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Year: 1877

IN TIE DISTRICT COURT OF TIE SEC


ond Judicial District of the State of Nevada in and for
the county of Ormsby. Roger Grow, plaintiff J. L.
Cegg and Florence Clegg and A. W. Pray, defendants
Action brought in the District Court of the Second Judicial
District of the State Nevada in and for the county


in the office of the Clerk of said District CourThe State
Of Nevada sends greeting to Cegg and Florence Ceg
and A w. Pray defendants: You hereby required
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
Ormsby and to the complaint filed therein "a COPY
which accompanies this summons) within
elusive of the day of serVice after the service YOU of
this summons- served within this county, or if served
out county, but in this district within twenty davs
otherwise within forty daysOr 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 one % in
block No (6 in Rice Peters addition the CITY
Carson in Ormshy county, Nevada which said mortgage
was given to the payment OF pFanssory note
made by defendants j. L. and Florence Cegg the goth
day of Nav A. D. 1875, to plaintiff for the of six
hundred dollars and interest thereon at three 3 per
month all in gold coin of the United States. And
plaintiff asks decree of foreclosure of said mortgage and
proceeds applied to payment of COSTS attorneys
taxes insurance and the principal sum and interest
said note in gold coin of the United States and found
that Judgment be dOckeed against the
erty OF defendants L. and Florence Clegg for any bal
ance found remaining due plaintiff All of which is
fully set forth in plaintiffs complaint file in my Office.
And you hereby notified that you fail appear and
answer the said complaint above required the said
plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded:
** Given under hand and the seal of the District


Court of the Second Judicial District of the State


LID of Nevada, in and for the county of Ornsby this
*-H oath day OF August in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy.seven


su251sw6w ALFRED HELM, Clerk
Year: 1877

The market of American wheat In
England will most certainly improve
for year or two at least. There has
been a great scarcity of wheat in Ash
attic Russia, and prices in the Persia n
provinces are unprecedently high
The war in Europe will have the effect
Of almost totally stopping the exporta-
ton of Russian wheat and the crop in
France is no greater than usual. Last
year England imported about one ninth
ofits supply from India. After this it
will get little or nope from that source
for time. as it is being sent from
Calcutta to the famine district as a
substitute for rice, its price being con-
sequently SO high as to preclude its
shipment abroad. Last year America
furnished England with forty-two per
cent of its Importation This year the
percentage may be almost doubled;
and Notwithstanding our large crop the
demand will be likely to be greater
than the supply There is no imme-
diate prospect of the cessation of the
war and the Russian supply cannot be
depended on next year


The London News, speaking of the
wheat crop in our Western States, says,
"If the war in Europe is to CONT nue.
the Western man need not hurry" (to
sell his wheat, and adds "The price
of wheat in London at present is twen-
ty shlllings quarter higher than the
average of the last two years, and this
on our annual consumption Of wheat,
including home and foreign. is equiva-
lent to an addition of G23,000, 900 to
the cost of our next years bread. Are
there many of US who realize the fact
that owing to the war and the defcien-
cy of the harvest We shall have to pay
during tie coming twelve months this
vast extra sum 2" We sincerely SYM
pathize with this sad state Of affairs,
but it is pleasant thing to get good
price for large expectation of wheat.
The gold that comes from it makes re-
sumption easier. It is true that of
late Egypt, Russia, aud France have
been sending in grain to England in
larger quantities than usual but this
is attributed to financial necessities
and it is thought that the supply will
soon fail.
Year: 1877

i .


SITTING BULL.-WAsHINGToN, D.
G., October 24.-Secretary Schurz
says that it is mistake to consider
that the Sitting Bull Commission was
not successful. He says that it has, on
the contrary, been emineutly success
ful, and that the result is what the Ad
ministration wanted. It was never
desired that Sitting Bull should return
to the United States, but it was cour-
teous to the Dominion Government
that steps should be taken to secure
his return as fugitive. From later
report from General Terry it appears
that subsequent to the interview with
Sitting Bull the British officers con-
suited with him; that the latter told
Sitting Bull that if he considered him.
self subject of Queen Victoria, the
White Mother, he was very much mis-.
taken; that he was a fugitive flying
from the United States; that if he
wanted to remain in Canada he must
behave himself; that he would not be
permitted to send expeditions of young
men to trouble United States settlers;
that if he did he would have to fight
the soldiers of the White Mother as
we'll as those Of the Great Father, and
that he could only remain upon the
condition that he behaved himself.
Year: 1877

