anaheim-gazette 1878-02-16

ANAHEIM VOL. 8. ANAHEIM WEEKLY GAZETTE. Established 1870. SATURDAY...FEBRUARY 16, 1878. Dr. W. N. HARDIN, Office and Residence, Corner Los Angeles and Sycamore Streets, Anaheim. Cal. J. H. YOCUM, M. D., Physician & Surgeon. Office and Residence corner Centre and Palm Streets, With office house at Blanken's Drug Store, from 9 to 10 A.M., and 4 to 5 P.M. Anaheim. Cal. Dr. J. N. BURTNETT, Physician & Surgeon, Santa Ana, Cal. Graduate of Jefferson Medical College Dr. H. F. THOMAS, (Practitioner of Homopathy.) Physician & Surgeon, Graduate of the N.Y. From Med College, March, 1869 Office and residence, 63 Spring Street, Los Angeles. DR. E. L. COWAN, DENTIST, HAS OPENED AN OFFICE IN THE UPPER part of Mrs. Metz's building, Los Angeles Street, Anaheim. Having had twenty years' experience, he can speak with confidence of his work. His scale of prices will be very low. His office days are Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, between the hours of 9 A.M. and 5 P.M. W. M. HIGGINS, Kleinigkeiten. [FROM WEDNESDAY'S SEMI-WEEKLY.] —To-morrow is St. Valentine's Day. —Col. Dunkelberger, postmaster at Los Angeles, arrived in Anaheim last night. —Mrs. Wm. R. Olden returned from San Francisco on Sunday night. —One-eight of an inch of rain fell on Monday night. —One of the nicest fences in Anaheim is that on Mr. Schindler's lot. —A buggy containing two ladies was wrecked on Centre street on Sunday. The occupants escaped with a few scratches. —The Rev. W. H. Hill, of Angeles, will occupy the pulpit of Mr. Trew, at St. Michael's Church, on Sunday next. —The second trial of Tamiet, the ex-Councilman of Los Angeles, under indictment for forgery, resulted in a verdict of not guilty. —A number of specimens of rock from the mines of Santiago are on exhibition at L. W. Kirby's saloon. —Miles Bros. inform us that they have ground the gypsum, brought from the Santiago mountains by the Westminster folks, and that they found no difficulty in grinding it. —If anybody knows any effective method of killing the small green parasites which just now cover the tender buds of rose trees, we will take great pleasure in disseminating the information. The Mines Within the last five discoveries of minerals in the Santiago range hitherto almost new swarming with proxies have been discovered three hundred dollars lead now being developed; tlewaite and Harvie which yielded from $An assay made of so recent discovery gave silver to the ton. It is an established snake is continually emptied taking out coal for a stington & Wright, or in Fremont canyon in thickness. Still been found in the averages about four gons loaded with prplements are continuing tigo canyon, bound bonanzas. A meet mining town, Silver miners were present re-organized into a P. A. Clark elected an excitement in new mines, and numternally visiting the from Anaheim to the twenty-five miles. the mountains to western wealth which it seems as if the t about certain, DR. H. P. THOMAS, (Practitioner of Homoeopathy.) Physician & Surgeon, Graduate of the N.Y. Y. From Med College, March, 1689. Office and residence, 43 Spring Street, Los Angeles. DR. E. L. COWAN, DENTIST, Has opened an office in the upper part of Mrs. Metz's building, Los Angeles Street, Anaheim. Having had twenty years' experience, he can speak with confidence of his work. His scale of prices will be very low. His office days are Wintersdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, between the hours of 9 A.M. and 5 P.M. W. M. HIGGINS, Centre Street, corner of Lemon, Anaheim, Cal. Dealer in Drugs, Medicines & Chemicals, FANCY ARTICLES, SPONGES, BRUSHES, PERfumery etc. Physicians Prescriptions carefully compounded, and orders answered with care and dispatch. Farmers and Physicians from the country will find our stock of medicines complete, warranted genuine, and of the best quality. WICKS & STEPHENSON, Attorneys at Law, Office in new Bank Building. Centre Street, - - Anaheim. Will practice in all the Courts of Los Angeles and adjoining counties. ROBERT W. SCOTT. VICTOR MONTGOMERY. SCOTT & MONTGOMERY, Attorneys at Law. and Real Estate Agents. Anaheim. Los Angeles County, Cal. R. LUEDKE. Watch Maker and Jeweler, Centre Street, Anaheim. EVERY DESCRIPTION OF WATCHES, CLOCKS, AND JEWELRY carefully repaired and warranted. Also, a fine assortment of Jewelry on hand. L. GUNTHER, Pioneer Boot and Shoe Maker, Cor. Third and Los Angeles streets. ANAHEIM. GEORGE BAUER, BOOT AND SHOE MAKER, Los Angeles Street. MAKING AND REPAIRING AT THE LOWEST cash price. All orders promptly attended to. All work guaranteed. P. C. McKINNIE, Contractor and Builder. Shop On Centre Street, opposite residence. J. BENNERSCHEIDT, TIN AND COPPER SMITH, Centre Street, Anaheim. Stoves, Tinware, etc., Always on Hand. H. A. STOUGH & CO. Blacksmiths. HORSE SHOEING AND REPAIRING. CORNER of Centre and Clementina Streets, near the forgery, resulted in a verdict of not guilty. —A number of specimens of rock from the mines of Santiago are on exhibition at L. W. Kirby's saloon. —Miles Bros. inform us that they have ground the gypsum, brought from the Santiago mountains by the Westminster folks, and that they found no difficulty in grinding it. —If anybody knows any effective method of killing the small green parasites which just now cover the tender buds of rose trees, we will take great pleasure in disseminating the information. —Mr. Thompson will hold a preliminary meeting