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PLACER CITRUS COLONY.
The People Who Constitute It and
What They Are Doing,
An Enterprising Community of En
glishmen In the Vicinity
of Loomis.
[Placc-r nerairi, January lOtti.]
We referred last we.'k to tho formal
'opening of the Citrus Colony <ini>. We
imagine onr readers will be interested to
i-. something about tixc Citrus Colony.
The fol'Miy '..;. ■ :- not ;< l»ew <""• '"
.California, fr. the southern part oi tii<
(state tiie settlement of sections by col
• pnie.s has Leon frequent, and in almost
t:\ <■:•>• in-'iui'-o where a colony has : □
■tatted, the development <>i' that set
fcan r;«:ji'i!y followed, Fresno was find
(brought Into prominence by the W-ash
ington Colouy. It w?aa started under
kv-vd disadvantages, but whenat.hvri it
Irot a K.uilioiil :u:il the coloniate began to
(prosper, the development of the ow
wound it followed rapidly, and the i
lias been t3*e upbuilding in a compara
tively short <ime of what is now mi" >■:'
Vlie most thrifty portion's of California.
The Citrus Colony is the first Institu
non of this kind started within the bor
ders of Placer.
Some three years ago J. Parker Whit
ney, who already owned a large tract of
laud east of Rocklin and "Loomis, along
\vith others bought a large additional area
in Antelope Valley, lying mostly betwei n
his old tract and the rauroad. i!;> went
to work and laid it off in blocks often,
twenty, forty and eighty acres each;
through this tract he !a:d off broad av
enues and graded them. Such land as he
did noi buy within certain limits was
taken in on equal terms with his own,
and to the whole whs given the name of
the Citrus Colony. A pricewas fixed on
Ike land and people in search of homes
were Invited to buy and improve it.
In April, UJBO, Captain J. Booth Clark
son, of the Third ftoyal Fusiliers, Eng
land, Came t<> California with a vi.w of
locating. Jle had been in nearlye/very
part of the w<>rld. Including India, the
West indies. South Africa, British Ouina,
Canuiia. Australia, New Zealand and
Sooth America, but from what be had
heard-and read he inclined to the opinion
that the United States was Che tnosl desir
abel country in which to locate, and that
California was the most desirable part of
il.u United State*. He came out through
the Southern State*, and arriving here,
s-l>ent two months in traveling over the
Btate and Inspecting the merit* of the
differ* . < ■ tions, botfa north andsoutb.
At last liis attention was directed to
Placer Comity. On reaching hero he
beard <>i the Citrus Colony lands, lie
weni oat to look at theiii. The richness
of the soil, the character- of theolimatei
the attractive scenery of the country,
ooupled with the* tcelience of the varied
products and the superior market feaili
tiesof the locality, appealed to his jn< i^
ment as the most desirable combinations
i'or the successful building of an at
tractive borne Lost he bad found any
where, and he at onoe made up is
aniiul to locate. Ec bought leu acres,
ban from Mr. Whitney and part from
Mr, Moil, of Sacramento, and at <>w-v
j>;it in,-ii in work clearing and improA ,
ji. He then went home for hisfemily,
returniqg with tbcui in October, !--s''.
Major Turner, of tin Lesterehire Ui^i
nu'iii and A. I. 1., accompanied the
Captain o" his return, and on arriving
here bought fifty w res of the colony land.
Alter arranging for having Jiis jand im
proved ana planted, the .Major returned
i'or ins family. <>n ''amain darks
place (o-M.iy fifty-five acres are clea
and planted,l <een acres of h liitii are on
tin- stoop slope of Antelope ridge, and
tjiis ]ias been beautifully terraced and
planU'il to or nge treos. Altogether,he
Ait:.- out and|groVviHg I,soo.orange Lr
3.J1.1 apricot troeftand 4,000 pftacii tn
<m .Nia.jor Turner's, place ten acres !
been terraced, ah told, he has out 1,700
orange trees, and proposes, ac he has ix
icently returned amili bis wile and Gunily
of seven children, to set oat \:M> more
oranges this spring. He is just iinis;,
a dew and Bigntlj residence, and is going
: tead vigoroualy to put bis place in tine
Adjoining <.';:i>i:mi Clarkson's place,
J. P. Whitney at the sunn-time had Bye
acres terraced and planted to oranges.
