The Standard (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, December 31, 1880 Page: 1 of 4
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Established XS^^.
Clarksville, Eed Hi ver County, Texas, December 31, 1880.
1STew Seines IS"o. S, "V"ol.
COUNTY I>IJIE< 1 TORY"
ROCKET—A CHRISTMAS STORY.
j A Connty .Jndge.
j W. Bakek Shenrt.
X P. (: «>•> v County G erk.
K Vf IIovvm. District CK-k.
h W Hakm.vn County Atiorm-y
K C Ok avis -Assessor, j Although'tis possible you've let him
J. K. JoiissoX Sur'veoi Displ.-iy his skill upon your shoes;
uavid raise* ... . .
i A Ijoottiiack—Arab if vou choose.
I'll fell you how the Christinas came
To Rocket—no. you never met him.
That is, von never knew his name,
jcsTn.'sts ASH CONST
; Bas inspiration dropped to zero
When sach material makes a hero?
■j T Fi.K«in-«, Justive Peace, lVeeinct Xo 1.
j'c Ibtowx, Constable, 1 iccinct
A J. JlKOOKS," Justice i'eace. Precinct Xo2.
l.evi bl.kzai;!' Constable,
Precinct
it V,- VI; i*thk justice Peace, Prcciuct No 3.
Constable, Precinct •' *
K W. ToWXES Justice Pe;
yi\ 1\ I.laXToX Constaoie
ice Precinct No 4
Piecinct " 4
F .M. WIIITK
J. C. WOMACK
J. D. MOV.'KKY
J. T. JOVXK
T.J. MCBBIOE
J. R. Wl'.lTK
E. M. Poskv,
J. X. IltW.K,
And who was Rocket? Well, an urchin,
A gamin, dirty, torn ami tattered,
Whose eliiefys' -pleasure ivas to be in
The P.owery gallery; ti!,-,t it mattered
lint little what the play might be —
iiroad farce or point, iace comedy —
ile meted out his just applause
By rigid, fixed and proper laws;
Justice Peace Precinct No 5. A father once be had, no doubt,
Constable Precinct " 5.! \ mother on the Island staying,
Which left him tree to knock about,
And gratify a taste tor stray ing
Thro' crowded streets. 'Twas fcliere he found
Companionship ami grew renowned.
All ash box served him for a lied—
As good at least as .Moses' rushes—
And for his daily meat and bread.
He earned them with his box and brushes,
ItBMAKKABLE CRIMINAL CAREER
'Baltimore, Dec. 13.—John Price, wlio
liaa.served fourteen year and tour months
Worm-Proof Cotton.
The Jasper (Texas) News-Boy of De-
cember 3d contains some additional in-
■ n the Maryland Penitentiary for the mnr j formation in regard to the new worm
der.of Clinton Ja.nes was pardoned by I j,r<)0f cotton of Mr. L. C. White of that
place to which we recently referred. It
Gov. Hamilton and released to-day. This
is the third sentence lie has served toi
murder,, the second being tor killing
Georga C. mpbell in May, 1849. lie'was
willed for trial in the old City Court and
a jury inipannele.d, but after the first,
witness was sworn, George U. Richard-
son, the prosecuting attorney, asked re-
CuMStii
Justice Peace Precinct No
Coi stable, Precinct "6.
Justice Peace Precinct No 7-
Constable, Precinct " ' •
Justice Peace Piecinct X« 1«.
Constable Piecinct "
(JOUNTY (COMMISSION KR - .
... Precinct No 1.
Precinct '
seems that Mr. White began experiment-
ing as far back as .1802. The present
worm-proof cotton Was been thorough'
hyliridzed for three years, a crop having
been raised each season; and though
worms have ravaged the cotton farms in
close provimity to it, and worms have
W. A. MAVMMX
AI0.-ES S. (il:AST,
F. M. WlHTK, PlCCIUCt
J. T. Gkooms,
COl'K'l' dlkkctl>UY
. Prccinst
IMsTKiirr Conn- di
iTIti ot May,
•a iu Un! Ki\4>r ('oiiii
t«l tut lilt: l.V.Sj «>i"
E. ? !, limvovs,
S. AV. IIauman, Co. Ally.
tyou tii '
KoveuilK S', lssl
K. R. OAINKS. .fmip-,
J. W. liAKKi:, SUcriil
Cot STvCol KTofRf.1 Ki ver County, lij'l''on Hie
third Momlav in January, .liarcli, May, .luij,. .1 p-
tembcv nn.1 Nove.nU r. l l• ^ y> ,,Vj C,,J e
a11 rab of the city's slums.