of the dancing school at Kroeger's Hall on Saturday evening, Feb. 16. All who are desirous of becoming members of the dancing school should endeavor to attend. —a petition for the passage of an act authorizing the issuing of bonds not to exceed $10,000 by the Anaheim school district, for the purpose of building a new school house, is now prepared for signatures, and will be forwarded to Sacramento in a few days. —the weather, the crops, and the masquerade ball are the three topics of talk on the streets nowadays. We think that we can with safety predict that not only will the attendance at the ball be large, but that the costumes will be original, unique, showy, effective, dashing, stylish, handsome, funny, and amusing. —Mr. Saxton's new house on West street is beginning to assume graceful shape, and looks as if two weeks' labor would about make it ready for occupancy. The design is a very pretty one, and we think we recognize in it the handwork of Mr. Saxton himself, who is an architect and draughtsman of considerable skill and taste. Mr. P. C. McKinnie is the contractor, which means that the house will be built in a workmanlike and substantial manner. —While visiting Mr. Korn other day, we saw a quantity of wine-stone, the substance which, after being refined and pulverized, is found in drug stores under the name of cream of tartar. This wine-stone becomes incrusted on casks which contain new wine. In Germany there are numerous dealers who go from vineyard to vineyard and purchase the wine-stone, themselves scraping it off the casks with knives specially designed for that purpose. In this country, however, the market is so limited that wine growers have paid no attention towards collecting it. Lately, however, there have been offers made for its purchase, and it is probable that in the "sweet bye and bye" vineyardlists will find in the wine-stone an additional source of revenue. —Mr. John Gwin, of Fairview, is carrying on his farming operations this year upon a princely scale. He has nearly eleven hundred acres under cultivation. He is evidently a believer in diversified farming, as he has sown barley, oats, rye, wheat and corn. He has about one hundred and twenty acres in wheat—not all in one place, but in two or three different localities near Anaheim. —While a family San Bernardino counts the table a few explosive scatteringly over several of about ten years of life and another child accident has called Judge Peel of Los Angeles never learn how to lamp well filled and tube,and it is important A lamp full of oil top was taken off,the oil it would do anything. It is on in the lamp and the bowl that explosion occur if the wick wilt the flame could not only when the wick A correspondent supplements Judg following: "I have seen for more than of lamps,and my that a full lamp wilt draught or put but will not burstible prevention enough to fill the hole It.Saturate the end into the lamp Then pour oil into are thoroughly sawn burn with a bright play foot ball with —The Horticulture on Saturday post of March in conserve deciduous fruit crates or orchardists winter apples and not largely attend the northern fright valuable information for Louis Wolfskill of Wolfskill's Euryvery superior orange is a chance is being budded by Wolfskill.The will be held on S time officers of th for the ensuing ye Contractor and Bunder. Shop—On Centre Street, opposite residence. J. BENNERSCHEIDT, TIN AND COPPER SMITH, Centre Street, Anaheim. Stoves, Tinware, etc., Always on Hand. H. A. STOUGH & CO., Blacksmiths. HORSE SHOEING AND REPAIRING. CORNER of Centre and Clementina Streets, near the Cooper Shop. CHARLES WILLE, COOPERAGE. Pipe, Barrels and kegs on hand at all times. Tanks and Tubs made to order. Honey Barrels for sale cheap. Anaheim Cooper Shop, Centre Street, Anaheim. J. WESTPHAL, - Proprietor GADDY & LEWIS, Proprietors of the Planters' Stable, have opened a Branch Feed Stable, On Centre Street, near the Depot First-class accommodations for stock. ISAAC COHEN, (Successor to Hehmann & George). KEEPES CONSTANTLY ON HAND THE LARGEST best and cheapest stock of dry-groats, fancy goods grents and boys' clothing, shoes and boots, hats, trunks and vests. Also, groceries, provisions, crockery and hardware. Give me a trial. ISAAC COHEN. FOR THE BEST Wines and Brandies GO TO THEO. REISER, Cor. Santa Ana and Olive Sts. Anaheim. We are glad to inform our readers that the Anaheim Literary Society has not yet become a thing of the past. Certainly not. It is true that for a number of weeks no meetings were held, and the "fledging" at Fairview seemed to plume its little feathers and crow over the older society. But let not him that putteth on his harness boast as he who has worn it through the heat of the day. The Anaheim Society has held its own for nearly two years, and after seeing many reveres it still a vigorous association. Last Thursday they had some excellent declaiming and a spirited debate—such a debate as could only have been conducted by well-trained speakers, well posted on their subject. And such men Anaheim can boast of. We understand the next meeting is to be held at Judge Bailey's office to-morrow evening at 7 o'clock. The appointments are: for declamation, Messrs. Payne and Austin; for debate: "Resolved, that the crusades were beneficial to Europe." Affirmative—Messrs. Henderson, Cahill, and Leonard; negative—Messrs. Montgomery, McFadden, and Lynill. Where is the member of