anaheim-gazette 1876-11-11

ANAHEIM VOL. VII. Anaheim Gazette SATURDAY...NOVEMBER 11, 1876. OUR AGRICULTURAL CAPABILITY—OUR FUTURE PROJECTs, The wonderful stories we occasionally publish regarding the mammoth productions of the vegetable kingdom in our county, are no doubt received with many grains of allowance by our readers in the Northern and Eastern States. Their produlity has been so often played upon, that it is no wonder that they do not give a ready credence to every tale which reaches them in regard to the prodigality of bountiful Nature in this favored land of ours. Indeed, we occasionally print an item giving the size of some vegetable production, which even staggers old Californiaans, who are supposed to be somewhat familiar with such freaks of Mother Earth. For instance," Amigo," in his letter published yesterday, stated that he had seen, the day previous, cucumbers which measured seventeen inches in length by twelve inches in circumference. Our friend was shrewd enough to hedge in his veracity with indisputable proof of the truthfulness of his statement, and accordingly sent A PARADISE FOR SPORTSMEN. Those who have the inclination and means to indulge in hunting, can find no better country for the pursuit of their favorite pastime than that around Anaheim. And in urging the claims of Anaheim as a place of resort, perhaps we have not laid stress enough upon the facilities afforded for the pursuit of happiness with the rod and gun. And those who intend to come among us for the purpose of passing the few coming months, which are fasciously termed winter, would do well to bring their Martons with them; and, if a disciple of Walton, a rod and line should form a part of their outfit. A couple of hours travel from Anaheim towards the foot-hills will take the traveler into a country literally swarming with quail; and, as every one knows, no bird affords finer sport to the keen huntsman. Rabbitts can be found in even greater numbers than quail, if such a thing is possible. In a couple of hours travel from town in another direction—toward the seacoast—the hunter will find game of a different kind awaiting him. Ducks, geese, snippe and curlew will flutter around him in a most distracting way; and he is a poor shot indeed if he fails to return borne down by the weight of the feathered game. Statistics The following states county, as complete sessor's books, are furnished to the correspondent: Population of Los 30,000; area of land acres; of which 14,150 raising barley; while 415,950 bushels; corrucing 639,000 bushels of 1875 was about 2% year it is expected to least 10,000, mainly. The vintages occur which I propose here more detailed quantity of wine pans was 1,328,900 gallons 000 gallons were dislime. In 1875 there were trees in bearing conifer orange trees; the nut to be greatly increaseably doubled. Off products of the pound Qilye there were 2,110,100 walnut trees, 600; quince trees, 820 tons; sweet peach 27,200 pounds; tobacco (to be greatly increased wool, 2,034,828 pound honey, 571,230 pound mules, 1,000; horn Cashmere goats, 100 hives, 10,386. This is indeed a wonderful country. Tickle the earth with a hoe and it gives forth in abundance. There are yet unsold thousands of acres of tillable land in this county, every foot of which can, with intelligent cultivation, yield as abundantly as one could wish. There is plenty of land on which wheat can be raised profitably; in an ordinarily wet season, barley can be grown on almost every foot of soil in the county; it has passed into a proverb that the lands of Los Angeles county produce larger crops of corn than any other part of the known world; vegetables, as we have seen, grow with the most profuse prodigality; while for the cultivation of semi-tropical and northern fruits, our country is simply incomparable. The tropic banana and the Arctic apple grow side by side; the pineapple and peach grow and flourish with equal vitality. The drawbacks are a limited market, and the heavy expense incurred in getting produce to the limited market. The one thing needful is cheap and speedy transportation. When the transcontinental road is built, enabling us to send our surplus products—our fruits and cereals—to the densely populated States, our measure of prosperity will be full to overflowing. Instead of seeing our fruit lying rotting on the ground, it will be sent to the large cities of New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, etc., which will consume even the fabulous amount which will be matured by the time the road is built. Our barley and corn will be in demand in the mining regions EX-SENATOR MACLAY addressed a Republican meeting at the Rink in Los Angeles on Friday night, and thus referred to the fifty thousand dollar transaction with Governor Stanford: He said it was a very little