anaheim-gazette 1881-02-26

ANAHEIM VOL. XI. ANAHI WEEKLY GAZETTE. Established 1870. For Terms, see Fourth Page. DIRECTORY. STATE OFFICERS. GEORGE C. PERKINS ... Governor JOHN MANNFIELD ... Lieutenant-Governor DANIEL M. BURNS ... Secretary of State DANIEL M. KENFIELD ... Controller JOHN WEIL ... Treasurer AUGUSTUS L. HART ... Attorney-General JAMES W. SHANKLIN ... Surveyor-General FRANK W. GROSS ... Clerk of Supreme Court R. F. MORRISON ... Chief Justice Supreme Court J. D. THORNTON ... Associate Justice S. B. McKEE ... "" M. H. MYRICK ... "" J. R. SHARPSTEIN ... "" E. M. ROSS ... "" E. W. McKINSTRY ... "" COUNTY OFFICERS. Y. SEPULVEDA ... Superior Judge V. E. HOWARD ... "" T. B. BROWN ... District Attorney W. R. ROWLAND ... Sheriff A. W. POTTS ... Clerk MILTON LINDLEY ... Treasurer C. C. LAME ... Recorder B. A. YORBA ... Auditor J. W. VENABLE ... Assessment W. B. CULLEN ... Tax Collector E. T. WRIGHT ... Surveyor J. KURTZ ... Coroner J. W. HINTON ... Superintendent of Schools SUPERVISORS. C. PRAGER (Chairman) ... First District Dr. Reginald A. Fergusson Doctor of Medicine and Master of Surgery of the Queen's University, Ireland; Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians and of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh; Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries of London; late Senior Resident-Burgess, Resident-Physician and Assistant Pathologist, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, and lately Resident in the Rotunda Hospital, (for diseases of women only) Dublin— HAVING PURCHASED FROM DR. JAMES ELLIS the Anaheim Sanatorium and Drug Store may be consulted on all Medical and Surgical cases. Diseases of Women and Children a specialty. Office hours from 7 A.M. to 12 M., and from 5 P.M. to 8 P.M. For the convenience of Westminster and Garden Grove patients, Dr. Fergusson will be at Mr. Clark's boarding house, Westminster, every Tuesday and Friday, from 2 to 4 P.M. DR. ALICE HIGGINS, Physician and Surgeon! OFFICE—Corner of Center and Lemon Streets, ANAHEIM. 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 is very low. He will be found in his office every day between the hours of 9 A.M. and 5 P.M. GEO. B. SHAFFER, NOTARY PUBLIC. OFFICE—BANK OF ANAHEIM. VICTOR MONTGOMERY, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC. SUPERVISORS. C. PRAGER (Chairman) First District J. H. ROWERS Second J. H. HANNON Third W. F. COOPER Fourth R. EJAN Regular meeting on the first Monday in each month. LEGISLATIVE OFFICERS. J. B. WEST State Senator R. F. DEL VALLE Member of Assembly J. F. CRANK MUNICIPAL OFFICERS. B. F. SEIBERT (President) Trustee E. A. SAXTON F. A. KORN B. DREYFUA D. E. MILES RICHARD MELKOSE Town Clerk R. M. BARHAM Marshal THEO. RIMPAU Treasurer JOHN P. ZEYN Assessor T. L. GANNON Justice of the Peace Regular meetings on the first Wednesday in each month. TOWNSHIP OFFICERS. ALEXANDER BAILEY Justice of the Peace T. L. GANNON Constable R. M. BARHAM Constable R. BOHN FEDERAL OFFICERS. CHARLES R. JOHNSON Register Land Office J. W. HAVERSTICK Receiver Land Office F. B. FANNING Dep. Col. Int. Rev. IVARE A. WEID U. S. Gauger J. D. DENSLAP Dep. U. S. Marshal B. C. WHITING U. S. Commissioner ANAHEIM-POST-OFFICE. Northern mail arrives at 6, P.M., and closes at 6:30 A.M. Southern mail arrives at 7:30 A.M., and closes at 5:30 P.M. Westminster and Garden Grove mail arrives at 4, P.M., and closes at 5, P.M. WM. M. HIGGINS Postmaster. SOCIETY MEETINGS. Anaheim Lodge No. 85, A.O.U.W Meeting every Monday night. C.E Leonard Master Workman J.M.Guinn Recorder. Anaheim Lodge No. 207, F.A.M Meeting the Monday preceding the full moon in each month. W.M.McFadden, Worshipful Master D.E.Miles, Secretary. Anaheim Lodge No. 199, I.O.O.F Meeting every Tuesday evening John P.Zeyn Noble Grand J.Gooch, Secretary. Orpheus Lodge No. 237, I.O.O.F Meeting every Friday evening H.A.Boege,N.G.R.Menzel,Secretary. GEO. B.SHAFFER, NOTARY PUBLIC. OFFICE-BANK OF ANAHEIM. VICTOR MONTGOMERY, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC, Anaheim, Cal Office at Santa Ana on Tuesdays and Fridays.P.O.address.Anaheim,Cal. ROBT.W.SCOTT, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC. Commissioner of Deeds for Arizona Territory.Kroeger's Block, Anaheim, Cal. H.MMITCHELL, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Office-Rooms 76 and 77 Temple block, LOS ANGELES. M.L.WICKS, Attorney-at-Law, Rooms 86 and 87,Temple Block, LOS ANGELES.CALIFORNIA MOYE WICKS, Attorney-at-Law, Congress Street, TUCSON ARIZONA Business promptly attended to. L.GUNTHER, Pioneer Boot and Shoe Maker, Cor.Adele and Los Angeles streets. GEORGE BAUER, BOOT AND SHOE MAKER, Los Angeles Street. MAKING AND REPAIRING AT THE LOWEST cash price.All orders promptly attended toAll work guaranteed. CHARLES WILLE, COOPERAGE. Pipes,Barrels and kegs on hand at all times.Tanks and Tubs made to order.Honey Barrels for sale cheap. MILES BROS. WAREHOUSEMEN AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS.All consignments of produce shipped through us will