anaheim-gazette 1878-07-20

ANAHEIM VOL. 8. WEEKLY GAZETTE. Established 1870. SATURDAY...JULY 20, 1878. For Terms, see Fourth Page. Dr. W. N. HARDIN, Office and Residence, Corner Los Angeles and Sycamore Streets, Annaheim, Cal. J. H. YOCUM, M. D., Physician & Surgeon. Office and Residence corner Centre on Palm Streets, With office hours at Blanken's Drug Store, from 9 to 10 A.M., and 4 to 5 P.M. Annaheim, Cal. DR. ALICE HIGGINS, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. OFFICE—Corner of Lemon and Centre Streets. ANAHEIM. Dr. J. N. BURTNETT, Physician & Surgeon, Santa Ana, Cal. Graduate of Jefferson Medical College Kleinigkeiten. [FROM WEDNESDAY'S SEMI-WEEKLY.] It is said that a child of Mr. Casey, of Los Angeles, has died from the effects of a bite received from a dog. The residence of E. Dunbar, between Fifth and Sixth streets, Los Angeles, was burned on Sunday night. Mr. Stappenback is greatly improving the interior of Messra. D. & G. D. Plato's store. The net receipts from the Musical Jubilee at Los Angeles were $217 89. The total receipts were $1042 05 and the expenses $824 16. There is a town called Silverado in Napa county. Unlike the Silverado in this county, it has no mines of precious metals to give point to the name. Mr. J. E. Jackson, County Surveyor, called on us last evening in company with our old-time friend, Mr. W. I. Rumble. These gentlemen are on their way to Silverado, where Mr. Jackson, as Deputy United States Mineral Surveyor, will survey and locate mining claims. Professor Yarndley's concert, which was unavoidably postponed last week, will take place on Saturday evening the 20th. The programme is an unusually attractive one and the list of performers includes among FOR The undersigned, proand Semi-Weekly Gazette, dissolving the co-partners tween them, and being w basis for settlement of material and good wifi sale. The office is fitdance of needles and jerpresses, paper cutter, a large and constantly a good paying advertlarge and profitable reoffered for sale for Ouless than would have month ago. Anyone w the newspaper business portunity to step at one ment. The present yozette is due to eight y mitting labor, and it is possibility of adjusting total satisfaction that we This offer will remain until the 31st inst. ANAHEIM, July 15, Washing REGULAR CORRESPONDENT WASHING After all that has ha45th Congress, it has works. True in it! DR. ALICE HIGGINS, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. OFFICE—Corner of Lemon and Centre Streets. ANAHEIM. Dr. J. N. BURTNETT, Physician & Surgeon, Santa Ana, Cal. Graduate of Jefferson Medical College Dr. H. F. THOMAS, (Practitioner of Homoeopathy.) Physician & Surgeon, Graduate of the N. Y. Hon. Med College, March, 1800. Office and residence, 63 Spring Street, Los Angeles. DR. E. L. COWAN, DENTIST, HAS OPENED AN OFFICE IN THE UPPER part of Mrs. Metta'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 lower. His office days are Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, between the hours of 9 A.M. and 5 P.M. ROBERT W. SCOTT. VICTOR MONTGOMERY. SCOTT & MONTGOMERY, Attorneys at Law. PROBATE BUSINESS A SPECIALTY. Anaheim. Los Angeles County, Cal. M. L. WICKS, Attorney at Law, OFFICE—ROOMS 3 and 4, TEMPLE BLOCK, LOS ANGELES. Will practise in the Courts at Anaheim, as well as in the higher Courts. R. W. SCOTT, Notary Public. SCOTT & MONTGOMERY'S OFFICE, Kroeger's Block, Center Street, Anaheim. 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, Corr. 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 I work guaranteed. P. C. McKINNIE, Contractor and Builder Mr. J. E. Jackson, County Surveyor, called on us last evening in company with our old-time friend, Mr. W. I Rumble. These gentlemen are on their way to Silverado, where Mr. Jackson, as Deputy United States Mineral Surveyor, will survey and locate mining claims. Professor Yarndley's concert, which was unavoidably postponed last week, will take place on Saturday evening the 20th. The programme is an unusually attractive one and the list of performers includes among other favorites the name of Mr. Schubert and other performers not mentioned in our previous notice. We bespeak a large audience on the occasion. We learn from the Herald that the fifteen hundred acres of barley belonging to the Messrs. Nadleau and Fry, on the Brea ranch, is turning out well. The grain is very fine and the yield quite fair for such a season as the present. A little less than one-fourth of the grain has bee threshed out, and the yield is upward of seven thousand sacks. Sixty men are employed in the threshing operations. The whole tract will yield thirty thousand sacks, giving an average of twenty sacks to the acre. Most of the barley sown by Mr. Nadleau on the Centinela rancho is turning out well, especially the later sown fields. Much of that which was planted before the first rain lodged; but, taking the average, the crop will be a fair one. A Mr. Matfield, having filed a protest against the assessment of the Downey Block, in Los Angeles, as being insufficient, Governor Downey waited upon the Board of Supervisors to argue the case. While in the Board room he encountered Mr. Matfield, when, according to the Herald, the following compliments were passed: Ex-Gov. Downey—"Are you the young man that filed the complaint against my property?" Mr. Matfield—"Yes, sir: I think I am." Ex-Gov.-"Well, you are a sweet kind of a fellow!" "Mr. M.-I think I am as sweet in this town as you are." Thereupon the Governor started for Mr. Matfield with uplifted cane. Mr. M.