anaheim-gazette 1882-05-13

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-Burgeon, Resident-Physician and Assistant Pathologist, Glangow Royal Infirmary, and lately Resident in the Rotunda Hospital, (for diseases of women only) Dublin— OFFICE AT— THE SANITARIUM, LEMON STREET. - - ANAHEIM. Office hours from 7 A.M. to 12 M., and from 8 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. His scale of prices is very low. He will be found in his office every day between the hours of 8 A.M. and 8 P.M. GEO. B. SHAFFER, 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. City Stables, Center Street (Opposite Kroeger’s Block), ANAHEIM. L.F. Lewis. - Proprietor. THESE STABLES ARE THE BEST VENTILATED and most commodious in the town, and special attention will be paid to Boarding and Grooming horses. The charve in all cases will be reasonable. Single and Double Teams EXAMINATION At the request Anaheim Public School the questions given ment at the last m gether with the sta few of the parent tions it is only by questions that they the line of studies CLASS 1. There are two one is 10 rods lo their areas are as length of their side 2. Divide 20 squares of which s 3. What two product is 48, and cubes is to the cube to 1? 4. Two number to 9, and the di 128. What are th 5. A rectangular and its length is to What is the length 6. In an orchard three more in a How many rows trees in a row? 7. A drover bu $50, and sells them gains the cost of DR. E. L. COWAN, Dentist, Has opened an office in the upper part of Mrs Metz's building, Los Angeles Street, Anaheim. Having had twenty years experience, he can speak with confidence of his work. His scale of prices is very low. He will be found in his office every day between the hours of 8 P.M. and 8 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. ROBT. W. SCOTT, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC. Commissioner of Deeds for Arizona Territory. VICTOR MONTGOMERY, Attorney-at-Law, SANTA ANA, CAL. Office in Dibbles' brick building; nearly opposite the Postoffice. Office hours from 10 A.M. to 3 P.M. M. L. WICKS, Attorney-at-Law Rooms 86 and 87 Temple Block. LOS ANGELES. RICHARD MELROSE, NOTARY PUBLIC, GAZETTE 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, Con. Adele and Los Angeles streets. ANAHEIM. GEORGE BAUER, BOOT AND SHOE MAKER, Center Street. MAKING AND REPAIRING AT THE LOWEST cash price. All orders promptly attended to City Stables, Center Street (Opposite Kroeger's Block), ANAHEIM. L.F. Lewis.- Proprietor. THESE STABLES ARE THE BEST VENTILATED and most commodious in the town, and special attention will be paid to Boarding and Grooming horses. The charve in all cases will be reasonable. Single and Double Teams Purished at short notice, and careful drivers, familiar with the country, supplied when required. The patronage of the public is respectfully solicited. D. E. MILES, Warehouseman and Commission Merchant. Highest Cash Price Paid for Wheat, Barley, Corn, Rye, Potatoes, And all Country Produce. Cash advances made on all consignments of Grain and Wool. Sacks and Twine At lowest market prices. Office opposite Railroad Depot, Anaheim, Cal. COOPERAGE A LARGE QUANTITY OF BARRELS, HALF BARRELS, 10 Gallon and 5 Gallon Kegs For Sale Cheap. Apply to B. DREYFUS & Co. Anaheim B. DREYFUS, Anaheim, San Francisco J. FROWENFIELD, New York. B. DREYFUS & CO. Growers and Dealers in California Wines and Grape Brandy. 630 to 642 Brannan Street, San Francisco; 45 Broadway New York. A. E. WHITE. E. A. WHITE L. GUNTHER, Pioneer Boot and Shoe Maker, Cor. Adele and Los Angeles streets. ANAHEIM. GEORGE BAUER, BOOT AND SHOE MAKER, Center Street. MAKING AND REFAIRING AT THE LOWEST cash price. All orders promptly attended to All work guaranteed. CHARLES WILLE, COOPERAGE. Pipes, Barrels and keys on hand at all times. Tanks and Tubes made to order. Honey 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. MONEY TO LOAN. Apply to R. W SCOTT, Attorney at Law PORTABLE PUMP AND Fire Extinguisher. Protect the Orange Trees. Valuable to Farmers, Orchardists, Bus Kepers, Poultry Kepers, Planes and Stock owners. Destroy insects on Orange trees, Vines, etc. Send for handsome illustrated circular and catalogue. J. A. WHITMAN, Patentes and manufacturer. Provinces, R. I. B. DREYFUS & CO. Growers and Dealers in California Wines and Grape Brandy. 