anaheim-gazette 1881-12-31

ANAHEIM VOL. XII. WEEKLY GAZETTE Established 1870. For Terms, see Fourth Page. Dr. Reginald A. Fergusson Doctor of Medicine and Master of Surgery of the Queen's University, Ireland; Associate of the Royal College of Physicians and of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh; Associate of the Society of Apothecaries of London; Associate Resident Surgeon, 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 p.m., and from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. 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 is very low. He will be found in his office every day between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. IF YOU WANT TO GET RID OF SQUIRRELS AND GCPHERS USE CARBON BI-SULPHIDE Everybody who has used it recommends it as the ONLY SURE EXTERMINATOR Of this vermin. For sale by A. LANGENBERGER, Dealer in Groceries, Hardware, Paints, Oils and Crockery. Len. J. Thompson & Co., —DEALERS IN— GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, ETC. Wholesale and Retail Agents for the Celebrated ANCHOR CHEESE. DR E. L. COWAN, Dentist, Has opened an office in the upper part of Mrs Mettr's building, Los Angeles Street, Anaheim. Having had twenty years experience, he can speak with confidence of his work. He is a 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. THEODORE LYNILL, Attorney at Law, ANAHEIM, CAL. Office in Planter's Hotel Building. MONEY TO LOAN.—Ruling rate 10 per cent. VICTOR MONTGOMERY, Attorney at Law, SANTA ANA, CAL. Office at Anaheim on Tuesdays and Fridays. P.O. address, Santa Ana, Cal. ROBT. W. SCOTT, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC. County superior of Deeds for Arizona Territory Kreeger's Block, Anaheim, Cal. M. L. WICKS, Attorney-at-Law, Rooms 36 and 87 Temple Block. LOS ANGELES. H. M MITCHELL, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Office—Rooms 76 and 77 Temple Block. LOS ANGELES. RICHARD MELROSE, NOTARY PUBLIC. Gazettee Office. H. J. STEVENSON, Deputy U. S. Land and Mineral Surveyor, Office—Room No 4, Downey Block, LOS ANGELES, - CAL. L. GUNTHER. Pioneer Boot and Shoe Maker, Len. J. Thompson & Co., -DEALERS INGROCERIES, PROVISIONS, ETC. Wholesale and Retail Agents for the Celebrated ANCHOR CHEESE. 36 SPRING Street, Los Angeles, - Cal. City Stables, Corner of Los Angeles and Center Sts. ANAHEIM. L. F. Lewis.- Proprietor. THESE STABLES ARE THE BEST VENTILATED and most commodities 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. BLACKSMITHING AND WAGONMAKING! Removal. MR. H. A. STOUGH DESIRES TO INFORM THE public that he has removed his blacksmith shop to the shop on Lemon Street formerly occupied by H. J. Meltermott, and respectfully solicits the continued patronage of his many customers. One part of the shop is occupied by Mr. T. L. GAN-NON, Wagonmaker, who is prepared to do all kinds of woodwork in a thorough manner and at cheap rates. Messrs Stough and Gannon are jointly agents for The Osborn Farm Machinery. Consisting of Mowers, Reapers, Self-Binders, etc., Also agent for the Studebaker and other celebrated FARM WAGONS. W. A. MORRISON, BLACKSMITH AND WAGONMAKER. At the old Stand on Center St., Anaheim. ALL KINDS OF WAGONS, CARRIAGES AND Burgesses built to order from the best timber and at the lowest prices. Repairing of all kinds done promptly, and the charges in all cases will be moderate. CULTIVATORS For Vineyard and Orchard on hand and made to order HOPESHOFING H. J. STEVENSON, Deputy U. S. Land and Mineral Surveyor, Office: Room No 4, Downey Bloak, LOS ANGELES, - - CAL. L. GUNTHER. Pioneer Boot and Shoe Maker, Cor. Adele and Los Angeles streets. ANAHEIM. GEORGE BAUER, BOOT AND SHOE MAKER, Los Angeles Street. MAKING AND REPAIRING AT THE LOWEST mash price. All orders promptly attended to All work guaranteed. CHARLES WILLE, COOPERAGE. Pipes, Barrels and kegs on hand at all times. Tanks and Tubs made to order. Honev Barrels for sale cheap. F. & J. BACKS. Importers, Manufacturers and Dealers in Furniture, Bedding, Paper Hangings, Picture Frames, etc, UNDERTAKERS, Agents for the Howe, Eldredge and Victor Sewing Machines. Los Angeles Street, : : Anaheim. JOHN HANNA, Real Estate Agent. Live Stock Bought and Sold on Commission. ANAHEIM. HEADQUARTERS FOR CHRISTMAS CARDS AND HOLIDAY GOODS AT: J. A. VALDER’S Picture Store, 43 Braune St., Los Angeles, Cal. BLACKSMITH AND WAGONMAKER. At the old Stand on Center St., Anaheim. ALL KINDS OF WAGONS, CARRIAGES AND Buggies built to order from the best timber and at the lowest prices. Repairing of all kinds done promptly, and the charges in all cases will be moderate. CULTIVATORS For Vineyard and Orchard on hand and made to order HORSESHOEING A Specialty. I respectfully solicit the patronage of my old Customers and the public in