A. C E. Johns, Late of St. Bees, Eng
land, came out in October, 1889. in
l)OLi^!it twenty-two acres. He joined
others in putting in pipes for irrigating,
(ir., terraced threes iresand planted alto
gether last spring 500 orange trees. He
js preparing the I ialance of bis land,which
]i. inteuds to plant next spring mostly to
peaches and pe;\rs.
Wallace Dewo of Trisiity College, Ox
ford, eameont in March, !■-':*>. He bought
twenty acres adjoining Captain Clark
sxm's, and is now building d residence on
a sightly Location and is n.ioaring his
ground. He intends to. set <nit thecom-i
inir spring l,ouo orange trex'« and
peaches.
11. B. Tompkins, late of] Dorchester regi
rrn-iit. arrived with bis wife and cousin,
Mi<s Tompkins, at the colony in April
last. They had hm*!''.' nearly a year in
tiu' South, and ha<! thoroughly inspected
lin ■ it Kin - <•{ different sections of Cali
fornia. Ii ■ ■i oi ::•■■•> acres from W. I>.
Perkins. Twentyacres is as much as be
expects to j^'i ou* to fruit tiiis spring, ; be
balance he is i. ;\v seeding f< ;■ hay and
H. Wentworth came out last April •
Jle bought twi nty-tiiree acres near Nor
burg's place, on which ho has built a
house and i^ preparing to plant this
ppring 500 orange tree - and the b dance m
peaches.
Mansel S. Came of Trinity College, Ox
ford, and St. Donata Cast . ■
England, came out, acconip&u
eisier, Mi«s < arne, last April, H« bought
the \S'il!iiiiiis place, near Loouiia, on
yrhich there was acomfortable res :
and fifteen acres planted ;■>
il,' has since bought ■■■_ hty acr< ■- adji 'in
hig i-iu\\ ood (the i>utl( r place . where he
intends to erect a permanent residence
und v hi<-ii he is preparing u> plant,
mostly in <T.tiiL .
Harold Fermi r Hall, of Trinity College,
Cambridge, ea:i:e oui to the colony in
July hist. Before buying he pr< ferred to
investigate th( southern part of Uio State,
i>m be <';iiiie back satislie I and purchased
the Karri.-- place Of nvi nty acres, which
Mas already planted. He is making ex
tensive mipro\*cmentß to ih" buildiogs
am! preparing to set out among tiie
trv^> this spring some 560 orange trees.
Captain :■:. li. s. Cai.ler of the Koyal
Aitillery came out wii'i bis w itfe early in
November last. 11»» bajs since, in
junction with Bruc G . of the
Seventh Battalion of the Sixtieth Rifles,
Who also is a late arrival, bought tiu
Browning place of forty acres, uiostlj
improved and planted. They intend
put out I UOO orange trees this s]>; i:.-.
eventually they< ipwt t-> set oat ttieen
tire place to oranges. As boob as tbej
nreiuily settled Mr. Gardvne expepta .
Jt)e JjiiKil here by his mol
Messrs. •■.A.an I Herbert Bishop came
out about th.' middle of November last it
thoir own interest and the inter* st of Mr
Frank Korshike of London. They have
bought forty acres \\iiich they arc now
clearing with (']•• int< ution of setting ou
j.Dixi orange trees and the balance n
peaches. Air. Ker-l.ike expects to joii
the colons with his iai-aiiv of wile ;:n.
< ightchildren about next M;;.-, when tin
colony hopes to be al ■[<.- to start its iirst
■ public school.
