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tHE MILYV UHGORD-UXION.
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THREE i ORIGINAL i STORIES.
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Daring the coming year, and commencing De
€nmber Ist, the. Via. it Union mil publish three
Prize Stories of California. . The first, the pub
licationof \rhich vi". commence in the first week,
of December, will be entitled,' '* The .Ventures and
Adventures if iCharlii Gould,": This is an in
tensely interesting story of the Stock-Gambling
perio ' of California, and teas written by Edteard
F. Cai.ill, of Lot ' Angeles. The. price of the Week it
Union trill be $1 SO per annum.
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NEWS OF THE MORNING.
To San Franciaco ail dot'iars are quoted at J dis
count .0 par; Mexican dollars, 80J buying, 91 Bell
ln*r. * " J y...:
' J The interest in the mining share market at San
Frpucisco yesterday morning was chi.fly confined to
Alta and id] .cent claims, all of which w.re very
active *.. a large advance. Alia closed at $12 25, a
gain of $5 from Urn opening priceJWed'iesJu;. mora
log Benton closed at '40, gain of 7dc~ Jultlce
brought up at $2 10, a gain of 40;:. Even Silver UiJl
rose 10c. The north-end stocks were comparatively
neglected, and the variations were unimportant. lii
tbe afternoon Alta sold up to .li 50, and after the
Bcara at $15 I'i. ; Benton sold at $2 85. j -~»**i Urn.
Tlio President has pardoned D. Smith, who has
been'confined for some year^in the O.cgonPcni'.Ci:
--t-.i- for robbing the mails. "-■ 'fyfJLiii*. "isJ*^.
£ Wind and snow in tbe mountains last night sadly
interfered Willi telegraphic" communication with
the East '*..,-■ f.'Zf'f.
. Joseph D. Holme* waa fount dead in his bed si
li is i. ,:.,,_,, Santa Clara county, yesterday.
: Krockway, the forger of Government bonds, has
been released at New York upon surrendering tl. fc
plates upon which the bonds were printed.
Heavy snow. storms prevail in New York and Nov.
II .rnpsliire. '-. :..
Water has been struck at i/.irdsbur/, K. M., on
the Southern Pacific Railroad, at a depth of 800 feet.
The gap between the terminus oi the Southern
Pacific and Atchison, Topeka and .. aula Railroads
is now but eighty miles.
The town of Shakespeare, H. ____, has been moved
to ,'.i burg on the Southern Pacific.
The taking of testimony has commenced at Oak
l.v:! io the case of Schroder, on trial fur the killing
of Dr. Lefevrc, the dentist. - •
HOLIDAY ISSUE.
Following the custom first established by this pa
|*r the Bkoouo-Ukion will on the Ist day of Janu
ary, 1881, issue a mammoth edition containing valu
able statistics, business review of Sacramento, and
Testing special articles. ' .*. .
The superior value of the Now Year's issues of
this paper is already so well known r,s to roquiro no
detail of tho prospectus. The editions of this spe
cial issue have often reached 33,000 of the daily
_■--..,.. -. All matter presented in the daily reappears
in the Wxeklt Union, thus receiving tbe widest and
most general circulation. ~ -
| Tbe I'bcokd l : M and Wkkkly Union are the
only papers published outside of the metropolis
having a general circulation.
MR. BERGH AND THE CRIMINA L CLASSES
- Mr. Henry Bergh has astonished- his
friends and the public by openly denounc
ing murderers as people who ought to be
killed, and by expressing the opinion that
criminals generally ought to be whipped
by steam thrashing machine's. In regard
to the murderers we are entiroly in accord
■with Mr. Bergh's sentiments, and agree
'with him that ' a true humanity demands
the zealous vindication of the law for the
punishment of homicides. But his second
proposition strikes us as coming very oddly
from a man who has been so identified
•with measures for the suppression Jof
cruelty to animals," though it is by no
means a wonderful line of thought for such
a mind to take. It has often been ob
served that an extreme tenderness for
brutes is entirely compatible with phe
nomenal cruelty towards human beings.
"Some striking illustrations of this were
furnished by the conduct .of several of
the leaders of the French revolution.
Thus Robespierre was apparently passion
ately attached to pet dogs, while Couthon
and St. Just wero equally conspicuous in
their fondness for birds aud other favor
ites. Robespierre would exclaim with
intense indignation against any oiio who
was cruel to animals, and at the same lime
he would sign the orders which doomed
scores of his fellow-men and women to the
guillotine. . Nero is said to have been very
fond of animals, and another Roman em
peror thought Jso much of his pet fishes
that he fed them with the bodies of slaves
and criminals. Innumerable instances of
this kind might be adduced, in short, and
therefore there is nothing surprising in the
callousness of Mr. Burgh to the sufferings
of human beings. His emotions aro pitched
to the animal key alone. He can weep
over the sufferings of horses and dogs and
"bulle and . bean, but bo ha 3no sensibility
left for creatures of his own race, and bo
he proposes to torture the latter as a pre
vention of crime. Evidently Mr.. Bergh
will do well to confine himself . to the min
istrations with which he is familiar. His
practical efforts for the amelioration of the
condition of the brutes may be productive
of good, but his ideas in regard to the
treatment of human criminals are neither
consistent nor philosophical. *
SCHURZ ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS.
Mr. Schurz in bis report expresses the
Opinion that the system of Indian reser
vations is a bad one, and that it is prefer
able to keep the Indians on the lands they
inhabit, and secure such lands to them in
severalty. - There can be no doubt that
the reservation system has been produc
tive of much evil, but the reason of its"
failure has generally been the inability of
the United States Government to main
tain its pledges to' the Indians. Reserva
tions in fact have only been respected by
the people so long as they were not want
ed.'- Whenever settlement bas reached up
to their boundaries J encroachment > and
aggression} have followed, and . after ' the
usual war it has been found necessary to
remove J the - Indians ' to some other reser
vation, from which in turn they are sure
.to:' be " ousted when the advancing ', tide
touches : their >; territory. ."- If T- Mr. J Sohurz
has discovered a plan of securing land to
them which is proof against popular law
lessness J and greed,"', then *• indeed he is
warranted in abandoning the reservation
system. But wo ' confess to a doubt on
this head, for so far we ; have never heard
of • any f Indian •- titles . which ■ were valid
against white men when the test came.
LESSEPS AND HIS CANAL.
The New York . Time* appears to think
that .' Lesseps : has ' really established * ; his
canal scheme .on a substantial V J financial
basis, but as it founds this belief upon the
dispatches which he has been sending from
Europe ■ we" . are unable to share the confi
* dence of our contorti r-orary. ■ So far as can
' be ascertained : the canal scheme is at pres
" «nt in such : a shape that few financiers of
judgment would be likely to embark in it, 1
J while the statements of its projectors have
r been so wild and reckless that it is impossi
ble to know how much of them can be be
lieved. We certainly I do ; not accept the
J frenchman's - : account of the eagerness of
European capitalists to put their money in
. bis >■ enterprise, .without - allowance. ; Re
membering ho w^ be drew the longbow in
regard to the attitude of American capital,'
we are prepared 'to find; that he has taken
similar liberties on .the other side "of j the
Atlantic. In short he has so justified mis
trust that no one is warranted in believing
his project until it is accomplished, and
that event is evidently a long way off at
present
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JURIES AND MURDER CASES.
:: lor many years the. press'' of this State
has been endeavoring to stimulate public
sentiment to a just sense of the heinous ness
of murder, but if ■; the average perform
ance of aries in such case 3 may be regard
ed JJ as trustworthy evidence of the status
of public opinion, these efforts have ; been
singularly unsuccessful. So ' rare are the
instances in which adequate penalties are
adjudged for murder that . it seems as
though almost any other form of crime was
more certain to be punished in California.
In many cases juries appear *to shut their
eyes to the most conclusive evidence, ' and
to take 'a "; positive J pleasure in rendering
verdicts which are as much outrages upon
commonsense as upon the civilization of
the community. A few weeks ago such a
jury brought in a verdict of murder in the
second degree : in a * Nevada county case.