general. A. E. WHITE. E. A. WHITE BLACKSMITHING — AND — Wagonmaking! All Work Warranted. Prices as low as the lowest. Center Street, Anaheim. The Old German School. GERMAN, FRENCH, GYMNASTICS AND FENCING. Book-keeping, simple and double entry, and all School Studies taught, according to improved methods. Mathematics (method of Socrates) a Specialty. jan 1-6m Knabe Pianos! "For beauty of tone, touch and action, I have never seen their equal." CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG. "The Knabe" Is absolutely the best Piano made. A. L. BANCROFT & CO., 721 Market St., San Francisco, California. Sales Agents for the Piano Grass. WEEKLY EIM GA ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1881. ANT PHERS LPHIDE INATOR BERGEH, ware, I Crockery. & Co., ISIONS, nts for the CHEESE. INSANITY AND ASSASSINS. There is a paper on "British Stata Assassins and the Defense of Insanity" in the current number of the Atlantic Monthly which possesses a timely interest. In the year 1800 George III, was shot at and missed while in his box at the theatre by John Hadfield, a soldier, who had done faithful service in the French wars. He explained the motive for the act to be the desire to terminate his own life. He did not intend to hit the King, but knew that the act would be sufficient for his purpose. There was some evidence to show that he was insane, and he was acquitted by the jury without their leaving the box. It is noticeable, however, that he was sent to Bedlam "during his Majesty's pleasure," which is the English term for life imprisonment. The next British State assassin was John Bellingham, who eleven years later killed Mr. Spencer Perceval, their Prime Minister. Bellingham's grievance was something like that the Guiteau. He had alleged claims on the Government for services rendered in Russia, and after repeated failure to secure the attention of the Administration, revenged himself as described. He exhibited the utmost calmness throughout his trial, and explained his motive by saying: "My name is Bellingham; it is a private injury; I know what I have done; it was a denial of justice on the part of the Government." And CURIOUS TRADE IN FUNGUS The Colonies and India says: Among the various articles of trade exported from New Zealand, perhaps the most curious is a species of fungus which grows on decaying trees in all parts of the North Island, but most plentifully in the provincial district of Taranaki. In shape this fungus resembles the human ear, and it is of a brown color and semi-transparent when fresh. It was not deemed of sufficient importance to be included in the list of colonial exports until 1872, when fifty-eight tons, the value of which was £1,927, were shipped; in 1877, 220 tons, valued at £11,318, were exported, and last year the value of the export was £6,227. China is the destination of this product. It is much prized there as an article of food, forming the chief ingredient of the favorite soup of that country, on account of its gelatinous properties and its peculiar flavor. Whether the immigrant Chinese, who were more numerous in New Zealand five years ago than they are now, discovered the virtues of this fungoid growth, or whether the Maoris, with their naturally keen wit, hit upon the idea that the fungus would just suit the peculiar tastes of the Chinese, does not appear. The Europeans in the Colony, however, have never acquired a taste for it. To prepare this fungus for export nothing more is required than to pick it from the trunks of the trees and dry AN EXPOSE. The St. Helena Vinicultural Association publishes the following in the St. Helena Star: WHEREAS—This association did on the 16th day of July, 1881, adopt the following resolution: "Resolved That we, the St. Helena Vinicultural Association, condemn in the strongest terms any attempt by any party to adulterate our wines and brandies by the addition of any substance of whatsoever kind and more particularly by the use of grape sugar made from corn or potatoes, commonly called glucose (minutes 10th Sept., 1881) and that we will expose all parties importing or receiving the same, by publishing their names in the papers of this and the Eastern States, and that all wine dealers purchasing wines or brandies from wine-makers using glucose shall also be published in like manner, and that all fair and honorable means shall be used by this society to prevent any attempt at such adulteration of the honest products of vineyards, believing that very life and future prosperity of Viniculture can be maintained only on the solid foundation of absolute purity of our products." WHEREAS, on the 26th day of Nov. last the St. Helena Vinicultural Association structured their President and Secretary to carry out the spirit of said Resolution. The next