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Year: 1876

Fl MINING AT ARKANSAS DAM.--We
,ont A day at this point on Monday last,
. and were pleased to note that the season
bo, been very propitious one and that
Il, benefits have not been lost. 1t is
worth ones while.to take an occasional
Joy m this manner and note the differ
40t methods of working, and the singu-
H lar formations which the work of strip
ming the bedrock reveal. The Good
Friday" claim is worked by Post 81 Glo-
YER. The water season has been very
favorable to them and they have opened
NJ q bank of paying gravel which would
hardly been thought of by look at the
surface. The gold they get is very fine
IL color that will weigh cent being
an anomaly. With good water privi-
leye the GOOD Friday" would be one Of
4 the most valuable mines in the county.
Opnosite is the main claim of Chapman
& Fisher, which has been worked for a
number of years with success. 1t is en-
pmticaly one of the "heavy" claims Of
the county, in bank of sixty to eighty
4 feet the being no such thing rs Loan,
4 bnt gravel and powders from the very
ton. The powders are very large, some
Of them containing thousands of cubic
feet nearly all of them have to be bias
ted and sledgcd until they are small
enough to be wa he'd through their
flame. A force of five or six men are
employed constantly in blasting rocks,
and when the blasts are let of together
inst before quitting time it sounds like a
bombaldment They have already run
double the amount Of top dirt that was
washed off last year, and have the be4t
part of the mining season yet before


them. The claim runs day and night,
the night work being done where the
bewlders are smaller. We heard it
hmted that not less than fifty thousand
dollars would reward them for their la


boz. Adjoining is the claim of i'm Fish


er and Billy Plater. A very singular
forma ion exists in this claim-the noun


tain having at one time slid over por-


ton of it in such manner that they are


compelled to work depth of twenty TO
trty feet of true mountain slate bed


rock to get at the pay strata of gravel





underneath. John Fisher with another
force works still below on a continuation
Of the same bench. Here there is little
or no trouble with powders, but the ce-
ment is hard to deal with, coming down


in great blocks which have to be mashed


before they can be moved. The low bar
is pretty we'll washed off, but Richard


Gnbblc is working the claim in front Of


his house with every indication of good


results. lie has his own water and as il
cost him nothing for hired help all he
makos is clear.
Year: 1876

WRITE ME A LETTER FROM HOME. -
Every man in Trinity County who was
fortunate enough to have his name on
the Great Register of two or three years
ago, has received scaled letter during
the past week. The first thing a man
does when he gets a letter is to look at
the post mark, turn it over time or two
and observe the handwriting particular
ly after going through these prelmi-
naries, which in most cases were unsat-
lsfactory, the seal of the letter referred to
was broken and a printed lottery adver-
tisemont from Covington, Kentucky, be-
ing the only enclosure. We saw several
opened and in every instance the party
receiving the "lctter" either "cussed -
or looked us though he wanted to. The
institution seems to patronize the mails
pretty literally.
Year: 1876

DROWNED MAN.-Last week we re-
ierred to a man having been drowned
on Lower Trinity, but were unable to
give any particulars. From Nv. J.D.
CAM bell, Humboldt mailman, we learn
that the unfortunate mans name wos
Thos. Hayes and that he met his death
by the eapsizing of boat in which he
was crossing the Trinity river a short
distance above Canadian Bar. He had
crossed the river short time previously
and was returning at the time of the ac-
cident, and had almost reached the shore.
where two or three men were looking on.
Seeing that he was about to make bad
landing the man in the boat backed out
into the stream, probably with the in
tention of landing lower down, where the
current struck the boat, capsizing it and
the man was seen no more.
Year: 1876

FRosT.-Tho early part Of the present
week was noted for cold nghts-partic-
nlarly Sunday night. Cherries were
killed by the frost, but other fruit was not
far enough advanced to be damaged to
any great extent. Prospects for heavy
fruit crop are not very favorable, how
ever, as the snow on the mountains north
of town seems to promise certain frosts
late in the season.
Year: 1876

TRINITY CENTER MAIL.-During the
Summer months the mail from Weaver
vile TO Trinity Center, by way of Mi
norsvilc, will arrive here on Wednesday
and Saturday and return the following
days.
Year: 1876