Ex-President Grant, in recent let
ter: states that he has found the labor
of accepting the hospitality of his
English friends more arduous than the
cares OF state. It had, in fact, become
SO great tax upon his health that
from the first of October be had deter
mined to retire to private life, and that
the first thing he should do would be
to avail himself of the courtesy extend
ed by the Secretary of the Navy to
visit the Mediterranean ia one of the
vessels of the European squadron and
spend some time in the waters of Italy.
He does not expect to return to the
United States until December of next
year,
Year: 1877

was standing with one foot gave way,
and he was the second time preclpitated
into the water. Getting up to the point
from which he fell had taken him long
time, so long that he could see by the
hole above that it was getting dark out
side.


The fall and the thought of having
all his difficult task to do over again
were disheartening, but he lost no time
in renewing the ascent. He removed
his shoes this time, thinking he could
cling better to the stones in his stocking
feet. He had been considerably bruised
by his fall. Before he had gained the
height he had reached before, his fingers
were torn and bleeding, as were his feet.
He could feel the blood ooze out from
beneath his finger nails when he thrust
his fingers in the crevices and drew him
self up. After making O step upward
he was obliged to stop and rest. At last
he got within four or five feet of the top.
In reaching up for another crevice he
found that quite large stone had been
placed in the wall, and in order to get
another hold he must make his way
either to the right or left. In edging
around this obstacle his feet slipped out
of a crack where he had placed them,
leaving him clinging to the wall by the
tips of his fingers. He could not recov-
er his footing, and after sustaining his
weight for an instant by his fingers his
hold gave way, and, with cry of ag-
ony, he plunged once more back to the
bottom.


Frank says that he gave up all hope
of getting out of the well. His strength
was almost gone, and the thought of
again dragging himself,with torn fingers
and bleeding feet, up the wall was mad
dening. But he says he thought of his
father and mother, and knew that they
would be almost crazed at his long alb
sencc, and this nerved him to renew the
attempt to escape.


The rain had now commenced falling
and everything was wrapped in the
densest darkness. By the same slow and
painful stages the boy made his way up
the wall, after resting himself for sever
al minutes, standing in the chilling
water.


He says it seemed to him as if it must
be nearly morning,so slow was the prog
ress he had made. At last in reaching
up he touched the boards covering the
well.


He was SO overcome at this that he did
not dare move for long time for fear
he would lose his hold again. Finally
he felt cautiously about, and found the
opening through which he had fallen.-
After a moments rest he got both hands
on the top of the well, and putting all
his strength in the last effort drew him.
self out on the ground. He took q step
or two and fell to the ground uncon-
scious.


When he recovered he saw the lamp
of the man who discovered him and
called. 1t must have been about 6.15
when he fell in the well. 1t was 1920
when he was found, having been in the
well at least three hours.


The boys hands, feet and limbs are
terribly lacerated, and his body is badly
bruised. His finger tips are worn near
ly to the bone in some places. 1t spite of
his injuries and terrible experience, no
serious consequences are anticipated.


--s--Hs-s----
Year: 1877

Some enthusiastic Murphyite writes to
the editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer,
asking for brief sketch of the life of Mr..
Francis Murphy. The editor replies in the
following vein:


He is the son of Mrs Murphy, and in
early lite was small Murphy and few in
hill Atterward he took to drinking,
and this was the making of him, for if he
had never drank he never would have re-
formed However. it was not wholly his
drinking that made him, but his present
eminence Is also partly owing to the fact
that he afterward stopped as violently as
he had before drank. He has not yet deG,
Year: 1877

