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THE BOOK PEOPLE.
How the Library Association Was
Received.
Sacramento's Reception—Fruits, Game,
Flowers, Speeches and a Car
rlago Ride.
The plan adopted for the reception and
entertainment of the American Library
Association delegates by the people of
Sacramento on Saturday was appro
priate and successful and every de
tail worked out to a charm, as intended.
It is not too much to say that no reception
of a largo group of Eastern people by the
Capital City has been with such limited
time at command so completely success
ful and altogether so gratifying to local
pride, so in accordance with good taste, or
more pleasing to the guests.
CORRECTING MISAPPREHENSION S.
That the delegates will leave the State
thoroughly impressed with the import
ance and advantages of Northern and
Central California is certain. They entered
the State with several misconceived
ideas of this section, due very largely to
misinformation. Of these they were
completely disabused. By statements in
response to their flood of inquiries, their
misapprehensions were removed, and
these statements were in everjr instance
fortified by physical proofs, not ob
trusively or boastiugly presented, but in
a manner to make their reception not
only agreeable but convincing.
AS ADVASCK tUAKI).
The special committee of tho citizens'
meetinc left the city for Truckee Friday
noon, and consisted of Dana Perkins,
State Librarian, Chairman; Judge K. O.
Cravens, ex-Stato Librarian; T. 11. Wal
-118, ex-State Librarian; W. C. Fitch,
President of the City Free Library Trus
tees; J. A. Woodson, for the Museum As
sociation, and K. 0. Atkinson. Accom
panying tho party was Miss Mary
<J. Harbaugh of the Alameda Free Li
brary. They took with them a quantity
of fresh salmon, dressed quail, and fresh
figs, peaches, bauanas, limes and grapes.
At Kocklin Mr. Perkins added boxes of
grapes to the bountiful supply. At New
castle John C. Boggs contributed a line
lot of Levi clings, and K. Mogeralotof
selected peaches. At Loomis Mrs. K. V.
Maslin sent on board the train two boxes
of white Smyrna figs, grown upon the
place of E. W. Maslin.
FRUIT IN PLKNTY.
At Colfax Mr. Perkins had meet him
another consignment of fruit, and W. M.
.Baker of that place, a director of the Dis
trict: Agricultural Board, added to it a line,
nelected lot of peaches. At Colfax and at
Alta also the committee received con
signments of peaches anil appies to their
order. When all the goods were aboard the
committee had fruit enough to supply a
company live times as large as that it \\ as
jjoing to meet, and had also a large col
lection ot flowers sent from Sacramento
by Mrs. Dana Perkins.
MEKTINO THE GUESTS.
Tho committee reached Trucke° be
tween 8 and l> at night, and were out at
6:30 the next morning to meet the ex
pected guests. To T. 11. Wallis was com
mitted the especial care and handling of
tho fruits and other goods and the sr
ringements of details lor the breakfast of
the guests, and the duty was well and
discreetly discharged.
Most of the gentlemen of the party of
visitors arose to meet the committee at
the early hour named. The greetings
•were cordial and hearty, and in less than
ten minutes the relations established
were as warm and free from formality
and sftffhnmi as it the hosts and guests
had been acquainted for mouths.
TJI X TKAI.V-KKKAKKAST.
The train, a large one of Pullman vesti
buled cars, consisting of sleepers, dining
car, parlor and observation cars and bag
gage <ar, was one of the finest and best
appointed that has been sent to the coast.
It was under charge of Mr. McWilliams,
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
•who was painstaking to lurther the plans
of the Sacramento committee. The com
mittee opened th<> fruit campaign by ap
petizing ante-breakiasi distribution of
Hmyrna figs and varieties of grapes. The
guests responded with black coffee and
cigais. Before the train pulled out from
Truckee at 6:15 all tho ladies were up,
and the committee had won their favor
by hospitable attentions. At this time
copies of tho RbOORI>-UhioN were dis
tributed among the guests, giving them
the first general news they had received
fcince lea vine Salt Lake City.
Between Truckee and Summit Station
breakfast was served and consisted of
Sacramento River salmon. Placer quail
and Placer, Sacramento, Yolo and
vada grapes and peaches, supplemented
OD the part of the guests by usual break
fast table supplies. After breakfast the
ladies decorated the observation c:ir
with the Sacramento flowers and then
the social session began in earnest.
V LEW WO TilE AI'PROAUI.
