anaheim-gazette 1883-08-25

ANAHEIM VOL. XIII. WEEKLY GAZETTE Established 1870. For Terms, see Fourth Page. JOHN HANNA, Real Estate Agent. Live Stock Bought and Sold on Commission. ANAHEIM. BARKER & ALLEN, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN FURNITURE, CARPETS, Bedding, Wall Paper, Shades, Cornices, Lace Curtains, Etc. Nos. 322, 324 & 326 Main Street, (Near the Pico House) LOS ANGELES, CAL. ANAHEIM Carriage & Wagon Factory WOODWORK OF all kinds, Bodies, Wheels and Gearing BLACKSMITHING OF all kinds LOS ANGELES, CAL. ANAHEIM Carriage & Wagon Factory WOODWORK BLACKSMITHING SIGN & CARRIAGE PAINTING All work of the above description will be guaranteed and we pledge ourselves to give satisfaction. We are here to stay and will continue to please our patrons. Our wood shop and blacksmith shop on Center street west of Mistel's dale, and our paint shop is directly opposite. We are sole agents for the STUDEBAKER & LA BELLE WAGONS And are agents for all kinds of Farming Machinery DR. JAMES ELLIS. OFFICE AND PRUG STORE IN THE BUILDING EAST OF HAYWEE'S office Office hours at 7 a.m. and at 2 p.m. DR E. L. COWAN. Dentist, Has come law officiating in the inner part of Mrs. Meta's building at Anaheim in Hayward and has been in town with her house this week. He will be in his office every day between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. RICHARD MELROSE. NOTARY PUBLIC. H.C. KELLOGG. Surveyor and Civil Engineer. PARTIES WILL PLEASE LEAVE THEIR ORDER WITH M. John Hanna, Anaheim. ROBT. W. SCOTT. ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC Commissioner of Deeds for Anaheim Territory Roger's Block, Anaheim, Cal. VICTOR MONTGOMERY, Attorney-at-Law, SANTA ANA, CAL. Office in Dibbles brick building, nearly opposite the Postoffice M. L. WICKS. Attorney-at-Law, Rooms 56 and 87 TRADE BLOCK. LOS ANGELES. L. GUNTHER. Pioneer Boot and Shoe Maker. A.E. WHITE. E.A. WHITE BLACKSMITHING —AND Wagonmaking! All Work Warranted. Prices as low as the lowest. Los Angeles Street, Anaheim, (Adjoining the Gazette Office) How Many Miles Do You Drive? The ODOMETER Will Tell. This instrument is no longer than a watch. It tells the exact number of miles driven to the 100th port of amble, amounts up to 100 miles water and dust right, always in order, saves houses from being overdriven, is easily attached to the wheel of a Buggy, Carringe, Sulky, Wagon, Road Cart, Sulky Plow, Renper, Mover, or other vehicle. Invaluable to LOCKWEAR, PHYSICIANS, FARMERS, SURVEYORS, DRAWERS, ENTERPRISES, STOKE OWNERS, etc. Price only $5.00 each; one third the price of any other meter. When ordering give dinner of the wheel Sent by mail on receipt of price post paid. Address: M.DONNELL ODOMETER CO., 2 North La Salle St., Chicago 27 Sand for Circular. F. A.J. BACKS. Importers, Manufacturers and Dealers in Furniture, Bedding, Paper Hangings, Picture Frames, etc. UNDERTAKERS: Agents for the Howe, Edredge and Victor Sewin Machines Los Angeles Street.: Anaheim. PEARSON'S DINING PALACE SANTA ANA, CAL. Office in Dibbles brick building, nearly opposite the Postoffice. Offer hours from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. M. L. WICKS, Attorney-at-Law. Rooms 56 and 87 TOWER BLOCK. LOS ANGELES. L. GUNTHER. Pioneer Boot and Shoe Maker, Cor. Adele and Los Angeles streets. ANAHEIM. GEORGE BACER, BOOT AND SHOE MAKER, Center Street MAKING AND REPAIRING AT THE LOWEST cash price. All orders promptly attended or will be guaranteed. WM. R. HARKER, SADDLE & HARNESS MAKER, CENTER STREET ANAHEIM. CHARLES WILLE, COOPERAGE. PES, Barrels and Kegs on hand at all times. Tank and Tubs made to order. Honey Barrels for sale cheap. P. PELLEGRIN, PRACTICAL Watchmaker and Jeweler, CENTER ST... ANAHEIM Repairing of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry done promptly and warranted. Sole Agent for the Johnston Optical Co.'s Improv Spotacles and Eye-Glasses (interchangeable). Improved Eye Tester to perfectly suit the eye. THIS PAPER may be found on file at Oea P. Rowell & Co.'s Newspaper Advertising Bureau (20 Spruce St., where advertising contracts may be made for it IN NEW YORK. F. & J. BACKS. Importers, Manufacturers and Dealers in Furniture, Bedding, Paper Hangings, Picture Frames, etc. UNDERTAKERS: Agents for the Howe, Eldredge and Victor Sewin Machines. Los Angeles Street: Anaheim. PEARSON'S DINING PALACE. NICE BILL OF FARE. MEALS AT ALL HOURS. WITH EVERYTHING THAT THE MARKET affords. No. 269 North Main St., Log Angeles (Rose Block) je30-3m Masonic Notice. THE REGULAR MEETINGS OF