630 Lo 642 Brannan Street, San Francisco; 45 Broadway New York. A. E. WHITE. E. A. WHITE BLACKSMITHING —AND— Wagonmaking! All Work Warranted. Prices as low as the lowest. Center Street, Anaheim. 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. McDermott, and respectfully solicits the continued patronage of his many customers. One part of the shop is occupied by Mr. T. L. GANNON, Wagonmaker, who is prepared to do all kinds of woodwork in a thorough manner and at cheap rates. Mensura 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. German School. GERMAN, FRENCH. ALL SCHOOL STUDIES, Bookkeeping, Gymnastics, Callisthemis and Painting taught Mathematics a speciality. Young ladies and gentlemen prepared for teacher's examination or for admittance into the higher institutions of learning. A. T. JULIUS VOIOT. THIS PAPER may be found on file as then. P. Bowell & Co.'s Newspaper Advertising Bureau (10 Savanna N.) where advertising commences may be made for it in NEW YORK. WEEKLY EIM GA ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA: SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1882. EXAMINATION QUESTIONS. At the request of the Principal of the Anaheim Public Schools, we publish some of the questions given to the pupils in his department at the last monthly examination, together with the standing of the pupils. As few of the parents attend these examinations it is only by the publication of the questions that they can gain an insight into the line of studies pursued by their children. CLASS A. ALGEBRA. 1. There are two square fields; a side of one is 10 rods longer than the other, and their areas are as 18 to 8. What is the length of their sides? 2. Divide 20 into two such parts, the squares of which shall be as 8 to 18. 3. What two numbers are those whose product is 48, and the difference of their cubes is to the cube of their difference as 37 to 1? 4. Two numbers are to each other as 7 to 9, and the difference of their squares is 128. What are the numbers? 5. A rectangular farm contains 860 acres, and its length is to its breadth as 43 to 32. What is the length and breadth? 6. In an orchard of 180 trees there are three more in a row than there are rows. How many rows are there, and how many trees in a row? 7. A drover buys a number of lambs for $50, and sells them at $5.50 each, and thus gains the cost of one lamb. Required should he have sold them to gain 12 per cent? CLASS B. ARITHMETIC. 1. A man has who worth 60 cents, 50 cents, 42 cents, 38 cents and 30 cents per gallon; what quantities of each must he take to form a mixture worth 45 cents? 2. A miller has oats worth 30 cents, corn 50 cents, and wheat worth $1 per bushel; what quantities of each must he take to form a mixture worth 70 cents? 3. A drover bought 42 sheep at $2.70, 48 at $2.65, 65 at $3.24; at what average price per head must he sell them to gain 20 per cent? 4. How many yards of carpeting 14 yds wide will be required to carpet a room 45 feet square? 5. Required the height of a May pole which being broken 39 feet from the top the end struck the ground 15 feet from the foot. 6. A ladder 524 feet long stands close beside a building; if it be drawn out 20 feet at the bottom how much will the top be lowered? 7. How many rods of fence will be required to enclose 10 acres of land in the form of a square? GRAMMAR. 1. Name the parts of speech. 2. What is case? 3. In what four ways is grammatical form denoted? 4. What is a personal pronoun? A relative pronoun? 5. What is a transitive verb? Intransitive verb? 6. What is voice? THE FATE OF DE LONG. The Story of the Latest Sacrifice to Arctic Research. IRKULSK, May 5.—Secretary of the Nary, Washington; D. C., U.S.A.: LENA DELTA, March 24, 1882—I have found De Long and party—dead. Found all the papers and books. I shall continue to search for Chipp. MELVILLE. Dispatch No. 2—(Forty miles beyond Kemurach), April 12, 1882.—A Cossack Exafette (special express) has just arrived here with dispatches, bringing news that the bodies of Captain De Long and ten men have been found all in one spot. He takes sealed dispatches which you will receive with this. JACKSON. There were with Captain De Long in the first utter when he reached the Lena Delta the following persons: J. A. Ambler, P. A. Surgeon, U. S. N.; Jerome J. Collins, New York Herald Correspondent; W. F. Nindermann, H. H. Krickson, A. Gartz, G. H. Boyd, N. Ivobson, A. Dressler, H. H. Koch, L. F. Neros, W. Lee, Ah Sam, Alexy. New York, May 6.