The - defendant had walked up* to a man
and shot him down on the street. The
only reason that could be alleged was that
the murderer was indebted to his victim,
and that the latter had availed himself of
his statutory rights. . It "was % clear case of
wanton and brutal assassination, ; wholly
without extenuating circumstances, yet the
jury only sentenced the man practically to
a few years of imprisonment. A somewhat
similar case in San' Francisco has just
terminated iv the acquittal of the defend
ant. J We j refer to the Haskell-Schwartz
case. Hero the defendant walked into the
store where J the deceased 'was, and after
urging him to" retract certain abusive epi
thets alleged to have been' used during a
quarrel between the men on '■ the j previous
night, pulled a pistol and shot his victim
dead. "An attempt was made 011 the trial
to show that Schwartz had first J drawn a
pistol, and witnesses were found to swear
that they had heard J three j shots fired, it
being shown that the defendant had only
fired twice. The testimony on this point
was of such a character that there should
not have been a doubt in the minds of the
try. The hypothesis set up by the defense
was contradicted by a mass of evidence of
the most positive and convincing nature.
Nothing was introduced to substantiate the
theory of the defense, and it was as well
established as anything could be that the
deceased was unarmed when he was shot
down. The jury however found a verdict
of acquittal, and so another is added to the
long catalogue of 'instances which go to en
courage homicide, and which tend to jus
tify the : belief that nothing is so secure
from punishment as murder in ; this State.
It has been customary hitherto to ascribe
these failures of justice to a laxity of pub
lic sentiment on the subject, but this view
is hardly compatible with the apparent fact
that the public are shocked and outraged
by the frequent fiascos which occur in this
connection. ' We are disposed to believe
that the cause of the many failures to con
vict murderers must be sought rather in
the methods by which juries are obtained
than in any lack of regard for human life
among the intelligent elements of the com
munity.
Attempts have been made from time to
time to reform the practice of the criminal
law in this respect, but the results do not
warrant a belief that the changes thus far
made have had the desired effect. : Who
ever will take the trouble to follow the
process of selecting a jury in a murder
case — and unfortunately there are but too
many opportunities will perceive that
the system operates directly toward the
elimination of intelligence and independ
ence from the panel. . The grounds of
challenge are invariably such as must ' ex
clude those best qualified to form Jan
enlightened judgment. The efforts of
counsel . are directed to . the securing
of ; men . who have no* opinions, who
have been too stupid or sluggish
to pay attention to current events, who
do not read the newspapers, who are will
ing to declare that no matter what has
happened no impression has been left upon
their minds. Now men who fulfill these
requirements are : inevitably a kind, of
men peculiarly unfitted for the duties of
jurors in a murder case. The caution and
clemency of the State have ie fact been car
ried to such extremes that the people are
practically left without adequate repre
sentation in murder cases. Lest injustice
should be done to the defense, the prosecu
tion -is 'disarmed. It -is tie particular
desire of the defendant to obtain a stupid
jury, and the law affords him every facil
ity for carrying out this purpose. J, The re
sult is that there is not much difference
nowadays between the average Coroner's
jury and the average murder case jury. The
determination of the gravest questions, the
guardianship of Society, is . placed in the
hands of men who are carefully selected for
their mental incapacity, and the results of
their mode of procedure are what we see.
The effect of these frequent and disgrace
ful failures of justice upon public morals is
most pernicious. Lawlessness is en
couraged ; homicide is regarded a3 venial ;
the drunken rough, the passionate cr vin
dictive man, is taught that human life may
be taken with practical impunity. And
uatil the practice of the law is so reformed
as to make it possible to impanel a better
class of juries in murder cases we do cot see
how anything else can be expected. Those
who think that the , public safety ; and the
reputation of the State are worth guarding
acd preserving, should interest themselves
in urging . amendment of the law . in this
direction. Tyfxfy
SCHOOL DIFFICULTIES.
..*?; The public have been given some strange
scenes lately in the educational department
of the city . government. The ; City Super
intendent of Schools suspended the Prin
cipal of . the High School, as alleged for
flagrant insubordination.' The ; Board ; < of
Education thereupon • met and! reinstated
the suspended teacher. *' The Superintend
ent again suspended J him, and the Board
again nullified the action of i the i Superin
tendent. : The practical effect of this action
of the Board necessarily must be to deprive
the Superintendent of authority and to en
courage ' insubordination in the ' teachers.
It may happen '■' that a . Superintendent so
far exceeds his authority as to justify] the
Board •in ■ taking . steps '. in themselves so
prejudicial to the discipline of the schools.
The question 'to be answered is, whether
the present case falls within that category.
It J is : represented f- by * Mr. : : Landes
that he requested Mr. Adams to
furnish bim. the : register ' showing
the /* status of the '■_ scholars under • - his
charge. ■it is not denied ; that Mr.' Landes
was within his jurisdiction in making this
demand.: It is his special duty to ascer
tain the manner . in which the schools are
being conducted, to check the methods of
the teachers,' and to inform himself on the
standing of the scholars." >It is said— and
not denied —that Mr. s " Adams flatly lefused
to furnish the register ; demanded,* though
it is admitted '. that Jit■ is his duty to keep
such Ta j register,;: and to furnish it to the
Superintendent when called upon/' ~ Here
then, there appears to have been a flagrant
breach of duty on the part of Mr. Adams.
That * is ■' what - it • is on its face, and so far
i i i T.i ■ Ibi l MLfc— a— -II r M.llllW liiiilmil .ii i . - .
we have seen no explanation of the matter J
which'; can be regarded ;as justifying the
refusal of .* Mr. Adams "to*. furnish .-the
register. The Superintendent, when met
with this refusal, exercised c his legal right
in j suspending Mr. -Adams. ." Why, then,
did . the. : Board -interfere to ' annul
that suspension,' and thus assume the at
titude of defending insubordination among
the teachers, ' and belittling the authority
of the Superintendent f We confess that
twe are unable to perceive tbe justification
-of this step, nor docs the subsequent action
of the Board appear to us any mere intelli
gible. The Principal of the High School
defied the authority of the Superintendent.
The Board sustains him in that defiance.
'And finally, as though to emphasize its in
tention of snubbing the Superintendent,
the Board orders Mr. Adams to furnish
the register, ; not because the Super
intendent had a perfect right to de
mand, it, but because the Board wishes
it done. Thus the authority of the Super
intendent has been openly contemned and
trampled upon, and this iv the absence of
any proof that that officer has exceeded bis
legitimate ■ functions. v But this is not all.
It is very well known that there is a strong
desire to ascertain J how the pupils who
were trained by Mr. McDonald have pro
gressed in the High* School, and it is be
lieved by many that the statements regard
ing the incompetence of that teacher which
were sorifenot long ago have been disproved
by the actually demonstrated capacity of
his late scholars,' now in the High School.
Of course any attempt to conceal such an
exhibit would be extremely improper. * It
could be concealed only by withholding
the register of the standing of the High
School pupils. And the Board of Educa
tion has, whether intentionally or 'unwit
tingly, put itself in the attitude of encour
aging or assisting some such conceal
ment, supposing anything -of the kind
to have been contemplated. On * the
whole, while it is possible that * the
Superintendent may have acted somewhat
intemperately, it is difficult to acquit the
Board of a bias against him which can
only serve to give substance to mischiev
ous imferencsf, and which must be inju
rious to the discipline and morale of the
schools. It has been suggested that things
would be much pleasanter if the Board were
empowered to appoint the Superintendant.
That is possible, but until we possess I bet
ter guarantees for the fitness of the Board
such a change would lead to no real re
form.
PACIFIC COAST ITEMS.
The population of Port Townsend, W.
T., is about 800. 'J yyff
The railroad bridge over the Yuba river
is now undergoing repairs.
The Dutch Flat Forum has suspended
publication for the present.
Santa Hosa' citizens are signing a pe
tition to disincorporate the town.
Five hundred head of cattle were killed
by the cold in Pendleton, Oregon.
' The place where Petaluma now stands
was called "Chocuali "by the Indians.
A number of three- year-old Japan per
simmon trees are bearing near San Diego.
Napa people are getting excited over the
recent coal oil discovery in Dry creek,
about eight miles from town.
Large bands of cattle can be seen coming
down out of the hills into Grand Ronde
valley, Oregon, every day since the snow
has fallen. . •
■ W. D. Haley has retired from the edi
torial management of the Amador Sentinel,
published at Jackson, his* interest having
been purchased by Turner & Sanborn.
Salmon fishing on j the Columbia river,
Oregon, is very dangerous, owing to cer
tain tidal peculiarities. Two hundred men,
at least, are reported aa lost during the
past season.