With ready iongue and empty, pocket,
Knaided 'elt to solve life's sums- -
iiut piucky always —this was Rocket!
Twae (Christmas eve, and ail the day
The snow hail fallen line ami fast,
In banks and drifted heaps it lay
Along the streets A piercing blast
lllew caitinglv. Thestotniwas pasi,
And now the stars looked coldly down
i'pon (lie siiow-eusiirouded town.
All, we'll it. is if Christ mas brings
Good will and peace which poets sings.
I How lull full sue all the streets t.i-night
moval of the trial to another jurisdiction )H(C11 placed upon the growing plant,
they have never diued upou its foliage.
Mr. White has gathered 1S2 matured
open bolls from one stalk of the second
crop of this season. The first planting
was 011 the 4th of April, and the whole
crop matured opened, and was gathered
by the 15th of August. There was even
a third crop, but that did not arrive at
maturity before the frost came.
Mr. White amalgamated ordinary cot-
as lie believed the jury was packed to ac-
quit him. lie was tried at Annapolis in
the early part of 1850, convicted of mur-
der in the second degree, and sentenced
to the penitentiary for fifteen years. A
pardon on the day beidre the expiration
of his sentence saved his citizenship. In
1865 he was released, and conducted him-
self very well for a year. lie was in ls(J0
employed as a preserver ot the peace at
the new American Theatre, ami his eon- j ton v,ith a wee(1. The weed and his pro
duct-was unexceptionable until lie had a j C(,ss iU.e ])is sccret Mr. white states
difficulty with James, whom ho shot and!
kikd. He was sentenced to fifteen years' j mixtfd was nover
iniprisonment ?«>i '.hat ohe.ice. but has ob-
' that the weed with which the cotton is
known to be eaten by
worm or insect ot any kind. The stalks
tained are dnction ol eight mouths for good | f)j. ]1(nv COf t0I) are large and healthy, a
j brownish red color, the leaf resembling or-
dinary cotton, with a rank weed odor; the
bolls are larger than ordinary cotton, and
well filled with lint. In the centre of each
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/
E. 1. BRITTAN,
Jieeps coast.uitW ou baud a full assortment ol sbeit and heavy Iiardw.tra.
SASH AND DOORS
conduct,' under a law whidi w.
j efleet on Jan. 1. I.STo. In his earh lift
i:iiee killed David Donaldson, for which
QUEENSWARE, STOVES, AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS,
AGENT lor all kinds of Mill and Farm machinery, Avery Plows. Iron, Wn
gon woodwork, and Wagon Irons, Nails, Bolts, Cutlery, Augers, Chisels, Talil
Butcher and Pocket Knives—everv Tool warranted.
The celebrated Hall's CSin> The Plantation Press with self return
ing Screw.
DISTOiTS & UPPiNCOm SAWS, E II. BBITTAN'S PEERLESS AXE
Mitoliel Wagons Always onHand.
FINE GUNS AND AMMUNITION.
i ite servei! a sen!cure
J. A. ISA.UIY, Oimnty A. I'. COR
-irr PretinetNo.l. held 011 thelast VVit.li hajipy faces tlushetl iinil bright!
1 month. The matreii in her silks anil ini-s.
j in his vear, and
J iliirtydive years of his
in jail. He is now
has spent nearly
ifc it) nristijj.
JrsTicE's Coi
Monilav "acl1 T _ ,, . ,.
j, Tl flkmiso, J !'■> J. C, ijiiown, Constable
Jcstick's ColFRT, Precinct No. - lielil on the
first Satnrilay i each nior.tli.
A. J. Kkooks, J.'P, Lkvi buwiaun, Constable
JrsTlcF.'s C'oeirr, Precinct No.on :>rd .Satnrilay
1 "l 1 k'n 1:Y'.Mei'l-us'n'.i:,.J. P., N M. Kow.soNCon,
Justice's Coli;T, Precinct No. 4, 4tli Satnr.lay
in tacli nioiitli.
K. W.Towxes, J. P. AV P. B1.anton, Constable
J.isticks Conn, Precinct N<>. r>, on Saturday | of wretchedness anil want an:l woe,
in eai-li nionili j Who never love's y-ieat bmmtv know,
P.M. Wiiitk, J.P., J- C. Womack,Constable. ( W|lost, „lu.f 11(( kindly hands assuage,
JCSTICE'S Ctrt'irr, j'ivcinet No. li, on 1st Satin- Whose misery moeko onrChristian ;ii(t
ilay In each month.
