anaheim-gazette 1874-11-14

ANAHEIM VOL. V. Anaheim Gazette PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY. RICHARD MELROSE & CO., PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS. Terms of Subscription: One year ... $4 00 Bix Months ... 2 50 Three Months ... 1 50 All subscriptions must be paid in advance Club Rates: In order to increase our already large circulation, we offer the following inducements to clubs: Ten copies, one year ... $33 50 Twenty copies, one year ... $60 00 One copy will be sent free to the person getting up the club. Transient Advertising: SPACE | 1 w. | 2 w. | 3 w. | 4 w. 1 square ... $1 00 | $1 50 | $2 00 | $2 50 2 squares ... 2 00 | 3 86 | 3 50 | 4 00 3 squares ... 5 00 | 4 50 | 5 00 | 5 50 4 squares ... 4 00 | 6 00 | 6 50 | 7 00 Regular Advertising: One square or less, per month ... $1 50 Two squares ... 2 00 One column ... 14 00 Half column ... 8 00 Quarter column ... 5 00 Legal advertisements must be paid for before admission of publication is made. Advertisements must be handed in before publication. BUSINESS CARDS MRS. FLORA ELDREDGE, MILLINER, Centre Street... Anaheim. Ladies will find Butterick's celebrated Patterns for sale. Hats and Bonnets make no order. MISS McWHIRTER, Dressmaker, At the residence of P. C. McKinnie Centre Street... Anaheim. Dressmaking, Stamping, Braiding, Pinking, and all kinds of plain sewing at reasonable rates. MRS. M. E. PARK, Millinery and Fancy Goods, Lace Collars and Ribbons of all kinds. Imported Hats and Bonnets Always on hand. Hats Cleaned and Pressed In all the latest styles. Store under the Lafayette Hotel, Los Angeles, Cal. PROF. DEAN Proprietor of the... Bath House and Barber Shop Centre Street, Anaheim FRANK EY'S Hair Restorer Regular Advertising: One square or less, per month... $1.50 Two squares ... 2.00 One column ... 14.00 Half column ... 8.00 Quart-r column ... 5.00 Local advertisements must be paid for before arrival of publication is made. Advertisements must be handed in before 4 o'clock on Friday afternoon, in order to ensure publication on the Saturday following. Communications for publication should be addressed to R. Melrose & Co., and not to individual members of the firm. Copies of the Gazette in wrappers ready for mailing, are for sale at the office of publication. PROFESSIONAL CARDS DR. J. S. GARDINER, Physician and Surgeon. Office... in Clark & Austin's Building. ANAHEIM. J. H. YOCUM, M. D. (Graduate of Pennsylvania University). HAVING HAD TWENTY YEARS ACTIVE practical experience is prepared to practice medicine in all of its branches in accordance with the latest approved methods of the Art. Office and residence opposite Langberger's store, Anaheim, Cal. S, B. GREaves. C. J. PHILLIPS. C. J. PHILLIPS, Resident Dentist, Anaheim, Cal. THOSE WISHING DENTAL work done at their residence will be promptly attended. All work warranted. I will be at the Anaheim Hotel on Tuesday of each week. Office hours from 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. MRS. A. HIGGINS, Ladies' Physician and Midwife. Particular attention given to diseases peculiar to women and children. Office and residence, corner Lemon and Centre Streets, Anaheim. GEORGE C. KNOX, Chief Engineer and Surveyor, Office at the GAZETTE office, Los Angeles Street... Anaheim. A. BAILEY, Justice of the Peace. Office at... ENTERPRISE HALL BUILDING. J. W. CLARK, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND NOTARY PUBLIC. Land Agent and Conveyancer. Acknowledgments taken. Loans negotiated on Real Estate security. Office at Clark & Austin's book store. SAMUEL HAMILTON, In all the latest styles. Store under the Lafayette Hotel, Los Angeles, Cal. PROF. DEAN Proprietor of the... Bath House and Barber Shop Centre Street, Anaheim. FRANK EY'S Hair Restorer A splendid preparation for cleansing and invigorating the growth of the hair. Manufactured and sold by Frank Ey. Fashionable Hair Presser, Planters' Hotel Building, Anaheim. A. G. BEEBE, Contractor and Builder, Plans and Specifications drawn up with neatness and accuracy. Orders left at Clark & Austin's book store will receive prompt attention. P. C. McKINNIE, Contractor and Builder, SHOP... ON CENTRE STREET. Adjoining Pioneer Livery Stable. CEORGE BAUER, Boot and Shoe Maker Los Angeles Street, opposite Enterprise Hall. Making and repairing at the lowest cash price All orders