anaheim-gazette 1882-07-29

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, Glasgow 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 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. If a scale of prices is very low, He will be found in his office every day between the hours of 9 A.M. and 5 P.M. GEO. B. SHAFFER, NOTARY PUBLIC. 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 charge in all cases will be reasonable. Single and Double Teams LORI The years creep slowly. The snow is on the grass. The sun's low down the hill. The frost gleams where it falls. But the heart throbs when it stops. As when the summer ends, O, the sun can never dawn. Abown affection's cloud. A hundred months have passed last I held that last And felt the pulse beat fast Though mine beat fast A hundred months, 'twas When up the hilly slope To watch the dying oak And hear the distant oak We loved each other thence More than we ever did And what we might bury Had but our lovings bury But then, 'tis past, thence I'll not recall their shine Fill say to them, lost ye Sleep oh, nor head life The story of the past, Alas! I care not to repaint The hopes that could They lived, but only love I would not cause even To rank within thy body "For if we strive, we Were words of thine Yes, these were words They burn within my heart They touch a tender cushion That thrills and trembles Twas not thy woman' Thy heart was ever trampled A duty stern and press The tie that linked me It matters little now, The past is in the ether Our heads will soon fall Life's tide is ebbling out But there's a future Of life, this is so small Tiis dust to dust, here But there, up there, 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. If a scale of prices is very low, He will be found in his office every day between the hours of 8 A.M. and 5 P.M. GEO. B. SHAFFER, NOTARY PUBLIC, OFFICE—BANK OF ANAHEIM. RICHARD MELROSE, NOTARY PUBLIC, GAZETTE OFFICE. 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 Docs for Arizona Territory Kroeger's Block, Anaheim, Cal. VICTOR MONTGOMERY, Attorney-at-Law. SANTA ANA, CAL. Office in Dubiles' brick building, nearly opposite the Postoffice. Office hours from 10 A.M. to 2 P.M. M. L. WICKS, Attorney-at-Law. Rooms 96 and 97 Traffic Block. LOS ANGELES. MONEY TO LOAN. Apply to R. W. SCOTT, Attorney at Law 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, Cor. Adele and Los Angeles streets. ANAHEIM. GEORGE BAUER. City Stables, Center Street (Opposite Kroeger's Block), ANAHEIM. L.F. Lewis. -- Proprietor. THESE STABLES ARE THE BEST VENTILATED and most commodities in the town, and special attention will be paid to Boarding and Grooming horses. The charge in all cases will be reasonable. Single and Double Teams Furnished at short notice, and careful drivers, familiar with the country, supplied when required. The patronage of the public is respectfully solicited. D. E. MILES, Warchouseman 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, E. L. GOLDSTEIN, Annaheim, San Francisco J. FROWKELFELD, J. J. WEIDLER, 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 BLACKSMITHING There are some few need the old remedy these are chiefly eleven young ones who amount of vitality at peculiar hoarse and low middle lie that has sprinkled of cayen article of food that good feeding. Here here two or four graft But for one case where steak, with red peppers a hundred that are re digestive work. Thand the scarlet throat cold are very near motion. When the boiled choked, do not put forge. Grapes are re to have a specific act the throat and lungs cold and sore throat for thirst, and let it cooked food and of a food that is meat and is the slightest app thing like a chill, or surface, may be fat bring cold milk to so than you would ice as a death warrant chill off the milk by scalding point. Do few people who enjoy milk there are many the top is disliked warm, that is about blood. There is so gested cold, lung in cold that produces half the cure. Avoc temperature or draught not throw open the contrive to secure an indirect way. Get entry of the next r into the sick room such a way that the in temperature. The Teeth The Herald corrections in search of the lost finds among the natives Deputy U.S. Land and Mineral Surveyor, Orchard No. 4, Downer Block, LOS ANGELES, CAL. L. GUNTHER. Pioneer Boot and Shoe Maker, Cor. 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. All work guaranteed. CHARLES WILLE, COOPERAGE. Pipes, Barrels and kegs on hand at all times. Tanks and Tubs made to order. Honey Barrels for sale cheap. 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. PORTABLE PUMP AND Fire Extinguisher. Protect the Orange Trees. Valuable to Farmers, Orchardists, Bee Keepers, Poultry Keepers, Horse and Stock owners. De-stroys Insets on Orange trees, Vines, etc. Send for handsome illustrated circular and catalogue. J. A. WHITMAN, Patentee and manufacturer. Providence, R.I. B. DRETTUS & CO. Growers and Dealers in California Wines and Grape Brandy. 