from the effects of the warm weather and are de-
bilitated, are advised by physicians 10 take mod
crate amounts of whisky two or three times during
the day In little while those who adopt this ad-
vice frequently increase the number of drinks
and in time become confirmed inebriates A bev-
erage which will not create thirst for Intoxicating
liquors. and which is intended especially for the
benefit Of debilitated persons, whether at home or
abroad, is Dr. SchPnck's Sea Weed Tonic. Con-
tanning the juices of manS medicinal herbs, this
preparation does not create appetite for the in
toxicating cup. The nourishing and the life sup
porting properties of many valuable nsturvl pro-
ductions contained in it and we'll known to medi-
cal men have a most strengthening influence.
single bottle of the Tonic will demonstrate its val


liable qualities For debility arising from sickness
over exertion or from anv cause whatever, wine
glassful of Sea Weed Tonic taken after meals will
strengthen the stomach and create an appetite for
wholesome flood. Eo all who are about leaving
their homes we desire to say that the excellent ef-
fects of DR.. Schenck's seasonable remedies, Sea
Weed Tonic and Mandrake Pills. are particularly


evident when laken by those who are injurously


affected by change of water and diet No person


should leave home without taking supply of these


safeguards along. For sale by sll druggists.
Year: 1877

Many an unwise parent labors hard and
lives sparingly all his hfe for the purpose
of leaving enough to give his children a
start in the world, as it is called Setting
young man ahoat with money left him
by his relatives is like tying bladders IN.
der the arms of one who cannot swim; ten
chances to one he will lose his bladders and
go to the bottom. Teach him to swim,
and be will never need the bladders.
Give your child sound education, and you
haye done enough for him. See to it that
his morals are pure, his mind cultivated,
and his whole nature made subserVient tC
laws which govern man, and you have Civ
en- what will be of more value than the
wealth of the Indias.
Year: 1877

Is there any JOY greater than that which
is experienced by one person when he
helps another person? There are some
men SO low down that it Is SAID they can.
not bear 70 haYe the smell of their clover
go into the highway for fear that the folks
will get something that belongs to them
without paying for it; there are some men
who are said to begrudge bees the honey
which they take from their flowers without
leaving anything behind; but that is doubt
less imaginary. A man whose heart does
not respond to an act of doing good or Civ.
ing happiness is no longer man. He has
passed the line of manhood, aud should be
ranked among beasts.
Year: 1877

AIoTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT IN PUR-
M snance of a petition of more than ten legal vo
ters resident in the city of Rock Island, in the
State of Illinois, Special Election will be held al
the Court House. in the city OF Rock Island, In the
Gtafa Of TllinOis on the
Year: 1877

FORCE OF .oUNLIGHr Prof. Maxwell
estimates the mean energy in one cubic
foot Of sunlight at about q. 0.o00oooo6s2 Of a
foot-pound, and the mean pssssure on q
square foot is 0.o0oooooass of q pound
weight A flat body, exposed to sunlight,
would experience this pressure on its il.
Illuminated side only, and would therefore
be repelled from the side upon which the
light falls Calculated out, this gives the
pressure of sunlight equal to about two
and half pounds per square mile, a
quantitative degree quite beyond the
minds's appreciation. Beyond the two
and a half pounds thus deduced from cal
culation and tho 6fty-seven tons which
have been obtained from experiment, the
difference is certainly worry great - no
greater, however. tbaa is often the case
between theory and experiment.. @
Year: 1877

THE silliest piece of spitework that has
yet been attempted Is reported from New
Orleans. PACKARD and his friends, il IL
said, now propose to be revengeful and to
attempt to show that the vote of Orleans
perish of right belonged to TILDEN, and
that 1t was fraudulently given to HAYES.
They certsinly are not so crazed with
their defeat as to suppose that this move
will help Mr.. TILpES or harm President
HAYES. HAYES is President of the United
States. SO declared by the solemn action
OF Congress, and anything that pack Of
politicians in Louisiana can do cannot up.
set the title. They seem to forget that the
election officers only publish their own
lniamy to the world when they issue this
document The people will not be slow
to believe that their last statement il lie.
They will confirm the notion which is
pretty general now that the NICHOLS
government Is the true one to protect the
interests of the people of Louisiana.
Year: 1877

Notwithstanding the very caustic and
Characteristic denial by Mr. BLAINE of the
highly ,colored story of his conniyance
against the Administration, and notwith
standing our belief that the denial in form
is true, we are still of the opinion, in com.
mon with others who have watched his
course since his attempted intimidation Of
the President on the floor of the Senate,
that there is much substance in the report,
and that rumor has only exaggerated the
truth, in accordance with established Gus
tom, for sensational effect Our judgmen,
b founded upon the public estimate Of the
man, coupled with the peculiar grievance
he has suffered and his avowed hostility 10
the course of government adopted toward
the South.