be sold at the highest market rates.Liberal cash advances will be made.Sacks,twine and bale rope sold at low figures.Agents for all kinds of farming implements.Also agent for the Phonix and Home Insurance Co.'s Office at Warehouse,near Rail-read denot. F.E.J.BACKS. Importers, Manufacturers and Dealers in Anaheim Lodge No. 85, A. O. U. W. Meeting every Monday night. C. E. Leonard, Master Workman. J. M. Guinn, Recorder. Anaheim Lodge No. 207, F. and A. M. Meeting the Monday preceding the full moon in each month. W. M. McFadden, Worshipful Master D. E. Miles, Secretary. Anaheim Lodge No. 109, I. O. O. F. Meeting every Tuesday evening. John P. Zeyn, Noble Grand. J. Gooch, Secretary. Orpheus Lodge No. 237, I. O.O.F. Meeting every Friday evening. H. A. Boege, N. G. R. Menzel, Secretary. Oriou Encampment, No. 54, I. O. O. F. Regular meetings on the first and third Fridays in each month. W. J. Hill, C. P. F. A. Korn, Scribe. Anaheim Fire Company No. 1, H. A. Stough, Foreman. N. A. Bittner, Secretary. Regular meetings on the last Saturday in each month. Exotic Gardens, NEW LOS ANGELES STREET. Rear of Cathedral. LOS ANGELES. LOUIS J. STENGEL, Proprietor. My assortment of PLANTS and SHRUBBERY Of all kinds for the season of 1881 is larger and more complete than that of any other nursery in Southern California, and I guarantee that My Prices are Lower Than those of any other first-class nursery in the State, and I guarantee all plants sent out from my nursery to be in a healthy condition. Order any Plant you want And I can furnish it. Special attention is given to orders sent by mail. A special invitation is given to everyone to call at my nursery and see my assortment of plants. PRIVATE BOARDING. A LIMITED NUMBER OF BOARDERS TAKEN on moderate terms. Apply to MES EUCHER. MILES BROS. WAREHOUSEMEN AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS All consignments of produce shipped through us will be sold at the highest market rates. Liberal cash advances will be made. Sacks, twine and bale rope sold at low figures. Agents for all kinds of farming implements. Also agent for the Phoenix and Home Insurance Co.'s Office at Warehouse, near Railroad denot. F & J. BACKS. Importers, Manufacturers and Dealers in Furniture, Bedding, Paper Hangings, Picture Frames, etc, UNDERTAKERS. Agents for all kinds of Sewing Machines. Los Angeles Street: Anaheim. Alfred L. Pellegrin, PHOTOGRAPHER, Los Angeles Street, ANAHEIM..CAL. WESTMINSTER Pork Packing Co. I WILL PAY THE HIGHBEST PRICES FOR AS many bags as I can use. Or I will kill and cure bags for Cash or Products. ROBERT BOCLER, Proprietor. $5 Outstant free to those who wish to engage in the most pleasant and profitable business known Everything new. Capital not required. We will furnish you everything $10 a day and agendas is easily made without staying away from home ever night. No risk whatever. Many new workers wanted at once. Many are making furniture at the business. Listen make as much as men and boys and girls make great pay. No one who is willing to work bills to make more money every day than can be made in a wash at any ordinary employment. Those who engage at once will find a short road to fortune. Address: H Hayne & Co., Portland, Maine. Returns Promptly ...HEADQ CALIFORNIA Green an Correspondence G.H. General Com AND Provisions Especial attention Consignm 426 Clay Street ANA Lighter ANAHEIM THIS COMPANY recive and deliver GREATLY A.E.WHITE BLACK Wagor All Wo Prices as lo Center WEEKLY GAL ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1881. CITY DRUG STORE! Ferguson & Lake, Prop's. Centre Street (Opposite Planters' Hotel). ANAHEIM. A choice variety of perfumery, toilet articles, etc., pure and fresh Drugs, patent medicines, etc. Physicians' prescriptions carefully compounded at all hours. IMPORTANT! THE UNDERSIGNED IS PREPARED TO FURNISH to farmers all kinds of Farming MACHINERY, Or any part of them at lowest rates. A full line of Hardware, Groceries, PAINTS AND OILS CROCKERY & LAMPS Always on hand. A LANGENBERGER. Reducing Railroad Fares. If the tariff of fares adopted by the Railroad Commissioners on Friday last is put into effect the people of this State will have occasion to rejoice. Notice has been given to the various railroad companies affected to show cause to the Board, within fifteen days, why the rates alluded to should not go into effect. Until that time has passed it will of course be impossible to assert that anything has been accomplished. There is good reason to believe, however, that the rates fixed will be insisted upon by the Commissioners. They claim to have studied the situation thoroughly, and are convinced that their reductions, although radical in many instances, can work no hardship to any of the corporations; but, on the contrary, in nearly every case the rates they have fixed are relatively higher than those on Eastern roads. An examination of the tables printed in yesterday's Chronicle fully substantiates this claim. Take, for instance, the first reduction on the list. From