SACRAMENTO DAILY RECORD-UNION.
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THE DAILY RECORD-UNION.
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Sacramento j PublisMng | Company.
WM. If. MILLS, General Manager.
Publication Office, Third st bet. J and It.
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, THE WEEKLY CHIOS
t '.'" [Published in semi-weakly parts!
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each net, and la the cheapest and most desirable
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Inserted for 25 cents for one time ; three timei for SO
oents or 75 cents per week. - -
PARTNER WANTED— AN ACTIVE BUSINESS
I man for a well-established wholesale house, as
.partner; capital required, $5,000 to $6,000. Ad-
<rress, with references, "D. E.," this office. ul3-tf
WAITED— WITH A LITTLE READY
i cash, to nprescnt us in every tmvn, .city
and miniiis camp, to introduce our new, staple
articles, traveling AOXSTB Wasted. Send stamp
for circulars. STANDARD MANUFACTURING
COMPANY, San Francisco, Cal. . 529-lp6ni
SI.OOO REWARD.
THE UNDERSIGNED WILL GIVE" (SI,MM)
One Thousand Dollars Reward for the arrest
and conviction *.f the person or persons who at-
temptW the assassination of James Skinner at his
residence at Green Valley, El Djrada county, Cal.,
on the night of December 11, 1879.
JAMES SKINNER.
Green Valley, December 17, 1879. dlB-lm
TO LET 0B FOB SALE. ~~
Advertisements of five lines in this department are
Inserted for 20 cents for one time; throe times for 90
cents or 75 cents per week. ...
URNISHED HOUSE TO LET, KO. 213 -«jSl'
sV Ninth, between L and M street* ; during S''LT
the Legislature, with gas and water, j.il-lw* IHHlll
rpO MEMBERS OF LEGISLATURE— ELE-
I gantly Furnished Rooms, in suites or single,
northeast corner Third and X street*. Entrance on
Third. fd3o-lw«] : MRS. M. A. HALIi
TT\O THOSE IN SEARCH OF PLEASANT
j| sunny rooms — You can find them at 721 M
street, between Seventh and Eighth, two blocks
from the Capitol. d3O-Iw'
"VP CE SUNNY FURNISHED ROOMS TO LET
Jl\ (in private famdy) at 14 Sixth street, between
I and J (old number). d3O-lw
A FEW MCE FURNISHED ROOMS TO LET,
four blocks from State Capitol, on line of
■ street cars. Apply at No. 712 Tenth street, between
and H, went side. .?... d3O-lw'
F~ URNISHEH ROOMS TO LET.-A SUITE OF
3 Furnished Rooms, at No. 1017 J- street," be-
. tween Tenth and Eleventh (nortH»side.) c 30-lw"
TT\O LET— VERY DESIRABLE KOOMS, 1 SINGLE
1 or in suites, with or without board, at the
HOWARD HOUSE, If street, between Front and
Second. ■■...-. ■ d 22 8t
OR SALE— THE ENGINE, BOILER AND
FOR SALE— THE used in th« California Car-
other Machinery used in \\v California Cnr-
riage Factory. Good- as new. Will be sold at leas
than 50 per (-"till". of first cost. Apply to ■
dIS tf THOMAS J CLUNIE, Sacramento.
FINISHED ROOMS TO LET, IN SUITS OR
single, with or without Board, at No. 922 M
street, lietwecn Ninth and Tenth (near Sta'e
Capitol). dll-tf
FURNISHED ROOMS TO LET— PLEASANT,
quiet, home-like rooms, neatly furnished. To
rent by the da}', week or month, at prices that
■ cannot fall to give Satisfaction. Northwest corner
Third and J. Entrances on 3 street, and on Third,
. betwwn J and I street*. MRS. TEN EYCK. dlO-tf
E» I|V OR SELL ton YOU ON COM-
D%r I i mission in Sacramento, what
you caunot buy or sell yourself at your home
market, or such which you do not wish to pet or dia-
imse »{ in penoa, either here or where you live.
No matter how large or small, or what nature your
commission may be, if the thing can be bftzht- or
sold or the bus ness be done at all, I will manage the
' order to your satisfaction at very reasonable pay.
' Farming Land, Farming Machinery, Me-
. chanics' Tools and Hardware a Specialty.
Address CARL STROBEi; So. 420 L street, Sac-
ramento. cl3l-lw42tsw*
| DENTISTRY. ":
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TpvENTI-T (I,.\JE WITH 11. 11. IMKK-MSk
I / »'->"), successor to T. 11. Reid, 2.V 3175Hfr9
Jslreet, betwtenTnird and Fourth. Artificial Teeth
inserted on all ba^es. Impr red Lii|uid Nitrous
Oxide Gas, for the PaiMlesi Extraction of Teeth.
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J ':& DENTAL DEPOTS
|f«g> MASONIC TEMPLE, CUR- SIXTH >■
&6I&! aud X Btreit*. CHB
If. O. THRAILKILL, I). D. 8., Editor and Publisher
of the Dentil Jainu, a Monthly Journal of Dental
Science. ' ■ dIS-lptf
B. It. IWfl.v. i.k.
■w-VKXTIST, SOUTHWEST CORKER Or'gj»
I $ Seventh ami J streets, in Bryte"s newCSffTn
- building, up stairs. Teeth extracted without pain
by use of Improved Liquid Nitrous Oxide Gas
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~ 11. 11. I'lMiMl*.