Mis. Bidleman of Reno has filed a survey
of a ditch to start from the south bank of
the Truckee river, about 18 miles east of
Reno. It i 3 designed to carry 4,000 inches
of water for irrigation.
More brick buildings have been built in
Yreka this year than during the previous
eight or nine years. A number of hand
some new dwellings have also been erected
during the present year. ■ fy,f
Fish . Commissioner Redding has agreed
to furnish carp for the streams of Sierra
valley. The number of eggs a carp is sup
posed. to deposit in a season is 3,000. * A
two-year-old carp will weigh 7 pounds. ..-J
C. C. Lewi?, of White river, W. T.,
raised 1, 100 bushels of fine marketable
potatoes this season from three and one
naif acres of laud, which is about an average
of the yield per acre this year in the whole
of White river valley.
,'•" General Vallejo says : Bodega bay was
discovered in October, 1775. Bodega and
Ross, now within the limits of , Sonoma
county, were occupied -by the Russians in
May, 1812. ■' The Russians may be termed
the pioneer " squatters" of California.
It is now definitely settled that the town
of Orland has been j chosen as a railroad
terminus. . The J coming, week surveyors
will locate a site for j a depot and make
other necessary arrangements to complete
the railroad line from Willows to Orland.
An oyster company was formed at New
Tacoma, W. T., two years ago for the pur
pose of propagating oysters in ' Gig harbor,
and planted 5,200 oysters. The result has
proved a grand* success,: owing, it is : be
lieved, to the oysters being planted in
shallow water.
The streets of the New Jerusalem, below
Dayton, Nev., are not paved with silver
and gold. , Neither are they paved with
aspbaltum, nor oak blocks, nor cobble stone.
They are paved with something better than
any of these things, being paved with "po
tatoes ; for, as jet, the principal streets
run through the potato patches.
.-.- Says the Bodie Free Press.- The upper
end of Main . street presents a deplorable
sight. J From Lowe street to West & Bry
ant's warehouse travel is almost suspended
on account of water. - Men doing business
in that part of , town have had to close up,
and . unless '■ something ' is ? soon - done to
remedy this evil private families will bave
to find some other quarters to live in. .
- Extensive preparations for the manufact
ure of iron in - Placer county are : being
made by the Placer Iron Company. : Fur
naces | have I been { erected j on * the ground
from which the ore is taken, and charcoal
is 'being burned and delivered as speedily
as possible, ff It Jis expected that : every
thing will* be in readiness J and the works
will start up in the early part of the new
year. Z f.-Z;. y f" .-... .ZyZfy ■'- . t ; yPZ]
« A miner's funeral' in J Virginia City was
managed by a friend • of J the deceased, offi
ciating as i master of -' ceremonies. .The
manager attended to all the details of the
funeral. After the coffin had been carried
from the house to « the > hearse, J he led the
minister ; to ', a | carriage, and, when every
thing was in readiness for \ a j start for .the
cemetery*, he put his j hands .to his mouth
and yelled to the driver of the hearse, " All
set !" .-■'-'..-•-
. The Seattle ". ( W. T.) T>itelli.jencer says :
People who have made observation state
that within the J past j few days one of the
highest spurs of j Mount Bainier, known as
the pack-saddle^ baa broken off," and, it J is
supposed, fell into | the. crater. sstj t It is also
stated on good authority that the mountain
shows every indication of being in [ a state
of eruption/ as large volumes of smoke can
be seen on a clear day rising from !, the old;
land-mark. ''.„....:.< V J. :.-,:_ .'"..' -
ii George H. . Muilery, of San Francisco,
and ' James j Ryan, of Helena, are i making
preparations j each i to drive i 15,000 .sheep
from Fresno]; and j Los* Angeles] to Montana
early in the spring. fi Last season they took
; somewhat - smaller drives *: through, but
found r them very J profitable.^, Their route
lays iby way of Walker's basin, Owen's
lake' and nver, passing through ; Nevada
near i Eureka, and \ crossing i, the ■; Rocky,
Mountains 7at Pleasant Valley z' divide,
along ] the ~: line of J the Utah and Northern
Railway, y The J trip will ] probably < occupy j
150 days, I
COAST DISPATCHES.
[SPECIAL TO THE RECORD-UNION/)
THETsOHSODEE MUSDER -TEIAL."
Testimony of Eye-Witness is of the Shoot
ing of Br. Lefevre. " Z
CONTINUATION OF THE GREAT STORM.
An Oregon Convict Pardoned by the
President
ATION OF THE RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS.
Eailroad Termini Approaching Each Other
in Few Mexico* - ; -yf ; .
t'ILIFOUMA.
The Schroder J Case — Testimony *of Eye
- Witnesses or the Tragedy.
, Oakland, December 2d. The Court
was filled this morning at 9:45 o'clock, when
the case of the People vs. Edward F. Schro
der was called. | The jury roll showed all
present. .
The prosecution is conducted by District
Attorney Gibson, Assistant District Attorney
Whitinore and Z. Montgomery ;H the defense
by Hall McAllister and W. W. Foote. The
prisoner sat ; beside his father* in-law, Dr.
Stebbins, and * appeared to be cool and col
lected. From appearances his incarceration
baa i nut affected him to any very great ex
tent.
Assistant District Attorney Wells ' Whit
more made
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THE OPENING ADDEESS.
He said that the prosecution expected to
show that Dr. Lefevre, on the afternoon of
this shooting, while engaged at his practice,
as a dentist, was filling ; a lady's j tooth, when
the defendant entered oue of the rooms, and
a pistol-slot was beard ; immediately after
Dr. Lefevre came staggering into the next
room, and fell in that room . and died shortly
afterwards. This defendant walked into the
hall aud was there met by an officer ; he gave
up the pistol he held in his hand, saying,
" Officer, do your duty ; I have shot a man ;
he seduced my wife ; no man can seduce my
wife and life." On the ' way, to the City
Prison he used much the same language.
When the deceased was waited on by medi
cal men immediately after being shot, and was
told that his life was about ended, and that
he was soon to meet his Maker face to face,
he declared that Schroder had shot him, but
that he (the deceased) knew of no cause why
be had done so. : '; f
THE FIRST WITNESS.
The prosecution called Mary Agnew, the
assistant of the late Dr. Lefevre. She testi
fied : I Know defendant ; saw him on Mon
day, July 26, 1880 ; it was before 5 P. m., in
Dr. Lefevre's office ; I saw him follow Dr.
Lefevre and fire a shot at him ; it was in the
second operating room. [Witness showed
where she was standing when the shot was
fired.] They carried Dr. Lefevre to the
lounge in the stcond operating room; I
stayed in the other room ; I had seen a wound
in the doctor's left side ; I was afterwards in
the room ; the doctor died there within an
hour; did not hear him say anything; Dr.
Lefevre was in the office at 8 a. M., and
worked till 12 ; he went to lunch at 1 p. m.
and returned at 2 ; was in the office until the
shooting. f"'--.
Cross-examined — seen defendant be
fore in the office two or three times ; prob
ably a month or more ; he came with his
wife ; he might have come after her ; his wife
came there over a year ; I never saw Schro
der there except when his wife was there ;
heard Schroder have a conversation with Le
fevre in the other room; don't know what
Dr. Lefevre went into the other room for ;
heard no noise ; there is a door from the hall
to No. 2 ; if it were opened or shut I might
hear it ; it's a close door ; no glass in it ; it's
a heavy door ; the doctor opened it 'when l.c
went in ; he shut it after him ; he was gone
about a minute ; it was a short time when
the first shot occurred ; was excited when I
heard the shot ; it was a loud report ; didn't
know what it was ; the door opened, awl the
doctor came staggering in ; the first person
I saw after the shooting was Mr. Schroder ;
don't know which way Schroder went after
the shooting ; don't know that I made an ex
clamation when the shooting occurred ; I was
very much frightened ; I did scream ; saw
Dr. Brooks put his hand on Schroder ; the
door must have been ajar ; saw a pistol ; saw
the flash of a pistol. r -y- . _ ' .*.. '.iy ;:
J ANOTHER EYE-WITNESS' STORT. ; ':
| Mrs. Keeney testified : I was acquainted
with Dr. Lefevre ; he was my dentist. Was
in his office on the 26th of July last. Know
defendant. I don't remember seeing his face
on that day. My engagement at the doctor's
office on that day was at 2:30 ; remained to
4:40. ' I was in the first operating-room in
the chair ; my mother was in the room with
me. I was there when th« shooting occurred
in the operaticg-room. Dr. Lefevre was fill
ing my teeth. When I heard the report of
the pistol Dr. Lefevre had gone to operatic*
room No. 2. He had been gone but a mo
ment when I heard the report. V Miss Agnew
was in the room at the time standing behind
my chair. The rubber was on my teeth
when Dr. Lefevre went out of the room.