promptly attended to, and work guaranteed. L. CUNTHER, Pioneer Boot and Shoe Maker, Cor. Third and Los Angeles Streets, ANAHEIM. J. BENNERSCHEIDT, Tin and Copper Smith, CENTRE STREET... ANAHEIM Steves, Tinware, etc., always on hand. D. DESMOND, Hat Store, Main Street,... LOS ANGELES. Anaheim Cooper Shop, Centre street, Anaheim, Cal. J. Westphal, Proprietor. CHARLES WILLE, COOPERAGE! Pipes, Barrels and Kegs on Hand at all Times. Tanks and Tube Made to Order! North 2d street Anaheim. Opposite Population CENTRE STREET... All kinds of Carriage PaVery Best Prices according to style $15 upward. A. HI Carriage and Wagons Short notice, and of the best workmen the counCARRIAGES, BUGGIES and Freight Wagons short notice, and of the best workmen the counALEXES, and all material establishment. Horse-shire Blacksmith and Wagons Centre Street, THE UNDERSIGNED information the public that do all kinds of Black and Carriage Making, and at the most reasonable price is made a specialty at Kindness, strict attention work warranted is my moWm. Crowthee Semi-Tropic Herman Blankey Centre Street, Anaheim WASHING AND IBRO prompt and workman Lowest Patronage Great Reception L U M E J. G. JACO Corner of Alameda Los Angeles Sells at Bedside Justice of the Peace. Office at... ENTERPRISE HALL BUILDING. J. W. CLARK, JUSTICE of the PEACE AND NOTARY PUBLIC. Land Agent and Conveyancer. Acknowledgements taken. Loans negotiated on Real Estate security. Office at Clark & Austin's book store. SAMUEL HAMILTON, Attorney at Law AND NOTARY PUBLIC. OFFICE WITH WM. R. OLDEN, Centre Street, Anaheim. A. A. WILSON, Attorney at Law, Rooms No. 35 and 27, Temple Block, LOS ANGELES, CAL. J. G. HOWARD. H. T. HAZARD. HOWARD & NAZARD, Attorneys at Law, Office in No. 8, Downey Block, LOS ANGELES, CAL. R. H. CHAPMAN. A. W. HUTTON. CHAPMAN & HUTTON, Attorneys at Law, Office in Temple Block, Up Stair, LOS ANGELES, CAL. PIONEER DRUG STORE! Centre Street, corner of Lemon, Anaheim, Cal. W. M. Higginis, Proprietor Dealer in... Drugs, Pharmacy and Garden Seeds. SAMUEL MEYER, Crockery, Glassware, Lamps, Oils, Gas Fixtures and Kitchen Utensils Commercial Street, Los Angeles. Anaheim Cooper Shop, Centre street, Anaheim, Cal. J. Westphal, - - - Proprietor. CHARLES WILLE, COOPERAGE! Pipes, Barrels and Kegs on Hand at all Times. Tanks and Tube Made to Order! North 2d street Anaheim. CHARLES HILLE Proprietor of the... CITY BAKERY, Centre Street, Anaheim. Fresh bread constantly on hand. S. C. FOY, Pioneer Saddle and Harness Maker and dealer in Saddlery, Leather & Findings 17 Los Angeles St., Los Angeles. CARPET WAREHOUSE Aaron Smith. No. 75 Downey Block...Los Angeles. Importer and Dealer in... Carpets, Oilcloths, Paper Hangings, and Upholstery Goods. Carpets bread and put down neatly. AMERICAN Bread & Cracker BAKERY. Corner of Flint and Main Streets, Los Angeles. Butter, Sugar, Soda, JonnyLind Pilot and Ginger CRACKERS At San Francisco price. We have also on hand a large assortment of Cakes, small and large cake Wedding Cakes Of all description. Call and examine for yourselves before going elsewhere. ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, NOVEMBER 14, 1874. MISCELLANEOUS ANAHEIM DRUG STORE. Herman Blanken - Proprietor. Dealer in... Drugs and Medicines, Patent Medicines, Perfumery. Trusses, Toilet articles, etc. Wines and Liquors for medical use. Prescriptions carefully dispensed. J. H. GOOCH, Practical House, Sign, AND... CARRIAGE PAINTER! Opposite: Poplar Row, CENTRE STREET...ANAHEIM All kinds of Carriage Painting done in the Very Best Style. Price according to style and quality, from $15 upward. A. HILL, Carriage and Wagon Manufacturer, LEMON STREET...ANAHEIM. BANKS THE BANK WK. WORKMAN. P. P. TEMPLE. TEMPLE & WORKMAN BANKERS, Temple Block...Los Angeles. Receive Deposits and issue their Certificates and transmitters. General Banking Business. Draw on the... London and Man Francisco Bank, Limited, at San Francisco. Exchange for sale on... New York.