anaheim-gazette 1876-12-30

ANAHEIM VOL. VII. Anaheim Gazette SATURDAY...DECEMBER 30, 1878. Anahaim's Last Opportunities. Eds. GAZETTE:—A few years ago, when the writer came to this place, Anaheim was an incorporated city; but owing to feelings of jealousy, and lack of co-operation among its citizens, and perhaps the enmity of some of the people of Los Angeles, the law which granted it a charter was repealed. By this means Anaheim lost an opportunity to make any improvements of a public nature, such as repairing streets, constructing sidewalks, etc., etc. Anahaim progressed some. The surrounding country began to fill up with settlers; crops were pretty good; the merchants of Anaheim did an enormous business, but seemed to desire to get all they could and to keep all they got. The people seemed to expect that Anaheim would continue to be the most influential place in the southern part of the county without their making any effort. The most disagreeable portion of any road leading into Anaheim is that part within The Reign of Santa Claus. The following sparkling letter from Mr. Allis reached us too late for timely insertion, but the genial, happy vein in which it is written would make it pleasant and agreeable reading at any time: SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21. The children's happy season has come. Their patron saint, if one may speak of a saint as doing such a thing, has ascended his throne, and has begun his annual duty and pleasure as dispenser of royal favors. The weather is delightful; the air balmy and clear. Everybody is happy, and one great matter absorbs all hearts and controls all thoughts. The stores wherein the snowy monarch of the north pole has deposited the results of the year's labor of his minions in the toys, and games, and books, and precious things his workshop has produced, are crowded with doting papas, loving mammas, thoughtful uncles, faithful aunts, with grand-mothers, grandfathers, cousins, lovers and friends, innumerable. They are all thinking of their dear ones, and are all planning to get the most and the best possible from the vast array of Santa Claus' handiwork, so as to Anahelm progressed some. The surrounding country began to fill up with settlers; crops were pretty good; the merchants of Anahelm did an enormous business, but seemed to desire to get all they could and to keep all they got. The people seemed to expect that Anahhelm would continue to be the most influential place in the southern part of the county without their making any effort. The most disagreeable portion of any road leading into Anahelm is that part within the city limits, and so it has been for years, summer and winter the same, and no determined effort has been made toward improvement. Then came a determined effort on the part of a few to increase the facilities for ocean communication by the building of a wharf. No united effort was made. From some there was open and decided opposition. Too much was expected from soulless corporations, and not enough from individual energy and plack. The project failed miserably, and Anahhelm received such a blow that she will have to work for years and expend three times the amount of money necessary to build a wharf before she recovers from it. This is another lost opportunity. When the railroad was built, instead of having the depot near the centre of town, it is a mile from it. How much damage this will cause, time only will show. One remedy for this server is to build a street railroad through the town from the depot. The piles of brick surrounding the site for the grand hotel are monuments erected over another lost opportunity. But now it seems as if the prospects would brighten. A new charter has been obtained, and if all work together with energy and determination a new era of prosperity may dawn upon it, but much work must be done to accomplish this. The streets must be turnplked and macadamized; miles of plank sidewalk must be built; a wharf must be built immediately, or Santa Ana will build another bridge across the river, put another vessel on the route between Newport and San Francisco, and become the center in point of numbers, size, wealth and influence of the new county, which we all hope to see organized during the next session of the Legislature. One word about the wharf and I am done. If the people of Anahelm really want the wharf and expect aid from the other places, they must first raise two-thirds of the desired capital among themselves before they can expect any assistance from other locali- arch of the north pole has deposited the results of the year's labor of his minions in the toys, and games, and books, and precious things his workshop has produced, are crowded with doting papas, loving mammas, thoughtful uncles, faithful aunts, with grand-mothers, grandfathers, cousins, lovers and friends, innumerable. They are all thinking of their dear ones, and are all planning to get the most and the best possible from the vast array of Santa Claus' handiwork, so as to show the dear ones how full their heart is of affection, and how earnestly they wish the children to be happy. Not all the givers are old folks, for the boys and girls love their friends, and find quite as much joy in filling papa's and mamma's stockings as in emptying their own. The fever runs through all veins; all hearts beat warmly and rapidly these Christmas seasons. The Postoffice and the Express Company are crowded with mysterious parcels, done up in all kinds of coverings, and appearing in shapes innumerable, and quite incomprehensible. When the person, whose name they bear, cuts the cord, or lifts the cover of the strange box, from out that weird shape will come beauty and joy; for that queer package contains not only a pretty gift but has as its most precious treasure a part of the heart of the loving one who prepared it. Those strange wrappings of twine and cord, those tangled knots, those crooked nails driven by inexperienced hands, that box cover fitting so clumsily—have a beauty all their own. Every mark reveals a tender heart; the coarse wrappings become a precious casket, for all their roughness tells of love. The Sunday schools are making ready a delightful festival for the