thing in his estimation, but might be regarded as serious by those who were not fully aware of the facts. The assertion had been made by A. Cohen in his suit against Leeland Stanford, that $50,000 had been paid to me for my influence as Chairman of the Committee on Corporations. Mr. Cohen has since retracted this assertion but the retraction has not been so widely published as the allegation. The facts are these: Two years after leaving the State Senate, myself and others purchased the San Fernando ranch, there being at that time a mortgage of $40,000 hanging over it. The time of redemption was within two months of expiring when the purchase was made. I was in San Fernando at the time, and was telegraphed to come to San Francisco to see about it. I went to San Francisco and found I could not raise the necessary amount. I asked an extension of thirty days from the parties holding the mortgage, but they refused, saying, "The time of redemption expires at noon to-morrow. You have not the money to pay off the mortgage, and the property will be greatly increased lately doubled. The Los Nietos VIII following: The Democratic majority of at least this precinct. Let our can. Through the court Hayes, superintendent we visited, on Monday now being built over Washburn Crossing, be 14 feet wide and Mr. Hayes is determine the people have a great job according to The work was to haunt on the 1st instant, not be finished before week. We received from merton, this week, which weighed ten pounds measured eleven length and ten and circumference. This sample of a large仓 Hammerton without will be hard to beat. We learn that no damage upon the long rapidly harvested The corn which has which in a few while being hauled have been damaged it was cleansed of dirt. On Thursday morning heavy frost observes this valley. No day. Santa Ana We clip the foliage Valley News; As an evidence of its trial progress of our Ellis informs us that day, completed the difficult to the town blocks and another of Fruit's addition. Tustin City is detained outdone in the way Five houses have been within the last three several others are in institution. The congregation Church of this place val on Friday evening of raising funds for All are invited. Prof J. N. Hewesen Tustin City school, 1038 hives, 10,388 plental road is built, enabling us to send our surplus products—our fruits and cereals—to the densely populated States, our measure of prosperity will be full to overflowing. Instead of seeding our fruit lying rotting on the ground, it will be sent to the large cities of New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, etc., which will consume even the fabulous amount which will be matured by the time the road is built. Our barley and corn will be in demand in the mining regions and agriculturally barren country which future railroad developments will enable us to reach. This is a young county, and its development heretofore, in the face of every obstacle, has been marvellous in the extreme. We are on the eye of a great revolution in our transportation facilities, and we predict that but a short time will elapse we are bound by ties of steel to regions which will tax our utmost producing capacity to supply. A SOUND ARGUMENT. It is really amusing to read some of the arguments advanced by that small but noisy class of people who believe that an unlimited issue of greenbacks would prove a effolent salve for all the ill that now affect the body pollute. Mr. Cary, the candidate of the Greenback faction for Vice-President, recently delivered an oration in which he denounced the present monetary system of the country, and stated that one of the evil effects of such system was to make the rich live in affluence, and the poor in poverty! As thousands of miles intervene between Mr. Cary and the Gauger office, we do not feel the slightest hesitancy in pronouncing him a blastant humbug—a conspicuous specimen of the genus fool. He might have gone further and asserted that a resumption of special payments would inevitably lead to healthy people becoming strong and sick people becoming unwell. CREMATION.—The Duchy of Saxa Gothia has taken the lead In allowing cremation, and the town of Gothia has granted a site for the purpose. The German Society for the Introduction of Cremation has paid a sum of 15,000 marks to the town of Gothia to cover the necessary expenses for erecting a cremation apparatus. Strict regulations have been published by the police, ordering the examination by competent medical officers of all bodies to be buried so as to prevent cremation in all cases where the causes of death have not been properly ascertained. bodies sent from abroad are subject to the same or even more stringent rules. At first no corpses is to be burnt unless she deceased has expressed a wish to that effect, and his relatives have approved of it. ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, NOVEMBER 11, 1876. Statistics. The following statistics of Los Angeles county, as compiled from the Assessor's books, are of interest. They are furnished to the Rural Press by a correspondent: Population of Los Angeles county, 30,000; area of land cultivated, 65,000 acres; of which 14,100 were devoted to raising barley, which produced about 415,950 bushels; corn, 14,100 acres producing 639,000 bushels; the wheat crop of 1875 was about 20,000 bushels; this year it is expected to be increased by at least 10,000, mainly at San Fernando. The vintages occupy 6,000 acres, of which I propose hereafter to make a more detailed account. The total quantity of wine produced last year was 1,328,900 gallons; of brandy, 51,-000 gallons were distilled in the same time. In 1875 there were 6,900 lemon trees in bearing condition, and 38,700 orange trees; the number is expected to be greatly increased this year, probably doubled. Other resources and products of the county are as follows: Olive there were 2,170; almond trees, 1,100; walnut trees, 6,500; fig trees. 3,-600; quince trees, 1,425; plum, 300; castor beans, 199,000 bushels; peas, 8,200 tons; sweet peas, 1,070 tons; hops, 27,200 pounds; tobacco, 114,000 pounds (to be greatly increased this year); wool, 2,034,828 pounds; sheep, 508,707; honey, 571,239 pounds; horses, 10,000; mules, 1,000; horned cattle, 13,000; Cashmere goats, 100; hogs, 9,790; bee hives, 10,386. Slander. Twas but a breath—And yet the fair, good name was wilted; And friends once fond grew cold and stilted. And life grew worse than death. One venomed word. That struck its coward. poisoned blow. In craven whispers. hushed and low. And yet the wide world heard. Twas but one whisper—one. That muttered low. for very shame. The thing the slanderer dare not name— And yet its work was done. A hint so slight. And yet, so mighty in its power. A human soul in one short hour. Lies crushed beneath its light. A Veritable Salamander. Our English exchanges describe experiments with a fire-proof suit of clothes which would withstand the "burning fiery" furnace itself. Iron tells the story of the experiments in a lively style: Mr. Oersberg, a Swedish mechanician, claims to have invented, and Captain Abistrom, a compatriot, to have matured and fitted for practical use; the dress which will enable the wearer to dash with impunity into the fiercest fire for the purpose of saving life or property. At the cast end of the palace, between the circus and the banqueting hall, huge piles of old dried wood were heaped up, intersected by narrow avenues, and the wood was drenched with petroleum. The consequence was that the moment a light was applied to the pyre the whole blazed up with a flame so fierce, and sending forth a heat so intense that the thousands who had gathered around to witness the scene were forced to retire to a more respectful scene. A DISGRACEFUL SCENE. Miss Carey, the Actress, Knocked Down on the Stage by James A. Werne. A scene not on the bills and happily not before the public, but now unhappily forced before the public by its outrageous character, occurred on Sunday evening at the Academy of Music. It was the benefit night of Thomas Maguire, the lessee. There was a good house and a fair performance of "After Dark." Of late the houses had not been good, and some of the actors had claims on the treasury. Among the company in this embarrassing situation was Miss EleanorCarey,and before the curtain was rung up she insisted that a portion of the $400 due her for four weeks services should be paid her. The management acquiesced in her demand by giving her $100,and the play proceeded. It happened that an actor from the California Theatre was heartily applauded in the piece,and that Miss Carey's appearance was not so warmly noticed by palm adulation as was his. Miss Carey made her exit in due course of dramatic progression,and behind the scenes Joined her mother,the is her only escort and friend in the city,Miss Carey having only recently come to California from Australia. Thither also James A. Werne,the stage manager,r repaired,and in badinage that will not bear publication,that could not emanate from a manly or pure mind or flow from a decent mouth,hie hurled upon Miss Carey a torrent of disgusting taunts on the coldness of her reception,and her pretensions in claiming arrears of salary for her services.From the Downey City items. The Los Nietos Valley Courter has the following: The Democratic ticket will have a majority of at least three hundred in this precinct. Let others beat it if they can. Through the courtesy of Mr. Thomas Hayes, superintendent of construction, we visited, on Monday last, the bridge now being built over New River, at Washburn Crossing. The bridge