-"Drop that cane or I'll lick you in a minute." The chairman and members of the Board protested, when order was restored. Meeting of Stockholders. ANAHEIM, July 15. Eds. Gazette.-The stockholders of the Anaheim Hide and Leather Co., held a well attended meeting on Monday evening at 8 o'clock P.M. at the Bank building. Mr. A Guy Smith was called to the Chair and Mr. E. Schubert to act as Secretary pro tem., and then proceeded to organize. It was resolved to elect 5 directors, and Messrs. Smith, Seibert, Miles, Schubert and Look were chosen by ballot. A committee of three consisting of Messrs. Saxton, Seibert and Schubert were chosen to draft by-laws, to be presented at next meeting. Messrs. Koenig and Osterman offered the lot formerly occupied by no name. Mr. J. E. Jackson, County Surveyor, called on us last evening in company with our old-time friend, Mr. W. I Rumble. These gentlemen are on their way to Silverado, where Mr. Jackson, as Deputy United States Mineral Surveyor, will survey and locate mining claims. Professor Yarndley's concert, which was unavoidably postponed last week, will take place on Saturday evening the 20th. The programme is an unusually attractive one and the list of performers includes among other favorites the name of Mr. Schubert and other performers not mentioned in our previous notice. We bespeak a large audience on the occasion. We learn from the Herald that the fifteen hundred acres of barley belonging to the Messrs. Nadleau and Fry, on the Brea ranch, is turning out well. The grain is very fine and the yield quite fair for such a season as the present. A little less than one-fourth of the grain has bee threshed out, and the yield is upward of seven thousand sacks. Sixty men are employed in the threshing operations. The whole tract will yield thirty thousand sacks, giving an average of twenty sacks to the acre. Most of the barley sown by Mr. Nadleau on the Centinela rancho is turning out well, especially the later sown fields. Much of that which was planted before the first rain lodged; but, taking the average, the crop will be a fair one. A Mr. Matfield, having filed a protest against the assessment of the Downey Block, in Los Angeles, as being insufficient, Governor Downey waited upon the Board of Supervisors to argue the case. While in the Board room he encountered Mr. Matfield, when, according to the Herald, the following compliments were passed: Ex-Gov. Downey—"Are you the young man that filed the complaint against my property?" Mr. Matfield—"Yes, sir: I think I am." Ex-Gov.-"Well, you are a sweet kind of a fellow!" "Mr. M.-I think I am as sweet in this town as you are." Thereupon the Governor started for Mr. Matfield with uplifted cane. Mr. M.-"Drop that cane or I'LL lick you in a minute." The chairman and members of the Board protested, when order was restored. This last named all under all the circumstances it is an ungraceful task to try to economize at best, and particularly there are so many dues that need of external support for unremitted mined opposition to there is scarceely any that has not to oppose save money or to kill job as the Brazilian another unpatriotic men have of course country in view,and ist is quite certain this miserable economy with his little gamethe country. The appropriation provements in the liberal most too only State, I believe this distribution,a facetiously remark was that Senator Joany river where a be sink,and Senan on the name of one Ploneer 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 I work warranted. P. C. McKINNIE, Contractor and Builder. Shop—On Centre Street, opposite residence. 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 keys on hand at all times. Tanks and Tube made to order. Honey Barrels for sale obsolete. Anaheim Cooper Shop, Centre Street, Anaheim. J. WESTPHAL, - Proprietor L. F. LEWIS, Proprietor of the Planters' Stable, has opened a Branch Feed Stable, On Centre Street, near the Depot First-class accommodations for stock. FOR THE BEST Wines and Brandies GO TO THEO. REISER, Cor. Santa Ana and Olive Sts. Anaheim. A BEAUTIFUL CHROMO GIVEN AWAY TO SUBSCRIBERS TO THE SEMI-WEEKLY OR WEEKLY GAZETTE. ANAHEIM, July 15. Eds. GAZETTE. — The stockholders of the Anaheim Hide and Leather Co., held a well attended meeting on Monday evening at 8 o'clock P.M. at the Bank building. Mr. A. Guy Smith was called to the Chair and Mr. E. Schubert to act as Secretary pro tem., and then proceeded to organize. It was resolved to elect 5 directors, and Messrs. Smith, Seibert, Miles, Schubert and Look were chosen by ballot. A committee of three consisting of Messrs. Saxton, Seibert and Schubert were chosen to draft by-laws to be presented at next meeting. Messrs. Koenig and Osterman offered the lot formerly occupied as a lumber yard, as a location for the tannery, and the board of directors resolved to visit the place and interview the proprietors next day at 10 A.M., and perfect arrangements for starting business at once. The meeting then adjourned until next Monday evening at same time and place. Sumach in California. The successful introduction of sumach into California soil promises to open up a heavy source of revenue, and is worthy the attention of land owners, particularly of owners of harren or hilly land which cannot be utilized at present to any great advantage. Experts are of the opinion that sumach grown in this State would be nearly if not quite as valuable as the article which is at present so largely imported from Sicily, and commands from $120 to $200 a ton. Our climate is somewhat similar to that of Sicily, and has the open, semi-tropical winters, which this plant requires to give it its valuable tanning