J. K. MoWEKY, J. P. J- T. fioYNK, Constable.
Ji stick's Coi ht, Prsciuct No. 7, 011 tth S:itnr
tlay in each month „
t. J, McBrii>k,J p., j,r, Wiiitk, ConstaWts
Jn TiCK*i C'oi'KT, I'rct iiurt No, J5,ou tiu- 2ml Sat-
nrdav iu each month.
E.JI, t'.nKC, f tv .J.N, Bitroe Constable.
I
Wasutngton, Dee IT.—The followuik
The (tonipons oanker fat ami sleek,
The idle, well.fed leitercrs,
The merchant tiim the ehn.rehiran meek,
Forgetl'ul now el'hate and spite.
For all the world is glad to-night!
All. did I say? Ah. 110, not all,
For sorrow tluowsoii some irs pall:
AihI here, within the liroad, fair city.
The Christmas time, no beauty brings
To those, who plead in vam for pity,
To those wh cherish but the slings
Pray ask yourself wlm*' means to them
That Christ is born in Bethlehem!
is a svno isis of iinrnshh-'s
boll there is a small pod, containing, evi-
dent y, t h<?1 seed of the weed. When the
boll is fully opened tins pod of seed is al-
lomil! so opened, and the seed drop out, leaving
! bill, as jnissed by the senate to-i'ijy: The 11lie lint cotton in the boll. The bolls will
| net proceeds of the. sales ol public lands'all mature within a few days of each otli
I and of patents are forever sec apart for the I This the planter could remedy by
!education of the people. The secretary | planting at different times. Mr. White,
I of the treasury shall yearly apportion to: has taken stalks of ordinary cotton with
j the sevetal states and territories and the the cotton worms at work upou them.
M. I.. SHIS. W. J. MClMliSALD.
SIMS Jk. McDONALD,
ATTOENEYS AT LAW.
CLARKSULI.E, TEXAS.'
15ut. lioeket! On this Christinas eve
You might have seen him standing where
The city streets so interwea ve
They form that somewhat famous square
Called Printing House. His face was bright,
And at this gala, festive season
You could not tind a heart more light;
I'll tell vou ina word the reason:
| District ot Columbia, upon a basis of pop-1
1 ulation between the ages of live and
! twenty years, said net proceeds for the
j previous year which shall be credited 011
! the hooks of the treasury as an education-
| al fund, on which four per cent interes
' per annum, is to be paid to the States as
| above, provided that for the tirst ten
i years the apportionment shall be made
according to numbers of the popula-
tion of ten years, old and upward
who cannot read and write and pro-
vided further, that one-third of the in*
; By dint of patient toil in shining
Patrician shoes and Wall street boots,
j He had within his jacket lining,
• A dollar and a half—the fruits
; Of pinehini', saving and a trial
• i \ 1 ......11.- *1 ,1.^ t>f .in 1.1 I* (11-.iii.il
come from said ftind shall be annually
placed them in and alongside of his cot-
ton, so that the worms could easily get ou
his cotton, but in 110 instance did tliev cut
any of the leayi s, stalks or bolls of his
cotton, tie has gathered the worms from
other cotton stalks and placed them 011
his cotton with-the same result, and feels
very confident that the worm will never
touch it.—\n. Y. Cotton.
Will practice in tin.- Courts of the .">ih District; really Spartan self-denial,
ami in 1 lie Supreme ami Fed. ml Courts held Thru dollar and a half was more
the State. li'-
act
a. ir. tavi.OK. k. S. ClIAMliEKS.
TAYLOIt & CHAMBE11S,
ATTOENEYS AT LAW.
Clarksville, Texas.
Will practice in the Courts ot the Comity
.and ol the llth Judicial l>istiie), also the Kit
picme and Federal Courts v'' the State.
Than Rocket ever owned before.
A pr'neelv fortune, so lie thought.
And with those hoarded dimes ml- nickels j.
What Christinas Pleasures may be Uoiighl!
i which may be estabished, under the
; of I.Si'c', until the amount annually thus
| accruing to each said college in each
State shall reach $20,()(M), alter which the
u i pro-
whole income of said fund shall be
(3
^EO.F. BUIIDETT,
LAAYYEli,
CI-AliKSVlLI-K, TEXAS.
11. Gr.
J*U VSH'I A M
and SCIMi
ClARUsvll!.!:
Nov. 1st 187!).
W-1U"SIT,M-D-
lOON.
'I'KXAS.
IIO.I
r t
t ris,
Texas.
I ^special altenlion given to ll;e liiiilmeni
(,j the diseases ol 'lie l-.'.e, I. 1, ami
Throat (Catarrh.)
< hoiii sii oxn? !<> ,1!"
110.-I:*- i •.