A, P. Agnew Of Kdinbursh, S -
land, arrived al the. colony la Novomber
tot He bought ten i \\", v.
Htronp A Co. and went Into partnership
•with a jtfr. Poor in forty acree more,
hey ire preparing to plant exteiisii
all the heretofore unimproved portion in
pranges, peaches, etc.
Theße constitute tho present English
r sidonts of the eitrns colony. They
vc'v directed here through the Colonial
and American r.al estate nrnn of Scott it
jFsekson, of London, of Which Captaiu
Cfarkßon isa member. Since the Ca
ptain tirst Bettled to the colony others of
his couulryiiien have followed in rap] i
nuceession. Home have left thflir old
'■^tomes nnd oc:upfltiona for hcjlth, and
others from a deaireto liye in America
and enjoy rural life; but whatever the
motive, they si-en: abundantly pleased
with their locatjon and the prospects
which the future infers to tlreir new call- j
ing. '1 l.i y an- an intelligent and cul- \
tmiMr (-(iiuniiiuiiy oi' people, and without
i . ■■' -piion it:-e supplied with siilhcient ■
means t>> carry out ihv objectsof t-n*ir
:i?!ii>Uro-!i. .Miiuv othersare in communi- i
cation in regard to the Eocationand ad- :
vantages oi the ci•!■ my. and it is more
than likely that the present year will I
witness iri,*v!>ns acquisitions to the
present populatloa. The improvements I
they are making arc of the, most artistic!
and thorough dbafacter, arid taken from ■
ihe 11road standpoint ojf Placer County
enterprise, caletnated to promote and en
couragetne development of onr resonr
i- 1- mid add to the attractiveness of our
county and its substantial and taxable
wealth, they deserve every encourage
ment that can reasonably be extended
to liuiu.
SO-CALLED RAILROAD TRUST.
Vicc-Vivsideut Crocker Tells What It
Moans.
[San Francisco Examiner, Jan. 11.]
The gc'ii-ral public s «ms to have be
come itrrprossed with the idea that the
rtg ot r.iilw::y presidents in New
■'.id l!ii- i:-:i!i-:.'-ti:,i!s at that meet
ing mean an endca.vor to establish a
rj.ibvav ti-ijst. I see no reason
why s::ch an inipresidoii should have
ieea produced by the Presidents' agrae
iii"iii. Similar-.nltkirs or agreements as j
this in the past Lave n.»i prodm "d the re- i
suits fe :■-.(! by the public. There are
several reasons for the meeting, several
conditions that brought it about.
it Is a fact that Cur a long time the opera
tion of these railway properties has not
yielded a return or an interest upon the
investments in proportion to the Returns
received in ether lines of business in
which smaller capita] is tied up.
The stockholders have in recent years
been inquiring into the cause for the lack
of profits, and in rooking about over
their various railway properties they
have found that their lines have been
paralleled by other great lines: thatcom
petitioa is becoming more keen; that
secret rebates are being paid; that com
missions are being given; that discrimi
nationssre being made, and various other
devices resorted to by the competing
lines t<> secure traffic; and this cutting j
under one another in a secret way, In ad
ditfon to the open rate wars, has entailed
expense on therbade that render proper
r< -turns uuim the investments impossible. ■
The disastrous results of the continu
ance In such a course have become so ap
parent to the stockholders that they have
determined, through this meeting of
Presidents, to take upon themselves a j
more direct control of these railroad
properties, in order thai rates may be
maintained and that discriminations may i
tx nisi ontinued. |
The injuries which these properties
have suffered have come also from the
too rapid and unnecessary construction
of new lines of railway through territory
where they would, be brought into com
petition with tin older lines. It is in
tended to avoid this hereafter,through
the operation «f this late agreement.
