anaheim-gazette 1882-01-14

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; 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-Surgeon, Resident-Physician and Assistant Pathologist, Oligoum Royal Infirmary, and latest 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 Metz's building. Los Angeles Street. Anaheim Having had twenty years experience, he can speak with confidence of his work. It is scale of prices is very low. He will be found in his office every day between the hours of 5 a.m. and 6 p.m. GRO. B. SHAFFER, NOTARY PUBLIC. OFFICE BANK OF ANAHEIM IF YOU WANT TO GET RID OF SQUIRRELS AND GOPHERS 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. 36 SPRING Street. Los Angeles, - Cal. City Stables How to Get Rid Stockmen, especially what a source of annoyance cunning California coyotes, impudent and mischief all the destructive face backed with the shrewd half dozen coyotes in a destroy annually though sheep and other live stags bushy countries they either with dog or gun. They may sometimes be by a very ingenuous confederation of friends, whose broad range, in Calaveras county since accidentally stumped cal as well as novel more section of coyotes, and sheep and pigs. Through full-grown coyote had A bright idea flashed rancher as he remember pigs and decimated flock of the villainous coyote the coyote by the head and closely around his then out with his knife close to the head. The off and the animal turned off over the hill, rink he went. Two week sheep bell as he went, pursuit after a band of not recognize nor own persistent, however, their fellowship, that tribe fled the country Stanislava News. 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. It is scale of prices is very low. He will be found in his office every day between the hours of 8 A.M. and 6 P.M. GRO. 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. ROBT. W. SCOTT. ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC. Commissioner of Deeds for Arizona Territory Trammer's Block, Anaheim, Cal. VICTOR MONTGOMERY, Attorney at Law. SANTA ANA, CAL. Office in Dibbled brick building, nearly opposite the Post Office. Office hours from 10 A.M. to 3 P.M. M. L. WICKS, Attorney at Law. Rooms 12 and 17 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. Galvester Office. H. J. STEVENSON, Deputy U.S. Land and Mineral Surveyor. Orvess: Room No. 4, Downev Block. LOS ANGELES, -- CAL. L. GUNTHER. Pioneer Boot and Shoe Maker. Cor. Adelaide and Los Angeles streets. ANAHEIM. GEORGE BAUER, Groceries, 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 continuous 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. McIlermott, and respectively solicits the continued patronage of his many customers. One part of the shop is occupied by Mr. T. L. GANON, Wagonmaker, who is prepared to do all kinds of woodwork in a thorough manner and at cheap rates. Meera 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 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. Byrne, who was the time the Morey letter since seceded from the running a little week Harte, the publisher him arrested on a ch subject will be unintended public, who can feel rel of the two worthiness it might tend to induce forged the Morey letter that the detectives w secret, or that we sh any way other than some party privy to Surveyor, Orcus: Boom No. 4, Downever Block, 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 cash price. All orders promptly attended to All work guaranteed. CHARLES WILLE, COOPERAGE. Pipe, Barrels and keys on hand at all times. Tanks and Tubes made to order. Honest 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 ATJ. A. VALDER’S Picture Store, ALL KINDS OF WAGONS, CARRIAGES AND Buggies built to order from the best timberers 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. Henry Huden, BLACKSMITH —and— WAGONMAKER, LOS ANGELES ST., - - ANAHEIM. All kinds of jobbing promptly done. New Spring or Farm Wagons, Bugges and Carriages made to order in any desired style. All my work is guaranteed. I respectfully ask the patronage of the public dec31. German School. GERMAN, FRENCH, ALL SCHOOL STUDIES, Bookkeeping, Gymnastics, Callistonics and Fencing taught Mathematics a speciality. Young ladies and gentlemen prepared for teacher’s examination or for admissions into the higher institutions of learning. A. Z. JULIUS POINT. How to Get Rid of Coyotes. Stockmen, especially sheep-raisers, know what a source of annoyance and expense the cunning California coyote is. They are a ally, impudent and mischievous animal, with all the destructive faculties of the wolf, backed with the shrewdness of the fox. A half dozen coyotes in a neighborhood will destroy annually thousands of dollars in sheep and other live stock. In hilly and bushy countries they are hard to catch, either with dog or gun. In such a country they may sometimes be poisoned or trapped by a very ingenuous contrivance. A couple of friends, whose broad possessions are at the western base of the Bear Mountains range, in Calaveras county, some months since accidentally stumbled upon a practical as well as novel mode of ridding their section of coyotes, and thus protecting their sheep and pigs. Through good luck a large full-grown coyote had been captured alive. A bright idea flashed upon the tormented rawhatcher as he remembered his slaughtered pigs and decimated flocks by the incursions of the villainous coyote before him. Seizing the coyote by the head he belted securely and closely around his neck a sheep bell; then out with his knife and cropped his ears close to the head. The tail was next cut off and the animal turned loose. He bounded off over the hill, ringing his sheep bell as he went. Two weeks after, ringing his sheep bell as he went, he was seen in full pursuit after a band of coyotes, who would not recognize nor own his relationship. So persistent, however, was he in claiming their fellowship, that all the rest of the tribe fled the country is dismay.