—The Herald prints the following interview of its correspondent at Kemurach, March 2d, with Noras, one of the two survivors of De Long's boat: In order to get a clearer idea of the places mentioned in the records, and to learn somewhat of the place where the two men left De Long's party, I have had this morning an interview with Noras, who, I may say, tells a straight story, and inspires me with coni- 4. Two numbers are to each other as 7 to 9, and the difference of their squares is 128. What are the numbers? 5. A rectangular farm contains 560 acres, and its length is to its breadth as 43 to 32. What is the length and breadth? 6. In an orchard of 180 trees there are three more in a row than there are rows. How many rows are there, and how many trees in a row? 7. A drover buys a number of lambs for $50, and sells them at $5.50 each, and thus gains the cost of one lamb. Required the number of lambs. 8. A and B start together for a place 300 miles distant; A goes one mile an hour faster than B, and arrives at his journey's end 10 hours before him. Find the rate per hour each travels. 9. Two girls, A and B, bought 10 lemons for 24 cents, each spending 12 cents, A paid 1 cent more apiece than B. How many lemons did each buy? CLASS A, PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 1. How many elementary substances in nature, and how divided? 2. How many metal elements are there? 3. How many metalloids? Name five. 4. What is the relative proportion of oxygen? 5. Name the chief varieties of building stone. 6. Name four metals and give their specific gravity. 7. Where is tin found? Iron, copper? 8. Name the principal coal fields of the world. 9. Name the divisions of the human race. 10. What climate is most favorable to the highest state of civilization? Give your reason. CLASS A, GRAMMAR. 1. What is a sentence? 2. What are the elements of a sentence? 3. What are adjuncts? 4. What are independent elements? 5. What is a clause? 6. Write a complex sentence containing a noun clause. 7. Analyze it. 8. Write a sentence containing an adverbial clause. 9. Analyze it. 10. Name the three elements that may form the subject of a complex sentence. CLASS A, PHILOSOPHY. 1. What is gravitation? 2. Give the two laws of gravity. 3. Where do bodies weigh most? 4. Give formula for finding weight of bodies above earth's surface. Below earth's surface. 5. A body weighs a ton at the earth's surface what would it weigh 2,000 miles below? What would it weigh at the center of the earth? 6. What would it weigh 4,000 miles above the surface? 7. A body weighs 900 pounds at the earth's surface, what would it weigh 8,000 miles above? GRAMMAR. 1. Name the parts of speech. 2. What is case? 3. In what four ways is grammatical form denoted? 4. What is a personal pronoun? A relative pronoun? 5. What is a transitive verb? Intransitive verb? 6. What is voice? 7. What is meant by active voice? 8. What is meant by passive voice? 9. Name the nine uses of the noun. 10. Name the nine uses of the pronoun. CLASS C, ARITHMETIC. 1. What is the market value of 175 shares of bank stock at $\frac{3}{4}$ per cent advance? 2. Bought 120 shares of Railroad stock at a discount of $\frac{2}{3}$ per cent and sold the same at an advance of 12 per cent. What was my gain? 3. How many shares of stock at 5 per cent advance can be purchased for $6,300? 4. A lawyer collected a note of $1,900 and charged a commission of $\frac{6}{12}$ per cent; what was his fee, and what sum did he pay over? 5. What amount of stock can be purchased for $9,682, allowing 3 per cent commission? SPELLING CLASS. Genealogy, counterfeit, ostensible, pernicious, delineate, secrecy, reservoir, gazetteer, flotilla, catarrh, phenomena, dyspepsia, rectitude, summary, stethoscope, avarice, sonorous, colossus, gaudiness, dolorous, arbitrary, daguerreotype, superlative, parliamentary, precocious, erysipelas, inelephant, cognizant, threatening, telegraphic, sycophant, irrigation, peroration, irrepressible, espousal, repertory, seniority, troubadour, asparagus, bronchitis, metropolis, ricochet, atheneum, ambuscade, poesessor, militia, peninsula, homeopathy, caravan, sentinel. AVERAGE CREDITS OBTAINED. Sarah Crowther, 1...962 Rose Davis, 3...85 Amy Saxton, 5...991 Charles Hilmer, 7...78 Julius Schneider, 8...89 Alexander Davis, 9...884 George Bauer, 10...942 Wm. Schmidt, 11...922-5 