children, or anticipating the time, have already done the deed. Christmas trees have been prepared, Santa Claus houses have been erected, the main architectural feature of which is the great red brick chimney, adown which, in full sight of the assembled group of wondering and waiting juveniles, the fur-coated and snow-covered Santa Claus descends with his huge load of attractive and pleasure-giving articles. To see staid men and matronly women enter so heartily into such an entertainment, is a sign of good times, a sign that the people are not all dried up with care and toil; that all their freshness and vivacity has not been crushed out by the burdens of life. The freedom with which these pleasures are provided shows that our age is into the city, to health. The win these off, and wrains to do the saffron. The late appearance at the city unusually live on the hills there is a great deal of fever in various thing looks fawning which we take care of. If any of your Francisco long they will find a way to the Cliff House very fine routes-smooth road from the other is throttle Park. This latter ant, indeed;—which winds amid Park. The Park out in broad lawns. Trees which, though still time present a drive by the dire fine view of the ocean for quick way. One can sing for the Gate. birds majestically something precarious At times, the pre-ward, and the deep distant Islands beyond the bring Cliff House, at le beach on which o On,the land side inspiring being sand hills; but in ocean is always winds increase more mighty grandeur and rising of the thinning as its distinctive shape at the top tumbles toward confusion—presence one can hardly The attraction in the wave touching one point, and, quicker than length of the beast ocean was thrown around the cart her in an energy has called them dash upon their mane," but to the curls of a nauseative should laughter, or wipe the route between Newport and San Francisco, and become the center in point of numbers, size, wealth and influence of the new county, which we all hope to see organized during the next session of the Legislature. One word about the wharf and I am done. If the people of Anaheim really want the wharf and expect aid from the other places, they must first raise two-thirds of the desired capital among themselves before they can expect any assistance from other localities. The writer is a well-wisher of Anaheim, but if she fails to improve the present opportunity, she will sink into insignificance and be outstripped by several of her more energetic neighbors. A word to the wise is sufficient. H. D. C. NEW PATENTS.—Through Dewey & Company, Patent Agents, San Francisco, we receive the following advance list of United States patents granted Pacific Coast inventors, viz.: Elizabeth W T Keeny, San Francisco, traveling satchels; G W Cranston, S. F., apparatus for hydraulic mining; C Oremer, Red Bluff, Cal., farm fences; David Harris, S. F., machines for stitching mattresses; D Harris, S. F., machines for stitching mattresses; Richard Hoskin, Dutch Flat, section jointed nozzles; Jos. O. Johnson, Salinas City, Cal., feed racks for horses; Alfred H. Marshall and Geo. W. Marshall, Lower Lake, Cal., oil can and faucets; G. B. H. Miller, Oregon City, Ogn., thrashing machines; Hiland Moose, S. F., settees; W. T. Garrat, S. F., oil cups; Hiland G. Halburd, Placerville, Cal., manufacturer of solid wire; Fayette W Knapp and Christopher Schalborn, Fiddletown, Cal., safety guard or cock-oes for harness. Garnier, the billiardist, has scored a divorce from his wife after an alleged rather brilliant run by her with another fellow. In Norwalk, Conn., recently, a Dr. Many was married to a Miss Clock. Many pens might be perpetrated on this marriage, but we shalliamas the subject with the hope that this one Clock, having been converted into Many, will never "run down" nor "strike" her husband. wondering and waiting juveniles, the fur-coated and snow-covered Santa Claus descends with his huge load of attractive and pleasure-giving articles. To see staid men and matronly women enter so heartily into such an entertainment, is a sign of good times, a sign that the people are not all dried up with care and toil; that all their freshness and vivacity has not been crushed out by the burdens of life. The freedom with which these pleasures are provided shows that our age is not entirely sodded or selfish. Among the children is the place where old men may renew their youth, and where those growing prematurely grey may stop the ravages of time, and while years go on, and the body feels the burden of age, the heart may be kept blithe and cheery. The songs of childhood are sweet. They are like the carols of birds in the Spring-time, as they flit among the flowers. The hymns of mature years come with the grand swell of a diapson note, as when a stream, now grown to be a mighty river, falls with heavy voice over some huge precipice. But the tender and gentle music which touches the soul most deeply, is when age mingles its voice with childhood; and though it comes in broken, tremulous tones, it is full of peculiar sweetness, for it is but the effort of the soul, after the long and arduous experience of life, attempting to return to its beginning—to sing again the old songs, like which all the round of life had failed to produce. Then let the young and old together shout, "Hall Old Santa Claus!" You are welcome indeed, and we gladly crown you King of our festivities, for under your benign and happy away the old become young again, and as children together we all taste some of the purest joys of life, as we gladly minister to our little ones the portion we have received from them. Hall, then, Saint and King! and to all thy happy followers, a merry Christmas! J. M. A. THE MURMURING SEA. View from the Cliff House—A Pen Picture of Old Ocean. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 19. EDS. GAZETTE:—San Francisco people are beginning to sympathize with those of the rural districts in the delay of rain. This time of year is free from the usual strong winds off the sea, and the city is not so thoroughly ventilated as in the summer months. Besides this, the long absence of rain has led to an accumulation in our streets and sewers. We need very much a heavy fall of rain to wash out both, and to purify the air, and to save us from the sewer gases which come into the city, to the great injury of health. The wind in summer carries these off, and we depend upon the rains to do the same thing in winter. The late appearance of rain has made the city unusually sickly. Those who live on the hills are more fortunate, but there is a great deal of diphtheria and of fever in various localities. Everything looks favorable for rain, for which we take courage and wait. If any of your readers are in San Francisco long enough at any time, Kleinigkeiten. From Saturday's Daily. The father of Gen. Longstreet is visiting Los Angeles. The hotel at East Los Angeles was totally destroyed by fire on Thursday morning. In the case of Mrs. Marie Castoreny, before Justice Bailey yesterday, a change of venue was granted, and the trial was postponed until Thursday. The Martha Washington tea party at Orange on Thursday evening passed off very pleasantly. Several parties from Anaheim were present. The shipments from the depot this morning were as follows: 1 pipe wine, 10 dry hides, 1 sewing machine, 2 cases hh goods, 1 bbl, 2 kegs wine, 1 empty beer keg, 1 tool chest. The funeral of Mrs. M. L. Wicks will take place from the house on Sunday morning, starting in time to reach the Los Angeles train, which leaves the depot at 7 o'clock, San Francisco time. Examinations were held in the public schools on Thursday and Friday. There was no special preparation made for examination, yet the Information is wanted of a young man named Henry Hall Stanley, by his father, who writes from Quebec, concerning the whereabouts of his son. The young man concerning whom inquiry is made was last heard of as residing at Anaheim Landing. Information may be left with Postmaster Bent, of Los Angeles. We clip from the Mirror the following resolutions, passed at the last session of the District Council, I. O. G. T.: Resolved. That this District Lodge endorse the Good Templars' Platform as adopted at the last session of our Grand Lodge. Resolved. That this District Lodge recognize the necessity of the formation of a political prohibition party upon the principles set forth in the platform above mentioned, and to this end we appoint the following named gentlemen as the County Central Committee, and request them to proceed at once to thorough organization: Los Angeles—Will D. Gould, W. W. Robinson, Jesse Yarnell, J. S. Frye and G. W. Witherhorn; Anaheim, A. C. Nixon; Azusa, J. S. Davis; Pasadana, I. N. Mundell; Compton, B. H. Twombly, Henry Yont, and J. E. McComas; Santa Ana, T. J. Ellis; Pomona, L. M. Holt; Downey City, T. S. Fisher and B. Bridges; Wilmington, Capt. Polhemus; Santa Monica, Rev. Adam Bland; Fountain Valley, Will S. Meecham and C. Harvey; Westminster, S. H. Butterfield; Orange, J. W. Anderson; Florence, M. Serrott; Artesia, Winchester Gillette; San For- into the city, to the great injury of health. The wind in summer carries these off, and we depend upon the rains to do the same thing in winter. The late appearance of rain has made the city unusually sickly. Those who live on the hills are more fortunate, but there is a great deal of diphtheria and of fever in various localities. Everything looks favorable for rain, for which we take courage and wait. If any of your readers are in San Francisco long enough at any time, they will find a very pleasant trip out to the Cliff House. There are two very fine routes—one over a straight, smooth road from Geary street, direct; the other is through the Golden City Park. This latter route is very pleasant, indeed; especially the part which winds among the hills of the Park. The Park itself is well laid-out in broad drives amid sodded lawns. Trees have been set out, which, though small now, will in due time present a fine appearance. The drive by the direct road gives one a fine view of the Golden Gate and of the ocean for quite a long part of the way. One can see the vessels all making for the Gate. They look like huge birds majestically sailing hither with something precious in their charge. At times, the prows are turned westward, and the destination is either the distant Islands or the Continent beyond the briny deep. Below the Cliff House, at low tide, is a fine, hard beach, on which one can drive for miles. On the land side the view is not very inspiring, being made up of irregular sand hills; but in calmest weather the ocean is always beautiful. As winds increase and the swell grows more mighty, the scene grows in grandeur and beauty. The gentle rising of the wave—its gradual thinning as the crest assumes its distinctive shape, then the gradual curl at the top, until the whole tumbles toward you in blended, foamy confusion—presents a scene from which one can hardly withdraw the eyes. The attraction is enhanced as one sees the wave touch the uneven shore at one point, and, with a speed almost quicker than thought, race the whole length of the beach. It seems as if the ocean was throwing its watery arms around the earth, and would envelope her in an energetic grasp. Some one has called the foamy waves, as they dash upon the shore, "Old ocean's mane," but to me they seemed like the curls of a maiden fair, falling over sensitive shoulders; and shaking with laughter, or with the witchery of that The funeral of Mrs. M. L. Wicks will take place from the house on Sunday morning, starting in time to reach the Los Angeles train, which leaves the depot at 7 o'clock, San Francisco time. Examinations were held in the public schools on Thursday and Friday. There was no special preparation made for examination, yet the pupils acquitted themselves very creditably. Our schools are in a flourishing condition and will compare favorably in scholarship and attendance with any in the country. The schools closed yesterday afternoon for the Christmas holidays. They will open on Monday, January 8th, 1877. Rarely has a death occurred more truly sad to contemplate, than that of Mrs. M. L. Wicks, which we chronicle to-day. A lovely amiable and accomplished lady, possessed of far more than ordinary attractions of mind, not long married and but recently the happy mother of her first