- London. Paris and Hamburg. Legal Tenders, Bullion, Gold Dust, and Government State. County and City Bonds bought and sold. Receive valables for safe keeping. FARMERS' AND MERCHANTS' BANK OF LOS ANGELES. BANK CAPITAL - $500,000 JOHN G. DOWNEY....President. ISAIS W. HELLMAN....Carrier. THE BIG TREES At last we reached Mariposa. Here the forests began to assume a more familiar appearance, as oaks and evergreens clustered in denser growth. Ten or fifteen miles further on, at an elevation of more than three thousand feet, the timber was superb. Coniferous trees preponderated, different varieties of oak being next in importance. Compared with Eastern State forests there is very little undergrowth, the woods having a singularly open appearance, and showing to great advantage the noble sugar and pitch-pines, many of which are more than two hundred feet high, and from seven to ten feet in diameter. The grant of the Mariposa Grove covers four sections, or two miles square. The first that was known of the big trees was in the spring of 1852, when a hunter discovered what is now called the Calaveras Grove. The age of the big trees is not so great as that assigned by the highest authorities to some of the English yeves. Neither is its height as great, by far, as that of an Australian species, the Eucalyptus amygdalina, many of which have been found to measure over four hundred feet. The tallest Sequoia that has been measured is in the Calaveras Grove, being three hundred and twenty-five feet high. The greatest in diameter is the "Grizzly Giant" in the Mariposa Grove, which measures thirty-one feet through at Opposite: Poplar Row, CENTRE STREET...ANAHEIM All kinds of Carriage Painting done in the Very Best Style. Prices according to style and quality, from $15 upward. A. HILL, Carriage and Wagon Manufacturer, LEMON STREET: ANAHEIM. CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, SPRING, FARM and Freight Wagons Made to Order, on short notice, and of the best material, and by the best workmen the country affords. PLUMBING! In all its branches. Tin, Copper, and Sheet-Iron Work done, and artesian well pipe made. Iron, Steel, Cumberland Coal, Hardwood Lumber, etc., for sale. Hubs, Spokes, Blims, Axles, and all material kept in a first-class establishment. Horse-shooting well done. Blacksmith and Wagon Establishment, Centre Street, Anaheim. THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD DEG TO inform the public that he is fully prepared to do all kinds of Blackamish Work. Wagon and Carriage Making, and General Job Work, at the most reasonable prices. Horse-shoeing is made a specialty at this establishment. Kindness, strict attention to business, and all work warranted is my motto. Wm. Crowther, Proprietor. Semi-Tropical Bitters, PREPARED BY. Herman Blanken, Druggist, Centre Street, Anaheim, California. THE BEST TONIC FOR INVIGORATING the digestive organs, improving the appetite and imparting to the whole system warmth, vigor and cheerfulness. TINWO, Chinese Wash-House, Los Angeles Street, opp. Masonic Hall, ANAHEIM. WASHING AND IRONING DONE IN A prompt and workmanlike manner and at Lowest Rates-Patronage Solicited. Great Reduction IN... J. G. JACKSON, Corner of Alameda and First Streets, Los Angeles, Cal. Sells at Reduced rates Legal Tenders, Bullion, Gold Dust, and Government State, County and City Bonds bought and sold. Receive valuables for safe keeping. FARMERS' AND MERCHANTS' BANK OF LOS ANGELES. BANK CAPITAL - $500,000 JOHN G. DOWNEY...PRESIDENT. ISAIS W. HELLMAN...CASHIER. Exchange for sale on... San Francisco, New York, Frankfort, Hamburg, London, Berlin, Dublin and Paris. Receive Deposits and issue their Certificates. Buy and sell Legal Tenders. Government State and County Bonds. Will also pay the highest price for Gold and Silver Bullion. From and after Pis date. on all money's left as term deposits. interest will be paid. Los Angeles, April 14, 1870. LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAVINGS BANK Main Street, Los Angeles. CAPITAL STOCK.....$300,000 PRESIDENT...J. S. SLAUSON VICE-PRESIDENT...J. M. GRIFFITH DIRECTORS: J. S. SLAUSON, J. M. GRIFFITH. V. A. HOVER, ROBERT S. BAKER, J. BIXBY. H. B. TICHENOR, GEORGE S. DODGE. Open for business from 10 A.M. till 3 P.M., and Saturday evenings from 6 to 8 o'clock. Deposits received in any amounts. Money to loan on real estate in amounts and for length of time desired. Another Reduction. D. CALLAGHAN & CO. IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS ...Have reduced the price of their... DONNOLLY'S CALIFORNIA PREMIUM YEAST POWDER To $15 per gross D.CALLAGHAN, having supplied the trade of the Pacific Coast with those celebrated Yeast Powders for the past ten years, would caution the public against spurious