There are also certain axed expenses
connected with the management of rail
road properties, such as interest upon
bonds and taxes, which prevail whatever
the amount of.traffic or the rate of traffic
may be, and the same is true to a certain
extent in the actual operating expenses.
la my judgment it will be some years
before the Middle,-Western and South
western states will be sufficiently ad
vanced to support their railroads. I do i
00l mi. an this to apply to California, and
noneof the expressions in this article
cpfer particularly to the operations of
railways in this State. California is ftp
fected by ihe agreement only as regards
her through traffic and her imports from
points east of the Missouri mver. The
theory involved and the genera] princi
ple oi this agreement relates to traffic in
the middle western country.
The agreement comes from the stock
holders in the properties and not from
their servants; and still another consid
eration that prompts it is to bring the.
stockholders into closer relationship with
their properties and to take out of the
hands of the traffic manager*and the g«nJ
eral freight agents the enormous execu
tive power that has hitherto been vested
in them.
Tb y have had absolute control over
thexatesof trafi^cta power that ißdele
gated to a servant in no other line of husi-
■ ■ 'Hie stockholders themselves will
set the rate and try to maintain it, thus
taking that absolute control out of the,
hands of t heir employ* ■ -.
The U ndency In railway traffic has al
ways been downward instead of upward,
and the work of the active railway mana
gers is not to raise the rates, bnt to keep
them upon an established basis. I main
tain that a stable rate is the best for the
business men. It puts them all upon an
equal footing-. If a competitor knows
; what the relations of his business rival
axe with the railway companies, and
knows thai they are the same that he him
self holds, then he is better able to com
pete with his rival.
It is the object ami aim of this agree
ment to establish a fair rate and fcb main
tain it, not 'increase it, and therefore it
.cannot beealleda pool,:and the reasons
fos terming it a railway trust donotap
j I'ly- < HAS. F. OROCKBB.
♦—
"ON THE MARCH."
j AYliat Is Thought of the "Kecord-
Vnlou" Elsewhere.
[Sun .lose bettor Times, January 11th.]
The X::< ortn-! m>>:-; is out in a new
Iress, tend in. eight-page form, with the
leaves cut, primed on a new Goss per
fecting press capable of 24,000 impres
sions an hoMr. It N claimed for this press
that it is capable of printing a three-pago
wide sir et. :;nd tlia.t it will print, paste
and fold with equal Ouiliiy, v four. six.
eight or iv. elvo-ivge paper iv one opera
tion, and all frotH <sfe roll, and all at tho
same rate per hour. We -congratulate the
publishers on this grand step in the for
ward niaMi in jouniiiiisin. I' 1:. RECOED
t nio.v has always had lota of brains in
its editorial management, only some of
.its best editors. like \v. ;i. Hills,have
been lost to jcKurnalisra tiecau'seof their
ior worth iv a financial sense, in
i other fields of l^bor. It is the next thing
to a crime to take a gpod editor away
from his sanetnm. But tho paper's
present editor is evidently "no slouch."
Tip us your flipper, t'onirade.
HE PRAYED AFTERWARD
Tho Only TlraoOW DoacOri 15."s (ir.-ind
son Bose in Kx]>ei-it»:ic<- >r«'ct!ntr.
Da ■ :i i; , one of th-> oldoM and
respected ckujx-ii ftje.nibers In Si at-
Ue, has a young grandson who is gi
ally accountetl thg worst scapegrace in
thewholc congTbgatfon. "Kic boy, who
is ten years of aue, has recently attended
prayer meeting a tiumtieVblP time&, and
has apparently taken a great deal of in
terest liie'.-eiu.
Last week he attended tho prayer meet
ings. The boy arose td his feet. Fverv
b !y looked at nun in surprise. He
■i very sorrowful edtontenanee, and
many thought that he was truly repent
ant for his wrong-doings. Every one
listened whili be opened bis lips to speak.
••I would like," said the youngster, s< l
emnly, "to ask the prayersofuioseas
sembled for my poor old grandfather."