the Legislature who has not his Acts to grind? WEEKLY EIM GA ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1878. The Mines of Santiago. Within the last few months astonishing discoveries of mineral wealth have been made in the Santiago range of mountains. These hitherto almost neglected hills are now swarming with prospectors. Silver leads have been discovered assaying from ten to three hundred dollars to the ton. A silver lead now being developed by Messrs. Thielewaite and Harvey, has produced rock which yielded from $112 to $350 to the ton. An assay made of some rock brought from a recent discovery gave $500 in gold and $10 in silver to the ton. The Black Star coal mine is an established success, and a force of men is continually employed sinking a shaft and taking out coal for shipment. Messrs. Huntington & Wright, of Orange, have discovered in Fremont canyon a vein of coal twenty feet in thickness. Still another coal vein has been found in the Madura canyon, which averages about four feet in thickness. Wagons loaded with prospectors and mining implements are continually passing up the Santiago canyon, bound for the newly discovered bonanzas. A meeting was held at the new mining town, Silveralo, at which some fifty miners were present. The district has been re-organized into a mining district, and Mr. P. A. Clark elected Recorder. There is quite an excitement in Anaheim respecting the new mines, and numbers of people are continually visiting the district. The distance from Anaheim to the mines is from twenty to twenty-five miles. With plenty of coal in the mountains to work the unbounded mineral wealth which is daily being unearthed, it seems as if the fortune of this section is about certain. Washington Letter. REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE OF THE GAZETTE. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 2. No one will give this Congress credit for being in haste to transact necessary public business. The expenses of the Government are admitted to be too great by many millions per year, yet no measure has received attention which would materially reduce them. This is not creditable. From Oct. 13th to Feb. 1st is a long time to spend in idle or useless debates when prompt action would cut off numerous expenses which are daily making the poor poorer and preventing the revival of business. For, after all, it is the enormous taxation of the country which is impoverishing the people and rendering business unsafe. Senator Beck seemed to have a practical idea on the subject, and proposed to stop the collection of taxes for the reduction of the public debt. He argues that the people cannot stand all the taxation now imposed upon them, and that if such taxation in part is removed, so that business may revive and labor find employment, the consequent increase will in a short time enable us to manage our debt with comparatively little treble. The Senator seems to be earnest in the matter and meets with a great deal of encouragement in both the Senate and House. If members enough of the two bodies could be found to vote on the Senator's proposition, and to cut down the running expenses of the Government 10 or 15 per cent.—as they might safely be, the taxes could be materially reduced. And as the consumer pays the taxes after all, such a reduction would be a benefit to every family in the Charges against an Arizona Judge. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—About a year ago charges, supported by the signatures of a large number of citizens of Arizona were filed at the Department of Justice against Associate Justice Tweed, then and now a member of the Arizona Supreme Court, but formerly a member of the California State Senate from Nevada county: He was charged with being intemperate, immoral, and under the control of a ring who used his power for corrupt purposes. Counter representations in behalf of Judge Tweed were, however, received here of sufficient force to secure a decision from the Attorney General that the further consideration of opposition to Tweed might properly be deferred until near the expiration of his judicial term. Lately a number of recommendations for Tweed's re-appointment have been filed and among them one bearing the signature of a large number of Arizona lawyers. One of these lawyers, who is certified by prominent Californians as a man of good character, now informs the Department that his name was forged to this recommendation, and that many others signed it under the compulsion of fear of injury to their clients, as it was presented to them for signature just at the commencement of a term of Court. Senator Booth has recommended Tweed's re-appointment, but Senator Sargent and Representatives Davis and Page recommend the appointment of Charles Silent, of San Jose. Booth has written a letter saying that, in case Tweed is not reappointed, he also will recommend Silent for the position. Nomination. WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—The President has nominated Chas. Silent, of California, Asso- While a family, living at the Rincon, San Bernardino county, were sitting around the table a few days ago, a coal oil lamp exploded, scattering the burning fluid liberally over several of the members. One boy, about ten years of age, died from the effects, and another child is not expected live. This accident has called forth the following from Judge Peel of Los Angeles: "Will