"f-VENTIST 41S J STREET, 81-7rWEEN«|^«
II Fourth aud Fifth, S.icnmento. Arti-^rHED
SaaVTeetb inserted on Gold, Vulcanite and all bases.
Kitroiu Oxide or Laughing Gas administered for the
painless extraction of Teeth. • dl4-lm
i ~~- F. F. TEIiBETS.
DENTIST. 155 J STREET, BETWEEN' mt^
I Fifth and Sixth, Sacramento. Artil-qHS
al Teeth inserted on Gold and al bases. Nitrous
■tide o> Laughing; Gas administered for the pain
ess extraction of teeth. . . . ; dl3-lm ■
WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY
".' • WILLIAM B. MILIXIt"
(Late with Floberg), ■■ \
NO. 190 J STREET, NEAR SEVENTH, i «
Watchmaker and Jeweler. lm]>orter iP\
id dealer in Watches, Silverware, Jewelry,
Etc Repiinnsr a specially, under Robert'saalasal
Harsh. All country orders promptly attended to.
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.'-.'■■ JOHN CO>KA»,
DEALER IN WATCHES, l CLOCKS, :*»
JEWELRY, Etc., 113 J street (op- JP\
PMte Kirk & Co.'s). All Watches andJDi
• Cocks sold in my establishment warranted, •^■aaw
■ RjpsirincClocXs arid Watches my specialty. d3-lptf
" ~~~ J. B. XLI \E
' (Late with Wachhorst, and successor to Floberg),
WATCH MAKERANDJKWELER.NO. -m ,
3 \\ | 60 J street, between Second and *WV
- Third. Dealer in Watches, Clocks, Silver- Jt *
ware Jew»-lrv. Etc. Rearing in all iutKUMD
5 brancljes a spedaltj, under Mr. FLOBERG.
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1 : ::J. : MAS, ■ JK., ' '.' .
" VrrATCHMAKER AND JEWELER, NO. «
'" \\ 136 J street, between Fifth and £•*>
>■■ Sixth Just received, a very fine lot of Jj.?.j[,
, (Fatciies and Jewelry, which will be sold at^sals^
. . Te rr low price. • Watches and Jewelry carefully
wpairfj. * ■ 09-lmlp ■
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pXAJffOS !
■•. 3-W •» Street .; ..' ..i . . .SaersanemM.
V ' ' j New"Warerooms. Ne. 31 Post street,
y Hechanlcs' Institute building.. :/..;.. SasFkahcibcc.
VC L. K. HAMMER,
SOLE AGENT FOR the PACIFIC COAST. ;
Pianos boU on InsUUmentß.iU desired, and KM
i _«<t Old mstromente taken in exchange for new
CWers for inning carefull,- attended to. dSO-lplm ;
Orders foriunmg _ _ .',,:..•
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SACRAMENTO, SATURDAY MQl^js^p.-^XUARY 3, 1880.
:1 J PEOPLE'S STORE. 1 ! ; :
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PEOPLE'S
STORE !
'NO FRIENDSHIP IN TRADE"
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" No truer axiom has ever been . repeated, and
comes home with more telling truth than the words
quoted as above. The masses. who have Cash In
hand will go where they can buj»the cheapest. I
•
When people,fpinched with hard times, and whose
Cash is light, see these matchless prices that appeal
at once to their own j interests, they seek to know
WHY and HOW we have gained such mastery over
all our competitors." We are ready and willing to
tell the secret, for it is bo hidden truth : ' ; : '
We Sell ; Only for Cash!
We have no thousands ;of dollars idling and
rotting m a musty ledger, locked at night in brass-
bound safes. No accounts ready to give to the
Constable, for fear of their being outlawed. ' No
Collectors running after you, day and night, pur-
suing you,'. as a' housebreaker or a villain ; but for :
every article we sell we obtain CASH DOWN—
ready at 'a moment's notice to lake advantage of
any bargain that requires the SOLID CASH.
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Purchased (OK CASH at a Closing Bale,
A choice lot of Imported European
CLOAKS AND DOLMANS!'
COMPR SINU :
so
Beaver Cloaks at $5 Each.
DESCRIPTION-Pockets and Cuffs trimmed with
Satin and Whalebone Fringe ; Arabian braid, with
Jet Ornaments.
61
Beaver Cloaks at $6 Each.
DESCRIPTION— MaItese Binding and Jet Orna-
ments up the back ; Gothic Scalloped Cuffs, and
Pockets edged with Satin.
Black' Beaver • Cloaks at 86 50,
DESCRIPTION'— binding up the back ;
j finished with Whalebone Ornaments; Pockets and
Cuffs trimmed in Silk, Velvet and Bullion Frirgc,
edged with Satin. * " ■ '
12
Better Quality Beaver at $7. 50.
- (Trimmed same as above.) : :
42
Castor Beaver Cloaks at $9*50;
DESCRIPTION— trimmed with Pekin
Striped Satin, and Heavy Whalebone Fringe, with
: Ornaments.
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Beaver Cloaks at $10 Each
DESCRlPTlON— Magnificently trimmed, in 2 inch
folds of Satin down the back, finished with orna-
. ments ; Cuffs and Pockets trimmed with bands of
J Velvet and Satin, and Superb Whalebone Fringe.
IST The above description Is siren for
thooe llvlwfc at a ill«lanrr, 10 that ' In
ordering a fair Idea or our Good* Is ob-
tained . . .., • ■ v . ;-■ , ;": "
One Dandred .other ; styles always on
hand, and every Cloak a bargain and an
advertisement for our house. - " ~& ■■ ',' '.