British State assassin was John Bellingham, who eleven years later killed Mr. Spencer Perceval, their Prime Minister. Bellingham's grievance was something like that the Guiteau. He had alleged claims on the Government for services rendered in Russia, and after repeated failure to secure the attention of the Administration, revenged himself as described. He exhibited the utmost calmness throughout his trial, and explained his motive by saying: "My name is Bellingham; it is a private injury; I know what I have done; it was a denial of justice on the part of the Government." And again: "They ordered me to go and do my worst, and now I have done my worst and I rejoice in the deed." There were many things that went to show that Bellingham was of unsound mind, but he was tried, convicted and executed within a week. The next case was that of Edward Oxford, who fired two shots at Queen Victoria in 1840, missing her both times. There were some doubts about his sanity, but he does not seem to have been any more insane than Bellingham certainly. He was acquitted, but, like Hadfield, sent to the asylum at Bedlam, to remain "during her Majesty's pleasure." Two years after this one John Francis shot at and missed the Queen. In sanity was not pleaded in his case, and he was sentenced to be hung, quartered, and his body disposed of as the Queen saw fit. At the Queen's wish the sentence was commuted to transportation for life. Another assault, which did not amount to anything, occurred five weeks later, but it roused Parliament into passing a law to the effect that if any one should discharge, or attempt to discharge, point or present, at or near the Queen, any firearm, or strike, or attempt to strike, the Queen's person, he should be liable to seven year's transportation, or be imprisoned three years, and during such imprisonment be whipped as the Court directs, not exceeding thrice. Whether on account of this law or not, no more attempts were made to harm the Queen for seven years. In 1849 she was shot at in her carriage by William Hamilton, an Irish bricklayer. He did not enter the plea of insanity, but pleaded guilty and was sentenced to seven years' penal servitude. In 1843 Mr. Drummond, the private secretary of Sir Robert Peel, was shot and killed by Daniel McNaughten, who mistook him for Peel. There was nothing of a marked character to show that the murderer was insane, and it was proved that he had a deep-seated hatred of Peel. Sir Alexander Cockburn defended him, and said that he "did not put this case forward as one of total insanity, but as a case of delusion." The distinguished advocate succeeded in securing the acquittal of the prisoner, and he was sent to Bedlam "during her Majesty's pleasure." This acquittal aroused a storm of indignation, and it was agreed by the House of Lords to put some leading questions to the British Justices, the answers to which should be taken as authority upon the defense of insanity in future cases. That part of those favorite soup of that country, on account of its gelatinous properties and its pacular flavor. Whether the immigrant Chinese, who were more numerous in New Zealand five years ago than they are now, discovered the virtues of this fungoid growth, or whether the Maoris, with their naturally keen wit, hit upon the idea that the fungus would just suit the peculiar tastes of the Chinese, does not appear. The Europeans in the Colony, however, have never acquired a taste for it. To prepare this fungus for export nothing more is required than to pick it from the trunks of the trees and dry it in the air or under sheds. When dry it is packed in bags and shipped to China by way of Sydney or San Francisco. Very few white men, except those of idle, dissipated habits, collect fungus. The children of the small bush farmers, however, often keep themselves in pocket-money by gathering it and selling it to the dealers. The taste of collecting it is one, too, which just suits the Maori disposition. When the natives are in want of funds for tobacco, or desire to raise the wherewithal to provide the large feasts which it is their delight to give periodically, they send out parties to the bush, who bring in fungus in large quantities for sale. BEAUTIFUL MEN AND WOMEN. The latest production of Barnum's fertile brain is a project to gather from all parts of the world a company of the handsomest men and women that can be found. It is intended that this collection shall form a new feature of the only greatest show on earth. All nationalities will be represented clad in their native holiday costumes. To the handsomest woman a prize of $20,000 is to be paid. The conditions are that she is a maiden of good repute from the private walks of life. Applications, accompanied by photographs, are received by