anaheim-gazette 1876-04-15

ANAHEIM VOL. VI. Anaheim Gazette SATURDAY...APRIL 15, 1876. OUR REPRESENTATIVES. Now that the Legislature has adjourned, their acts are being passed in review by the Press of the State, and their verdict is to the effect that "it might have been worse." Speaking more particularly of the representatives of this county we desire to be put on record as saying "there might have been better." Although no one can dispute the great ability of Gen. McConnell, it is beyond cavil that his efforts for local legislation have not, in the majority of cases, been directed in favor of the masses; but rather at the dictation of a few persons, whose good will, for reasons that will be made apparent in a couple of years, he sought to gain. Mr. Lambourn made a very energetic committeeman, we are told, and he does not seem to have displayed any very vicious propensities. He killed the county division bill—which was all he was sent to the Legislature for; but constant defeat has caused us to look with equanimity upon disaster, and we cherish no particular animosity towards him for his In the Resources of California for April we find a very exhaustive article on San Bernardino County, from the pen of Dana C. Pearson. Among other things we find the following in regard to the growth of olives in that county: "Three hundred and two trees can be set to the acre, twelve feet apart. At six years from the "slips" they commence bearing. At seven or eight years they will yield about two gallons of oil each. At twelve years double that amount, value $4 50 per gallon. Thus it will be seen, that at the above figures and rates, $5,500 can be realized from one acre of olive trees when matured." We have now in our office a sprig of olive covered with buds, cut from a tree only three years from the "slip." This is the first time we have heard of the olive maturing so quickly, as it has been heretofore conceded that, under the most favorable conditions, six years must elapse before they commence bearing. But perhaps this is only another evidence of the superior fertility of Los Angeles over the other Southern counties. The crop of barley and wheat promises to be abundant almost beyond precedent this year; indeed we believe the yield of Los Angeles county alone will more than suffice for the A telegram from Washington informs an anxious country that General Sherman, Secretary Taft, and President Grant had a consultation on Wednesday, and the result of the confab was that an order was issued by Taft restoring the army headquarters to Washington. As Gen. Sherman has been put on record as saying that the society of Washington was responsible for the fall of Belknap, and that it was impossible for the most virtuous to live in that atmosphere and not inhale the prevailing corruption, it would appear from his efforts to remove headquarters that he has a vast confidence in his ability to guard himself from being inoculated with the vice of corruption which seems to infest the majority of Washington officials. It is not long since that Parson Brownlow said that whenever he was in Washington, he found the atmosphere so impregnated with thievery, that he felt an irresistible desire to steal something. It was the worthy boast of some will, for reasons that will be made apparent in a couple of years, he sought to gain. Mr. Lambourn made a very energetic committeeman, we are told, and he does not seem to have displayed any very vicious propensities. He killed the county division bill—which was all he was sent to the Legislature for; but constant defeat has caused us to look with equanimity upon disaster, and we cherish no particular animosity towards him for his efforts against our pet measure. It would, perhaps, be well to ignore Senator Bush and his works in our hasty review. We have no personal acquaintance with the man, but upon a review of his official career we judge him to be a self-willed, dogmatic individual, possessing neither ability nor sense; and knowing himself to be politically dead, caring not for the welfare of a constituency from whom no future favors could be expected. The strain upon his intellect in securing the passage of a bill to protect sea gulls, seems to have paralyzed his energies; as after that brilliant effort for the amelioration of a much-abused fowl, he seems to have dropped from the active Senatorial arena, with vitality so exhausted as to unfit him for even being courteous enough to reply to either letters or telegrams sent him in regard to important measures. On the whole, the representatives of Los Angeles county did not fulfill the expectations of their constituents. The crop of barley and wheat promises to be abundant almost beyond precedent this year; indeed we believe the yield of Los Angeles county alone will more than suffice for the wants of the entire State. In view of the fact that California grain stands very high in foreign markets, and that shippers from San Francisco can lay down their grain in Liverpool or New York on an equality as to freights with their competitors in the inland Eastern States, and at an earlier day, we ask farmers to consider calmly this proposition: Is it not wiser to sell early at a fair price than to hold on in hope of a problematic rise, paying ruinous interest for advances, too frequently to meet with naught but disappointment? In a word, is not the old motto of "small profits and quick returns" applicable to this case? It is impossible to repress a smile at the disgust expressed by many of our neighbors in Los Angeles at the action of the Legislature in reference to the Board of Public Works. The gentlemen who informed disgusted Anaheimers that they controlled the delegation from our county, and that County Division was an impossibility, are now most bitter in denouncing the venality of our representatives. They chuckle not, neither do they laugh, but ponder mournfully on the situation. Would it not be well for these gentlemen in the future to select representatives rather for their integrity and high principle, combined with strong common sense, than for their ability as stump-speakers, lobbyists and wirepullers? But enough: bitterly has the viper stung them. The State tax for the ensuing two years has been levied. The amount of revenue to be raised