WE HAVE ALSO A CHOICE LOT OF >
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I DRESS GOODS ! I
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1 Case, 1} yards wide, rßonreltes (all colors), at 25
. cents a yard;, good value at 75 cents
20 Pieces Fancy Novelties, at 12} cents
10 Pieces Mixed Novelties, at. ;..... :....19i cents
40 Pieces Silk Striped Plaids, at.:.. .......25 cents
10 Pices 40-in. Colored Cashmeres, at.. ...48 cents
?t3T Samples .' sent on application. ' Address:
". SAMPLE *EPARTMEXT," . .^ " £
PEOPLE'S STORE,
:": No. 600 J STREET, -C>i
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! Sontheast" Corner Sixth ."Sacrament a
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THURSDAY'S DISPATCHES
[SPECIAL TO THE RECORD-UNION.]
THE PEOSPEEITY OF COLORADO.
Most Satisfactory Year In the History of
the State.
PASSESGEK* IO)1I\I. WEST BY RAIL.
Sheriff and Constable Mortally Wounded
by a Desperado.
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MEWS ITEMS.
Daily Increase of the Famine in Northern
Persia.
Elc Etc Etc.
domestic: newb.
' Prosperity of Colorado. '
Denver (CoL), January Denver pa
pers this morning publish reviews of business,
mining, etc., in the State for the year 1879—
the most prosperous year of Colorado's his
tory. ' •
The business summary of Denver for the
year shows an increase in trade and mannfact
urts oP fully one-third over the preceding
year. - Transactions in real estate have been
something wonderful, the consideration being
$2,777,000.- Over 400 brick and stone build
ings, estimated in value at §2,200,000, have
been erected, extending ' the proportions of
the city in all -directions. Many very fine
business blocks have been put "up, and one
hotel at a cost of half a million dollars, be
sides others, costing less, but still creditable
buildings. - ':
Cattle shipments from the Stale number
107,824, the income to the State being $2,
--500,000. The wool product was 7,000,000
pounds ; wheat, 2,250,000 bushels, and oats
and corn in proportion ; garden productions
were large, and some fruit was raised during
the year. ■ . -, . ...
■ The Western Union Telegraph Company
extended their lines 825 miles. : Railroad
building was considerably retarded bylaw
suits. The Denver and South Park extended
70 miles timard]j^>dvi]]e and the Gunnison
country, and tW'AtchisoD, Topeka and
Santa Fe built "through the Grand Canyon
of Arkansas, thougjr*not permitted to operate
on account of litieatiou during the year.
Jay Gould came into actual possession of the
Kansas Pacific, Denver Pacific and Colorado
Central roads, and obtained a large interest
in the Denver and South Park and the Den
ver and Rio Grande. It is predicted that
900 miles of road will be built in 1880.
■■' The product of the mines in, given by coun
tie*, as follows : Lake, -311,477,040 ; Gilpin
82,008,055; Clear Creek, $1,912,410; Boul
der, $800,000 ; Ouster, $720,000 ; Park, $434,
--74 9; Gunnison, $300,000 ; Summit, §295,717 ;
Chatfee, $71,240; San* Juan, §483,500.
Total, $19,110,802. In 1878 it was $9,820,
--743, showing an increase in one year of
$9,290,118. Lake connty shows the enor
mous increase of 88,759,605. Clear Creek
and Park counties are the only ones which
do not show an increase.* • .
While speaking of the Leadville yield it
may be stated that the total of ores treated
by smelters for the year 1879 was 110,483
tons, realizing 810,504,100, or a value in pure
silver and metallic lead of -898 per ton. This
certainly is the largest average value of sil
ver ores in bulk, and the greatest production
ever known in any camp of its age in the
world's history of silver mining. It should
be observed that the gold product of the
Harrison smelter, amounting. to $12,940, has
not been included in the above table, but
which being added, gives us as a total pro
duct from 110,483 tons of ore a commercial
value of §10,517,040. The numerous produc
ing mines have much ore on hand, and all the
millipg establishments carry stocks which, by
the most painstaking and conservative esti
mates, are reckoned at 12,000 tons, 'of an
average value of $90 per ton. .
Edison's Exhibition— llls E'cctrie JLlgbt
; . Perfrctoa at Vast.
; Menlo Park (N. J.), December 31st.—Ed
ison's laboratory was to-night thrown open to
the general public for their examination of
his electric light. Special trains from the
east and west were run, and, notwithstand
ing the stormy weather, . visitors came in
crowds. The laboratory was lighted up with
twenty-five electric light*, the office and
counting-room with ten, and the jet and
adjoining houses with some twenty more.