Conductor Murray of the Southern Pa
cific Company was in charge of the train,
xind to his thoughtfuln* ss and accommo
dating spirit much of the success oi'the
reception was due. At several points the
train was stopped and the guests alighted
and viewed the scenery and gathered
kouvenirs of the mountains. Every point
of interest about the landscape, historic,
topographic and otherwise, was ex
plained by the committee in response to
inquiries, and every question concerning
production, climate, industries, etc., an
*wered to the lull knowledge of the com
jnitteemen. All tho way down "the
hill" the visitors were constant in seek
ing information about California, and
<tisclosed the fact that most of them had
b«n much misinformed concerning e*>
tH-ntial facts regarding Central and North
ern California, the climate, the soil, pro
ducts, commercial and industrial wealth
»nd possibilities, etc.
THK FRUIT OF THE SOIL.
On the way down new supplies of foot
hill grapes and peaches were put on
board of the train at several points until
there was room for opening no more
lx>xes, and eases enough wen left un
opened to supply the tourists for several
days to come. At Kocklin, in proof of
tho seini-trppic capabilities of the sec
tion, a branch of an orange true was cut
off*loaded with oranges almost ready to
turn to a golden hue, and this w;i
}m tided from the ceiling of the observa
tion car, were it will remain to Iho end of
the tour, November 4th.
AN INTELLIGENT BODY.
Tho committee is unanimous in its be
lief that a nioro intelligent, cordial, in
lormation-soeking, courteous and hos
pitable party of touri>ts never came to the
ktate. The guests were warm in their ex
pressions of surprises and delight at the
reception and the profuse hospitality of
the Californians. That a committee from
a community they had never met should
(Oino 120 miles to greet them, and load
their cars with California products, was
a manifestation as unexpected aa it was
delightful to the visitors.
thk BOOTES 09 iiik -uksts.
t The guests representing the three bun
t red or more members of the association,
now in tho thirteenth year of its exist
ence, were:
8. s. Green (President), Librarian of
tho Public library, Worcester, Mass.;
Frank P. Hill Secretary), Librarian
Public Library, Newark. «, J.; P. 11.
llild (Assistant Secretary!, Librarian
3'ublic Library, Chicago; Miss M. K.
Abern, Assistant Librarian State Library,
lndiana]>olis, Ind.: Miss Jessie Allan,
Librarian Public Library, Omaha; M;-»
H. A. Bean, Librarian Public Library,
I'.rooklino, Mass.; Daniel Beckwitfe, Li
brarian Providence Athenaeum. Provi
cience, It. I.; p. H. Bowker, Editor Li
lrary Journal, Brooklyn, N. V.; Miss 1,.
t. Cutler. Librarian, Hartford, Conn.;
ft A. Cutter, Librarian Boston Athe-
Bjmuni, John C. Dana. Librarian Public
Library, Denver, Col.; Miss l.ydia A.
Dexter, Assistant at Newberry Library,
Chicago; C. H. Dudley, Librarian Mer
cantile Library, Denver; W. I. Klntrhnr,
SACRAMENTO DAILY RECOBD-TnJIO^, MONDAY, OCTOBEK 12. 1891.—SIX PAGES.
Librarian Amherst College. Amherst, ■
Mass.; L. B. Gilmore, Assistant Public }
Library, Detroit, Mich.; Miss Erma G.
Harris, Harris Institute, Woonsocket, R.
L; Miss C. M. He wins, Librarian Hart
ford Library Association, Hartford, Conn.:
Rev. 11. F. Jenks, Trustee Public Library,
Canton, Mass.; D. V. R. Johnston, Refer
once Librarian State Library, Albany, HT. j
V.; K. A. Linderfelt, Librarian Public
Library, Milwaukee, Wis.; Miss L. F.
Macey* Librarian Reddicks Library, Ot
tawa, 111.; Miss Annie Metcalf, Librarian \
Harris Institute, Woonsocket, R. I.; Dr. j
B. J. Nolan, Librarian Academy of Nat
ural Sciences, Philadelphia; Miss N. \V. i
Plummer, Librarian Pratt Institute,
Brooklyn, N. V.; Dr. W. F. Poole, Libra
rian Newberry Library, Chicago; Miss
EL P.. Prescott, Assistant Librarian Co- j
lumbia College, New York City; S. H.