is $7,031,000. The tax for 1877 will be seventy-two cents, and for 1878, seventy-four cents on the one hundred dollars. The School Fund for 1870 is set down at $1,231,000, and $1,300,000 for the succeeding year. The General Fund for 1877 is $2,220,000, and for 1878 it will be $1,600,000. The interest and Sinking Fund for the two years will require $630,000. It will be seen from these figures that no serious reduction in the expenses of govern- heretofore conceded that, under the most favorable conditions, six years must elapse before they commence bearing. But perhaps this is only another evidence of the superior fertility of Los Angeles over the other southern counties. The crop of barley and wheat promises to be abundant almost beyond precedent this year; indeed we believe the yield of Los Angeles county alone will more than suffice for the wants of the entire State. In view of the fact that California grain stands very high in foreign markets,and that shippers from San Francisco can lay down their grain in Liverpool or New York on an equality as to freights with their competitors in the inland Eastern States,and at an earlier day,the ask farmers to consider calmly this proposition: Is it not wiser to sell early at a fair price than to hold on in hope of a problematic rise,paying ruinous interest for advances,too frequently to meet with naught but disappointment? In a word,是 not the old motto of "small profits and quick returns" applicable to this case? It is impossible to repress a smile at the disgust expressed by many of our neighbors in Los Angeles at the action of the Legislature in reference to the Board of Public Works. The gentlemen who informed disgusted Anaheimers that they controlled the delegation from our county,and that County Division was an impossibility,the are now most bitter in denouncing the venality of our representatives. They chuckle not,nither do they laugh,but ponder mournfully on the situation.Would it not be well for these gentlemen in the future to select representatives rather for their integrity and high principle,combined with strong common sense,than for their ability as stump-speakers,Lobbyists and wirepullers? But enough: bitterly has the viper stung them. The State tax for the ensuing two years has been levied.The amount of revenue to be raised is $7,031,000.The tax for 1877 will be seventy-two cents,and for 1878,s seventy-four cents on the one hundred dollars.The School Fund for 1870 is set down at $1,231,000,and $1,300,000forthe succeedingyear.TheGeneralFundfor1877is$2,220,000,andfor1878itwillbe$1,600,000.TheinterestandSinkingFundforthetwoyearswillrequire$630,000.Itwillbeseenfromthesefiguresthatnoseriousreductionintheexpensesofgovern- heretofore conceded that，underthemostfavorableconditions,sixyearsmustelapsebeforetheycommencebearing.ButperhapsthisisonlyanotherevidenceofthesuperiorfertilityofLosAngelesovertheothersoutherncounties. The crop of barley and wheat promises to be abundant almost beyond precedent this year;indeedwebelievetheyieldofLosAnglescountalonewillmorethan sufficeforthewantsoftheentireState.InviewofthefactthatCaliforniagrainstandsveryhighinforeignmarkets,andthatshippersfromSanFranciscocanlaydowntheirgraininLiverpoolorNewYorkonanqualityastofreightswiththeircompetitorsintheinlandEasternStates,andatanearlierday,theaskfarmerstoconsidercalmthisproposition:Isitnotwisertosellearlyatafairpricethantoholdoninhopeofaproblematicrise,payingruinousinterestforadvances,tоfrequentlytosteemwithnaughtbutdisappointment?Inanword,是nottheoldmottoofsmallprofitsandquickreturns'applicabletothiscase? Itisimpossibletorepressa smileatthedisgustexpressedbymanyofourneighborsinLosAnglesattheactionoftheLegislatureinreferencetotheBoardofPublicWorks.ThegentlemenwhoinfirmeddisgustedAnahheimersthattheycontrolledthedelegationfromourcountry,andthatCountyDivisionwasanimpossibility,thearenowmostbitterinddenouncingthevenalityofourrepresentativesTheychucklenot,nitherdotheylaugh,butpondermournfullyonthesituition.Woulditnotbewellforthesegentlemeninthenuturetoreselectrepresentativesratherforyeur Integrityandhighprinciple Combinedwithstrongcommonsense,tohanfortheabilityasstump-speakers,Lobbyistsandwirepullers?Butenough:bitterlyhastheviperstungthem. TheState taxfortheensuingtwoyearshasbeenlevied.Theamountofrevenuetoberaisedis$7,031,000.Thetaxfor1877willbeseventy-twocents,andfor1878,s seventy-fourcentsontheonehundreddollars.TheSchoolFundfor1870issetdownat$1,231,000,and$1,300,000fordothesuccessengroup.TheGeneralFundfor1877is$2,220,000,andfor1878itwillbe$1,600,000.TheinterestandSinkingFundforthetwoyearswillrequire$630,000.Itwillbeseenfromthesefiguresthatnoseriousreductionintheexpensesofgovern- heretoforeconcededthat，underthemostfavorableconditions,sixyearsmustelapsebeforetheycommencebearing.ButperhapsthisisonlyanotherevidenceofthesuperiorfertilityofLosAnglesovertheothersoutherncounties. The crop of barley and wheat promises to be abundant almost beyond precedent this year;indeedwebelievetheyieldofLosAnglescountalonewillmorethan sufficeforthewantsoftheentireState.InviewofthefactthatCaliforniagrainstandsveryhighinforeignmarkets,andthatshippersfromSanFranciscocanlaydowntheirgraininLiverpoolorNewYorkonanqualityastofreightswiththeircompetitorsintheinlandEasternStates,andatanearlierday,theaskfarmerstoconsidercalmthisproposition:Isitnotwisertosellearlyatafairpricethantoholdoninhopeofaproblematicrise,payingruinousinterestforadvances,tоfrequentlytosteemwithnaughtbutdisappointment?Inanword,是nottheoldmottoofsmallprofitsandquickreturns'applicabletothiscase! Itisimpossibletorepressa smileatthedisgustexpressedbymanyofourneighborsinLosAnglesattheactionoftheLegislatureinreferencetotheBoardofPublicWorks.ThegentlemenwhoinfirmeddisgustedAnahheimersthattheycontrolledthedelegationfromourcountry,andthatCountyDivisionwasanimpossibility,thearenowmostbitterinddenouncingthevenalityofourrepresentativesTheychucklenot,nitherdotheylaugh,butpondermournnullilyhastheviperstungthem. TheState taxfortheensuingtwoyearshasbeenlevied.Theamountofrevenuetoberaisedis$7,031,000.Thetaxfor1877willbeseventy-twocents,andfor1878,s