anaheim-gazette 1877-08-25

WEEKLY GAZETTE SATURDAY...AUGUST 26, 1877. Newspapers, Central Committees and parties having ballots printed for use at the coming election should bear in mind that the words to be printed or written on the ballots relative to the constitutional Convention are, as provided by statute, "For the Convention" or "Against the Convention." Henry H. Reutter, the President of the United States Brewer's Association, has issued a circular containing a resolution unanimously adopted at the seventh annual convention of the Association held at Milwaukee, declaring that the members of the Association used only legitimate material in the brewing of malt liquor; denouncing as reprehensible the substitution of any others; stating that the detection of any members of the Association using noxious drugs of any kind shall be a sufficient cause for expulsion, and denouncing all charges of this kind as frivolous and false unless specific accusations are made. The Journal des Debats tells of some singular experiments made by Prof. Vernuill and others of Paris upon a patient who had swallowed a quantity of acid and whose oesophagus was entirely closed in consequence. To supply him with food they were forced to cut an aperture directly into his stomach. The operation was successfully made, and the patient, who otherwise is entirely well, has ever since been receiving nutriment through a rubber tube fitted into the opening. The food is reduced to an easily digestible form, such as broth or finely chopped meats and vegetables, and is forced through the tube with a small pump. All communication with the mouth and the stomach has ceased. The opportunity presented by this remarkable case for scientific investigation and experiment has been turned to account. Prof. Charles Richet states that he found that meat, fat, and vegetables were digested by the patient in three to four hours. The digestion of milk was complete within two hours, while water and alcohol disappeared in less than three-quarters of an hour. Food A RAILROAD MASS MEETING. A committee of citizens are making preparations to hold a meeting at which some of our ablest speakers will discuss the railroad situation. The meeting will not be in the interest of either political party, but will be under the auspices of Republicans and Democrats alike. The absorbing question now presented to the people of this county is the attitude of the railroad corporation toward our city and section. Public sentiment will receive expression at the meeting, and that sentiment will make itself felt. If the railroad authorities are determined to pursue their present destructive policy, it will be our duty to traverse them in every way we can. We shall first insist on legislative redress at once, and security for the future; if that fails, we shall adopt the principal of non-intercourse, and use all our influence to secure a competitive railroad. We have powerful weapons in our hands, and they will be used. The meeting will probably take place on Saturday evening, but the time has not been definitely fixed. The above is from the Los Angeles Express of Wednesday evening. In several editorial articles of surpassing ability, that paper has conclusively shown that the railroad company has been guilty of gross discrimination against Los Angeles, and it seems that it has at last awakened the business men to the peril which menaces the welfare of the community should they permit the corporation to continue its systematic extortion, without an indignant protest being made. As we have stated in previous articles, it is to our State Legislature that we must look for relief from the oppressive monopoly. The railroad corporations are too powerful to be coped with in any other way. A competitive railroad is impracticable at least for years to come. And it is necessary to our prosperity that she injustice we complain of should be remedied without delay. As then, we need legislative relief, it behooves us to be careful and send as our representatives men who believe in protecting the people against the railroad corporations. Let invitations to attend the meeting be sent to Messrs. Smith, Barrows, Ellis, Holloway, Hilton, and McComas, and let them manfully define their position on the railroad question. It won't do to accept answers like—"In any contest between the railroad and the people, I will be found on the side of the people!" or,"I am not in favor of doing injustice to Mr. M. Kremer has bestially making charges against which are untrue. One of that he is a "carpet-bagger only been in the county for accession so absurd that worth replying to. It certifies tradition in this part of Mr. Kimball is so well known Mr. Kimball came to this property four years ago. He was compelled his flocks to San Diego cop while in his enforced residence cured a transfer from this county to that of San Diego enable him to cast his vow Having sold his stock here Angeles last April, and in his name was cancelled from sister of San Diego county. If Mr. Kremer did not he could have been made them upon very slight probably learn to his good make unfounded chargesnent is not the very best for himself. It shows an act in a man who has twenty years. We candid Kremer has had his full and that his retirement for the expiration of his preseriously inconvenience any great drawback to this of our local government. Freights and Our readers will thank the following editorial article Angeles Express. The one at present overshadows know that the people are all information bearing up there is one question plea of this State which our questions. It is simply power shall be permitted plea of every locality, our cisco, and destroy proper tem of discrimination go will of the railroadmen. The country is undergoing a revulsion of feeling with regard to the army, caused no doubt principally by the late riots, the Indian outbreak and the complications on the Mexican border, but in part probably owing