properties. Sumach is indigenous and exceedingly hardy in one or two Southern States, but it is entirely worthless as an article of commerce, owing to the length and severity of the Eastern winters, which prevent the development of the acid it is valued for to an extent sufficient to pay for its gathering. Dr. Saxe and Mr. Eberhard, of this place, have been experimenting with the seed for several years, and have now thrifty roots two years old. Once thoroughly acclimated, it will grow spontaneously anywhere where there is a sufficiency of soil for roots to penetrate. There are new from 1,500 to 2,000 tons of sumach annually consumed in this State, and the market for it is continually increasing. If the California production will prove anyways near as valuable as the imported article, much land that is now unremunerative may be made to return a handsome profit, when once covered with native sumach. — Santa Clara Echo. WEEKLY CIM GA ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA; SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1878. FOR SALE. The undersigned, proprietors of the Weekly and Semi-Weekly Gazette, being desirous of dissolving the co-partnership now existing between them, and being unable to agree upon a basis for settlement of their affairs, offer the material and good will of the Gazette for sale. The office is fitted up with an abundance of news and job material, fine new presses, paper cutter, etc. The Gazette has a large and constantly increasing circulation, a good paying advertising patronage, and a large and profitable run of job work. It is offered for sale for ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS less than would have been taken for it one month ago. Anyone who desires to go into the newspaper business could find no better opportunity to step at once into a paying investment. The present good standing of the Gazette is due to eight years of hard and unremitting labor, and it is only because of the impossibility of adjusting our affairs to our mutual satisfaction that we offer it for sale. This offer will remain open for acceptance until the 31st inst. MELROSE & ATHEARN. ANAHEIM, July 15, 1878. Washington Letter. REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE OF THE GAZETTE. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 7. After all that has been said about the 45th Congress, it has a fair record of good works. True, in its composition there are A Piece of Pie. A delicious piece of "pie" was nearly being served up to the readers of a Liverpool paper the other day. The previous evening its reporter had to attend a meeting of the Wesleyan Chapel for the conversion of the Hebrews to Christianity, after which he reported the addresses given by General H. Y. D'Scott to the Polytechnic Society on the conversion of sewage into lime and cement. In the printer's hands the folios got mixed up, and the report read: "The chairman, after the meeting had been opened with prayer, explained that the conversion of the Jews was one of the greatest works that could engage the attention of our sanitary authorities. Filtration was the most perfect method that could be adopted for purification, but a filter had its limits. There was a popular notion that the sewage contained a vast amount of wealth, but the sludge must be taken out of it for purposes of irrigation, as they otherwise choked the pores of the land, and they were a wandering race spread over the whole face of the habitable globe. They were denied the inimitable blessings of Christianity, which might be counted by thousands of tons per annum allowed to run to waste, when by a judicious admixture of lime and clay, the beighted Hebrews who sat in darkness might be converted into lime and cement for building purposes, and if thus deodorized, after being first dried and burned in a kiln, this ancient race would once more take its proud position among the nations of the world. Subscriptions were earnestly solicited for Particulars of the Fatal Fire at Orange. EDS. GAZETTE:—Allow me through your good paper to correct one or two errors made by Dr. Hayward in your last weekly issue. I am sure the Doctor would not wish to hurt our feelings. He says the children, it is supposed, were playing with coal oil or kindling the fire with it. This they never were allowed to do, and the child emphatically denied it before she died. They were not allowed to have a lamp to go to bed, except when they had company, and we found the remains of the oil cans so far from where the stove stood that we are fully satisfied on this point. We feel almost certain the fire caught from sparks catching in the cotton ceiling overhead, either directly from the stove or by some defect in the pipe. The cotton had been ripped between three and four years, and of course had much fine dust on it. The child was kindling the fire with some chips and pine kindling, which her younger sister had just carried in to her. She was in her 12th year. The younger one had just gone to gather the eggs, and when she returned she met her sister coming out of the door all on fire, and says she saw fire all around the room and on the floor, as the door was opened. From this we feel satisfied that the cotton and pipe had fallen down, and of course fallen over and around the child. She ran and got in the water ditch but was so badly burned that she died about midnight. The fire occurred about 6 p.m. Their mother had just gone to call on a near neighbor, about ten minutes before. You state that we appealed to the citizens for aid. To this I would say we have not appealed to any one in this community, as