Bcudder, editor and entomologist, Cam
bridge. Mass.; Miss D. K. Sherman, Trus
tee Y. M. C. A., Yonkers, N. V.; 0. C.
Soule, Trustee Brookline Library, Brook
line, Mass.; H. H. Utley, Librarian Pub- j
lie Library, Detroit, Mich.; Miss Mar- j
garet Van Zandt, Assistant Columbian
College Library, New York; A. W. (
Whelpley, Librarian Public Library
Cincinnati, O.; Dr. tieorge E. Wise, Li- j
brarian Medical Department Newberry
Library, Chicago, 111,; 11. H. Whitney j
(honorary member), President West End j
Railroad Company, Boston; Mi^s E. A. I
Taft, Yonkers, N. Y.j G. F. Stechort, ;
publisher. New York City; Mrs. A. W. j
Whelpey, Cincinnati; Mrs. E. C. Marble, j
Florence, Mass.; W. 11. Lowdermilk, j
publisher, Washington, D. C; Miss Julia j
Lippett, Brookline. Mass.; Miss Belle |
Ban*. New York City; John I). Bean, I
Brookline, Mass.; H. H. Cooke, pub- j
Usher, Chicago; Miss Alice Crook,
Yonkers, N. V.; Mr.and Mrs. Charles 11.
Davis, Worcester, Mass.; William Good
win. Philadelphia, and Mrs. Bunker,
Philadelphia, chaperoue. In addition
these are members T. 11. Wallis, Sacra
mento; <J. T. Clark, Sacramento; John
Vance Cheney, San Francisco, and the
two last named joined the gr< ■:;\i at Sac- j
ramento and continued on wish it to
Sari Francisco.
AT NAiT.AMKNTO.
At Sacramento Mayor Comstock, P. E.
Platt, U. Weinstock, Perry Curtis, W, 11.
V. Raymond, <;. T. Clark, Colonel Mc-
Nasscr and < •. C McMullen, and escorting |
J. C. Rowell, < hairman of the San Fran
cisco Reception Committee, and live of his
committee who had been received and
j entertained in the forenoon by the Sutter
i club, met the guests and were intro
duced to them by the Kscort Ci niiiii;
; dnder the marshalsbip of George C j
McMullen the entire party thui took car
riages, one of the Sacramento committee j
beina'in each carriage, and were driven]
to the Art «iallery.
AT Till' AIIT GAM.KKY.
They were met at the door and greeted
by Vice-President Dr. <;eo. Pybnrn of the i
Museum Association, Custodian M. s.
Cushnian and Art Instructor W. F.
Jackson. When all had assembled,
Mayor ("onistock made a brief address of
hearty welcome on behalf of the city, :md j
President Woodson tendered them the
freedom of the gallery on behalf of the
Museum Association and the city. The
guests spent an hour in the building,
I visiting the School of .Design, the Art
j (iallery and Mineral Cabinet. They!
were then driven to the State Capitol and !
received by it. D.Stephens, President of I
State Library Trustees. When all had j
- mbled in the chambers of the stale
Library and Mayor Comstock had called j
to order, Secretary of State E. G. VVaite
welcomed them in these words:
Mi;. WAITK'S ADIiILKSS.
"Ladies and Oentlem* n of the American j
Library Association: In the absence of
Governor Markham from the Capital it j
has fallen to me to wele ime you to the \
State of California. Were the Governor
1 present be would do the honors of the
I moment m r«: becomingly, but ho could
notfexfc nd io you a more hearty welcome !
tn in 1 do oil Luis occasion.
"It is a pleasure we Californians prise
to meet cultivated ladies and gentlemen
• lining from our old homes in the East,!
and it ;s appropriate that the lirst formal {
greeting.i-5 in such a place as this, where
ail around you are old acquaintances and
friends with whom you are more familiar
than with our faoes. In such a presence
you cannot feel as strangers. But I trust
the hospitality of the people of the State
i will be so broad and geuerous that j\,u i
I will feel that you have met only the dear
i est kindred in this rising empire that
stretches seven hundred miles along the ;
shores of the Pacific.
"<>ur State is so !ar away from the great {
American hive that it does not fill with I
I population hh rapidly as other States in j
i the central parts of the continent, and
j therefore, in your progress through our j
territory you will see often times much I
that is yet crude, and wide areas com- I
parativeiy undeveloped. 1 <,v will see '
I bleak and barrel! mountains, which you !
may think worthless and a waste. You !
j will see acres of alkali, and coming as
many of you do from regions where ;
every foot of land can be made product
ive, you v. ill lie likely to depreciate our
i State.