to the natural propensity to experience a reaction of sentiment after an exaggerated tendency in one direction. Now it is argued by papers formerly in favor of shaving the army down even below its "skeleton" standard, that it would be cheaper to maintain a constant force of fifty thousand men than the existing one. The saving would be in diminished cost of transportation, and still more in the indirect salutary effect upon life and property throughout the country. The howl against the army was started by the New York Herald, in conjunction with its rabid utterances against a fictitious and unthought-of Caesarism and centralization during the tenure of the last administration. Latterly it was taken up by other journals, in order to make capital by using the "opressed South" as a lever against the antagonists. Now sensible people are beginning to realize that both the army and navy are inadequate in force. They hesitate, however, to add to present expenses, and probably there will be no further increase until after the cessation of Indian hostilities. A Supreme Court Decision. EDITORS GAZETTE:—I send you a quotation from the case of The Nevada County and Sacramento Canal Company vs. G. W. Kidd et al. 37 Cala Reports, pp 313 etc. This case by the way was begun in 1855, and was for the third time before the Supreme Court in 1872 on a question of form, the morits of the case not having been reached. On the second hearing in 1869, the Supreme Court declared: "Till the party first commencing work can use the water himself, that is, till the right attaches, anybody else, who has the ability to use it, may do so. That the mere diversion or use of water by another is no injury to a party claiming, till he is in a position to use it himself, and even after he has acquired a right, during any cessation of his ability to use it, is settled by many cases. Nor is such diversion or use, or the diversion or use of any surplus beyond the amount, which the claimant has ability to use actionable prosperity that she injustice we complain of should be remedied without delay. As, then, we need legislative relief, it behooves us to be careful and send as our representatives men who believe in protecting the people against the railroad corporations. Let invitations to attend the meeting be sent to Messrs. Smith, Barrowa, Ellis, Holloway, Hilton, and McComas, and let them manfully define their position on the railroad question. It won't do to accept answers like—"In any contest between the railroad and the people, I will be found on the side of the people!" or, "I am not in favor of doing injustice to the railroads." Such statements as these (and they are almost identical words of Col. Smith) amount to nothing. We want these candidates to say: "I am in favor of a legislative enactment regulating freights and fares. I am in favor of curtailing the powers for evil possessed by the railroad corporations." The legislative candidates who fail to so express themselves are unworthy to receive the votes of the people. It has been charged that a railroad agent was sent from San Francisco to assist in securing the nomination of Col. Smith for Senator and E. E. Hewitt for Treasurer. However this may be, we can testify of our own knowledge to this fact: The popularity and influence of E. E. Hewitt is being used to secure Col. Smith's election. Hewitt's election is considered of secondary importance. That gentleman is more interested for the election of Col. Smith than he is for his own success. A RAILROAD CANDIDATE. It was publicly charged some months ago that the railroad company had shipped to Los Angeles a complete newspaper outfit, and that a new journal was to be established in that city, under the editorial management of J. M. Bassett. The chief object of this paper was to assist in the election of a State Senator favorable to the interests of the corporation. From the fact that the project of publishing this paper has been abandoned, it is surmised that the railroad magnates found that it would be less expensive, and probably more effective, to secure the co-operation of old established journals. That, we say, is the interference which has been drawn from the abandonment by the railroad corporation of their original plan. Three-fourths of the voters in Los Angeles county are satisfied that Col. Smith is the railroad monopoly's choice for State Senator. Indeed, it is patent to every unprojudiced mind. There is not a county in the State in which railroad money and railroad agents are not at work for the election of their men to the Legislature. It is plainly to be seen why they are so anxious to secure as legislators, men either favorable to their schemes or pliant enough to be bought or intimidated into supporting the measures which the railroad company favor. The coming session of the Legislature will be one fraught with interest to the people of this State. The members will be called upon try a case wherein the people of the State California plaintiff and Central Freighters Our readers will thank the following editorial article Angeles Express. The author at present overshadows all know that the people are all information bearing up there. There is one question about questions. It is simply power shall be permitted plea of every locality, our cisco, and destroy property of discrimination given will of the railroad memoirs shown that the policy of objection is based on the absence cisco of the entire community in other words, it is too wholesaler together intermediate factors in this Coast. The result of this build up one great color sense of all others. This dwarf to mere railroad service commercial pretensions market towns for the access immediate localities; the power to carry it on hilate such a city as Laces us in a way which ently meet by availing out outlets and reaching Sarriers than those notation of the railroad. If all we have done for Railroad, to be reduced throwing ourselves on our meet our carrying