Walter Eyman, 12...83 Minnie Bailey, 13...884 Emma Schneider, 14...984 Katie White, 17...853-5 Josie Fesenfeldt, 18...734 Minnie Zeyn, 19...86 Maggie Higgins, 20...90 Lawrence Boldt, 22...803-5 Willie Hilmer, 23...793-5 Ada Witte, 25...85 Pauline Sorenson, 26...902 Eleanor Fesenfeldt, 27...812 Alex Humblot, 28...804 Henry Kroeger, 29...752 Lionel Davis, 30...804 Walter Crowther, 31...94 Otto Hussman, 32...70 Frank Champlin, 33...79 Several pupils were absent; we publish the names only who were present during York Herald Correspondent; W. F. Nindermann, H. H. Erickson, A. Gartz, G. H. Boyd, N. Ivobson, A. Dressler, H. H. Koch, L. F. Neroa, W. Lee, Ah Sam, Alexy. New York, May 6.-The Herald prints the following interview of its correspondent at Kemurach, March 2d with Noras one of the two survivors of De Long's boat! In order to get a clearer idea of the places mentioned in the records, and to learn somewhat of the place where the two men left De Long's party, I have had this morning an interview with Noras who I may say tells a straight story,and inspires me with confidence.He says they landed at a point near the northernmost branch of the Lena,b but which the Captain found it impossible to enter on account of shoals.De Long therefore determined to land where they could see this northerly outlet,但more to the east,and presumably near the point marked Sagaska on the map.Two miles from the beach,the says,the Captain ordered those of the men who could walk to get out and drag the boat nearer the shore.The Captain,the Doctor，Erickson and Boyd (both disabled) staid in the boat，which the others were then enabled to drag a mile further toward land，when they，too，waded to shore.Collins had left the boat with the first lot,and had made a fire on the shoreThis was on or about the 16th of September,and the landing of articles was completed on the 17th.The party staid two days to recuperate.all the men being badly frostbitten，including their Captain,the Doctor alone being in comparatively good condition.Noras and Ninderman were the best conditioned among the men. The journey south was then commenced,the burdens being equally distributed.The Captain bore his own blanket and some records.The burdens borne by some of the others were heavy.Some complained of taking them further，但the Captain insisted.The party then traveled south four days,and on the way two deer were shot by the Indian Alex and the party sat down and had a good feed，De Long's motto being,Noras says: "To feed well when they had it."Noras thinks they made twenty milesthe first ten days and that they reached a point near the one marked on the map as Teholbogoje，但which was only a single hut,and the four next days brought them to the extremity of a peninsula.After some delay，waiting for the river to freeze,the crossed the river to the west bank about October lst.The width of the river was about 500 yards,and before crossing they got another deer.The Captain's intention was to make for a place called Sagaska on the map.Erickson died.His toes had been amputated by the Doctor during their retreat.After crossing the river，他 one night pulled off his mittens and one ot his hands became frost bitten,and the circulation could not be restored in it and he diedHe was buried in the river. Then it was that the Captain decided to send Noras and Ninderman ahead.The food had been quite exhausted.The part was existing on brandy.Noras thinks 2. Give the two laws of gravity. 3. Where do bodies weigh most? 4. Give formula for finding weight of bodies above earth's surface. Below earth's surface. 5. A body weighs a ton at the earth's surface what would it weigh 2,000 miles below? What would it weigh at the center of the earth? 6. What would it weigh 4,000 miles above the surface? 7. A body weighs 900 pounds at the earth's surface, what would it weigh 8,000 miles above? 8. What is meant by the center of gravity? 9. A sailor climbs the mast of a ship at the rate of three feet a second, the ship moves at the rate of 12 feet a second. Over what space does the sailor actually move in 20 seconds? 10. In attempting to row a boat at the rate of four miles an hour directly across a stream that flows at the rate of 8 miles an hour, how far would the boat move in one hour? Represent its direction. CLASS A, ARITHMETIC. 