child, she was cut off while just budding into true womanhood; was checked, as it were, on the threshold of life. At this joyous season, we believe we speak the sentiments of all alike when we tender our sincere and heartfelt sympathy to the lonely mourner in his desolate home. Death, sad at any time, is indeed awful in such a case as this. From Sunday's Daily. At the Planters' Hotel rattle on Friday evening, one man won four turkeys. Mossrs. Classen & Bennerschied have fitted up the Mechanic's saloon in first-class style. The stores were thronged, yesterday, with people buying Christmas gifts. Two saddle horses were stolen last night from in front of Goodman & Rimpaul's store. Mr. W. R. Olden, who has been quite sick for the last week, was reported yesterday to be improving. Roadmaster Shelly has 600 yards of the Landing road graded. He has sixteen horses and eleven men employed. The cost to the county of the several trials of McDonald, the wife murderer, amounts to over seven thousand dollars. The Public School in Silver District just opened and will not put any goods, 1 bbl, 2 kegs wine, 1 empty beer keg, 1 tool chest. The funeral of Mrs. M. L. Wicks will take place from the house on Sunday morning, starting in time to reach the Los Angeles train, which leaves the depot at 7 o'clock, San Francisco time. Examinations were held in the public schools on Thursday and Friday. There was no special preparation made for examination, yet the pupils acquitted themselves very creditably. Our schools are in a flourishing condition and will compare favorably in scholarship and attendance with any in the country. The schools closed yesterday afternoon for the Christmas holidays. They will open on Monday, January 8th, 1877. Rarely has a death occurred more truly sad to contemplate, than that of Mrs. M. L. Wicks, which we chronicle to-day. A lovely amiable and accomplished lady, possessed of far more than ordinary attractions of mind, not long married and but recently the happy mother of her first child, she was cut off while just budding into true womanhood; was checked, as it were, on the threshold of life. At this joyous season, we believe we speak the sentiments of all alike when we tender our sincere and heartfelt sympathy to the lonely mourner in his desolate home. Death, sad at any time, is indeed awful in such a case as this. From Sunday's Daily. At the Planters' Hotel rattle on Friday evening, one man won four turkeys. Mossrs. Classen & Bennerschied have fitted up the Mechanic's saloon in first-class style. The stores were thronged, yesterday, with people buying Christmas gifts. Two saddle horses were stolen last night from in front of Goodman & Rimpaul's store. Mr. W. R. Olden, who has been quite sick for the last week, was reported yesterday to be improving. Roadmaster Shelly has 600 yards of the Landing road graded. He has sixteen horses and eleven men employed. The cost to the county of the several trials of McDonald, the wife murderer, amounts to over seven thousand dollars. The Public School in Silver District just opened and will not put any goods, 1 bbl, 2 kegs wine, 1 empty beer keg, 1 tool chest. The funeral of Mrs. M. L. Wicks will take place from the house on Sunday morning, starting in time to reach the Los Angeles train, which leaves the depot at 7 o'clock, San Francisco time. Examinations were held in the public schools on Thursday and Friday. There was no special preparation made for examination, yet the pupils acquitted themselves very creditably. Our schools are in a flourishing condition and will compare favorably in scholarship and attendance with any in the country. The schools closed yesterday afternoon for the Christmas holidays. They will open on Monday, January 8th, 1877. Rarely has a death occurred more truly sad to contemplate, than that of Mrs. M. L. Wicks, which we chronicle to-day. A lovely amiable and accomplished lady, possessed of far more than ordinary attractions of mind, not long married and but recently the happy mother of her first child, she was cut off while just budding into true womanhood; was checked, as it were, on the threshold of life. At this joyous season, we believe we speak the sentiments of all alike when we tender our sincere and heartfelt sympathy to the lonely mourner in his desolate home. Death, sad at any time, is indeed awful in such a case as this. From Sunday's Daily. At the Planters' Hotel rattle on Friday evening, one man won four turkeys. Mossrs. Classen & Bennerschied have fitted up the Mechanic's saloon in first-class style. The stores were thronged, yesterday, with people buying Christmas gifts. Two saddle horses were stolen last night from in front of Goodman & Rimpaul's store. Mr. W. R. Olden, who has been quite sick for the last week, was reported yesterday to be improving. Roadmaster Shelly has 600 yards of the Landing road graded. He has sixteen horses and eleven men employed. The cost to the county of the several trials of McDonald, the wife murderer, amounts to over seven thousand dollars. The Public School in Silver District just opened and will not put any goods, 1 bbl, 2 kegs wine, 1 empty beer keg, 1 tool chest. The funeral of Mrs. M. L. Wicks will take place from the house on Sunday morning, starting in time to reach the Los Angeles train, which leaves the depot at 7 o'clock, San Francisco time. Examinations were held in the public schools on Thursday and Friday. There was no special preparation made for examination, yet the pupils acquitted themselves very creditably. Our schools are in a flourishing condition and will compare favorably in scholarship and attendance with any in the country. The schools closed yesterday afternoon for the Christmas holidays. They will open on Monday, January 8th, 1877. Rarely has a death occurred more truly sad to contemplate, than that of Mrs. M. L. Wicks, which we chronicle to-day. A lovely amiable and accomplished lady， possessed of far more than ordinary attractions of mind，not long married and but recently the happy mother of her first child，she was cut off while just budding into true womanhood；was checked，as it were，on the threshold of life。At this joyous season，we believe we speak the sentiments of all alike when we tender our sincere and heartfelt sympathy to the lonely mourner in his desolate home。