war driven to it, we shall make ourselves of the advantages and ent off all intercourse nopoly. We look how this difficulty by legal The cry has been set in limiting the rates of free Legislature would defiscation. We can cry. It is not to be拍胶乳 will act unfairly if it have correct data no difficulty in establish be just to all parties that we shall fail in sece If so it will be the fault Commission was appoint insulture to secure just required to legislate injject. We understand Railroad authorities in andthe Commissioners into the Courts. The very recently decided Now, if the Commission mit such data to the I able it to act intelligent be? Legislation on ther required, and we cannot If that legislation pre-railroads than it will suffer will be the wsponsible for it. They sort of devices heretofore on the subject have to take what they up plea of confiscation it with a similar no more certain and give people's property suited from discrimin Cities and towns all ow impoverished by them this sort of thing were of Los Angeles will not any men whose legislation willing to take the broad subject against me Till the party first commencing work can use the water himself, that is, till the right attaches, anybody else, who has the ability to use it, may do so. That the mere diversion or use of water by another is no injury to a party claiming, till he is in a position to use it himself, and even after he has acquired a right, during any cessation of his ability to use it, is settled by many cases. Nor is such diversion or use, or the diversion or use of any surplus beyond the amount, which the claimant has ability to use, actionable. Thus in Brown va. Smith 10 Cal. 510, an action for diversion of water from Brown's ditch, which had the prior right, it was held that if "Brown's old ditch, so called, was so filled with tailings during the winter season of 1857 that it was incapable of diverting any of the waters of Rabbit Creek, then plaintiff cannot recover for loss of water from that ditch." This may have a bearing on our condition. Toledo. A correspondent of the New York Observer writing from Toledo, Spain says: There are no hotels worthy of the name, no wells, no cisterns or water, in the city. Water is brought up from the Tagus on the backs of men or donkeys, and sold by the jug full. We can easily imagine that cleanliness will not be a fault among them. Spaniards will drink water all day long. It will be sold at all the places of resort and railway stations by women. Even at midnight, when the train stops, you hear the shrill cry, "Aqua! Aqua!" But the use of water stops here. The Spanish never uses water externally. The clergy used to teach that cleanliness was a sinful indulgence, and Southey states that Saint Eufraxia entered a convent of 130 nuns, not one of whom had ever washed her feet, and the very mention of a bath was an abomination. Isabel, the daughter of Philip II., vowed she would not change her shift until Ostend was taken. The stage lasted three years, and the garment attained the tawney color which was afterwards called and is now known as Isabel. Since the monks have been driven out, it is right to say the Spanish ladies have not considered personal cleanliness and moral purity so antagonistic as they once did. At Toledo the Moors were enterprising enough to have water works on the Tagus with immense wheels, which pumped water into the city. But the Spaniards, centuries ago, allowed them to go to decay; and now, with the swift flowing Tagus at their feet, the whole city buys its supply of water from the earthen jaws. The coming session of the Legislature will be one fraught with interest to the people of this State. The members will be called upon to try a case wherein the people of the State of California are plaintiffs and the Central and Southern Pacific Railroad companies are defendants. The latter are charged with practising extortion in their rates, and with discriminating in favor of certain localities. The people of the State are a unit in believing that these charges are true; and unless the voters can be cajoled into electing men like Col. Smith, who will legislate as his masters direct him, the railroad corporations will be so shorn of their powers by the next State Legislature that they will be comparatively harmless. As is well known, an effort will be made to pass a bill regulating freights and fares. It is a measure imperatively demanded by the people—it is a measure demanded by the instinct of self-preservation. The encroachments and power of this gigantic monopoly must be checked. Wise legislation must be devised to restrict their capacity to injure upon localities which, by a show of independence, have incurred their displeasure. We have shown that the railroad company have a deep interest in the coming election. If Mr. Barrows is not their candidate, Mr. Smith is. And as it is preposterous to say that they favor the election of Mr. Barrows, it is inevitable that they desire the election of Mr. Smith. For this reason he ought not to receive the support of the people. Thermometrical Record. The following is our record for the week ending Wednesday P.M., Aug. 22th, giving lowest point by night preceding date, and highest by day: DATE Average Temperature Average Highest and Lowest Aug. 16 61 65 69 71 Aug. 20 52 64 68 72 Aug. 17 53 67 69 70 Aug. 21 53 64 68 72 Aug. 18 58 69 69 70 Aug. 22 55 62 68 72 Aug. 19 56 62 58 70 Henry Watson to acquire acres in Rancho Santa proper share of water. Oliver Sparkz to N of S¼ of NW½ of NV R 12 W; $400 A Robinson, Trumbull — 48, 43 acres in SE $1,210 75. Real Estate Christian Mossman Andrew Bittner—Loving in lot C 7 Anaheim Geo. F. Miles to D terest in SW¼ of SE 10 W.; $100. Geo. F. Miles to D terest in lots F and to Anaheim; $1,400. LA Smith to Mar farm lot 55, 10 acres; C.C.Higby et ux Same above property; Rebecca Mallet to above property; $700. Henry Watson to acquire acres in Rancho Santa proper share of water. Oliver