seventy-fourcentsontheonehundreddollars.TheSchoolFundfor1870issetdownat$1,231,000,and$1,300,000fordothesuccessengroup.TheGeneralFundfor1877is$2,220,000,andfor1878itwillbe$1,600,000.TheinterestandSinkingFundforthetwoyearswillrequire$630,000.Itwillbeseenfromthesefiguresthatnoseriousreductionintheexpensesofgovern- heretoforeconcededthat，underthemostfavorableconditions,sixyearsmustelapsebeforetheycommencebearing.ButperhapsthisisonlyanotherevidenceofthesuperiorfertilityofLosAnglesovertheothersoutherncounties. The crop of barley and wheat promises to be abundant almost beyond precedent this year;indeedwebelievetheyieldofLosAnglescountalonewillmorethan sufficeforthewantsoftheentireState.InviewofthefactthatCaliforniagrainstandsveryhighinforeignmarkets,andthatshippersfromSanFranciscocanlaydowntheirgraininLiverpoolorNewYorkonanqualityastofreightswiththeircompetitorsintheinlandEasternStates,andatanearlierday,theaskfarmerstoconsidercalmthisproposition:Isitnotwisertosellearlyatafairpricethantoholdoninhopeofaproblematicrise,payingruinousinterestforadvances,tоfrequentlytosteemwithnaughtbutdisappointment?Inanword，是nottheoldmottoofsmallprofitsandquickreturns'applicabletothiscase! Itisimpossibletorepressa smileatthedisgustexpressedbymanyofourneighborsinLosAnglesattheactionoftheLegislatureinreferencetotheBoardofPublicWorks.ThegentlemenwhoinfirmeddisgustedAnahheimersthattheycontrolledthedelegationfromourcountry,andthatCountyDivisionwasanimpossibility,thearenowmostbitterinddenouncingthevenalityofourrepresentativesTheychucklenot,nitherdotheylaugh,butpondermournnullilyhastheviperstungthem. TheState taxfortheensuingtwoyearshasbeenlevied.Theamountofrevenuetoberaisedis$7,031,000.Thetaxfor1877willbeseventy-twocents,andfor1878,s seventy-fourcentsontheonehundreddollars.TheSchoolFundfor1870issetdownat$1,231,000,and$1,300,000fordothesuccessengroup.TheGeneralFundfor1877is$2,220,000,andfor1878itwillbe$1,600,000.TheinterestandSinkingFundforthetwoyearswillrequire$630,000.Itwillbeseenfromthesefiguresthatnoseriousreductionintheexpensesofgovern- heretoforeconcededthat，underthemostfavorableconditions,sixyearsmustelapsebeforetheycommencebearing.ButperhapsthisisonlyanotherevidenceofthesuperiorfertilityofLosAnglesovertheothersoutherncounties. The crop of barley and wheat promises to be abundant almost beyond precedent this year;indeedwebelievetheyieldofLosAnglescountalonewillmorethan sufficeforthewantsoftheentireState.InviewofthefactthatCaliforniagrainstandsveryhighinforeignmarkets,andthatshippersfromSanFranciscocanlaydowntheirgraininLiverpoolorNewYorkonanqualityastofreightswiththeircompetitorsin-theinlandEasternStates,andatanearlierday,theaskfarmerstoconsidercalmthisproposition:Isitnotwisertosellearlyatafairpricethantoholdoninhopeofaproblematicrise,payingruinousinterestforadvances,tоfrequentlytosteemwithnaughtbutdisappointment?Inanword，是nottheoldmottoofsmallprofitsandquickreturns'applicabletothiscase! Itisimpossibletorepressa smileatthedisgustexpressedbymanyofourneighborsinLosAnglesattheactionoftheLegislatureinreferencetotheBoardofPublicWorks.ThegentlemenwhoinfirmeddisgustedAnahheimersthattheycontrolledthedelegationfromourcountry,andthatCountyDivisionwasanimpossibility,thearenowmostbitterinddenouncingthevenalityofourrepresentativesTheychucklenot,nitherdo她们laugh,butpondermournnullilyhastheviperstungthem. TheState taxfortheensuingtwoyearshasbeenlevied.Theamountofrevenuetoberaisedis$7,031,000.Thetaxfor1877willbeseventy-twocents,andfor1878,s seventy-fourcentsontheonehundreddollars.TheSchool Fundfor1870issetdownat$1,231,000,and$1,300,000fordothesuccessengroup.TheGeneralFundfor1877is$2,220,0... It was the worthy boast of some great man that he rested himself from one labor by undertaking another. This is the kind of rest the intelligent farmer should give himself and his land. The production of one article through successive seasons is a certain means of enervating and exhausting the fertility of the soil, and the changing of crops is both advantageous to it and to the purse of the farmer in the long run—it being a well established principle with nations and individuals that a variety of productions is far more lucrative than the most profitable specialties. A famous painter was once asked with what he mixed his paints that his hues were so admirable; "I mix them," replied he, "with mind." In just the same way should a farmer till his fields with mind, and he will find the most elaborate forethought well repays him for any length of time he may devote to it. The editor of a Kentucky newspaper says he saw a number of car-loads of black walnut timber on Louisville, to be shipped from that city to Europe. It commands, he says, a great price, notwithstanding the distance, the supply in Europe and the East beginning to fall. It is more than probable that the black walnut would do well here and if so, the producers could more than compete in the European market with any interior region, since all the necessary transportation could be by the cheapest forms of water-carriage. The tax for 1877 will be seventy-two cents, and for 1878, seventy-four cents on the one hundred dollars. The School Fund for 1870 is set down at $1,231,000, and $1,300,000 for the succeeding year. The General Fund for 1877 is $2,220,000, and for 1878 it will be $1,600,000. The interest and Sinking Fund for the two years will require $630,000. It will be seen from these figures that no serious reduction in the expenses of government must be anticipated, and that the late Legislature, though it entered upon its duties with unusually loud protestations of economy and retrenchment, has failed to carry them into effect. Artificial clouds of smoke, as shields against the frost, are common appliances in France and Germany for the protection of vineyards, orchards and gardens. The usual material employed is coal tar mixed with old straw and saw-dust. The smoke thus enwrapping the vine prevents the radiation from the earth which superinduces the frost, which generally has a tendency to be greatest towards morning. During the year 1875, the exports of California amounted in value to $83,625,454, for a population of 760,000, which is equivalent to $110 per capita. This is a most gratifying showing and compares more than satisfactorily with the productions of older and Eastern States. It has just been discovered that it is not whisky that kills. When a man's teeth strikos tumblers there is friction, and friction jars his nerves and wears him out. From which we infer that the only safe way to drink whisky is to drink it direct from the barrel through the faucet. O sand-wader over the petty souled prejudice so great a benign time, when lamentations, your eyes and your garments East Los Angeles a "fair standing upon rapture upon spans its waters up your voice of the philhose far-reaching voted your health good of others DR. GRIFFIN Of all the citizens for not two hundred been expended Indeed, until four years, every section was a hood of Lo $2,600 which two years, we fortunate if pended upon portion of it bridges, etc., never travel (if it ever do town) when rules—when the voice possibly threw died. There be said, but ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 15. 