Yuma to Los Angeles the distance is 249 miles. The rate fixed by the Commissioners is five cents per mile, making the fare $12.25 between the two points. This is three times as large as the rate between New York and Chicago, or between any other two Eastern cities. Even in the South, where, until recently, the rates were notoriously high, the average is much less than five cents per mile. The tables furnished by the Commissioners may require some explanation. A hasty glance at them might convey the impression that the rates have only been fixed between a few points. As a matter of fact, however, every station in the State is affected by them. The plan pursued was to divide the different roads into sections. For instance, from Los Angeles to Yuma on the Southern Chief Special Agent Charles E. Hill, in the statistical preparation of this city's manufactures for the next census, has brought to the attention of the public the manufacture of comb foundations in which bees deposit honey. It was a popular belief that bees made their own honeycomb; but, for the past three years, man has been doing it to a considerable extent, and bees appreciate his handiwork. "There are thousands of pounds annually made in this city," said Mr. A. J. King of 14 Park place, "and it is coming daily into more general use. Throughout the West and in Canada, where there are large apiaries, it has superceded bee comb. Why shouldn't it? Every pound of comb represents twenty pounds of honey. The keeper needs to have a lookout for this item." In the production of the comb foundation, beeswax is heated in a high temperature in an oblong tank, over four inches wide and twenty-five or thirty inches deep. It is placed standing in an oval tank, in which is very warm water. A clean board is run down into the inner tank, containing the beeswax. Then the board is dipped into cold water, and the wax peels off. It is then passed through a machine to be indented. The machine is a complicated one. Mr. King says he has found no mechanic in this city who is able to make one. There are many in the West. The foundation is placed in the hives. The bees lengthen the cells by digging out the bottom and walling up the sides.—New York Sun. As the results of observations and from the testimony of reliable men, the following is about the average growth in twelve years of the leading desirable trees when planted in belts or groves and cultivated: White maple, 1 foot in diameter and 30 feet high; ash leaf maple or box elder, 1 foot in diam- Hardware, Groceries, PAINTS AND OILS CROCKERY & LAMPS Always on hand. A. LANGENBERGER. City Stables, Corner of Los Angeles and Center Sts. ANAHEIM. L. F. Lewis, -- Proprietor. THESE STABLES ARE THE BEST VENTILATED and most commodious in the town, and special attention will be paid to Boarding and Grooming horses. The charge in all cases will be reasonable. Single and Double Teams Furnished at short notice, and careful drivers, familiar with the country, supplied when required. The patronage of the public is respectfully solicited. Agents Wanted. PARTIES QUALIFIED AND DESIROUS OF REpresenting agency of Foreign Fire Insurance Companies Will please apply to P. O. Box 2200, San Francisco. References and Bonds Required. SPEAR, MEADE & CO [Successors to Littlefield, Webb & Co.] 416 and 418 Front St., San Francisco HANDLE..... Grain, Honey, Potatoes AND ALL KINDS OF PRODUCE SOLELY ON COMMISSION. Returns Promptly and Accurately Rendered ...HEADQUARTERS FOR.... CALIFORNIA RAISINS, NUTS Green and Dried Fruits. Correspondence and Consignments Solicited G. H. KELLOGG. General Commission Merchant, AND DEALER IN- rate between New York and Chicago, or between any other two Eastern cities. Even in the South, where, until recently, the rates were notoriously high, the average is much less than five cents per mile. The tables furnished by the Commissioners may require some explanation. A hasty glance at them might convey the impression that the rates have only been fixed between a few points. As a matter of fact, however, every station in the State is affected by them. The plan pursued was to divide the different roads into sections. For instance, from Los Angeles to Yuma on the Southern Pacific is considered as a section, and the rate per mile is fixed at five cents. From Los Angeles to Goshen constitutes another section, the rate over which is four cents per mile. All points between Yuma and Los Angeles have the same rate. For example, a person buying a ticket at Los Angeles to a point twenty-five miles beyond that place on the division of Yuma, will be required to pay only $1.25, or if in the direction of Goshen the charge will be $1. By this system discrimination is entirely done away with, and the terms of the Constitution, which requires (Section 21, Article XII) that "persons and property transported over any railroad, or by any transportation company or individual, shall be delivered at any station, landing or port at charges not exceeding the charges for the transportation of