people never learn how to handle lamps? Keep the lamp well filled and use wicks that fill the tube, and it is impossible to explode the lamp. A lamp full of oil cannot explode. If the top was taken off, and a lighted match put to the oil, it would only blaze up and not hurt anything. It is only when the oil burns low in the lamp and the gas accumulates, in the bowl that explosions occur. It could not occur if the wick was fitted to the tube, as the flame could not communicate with the gas only when the wick is too small for the tube." A correspondent of the Los Angeles Star supplements Judge Peel's letter with the following: "I have used coal oil and kerosene for more than twenty years in all kinds of lamps, and my experience has taught me that a fall lamp will never explode. A sudden draught or puff of air will extinguish it, but will not burst it. But here is an infallible prevention. Take two sponges, large enough to fill the lamp, and crowd them into it. Saturate the wick in oil, and press one end into the lamp between the sponges. Then pour oil into the lamp until the sponges are thoroughly saturated. Your lamp will burn with a bright, clear flame, and you may play foot ball with it without danger." The Horticultural Society, at its session on Saturday, postponed the fruit exhibition of March in consequence of the failure of the deciduous fruit crop last season, which left the orchardists with a small showing of Winter apples and pears. The meeting was not largely attended, but the discussion of the northern fruit question elicited much valuable information. Mr. Crow, foreman for Louis Wolfskill, presented some samples of Wolfskill's Eureka orange which was of very superior flavor and texture. This orange is a chance Los Angeles seciling and is being budded quite extensively by Mr. Wolfskill. The next meeting of the Society will be held on Saturday, March 9, at which time officers of the Society will be elected for the ensuing year. Political amenities. WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—The Post, the vive and labor find employment, the consequent increase will in a short time enable us to manage our debt with comparatively little treble. The Senator seems to be earnest in the matter and meets with a great deal of encouragement in both the Senate and House. If members enough of the two bodies could be found to vote on the Senator's proposition, and to cut down the running expenses of the Government 10 or 15 per cent.—as they might safely be, the taxes could be materially reduced. And as the consumer pays the taxes after all, such a reduction would be a benefit to every family in the land. Of the benefits or evils of the remonetization of silver, or the resumption of specie payments, it is not my province to speak. It is plain, however, that what is most necessary in that, as in all other affairs of Government, is that a policy once determined on shall be maintained. It may be that a single or double standard is best, but clearly we should have certainty on the subject. For this reason it is a mystery to me that the debate on silver bills and resolutions is prolonged. Votes are not gained on such a subject by speeches. In the House yesterday the only subject of interest discussed was the West Point Academy. The Committee proposed to make the appropriation for the coming year $14,000 less than that for the present year. No final action was taken, but it seems certain that no reduction will be made. In the Senate and House lately it has been shown that the Pension Office, run at a great expense, had plenty of clerks to do all its work promptly, but that nearly all claims for Pension are delayed from 12 to 16 months by the lack of a few clerks in another office to which such claims have to be sent for examination. The condition of things is somewhat as if the city of New York, after building the Croton aqueduct, should utilize only so much water as could flow through a 10 inch pipe. That such a condition of things should exist for years and no effort be made to furnish a remedy, is not creditable to Congress or to the heads of the officers concerned. The number of pension claims which has accumulated in the little office referred to, and which must be taken up in their turn, is about 60,000. The number increases every day and will increase always unless the talk in the two Houses shall lead to legislation or to a different distribution of the clerical force. A sub-committee of the House Committee on Pacific Railroads yesterday agreed to recommend a bill extending for 10 years the land grant franchises of the Northern Pacific Railroad. The committee is believed to have been influenced by the fact that great numbers of poor people in all parts of the country invested their savings in the securities of this road. It is doubtful if the bill can pass the House. At least, it will be shorn before passage, of everything that seems to leave a chance to unscrupulous speculators to profit further by the credibility or ignorance of others. There has been steadily growing in the vive and labor find employment, the consequent increase will in a short time enable us to manage our debt with comparatively little treble. The Senator seems to be earnest in the matter and meets with a great deal of encouragement in both the Senate and House. If members enough of the two bodies could be found to vote on the Senator's proposition, and to cut down the running expenses of the Government 10 or 15 per cent.