it was quite unnecessary. They were all only too ready and glad to show their kindly Washington Letter. REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE OF THE GAZETTE. WASHINGTON, D.C., July 7. After all that has been said about the 45th Congress, it has a fair record of good works. True, in its composition there are individual evidences of that degeneracy which permeates and grows upon our entire political system, yet, as a whole, it has been a tolerably efficient body, honest, economical and fruitful of accomplished results. It has remonetized silver, provided for a settlement between Uncle Sam and the Pacific railroads, and repealed the bankrupt law. It has prohibited the use of the army as a pose comitatus over the free people of a free State, provided for the settlement of southern claims by a judicial court, instead of a corrupt and imbecile commission, and ordered the completion of the Washington monument, a standing disgrace in its unfinished condition, for many years. It has given the District of Columbia the first equitable and permanent form of government it ever had, and after making liberal provisions for public works and improvements, which must give employment to hundreds of thousands of laboring men, it has still cut off ten to twenty millions from the annual expenditures of the government. This last named achievement is, perhaps, under all the circumstances the greatest of all. It is an ungracious and an ungrateful task to try to economize the public money, at best, and particularly so just now when there are so many demands, and while there is such need of extending aid to the unemployed. Prominent members of the House have heard themselves denounced on all hands for service which they know to be hard—for unremitting vigilance and determined opposition to wasteful expenditures. There is scarcely an economizer of them all that has not friends whom he has to oppose, and every attempt to save money or to kill even so transparent a job as the Brazilian subsidy is denounced as another unpatriotic blunder. All the subsidy men have of course only the good of the country in view, and every jobber and lobbyist is quite certain that if it were not for this miserable economical House he could, with his little game, restore the prosperity of the country. The appropriations for river and harbor improvements in the various States have been liberal, most too liberal. Nevada is the only State, I believe, which was omitted in this distribution, and some of the papers facetiously remark that the reason of this was that Senator Jones could not think of any river where a little public money could be sunk, and Senator Sharon failed to send on the name of one. wise choked the pores of the land, and they were a wandering race spread over the whole face of the habitable globe. They were denied the inimitable blessings of Christianity, which might be counted by thousands of tons per annum allowed to run to waste, when by a judicious admixture of lime and clay, the benighted Hebrews who sat in darkness might be converted into lime and cement for building purposes, and if thus deodorized, after being first dried and burned in a kiln, this ancient race would once more take its proud position among the nations of the world. Subscriptions were earnestly solicited for the purpose, though he (the speaker) claimed any idea of making a profit out of the process, and, in conclusion, he urged increased efforts in the good work, showing that, thus deodorized by a very novel process, evangelization in large tanks constructed for the purpose, the grateful Hebrews might flow over the land without injury to vegetation, while the expense of conversion, which was progressing as rapidly as the best friends of Christianity could wish, would be more than rapid by the sale of the phosphate of lime and valuable cement for building purposes. —London Printers' Register. Cincinnati's Beer. According to the new directory there are 1,507 saloons in Cincinnati, exceeding the groceries by 400. Not less than 1,200 of these retail beer. The number of saloons that sell spirituous liquors exclusively is comparatively small. Let us suppose 1,200 saloons sell on an average no more than 100 glasses a day the year through. This is a low estimate, indeed, for a saloon that could not work off one keg a day (and an export beer jerker will get 110 glasses out of it, as glasses go) would have to put up its shutters. Here then would be 43,800,000 glasses of beer retained in a year, and at five cents a glass the aggregate sum of $2,190,-000. We are safe in saying that this estimate is too small by one-half; that the actual amount vended by the glass in those 1,200 saloons will average over 200 glasses a day. Many of the groceries also retail beer by the glass, having a convenient space in the rear, where customers can refresh themselves with a glass of lager. —Cincinnati Commercial. A Fascinating Employment. The editor's is a most fascinating employment; does not require any previous education or preparation, and pays enormously. The principal occupation of leading editors is to receive enormous bribes for leading articles; to attend theatrees, concerts and other places of resort, occupying the best places, of course, and to inform political leaders how they should regulate affairs. Assistant editors and reporters, who are scarce at $365 a week, generally work four hours a day when they are not away on vacations, have free passes everywhere, and the pleasure of their company is contended for by the elite of the city. —New York 12th year. The younger one had just gone to gather