ANAHEIM, Lodge No. 207, F. and A. M are held at Masonic Hall on the Monday evening of or preceding the full moon in each month. Solburn brethren in good standing are cordially invited to attend. Troo Reiser, W. M. J. S. GARDNER, Secretary Fresh Bread, Cakes and Pies EVERY DAY AT THE Anaheim Bakery. BEES FOR SALE. DOZEN HIVES WELL FILLED WITH HONEY. Price two dollars and a half each. Inquire at the lumber yard, or of E. S. Saxton a mile and a half north or town. E. A. PULLEN, TOWN MARSHAL. HAS ENTERED UPON HIS DUTY AND IS ready to attend to all business coming under this jurisdiction, such as collections, etc. WEEKLY EIM GA ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA: SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1883. ANAHEIM HOTEL, Center Street, Anaheim. JOHN DIETZEL, - Lessee and Manager HAVING LEASED THE ABOVE-NAMED HOTEL and being determined to remain here, I will use every endeavor to make the house a popular stopping place. I understand the hotel business thoroughly, and will spare no trouble to accommodate my patrons. I respectfully solicit the patronage of the public. A Bar in which the Choicest of Liquors are kept is attached to the House. FREE COACH from all Trains. The table will be supplied with the very best in the market, and that kitchen will be under my personal supervision. Respectfully, JOHN DIETZEL D. W. HUDSON, Real Estate Broker and General Land Agent At Anaheim, Los Angeles County, California. CITY PROPERTY RIGHT AND SOLD, ORANGE Groves, Farms and landed lands for sale. THE GEORGETOWN DIVIDE A Brief Outline of One of its Resources. Placer Herald, July 7th As we mentioned briefly in our last issue, it was our pleasure to accompany a party last week on a tour of inspection of the Georgetown Divide, the object being, as we were given to understand, to ascertain its extent, its resources, and incidentally the feasibility of connecting that region by railroad with the Central Pacific road at some point which, on further investigation, may be deemed most feasible, probably at Auburn or Rocklin. The project of a railroad over there is something for railroad men, or other men of means, and the future to determine; but as for the extent and resources of the country they are certainly remarkable, and well worthy a brief description in the columns of the Herald. Living, as we have lived, so close to that region, we had never visited it before, and notwithstanding all we had heard, its wealth of available soil, its fine water supply, and its vast forests of the finest timber, were to us a great and a pleasant surprise. What is known as the Georgetown Divide lies between the South Park and the Middle Fork of the American river, extending from a point on the west where these two branches of the American come together, a little above Folsom, eastwardly to the summit of the Sierra. The rivers on either side diverge toward their source, embracing in the country dividing them a vast area of timber land and foothill fruit land. The town of Georgetown contains a population of from 400 to 500 souls, pleasantly lo- A STRANGE RULING. According to the Sulney Herald a case has just been decided there that is considered one of much importance, and it certainly is one of interest. It is not in conformity with the practice in this country, and by way of contrast is of interest to us as illustrating one phase of the marriage relation under colonial law. Maria Noble left her husband because of his cruel treatment. He indulged in such playful exercises as breaking her ribs, felling her by blows of his hat, etc. She brought her action for maintenance, under an Act known as the Deserted Wives and Children Act. She proved that the man choked and beat her, called her vile names, ordered her from the house in the night time, knocked her down and tried to kill her. To save her life she left him, and he contributed nothing to her support, and refused to do so, though amply able. She clung to her children, and refused to surrender them to him. The magistrate declined to make an order in her behalf on the ground that where a wife leaves her husband for fear of his brutality, the Court could not compel the husband to support her. The Court said it thus ruled because a superior tribunal had so decided the law to be. But if that was the law it was, in the opinion of the Judge, a monstrous outrage, and meant just this: that all a husband has to do to rid himself of his wife is to beat her within an inch of her life and compel her in self-defense to flee. The woman thus thrust out he will not be responsible for, and she may starve or help herself. But, added the Court, should she leave him quietly and D. W. HUDSON, Real Estate Broker and General Land Agent At Anaheim, Los Angeles County, California. Abstracts of Titles Furnished, Loans Negotiated, Taxes Paid and Rents Collected for Non-Residents. Those desirable to make profitable INVESTMENTS can do better than to call on me at my office, with Robert W. Scott, Attorney at Law, Kroger's Hall, Center street. Correspondence Solicited. PASTURAGE. AN UNLIMITED QUANTITY OF HORSES taken on pasture at the alfalfa ranch of L.W. Browne in Santa Ana, Texas. 