anaheim-gazette 1884-08-30

WEEKLY GAZETTE. SATURDAY... AUG. 30, 1884 SUBSCRIPTION, per year, $2. One hundred dollars per ton is the price named for the Swiss grape, Cantal or Grosse Blane, of which a small quantity is grown in Napa county. The State Board of Equalization has determined to cite the officers of eighteen counties before them to show why the assessment should not be increased. San Francisco, Alameda, Sacramento, San Joaquin and Los Angeles counties are among those included in the list. Really, the climatic freaks of Massachusetts equal those of Riverside. A storm last week in the land of Butler and Beans did sixy thousand dollars worth of damage to the New London Northern Railroad, and damaged crops and highways to the amount of many thousands of dollars. It is really too bad that by a blunder of the Legislature Thursday last was not legally constituted a holiday. It would seem quite sufficient for the late extraordinary Legislature to have confined its heteromorphous actions entirely to the affairs of this world without disappointing the soul of poor Father Junipero Serra, who has been dead one hundred years. The people have of late been in a state of happy forgetfulness that there was such a thing in this State as a Board of Railroad Commissioners. Mr. Foote, one of the three, has stirred up the unsavory nuisance again by preparing a new tariff rate for freight on the California system of railroads. Mr. Foote is the only reasonably decent Commissioner on the Board, but we can hardly forgive him for this last infliction. He knows better than anybody else that no tariff schedule which he may prepare will be adopted, therefore we plaintively ask why he can't keep quiet, draw his $4000 a year, and give a long suffering people a rest? No Danger Ottawa, KANS., Aug16th,'84. Editor Gazette—Sir: I have read with much interest your articles in "California as it is," and am much pleased with the descriptions given of the State etc. At the same time there are some questions that occur to my mind in considering the matter of moving there, that I venture to put to you, trusting that my inquiries will not be considered a trespass upon the time of a stranger. And first: In talking with some who pretend to know something of the State, it has been urged that the rush for fruit lands will result in an overstocked market when the fruits grown will not only be a drug but very much of it unsalable on that account, and it has been said that even now oranges rot in the orchards, there being no paying market for them. I know that if one will listen to all reports they hear they will, to say the least get "badly mixed," but this question of overproduction is the most serious one with me. When once disposed of, my only objection really, is dispelled. Were one to advance such an idea in regard to my own State, I could dispose of it at once, but I am not in position to judge in regard to California. The foregoing is a sample of the many inquiries made with the so oft-repeated question relative to overproduction. Many Eastern people have a half-formed idea that the whole Pacific coast is adapted to successful orange culture. The fact is not well known that California presents a climate of great diversity. Really, there are but few localities where orange-growing can be made a specialty with success. Portions of Los Angeles, San Bernardino and San Diego counties are peculiarly favorable to the production of oranges which will compare favorably with those grown in any other part of the world. This area, however, is limited while the market is comparatively unlimited. The Eastern demand for California fruits is of but recent origin and has increased much more rapidly than the supply, with the fact that but very little of the best quality of California fruit reaches an Eastern market. The question of overproduction is one that does not trouble the producer and is one that does not enter into the calculations of the prospective grower. The demand is far greater than the supply and the demand is yet in its infancy. If our friend of Ottawa, Kansas, can find no greater obstacle to his happiness than the overproduction of oranges he will be happy indeed. News of The Chinese republic at Foochow on Monday. Prots greatly dam England and New York. Owing to the cholera nent, Ireland is overrid. P. T. Barnum, the ill in New York. The death of the Berlin is announced for Charles Bradlaugh in October and November. Forest fires are caused Michigan. A storm on the Necked great damage to part life. The cholera panic is revived, and the return. It is thought troubled England and Germany in West Africa. Female students are pete for positions as hospitals. One hundred and fifty estimated as the sum 1000 beer-shops in Paris. New port has gone wye year, without any pigeon foxes in Rhode Island. "Village improvement Central New York is new skating rink." It related that they have adopted "sanitaria," false moustaches, i