The method . of operating the lights from a
centra^ station was shown in the laboratory
in detail, and the lamps ware subjected to a
variety of tests. One of the lamps was placed
by Edison a large glass jar filled wjth wa
ter and the j current turned on. . The little
piper filament emitted it* customary beau
tiful illumination without the slightest dim
inution on account of the water.' It was
kept ; : , (*-■ Vj :/: ■ :,., ■
BUItMSG IX THE WATER
For several hours. Another light wa* turned
off and on as many times as it was calculated
it would be in actual household practice in
thirty years, and without any perceptible
injury to the light. The process of sub
division was illustrated by the inventor in
detail, as was also the method of measuring
the amount of electricity consumed. The
latter is an exceedingly simple system, and
consists in the electricity d«i)ositing minute
particles of copper upon plates placed in an
electric meter, the quality of copper deposited
when weighed, the amount of
electricity conmmsd. A motor, operated in
connection with the electric light, and by the
same current/ was aUo shown, runuing a
sewing-machine and pumping water. The
inventor regards this part of hU system as
furnishing an assurance of
THE GREATEST ECONOMY,
As electricity will be largely consumed in
the daytime, whereas gas in only used during
five or six hours at nijjht, and all machinery
used in its production is idle and eating up
in expense during the balance of the twenty
four hours. A mong khe visitors were a num
ber of promirent gas stockholders, who sub
jected the systtm lo the severest scrutiny ;
and as the bright and beautiful light, buiri
ing«vithout flame or flicker, stood all their
tests, their skepticism was considerably
Rhaken. Ex-Secretary Kobeson, Hon. Wm.
E. Chandler and Senator Plumb of Kansas,
were among the notables present. The in
ventor and hia assistants afforded all who
came every opportunity to inspect the sys
tem, from the making of the paper filament
to the production of the light. The exhibi
tion was in <;very respect a success. The
laboratory will remain open to the public a
few days longer. Then Edison proposes to
review his work and get nil in readiness for
general use throughout the country.
EDISON SATISFIED.
New York, December 31st — "I do not
think the electric light can be shown in New
York for gome time to co ne," remarked Edi
son to a reporter yesterday. "So long as
the Electric Light Company is satisfied that
the light is a succeis, I care little for ad
verse criticism."
•irnnrt Krri-jillon :il MnTnnnnh.
Savannah. January Ist— General Grant
and party arrived here at l^Li\ m , and were
received by th« Mayor and Tjoard of Alder
men and the Collector. The colored military,
who had been parading in honor of Emanci
pation Day, assembled at the depot with a
band, and when the train rolled in gave loud
cheers. General Grant was taken iv charge
by the Mayoi, the remainder of the party
being accompanied to the hotel by commit
tees t>f Aldermen. The colored military
desiring to escort General Grant, the bat
talion was tormed, and a carriage containing
the General and the Mayor was escorted
from the depot, followed by a large crowd.
At the hotel a considerable number of
whites gathered, but there was no demon
stration. As the General left the carriage
and ascended the hotel stops three cheers
were given by the colored military.
The »..i '. lUiir i'onsrr** at Pltt»l>urg.
_ .PITTSBCEjs-(Pa.), January Ist.— Social
istic Congress held its last day's session here
to-day. D^egate T. C. Brappy, of Boston,
in the chair. An animated debate took place
on the report of the Committee on Platform,
which was adopted after several amendments
had been made. The preamble and platform
do not differ much from that adopted at New
ark, New Jersey, in 1877. V? The question | of
nomiaatisga candidate tor President came
up at the evening session, and I was opposed
by P. 'J. McGuire 'of St. Lonis>, Winter of
New" York, and others,* and* was advocated
by A. E. Parsons ;of ■■ Chicago ? and T. C.
Brappy of Boston. .;; After four hours' heated
die'ctusiori,' Parsons and Brappy carried their
point. Caleb Pink ' of King* county. New
York ;> A. E. Bishop of Chicago and Oaborn
Ward, were selected, and will . be referred to
the party ; the two name* receiving the high
est number of votes to be the candidate* far
President n.ii'l Vice-President. McGuire of
St. Louis, Van Pettonof Cincinnati, Wagner
<>f Br.H.klyn, ami Winter of St. Louis have
l>er.-istently advocated coalition, and chargts
have been made during the session that an
attempt was being made to sell out. The
Congress, at 11:30 r. M., adjourned sine die.
till in l>tnl Murdrr by a Jilted Woman.
Washington, January Ist. — This after
noon, as John H. Morgan, son of Senator
Morgan, of Alabama, was walking along G
street with a friend, they were met by Lucy
W. B. Horton. who suddenly drew a revolver,
and sLot Morgan through the shoulder. ' Be
fore she could fire a second time, Morgan
turned and seized the weapon. The wound
is not dangerous. Miss Horton began suit
against Morgan last July for breach of prom
ise of marriage. Since then she has lost her
position in the Treasury Department, and
has been generally unfortunate, and she
claims she has been persecuted. She main
tains that her assault on Morgan was nopre
meditated and their meeting unexpected, al
though she expresses regret that she did .not
kill him. «
A Mi.-ri fr am I Constable Mortally W'oanded.
Cincinnati, January Ist.— A Van Wert
(Ohio) special to the Cvmmtrcial gives the
particulars of an attempt by Sheriff Stith
and others to arrest two men in a house of
ill-fame last night, supposed to be the mur
derers of Bernard Pickers, who was shot
near Delphob a few nights ago. One of the
men, named Groseman, fired on the Sheriff,
blew out the lights, and continued firinp until
the Sheriff and Constable Redmasg were both
mortally wounded. The men escaped, but
were pursued and one captured, with §900
in tiis possession. He refused to give his
name.
All Qnlct at the Capital of Maine.
Augosta, January Ist. — The armed guard
at the State House is there only in the night
time, and then do not keep any one away
who has business at the Capitol. The au
thorities explain thu'; Buch a force is deemed
prudent, on account of threats made in pub
lic meetings and otherwise to force the regu
larly constituted authority. It is very quiet
here now, nothing of public interest having
occurred. The Fusionists and Republicans
will be here in large numbers by Saturday.