32,50 per month. For far her information apply to P.DAVIS & BROO, Anaheim. "Domestic" Sewing Machines. LADIES WISHING LIGHT RUNNING AND REALIZE Sewing Machines can now produce them the light running "DOMESTIC" stands at the road. Light inable simple. Will be greatest way of work without change. The machine can be seen by collection Bakery Building, Center Street. FRANK EY, Glassware, Candies, Tobaccos, Cigars, Notions, Etc. Adjoining Planters' Hotel, Anaheim. AT THE CHEAPEST STORE IN TOWN. WASHINGTON Meat Market! CENTRE STREET, ANAHEIM, C. F. LEONARD, Proprietor. THE PATRONAGE OF THE PEOPLE OF ANAHEIM and vicinity is respectfully solicited. F. ADAMS, MERCHANT TAILOR, No. 13 Spring St., LOS ANGELES. line water supply, and its vast forests of the finest timber, were to us a great and a pleasant surprise. What is known as the George-town Divide lies between the South Fork and the Middle Fork of the American river, extending from a point on the west where these two branches of the American come together, a little above Folsom, eastwardly to the summit of the Sierra. The rivers on either side diverge toward their source, embracing in the country dividing them a vast area of timber land and foothill fruit land. The town of George-town contains a population of from 400 to 500 souls, pleasantly located at an altitude of about 2,700 feet, and yet in a state of comparative prosperity, owing to the mining developments of the locality. It dates its origin almost as far back as the period when gold was first discovered in California, and from it the divide on which it is situated evidently derives its name. This divide is in El Dorado county, the county that attracted the earliest gold hunters; but being separated by the South Fork from the old emigrant road, and the road that teamsters traveled so generally in later years when hauling freight over the mountains to supply the early miners of the Comstock, its resources, such as were embraced in its rich placeries, gravel deposits and quartz veins, remain to-day comparatively undisturbed. Its timber has not been cut and hauled by the teamsters as back freight, as is the case to a greater or less extent on all the divides in this range of mountains along which trans-mountain roads were out! Its vast pine forests stand there to day in all their pristine grandeur, barring the slight encroachments made upon them by the abruptous snaker. And their extent is wonderful. From a point about ten miles up the ridge from Coeurgetown they extend nearly or quite to the summit, a distance of over thirty miles, and from the Middle Fork to the South Fork, an average width of about 25 miles. Those forests are estimated to cover in round numbers from 450,000 to 500,000 acres. The timber includes principally sugar pine, yellow pine, fir, spruce, cedar and oak, the latter being abundant in places and mainly valuable for fuel. The pines stand thick and are of the finest form, many of them running to a height of over 70 yards and varying in diameter from 2 to 9 feet. There are many trees that will make from five to eight thousand and foot ofumber apice, and yet, putting the average of available trees at 10,000 feet to the acre, the timber on that divide would make nearly five billion or five thousand million feet of lumber, and this exclusive of the vast amount of fire wood. But this is not all of the resources of that region. From the timber line, the country as a general thing, is gradually undulating; and the soil, like the soil on this divide at corresponding altitudes, is admirably adapted to the production of vines and all the staple fruits. At present the farmers over there, as a rule, content themselves with small orchards and vineyards for family use, and with raising hay; but these small orchards and vineyards demonstrate conclusively the wonderful adaptability of the soil and other conditions to the