Death，sad at any time，is indeed awful in such a case as this。 From Sunday's Daily. At the Planters' Hotel rattle on Friday evening，one man won four turkeys. Mossrs. Classen & Bennerschied have fitted up the Mechanic's saloon in first-class style. The stores were thronged， yesterday，with people buying Christmas gifts. Two saddle horses were stolen last night from in front of Goodman & Rimpaul's store. Mr. W.R.Olden，who has been quite sick forthe last week，was reported yesterday to be improving. Roadmaster Shelly has 600 yards ofthe Landing road graded.Measlesandelemenemployed. The cost tothecountyoftheseveraltrialsofMcDonald,thewifemurdereramountstooverseven thousanddollars. ThePublicSchoolinSilverDistrictjustopenedandwillnotputanygoods1bbl2kegswine1emptybeergekewithintheorthoroughorganization: LosAngeles-WillD.Gould.W.W.RobinsonJesseYarnell.J.S.FryeandG.W.Witherhorn;Annaheim,A.C.Nixon;Azusa.J.S.Davis;Pasadana.I.N.Mundell;Compton.B.H.Twombly,HenryYont,andJ.E.McComas;SantaAna,T.J.Ellis;Pomona,L.M.Holt:DowneyCity,T.S.FisherandB.Bridges;Wilmington,Capt.Polhemus;SantaMonica,RevAdamBland;FountainValley;WillS.MeechamandC.Harvey;Westminster,S.H.Butterfield;Orange.J.W Anderson;Florence,M.Serrott;ArtesiaWinchesterGillette;SanFernando,Geno.N.Lockwood. ResolvedThatthisCommitteebequestedattheearliestpossibletime,tocalmassconventionofthetemperancepeopleofthecounty. DowneyCityItems. TheLosNietosValloyCourierhasthefollowing: Mr.G.H.Kallogg，ofAnaheim，是theagentforthissectionofcountryofthatjustlypopularSanFranciscocommissionhouse，J.W.GaleandCo.The firmisnotedforitsfairandliberaltreatmentofitspairons. We sawuponthestreets,thelastSaturday,amonstercow,theSr.Wenchayam,theWidowchains,theSnowcalves—oncetripletsandtwicetwins. TherailroadcompanyhaveorderedanextensiontobuilttotheirbridgeoverNewRiver,andthematerialismnowupontheground.Duringtheheavyrainslastyeartherivercutintothebankonthefurtherside,andithasbeendemednecessaryto pileashortdistancetopreventpreventanytrouble. Thelargebuildingintendedfordark-curingestablishmentisnearlycompleted.ThehugeCauldronhasbeenorderedfromSanFrancisco,anditisprobablethatbuswillnotbeupontheground.Duringtheheavyrainslastyeartherivercutintothebankonthefurtherside,andithasbeendemednecessaryto pileashortdistancetopreventpreventanytrouble. AnOddPetition. AtacrecentchurchreunionInPhiladelphia,a MemorialwasreaddatedAugust0，1795,prayingtheauthoritiesofthatcitytopermitthememorialists,a religiouscongregation,tomaintainironchainsinfrontoftheplaceofworship.inorderthattheymightnotbefurtdubbedbyvehiclesandhorsemenItwascustomarylessthanacountryagoinsomeinstancestoclosethestreettrafficinfrontofchurchesduringdivineservice,sothiptetitionwasbothnaturalandreasonable.Thesecomingoddyofsucharequest.asreadto-day.showshowfaroncepitiedrecommendation: LosAngeles-WillD.Gould.W.W.RobinsonJesseYarnell.J.S.FryeandG.W.Witherhorn;Annaheim,A.C.Nixon;Azusa.J.S.Davis;Pasadana.I.N.Mundell;Compton.B.H.Twombly,HenryYont,andJ.E.McComas;SantaAna,T.J.Ellis;Pomona,L.M.Holt:DowneyCity,T.S.FisherandB.Bridges;Wilmington,Capt.Polhemus;SantaMonica,RevAdamBland;FountainValley;WillS.MeechamandC.Harvey;Westminster,S.H.Butterfield;Orange.J.W Anderson;Florence,M.Serrott;ArtesiaWinchesterGillette;SanFernando,Geno.N.Lockwood. ResolvedThatthisCommitteebequestedattheearliestpossibletime,tocalmassconventionofthetemperancepeopleofthecounty. AnOddPetition. AtacrecentchurchreunionInPhiladelphia,a MemorialwasreaddatedAugust0，1795,prayingtheauthoritiesofthatcitytopermitthememorialists,a religiouscongregation,tomaintainironchainsinfrontoftheplaceofworship.inorderthattheymightnotbefurtdubbedbyvehicles和horsemenItwascustomarylessthanacountryagoinsomeinstancestoclosethestreettrafficinfrontofchurchesduringdivineservice,sothiptetitionwasbothnaturalandreasonable.Thesecomingoddyofsucharequest.asreadto-day.showshowfaroncepitiedrecommendation: the wave touch the uneven shore at one point, and, with a speed almost quicker than thought, race the whole length of the beach. It seems as if the ocean was throwing its watery arms around the earth, and would envelope her in an energetic grasp. Some one has called the foamy waves, as they dash upon the shore, "Old ocean's mane," but to me they seemed like the curls of a maiden fair, falling over sensitive shoulders; and shaking with laughter, or with the witchery of that young life, they give to one beautiful pictures of the poetry of motion. So the waves are more lovely than the simile of the mane conveys. It seems as if the ocean was alive, and flung her waves in utter disdain upon the earth, as a young girl casts her curls behind her, as she turns from some admiring swain for whom she has no care. The broad expanse of the Pacific, as one looks out toward Asia, fills one's heart with a kind of awe. This, and the sky overarching all, filled with strangely formed clouds, tells in sublime language of a Being, great and powerful, who has made it all. As we turned homeward the setting sun from behind a dark cloud tinted its edges with gold, and changed all the leaden hues of the sky to softer shades, and cast over every fantastic shape, which the evening mists had a sumed, a halo of glory. Thus the busy day passed into night and its last moments were filled with brightness. So may the day of every human life, as it ends on the shore or eternity, be brightened with hopes, be beautified by reflections, the origin of which is in heaven. For only thus can one with calmness meet the shadows which seem to hover about what to some is a dark and dreary night. I enjoyed my trip so greatly to this glimpse of the sea, that I felt I must share it with your readers who have never been so greatly favored. J. M. A. Mr. W. R. Olden, who has been quite sick for the last week, was reported yesterday to be improving. Readmaster Shelly has 600 yards of the Landing road graded. He has sixteen horses and eleven men employed. The cost to the county of the several trials of McDonald, the wife murderer, amounts to over seven thousand dollars. The Public School in Silver District, has just closed, and will not reopen until May, owing to a want of funds. The following freight was shipped from the depot this morning: 