Don't know why the doctor went out. j Don't
know whether he closed tho door when he went
out. Saw him return in a staggering manner
and fall on the floor. Saw a man behind him ;
heard the shooting, and saw the man come
into the room after him. \ I jumped from my
chair when I heard the shooting. Did not
see him again that day.
Cros3i/;xamlned— Lsfevre , had been
operating on me since 3 o'clock ; don't know
what called him away ; remained in the
operating chair while he w»3 absent ; ran to
the front parlor when I heard the shooting ;
don't know what Miss Agnew was doing ;
there was a good deal of excitement after the
shooting ; Dr. Lefevre has attended me for
two years ; after the first shot he fell to the
floor ; recollect testifying in the Police Court
July 28th. Witness' attention -was called to
her testimony, as then given, as to the time
the doctor was " absent from the. room, and
stated -it was correct to the best of her
knowledge.
WHAT MBS. SPOTT3 SAW.
Mrs. Jane Spotte, mother of Mrs. Keeney,
testified : Was acquainted with Dr. Lefevre.
Saw hint on tho 2(ith of July last in his of
fice. Went with my daughter to haw her
teeth attended to. Went about 2:30, and re
mained till near 5. Was in the operating
room when I heard the first shot fired. Dr.
Lefevre - was operating fon my ■ daughter's
tooth.' He had left the operating room about
a minute before I heard the shot. I saw Dr.
Lefevre come into the room staggering, and
the shooter behind bim. It was about a min
ute from the time the doctor left till he re
turned. Heard tho report of a pistol about
a minute after the doctor left the room.. Was
occupied in | conversation I with |my daughter
and Miss Agnew during the doctor's absence
from the room. I saw Schroder pursuing the
doctor. Did not see his face ; saw his back.
Can't tell the distance between them, but he
appeared to be very close. When I heard
the shot I ran ' to call for help. Did not see
Dr. Brooks in the hall at the time. :'_ ...
-"■'- Miss Ada Gouldin, the next witness called,
testified : I live in Fruitvale ; was acquainted
with Dr. L ; don't know defendant ; saw Dr.
JL. on the 26th of July by his operating chair
in his office about 4:1"" P. M ; was in tbo office
when the shooting occurred ; was sitting in a
chair by the window facing on Eighth street ;
there were two girls in the room at the time,
Carrie Faulkner and Nettie Hamilton ; when
I heard the first report I was standing in my
chair and looked towards operating room No.
1 ; saw some smoke ; saw Dr. Lefevre as he
was falling ; did not see the person that fired
the second shot ; did not see anybody bnt Dr.
JLefevre as he was falling ; from the time I
heard somebody go out of the room till the
time he ; returned was about ten seconds ;
when 1 I saw ; Dr. JLefevre ; I ran down J the
steps ; heard somebody say go for a doctor,
as Dr. Lefevre was dying. :--. •
"-. Cross-examined : s Was waiting in . the re
ception-room about thirty minutes before the
shooting.V Was studying my geography les
son. "'* The ; door between the operating and
reception rooms was open. | Heard somebody
leave the operating-room. Heard the door
open. J Dr. I-efevre was my: dentist. j_ Had
been so for five years. > He was not on visit
ing terms with my family. J3 Don't know who
spoke to me about being a witness. .' It was a
gentleman. About a week after the shooting.
Did not testify at the preliminary examina
tion. Do not , know the c party's ; name who
asked me to testify. Would know him if •: I
saw him. Witness then recognized detective
Fuller as the" party spoke to her. v ryf p. -
Recess' till 1 o'clock. '.- % -_■ .
The Trial Resumed.
.7 The examination of witnesses was resumed
at IP. M. The Court-room was again densely
packed outside of the bar,' and all the seats
were occupied. fffZiiZ^ff-
TESTIMONY OP DR. BROOKS. .' '. '
.'- '■ Dr. William E. Brooks was the next witness'
called." and questions i were I propounded by
the District 'Attorney, to whom the witness
replied as follows : I am a dentist by occupa
tion. V Knew Dr.- Lefevre. "% Have teen Mr.
Schroder before.": Saw him on July 2Cth last.
near 5 o'clock -in*, the afternoon. I arrested
him. The : circumstances ; were these : " The
witness then stepped J around to the diagram
and 7 used ' it ! to * illustrate \ what | happened.*
Witness testified : Mary j Agnew J came to me
and, J pointing ; to ; a man in the ball,' said:
"That man shot Dr. Lefevre." f I was in my. !
room when I heard the report of the pistol.' )
I did not move until after the second shot. ;
Then 1 I jumped up and went to the door." ; I I
then saw Mary Agnew and the defendant. I j
walked | down . the i hall j and .he said : --" Do ;
your duty as a citizen. "That man J seduced
my wife ;" he • had a pistol in his hand ; I '
took it, and on the * stairs ; gave the ' prisoner j
and the pistol to officer Fields ; I went back, j
and found Dr. JLefevre lying on his left side :
in the operating room No. 1 ; we assisted him I
to operating room No. 2 ; ; he ' walked part of ,
the way and "• then : began .to sink down ;i I j
asked him where he was hurt,' and he said he j
did not know ; I examined to nee if he wss
wounded ; I saw here in the left side a hole,
and on the opposite side saw the bullet just
beneath the skin ; I was there when he died ;
he lived about one hour after he was shot.
Question he say anything before he
died 'i f .fy-:. ify, *; . "- .*?: ■--ff : 'f yf:
* Witness — Yes ; I asked him who shot him,
and he said Mr. Schroder ; Bromley also
asked him the same question, aad he said,
Schroder, I think. -' He also said : "."Gentle -
men, I thank you very - much. You have |
done all you can for me." He asked if he .
would die, and I told him he would not live
long."-". '■ ■-, '"/ '■'"■
; Cross-examined , by Mr. Foote Witness
said he testified in the Police Court and be
fore the Coroner's jury, and made a diagram
of the rooms ; I occupied the operating-room,
No. 2, before I occupied the corner room,
but vacated it on January Ist last ; I was in
the employ of Dr. Lefevre ; the room was in
the same condition when the doctor wis shot
that it was when I left it ; Schroder was in
the hall when I first -saw him ;| I think he
stood perfectly still; he made no resistance ;
all he said to me was, "Do duty as a
citizen. That man seduced my wife ;" lam
positive nothing else was said ; nothing was
said "when I turned him over to the police
officer ; I immediately returned to Dr. Le
fevre ; Miss Agnew came back just as I was
raising the doctor's head ; she had been in the
front room ; James T. Geary was in my room
with me when I beard the shots; I w&3 not
present when the diagram was made last Sun
day, but I knew it was to be made ; it was
not more than one or two seconds between
the first and second shots ; it was after quar
ter of 5 before the first shot was fired; my
testimony now is what my first j testimony
was ; I don't think I have made any mistake.
This closed Dr. Brooks' testimony.
'•-'-. THE ARRESTING OFFICER'S STORY.
Officer Fields testified to arresting Schroder
after the shooting. Defendant mentioned
once or twice that he had shot a man. He
said, "That man has seduced my wife. No
man can seduce my wife." He kissed his
little child. I told the clerk to book Mr.
Schroder. Defendant had a conversation
with his wife at the City Hall, and told her
to go home and take care of the children, and
said be would be home to-morrow. I heard
the first and second reports of the pistol.
DR. LEFEVRE'S DYING STATEMENT.
J. C. Bromley testified : Knew Dr. Lefevre.
Was in bis office on Monday, July 26th ; was
there at the time of his death, and some time
before. He made a statement in my pres
ence, which was reduced to writing.
[ The statement was then produced and of
fered in evidence.] """"'-" . :
..Witness said: The contents of the paper
were read to Dr. Lefevre. I think Mr.
Brummigan read it. He also wrote it. Dr.