is to be 14 feet wide and 245 feet long, and Mr. Hayes is determined to see that the people have a good and substantial job according to the specifications. The work was to have been completed on the 1st instant, but will probably not be finished before the end of next week. We received from Mr. H. W. Hammerton, this week, five ears of corn, which weighed ten pounds. Each ear measured eleven and a half inches in length and ten and a half inches in circumference. This crop is but a sample of a large corn raised by Mr. Hammerton without irrigation. It will be hard to beat. We learn that the late rain inflicted no damage upon the corn crop now being rapidly harvested in this valley. The corn which had been sacked and which in a few instances got wet while being hauled to the depot, may have been damaged slightly, otherwise it was cleansed of dust and dirt. On Thursday morning there was a heavy frost observable throughout this valley. No damage was done. Santa Ana items. We clip the following from the Valley News: As an evidence of the real substantial progress of our town, Mr. T. J. Ellis informs us that he, on last Monday, completed the survey of two additional towns. One of nine blocks and another of two—both north of Fruit's addition. Tustin City is determined not to be outdone in the way of improvements. Five houses have been completed within the last three or four weeks, and several others are in course of construction. The congregation of the Baptist Church of this place will give a festival on Friday evening for the purpose of raising funds for seating the church. All are invited. Prof. J. N. Hewes, principal of the Tustin City school, informs us that to have matured and lit up for practical use, the dress which will enable the wearer to dash with impunity into the fiercest fire for the purpose of saving life or property. At the cast end of the palace, between the circus and the banqueting hall, huge piles of old dried wood were heaped up, intersected by narrow avenues, and the wood was drenched with petroleum. The consequence was that the moment a light was applied to the pyre the whole blazed up with a flame so fierce, and sending forth a heat so intense, that the thousands who had gathered around to witness the scene wore forced to retire to a more respectful distance. The sun's rays, which had hitherto been inconveniently felt from above, were quite forgotten in the glow which now flamed up from below, and it really seemed as if there was malice in the tongues of fire that spat out at every current of passing air. Standing forty yards to the windward of this fierce fire the heat was all but intolerable, and even the firemen of the palace brigade, under the command of Captain Archer, the chief officer, were faint to give a wide berth to the burning center. Then it was that Captain Ahlstrom, clad in a dress not at all unlike that worn by Captain Boyton when he paddled himself across the straits of Dover, made his appearance on the scene. His costume consisted, so far as it was possible to ascertain, of an overcoat of fustian, covering an inner garment of wool and felt. Between the two skins—so to say—is a network of veins, through which are pumped continuous supplies of air and water; the main air tube before it reaches the body, being inclosed in a huge water tube, and by such means kept perfectly cool. The escape for the cool air is through crifces in front of the face, and the current so made forces back the flames, and leaves perfect breathing space. Assurance was given that the clothing itself is in no way chemically prepared, and is simply protected against the action of the flames by the torrents of water that pour over the man from head to foot. With the greatest possible nonchalance Captain Ahlstrom walked into and through the fiery furnace, not only free from discomfort but apparently with enjoyment. After spending about ten minutes in about the warmest climate it is possible to imagine, enveloped so at times as to be hidden by the flames, he carried out a chair which was on fire, sat coolly down upon it, ano, to the amusement and astonishment of the spectators smoked a cigar. A Special Pleader Is Worsted. The prisoner was accused of riding across one of the bridges in a gall faster than a walk, and the proof was that he galloped a paint mule over Houston-street bridge. He managed his own case. His Honor said: "I think I'll have to fine you, Johnusing." "May I ax yer a few questions?" "You may." "Isn't there a sign over dat bridge, warning people how dey must ride?" "There is, and that makes you all the more guilty." Miss Carey made her exit in due course of dramatic progression, and behind the scenes joined her mother, who is her only escort and friend in the city. Miss Carey having only recently come to California from