anaheim-gazette 1882-02-11

WEEKLY GAZETTE. County Official Paper. SATURDAY...FEBRUARY 11, 1852 To Delaware now belongs the honor, or infamy if you please, of being the only State where criminals are punished by whipping. The Virginia Legislature has just passed a law abolishing the whipping post in that State. The number of boiler explosions in 1881, in the United States, that have been of sufficient importance to attract the attention of local press reporters is not as great by about half a dozen as was reported in 1880. But the number is quite sufficient, being 160 explosions, by which about 250 persons were killed or fatally injured and died soon after from the effects of their injuries, while over 200 more were seriously but not fatally injured. At the last meeting of the State Viticultural Commission Mr. Wetmore tendered his resignation as Chief Executive Officer, giving as a reason that complaints had been made that he was engaged in the business of selling cuttings, and that the person who had been especially prominent in complaining was L. J. Rose of this county, who had asked Mr. Wetmore to sell cuttings for him at 5 per cent commission, and had been refused. A Modesto dispatch of the 8th thus describes the outlook in the San Joaquin valley: "It is safe now to say that this year will be a partial failure so far as the wheat crop is concerned. The late sown grain cannot survive. On the West side the prospects of a crop, it was decided long ago, were only good where irrigation can be had. Summer fallowed grain will probably make a little more than seed with the usual Spring rains. Stock is beginning to feel the need of feed." DELEGATE Post, of Wyoming, has introduced a bill in the House seeking it unlawful. A DRY YEAR. And Some Reflections Thereon. Though not misanthropic, nor disposed to look upon the dark side of things, we confess our inability to view the present aspect of affairs in this county with the same cheerful and happy spirit evinced by our contemporaries of the Los Angeles press when they discuss the probabilities and results of the present dry year. And with all due deference to their opinions, we cannot bring ourselves to subscribe to their view that the scant rainfall is a blessing in disguise, or that it is the best thing which could have happened. They do not put these views in this blunt language, but that is the gist of the many columns of editorials which our neighbors have written on this pregnant subject. In our opinion, there never was a time when Los Angeles county could so well have spared a dry year. Within the past twelve months a great number of people have settled in the county, purchased land, and laid the corner-stones of their future home. And now, at the very outset, they are met with probably the dryest season in the history of the State, with all that the term implies. It has passed into a proverb that first impressions are always the most lasting; and these late settlers will be apt to hold their first experience of California in unpleasant remembrance until the memory is effaced by a succession of normal winters. A dry year will (nay, it has already) stopped an immigration which would have grown in volume with each succeeding month. Land sales which were pending at the beginning of the year are "off;" projected enterprises are for the time abandoned; lavish expenditure is succeeded by close retrenchment. As the careful seaman anticipates the coming storm by making everything snug alow and aloft, so do wise people prepare for the dull summer which as inevitably follows a rainy winter as the night follows the day. It sounds very well in romance to "laugh in the face of danger" and dismiss unpleasant facts with a careless gesture; but as a matter of fact the men who recognize difficulties and face them hardly succeed far better than those who de- A PECULIARITY. The failure of a bank in such general importance as comment in a California city has been attended with circumstances that it does notice. The bank began only about four years ago; the other day nearly even in France was found to harbor, and a sufferer by its tery of its popularity is in fact that through some to its projectors the bank its career, secured the bleed. As a consequence, its share devout Catholica, and they had given it his blessing, infallible. The manager of the Bontoux. Some idea of be gathered from the folly. Having obtained full control of the Union Generale, Paris in Austria the Lander shares of which were all one-half paid up. With sums of money Bontoux speculations, and bought mines he could at prices tha-tat. For some time Paris been watching for a chie Bontoux, and, unfortunately instead of permitting schemes to fall by their ownness, determined to "be the two companies. In th-s reckoned without their help the Lander Bank were all Bontoux, and the French old women would not pass sanctified shares of tha-the "bears," therefore "cornered," Bontoux put them dance, and calmly praire shares up to 2,350 m³ of the Lander Bank to Parisian banker was said 000 francs before Bontoux on him. Amusing stories other prominent "bears" went down on his knees as to have mercy. Three went to the Archbishop to be publicly baptized and would induce Bontoux shares