T.;'" Ihiv sat down and there was a i
rained silence for a moment, after j
which some one suggested a song, and
the meeting dosed fail the usual form.
[t is needless to add that that young
stei s's jacket received a mueh-neeJcd tan
ning I*' fore he retired to rest that night.
S tie Treat.
«.
Tr Utso • wy to contrar-t a cold whleh,
from its obstinacy, n;:iy i ntnil a long
liscorafort before getting rid of
it. that theafiiicted s!:"ui<t resort at once
; ■ t'nit old established remedy, I'r. i».
.layiu's Expectorant, which will speedily
remote all coughs and colds, ami help s
yo-.i lo avoid all coniplications involving
■ the tliroat and Ittfigs.
-^^ __—.
A Russian penssat nanie<l Namischcff
enb red the barn of a usurer to whom he
owed money and boated himself on the
di.i.r, writing upon it with chalk the
i words: "This pays off my indebtedness
to you."
>.\« i:\.MKNTO DAILY 'nKCOHIM'N ION", MONDAY, .1 AN TAUT 12, 1891.—SIX IWf.r.s.
OUR "BESSIE."
Editor Dchlsou is Pleased With Our |
New T~nmn
[lied Bluff Sentinel. January loth.]
It has bam an open secret for several j
weeks that theBBCOKD-TTftioii bad a uew j
press iv process of completion, and thai (
great paper bad grown to men propor- I
lions that a larger a'.ul mpre rapid press
was a necessity to meet the demands ofj
the daily-increasing ad\ ertising and sub- :
script ion lists. This Long-felt want baa
at last been supplied, and an entirely new
"«■ £8 Insert Perfecting Press" takes the
place of out; of the old slow presses that
has dune duty so long in the silent
cause of good morals, good government
and the up-building and fostering the
great enterprises of the Golden State.
T^eßax>BD-UinoN'B ••< roes Ensert Per
fecting Press" was built hy the Qoss
Company, Chicago, and w:is shipped out. '■
put up :md tested by William W. G 68,
one of the (ioss brothers. This press cost, j
laid down sad la perfect running order, |
about :Jl>\whi. It prints a four, six. eight :
or twelve-page sheet, and is run by a new
-5-horse power engine, built in Sacra
mento. The speed necessary to bring a
four or Bjlx-pago paper will turn out trum ;
twenty to twenty-four thousand papers, !
complete, per hour. From twelve to fif
ten thousand eight or twelve-page papal»,
complete, in an hour, are turned out by j
the same power. If the paper is six,
eight or twelve pages, it comes out
printed, pasted and (bided. This is the
only press in the- Dnifced States that prints \
aad.pastesthe third and fourth pagea be
tween tho second and fifth pages. The
Hoe pastes its fifth and sixth pages on the
outside, Instead of on the inside.
It is a beautiful piece of machinery and
as perfectly serviceable as it is nice and
attractive to the eye, the second of its kind
on the Pacific "Coast, the other one being
in the San Francisco Post office, v.v bad
iiad the pleasure of witnessing "Bessie's"
first work. It moved like a thing of life,
a model of beauty, durability and me
chanical skill.
Out of compliment to Mr. William H.
Mills, who was editor of the RECORO-
Lnk.n for many years, and in honor of
his lovely child, the youngest daughter,
the sweet name, "Bessie," was engraved
and put upon the press. In ad
dition to the new press, the Rkookd-
Uxiox has a complete stereotyping out
fit and an entirely new dress. It is now
one of the most complete newspaper of
fices on the Pacific Coast. .May its lift In
long and its days brighter and more use
ful than ever before.
THE WEATHER
Sergeant Warwick Bays Xesterday
SCornlnjg Was Quite a NMpjw:-.
Yesterday morning in this city was, ac
cording to the signal service reports, the
<-o!dest since the lSth day of January,
1888, when tho lowest was 28.5°, while the '■
lowest for that month (.January, 1888)
was l<)°, on the 14th and 15th. The lowest
yesterday morning was -f.i> J.