"I pon every vi-itor we desire to make
:';!>• lies; impressions, and therefore I !
would say that in the economy of nature I
• dkuli fields are but storage grounds i
for the excess of plant food. Nature is '
only too bountiful sometimes in the ele
ni'-nts that give life.
" The barest and most rugged mount
ains are here to furnish by disintegration
a renewal of soil to oontiguous valleys. J
Thus provident nature is intent on mak- j
i ing California productive and habitable
in tlie limitless future.
"But you are not here to listen to ex
tended remarks. In the name of the peo- !
pie Of tlie State, the State Librarian and
st tte officers generally I can assure you j
that I am glad to meet you and bid you a
most cordial welcome."
The guesls heartily applauded the
s. an tsry, :.;.d then President S. S. Green
was introduced by Mayor Comstock.
I-:;' SEDKH? QKXKH ItKI'LIES.
Mr. Green responded at some length,
and spoke with deep feeling. He said in
substance, and with tmprmalveeloqnenoe.
that his party had heard a great deal
j about California hospitality, but they
found that they knew very little about
It, until at the very break of day on the |
extreme eastern limit of this great State, j
they were met by a Sacramento commit- i
tee and welcomed to the State. That
committee came an strangers but were j
n friends and hosts. They bore
hampers and boxes of lucious fruits and
Sowers, and rish fresh from California
streams and game from her hills, and |
hearts and rotoes full of cordial welcome
and genearoM greeting.
Such a reception was an overwhelming j
surprise; it was something that choked
responsive utterance by its heartiness.
It had been kept up all the way over the
mountains, and the material evidences of !
California's wealth of production in i
fruits and flowers showered upon them,
coupled with attentions that enlarged the '
Information of the visitors and increased
their store of knowledge of this portion
of their country . In behalf of his party '
he thanked the Secretary of State for the
welcome given, and tho people of!
ramento f"r their overflowing hospi
tality and their concern for tho comfort
and pleasure of tho travelers. Ho could
scarce find words to express how grate-
I ful. proud and happy they were in ronso
: quenoe. He invoked the blessing of
Heaven upon so warm-hearted, generous
and hospitable a people.
VIKWINO THE CAPITOL.
An hour was then spent in examining
the library. The rooms had been beauti
fully dressed in flowers and ferns, and
the tables were covered with cot flowers,
I and grapes from the vineyard of Presi
dent Stephens formed a beautiful cover for
j the center table. Deputy Librarian Leako '
presented the ladies of the party with :
j large baskets of llowers and bouquets, \
j ami Miss Geneveive Green, Assistant I
Librarian, presented to each gentleman a •
: hui ton-hole bouquet. Librarian Perkins i
; received tho guests in his office and
showed them every attention. The at- !
taebes of the library, assisted by Adju- i
taut-General Allen and Superintendent j
of Printing Johnston, escorted them '
through ih»> several floors of tho library
and then to the Assembly and Senate
Chambers. They were received also in
the offices of the Adjutant-General, tho
Secretary of state and the Governor, and I
spent some time in the State Treasury,
where Treasurer McDonald and his dep
uties showed them the vaults and the
coin storage.
In tho state Library during the recep- j
tion hour stood a very large floral piece,
four feet high and nearly as broad, repre
senting an open book, with the name of
the National Association on one page and
the welcome of the library officials on the
other. It was worked out in choicest
flowers and with exquisite taste. This
piece was presented to the visitors and
sent to their observation car after they
left the building.
DRIVE ABOVT THK CITY.
From the Capitol Marshal McMullen
escorted the party through the better
residence streets to Sutter's Fort and to
East Park, returning along H to Tenth
street and thence to I and the City Free
Library where a hali hour was spent
most agreeably. President Fitch of tho
Board of Trustees and Miss Hancock,
the Librarian, entertaining the visitors.
A COMTLIMKNT.
Mr. Poole, the experienced cataloguer,
pronounced the catalogue and distribu
tion system of the Sacramento Library,
the invention, by the way, of President
Fitch, the best for a free circulating of
which he had any knowledge, a great
novelty and so worthy of copying that he
begged leave to have copies of the design
for introduction into public libraries of
the East.