the eggs, and when she returned she met her sister coming out of the door all on fire, and says she saw fire all around the room and on the floor, as the door was opened. From this we feel satisfied that the cotton and pipe had fallen down, and of course fallen over and around the child. She ran and got in the water ditch but was so badly burned that she died about midnight. The fire occurred about 6 P.M. Their mother had just gone to call on a near neighbor, about ten minutes before. You state that we appealed to the citizens for aid. To this I would say we have not appealed to any one in this community, as it was quite unnecessary. They were all only too ready and glad to show their kindly feelings and sympathy for us in this hour of our sorrow and affliction, and I would here beg to express to them the thankfulness and gratitude we feel for the unbounded kindness and good will shown us. Yours very respectfully, W.E.Sibley. Orange, July 16th, 1878. Bread Fruit Trees. A correspondent of a Sacramento paper says: In the northwestern corner of the State Capitol grounds stands a bread fruit tree (the carica papaya). There were formerly two of these trees, which were growing finely, standing the changes of our climate well, but for some reason they were removed in the fall of the year, when the frosts were coming on—the gardener not knowing their habit. One died and the other survived the shock, and is now about eight feet high and doing very well. This remarkable tree is worthy of more attention from our experimental fruit growers, for its fruit and other properties. The fruit is pear-shaped, from three to five inches in length, and two to four inches in diameter, flavored somewhat like a cantaloupe. It is sliced and eaten raw, or soaked in water to destroy the juice; then boiled and eaten as a sauce with lemon juice, with which it makes an excellent conserve. Its juice extracted from the pulp makes an excellent cosmetic, removing freckles from the skin, and the leaves are sometimes used instead of soap for washing. Dr. Browne, in his "Natural History of Jamaica," says the toughest meat or poultry may be made tender for cooking by steeping for eight or ten minutes in the milky juice of this tree. Dr. Holden, who witnessed the effects in the Island of Barbadoes, says in the third volume of the "Wernerian Society's Memoirs," that the juices of the tree cause a separation of the muscular fiber in meats that have been immersed therein, and that the vapor of the tree does the same, it being common for the people to hang meat in the top branches before cooking. The "Annales de Chimie," a French work states: "Fibaine had been previously supposed to belong exclusively to the animal kingdom, but that this tree had been found to contain this substance." It is a prolific bearer. One tree will supply a large family with an abundance of fruit. Gen. Twiggs' Relics. Chicago, July 13.—The Journal's Washington special says: A lady living in England The appropriations for river and harbor improvements in the various States have been liberal, most too liberal. Nevada is the only State I believe, which was omitted in this distribution, and some of the papers facetiously remark that the reason of this was that Senator Jones could not think of any river where a little public money could be sunk, and Senator Sharon failed to send on the name of one. This much I have felt impelled to say in favor of a Congress which, with all its faults, is worthy of some praise. Among the important measures before it which went over to the next session is the bill granting certain privileges to the Texas and Pacific Railway. To this there was originally some opposition because it is a "railway scheme," and all these projects have lately been, with some reason, regarded public enemies because of the subsides they have extorted, and the corrupt waste of the public domain that has attended them. But the opposition to this bill has mostly disappeared, because it has come to be understood that nothing is desired but a sort of Government indorsement, which will give the company credit and confidence, with which it is abundantly able to accomplish all it has proposed. The delay is to be regretted chiefly because early action would have brought a degree of prosperity to certain sections of the country and employed during the summer thousands of laborers and mechanics. But it will be promptly passed at the next session. This road will be in one sense a continuation of the great Pennsylvania Company's railway system, as it is partially under the same management, which is certainly some guarantee of its final success. The Pennsylvania Railway is to-day the most perfect, magnificent, and liberally managed railway property in the United States. It stands above comparison with all the other routes between the East and the West, and the fact that its earnings are increasing over last year at the rate of $120,000 a month attests the public appreciation of this condition of things, at the same time furnishing a guarantee of peace and quiet all along the line. Ladies must not read this: punx pux unn spdxn unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx The principal occupation of leading editors is to receive enormous bribes for leading articles; to attend theatres, concerts and other places of resort, occupying the best places, of course, and to inform political leaders how they should regulate affairs. Assistant editors and reporters, who are scarce at $365 a week, generally work four hours a day when they are not away on vacations, have free passes everywhere, and the pleasure of their company is contended for by the elite of the city.