There was aa extraordinarily heavy
frost both on Saturday and yesterday
morning, necessarily being heavier, or
more damaging, than the one of Satur
day, because the temperature on that
day fell to 2° below the freezing point,
while yesterday morning It fell to ;ij° be
low the point at which still water cou
i.eals and forms what ia called slush ice.
The highest and lowest, temperature
yesterday wasso° and 28°, as against 4.,
and3s° one year ago. The highest and
lowest one year ago to-day was 42° ami
34°, with .10 of an inch of rain.
The barometrical readings at 5 a. m.
and •") r. H. yesterday were SO.M and M
inches, respectively. A high barometer
prevails over the entire Pacific Coast and |
slope, with northerly wind cloudless and |
skies.
The lowest temperature yesterday was
as follows for the Signal Service stations
named: Olympia, 28°: Portland, 30°j
Roseberg, aP; Red Muff, 90°, anji Sacra
mento 25.5°.
ALONG THE FOOTHILLS.
Fruit Trees Preparing to Put Forth
JJiults—Good Prnspeots.
According to the Folsom Telegraph, the
buds on apricot, cherry, peach and plain
trees have begun to appear, and the Indi
cations are that we will have a large crop
of fruit the coining season. The peach
crop will be much better and larger than
it was last season, and all the other crops
will be better. There lias been hundreds
of trees and vim-.- planted during the pasi
year and all of (hem are doing well.
Hundreds of trees and vines v.iii bear
for the first time the coming season, and
thus Increase the fruit product. Much
li 88 grain has been planted this year than
has been in the past.
Ranchers are realizing that there is
more to be made in fruit growing than
there is from grain, and are beginning to
be content to allow farmers in other parts
of the country to plant it, while they
gradually work into fruit and wind.
There is less worry <>n account of loss
from a dry season, as leas rain i- required
for a good fruit crop than for a profitable
grain crop.
Many fruit raisers will give morn at
tention to drying than they have. There
is always a good market for dried fruit
which sells at a Gur price. Raisins that
were cured here have always sold well
and are equal to the best in the market!
One thing that could bo conducted with
profit and which would be a big help to
the community would be a fruit cannery
It would give employment to agruat
many, and leave much money in town.
WOOD, OR COAL?
Besalt of tlic Teats >I:ulo by the Rnll
road Company.
Engineer McCoy finished the wood and
coal test for the Centra] Pacific Company
tost week. TheColfax Sentinel says he
three return trips with wood and
three with coal One engine and four
teen empty or six loaded cars ofthe same
weight each trip were run over the Sum
mit. The weather was very unfavorable
mos( of the tinje. The brst trip with
coal took !:;; tons, bul owing to a wr< ck
at Cascade it was not counted. Conse
quently three more trips had to bo made.
Although the tests hive shown that
coal-n >uld be a little cheaper than wood,
it ia hard to toll whether the company
v.-ll dm m the difference groat enough to
justify them in making the change. Fol
lowing is the amount it took tor each
trial trip of wood and coal: Wood—First
trip. is. cords: Becond, I3J; third. 164,
Coal—First, llj tons, second, iff, thin*,
AMUSEMENTS.
Another entertainment by the Sacra
mento Lecture Association will take
place this evening at too Congregational
Church. Mrs. Xclla Bsown-Pond, an
accomplished re.-ider, will be the chief
attraction. She will lie assisted by Miss
Lida J. Row. a pianist of fine ability.
Mrs. Pond comes indorsed very warmly
by the Eastern preaa and lector? associ
ations as a gifted elocutionist. One of
the leading Eastern journals of so ,
critical character, pronounces her a dra
matic Beads? of especial strength and
grace, whose method is correct and
whose programmes are addressed to a
cultivated taste.
At the Metropolitan Theater this even
ing tho "U and I" iarce-comedy com
pany will reappear fox one night only.