WIND ard cold during several days
past have combined to check the water
supply here abouts the bitches not being
mo than half full. A few warm days
.'Ne to day will fill them again. There
- a great deal OF snow in the mountains
ana 1t must como sooner or later,
Year: 1876

NICE TIME.-The Benefit Ball given
by the ladies, at Thomas Theater, last
Friday evening was well-attended and
enjoyed by all. The supper prepared
by the ladies was highly praised. Iii
nancially the dance was a complete sue
cess over two hundred dollars being real
lied. The ladies desire to return thanks
for kindness of all those who assisted and
patronized the affair.
Year: 1876

CENTENNIAL SALUTE.-As a starter
for at least some public attention to the
One Hundredth Birthday Of Our Coun-
try, it has been suggested that Centen-
nial salute Of One Hundred guns would
be very appropriate. This idea is good
one and we hope it will be adopted by
our citizens and that they will not stop
at this but go on and get up celebra-
tion worthy Of the place and the occasion.
A proper celebration would bring a great
many people and much money to Weav-
erviIe.
Year: 1876

n sOd 49,
took place on South Pearl street which came
near ending in the death of the parties par
ticipating in it. 1t appears that party OF
three men, who were under the influence of
liquor, drove down Pearl street in a buggy,
halloing, and making the night hideous.
Not paying any attention to their driving,
which was furious they ran violently into
passing vehicle crushing their own car
riage and tearing the wheels from the one in
which they came in contact, The three
roughs were thrown violently to the ground,


from which they were conveyed in an in
sensible condition to Mr.. Bradway's grocery
store, nearby. The wounded men present
ed fearful condition, the blood streaming
from wounds ON their faces. Physicians
were sent for and the men soon after re-
stored to consciousness. Afterward they
obtained a carriage, and, started on their
way to Fairton, apparently uninjured, save
few bruises. The occupants of the car
riage which was ran into were uninjured.
The affair caused great excitement in the
neighborhood, and a large gathering, of
naopla
Year: 1876

During the past week business has been
moderately active with the commission
houses, and the jObbing trade has shown q
decided Improvement. The market has been
fu'l OF wholesale and retail buyers from
nearly All sections Of the country, whose
gregete amount. The general tone OF the
market has undergone change for the bet
ter, and the advance on prints, print cloths,
bleached cottOns, &c, has materially
strengthened other goods and given renewed
conndence TO buyers, who are at length com
WINGED that bottom prices have been touched,
ard that their future transactions Win be
made In the ace Of rising market. The
event OF the week was an auction sale OF one
thousand cases OF Richmond prints, which
was made In order to ascertain what buy yers
were willing to give for new goods when cold
on short credit and Without guaranty or pro-
lection. The sale was very spirited and full
market prices were obtained-a fact which
may be attributed In great measure to the
measre supply Of dark prints In the market
and the exceptionally brisk demand for such
IN all seasonal BILE descriptions Of cotton goods
from first hands, and q brisk jobbing trade
has been developed. Bleached cottons were
very active, and general advance of about
cent was established on both popular and
outside makes. The print market has been
very active and strong. Dark fancy and
navy blue prints were In brisk request, and
agents not only sold their daily receipts, but
received numerous orders for future deli very


Improvement in its general tone, and some
Increase Of activity in nearly all descriptions
OF staple woolen productions. Flannels have
received more attention from buyers. Over
coattpgs OF Q few favorite makes have con-
unued In steady demand.-tN Y. Bulletin.
Year: 1876

A CHEAP REFRIGERAroR.-Ac cores
pOndent thus describes q cheap refrfgerator
1t Is about the size OF and resemble on the
outside, an ordinary tool chest; within there
are pieces OF wood fastened on for support,
and lining OF sinc put in-the space be.
tween the Zinc and the wood being filled
With pounded charcoal. This filling must
be all around. in the cover as well as In the
bottom and sides. In the end OF the box,
cleats Of zinc are s0ldered on, and the shelves
OF perforated zinc, or wire, or OF wooden
Stats, are slipped in. For rack TO put the
ice on, take four stats about four inches long
and nail them firmly to Q little block OF
plank, set this block down (like an Inverted
kitchen table) in basin, and put 1t In the
middle space in the box, between the rows
OF shelves. To make q piece OF leo do the
greatest amount of service, and last the long
est possible time, wrap 10 closely in several
th1cknesses OF flannel and lay IL on the rack.
A square tank holding a pail or two OF water
can be made of tin or zinc and fitted up close
to the inside, with a pipe leading through
the box, near the bottom, and Q faucet at.
tached. II this is kept filled with cold
spring or well water, and q lump of ice
thrown In occasionally, 1t will be found q
desirable convenience in hot weather. After
the box is finished 1t should be paintei and
set where the cover, when lifted MP, can rest
back upon brace or frame, as 1t is heavy
and would easily break from the hinges.
A cellar is good place for the Ice box, but
1t may be kept in the pantry, store-room or
wood shed, as Is most convenient.
Year: 1876