—as they might safely be, the taxes could be materially reduced. And as the consumer pays the taxes after all, such a reduction would be a benefit to every family in the land. Of the benefits or evils of the remonetization of silver, or the resumption of specie payments, it is not my province to speak. It is plain, however, that what is most necessary in that, as in all other affairs of Government, is that a policy once determined on shall be maintained. It may be that a single or double standard is best, but clearly we should have certainty on the subject. For this reason it is a mystery to me that the debate on silver bills and resolutions is prolonged. Votes are not gained on such a subject by speeches. In the House yesterday the only subject of interest discussed was the West Point Academy. The Committee proposed to make the appropriation for the coming year $14,000 less than that for the present year. No final action was taken, but it seems certain that no reduction will be made. In the Senate and House lately it has been shown that the Pension Office, run at a great expense, had plenty of clerks to do all its work promptly, but that nearly all claims for Pension are delayed from 12 to 16 months by the lack of a few clerks in another office to which such claims have to be sent for examination. The condition of things is somewhat as if the city of New York, after building the Croton aqueduct, should utilize only so much water as could flow through a 10 inch pipe. That such a condition of things should exist for years and no effort be made to furnish a remedy, is not creditable to Congress or to the heads of the officers concerned. The number of pension claims which has accumulated in the little office referred to, and which must be taken up in their turn, is about 60,000. The number increases every day and will increase always unless the talk in the two Houses shall lead to legislation or to a different distribution of the clerical force. A sub-committee of the House Committee on Pacific Railroads yesterday agreed to recommend a bill extending for 10 yearsthe land grant franchises ofthe Northern Pacific Railroad.The committeeis believedtohavebeeninfluencedbythefactthatgreatnumbersofpoorpeopleinallpartsofthecountryinvestedtheir SavingsinthesecuritiesofthisroadItisdoubtfulifthebillcanpasstheHouse.Atleastitwillbeshornbeforepassage.ofeverythingthatsemostleaveachancetocursepululousspeculatorstoprofitfurtherbythecredibilityorignoranceofothers. Therehasbeensteadilygrowinginhiveandlaborfindemployment,theconsequentincreasewillinabshorttimeenableustomanageeurdebtwithcomparativelylittletreble.TheSenatorseemstobeearnestinthematterandmeetswithaGreatdealofencouragementinboththeSenateandHouse.IfmembersenoughofthetwobodiescouldbefoundtovoteontheSenator'sproposition,andtocutdowntherunningexpensesoftheGovernment10or15percent—astheymightsafelybe,thetaxescouldbecompartiallyreducedandastheymightsafelybeethetaxesafterall,sucha reductionwouldbeabenefittoeveryfamilyintheland.itunderthecompulsionoffearofinjurytotheirclients.asitwaspresentedtowherif signaturejustatthecommencementofatermofCourt.SenatorBoothhascommendedTweed'sreappointment,butSenatorSargentandRepresentativesDavisandPagerecommendtheappointmentCharlesSilent.ofSanJose.Boothhaswrittenalettersaythat.incaseTweedisnotrappointedhealsowill recommendSilentfortheposition. Nomination. WASHINGTON,Feb.11—The President has nominated Chas.Silent.ofCalifornia.AssociateJusticeoftheSupremeCourtofArizonaTerritory. Talmadge's Views. NewYork,Feb.9—TheRev.Talmadge.attheBrooklynTabernaclelastevening,rferringtothePope's death,said:"Letusbecarefulhowwejudete thosewho differfromusintheformsofreligion.Idon'tcarewhethertheycountthebeadsandcrossthemselveswithholywaterorfollowtheformsoftheoldfashionedMethodistcampmeeting.FIftheyonlyhave theireyeson something beyond,theyarechristians.Idon'tcarewhethertheykneelonthestonestepsofSt.Peter'satRomeoronthebare floorsofaWesternlogcabin,theheartisthethingandnotthehands.IIfheartisrighteverythingisright;iftheheartiswrongalliswrong.'By theirfuitsyeahknowthem.'IamgladtobelievethatthePopeofRomelookedbeyondthecrusix.Iamgladtoknowthat,duringthe latterdaysofhislife,hheshowedsignsofbeingachristianman." ReferringtotheEasternwar,Mr.Talmadge said:"IamgladTurkeyiscrushed.Shewasanoldbutcher.ThequestionnowiswhatshallbedonewithheroldcaressWherearethespadeslongenoughtodigholedeepenoughburtit?WhatwillEnglanddo?Ifshehalts,shebecomesasecondratepower;if shemarches.allEuropewillbesetblazee!"He referredtoEngland'sthroneasthepurestinEurope,nothinginfothewholeworld."Thegirl,Victoria,kneelingbythesideofhereciesinstantadviseronherright:beforehercoronation,madevowsToGodandToEngland,notonewhichhassheeverbroken.IhavenoadmirationForTurkey'sconqueror.Russiahasbeensnufflingand sneeringatthechurchforyears.WhereisPoland?Wherearethemyriadsofhuman beingswhohavebeenstrangledunderther cruelheel?Russiahasbeenoneoftheworstoppressorsoftheworldthateverexisted." Thereasonthatcoal-minemanagersare warnedtouseextracareduringdampandfoggyweatheristhatsuchweatherveryoftenaccompanya suddenlyfalloffthebarometer,andasa matterofexperienceitisknownthatfire-dampsuddenlyappearsinmineswhenthebarometerislow.The arisesas follows.Thefire-damp-i.e.,hydrogenandvariouscarburetthedrugens-iscontainedinthecoal,intitsoresorinterstices,cconsiderablycondensedbythepressureofthesmokeandifthispressurebecomes Political