1 empty box, 2 boxes glass, 2 sacks, 1 half sack salt, 1 bunch shingles, 1 empty gasoline tank. Quite an exciting foot-race took place yesterday near Langenberger's store. Four horses and some other personal property was wagered on the result. The race, eighty yards, was run in nine and one-half seconds. The stable of J. W. Anderson, of Orange, was destroyed by fire on Friday night. Two horses, four tons of hay, two plows and some harness were burned. The fire caught from some sparks from a burning straw stack near by. One hundred and eighty-two votes were polled in the election yesterday. The vote was as follows: FOR TRUSTEES. Langenberger.....145 Yocum.....111 Fischer.....100 Heimann.....130 Boege.....129 Bitther.....70 Hardin.....83 FOR TREASURER. Rimpan.....174 FOR ASSESSOR. Miles.....78 Austin.....58 Steinhart.....40 FOR MARSHAL. Wartenberg.....82 Payne.....62 Nebelung.....34 At a recent church reunion in Philadelphia, a memorial was read dated August 6, 1795, praying the authorities of that city to permit the memorialists, a religious congregation, to maintain iron chains in front of their place of worship, in order that they might not be disturbed by vehicles and horsemen. It was customary less than a century ago in some instances to close the street to traffic in front of churches during divine service, so this petition was both natural and reasonable. The seeming oddity of such a request, as read to-day, shows how far we have departed from the customs of our forefathers in the direction of secularizing the law. A religious congregation of our period has about the same rights under the laws that are enjoyed by a mining corporation or a pigeon-shooting club. The San Francisco Call says: In response to numerous inquiries as to the relative majorities for Hayes or Tilden in different States, we print below the majorities for each as far as we have seen them officially reported: FOR TILDES. Alabama.....34,589 Arkansas.....19,414 Connecticut.....2,988 Louisiana.....59,228 Delaware.....2,666 Kansas.....40,436 Georgia.....81,181 Maine.....16,628 Indiana.....5,415 Mississippi .....41,103 Kentucky.....62,030 Michigan.....23,439 Maryland.....19,800 Minnesota.....24,163 Mississippi (about 30,000) Nebraska .....18,396 Missouri .....58,248 New Hampshire .....3,073 New Jersey .....12,445 Nevada .....1,089 New York .....33,065 Ohio .....7,516 North Carolina .....16,178 Oregon .....1,100 Tennessee .....43,800 Pennsylvania .....17,944 Texas (about] .....80,000 Rhode Island .....5,075 Virginia .....43,882 Vermont .....23,837 West Virginia .....13,757 Wisconsin .....6,141 These majorities are simply on the vote between Hayes and Tilden, and do not include Colorado, which chooses Electors by the Legislature, nor Florida, Louisiana or South Carolina, which are in dispute. Jane Grey Swisshelm writes from Leipsic: "The double-floors, which are universal here, ought to be so with us; for the space between is filled with ashes; so, with thick partition walls; it is next to impossible to burn a house down. I am told they have no fire engines in Germany; and do not fight fire with water; but with ashes; clay; sand; old mats and axes. There has not been a fire alarm in Leipsic since we came to it; which was on the 27th of last April." GAZETTE NO. 11 Wool. The San Francisco Commercial Herald has the following: A review of the Wool trade of California for the past year is necessarily to some extent a history of the trade throughout the country for that period. Our clip has become of such importance to the dealer and manufacturer that San Francisco is now admitted to be the market which regulates the prices for Wools grown elsewhere, whether foreign or domestic. A brisk demand and an active competition carries the price of the staple up to the extreme limit that buyers can afford to pay for it, and our farmers are always assured of a ready market at its full value. The Spring clip showed a good deal of scabby and deceased Wool, but was in the main well grown and in light condition; it was sold off readily within the range of ten to twenty cents as extremes, which was a full, if not a satisfactory price, when we consider the dullness and stagnation in Wool and woolens, the frequent failures of manufacturers and cloth houses, which amounted to a continuous panic in the trade for the first eight months of the year, bringing the prices of Michigan and Ohio washed fleeces from 47@52c currency a year ago to 28@33 cents currency six months later. There was little fluctuation in the prices for the season. The clip was handled rapidly and disposed of as eagerly on the other side at prices giving only a small commission to the dealer; manufacturers, tempted by its relative cheapness, used it freely, and by the first of November no de- Funerals as Disease-Breeders. There is good reason to believe that disease is occasionally disseminated through the medium of funerals. We have at least one fair authenticated case in this country of diphtheria being diffused broadcast through the crowding incidentally to the last ceremony. In America this question is beginning to receive much attention, and several cases have been reported of late where the transmission of the disease from the corpse seemed highly probable. The Suffolk District Medical Society sent out 400 circulate to medical practitioners, with a view to ascertaining the opinion of the profession on the alleged danger of permitting public funerals of persons who had died from diphtheria. Two hundred and thirty-nine answers were received. Of these, 143 written expressed a belief in the possible danger of contagion at such funerals; seventeen believe that there is danger from funerals in the houses of the dead, but none in churches; twenty-nine deny that, in the present state of knowledge, there is no justification in prohibiting public funerals; and eight record circumstances which occurred in their own experience, confirmatory of the proposition that parli may ensue; but the testimony these latter advance is not quite satisfactory. The Society, after due consideration, recommend that funerals at the houses of those who have died of diphtheria should be private, owing to possible exposure to the poison of the