imitations, as none are genuine unless D.CALLAGHAN'S signature is on every can. We are also putting up a superior article of "Callaghan's" Brand of CREAM TARTAR in every style of package. Also "Callaghan's" Brands The age of the big trees is not so great as that assigned by the highest authorities to some of the English yeas. Neither is its height as great, by far, as that of an Australian species, the Eucalyptus amygdalina, many of which have been found to measure over four hundred feet. The tallest Sequoia that has been measured is in the Calaveras Grove, being three hundred and twenty-five feet high. The greatest in diameter is the "Grizzly Giant" in the Mariposa Grove, which measures thirty-one feet through at the ground. Clarence King described one that he saw in the forest some miles south of Mariposa, "a slowly-tapering, regularly round column, of about forty feet in diameter at the base, and rising two hundred and seventy-four feet." A very large tree in the Calaveras Grove, twenty-four feet in diameter, was, after much labor, cut down, and the base, at six feet from the ground, was smoothed and prepared as a dancing floor; thirty feet further up, the trunk was again cut through, and the rings, marking the growth of each year, were carefully counted. Upon this evidence, after making allowances and calculations, Professor Torrey pronounced the tree about thirteen hundred years old. It is not likely that any now standing are much older. On an area of thirty-seven hundred by twenty-three hundred feet there are just three hundred and sixty-five Sequoias of a diameter of one foot or over, but not more than twenty are over twenty feet in diameter. Two or three, greater than any that stand, now lie prone and broken; the trail lies through the hollow section of one that has fallen and been burned out. An ordinary-sized man, sitting upon a horse, can but just touch with his knuckles the blackened arch overhead.-Picturesque America. LOS ANGELES CONFERENCE. The following are the appointments for the next Conference year: LOS ANGELES CONFERENCE: P. O. Clayton, Presiding Elder. L. A. Station—A. M. Campbell, President of Wilson College. Los Angeles and New River Circuit—J. W. Leach. Los Nietos Station—A. Adams. El Monte Circuit—G. E. Butler. Santa Ana Circuit—J. E. Miller. Julian Circuit—A. B. Gill. San Bernardino Station—Law. Wilmington Station—W. A. Spurlock, agent Wilson College. Los Nietos Institute—Sam'l Adams, Principal. SANTA BARBARA DISTRICT. Wm. Moore, Presiding Elder. Carpinteria—Cogigille. San Luis Obispo Circuit—Parker. Santa Maria Circuit—W. L. Stevens. Santa Clara Circuit—J. W. Allen. Tahechepi Circuit—Thos. Brown. Weldon Circuit—F. McKean. ARIZONA DISTRICT. Wm. Monk, Presiding Elder. Ye time w/the Calai language Great Reduction LUMBER!! J. G. JACKSON, Corner of Alameda and First Streets, Los Angeles, Cal. Sells at Reduced rates Rough and Surfaced and Oregon & Redwood LUMBER, SHINGLES, LATES, SHAKES, DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, PLASTER, CEMENT, HAIR, ETC. Wm. W. Robinson, Agent. P. LANGENBERGER. L. HALBERSTADT. HALBERSTADT & CO Anaheim Landing. Dealers in... LUMBER of Every Description, Keep constantly on hand a large and complete assortment of Redwood & Oregon Pine Lumber Rough, Surfaced, Tongued and Grooved. Posts, Shingles, Lathes, Doors Shakes, Blinds, Plain and Fancy Pickets, Windows, Mouldings, Lime, Plaster, Hair, Hails, and Hardware. All of our lumber is of the best quality and we are determined to sell at the Lowest Rates. All kinds of... Grain and Country Produce Taken in exchange for Lumber. EXAMINE OUR STOCK. DONNOLLY'S CALIFORNIA PREMIUM YEAST POWDER To $15 per gross D. CALLAGHAN, having supplied the trade of the Pacific Coast with these celebrated Yeast Powders for the past ten years, would caution the public against spurious limitations, as none are genuine unless D. CALLAGHAN's signature is on every can. We are also putting up a superior article of "Callaghan's" Brand of CREAM TARTAR in every style of package. Also "Callaghan's" Brands Of Bi-Carb, Soda and I-X-L Saleratus, which we offer at lowest market rates. Also on land and for saleCream Tartar Crystals in Casks. Pure Ground Cream Tartar in bulk. English Bi-Carb Soda in Kgs. D. CALLAGHAN & CO. Factory and Salesroom, 121 Front Street, S. F. LOS ANGELES AGENCY! Absolutely the Best Protection against Fire. The Babcock FIRE EXTINGUISHER! Self-Acting Fire Engine! AND Hook & Ladder Trucks! In daily use by the Fire Departments of the principal cities of the Union. The Government has adopted them. The leading railways use them. SEND FOR THEIR RECORD. Groffutt's Life Protector. DIEBOLD, KIENZLE & Co's. Fire and Burglar-Proof Safes! AND Combination Locks, Vanit Doors, etc. Gardalland Hoe, New Bedford, London, Salisbury and Philadelphia Ack. M. BORROWE, Local Agent. 