bolic acid, as a cholera. Russia is to establish on her western frontier from France and Italy country. St. John and Daniels didates for President have been formally nominated at Cuba, N.Y. The "mistral," who seilles is said to have it is a dry northeast wind usually much dislike seillaise. The fire insurance company have offered a reward for the most practical deed andinders from locomotive smoke-stacks. A ship that will scuffle stead of plowing thru been devised by a Leeds who enthusiastically coeat the Atlantic in three oceans. Mrs. Linaley is unHaven, Michigan, chas ANOTHER Arctic expedition has been decided upon. It will start next year under the command of Engineer Melville, the same who acquired reputation as a member of the Jeanette's crew, and notoriety in connection with his subsequent domestic troubles. The cost of the expedition is to be defrayed by the New York Yacht Club. This North Pole exploration business is getting to be an Arctic nuisance, and the time has come to stop glorifying those cranks who seek to achieve notoriety in that particular way. To some people, Engineer Melville may seem a hero; to us, he appears to be simply an ass. Mrs. Blaine has a sister in San Francisco. Concerning the recent scandalous report to the effect that Blaine was compelled to marry his present wife at the point of a shotgun held by an angry father, this sister says the circumstance was simply impossible as her father died in January, 1854, and never knew or saw Blaine, and it was not till six years after his death that her sister, Miss Stanwood, now Mrs. Blaine, saw Mr. Blaine for the first time. This explanation an esteemed Democratic contemporary in Los Angeles calls "a half denial." Of course, it is not conclusive. When an individual or a party wants to believe a thing—when it wants to believe that a man could be present in the flesh although he had been dead more than six years—it will require a more convincing denial than that made by the sister of Mrs. Blaine. Discussing the Democratic free-trade craze, the San Francisco Bulletin pertinently says: Luxuries of all kinds with us are heavily taxed. We derive revenue from tobacco. But the great bulk of the taxation falls on cigars. In England nummanufactured tobacco of the ordinary kind pays 3½d per lb., with us, only 35c. In England, as above stated, cigars pay only 5¾d lb. In the United States cigars, cigarettes and chroots of all kinds, pay $2 30 d/lb., and 25¢ cent ad valorem. The Englishman gets his champagne almost tiger. Here we put on $7 for each dozen of quarts. Workingmen do not use Roederer, Pomerney See, Muinn, or the Venue Cloquet as a common beverage. But there is another effect, namely: the tariff has stimulated the production of native champagne. If we rate the best brands of the imported article at $33, nearly as good California champagne can be purchased for less than half the price. All the benefits derived from the production are enjoyed at home. A favorite argument of the Democritus Commissioners. Mr. Foote, one of the three, has stirred up the unsavory nuisance again by preparing a new tariff rate for freight on the California system of railroads. Mr. Foote is the only reasonably decent Commissioner on the Board, but we can hardly forgive him for this last infliction. He knows better than anybody else that no tariff schedule which he may prepare will be adopted, therefore we plaintively ask why he can't keep quiet, draw his $4000 a year, and give a long suffering people a rest? LETTER from Hendricks. DEBUQUE, August 27.—The Herald will publish to morrow the following letter from Governor Hendricks, received by a citizen of this city, in relation to an inquiry concerning rumors affecting a change in the National Democratic ticket, consequent upon the reports against Cleveland: INDIANAPOLIS, August 21, '84.—I have yours of the 19th instant. I cannot consider with favor your suggestion of a change in the National ticket. The action of the convention cannot be reconsidered. It must stand, and I think it ought to stand. I do not agree with you in respect to the probable result. I think the probabilities are favorable to the success of our ticket. The Cleveland scandal will not have any weight with the people, and ought not to have any weight. It is unworthy the National contest. Three times Governor Cleveland has stood the test of a popular canvass—once for the office of Mayor of his own city—and each time he received the indorsement of his neighbors by a vote largely above his party strength. Whatever there may have been of the scandal existing before that, it is not just either to him or the people now to revive it. The public welfare requires that he be judged by his public record, by his capability and fitness for the discharge of the responsible and important duties, and not by an old and exploded private slander. Very respectfully yours, etc., T. A. HENDRICKS. Father Pepper's Eloquent Appeal That was