persons and property of the same class, in the same direction, to any more distant station, port or landing," are strictly complied with. It has been stated by a person who has closely studied the tables and whose opportunities for forming a judgment are good, that if the rates fixed by the Commissioners on Friday go into effect they will save at least a million dollars a year to the people of the State in fares alone. If the same course is pursued in fixing freight rates the new Constitution will not have been adopted in vain. If the revenues of the Central and Southern Pacific railroads in this State are reduced $3,000,000 per annum there is no doubt but that they will still be enormous dividend-paying corporations, and that California will stall be taxed sufficiently for transportation facilities.—Chronicle. The onslaught on Ingersoll made by Chief Justice Comegys at Wilmington, Del., was from the bench, and the remarks were addressed to the Grand Jury. Ingersoll had lately lectured in the place. The Judge said: "Blasphemous language was used near where we are assembled by an audacious disciple of the defamers of revealed religion, for the purpose of exposing its doctrines to contempt and ridicule; and, to what some consider the reproach of the people of this city, no man stepped forward to call him to account for his defiance of the law of the State. I say to you that the law of this State is against the insulting of God by reproachful or derogatory language or expressions, and exciting the passions of the people by treating their religion with contempt. No community such as ours can exist as a healthy says he has found no mechanic in this city who is able to make one. There are many in the West. The foundation is placed in the hives. The bees lengthen the cells by digging out the bottom and walling up the sides.—New York Sun. As the results of observations and from the testimony of reliable men, the following is about the average growth in twelve years of the leading desirable trees when planted in belts or groves and cultivated: White maple, 1 foot in diameter and 30 feet high; ash, leaf maple or box elder, 1 foot in diameter and 20 feet high; white willow, 1½ feet in diameter and 40 feet high; yellow willow, 1½ feet in diameter and 35 feet high; Lombardy poplar, 10 inches in diameter and 40 feet high; blue and white ash, 10 inches in diameter and 25 feet high. The Supreme Court of Georgia has been moved, in the recent consideration of an appealed case, to utter a bold and manly protest against wifely tyranny. This timely bugle-blast will sound very sweetly to many crushed husbands. Listen to it: "In taking a wife a man does not put himself under an overseer. A husband left free to govern his own family is the most useful of all concerned. A subjugated husband is a less pleasing and less energetic member of society than one who keeps his own place, yet knows how to temper authority with affection." NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 19th.—The five Laprede murderers are now hanging dead to the railings of the veranda of the Court House. At the close of the Laprede murder trial at Springfield to-night the mob rushed into the court room and took the five murders to the veranda of the second story of the Court House and hung them. Attorney-General Bell tried to stop them at the door of the court room, but in vain. One hundred shots were fired during the excitement. Judge Stark had just charged the jury when the mob took out the prisoners, whom the Sheriff was about to start to jail. MUSICH, February 19.—At a masked fete of students of the Academy of Painting yesterday the costumes of some students caught fire, and four students were burned to death and eight seriously injured. No American was hurt. The accident was due to one artist, dressed in the costume of an Esquimax aux, setting fire to his dress in lighting a cigar and rushing in terror among others similarly attired. Four Germans were burned to death, four fatally and several slightly burned. PARIS, February 19.—The village of Breven, Department of Savoy, has been completely destroyed by two avalanches. Fifteen persons were killed, and the damage is estimated at 250,000 francs. [Breven is situated un- Returns Promptly and Accurately Rendered ...HEADQUARTERS FOR... CALIFORNIA RAISINS, NUTS Green and Dried Fruits. Correspondence and Consignments Solicited G. H. KELLOGG. General Commission Merchant, —AND DEALER IN— Provisions and Groceries. Especial attention paid to Country Orders. Consignments Solicited. 