Sparkz to N of S¼ of NW½ of NV R 12 W; $400 A Robinson, Trumbull — 48, 43 acres in SE $1,210 75. Average Temperature Average Highest and Lowest A FALSE CHARGE REPORT. Mr. M. Kremer has been guilty of personally making charges against his opponent, which are untrue. One of these charges is that he is a "carpet-bagger"—that he has only been in the county four months. The accusation is so absurd that it is usually worth replying to. It certainly needs no contradiction in this part of the county, where Mr. Kimball is so well and favorably known. Mr. Kimball came to this county and bought property four years ago. He rented part of the Alamito ranch, and engaged in sheep-raising. He was compelled to migrate with his flocks to San Diego county last year, and while in his enforced residence there, he procured a transfer from the Great Register of this county to that of San Diego county, to enable him to cast his vote for President. Having sold his stock he returned to Los Angeles last April, and in the same month his name was cancelled from the Great Register of San Diego county. If Mr. Kremer did not know these facts, he could have been made acquainted with them upon very slight inquiry. He will probably learn to his great regret that to make unfounded charges against his opponent is not the very best way to make votes for himself. It shows an unpardonable want of tact in a man who has been in office for twenty years. We candidly think that Mr. Kremer has had his full measure of honors, and that his retirement from political life at the expiration of his present term will not seriously inconvenience the public, nor be any great drawback to the smooth working of our local government. Freights and Fares. Our readers will thank us for publishing the following editorial article from the Los Angeles Express. The question it discusses at present overshadows all others, and we know that the people are eagerly anxious for all information bearing upon the subject: There is one question now before the people of this State which overshadows all other questions. It is simply whether the railroad power shall be permitted to oppress the people of every locality, outside of San Francisco, and destroy property values by a system of discrimination governed alone by the will of the railroad men. We have already thought that the situation of the great corpus BY TELEGRAPH. Special dispatch to the Gazette by the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company. The Chronicle Libel Suit. PLACERVILLE, August 21. In the Chronicle libel unit the evidence was all concluded yesterday, and the arguments began this morning. Judge Lake has opened for the prosecution. He will be followed by Terry and Campbell for the defense Carpenter closing for the prosecution. The case is expected to go to the jury on Wednesday evening. Sargent to Evarts. PLACERVILLE, August 21. On telegraphic advices from San Diego last night, Senator Sargent sent the following dispatch to Secretary Evarts, at Washington: Two American citizens are confined in prison at San Rafael, Lower Cala. The authorities wish to discharge them, but there is danger that a mob may murder them. District Attorney H. H. Wildy can be authorized by the United States Government to go there without compensation and see justice done. He can undoubtedly secure their release and safe conduct. Please telegraph authority to him at San Diego. Mr. Sargent received a dispatch from F. W. Seward, acting Secretary of State, informing him that authority had been sent by telegraph to Wildy, as requested. Hotel Burned. UKIAH, Aug. 21. The new hotel at Calpilla, Mendocino county, was destroyed by fire Aug. 20. The fire was discovered in the upper portion of the house, about 3 o'clock P.M. The hotel was the largest and finest in the county. The origin of the fire is unknown. Insurance $4,000. Chinese Murder—The Crops. PRESCOTT, A. T., Aug. 21. A row occurred between two Chinamen at Lyon Creek yesterday, and one was hacked to pieces, and died. The slayer was also bally cut. The affray grew out of business complications and trouble about a woman. The verdict of the Coroner's Jury was justi- Our readers will thank us for publishing the following editorial article from the Los Angeles Express. The question it discusses at present overshadows all others, and we know that the people are eagerly anxious for all information bearing upon the subject: There is one question now before the people of this State which overshadows all other questions. It is simply whether the railroad power shall be permitted to oppress the people of every locality, outside of San Francisco, and destroy property values by a system of discrimination governed alone by the will of the railroad men. We have already shown that the policy of the great corporation is based on the absorption by San Francisco of the entire commerce of the State. Or, in other words, it is to bring the consumer and wholesaler together, and wipe out all intermediate factors in the business of the Coast. The result of this policy will be to build up one great colossal city at the expense of all others. Thriving towns it will dwarf to mere railroad stations, and cities of commercial pretensions it will reduce to mere market towns for the accommodation of their immediate localities. This policy, with the power to carry it out, threatens to annihilate such a city as Los Angeles. It means us in a way which we can only presently meet by availing ourselves of our ocean outlets and reaching San Francisco by other carriers than those now under the domination of the railroad. It is very hard, after all we have done for the Southern Pacific Railroad, to be reduced to the extremity of throwing ourselves on our own resources to meet our carrying wants. But if we are driven to it, we shall not hesitate to avail ourselves of the advantages of our situation, and cut off all intercourse with the great monopoly. We look, however, to a solution of