Australia. Thither also James A. Herne, the stage manager, repaired, and in badage that will not bear publication, that could not emanate from a manly or pure mind or flow from a decent mouth, he hurled upon Miss Carey a torrent of disgusting taunts on the coldness of her reception, and her pretensions in claiming arrears of salary for her services. From the daughter to the mother, who interfered, Mr. Herne transferred his abuse, and Miss Carey, with a spirit not backed up by her physical strength, retaliated by clutching the cowardly assault by the throat. Mr. Herne then gave emphasis to his degrading billinggate by dealing the actress a vicious blow on the face with his clenched fist, resulting in a knock-down and swollen features. The row occurred on the stage, and some of the manly forms in the "wings," but not witnesses of the scene, thought proper to intervene. The excuse is offered that Mr. Herne was beside himself with liquor. A good deal of indignation has been expressed at his lustful construction of the relation between a man and a lady, but nothing further has come of the affair. Mr. Herne announces a benefit for Sunday night. A man so valiant as to bruise a defenseless lady has certainly the courage to crave a bumper house. The way He did it. The Chicago Tribune says: An almost miraculous cure is reported from Sheldon Street, the patient being the wife of a well-to-do citizen. She has for years been ailing, or thinking she was sailing, and recently took to her deathbed and kept her husband unhappy and lamenting that she was going to die. Yesterday her husband went out and got a buxom young widow, who is her particular abhorrence, to come in and look over the house. The dying woman heard him open doors and explaining things, and lay racked with indignation and curiosity. Presently the buxom young widow departed, and the husband returned to the sick-room. No sooner had he entered than she acosted him: "Peter Whitehead Hollingworth, what have you done?" Nothing my love, nothing. Don't excite yourself, be calm. Only as you were complaining that you couldn't get up to see after things, and that the house was going to wreck and ruin, I thought I'd ask Mrs. Dasher in to let me know what could be done to save you trouble and relieve your mind of anxiety? "Oh, you did!" she murmured with deep inspiration. Yes, and I showed her all over the house. And the beds not made, and everything like a pig-sty. Never mind my love. I told her she must excuse it, as you were sick because you were a very good housekeeper. And she said you must be." Tustin City is determined not to be outdone in the way of improvements. Five houses have been completed there within the last three or four weeks, and several others are in course of construction. The congregation of the Baptist Church of this place will give a festival on Friday evening for the purpose of raising funds for seating the church. All are invited. Prof. J. N. Howes, principal of the Tustin City school, informs us that there are 75 names enrolled on the register, and about 65 in daily attendance. J. W. Swanson informs us that frost nipped sweet potato vines on his place on last Monday night. Didn't Make a Cent, From the Detroit Free Press. An unknown man entered a hoslery store on Woodward avenue yesterday and asked to be shown a few socks." When he learned the price per pair of woolen ones he put them aside and said: "I guess I'll keep on wearing cotton ones. They say if you wear 'em right along through the winter your feet don't get cold." Some cotton socks were banded out, and he persuaded the dealer to drop from 20 to 15 cents per pair. Then he said: "I can buy the same kind as these in Toledo for 10 cents." "It doesn't seem possible," replied the dealer. "Will you swear it?" "I will. I'll make affidavit of the fact." The dealer told him to go around to a Justice, make the affidavit, and he should then have four pairs at 10 cents a pair. The stranger was as good as his word, and he chuckled and cackled over his shrewdness until the document was made out and he had been aworn. Then the Justice remarked. "A dollar is the fee." Something came over the stranger about that date. His knees wobbled a little and he swallowed as if something choked him. He handed over the dollar, walked out, and the four pair of socks are still left on the shelf. If the shrewd chap made any remarks to himself, he probably whispered: "Virtue is its own reward, and you are 150 pounds of foola." A Special Pleader Is Worsted. The prisoner was accused of riding across one of the bridges in a gait faster than a walk, and the proof was that he galloped a paint mule over Houston-street bridge. He managed his own case. His Honor said: "I think I'll have to fine you, Johnsing." "May I ax yer a few questions?" "You may." "Isn't there a sign over