1. Two ships sailed from the same port, one went east 128 miles, the other north 72 miles; how far apart are they? 2. What time is it when the time past noon equals 9-11 of the time to midnight? 3. How many yards of carpeting 1½ yds wide will cover a floor 60 feet long and 27 feet wide? 4. A merchant bought a hoghead of rum for $28.35, how much water must he mix with it to reduce the cost of the mixture to 35 cents? 5. How much water must be mixed with 100 gallons of wine worth $120 that the value of the mixture may be reduced to $1 per gallon? 6. It is required to mix brandy at 80 cents a gallon, wine at 70 cents, cider at 10 cents, and water in such a proportion that the mixture may be worth 50 cents a gallon; what quantities of each must be taken? 7. What sums must be invested in stocks bearing 6½ per cent, at 105 per cent, to produce an income of $1,000? 8. A boy buys apples at the rate of 25 for 10 cents and sells them at the rate of 20 for 15 cents, how many must he sell to make $2.10? 9. A merchant by selling a lot of goods for $936, loses 10 per cent, at what price The American Consul-General at Shanghai has lately sent twenty boxes of bamboo cuttings for transplanting in Oregon. He writes to the State Department that in the Chinese empire, south of the Yang-tse, about sixty varieties of bamboo are said to grow, although five or six furnish the principal materials used. At Foochow and Swatow the large size grows forty to fifty feet high and six or seven inches in diameter. On the island of Formosa it is found even larger. The bamboo serves at least five hundred different purposes in China. A special from Osbkoah, Wisconsin, announces the death of Ephraim Sherman Durfee, aged ninety-seven, who was Worshipful Master of Rochester Lodge of Masons in 1828, and conferred degrees on Morgan Owing to the anti-Masonic excitement which subsequently prevailed, Durfee was compelled to leave the country. He was a soldier of the war of 1812. Mrs. Welts, who resides between Pala and Temecula, San Diego county, one day last week heard violent screams from her infant, which was amusing itself outside the door, and on reashing out, was terrified to see it attacked by a large wild cat, which was trying to carry the baby off. On going to its assistance, the cat instead of running away, rushed at Mrs. Welts in a fearless manner, and torched a large piece out of the calf of her leg. She and the baby would both undoubtedly have been killed but for the timely assistance of her eldest daughter, who cut the cat's throat and killed it. Mrs. Welts in very ill in bed from the shock to her nervous system and is under medical treatment. October 1st. The which of the river was about 500 yards, and before crossing there got another deer. The Captain's intention was to make for a place called Sagaska on the map. Erickson died. His toes had been amputated by the Doctor during their retreat. After crossing the river, he once night pulled off his mittens and one ot his hands became frost bitten, and the circulation could not be restored in it and he died. He was buried in the river. Then it was that the Captain decided to send Noras and Ninderman ahead. The food had been quite exhausted. The party was existing on brandy. Noras thinks she was Sunday when they left. The Captain had held divine service. The men were seated on the bank of the river. After service he called the two men and told them he wanted them to push on ahead and that he would follow with his party. "If you finish game," were his last words, "then return us." If you do not, then go to Kumak Surka." Noras thus describes the parting "The Captain read divine service before we left. All the men shook hands with us and most of them had tears in their eyes. Collins was the last. He simply said, 'Noras when you get to New York remember me.' They gave us three cheers. We told that we would do all we could do, and that we last we saw of them." Such is Noras' story of the last seen Captain De Long and his suffering part Noras continued: "When we left the Captain said that Kumak Surka would be on nearest village. The snow had fallen to depth of from a foot to a foot and a half.From the questions then put to Noras gathered the following description of the place of leave-taking: The river was about 500 yards wide, and the place was near where the mountains on the western side ended. There was one spot which remained distinctly impressed upon his mind, named a high, conical, rocky island which rose out of the river, and which he called Ostara (or stall boy.) How he got the name is quite clear, but the rock is a landmark his memory, and it hore about cast by him from the spot where they left the Captain.The rock, he says, is just at the end of these mountains. The mountains commence within that rock. After leaving this rock the two men traveled slowly and wearily. They sighted once, but could not get near them. GAZETTE. MAY 13, 1882. NO. 31 THE OF DE LONG. The Latest Sacrifice to the Research. A. Secretary of the Navy, U. S. A.: March 24, 1882.