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Year: 1875

h' cuhS ~sths EDITOR MINER R:-The near approach oi

 the time fixed upon for celebrating at Phla-

 delphia the hundredth year of our national

 existence find has stirred up very strong

 and longing desire among most, if not all, of the old pioneers of this Territory to be pres

 ent and assist in celebrating that great event,

 and have no doubt but a like interest and desire pervades the breast of every old

 pioneer throughout the entire West; but

 it is feared that many thousands of that

 class of our citizens will be deprived of that pleasure, owing to lack of the necessary

 means to defIay their expenses to and from

 Philadelphia in 1875. It has therefore oc-

 cured to me that the Government of the

 United States ought to provide the neces- sary means tO enable all such to be present on that occasion, for there is no class of our

 people that have contributed So much to open

 up, develop and civilze the western portion of this Continent as the pionecr-most of whom have sacrificed the comforts of civil ized life and the society of friends, and de- voted their lives and fortunes on the iron tiers in opening up to settlement this vast empire, and thereby greatly contributing to the revenues and resources of the general government and, 1t therefore seems 10 me, that it is not asking too much in return, of Government that has been so greatly bene- fitted by this class of our people to expend few millions of dollars in providing the necessary means 10 enable them 70 gratify a spirit of patriotism that pervades the breast of every true American; for it is certain that had it not been for the pioneer. this country, in the year 1876, could not have made the showing that it will on that occasion. Why then should not the Government do this much to ill part repay the pioneer for the deprivations of long life spent in contribu- ting to the greatness and glory of this great Nati0n2 It is therefore in behalf of the pioneer 1 desire Co call the attention of tn. press of the country to this subject, and hope thereby, if possible to enlist the servi- ces ofour Representatives in the Congress of the united States in our behalf so that at the next Session of Congress they will secure the required appropriation for tbe purpose above referred to; for there is no class of our public men more familiar with the mer- it's and claims of our pioneers than the Rep in Congress from the entire W estern States and Territories, and am that they will take hold of this natter in earnest when their attention shall | lave been called to it through the press.

 Yours, truly, A PIONEER.
Year: 1875

Mrs. Jane Swisshelm got disgusted at the Brooklyn kissing, and wrote an article for the papers warning all ladies against the dangers of osculation. sKate," in the New York Graphic, replies after this savage fash ion: "Mrs. Swisshelm's letter is enough for me. can understand just what dreadful person she must be- She wears trowsers, I am told, besides that preposterous garment, the 'chemiloon.' If I was man would no no more kiss such woman than would kiss pair of tongs tha; had been left out over night in snow bank. Kissing when done innOcently, is as innocent as strawber- ries and cream, and as nice. If Mrs Swiss hclm could only grow young anh pretty. and take off her trousers, and dress like chrs- tian, she would soon change her mind about kissing Her letter is the expression of d cross old woman's envious mind, and she ought to be ashamed of herself"
Year: 1875

SOME parties have started lanyard nine miles above Camp Lowell, and have quite large number of hides now in process of tan ring. Arizona will soon produce her own leather, if other localities will follow this example. There is sr abundance of oak in this vicinity to warrant similar enterprise.
Year: 1875

Do you remember the fellows who used to come around at noontime and tease you for part of your dinner, when you were boy at school We'll, if you will trace them up. you will find that they are the same chapsEonly grown up-that now spends their time hang ing around, teasing to be elected to some office, that they may eat free of the public bread
Year: 1875