32 Main Street, near of Telegraph office. SPURGEON ON SMOKING... In a letter the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon says: "I demur altogether, and most positively, to the statement that to smoke tobacco is of itself a sin. It may become so, as any other indifferent action may, but as an action it is no sin. Together with hundreds of thousands of my fellow Christians, I have smoked, and with them, I am under the condemnation of living in habitual sin; if certain accusers are to be believed. As I would not knowingly live even in the smallest violation of the law of God, and sin in the transgression of the law, I will not own to sin when I am not conscious of it. There is growing up in society a Pharisale system which adds to the commands of God the precepts of men; to that system I will not yield for an hour. The preservation of my liberty may bring upon me the upbraidings of many of the good, and the anceres of the self-righteous; but I shall endure both with serenity, so long as I feel clear in my conscience before God. When I have found intense pain relieved, a weary brain softened, a calm, refreshing sleep obtained by a cigar, I have felt grateful to God and have blessed His name. If through smoking, I had wasted an hour of my time—if I had stinted my gifts to the poor—if I had rendered my mind less vigorous—I trust I should see my fault and turn from it; but he who charges me with these things shall have no answer but my forgiveness. I am told that my open avowal will lessen my influence, and my reply is that if I have gained any influences through being thought different from what I am, I have no wish to retain it. GAZETTE EATING MAGGARONI.—A contributor to the Aroultina thus describes his experience in eating macaroni: I knew men who have been for years under Italian tutorship in this city trying to learn how to swallow the food of sunny Italy with ease and grace. But after all their efforts they remind you of an anaconda swallowing his blanket. I remember my own attempt not long ago in the company of Signora Muzio and Strakosch. The delicious vermicular food came in cells 100 feet long. I stuck my knife into it, cut off a section, and swallowed it. Horror seized upon my companions. "Corpo di Bacchi!" exclaimed Muzio. "Placidamenti! fizz—z! dam! It is secret—serilege!" As for Strakosch, he was petrified with grief and indignation. "Mein Gott!" he exclaimed finally, "you must not coot him!" I leaned back in despair, looking at the interminable food, and watched my friends dispose of it. They reeled it on their forks, put one end of the glutenous cable in their mouths and then paid it out into their stomachs without a bite. The operation was a beautiful one. It was not so much like eating as it was like taking in a stern line; but it was a marvel of skill. I tried it. I felt the tender serpent sliding greatly down my throat and colling into my stomach in concentric rings. The sensation maddened me. It seemed to me that I was eating a stomach pump. A horrible idea seized me. What if I should cough or choke with only half of the line paid out—part of it in my stomach and part of it on my plate—and I anchored thus? I knew that not an Italian would dare to lift a sacrilege. The Vallejo Broom Factory turned out over 9,000 brooms last month. Australian gum-trees are being planted to some extent in San Diego. The orange crop of Marysville promises to be very large. Schuyler Caffax will soon deliver a lecture upon Lincoln. The libel suit of Robinson vs the Sacramento Union, resulted in a verdict for defendant. Duke Abercorn has been elected Grand Master of the Free Masons in Ireland. The keeper of a restaurant in New York announces "paroxysmal storm" as a specialty on his bill of fare. At the request of Garibaldi subscriptions for his relief have been suspended. Jeems Pipes is in London habnobling with