—Corr. Stanislaws News. NEW and VALUABLE GRAPES. Prof. Husmann, of Napa, writes as follows to the Bulletin: I had the pleasure of obtaining of H. W. Crabb at Oakville, Napa county, some samples of wine of the above grapes, made by him this fall, and of showing them to some of the leading wine-dealers of San Francisco, who expressed their high appreciation of them, and thought them of the greatest value for culture in this State. The Elvira is of a bright, golden color, great body, fine flavor and aroma, and was considered especially valuable for blending with such varieties as are great producers, but have very little character, such as Berger, White Mission, White Malvoisie, etc., to which it imparts a fine flavor and more fullness. As it is also a great producer, having from four to six bunches on every branch, it is easy to see that it will be even more valuable here than in Missouri, where it has already taken the front rank as the most profitable grape for white wine. It grows readily from cuttings, is entirely phylloxera-proof, and should therefore be planted everywhere where there is any danger from phylloxera, The Lenoir is well named "the Black," for it makes a wine nearly as black as ink, of very fine flavor and great body. It is a true Burgundy, not a claret, as it is more full, and softer than the Claret grapes. The must came up to 31° Balling, and as the vine is remarkably healthy and vigorous, starting late in the spring, and holding its deep green, luxuriant leaves until late in the fall, bears very full, and ripens its fruit uniformly, it would be hard to find another vine which would be better. It is a pity that the entire A Two-Cent Letter Postage Proposed. A bill has been introduced by Representative Anderson in Congress to reduce the letter postage to any part of the Union to two cents per half ounce. If the bill should become an act it doubtless would have the effect of much increasing the number of letters mailed and the postal revenue. Such was the outcome of the penny-postage system in Great Britain and Ireland, as was foretold by its sponsor, Sir Rowland Hill. But even if the rate was reduced to two cents, England would still be ahead of us in this matter, as there, and in the sister countries, a letter weighing an ounce is carried and delivered for that sum. It may be said that this is set off by the greater distances which mails are transported in the United States. But, as a per contra, it must be remembered that the train which brings a letter from New York to San Francisco receives and drops a mail at every station on the line, and the wayside mails are divided among adjacent village post offices, so that the short distances would more than counterbalance the long ones. In this country there are thousands more postoffices than there are in England, and therefore it may well be surmised that the average distance a letter is carried is not much, if any, greater in the one nation than in the other. BERLIN, January 7.—An imperial edict, dated January 4th and countersigned by Bismarck, has been addressed to the Prussian Ministry. It says: The right of the King to direct the Government and policy of Prussia in accordance with his own judgment is restricted, not the coyote by the head he belted securely and closely around his neck a sheep bell; then out with his knife and cropped his ears close to the head. The tail was next cut off and the animal turned loose. He bounded off over the hill, ringing his sheep bell as he went. Two weeks after, ringing his sheep bell as he went, he was seen in full pursuit after a band of coyotes, who would not recognize nor own his relationship. So persistent, however, was he in claiming their fellowship, that all the rest of the tribe fled the country is dismay.—Corr. Stanislaus News. The Empress Eugenie, five and twenty years ago counted one of the handsomest women in Europe, is said to be badly broken down. Though still young enough in years, the once rich and glossy nut-brown tresses are faded white by grief and reverse of fortune. The transparent beauty of feature is spoiled, the frame curved and wasted. Latterly her health has been fast failing, and the gloom which fell upon her life after the fatality in South Africa rises at longer intervals, so that she remains for days confined to her chamber. The accidental fall on the stairs in her new house in the West End still further shocked the weakened nerves, and, although no bodily injury to speak of was sustained, her health has suffered since a great deal. The constant visits from members of the royal family of England are among the greatest comforts the lonely and exiled sovereign possesses. Paris, January 6.