425 Clay Street San Francisco. ANAHEIM Lighter Company! ANAHEIM LANDING. THIS COMPANY IS NOW PREPARED TO RECEIVE AND DELIVER freight at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES And the patronage of the public is solicited. Having unequaled facilities for the storage of grain, we offer special inducements in the matter of rates to those who desire to store their grain. All inquiries will be promptly answered upon application in person or by letter to GEORGE MULL, Agent. A. E. WHITE. E. A. WHITE BLACKSMITHING —and Wagonmaking! All Work Warranted. Prices as low as the lowest Center Street, Anaheim. "Blasphemous language was used near where we are assembled by an audacious disciple of the defamers of revealed religion, for the purpose of exposing its doctrines to contempt and ridicule; and, to what some consider the reproach of the people of this city, no man stepped forward to call him to account for his defiance of the law of the State. I say to you that the law of this State is against the insulting of God by reproachful or derogatory language or expressions, and exciting the passions of the people by treating their religion with contempt. No community such as ours can exist as a healthy moral organization, where men are allowed to speak without challenge against the very and only foundation upon which it securely rests—the overruling power of God. When we dethrone His majesty and erect in His place our own notions of right and wrong, we shall soon pass into a state of life not restraining, but in effect promoting, our inherent propensity to evil, for no candid man can pretend that our impulses are not toward the gratification rather than in restraint of our passions." His Honor added that blasphemy was an ancient common-law offence, and was also made a crime by a Delaware statute as long ago as 1740. The punishment until 1826 was the pillory, the brand, and the whip. He said that Ingersoll might be arrested by any officer without a warrant, and added: "It is, I hope, hardly necessary to say to this community, and to assure the people of it, that if any one shall be convicted of the crime of blasphemy there will be no stint of the full measure of punishment the law now prescribes. And we shall in no wise be deterred from the performance of our duties by the sneers of the devotees of any other faith than that of the body of the people of this State or the deprecatory expressions of those who think the right of free speech will be infringed thereby." New York, February 18th. — Wong Ching yesterday afternoon led a delegation of his fellow-countrymen over to the Circuit Court for the purpose of making citizens of them, but did not succeed, the Judge consenting only to take the matter under adjudgment. The accident was due to one artist, dressed in the costume of an Esquim aux, setting fire to his dress in lighting a cigar and rushing in terror among others similarly attired. Four Germans were burned to death, four fatally and several slightly burned. Paris, February 19. — The village of Breven, Department of Savoy, has been completely destroyed by two avalanches. Fifteen persons were killed, and the damage is estimated at 250,000 francs. [Breven is situated under the mountain of the same name in the Pennine Alps, whose summit is 8500 feet above the sea-level, and from which one of the finest views of Mont Blanc may be gained.] German colonists on the banks of the Volga, in Russia, are in extreme destitution, and a St. Petersburg journal publishes a pitiful account of their sufferings. The number of the destitute is stated at 200,000, and there are very few well enough off to furnish even the most meagre aid to their impoverished neighbors. The Russian authorities do nothing for their relief. Iowa values her agricultural products last year at $254,779,543, of which $123,657,597 were represented by grain, hay and potatoes, $111,111,946 by live stock, and $20,000,000 by what her creameries produced. The creameries increased their products for the year nineteenfold. The 171 breweries turned out 222,713 barrels of beer, or six gallons for every man, woman and child in the State. Near Milten, N. C., a child of a man named Daniela was sitting at the breakfast table when an eagle flew in at an open window, tore the flesh from the child's back and face in a terrible manner and dragged him into the yard. The bird then instantly wounded itself by striking a sharp stick. The Scientific American argues that babies should not be encouraged to become fetal. But what mothers will believe that yarn? GAZETTE. JAY 26, 1881. NO. 20 At Charles E. Hill, in the nation of this city's man-made census, has brought to public the manufacture in which bees deposit popular belief that bees honeycomb; but, for the man has been doing it to a land bees appreciate his bonds of pounds annually paid Mr. A. J. King of it is coming daily into Throughout the West there are large apiended bee comb. Why my pound of comb represeal of honey. The keeper out for this item." Of the comb foundation, a high temperature in an four inches wide and thirty inches deep. It is on oval tank, in which is A clean board is run over tank, containing the board is dipped into wax peels off. It is then machine to be indented. implicated one. Mr. King no mechanic in this city one. There are many in indication is placed in the lengthen the cells by digram and walling up the Sun. observations and from amiable men, the following growth in twelve years suitable