—I have had party—dead. Found all books. I shall continue to Melvilla. A Forty miles beyond Kemmil 1882.—A Cossack Estafette has just arrived here with long news that the bodies of men and ten men have been found. He takes sealed dispatches will receive with this. JACKSON. On Captain De Long in the reach of the Lena Delta sions: J. A. Ambler, P. A. N.; Jerome J. Collins, New correspondent; W. F. Ninder-Trickson, A. Gartz, G. H. H., A. Dressler, H. H. Koch, Lee, Ah Sam, Alexey. May 6.—The Herald prints overview of its correspondent March 2d, with Noras, one of De Long's boat: In clear idea of the places men-words, and to learn somewhat where the two men left De Long had this morning an in-ras, who, I may say, tells a band inspires me with confi- shot one grouse and caught one eel, which was all the food they had. They made a kind of tea from the bark of the Arctic willow, but often had only hot water to drink. They chewed and ate portions of their skin brecches and the leather soles of their moos-casina. The next point on which Noras is clear is that about two days after leaving the Captain they crossed the Lena to the east side, in the hope of finding game in the mountains, and that it took them a very long time to cross the ice at that point. I judge, therefore, that the place crossed by them is a broad expanse of the Lena, marked upon the map as near Sogasta. Therefore I conclude that the search will have to be made to the north of this expansion o the river. Noras believes that Ninderman will be able to point out the place where they left the Captain. Noras offered to go himself with Melville on the search, but for some reason or other Melville refused his assistance. A MONSTROUS CRIME. DUBLIN, May 6.—Lord Frederick Cavendish, the new Chief Secretary for Ireland, and Earl Spencer had remained at Dublin Castle, engaged in the transaction of official business, until 6 o'clock this evening, when each drove to his respective residence. After dinner, Lord Cavendish and Thomas Henry Burke, Under Secretary, went for a walk in Phoenix Park. They were both strolling in the park, about half a mile from MUSSEL SLOUGH TROUBLES. Defanding a Headgate with Shotguns. Vivalia Delta. The trouble over the water question in Mussel Slough has fairly started in, and in a manner which does not bid fair for an amiable settlement. It has been predicted in Hanford all winter, that as soon as a dry year was assured, and water began to get scarce, there would be bitter feeling engendered between the different ditch owners and among the stockholders of each ditch in regard to the distribution of water. This conclusion was evident to every one, and there seems to be no way of avoiding difficulty under the present condition of things. Until the laws are changed, or the ditch owners are able to agree among themselves in distribution, the present state of affairs cannot be altered. All of this week Hanford has been rife with the rumors of the cutting of dams, parties defending their head-gates with shotguns, and other wild rumors. A reporter was engaged for several days this week in looking into the matter and getting the facts in the case. The cause of the trouble was stated in the Mussel Slough Delta in its issue of the 14th ult., in an article headed, "Headgates Chopped Out," which reads as follows: "Last February Daniel Spangler inserted across the Mussel Slough Ditch, near its head, a large check or headgate, at a cost of about $200. The labor was done by Mr. Hoy, of Hanford, and was a good piece of work. The headgate was to serve as a check A MONSTROUS CRIME. DUBLIN, May 6.