Animated by an ambition towering as
the skies, which is based upon consider.
able degree Of ability, set OF with wonder.
ful TACT inordinate vanity and great good
fortune, ho regards 1t as no arrogance to
assume that the President should have
been guided By his wisdom and expert,
Year: 1877




( VANcEBURa, KY, Sept. 3O.-Our
Criminal Court was opened by
Judge Sands in creditable style,
as reported through your paper,
but no business was transacted,
because Judge Sands failed to sus-
tain his judicial and personal dig
nifty. There was much bad feeling
manifested at one time towards
this young and gifted judge, until
he came into court and said !:
Gentlemen and fellow-citizen-I
appear before you to say l am a
victim to vice which has dis
graced me before you and my
country. AS I entered this court
room I heard some one say,
'There goes pretty timber to
make a criminal Judge Of l feel
that remark as steel through my
heart. l am unworthy of the high
honor and trust, you Shave con-
ferred upon one so young; and l
return to you the Office l have lost,
being unworthy Of it. Pardon me,
friends and countrymen. but you
shall bear this no longer. My ju-
dicial integrity and official acts are
blameless. Thank God, I am no
longer criminal judge of Lewis
county. May heaven keep me in
my affliction !" This eloquent and
feeling appeal was never heard
here before. Prejudice was turned
to sympathy, and sympathy 10
compassion for Judge Sands. He
has warm place in our hearts,
and we hope he will return to us
reformed.
Year: 1877




Under the Moffett Register Law
in Virginia, the number OF drinks
subject to registration and tax,
taken in The city of Richmond, has
been found to be 10000 per day.
Now, without taking much inn
portance or merit to themselves
for their superior bibulosity, we
think that the population of New
Orleans may without undue pre-
tensions or immodesty, claim to
to be the equal if not the superior
of that OF Richmond in thirsliness
and capacity for stimulating and
refreshing liquors. With this
reasonable assumption, and esti-
mating the population Of New
Orleans at five times that OF Rich
moud, we should have the grand
result Of 100000 drinks per day
duly registered and subject to
taxation. At p cents per drink
this would yield a tax Of $25OO
per day.


But as large share OF these
drinks would be OF lager beer,
which would be taxed but half
cent, we should have to discount
this sum, And reduce the total
Weld of the tax or drinks to about
$4,000 per day, or 100000 per
month, and $4,000 per year for
this city alone. This we consider
a moderate estimate OF the amount
which would flow into the State
treasury from this tax. II would
be altogether reasonable TO
assume that this contribution
from New Orleans to The public
treasury would be increased in
the country 70 over \ million Of
dollars for the whole State. Yhe
experience in England from their
excise duty on spirits, and in
France from the octyoi on spirits
and wines in the cities, confirms
the general experience that The
estimates Of the revenue deriyable
from taxes on their consumption
are rarely, it ever exaggerated.
No sources of revenue are more
reliable than these. People con-
sent with more cheerfulness to
tax on this enjoyment than 70 any
other form OF impost or butden
for tbe support Of the government.
Tin, @. Democrat.
Year: 1877

AT the peach meeting last week, when
everybody was eXcitod over the riots, some
one introduced resolution recommending
the organization of militia company or
regiment for this State. Fortunately, the
the resolution amounted to nothing. We
say fortunately, for never was ANYTHING
more clearly demonstrated than the use.
lessness of militia, when the authorities
were trying to suppress the mob. They
seemed totally inefficient, and we do not
know OF single place, where the mob was
at all formidable, that the militia was able
to suppress it. 1t took regular soldiers, in
every instance, so far as we know, to put
the rioters to- flight. In PittSburg the
mlltlamen were more frightened at the
mob than the mob was at them, and in
Baltimore one regiment, the jth, could
hardly muster enough of its members to
organize a company, while the other, the
9th, composed mainly of boys, was little
more to the mob than if. it had not been
present Yet the State of Maryland has
to pay large sums annually to keep these
useless organizations together. We hope
Delaware will not have to provide Tor such
an expensive luxury.
Year: 1877