dat bridge, warning people how dey must ride?" "There is, and that makes you all the more guilty." "It does, does it? Now, Mr. Recorder, is dat sign what I has to go by? Is dat de law?" "It is." "Well, den, dat sign reads, 'Walk your horse or you will be fined.' Don't it—don't it Boss?'" "It does, Johnsing." "Well, the proof is, I was gallopin' a paint mule, wasn't it, Boss?" "Y-e-s, I believe so," replied his Honor, beginning to smell a rat. Now, if your Honor is willing to admit dat a paint mule isn't no boss, I'll rest the case beah, because you see de law is I shall walk my boss, and as it was a paint t mule, dat is fatal to de indictment. You is a lawyer and you ought to know dem pints most as well as myself." Recorder—Ahem! for the purpose of this suit, Johnsing, I'll regard that paint mule as a boss. Prisoner—Your Honor will please note my 'ception. I Jess wants to make one more pint. Allowin', for de sake of argument, dat a paint mule is a boss, de sign reads: "Walk your boss." Now, I has de witnesses here in court to prove dat paint mule hssn't my boss at all. De law say walk your boss. Recorder—I'll fine you ten dollars, Johnsing. And as Johnsing was conducted to the lockup he expressed great sympathy for the taxpayer, as he intended to bring suit for $100,000 damages for false imprisonment. He is now, however, at work on the streets. —San Antonio Herald. An old scamian, at a prayer-meeting in Dublin, in relating his experience, stated that when at sea in storms and tempests, he had often derived great comfort from that beautiful passage in Scripture: "Paint heart never won fair lady." GAZETTE 11. 1876. NO 4. GENERAL NEWS. The San Francisco mint is now paying $1.17 per ounce for doree bars. Bob Toombs rises to characterize the report that he has joined the church, a lie. Beecher thinks there should be more prayer and less brass-band music in the campaign. An Eastern paper says: "Mrs Lincoln is now quietly living with friends in California." So? A crowd gathered in Virginia City to see some dogs worry a rat which a man had in a trap. The man turned his rat loose and started around the corner. The crowd started too. The rat was a skunk. A Paris dispatch says that the Duke de Cazes declared officially before the Budget Committee that his Government intends to maintain an absolute neutrality in the event of complications in the East. Four brothers in Hawkins county, Tenn., married four sisters about thirty years ago, and now have 54 children, the average family being 13½. The progress of East Tennessee evidently does not depend upon immigration. There is published in Berlin the Journal of Cooks and Housemaids, in which housekeepers who lock up their butter and sugar, and inflict other indignities upon their servants, are held up to public obloquy by name. A large number of the subscribers of the paper have bound themselves not to enter the service of any woman who has been thus advertised three times during the year. An incident of the battlefield of Alexinata: A Russian officer lay dead, his right hand pressed on his breast, where the splinter of a shell had hit him, and grasping a piece of paper. A strong man, he appeared to have struggled long with death; his face, which had the unmistakable Russian type, being distorted from pain. It was with difficulty that the paper was removed from his hand. It was a letter without any date, in cursive writing, and from a child's hand. Translated it ran: "Dearest Father: Be good enough, dearest father, to come back from the war. Since you have been away mother weeps continually, and she dreams every night that thou liest dead under a tree. Come to us dear father, for mother has become so pale, and is always crying. I am very good, so that she may not cry still more, and when thou comest back will remain good, and never be naughty again. But thou must come soon, father, and must kiss mother that she may become red again, and also kiss thy little Minka." That word "usufruct" which Tilden used, is defined as "the right of using and enjoying the profits of a thing belonging to another, without impairing the substance." You can kiss a pretty girl's lips, under that head, but don't bite them. There are now 265 patients in the Napa Insane Asylum. Says the St. Helena Star: The rains did a considerable damage to Lawbelling as well as others. A large quantity of grapes he had picked and packed to load a refrigerator car East were Tenn., married four sisters about thirty years ago, and now have 54 children, the average family being 13½. The progress of East Tennessee evidently does not depend upon immigration. There is published in Berlin the Journal of Cooks and Housemaids, in which housekeepers who lock up their butter and sugar, and inflict other indignities upon their servants, are held up to public obloquy