the Rocky
Mountains during and for some days after
the oath of November. This has given place
to an equally extensive area of dense, cold
atmosphere which has advanced from the
Northwest and West in series of waves,
each one being colder than that preceding
it. The rains attending the storm area that
.has Just passed over the lakes and Canada
were converted by the frigid contact into
snow, the ponds and lakes to the northward
became stilled by the icy hand of the winter,
and that period Of the year which is filed
with many joys, IL with some dis
comforts, for the wealthy, but which
never presents any but terrible aspect to
the poor, comes on US. In contemplating
the coming of winter as the beginning of
the season of pleasure and festivity, of balls
and operas, OF merry sleighing parties and
skating let it not be forgotten that during
its long, dark months thousands of our fell
low beings will be compelled to endure the
horrors Of starvation and cold. Such Is the
operation of the mysterious law Of compen-
sation, but we can do much toward mitigat-
ing it's severity.
Year: 1877




There appears to be good reason for be-
lieving that Sitting Bull and the Sioux
chiefs who accompanied him across the
Canadian frontier entirely misunderstood
the offer of our government at the recent
conference at Fort Walsh. The letter OF
our correspondent, published in another
column, gives some new and interesting
facts showing that the Sioux were not able
to clearly understand the terms carried to
them by General Terry and his brother
commissioners. 1t appears that this dis
covery was made by Major Walsh, OF
the Dominion Police, during q recent
visit to the tribe, and he was surprised to
hear the Indians say that "they had not re-
fused to 90 back" On further investigation
the Canadian officer ascertained that the
Sioux leaders had failed to fully grasp the
scope Of the offer made them by the commits
sion. We are not surprised at this, for the
HERALD at the time of Sitting Bulls refusal
to accept the offer of our government ex-
pressed the opinion that when the terms
were fully understood and appreciated
the Indians would give q different
answer. The conference was SO short
and the address Of General Terry SO
rapidly delivered it was difficult for the In
dian mind, accustomed to deliberate medi-
tation, to comprehend the tenor of his re-
marks. They first learned that their arms
and ponies were to be taken from them, and
this one stipulation SO engrossed the atten-
ton of Sitting Bull and his chiefs that they
failed to understand the offer of compensa-
tion that accompanied it. Our correspond
ent alludes to another fact which throws
additional light on the conduct of the Sioux
leaders during the conference. It ap-
pears that the Nez Perce fugtives
from the battle Of Bear Paw Mountain
informed Sitting Bull and his followers that
General Terry was o participant in that
fight, SO ''they could not listen to o man
who had on his hands the blood Of their
race" Believing this, it was natural for the
Sioux to view General Terry with disfavor,
and the arrival of the fugitives at Fort
Walsh before the commission was most in
opportune, for their false information pref
udiced the Indians against the man upon
whom, of all others, the success OF the COM
mission depended.


It is to be hoped that the government will
take proper steps to ascertain the present
feelings Of the Sioux, and, ifit is found that
they are indeed willing to accept the terms
offered by General Terry and return the
offer should be renewed. 1t would be dis
honorable to allow the Canadian authorities
to further care for the fugitives if the latter
are willing and anxious to come back. We
already owe much to the British officials in
the Northwest for their wise treatment Of
the hostiles taking refuge beyond the lines.
and having already made offers of pacifca-
ton to the Sioux we should spare no pains
to induce Sitting Bull and his people to
accept our terms and live among rs in
peace and security.
Year: 1877

PARALLEL CRIMEs of very sad and tragic
character are reported in our dispatches this
morning. In Norfolk, Va, lover killed the
lady TO whom he was engaged and then shot
himself In Montgomery, Ala, the bodies Of
another engaged couple were found in ceme-
terry with pistol ball In the head of each