production of the best quality of fruit. For want of cheaper and more convenient market facilities, development in this line has been regarded, but for such opportunities for getting their fruit to market as would be afforded by a railroad, the possibilities of that divide, as a fruit producing region can now hardly be imagined. The soil, as a rule, is deep, and not so precipitous but in most places it could be easily cultivated; and, as for the matter of irrigation, it is the best watered section on the ground that where a wife leaves her husband for fear of his brutality, the Court could not compel the husband to support her. The Court said it thus ruled because a superior tribunal had so decided the law to be. But if that was the law it was, in the opinion of the Judge, a monstrous outrage, and meant just this: that all a husband has to do to rid himself of his wife is to beat her within an inch of her life and compel her in self-defense to flee. The woman thus thrust out he will not be responsible for, and she may starve or help herself. But, added the Court, should she leave him quietly and without maltreatment as a cause, then the Court would have full power to allow her a sum for her support. It appears that the upper Court had decided that a magistrate could not make the order asked for; and it may be therefore, that the ground was but a jurisdictional one; but from the statement of the lower Court, given in the report in full, the enforced ruling was considered in Sydney a monstrous travesty on justice. Whatever may have been the ground for the action of the Court above, which the Court below found it necessary to follow, and at the same time condemn we have the language of the Judge himself for the statement that had Maria Noble walked quietly away her husband could, by the lower Court, have been compelled to contribute to her support; but when the husband drove her out, the same Court had no power to right her wrangs. In any light, the case is curious one, and illustrates the uncertainties of the law, even under the English flag—Stormendo Record Union. Poisoned Arrows. Medical and Surgical Record At a recent seance of the Society d'Anthropologie an interesting communication was received from M. W. J. Hoffman regarding the methods employed by the North American Indians to poison the arrow points. The Comanches simply pierce the green shell of the "Spanish Bayou" or yuca angustifolia with the points. The Apache (Coyoteros), sic brune upthe hearts of rattlesnakes with fragments of deer's liver, allowthe mass to become putrid; then dipthe arrow-points and allow them to dry slowly. The Chinook (Naguus of Arizona) irritates a rattlesnake until he bites himself; and then dipthe point and a portion ofthe woodofthe arrow intothe bloodofthe animal.A wound with one of those arrows generally proves fatal in three or four days,and its action is much more rapid ifthe stomachofthe wounded person is empty atthe timethe injuryis received. Another poison is obtained by irritating bees,sakingthehive,andthenkillingthemwheninthisstatewithsmallbranchesunched together.The insectsare crushedupina masswith mortarand pestle,andthearrowpointsaredippedintothemagma.itisprobablethattheactivesubstanceinthiscaseconsistsintheforaneacontainedinthebodiesofthebeesThispreparationdoesnotcausesdeathbutinduceslongcontinuedsickness. Another poison:activebutnotfatalpoisonis F. ADAMS, MERCHANT TAILOR, No. 13 Spring St., LOS ANGELES. A Perfect Fit Guaranteed. KIDNEY-WORT HAS BEEN PROVED THE SUREST CURE FOR KIDNEY DISEASES. Does a lame back or disordered urine indicate that you are a victim? THEN DO NOT HESITATE; use Kidney-Wort at once, (drugs recommend it) and it will speedily overcome the disease and restore healthy action. For complaints peculiar to your sex, such as pain and weakness, Kidney-Wort is unsurpassed, as it will act promptly and safely. Either Sex. Is incontinence, retention of urine, brick dust or copy deposits, and dull dragging pains, all speedily yield to its curative power. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Price $1. PLANTERS' HOTEL ANAHEIM, Los Angeles County, Cal. HENRY S. KNAPP, Proprietor. THIS PAPER may be found on file at Gro. P. Howell & Co.'s Newspaper Bureau (10 Spruce Streets), where advertisements may be made for it in NEW YORK. At present the farmers over there, as a rule, content themselves with small orchards and vineyards for family use, and with raising hay; but these small orchards and vineyards demonstrate conclusively the wonderful adaptability of the soil and other conditions to the production of the best quality of fruit. For want of cheaper and more convenient market facilities, development in this line has been retarded, but for such opportunities for getting their fruit to market as would be afforded by a railroad, the possibilities of that divide, as a fruit-producing region can now hardly be imagined. The soil, as a rule, is deep, and not so precipitous but in most places it could be easily cultivated; and, as for the matter of irrigation, it is the best watered section of the State that we know of. The California Water and Mining Company's ditches cover it all, and they are always filled with clear water near the summit of the mountain that are never-failing. What the foothills of Placer are and are becoming, as a fruit-producing region, the lower portion of the Georgetown can be when once it shall be favored with better transportation facilities. Nature has been generous to that portion of our neighboring county. We doubt if there is another section of the State of similar extent that possesses equal resources of undeveloped wealth; and we feel confident that if the parties who are at present contemplating the project fail to put a railroad in there, it will not be long before some other parties will; for in a country like this, where there is so much money seeking profitable investment, such vast resources of undeveloped wealth, so near at hand, are not going to be allowed to remain undisturbed much longer, for the want of a comparatively small preliminary outlay.—(Adr.) The Strike Ended. Pittsburgh, August 17th.—Thomas H. Hughes, Secretary of the Brotherhood of Telegraphers, received from New York this afternoon: Send following to all assemblies: The Executive Board of the Brotherhood regret to say that the strike is a failure. All members who can may return to work immediately. Particulars follow by mail. John Campbell. Only the best operators are being re-employed by the Western Union Company. Each person, as a preliminary of employment, signs a paper agreeing to abandon the present Brotherhood of Telegraphers and not again become a member of any brotherhood while in the employ of the Western Union Company. A citizen of Rutherfordson, North Carolina, is said to have lost castle by suing, instead of shooting, the man who alienated the affections of his wife. This seems hardly fair. Had the injured husband got out his shotgun, fired it, hit the right person and killed him, a suit of clothes, a charge of ammunition and a man would have been wasted and the wife's affections would have remained alienated. A coffin would have been required, so several boards of good wood would have been diverted from better uses; a coroner and his jury, thirteen men in all, would have listened, as men generally do in such cases, and would also have drawn pay for lying; there would have been a funeral, in attending which a number of men, women and horses would have lost hours of time, and, in spite of all this, feminine affections in the neighborhood would have been no more steadfast than before. But no such disorder, wastefulness and crime are to be feared when a suit for damages is brought; better still, no one is likely to sympathize with the offender. Almost any Southerner or Northerner would rather be shot at than pay money damages for his social indiscretions, or than pay even the fees of the lawyer he is obliged to employ. He is dreadfully ashamed of being detected, talked about and laughed at, and he is in mortal dread of the imprisonment which, in case of a verdict against him, is the usual result of inability to pay damages. GAZETTE. AUGUST 25, 1883. RANGE RULING. to the Sudney Herald a case decided there that is consider- importance, and it certainly ist. It is not in conformity twice in this country, and by it is of interest to us as illus- ease of the marriage relation law. Maria Noble left her use of his cruel treatment, on such playful exercises as is, felling her by blows of his brought her action for main- man Act known as the Desert- Children Act. She proved choked and beat her, called ordered her from the house one, knocked her down and other. To save her life she left contributed nothing to her sup- posed to do so, though amply ing to her children, and re- der them to him. The magis- so make an order in her behalf, that where a wife leaves her air of his brutality, the Court del the husband to support her, it thus ruled because a su- had so decided the law to be the law it