—Lord Frederick Cavendish, the new Chief Secretary for Ireland, and Earl Spencer had remained at Dublin Castle, engaged in the transaction of official business, until 6 o'clock this evening, when each drove to his respective residence. After dinner, Lord Cavendish and Thomas Henry Burke, Under Secretary, went for a walk in Phoenix Park. They were both strolling in the park, about half a mile from the city gate and a quarter of a mile from the Chief Secretary's lodge, when a car drove up containing four men, two of whom jumped down from the car and attacked Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mr. Burke, stabbing them both several times in the throat and breast. The victims struggled hard for life and in the struggle became separated, their bodies being found some ten paces apart. The tragedy occurred about 7 o'clock, in broad daylight. The bodies were first discovered by two young gentlemen who were riding bicycles through the park, and who immediately gave the alarm to the police. The surgeons soon reached the spot, but the police were already conveying Burke's body to town, where an examination showed life to be extinct. The upper part of the body was perforated in a shocking manner, and presented a ghastly sight. Proceeding further, the medical men reached the body of Lord Cavendish, which was being conveyed away from the park on a stretcher. The body of the Chief Secretary displayed some dreadful wounds, in addition to which the left arm was also broken and torn, as if he had put it up to protect his breast. Lord Frederick Cavendish was quite dead. The bodies were taken to the Stevens Hospital, where they will remain until an inquest is held. The locality of the outrage is terribly marked with blood. The spot where the body of Lord Cavendish was found was absolutely deluged, while Burke's body lay in a pool of blood. It is said that after the act the murderers immediately drove off. There seems to be no clue to the assassins at present, but the police are taking the most extraordinary measures to discover the perpetrators. A large quantity of notes and gold coin, besides their watches, was found in the pockets of the victims, which showed that the object of the crime was not robbery. Great excitement prevails throughout Dublin and widespread indignation is expressed over the event, and the telegraph offices are besieged for the latest news. Owing to the lateness of the hour of the arrival of the news in London, nothing of the outrage is as yet known here among the general public. At the London clubs and other late West End resorts the news of the assassination was received with a feeling of stupaeaction, followed by the expression of the bitterest resentment. "Last February Daniel Spangler inserted across the Mussel Slough Ditch, near its head, a large check or headgate, at a cost of about $200. The labor was done by Mr. Hoy, of Hanford, and was a good piece of work. The headgate was to serve as a check to back the water up and make it run into a ditch belonging to Mr. Spangler, running to the east of the main ditch, to irrigate his own land and a large tract of 1,000 acres he had rented from Mr. Haas. Last Tuesday night a force of men went to the headgate and chopped it out with axes, totally destroying it, and allowing the full force of water in the ditch to flow on down without interruption. It is stated that the headgate was put in with the sanction of the Mussel Slough ditch officials. It is supposed that the destruction was done by parties on the ditch below Mr. Spangler's, who deemed themselves injured by the check." Mr. Spangler immediately had a new check put in at the same place at which the one torn out had been, and has since had a force guarding the check, day and night, with shotguns. It is generally understood in Mussel Slough that the parties defending the drop have sworn to do so with their lives. A reporter of the Delta paid a visit to the headgate and found the condition of things there as follows: A breastwork several feet high had been thrown up about ten yards from the headgate, through which portholes have been made. The breastwork was north of the check. Two men were noticed busy at work on Mr. Spangler's land (that rented by him from Mr. Haas) irrigating it. Ditches large and small were gunning all through his land, and all that could be were full of water. The grain on Spangler's land (amounting to something over a section) is the best looking grain the writer has noticed in Mussel Slough this season. Notwithstanding the large amount of water being taken out by Mr. Spangler, there was a large stream running