—There is good reason to believe that an attempt to steal the bodies of Napoleon III. and the Prince Imperial has just been discovered at Chisellhurst. Howard Vincent has sent down several special detectives from London to watch the Imperial mortuary chapel, and hopes are entertained that the person who has planned the attempt will shortly be apprehended. It is believed that the person in question is a woman, a personal enemy of the Empress, but nothing certain is known on this point. This affair has been carefully kept quiet lest the criminal or criminals concerned should take alarm and escape. Byrne, who was the editor of Truth at the time the Morey letter was published, has since seceded from that paper and is now running a little weekly sheet of his own. Harte, the publisher of Truth, has just had him arrested on a charge of perjury. The subject will be uninteresting to the general public, who can feel no concern in the quarrel of the two worthies, except in so far as it might tend to induce either to tell who forged the Morey letter. It is not likely that the detectives will ever find out the secret, or that we shall learn the truth in any way other than by the confession of some party privy to the facts. Scoville has received a bona fide proposition from a medical gentleman for the body The Lenoir is well named "the Black," for it makes a wine nearly as black as ink, of very fine flavor and great body. It is a true Burgundy, not a claret, as it is more full, and softer than the Claret grapes. The must came up to 31 Balling, and as the vine is remarkably healthy and vigorous, starting late in the spring, and holding its deep green, luxuriant leaves until late in the fall, bears very full, and ripens its fruit uniformly. It would be hard to find another vine which would be better. It is a pity that the entire stock of it is already engaged, as if ought to be in the hands of every grape-grower in the State. I am planting 5,000 rooted vines in the vineyard of Mr Simonton, besides 150,000 cuttings in the nursery. Its wines brings double the price now, in France, than the usual run of clarets and Burgundies; showing how much the French connoisseurs appreciate it, and I predict that it will be the leading grape for red wine, together with the Cynthiana and Morton's Virginia, in less than ten years—as soon as grape-growers know it and become aware of its merits. With such and similar phylloxera-proof varieties, and the price of wine increasing one-fifth in less than twelve months; with a ready market for all our products, the future of the California grape-grower looks bright indeed, and we need not be surprised if vineyards are planted by the thousands of acres. The New York Herald's Uniontown, Pa., special says: Two Mormon preachers, M. T. Ingle and Wilson, are now in this county, and the number of accessions to the ranks of Polygamy is daily increasing. They have been holding revival meetings in the mountain townships of this (Fayette) county, and report good success. Ingle was born and brought up in this county. He subsequently drifted West, and while in Utah he became a disciple of Brigham Young. He has returned to his native county to preach the doctrine of Mormonism in all its hideousness. He informed your reporter that the day of miracles is not passed, but that they are being daily performed by the prophets in Salt Lake. His meetings are held in the school houses about here and are largely attended. An orthodox prayer meeting stands no chance of a large gathering if held in a community where prophet Ingle is at the same time preaching Morristonism. He says the spirit of the Lord is upon him, and he must proclaim His word. One of the young men who has lately come a convert here, when asked his opinion as to a plurality of wives, said: "If one wife is a blessing, as all Christiandom admits, how can two or more be a curse?" Ingle arrived in this town to-day, and is trying to get a house in which to preach and start a congregation. The British Goat Society* is flourishing under the Duke of Wellington's Presidency. The right of the King to direct the Government and policy of Prussia in accordance with his own judgment is restricted, not abrogated, by the Constitution. The official actions of the King require the counter-signature of a Minister and are carried out by his Ministers, but they remain official acts of the King, in whose resolve they originate, and who in them gives a constitutional expression to his will. Therefore it is not permissible to represent their exercise as proceeding from a responsible Minister. The Prussian constitution is the expression of the monarchical tradition of this country, whose development reacts on living relations of its King to the people. These relations cannot be transferred to Ministers because they appertain to the person of the King, and their maintenance is necessary for Prussia. It is, therefore, my will that in Prussia, and also in the legislative bodies of the Empire no doubt will be allowed to attach to my constitutional right, or that of my successors, to personally direct the policy of the Government. It is the duty of my Ministers to support my constitutional rights by protecting them from doubt and obscurity, and I expect the same from all officials who have taken oath of loyalty to me. I am far from wishing to restrict the freedom of elections, but functionaries intrusted with the execution of my official acts are bound to support the policy* of my Government, even at the elections. I shall acknowledge the faithful discharge of this duty, and shall expect all officials, remembering their oath of allegiance, to hold aloof, even at elections, from all agitations against my Government. Tombstone, Jan. 7th.