they had contracted. The struggle between them and the brokers of the Paras assumed then a very bitter A modest dispatches of the 6th thus describes the outlook in the San Joaquin valley: "It is safe now to say that this year will be a partial failure so far as the wheat crop is concerned. The late sown grain cannot survive. On the West side the prospects of a crop, it was decided long ago, were only good where irrigation can be had. Summer fallowed grain will probably make a little more than seed with the usual Spring rains. Stock is beginning to feel the need of feed." DELEGATE POST, of Wyoming, has introduced a bill in the House making it unlawful for any person to kill or destroy any elk, deer, antelope, buffalo, mountain sheep, under any pretext whatever except for food, and then only when necessary for human subsistence, being governed in amount and quantity by the reasonable necessities of the person or persons killing the same. The bill provides that it shall not be construed as prohibiting the killing of such a quantity as may be needed for domestic markets for purposes of human subsistence only. A dispatch from Lincoln (Cal.) on Sunday says: The family of John Hall, who lives about eight miles east of this place, were thrown into sudden grief last evening at the careless and so-often-repeated accident of one child shooting another, through the mistaken idea that the gun was not loaded. It seems that a girl, aged about 14 years, picked up a shotgun, and noticing that it was not capped, said to her little brother, aged 6 years: "You have been a bad boy to-day, and I am going to shoot you." The gun snapped at first, but the thoughtless girl raised the hammer and again pointed the deadly weapon at her innocent little brother, when to her horror the gun was discharged, and the thoughtless threat had been fully carried out. The whole charge of shot entered the little fellow's arm and body, wounding him so that he died in less than two hours from that time. Every one remembers Prof. Schlessinger, the head of the Societas Fraternia at Anaheim, and whose exploits in the line of trying to feed little babies on raw turnips, etc., brought himself and the society into the courts. We learn that Schlessinger has fallen from grace on the vegetarian proposition. It will be recollected that he was not only a vegetarian in the usual acceptance of that word, but that he would not allow anything intended for the consumption of himself or his disciples to be cooked. Everything had to be taken in its natural state, from carrots and potatoes to grapes and peaches. It appears that, shortly after his arrival in San Francisco, Schlessinger concluded that his diet was a little too thin for that rugged climate, and he made up his mind to go after the flesh pots. He made his first adventure on a can of sardines, which made him very sick. However, he persevered and is now a lusty conmonth. Land sales which were paid at the beginning of the year are "off," projected enterprises are for the time abandoned; lavish expenditure is succeeded by close retrenchment. As the careful seaman anticipates the coming storm by making everything sung alow and aloft, so do wise people prepare for the dull summer which as inevitably follows a rainless winter as the night follows the day. It sounds very well in romance to "laugh in the face of danger" and dismiss unpleasant facts with a careless gesture; but as a matter of fact the men who recognize difficulties and face them boldly succeed far better than those who deduce themselves into the idea that they will, in some mysterious and incomprehensible manner, evade the dangers which are besetting them. But there is a silver lining to the cloud. If we compare the present condition of the county with the state of affairs as they were five or ten years ago, its ability to cope with the evils of a dry season stands prominent. The records show that the people are better "fixed" than they were a few years back. We have every reason to believe that, five years ago, the records of no county in the State were burdened with as many mortgages as those of Los Angeles county, and we have equally good reason to believe that there are now fewer unsatisfied mortgages in this county than in fully two-thirds of the other counties. Let those who are disposed to carp at this statement reflect that the records of the county are far better evidence on this point than the wild statements of chronic growlers. Then, again, the development of the irrigation system has done wonders in mitigating the evils of a dry year. It is not a perfect panacea, because the system is not perfect, and because there are lands which cannot be reached with irrigating water. But every year witnesses great improvements in our irrigating system; and before long the enterprise and genius of man will have so developed our irrigating facilities and systematized the distribution of water that the fortunate owners of irrigable land will be practically independent of the seasons. That happy state of affairs, however, has not yet been attained, the assertions of the Los Angeles journals to the contrary notwithstanding. In illustration of the great advantage—the actual necessity—of locating where the irrigation