; (ins Williams, the well-known Dutch
; dialect comedian, and .T.lm T. Kellv, the
very original Irish Specialty actor.' fere
the leaders. They are supported by a
company fully level w-ith the de
mands of tho humor of the piece
and among whom are some good
; dancers and good soubrettesand vocalists
i In San Fraucisco the company did a very
'largo business, their audiMW"*-fhr >'-----
weeks crowding the theater night after
night. Since the company was here, new
specialties have l>een introduced into tin
play with new songs, dahcesaod charac
ter acts. The company is certain to draw
a full house here, Wr the style of enter
tainment it gives) is of the order that ap
pears to meet the popular taste, and which
Invariably tilis the theaters.
At the Sixth-street M. K. Church this
evening Mrs. A. 11. Bruce, formerly a
spiritual medium, will deliver a free lect
ure exposing spiritualism. She says
when she was giving se.iiees she was sin
cere, but is now satisfied that she was
self-deceived and proposes to explain
how-and to point out the mistake and
hollowness of Spiritualism.
HE HAD A NAP.
Sad Experience ot" a Young Society Man
Who tame to tile Ball.
Among the San Francisco people who
| came up on the special train Friday after
noon to attend the inaugural ball was a
I young man well kuown in society circles
at the metropolis. He was faultlessly at
tired in a full dress suit, and appeared
j unusually jubilant as he thought of the
swell appearance he was to make at the
ball.
W hen the train arrived here, about, ti
I o'clock in the evening, a bright idea
struck him, and that was to refresh him
. self by sleeping a couple of hours before
going to the Capitol. He engaged a room
at one ofthe leading hotels and lay down
| for a'Short rest.
Unfortunately, though, he was one of
the sound-sleeping sort, and the alarm
clock had no eilec-t on him. When he did
| awake he jumped from his bed v.itli one
bound. He looked at the clock, and
though it appeared to be running, it was
only seven—but a few minutes past the
hour he had gone to bed. His watch
showed the same time, and the young
man was sorely puzzled to think how
much he had been refreshed in so short a
I time.
The mystery was fume folly cleared up,
however, when he walked over to the
i window, raised the curtain and threw
open the blinds. It was broad daylight,
and the watch was correct—but it was 7
a. m. instead of i>. H .
I: Is said that the atmosphere in the
room was fairly poisoned with cuss
words, and there was also a blue streak
from toe hotel to the depot that morning.
ANOTHER DIVE VICTIM.
A Country Youth Contributes to tlio
Dive Support l-'tnnl.
A young man named McPherson, a
resident of one ofthe foothill towns, yes
terday had Ids pockets picked in a down
town dive in broad daylight.
He was v«ry drunk at the time, and
While standing at the bar one of tne
hangers-on in the dive took a gold watch
from his pouket.
HcPherson made a rumpus about the
matter after he became sober, and being
8 friend of several of the character-, that
frequent the saloon, he asked their assist
ance and they soon learned who bad the
timepiece.
Learning that he hud been detected, the
man who took the watch came to Me
j Phorson last c vening and told him that
he would get him his property to-day, as
ballad pawned it for 98. Thinking only
of recovering his watch, McPherson did
not ask the name of .the party. He real
ised Ms folly last evening, and reported
the matter to the police.
A Pleasing Sense
Of health and strength renewed, and of
ease and comfort follows the use of Syrup
of !■ :gs. .-'.s it acts in fiSjrrcnony witli nature
to oflectually cleanse the system when
! costive or bilious. For sale in oOe and ?l
bottles by all leading druggists.
tfptotheend of October the loss from
fires in the United Spates and Canada for
the year 1890 was $18,795,805 less than for
the corresponding nuniih in 1889.
»
Beecham's pills act like magic on a
weak stomach.
| Capital (Thic-^lvtce (flotljhta; (Ccmummj.