Lefevre knew his own condition when it was
read. I was present when the paper was
signed. The pen was put in Dr. Lefevre's
hand, and guided by Suryierine or Bruuimi-.
gan. He asked me when the pen was placed
in his hand if the wound was fatal. I re
plied, "Yes." Dr. Bates. Dr. Roach, Dr.
Selfridge, Dr. Draper and Dr. Buck said he
was dying, and that . I * had better Bend for a
priest. Dr. Lefevre told me he was going
meaning that he was dying. He told me
that before that paper was read and signed.
He was conscious and rational. He told me
that Schroder killed — shot him,
gunsmiths' testimony.
A. J. Plate testified : I sold defendant a
pistol on the sth of July last, at some time
between 8 o'clock and 2. I could not say
whether that is the one or not, there are so
many like it. Jlt was exactly like that. It
was returned on' the Bth or 9th by Schroder.
He said he wanted the pistol for a friend, and
then wanted me to take it back. ; ':'■■
W. D. Oo'.rel testified : I am in the gun
and cutlery business at 418 Market street. I
know Schroder. I can identify the pistol as
the kind 1 sold defendant on the day of the
shooting of Dr. Lefevre. It was about 1
o'clock. It was the same size and land. This
bullet is the same kind and style as that
bought — a 38 caliber, lie made no statement
— only bought the pistoL He seemed in a
hurry, and I thought he was in a hurry to get
back to lunch. ;
The Weather.
San Lots Obispo, December 2d. — A
steady, warm rain, with a light southeast
wind, set in last night at 10 o'clock and has
continued sixteen hours, with prospects 'of a
heavy fall. Twenty-five thousand sacks of
grain have been shipped at Cayueos, 200,
--000 sacks at Port Harford, and much more
at Point Sal. The warehouses are all full
and much is still in the fields. * The thresh
ing is nearly all done, but considerable dam
age will result to grain not tbreshed and that
in sacks in the field. Tho prospect is flatter
ing for a large and early sowing in this
county. There is a lively and growing in
terest in real estate in this section. Six
farms were sold on the Morro and Cayueos
rancho in November, and several in other
localities. Several parties who left this
county a year ago to find more desirable lo
cations have returned, and declare their in
tention to settle permanently here.
Santa Barbara, December 2d.— lt is rain
ing steadily, with a light wind due east. The
barometer is steady at 29. 72 ; thermometer,
56°.
Los Angeles, December 2d.— weather
has been murky and cloudy all day, and at 7
this evening a steady rain commenced to fall,
and at this hour (10 o'clock) gives every indi
cation of continuing all night. Up to 8 o'clock
.15 of an inch felL : -fyi-y-y W>i
Merced, December 2d.— All day yester
day a brisk breeze blew from the southeast,
increasing toward ' night to a gale,;- accom
panied by a light fall of rain until about 6
o'clock this morning, at which time .16 of an
inch of water had fallen. Tha wind since 6
A. M. up to 10 a. M. has moderated to a light
breeze, the rainfall has been steady and
heavy, j with indications of continuing all
day. •;;-:.* ;; -'V--' rffffiy '-..: '.■•
San Jose, December 2d.— rainfall from
noon Wednesday up to 6 o'clock this morn
ing was .66 of an inch. For tc-day to BP. M ,
.05 of an inch. Total. for the season, 1.2.!
inches. A stiff wind from the south during
the day culminated in a heavy shower of raiu
between 4 and 5 o'clock this afternoon, and
it is expected that it will rain at interva's all
ni^ht. Total rainfall here last night, .53 of
an inch. " .._ Zy-yyfyy.--yr.rf'"'f
f. Pleasanton, December 2d.— lt has rained
very steadily for the ' last 36 '■ hours, during
which time we have had 2.50 inches of rain
fall. Total for the season, 318 inches. Itis
still raining, with a strong south wind. Have
now had plenty of rain to start the plows.
The farmers are very hopeful. .. . -y iffy iff -,
Stockton, December 2d. — This morning
opened tine, but the clouds began to* gather in
the afternoon, and at 5 o'clock the rain com
menced. It is now showering heavily.. The
outlook is for an all-night rain. The rain
gauge at the Asylum at noon showed that .80
of an inch had fallen j since 3 p. M. yesterday,
making for the present storm .93 of an inch,
and for the season, 1.38 inches.
. Calistoga, December 21. 1t commenced
raining here about 4 o'clock yesterday morn
ing, and has continued without intermission
up to the present! time. About two inches
has fallen, and the prospect is good for more
to-night. : ..J'./,\. ii'-'i „^,.*'V- k '"''-'Z
'fi Dixon, December 2d.— lt commenced rain
ing last evening at 5 o'clock, and j continued
all night. At 6 o'clock this morning two
inches had fallen. It has been showering all
day. ' At present it -- is raining hard, with
every indication of a continued storm. • Wind
southwest. With one inch more of rain the
ground will be in good condition to plow. .
Grass Valley, December 2d.— The ram
fall for the 2 hours ending at 4 o'clock this
evening was 4.53 inches, giving 5.34 inches
for the present storm, and 5.63 inches for the
season. ; It is raining and blowing now. , . .
"- Marysville, :: December 2d. —Sixty-five
hundredths of an inch of rain fell here. *_1 he
wind blew fiercely all night, doing considera
ble damage to . shade ; trees and shrubbery.
The storm still continues. :-"/::■
f! Chico, December 2d.— wind changed
to the south -yesterday, and blew strong all
night. ' This morning it commenced raining,
with i the wind almost a gale, after which
there was no abatement. J . .f...
8 PoRTLAND(Or.), December 2d.— The weath
er is cold and cloudy. Snow fell here last
night to a depth cf , two j inches. It is still
snowing lightly. 'X -'■' ■''- '■■- y-iy '■'_.
The Kaliroad Commission— Fare and
-v -. J'Fnyshl*..:*: . -';
-7 "San Francisco, December 2* At a meet
ing of Railroad ] Commissioners to-day, Gen."
Stoneman presented the following, which was :
laid over one day : ".JJ. .J.« -■"■ J ■ : .
; Whereas, The Copstitution ol the Stat* of Cali
fornia mikes it obligatory upon this Board of Rail
road Commissioners to establish rates of charges lor
the transportation of passengers »nd freight by all
railroad-} and otter transportation coapanus, and
to publish the same from time to time,; with such
changes as they may make, and report to the Uov
ernor annually tbe proceedings ; therefore --y-yy.-. i
'_?«olK<i,Firet-'jrhatthe Bard take upatonre :
the subject of passenger rates, and nx and -rtiWi
the same upon all the railroads in the State of Call
■ fornia. '•'•*'" -'--':-' --■ -.-?--■■' . ....
f Second— That the rates f..r the transportation of
pa***M:'«r3 between the following named points or
statics shall be [schedule pr«w*ted * but withheld
Irvtu publication until agreed upon: by the Board],
•y-yy y--y:r::yyyyyyy:yy..
Third— the rates per mile lor first-class pas.
i sengere over each of the above designated distances
: or sections si"**" be uniform for all distances includ
ed between the termini of said sections, Ind the
charge for the transportation of first-class passen
gers over two or more sections shall be the aggre
gate of the said charges over the several sections ;
provided, that tach railroad conn-any in this State
may, at its discretion, establish such excursion,
commutation,; passenger-mileage and r round-trip
rates as it may deem expedient and proper and
provided, further, that any railroad company may
be authorized to charge not 1 ; ss than 26 cents 'or
one passenger ; per • trip between , two stations ou
said road. f.y.-y, y, ...y .:-,:.. _ -.-
Fourth— Tiie rate for. second class passengers
should not exceed — per cent., and the rates for
third-class passengers shall nut exceed 50 per cent,
of the charges for flrst-class passengers over the
same distances ami on the same road.
Fifth— lnfixing the rates of fare lor passengers
the distance shall be estimated at the nearest whole
number of miles, and the charge shall be estimated
at the nearest multiple uf five cents.
.* Sixth— passenger on any train, up: a re
quest made to | the | conductor of the train upon
which such passenger may be traveling, shall be en
titled to receive a lay-over ticket go'»d lor twenty
days. ;* ■ ...-,.
