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Year: 1878

Says the San Diego Nelos of Sep tember 18th: At the commencement of the season, on good representations, we estimated that the drouth of last year had destroyed 5000 stands of our bees, out of a total of 24,000, or one third of the whole. Statistics showed that notwithstanding San Diego coun- ty was the most southerly county in the State, it suffered far less loss than its neighbors in this interest, Los An geles county reporting loss of large ly over one-half. This would seem. to indicate where the best feed and climate is to be found for bees, and, although we are not yet at the end of. the trade for this year in honey, all though the season for honey making is over, we believe it will be found that the county has sent more honey to market than any of the belt. Well informed bee-keepers think thatithe. increase of stock the present yearh has been fully equal to the loss of last year; and excepting the honey made, the interest is about where it was when the drought, so fatal that it did not only kill off the third of the bees, but cut off the crop of honey, set in last year. If they are correct in the estimate, and we believe they are un- der, rather than over the mark, our county ought to have now about 24,= 900 stands. So far as we hear, there is no fear for feed the approaching winter, so that if we can begin the next season with this increase, and if the year is propitious, our German and English purchasers will be able to draw largely on this county for their supplies.
Year: 1878



 X short time ago King Woolsey, candidate for congress, and Major Cox, attorney at law of Phenix, paid 2 visit to the Basin and campcd over night with us. They brought with them bottle of Judge Wallace's Fluid Extract of Buchu," which was sampled by the boys and pro- nounced to be good, and your humble servant, being afflicted with kidney disease, took a dose from the bottle and was greatly relieved If Mr. Woolsey is as popular all over the territory as at this place, he can count on his election as being certain. A large number of the boys in this vi cinity have been acquainted with Major Woolsey for long time, and they say that those who know him best love him best, and will show our respect for him by the good majority of votes we will give him on the 9th of next November. We will then re- pair to Salt river to bid adieu to Campbell and Stevens as they toll up the rough and rugged trails to the salt works of Cox and Woolsey, where the camel will find employment, and, as it is said that Stevens is well versed in the art of packing, it may not prove so lucrative as congress poker, never theless it will afford living for him self and the camel.

 Mir Naylor, democratic candidate for district attorney, and Mr. Osborne, candidate for recorder on the same ticket, gave us a call a few days ago. NIT. Naylor is well and favorably known in this vicinity, and all the boys will vote for him, yea even re publicans and Brick Pomeroy men. His nomination gives general satis- faction to the democrats of this sec i ton, and he is considered as being the right man for the right place. We know him to be qualified to discharge the duties of the office, with honor to himself and party. He will leave here on the 9th of next November with a handsome majority. MT. Os- borne is, or was, a stranger to Us a short time ago, but is no longer to be considered in that light. By his mo- dest and gentlcmanly demeanor he has gained the esteem and friendship of all wilh whom he came in contact, and while we are assured of his com potency to discharge the duties of the office, we see no reason why he should not be elected, and he certainly would i be if left 10 the voters of this precinct We have met with several gentlemen who have known the young man for some time, and they speak very high ly of him. 1.-the party will do their l duty in the vicinity of PhcniX, we
Year: 1878

Now that the harvest Is nearly over it Is ascertain ed beyond a peradventurc that the wheat and barley crop in Salt River Valley is large. The Gila Valley usually produces an enor- nous quantity of that grain but this year very little has been raised there, ow- ing to the lack of water for irrigation. The late abundant rains will insure fodder in the Northern part of the Territory but it has come to late for the cOln, so unat crop Will pc nearly a failure this year. This state of affairs in the surrounding country will give the farmers of Salt River Valley a market for all their grain at remuner- ative prices. Barley has advanced q quarter and wheat half a cent since har- vest began, with an up- ward tendency.
Year: 1878

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
Second Judicial District Of the State of Nevada, in
and for the County of 0rmsby.-Lester Haskell plaintiff
Sarah NJ Haskell, defendant Action brought in the
District Court of the Second Judicial District Of the State
Of Nevada in and for the County 0rmsby, and the
pan filed in said County Of Ornsby in the Office OF the
Clerk said District Court The State of Nevada sends
greeting Sarah NJ Haskell defendant. You hereby
required appear brought against you by
above named plaintiff in the District Court Of the Second
Judicial District of the State Of Nevada in and for the
County Of Ornsby, and to answer the complaint filed
therein Ga copy of which accompanies this summons)
within Exclusive Of the day Of service after the
service you of this summOns-if served within this
county served OF this county but in this District
within twenty days. otherwise within forty daysOr jug
by default will be taken against The said action
is brought to dissolve the bonds of matrmony existing be-
you and said plaintiff, the ground Of adultery,
an alleged against you BY said plaintiff all Of which is
fully and specifically set forth in the plaintiffs
plant, file in my Office. And you hereby
notified that you fail to appear and the said
plant above required the said plaintiff will apply to the
Court for the relief demanded in his said complaint