650 to 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 Lemont 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. GAN-NON, Wagoonmaker, who is prepared to do all kinds of woodwork in a thorough manner and at cheap rates. Messrs. Stough and Gannon are jointly agents for The Osborn Farm Machinery. Consisting of Mowers, Reapers, Self-Binders, etc., Also agent for the Studebaker and other celebrated FARM WAGONS. COOPERAGE. F. CONRAD IS PREPARED TO PILL ALL ORDERS FOR wine casks, pipes and tanks. They are made in the most workmanlike manner, of thoroughly seasoned wood and the prices are low. Apply at the Anaheim Brewery. SIGNORET HOUSE. WELL FURNISHED AND WELL VENTILATED. Rooms to let by the day, week or month in the Signoret House. Cor. of Main and Turner Streets, (Opposite the Ploo House) by MRS. WM. R. OLDEN. WEEKLY CIM GA ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA: SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1882. LORENA. The years creep slowly by, Lorena, The snow is on the grass again, The sun's low down the sky, Lorena, The frost glances where the flowers have been; But the heart throbs on as windy now, As when the summer days were high; O, the sun can never dip so low, Adown affection's cloudide a sky. A hundred months have passed, Lorena. Since last I held that hand in mine; And felt the pulse beat fast, Lorena, Though mine beat faster, far, than thine; A hundred months, 'twas flowery May, When up the hilly slope we climbed, To watch the dying of the day, And hear the distant church bells chime. We loved each other then, Lorena, More than we ever dared to tell, And what we might have been, Lorena, Had but our lovings prospered well. But then, 'tis past, the years are gone, I'll not recall their shadowy form. I'll say to them, lost years sleep on, Sleep oh, nor need life's fainting storma. The story of the past, Lorena, Alas! I care not to repeat, The hopes that could not last, Lorena, They lived, but only lived to cheat, I would not cause even one regret, To rank within thy bosom now, "For if we serve, we may forget." Were words of thine, long years ago. Yes, these were words of thine, Lorena, They burn within my memory yet, They touch a tender chord, Lorena, That thrills and trembles with regret: 'Twas not thy woman's heart that spoke: Thy heart was ever true to me, A duty stern and pressing broke, The tie that linked my soul to thee. It matters little now, Lorena, The past is in the eternal past, Our needs will soon be low, Lorena, Life's tide is ebbing out so fast; But there's a future, O, thank God; Of life, this is so small a part: Tis dust to dust, beneath the soil, But there, up there, 'tis heart to heart. THE SCIENCE OF WAR. The "science of war" means something more than it used to, when war was merely the opposing of brute force with brute force. An illustration of what it now implies is furnished by the Accelie Militaire, in an account of the apparatus employed in French gunnery practice, for the translation of which we are indebted to the Iron Age. The force and velocity of the wind is first measured by an anemometer. Then the weight of the atmosphere must be determined by a barometer, because sight adjusted to a certain barometric pressure must be changed if the pressure varies. Next a hygrometer is used to determine the amount of moisture in the air, as this determines to some extent the resistance encountered by a projectile in its flight. If the object aimed at is out of sight, the use of the plane table or planchette is necessary. Then the gunner must employ the telemeter to measure the distance of the object to be struck, and when all preparations are made he consults the thermometer to see what the temperature is, since allowance must be made for contraction and expansion of the metallic sights. He is then ready to blaze away, but how many instruments he needs to determine the course of his projectile and the effect of his shot we do not know. With such refinements in gunnery, we should think it would not much longer be necessary to kill man, although it is probable that some mortality will result from this. "I WILL NOT." An English Couple that Left the Church when but Half Married. (London Telegraph.) A certain dean of Chester was called upon to perform the wedding ceremonial for a pair of happy lovers. The position of both parties was of the highest rank, and the guests who were bidden to the church were of the most fashionable and exalted. The day arrived, and with it the hour. The edifice was packed, and all was in readiness. The dean expectant, awaiting the coming of the bride, and the groom, with his best man, was in the vestry. The hour passed on and still the bride did not arrive. After a long delay she drove up to the church door, and with her bridesmaids swept up the large middle aisle towards the altar. In the meantime the groom advanced to meet her, and receiving her half way, escorted her to the dean. After the opening words of exhortation the dean turned to the man and asked him the usual set questions—whether he would have the woman for his wedded wife, etc.