It seems strange that gentleman of Judge

 Dunne's acknowledged sttainments should

 seriously stand up before an audience and

 tell them that unless tEe Church has the

 handling of the funds, Catholics can get no benefit at all from the common school sys- tenn" This is saying in effect, that Catho-

 lies arc peculiarly privileged people, sur

 rounded by an atmosphere of sanctity that

 renders their offspring superior to that of the common herd whose children would pollute

 those of Gods chosen ones by contract in

 the school room. If we have class among us too good to allow their children to asso-

 ciate with those of the descendants of the rude men who signed the Declaration of In-

 dependence and adopted the Constitution of ' the United States, may we not be raising up and cultivating an element that in another generation will attempt to set the church

 above the state in temporal as we'll as spirit -ual affairs2 We have the solemn warning . of Washington, and in fact of all the old

 worthies who established this Government,

 to beware of those who would complicate

 tuc Oi LuuiCu duo Otdtc. lue BIcdt central idea in breaking away from English rule and setting up an independent govern

 ment on this continent was that it should be entirely free from ecclesiastical interference: that the churches must take care of them

 selves, independent of all governmental as- assistance, and that each individual should have an equsl voice in political affairs regard lesss of his views en matters of religion, and yet we are told by the Lords vicegerent on Earth that the privilege of worshiping God according to the dictates of ones own con- science is the invention of hcretics for the confusion of the faithful, and now comes the Chlef Justice of the Supreme Court of Ar- 8ona end avows that the church must rule the State in the primary and most important of all the secular institutions of the country, and that unless the Church is allowed this privilege the children of Catholics must re- main uneducated If our friend will lay aside his prejudces and visit the public 1 schools, he will see that he is mistaken, and 1 that the children of Catholic parents are not only being educated but are learning with | extraordinary rapidity and furthermore that it IS not interfering in the least with their !, religious training, either at home or church.
Year: 1875

4 Han Ran0s Himself In a Wardrobe.


A most determined suicide occurred
this morning at house at No. 606 Vine
street, near Green, occupied as repair
shop for musical instruments. The victim
is the proprietor of the place, named
j. SchWer-a German about 81 years Of
age. He was man of very stern and
determined aspect, and said to have been
OF very intemperate habits. The body
was found this morning about o'clock
by little boy who entered the place on
business. Lieutenant Ridgeway, of
Bremen street Station-house, was In.
formed of the affair, and when he came
he discovered the body hanging in a
crouched up position in a wardrobe situ-
uated in the rear apartment OF the store.


The wardrobe Is an ordinary sized
piece of furniture of that description
about feet inches in hight, and the
apartment where the body is found Is
furnished with a shelf with books upon
1t, and from the shelf to the bottom meas
ures about three feet. The unfortunate
suicide is a man Of about B feet inches
in height, and In order to accomplish his
rash act had to crouch himself into the
wardrobe. From appearances 1t seemed
that he first knelt down on the bottom Of
the wardrobe and then with piece of
awning rope fastened the moose to his
neck, and attaching the rope to one Of
the hooks in the shelf, raised his legs SO
as not to touch the bottom, and thus ac-
complished his purpose.


The body was still warm when it was
cut down, from which the suicide mus
have occurred at dawn this morning.
The cause of the suicide is alleged to be
family troubles.


Schwer and his wife for some time have
been separated, and last night some par
ties went to reconcile the two, but the
wife refused, which is assigned as the
cause of the suicide. In the
neighborhood Schwer was also though:
to be partially insane.


Coroner Maley was notified and held
an inquest this morning, but nothing be-
side the above facts were elected. The
jury returned verdict in accordance
with the circumstances.
Year: 1875

CRUELTY AT sEA-TnE TRUE STORY


OF A CABIN BOY.


sWhatevcr were his real name, sir,
said the old sailor, as he settled himself
back comfortably in his chair afrer
lighting his pipe, Il never knowd; but
the purser's name we knowd him by
were Crippy.' Wherever the old man
got him l don't know; some said as
how he come out of some asylum or
other and some said he were illegiti-
mate son of the old man by some stew
ardcss he'd had with him, but that
don't believe, cause | don't believe
its into any man to treat his own flesh
and blood as l seen that boy treated ;
but, anyway, he were a most misera-
bic lookin' wretch when l first laid
eyes on him, which were when the old
man came on board in the AFTERNOON
and we got under way and towcd down
and anchored in the Horseshoe, cause
the wind was southeast and dead ahead,
She were big lump of bark, bound
from New York to Rio, and had
shipped into her cause | were hard up
and times was hard, and l were glad to
get chance to 60 anywhere, ard
didn't know nothin' about this here old
man; bis name were Thompson and he
were a internal rascal.