Gladstone, Fitz Roy Kelly, Joaquin Miller et al. The Odd Fellows Hall at Taylorville, Plumas county, will be dedicated on the 29th instant. The Marysville authorities have passed an ordinance for bidding boys to appear on the street in the evening. J. C. Lamon, of Yosemite, has taken his $12,000 awarded by the Commission for his claims in that valley; the others have not come to time yet. The Marysville Distillery will use 600 tons of grapes this season. The production of wine is about 150 gallons to the ton. The Directors of the Capital Woolen Mill, lately destroyed by fire at Sacramento, have let contracts for its erection. Grove. The operation was a beautiful one. It was not so much like eating as it was like taking in a stern line; but it was a marvel of skill. I tried it. I felt the tender serpent sliding gracefully down my throat and collining into my stomach in concentric rings. The sensation maddened me. It seemed to me that I was eating a stomach pump. A horrible idea seized me. What if I should cough or choke with only half of the line paid out—part of it in my stomach and part of it on my plate—and I anchored thus? I knew that not an Italian would dare to lift a sacrilegious knife and cut me loose. Strakezoch, I knew, would dance around me and warn everybody not to coot him. I do not hesitate to say that when I could stand it no longer I fled, paying out as I vanished, and leaving a wake of maccaroni not unlike the tail of a comet. IMITATING THE DAVENPORT BROS. — Young Brewer, of Newcastle, has a turn for legerdemain, and the other night when he was down at the clubroom with a party of young fellows, the performances of the Davenport Brothers were discussed. Brewer offered to bet that if any one in the crowd would tie him upon a chair, he could untle himself just like the Davenports. Mr. Eccles took the bet, and procuring a clothes-line he put Brewer in the President's heavy arm chair and tied him fast. Then Brewer said he must be alone, and he told the party to go down to the drug store and wait for him as he would be along in about five minutes. They went and waited; they waited for an hour and a half and then, as the great knot unraveler did not appear, they concluded to go up after him. As they ascended the staircase they heard groans. A little farther up they heard Brewer holding an animated conversation with himself, during which he intimated clearly that he would regard it as a personal favor if somebody would burn the Davenport Brothers at the stake. Then he groaned again. When the party entered the room, they found that the chair had fallen forward on top of the rope annihilator, and as he was still tied fast, he was lying with his face on the floor and his back arched up so that it fit closely to the back of the chair, while his nose was bleeding copiously. When they lifted him up he had a bump on his forehead as large as a rambo apple, and a swelled nose. When they asked him why he hadn't untied himself, he did not answer; but as soon as they set him free, he wiped his face with his coat sleeve, and doubling up his ensanguined fist, he shook it under Mr. Eccles' nose and exclaimed: "You white-livered, mean-spirited, chuckle-headed pirate! If I had known you were going to put that half-hitch around the chair-leg, I'd've knocked the stuffin' out of you in the first place." Then he went home, and the club resumed its deliberations. Ye Ancient Buffers — A lively time was had at a recent meeting of the California Pioneers. Some strong language was used, and a general row intensified. The Marysville authorities have passed an ordinance for bidding boys to appear on the street in the evening. J. C. Lamon, of Yosemite, has taken his $12,000 awarded by the Commission for his claims in that valley; the others have not come to time yet. The Marysville Distillery will use 600 tons of grapes this season. The production of wine is about 150 gallons to the ton. The Directors of the Capital Woollen Mill, lately destroyed by fire at Sacramento, have let contracts for its re-recreation. A surveying party of the Central Pacific Railroad are marking out the route of the proposed air-line railroad between Sacramento and Bancas. In the case of a Kansas man being struck by lightning the coroner's jury rendered a verdict: "He was killed by the Lord, but the Lord is all right." "Is that your