XWEAJNKY.
PHYSICIAN JUKI SUIKIKON
CLA I:KSV I l.I.K 1 l'A AS,
public, in all blanche
A dollar and a half, 'fc tickles
! The bov to say it over, musing
! Upon tlie money's proper Using:
•'I'll go a gobbler leg and breast.
With cranberry same and iixin's nice,
And pie, mince pie, the very best,
And pmldin' say a double slice!
And then to doughjiiits lrt>\\ I'll frieze, •
With ' often guess thai 'en s the. cheese!
And al'tei grub I'll go losee
The 'Seven danders of Pumice.'
if this yere Christ mas ain I ;i inisier
I'll h tyoii iiji my Sunday duster.
So ltocket mused as he hurried along.
Clutching his money u i I li a l! rasp yet t :ghter,
And r.ummiiig the air ol a rollicking song
Willi a hoar!, as light as li; < clothes, or light-ei
Through ( enler street, he make.- his way.
W ifen .just as lie I urns the curlier al I 'carl,
lie hears a voice cry out in dismay,
And sees before him i' slender 'jii i.
As ragged nut! I uttered in ;!re- • as he
With hands sin tcheil lorlli lor ehariiy.
!n tin si re.d light's iilful ai'd l!iel;ei-ing glare
!<•• raii-'l.i a glimpse off he pajepiiiela d i'aee
So iiii 1, a mi wasted. \et strangely inir,
W it li a I! 1 ■ - - i i s ■ • 11 >u-. 11 of cbi)dllo<M grttec.
San Francisco Merchant.
After consultation with the largest pro-
ducers and the best informed men in this
industry we could meet, we have arrived
at the following figures as a fair estimate
I-appropriated to complete the indowment j 0f |]1U wine crop of California for 1880.
; and support ol colleges established, or j jt js possible that sonic districts will ex-
ceed the quantities set down, but others
;nk 1 y 11111 short, and when all the returns
: arc in it is more than probable that the
| total will be found approximately correct
• Sonoma county we place at one and three
! quarter million gallons, and possibly it
will inn over: Napa county at two and
one quarter millions, and it may stretch
i to two and one half millions. All other
counties bordering on tne Sacramento
liver, including the city ot that name and
Stockton, two million gallons; Alamedea
San Mateo, Santa Clara anil San Francis,
eo, in the latter there is considerable
wine produced by small viuters, especial-
ly Italians, two million gallons. Ofcoun
l ies south of Santa Clara, including Los
Angelos district, we have little definite
information of the yield, hutcaunot place
it ;it less the three and a hall millions of
gallons. This gives a total yield of wine
priateil .by sakl States, territories and
districts to ilie education of children be-
jtween the ages of six and sixteen.
| The secretin}" of the treasury is autlior-
! iml to acid to t.t>e fund any sums of the
United States for that purpose not exceed-
ing 5 per cent, of the amount leceivcd by
the State, etc., the first year and not ex-
ceeding 1(1 per cent, in any year thereaf-
ter. This 'may be applied at discretion
j to I he maintenance ol schools and for the
'instruction of te sellers of the common
| schools. To be enlilied !o flic lienelit.s of
: this act, any State, etc., must maintain, j
| lor at t three months in each yaar, I
i a system ol free public schools for all I
'< ciiiidien iictween six and sixlecti years of
j age. Any Stale etc., misapplying any
'(he money received under tliis act shall
A large assortinei
best in the market
iOrtment of Cooking and Heating stoves always on Iiaad. including the American, the cheapest « d
arket—the Welcome, Lone Star, and any other brand wanted, also shovels, tongs, and all slovewaie
Tin Rooting iintl Guttering, a s]>eeialty
Clarksville, April 1st. 1880.
-all tin work warranted.
ol-tf.
j.j for the State of 11,500,0000 gallons. F«om
1 this will have to be ileilucted something
| for brandy, one-half ol which probably is
replace.'
i la i I e ih licitte It ;:i are-
! lor lu ad ii as i>;
otVel"s I,is sei vii es to liie
of liis profession.
lit* will !>e found :lt (,obH er
at his residence, Not'tk ol llie sijinire.
Nov. 1st trijtl.
And over her sltoi Mors disoiderod hung
A muss of tangled nm -luoiMi hair,
In mis;-;old as in yi-ai-^ sla- e.:;s \iuiUi'.
! s.jte i ill his face. A:lll oil, lot i lie e. (■:.
| The big. blue, .sorrowful, hungry- ev< ■.!