-. Given under my hand and the Seal Of the Dis
~ trct Court of the Second Judicial District Of the
SEAL State of Nevada in and for the County Of Ormsby
@-r-' this 18th day Of November, in the year of
Lord, thousand eight hundred and seventy eight


ALFRED HELM, Clerk
TREsHoR COFFIN Attorney for Plaintiff


nOvi4-30d
Year: 1878

Major Edmund A. Burke, the nominee of
the Democratic Conservative party OF the
State OF Louisiana, is too widely and favor
ably known to the people Of Louisiana for us
to undertake to introduce him to our readers.


The faithful performance of the duties of
Superintendent Of the New Orleans and jack
son Railroad, Superintendent Of Improve
ments, and Tax Collector OF the First District
of New Orleans at different times, has rem
dered his name too popular to be praised
now. He Is admirably fitted for the position
of State Treasurer, apart from his financial
capacities his Judgment is clear, and In that
position the people will be sure to have an
honest, faithful and efficient officer


Although the choice of the parish was for
Major John G. Moncure, of Caddo, we can
safely say that q more competent person than
Major Burke could not have been selected as
the nominee for the position Of Treasurer.
The eminent services rendered by Major
Burke at Washington last winter, in behalf OF
the Nichols government, which were crowned
with success, have served to give him q very
high and deserved position in the esteem OF
all Louisianians, and which have been appro-
ciated by all lovers of good government.
Year: 1878

Tho inhabitants of the mountains back Of


Aux Cages, and, IN fact, nearly all the inte-


rior of Havti and a few in Aux Cages itself,


adhere still to the old African system Of


heathenism called Obiadism. They have their


churches in the mountain Businesses in almost
impenetrabe thickets. where none but their


own kind dare enter. They are the most de-
graded cannibals. Some Of my readers may


be astonisheu to know this, but, nevertheless,


I assure them that such is the fact. AIner-
cans are engaged In missionary work in China


and Japan, but in this country, so much


nearer home, where actual cannlbals exist
even in one Of it's largest cities, this work
has been sadly neglected. These people do


not eat adults, but children, which are con-
stantly stolen for the purpose Last evening, In


the same street where | am stopping, poor


woman went out to neighborfng shop for


moment and left her child asleep. When she


returned it was gone; stolen by an Obiad for


sacrifice, I am told that the manner in which
these people operate is this For instance


at each service in temple the priest allots to
| q certain person the task Of producing child


child is produced, Il 1t is found to be lean,
they apply themselves to the task OF fatten-
ing it as quickly as possible before 1t can be
killed. All sorts nIt5tttF5 5tf6 fe6efted e h55t
these fiends in procuring victims. one OF the
most common is the use of q certain plant
which grows here, the secret Of which Is
known only to these Obads One Of the
| women will come into the city selling cachOu-


nuts or something of that sort, and as soon as


she sees nice fat child she will manage in


some way to embrace it, at the same time
taking its hand in hers, which has previously
been rubbed with the juice of the plant. In q
few hours the child apparently dies, and the
parents wonder as to The cause of its death. 1t
is buried, and the same night these people will


come and dig it up and carry it off into the


mountains, and there apply the juice of an
other plant, which arOuses it from the stupOr
produced by the other plant, and it becomes
as well as ever, and is sacrificed A story is


told here, and vouched for even by the foreign


merchants here of child which died In this
| way, and its father was suspicious Of the


armed, and laid in ambush and watched.
About IL o'clock some Obiads came and COM


menced to dsinter the body. Soon after it


was brought to the surface it came to life and
| walked about, and the whole party were
about to start off when the ambtlshed party
Year: 1878

"Forasmuch as it is observed, that many
abuses are crept in, and committed by frc-
guent taking Of tObackO:


at is ordered by the authority of this court
That no person under the age Of twenty-one
years, nor any other, that hath not already
accustomed hmsesIfe to the use thereof,
shall take any tobaeko, until hee hath brought
q certificate under the hands of some who are
approved for knowledge and skill in physick,
that it is useful for him, and also that hee
hath received license from the courte for the
same. And for the regulating Of those, who
either by their former taking it have THERE
own apprehensions, made it necessary to
them, or upon due advice, are persuaded to
the use thereof:


at is ordered That no man within this
colonye, after the publication hereof shall
take any tobacko publiquely. in the street,
hghWayes, or upon training dayes in any
open places under penalty OF six pence for
each offense against this ORDER in any the
particulars thereof to bee paid without game
saying upon conviction by the testimony of
one witness, that is without just exception,
before any one magistrate. And the consta-
bles in the several towns are required to
make presentInent to each particular courte
Of such as they doe understand and can
evict to the tranSgressiOn Of this ORDER
Year: 1878