mail at the office of Barnum. Bailey & Hutchinson, 40 Bond street. The handsomest man is to receive a prize of $10,000. In making the award "symmetry and stateliness of stature and nobility of presence," as well as mere good looks will be considered. No applications are to be received after Feb. 1, on which day judgment will be rendered. Mr. Hutchinson, one of the proprietors of the new show, said yesterday: "We have advertised in a thousand newspapers all over the world, and have now several agents abroad securing the beauties. The successful applicants will be required to travel on exhibition one year. If necessary, attendants will be provided for the beautiful women. In countries where women develop young the ages will be from 12 upward, but generally the ages will be in the twenties. We intend to engage only respectable beauties, and prefer to exclude professional actors and actresses. The idea is 'taking' rapidly. We have received a number of applications, and are sending them on to Mr. Barnum at Bridgeport as fast as they come in. Among the countries represented will be Greece, wines or brands from whose makers glucose shall also be published in like manner, and that all fair and honorable means shall be used by this society to prevent any attempt at such adulteration of the honest products of vineyards, believing that they very life and future prosperity of Viniculture can be maintained only on the solid foundation of absolute purity of our products. WHEREAS, on the 26th day of Nov., last the St Helena Vinicultural Association in structured their President and Secretary to carry out the spirit of said Resolution. Therefore we, we,the undersigned,publishthe name of Chas Lemme,of this districtas a person who imported 80 barrels of Grapes Sugar,made from corn,c commonly called Glucose,and used the same,或the greatest part of it,在the manufacture of wine during this last vintage. CHAS KRUG, CHAS A.GARDNER, President. Secretary. CHEYNE'S BALLOONSCHEME Commander Cheyne,the English Arctic explorer Who is desirous of making another attempt to reach the north pole,Lectured a few weeks ago before the New York Academy of Sciences.Hew wantsto go tothe north pole in a balloon,n instead of being dragged426 milesby Esquimaux dogs over an unknown country.He said that currentofthe atmosphereaswellasthe currentsofthe oceanhave their regular courseandaftera studyofthe windsthat blowabouttheArcticcirclehecouldcertainmakehiscalculationssoastoreachthelong soughtpolebyballoon.Hewmouldhis headquartersatSt.PatrickBay,andwouldstartfromsomepointwith fifty-six milesorthor southofthatplace.Hewsurethathe couldreachnorthpole.InpresentinghisplantomanyofthenobilityofEnglandhehadbeasknown,Becauseyoudocalculatesoastogetthere,horeareyougoingtogetback? Commander Cheyne laughingly said thentakingbackwasnothingifhecouldreachthenorthpolealthoughhisplanprovidedforareturn trip.orwhatontheroadsofto-dayiscalledanexcursion.Hewproposestostartoutwiththreelargeboolsofpeculiarconstruction,takingthecurrentofwindthatwouldbringnearesttothepole.Thereswouldbethreemilesineachballoon,andtheywouldtakeprivisionfifty-onedays.Theballoonwouldhavedragropes1,000feetlongWhennearesttothepoletheywouldanchannelandguidedbytheinstrumentstheexplorerswouldproceedtocetheexactspotwhyyouwouldplanttheflagsofGreatBritainandtheUnitedStatessidebyside. Tocarryouthisenterpriseofreachingthenorthpolewouldrequireabout$180,000,goodpartofwhichhadalreadybeenprovisedinEngland.HewsaidthatincasetheBritishGovernmentrefusedtodoanythingmoreforhimheshouldofferhisentireservicestotheAmericanflag. NEW YORK, December 25.—The Tribune prints an interview with ex-Governor Leland Stanford, in which he says: "These Southern railways will develop an immense business in a country that has previously been practically inaccessible. A great market will thereby be opened to California. Indeed, such supplies as chickens, fruit, eggs, fresh meats, etc., are now being sent down from Southern California into Arizona. I do not think the Southern Pacific Railway will have any particular advantage over the Central in winter, because the idea that snow is the great drawback to travel on the Central is a mistake. There is no considerable number of miles of railroad north of Mason and Dixon's line where there is so little trouble from that cause. The Union and Central are very free from annoyance by snow from the Missouri river to Sacramento, except at the summits of the mountains, where there is ample protection by sheds. The snow is not deep, hardly averaging more than a foot along the line. On the other hand, the tourist travel of the Southern Pacific is evidently not affected by the heat of summer, for the people have been traveling over the road for three years, and in the dry atmosphere of that section a high degree of temperature by no means causes the suffering that it does here." Rome, December 24.