DEPAKTVKK.
The parly then returned to their carri
ages and were driven to Sixth street, to J,
to Second and to the depot, where, at 5
i\ .M., the Sacramento committee yielded
their charge to the San Francisco com
mittee and the train pulled out with the
guests waving hats and handkerchiefs
and shouting to the Sacramento commit
tee their thanks for the reception they
had enjoyed.
EVERYBODY'S COLUMN.
Correspondence of interest to tlio
General Public*.
[Under this beading tbo lUHX>»i>rUi»ios
will publish short letters from correspondents
on topics of interest to the general i>ui>ik\ Tho I
maiter in ilicsi- couiiiuin'.cutioiiri wili be un
derstood to represent only the views of the
writers. All communications most beaooonl
puiilcd i).v the name of the writer, not for i>nt>- i
licatton, unless so deaired, but an a guarantee
ot good t'uitlt.—Eds.J
statement From Mr. Boyne.
Eds. Record-Union: fn your issue of
Saturday hist you say that "District At
torney Ryan was an interested listener to
what was going on (before the Board of I
Supervisors in the Reed matter; and at
this juncture took a hand in the discos
sion. He called Mr. Boyne'a attention to j
the fact that persons v ho engaged in com
promising felony cases oat of court
wire themselves amenable to the law.
This was a pointer for Mr. Boyne, Con
tinuing, Mr. Ryan said that it was a waste
of time to ask the Supervisors to be
lenient with Reed. The ease was now j
out of their hands and was in the courts.!
There was no way of stopping it. Any
one who sought to com promise the matter
out of court was himself liable logo to
jail, and it was dangerous meddling*"
The reporter who lurnished you with
that Information was. certainly misin- |
formed as-to what took place before the
board.
Mr. Ryan gave no such "pointer* to
me. On the contrary, the District Attor
ney was will ing to do anything that
| would be satisfactory to the Board of Su
pervisors and consistent with justice and |
'■ lhe equity of the case. While it may not j
be in strict compliance with the letter of!
! the law to settle an alleged felony out of !
j court, .still it has been done and will
again be done whenever the injured par
tii s "file a stipulation of satisfaction" (as
I the lawyers say), and that •he coinmon
i wealth rafters nothing by the settlement, i
In the Keed ease i have, done nothing 1 i
would not <i<> again, except prevented by |
being thrown into Chief Drew's inferno.
In that event I have no doubt your re
; porter will grant me the favor that the
spirit of Virgil granted to Dante, and
conduct mo through those "infernal
j regions" where "lost souls" most do
congregate, and while he describes the
different grades of crimes and punish
ments, 1 can "write them up," and
thereby serve a double purpose by giving
real ing matter to the public, and a
breathing spell to Brother Keed, so that
he may be able to prepare his case for the
coining battle.
It was at the suggestion of Mr. Fassett
and myself that Mr. Heed offered to
| compromise the case out of court by
! offering an apology to the Board of
| Supervisors. Wo thought it right, and,
I like the honest man that he is, he agreed
j to it.
But tho proposition was rejected.
; There will be no more "crawfishing" on
I the part of Mr. Keed. He is a poor man,
j but when the news went abroad that all
: a poor man could do was ottered and re
i jected, double eagles, as if by magic, took
i wings In all parts of the county and
: came to him, so that he is now in a oosi- j
| tion to defend himself with the best legal
talent. William Boynk.
[Notwithstanding Mr. Boyne's contra
diction the reporter of the Record-
Dvioh, who was present during the pro
ceedings before tlio board, and who has
always been found truthful and reliable,
asser^ that the report was eorrect.—Kus.
| Rkcord-Union.]
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City Finances.