an eloquent appeal with which Father Pepper closed his address to the Irish-American meeting at Chickering Hall, in New York, recently: "I go for light; I hate darkness! I go for freedom; I hate slavery! I go for citizenship; I hate serfdom! I go for charity and magnanimity; I hate malice and vindictiveness! I go for a great splendid, glorious nationality; I hate sectionalism! Therefore I go with all the warmth of an Irish-American heart for James Gillespie Blaine. Oh, for the electric fire of Grattan's eloquence to thrill every Irish and American heart with the grandeur and importance of this campaign, the most important since the election of Lincoln. Stand by the Republican party, for in the dark hours when the destinies of this mighty nation trembled in the balance, it furnished 2,000,000 to save the Union. Stand by it, for it has furnished you a shelter from the rods and bayonets of your European oppressors. Stand by it, for its triumph is the triumph of patriotism, the triumph of citizenship, the triumph of honor, and the triumph of that Jacksonian Democracy and Abraham Lincoln Republicism which the stars and stripes so proudly symbolize!" The problem of the manufacture of sugar from beets is of interest to the people of this State. It is hardly the correct thing to call it a problem, because the manufacture has been reduced to a profitable certainty. Sugar from beets has been made in California for the past four years. Like all the other local industries there have been many prejudices and other obstacles to overcome, but the business has at last got on a basis where there is some profit to the manufacturers. There have been two or three Sugaries of this kind started in the State. The leading and most successful one is at Alvarado. During the third season of that factory, the product was 1,391,688 lb. refined sugar and 81,775 gallons molasses, the gross value of which was $158,617. The manufacturing expenses were $109,358, while the incidental expenses were $4,324, leaving a profit of $44,926 for the year. This Sugarie will start up on the 1st of September. It is said to have secured 20,000 tons of beets, or 25 per cent. more than in any former year, and is expected to produce about 2,000,000 lb. refined sugar. It is hoped that this industry may be pushed still more to the front. The bulk of the sugar used in France and Germany is made from beets. California is probably ahead of any other State in this industry. Coral Fishing Coral fishing is largely followed in Algeria, 40,000 to 45,000 pounds of coral, valued at about £38,000, being the yearly production; La Calle is the center of the industry, and there are employed annually 160 boats and 1,300 men. The coral is obtained by means of a wooden apparatus in the shape of a cross, having in its center a leaden slug or stone for ballast. Nets, the meshes of which are loose, are hung on the bars of the cross and dragged at the bottom of the sea, and among the nooks and crevices of the rocks. These nets, winding about the coraline plant, break up or tear off its branches, which adhere to the meshes. The apparatus is drawn up by the fisherman whenever he thinks it sufficiently laden. There is also a net which is provided with large iron nails, having thus great force to break the coral, but this apparatus is forbidden to be used. A DISPATCH FROM Fort Plain (N.Y.) dated August 25th says: Kate Smotzy is in about the same condition as during the past few days; apparently not much weaker. She is conscious and converses with her family. She takes no nourishment and desires none. She swallows no drink of any kind. This is the one hundred and sixty-seventh day of her fast. It will be observed that Miss Kate's tongue still wags. Whenever it is recorded that a woman has kept quiet for 167 days, the fact will attract more attention than the above recital. THOMAS A. HENDRICKS thinks it difficult to withdraw the head of the ticket while the tail is unwilling. The tail seems to be wagging the dog. A Victoria, B.C., spans can arrived at Koobenay while trying to cross the with a companion, his exposure and want of says he cut off a portion dead man and wandered and tramped along its subsisting on the flesh when on the afternoon came upon a camp where after recuperating Koobenay. The Governor has issues as follows: G. and Siskiyou counties, Elliott, Sierra, 320 acres Los Angeles, 162.34 acres Angeles, 160 acres; W. Angeles, 160 acres; John cino, 160 acres; James 320 acres; Maurice Ge acres; John Hancock, acres; Patrick Gallagher acres. One day last week, Obispo Mirror, a son of siding on Lopus creek, about 11 years, was bitten rattlesnake. Some time child informed his mother had begun to take effect once applied her mouth sucked it vigorously. She then dosed the little until he became intoxicated the poison the child's life was saved. Some months ago W. railroad man, while on to a girl named Etta W. regular resident of a d Oakland. When the y