down the ditch below the headgate. Two older sons of Mr. Spangler were working at the headgate with shovels, and probably guarding it at the same time. It is stated, on good authority in Hanford, that all parties at the headgate are heavily armed, and will defend what they hold to be their rights till the last extremity, let the results be what they will. Mr. Spangler and two of his sons, and a man by the name of John Seward, have been arrested this week. The first three were arrested by Deputy Sheriff Goar; and the last one by Constable House. They are all held by the officers. The first three, Dan Spangler, Wm. Spangler and John Seward, are charged with misdemeanor, and Toney Spangler, the youngest and last one arrested, is charged with felony. Mr. Spangler, Sr., has two charges recorded against him. The trials Great excitement prevails throughout Dublin and widespread indignation is expressed over the event, and the telegraph offices are besieged for the latest news. Owing to the lateness of the hour of the arrival of the news in London, nothing of the outrage is as yet known here among the general public. At the London clubs and other late West End resorts the news of the assassination was received with a feeling of atupefaction, followed by the expression of the bitterest resentment. Ancient Chinese Burial Customs. A recent number of the Celestial Empire, referring to a discovery of some ancient graves near Shanghai, gives an interesting account of Chinese burial in former times. A man of means purchased his coffin when he reached the age of forty. He would then have it painted three times every year with a species of varnish, mixed with pulverized porcelain—a composition which resembles a silicate paint or enamel. The process by which this varnish was made has been lost to the Chinese. Each coating of this paint was of some thickness, and, when dried, had a metallic firmness resembling enamel. Frequent coats of this, if the owner lived long, caused the coffin to assume the appearance of a sarcophagus with a foot or more in thickness of this hard, stone-like shell. After death the veins and the cavities of the stomach were filled with quicksilver, for the purpose of preserving the body. A piece of jade would then be placed in each nostril and ear, and in one hand, while a piece of har silver would be placed in the other hand. The body thus prepared was placed on a layer of mercury within the coffin; the letter was sealed, and the whole then committed to its last resting place. When some of these sarcophagi were opened, after the lagen of centuries, the bodies were found in a wonderful state of preservation; but they crumbled to dust on exposure to the air. The writer well observes that the employment of mercury by the Chinese of past dynasties for the purpose of preserving bodies ought to form an interesting subject for consideration and discussion in connection with the history of embalming and "mummy-making." A scene in the Washington Court during the examination of the star-route cases last week: Merrick stated that James W. Dorsay had not been arrested. Bliss stated that Ingersoll had promised him several weeks ago to produce James W. Dorsay in Court, and relying upon this, although they had a bench warrant for his arrest, they had promised "not to make themselves unhappy" in trying to secure his arrest. Dorsay had not been produced. He (Btiss) wanted to call attention to this barricaded violation of faith, and said he regarded it as a mere measure to create delay. At this point Ingersoll sprang to his feet, and bringing his fist down upon the table, exclaimed: "You are a liar, sir; a liar!" Judge Wylie reproved both of the attorneys in severe language. Merrick then entered into a long explanation of the circumstances of the agreement between the counsel as to Dorsey's appearance, and claimed that the statement of Colonel Bliss was correct. Ingersoll, in answer to an inquiry from the Court, said he did not deny the facts. He did deny that he had been guilty of a trick. He had acted with perfect good faith, under the conviction that he would be able to produce Dorsey. He supposed, when he made the arrangement, that he had power to produce Mr. Dorsay, and he wanted to say now that he could not. A girl was vaccinated with matter taken from the arm of a silly lower arm. She said she preferred matter right from the call.