facilities are good, we will instance the case of Anaheim. For two months past the two ditches of the company have been bringing down from fifteen hundred to two thousand inches of water, night and day, more than double the quantity that has ever been brought here before. It would seem as if a special Providence gave impulse to the men who built the new ditch last year, for its completion has been of incalculable benefit to a great number of people. By its means a large area of country has been irrigated and made prolific which otherwise The "bears," therefore formed them dance, and calmly prairie shares up to 2,350 francs of the Lander Bank to Parisian banker was said 000 francs before Bontouon on him. Amusing stories other prominent "bears" went down on his knees as to have mercy. Threes went to the Archbishop to be publicly baptized and would induce Bontouon shares they had contracted. The struggle between them and the brokers of the Paris assumed then a very bitter tussle had the whole Cathay back—both clerical and Count de Chamblard was 000 francs worth of their The De Broglie family, to the d'Harcourtts, the D magnates, and all the Fads had invested largely in financial war became actus Catholics and the Jews were "long," the Jews were stock, and the death of children was attributed to their investments—grief sooner or later. Per cent seldom row in this out upsetting it. The Jews by the throat for laughs best who laughs harden of Israel have now ploita of the land of these. As we have said, they has involved many problems French republic and thion was followed by a several men and women savings have sought relief. The transfer of the ship Company's property way and Navigation Co. made on Saturday. It is due control of the compass hands of Goodall. The firm will still retain them be given the agency of thion There will be few changes Company, either in entitlements. The stockholders of Steamship Company having directors and officers year: Charles Goodall John Rosenfeld, Wm. Mkins J. L. Howard President, Charles Goodall John Rosenfeld, and Seall. A very expensive colony yesterday morning on th Railroad between Dos Spring stations between coming west and th e left here at 5:30 P. M. REPRESENTATIVE BERRY of this State has introduced a bill in Congress proposing a constitutional amendment making a person holding the office of President ineligible for reelection, providing that at the end of his term of office the President shall receive a pension of $8,000 per annum, and declaring Cabinet officers ineligible for election to the Presidency for the term following that during which they held such office. Mr. Robinson of New York has introduced a resolution directing the Attorney-General to communicate to the House his opinion in writing on the following question, which has an oblique reference to certain arrests made by the British Government: "If Joseph Warren Keifer, Speaker of the House, or Alonzo B. Cornell, or Charles Carroll, a laborer under the Department of Public Works in the city of New York, each being a citizen of the United States, should visit any part of the British Empire and should there be arrested without having committed any crime, or having any crime definitely alleged against him, could the English Government, by suspending the writ of habeas corpus, or otherwise, lawfully detain him on indefinite suspicion without trial, and without any right in our Government to demand his release? Also, his opinion on the application of the law of July 27, 1868, to such cases, and the President's duty under it." There is a tide in the affairs of communities which, taken at the turn, leads on to fortune. Shakespeare said this, or something like it. At any rate, the sentiment is peculiarly applicable to Anaheim at the present. The irrigating system, begun last year, must, to reap immediate and lasting benefit, be completed this year. If the reservoir is not dam-ed the community will be to hesitate is to be lost. There is nothing serious in the undertaking. The cost is not great; many private business firms in the State owe twice as much as the company will after the reservoir and connecting ditches are built. The policy which seeks to secure water only for Anaheim proper is too narrow a one for this age. We must develop water for all the country round about, and make it pay tribute to us. We will be benefited an hundred fold thereby in the future. In no other way can the thousands of fertile acres by which this place is encompassed be supplied with water than by the construction of this reservoir. If we are in error in this respect, our columns are open for those who hold different views. Joe Hurtado shot and killed Jose Antonio Eaturado at Sacramento on Monday. It was deliberate murder. Hurtado is in jail. A very expensive colony yesterday morning on the Railroad between Dos Springs stations, between coming west and the east left here at 5:30 P.M. on ing. The west-bound Frink's Springs for order and shortly collided train. The accident occurred of the morning, peared indistinct at the below the level of the and fireman of each train locomotives and saved cars and their contents lying wood, but no one we can learn.