-The coach going from Tombstone to Biahce was attacked yesterday afternoon about three o'clock by five robbers who stood in the road ahead about one hundred yards and fired into it without any warning, wounding one horse. The driver, W. S. Wait, succeeded in turning the horses and started back toward Tombstone on a run. Chas. A. Bartholemew, Wells, Fargo & Co.'s messenger, kept up a running fight with his Winchester rifle for about four miles, until at last three of the robbers got ahead of the stage by taking a short cut. Then the stage stopped. The robbers met a Mexican who was hauling wood, and required him to go to the stage and demand the surrender of the treasure-box, stating that it it was not given up, every one would be killed. After consultation this was done, the passengers and messenger retiring some distance away and the driver remaining with the coach. The rob- Harte, the publisher of Truth, has just had him arrested on a charge of perjury. The subject will be uninteresting to the general public, who can feel no concern in the quarrel of the two worthies, except in so far as it might tend to induce either to tell who forged the Morey letter. It is not likely that the detectives will ever find out the secret, or that we shall learn the truth in any way other than by the confession of some party privy to the facts. Scoville has received a bona fide proposition from a medical gentleman for the body of Charles J. Guiteau. The party offers to pay $1,000 immediately on condition he have the body as soon as the law is executed, and dispose of it as he sees fit, and agreeing to take his chances, waiting a month or twenty years. Guiteau seemed favorably impressed by the proposition, but after reflection remarked: "I ought to bring more than that. Perhaps some one will offer $2,000, and then pay my debts, and if I get a new trial that miserable Corkhill can't bring on a lot of fellows just to swear how much I owe them." The admission of a colored clergyman to the Memphis Presbytery has disquieted the Southern Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Dr. Baird, one of the foremost men in the organization, strenuously objects. "One of the conditions of ordination," he says, "is that a man shall be able to edify the church. Now, I risk nothing in asserting that no negro man in the present condition of the Church and the world can attain unto this essential qualification for the position of a minister among us." An exchange says that a gentleman in Columbus, Georgia, as one result of experimental gardening, has succeeded in raising some delicious lemon-flavored watermelons. He has a method of making an incision in the vine a short distance from the root, to which he attaches a lemon, and by means of absorption the juice is taken into the melons. It would be but little trouble for our local gardeners to try this experiment. The British Goat Society is flourishing under the Duke of Wellington's Presidency. A stud-goat register has been established, and a great demand for goats continues to be experienced. The system of supplying these animals to cottagers works well, and from the number of cottagers applying, the committee feel assured that a great deal of good might be done if a sufficient number of goats could be obtained. The large demand for goats, together with the increasing popularity of goats' milk as a food for infants, has led to applications being made to the committee to start a limited company for the importation, breeding and supply of goats. The Kansas State Grange has issued a paper on education, proposing that the usual course of the public schools be abridged in an intelligent manner, and that the time saved be devoted to such practical instruction as shall give children a taste for agriculture, a love of nature and a sense of the dignity of farming life. The paper truly asserts that the instruction now given in the schools is superficial and narrow, and that the employment of such a method as that in use at Quincy would be a time and mind-saving improvement. SPRINGFIELD, January 6.—The disastrous effect of this drought is shown by the report on the corn crop, furnished by the State Department of Agriculture. The total yield is 174,996,000 bushels for the year 1881, or but 70 percent of the crop of 1880 and only half the crop of 1879. The greatest injury was in the southern division of the State. The British Goat Society is flourishing under the Duke of Wellington's Presidency. A stud-goat register has been established, and a great demand for goats continues to be experienced. The system of supplying these animals to cottagers works well, and from the number of cottagers applying, the committee feel assured that a great deal of good might be done if a sufficient number of goats could be obtained. The large demand for goats, together with the increasing popularity of goats' milk as a food for infants, has led to applications being made to the committee to start a limited company for the importation, breeding and supply of goats. The department at Washington has decided that Lombardy poplar and balm or cottonwood are not timber in the sense that the law relating to timber culture requires. Many people in Washington Territory and Oregon have set out Lombardy poplars in good faith, thinking that it was in compliance with the law regulating the same, and if the decision is maintained they run the risk of forfeiting their claims. The new settlers of Texas will find plenty of elbow room, if nothing else. One of them writes