—to which he answered, "I will." The question being in turn asked of the woman, to the astonishment and amazement of all she distinctly said, looking the groom in the face, "I will not!" The next instant she said in a low voice: "Mr. Dean, no one can more regret the words I have just uttered than myself, and if you will dismiss the congregation and take me into your vestry-room I will apologize," and at the same time fully Care of a Cold. There are some few constitutions that need the old remedy of feeding a cold, but these are chiefly elderly folks, or those young ones who never have any great amount of vitality at any time. There is a peculiar hoarse and loose stomachic cough in middle life that has been cured by plentiful sprinklings of cayenne pepper over every article of food that could bear it, and by good feeding. Here a stimulus was needed. Here two or four grains of quinine do good. But for one case where beef essence or beefsteak, with red pepper, is of use, there are a hundred that are relieved by slacking off digestive work. The dull, congested lungs and the scarlet throat of an inflammatory cold are very near neighbors to the digestion. When the bellows are wheezing or choked, do not put in much work at the forge. Grapes are refreshing and are said to have a specific action on the nerves of the throat and lungs. Therefore feed your cold and sore throat on grapes. Drink milk for thirst, and let it take the place of all cooked food and of all meats. It is the one food that is meat and drink. When there is the slightest approach to pneumonia, anything like a chill, or contact with a chilled surface, may be fatal. Therefore do not bring cold milk to such a sufferer any more than you would ice water, which has acted as a death warrant before now. Take the chill off the milk by heating it nearly to a scalding point. Do not let it boil; for the few people who enjoy the taste of boiled milk there are many to whom the "skin" on the top is disliked. It should be "milk" warm, that is about the temperature of blood. There is so much in nursing a congested cold, inflammation, or the heavy cold that produces nausea, that nursing is half the cure. Avoid all sudden changes of temperature or draughts in the room. Do not throw open the window to air it, but contrive to secure a supply of fresh air in an indirect way. Get the fresh air into the entry of the next room, and then coax it into the sick room, behind a screen, or in such a way that there is no sudden change in temperature. The Teeth of the Yakuts. The Herold correspondent with the party in search of the last crew of the Jeannette finds among the natives of northern Siberia. The Father of a Thousand Children. An old man has just died in Vienna whose name deserves to be chronicled in all lands for the singular goodness of his life. Ferdinand Reult has been known in his own city as the "Father of the Orphans" for half a century. He was a man of considerable means, and was happily married, but it was a great grief to him and his wife that they continued to be childless. Herr Keidt said to his wife: "Since we are not to have children of our own, can we not be parents to some of those who are fatherless and motherless?" He was a man of action, and begin at once to carry his conception into practice. He commenced with taking fatherly charge of two or three orphans, his zeal and repute increased to such an extent that, at the time of his death, he was the legal guardian of more than a thousand fatherless children. Those whom he adopted in this manner were not fitfully taken up and then let drop, but he kept conscientious watch and ward over them, from their early education until their marriage, or their start in adult life at the close of their apprenticeship. He never sought fame or publicity, and took no credit to himself for his devotion to those who had no natural claim upon him. Now that he must empty the telemeter to measure the distance of the object to be struck, and when all preparations are made he consults the thermometer to see what the temperature is, since allowance must be made for contraction and expansion of the metallic sights. He is then ready to blaze away, but how many instruments he needs to determine the course of his projectile and the effect of his shot we do not know. With such refinements in gunnery, we should think it would not much longer be necessary to kill men, although it is probable that some mortality will result from trifling errors in calculation, or because the soldiers shot at will not stand still while the gunner is calculating his aim. All that is desired by the most bloodthirsty enemy is to place as many as possible of the opposing force hors du combat; then scientific surgery comes in, and it will soon be that, if enough pieces can be collected, the worst wounded men can be put together and patched up so as to be almost as good as new in a few months. It is at least satisfactory to know that the greater the progress in scientific warfare and in the improvement of arms, the fewer are killed and wounded in battle. In the days when opposing forces used to stand at arm's length and hack each other to pieces with short swords and axes, very little was known about the science of war; but more men were often killed in a day than could now be brought into the field by any but a first-class military power. Perhaps it will come some day that, instead of making war, the powers at variance will merely send each other a statement of their military preparations, whereas the weaker power will make the necessary concessions. The Father of a Thousand Children. An old man has just died in Vienna whose name deserves to be chronicled in all lands for the singular