disease. London Lancet. At this Committee be earliest possible time,vention of the temi-the county. City Items. Valley Courier has bogg, of Anaheim, is section of country popular San Francisco, J. W. Gale & Co.for its fair and liberal matrons. The streets, last Saturday, the property of money, of this vicinity, probably weigh, when motion, two thousand new has given birth to twice triplets and twice company have ordered the built to their bridge and the material is ground. During the year the river cut on the further been deemed necessary assistance to prevent bending intended for the establishment is nearly huge Cauldon has in San Francisco, and that business will be week. The season now so far advanced will not be very but the proprietors to operate extensively Mr. Douglas is an old hand In the manu- and bacon, and Dr. favorably known to this section as a mer and an estimable Old Petition. March reunion in Philolioral was read dated purifying the authori- to permit the memorious congregation, to mains in front of their men, in order that they curbed by vehicles and was customary less to traffic in front of divine service, so this natural and reasoning oddity of such a day-shows how far stagnation in Wool and woolens, the frequent failures of manufacturers and cloth houses, which amounted to a continuous panic in the trade for the first eight months of the year,bringing the prices of Michigan and Ohio washed fleeces from 47@52c currency a year ago to 28@33 cents currency six months later. There was little fluctuation in the prices for the season. The clip was handled rapidly and disposed of as eagerly on the other side at prices giving only a small commission to the dealer; manufacturers, tempted by its relative cheapness, used it freely, and by the first of November no desirable lots of spring California were to be found in any of the Eastern markets. Our entire clip of thirty million pounds had been placed where it would do the most good in the hands of manufacturers. Fall Wool began to arrive in August, and although it was very short, not more than four months' growth, it found ready market at from 9@13e. Receipts were large in October, and being of better staple the price had gradually advanced until 11@22e were the extremes. The market was active, and the clip, although much larger than anyone had supposed, would probably all have been sold had not the Presidential election and the complications connected therewith intervened to check the demand and stop the orders from the Eastern side. As it was, the first of December found us with a stock of about four million pounds left out of more than twenty-two million pounds. It is too early now to forecast the market for next spring; we can only say that the trade is in a satisfactory condition. The stock of Wool on the Atlantic seaboard is not in excess of the wants of manufacturers, nor is the stock of woolen goods in advance of the requirements of consumers. The trade is dull now, but with a peaceful solution of the Presidential embroglio, the outlook is flattering for good prices and an active market next spring. The prosperity of the Wool business in California depends upon the growth of fine Wools; farmers cannot exercise too much care in the selection of rams for breeding purposes. A wrinkly sheep always gives a short, coarse, gummy Wool, alike the dread of the manufacturer and dealer, and where they have to be shorn twice a year, as in most sections of our State, it is too short for any spinner. For breeding purposes the smooth merino are always the best; their Wool is finer, less oily, and longer staple. Since mutton is and will probably remain so low that it can hardly be calculated upon as a source of profit to the grower, we think it would be a great improvement to introduce the Australian merino, the Wool of which is much finer than the Spanish or French, less gummy, and of sufficient staple to shear twice a year. More care should be exercised in the packing of Wool for the market. It is downright dis-honesty to pack scabby Wool, tag locks, dead sheep Wool, and other trash in the centre of the bales where no buyer can discover it until it is opened for grading. A law should be enacted making such acts a felony, to protect the dealer and the honest grower from the disreputable tricks of that, in the present state of knowledge, there is no justification in prohibiting public funerals; and eight record circumstances which occurred in their own experience, condemning of the proposition that parl may ensue; but the testimony these latter advance is not quite satisfactory. The Society, after due consideration, commend that funerals at the houses of those who have died of diphtheria should be private, owing to possible exposure to the poison of the disease—London Lanceet. It is held that euchre was played in ancient days, because the Levite passed and the Samaritan assisted. If the Senators were as talkative together as Conkling and Blaine,the Senate could resolve itself into a Quaker meeting at once. Allegheny, the name of the river city or county in Pennsylvania, is spelled ghe.,the mountains are gha,and the county in New York is ga. Dom Pedro,the Irrepressible,has now dashed off to the Holy Land to look at Jerusalem and the cedars of Lebanon. Those who are anxious to have two Presidents inaugurated should remember that Mexico has now three Presidents,and yet she is not happy. It was Senator Maxey,of Texas who engaged in a brown study in street car,walked up to the conductor's box and asked for a quarter's worth of chips. British butchers are as mad as hornets over the arrival of American beefbut still their customers continue to remark: "Hi'll take hanother stake hoff that Hamerican hox." In October,1877,electors of Colorado will vote upon the question of conferring the right of suffrage upon women,and small men have already mostly promised the head of the family which way they will vote. They have been having a plague of files in Calentta.The troublesome insects not only infested the houses,rendering comfort impossible,但 were infolerable in the streets.People were obliged to use handkerchiefs and fans to keep them out of their faces,and to drive in an open carriage was like meeting