trees when planted and cultivated: White diameter and 30 feet high; box elder, 1 foot in diam- PACIFIC COAST NEWS. Wheeler, who strangled his sister-in-law, Miss Tillson, has been sentenced to be hanged on April 19th. The Supreme Court has confirmed the decision of the lower Court declaring the Justices of the Peace voted for at the late election entitled to their offices. Charles Bloed and Charles Witham were drowned while fording the Tuolumne river at Lagrange on the 17th inst. Bloed was a resident of Merced and keeper of Bloed's Hotel at Merced Falls. Witham was an employee of the Oliver mine, near Lagrange. A man by the name of Alfred Spencer fell dead on Saturday morning in the Fulton Market, in San Luis Obispo, of heart disease, with which he has been afflicted for some years. He leaves a wife and four children, and was a native of New York. In the case of J. P. L. Treadwell against the Bank of California, to recover bonds of the value of $40,000, with interest, which were obtained from the bank on an order forged by W. R. Cooper, Treadwell's confidential agent, the jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $52,420. A Marysville telegram says that Eldridge G. Merrill, brother of D. P. Merrill, a merchant at Moore's Station, on the California Northern Railroad, was drowned on the 16th inst. while attempting to cross Honcut Creek in a light spring wagon. The body has been recovered. He was a young man about 25 years of age. An heir of the Castro family has commenced suit to recover all the land in what is commonly known as the Santa Rosa grant, lying south of the Santa Rosa Creek, Sonoma county, and it is said will commence suit in a few days against over 1,700 owners of Agricultural and Horticultural Items. Before the cold snap in Florida an owner of an orange plantation refused $35,000 for his crop. Now he can't get 35 cents. The cultivation of cinchona, which has been proceeding satisfactorily for some time past in Jamaica, has now reached a stage that will shortly enable that Island to become one of the chief producers of this valuable commodity. The Larch, a tree which has done well in English and Scotch forests, on the poorest soils, has proved valuable for ship building and is now being used by Russia, for backing armor plates, instead of teak. More attention should be paid to planting larch on thin upland soils in California. The Minnesota cane raisers have sent President-elect Garfield a barrel of sugar they had on exhibition at the late State Convention. They said that it suggested "not only the care and protection which the Government should extend to so great an industry, but the now famous maxim of the distinguished recipient, 'Nothing succeeds like success.'" Stillmann B. Allen of Boston has just distributed $3000 in prizes to Maine boys under eighteen years of age who have raised the most Indian corn on one-eighth of an acre of land in the past season. More than 600 boys in all parts of the State competed, and the first prize, $200, was awarded to Frank E. Small of Stockton, who raised 2,-246 pounds. Advices from Melbourne fully confirm the report that the much-dreaded phylloxera has made its appearance in the vineyards of Australia. A select committee of the Victorian Assembly recently paid a visit to the vineyards which are planted on the Barrabool observations and from reliable men, the following growth in twelve years suitable trees when planted and cultivated: White oak and 30 feet high; box elder, 1 foot in diameter; white willow, 1½ feet high; yellow willow, 35 feet high; Lomachies in diameter and 40 white ash, 10 inches in height; black walnut and walnuts in diameter and 25 feet Hart of Georgia has been at consideration of an apology for a bold and manly proclamation tyranny. This timely and very sweetly to many Listen to it: A man does not put himself near. A husband left free family is the most useful A subjugated husband is less energetic member who keeps his own place, temper authority with affection. Feb. 19th.—The five men are now hanging dead to the veranda of the Court house of the Laprede murder to-night the mob rushed them and took the five murders of the second story of land hung them. Attorney-but to stop them at the door but in vain. One hundred days during the excitement, must charged the jury when the prisoners, whom they start to jail. January 19.—At a masked fete Academy of Painting yesterdays of some students caught students were burned to death by injured. No American was due to one artist, dresses of an Esquimaux, setting on lighting a cigar and rushing others similarly attired. More burned to death, four slightly burned. January 19.