goodness of his life. Ferdinand Reult has been known in his own city as the "Father of the Orphans" for half a century. He was a man of considerable means, and was happily married, but it was a great grief to him and his wife that they continued to be childless. Herr Keidt said to his wife: "Since we are not to have children of our own, can we not be parents to some of those who are fatherless and motherless?" He was a man of action, and begin at once to carry his conception into practice. He commenced with taking fatherly charge of two or three orphans, his zeal and repute increased to such an extent that, at the time of his death, he was the legal guardian of more than a thousand fatherless children. Those whom he adopted in this manner were not fitfully taken up and then let drop, but he kept conscientious watch and ward over them, from their early education until their marriage, or their start in adult life at the close of their apprenticeship. He never sought fame or publicity, and took no credit to himself for his devotion to those who had no natural claim upon him. Now that he must empty the telemeter to measure the distance of the object to be struck, and when all preparations are made he consults the thermometer to see what the temperature is, since allowance must be made for contraction and expansion of the metallic sights. He is then ready to blaze away, but how many instruments he needs to determine the course of his projectile and the effect of his shot we do not know. With such refinements in gunnery, we should think it would not much longer be necessary to kill men, although it is probable that some mortality will result from trifling errors in calculation, or because the soldiers shot at will not stand still while the gunner is calculating his aim. All that is desired by the most bloodthirsty enemy is to place as many as possible of the opposing force hors du combat; then scientific surgery comes in, and it will soon be that, if enough pieces can be collected, the worst wounded men can be put together and patched up so as to be almost as good as new in a few months. It is at least satisfactory to know that the greater the progress in scientific warfare and in the improvement of arms, the fewer are killed and wounded in battle. In the days when opposing forces used to stand at arm's length and hack each other to pieces with short swords and axes, very little was known about the science of war; but more men were often killed in a day than could now be brought into the field by any but a first-class military power. Perhaps it will come some day that, instead of making war, the powers at variance will merely send each other a statement of their military preparations, whereas the weaker power will make the necessary concessions. Tree Burial in New Zealand. The recent fall of an enormous puketea tree near Opotiki, New Zealand, disclosed the fact that the shallow interior from the roots to the first fork, about forty-five feet from the ground, had been filled with human bodies. A confused heap of skeletons burst out of the butt of the tree when it fell. A local paper says: "A more extraordinary sight than this monarch of the forest lying prone and discharging a perfect hecatomb of human skeletons can scarcely be conceived. Some are nearly perfect, while others are mixed up in a chaotic mass of heads, hands, foot and arms indiscriminately. All The Teeth of the Yakuts. The Herald correspondent with the party in search of the last crew of the Jeannette finds among the natives of northern Siberia the "most beautiful teeth in all the wide world." He says: "Three hundred versts from Yakutsk I have seen old men of sixty and seventy with sets of teeth small and pearly white and polished and healthy as those of the handsomest American girl of sixteen. Decay and suffering and unsightliness and loss are actually unknown. A physician of Yakutsk tells me that he believes the reason of this phenomenon is to be found in the habits and the kind of food eaten by the natives, as well as to a certain care taken by them from childhood up. In the first place, the Yakuts do not touch sugar in any form, for the simple reason that they cannot afford to purchase it. Secondly, they are in the habit of drinking daily large quantities of fermented sour milk, summer and winter, which is antiscorbutic and is very beneficial in preserving the teeth. And lastly, they have the habit of chewing a preparation of the resin of the fir tree, a piece of which, tasting like tar, they masticate after every meal, in order specially to clean the teeth and gums of particles of food that may remain after meals. The gum or resin is prepared and sold by all apothecaries in Siberia, and is much used by Russian ladies. The fermented milk is said to be a not very savory drink. First, the milk is cooked and then put into a large vase-shaped utensil made of frozen cows' dung, in which is allowed to ferment until the winter, when it is broken up into blocks and preserved for use in the cellars all the year round." A scuppernong vine in the Tokay vineyard, near Fayetteville, North Carolina, bears 100 bushels of grapes a year. There are other vines in the same vineyard which produce from 25 to 40 bushels. The vines were planted twenty-five