perceived the degrada and immediately sought girl did not make any of divorce was granted adultery. Monday the male companion applied concea. The document wily and the couple were after young Akins obtain was married to a young Wheeler girl. News of the Week The Chinese repulsed the French ironclads at Foochow on Monday. Prosts greatly damaged the crops in New England and New York Sunday night. Owing to the cholera scare on the Continent, Ireland is overrun with tourists. P. T. Barnum, the showman, is seriously ill in New York. The death of the British Ambassador to Berlin is announced from London. Charles Bradlaugh will lecture in America in October and November. Forest fires are causing great damage in Michigan. A storm on the Newfoundland coast caused great damage to property and some loss of life. The cholera panic in Toulon, France, has revived, and the return of fugitives is checked. It is thought trouble is brewing between England and Germany, in regard to matters in West Africa. Female students are to be allowed to compete for positions as surgeons in the Paris hospitals. One hundred and fifty thousand dollars is estimated as the sum spent daily in the 25,000 beer-shops in Paris. Newport has gone without fox hunts this year, without any perceptible increase of foxes in Rhode Island. "Village improvement" in Western and Central New York is interpreted to mean a new skating rink. It is related that the ladies of Marseilles have adopted "sanitary moustaches," that is, false moustaches, impregnated with carbolic acid, as a cholera preventative. Russia is to establish a sanitary cordon on her western frontier, to prevent people from France and Italy from entering the country. St. John and Daniels, the Prohibition candidates for President and Vice-President, have been formally notified of their nomination at Cuba, N. Y. The "mistral," whose blowing at Marseilles is said to have checked the cholera, is a dry northeast wind, like our northers, usually much disliked by the Marseiliaise. The fire insurance companies of Sweden have offered a reward of 2,000 crowns for the most practical device to arrest sparks and cinders from locomotive and steamboat smoke-stacks. A ship that will seud on the surface of, instead of plowing through, the ocean has been devised by a Leeds, England, inventor, who enthusiastically claims that it will cross the Atlantic in three days. Mrs. Linaley is under arrest at South Haven, Michigan, charged with the death of a little girl two years old by brutal treat. WITHOUT A PARALLEL A Girl who has Lived 163 Days Without Food and Eight Weeks Without Drink Fort PLAIN, N. Y., Aug. 21.—Miss Kate Smulsy, who has gone without food for 163 days, was very low to-night, but is still conscious and talks. Miss Smulsy was a dressmaker, and when able to work had plenty to do. She is 20 years of age, and was naturally bright and intelligent. Two years ago last July she was taken ill, and was compelled to remain in bed. She improved somewhat, and was able to be about, but in October was compelled again to take her bed, and has never since been able to leave it. The first approach of the disease was trembling and shaking of the right hand, followed by involuntary motion of the right leg and foot. At length her head had a sidewise movement to the right. The doctors diagnosed the case as St. Vitus's dance. The usual remedies were applied, but with no benefit to the patient. She grew worse, and the motions, at first confined to the limbs on one side, seized her whole body. The motion was first perpendicular, and like that of a person sawing wood, only not so violent. In time, to this motion was added one partly rolling, and the two were combined. Lately the motion has been rolling only. She rolls constantly, moving her entire body from side to side with the regularity of a pendulum at the rate of fifty per minute. This motion is perpetual for twenty-two or twenty-three hours of the twenty-four, and is wholly involuntary. For an hour or more—never over two—in the night she sleeps from sheer exhaustion, but is awakened by the slightest noise. The moment she wakes the ceaseless rolling begins, to stop only when worn out, she again sinks to rest. Some thought the constant moving was voluntary. One physician sat by her side for three hours, during which time there was not the slightest diminution of the rolling. Another physician said he could stop it if he wished, and, seizing her by the shoulders, held her tightly a few minutes, but the instant he released his hold her body resumed its motion. She feels the result of this treatment yet, and says there is not a spot on her person that is not sore. The weight of a pin is actually painful and cannot be endured. Her arms are larger and harder than one would expect for a young woman of her size in perfect health. To the touch they indicate strong muscles. In fact all the muscles of her body are well developed. This is accounted for