In explanation of the schedule presented,
General Stoneman said: "By reference to the
annual report of the Central Pacific ltailroad
Company for 1880, it will bo seen that the
average charge per mile for passengers on
that road and its branches is 2.90 cents per
mile. By reference to the proposed schedule
of fares on all" the | broad-gauge railroads in
the State, the lowest rate ;is f 3.fc cents per
mile a quarter of a cent per mile more than
the average rate now charged. It, therefore,
follows that if j the official statement of the
Central Pacific Railroad is true, and we have
no right to assume otherwise, the general
average of the proposed schedule is greater
than the general average of the existing one,
and therefore no . injustice will be
done Jto the railroad by its adoption.
The low average of 296 cents
per mile for passengers claimed by the Cen
tral Pacific Railroad , results ',; from reck
oning the 5,502,289 ferry passengers between
San Francisco and: Oakland as part of the
0,842,317 passengers claimed as carried by
rail. If the calculation should be based upon
the 1,279,118 through and local passengei s
carried by rail, the gene; a! average would l:e
correspondingly increased, and would be
found to be far above the average rates of
railroads throughout the United States. Of
the eight roads in the State of .Illinois, taken
as an average of the roads in that State, the
lowest rate per mile for passengers is 2.11
cents, on - the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy, and the highest is 4.0G cents, on the
Cairo and Vineenues. By Elimination of
the presort schedule rates on the Central Pa
cific and Southern Pacific roads, there is but
one instance where these reads charged less
than 3 cents per mile, or less than the pro
posed average per mile for passengers. The
highest rate in the proposed schedule is 9,4
cents.
In concluding, the Commissioner stated
that the disputed rate was between Willows
and Knight's Landing. . An examination of
the existing rates through California shows
that there was no general principle or general
formula in the manner in which they had
been arranged. He expected that the rates
presented in the schedule would be modified
hy a consultation with other members of the
Board. It was the intention to fix a fair and
just rate for passengers, founded on common
justice, common sense and common law.
Found l»i ail.
San Jose, December 2d. Jos. D. Holmes,
aged 72, a native of England, was found dead
in his bed at the Los Gates Hotel, Los Gatos,
Ibis morning. The cause of his death is not
known. An inquest will be held to-morrow
morning. .
-Z'fTT. J Passengers Passing Jlojave.
Mojave, December 2d.— The following
overland passengers, by Southern Pacific
Railroad, passed Mojave to-d*»y, to arrive in
San Francisco to-morrow : Henry White,
D. G. Scofield, H. Solomon. B. Porter, Mrs.
Emma Wright and two children, Oscar Ste
vens, San "Francisco; G. B. Sanguineus E.
0. Tally, New York ; Charles A. Tully, "Nes
tor A. Young, San Francisco ; I. 11. Martin,
Arizona ; George Fehenstone, San Jose.
AUIZOKA.
:ry-.._yy. *:•■-.■•■.
The Killing Outlook — South; I'ariiic
"Railroad.
Tucson, December 21.— F. A. Tritle, M.
Castle. George o*. Berry, Bob Pixley and
other California mining men. who have been
examining mining property at Tombstone,
express themselves very favorably with the
mining outlook- at that place, and say that if
the San Francisco Stock Exchange will take
hold in earnest they can have as go.;:! a stock
market a3 they have had heretofore on the
Comstock.
The track of the Southern Pacific Railroad
is laid 23 miles east of Rio Mimbres. Track
laying has been retarded for lack of steel
rails. At Lordsburg, on the Southern Pa
cific, water has been struck at a depth of 300
feet in the well. The gap between the ter
minus of the Southern Pacific and Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe is now SO miles. The
town of Shakespeare, N. M., has been moved
down to Lordsburg.
OJUECOff.
Pardoned by the President -11 heat Mar
ket— Examination Requested. iyfZi
Portland, December 2 j. — President Hayes
has pardoned Daniel Smith, who has been
confined in the Penitentiary of this State for
some years. Smith was convicted of robbing
the United States mails, and sentenced by
Judge Deady for a period of eight years. He
has served out five years of the term. -:,. •v>
Little business is being dene in the local
wheat market. The quotations are Sl 45(u*
1 47*.
* Colonel Gillespie, Major of Engineers, has
baen requested to make an examination of the
Snake river from Lewiston south to the
mouth of the Imnaha and Salmon, with a
view of ascertaining its capabilities for fur
nishing an outlet for the Wallowa valley.'
WASIII.VGTO* TKMCITOUY.
Climate nt .\eah Bay. "
Port Towssend, ' December 2d. — The
meteorological observer at Neay Bay reports
that the schooner '70,' Potts master, 28 dajs
from Uunamski, Alaska, put into Neah Bay
for fuel, November 27th, remained two days
aud sailed for Victoria, B. C. On Septem
ber ISth, in a heavy gale, A. J. Worth, the
first mate, was washed overboard and
drowned. She also lost one boat at the same
time. ■ "'.*■.■••" -''*.'. . - - "
- Highest - barometer during ! the month,
3092; lowest, i.'.TO. /.The high barometer
continued during the month till the 20th.
The prevailing wind wasnortheast. which blew
steady for nineteen days, mostly light breezes.
The weather during the month was unusually
fine, only 4. 88 inches of rain falling, against
8.78 inches in November, 1879, and 19.71 in
1878. J The weather was diy and pleasant,
mere so than known for twenty five years
past. S Jupiter Pluvius has not been in the
ascendant, although the planet Jupiter has
been unusually brilliant. J Neah Bay has ex
perienced a change of climate. -The first
snow of the season commenced falling at 9 p.
11. yesterday. Three inches. fell during the
night. Thermometer, 30°; barometer risirg,
with light northeast wind. ■ ■•
' Pre.serv.no Posts.— ln speaking of the
known - methods of preserving posts
and wood which are partly imbedded in the
earth, by charring and coating with tar, it
is said these methods are only effective
when both are applied. .Should the poles
be charred without the subsequent treat
ment with tar, the | charcoal formation ion
the surface would only act as an absorber
of the ■ moisture, '" and, if anything, only
hasten the decay. By applying a coating
of tar without previously charring, the tar
would only form a casing | about the wood,
nor would it penetrate to the depths which
the absorbing properties of the charcoal
surface would ' insure. Wood that is ex
posed to the action of water or let into the
ground should first : be ■ charred, and then,
before it _ has. been J entirely cooled, Jbe
treated - with ' tar | until " the wood jis thor
oughly impregnated. The acetic acid and
oils contained in the tar aro evaporated by
the heat, and only the resin left behind,
which penetrates the pores of the wood and
forms an air-tight and water- proof envelope.
It is important to impregnate the poles a
little above the line of exposure, for here
it is that the J action of 1 decay ' affects the
wood | first, and where the - break J always
occurs when re-moved 1 from the earth or
strained in testing. . -
« »
Recent Work in Chemistry.— All the
work in " recent > chemical _■ research, ' says
Pattison Muir, in a paper just | published,
points unmistakably toward the conclusion
that chemistry Jis rapidly passing out of
the natural ; history " stage of progress into
that [ stage where | her facts .* will be ac
curately grouped under general laws, which
laws will admit of quantitative statement
acd of quantitative deductions being made
from them. The recent j work in '• chemis
try | also | illustrates \ the I need | of j a j wide
training in the methods of various sciences
for the investigator of this branch of natu
ral phenomena." One J man begins with a
purely chemical investigation, another with
what appears wholly physical ; before long
they find their J paths - meet, and J that the
problem which each had attacked without
thought ■of J the other can, it is ! seen, be
salved, and even then solved but partially
only by the united efforts of , both.
*7 A boil in the kettle is worth two on your
nose,
THE COURTS.
SUPERIOR COURT. ■
-, \ Clark, Judge.
TntRSDAT, December 2, ISSO.
L. C. Cfcand. -J"" vs. the People's Bank— Continued |
?(Sl^^Vs,J''m Upham-Default of de- j
fendant entered, and judgment for ; plaintiff ,, as
''X' People et the j Slate" vs. Robert Gardner- j
Case, heretofore set to " Dumber 'th, is continued
lor the session, apon tiotion of defendant a at tor
'""Martraretta Hartig ' vi. .K>«il Hagelstein et al.— |
Amended decree filed. -**, . ' 'r y. ',','' I
11. O. Smith vs. Charles I'lucei*- -Default of de- ,
fendant and judgment lor pJa on iff entered.