' '1'liat wen* li\ed in a do-pj-ial", h'l l! : d fare
' 11 itndiod-: have jostled her by re—liignl-
"i'he rich, liie great, the .;,o.;il and the wise
i liinrying on to the wariulh a <t iigiit-
hug stci-e, 01 i < hajipy homes they have jostled her by.
! so misapplied shall have bee
.said Staie, etc.
' Nolhnig coiitaiin-d i:i tin; act shall be!
iie!d to niter any previous law regarding j
the deposition of public lands, nor to
limit t!a- pi:'.\ of congress over the pub
i lie doma;a nor to itiierlere witii granting
bona!vi
(! j i made from wine more or less damaged in
' lerniciiting, and the balance from the
:nds to soldiers and sailors.
T!
[ pinnace. Eleven and one half million
illons is a little short of double t he ac-
knowledged crop of last year. This ex-
| cess conies, of course, to a small extent,
! from young vines beginning to hear or
| increase their yield by age, chiefly from
; the larger leturns trom old vines.
DEM ! STI1Y
m.Z. B. MCOEBlArT.
Resident
\ Anc the only one who has henril he; ery,
iii hea;ing. Iia- lilt liw heartstrings stirred
Is IJocket—this yoangs'er id'.co:ir.-er 1!.:;
| This gamin, u ho nev er so nuieh as In a ril
The beautiful story of him wiio lay
'■ In the maiigerot old on ('hristmasday !
! Wi-.ii art less pathos ami simple ,"•pooch
She stands and tells him her pitiful tale:
. -- ''ill a's., jiuliionze.s cidleges esttib ,
; lished under lite act of .1862 to estab- j New York, Dec. 21.—a heavy gale
lisli si honls for tile technical education of j U'om the northeast to north, accompanied
wosnea. j with snow, has nrevailed all day, veering
north to northwest at evening, and blow-
Ah will if those who pi ay ami preach
j (.'ouhl catch an echo ofthat sad wail,
fan always l>e Imanl at Hie Hank building ' ^l;o tells of the tcrriidc striiggie for breail,
oiiiee up siaiis. Ail work w arraiiled. Teeth ex-; '|Vlls of a lather brutal with 1 rime,
trafted for titty cents, all «>thcr work in pmpor- 'p,.]]Sofa niotlior Iviitg dead.
'Wc pui>li:.h this oionrng another com
miinieai ion. and written from Whitney,
urging most earnestly tor the United
I States Semite, Hon. J. W. Throckmorton.
From the number of communications 011
the same stiojeef recently received, it
ing in squalls. ()n this account few ves-
sels and steamers have arrived.
tioii.
Clarksville, Nov. 1st.
TIO-1-t f.
P.W.JOHNS,
PHYSICIAN and SUliGEON
CLAUKSVILLE, TEXAS.
T< mlcrs Ids professional services tothe peo-
jile of Clarksville and vicinity .
Otiice at Goldberg's Drug Store. Can bt
found at night at the residence of Mrs. Alice
Clark, North of the square.. no.^-ii
E. S.LOOIi, 'St. i >-
I'HYSICHAX >>,-
CLAKKSVIL.LK, liKD RIVEU CO. 'I'KXAS.
Special attention given to Surgery, and diseases
ol \\oineii :iinl citihhvii. CJlicc t iu <i. or South •{
1 li ' 1W < Mlicv.
i ;i. tth l^V.K no. I if-
WTY LAKEEY
AND RESTAURANT
I UKKLAXP !ias ii. coinu ction with Jut
Rcstnurnuthalu-rv. whrn- < ;ni I>i- i«*nit«l iivsli
Urojn!, Caki>. V\i >, ail in iac t i v i tiling i:i ihai
iio.l.-ti".
A. F1TE,
miALim IN
SFAVINU MAC 111 KS
Sells the SlN'i. ER MACI11N i-'. as Agent, and
repairs all machines, for which 1:.* has the noe
essary material ami a11atlunei 11s alwa\'s on
band.
4>ili«.*o :<t Slatlei-s'-^ S;i.l> 11. i \ .
o . i;
At this, the gala Christmas time:
Then adds, gazing up at the starlight sky:
j "1.111 hungry and cold ami I wish I could rti«'
What is it. tricklas down the cheek
1 (>f oocket.' can it he a tear.'
lie- lands and stares but does not speak;
lie thinks again of ihat good cheer
Which Chris'tnas iva- to bring: !u- so. s
! Visions of tiirkcv. steaming pies.
' I Tie playbills -then : in place of these.
The i- ii ■*.; !>. seeching, hungry eyes;
Ore mighty ellbi t. gulping dow n
i'he disappointment iu i,: breast,
A oiiivi ring of the lips, a trown,
Andthc!,, w hile Pity I'ieaits lie: best,
iIt-snatches forth h'- cheiisheii hoard.