by the constant motion of her body, which gives them exercise. Another remarkable thing is she has not on her person any bed sores. In most cases where persons are confined to their bed for a long period sores show themselves and become very troublesome. In her case, though she has not let her bed since a year ago last October there is none. A California Vintage Song Ho! ye dwell by the western sea, Arise and an anthem sing! With songs of gladness and jubiles Let valley and hillside ring. Our glorious State, Oh! she lies to-day With her face turned toward the West, Dipping her feet in the ocean's spray, Her pillow a mountain crest. And for her girdle and round her brow, With a lavish wealth entwine Fruits the fairest that earth can show, The fruits of the royal vine. Clusters of amber, like dancing light, Clusters like roseate morn; And clusters penciled liked purple night She pours from her golden horn. O regal banquet! O matchless board! Was ever a feast so fair? And prince, and beggar, and babo, and lord May taste of the fruitage rare. But list, O brothers, your voices hush To a note of deepest woe. This peerless fruit we will rend and crush, And its crimson blood shall flow. For rose leaves scattered yield rare perfume, And the crushed heart sweetest aids; The path to joy is for aye through gloom, And good beneath evil lies. And brave men whisper with bated breath When a war-cloud, dark, they see— "Oh! blood is healing, and life means death, A vintage of men must be." Then ho! away! this fruit of the vine In the ruthless press we'll tread; Its life-blood ripened to mellow wine, Shall vigor and healing spread. And hearts shall quicken, and pulse and brain With the draught that makes men kin, Till hand joins hand in a circling chain That shall clasp the great world in. Then ho! ye sons of this glowing clime That rests by the sunset sea, Rejoice, rejoice,'tis the vintage time, And the long year's jubilee. —E. M. Ingraham in S. F. Bulletin. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. For Sale. A WINE PUMP AND FIFTY FEET OF WINE hose, with connections; also four pipes. For sale cheap. Apply at this office. TAKEN UP. A STRAY DONKEY HAS BEEN TAKEN UP AT my place and will be returned to the owner on payment of expenses. J DES GRANGES For Sheriff. seilles is said to have checked the cholera, is a dry northeast wind, like our northerns, usually much disliked by the Marseillaise. The fire insurance companies of Sweden have offered a reward of 2,000 crowns for the most practical device to arrest sparks and cinders from locomotive and steamboat smoke-stacks. A ship that will send on the surface of, instead of plowing through, the ocean has been devised by a Leeds, England, inventor, who enthusiastically claims that it will cross the Atlantic in three days. Mrs. Linaley is under arrest at South Haven, Michigan, charged with the death of a little girl, two years old by brutal treatment. The child did not readily respond to something the woman wished it to say, whereupon she jammed it in a tub of water and otherwise ill-treated it, causing its death. Two London bakers have lately been condemned to pay fines for violating an old statute of George IV against baking or selling any bread or cake on the "Lord's day" within ten miles of the Royal Exchange, except between the hours of 9 A.M. and 1 P.M. Franz Waltzman starved to death on Monday at Dayton, Ohio. He had seen better circumstances and was too proud to beg. He leaves a wife and several children. His wife tells a horrible story of his death. She says that while he lay dying, his children surrounded his conch and sobbed piteously for bread. His wife asked that she might ask the neighbors for a loaf of bread Saturday, but was refused, and on Sunday morning, when she finally sent for a physician the dying father was so far gone that he could not swallow, and when the doctor arrived he found that the man's sufferings had been so terrible as to produce something akin to lockjaw. The case is the saddest that has ever occurred in or near the city. The children are between one and thirteen years of age. Not even the next door neighbors knew that the family were suffering for the want of bread. Pacific Coast News A San Francisco paper says: A busy scene was to be witnessed at the Oceanic wharf yesterday, the occasion being the charging of about 95,000 sealskins. These skins were thrown from the vessel to the dock, immediately picked up and packed into casks, and coopers were on hand to head up the casks preparatory to shipment to England. The skins, dirty, ugly and ill-smelling, bear little resemblance to those that went before and have returned in the shape of beautiful glossy furs. C. R. Clark, employed in the cabinet department of the Central Pacific Railroad shops at Sacramento, shot and killed M. Wainwright, Sunday afternoon, because the latter married Clark's sister-in-law, of whom it is believed Clark thought more than he did of