—Comment —On Saturday evening named Edward Schwa, while out in a boat on the Will Tell house, he lake and was drowned. Companied him to the shore and, therefore, with him any assistance. His body on Sunday and it is supposed to have hole, of which there are Deceased lived with his new-comers to Los Angeles Brea ranch. CHICAGO, February 5 Miln, pastor of Unity sided over by Rev. Dr from the pulpit to-day ed his belief in the Deity of man. Cons congregation resulted. A. B. Wood suicides Woodland on Saturday the same thing at Sacramento day. A PECULIAR BANK. The failure of a bank in France is not of such general importance as to warrant much comment in a California local journal, but the suspension of the Union Generale at Paris has been attended with such peculiar circumstances that it deserves a passing notice. The bank began its brilliant career only about four years ago; at its suspension the other day nearly every prominent man in France was found to have been a depositor, and a sufferer by its failure. The mystery of its popularity is explained by the fact that through some means best known to its projectors the bank, at the outset of its career, secured the blessing of the Pope. As a consequence, its shares were held by devout Catholics, and the bank, like he who had given it his blessing, was thought to be infallible. The manager of the bank was Eugene Bontoux. Some idea of his methods may be gathered from the following narrative: Having obtained full control of the capital of the Union Generale, Bontoux established in Austria the Lander Bank, the 200,000 shares of which were also 500 francs each, one-half paid up. With these nice little sums of money Bontoux went into mining speculations, and bought all the Austrian mines he could at prices the owners jumped at. For some time Parisian financiers had been watching for a chance to euchre M. Bontoux, and, unfortunately for themselves, instead of permitting that gentleman's schemes to fall by their own inherent weakness, determined to "bear" the shares of the two companies. In this, however, they reckoned without their host. The shares of the Lander Bank were all in the hands of Bontoux, and the French priests and devout old women would not part with one of the sanctified shares of the Union Generale. The "bears," therefore, being distinctly "cornered," Bontoux proceeded to make them dance, and calmly put the Union Generale shares up to 2,350 francs and the shares of the Lander Bank to 1,200 francs. One Parisian banker was said to have paid 7,000,-000 francs before Bontoux would "let up" on him. Amusing stories were told about other prominent "bears." M. Banberger went down on his knees and begged Bontoux to have mercy. Three Hebrew bankers went to the Archbishop of Paris and offered to be publicly baptized as Christians if he would induce Bontoux to lend them the shares they had contracted to deliver. The struggle between the Union Generale and the brokers of the Paris Stock Exchange assumed then a very bitter form. M. Bon- WESTMINSTER ITEMS. Mr. George Hull, who has been in charge at the Anaheim Landing during the past season, has gone into the co-operative store with Mr. T. C. Hull, and their gentlemanly way of dealing with all patrons and customers, together with their low prices for first-class goods, we feel sure will bring them the custom which they deserve. Quite a number of stray horses and colts have been taken up here recently. Scrub stock will soon "eat their beads off," and unless claimed, will be disposed of in the shortest time which the law allows. Mrs. Mundell has bought forty acres south of Mr. G. C. Mack's. And Mr. Wm. Beckett has bought the forty acres on which the Alamitos school house stands. Quite an amount of well work is being done on account of the dry season. Robt. C. Bothwick is boring a well on the old Sear's ranch. J. J. McCoy has gone to Wilmington to bore a well for Mr. Lamb, and several wells are being pumped out to increase the flow if possible. To show the effect of the lack of rain on the wells, we may state the fact that many of the wells between here and Garden Grove, which in usual seasons flowed four or five feet above the surface at this time of the year, will now flow only level with the surface, or below it. Mr. Cox who has rented the old Sears tract recently purchased by Mr. Goodwin, intends to make a first-class dairy ranch of it. He has nearly two hundred head of cattle on the place now. Mr. Cox is about to sow quite a large acreage of alfalfa on the place, which with the natural feed, will give him abundance of feed. His intention is to make cheese principally, the manufacture of which he will begin soon. We saw a cord of stone wood cut from less than four eucalyptus trees during the past week. Folks can do their own figuring. Do not know the exact age of the trees but think they are six years old. VALUE OF AN ORANGE GROVE Solon Robinson, a veteran writer, says: "It is always safe to buy an orange grove on a basis of $100 for each healthy mature tree." This is an overestimate, perhaps, and was based on 2½ cents for the oranges. The Speer grove, with 600 trees, would bring perhaps $50,000, and this is the best in Florida. This is about $8,500 per acre for six acres. It is the best, simply because it is the oldest. The