that he has the Rio Grande for a bath tub; and all Mexico for a back-yard. GAZETTE. JAY 14, 1882. EVERYTHING. *John Cornwall, aged 53, suicided by poison at Napa on Saturday. The City Council of Santa Cruz have raised the liquor license from $15 a quarter to $60. W. G. Douglass, mail agent between San Francisco and Sacramento, has been arrested for stealing letters. Richard H. Dana, author, and Edwin W. Stoughton, lawyer, both distinguished men, died last week, the former in Rome, Italy, and the latter at his home in New York. G. Tomasini was shot and killed at Watsonville on Saturday by J. P. Casaday. The latter had arrested Tomasini for violating the Sunday law, and the sumity thus caused resulted in a quarrel. The body of S. L. Maxwell, an old resident, who disappeared from Seattle three weeks ago, was found floating in the bay at that place last week. The coroner's jury gave a verdict of accidental drowning. At Washington the Women's Evangelical Association has been organized by the former members of the Women's National Christian Temperance Union who were opposed to the suffrage feature of that society. At Spanishtown on Monday the six year old son of Robert Savage, a farmer, was instantly killed by his eight year old brother. He was fooling with a shot gun, which accidentally went off, blowing the boy's head nearly off. India possesses a coal-bearing area of 30,000 square miles; and yet twenty years ago she was unable to supply the wants of a single line of railway. Last year, however, DISTRIBUTING RISKS IN FIRE INSURANCE. Rural Press The great fires of Portland, Chicago, Boston and St. John have caused a revolution in the system of fire insurance is more severe than one, not insignificant of which is distribution of risks and division of lines. This theory had its incipiency with the large underwriting corporations of the time, and was by them taught to their agents, and by their agents taught to the insuring public with ever varying success, until the oft occurring conflagrations and consequent cripling of companies, with its attendant confusion and loss to the insured burned into the reason of property owners the absolute necessity of small lines and many companies to be reasonably protected against large fires. In the scramble for business single companies under exclusive management have gone down under the weight of heavy lines closely huddled together in burned districts, and the policy holders have been left with but their premium receipts to console them, where the facilities for distributing the risks among several companies and a disposition to make use of these facilities would not only have saved the company's life, but would have protected the interests of the policy holder, and possibly saved him from financial ruin. Now, companies and property owners have almost universally wheeled into line on this question, admitting its importance and practicing its lessons, until it is difficult for the former to put out or the latter obtain a policy of insurance covering more than $10,-000; whereas, two decades ago, it was not an unusual thing to find individual companies carrying from $50,000 to $150,000 on a An imperial edict, and countersigned by addressed to the Prussia, going to direct the GovPrussia in accordance ent is restricted, not constituted. The official require the counter-signature are carried out by by remain official acts of resolve they originate, on a constitutional exTherefore it is not pertheir exercise as propossible Minister. The is the expression of condition of this country, meats on the living relative people. These reliferred to Ministers, benin to the person of the tenance is necessary for before, my will that in the legislative bodies of will be allowed to attutional right, or that of personally direct the policy. It is the duty of my many constitutional rights from doubt and obscurname from all officials death of loyalty to me, to restrict the freedom dionaries intrusted with official acts are bound by law of my Government, I shall acknowledge of this duty, and shall remembering their oath hold aloof, even at elections against my Govern- 7th. The coach going Bisbee was attacked yesbut three o'clock by five on the road ahead about and fired into it without leading one horse. The succeeding in turning back toward Tombethas. A. Bartholemew, his messenger, kept up a Winchester rifle for until at last three of the stage by taking a fire stage stopped. The American who was hauling him to go to the stage render of the treasure-it was not given up, killed. After consulta-the passengers and mess-distance away and with the coach. The rob- 7th. The coach going Bisbee was attacked yesbut three o'clock by five on the road ahead about and fired into it without leading one horse. The succeeding in turning back toward Tombethas. A. Bartholemew, his messenger, kept up a Winchester rifle for until at last three of the stage by taking a fire stage stopped. The American who was hauling him to go to the stage render of the treasure-it was not given up, killed. After consulta-the passengers and mess-distance away and with the coach. The rob- Association has been organized by the former members of the Women's National Christian Temperance Union who were opposed to the suffrage feature of that society. At Spanishtown on Monday the six year old son of Robert Savage, a farmer, was instantly killed by his eight year old brother. He was fooling with a shot gun, which accidentally went off, blowing the boy's head nearly off. Indian possesses a coal-bearing area of 30,000 square miles; and yet twenty years ago she was unable to supply the wants of a single line of railway. Last year, however, she furnished 500,000 tons, which was equivalent to one-half the total demand of all the railways and factories in the country. The wild ducks over in Colusa county, near Orland, are making sad havoc with the young grain. The O'Hair brothers inform the Orland Times that they nipped the blades off all the wheat sprouted on 1,000 acres, and are more annoying this year than the geese. 