his wife. Wainwright had only been married the previous evening. The bullet went through his head, and death was instantaneous. The deceased was a blacksmith. Both men have always borne good reputations. Clark is in jail. A Victoria, B.C., special says an American arrived at Koobenay who states that while trying to cross the Rocky Mountains with a companion, his companion died from exposure and want of food. The survivor says he cut off a portion of the flesh of the dead man and wandered back to a stream and tramped along its course for ten days, subsisting on the flesh of his dead mate, when on the afternoon of the tenth day, ment yet, and says there is not a spot on her person that is not sore. The weight of a pin is actually painful and cannot be endured. Her arms are larger and harder than one would expect for a young woman of her size in perfect health. To the touch they indicate strong muscles. In fact all the muscles of her body are well developed. This is accounted for by the constant motion of her body, which gives them exercise. Another remarkable thing is she has not on her person any bed sores. In most cases where persons are confined to their bed for a long period sores show themselves and become very troublesome. In her case, though she has not let her bed since a year ago last October, there is none. Since Jan. I she has not been able to raise her head from the pillow. About three months ago she began to have trouble with her eyes, and a strong light was painful to her. She now lies in a dark room and wears blue glasses. The color of the glasses contrasts strongly with the pale, white face and snowy bedding. During the early part of her sickness she relished delicacies, and the neighbors sent in such little dishes as they thought would please her. Her appetite was not ravenous, still she ate as much as an invalid ordinarily would. At length solid food distressed her, and since March 11 she has not eaten a morsel. For some time she was able to drink either milk or water, and drank two or three glasses each day. After a time she could not drink milk, and water only was taken, and that in small quantities. At length she could not drink even water. One day she drank a glass of water and was seized with convulsions, and for two days was in terrible distress. Her body bloated until it measured nearly twice the natural size about the waist. For eight weeks she has not swallowed a drop of water or other nourishment. Attempts have been made to give her a teaspoonful of water, but it invariably brought on convulsions and great distress. Every exertion seems to blow her. Long conversations cause her to turn purple and bloat. She has no desire to eat, and her thirst is satisfied by holding water in her mouth and ejecting it. This she does several times a day. Her stomach feels full, as though she had recently eaten a hearty meal. Her sickness is accompanied by no delusion whatever, and her mind is clear and rational. She would be glad to eat if she could, and at the request of her physician, has made attempts to eat or drink, but with the result described. All efforts to feed her in other ways than by mouth have proved futile. There is no denial of the fact that for 163 days at noon to-day she has not tasted food, and that for eight weeks she has not swallowed. Her case stands without parallel. Dr. Zoller, attending physician, says she looks as though she had normal dropsy. Dr. Ayers thinks it a peculiar form of St. Vitus's dance. As bearing upon this subject following from the New York Commercial Bulletin of the 26th inst., is appropos: The trade in California fruits in this market is steadily growing, although just at this moment buyers are purchasing rather sparingly, notwithstanding the fact that present prices are considered low. Alexander Duncan of W.T. Coleman & Co., said: "There is a very conservative feeling in the California canned-fruit trade. Although the stock in this city is low, buyers are only in the market for immediate use. Where, heretofore, a single buyer purchased a carload, two take one together." The price of staple goods is now from 15 to 25 per cent, lower than last year. For extra goods there is a strong demand at full A Victoria, B.C., special says an American arrived at Koobenay who states that while trying to cross the Rocky Mountains with a companion, his companion died from exposure and want of food. The survivor says he cut off a portion of the flesh of the dead man and wandered back to a stream and tramped along its course for ten days, subsisting on the flesh of his dead mate, when on the afternoon of the tenth day he came upon a camp of railway engineers, where after recuperating he was sent on to Koobenay. The Governor has issued school land patents as follows: G. K. Godfrey, Modoc and Siskiyou counties, 320 acres; William Elliott, Sierra, 320 acres; John G. Michner, Los Angeles, 162.34 acres; J. E. Bacon, Los Angeles, 160 acres; William