It is expected that the decision of the Court
at Hun;. or on the questions at issue will be
rendered by
Weittward- bound Passengers.
■Omaha, January Ist. — The following
through passengers were on to-day's train,
leaving at 12:15 P. 11., to arrive in Sacramento
January oth : Miss M. A. Hall, Boston ; J.
L. Jackson, Wilmington, Del.; Judge R. F.
Morrison and wife. Constant Meese, G.
Wormser, J. Mesier, San Francisco ; George
E. Raum, New York ; C. W. Reec 1 , Sacra
mento ; Thomas W . Kennessy, Kansas City ;
Elmer H. Franklin, St. Louis ; Maurice
Kendall, Cincinnati.
i r •-. v .... Fires.,-, .t , ,, •
Red Cask (N. J.), January Ist.— To-night
a file broke out in a clothing store on Broad
street, about three doors abov* the Western
Union Telegraph office, to -which it extended.
The clothing house, , Western Union office
and three other buildings are burned down,
and the fire is now beyond control of such
apparatus as the town affords. | Feats are en
tertained that the whole block will be de
stroyed. At present the large brick stove
store of John Sutton is burning, and unless
it can be saved, all efforts to protect the rest
of the block will prove fruitless. ■
Cincinnati, January \ Ist — The Gazette
special from Fort Wayne, Ind., says : A fire
to day damaged Wilson & Mahler's hardware
store $4,000 and the stock $7,000. The build
ing was insured for $3,000 and the stock for
37,000. .
Inauguration of Governor < ornvll. or
.. Sew York.
Aluant, January Ist.— The inauguration
of Governor Cornell took place at noon to
day in the Assembly Chamber of the new
Capitol. It was a very plain and simple
ceremony, lasting only a few minutes, but
was witnessed by a vast concourse of citizens,
many of whom were from distant parts of
the State. j£/Jj
I 'ln-rc Born Drowned while Skating.
Alliance (0.), January Ist. —A party of
eight boys skating fell through the ice, and
three were drowned — Harry Coites, Charles
Dorman and Charles Kankin.
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KOKrHY MV.>.
AfxiiiiiiNtuii Ail vires.
• London, January — The Viceroy of
India telegraphs as follows : General Roberts
reports, December 30th, that the force under
comtnand of General Baker, which left Cabul
on the 27th, is returning from Kohistan, hav
ing destroyed the fort of the rebel chief Mir
bacha, which was found abandoned. Several
Kohistan and Logar chiefs have tendered
their submission, y .
The enemy's losses in killed and wounded
during the last fortnight are estimated at
3,000. On the 30th of December General
Bright made a descent upon some of the vil
lages whose inhabitants had been prominent
in harassing British outposts, and took them
by surprise. • . % ■
Search for Victims of the Tay Bridge Id- ■
aster Suspended. ; .
.. London, January — Diving in the Tay
at the scene of the recent bridge disaster has
been suspended, owing to the boisterous
weather. The railway authorities- say there
is little doubt that the bodies have been
washed seaward, and a boat expedition is be
ing organized to search for them.
Appeal for Aid for Fnmishlns Persia.
London, January Ist. — The Turkish Mis
sions Aid Society lias written to the TiiAes
regarding the famine in northern Persia,
stating that they have received a telegram
from Oonniah to the effect that the famine
in all that region is increasing daily, and that
unless strenuous efforts are made to fend help
from England and America a great number
of the population must perish. There is only
two months' supply of food to sustain the
people for the next seven months.
»;«roi-l for c\-£i:ipn\ss Engrnie on Her
1 Kil to /.uliilnixl. '
London, January Ist. — Brigadier-General
Sir Eveleyn Wood, one of the commanders in
the Zulu war, by the Queen's desire, wjll ac
company ex-Empress Eugenic to Zul»i&nd in
February.
DO ANIMALS RESIST TEMPTATION?
Temptation frequently begets in the dog,
cat, and other animals the same kind of men
tal or moral agitation, and the same sort of
result, as in man. Sometimes we can see— in
the dog, for instance — the whole play of the
animal's mmd — the battle between its virtu
ous and vicious propensities, its pro;nptings
to the right and its endeavors to stick by the
right, its longing for the wrong — for the tit
bit, which it knows it would be improper to
steal — and the final triutnuh either of virtue
or temptation. The poor animal, knowing or
feeling the weakness of the flesh, sometimes
has the moral strength, the force of character,
the good sense, to avoid temptation alto
gether. But dog*, like men, are apt to have
the most trying temptations thrust unex
pectedly upon them, and then comes the tug
of war of the appetites and passions— the
moral turmnil that may make shipwreck of
or that may strengthen virtue. Sometimes,
then, by the dog, as by the mar, temptation
is successfully resisted after perhaps a series
of protracted and painful moral struggles
that have been very apparent to the onlooker.
Unfortunately, howeveai equally in dog and
man, the resistance of temptation is less com
mon by far than non-resistance or non-success
in resistance, the result of which is various
forms or degrees of wrong-doing.