Estate "f Carrie E George, : deceased-final ac- :
count of J. V. Counts, aJminh trator, and petition i
for distribution tiled and set ft*" hearing December ]
13 1 »«>' ■;'' * r, c '■*'■ **"'' rs • ' I
Jennie B. Pyburn vs. George ' , n yburn— On i ™ - ;
Testimony closed and case eviitil till 10 A. JI.
tomorrow for argument. ', ' r -..-.
' Court adjourned. * . "f.y fy 'fy Z.
■fT .-■: J TO DAl'rl CAIOPAR.
4.VJ— Jennie B. : IM.urn vs. George** Pvluru—
triaL '"
391— William Kuhnla vs J. Cunninghi n.
451— Frank Martin vs. 11. Zeb.
16,053— Robert Miller vs. L. C. Chandler. •
TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE
V".' Filed November 30th.
S Fannie E. Smith to F. A. C. Nichols— November
30, ISSO ; for £2,000 ; the east hall rf the northwest
quarter of section 20, township S north, range 5
east. - : "- ■ ' *
Filed . December Ist. •
David Upton and others to Manuel Sands—
tober 8, 1869; for *?3 *, about 10 acres in section 21,
township ft north, range 3 east, being the west part
of the southeast ipia*tcr tf said section, v ' *-- *■• -.
R. 11. Bycn* to Mary A. Byera— December I, ISSO ;
tor $1 ; the west 25 feet of lot 5, between M ami N,
Eighth and Ninth streets, Sacramento.
Alexander Sen gga and wife to Mary J. Wilder-
December 1, IS3O ; for $800 ; ; the east 20 feet of lot
*-'. between L and 51, Eighteenth and Nineteenth
streets, Sacramento. VV~-
Filed December 2d. •-.* J
Jas. 11. Kent to W. IJ Everson ef'al.. Trustees of
Eik Grove Lodge. No. 271, 1. O. O. F.— November
23, 1880 ; for $00 60; a parcel of ground in the
northeast corner of the southeast quarter of sec
tion 31, township 7 north, range 0 east.
» •
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
-£gS--^m. - m.-.
ARCADE HOTEL.
Sacramento, December 2, 1880. .._
D P Smiley, New York H P. Curtis, New York ■
W M Wilson, Chicago MP Thomis, San Fran
Geo F Retty, San Fran Mrs S Converse, do I
LI. Brum will, do A P Curnis, -do*
A New System of Electric Lighting.
J. W. Swan, of Newcastleon-Tyne, has
come forward as the inventor of a system
of incandescent electric lighting, which he
claims can be economically applied to do
mestic purposes. He thus states in general
terms what he has done : It -was found
after many troublesome experiments that
when the vacuum within the lamp was
good, and the contact between the carbon
and the conductor which supported it suf
ficient, there was no blackening of the
globes and no appreciable wasting away of
the carbons. The main principle of the
Swan system is that upon which Mr. Edi
son has lately been working, and upon
which, many years ago, other American
inventors devoted a great deal of attention
with considerable success. Mr. Swan ar
ranges his lamps in series, and feels war
ranted in asserting that at least twice as
much light is produced by a certain quan
tity of gas used to generate an electric
current employed in his lamps than can be
obtained from this quantity of gas burned
iv j.'?.? burners in the usual manner. Put
ting the question of economy in other
,*.*. I ■■:-, he reckons that forty pounds of coal
employed in raising steam to generate elec
tricity, is capable of producing the effect in
his lamps of one thousand feet of gas
burned in gas-burners.
Victor Hugo. — "I saw Victor Hugo
riding in the Bois the other day,'' says the
Paris correspondent of The. Boston Journal,
" and was surprised to notice the extreme
heartiness of his look. The old poet
seems good for ten cr teen years of life
yet. He had en a straw hat. although it
was a cold day, and he was tiding uncon
cernedly in a hired : cab, which was de
cidedly the worse for wear. His face is
quite red, and is set in a frame of white
beard. He always wears his hair cut
quite shott, and in the park a stranger
might readily have fancied him a merchant
or a bourgeois retired from business. But
when his face is lighted up by strong emo
tion — when he is speaking on some topic
in which he is very much interested — the
expression becomes exceptionally fine. He
continues to go out in all weathers and
never complains of being ill, j which is
pretty good for a man who was already a
celebrity in 1826." .
Contract Awarded.— Mr. Davis, cf
Stockton, who built the Chin-du-Wan, the
Cora and other boats, has been awarded the
contract by the Government for building a
snap-boat for use upon the Sacramento rjver.
The boat is to be 135 feet keel, 35 feet beam,
with machinery similar to that in the
steamer Dover, having engines with cylinders
11 inches in diameter ami 5-foot stroke. She
will hi full-rigged with derrick?, steam
capstans, and with masts or shears arranged
for hoisting snags at the bow. The boat is to
be completed by the l->t of June next.
MARRIED.
San Jose, December I— Edwin A. Kennedy, to
Minerva M. Qui.-.by.
Vallejo, December I— George W. Simonton to Jennie
Leiter. r-i-'-
Marysville, November 25 — Henry I*. Frchn to Jennie
B. Grant.
Marysville, November 23— Henry Coupe to Kate
.McTavish. . •
V BORN.
Sacramento, November 25— Wife of Emil Schmidt,
a daughter. -
Red Bluff, November 26 -Wife of Chaunecy Bur-
gess, a daughter. . . J
DIED.
Sacramento, December 1 — Richard E. G •_ ings (father
of Mrs. 11. It. Mann, of San Francisco), a native
of Baltimore, Mil., _ '. years, 8 months and 27 days.
(Baltimore, San Francisco and Newark, N. J.,
papers please copy.) • . .
[Friends un ! acquaintances are respectfully invited
to attend the funeral, which will take place from
the Congregational Church, on Sixth street, be-
tween 1 and J, this (Friday) afternoon, "at 2
clock.) , ;fy
Sacramento, December 2— Carleton 1... only son of
Mrs. C. A. * nd the lute Levi Wilsev, a native ■-■:'
California, 14 years end 17 days. . - . -
Mormon Island, December I— Harriet, widow of the
late Elijah Poor, 58 years' and 4 mouths.
Placerville, November 29— John Jacob Rock, 40
* * years. U r < ■*; ■ i "■-"'"' '
Kl.pl City, December I— Copt. E. Vi. Sheiw*.*. i, 52
years. . ... .>, >. .*• ,
Woodland, December I— Joseph Laßusier, Cl ye ire,
8 months and 28 days. ■•-.*.
Sonoma, November 20 - Cynthia L. Schcllcr, years
and 9 months.
.1 I ■.■■■—.ll l_.MM.ll |M| ..||_ 11.1 II .. ■» — MIMIIIMIM 11.11 1
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ,
§ Tie Kn)* in lilue Mill meet Thl*i< Friday )
EVEN ISO, at Grand Army Hall, X street, between
Fifth aud Six.h,atB o'clock. •
W. A. HOUGHTON, Camp Commander.
jH. Bes.mht. Adjutant. (B. C.) d.l It ■>
"Slated Annnal Meeting of fnrra- A ■-*,'
mento Lodge. No. 40, F. and A. M.. THIS _^A_
(Friday) EVENING, at 7 o'clock Visiting "Jv>T
brethren arc cordially Invited." By order, ' ▼,\
E. C. ATKINSON, W. M.
; R. C. Irvue, Secretary. ■■"■■• * d3lt*
Allentloß. Sacramento Haauirs : v*
You are request! d to meet at >our SEL
armor}', THIS (Friday) EVENING, Dec m- /f9&j
ber 3d, at 8 o'clock sharp, to attend to »
your regular monthly meeting. "
' NOBLE FISH EE, Chairman.
rE. C. Boeder. Clerk.' ".* -'■ :: - ; d3-lt*
WANTED— A FIRST-CLASS COOK-ONE
who understands Ihe business. Also, one
Lady Waiter, at CENTRAL HOUSE, X street, be-
tween Eighth and Ninth. d3-tl
FIRST-CLASS ROOMS, SINGLE OR IN SUITE.
Prices to suit the times. The accommoda-
tions 61 this new house are unsurpasied, and »ill
be : kept strictly first cla-s. ; Al*o. Unfurnished
Rooms. CLCNIE BUILDING, northeast corner
Eighth and X streets. -.. - ■: ■ ■--■:-.. (13-tplm "
•£»<->--' PER 'ACRE WILL BUY A WELL-IM-
*?♦>«> proved 160-Acre WHEAT FARM, in Yolo
county convenient to market. For limber descrip-
tion, and terms, *,* apply to or address CARL
STROBEL. No 321 J street, Sacramento. d3-3t* I
A CARD.