a hall storm. A Connecticut paper observes:It promises to be a severe Winter,但 it is comforting to know that the church festivals have begun and that everyone is likely to have a crochet matchbox,或is lamp-mat,或a pin-cushion,或 some other necessary article to avert the distress which extreme cold must otherwise bring. A dispatch from Memphis,Tenn.says:A young man named Bond,having been ordered from the house by L.D.Hill.of Sherby Depot whose daughter he was visiting returned with a pistol and shot Hill six times,cause death,and then dragged Miss Hill over her father's dead body to a minister,and insisted on having the marriage ceremony performed.After other desperate deeds,他 escaped from a posse which followed him. Church reunion in Philomel was read dated May 14, 1875, praying the authorimous congregation, to mains in front of their church, in order that they beurbed by vehicles and was customary less to traffic in front of divine service, so this natural and reasoning oddity of such no-day, shows how far from the customs of the direction of securion has about the laws that are enning corporation or a club. A religious congre­ci­iod has about the laws that are enning corporation or a club. Call says: In re­cious inquiries as to the taxes for Hayes or Tilden lies, we print below the such as far as we have really reported: FOR HAYES, California ... 2,767 Dilinas ... 16,495 Lewis ... 59,228 Kansas ... 40,439 Maine ... 16,628 Massachusetts ... 41,103 Michigan ... 25,439 Minnesota ... 24,103 Nebraska ... 18,396 New Hampshire ... 3,073 Nevada ... 1,089 Ohio ... 7,516 Oregon ... 1,109 Pennsylvania ... 17,944 Bhodes Island ... 5,075 Vermont ... 23,837 Wisconsin ... 6,141 wisshelm writes from double-floors, which are ought to be so with face between is filled with thick partition to impossible to burn a fire many, and do not fight but with ashes, clay, and axes. There has alarm in Leipsic since which was on the 27th upon as a source of prompt to the grower, we think it would be a great improvement to introduce the Australian merino, the Wool of which is much finer than the Spanish or French, less gummy, and of sufficient staple to shear twice a year. More care should be exercised in the packing of Wool for the market. It is downright dishonesty to pack scabby Wool, tag locks, dead sheep Wool, and other trash in the centre of the bales where no buyer can discover it until it is opened for grading. A law should be enacted making such acts a felony, to protect the dealer and the honest grower from the disreputable tricks of his dishonest neighbor. There was as much false packing; if not more, in Northern Wool last spring, as from any other section. From several Northern counties, the rejections on the grading floor would run from three to five per cent. We hope that our Wool growers, especially in those sections which produce the best Wools, will see to it that there is no cheating this season (1877) in the packing of the Wools. A little care in this particular will tend to restore the high reputation which their Wools have heretofore enjoyed. Hand-Fasting. Within the last two weeks an old Scottish custom has been revived in this city. This was a no less than a young gentleman of recent advent into San Luis society, handfasting himself to a fair young belle who is just emerging into womanhood, by that antiquated custom of jumping over a broomstick. In early days in Scotland, this ceremony took place, among the lower classes, of public betrothal among the higher, and in many cases was the only marriage ceremony ever celebrated. Although this ceremony was not performed in the church, it was a church affair, and is likely to prove quite as serious as marriage usually does. There were several witnesses to the performance, including the bride's mother. It remains to be seen if this will become the popular method of doing it hereafter—San Luis Obispo Tribune. The Creek Council have determined to send eighteen young men to the high schools of the United States to complete their education. They will probably select from among the schools in charge of the different religious denominations. A dispatch from Memphis, Tenn., says: A young man named Bond having been ordered from the house by L. D. Hill, of Shelby Depot, whose daughter he was visiting, returned with a pistol and shot Hill six times causing death, and then dragged Miss Hill over her father's dead body to a minister; and insisted on having the marriage ceremony performed. After other desperate desis, he escaped from a posse which followed him. Last Summer the Texas farmers sprinkled Paris green very freely upon their young plants, which thus seasoned were preyed upon by the bugs and grasshoppers, and they in turn were devoured by the partridges. Later on the negroes took to feasting upon the birds, and as a result they have been seriously afflicted with cramps in the stomach, which frequently resulted fatally. This is the most flendish and ingeniously contrived system of bull-dosing yet reported. Some idea of the magnitude of Chicago's interest in live stock may be gained from the statement that during the year 1875 the value of horses, cattle hogs and sheep received at the Union Stock Yards for sale or trans­shipment was $125,000,000. These yards comprise some 400 acres of land, with roadways, railroads, shelter-pens, barns and corn-cribs past counting. Nearly a score of fifty-ton scales are kept in almost constant operation weighing the animals. A force of three hundred men is employed about the place, which is the nucleus of a town, all of whose inhabitants have a connection of some sort with the business. Of Texan cattle alone nearly 200,000 head were received in 1875, although this item of the business is of but recent growth. A few years ago the Eastern States raised their own live-stock; now they are supplied by the prairies of the West, and Chicago is the point of concentration and distribution. A woman who arrived from the East by Saturday's immigrant train brought with her a large, black cut; 8 years old, of which she appeared to be very fond. The animal which was raised in Pennsylvania made a trip from there to England and back, and now has crossed the continent—Sacramento Record-Union.