1876: WHAT ANAHEIM LOST THROUGH THE PERVERSITY AND PREJUDICE OF A Few Men. The Legislature adjourned without passing either the Anaheim city incorporation bill or the school house bond bill. Whether these bills were killed by the perverse opposition of a few men among us, or whether they received their quietus from the prejudice of Senator Bush against the people of our town, are questions which the undersigned is not prepared to answer. If Senator Bush wished to punish us for our advocacy of county division, by pocketing the incorporation act, and by this means blocking the School House Bond Bill) most assuredly the FACTIOUS OPPOSITION of a few of our citizens to these measures, certainly furnished him a good pretext for so doing. It is safe to say that nine-tenths of the resident tax-payers of Anaheim were in favor of some form of incorporation; and so far as we know there was no opposition to the School House Bill. These facts were made known to our delegation at Sacramento by a petition signed by one hundred and ten citizens, by letters, and; finally, near the close of the session, by an urgent appeal, signed by every business firm except three in the town, and telegraphed to Bush, McConnell and Lambourn. That they paid no attention to the numerous requests sent them, not even so much as designing a reply to letters asking information, is evidence that either they had no regard for the wishes or wants of their constituents, or that they considered themselves chosen to WILMINGTON COLLEGE. A Reunion of Students---The Programme---A Description of the College and Surroundings---An Interesting Letter. EDS. GAZETTE.—It was the privilege of your correspondent to be present at a reunion of the students of Wilmington College on last Saturday evening. To say that the affair was an enjoyable one, but feebly expresses the estimation placed upon it by the visitors present. It was a decided success. The youth of both sexes who took part in the exercises, had but a few days wherein to prepare themselves for the entertainment;but when it came to the performance of their allotted parts, they were fully up to the mark, and far exceeded the expectations of the audience assembled to witness their efforts. The programme was as follows: 1st. The St. Louis Fireman's Parade March—a duet performed by Mrs. Scales, music teacher, and Miss Jennie Buster, was exquisitely rendered. 2. "River of Song."—Song and chorus. Played by Miss Buster, and sung by Misses Bailey, Harlow, Evey, and Brown. 3. A Debate by Young "Men."—Five on the affirmative and five on the negative side of the question. Although considerably embarrassed (this being their first appearance before an audience) still their efforts in the main were good, some points being brought forward which would have done credit "BELKNAPPING AND TWEEDING." Reply of W. M. McFadden to "Bion'a" Insinivations. EDITORS GAZETTE.—The "Belknapping" and "Tweeding" going on in the Upper Santa Ana School District, alluded to by "Bion'" in the last week's issue, is all on the square, and will stand all the investigation of Gen. McConnell, Sup't Saxon or even "Bion'" himself. It was intimated during the time I was Superintendent of Schools, and teacher of Upper Santa Ana, that I was anxious to see a good fund on hand, and winked at fraud in the Census Marshal's report. As the money at that time was apportioned pro rata, I took extra care in examining the report, and being well acquainted in the district, when a name occurred in the report with which I was not familiar; I asked the location of residence, &c., and made strict inquiry, and in every case found it correct, unless omissions were made instead of too many. Santa Ana has over 216 children, hence, under the amended law three teachers are assigned, and apportions made accordingly. The district is large, reaching from the headwaters of Coyote Creek to the San Bernardino county line,and from the Chino Rancho to the Santingo Caflon. Many California and Mexican families are scattered through the hills, and have from eight to ten mochachos each. The children are in the district, no matter whether they attend school or not, so far as the law is concerned. I would, The reprint service shall be held at two locations: one in New York City and another in Los Angeles. Sincerely, The superintendent of schools, Mr. James Hammond CURRENTLY REPORTED during the session of the Legislature that a word from certain parties would have more weight with some of the delegation in securing support to a measure, than a petition signed by every other man in the county. The Act to create a Board of Public Works for Los Angeles city, and the East Los Angeles bridge bill certainly gave credence to this report. The parties in Anaheim, who were instrumental in or at least accessory to the killing of the incorporation act and the school bill, no doubt, consider themselves public benefactors. Looking at it from their stand-point they are. There are in every community a class of men who oppose every public improvement that is likely to take a "short bit" out of their pockets for taxes. Such "short bit" beneficiaries had they the power, would relegate us all back into barricade if thereby they could save to themselves a carved postage stamp. It is hardly worth while repining over things that are past, but it is certainly aggravating to know that a few have it in their power to retard improvement and inflict a loss upon a community. The would be statesman who was so active in procuring signatures to the remonstrance against the incorporation bill, did not know nor perhaps care that he was doing his