—The Pope to-day gave the customary Christmas reception to the Cardinals, of whom twenty-three were in attendance, including the German Cardinal Hohenlohe. In reply to their address the Pope said that his position was becoming more and more intolerable. When he claimed temporal power in order to secure the independence of his spiritual power, he was accused of being a rebel and an enemy to Italy. Catholics who demanded efficient guarantees for the freedom of the head of their Church were similarly stigmatized, and pilgrims to Rome were insulted by the press and populace. It was, therefore, natural that Bishops coming to Rome should consider the existing situation incompatible with the dignity of the Holy See. His Holiness said that he expected far more severe persecution in times to come, but he would endeavor to guide the bark of Peter through the tussled sea, looking forward to a moment when God would stem the tide and calm the tempest. The coldest place on the earth is said to be Verkojanak, in Siberia, lying in 674 north latitude. Its lowest mean winter temperature is 46-6 degrees below zero centigrade. The place is a considerable distance from the Siberian coast, which possesses a comparatively milder climate. The North Pole is probably outside the line of greatest cold. It is well known that in the tropics the greatest heat is not at the equator, but some distance north and south of it. vision for fifty-one days. The balloon would have drag ropes 1,000 feet long. When nearest to the pole they would anchored and guided by their instruments the explers would proceed to the exact spot where they would plant the flags of Great Britain and the United States side by side. To carry out his enterprise of reaching the north pole would require about $180,000, good part of which had already been procured in England. He said that in case British Government refused to do anything more for him he should offer his entire services to the American flag. The Academy unanimously voted its preciation of Mr. Cheyne's lecture, agreed in the belief that his plan is a feasible one if the facts had been accurately presented to them. Baron Kolb of Germany has recently given some interesting statistics concerning the comparative vitality of children under various methods of feeding. Of 100 children nursed by their mothers only 18.2 died first year; of those nursed by wet nurses 29.33 died; of those artificially fed, 60 died of those brought up in institutions, 80 died to the 100. Taking 1,000 well-to-do persons and 1,000 poor persons there remains of the prosperous after five years 943, whichef of the poor but 655 remained alive. After fifty years there remained of the prosperous 557 and of the poor only 283. At seven years of age there remained 235 of the prosperous, while the number of the poor living was but 65. The average length life among the well-to-do was found to be fifty years and of the poor thirty-two years. These figures are greatly at variance with received opinions upon the subject. It long been supposed that the children of poor are, as a rule, longer lived than those of the wealthy. Baron Kolb's facts show that the reverse is true. The author gives some reasons for this marked difference point of vitality between the two classes. The chief of these is among the poor," anxiety of providing for bare subsistence and the lack of proper sanitary condition and of such food and clothing as are necessary to sustain the body properly wears upon a system, and not only lays it open to the touch of disease, but makes it less capable of resistance to its incursions." GAZETTE. MBER 31, 1881. NO. 12 IN EXPOSE. Lena Vinicultural Association following in the St. Helena This association did on the July, 1881, adopt the following That we, the St. Helena Viniculture, condemn in the strongattempt by any party to adulties and brandies by the addisubstance of whatsoever kind, icularly by the use of grape from corn or potatoes, commonly (minutes 10th Sept., 1881) will expose all parties importing the same, by publishing their papers of this and the Eastern that all wine dealers purchasing dies from wine-makers using also be published in like mantall fair and honorable means by this society to prevent any such adulteration of the honest vinerys, believing that the future prosperity of Viniculture lies only on the solid foundepurity of our products." On the 26th day of Nov. last, a Vinicultural Association iner President and Secretary to spirit of said Resolution. EVERYTHING. Rev. Leonard Bacon died on Saturday morning at his home in New Haven, Conn., of heart disease. James Wall was killed at San Francisco by falling from a culvert crossing, a distance