Il took my bag and hammock aboard
of her, alongside of the dock, and me-
and another Chap by the name of Tin
Walker was the only two that went OH
into the river with her; but during the
day the other five was brung of-thert
was only seven of IFS aforc the mast, ant
along about o'clock the old man come
oil, and he brung this atomy of "a bo,
with him, and we got the anchor ane
towed down into the horseshoe. whcr.
we anchored little artcr 6 o'clock.


III ever there were human tha
looked as if he'd jist desarted from :
Year: 1875

Nearly every journal in the State is
reminding Legislators Of the impor-
tance Of passing some kind of bill on
irrigation at the approaching session.
It is altogether probable that every
member of the Assembly and every
Senator in the State fully recognizes
the necessity for taking steps in this
direction. Irrigating facilities are the
great want OF the State; but how to
best provide nthese facilities is the
problem to be solved. We have an
abundance of water to cover every
plain and valley with hswaving grain.


How to economize the water and con-
vey it to the localities in which 1t is
needed is the rule. We doubt the
ability of the Legislature to reach a
satisfactory solution of the question.


We doubt IL the attempts OF one or of
three sessions will present such laws
as Will be acceptable to the whole peo-
pie. 1t is more than doubtful If any
general system applying alike to the
whole State can ever be perfected.
Year: 1875

SINGER, the lately deceased sewing
machine man, was a devout church
member and greatly respected for his
wealth and other attractive qualities.
His will shows that he enjoyed the
companionship of two wives and
four brevet wives and was the repu-
ted father of twenty-eight children,
the greater number Of whom cannot
prove the legitimacy of their birth.
There are great many people who do
not expect to meet either BRIGHAM
YOUNG or Mr.. SINGER in heaven. a.r.
Year: 1875

Hardly anything in this world is
perfect. Men and things are full of
errors, and nothing is done that might
not have been done better. It is an
easy task to point out imperfections,
but to suggest correctives is quite an
other matter. The administration of
our governmental affairs under Re-
publican domination has been any
thing but perfect or satisfactory, The
evils of ignorance and the wrongs of
premeditated rascality culminate n a
load of oppression which the people
are not longer willing to carry. They
are anxious for change, but to whom
the control shall be given is matter
of concern and solicitude We can all
point out the errors of Republican ad-
ministration. Democratic journals
and speakers have attained a degree of
proficiency in the art for which they
deserve cOmmendation. But in one
essential they are lamentably deficient
they see the evil but do not suggest
the remedy. : 1t is true that Demo-
cratic administration is urged as the
universal panacea for all govern
mental ills, and the people are not un-
mindful thatit was sthrough an adher-
ence to the true principles of Democ-
racy that the nation grew from in
fancy to manhood and took its place
as the first republic of the world. But
what assurance have they that the
Democracy of modern times will stand
by and enforce the tenets and princi-
pies Of the Democracy Of earlier days?
If we look over platform made up by
the Democrats or an Eastern State, we
find that it consists for the most part
of indictments of the Republican
party True bills, all, aud sustained
by mountains of evidence But some
thing more is wanted to win the con-
fidence of the people. 1t is well to
urge that the party in power has for
feited its right to further employment
by many sins of omission and commits
sion. but it will be better for the party
applying for the place to offer some as
surance that the nation will be bene-
flied by the change. In this the De-
mocracy is weak, and the manifesto
tion of this weakness has caused the


people to distrust its.integrity of pur-
pose and honesty Of intention. The
Democrats cannot reasonably demand
supremacy without pledge or promise.
| If they would have control of the gov
ernment they must give some assur-
ance that they will do better than has


the party now in possession. They
must define their principles and stand
by them as staunchly after the election


as before it,, BY no other means can
| they hope to win and retain the conf


dence of the people.
Year: 1875




NOTHING afford more satisfactory
evidence of the rapid improvement Of
the times than the very perceptible
increase of coinsln our midst. Every
branch Of trade Is Frightening busi-
ness Is increasing and the transactions
of our banks grow more vohiminous
day by day. The Farmers 4 Merchants
Bank of this city is rapidly extending
its area of usefulness and we under
stand the number of its depositors and
the amount of It's deposits have doubl.
ell within the last month. This
shows that money is easier and proves
the confidence the people feel in the
reliability and stability of the Bank.
Year: 1875