was, in the opin- gage, a monstrous outrage, and is that all a husband has to self of his wife is to beat her of her life and compel her in flee. The woman thus thrust be responsible for, and she help herself. But, added the she leave him quietly and A SMUGGLER'S DEVICE. Boston Herald. A well-known diamond smuggler whom the New York Custom-house detectives have in vain tried to seize, not long since sailed from Antwerp on the Rhynland. A Hamburg detective came over with him to watch him the whole voyage. This clever smuggle wore a thick, black beard and whiskers and it was suspected that he carried his precious freight concealed in them. One morning not long ago the authorities on this side received a dispatch from their Hamburg agent, which read: "R. has shaved his beard. Did not know it until he had sailed five days. He is on the Rhynland. Has got seventy large diamonds on his person." As soon as the Rhynland was sighted six Custom-house officers steamed down and intercepted her. They looked for the now beardless man. Just as they were about to give up the search a stranger asked: "You are Custom-house officers and you look for Rosenberg, with the diamonds?" "We are and we do." "That is Rosenberg and the diamonds are sewed in the lining of his neck tie." In another minute a pale, smooth-faced, sallow man was struggling in their hands. His scarf was taken from his neck and carefully explored with a sharp pen knife. Twenty diamonds of various sizes were found. His trunk was next rumaged, every necktie searched and seventy three diamonds of great luster discovered. The fellow wept and wrung his hands. When the Custom-house officers arrived at headquarters the chief, who held a cable-grain in his hand, eagerly inquired: "Did you get Rosenberg?" "Yes, sir." "Where A "Heeled" Parson. GALVESTON (Tex.), August 18—At the preliminary trial of Denman for killing Rev. Mr. Sewell on the 14th inst., A. Heia, the only witness for the prosecution, testified to walking with Sewell and conversing about a Spanish edition of the Testament. Denman rushed out of his drug store and fired. Sewell fell at the second shot, exclaiming: "Oh, don't shoot!" Denman fired twice again before he was disarmed. For the defense, F.C. Wilkinson's testimony showed that Sewell had caused the following anonymous letter to be written to Denman: "Look out for a preacher who has black hair, brown beard and an impediment in his speech. If he has not already seduced your wife he intends to do so, judging by what has been seen and heard by a number of your friends. If you have any trouble on the subject just conceal yourself, or come in when you are not expected. I take this method to save you the mortification of being told of this face to face. You will find me out to be a true friend." The person referred to in the letter was Rev. Mr. Blair, a Methodist minister of Luling. A witness named Addington swore that he undressed the deceased and found a self-cooking revolver attached by an elastic string to the right arm inside the coat sleeve, so it would easily, by a downward motion, be thrown into the hand. Another witness testified that Sewell, when attacked, threw his arm down and the pistol came out. Denman ejaculated: "You have tried to disgrace my wife," and fired. The defendant's bail was fixed at $5000. So pronounced is the sympathy for him that that where a wife leaves her of his brutality, the Court the husband to support her, it thus ruled because a suhad so decided the law to be the law it was, in the opina monstrous outrage, and that all a husband has to self of his wife is to beat her of her life and compel her in flee. The woman thus thrust be responsible for, and she help herself. But, added the she leave him quietly and treatment as a cause, then the have full power to allow her a support. It appears that the had decided that a magistrate the order asked for, and it ore, that the ground was but oner but from the statement Court, given in the report in ruling was considered in instious travesty on justice. have been the ground for the court above, which the Court necessary to follow, and at condemn, we have the landjudge himself for the stateMaria Noble walked quietly and could, by the lower en compelled to contribute to at when the husband drove same Court had no power to tags. In any light, the case is and illustrates the uncertainteven under the English flag. Record Union. Issued Arrows. The present season appears to be prolific with suits and moves to determine water rights. The Meeks