Hughes, Los Angeles, 160 acres; John Edwards, Mendocino, 160 acres; James Maloney, Plumas, 320 acres; Maurice German, Plumas, 320 acres; John Hancock, San Bernardino, 160 acres; Patrick Gallagher, San Diego, 166.23 acres. One day last week, says the San Luis Obispo Mirror, a son of L. F. Caldwell, residing on Lopus creek, in this county, aged about 11 years, was bitten on the ankle by a rattlesnake. Some time elapsed before the child informed his mother, and the poison had begun to take effect. Mrs. Caldwell at once applied her mouth to the wound and sucked it vigorously for several minutes. She then dosed the little fellow with whisky until he became intoxicated. The liquor counteracted the poison of the snake, and the child's life was saved. Some months ago W. H. Akins, a young railroad man, while on a spree, was married to a girl named Etta Wheeler, who was a regular resident of a disreputable house in Oakland. When the young man sobered, he perceived the degradation of his position and immediately sought a divorce. The girl did not make any defense and a decree of divorce was granted on the ground of adultery. Monday the girl and a young male companion applied for a marriage license. The document was issued accordingly and the couple were married. Very soon after young Akins obtained his divorce he was married to a young lady to whom he was engaged before his alliance with the Wheeler girl. The most remarkable shooting score ever heard of was made Sunday afternoon at San Francisco by Lieut. Klein in a contest for places in the team of ten California marksmen who will compete in an inter State match with a like number from Nevada. Lieut. Klein at the 500-yard range scored 50 out of a possible 50. The trade in California fruits in this market is steadily growing, although just at this moment buyers are purchasing rather sparingly, notwithstanding the fact that present prices are considered low. Alexander Duncan of W. T. Coleman & Co., said: "There is a very conservative feeling in the California canned-fruit trade. Although the stock in this city is low, buyers are only in the market for immediate use. Where, heretofore, a single buyer purchased a carload, two take one together. The price of staple goods is now from 15 to 25 per cent lower than last year. For extra fancy goods there is a strong demand at full prices. I would say the amount of canned fruit shipped from California to New York this year is likely to somewhat exceed last year, while the prices will probably range lower than at that time, though there is rather a better chance for an advance than a decline in prices from those now current." Dudley, Clapp & Doe, speaking of actual California fruit, said: "Last year there were between 10,000 and 12,000 packages of fruit brought from California to New York. It looks as if about that amount or a trifle more would arrive this season. The trade is mainly in pears and plums, although the amount of peaches from California seems to be on the increase. It is very difficult to quote prices, as they range all the way from 25 cents to $5 per package, according to the size and the condition of the fruit. There has been a very good demand this year for early fruits, and the last shipment of any moment of Bartlett pears and plums of this description arrived to-day. There is always a good demand for first-class California fruit. The demand increases year by year, although, owing to the greater amount brought here, prices are steadily declining. The one great drawback the trade experiences is the high rates of freight which, as a rule, are about equal to the first cost of the fruit. If these charges should be reduced, railway companies would, in our judgment, make more money out of California fruit by the increased business that would be offered to them. Upon the whole, however, we think the condition of the trade very satisfactory." BARGAINS at Reduced Prices for Cash AT RIMPAU'S. In order to make room for our fall and winter importation we have again reduced our prices in our various departments. Ladies and Childrens' Shoes, Ladies and Childrens' Hosiery, Gents' Boys' and Youths' Clothing, Ladies' and Gents' Furnishing Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Etc. We only ask our friends, customers, and the public generally to come and examine our goods and convince themselves that they will get genuine bargains. Respectfully, RIMPAU BROS. Dry Goods Palace, Center St. Anaheim goods and convince themselves that they will get genuine bargains. Respectfully, RIMPAU BROS. Dry Goods Palace, Center St. Anaheim. JACKSON'S CALIFORNIA WINDMILL Pumping Outfits A SPECIALTY. 