8. Rogers, General Superintendent of the California Southern Railroad, says that the Mexican Government, through its Congress, has just granted his company the right to build a line from Calabasas, a point about sixty miles south of Tucson, to the Pacific ocean. The Dunkers of Indiana consider grammar frivolous, and therefore protest against their children being taught it in the public schools. The State Superintendent decides that the teachers may omit the offensive study, but tells them to impart orally to the Dunker pupils "all that is practical in the subject." A Catholic scholar in one of the Stonington, Conn., schools, has been whipped by the teacher and a committeeman because he refused to read the Scriptures and bow his head during prayer. The parents claim that the child was quiet and respectful. The whipping is to be made the cause of a lawsuit. A French journal has lately published a table showing that the average wages in fifty-one distinct trades were only 60 cents a day, or $3 63 a week. These were the wages to men. For women the average in eleven trades is 31 cents a day, or $1 87 a week. Decorative sculptors, a class of highly skilled and intelligent workmen, receive only 92 cents a day. Such workmen here would probably earn from $4 to $5 per day. The killing of a carpenter on a New York elevated railroad revealed the fact that the railroad company had in their possession blank permits for the removal of bodies with the coroner's signature attached. So that when any one is killed the name and date are inserted in the prepared blank and the body is hurried away, with the chance that it may not be heard of. and charged over to the carelessness account of the railroad company. Sam McKee, a young man of about nine- The killing of a carpenter on a New York elevated railroad revealed the fact that the railroad company had in their possession blank permits for the removal of bodies with the coroner's signature attached. So that when any one is killed the name and date are inserted in the prepared blank and the body is hurried away, with the chance that it may not be heard of, and charged over to the carelessness account of the railroad company. Sam McKee, a young man of about nineteen years of age, and a son of Judge S. B. McKee of the Supreme Court of Alameda Co., had both legs run over by the local train at Oakland. He was taken to his father's residence, on the corner of Twelfth and Adeline streets. His legs were so crushed and mangled that amputation of both below the knee was found necessary. At present, slight hopes of his recovery are entertained, but if the knee-joint of the left leg can be saved it is still possible. Some lead miners in the province of Segovia, about seventy miles northwest of Madrid, recently broke into an immense cavern. In the interior they found an argillaceous deposit and in the midst of stalagmites the remains of about five hundred human skeletons of both sexes. Chipped stone and quartz implements and fragments of rude pottery were also obtained. Ten well-shaped and perfect skulls of a prehistoric type were recovered. The Superintendent of Railway Mail Service has issued a circular to Division Superintendents in which he says: "In view of the prevalence of small-pox throughout the country at the present time, you are instructed, in every case where report is made to you in regard to matter concerning mail communication being suspended between an infected locality and others, to take the necessary action at once, without waiting to consult this office, but report your action immediately to this office. This is necessary, in order that the department shall not insane way be responsible for spreading any contagious disease." The seven wonders of the world, in ancient times, were the pyramids of Egypt; the Pharaos of Alexandria; the walls and hanging gardens of Babylon; the temple of Diana; the statue of the Olympic Jupiter; the Mausoleum of Artemisia and the Colossus of Rhodes. The seven wonders of the world in modern times are the printing press, the steam engine, the telegraph, the daguerrootype, the telephone, the phonograph and the electric light. The so-called "seven wonders" of the ancients were mere trifles compared with those of the present time. The Brooklyn bridge, for example, would make the hanging gardens of Babylon a mere toy, while the whole seven wonders put together would sink into insignificance could the builders have seen a lightning express train at full speed. St. John's, N. P., Jan. 9th.—The smiling steamer Lion and all hands were lost by the vessel striking on Grate's Point while passing between the Bar at Calico Island and the main land. She went down before a boat could be launched. The steamer carried several passengers besides the usual crew. One body, that of Mrs. Cross of Trinity, has been rescued. A tag both leaves immediately for the same of dislocation.