And gives it to h'-r like a lotu !
Chicago, Dec. 16.—Ole Yung, a Chi-
nese laundryiuau at I t +sorth (Jlark st.,
this city, committed suicide this morning
would seem that the sentiments in favor | by swallowing poison. He was a noted
i of this beloved and esteemed gentleman gambler and opium eater. The cause of
occupying the prominent and responsible j the suicide is said to have been financial
position was steadily on the increase I losses incurred through indulgence in the
There is one thing certain, never a truer American game of draw poker.
and more devoted Texan, never a more;
reliable man has ever filled a seat in the j
senate of the nation or helped make good
laws, titan the pure and deservedly pop-
ular Throckmorton, who owes his poverty
Albany, X. Y. Dec. 16—Early this
morning Charles A. Hurt, grandson ot
the late Uri Ihnt, murdered Sarah Tra-
ver, a woman with whom he had liad iin-
to-day to that purity, anil to a perhaps j proper relations, and then killed himself
UTAH.
The more the Texas Journal of Com-
merce, investigates the astonishing re-
sources of the. New West, the more it is
impressed with the importance ot urging
upon the people of Galveston, and of
Texas, the, pressing necessity of pushing
our lines of railways up into that more
than marvel of mineral wonders. Gal-
veston is of right, and forever should be
their seaport. Let us open her sand
bars, after which, by suflicieut water, na-
ture will supply till the other advantages.
We have the shoit line its the great trunk
of the "Texas Midland.'' While Utah is
full of gold and i-il ver, behold what she
has iu iron. \Vre, copy from the-Chicago
Industrial World:
At a recent meeting of the Academy of
Sci«Dce, Prof. J. S. Xewherry gave a de-
scription of some iron ore deposits it.
Utah, which he had examined recently.
The quantity of iron ore in Utah, Dr
Xewbcrry said, was such as to throw into
the shade all other known deposits in
this oountry. He had seen enough lying-
loose during his short tour in the sout h-
ern section ot that territory, to keep till
the furnaces in the United States in oper-
ation for a hundred years. One ol the
most striking iron deposits upon which
his eye had ever rested consisted ot a
group of hills, from 100 to 2001) feet high,
which were penetrated to a great deptli
with parallel veins of iron ore. As one
crosses the valley these eminences form a
local boundary, they arc identifiable from
a distance,of live, or six miles as masses
of metal. The magnetite gives the range
the appearance of coal. One of .these
hills rose to gieater height than the rests
aud in this the iron ore. was disposed in
strata as exactly parallel to each other as
lines could be drawn upon a blackboard.
While the prevalent ore in this re ion
was magnetite, it was nevertheless, in-
terspersed with, abundant masses o1' he-
matite, and there were many points where
the two were intimately intermixed. As
one journeyed trout point, to point in this
region the .surface was found to be strewn
with bowlders and broken masses of iron
ore. He remembered such a mass about
twelve or fifteen miles sou tit of Iron City,
which was 1000 feet long bv 300 loot
broad, and 200 feet high—a vast enstella
ted crag of black magnetic. I'rof. New-
berry litis found abundant evidence of
the fibrous structure of the sedimentary
origin of many of these deposits. Meta
morphistn had gone on here upon a giant
scale. Anywhere one might pick up
vast masses of natural lodestono. The
variety of structure was also surprising.
Mere was a mass as solid as cast iron;
near by was a mass that was solf, ileconi-
lal
il.sh. ver see
"Hero, frctv'e to
And i lien y ou liei ;ls il more than im I''
Willi that lie tin us and walks away.
So last the girl can nothing -ay .
So i'.i-a lie does no; hear the prayer
That sanctiilcstlii; winter air:
Hut lie who blessed till- widow's mile
Looked down and smiled upon the sight.
111.
too great confidence ;n his kin, joined to
the Moni.jiii spirit that sacrifices comforts
and all to meet full his obligations.
: These are of the individuals that orna-
ment the councils of the country' and
brtng glory to I he nal iona! fame.—| Dallas
' Herald.
in the presence oi his wife. Hurt, with j)0sed and stained blood red. Within six
the woman, went to his residence in North or ten miles of this hist deposit, of iron
Albany, and his wife refused to admit | was an abundance ot the best coal to
them. IJe then burst open the door, and I k it s0 that one could stand on the
proceeding to the. kitchen made the wo , . , ' ....