Cleve has announced to the French
Academy the discovery of two new ele
ments, which he has named respectively
thulium and holmium. He was led to in
vestigate the earth erbia in which Marig.
nac had discovered ytterbium, and Wilson
scandium, in order to distinguish the sub
stance in this earth which gives the red
color and the beantiful absorption spectrum
to its Baits. As the salts of ytterbium and
scandium are^colorless, the question was of
interest to ascertain whether the substance
p'jsßeseing these peculiarities was erbium
itself or some new elementary substance,
After a large number of experiments he
announces, chiefly on the strength of spec
trum observations, the existence of two
new elements, as above noted. The name
thnliuui 13 from Thule, the ancient name of
Scandinavia, and that of holmium from
the Latin name of Stockholm. Since the
announcement of Cleve's discovery, two
other »b?ervers, Soret and Boisbmdran,
cootirm the accuracy of hi 3 spectrum ob
servations. Tiiedet»i!s of these researches
arc net suited, for abstraction, and for fur
ther information we therefore refer to the
Comptct Rendux of the Academy, or, for a
fuller abstract than we have given, to
Sillimaii'B Journal for November.
The best part of beauty is that which a
picture cannot-express.— {Bacon.
LAST NICHT'S DISPATCHES
■ [SPECIAL TO THE RECORD-UNION.]
DOMESTIC NEWS.
A Srenc at the While Huutr.
N^w York, January 2d.— A Washington
special says : Yesterday, when the President's
reception rooms became well peopled, De
Ahna, who failed to get confirmed as Cus
toms Collector of Alaska, left his friends at
the portico and placed himself in line leading
to the Blue Room, where the President was
receiving. The group then moved iuto the
vestibule to watch him, for he had
said on leaving them that he in
tended to tell the President to his
face what he had brought him to, and
thus try to shame him before the crowd. As
the line advanced toward the Blue Room De
Anna's face grew sullen, but his friends mis-'
interpreted the expression, never dreaming
that he would dare to proclaim his grievances
at such a time and in such a place.
Finally De Ahna reached the President,
who extended his hand to him. De Ahna
ignored the proffered hand, and, stepping
back, threw open his heavy overcoat, and
bracing his arms against his hips, craned his
neck forward and looking straight into the
President's eyes, began in a tone of voice
characteristic of Voorhies when spreading
himself before the Senate is) " For eighteen
months you have denied be justice." The
President turned his head aside and De
Ahna's eyes began to glisten. People in
trout of him passed out into the East Rsom
and those behind gathered around him. He
made a forward movement, as if to switch
the President around, but the latter saw it
and turned slowly back of his own ac
cord, evidently much annoyed ' Oh, you
needn't turn away," De Ahna went on in a
loud voice : " I h^ve come here this New-
Y«ar day to tell you what you have brought
me to by denying me justice, for eighteen
months, "and I shall «ay what I have to say."
De Ahoa was now talking loud enough to be
heard through all the rooms. " What I have
to say. is," he continued, bis body swaying, as
though at the slightest provocation he would be
ready to start a first-class riot, "that if your
wife anil children had toßuffer for months what
my American wife and five little ones have had
to suffer for nearly two yeais ; if yours weie
subjected to such outrageous treatment and
privations that mine have had to put up with,
and simply because justice was denied to you
as it has been to me, you would not only be
in utter despair, as I am, but you would
never have another happy day." Loud
vcices had been coming from the vestibule
during the last of thisoutbarst, and as it ended
four pairs of hands dropped on De Ahna's
shoulders. "Come, we've had enoughof this;
go out peaceably or we'll put you out," said
a brass-buttoned police sergeant to De Ahna.
" You needn't trouble yourselves about me,"
was the response, as De Anna shook himself
free. •' I have said all I want to, and dow I
am going; but that mau," pointing at the
President, as the brown hands again fell on
his shoulders, and a fifth policeman from be
hiad began pushing him towards the East
Room, "is a despot who doesn't know — " The
rest of the sentence was lost in the din, as
five blue-coats pushed the Ex-Collector's un
willing body into the East Room. Hayes
turned smilingly, with extended hand, to the
next guest in line.
Tli<- Maine Mnddlr--AutniHla Mill quirt.
Augusta, January 2d.— General Joshua
L. Chamberlain, chosen last winter as Major-
General of the militia, has qualified. All
quiet today.
OKFICKBB QUALIFYING.
Portland, January 2d.— lt is understood
that Nathan Cleaves, past Judge of Probate
and a Democratic candidate, was counted
in and qualified this morning, to save compli
cation, and immediately resigned. Other
Democratic candidates qualified. The Regis
ter of Probate, Caleb Chaplain Harris, holds
on. N. B. Skellin, County Commissioner,
did likewise, but it is thought that A. F.
Moulton, County Attorney, will resign.
THE SCPREME COr/RT.
Bangor, January 2d.— Chief Justice Ap
pleton, Judge Peters and Judge Libbey were
in the city Thursday, when the questions
forwarded by Governor Garcelon arrived.
Judge Burrows and Judge Walton came last
night, and Judge Danforth and Judge
Synions this morning — so that the full Court
is now in session.
tnrtitinapoli* R<-piit>!i<-nn<t' Prrsidrntinl
Preferences,
Chicago, January 2d.— Indianapolis
Journal recently instructed its correspond
ents to make a thorough, impartial canvass
of the State, The instructions were to ignore
their own personal preferences and get the
most accurate idea possible of the real feel
ing of those who were interviewed, and
who were to .be taken without regard
to their known preference?. The result was
115 interviews favorable to Blame, 324 for
Sherman, Si for Grant. 330 for Hayes, 38 for
Washburne, 23 for Garfield, 8 for Bristow,
Fremont and Fduiunds 4 each, for Colfax 2,
and the rest scattering. In view of the piv
otal position of Indiana these expressions of
preference are considered unusually interest
ing and valuable.