The Good Templars Festival, given by
the members of the Order, at the Perkins
House Wednesday evening for the benefit
of the Lodge, Was grand success. A large
number availed themselves of the opportu-
nifty to see the dramatic part, and to hear the
music, which was extraordinary good, both
vocal aud instrumental, while a goodly
number, more particularly the younger por.
ton, improved the unlimited space of
time, to partake of the delicious supper for
IL very small consideration. The table and
all pertaining thereto had that elegant APP
pearance that those in charge of the affair
know SO we'll how to produce After a
bountcous supper, every one feeling highly
elated with the good time and enjoyment in
general, bundled up with their winter
wraps, for Jack Frost reigns supreme out
of doors at present, and wended their way
towards their respective homes, and as far
as heard from at present arrived safely A
vote of thanks was kindly given to the
amiable and condescending Mr. and Mrs.
Braman of the Perkins House, for the open
hospitality shown Oh this occasion.
Year: 1876

Having proved himself the popular man,
% well as the useful man, there is good
reason to presume that he will be far the
most prominent candidate for election two
years hence. So he must not obviously
put his hand on pap Thacher's shoulders
any more, for, behold! We now nominate
him for fourth hterm.--FdrnsingtO Press.
Year: 1876

a man who is as capable of self-pro-
lection as Capt. Morse has shown
himself to be, but We believe in
hearing both sides of every case.
and condemnlng no man upon one
sided testimony. If he is really
culpable, no man would be more
anxious for his condemnation than
the writer, but we will Judge no.
body with prejudicial haste.
Year: 1876

so that the theory is not exactly arcordant with
the facts The dust on the streets here iha
ankle deep and the sidewalks scarcely better th
The streets. hear


MrrrERiNGs or DlscoSTExr


on every hand here with the Imposed upon
cottage aud lot owners aLd those who los cot
tagcs are trying to sell out "ithoutoss There
era cottages offered here Or sale rent but hard
aud The muiterings which refer 10. which worse
than open charges, hinder the of properly
here The camp meeting association made great
mistake when they cut up the grove lots 30XC0
feet. They allowed no chance for beiutifying the
place and there Is virtually nothing beautiful
esthetical here except II be Old Ocean itselL


There u little Improvement IN the air Of the
since The sand hill The beach was cut away but
is sti Tar from being pure some residents attribute
IL 10 The lack oil drainage IN the place ana exhaatons
IRON the lakes and swamps that here. But what
ever the Cause the TACT remains the same. There


sale OF villa plots at Ocean Beach, miles south OF
this place, this afternoon we'll known Brooklyn
auctlonecr offered Tree rides tree lunch
TO all and OF he from this place.
Year: 1876

ment, who have of late been dreaming the happy hours away will be given service of an ardu- Ous and ardent nature; and the general awakening which is short ly to ensue, will be the most start ling that the country has known for years, unless we are most wonderfully in error in reading the signs of the times.
Year: 1876

JUDGE VIM. VANDEvER depart ed by last Thursdays stage for San Diego, and how much further nobody knows. We can i'll afford to lose the presence of so genial a gentleman, even for so short 6 time, as his absence will be but temporary, and shall look for his return with joyful anticipations.
Year: 1876