this difficulty by legislation next Winter. The cry has been set up that any measure limiting the rates of freights and fares by the Legislature would be in the nature of denisfication. We can see no force in such a cry. It is not to be presumed that the Legislature will act unfairly in the matter, and if it have correct data before it, there will be no difficulty in establishing a scale that will be just to all parties. But it is just possible that we shall fail in securing authentic data. If so it will be the fault of the roads. A Commission was appointed by the last Legislature to secure just such information as is required to legislate intelligently on the subject. We understand that at the outset the railroad authorities interposed obstructions, and the Commissioners were compelled to go into the Courts. These points were only very recently decided in favor of the State Now, if the Commission is not able to submit such data to the Legislature as will enable it to act intelligently, whose fault will it be? Legislation on the subject is urgently required, and we cannot afford to postpone it. If that legislation proves less favorable to the railroads than it ought to be, those who will suffer will be the very men who are responsible for it. They have succeeded by all sorts of devices heretofore in preventing legislation on the subject, and now they will have to take what they can get. If they set up the plea of confiscation, the people can offset it with a similar plea, for there can be no more certain and gallling confiscation of the people's property than that which has resulted from discriminating railroad tariffs. Cities and towns all over the State have been impoverished by them, and it is about time this sort of thing were stopped. The people of Los Angeles will not remain patient under the menace which now hangs over them. If any of their legislative candidates are not willing to take the broadest attitude on this subject against the monopoly and ill favor of the people, they will go to the wall. Chinese Murder—The Crops. PRESCOTT, A. T., Aug. 21. A row occurred between two Chinamen at Lyon Creek yesterday, and one was hacked to pieces, and died. The slayer was also badly cut. The affray grew out of business complications and trouble about a woman. The verdict of the Coroner's Jury was justifiable homicide. The druthen is proving disastrous to the crops around here. Nearly all are dried up and will prove a total loss. Sheep and cattle will have to be moved away to secure water and grass. Death by Drowning. PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 21. A report has just reached here of the drowning of three boys near La Fayett, Yamphill county. The lads were aged about 10 years, and were sons of Wm. Carey Thomas Bird and Prof. Frasier, an old and respected citizen of this county. The boys were in a skiff, descending the stream, when the craft capsized. The bodies have not yet been recovered. Resumed Work. NEW YORK, August 21. The Newark City silk mills at Newark, N.J., resumed work this morning, with half its usual force, and wages as agreed upon by proprietors and strikers. The vice and tool works at Trenton have also resumed work. Washington News. WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. Wells and Anderson, of the Louisiana Returning Board, will arrive here to-morrow in the hope of doing something to quash the indictments pending against them for alleged fraudulent conduct connected with the Returning Board. Meyer, U.S. District Attorney from Alabama, is here and will labor hard to retain himself in office. General Garfield is here. He does not quite like the looks of affairs in Ohio. A Large Force of Idlers. NEW YORK, August 21. The Sun's Scranton special says that between 5000 and 6000 miners are now idle in that district, and it is estimated that the sale of at least 300,000 tons of coal has been lost to the region since the strike began. One lot of miners to-day rejected the terms of the masters, demanding an advance of 25 per cent. in wages. Competing for a Cadetship. NEW YORK, August 21. Fourteen schoolboys competed for the Cadetship at West Point, in Nichols Mueller's district, in this city, yesterday. The prize is said to be carried off by a young negro named Minnie. This creates considerable excitement considering the personnel of county, was destroyed by fire was discovered in the upper portion of the house, about 3 o'clock P.M. The hotel was the largest and finest in the county. The origin of the fire is unknown. Insurance $4,000. Chinese Murder—The Crops. PRESCOTT, A. T., Aug. 21. A row occurred between two Chinamen at Lyon Creek yesterday, and one was hacked to pieces, and died. The slayer was also baally cut. The affray grew out of business complications and trouble about a woman. The verdict of the Coroner's Jury was justifiable homicide. The druthen is proving disastrous to the crops around here. Nearly all are dried up and will prove a total loss. Sheep and cattle will have to be moved away to secure water and grass. Death by Drowning. PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 21. A report has just reached here of the drowning of three boys near La Fayett, Yamphill county. The lads were aged about 10 years, and were sons of Wm. Carey Thomas Bird and Prof. Frasier, an old and respected citizen of this county. The boys were in a skiff, descending the stream, when the craft capsized. The bodies have not yet been recovered. Resumed Work. NEW YORK, August 21. The Newark City silk mills at Newark, N.J., resumed work this morning, with half its usual force, and wages as agreed upon by proprietors and strikers. The vice and tool works at Trenton have also resumed work. Washington News. WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. Wells and Anderson, of the Louisiana Returning Board, will arrive here to-morrow in the hope of doing something to quash the indictments pending against them for alleged fraudulent conduct