by name. A large number of the subscribers of the paper have bound themselves not to enter the service of any woman who has been thus advertised three times during the year. It's a remarkable story which is told in the Independent. That organ of the gospel and of advertisers, has heard of a mission church in Burmah where Bass' pale ale is used on the communion table. The popping of the corks and the fizzing of the ale, do not contribute it is said, to the solemnity of the occasion. William Black tells of a sailor who, on coming on deck in the English Channel on a voyage home from the Mediterranean and finding himself surrounded with driving sleet and fog and East winds, remarked, "Ha, this is weather as is weather; none o' your hanged blue skies." Charles McDonald, a sheep-herder in the employ of Dewey & Applegarth, whose range is about thirty miles west of Fresno, died Saturday morning from the effects of a bite from a rattlesnake. The St. Helena Star says that a merchant of that place has taken up the poplars around his store and replaced them with gums. The former shed their leaves just when they are not wanted and are found to breed vermin—the latter grow rapidly, are cleanly, give a pleasant smell and have a happy odor that restrains any animal from guawing them. The rain has interrupted the business of wine making somewhat this season, and has very probably so affected the grapes that a less quantity will be made in consequence. A lot of grapes was received at the cellar yesterday—the first that had come in since the storm—and they did not appear to be badly hurt.—Napa Register. The Stockton Herald acknowledges its error in saying the other day that the Centennial carried out the most valuable cargo ever taken from Stockton; and that Captain Brooks, of the tug Frolic, last Spring took away in the barge Commerce a cargo of 1,682 bales of wool, valued at $180,000—more than seven times the value of the Centennial's freight. The Santa Rosa Democrat of October 28th contributes this weather item: "The rain-storm blew out this morning after a fall of 435-100 inches from 10 A.M. of the 25th. Total for October, 6.20 inches. The ground will be in capital order for ploughing after a few days of dry weather. This insures the early grass. Already it is quite green on the mountain sides and pastures." The work of exterminating the squirrels and gophers goes on in Napa county, under the stimulus of the bounty law. The Justices of the Peace have the pleasure of counting the Minka." That word "usufruct" which Tilden used, is defined as "the right of using and enjoying the profits of a thing belonging to another, without impairing the substance." You can kiss a pretty girl's lips, under that head, but don't bite them. There are now 265 patients in the Napa Insane Asylum. Says the St. Helena Star: The rains did a considerable damage to Lawbelling as well as others. A large quantity of grapes he had picked and packed to load a refrigerator car East were found to be so much affected by wet as to burst open. Their shipment was, of course, abandoned, and they were sent to Mr. Weinberger's for syrup. One of the car loads of grapes sent from St. Helena to Philadelphia this Fall realized $2,200 in that city. Deducting $600 for freight, this left good pay for ten tons of grapes. Twenty-five thousand pounds of almonds have been gathered from Col. Hollister's almond orchard this year. The Colonel says that probably over 5,000 pounds have been destroyed by the squirrels, crows and other depredators.—Santa Barbara Press. San Diego Union: A sad accident occurred at Valle de las Viejas on Friday afternoon. Orville Bosserman, a boy twelve years of age, son of Samuel Bosserman, was accustomed to exercise on a swing, and, standing on a box, would turn the rope under the armpits, and throw himself with all his strength so as to make the swing rise to its greatest possible height. No one was present when the accident occurred. But it was evident that the rope had slipped from under his arms and caught him by the neck. He had been engaged in conversation with his mother not more than ten minutes before the accident was discovered. She called to him from the kitchen, and hearing no response, she went out and found him suspended by the neck and dead. Countess Hadich has been received as a Freemason in a Hungarian lodge under the Grand Orient of Hungary. The Countess is a highly educated lady and having studied and become well versed in Masonic literature she was regularly proposed and seconded in open lodge, balloted for, and in due course was duly initiated. The Grand Orient of Hungary, however, declared the initiation to be null and void, on the ground that a woman is disqualified from being a Freemason; and the curious question now arises whether, as the Countess was actually