Our Store Will be closed entire day of next
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14th,
—-And will—
Re-open on Next Thursday at o A. M. Sharp,
—When we will inaugurate—
THE GREATEST CUT-PRICE SALE
■Ever known in California, and we will offer FIRST-CLASS
CLOTHING, HATS and FURNISHING GOODS
.A.T LO"WSR PRICES
Than at any time offered to the citizens of Sacramento or
vicinity. MANY LINES will be sold at ONE-HALF of what
they are actually worth.
X^ WATCH *vX
Our daily bulletins in the Record-Union and Bee, and wait
for prices we will quote, as WE WILL ECLIPSE ALL
FORMER EFFORTS.
i — —
CAPITAL ONE-PRICE CLOTHING COMPANY
CORNER SIXTH AND X STREETS.
(Tin* lU'fc iic«sc»
Winter Clearing Sale!,
The quick intelligence of this community has grasped
instantly the fitness of our great retailing in January. We
have not invented any new ideas—have only applied them.
Trade laws are evolution, not invention. The sagacity
conies in the keen sight and use of them. While the sea
son is yet young, and the people want the goods, SELL;
make the PRICES SO LOW that they cannot resist buying.
Saturday proved the last. At two points of the day the
business was ahead of our ability to keep up with it. To-day
begins with an iucrease of force and we shall try to serve
all promptly.
Special in tk Great Mark-down List To-day.
COMFORTERS,
• BLANKETS,
LjPITDIEIS' WIR-AiPS.
Half a dozen bales of COMFORTERS—nothing but
good qualities. We commence at a schintz covered, fast
turkey red back, S pounds weight, at $1 19; sateen foi lows
at $2, $2 25, $2 73, etc. All a third or more off.
BLANKETS—IO-4 silver gray as low as $1 45; 5-pound
silver gray, full size, $1 75; Blankets at $3, $3 50, $4,
$4 50, $5, etc., all grades and weights, gray, scarlet,
vicuna and white, California or Eastern; $1O worth of
Blanket for $7 25, the king of all, lOj pounds of pure Cali
fornia wool (gray), manufactured by Walker of Wood
land. As a rule, one or two money-savers are enough to
make a sensation in Blankets. THINK OF MORE THAN
A DOZN, AND EACH ONE A SPECIAL BARGAIN!
LADIES' WRAPS —All the balance of the Winter
Wraps. Some at TWO-THIRDS, others at HALF, some
at a QUARTER, of January prices. $9 Ladies' Fasionable
Jackets as low as $3 73—that's about the style of the cut.
SHOES—A whirlwind of Myers struck tiie feted lines Satur
day. Still fairly plenty left
C. H. GIUVIAN,
Red House, Sacramento.
STATE
CITRUS FAIR
—FOR-
Northern California
—WILL BE HELD AT—
MARYSVILLE,
January 12 to U, 189 L
Cash Premiums, $2,,500
SPECIAL EXCURSION
Leaves Southern Pacific Depot,
Sacramento, SATURDAY, Jan
uary 17th, at 1O:33 A. M., by
way oi' Davisville, Woodland
end Knight's Landing, over
new road through Sutter coun
ty. Returning SATURDAY
EVENING, leaves Marysville
at 9 o'clock.
Fare, round trip, $2 50.
r- "Tickets for sale at Rail
road_Ticjcet Office. jas-ict
Baker & Hamilton,
— MLfUKTERS ANT) JOBP.KKS OF—
HARDWARE, IRON, STEEL,
COAL, POWDER,
Apullimil liiipkineiits and Macliines,
P.ARKED WIRE, CORDAGE, RELTIXG.
saci:.\mi:nt() camfoum \.
SHERWOOD HALL NURSERIES,
Titiioliiy IlojiUins,
ME.Vi.O VAKK, SAX MATEO iX'UXTY, CAL.
Carnations. Robes, «'?ivysMinllicTmiins
anii Cut Kio',vt!>;.
3WEET I'KA SEED A SPECXALn . I
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