of thirty-five feet. A Colorado physician says the climate of that State is good for thin-blooded people, and that full-blooded people should not settle there. The Episcopal Bishop of New Hampshire has surprised his people by declaring a belief that the second coming of Christ is near at hand. H. T. Howe, Inspector of Butter, has sworn out warrants against five Chicago jobbers for dealing in adulterated goods. One sample was found to contain 80 per cent of lard. While L. Pendleton was working in his drift mine at Mount Zion, Nevada, some timers over his head gave away and crushed him to death. A large mass of quicksand then fell upon and buried the body. A fine vein of bituminous coal has been found within three miles of Ventura. It has been thoroughly tested by the blacksmiths and pronounced a superior article. It is not known yet whether it is on public land or on the Mexican grant. STOPPED THE PROCEEDINGS As Told by the Plaintiff in Lavania. "I came in to tell you this morning that you might as well stop them proceedings in chancery for a bill of divorce," said a soft eyed thing about 27 years old, as she came into a Laramie lawyer's office yesterday. "Decided to live together as man and wife again, hey!" "No, not that. Not that. You see Obadiah strolled away to Leadville two years ago, and kind of give me and the kids the grand shake. Since then I've been rustling in my gentle, unobtrusive manner to make a stake. I've wrote to him occasionally when ever I had leisure, and kind of rounded him up for not chipping in with his assessment, but he never represented. "That kind of irritated me, and I asked you last week to get me a divorce. If I paid all the assessments myself, I thought 'twould be no more than square to get all the dividends. But this morning I got news from Leadville that has changed my notion a little about the divorce." "Sent you some money, did he?" "No, not that. He didn't even write to me; but I got a paper with a big blue mark around a piece in it, which conveys the intelligence that Obadiah was hung there on the 10th by request. "It seems that he got to jumping lots and stealing horses between meals, and people..." On the 26th day of Nov. last, a Vinicultural Association in President and Secretary to spirit of said Resolution. We, the undersigned, publish Thomas Lemme, of this district, who imported 80 barrels of Grape from corn, commonly called used the same, or the greatest manufacture of wine durability. Chas. Krug, DENNER, President. Secretary. US BALLOON SCHEME. Cheyne, the English Arctic is desirous of making another reach the north pole, lectured at before the New York Académies. He wants to go to the balloon, instead of being miles by Esquimaux dogs over country. He said that the curtain sphere as well as the curtain have their regular courses, study of the winds that blow arctic circle he could certainlyulations so as to reach the long-by balloon. He would make letters at St. Patrick Bay, and from some point within fifty-six or south of that place. He was should reach the north pole. In a plan to many of the nobility he had been asked, "But suppose so as to get there, how to get back?" Cheyne laughingly said that was nothing if he could only reach the north pole, although his plan proturn trip, or what on the railway is called an excursion. He start out with three large balloon construction, taking the land that would bring them nearer. There would be three men on, and they would take proturn trip, or what on the railway is called an excursion. He start out with three large balloon construction, taking the land that would bring them nearer. 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He start out with three large balloon construction, taking the land that would bring them nearer. There would be three men on, and they would take proturn trip, or what on the railway is called an excursion. He start out with three large balloon construction, taking the land that would bring them nearer. There would be three men on, and they would take proturn trip, or what on the railway is called an excursion. He start out with three large balloon construction, taking the land that would bring them nearer. There would be three men on, and they will take proturn trip, or what on the railway is called an excursion. He start out with three large balloon construction, taking the land that will bring them nearer. There will start out with three large balloon construction, taking the land that will bring them nearer. PORT HURON, December 23. The situation in the burned district of Michigan is as follows: The winter wheat looks fairly and the prospects for the new crop are encouraging. Shelter for the people is very defective; shanties being built of boards placed upright; in one room 16 by 