Shooting rife-baIs at glass spheres filled
with feathers is all very well in its way, but
like everything else it is likely to be carried
too far. The utmost limit is reached when
Bogardus in Belts Life, makes the startling
announcement that he would shoot any ten
men for G1000. It is a pity that the offer is
not made on this side of the Atlantic. With
Kearney come East and Schwab keeping beer
on ice against his arrival in New York, there
would be a good chance Of the money being
put up.
Year: 1878

In the near future the bore, instead Of car
rying an autograph album, will have a phono-
graph concealed upon his person. which he
will produce at the unhappy moment andre
quest his victim to shoot q few words into ii
to remember him by.--IOil City Derrick. ~
Year: 1878

In the ladies' waiting room at the Gen.
trail Depot The other day were a new
ly married couple from Grass Lake
They had been visiting the city two
or three days, and were then ready, to
60 home. They sat side by side, of
course, his arm around Ler waist and
she leaning on his shoulder. A long
wasted stranger from the east, having
sore eyes and a big heart, walked in,
saw them thus seated, and in about a
minute he asked of the husband:


'Has that woman there got the
toothacheP


The husband looked up in surprise,
but made no answer. After two or
three minutes the long WASTED man
again remarked:


IF that woman has got the tooth
ache, I've got q bottle Of peppermint
in my satchel here


The bride rolled her big white eyes
around, and the husband looked some
what embarrassed. The man from
down east unlocked his satchel, fun
bled among shirts and collars, and
brought up four ounces CT peppermint
essence. He uncorked it, touched the
contents of the bottle against his big
red tongue, and handing it forward
toward the husband, feelingly said:


Just have her sop some on u rag
and rub her gums with it. We've
used it in our family for


The brides eyes threw out sparks
as she lifted her head from it's loving
position, and, striking at the bottle,
she snarled out:


'Tuthache, you fulel If you don't
know the difference tween true love
and the tuthache you'd better pick
grass with the geese!


My Lordr 2 gasped the man, and he
hurried out with his satchel in enc
hand and the bottle in the other.
Year: 1878

The most remarkable railway acci-
dent on record happened not long ago
on the Northwestern Road, between
London and Liverpool A gentleman
and his wife were travelling in g COM
partmeat alone, when, the train going
at the rate of sixty miles an hour, an
iron rail projected from car on track
cut into the carriage aud took toe head
of the lady clear off and rolled il into
the husbands lap He subsequently
sued the company for damages, and Gre
ated great surprise in court by giving
his age at thirty-six years. although bis
hair was snow.white. II had been turn
ed from a jet-black by the horror of the
event
Year: 1878

JOSHUA WALKER of Rhode Island had a
wife gifted with keen sense of the ludicrous.
The other day he bought some pork and pro-
ceeded to salt it. She discovered that he was
using white sugar instead OF salt. Thereupon
she fell into fit of laughter and soon fell
dead. This is . fearful warning against max
ing brine with sugar.
Year: 1878

We do not read anonymous letters and commun
cations The name and address OF the writer are in
sl cases indispensable, not necessarily for publication
but as a guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
municatons that are not used.
Year: 1878

Troy, n. Y, April 1.-THE lumber trade
in Northern New-YOrk, Will be unusually meagre this
season. especially in the supply OF coarse grades
spruce and hemlock The quantity cut was 560000O0
feet less than the previous year. and onehird Of that
could not be transported the mills owing to the lack
OF snow upon which to draw the logs to the water
courses and absence Of the usual eshes to float them
down the streaIus prominent lumberman asserts
that the private marks on logs by which owners den
tfy their property have recently been erased by
dishonest jobber and II Is believed that at least 1900
stranded logs have been misapproprated through that
means. There Is no clue to the perpetrator
Year: 1878

WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE.
BIENNIAL sEssIONs-THE GENERAL PIPE LINE BILL


CHARGES OF CORRUPT LOBBYING IN THR AS


sFMBLY-BuLs ORDERED TO THIRD READING


IN THE SENATE.


The Assembly. yesterday, passed the bill amend
ing the Constitution so as to provide for DleDnai
sessions of the Legislature, and the general flpe
Line Bill. The passage of the latter was aided Dy
rumors of corrupt methods employed to defeat II.
The Finance Bill was ordered to third read
ing. and the bill providing for free canals
was referred back to the committee. In the Senate
the bills for the incorporation of the Society for
the Prevention of Crime, supplementalto the lnsur-
ance Safety Fund Law and providing for the canal
debt were ordered to a third reading.
Year: 1878

!. Enas Warren, writing from Fargo TO.
the Pioneer Press reviews the N. p. and
its relations for the past five years and COIL
cludcs as follows: There is no spectacle,
we can well imagine, more impressive
than one who has been dccently buried.
and was supposed 10 be rotting III the
ground, quietly and without any fuss get
ting out of his grave, and then marching
about as vigorously as If nothing had hap
pcncd: And this is precisely what the
Northern Pacific is now doing. 1t Is the
most wonderful event of the times!