initiated, she can be refused admission to her lodge. The London Freemason is authority for the statement. An English or Irish gentleman, an amateur bull-fighter, killed two bulls in the presence of 10,000 people; a couple of weeks ago, at Barcelona. He was serenaded at night and gave his share of the proceeds of the fight to the hospital at Barcelona. A delegation of the citizens of the town of Winters, in Yolo county, where an American flag was torn down and destroyed by unknown parties few nights ago, called at this office The Santa Rosa Democrat of October 28th contributes this weather item: "The rain-storm blew out this morning after a fall of 4,35-100 inches from 10 A.M. of the 25th. Total for October, 6,20 inches. The ground will be in capital order for ploughing after a few days of dry weather. This insures the early grass. Already it is quite green on the mountain sides and pastures." The work of exterminating the squirrels and gophers goes on in Napa county, under the stimulus of the bounty law. The Justices of the Peace have the pleasure of counting the scalps. Justice Hartwell has counted something over 4,000 for Mr. Webster and about that number for Mr. Hoey, both adding installments of five or six hundred last Monday morning. The amount of money levied for the bounty fund this year is $5,400. Work on the unfinished portions of Lick avenue is progressing rapidly. The Smith creek bridge is now passable, the approaches having been filled in last week. The workmen, 75 in number, are now employed on the last section, near the summit of Mount Hamilton, and it is expected that the entire job will be finished before the heavy rains sets in. No Chinamen have been, or will be, employed.—San Jose Mercury. The Turkish Battle Hymn, of which the following is a portion, furnishes an excellent text for the horrible brutalities perpetrated by Turks in moments of victory: "Allah calls us! Allah invites! Alas! Up to the seventh heaven rises the vile odor and the insolence of the infidels. Allah calls! Allah invites! The bloody combat opens." To the conquerors, the Prophet will open the gates of Paradise. Allah is great! The corpses of our brethren will remain upon the field of carnage, that they may breathe pestilence, desolation and death into the camp of our enemies. Weep not for them! The avenging sword of the sons of the Prophet will slay by the side of each a hundred as a compensation for their death. Dead or alive, may their corpses or their weapons sow destruction and mourning in the infidel ranks! Weep not for them! Allah is great! The Christian crushed, our dead will inherit all the joys promised by the Prophet in his love for his people. To the combat! To carnage! Allah calls us! Allah invites!!" An English or Irish gentleman, an amateur bull-fighter, killed two bulls in the presence of 10,000 people, a couple of weeks ago, at Barcelona. He was serenaded at night and gave his share of the proceeds of the fight to the hospital at Barcelona. A delegation of the citizens of the town of Winters, in Yolo county, where an American flag was torn down and destroyed by unknown parties a few nights ago, called at this office last evening and exhibited a paper signed by a great number of the citizens of Winters denouncing the outrage. The committee say that the residents of the town, of both parties, disclaim any knowledge of the perpetrators, or any sympathy with their act.—Sae. Record-Union. Francis Thompson, the notorious negro who for years figured as a woman and imposed on the Congressional Committee in connection with the riots in 1866, died at the hospital in Memphis recently, after a long illness. The company of a San Francisco variety theater intended to take the remains of a comrade from the hospital in which he died and bury them, but they got the wrong body, and made a touching demonstration over a Mexican horse thief. A correspondent of the Rural Press, writing from Napa county says: The leading interest of St. Helena is the product of the vine. We have 17 dollars in the immediate vicinity of St. Helena, and it has been estimated that they will make at least 800,000 gallons of wine this season. This estimate still left a large quantity unprovided for. Those having varieties suitable for converting into raisins have sent them to the drivers or spread them out in the sun. The latter have been more or less damaged by the late raisins. It has been suggested that drying floors be made on sloping ground and canvass coverings provided to be spread on frames; the coverings to be removed or replaced by means of rollers. This plan, it is thought, will insure a fine article as they easily can be removed every night from the blanching effects of the dew. Some plan of this kind will have to be adopted, unless cheaper drilers are introduced than are now in use.