largest yield ever known from one tree came from the oldest tree in the State, at St. Augustine, which bore 14,-800 oranges. This is held to prove that up to seventy or one hundred years the yield of a tree will improve. There are several trees that have yielded 7,000 and 8,000 oranges. Marcellus Markham showed me a tree from which he sold $66 worth of oranges one season, and an income of $50 a tree is common. The average yield of a tree is about 600 to the tree, or at present prices $9 in money. An acre will hold 70 trees, which gives about $600 to the acre. The Speer grove, which I use, simply because it is the only mature grove the statistics of which are available, averaged, General Sanford writes, $1,000 an acre for three years, one year reaching $7,200 for the five acres. Mr. Sims of South Apopka sold 105,000 oranges from one acre one year. The age of orange trees is unknown, but it is presumed that they are good for one hundred years. They are cultivated with much more care now than formerly, being fertilized regularly, dipped and pruned, and watched very closely. It is probable that under this intelligent treatment the orange tree will produce more fully, more regularly, and live longer than under the old system. They are hardy trees, and when below the frost line are scarceely ever known to die. They are very susceptible to wind storms, which whip the fruit and even the foliage from the limbs. H. W. G., in Atlanta Constitution. A LOUD-SMELLING EVIL. ANAHEIM, Feb. 8th, 1882. EDITOR: GAZETTE — In travelling from Anaheim to Westminster one day this week, and leaving here just at evening, I had The "bears," therefore, being distinctly cornered, Bontoux proceeded to make them dance, and calmly put the Union General shares up to 2,350 francs and the shares of the Lander Bank to 1,200 francs. One Parisian banker was said to have paid 7,000,000 francs before Bontoux would "let up" on him. Amusing stories were told about other prominent "bears." M. Bauberger went down on his knees and begged Bontoux to have mercy. Three Hebrew bankers went to the Archbishop of Paris and offered to be publicly baptized as Christians if he would induce Bontoux to lend them the shares they had contracted to deliver. The struggle between the Union General and the brokers of the Paris Stock Exchange assumed then a very bitter form. M. Bontoux had the whole Catholic world at his back—both clerical and aristocratic. The Comte de Chambord was the owner of 5,000,000 francs' worth of the company's shares. The De Broglie family, the Comte De Munz, the d'Harcourtts, the De Merodes, the Polish magnates, and all the Paunbourg St. Germain had invested largely in the concern. The financial war became actually a war between the Catholics and the Jews. The Catholics were "long," the Jews were "short" of the stock, and the death of Mr. James Rothschild was attributed to the loss of some 80,000,000 francs on the short side of the market. The Hebrew contingent seemed to be badly beaten, but shroud observers were inclined to believe that their defat was only temporary. It is noticeable that such schemes as the Union General—which professed to be guided in its operations solely by a desire to further the cause of charity by enabling its adherents to gain an enormous percentage on their investments—invariably come to grief sooner or later. Godliness and cent per cent seldom row in the same boat without upsetting it. The Catholics had Jews by the throat for a while, but "the laughs best who laughs last," and the children of Israel have now repeated their exploits of the land of the Pharaohs. As we have said, the failure of the bank has involved many prominent men in the French republic and the news of its suspension was followed by a panic on the Rourse. Several men and women who have lost their savings have sought relief in suicide. The transfer of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company's property to the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company was formally made on Saturday. It is stated that while the control of the company has passed from the hands of Goodall, Perkins & Co., that firm will still retain the agency and will also be given the agency of the Oregon Company. There will be few changes in the Steamship Company, either in employees or the time tables. The stockholders of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company have elected the following directors and officers for the ensuing year: Charles Goodall, C. H. Prescott, John Rosenfeld, Wm. Norris, Geo. C. Perkins, J. L. Howard and Edwin Goodall; President, Charles Goodall; Vice-President, John Rosenfeld, and Secretary Edwin Goodall. A very expensive collision occurred early yesterday morning on the Southern Pacific Railroad between Dos Palmas and Frink's Springs stations, between the freight train coming west and the emigrant train which left here at 5:30 P.M. on Sunday for Dena- The prize fight between Sullivan and Ryan was fought on Tuesday. Sullivan won in eight rounds. At I o'clock the first round was fought and the first knock-down was scored for Sullivan. Second round—After a considerable struggle the men clinched, Sullivan being thrown by Ryan. First blood for Sullivan. The third round