Sustained by its own inherent vitality.
the Northern Pacific is rising out OF the
mists that for so long a time have obscured
its merits, and is proving to- the worid mat
it is worthy to livc--and live 1t Will, III
spite of ali the efforts that may be made
to crush it back into the gloom from which
it has emerged.


The Northern Pacific has returned to
life in strong and lusty shape. Where
is there line of railroad in the country
in a healthier and more unlmDarrasseu
condition? Where is there one more free
free from debt or in a more thoroughly
eal,ippcd state for the discharge OF its du-
ties TO the public9 Where is. there one
that in so short a time has converted $"
large an area of wild lands into Il garden
as lies along It's entire course through this
beautiful valley of the Red River: Where
is there another that can reach the Paclhc
with so short a span, or that runs through
A region so rich in all the varied treasures
of the earth. Surely here are questions
enough for the present One answer may
he rived to them all: Thcreis no such
Year: 1878

That good old saying, las dead as ham
mern will, in the future, be entirely suppressed
ed in this section by one far more appropriate
as follows: oAs dead as the Elkton 4 Middle
town Railroad u
Year: 1878

Before the regular business of the propose to make
things brisk by of occasional Sales organized stu
pendous scale and coupled with attractions of elaborate char
acte The rush for the advance Bargains" and First Fresh
Goods will stimulate business only the Grand Depot but
Year: 1878

NEW CASTLE, April 20.


This evening the Pioneer Corps of st
Mary's church of your city, will give a
dramatic exhibition in the Court House.
Brian OLinn and the Stage Stru, k
Darkey together with other specialities
will be offered. From the reputation
which has proceeded them we feel salts
fed they will be well received.


The streets in the western portion of
this city are in need of repairs and the
establishing of grades Buildings are
going up very rapidly and the property
owners are complaining, and very justly
in consequence of not being able to get
the grade proper elevation for their
buildings and sidewalks.


Delaware street from Fifth to Sixth
streets should be curbed, but here again
there is no grade established.


During the past week some tramps
have been breaking open and taking up
their quarters in the row of houses on
Clayton street, north of Ninth. The
police have been on the lookout for them
and should they be detected, quarters
will be furnished them by the county.


The market yesterday morning " as a
delusion and missioner, 1t is the duty
of our City Fathers to do something
towards removing this eyesore from this
city. Either tear it down or put in repair


Yesterday was gala occasion at our
schools. Interesting exercises were the
,rder of the day, and a visit from the
Board of Education, it being the closing
of the winter session. A weeks vaca-
ton will now be taken,


Mr.. James Grears, of Middletown, is
to-day filling the position Of telegraph
operator at the depot, during the absence
of Mr.. ID. II Mackey.


Last evening quite a sensation was
created along Union and adiacc Mt streets
by several young men anXiously inquir-
ing for team which they had left stand
ing on the street. The only fixed fact
in their possession wasthat the horse and
wagon were left standing headed toward
Delaware street, in the course of an hour
all turned up right. 1t had merely stray.
ed away in quest of few mouthfuls OF
praSS.
Year: 1878

During the past month we have been
clearing our stock of old goods, and are
now left with line of new and desirable
styles for the Spring trade. Our store,
which is the most commodious in the city
or State, occupying three floors, and with
enterprise back of it. Our intention is this
season to outdo all former efforts to make
the Boston One Price Clothing ii ouse the
place to buy Clothing and Gents Furn-
ishing Goods. With the confidence of the
public that FIVE YEARS SQUARE
DEALING has not impaired, and our es
tablished system of Cash and One Price
to all, we feel assured the present season
will prove successful one. Visit our store
and look at our immense stock of Ready


Made Clothing for Men, Youths, Boy.
and Children.
Year: 1878

IF CoNeREss were TO authorize the
silver dollar to be coined weighing 440
grains, it would not be long before the
bondholders and brokers would endeavor
to have silver remonetized and the bonds
made payable in it, because 1t would,
then after being made legal tender be
worth about eight or ten cents more than
gold dollar; and tue bondholder would
get just that much more than the gov>
ernment agreed to pay. The people are


willing to pay what they agreed TO pay,
coin at 4l2a grains in silver as it existed
before the waror in gold as 1t then existed
The renter who agreed at Christmas to
pay $1,000 for store or farm, or a
dwelling, ought not to be made to pay
440 grains of silver when dollar Is only
412A, and yet II Congress were to put
440 grains in the silver dollar that would
be the effect of il.