connected with the Returning Board. Meyer, U.S. District Attorney from Alabama, is here and will labor hard to retain himself in office. General Garfield is here. He does not quite like the looks of affairs in Ohio. A Large Force of Idlers. NEW YORK, August 21. The Sun's Scranton special says that between 5000 and 6000 miners are now idle in that district, and it is estimated that the sale of at least 300,000 tons of coal has been lost to the region since the strike began. One lot of miners to-day rejected the terms of the masters, demanding an advance of 25 per cent. in wages. Competing for a Cadetship. NEW YORK, August 21. Fourteen schoolboys competed for the Cadetship at West Point, in Nichols Mueller's district, in this city, yesterday. The prize is said to be carried off by a young negro named Minnie. This creates considerable excitement considering the personnel of county, was destroyed by fire was discovered in the upper portion of the house, about 3 o'clock P.M. The hotel wasthe largest and finest in the county.The origin of the fire is unknown.In insurance $4,000. Chinese Murder—The Crops. PRESCOTT, A. T., Aug. 21. A row occurred between two Chinamen at Lyon Creek yesterday, and one was hacked to pieces, and died. The slayer was also baally cut.The affray grew out of business complications and trouble about a woman.The verdict of the Coroner's Jury was justifiable homicide. The druthen is proving disastrous to the crops around here.Nearly all are dried up and will prove a total loss.Sheep and cattle will have to be moved away to secure water and grass. Death by Drowning. PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 21. A report has just reached here of the drowning of three boys near La Fayett，Yamphill county.The lads were aged about 10 years,and were sons of Wm.Carey Thomas Bird和Prof.Frasier,the oldandrespectedcitizenofthiscounty.Theboyswereinabaskiffdescendingthestreamwhenthecraftcapsized.Thebodieshavenotyetbeenrecovered. Resumed Work. NEW YORK，August 21. The Newark City silk mills at Newark,N.J.,resumedworkthismorningwithincreasedcopiesfromtheWestandasteadhealthfulgrowthintheproduceandgrocerytradesTimeslookencouragingMerchantsatisfiedwithsmallprofits,andthevolumeofbusinessdonebygrocersuptothistimeislargerthanitwasatcorrespondingdatelastyearClothingmanufacturersareprogressing slowlybutthereisgoodinquiryforthewares.Hattersaytheyhavenotdonesomebusinessforanyyearheretofore,hardasthetimesarecalled.Pianomakershaveadogobusiness,anddry-goodstradereportsindicateanimprovementoffrom30to50percent.intheleadinghousesThereisnotasmuchdispositionastherewaslastAugusttomakesanguinepredictions,butthe convictionisstronguponbusinessmen An Important Decision. SAN FRANCISCO，Aug.22. The great suit of Eureka Consolidated Mining Co.vs.Richmond Mining Co.,intheU.S.Circuit CourtJusticeFieldthismorningdeliveredtheopinionoftheCourt,givingjudgmentinfavoroftheplaintiff—theEurekaCo.Theopinionwasan elaboratedocumentreviewingthewholecontroversyandallquestionsinvolved,andconsuminganhourinthedelivery.Thecourtroomwasdenselycrowdedbylawyersandbrokerslisteningeagerinterestforthefinaldecisionwhichwasonlyannouncedatthecloseoftheponderousdocument whenthereensuicedagrandrushforthestreetallseemingsanxioustothetakeadvantageoftheofficetimeonthestockmarket. An Encouraging Outlook. NEW YORK，Aug.22. The Timeshasthefollowingontrade:ProspectsinthegraintradeshowgreathopeofagoodtimecomingwithincreasedcopiesfromtheWestandasteadhealthfulgrowthintheproduceandgrocerytradesTimeslookencouragingMerchantsatisfiedwithsmallprofits,andthevolumeofbusinessdonebygrocersuptothistimeislargerthanitwasatcorrespondingdatelastyearClothingmanufacturersareprogressingslowlybutthereisgoodinquiryforthewares.Hattersaytheyhavenotdonesomebusinessforanyyearheretofore,hardasthetimesarecalled.Pianomakershaveadogobusiness,anddry-goodstradereportsindicateanimprovementoffrom30to50percent.intheleadinghousesThereisnotasmuchdispositionastherewaslastAugusttomakesanguinepredictions,butthe convictionisstronguponbusinessmen Real Estate Transfers. Christian Mossman, et ux to Elizabeth and Andrew Bittner—Lot D 7 and 4 4-10 adjoining in lot C 7, Anaheim; $4,500. Geo. F. Miles to D. Edwin Miles—All interest in SW½ of SE½ of Sec. 18, T. 4 S, R. 10 W.; $100. Geo. F. Miles to D. Edwin Miles—All interest in lots F and O, Tim Boege's addition to Anaheim; $1,400. L A Smith to Mary J. Higby—Richland farm lot 55, 10 acres; $350. C. C. Higby et ux, to Rebecca Mallet. —Same above property; $700. Rebecca Mallet to J. W. Winters—same above property; $700. Henry Watson to Allen Barr et al—200 acres in Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana and proper share of water for irrigation; $8,000. Oliver Sparker to N H Price—Undivided½ of S¼ of NW½ of NW½ of Sec 13, Twp' 3 S, R 12 W; $400. A Robinson, Trustee, to E H Workman, —48, 43 acres in SE½ Sec 1 Tp 3 S, R 11 W; $1,210 75. Competing for a Cadetship. New York, August 21. Fourteen schoolboys competed for the Cadetship at West Point, in Nichols Mueller's district, in this city, yesterday. The prize is said to be carried off by a young negro named Minnie. This creates considerable excitement, considering the personnel of the district. Consolidation of Telegraph Cos. New York, June 21. Prest. Orton to-day said that the Western Union Company would receive 87½ per cent. and the Atlantic & Pacific 12½ per cent. of the gross earnings of pooled receipts of both companies. The arrangement went into effect this morning and the decision of the conference is final. Preparing their Little Bills. Philadelphia, Aug. 21. A committee of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and of the Maritime Exchange have had a consultation to-day, relative to the adjustment of losses incurred at Pittsburg during the strike. An agreement was arrived at by which suits will be brought against Alleghany county, and it was understood that after the necessary data shall be prepared, the claims of the merchants will be presented