THE California cotton crop for this
year will not exceed 1O0, 900 pounds
less that 25 per cent. of last. years
yield. The experiment has satisfied
the great majority that while present
rates of wages and cost of transporta-
tion prevail cotton growing cannot be
made remunerative in this State. The
time will come when it will be profit
able to raise cotton in certain localities
on the Pacific Coast, but the day is
yet in the future. NsEs j s
Year: 1875

Legislation on irrigation is subject
as intricate and perplexing as.that of
railroad freights and fares. What
would meet the demands Of one local
ity is not adapted to nor acceptable to
another. The first and most impor-
tant point to be settled is who owns
the waters of our lakes and rivers-the
State or individuals? After this is
determined as it Should be, in favor Of
the State, then We may begin the
study of the second section-how to
utilize the water and serve itafairly
and impartially to those on whose
lands it is needed. This Winter the
Legislature will be flooded with irri-
CATION bills. There will be a deluge
of them, and nine -tenthS of them will
be as wild and impracticable as their
authors are uniformed and inexperi-
enced on thu. subject on which they
are trying to legislate. g
Year: 1875

The buyer of stolen mining stock is
the loser. The stock is not negOtia-
BILE epaper and the possession of the
certificate is not necessary to hold the
shares. So says the Supreme Court.
Year: 1875

THE DAILY and WEEKLY HER
AID has more than double the cir
culaticn of any other paper published
in Southern California. Business men
recognize it accordingly as the best
advertising medium South of San
Francisco.
Year: 1875

have been selling this Standard Fertilizer
for the past four years, and can recommend it
with entire confidence as first class article.
The msterial of which it is composed is of =
durable character and furnishes sl the neces-
sary plant food tor the cultivation of Wheat
Tobacco and Garden Vegetables.
1T is IN FINE DRY POWDER READY
FOR DRILLING, its mechanical condition be-
ing equal to that of any Fertilizer in this or any
other market.


PRICE SIS PER TON OF 1000 LBS.


FOR SALE BY


THOS. PERRY.
aug 17-2m II King street.
Year: 1875

The many freaks of physical in
trinity show nothing stranger than
instantaneous blindness or deafness,
or their immediate cure. The fol-
lowing is told in Nashville paper /:
We recently heard remarkable and
touching story of little boy, the
son of a gentleman in an adjoining
county. His age is twelve or thir-
teen. He is al interesting and prom
ising lad. Ond day during the past
winter he failed to rise in the morn
ing as early as usual. At length his
father went in the room where be
lay, and asked him why be did not
get up. He said it seemed dark yet,
and be was waiting for daylight
His father retired, but the boy did
not make bis appearance for some
time, he returned and said a second
time;


"My son, why don't you get up?"


Father, is it daylight" be asked.


Yes, long ago."


Then father" the little fellow
said, II am blind"


And so it was His sight was
gone.


In short time his father took him
to Nashville, to get the benefit Of
the medical profession there, but
none of the physicians could do any
thing for nim, and happily made no
experiments on his eyes. Some la
dies in a family of his fathers &C.
quaintance sought to cheer him in
his affection, and one night propos-
ed to take him to the opera, that he
nigh. hear the music and singing.
He went and was delighted.


In the course of the performance,
all at once he lesped up. threw his
arms around his father neck. and
screamed with eestaey:


20, fatherl | can see!"


His sight had insissdfy returned.
And since thea he has retained j. in
full visor, except that under excite
melt there is sometimes q dimness Of
vision. The case is one of a remar-
kable and singular character.
Year: 1875

Charles Warren Stoddard writes:


Ireland puts her best foot forward on


whichever side you approach her.