ended in Ryan being knocked down by Sullivan. Fourth round—Sullivan was knocked down in Ryan's corner. Fifth round—After clinching, Sullivan was thrown by Ryan. Sixth round—Ryan was fairly knocked down by Sullivan. Seventh round—After sharp fighting, both being severely punished, they fell together. Eighth round—Ryan was knocked out of time by Sullivan. In the ninth round, Ryan failed to come to time and the fight was declared in favor of Sullivan. Time of fight, 26 minutes. Punishing children by mustard poultices is a startling variation on the starvings and floggings which are in vogue in many so- to make cheese principally, the manufacture of which he will begin men. We saw a cord of stove wood cut from less than four encalyptus trees during the past week. Folks can do their own figuring. Do not know the exact age of the trees but think they are six years old. A LOUD-SMELLING EVIL. ANAHEIM, Feb. 8th, 1882. EDITOR, GAZETTE — In travelling from Anaheim to Westminster one day this week, and leaving here just at evening, I had scarcely passed beyond the railroad station when I noticed the air was full of the vile odor of putrefaction, which increased with great intensity as I rode along until as I neared a sheep camp, just west of the old Gibson place, it became almost unbearable and sickening in the extreme. At the sheep camp the cause of the trouble was apparent, by the sight of hundreds of dead lambs in all stages of decomposition, and this right within a few rods of the main travelled road between Anaheim and Westminster. Now I want to know if the owners of that sheep camp have any right to let that decaying mass lie there and pour forth into the air we breathe such quantities of the most vile and still more poisonous odors, to breed diseases among us; for though perhaps right here in the village we may not detect the tainted atmosphere, yet nevertheless I know it is so, especially towards evening when the air gets a little damp, and then carries the taint much further than during the heat of the day. It seems to me that with the prevalence of so many deadly diseases in our land at the present time, our authorities ought to have every such nuisance abated, and I hope that this communication to them through your columns will stir them to immediate action in the matter. I know I am not alone in demanding an instant abatement of this disease-spreading heap of corruption. S. The prize fight between Sullivan and Ryan was fought on Tuesday. Sullivan won in eight rounds. At I o'clock the first round was fought and the first knock-down was scored for Sullivan. Second round—After a considerable struggle the men clinched, Sullivan being thrown by Ryan. First blood for Sullivan. The third round ended in Ryan being knocked down by Sullivan. Fourth round—Sullivan was knocked down in Ryan's corner. Fifth round—After clinching, Sullivan was thrown by Ryan. Sixth round—Ryan was fairly knocked down by Sullivan. Seventh round—After sharp fighting, both being severely punished, they fell together. Eighth round—Ryan was knocked out of time by Sullivan. In the ninth round, Ryan failed to come to time and the fight was declared in favor of Sullivan. Time of fight, 26 minutes. Average Temperature...50 Average highest and lowest...53 A Connecticut jury set aside a will which had been made by a spiritualist. The ground of this verdict was that a person who is a Spiritualist is necessarily insane. The parties interested in the will appealed the case, one of the chief grounds of appeal being that the jury was composed chiefly of Congregational desconsons, who were prejudiced against Spiritualism. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. DR. HARDIN Has opened an office in the Photographic Gallery A very expensive collision occurred early yesterday morning on the Southern Pacific Railroad between Dos Palmas and Frink's Springs stations, between the freight train coming west and the emigrant train which left here at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday for Dening. The west-bound train did not wait at Frink's Springs for orders, but drove ahead and shortly collided with the east-bound train. The accident occurred in the glooming of the morning, when everything appeared indistinct at this locality, 260 feet below the level of the sea. The engineer and fireman of each train jumped from their locomotives and saved their lives. Thirty cars and their contents were made into kindling wood, but no one was injured, as far as we can learn.—Commercial, Feb. 7. On Saturday evening a young German, named Edward Schwa, aged about 14 years, while out in a boat on Ballona Lake, near the Will Tell house, hunting, fell into the lake and was drowned. Two boys, who accompanied him to the lake, remained on the shore and, therefore, were unable to render him any assistance. Search was made for his body on Sunday but without success, and it is supposed to have fallen into a sink hole, of which there are several in the lake. Deceased lived with his parents, who are new-comers to Los Angeles county, on the Brea ranch. Chicago, February 5th.