prior to those of the railroad company, who will assist the business community in the suit. Murderer Lynched. Archison, Kaa., Aug. 21. On Monday evening Bill Scrugga, a worthless fellow, shot and killed J. O. Lippant, a prominent citizen of Oak Hill, in this county. The murderer was pursued by a party, one of whom he shot dead. He then surrendered himself to a Justice of the Peace. This morning a mob went to the jail where he was confined, took him out and hung him. Release of Murderers London, August 21. The German squadron has gone to Salon-isid with small profits, and the volume of business done by grocers up to this time is larger than it was at a corresponding date last year. Clothing manufacturers are progressing slowly, but there is good inquiry for their wares. Hatters say they have not done so much business for any year heretofore, hard as the times are called. Piano makers have had good business, and dry-goods trade reports indicate an improvement of from 30 to 50 per cent. in the leading houses. There is not as much disposition as there was last August to make sanguine predictions, but the conviction is strong upon business men that they will keep the ground they have recovered, and continue to do fair business with moderate returns. Thurlow Weed writes a long letter to the Tribune, defending the double standard. The Tribune says editorially: "The fact that we can't accept his conclusion makes his communication none the less welcome." Our Indian Wards. Salt Lake, Aug. 22. Reports this morning from Hole-in-the-Rocks, stage station, Idaho, recently occupied by the hostiles, says that the Indians have all gone in the direction of Henry's Lake, or Teton Basin. Howard is at the head of Camas Creek. Yesterday morning Captain Bainbridge, with his friendly Indians, left Camas Creek. Howard had a slight skirmish with the Indians day before yesterday, in which one man was killed and seven wounded. The Indians stole 200 of Howard's horses night before last. The Montana volunteers are returning home on foot, disgusted. General Sherman is at Helena, Montana. A Jubilee. Buffalo, Aug. 22. A grand jubilee reception was tendered to delegates to the Triennial Convention of the General Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons this morning, which was followed by a parade and the opening of the Convention. Effects of Dishonesty Hartford, Conn., August 22. The stockholders of the Farmers' and Merchants' National Bank to-day voted to reduce its capital $773,500 from $11,000,000. This reduction together with the disappearance of a surplus of about $600,000, repre- We are a free people. The great chasm which has separated the North and the South has been closed forever, and no slaves exist in this broad land of ours. This is a cause of congratulation as much to the people of the Northern States as to the people of the North. And, my friends, let me ask you here—let me ask you everywhere—to seek for quarrels we must have elsewhere, and let these sectional issues be buried forever. [Applause.] The President then said: Fellow-citizens—I hardly know how to introduce my friend the Secretary of State. A very unfortunate thing happened to him this morning. He lost an opportunity, and it is the only one I ever knew him to lose, of cracking a most excellent joke. This morning I said to the inhabitants of a town north of here—a town of which we did not know the name (we afterward learned it was "Tilton") that I was about to introduce to them a gentleman who was well known in the United States as the man who, in the Beecher-Tilton trial, exhibited a capacity to make the longest speech of any man in the United States. I have the honor of introducing to you the Secretary of State of the United States. [Applause.] Mr. Kearts said a few words, and after a good night the President and party then entered carriages and were taken by the city government for a drive about town. In the evening the President held a reception at the Opera House, which was crowded. At the Opera House, in response to continued calls, Vice-President Wheeler made a speech. Financial. SAN FRANCISCO, August 23. Currency—96½; Silver, 5¼@5; Trade dollars, 94½@95. Gold opened 4½. The Las Bolsas Rancha. WASHINGTON, Aug. 22. The Secretary of the Interior, after having considered the application for reconsideration of his decision of May 25, 1877, refusing to set aside a decision of his predecessor, dated February 15, 1877, approving surveys made in 1868 by the Deputy Surveyor, of the Rancho Las Bolsas, situated in the County of Los Angeles, California, and having again carefully examined the testimony presented at the hearing, is of the opinion that the survey was correctly made in accordance with the decree of confirmation, and that the patent should be issued accordingly. Morrisey's Generosity. NEW YORK, Aug. 23. John Morrisey has given the negro boy, Minnie, just sent to West Point from the LONDON, August 22. A petition from Chinese in Cuba, complaining of the cruelty of the Spanish planters, has reached England. Market Report. SAN FRANCISCO, August 23. FLOUR—Outside silver rates for extra reduced to $7 62%. WHEAT—Milling cannot be quoted above $2 25 for new, and from this down to $2. BARLEY—Feed, $1 60@1 62%; brewing, $1 80@1 85%. OATS—Feed, $1 70@2. HONEY—Comb in frunes, 7@12%; strained, 5@7%. BEEWAX—25@27%. BUTTER—Cala fresh roll 30@40ets; faney dairy 42 by single box, California firkin 25@30ets; pickled roll 30@35e; CHEESE—California scarce at 15@16 for new, old 6@12; for sections, eastern 14@15; Key's Speech. CONCORD, N. H., August 23. Gen. Key followed President Hayes with a speech yesterday. Gen. Key said: FELLOW-CITIZENS—The President is fortunate in having some friend upon whom he can lay his errors. I appear before you today with some embarrassment, I confess. I remember that twenty-five years ago, away down in Tennessee, at a town where I lived, Chatanooga, I heard a discussion regarding the affairs of State. I came up