Oh, Ellie, do see. Let's hurry and look
At the pictures Jack Frost has drawn;
For the round red sun his work has begun,
And soon they will all be gone.
Way up in that corner, oh. Effie, do see
The castle that rises SO tall.
A castle in Spain" with turrets quite plain
And fags floating out over all.
And there is our church, with its steeple ST


high,


Its windows all streaming with light;
And down on the side is door open wide
guess they had service all night.
A hawk and monkey are sailing of
In a boat with tall main-mast,
Their boat is frail, and the monkey look


pale,


To think they are going SO fast.
Those fern leaves growing Sc pretty anS


thick,


Are tall as our great pine-tree,
They grew that way, I've heard teacher say
Before there were folks to see.
The stars that spangled the far-on sky
Left their photographs here last night;
Now look up through to the bright, bright


blue,


And see II am not right.
The wind blew hard through the fr-trec topi
And snapped of many bough,
They lie thick as rain on the cold white pane
But the sun is melting them now.
There, Etiie, don't cry! of course they can't


stay,


And the best ones are quickest to go;
But some other day I'm sure you will say
That we've just as pretty a show.
Year: 1876

The Troy { y. y } Times, in an article up
on the effects of the late heated term upon
the cities Of the east, calls attention to the
fact that the number oil sunstrokes has
been greater than WAS ever before known in
one season, but disease, it says, is by far
The most destructive agent, in densely pop
ular districts. The poison that lies COM
paratively latent in decaying animal and
vegetable matter in cola weather is active
and deadly with the therm, meter in the
vicinity of 100 degrees. The long continu-
ance OF no: weather has made every
neglected corner source OF poisonous
emanations, so that in many parts of
large cities the air is surcharg.d with
elements in which health, if not life, is all
but impossible for any great length OF time.
The crowded districts of New York have
become almost phenomenal in the misery
that there seeks in vain for breath of air
fit for the lungs. People cannot live in
their hot apartments nights, and so sleep in
the streets. The mortality is especially
great among the infants and thildren. In
twenty-five days nearly 2,200 under five
years of age have died in the metropolis.
The direct cause is cholera infantum, in
duced by the extreme heat and want of
proper diet and fresh air. In such time
as this the curse of the tenement house is
particularly noticeable. Most of the vic
tins live in such marrow quarters, and the
result is death, almost as sure as if bullet
had pierced the heart.
Year: 1876

THIS is a savory dish of crow The Cincin-
matt Enquirer prepared for itself few days
before the 81. Louis Convention met: "Til-
denis surroundings are bad If elected he
would take to the White House the wors,
set of political jobbers and thieves ever
seen in Washington, and that's saying a
good deal. 1t could not but be that man
educated in cunning, in hypocrisy, in in
iquity, nominated in corruption and shame
less effrontery, even though his millions
could elect h m, would give us the most cor
rupt administration the country has ever
KNOWN
Year: 1876

The New York Tribune says that the an
nouncement of the President that the ap.
preparations of the river and harbor bill
will be useless 30 late in the season, and
may be as we'll postponed until the next
session, and that If passed by the Senate be
will veto the bill, "will gain the country a
sum almost equal to the whole tax levied
in this State New York. for State pur.
poses" And the Inter- Ocean finds occasion
for surprise in the fact that the Tribune says
this without informing the country that
the President is a corruptionist or tina,
"Grantism must be unloaded" to save the
Republican party from defeat.
Year: 1876

The sequel of the sinking of the Mohawk
is not pleasant one for Captain Rowland,
sent to the Richmond county Jail on =
charge Of perjury, in saying under oath that
he had loosed the main sheet, whereas it
was found fast. Otherwise the event is dis
appearing below the surface of publicity,
and the business of the Mohawk's owner
goes on, it is said, "without even the sight
est alteration in the books.n
Year: 1876

We notice but few manageable young


men here this summer, compared with the
large number of single ladies who are


anxiOusly awaiting 'coming events" tha,
cast their shadows before them. The rea-
sons are obvious. The young men cannot
afford to visit Newport and entertain their
lady friends in the manner which has been
their custom in years past, or in the way
in which their parents have been in the
habit Of doing. Hence the young men re-
main away, or seek some secluded nook.
where fashion and its attendant follies are
not among the things most to be desired.
The young men cannot afford to do a thew
have been doing, save those Who have
handsome incomes or fortunes at their cum
mand, and, consequently, reform is need
ed, and the young ladies will do we'll to set
the example. Until then, there will be a
scarcity of young men At Nespou, a. we'll
- other summer resorts. There can be no
doubs bot what the ladies can see that a
relorm il needed, and it remains for them
to Be lss exacting in their demands upoo
the opposite sex. When this brought about
then thsse will be seen large number of
young men at the social entertainment.
given hero during the summer.
Year: 1876