best to deprive Anaheim of at least twenty-five hundred dollars of street improvement fund? Yet such is a fact. Incorporated cities are exempt from county road tax, the city tax for street improvement standing in lieu of this. Within what would have been the city limits of Anaheim, there is about six hundred thousand dollars of taxable property. The levy for county road tax for last year was 15 cents on the one hundred dollars. This levy on the taxable property within our limits would have given us nine hundred dollars street fund. Inhabitants of incorporated cities are exempt from county road poll tax, this being paid to the Street Commissioner instead of the County Road Overseer. There are about two hundred persons in Anaheim subject to this tax. At $2 each tails would have given us $100 more of street fund—a total of $1,300 a year for street improvement without any increase in our taxes. Or $2,000 for the two years that must elapse before we can incorporate. Two thousand six hundred dollars expended upon our sandy streets! What a world of good it would have done! The program was as follows: 1st. The St. Louis Fireman's Parade March—A duet performed by Mrs. scales, music teacher, and Miss Jennie Buster, was exquisitely rendered. 2. "River of Song."—Song and chorus. Played by Miss Buster, and sung by Misses Bailey, Harlow, Evey, and Brown. 3. A Debate by Young Men.—Five on the affirmative and five on the negative side of the question. Although considerably embarrassed (this being their first appearance before an audience) still their efforts in the main were good, some points being brought forward which would have done credit to older heads. Two of the speakers notably indulged in the argumentum ad captandam virgins, and created considerable amusement at some palpable hits they made at their opponents. 4. "Dying Camille."—Song, by Miss Charlie L. Tarver. This young lady possesses a wonderful strength of voice, and in the higher keys exhibited a control over her voice that was surprising. Under the tattailage of Mrs. Scales, she is destined to make her mark as a singer at no distant day. 5. "The Boquet."—Miss Bailey, editor. This is a monthly compilation of essays by the students, and some of the pieces read showed a degree of excellence which far surpassed our expectations. 6. "Annie's Winning Smile."—Song, by Misses Swiney, Early and Tarver, and rendered in such a manner as to win the applause of every one present. 7. "Mrs. Natalean Smith's Party."—A charade. 8. "Parting Whispers."—Duet. Beautifully sung by Misses Charlie Tarver and Julia Bailey. 9. "Slumber not Darling."—A song by several of the young ladies. 10. "Shower of Pearls."—An instrumental piece by Miss Jennie Buster. 11. "Sleeping Beauty."—Tableau. 12. "Sleeping Beauty."—Repeated; but this being the first of April, it proved to be a barlesque, which sold the whole crowd. Taken as a whole, the affair was creditable alike to both pupils and teachers. I must say a word in regard to the college and surroundings. No more eligible site could have been secured than the one selected. It is situated about one mile from the town of Wilmington, on an elevation commanding a fine view of the harbor and shipping with the railroad running within a quarter of a mile from the college grounds. In the centre of the park is a grove of young Enealypus trees tastefully arranged in rows, which have attained a height of about fifteen feet, being only two years old, and this too where surface water can only be obtained at a depth of about thirty feet. It is designed to ornament the grounds by setting out trees and flowers, which has, in fact been already begun, and will greatly to the attractiveness of the situation. I venture to say that in all Southern California a more eligible location for a college could not have been selected than the one of which I am now writing. It is accessible from all parts of the country by good wagon roads and railroads. With the present efficient corps of Santa Ana has over 216 children, hence, under the amended law three teachers are assigned, and appointments made accordingly. The district is large, reaching from the headwaters of Coyote Creek to the Saningo Cafion. Many Californian and Mexican families are scattered through the hills, and have from eight to ten muchachos each. The children are in the district, no matter whether they attend school or not, so far as the law is concerned. I would therefore recommend to "Bion," before he accuses people of fraud, to be sure a fraud has been committed. I have had nothing to do with the district mentioned for nearly two years—do not even live in it—but I do not like to see false insinuations charged against my neighbors through the ignorance of "Bion." Hey? W. M. McFADDEN. A GRAVE SUBJECT. Our Cemetery and what ought to be done to it. Eds. GAZETTE.-After reading the article of "Scrutator" I was ready to acknowledge that the Anaheemers are the people, and wisdom will die with them." But one point in his evidence of the fact, he missed—perhaps from its not being a matter of vital importance. Let anyone visit the burial ground, and he will soon be convinced of the "wisdom and unity" of the people; for certainly nothing could be more favorable to longevity. A man would seek to prolong his days even to the period when there is no pleasure in them; if he thought his remains would be left in that neglected tangle of weeds. For, with the exception of a few private lots, no sheep range is more forlorn. The Pilgrims after that first fearful winter in New England, concealed the dreadful havoc the death angel had made among them from the Indians, by sowing their burial ground with grain; and the wonder comes, are the people here trying to disguise the fact that man is mortal, even in Anaheim, by allowing rank weeds to cover all traces of his grave? If the interest shown by the public in the matter could equal that bestowed upon a beer garden, there would be no more attractive place than the resting place of the dead, making it really God's Acre, a comfort and solace to the living— Comfort to those who in the grave have sown The seed, that they had garnered in their hearts Their bread of life, alas; no more their own. P. Anti-Whisky Resolutions. ORANGE, Cal., April 6th, 1876. EDITORS-GAZETTE.