to see how much truth there was in that discussion. One of our distinguished citizens, Gen. Pierce, was then a candidate for President, and amongst others, I was a Democrat, and supported him. They met at our town—an immense meeting of both parties. One of the speakers advocated the election of Gen. Scott and one Gen. Pierce. A Whig speaker insisted that New Hampshire was a very bad State, and that Gen. Pierce was responsible for that condition of affairs. He said that the people of New Hampshire were religious intolerants. By the constitution of New Hampshire, Roman Catholics were not allowed office. He went on to say that this was one of the thirteen colonies of the original States of the Union. The reply of the Democratic orator was that the Whig orator was entirely mistaken; that New Hampshire was not one of the old colonies or one of the old States. [Laughter.] The postmaster of our city, being supposed to be the most learned man in the place, was appealed to, and he proved that the Democratic speaker was right, [applanse] and that New Hampshire was a new State. That satisfied the Democrats and the people generally. They thought that, as the Whig speaker was mistaken in one thing; he was mistaken in all. Now, my friends, I came up here expecting to see an old State, but everywhere I have seen evidences of your thrift and prosperity, and I am not quite sure but that the Democratic speaker was right. You move like young men, like active men, like men determined to work out a destiny, and a glorious destiny at that. It is true, as the President said a few moments ago, I was down in my own State, supporting to the best of my humble abilities, the election of another man to the Presidency. I sincerely that no man dated February 19, 1871, appointing surveys made in 1868 by the Deputy Surveyor, of the Rancho Las Holas, situated in the County of Los Angeles, California, and having again carefully examined the testimony presented at the hearing, is of the opinion that the survey was correctly made in accordance with the decree of confirmation, and that the patent should be issued accordingly. Morrissey's Generosity. NEW YORK, Aug. 23. John Morrissey has given the negro boy, Minnie, just sent to West Point from the First Street ward, fifty dollars as an outfit. Formal Opening of a Canal. KZORUK, Iowa Aug. 23. The Government canal around the Des Moines rapids of the Mississippi river was opened formally to-day with a suitable display and large attendance. The officers in charge express themselves entirely satisfied with the workings of the machinery. These rapids have been the greatest obstructions to navigation in the river. In low water they were always impassable and the cost of transporting goods and passengers around them by rail, which has heretofore fallen on individuals, will now be saved. Amounts thus saved will reach about one hundred thousand dollars annually. The canal is seven and six-tenths miles long and 300 feet wide, extending along the Iowa shore from Keokuk to Nashville. Proposed Wonderful Feat. Among the million and a half inhabitants of the city of New York and its vicinity, Mr. Richard A. Pennell is known to be possessed of greater muscular strength than any other individual. In one feature, such perhaps, as the lifting of a dead weight, the gentleman referred to may not be superior to Captain Curtis, of Chicago, but on the whole he stands at the head of powerful men. To lift with one hand a dumb-bell weighing 180 pounds, and then by pure muscular exertion to push that enormous plaything above his head is a physical feat to him by no means uncommon. Indeed, Mr. Pennell has on one occasion, at least, lifted a dumb-bell in this manner weighing no less than 201 pounds. Mr. Pennell now proposes to perform a feat which, if successfully accomplished, will create for him a reputation in all parts of the civilized world. He announces his intention at an athletic entertainment to be given shortly in New York City; to raise and hold in his hands, free from his body, a cannon weighing 1,000 pounds, and loaded with a blank cartridge, which will then be fired while thus supported. One is reminded of the story told by an army officer who conceived the idea of firing off cannon from the backs of mules, whose excellence as carriers had long been recognized. The first experiment, however, convinced the commanding officer that the plan was not altogether an economical one. When the cannon was fired the mule disappeared, and the unanimous opinion was that there was not sufficient mule to resist the recoil. Among the latest experiments in the firing of cannon, the most important has been that of the application of hydraulics, especially as a power of resistance to the coilof the gun. The most powerful steel springs, and the strongest tables, iron or hempen, were found lacking in necessary resistant force, and the new discovery was hailed with unbounded satisfaction. It is true that the recoil of a gun weighing 1,000 pounds is not so great as The laborers who are out of employment will find some consolation in the statement that the Chinese also are suffering from hard times and have trouble in getting work. Col. Bee, the attorney in San Francisco for the six Chinese companies, makes the following statement: Despite what is said about Chinese cheap-labor taking possession of industry, there is a great deal of suffering among the poorer classes of Chinamen here, and anyone can see it who will make an exploration of Chinatown. I estimate that there are 12,500 Chinamen who are out of employment in this State, 10,000 of whom are in this city, dependent upon the charity of their countrymen. That is, one-third of the total number in San Francisco are out of employment. The French Ministry of War announces that a number of soldiers will this year be placed at the disposal of agriculturists for the purpose of the harvest. The persons employing them will have to pay a sum of fifty cents per day.