years ago. He commenced with taking fatherly charge of two or three orphans, his zeal and repute increased to such an extent that, at the time of his death, he was the legal guardian of more than a thousand tatherless children. Those whom he adopted in this manner were not fitfully taken up and then let drop, but he kept conscientious watch and ward over them, from their early education until their marriage, or their start in adult life at the close of their apprenticeship. He never sought fame or publicity, and took no credit to himself for his devotion to those who had no natural claim upon him. Now that he has departed, however, every one speaks of his singular life, its quietness, yet restless energy, its conscientiousness and severe fidelity to his self-imposed obligations. He began by asking as a favor to be accepted as the "honorary guardian" of two or three orphans, and the calling, which he had thus taken up for his own satisfaction, as he put it, was in time regarded by many of his fellow citizens as a sort of official occupation which he was bound to fulfill. Herr Reidt had an especial interest toward illegitimate children who, from no fault of their own, started life under a heavy shadow. His courage was equal to his tenderness. When he could discover the father of an illegitimate child, he would seek out the man and deal plainly with him as to the duty which he had incurred by his sin. In this way he often compelled fathers to look after their own children who would otherwise have fallen under the hard discipline of the official guardians of such unwelcome additions to the population.—London Globe. A Yreka, (Siskiyou Co.), dispatch of the 22d says: As the details of Thursday's storm are known, it proves to have been the most destructive ever known here. In the lower part of Scott valley as much as eight inches of water fell in less than two hours. In the central part of the valley fields of grain were entirely destroyed by the force of the rain and the hail. In Shasta valley haycocks were literally floated out of the meadows. The Shasta river canal was broken and filled up in many places. On Friday another storm passed over near the same section, breaking the Shasta river canal in several places, and filling it up in others with debris from the mountain side. These continued storms are inflicting great damage to the bay and grain crops of the county. The recent fall of an enormous puketea tree near Opotiki, New Zealand, disclosed the fact that the shallow interior from the roots to the first fork, about forty-five feet from the ground, had been filled with human bodies. A confused heap of skeletons burst out of the butt of the tree when it fell. A local paper says: "A more extraordinary sight than this monarch of the forest lying prone and discharging a perfect hecatomb of human skeletons can scarcely be conceived. Some are nearly perfect, while others are mixed up in a chaotic mass of heads, hands, feet, and arms, indiscriminately. All the Maoris here seem to have been quite unaware of this natural channel house, and declare that it must have happened long before their or their fathers' time. Indeed, the appearance of the tree fully justified the supposition that it must have been some hundreds of years since this novel family vault was filled with its ghastly occupants." Watermelon Sugar. [Rome Courier.] Mr. W. W. Seay, of Rome; Ga., one of the best chemists in the State, is experimenting with watermelons for the purpose of extracting sugar. His experiments so far, in a small way, induce him to believe that a fair lot of melons contain an average of seven per cent. of saccharine matter, or pure sugar. He estimates that on one acre of good land, suited to their growth, 34,500 pounds of melons would grow, and these would produce, at seven per cent. of saccharine matter, 2,415 pounds of sugar, and worth, at ten cents,$241 50. An English parson gives ginger ale at the Lord's Supper. Lady Brassey mentions that in one of the South Sea Islands the Missionaries had to substitute cocoanut milk for wine, as the cup never reached the third communicant without replenishing. Possibly the parson has had similar painful experience. A Massachusetts woman says that from 370 eggs placed in one of Bain's "Common Sense Incubators" she got two chickens, at a cost of $81 27, to say nothing of her lost time and the hired man's three weeks board. GAZETTE. JULY 29, 1882. NO. 42 BIRDS and ELECTRIC LIGHTS Denver is largely lighted by electricity. Out towards the suburbs are several lofty towers, upon the tops of which are powerful electric lights. They are visible twenty or thirty miles distant, and for a circuit of half a mile or more in every direction they give a light almost as bright as day. The towers are an open framework of squared timbers and iron rods, built like an oil well derrick but rising to a height of 200 feet. About ten days ago one of the evening papers stated that a great number of birds were being killed about one of these towers, speaking of the destruction as "hundreds" and demanding that the electric lights be abolished as they had to be maintained at the expense of bird life. The Electric Light Company claimed that it was unjustly attacked. I have since investigated the facts to