10 foot.....975 12 ".....845 14 ".....8100 MADE BY JACKSON & TRUMAN San Francisco. PUMPS, PIPE AND PIPE FIXTURES At LOS ANGELES RATES. For neatness of design, for strength, durability, great lifting power, a perfect self-regulating Windmill safe in the fierest storm, an adjustable stroke (4 different lengths), and by far the cheapest first-class mil sold on this Coast. JACKSON'S CALIFORNIA WINDMILL is far ahead of all competitors. I am now furnishing these Mills with Tanks, Pumps, Pipe, Faucets, etc., and setting them up in complete running order at LOWER PRICES THAN EVER GIVEN IN THIS COUNTY. Do not purchase a pumping outfit without first examining my work and price. S. B. SMITH, Anaheim, Cal. Harper and Reynolds Company, Capital Stock, $250,000. Jobbers and Importers of Hardware, Stoves, Tin Plates, Metals, Plumber's Supplies and Tinner's Stock Sole Agents in Southern California for Golden Star Oil and Gasoline Stoves Perry & Co.'s and Charter Oak STOVES and RANGES. Sacramento Vitrified Stone, Sewer and Terra Cotta Chimney Pipe, Columbus Steel Sink, Rider & Ericsson's Hot Air Pumping Engine. Specialties in Builder's Hardware. 48 and 50 Main Street, 61 and 63 Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, California. OSTRICH FARM. NEAR Anaheim, August 6th, 1884. Notice is hereby given that the Ostrich Farm is POSITIVELY CLOSED To visitors from this date except on Anaheim Union Water Company Location of principal place of business, Anaheim, Los Angeles County, California. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AT A meeting of the Directors, held on the 16th day of August, 1884, an assessment (No. 2) of two dollars ($2.06) per share was levied upon the capital OSTRICH FARM. NEAR Anaheim, August 6th, 1884. Notice is hereby given that the Ostrich Farm is POSITIVELY CLOSED To visitors from this date except on Sundays and Wednesdays. This being their breeding season no exception will be made in any case. Visitors can see the birds with the young ones on the above days on payment of 50 cents each person. By order. C J. SKETCHLEY, Superintendent California Ostrich Farming Company ST. VINCENTS' COLLECE, LOS ANGELES, CAL. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE LAZARIST Fathers, is situated in one of the most beautiful parts of Los Angeles city. The buildings are large and commodious. The course of studies is commercial and classical. The discipline is strict yet gentle, with the refinements of an elegant home. Studies will be resumed on August 4th. TEK BOARD and tuition, per year, $280. For particulars apply to REV. A. J. MEYER, C.M., President. Anaheim Landing. RANCHO LOS ALAMitos, June 20, 1884. TO WHOM IT CONCERNES: THIS CERTIFIES THAT CAPT. CHARLES WILSON, acting as our agent, has full and complete authority to protect all the buildings owned by us at Anaheim Landing, and to lease and receive rent for the same for the term of six months from date of this instrument. His authority also extends to and covers the camping ground at and about said landing, including feed and well. All acts, leases, contracts, payments, etc., pertaining to said premises, must ever be submitted and referred to us for approval or disapproval in case of misunderstanding between parties concerned. J. W. BIXBY & CO. Referring to the above, I hereby announce that I am prepared to rent rooms and ground to all parties desiring them, and I will take great pleasure in giving to visitors every accommodation and courtesy within my power. CAPT. CHARLES WILSON Anaheim Union Water Company Location of principal place of business, Anaheim, Los Angeles County, California. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AT A meeting of the Directors, held on the 16th day of August, 1884, an assessment (No. 3) of two dollars ($2.00) per share was levied upon the capital stock of the corporation payable on or before September 16th, 1884, to the Secretary of the corporation at his office in the Town of Anaheim, California. Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on the 16th day of September, 1884, will be delinquent, and advertised for sale at public auction, and unless payment is made before, will be sold on the 6th day of October 1884, to pay the delinquent assessment, together with costs of advertising and expenses of sale. RICHARD MELROSE, Secretary. Office at the Postoffice at the Town of Anaheim, County of Los Angeles, State of California. SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED BY THE BOARD OF Town Trustees for the erection of a tank frame and the construction of a tank of a capacity of 20,000 gallons. The plans and specifications can be seen at the store of the undersigned on Center street. Anaheim. The bids will be opened at 2 o'clock p.m. on Wednesday, September 5, 1884. The successful bidder will be required to give bonds for the faithful performance of his contract. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids. By order of the Board of Town Trustees E. P. NEWDOLD, Town Clark. Anaheim, August 14, 1884. For Sale. Fine Spanish Merino Rams. Apply to N. H. MITCHELL, at the Fashion Livery Stable, Anaheim. DOUGLAS WALKER. PASTURE. BEST OF PASTURE FOR STOCK AT THE COR-Ta Ranscha. Apply on the premises to A. V. Howard or to SAXTON & COX, Near the depot.