—New York Times. The tide of immigration to Kansas is so large, steady, and continuous that the causes for it ought to be discovered to the people of California for their information and the benefit of the State. It is stated that the land sales of Kansas from January to May amounted to $4,000,000—nearly ten times as much as for the corresponding period of 1877. The Kansas journals estimate that, in addition to the amount derived from land sales, the immigrants took into the State fully $25,000,-000. This prosperity is attributed to the excellent advertising done by the State authorities and to the facilities offered to settlers to procure land in small tracts. A new machine for boring artesian wells has been invented by Haas & Manning, of Stockton, which sends a steady stream of water down with the augur, to bring up the borings; and as these are never in the way, the work advances, sometimes, when in earthy material, at the rate of a foot in two minutes, at an expense of 50 cents a foot to the land-owner, a considerable saving as compared with the old method of boring. Louisville Courier-Journal: Bryant was not much of a genius. He is greatly overestimated. A genius always smokes or chews tobacco, and cannot write unless he is drunk. It is sad to think what a sweet poet Mr. Bryant might have been had not his education in these matters been neglected. Before he is pronounced the greatest of American poets; let his worshippers reflect upon the deficiencies of their idol. There are in Egypt 765 non-navigable canals used solely for irrigation, and 22 canals used both for irrigation and for the transfer tree does the same, it being common for the people to hang meat in the top branches before cooking. The "Annales de Chimie," a French work, states: "Fibsine had been previously supposed to belong exclusively to the animal kingdom, but that this tree had been found to contain this substance." It is a prolific bearer. One tree will supply a large family with an abundance of fruit. Gen. Twiggs' Reliefs. Chicago, July 13.—The Journal's Washington special says: A lady living in England has made application for three valuable swords which were formerly the property of General Twiggs, but which were captured by General Butler when he entered New Orleans during the war. These swords were sent to President Lincoln by General Butler and deposited by his successor, Andrew Johnson, in the vaults of the Treasury Department for safe keeping. They were valued at $35,000. One of them was presented to Gen. Twiggs by Congress for bravery during the Mexican war. The scabbard is of pure gold and the sword hilt is of solid gold, brilliantly set with diamonds. When General Twiggs ran away from New Orleans at the approach of the Union troops, he left these swords, but sent a letter to a young lady friend saying that he had decided to give them to her, and for her to obtain them. Soon afterwards General Twiggs died, and the lady, who now lives in England, claims that she swords are her property, and has made a formal application to the Secretary of the Treasury for them. The request and claim are now being considered. Parliamentary Courtesies. The closing hours of the Canadian Parliament were as disorderly as those of our Congress. Here is a passage from the official journal: Mr. Smith—Who is the coward? The House will decide—it is yourself. Mr. Tupper—Coward, treacherous— Mr. Smith—I could not support them. Mr. Speaker—Admit the messenger. Sir John Macdonald—That fellow Smith is the biggest line I ever met. And this report, according to an Ottawa paper, has been tossed down, the last remark having been preceded by these words from Mr. Smith: "Sir John Macdonald is the tree does the same, it being common for the people to hang meat in the top branches before cooking. The "Annales de Chimie," a French work, states: "Fibsine had been previously supposed to belong exclusively to the animal kingdom, but that this tree had been found to contain this substance." It is a prolific bearer. One tree will supply a large family with an abundance of fruit. Ladies must not read this: punx pux unn spdxn unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx unx GAZETTE. NO. 1878. the Fatal Fire at damage. follow me through your one or two errors made your last weekly issue would not wish to hurt the children, it is supposed with coal oil or kindling they never were alone child emphatically ded. They were not able to go to bed, except many, and we found them so far from where the fire fully satisfied on this night the cotton ceiling directly from the stove or by pipe. The cotton had three and four years, and fine dust on it. The fire with some chips which her younger sister so her. She was in her younger one had just gone and when she returned coming out of the door all the saw fire all around her, as the door was open, we feel satisfied that pipe had fallen down, fallen over and around ran and got in the so badly burned that night. The fire occurred for mother had just gone neighbor, about ten minutes what we appealed to the this I would say we have one in this community, necessary. They were all glad to show their kindly Meeting of the Eire Company—The Constitution. ANAHEIM, July 13th, 1878. The meeting of the Anaheim Fire Department met at Judge Bailey's office. The reading of the minutes of the previous evening was postponed on account of the large amount of important business to be transacted. The committee appointed, consisting of Messrs. John Fischer, D. Nagle, Dan Payne, and J. F. Dalton, to draft a new constitution