—The village of Breaford Savoy, has been complete two avalanches. Fifteen per cent and the damage is estimatably [Breven is situated unremarkable] G. Merrill, brother of D. P. Merrill, a merchant at Moore's Station, on the California Northern Railroad, was drowned on the 16th inst. while attempting to cross Honcut Creek in a light spring wagon. The body has been recovered. He was a young man about 25 years of age. An heir of the Castro family has commenced suit to recover all the land in what is commonly known as the Santa Rosa grant, lying south of the Santa Rosa Creek, Sonoma county, and it is said will commence suit in a few days against over 1,700 owners of land on the north side of the same creek. It is said to be a blackmailing suit. On Friday, the 18th inst., Francisco Cuneo, a helpless old man, 75 years of age, was shot in the forehead at Sumner by Cruz Dominic, a rival barber. Dominic escaped, but was afterwards captured and is now in jail. Cuneo cannot live. The shooting was entirely unjustifiable. While the funeral cortex of the late Jeremiah Luckey was crossing a slough in the river bottom near Eugene, Or., the hearse was drawn into deep water, and it was only with the greatest difficulty that the driver and Dr. Shelton, who occupied a seat on the hearse, saved themselves and the horses from drowning. The coffin was at last secured from the hearse and carried across the stream on a foot-log. Riverside Press items: The Arlington Presbyterian church has ordered a Wood's organ to cost $500. This will probably be the finest organ in the county. The church will be dedicated in about six weeks... The Episcopal church will soon commence the erection of an edifice on their lot in the southeast part of town, to cost about $1,500. The Rector and ladies of the Guild broke ground on Wednesday afternoon, and nearly enough funds have been subscribed to complete the building... It is reported that John Lawshe is now down 80 feet in his Pinacarte mine and that at this point he has a seven-foot ledge which assays an average of $300 per ton across the entire ledge. John Stimmons, of Bridgeville, a stock man, observing that thoroughbred rams often butt each other until they die from the injuries, has invented a concern that will protect their heads while they are in combat. It is a simple, but durable invention made of India rubber, and is buckled to the horns of the sheep. In butting it will give the sheep a sudden recoil, and will have a tendency to break them of the habit. The inventor has applied for a patent, and his second papers go on to-day's steamer. Baldwin & Mercer are making the straps, and you can see for yourself by calling on them. Mr. Stimmons is a Missourian and we are confident that he first conceived his idea while watching the negroes butting.-Eureka Standard. Col. Peter. Donahue has been looking over the railway possibilities of Los Angeles, and from his experience as President of the tributed $3000 in prizes to Maine boys under eighteen years of age who have raised the most Indian corn on one-eighth of an acre of land in the past season. More than 600 boys in all parts of the State competed, and the first prize, $200, was awarded to Frank E. Small of Stockton, who raised 2,246 pounds. Advices from Melbourne fully confirm the report that the much-dreaded phylloxera has made its appearance in the vineyards of Australia. A select committee of the Victorian Assembly recently paid a visit to the vineyards which are planted on the Barrabool Hills, near Geelong. They found that one of the vineyards was unmistakably smitten with the disease, the insects being visible even without the aid of a magnifying glass. Le Cultivateur, a French journal, says that if chloride of lime be spread on the soil or near plants, no insects and vermin will be found near there, and adds: "By its means plants will easily be protected from insect plagues by simply brushing over their stem with a solution of it. It has often been noticed that a patch of land which has been treated in this way remains religiously respected by grubs, while the unprotected beds around are literally devastated. Fruit trees may be guarded from the attacks of grubs by attaching to their trunks pieces of tow, smeared with a mixture of chloride of lime and hog's lard, and ants and grubs already in possession will rapidly vacate their position. Butterflies again, will avoid all plants whose leaves have been sprinkled over with lime water." Notwithstanding the injury done to many vineyards during the exceptionally severe winter of 1879-80, the French wine crop for 1880 showed an increase of ninety million gallons over that of the previous year, the total of the vintage being nearly 675,000,000 gallons. In the districts which have not been materially affected by the phylloxers, such as the department of the Aude and the Haute Garrone, the vintage was above the average of the last ten years(1,170,000,000 gallons); but in the two departments of the Charente, where the best brandy is made, in the Lotet-Garonne, and in several others, the ravages of the phylloxera have brought the total down to the lowest point which it has ever reached. During the last ten years the exports of wine from France have varied between 90,000,000 and 63,000,000 gallons; but it should be added that during the same period the imports have been steadily rising from 2,857,000 