* i i i • _ . ! lkt-iiil' ul 'in liwili III :
man kneel, and- shot her, then kiHin<
himself. Both died instantly.
brink of an iron hill and look down upon
jeoal enough to convert it. Prof. New-
berry, in concluding his essay, predicted
The company which has been founded 'a fntnre this region.
ot; for taking preliminary steps to ascertain !
the
ARIZONA.
Tuekson, Arizona, is underlaid by a
deposit of cement, which promises to be
of great vain tothe I'aeill.; coast. The
Citizen says that hundreds of tons of it
were recently excavated by the railroad
company in leveling the ground lor their
road house at that placa. It is easily
converted into quick lime by burning, at
ter which, if mixed with from two to four
parts sand, it produces an hydraulic
btiilding inonar, or artificial stone, said
to be equal to that made, by the best l'jii-
glish Portland cement. 1 >y sini.lar treat-
ment with 1 lin e parts of line sand through
one-eighth mesli sieve it produces con-
crete, which, when molded and pressed,
given an hydraulic stone brick o! superior
quality, suitable for all common building
purposes.
TIIM DEKPEST liOUGE—LOOKIXO DOWN
O ILES Cl'ON A DASHING
STREAM OF WATER.
Ill March last a party ot prospectors,
thirteen in number; procured th.: necessa-
ry papers from General Wilcox, allowing
them to visit the Indian village of Cata-
ract Creek, inhabited by the Ava Su-
pais. a tribe of Indians numbering, all
told, HOO souls. The party went lrom
Williamson valley to the Big Williams
range, and tlieuee to Piue Spring. Here
they found every indication ot an old
sea-bed, the gravel and rocks being
round and smooth, similar to those in
the ocean-bed.
From Pine Spring the. parly directed
their course for the Ava Supui village
which is reached by descending lrom the
table hind down one of the roughest
trails ever traveled by man, for a dis-
tance of fourteen miles, dropping 0000
feet. At places along the trail we. are
told that it is not over I'O inches wide,
and v iuds around the perpendicular
walls of sandstone that loom above for
hundreds of Icel, while on I lie other side
dark, deep canons cxUt, hundreds upon
hundreds of feet deep, where, by one.
false step or move, man and beast would
lie sent into eternity. With great care
and good luck ten of the parly .succeeded
in reaching the- village, time of their
number returning rather than 11111 the
gauntlet- in passing down this awful yet
marvelous crevice in the earlh.
The Ava Supais practice polygamy,
each male having having about three
wives. They have 1000 acres of farming
land, which is described as of a yellowish
brown color and mostly composed of
sand.
The parly was well received by these
red people, who stated that their great-
est desire was to be left alone iu the en-
joyment. of their land and other properly.
Thetr houses weie built with poles, in a
rude manlier, thatched over with bear
giass and tule. A few ponies are all the
stock they have.
Caliiract Creek heads in the !>ig Wil-
liams and Still Francisco .Mountains, tne
streams connecting some distance above
the Indian village. The stream empties
into the Big Colorado fifteen miles above
town, and a short distance
to * sudden and rockv tomb, where he
now rest- as he fell, his co.n pan ions being
unable to rescue the body. Mr. Mooney
took a small rope, hardly half an inch ill
diameter, tied the end to a bank, suspend-
ed it over the brink; then taking hold of
;he rope, was soon dangling between the
bright heavens and the <larn gorge be-
low. Evidently cramp came in his arms
or his mind gave way, and he fell trom
almost the top to his rocky and lonely
grave below. The party remained for
nearly three days, devising means and
plans to rescue the corpse, but with fad"
ure as no one caved to risk a descent upon
a weak rope. The Indians informed the
party that no man had ever passed
through the canyon; that, in fact, the
pass was only possible for the birds « i
the air or the spirits of the dead.—[ Ai i
zona Miner.
Heligoland is the most celebrated sta-
tion iu the world for studying-the migra-
tion of birds. This little Island -is hardly
a hundred acres iu extent—an isolated,
triangular rock of red sandstone, with
perpendicular cliffs two or three hundred
leet in height till round it. It is mostly
cultivated, and its resident birds are
hardly more than a dozen species; but in
spring ami autumn migrating birds make
it a resting place, and these are watched
for, aud shot or trapped, by almost the
whole population, and the. re lilts have
been carefuliv chronicled for the la--'
years by Mr. Gallic, an experienced rcsi
dent ornithologist. The. amazing i i't
is, that as many species .if birds
been obtained lti this minute islet as in
any country in I-'arope; while the i,i<i
number of the migrating flocks is shown
bv the faci that lo.OiMllarks have some
No feast of steaming pies or turkey.
Xo ticket ior the matinee.