THE FORTHCOMING IL.CTION OF SCHOOL
Directors baa moved a large number cf citizens
to induce MR. HORNBLOWER to run ajiain for the
office he so effect! has filled for Ibe las* two years.
Much has be<n said about, the renomination of
School Directors who have taken a prominent port
in school affairs lately ; but i', rests with the good
judgment ol the latell'gent portion of this - city
whether such a nan as MR. HORNBLOWER, who
has proved him.-u.li a partisan of : justice and im-
partiality, should occupy thia position again. 'Ido
not know whether he ii willing to serve again or
no* ; but JI do now that if he is, he will have the
support of a great many citizens in his ward,' who
favoi a progressive and liberal education.'---''-
* (18-It* " ■.;■'■■.*■■- *■■-■-...-.*■ :: YPSILON. J'
KESTNER
.mlf's ■.'--— HAS BOVOnT THE :': ..' -:..'■' f_W<--
Sss*iu * '.-:-'*- ~ ■'■:•'• ' ! ***^___9 J *
'- >=»%5> Gol<}rn rule 't______im
J tTRK'T, B-TWSKK Sixth A^D SsTjrjn,'".yYf
' Where he will keepeverything in bis lint*-. ' Piloes to
I suit everybody. Orders promptly filled and delivered.
j Country ordTa solicited. J Give hia a call. ■ <J3»lptl if
GE3STEEAL Notices.
7 dikes. Pietand all kinds of Fancy Candy
at W. F. PETEHSON'S. ■ ■■■'-. ;.-,;;,*• d2-lm ..
■-' ' * . •'• .-■"■'.* .
-All Who Have' Tried -WYE.' Peterson's
Ornamental Cakes, Tarts and Mince Pies, say they
are the best ever bought. Try them. - d2lni
J Co lo Ike Lafayette lor not Drinks.— *
Specialties : Tom and Jerry, Peach and Honey, etc.
X St., Third and Fourth. J. O. HECTOR, dl-3plm
J Fountain Mining Company.— Notice, the
Annual Meeting ol the Stockholders of the Foun-
tain 'Mining Company, lor the flection of Seven
Directors for the ensuing year, and for the trans-
action ol such and other business as may be brought
before the meetintr, will be held at the office of the
company. No. 9CO L street, in the city of Sacra-
mento, on MONDAY, DtCEUBEB 20, 18S0, at 7
o'clock I*. M. - D. DIKBBHKK, Secretary.
. . - nl!)lpliq -.._■■■<_
THE SACRAMENTO BANK
«71LL PAY THE HIGHEST MAP.KET TRICE
it T - fir State Controller's Warrants on the State
Drainage Construction Fund and on the General
Fund. ED. R. HAMILTON, Cashier.
813-3plm
"S^O 5&-E23S§r a aF.
Tnii- ELEOANT TWO-9TORY-AND-BASEMENT
JL frame house No. 1215 L street (FRONTING
CAPfTUL PARK), i The house is entirely new, bai -
lag m r been occupied ; has seven largo rooms,
bath ard closets, hot and cold water, gas and gas
fixtures throughout. * Rent, £15. - ■ .
ALSO— on corner of Fourteenth sad -F
streets, 9 rooms ; ..>;. .y -
ALSO— nouse on Fifteenth street, between I and
J, 5 rooms ; $13. ....
ALSO— Several small houses, ?0 to $10 per month.
Apply to A. LEONARD,'
i. U*»tf .NO. 1012 Fourth street.
_E**o_E*2.
A S)p ACRE 3 OF LAND, . EIGHT MILES
tt/Ci) below Courtland, fronting one-half mile
:>n Miner's Slough on tbe east, and one half mile
on Prospect Slou.'h oo tho west. A portioa ol the
PS ACRES OF LAND, EIGHT MILES
) below Courtland, fronting one-ha l ! mile
:r\ Eflwugb OB tbe ea«t, and one half mile
pect Biougb on the west. A portioa of the
CHOICE VKOBTABLX LANI>.
■ F<>r price and particulars, apply to the
i-17-gpici SACRAMENTO BANK.
- FOR SALE,
Oa'a'ACRK OF FIRST-CLASS RECLAIMED
&\j\/ TULE LAM), situa ed about one mile
soutli tf the town of Isleton, on Andrus Island, and
fronting en Jackson biootrb. For price and par*
ticulars, inquire by letter or in person of the
nll-2ptf * At ' K iIIiJMO BANK.
FRIEHD&T£r
LUMBER COW
MANUFACTURERS, WHO,
tail Dealers in every
ol BUILDING and FINISHL
LU-M-Bl
KILN-DRIED DOOK^
WINDOWS AND BLINDS I
t_T Special Orders and odd-sizes promptiv filled,
and shipped direct Irom the OREGON, REDWOOD
and SUGAR PINE MILLS of the Company.
Grkrrai, Ofticb, No. 1310 Second Streut, near M.
Bra-vcu Yarb, Corker Twelfth a;u> J Saunas.
aul'l-2tslt"
DECODES. S^u_i__!_S 9
The Grand Hotel Properly,
CENTRALLY LOCATED, OH THE CORNER
ol X and Front streets, in the city of Sacra-
mento, having a frontage ol 6*3 teet, and being three
stories in hight. A bui'ding of modem construc-
tion, containing CO well-lighted and pleasant rooms,
conveniently arranged, aud provided with all recent
improvements and conveniences. The first or ground
floor is occupied lor stores, saloon, barber shop and
hotel office, rented and yielding a fair income, which
can be materially increased by a reopening ol the
upper portion cf the premises. The building is in
good repair, and located on one tt the oldest and
most popular bold sites in the city, Its proximity
to Passenger and Freight Depot, "steamboat Land-
ings, Express and 'telegraph Offices, tanks and
business center, assures a large and immediate
profitable trade to the boon.
_2TTHIS PROPERTY
Is for sale, and must be sold.
**s*TPri<*c, LOW— one-third t»sh; balance on
any time desired, at 7 per cent, per annum net.
tar OFFERS WANTED. ■*»
For farther particulars, address Cadwaladcr A
sons. Real Estate Agents, corner Third and
.1 streets, Sacramer.to. n*27-2plm
STEJNWAY & SONS' PIANOS.
AHEYMAN, SOLE AGENT, I-JtfßP34-,
* stroet, be*. sxth and Seventh. -Sia-^i-fe-fiJ.
opposite Coort-houso. PIANOS TOBJ I I 3
LET Pianos sold on instaHntenia. * " ■
LADIES ~~
LAJJiiljb
.■•• =. -■.-■■■'^■* ■ '*- : - ■
WHO DESIRE A CLEAR, NATURAL AND
Beautiful Complexion should use
.; ■.- -V.; -. _..,- - *
.PHOSPHATE SOAP,
And nothing else. No other TOILET SOAP is bo
cleansing, soothing and healing. It Cure* Skin
UlseaseH of every bind. For sale by Druggists
and Grocers generally. Ask for i"lli>S!'*l.lTl>
SOAP, and take nothing else. n2O-2ptf
ELAINE I
vi 1 1 A I IM r»i
The Family Safeguard Oil !
f^f 33 Consumers can always
be assured of obtaining
an Illuminating Oil of guaran-
teed merit by asking Grocers
and Oil Dealers for Z : --.-i
ELAINE !
nUMwgpWFM
Christmas is Doming !
Toys!"
Toys !
Toys!
— _Nl>
Fancy Goods!!
COMPLETE ASSORTMENT
AT DALE & CO.'S,
'-''-. -*■**. ■"-"■■.'** -;■■■- jj ■* •
J at., bet. Si.lh and venlU, Sarrnimmo.
—:*.--■ d2-3llui
-i : ' . -
ISSO.
WK ARE IX RECEIPT a VERY FINE LINE
.'J: Fancy Goods Tor tbe Holidays. .'-
Ivory and Celluloid Dressing Cases,
o :^3E»HE*fc_c«TjTjittßJEtY, ■.*'*
In all styles, suiuhle for a HOLIDAY PRESENT,
and tffered at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES.
Please ed! and examine before purchasing elsewhere.
H. C. KIRK & CO,
« holena* c D ugglit* •'•••*..,, .Sacrnmento,
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