• . Pariu'll's Arrival. '
New York, January 2d.— Melville •E.
Stone, John E. Finnerty and J. J. Fitzgib
bon, of Chicago, united with the local com
mittee this morning, and, boarding the Uni
ted States revenue cutter, steamed to the
steamer -Scythia and gave a welcome to
Charles Stewart Parnell. . The New York
committee also presented an address of wel
coma. ■ .. " • • . / . • , ■ * •■ ■
* Another New York Knuk fife* j
New York, January 2d.— Quite a crowd
gathered to-day, in front of the Grocers'
Bank, Barclay street and College place. On
the door, which was guarded by a policeman,
was a notice to the effect that because of em
barrassment, the business of the bank was
.temporarily suspended. The Grocers' Bank
is the twenty-third that has suspended dur
ing cUnt years. " Stephen V. White, banker,
has been appointed receiver, on application
of the stockholders. - , ..
('air « urn Inuril.
Washington, January 2.l— Lucy Whar
ton, who . shot John H. Morgan, son of
Senator Morgan, was arraigned in the Police
Court this morning. Morgan not being able
to appear on account of his injuries, the case
was continued, and Miss Wharton was re
leased on bond of $1,000 for her appearance.
Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood became her surety.
■• ll.in- Bit li mi n."
Philadelphia, January 2d.— Charles G.
Leland, just arrived in Philadelphia, will
make a six months' visit in America, going to
California in the spring and returning to
London in the summer.
FOBCISN NEWS.
IV I <-«i|is at Panama.
Colon, January 2d. — De Lesseps, the pro
moter of the Nicaragua Canal scheme, arrived
at Panama on the 30th ult., where he was
received with great warmth. The party of
M. De Lessepa, and that of Colonel Totten,
met on the steamboat wharf. The French
men saluted the American as the pioneer of
the canal. At noon the train, with its cars
decorated, started for Panama with M. De
Lesseps and the delegations. Half way from
Panama the delegation delivered the visitors
to the committee from thence.
The Porte'x nirgal Arts.
London, January 21 — A correspondent at
Constantinople Kays : The British Embawa
dtir had long interviews with the Sultan on
Wednesday last. It is understood that Ah
med Tofek, the' Mohammedan priest, will be
liberated. Kocbler, the German missionary,
will have his papers returned, A written
but not a formal ap dogv will be made for the
Porte's illegal acts. Minister L»yard will
waive his demand for the dismissal of the
Minister of Police on receiving assurance
that he was not responsible for th* arrests.
FsimJar In Knsxla.
St. Petersburg. January 21— The
country between the Voljja and the Don is
famine-stricken, and many persons have al
ready perisheii. The Prefeot of Toaritzin
has arrived in St. Petersburg to. urge contri
butions ffr the relief of the people of that
place. Famine and typus fever have ap
peared.
AChlrx in Afiihsmt-t.in.
Losnoy, January 21. — (General Kohorts re
ports, under date «f December 31:4, that the
country is quirt. Hia crunninnications have
been restored. Numbers of [jeopie are re
turning to Cabul, and supplies are coming in.
■ IW 111! II— M
The Supreme I Court of the District of
Columbia has ordered on argument on the
lottery case before a full bench at the next
general term. 1 .-^""-;-"'" ■■---■• ■ "
. Specie in the Bank of | France ' decreased
21,235,000 trance the pant week. ..:.;•-,,>;
' The debt statement issued yesterday shows
the decrease of the public debt for December
to be i 84,351,217, "; Cash in Trewwy, $207,-.
983,903. - : a >mmmmmk
DAILY HEfOBDi MO\ SEKIEg.
tUMTIE 10- M >;|i£K 11.-,.
SPAIN'S GREATEST MATADOR.
Leaving a Desktui of Love letters, Locks
of Hair and Faded Bouquets.
(From the Courier dcs Etats L'nis. ]
We know what a number of celebrated
people have died this year —statesmen, men
of rank and celebrities in literature and
art. But there is one more name to be
added to the necro'ogy of 1879. This
name is neither that of a politician, nor of
a painter, nor of a poet, and nevertheless
the defunct in question enjoyed more pop
ularity in Ms. own country than all the
scholars, artists and deputies put together.
We refer to the matador, Frascuelo, whom
all Spain has applauded for ten years.whom
the prettiest women of all the Spanish
provinces have, in tarn, called Frascuelito,
and who has now died of .1 horn thrust
naturally received in the exercise of his
profession. Frascuelo, among Spaniards,
was a hero, and as Theodore de I'.aiiville
said the other day of Victor Hugo, he had
already become immortal. He will for ever
remain the prima spada of legends. Ihir
ing his lifetime he was the curiosity, above
all others, that his countrymen showed to
strangers, and he was proud of hia dis
tinction. He was born at Ar.dah aia, and
at the age of 10 years went to work in the
slaughter-houses of Seville, where all the
matadors begin their careeV, theseslanghter
houses being for them a sort of academy.
At 18 he was engaged in the famous com
pany of El Tato, who also died of a horn
thrust. At first he was a simple chalo —
that is to say, he was charged with the
duty of exciting the bull by shaking a
red handkerchief before his eyes. Then
he was promoted to the position of ban
derillero. The mission of the banderillero
is to plant little javelins in the shoulders of
the animal. At this dangerous game Fras
cuelo was wonderfully expert. When the
bull rushed at him with lowered head, he
steppei lightly between the animal's horns,
and bounded clean over him, planting hia
banderillos while in the air. Or he would
simply await the attack, leaning on a long
pole. When the animal rushed at him he
would lean over him, using the pole for
support. The bull might break the pole,
but Frascuelo would be sure to land on
hia feet some five paces from his former
position, and then solemnly salute the
spectators. It wa» by an unanimous vote
tiuit he was raised to the dignity of a
prima spada.