some extent, and am of opinion that the very bright light was the cause of destruction. The slaughter occurred mainly on one night, to some extent the succeeding night, and none is reported since. It is stated by persons living in the vicinity that on the night in question the light was excessively bright. Birds were flitting about, twittering and singing all night. They flew against the windows that were lighted. In the morning dead ones were found in the neighborhood of the tower to the estimated number of three hundred. Others were crippled, with broken wings or otherwise disabled. The dead were bruised and lacerated, with many bones broken. A wild duck was found. EVERYTHING. The proposition to abolish the State of Nevada, and attach it to California, is a sensible one, even if it be not a constitutional one, thinks the Kansas City Times. COLLINSVILLE, July 22d.—J. McLain and O Fallon fought a duel for the hand of a young lady, being rivals. Fallon was shot dead, but McLain was unhurt. Why ex-Secretary Seward paid $7,000,000 for Alaska is a question often asked by thoughtless people, who never stop to think that he paid only about two cents an acre for it. Of the ninety-two Philadelphians who died at the age of ninety and upward in the past six months, seventeen were men and seventy-five were women. Sometimes the ladies remain to get in the last word. A Portland, (Oregon.) dispatch says: A white physician was called by a Spokane Indian to treat his sick son on the Klamath reservation. The boy died and his father shot the physician dead and fled. Swarms of crickets are raiding Sprague River Valley, Oregon. They destroy grain and vegetables where found, and unceremoniously enter houses, jump upon the dinner table or crawl on the beds. Last week the engines used in threshing on the ranch of Charles Hansch, Tulare county, set fire to the stubble surrounding it, reached a large stack of wheat, and destroyed about 600 sacks. The success of the new hydrogen gas locomotive engine, in drawing first a freight train and then a regular passenger tram from Paterson to Jersey City, over the Erie Railroad, will doubtless lead to a study of the advantages claimed for this new fuel. One of these advantages is apparent—this fuel does not emit smoke. In this engine oil is consumed in retorts as a decomposing agent for steam, the heat of the fire chamber in which the retorts are set liberating the oxygen of the steam to unite with the carbon of the oil, and releasing the hydrogen to issue as a combustible product at the burners. The oil and the steam are conducted by carefully constructed pipes into the retorts where they are to be used, the oil tank being made very strong, and enclosed within the water tank on the tender. The passenger train on the late experiment reached Jersey City ahead of time, and the oil used had amounted to eighty-four gallons. The question of the regular employment of hydrogen-burning locomotives will probably turn largely on careful observations of the cost, since it seems thus far to have no special disadvantages. WASHINGTON, July 21st. — Williamson, the discharged clerk from the Department of Justice, who is accused in the Police Court of purloining valuable autograph letters from the Department, is a brother of Judge Williamson of this city. He was formerly Pardon Clerk in the Department of Justice, and has been regarded by his associates as a man of more than ordinary ability. The officials in the Department say that Williamson's downfall came from his passion for collecting impropent books and publications. His mind became debauched from constant personal of rare works of this character. He took to drink, and rapidly sank from one position to another, until finally he has been discharged. It is said a noted lobbyist furnished the capital for his collection of notorious books, and that he aided Williamson in gathering together a lot of curious and revolting foreign and native publications. Two months ago, it is said, Williamson sold his entire collection for $2,000 to a wealthy citizen of New York who has a taste for forbidden literature. Swarms of crickets are raiding Sprague River Valley, Oregon. They destroy grain and vegetables where found, and uncere-moniously enter houses, jump upon the dinner table or crawl on the beds. Last week the engines used in threshing on the ranch of Charles Hansch, Tularo county, set fire to the stubble surrounding it, reached a large stack of wheat, and destroyed about 600 sacks. JACKSON, Miss., July 22d. — In Winston county last night Noah Parks (colored), a preacher, was hanged by a mob and left for dead, but his friends found and resuscitated him. He stole corn. NEW YORK, July 22d. — Eight cases of yellow fever have been reported at the Quarantine Station from vessels arriving from Havana. Three of the patients have died. The strictest quarantine regulations are infronced, and the Health Officers say the disease will not spread to the city. An Inyo paper says: There is not a lawyer in the town of Lundy; the police have all the dead broke spotted, and will not arrest them for any offense short of murder or arson; therefore said dead beats are obliged to break in the door of the jail whenever the nights are stormy and shelter is necessary. A wire