Amenities. WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—The Post, the Washington Democratic organ, today publishes the following: While the last and decisive vote was being taken in the Wigginton-Pacheco contest yesterday, Mr. Wigginton walked over to Pacheco's seat, extended his hand and said, "Governor, we have always been friends personally, though enemies politically; I hope that the result of this vote will not disturb our friendly relations." With a magnanimity worthy of the gentleman that he is, Governor Pacheco extended his hand and said, "circumstances have made me your political enemy but personally I hope to be your friend in the future as I have been in the past." The Post adds, this is the prettiest political love feast on record. It also adds, by way of editorial comment: In the action of yesterday, of course everybody knows that the discussion was only a matter of form, and though the wind from the bellows of statesmen was intended alone for the fevered brow of their far-away constituents, it was in truth another case of eight to seven. There was a doubt, and the party in power resolved that doubt in its own favor as all parties have done from the beginning of the world, and will continue to do until the end of time. The fashionable bracelet in Paris is l'esclavage—slavery. It is a fetter of gold worn on the arm above the elbow, and is riveted and soldered by the jeweler in the presence of the donor, to be worn till death, divorce or separation. The jeweler, when the operation is over, bids the lady call next day to see that the rivet holds firmly. She comes, without her friend, bien indisheu, and the treacherous goldsmith confides o her the secret of a concealed spring, by means of which she can remove the fetter at will. O'Donovan Rossa announces in the Irish World that the skirmishing fund for the liberation of Ireland now amounts to nearly $46,000. The following mysterious hints as to the manner in which the fund is to be employed are from his pen: "This is the age of dynamite and torpedoes — agencies with which nature has come forward to aid the weak, the poor, and the enslaved. The shortest, swiftest, and cheapest warfare — that which does the greatest material damage to the enemy with the least loss of life to either side—is the most humane warfare. Three men and a few pounds of dynamite are more than a match for the mightiest frigate. Months of preparation, hundreds of men, the biggest guns, and all the latest improvements go down before the apparently insignificant assailant. As the ironclad drove out of existence the old fashioned wooden ships, so the torpedo will drive out the ironclad. The fleets of Europe and America are at the mercy of this stealthy little enemy." The reason that coal-miners are warned to use extra care during damp and foggy weather is that such weather very often accompanies a sudden fall of the barometer, and as a matter of experience it is known that fire-damp suddenly appears in mines when the barometer is low. This arises as follows. The fire-damp—i.e., hydrogen and various carbureted hydrogens—is contained in the coal, in its pores or interstices, considerably condensed by the pressure of the atmosphere, and if this pressure becomes less, a portion of the gas is set free. Take, as an instance of a similar phenomenon, a bottle of soda-water, which consists of water containing in solution a larger quantity of gas than it can hold at ordinary pressures, which excess of gas is maintained in the water by means of pressure. When you remove the cork, the gas escapes from the water, and continues to do so until it has reached the quantity which the water can dissolve at the atmospheric pressure; the soda-water is then flat—i.e., no long effervesces. But, if this flat soda-water were placed under the receiver of an air-pump, and the air exhausted, it would again effervesce. Now the coal in a mine is just like the flat soda-water; it is saturated with as much gas as it can hold under normal pressures; if the barometer suddenly falls—i.e., the pressure is suddenly diminished—the gas is suddenly liberated. If the fall is great and sudden, the gas comes off in such volumes that the ordinary ventilation fails, and an explosion may ensue. If however the fall is gradual, the gas comes off gradually, and the ordinary ventilation suffices to remove it. Break a piece of coal out of the center of a large block, put it in water, and then place the whole under the receiver of an air-pump and exhaust the air, and you will see the bubbles of gas rush out of the coal. Gideon Welles Dead. HARTFORD, Conn., Feb. 11.—Hon. Gideon Welles, ex-Secretary of the Navy, died this evening from the effects of a carbuncle, which had confined him to the house for about two weeks. GAZETTE. Y 16, 1878. Board of Supervisors. THURSDAY, Feb. 7. Board met pursuant to adjournment. Full Board present. On motion of Supervisor Prager, seconded by Supervisor Young, it is unanimously resolved that C. E. Thom be and is hereby appointed the agent and attorney for Los Angeles county, in connection with the Auditor, to fully arrange and settle all questions, claims, and demands now existing between the State and Los Angeles county on the subject of the payment of delinquent taxes, said settlement to be subject to ratification by this Board. Petition for change in Anaheim Telegraph road, granted. Petition of Engene Garmier, for abatement of taxes, set for hearing