and by-laws, was ordered to report, the report being that the committee had done as directed, and the result of their work placed before the meeting. It was ordered that each article be read and accepted separately. Motion carried, and Secretary ordered to proceed. Articles 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 were adopted as read. Article 3 was accepted after the changing of the word "town" for "company." The by-laws were adopted as read, and the committee was discharged. It was ordered that all members of the extinct fire department, having paid their membership fee of one dollar, have one month to sign the new constitution. After that their names shall be annulled from this company. It was also ordered that the amount of one dollar be still charged as membership fee, and notice of same be placed for one month in the official paper of this town. Election of officers: D. Nagle was nominated Foreman, Dan Payne, Asst. Foreman, H. Cohen, Secretary, and F. Backs, Treasurer. All officers were elected by acclamation. After the election the new foreman, D. Nagle, was called upon to make a speech. His speech was short, but to the point, and was loudly enced by the company. After which, our retiring Chief, Mr. D. J. Sorenson, was asked to make a few remarks. He after any fire shall be fined 50 cts., except he be absent from town or sick, which will be a legal excuse. Any member disobeying the commands of his superior shall be fined one dollar. Section 2. — Any member being in arrears to the amount of three dollars for fines, after three months shall not be allowed to vote in any case; and if in arrears over six months shall be suspended for non-payment. ORDER OF BUSINESS. 1. Calling of the Roll. 2. Reading minutes of the preceding meeting. 3. Reports of standing or special Committees. 4. Reports of Officers. 5. Reading communications or bills. 6. Admission of new members, and the election of officers at the annual meeting. 7. Unfinished Business. 8. New Business. 9. Has any member anything to offer for the good of the Company? 10. Adjournment. H. K. A. asks: 1. How do scientists ascertain the average rainfall? A. Take a quart bottle of uniform diameter and graduate its liquid contents by a scale of tenths of an inch accurately engraved on the side; fit into the neck of the bottle a 40° funnel, the diameter (in inches) at the rim or widest part of which has been accurately ascertained; then, diameter square multiplied by .7854 will equal the area in inches of the base of the inverted cone. Suspend the rain gauge in an upright and exposed position. Then, number of inches of rain collected in the bottle divided by the time of exposure will equal the average rainfall in inches. The gauge Fruit Trees. of a Sacramento paper in western corner of the woods stands a bread fruit paya). There were forests, which were growing the changes of our land some reason they were of the year, when the gardener not bit. One died and the shock, and is now about doing very well. This worthy of more attention total fruit growers, for its properties. The fruit is three to five inches in four inches in diameter, like a cantaloupe. It is raw, or soaked in water to then boiled and eaten as juice, with which it conserve. Its juice exceeds make an excellent freckles from the skin, sometimes used instead of Dr. Browne, in his book of Jamaica," says the countryman may be made tensteeping for eight or ten ky juice of this tree. Dr. pressed the effects in the Isle's Society's Memoirs," that cause a separation of meat that have been used to belong exclusively to him, but that this tree had taken this substance." It is one tree will supply an abundance of fruit. Constitution. Title and Object. Article 1.—The name and title of this organization shall be Anaheim Fire Company No. 1, and its object shall be the saving of both life and property from destruction by fire. Officers. Art. 2.—The officers of this organization shall consist of a Foreman and Assistant Foreman, Secretary and Treasurer, who shall be elected annually by ballot. Said officers shall hold their positions until their successors are elected. Duties of Officers. Art. 3.—The powers and duties of the Foreman shall be, 1st—To take possession of and control all the fire apparatus of this company. 2nd—To see that the same is in order and in readiness for use whenever required. 3d—To have full authority to control all actions and determine all measures in subduing fires, at which time every officer of this town shall be subject to the command of said foreman, who shall be responsible alone to the Town Trustees of Anheim. Secretary. Art. 4.—The Secretary shall conduct the correspondence, keep a correct record of the proceedings, and read at each meeting the roll call and the minutes of the preceding meeting. Treasurer. Art. 5.—The Treasurer shall receive and keep the funds of the organization, making a quarterly report of all monies received, disbursed, and amount on hand, and pay all warrants drawn by the Secretary and signed by the Foreman. Appointment of Committees. Art. 6.