—Rev. George C. Miln, pastor of Unity Church, formerly presided over by Rev. Dr. Collyer, announced from the pulpit to-day that he had abandoned his belief in the Deity and in the immortality of man. Consternation among the congregation resulted. A. B. Wood suicided by shooting at Woodland on Saturday. J. K. Berry done the same thing at Sacramento on the same day. Punishing children by mustard powltices is a startling variation on the starving and floggings which are in vogue in many so-called educational and charitable institutions. The little people of the Hervey Institute, in Montreal, who were so blistered by Mrs. Craig, the matron, that they couldn't sit down with comfort for days, have perhaps been worse off than some of the children who are punished with rattan and ferule. Guardians of children often endowed with a strange ingenuity in scarring the bodies of their little charges, as if only in that way could their minds be enlarged and their souls made pure. Chicago, February 6.—St. Paul specials state that Grant county, Dakota, is embroiled in a county-seat war. The county records are at Big Stone City, in defiance of the alleged judicial decision that Milbank was designated as the county seat last November. Lately two County Commissioners tried to remove the records to Milbank, supported by two or three hundred armed citizens, but a similar force at Big Stone prevented them. Specials say that fully three hundred armed men are now at Big Stone, threatening whatever attempts to remove the safe. They have a barricade, and have Indians to help them, and defy dislodgment. It turns out that Dr. Bliss has been misunderstood in the matter of presenting an alleged bill of $25,000 for medical services in attending upon President Garfield. He is represented as saying "I do not mean to present any bill. The other physicians in the case feel that it is best in view of all the circumstances not to present any bills to Congress. We are content to receive whatever the National Legislature chooses to give, if anything. I concur with my colleagues in this view of the case." REDUCTION IN PRICES At The DRY GOODS PALACE, OUR NEW STOCK ARRIVED ON THURSDAY. AND IS Now Ready for Inspection. As our purchases will hereafter be exclusively for cash, we can only sell exclusively for cash, and the results will be that our patrons will receive bargains such as they never dreamed of before. It is common for advertisers to make such claims as this, without the slightest intention As our purchases will hereafter be exclusively for cash, we can only sell exclusively for cash, and the results will be that our patrons will receive bargains such as they never dreamed of before. It is common for advertisers to make such claims as this, without the slightest intention of fulfilling them, but we pledge ourselves to carry out to the letter everything that we promise. All Persons having accounts with us will please settle them forthwith. GOODMAN & RIMPAU, Center Street, - - ANAHEIM. Hippolyte Cahen, Selling Out. Notice. As I anticipate making some changes in my business, I will from this day sell all my stock of Drygoods at Cost. Groceries at lowest market rates. Center Street, Being satisfied that the credit business is detrimental both to the merchant and consumer, I have positively resolved to stop it after the 1st day of September, 1881, and confine myself to a strictly cash basis. For this purpose I will sell goods at the lowest market rates possible, for Cash or Produce, and feel assured that it will be for the benefit of all parties. Thanking my customers for their liberal patronage in the past, I would respectfully solicit a continuance of the same in the future. All persons knowing themselves to be indebted to me will please come forward and make a settlement at their earliest convenience. Anaheim, Cal. THE GREAT STORM Of January 12th, 1882, which injured or destroyed stores of Windmills in Los Angeles County proved conclusively that the GROCERIES at lowest market rates. Center Street, Anaheim, Cal. THE GREAT STORM Of January 12th, 1852, which injured or destroyed power of Windmills in Los Angeles County proved conclusively that the CALIFORNIA WINDMILL Is the only one that can stand, uninjured, a heavy sale. Although some of nearly every other manufacture was destroyed, so far as known every one of the California Mills put up by the undergirded escaped injury. These Mills are so strongly made and so perfectly self-regulating that, when properly put up, it is almost impossible for a storm to injure them. It is also superior to other Mills in having ADJUSTABLE STROKE (4 different lengths) in the ease and noiselessness of its work, in the beauty of its design and finish and in the marvelously low noise at which it is sold. I will furnish these Mills with Pumps and Tanks, and set them up in complete running order at the lowest possible rates. For further particulars call upon or address S. B. SMITH, Anaheim, Cal. The General Agent for Los Angeles County. GEO. F. SILVESTER, Importer, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in SEEDS, SEEDS, SEEDS! Fruit and Evergreen Trees, Plants, Etc. ALFALFA, GRASS AND CLOVER SEED In large quantities and offered in lots to suit purchasers. Hedge Shears, Prnning & Budding Knives, Green House Syringes, Etc. SEED WAREHOUSE, 817 WASHINGTON ST., SAN FRANCISCO. GET YOUR JOB PRINTING At the GAZETTE Office