-Will you please give space to the inclosed matter, and thus confer a very great favor upon many of the readers of your very interesting paper? Very Reap'y, QEO. J. Mosbaugh, See'y. WHEREAS We, the citizens of Orange and vicinity learn, to our great THINK OF IT AND WELF, O sand-waders of Anaheim! Weep over the petty jealousies and small-souled prejudices that deprived you of so great a benefit! And in the coming time, when you have ceased your lamentations, wiped the dust from your eyes and shaken the sand from your garments, make a pilgrimage to East Los Angeles, where flows (at times) a "fast, rolling river," and standing upon its banks, gaze with rapture upon the beautiful bridge that spans its waterless channel; then lift up your voices and sing peas in praise of the philanthropists among you, whose far-reaching benevolence devoted your hard-earned dollars to the good of others—aye, to the good of DR. GRIFIN AND HANCOCK JOHNSON—that the suburban lands of these unselfish patriots might be enhanced in value, that their town lots might sell at a higher price. Of all the road tax paid by our citizens for the past eighteen years, not two hundred dollars of it has ever been expended upon our streets. Indeed, until within the past three or four years, every dollar raised in this section was expended in the neighborhood of Los Angeles city. Of the $2,000 which we will pay in the next two years, we may consider ourselves fortunate if ten per cent. of it is expended upon our streets. A goodly portion of it will go toward repairs, bridges, etc., upon roads we seldom or never travel. When that time comes (if it ever does in the history of our town) when the voice of the majority rules—when the Legislators listen to the voice of the majority, then possibly these things may be remedied. There is much more that might be said, but quantum suffice for me. VINDICATOR The Sacramento Record-Union of April 5th, contains a list of bills approved by the Governor. The late Legislature passed 1,443 bills, 691 of which were presented to the Governor, who approved 585 of them. Anti-Whisky Resolutions. ORANGE, Cal., April 6th, 1876. EDITORS-GAZETTE.—Will you please give space to the inclosed matter, and thus confer a very great favor upon many of the readers of your very interesting paper? Very Resp'y, GEO. J. MOSBAUGH, Sec'y. WHEREAS, We the citizens of Orange and vicinity learn, to our great regret, that a drinking saloon is being established in our midst, and WHEREAS, We have used our utmost endeavor—hercetofore successfully—to prevent the sale and use of intoxicating beverages among us, and inasmuch as we most deeply deplore the present effort to establish said saloon, and have deep conviction that its continuance would work great evil to our community; therefore be it Resolved, First, That we, the subscribers, solemnly pledge ourselves to give no patronage nor encouragement in any way to any drinking saloon, and to dissuade others from giving it support; and further, we pledge ourselves to use all right and lawful means of ridding our neighborhood of this evil; and to this end we pledge our influence and our means. Second, That we notice with regret that the correspondents of the Anaheim Gazette, writing from Orange and from Santa Ana, have grossly misrepresented our community on this subject, giving the impression that a drinking saloon was desired, or at least would not be opposed; we therefore respectfully request that no such misrepresentation be repeated. Third, That these resolutions be published in the Anaheim Gazette. COMMITTEE. MRS. BEACH. Mrs. WEBBER, MRS. FRAZIER, Mrs. HARTLEY, MRS. McGIBBON, Miss HARRIS, COL. HAMILTON, Miss TIEBOUT, Mr. BEACH, Mr. LOCKHAFT, Mr. WEBBER, Mr. SHANE, MR. McGIBBON, Mr. ANDERSON, Sr. MR. MOSBAUGH, Mr. ANDERSON, Jr. MR. LOCKWOOD, Mr.OGE, Chairman. In addition to the Committee, over two-hundred of our most prominent citizens have signed the foregoing resolutions. GAZETTE NO.26 AND TWEEDING." —Faiden to "Bien'a" institutions. E.—The "Belknap-pelling" going on in Santa School District, in the last week's square, and will negation of Gen: Mcon or even "Bion" during the time I went of Schools, and Santa Ana, that I be a good fund on that fraud in the Cen-act. As the money at portioned pro rata, I examining the re-complained in the case occurred in the I was not familiar, I am of residence, &c., acquiring, and in every event, unless omissions of too many. Over 216 children, amended law three times, and apportioned accordingly. The district from the headwaters to the San Bernardino from the ChinoRancho Caifon. Many Californian families are scat-hills, and have from cheros each. The child-district, no matter school or not, so concerned. I would, and to "Bien'" he shall pay a fee of fifty dollars in advance, which shall be returned to them if a certificate be refused. The fees received by the Board shall be paid into the treasury of the medical society by which the Board shall have been appointed and the expenses and compensation of the Board shall be subject to arrangement with the society. Sec. 1. Every person practicing medicine, in any of its departments, shall possess the qualifications required by this Act. If a graduate in medicine, he shall present his diploma to the Board of Examiners herein named for verification as to its genuineness. If the diploma is found genuine, and if the person named therein be the person claiming and presenting the same, the Board of Examiners shall issue its certificate to that effect, signed by all of the members thereof, and such diploma and certificate shall be conclusive as to the right of the lawful holder of the same to practice medicine in this State. If not a graduate, the person practicing medicine in this State shall present himself before said Board and submit himself to such an examination as the said Board shall require; and if the examination be satisfactory to the Examiners, the said Board shall issue its certificate in accordance with the facts, and the lawful holder of such certificate shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges herein mentioned. Sec. 2. Each State Medical Society incorporated, and in active existence on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, whose members are required to possess diplomas or