One day at St. Sebastian his chief, I. -
gartijo, was wounded and wa» unable to
continue the tight. The crowd called for
Frascuelo to tak& his place. Frascuelo
picked up the sword, ran at the bull, and
classically planted the weapon in the back
of the animal's neck. After that day lie
killed over 300 bulls in the same manner,
and was often wounded. The crowd wor
shiped him, not only for his skill and cour
age, but also for the singular richness of
his costumes. He thought nothing of
spending $4,000 for an equipment, and,
like a pretty woman'who chances her
dress for every ball, he never wore the
same costume twice. Frascuelo leaves a
considerable fortune, and his heirs, more
over, will find in his desk an immense col
lection of love-letters, locks of hair, faded
bouquets —in line, a collection the like of
which is not possessed by any living man,
not excepting even the most applauded of
tenors.
BOSTON PHRENOLOGISTS IN 1840.
Chance had given some distinction to
Boston as the focus of a doctrine which,
though probably to be classed as pseudo
scientific, has had a permanent effect on
theological belief through its bearing on
the question pf moral accountability — we
mean phrenology. Those admitted to the
intimacy of a late popular physician in
Boston remember an ear of Spurzheim's
neatly preserved in alcohol ; and thou
sands of visitors to Mount Auburn have
had their attention called to the monu
ment which marks his* last reating-plaee.
S^ix years after the German apostle had
planted his seed and been himself interred
in a foreign soil, the interest already ex
cited in figured and lettered skulls, and
bumps, and organs, and "examinations,"
was confirmed by the arrival of (ieorge
'Combe, with his dry, unhumorous Scotch
mind, his pure and earnest nature, and
his considerable reputation as a writer,
and as a strictly scientific expounder of
the truths of phrenology. For nearly two
years his lectures were listened to in all the
great cities of the Union. In June, 1840,
he returned to England. "It was the fre
quent remark of Mr. Combe," says Mrs.
Child, in. her familiar " Letters from New
York," that of all nations whose heads
he had ever had the opportunity to ob
serve, the Americana had the organ of
veneration least developed." " Venera
tion" was marked "full" on the chart
made of Father Miller in 1842 by a "phren
ological friend," and on the same chart
' Marvelousness " was set down as "mod
erate." But the good old man perhaps
made some allowance for the prepossessions
of the examiner, seeing that the prejudice
of another had in that very year laughably '
betrayed the uncertainties of this sort of '
divination. His incognito being preserved,
as was customary, the phrenologist re
marked to his introducer : " I tell you
what it is, Mr. Miller could not easily
make a convert of thin mini to his
bare-brained theory. He has too much
good sense." Putting his hand on the or^an
of marvelousnes, he proceeded : " There !
I'll bet you anything that old Miller has
got a bump on his head there as big as my
list" Sin'li mistakes serm like a rciuctioad
absurdum of the whole system ; but, other
considerations apart, they hardly do more
than prove the incompetence or charlatanry
of the individual professor who makes
them. Every attempt ti> popularize the
result of learning and research is exposed
to such disgraces, and it was for this rea
son that the old Puritans founded Harvard
College, expressly to avoid "leaving an
illiterate ministry to the churches;" Father
Miller himself being precisely tine of this
kind, and his calculations and predictions
being the result of his want r.f scholarly
discipline, though it must in candor he al
lowed that his theory of Scriptural inter
pretation is not open to this objection from
the orthodox. Some of these, hy-theway,
complained of phrenology as favoring fatal
ism too much. Mrs. Child, on the other
hand, hailed it as "the democracy of meta
physics," a view not less abhorrent to the
clergy, whose occupation it threatened to
take away.
APOTHEGMS.
Sincerity is an excellent instrument for
the speedy dispatch of business. — [Tillot
son.
He who misrepresents what he ridicnles
does not ridicule what he misrepresents. —
[Dr. Hodgson.
We must be afraid of neither poverty,
nor exile, nor imprisonment ; of fear itself,
only, should we be afraid.— [Rpictetns.
A ruler who appoints any man to an
office, when there is in his dominions an
other man better qualified for it, sins
against (Jod and against the State. —
[Koran.
Kveryone is forward to complain of the
prejudices that mislead sthtr men and par
ties, as if vre were free, and had none of his
own. Thij being objected on all sirks it is
agreed that it is a fault and a hindrance to
knowledge. What now is the cure ? No
other but this, that every man should, let
alone others' prejudices and examiDe his
own. — (Locke.
Education, then, briefly, is the leading
human souls to what is btst and making
what is bost out of them ; and these two
objects are always obtainable together,
and by the same means ; the training
which makes uiun happiest in themselves,
also makes them most serviceable to others.
True education, then, has respect first to
the ends that arc proposable to the man,
or attainable by him ; and secondly, to the
material of which the man is made. So
far as it is able it ehoosnj the end accord
ing to the material ; bnt it cannot always
choose the end, for the position of many
persons in life is fixed by necessity ; still
less can it choose the material ; and, there
fore, all it can do is to fit the «ne to the.
other as wisely as may be. — [Ruikin.