and Daley ditch people have this week cleaned out their ditch with a view to taking all the water of Warm creek that their ditch can be made to carry. This is a move against the Riverside Canal Company. As soon as they get their work done and get all their water turned out, the Riverside Company will commence suit for the adjustment of matters. The result of the suit will of course end in giving to the Riverside people all the water they have been using and fixing the rights of the Meeks and Daley people to an amount equal to what they were using five years ago. The Jurupa settlers west of Riverside have commenced suit against P. J. Stockman and the Riverside Canal Company to adjust their water right, claiming six hundred inches of water. It is stated that their ditch was filled to overflowing last Tuesday and yet only carried about 350 inches of water. How they will manage the other 250 inches does not appear. Of course it is an easy matter to claim water in a suit to settle rights, but the suit will terminate in giving each claimant what he is entitled to, and the use of water during the first five years will be the basis of settlement. Water Claims and Suits. Riverside Press The present season appears to be prolific with suits and moves to determine water rights. The Meeks and Daley ditch people have this week cleaned out their ditch with a view to taking all the water of Warm creek that their ditch can be made to carry. This is a move against the Riverside Canal Company. As soon as they get their work done and get all their water turned out, the Riverside Company will commence suit for the adjustment of matters. The result of the suit will of course end in giving to the Riverside people all the water they have been using and fixing the rights of the Meeks and Daley people to an amount equal to what they were using five years ago. The Jurupa settlers west of Riverside have commenced suit against P. J. Stockman and the Riverside Canal Company to adjust their water right, claiming six hundred inches of water. It is stated that their ditch was filled to overflowing last Tuesday and yet only carried about 350 inches of water. How they will manage the other 250 inches does not appear. Of course it is an easy matter to claim water in a suit to settle rights, but the suit will terminate in giving each claimant what he is entitled to, and the use of water during the first five years will be the basis of settlement. Letter was Rev. Mr. Blair, a Methodist minister of Laiting. A witness named Addington swore that he undressed the deceased and fended a self-cocking revolver attached by an elastic string to the right arm inside the coat sleeve, so it would easily by a downward motion, be thrown into the hand. Another witness testified that Sewell, when attacked, threw his arm down and the pistol came out. Denman ejaculated, "You have tried to disgrace my wife," and fired. The defendant's bail was fixed at $5000. So pronounced is the sympathy for him that a bond of $100,000 could easily have been secured. Chicago, Aug. 17. A Washington correspondent telegraphs that, the visitors at the Capital yesterday morning were much startled by the loud words of a crank. He stationed himself in the Hail of Representatives and began to address an imaginary audience. He was dressed fairly well, while an old sloucher hat was pulled down over his eyes. In the midst of his discourse he read a letter from ex President Hayes, promising him an office. He grew noisy, and was finally escorted out of the building by a policeman. Investigation proved Hayes' letter to be genuine. A gentleman who knew the crank said a few years ago that he was a prosperous merchant in an interior town in Ohio. One day he received a letter from Hayes inviting him to Washington, saying he would get him disposition in the Government's service. The fortunate man sold out his business and started for the Capitol. He danced attendance on the White House for a year, and then his money gave out. He never got the office, and he lost his mind from disappointment. When last seen he was trying to enter into negotiations with some one to hire a hall. He will be sent back to Ohio. There are few years in which locusts or grasshoppers do not make their appearance in the southern part of Russia. One first observes in the horizon a black cloud, agitated by a peculiar internal movement. Then it appears directly above you; and the rain of the large sand heavy insects is so violent that the best thing you can do is to take your