offspring, madam?" asked a Missouri judge of a woman who had hold of a stub-nosed boy's hand. "No sir," she replied, "this is my oldest boy." The matrimonial market has picked up so fast since September that one New Hampshire clergyman has laid in three barrels of beans, a barrel of elder and three dried calf-skins. The Count de Chambord duly notified his friends to hold themselves in readiness for any event. The general impression out West is that Chambard must be going to treat. An inquiry man thrust his fingers into a horse's mouth to see how many teeth he had. The horse closed his mouth to see how many fingers the man had. The curiosity of each was fully satisfied. Heaven, according to the idea of a Vermont clergyman, is 125,000,000 miles from the earth, and Holbs stopped being good at eight o'clock this morning. He says it's too far off. The difficulty between China and Japan has been amicably arranged. China agrees to pay an indemnity of half a million dollars, in consideration of which the Japanese troops are to be withdrawn from Formosa. Wives of candidates for sheriff in Chicago complain that their husbands keep them awake nights talking in their sleep and saying, "What'll you take? Step up boys. Come Dan, Jim, Ed, Mac, Fritz, Buf, Pat, the whole of ye. Gimme some whiskey." Duke de Cases, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has addressed a circular to the Foreign Powers in which he says that the French Government is convinced that the Spanish note to France, on the Carlist question, was not inspired by Germany. The Oregon Legislature consists of ninety members—thirty Senators and sixty members of the Assembly. Of the thirty Senators seventeen are farmers, and of the sixty Assemblymen fifty-four are farmers, making seventy-one farmers in a membership of ninety. A military officer who has visited all sections of the grasshopper district in Nebraska reports that he finds Ye Ancient Buvers.—A lively time was had at a recent meeting of the California Pioneers. Some strong language was used, and a general row seemed imminent. Here is a brief specimen from the Bulletin's report: At last Colonel Von Schmidt started to say something, and was interrupted for about the fifteenth time by an elderly argonaut with a very red face. Turning toward him, the colonel remarked with marked emphasis, "I'll knock your d—d old head off!" A slight calm ensued, and Colonel Von Schmidt proceeded with his verbal argument. There was a list of old buffers, he said, who were trying to get into a society where they could sponge a living. They ought to be pointed out. O. P. Osgood said something out of order. The burden of his remarks was about somebody calling somebody else a thief and a liar and slapping that same somebody else in the face. The President—Gentlemen: It would be better not to have the meeting assume the appearance of a Star High Jinks. Remember that the eyes of the community are upon you. The "old buffers" finally calmed down and listened to a eulogy on "Old Block," a defunct argonaut. The President in conversation admitted his chagrin at the result of the elections, and there is good authority for the statement of one of his immediate associates that he will at the present time indicate his preference for E. B. Washburne as his successor. In his message to Congress next month he will, according to the same authority, take such grounds against the Credit Mobility fund and the corruptionists of the Republican party as to direct attention to Washburne as one of the pure and incorruptible men of that party, on whose record no tarnish could be found. Dr. Brown of San Jose has invented a pocket photographic apparatus on which he has made application for a patent. The novelty is that it allows of impressions by the "dry process" which has been the objective point of photographers for many years. The entire machine can be arranged within the compass of a lady's watch, with capacity for an unlimited number of pictures. Rev. John W. Genderman, of St. Boniface (German) Catholic Church, Philadelphia, has abscended with the funds of the parish, estimated to amount to $40,000. He is supposed to have eloped with the young lady organizer of the church who is also missing. It is said that of late they were quite intimate. Departures will cease cash out of the funds of the church, by order of Bishop Woods.