—There shall be appointed by the Foreman, at the first meeting after his election, the following standing committees to consist of 3 members each: Finance and Executive, whose duties shall be designated by the Foreman. Dr. Klein of Cologne has discovered on the moon's surface a great black crater on the Mars Vaporum, and a little to the northward of the crater Hyacinth. He says it is three feet in diameter, deep and full of shadow. Having frequently observed this region during the last twelve years, Dr. Klein feels certain that no such crater existed in this region at the time of his previous observations. On subsequent occasions he obtained further observations of this new crater. He found it to be either without a wall or with a very low one, but to be a deep, conical depression in the surface. So far, the English observations have been in accord with those of Dr. Klein, and, if the existence of this new crater be confirmed, it will form the strongest possible evidence of volcanic change on the moon's surface. The Governor of Kwang Tung recently applied to the Chinese Government for permission to erect a memorial structure in honor of the filial devotion of a young daughter of a magistrate in Canton. Her father fell ill and she devoted herself to nursing him. At the end of six months his malady increased, and the daughter cut a piece of flesh from her arm, and mixed it with the medicine. The remedy, however, proved ineffectual, so she resolved to sacrifice her life to his, and poisoned herself on the day that her father died. The Government has sanctioned the monument. The New York World explains Mrs. Jenks as follows: "Mrs. Jenks disremembers all that she remembers and remembers all that she disremembers, and there is no more TREASURER. Art. 5.—The Treasurer shall receive and keep the funds of the organization, making a quarterly report of all moneys received, disbursed, and amount on hand, and pay all warrants drawn by the Secretary and signed by the Foreman. APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES. Art. 6.—There shall be appointed by the Foreman, at the first meeting after his election, the following standing committees to consist of 3 members each: Finance and Executive, whose duties shall be designated by the Foreman. TIME OF MEETING. Art. 7.—This organization shall meet on the first Wednesday of each month. The Foreman shall take the chair at meetings. The Foreman shall be authorized to call special meetings, upon the written request of any eleven members in good standing, which shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. CONDITION OF MEMBERSHIP. Art. 8.—Any gentleman can become a member of this organization by the consent of the majority of members present, the signing of the constitution, and the payment of one dollar entrance fee. PENALTIES OF VIOLATING RULES. Art. 9.—Any member who shall be guilty of insubordination or of improper conduct, calculated to bring this organization into disrepute, shall be expelled. No member shall be expelled, however, until he shall have had due notice of such intention on the part of the organization and has been given an opportunity of being heard in his own defence. ALTERATIONS OR AMENDMENTS. Art. 10.—This constitution may be altered or amended by a two-thirds vote of all the members present at any regular meeting of this organization, provided that such alteration or amendments has been proposed and entered on the minutes, together with the names of the members proposing it, at least one week before; the same shall be acted upon. BY-LAWS. ARTICLE 1. The hours of assembling for the stated meetings of this organization shall be as follows: From April 1st to Oct. 1st, 8 p.m.; from Oct. 1st to April 1st, 7:30 p.m. ADMISSION OF MEMBERS. Art. 2.—The names of all persons desiring admission to this organization shall be presented to the Secretary, who shall bring the same before the members for election at any regular meeting. FINES. Art. 3. Section 1st.—Any member being absent during roll-call shall be fined 25 cts.; magistrate in Canton. Her father fail in and she devoted herself to nursing him. At the end of six months his malady increased, said the daughter cut a piece of flesh from her arm, and mixed it with the medicine. The remedy, however, proved ineffectual, so she resolved to sacrifice her life to his, and poisoned herself on the day that her father died. The Government has sanctioned the monument. The New York World explains Mrs. Jenks as follows: "Mrs. Jenks disremembers all that she remembers and remembers all that she disremembers, and there is no more evidence of design in her than there was in Dr. Ware's watch, which had a beautiful face but no works at all. M. B. Hewson, the private secretary of ex-Senator Alcorn of Mississippi, has sued him in the Memphis courts to recover $6342 as salary. He says in his complaint that he wrote Alcorn's State papers while he was Governor of Mississippi, and his speeches and reports while he was in the Senate. Tough story from Maine: Cherry rum refuse, thrown into the yard by a Banger woman, was eaten by turkeys that apparently died from the effects. After being plucked they were thrown in a heap on the grass. On the next morning they were found walking around the yard in undress. Conspirators will blab. The London Economist says that all Irish secret societies have been betrayed; that the French police knew almost every Italian plot against the Emperor Napoleon, and that prior to the recent attack on Emperor William, a written warning of danger, specifying the day was forwarded to Berlin. In the procession escorting the delegates to the Illinois Republican State Convention a portrait of Grant was carried, accompanied by the mottoes, "Give us Grant in 1800," and "Two good terms deserve another." Eastern philosopher: Mr. Mackay, of California, has an income of $26,000 per day, but what good does it do him? He can't drink over ten glasses of soda water per day, and he's got to die on his merita, the same as the rest of us. At Paris a banquet of horses and men fleas served up in tempting styles, is promised to the journalists of all nations in attendance.