The gags were removed from his mouth,
and amid his loud and unheeded cries for
mercy, the fatal moose was placed about his
neck and the wagon in which he WAS kept
was driven beneath the branches the tree;
one end of the rope was swung over a limb
and made last, lesvi'g & the criminal stand
ing on his tip toes, in which position he
stood, while he was informed why the
Year: 1876

in case their demands were not acceded to.
The party was arranged with the wagon in
the center and an advance and q rear gnard,
the first of which cautioned people who
happened to be up to remain carefully in
doors and see nothing, and the second to
see that their "hints" were complied with.
One man, barber, named Stivers, let his
curiosity get the better of his discretion,
and followed the parry short distance to-
ward the Jail, when one of the rear guard
suddenly wheeled on him and forced him
at the muzzle of
Year: 1876

.iasneu upon him. Gazing az B


lamp for a moment, until be drank in


a full conception of the trouble it had


caused him, he suddenly smashed it


down on the floor in rage, and ex.
tingulshed 1t after covering two yards
OF carpet with grease. Then be
went to bed, and in the morning Mrs.
fotts Informed him that some of
those horrible miners had broken into
the house the night before, and left
one OF their hats with a lamp. Potts
turned over 10 bed 80 that she could
not see his face, and said if tha; stern
hand of the law wasn't laid upon
those rufiians soon, nobody's life
would be safe.-Green Mountain
freeman.
Year: 1876

Science gives US interesting details
about What the human eye has been and
what it may become. The Vedas Of
India, which are the most ancient writ
ten documents, attest chat in times the
most remote, but still recorded in history
only two colors were known, black and
yed 4 very long time elapsed before
Tie eve arrived at the perception of the
color yellow, aud a still longer time be-
fore green was distinguished; and il f.
remarkable that in the most ancient
languages the terms which designated
yellow insensibly passed to the signifca-
ton of green. The Greeks had, accord
ing to the received opinion now, the pre-
ception of celors very well developed /;
and yet authors OF a more recent date as
sure us that in the time Of Alexander,
Greek painters had for fundamental
colors only white, black, red and yellow.
The words to designate blue and violet
were wanting to the Greeks in the most
ancient times of their history they
called these colers grey and black. It is
thus that the colors Of the rainbow were
only distinguished gradually, and the
great Aristotle only knew four Of them.
It is a well-known fact that when the
colors Of the prism are photographed
there remains outside the limit Of the
blue and violet in the spectrum a dis
tant impression, which our eyes DO not
recognize as a color. According to
(. psychologists, a time viii come when the
human eye will be perfected so as TO dis
cern this color as well as the Others. 49,
MeIicnL Prs and Circnar
Year: 1876

DIR. Karl Hcumann considers the cir
cumstances that gas-fame docs not
actually touch the edge Of the burner
nor candlc-fame the summit of the
wick. and that a fame never comes in
close contact with q cold body, are
due to the fact that heat is conducted
away by the solid body. The flame
gases are cooled for a certain distance
below their ignition point, and the flame
is consequently oxtinguished within this
region. The distance between gas
flame and the burner Is considerably
increased if the inhannable gas or
vapor steams out under a high pressure,
or is mixed with a large amount of some
non-inaammable gas.
Year: 1876

Tae winter fashions have now assumed
fixed and decisive style. The hopes
of Che levers of modesty and easy move
ments that the tie back was about 10
disappear have all been blighted. Dresses.
both foo street and evening wear, are still
fastened tightly back, though Partisan
good taste never suffers a fashion to lie
pushed to the extreme, and 50 a belle in
futl dress can still walk and sit down
without any apparent dificulty, though
20 pick up her Handkerchief from the
floor would be manifest impossibility
for her to accomplish.


a lady who had recently returned from
England tells me that the tie-baek mania
has ragged there il fashionable society to
a most absurd and exaggerated extent.
Not only was dress skirts made so narrow
and fastened 50 tightly that lady in full
dress could get into a carriage with diff
Guilty, and that only az one specified side
but not content with suppressing, Ike
the French bellies, ali under tetticoats
save one OF elastic WOODEN webbing, the
English DANES suppress the petticoats