iHE STRIKE At AN END.-The cruel war is
over-the war Of the railroad rioters-and
the ten thousand miles of track that's a week
ago was in the hands of a mob is now under
the control of its officers and men. The
authorities that few days ago were issuing
proclamations are now offering rewards,
and the men who disregarded the procla
nations are, many of them, fastened in
prison, where they have plenty Of time to
reflect upon the fact that a wrong to them.
(tancled or real) does not justify them in
becoming robbers, murders and all that.
Riots are always short lived among a lawful
people; none are better convinced of this
fact now than the railroad strikers.


The mob has cost millions of money and
devastated acres Of real estate, but it has
taught us its lesson. 1t has learned the
la6orIng man that he must pay the penalty
Tor all the devastation that has been created
IN his name by the rioters. For instance,
every taxpayer in Pittsburg will have to nav
ahundred per cent. more tax than formerly
to reimburse the railroad company for the
injury the mob created. Every laboring
man who rents house there now will have
TO pay Tor the rioters rascality by higher
rental for the home he enjoys. Stinciness
on thepart of a railroad company does not
justify outlawry on the part of its em.
ployees, and every city that has failed to
enforce the law will be made to paw for its
neglect. The tax of Pittsburg has hereto.
fore been 100000; next year it will be
$l,2OO,OOO, and for many years to come.
And all this for not guarding the rights of
life and property to its citizens and to the
railroad company. The extra 100000
that its citizens will have to pay annually
will go to the railroad company TO pay it
for the injury it sustained.
Year: 1877

LET it be remmbered that there
will be a grand Democratic rally in
this city on Monday, the day before
the election. Our County Executive
Committee will make ample arrange
ments for the distinguished gentlemen
who will come to address the people
and Vicksburg will do her best 10 give
the State campaign triumphant finale
The candidates on the State ticket will
be here, and as one OF them, our dis
tinguished iellow.Cilizen, the Hon. t
c. CatChings, is a resident of our city
we will show that we appreciate tht
honor the party has rendered our city
through him. We hope this will bt
the largest and most successful polili
cal gathering that ever assembled IL
the Hill City.
Year: 1877

WHENEVER you see little uewspa
per raising a terrible hullabaloo abou
what a good paper ii Is, and yelling ou
at the top of It's voice about old, relia
bic, reputable journals, and standing on
it's head and emitting little jets OF
steam from either end, you may know
that little paper is getting ready to
''bust.' We've seen so many tear
themselves loose and die that we know
the diagnosis perfectly.
Year: 1877

A GREAT many people imagine that
the present election In this county is of
very little importance. They would
soon find out their error, If by any mis-.
fortune, the N. A. P, should even par
TALLY succeed. Every Democrat is ex.
pected to do his duty next Tuesday.
Year: 1877

A GREAT many of the colored people
are determined to vote the Democratic
ticket, and as some may attempt to pre-.
vent them, or to deceive them in the
tickets, we suggest that our party have
aman at every polling place to supply
them with tickets.
Year: 1877

The long strike in the coal regions is rapid
ly nearing its end, and it is likely that by the
close of the week work will be resumed in all
the mines. In few localities the intracta.
bles still delay the resumption of industry,
but the ranks of those who desire to return to
work are fast filling up, and the malcontents
are losing control of the situation. The fact
that longer delay involves the loss of pay dur
ing the month of November, and consequent
ly much greater privation than has yet been
experienced, is an element of the situation
which the men can i'll afford to ignore, es-
pecially as their chances of success will hard
ly be improved by the lapse of another thirty
days, with the rigors OF winter then staring
them in the face. They have made pro
tracted and desperate fight, and though some
of their methods of warfare have not been at
all commendable, it is probable that they
really deserve better fate than utter failure,
and that there is more of justice in their de-
mands than appears on the surface at this
distance. Men do not submit to privation
and grow desperate merely for the purpose Of
senselessly warning upon capital.