City Auditor Young makes the follow
ing report of the receipts and disburse
ments of the city for the week ending
Saturday, October 10. 1891:
M. Cofley, water rates §2,053 00
Geo. A. Putnam, city licenses 3:36 00
Geo. A. Putnam, saloon licenses... 432,00
Goo. A. Putnam, dog licenses 2 86
K. < X ( ravens. Police Court fines... 23 50
Li. H. .singleton, eemetory duos 17 00
J. D. Younir, NueofhoTM and luir
ni ss by Fire DtepartaoCent 47 5o
Albert Hart, tuition of non-resi
df-iits 22 00
Total receipts $2,933 88
Total disbursements §12,247 S5
Amount in City Treasury $ 109,327 23
APPORTIONED AS FOLIA)\VS:
Sinking and Interest Fund 56.057 93
General Fond 18,140 51
Water Works Fund 1,718 42
Fire Department Fund 15,453 1;j
School tuud 2a,790 86
Levee Fund ;;?:j u<>
Cemetery Fund 1,859 01
Street Repair Fund 11, Gin 01
Police Fund 12,425 05
iiond Redemption Fund v >7
Library Fund 1,702 18
Exhumution Fund 27 0 50
Sewer Fund 3,854 :s:',
Dog Fund .j:.' i :;
Special Street Improvement Fond 5,23s 78
Strcctßond Funa 7.■ :i'.i
Total..! $109,327 :j;j
Barwick's Weather Data.
Tho Weather Bureau's report show the
highest and lowest temperatures on Sat
urday were 83° and 46°, as against 65° and
4tt° on the same date last year.
The highest and lowest yesterday were
| 80° and 92°. as against 70 5 and 44 yon the
same date last year.
The highest and lowest one year ago to
day were 72° and 46°.
The barometer yesterday was slightly
on the down grade, reading below :;o
inches during the entire day—at 5 a. m.
29.94 inches, and at 5 i\ m. 29.87 inches,
accompanied by freah to gentle north
westerly winds and a cloudless sky.
Printing Office Supples.
The State Board of Examiners on Satur
day awarded tho contracts furnishing
supplies to the State Printing Office as
follows:
11. S. Crocker <fc Co. will supply the
I bulk of the bindery materials and some
I paper.
Cunningham, Curtis A Welch will
, furnish a portion of the envelopes and a
I quantity of riat-cap paper.
Hlake, Motlitt A* Tow no were awarded
! tho contract for supplying the most of the
paper used in the office, and some of tho
i supplies for tho bindery.
Berlin Cough Cure.
For coiiKhs and colds and all lung and
throat affections this article tins suiK-rior
merit. It is pt-rfeetly harmlrss, gives Imme
diate relief, and cart s tho worst cases in from
two to three day*. Indorsed by our best phy
sicians. Try a bottle and you will always
k<-.<n it. Pnev, 50 cent* a bottle. The W. 11.
Bone Compauy, .San Francisco, sole propri
etor*. X irk, <itat y A Co., sole agents. Try C.
C. Liuiment for aciies and pulns.
LAWYER O'BRIEN.
He Has Been Convicted of Embezzling
a Client's Funds.
Mrs. Weissenhofor Accused Him of
Having Appropriated Her Money
—O'Brien's Explanation.
On the 10th of last April M. L. G.
O'Brien, a lawyer who had formerly re
sided here but was then a resident of San
Francisco, was arrested while ou a visit
to this city, by direction of Chief ot Po
lice Crowley.
Tlie arrest was made on a warrant
sworn out by a lady formerly of this city,
Mrs. Anna Wiessenhofer, who charged
that O'Brien, while acting us her attorney
and agent, collected some £1,700, which he
had failed to account for, although she
had frequently sought a settlement with
him.
Mr. O'Brien was seen by a Record-
Union reporter shortly after his arrest,
and said the charge was a surprise to him.
He had come to this city to straighten out
some real estate matters, and had been
here for several days, and was about to
re. urn to San Francisco when arrested.
"There is nothing 111 this charge," he
said. "I was this woman's attorney for a
long lime ami di;l busines-, lor I..m\ She
!;;!-. several times douiuivded certain sums
of money from JEte^aud I have an often
told her to make otw her account «.ad l
would nialvc o:;i mine, Mid if we could
not agree on a seduetnent i would be
wtlling to leave tho matter to a referi c. 1
have made this proposition to her present
attorney, and have told nim that i would
agree t<> abide l?y ihedoviii;onof any coiu
pet< ut aii<i dminten stod person, mv they
would n<jt a-1, cu> it. 1 told them if they
would do this, and tbo roferoc should
find that Mrs. Weisstmhofer had any
claim upon m..^ 1 would settle it
promptly."
.Mr. O'Brien further claimed that the
money collected by him vv:ia money, be
had earned, and that tho whole affair
v.as an ordinary transaction between
counsel and clicntb pi*faey ha ! not ajroed
upon any settlement bocau 0 be could uot
get his former client to consent to an ar
oi;ration of tli(>;r resspective claims.