All drt ar am! sleso'ute and murky,
in truth, a very*dismal day.
\\ ill', dinner on a crust of bread.
And not a penny in his pocket.
A friendly ash-box Ibr a bed -
Thus came '.he Christmas dav to Koeket.
And yet ami there's IlieJ'-!rungest thing
As ii, st belits the iVsthe season.
The boy was happy as a King.
1 v. oioler eau y. u guesslho reasoi: '
! \ atol % I. e lirow ii. in I s i - in e Honrs.
Pl'lTSBVKOII, Dec.-3.5.—A caucus « «...«, .............. O.voo to H cei'i. u 4 1 , . . ,1
i , i',i t • i . t ' A rough estimate or the extent ot tlie; tt„ ....
membeitj ot the Legislature from Alleghc- j whether a submarine tunnel can be made t tl,l(le in v,il(1 gaine of yt. Louis, for the !t!,c A% 4 hlH . „ f ..„
liey County was held to-day, to talk about | between Calais and Dover has at last! past year lilaees the total amonnt of south of the junction ot the htttle and
Harry!succeeded iu driving ashalt down to the
times been caught, i;
'lit.
the United States Seuatorship.
Oliver is the most prominent candidate,
rand his suppniters—Chris Magee, Bob
| Klliott, and (ieo. Oliver—were ou hand
j to look alter his interests . From the
| best.posted sources the Allegheny delega-
; t ion stands thus:
For Oliver—Messrs. French, slef'I.tr-
! ran. I'oore. Baldwin, Parkhiil, Newmvcr,
1 ampbell. .McNeil, a. ii
Arnholt little doubtful.
Avnholt, with
depth to which the tunnel if practicable,
would have to be made. Although in
the upper strata there was a good deal
of water, there is no infiltration of it in
the gallery, which is in the solid rock. A
second shaft is about to be driven, and
Big Colorado rivers.
The party attempted to explore Cata-
ract Creek to its continence with the Col-
orado. but were unable to do so from the
COLD LACK.
One. of the most singular mechanical
operations imaginable is the making o;
gold wire lor what is known as gold lace
The, refiner first prepares a solid roil >d
silver about an inch in thi< kness: he
heats this rod, applies up,on the surface ,i
slieat. of gold loaf, brushes this down,
and so on. until the gold is tdmut tor-
hundredth part the t hickness of the si 1
ver. The. rod is then subjected to a train
of processes which brings it down to 1 In
state of fine wire, when it p isses through
holes in steel plate, lessening step by --.'ep
in diameter. The gold never deseits .in-
silver, but adheres cloiely to il, and shs . ■ s
all its'mutations; it is one hnii<lrc<i; !•
part the thickness of the silver at the be-
ginning, and it maintains the same rate
to the end. As to the thinness which
the gold coated roil of silver can be
brought the limit depends upon the deli-
cacy of I he human skill. It has been
calculated, however that, the gold actu-
ally placed on the very finest silver wire
for gold laee is not more, than one-third
ot one millionth part of tin inch in thick-
ness; that is, not above one-tenth the
thickness of ordinary gold leaf.
—■« . —
A school-teacher iu Madoc, Ontario,
named .John Brown, in attempting In pass
through a pii ceof woods one tiighl lately
missed his way and walking round and
round, finally perished from cold and
hunger. His body was found not far
from where he, entered the wood, but his
track showed that he had wondered about
for a long time and had walked a great
distance.
chiefly from Arkansas, antelope from the,
the directors say that it no unforeseen ob- faT \y0st, the borders of Kansas and Col
staele a: ises the tunnel might be couiple- orado, and deer Is ijuile plenty through
u-d iu four vcsirs. U'ft Missouri,
places the total amount of
transactions at 81,000,000. A single firm
have exported toi the holiday season to
the London markets 1,400 quail, 1,400
prairie, chickens, and .300 dozen wild tor
keys; and to the Liverpool merchants, t , , ... imiinion that the oeoolc ot this country.
2,000 wild turkeys. There is more Mi<- j fact t.iat they encountered precipice si iter .,s u w|1((|«. ar« making greater efforts io
souri venison this year in market than j precipice trom 100 to 200 feet perpciulicu-
was ever before known. Bear meat, conies • ];tj. and it was in the foolhardy attempt
A Kentucky school commissioner d"
lares himself in this wise: "I am of the
of I). w. Moouey, of Williams valley, to
deseetid one of these perpendicular preci.
pice;-. 1000 feet do\vn, that he was dashed
raise pigs, than educate their children, i
am satisfied that it costs more to main
tain the dogs of the country than the peo-
ple pay iu support of the common
schools:'
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