to 67,500,000 gallons. The department which produced the largest quantities of wine last year was the Herault (112,000,000 gallons). The department which made the least wine was the Creuse (1,800), and there are ten which have no vines at all; these latter being departments in which the most cider is made. The total cider crop for the past year was 100,500,000 gallons; this being a little more than a third of the average yield for the past ten years, the apple crop having been a failure in nearly every part of France. Normandy and Brittany are The village of Breed of Savoy has been complete two avalanches. Fifteen per cent and the damage is estimat-nea. [Breven is situated un- of the same name in the those summit is 8500 feet, and from which one of Mont Blanc may be gain- ests on the banks of the are in extreme destitution, burg journal publishes a their sufferings. The num- state is stated at 200,000, and well enough off to furnish sage aid to their impover- The Russian authorities their relief. or agricultural products last 643, of which $123,657,597 by grain, hay and potatoes, live stock, and $20,000,000 cereamies produced. The based their products for the l. The 171 breweries turnarrols of beer, or six gallons woman and child in the State. N. C., a child of a man nam-itting at the breakfast-table, now in at an open window, on the child's back and face nose and dragged him into bird then fatally wounded a sharp stick. American argues that babies encouraged to become fat. But will believe that yarn? Col. Peter. Donahue has been looking over the railway possibilities of Los Angeles, and from his experience as President of the San Francisco and North Pacific, and Sonoma Valley Railroad Company, is well qualified to form an intelligent opinion of railway prospects, has, we learn, determined to build a railway from Los Angeles to the Pacific Coast Steamship wharf at Wilmington. The road will be the usual 4 feet 8½ gauge, like all the leading railways in the Union. The road is to be built in a short time, in first-class style, on a cash basis. With Col. Donahue's large fortune the construction of such a road would be an easy matter and soon accomplished.—Commercial. Information has been received at Tucson from Hermosailla, in Sonora, to the effect that the Yaqui Indians are preparing for a general revolt. They have driven all the ranchers outside of what they claim as their land, which covers an area of about 250 square miles, and is the most fertile and richest mineral land in the State. They rob all travelers who pass through their country, irrespective of nationality. The Mexican Government proposes to send 4,000 troops to build posts and protect settlers; 2,500 of these troops are now on rots from Guadalajara, and 1,500 more will be recruited at Guaymas and Hermosillo. The Yaquis are about 15,000 strong and can master between 3,000 and 4,000 warriors. They are partially civilized, and are engaged in stock-raising, farming and mining. They declare they will never give up their territory or allow any other people but their own to settle on these lands. In butting it will give the sheep a sudden recoil, and will have a tendency to break them of the habit. The inventor has applied for a patent, and his second papers go on to-day's steamer. Baldwin & Mercer are making the straps, and you can see for yourself by calling on them. Mr. Stimmons is a Missourian and we are confident that he first conceived his idea while watching the negroes butting.—Eureka Standard. The Florida Dispatch of Jan. 26th has the following: Since our last, the sun has thrown some light upon the effect of the cold wave in December last. Sunshine and warmth seemed to have caused the trees to shed their fruit in many localities, with great loss of the present crop. The bearing trees are said not to be injured, the effect of the cold being a loss of the leaves only. Its effect upon the fruit is to dry it up, as it were, internally, at the stem end first. Some fruit yet on the trees show the effect of the cold, which can be seen by cutting off the rind at the stem end; the rind and pulp seems intact, but the juice is gone, more or less, as they have been exposed. The blossom end, or lower part, may be perfect and is not apparently affected in quality or taste. In eating them at the grove, the only distinguishable effect seems to be the absence of juice. We would like some practical party to explain how and where the juice goes. Does it evaporate through the parcel of the peel or return to the tree? The orange being semi-tropical in its nature and habitat, extremes of cold may impart a substance or effect foreign or poisonous to its life, which taken on at its extremes, the leaves and fruit in the effort to penetrate further than by a counter effort on the part of the tree to resist its encroachments, house disasters and disaster. The point of resistance now seems to be at the junction of the leaves and fault with the branches. In 1839 it seemed to have been at the ground or roots.