That was the last heard of the case hy
the Baoram«nto public until Saturday
last, when ihe San Francisco i*apers
stated that the case had beeu tried, that
< f Brien had been found eruiltyns charged
and that lie would be sentenced on Fri
day next.
The result is Somewhat of a surprise to
those whoTcneW O'Brien when he prac
ticed law here, lie was given to <>■•<-n-
--sional sprees, which interfered with ins
practice, but was alwr.ys supposed t<> be
honest in his dealings with hia clients
and others.
Substitutions of well-known adver-
tiscd articles seem to be the order r»f the
day. We deem it only justice to our
patrons to warn our readers iigaiiiht this
form of piracy. When you want an
article, ask your merchant or druggist
for it and don't accept a substitute.
At Hammer's music store, *20 J street, you
will find the hup-i stock of musical goods.
Sole agency for Chtckerins A ttons' pianos. *
< i ; v license* ami water rents now due. Pay
on or belore the loth inst. ai.'J -. w costs. *
#eal (estate, CHc.
FOR. SALE
BY
EDWIN I km & CO,
The Oldest and Leadintr Reul Estate
and liiMuranfo Agents,
IOIS ROURXM STREET,
Sacramento,
A Fine River Ranch
CONTAINING 67^ ACHES; 40 ACRES IN
Vj alfalfa, tiilaiice in corn and grain; all
fenced and cross tented.
There goes with the plate nine head of cows
one Holsleln bull, ull farming implements.
Place has a good dwelling ot eight rooms;
stulle 30x5ti, with wagon-she-i, chiuken
hnuv, etc.
Situated six miles from Sacramento on the
Sacramento Itiver. It is well leveed front and
rear, so it is never overflowed. Price, ft), 500.
ALSO
For sale or exchange for city property, 160
acres situated one mile from New England
Mills, Placer County, on line of railroad
Pi ice. ?;},500.
ALSO
Twelve acres, seeded to alfalfa, three-quarters
of a mile from the city limits; ten minutes'
walk from tho Electric Railway. A No. 1
land; good for pardon land; n.a'te a fine small
dairy.
EDWIN X.._ ALSIP & CO.
W. P. COLEMAN,
Real Estate Salesroom, 325 J St
$SO PER ACRE.
ONE HUNDRED ACRES FIVE MILES
east of Lincoln. Placer county Twelve
acres in bearing vineyard. Family orchard.
Land all fenced. All under ditoh. "Partofthe
land 'bottom land." cirows alfalfa. Good
dw elllng 01 six rooms. Good barn. 73a
$1,600.
Ten acres near Brighton Station. Good
laud. 737
TO LET.
An eleeantly-furnished house on H street,
»bove Tenth; very suitable for private board
ing; cheap rent.
MONEY TO LOAN.
?l li9?^!___, CROUCH.
Some Fine Buildiug Lots on
H and I Streets
\Tery C£ie;a.p.
Last Chance for a Home in
OAK PARK
AT LOW RATES.
stcthensonT hartman,
Real Estate and Insurance Agents,
1O o T F"ourth Street
Af'PMTC! Travelers' Insurance Co.—Sun
AllLlMo *"l™ Oitke of London »nd Pa-
olflo Coast Savings Society.
FOR SALE.
A nice, high lot, 40x160, south
side Q street, Thirteenth and
Fourteenth, price, $1,250.
Also lot, 40x160, south side ot
P street, between Sixteenth and
Seventeenth, price, $1,600.
MILLS IT HAWK,
301 J Street Sacramento.
[AGENCY UNION INSURANCE COMPANY.
©Hangefc iJttllß far the |*efc §(»»«.
TO-DAY OUR STORES WILL BE OPEN ALL DAY.
Composition Books, with gold embossed cover,
bound in cloth, 38 pages 5c each
Composition Books, handsome gold embossed cover,
bound in cloth, 108 pages 10c each
Composition Books, heavy board covers, nicely
bound in cloth, 82 pages 15c each
Composition Books, fine cloth covers, elegantly
bound in leather, with leather corners, decorated
in gold, 100 pages 25c each
illlliOL MS.
We believe we have the best Shoe for the price in children's
wear there is in the market. We guarantee every pair to give
satisfaction:
Boys' Red House School Shoe, made of best peb
beled grain, with tip or plain toe, worked button
holes, youths' and misses sizes, 11 to 2 $1 45
Children's, 8 to 10y 2 ...$1 25
Child's, 5 to 7)4 $1 OO
LADIES' SHOES.