20 feet; thus compelling whole families to sleep in one room. They have a full supply of clothing; a reasonable quantity of bedding and are partially supplied with furniture. Their provision will last until the middle of January. The money on hand will not be adequate to purchase supplies until warm weather but much less food has been required than was anticipated; owing to the mildness of the weather. Sickness is on the increase owing to poor shelter; and the question will The Reims Chamber of Commerce estimates the total yield of this year's vintage in the Champagne districts at 300,000 hogsheads red and white wine. The quantity to be converted into champagne is 200,000 hogsheads, or about 50,000,000 bottles. As the official figures state the annual shipments from Champagne at 20,000,000 bottles, the 1881 vintage equals two and half years' consumption. Energetic measures against the locusts are being taken in Cyprus. Up to the end of October, 880 tons of their eggs had been destroyed, of which 270 tons were gathered in that month alone, and four or five months still remain for the collection. The rewards paid have been raised to £13 to the ton; and the Government, having already spent £6,000 this year on the egg, is preparing to expend £23,000 as soon as the insects are hatched in April and May on screened enclosures and pit traps, to be managed by 2,000 men. Queen Caroline of Saxony is suffering from an illness which is attributed to a cause unusual in royal households. Her Majesty has a mania for cooking, in which she excels, especially in the preparation of fruit preserves. The crop of fruit in Saxony this year was so abundant that the Queen labored night and day in the composition of her jams and jellies, which she was, of course, obliged to taste constantly. The consequent fatigue and indigestion brought on a serious illness. With regard to the birth of Christ the New York Independent maintains that we not only cannot tell on what day of the month it occurred, but we do not even know "in what month of the year it was." Still it thinks it well to agree on a day for celebrating that event "as a holy day as well as a holiday." The San Francisco Jewish Times says the festival originated in Paganism, the birth of the Sun God being celebrated on the 25th of December. St. Gregory, of Nazianzen, in the fourth century strongly opposed the Christmas rejoicing of his time as heathenish, and the Council of Poitiers, France, in the sixth century, passed a decree condemning Christmas and forbidding Christians to deck their houses with flowers and evergreens. Shelter for the people is very detective, shanties being built of boards placed upright, in one room 16 by 20 feet, thus compelling whole families to sleep in one room. They have a full supply of clothing, a reasonable quantity of bedding and are partially supplied with furniture. Their provision will last until the middle of January. The money on hand will not be adequate to purchase supplies until warm weather, but much less food has been required than was anticipated, owing to the mildness of the weather. Sickness is on the increase owing to poor shelter, and the question will require the serious attention of the Relief Committee. Fifteen hundred families will be utterly destitute by the 1st of February, and it will require $200,000 more to provide for their absolute necessaries. WASHINGTON, Dec. 24th.—A Postmaster has written to the Postmaster-General as follows: "A man's wife dropped a letter in this office, addressed to another man. The husband suspects something wrong. Shall I deliver the letter to him?" The Postmaster-General has answered: "The husband cannot get the letter in that way." There were issued to-day, over Secretary Kirkwood's signature, twenty-seven places of bounty land script to the heirs of John Paul Jones, Captain in the American navy, in appreciative acknowledgment of his brave and meritorious services in connection with the capture of certain British vessels of war. Boston, December 24.—A project is on foot, under the supervision of Mme. De Koerber of Berlin, now in this city, to establish an International Emigration Society to aid the emigration of German girls and women to the United States. The headquarters of the society will be in New York, and branches will be organized throughout the country. Mme. De Koerber is employed by the Canadian authorities as an immigration agent. Arthur Chambers, the prize fighter, varied the mohotony of a sparring exhibition in his Philadelphia resort by introducing Peter Johnson, whose feat of strength announced his stomach. Johnson delighted the assembly by making a meal of two dozen raw oysters, a pound of sugar, a bar of yellow soap, and a gallon of beer. He suggests to the title of Human Outreach.