Within she is barren and bleak, and
awfuily uninteresting. Some miles
of peat bog will do very well for
background, but when you find your
self swamped in the middle of it
somehow you lose all interest in this


life and naturally begin thinking Of
your latter end. Ireland is so lone
some, so melancholy, so thoroughly
fOrsaken that when you come upon
town of any considerable size you
wonder how they manage to keep it
up. There is plenty of laDd there,
most of it rich and mellow, but il
lies idle simply because there is no
one TO work it, or worse, those who
have remained at home and are will
ing 10 work cannot afford to under
take it; they haven't penny to bless
themselves with. They have a pig
which bates in green water in front
of the door and dries himself on the
hearth by the peat Gre in the one
room of the cottage. The hens lay
eggs in the bed-that is when they
can afford to make shells and gil
them; the cow looks in at the back
window, which is without glass or
sash, and swedrs at the scarcity of
brA. | have seen a COW in the
house examining a chest of drawers
to see if there were anything eata-
bic Whereabouts, while the family
was literally crowded into the mud
under tie door sill where the pet
pig snored luxuriousIy. These very
people would give you sharp and
witty reply, and very often grace
ful one, 10 any remonstrance you
might be pleased to make You find
fragmentary unpublished pages Of
Lever, Charlton, Banim, Maxwell,
Griffin, Mrs S. C. Hall, and host
of other novelists in any howell you
enter; but for the unbounded good
humor of Pat and his Biddy, Ireland
would indeed be a sorrowful spot.
Year: 1875

A notable event IN the Masonic


history of Nevada-we may say in


the United Staies-occurred near


this city yesterday. After the de-


struetion of their hall by Gre, the


Masons met for some time in the


lodge room of the Odd Fellows


building This was likewise destroy


ed by IRE few days ago. leaving lhe


Order without an appropriate place


OF meeting. In this emergency the


Master Of Virginia Lodge, No. 8, in


imitation OF custom of the craft in


ancient times, called meeting OF his


lodge on the summit Of Mount Da-


wilson yesterday afternoon. Over


three hundred members of the Or


der were in attendance.


When it is considered that the top


of Mount Davidson is seven thou
sand eight hundred ana twenty-seven


feet above the level of the sea, aud


nearly seventeen hundred feet above


Virginia City, the significance of this
large convocation will be apprecia-
ted. The summit Of the mountain
is pointed mass of broken granite,
yet almost upon the very apex rude
altar of stone was erected, and
around it gathered over three hun
dred Masons, who, in the heat of the
midday snn, had toiled up the rugged
mountain side to witness the open
ing of Masonic lodge at place so
unusual; and there, overlooking q
city of twenty thousand people, the
lodge was opened partially in form
and its regular business transacted


From the summit of the mountain
tho country for radius of perhaps
a hundred miles on every side is Wis
ible, with its towns, lakes, noun
tains, valleys, hosting orks, quartz
mills and railroads The view is
one of the grandest in the State, and |
the gathering yesterday was in the |
eye of every Mason present scarcely |
less grand than the surroundings
As the lodge was opened, the white |
of the Order was thrown to
the breeze from the flag staff on the
summit, and the cheers that greeted |
it must have been heard in the val |
leys below. Music, speeches, and a |
bountiful repast for all, enlived the
proceedings, and at FIVE o'clock or a
few minutes earlier, the concourse
wended their way down the noun
tain side


Members of the Order were in at
from Gold Hill, Silver City, !
Dayton and Carson, and so impress
ed were all present with the gran
deur and solemDity of the occasion,
that the rude altar was almost chip
ped in pieces, to be preserved as me-
mentoes Of an event so unusual in
the annals of the Order. L. is prob |
able that Masonic Lodge was nev-
er before opened in the United States
at so great an elevation-certainly
never upon so prominent point in
the light Of day. The occasion will
long be remembered, not only by
those present, but by the people of
Storey county.-NeUada Ne1cs.