March 5th, 1878. Friday, Feb. 8. Twelve dollars and a half allowed for the relief of Mrs. Gayner for the present month. In the matter of paying warrants on the various Road Funds. Resolved that the County Treasurer be and is hereby authorized to transfer $6,000 from the Hospital Fund and $4,000 from the Salary Fund to the General Road Fund, to pay outstanding warrants, and when so paid out to the respective Road Districts, which transfer shall only be a temporary loan. The Clerk is hereby directed to notify by letter all Road Masters of the county not to expend any money or labor, except the road poll tax, until further notice from the Board. Ordered that $10 per month be allowed for relief of J. B. Lyons, to be disbursed by Supervisor Prager. J. C. Hannon allowed $20 for support of indigents at San Gabriel. Farmers Attention. El MONTA. Feb. 6th, 1878. Eds. GAZETTE:—In one year over thirty thousand dollars were brought into the county and paid to castor bean producers. The outlook this year for a good crop is exceedingly good. Permit me through your columns to answer several correspondents who ask (1), "How are we to ship castor beans? (2)," "How are we to get advance? (3)," Ought not the responsibility of the producer to end with the delivery at the depot or some other shipping point in the county? (4)," We learn that once in the ground it is almost impossible to get rid of them? Is this so? I answer these questions in their order. (1) Beans should be well cleaned and put into good sacks, and distinctly marked with the initials of the producer. (2) Send the shipping receipt to Geo. H. Peck, El Monte, by mail. I immediately return drafts to the producer, enough to cover the value of the shipment; less a margin for freight and dirt, if there be any. After the beans have been examined in San Francisco the residue of the money due the farmer is remitted by me at once. Every shipment made through me during the last two years has been entirely settled within thirty days. The best way for the farmer, however, is to let the merchant with whom he deals do the shipments. He will make no charge, and the business will be speedily done. (3). It is the wish of the Company to meet the interests of producers in every way so long as they can without doing positive injustice to themselves; and to correct several hardships upon the farmer, as well as for their own convenience, they employed an agent, who is of no expense to the producer. The experience of 1875, when the dirt in the sacks, if taken for beans, would have amounted to several thousand dollars, showed that the then system of having the responsibility end with the delivery at any home place, invited fraud and carelessness, and consequently, great inconvenience to all; and a delay in making returns which was thoroughly vexations. If the farmer and the Company were to change places, I am sure the farmer would The President has sent a letter of appointment to the General Road Fund, to pay outstanding warrants, and when so paid out to the respective Road Districts, which transfer shall only be a temporary loan. The Clerk is hereby directed to notify by letter all Road Masters of the county not to expend any money or labor, except the road poll tax, until further notice from the Board. Ordered that $10 per month be allowed for relief of J. B. Lyons, to be disbursed by Supervisor Prager. J. C. Hannon allowed $20 for support of indigents at San Gabriel. Ordered that in no case shall a larger sum be allowed any indigents than it would cost to keep them in the Hospital. Petition of John H. Wildy in regard to furnishing maps of school districts. Granted, with the understanding that there be no additional expense. In the matter of feeding county prisoners, the Clerk is hereby directed to advertise for sealed proposals to feed county prisoners for one year from date of award of contract. Supervisors Prager and Hannon appointed a Committee to prepare specifications. Resolved, That the Board hereby requests our delegation in the Legislature to amend the law so that the time for the publication of the delinquent tax list in Los Angeles county be extended one month beyond the time now prescribed by law. Petition for relief of Mrs. Kirtley, laid over one month. Adjourned for the term. Whooping Cough. It is said that Dr. Schamer of Gratz has discovered that a fungus grows upon the skins of apples and oranges which is precisely similar to the fungus which forms the peculiar germs of infection in whooping-cough. He writes to us that on oranges and apples which have been kept some time may be found dark brown and black specks which when scraped off appear as a damp powder. Under the microscope this powder is seen to consist of the spores of a fungus identical with those of the whooping-cough fungus. Taking two of these specks from the skin of an orange, Dr. Schamer introduced them by a strong inhalation into his lungs. The next day tickling of the throat began, which gradually increased until at the eight day a thoroughly developed whooping-cough set in. The expectorata, on microscopical examination, exhibited the same white corpuscles which characterize the expectorata of the usual children's whooping-cough. Should this discovery be confirmed, there is an additional reason to see that children abstain from eating apples with the skin on, and from chewing orange peel, which many are so fond of doing. Sanary Record. It is particularly