license from some legally chartered medical institution in good standing, shall appoint annually, a Board of Examiners, consisting of seven members, who shall hold their offices for Sec. 3. Any physician who shall open an office transiently in a county other than that in which he resides, or who shall announce publicly, by writing or printing, that he will attend on patients or practice any specialty in said county, shall pay an annual license of one hundred dollars to be collected as other licenses by the proper officers. And any itinerant vendor of any drug, nostrum, ointment, or appliance of any kind, intended for the treatment of disease or injury. [or] who shall, by writing or printing, or any other method, publicly profess to cure or treat diseases', injury, or deformity by any drug, nostrum, manipulation, or other expedient, shall pay a license of one hundred dollars a month, to be collected in the usual way. Sec. 4. Any person practicing medicine or surgery in this State without complying with the provisions of this Act, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars [$50] nor more than five hundred dollars [$500], or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period of not less than thirty days nor more than three hundred and sixty-five days, or by both such What ought to be done to it. After reading the doctor I was ready to meet the Anaheimers and wisdom will die at one point in his life, he missed—perhaps being a matter of it. Let anyone visit him, and he will soon be "wisdom and unity" or certainly nothing favorable to longevity. Ask to prolong his days and when there is no need, if he thought his left in that neglected For, with the exceptive lots, no sheep clorn. The Pilgrims, careful winter in New England the dreadful angel had made from the Indians, by ideal ground with grain; comes, are the people disguise the fact that even in Anaheim, by weeds to cover all have? If the interest public in the matter bestowed upon a beer should be no more at least the resting place of it really God's art and solace to the who in the grave have sown had garnered in their hearts mala no more their own. The Pilgrims, careful winter in New England the dreadful angel had made from the Indians, by ideal ground with grain; comes, are the people disguise the fact that even in Anaheim, by weeds to cover all have? If the interest public in the matter bestowed upon a beer should be no more at least the resting place of it really God's art and solace to the who in the grave have sown had garnered in their hearts mala no more their own. SEC. 2. Each State Medical Society incorporated, and in active existence on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, whose members are required to possess diplomas or license from some legally chartered medical institution in good standing, shall appoint annually, a Board of Examiners, consisting of seven members, who shall hold their offices for one year and until their successors shall be chosen. The Examiners so appointed shall go before a County Judge and make oath that they are regular graduates, or licentiates, and that they will faithfully perform the duties of their office. Vacancies occurring in a Board of Examiners shall be filled by the society appointing it, by the selection of alternates or otherwise. SEC. 3. The Board of Examiners shall organize within three months after passage of this Act. They shall procure a seal, and shall receive through their Secretary applications for certificates and examinations. The President of each Board shall have authority to administer oaths, and the Board to take testimony in all meetings relating to their duties. They shall issue certificates to all who furnish satisfactory proof of having received diplomas or licenses from legally chartered medical institutions in good standing. They shall prepare two forms of certificates, one for persons in possession of diplomas or licenses, the other for candidates examined by the Board. They shall furnish to the County Clerks of the several counties a list of all persons receiving certificates. In selecting places to hold their meetings, they shall, as far as is reasonable, accommodate applicants residing in different sections of the State, and due notice shall be published of all their meetings. Certificates shall be signed by all the members of the Board granting them, and shall indicate the medical society to which the Examining Board is attached. SEC. 4. Said Board of Examiners shall examine diplomas as to their genuineness, and if the diploma shall be found genuine as represented, the Secretary of the Board of Examiners shall receive a fee of one dollar from each graduate or licentiate, and no further charge shall be made to the applicants; but if it be found to be fraudulent, or not lawfully owned by the possessor, the Board shall be entitled to charge and collect twenty dollars of the applicant presenting such diplomas. The verification of the diplomas shall consist in the affidavit of the holder and applicant that he is the lawful possessor of the same, and that he is the person therein named. Such affidavit may be taken before any person authorized to administer oaths, and the same shall be attested under the hand and official seal of such, if he have a seal. Graduates may present their diplomas and affidavits, as provided in this Act, by letter or by proxy, and the Board of Examiners shall issue its certificate to said county, shall pay an annual license of one hundred dollars to be collected as other licenses by proper officers. And any itinerant vendor of any drug, nostrum, ointment, or appliance of any kind, intended for the treatment of disease or injury.[or] who shall, by writing or printing, or any other method, publicly preface to care or treat diseases,[injury, or deformities], shall pay a license of one hundred dollars a month, to be collected in the usual way. SEC. 13. Any person practicing medicine or surgery in this State without complying with the provisions of this Act shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars [$50] nor more than five hundred dollars [$500], or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period of not less than thirty days nor more than three hundred and sixteen days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, for each and every offence; and any person filing, or attempting to file, as his own, the diploma or certificate of another, or a forged affidavit of identification, shall be subject to such fine and imprisonment as are made and provided by the statute of this State for the crime of forgery. SEC. 14. It shall be duty of the police, Shi riff, or any constable, to arrest all persons practicing medicine or surgery in this State, who have not complied with the provisions of this Act, and the officer making the arrest shall be entitled to one-half the fines collected. SEC. 15. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage; but the penalties shall not be enforced till on and after the thirty-first day of December, eighteen hundred and seventy-six. Downey City Items. The Los Nictos Valley Courior has the following: A meeting of citizens was held here last Saturday, pursuant to previous notice, to give expression to their views in regard to changing the name of the town. Gov. Downey was present, and being called upon gave his views in the matter, stating the only way in which a change could be made, and that it would cause considerable trouble and expense at this time especially to the incorporated companies, lodges, etc. Speakers opposed to and in favor of a change were heard, and on an expression of the sense of the meeting being had, a majority of those present favored a change. The Legislature, however alone has the power to make the change. An individual, even cannot lawfully change his name without the sanction of that body, and for good and sufficient reasons. The Stockholders of the Odd Fellow's Building Association recently held their annual meeting for the purpose of electing officers, with the following result: Rev. M. G. Settle, President; P. G. McGaugh, Vice-President; M. D. Crawford, Sr., Treasurer; W. P. McDonald, Secretary; C. M. Benbrook, B. W. Tarwater, Dr. G. W. Wolfe; T. J. Kerns, and W. P. McDonald were elected directors; Mr. Benbrook being chosen Chairman of the Board. The old officers were elected except Messrs. McGaugh, Tarwater and Wolfe. Santa Monica Items. The Santa Monica Outlook has the following: So far the Santa Monica Land Co. have sold about 1,000 town lots, and over 40 five-acre "Villa-Farm" tracts of land. A census taken the other day in Santa Monica shows that there are be- We have used our honor—heretofore successor—to the sale and use of beverages among us, and we most deeply deplore effort to establish said deep conviction that would work great evility; therefore be it first, That we, the subly pledge ourselves to engage nor encouragement any drinking saloon, the others from giving it further, we pledge our all right and lawful governing our neighborhood of this end we pledge our our means. At we notice with regret respondents of the Anaheim Gazette Committee, MRS. WEBBER, MRS. HARTLEY, MISS HARRIS, MISS TIEBOUT, MR. LOCKHART, MR. SHANE, MR. ANDERSON, Sr. MR. ANDERSON, Jr. MR. OOR, Chairman. To the Committee, over of our most prominent designated the foregoing resolute SEC. 5. All examinations of persons not graduates or licentiates shall be made directly by the Board, and the certificates given by the Board shall authorize the possessor to practice medicine and surgery in the State of California; but no examination into the qualifications of persons not holding diplomas or licenses shall be made after the thirty-first day of December, eighteen hundred and seventy-six. After that date no certificates shall be granted by them, except to persons presenting diplomas or licenses from legally chartered medical institutions in good standing. SEC. 6. Every person holding a certificate from a Board of Examiners shall have it recorded in the office of the Clerk of the county in which he resides, and the record shall be endorsed thereon. Any person removing to another county to practice, shall procure an endorsement to that effect on the certificate from the County Clerk, and shall record the certificate, in like manner, in the county to which he removes, and the owner of the certificate shall pay to the County Clerk the usual fees for making the record. SEC. 7. The County Clerk shall keep in a book provided for the purpose, a complete list of the certificates recorded by him, with the date of issue and the name of the medical society represented by the Board of Examiners issuing them. If the certificate be based on diploma or license, he shall record the name of the medical institution conferring it, and the date when conferred. The register of the County Clerk shall be open to public inspection during business hours. SEC. 8. Candidates for examination The Santa Monica Outlook has the following: So far the Santa Monica Land Co. have sold about 1,000 town lots, and over 40 five-acre "Villa-Farm" tracts of land. A census taken the other day in Santa Monica shows that there are between 800 and 900 inhabitants. There are 116 school children between the ages of five and eighteen. The Chinese number sixteen—fouteen men and two women; gentlemen of color, three. The Presbyterian Sunday School gave their first quarterly concert last Sunday evening. It consisted of singing, readings, recitations, and a review of the last three months' lessons. The Secretary also read a report which showed the school to be in a very flourishing condition. A well filled house attested the general interest felt in this young church and its prosperous school. We are creditably informed that all the ships of the new line, belonging to the "Panama Transit Company," will touch regularly at Santa Monica, both ways. Two ships are now on their way around Cape Horn, for the line between San Francisco and Panama. Mortimer Cook has been elected Mayor of Santa Barbara. O'Leary, the pedestrian, finished his 500 mile walk in San Francisco on Saturday. He was presented with a $250 watch and chain by his admirers. Senator John P. Jones has made an effective speech in the Senate in support of the Silver Currency bill. The New York Sunday Citizen says that William M. Tweed has purchased a house in Havana, and is living in it. Thirteen tramps tried to capture a New Jersey Central Railway train recently. The train hands and officers, however, were victorious, and the tramps are now lodged in jail.