fence, running from Indian Territory west across the Texas Panhandle, and 35 miles into New Mexico, is projected and largely under contract. Its course will be along the line of the Canadian River, and its purpose is to stop the drift of the northern cattle. The fence will be over 200 miles long. VICTORIA, B.C., July 22d. — A Chinese company is preparing to erect workshops and warehouses to manufacture clothing, boots and shoes, tinware, cigars and other articles, and to enter into competition with white firms. The intention creates a serious feeling of alarm, as white labor cannot compete with the Chinese. A mad woman at the Salpetriere Hospital, Paris, was placed in a bathtub having a locked-down lid, with an ornice through which her head and neck passed. When the hot water was on the servant with the key went to fetch linen and remained to gossip. The screams of the lunatic, she being reputed violent, were unheeded, and she was boiled to death before the oeiligence was discovered. A terrible accident occurred at the Ojai, Ventura County, on Thursday afternoon. A lad named Waldo Dennison was doing something with a Winchester rifle, when it was accidentally discharged, the ball striking his grandfather, Elias Dennison, in the thigh, cutting the femoral artery and causing almost instant death. The old gentleman was 76 years of age. of an enormous puketea in New Zealand, disclosed fellow interior from the park, about forty-five feet and been filled with human heap of skeletons burst the tree when it fell. A "A more extraordinary search of the forest lying a perfect hecatomb of man scarcely be conceived. Perfect, while others are static mass of heads, hands, and discriminately. All the who have been quite unaware carnel house, and declare happened long before their time. Indeed, the appear-fully justified the suppositions have been some hundreds as novel family vault was mostly occupants." New York, July 29th.—The case of General Newton M. Curtis, ex-Treasury Agent, convicted in the United States Circuit Court for collecting money from office-holders for political purposes, came up again to-day, when a decision was rendered by the Court in bank, composed by Judges Wallace, Benedict and Brown, on motion of a new trial in arrest of judgment. The decision is in effect that the act of Congress prohibiting Government officials from collecting money for political purposes is constitutional. Therefore, the motion in arrest of judgment and for a new trial, is denied. Curtis was sentenced to pay $5,000 fine. Counsel for Curtis intends to carry the case to the Supreme Court. Later, General Curtis was placed in charge of his counsel, who was made a United States Deputy Marshal, pending the application to Chief Justice Waite, of Lynne, Conn., for a writ of habeas corpus, returnable before the "Supreme Court of the United States. At San Jose last week, Charles Chapman, alias Taylor, while standing near the post-office, was approached by a well-dressed, handsome young woman, who suddenly pulled a rawhide from beneath the folds of her dress and proceeded to lay the butt end of it about Chapman's head and shoulders, accompanying the strokes with such vituperation as is rarely heard. The girl, who is known as Sadie and resides on San Fernando street, was taken from her victim and led away toward her home, but, breaking away, she rushed back and recommenced the attack. She was then arrested and lodged in the county jail. She says Chapman had slandered her, and she would not permit any one to treat her disrespectfully. The affair occurred in the presence of several hundred persons, who had assembled there for the evening mail. WASHINGTON, July 22d.—Attorney-General Brewster, has decided in the question of George Wm. Curtis and Representative Hubbell regarding political assessments. He says that Congressmen are not United States officers, and that a gift to them for campaign purposes does not fall within the statute. The Attorney-General also decides that the Secretary of the Treasury cannot allow the transportation companies to take the 60,000 Chinese (more or less) through this country from Cuba to China. TOMBSTONE, July 22.—The laborers excavating for the Atchison, Santa Fe and Topeka railroad, six miles south of Crittenden station, discovered three pottery ollas filled with human bones. The ollas were embedded three feet in solid lava rock and appearances indicated that the lava had flowed around them. In one of the ollas were found three Spanish coins bearing date of fifteen hundred and forty-three. The pottery was painted inside like that found in all the old ruins of Arizona, and the bones were complete of the human frames. TOMBSTONE, July 22.—Charles Doyle, a well-known prospector, returned from Sonora this afternoon and informed the Epitaph reporter of the finding of the dead bodies of three American prospectors near San Antonia, in Sonora valley. They had discovered a rich mine. The natives reported the men killed by Apaches. Doyle thinks they were killed by Mexicans. He found Mexicans working their elms. The names are James Murphy, Ben. Cabill and Peter Lansing, of Nevada, where they are well known. Willard, U.S.Consul Guaymer, was notified. The prefecto at Ursus gave no satisfaction upon the information.