amusing to note the glib and self-satisfied manner in which many of our journals speak of the British Empire. Although England, including Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, is not so large territorially as the State of California, her colonies and Fund and $4,000 from the Salary Fund to the General Road Fund, to pay outstanding warrants, and when so paid out to the respective Road Districts, which transfer shall only be a temporary loan. The Clerk is hereby directed to notify by letter all Road Masters of the county not to expend any money or labor, except the road poll tax, until further notice from the Board. Ordered that $10 per month be allowed for relief of J. B. Lyons, to be disbursed by Supervisor Prager. J. C. Hannon allowed $20 for support of indigents at San Gabriel. Ordered that in no case shall a larger sum be allowed any indigents than it would cost to keep them in the Hospital. Petition of John H. Wildy in regard to furnishing maps of school districts. Granted, with the understanding that there be no additional expense. In the matter of feeding county prisoners, the Clerk is hereby directed to advertise for sealed proposals to feed county prisoners for one year from date of award of contract. Supervisors Prager and Hannon appointed a Committee to prepare specifications. Resolved, That the Board hereby requests our delegation in the Legislature to amend the law so that the time for the publication of the delinquent tax list in Los Angeles county be extended one month beyond the time now prescribed by law. Petition for relief of Mrs. Kirtley, laid over one month. Adjourned for the term. Mrs. Hardy was the first spiritualistic medium who introduced the parafine mold into seances. A pail of warm water and some parafine were put of sight under a table, and presently a mold of a hand was found—made by a materialized spirit, as she declared. A committee of spiritualists investigated, and subsequently published a card in which they declared that Mrs. Hardy was a trickster. They furnished indisputable proof that she carried the ready-made mold to the seances, and cleverly put where they were subsequently found. Mrs. Hardy died a few days ago, and the Banner of Light says: "She died in full possession of her mental faculties, quite reconciled to death, and asservating the truth and genuineness of her mediumship to the last. She declared that the manifestations at her sittings for the production of molds in parafine of hands, which she knew to be temporarily materialized by spirit-power, was a genuine phenomenon. Almost her last words to her husband were: 'I shall be stronger on the other side, to help the good work here. I have every assurance from my spirit friends that I can continue my mental labors on the other side with greater strength than ever.'" The San Francisco Mail has suspended publication, leaving many subscribers in this county, who had paid in advance, to mourn the loss of their money. It seems strange that people will readily hand over their money to the agent of a newspaper published hundreds of miles away, which they have no assurance will last beyond the first number, and neglect their own meritorious publications, which are fully identified with and The San Francisco Mail has suspended publication, leaving many subscribers in this county, who had paid in advance, to mourn the loss of their money. It seems strange that people will readily hand over their money to the agent of a newspaper published hundreds of miles away, which they have no assurance will last beyond the first number, and neglect their own meritorious publications, which are fully identified with and doing all in their power to further home interests. Yet so it is. An irresponsible and unknown man appears in a locality, canvassing for a publication in a distant city, and forthwith he gathers in the ducats, for payment in advance is a sine qua non. Our people will send their money thousands of miles to help build up and sustain newspapers (which may or may not outlive the term of subscription) to the neglect of their own newspapers — Downey Courier. If the rain-tree of Peru is capable of doing all that is related of it, and can be propagated, it might be of great service in the arid portions of our southwestern territory. One of the Consuls of the United States of Columbia has addressed to his home Government a letter describing the tree as it appears in the woods adjoining the city of Moyabamba, in Peru. It is called by the natives tahta-caspi, i.e., the rain-tree. At all times it drips moisture from its leaves and branches, and in some instances the ground around it has become a swamp. The property of the tree appears to increase in the dry season. The height of the tree is stated at about fifty feet; diameter at base, somewhat over a yard. We don't want an Oregon girl for a lung-tester. At a singing school there a young man was bragging about the strength of his lungs, and invited a girl in the company to hit him in the breast. She said she was left-handed, and had been washing that day, and was tired, and didn't feel very active, but at his earnest request she let go at him. When his friends went to pick him up he said he thought he could die easier lying down. He had lost all recollection of having any lungs, but the young woman consedled him by admitting that she didn't hit him as hard as she might have done, because she rather liked him.