heels. The peasantry believe that these pests resemble God as the messengers of His wrath, and they are, therefore, too much inclined to bow down before the courage, and to let what they believe to be the justice of God pass by. In some districts they simply unite in prayer; and the images of saints are placed in the path of the looms, just as was done recently in St. Petersburg, when the holy statues were placed in front of the great conflagration. But this year the infliction is so terrible that the peasantry have taken reasonable measures to check it. Men, women and children are busy killing the pests. The insects are crushed, burned, trouble upon systematically by trained horses and great ditches are dug in which the enemy is heaped up. The Jurupa settlers west of Riverside have commenced suit against P. J. Stockman and the Riverside Canal Company to adjust their water right, claiming six hundred inches of water. It is stated that their ditch was filled to overflowing last Tuesday and yet only carried about 350 inches of water. How they will manage the other 250 inches does not appear. Of course it is an easy matter to claim water in a suit to settle rights, but the suit will terminate in giving each claimant what he is entitled to, and the use of water during the first five years will be the basis of settlement. John G. North has filed a notice at the head of the Riverside canals claiming 5,000 inches of underflow of the Santa Ana river. This is a move looking to the construction of a submerged dam or the adoption of some other means for securing the water that now flows beneath the surface of this river. Several heavy suits have also been commenced to determine rights in Lytle creek, and thus the work goes on. These rights ought to be definitely determined and it is right and proper to bring all parties into court for that purpose. Outside of friendly compromises the courts are the only resorts for the settlement of these questions and the sooner they are settled the better for all parties concerned. Artesian Wells in Algeria. In the south of the province of Constantine, Algeria, the boring of artesian wells, begun in 1856, was continued with renewed activity, after the interruption occasioned by the Franco-Prussian war, under the direction of M. Jus. At the end of 1879 the long line of wells following the Wady Rir, between Biskra and Tugurt, including 434 sunk by the Arabs, and yielding 64,000 liters a minute, and 68 bored by the French, yielding 113,000 liters. In the same decade, the number of palm trees in the oases had increased from 359,000 to 517,000; of fruit trees, from 40,000 to 90,000; of inhabitants, from 6,672 to 12,827. During the first half of 1880 twelve new wells were bored, yielding 22,000 liters, and, at the end of 1881, the total supply of water from these underground sources was 209,000 liters a minute. Rev. Geogr. A Secret Worth Knowing. Simultaneously with the building of Spring all nature awakens from an apathetic state. Especially is this the case among those interested in outdoor sports, the oarman, cricketer, base ball player, reinsman, all prepare for the season's work. The inactivity of the Winter recession has its effects upon the body, and when exercise is first ingested in a weakening sensation ensues followed by Sick Headache, Bohousness and general lethargy. A few doses of Skayne's Pills will specially remove all such complaints and restore the system to a healthy and elastic condition. The rapidity of corn growing in Kansas is illustrated by the following example: A gentleman sitting under a tree in his yard looked toward his cornfield and noticed a stump that rose about a foot above the corn. In an hour or so he looked that way again, and the stump was no longer visible, the corn having grown up and covered it. Mean people take advantage of their neighbor's difficulties to annoy them." Mean diseases, such as piles, rheumatism, constipation, dyspepsia, malaria, lame backs, etc., take advantage of people's exposures and attack them. It is then that Kulney-Wort appears on the field and by its timely agency puts to rout this flock of evil ailments. It is a friend in used and therefore a friend indeed. If it is true that diseases may be conveyed by books, thousands of families will remain healthy. Strength for Mind and Body. There is more strength restoring power in a bottle of Parker's Ginger Tonic than in a bushel of malt or a gallon of milk. This explains why invalids find it such a wonderful invigorant for mind and body.