We now have in stock Ladies' Grison French Kid
Shoes, very neat and dressy, long vamp, hand
turned, equal to any $5 Shoe, for $3 50
Ladies' French Kid Seamless Foxed Button Shoes,
blue black cloth top, square toe and tip, hand
sewed, turned <£4
•
A useful article for Indies who wish to protect their hands
and keep them soft:
Ladies' Rubber Gloves, extra long wrists, just the
thing for washing dishes in $1 19
We have the best ROBBER GOODS in the market, and at the
lowest prices— the CONDEE Rubber Boots, Overshoes, Gossamers,
Rubber Coats, Pants, Leggings and Arctics.
C. H. GILMAN,
RED HOUSE, SACRAMENTO.
jPI IST E I IST VOICE.-—
TWO CARLOADS OF
FINE PARLOR STOVES
Over 100 Different Styles. Prices From $4 Upwards. COMPETTTTOX
DEFIED. Also
Cook Stoves and Ranges
And a Large Supply of
CROCKERY.
H, X, WALLACETBi3~BiS J Street.
v nu. v. i)A uu Wail Paper ot All Kindj . Send for Pfice M
<Vn-*VI3 k Srteet, Sacra m onto.
"pCLTjiSTE sT^F'LCDBER.ar
■\¥TATCHMAKERB AND JEWELERS, 428 J STREET, BETWEEN FOnRTH iwn
W Fifth, dealers in WATCHES. JEWELRY and DIAMONDS REPAIRING in aU^S
branches a specialty, under Mr. Floberg. Agents for ROCKFORD WATCH COMPANY?
H. WACHHORSTr
T EADING JEWELER OF SACRAMENTO, AGENT FOR TATEK PHII IPPP * m*
Li WATCHES-best in the world. SIGN 6f THE TOWN CLOCK,' 315 J STREET, SaS
WAI T3 A/fTT T VT> \ keeps on hand aThTe link of~
VvlVl. D, IVI ILLIv IV A DIAMONDS, WATCHES AND JEWELRY
St.. Sacramento. Cal.. I mfTe Scial^. °f W&^a "* J™e»*
lilt ft cell cut eoii&.
; Qavwvuv cax/ <S<uiAt^ca- to
I DL<<>^vx^ s!H.^oo^v»us*v.
i ***** <^04.3T1«jv. Scw'.&A^OCat/.
Hardware,
Blacksmith Supplies,
Lawn Mowers,
Rubber Hose,
Wire Cloth.
Schaw, Ingram, Batcher
& CO.,
SI 7 and 1819 J Street. S&Qiv.menta.
W. R. STRONG CO.,
——WHOLKSALK DEALERS IN
Wx\j.±t atad. 3Pxod.u.c:^,
SACRAMENTO, CAX.
S. GERSON a CO.,
WHOLESALE
Fruit, Produce and Commission Merchant^
SACRAMENTO, CAX.
P.O. Box 170.
W. H. WOOD & COT,
Wholesale Dealers and Shippers of
California Fruits, Potatoes, Beans,
BUTTER, ETC
Koa. 117 to ISO J Street, Sacramento.
CURTIS BROS. & CO.,
General Commission Merchants, •
Wholesale Dealers in Fruit and Produce,
808, 310, 31S X St., Sacramento.
Telephone 37. Poatoffioe Box 395.
BUGENE J. GREGORY. FXANK OBEGORy]
GREGORY BROS. CO.
SUCCESSORS TO GREGORY. BARNES A
Co., Nos. 126 and 128 J Bt., Sacramento,
wholesale dealers In Produce and Fruit. Pull
•tocks of Potatoes. Vegetables, Green an<J
Dried Fruits, Beans, Alfalfa. Butter, Eggs,
Cheese, Poultry, etc., alwayß on hand. Ordeni
fllled at LOWEST lIATES.
SCHOOL BOOKS,
SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
Largest Stock,
Best Goods,.
Correct Prices.
CROCKER'S, M J Street
*£=- Opon Evening* This Week.
I milE WEEKLY UNION IS OXLY $1 50
1 JL »*«ryear.
Cayaa ffallqg $onb9 t
ft
f APAY (WfIMY
till ill tULUiu.
Basy Fruit-Glowers in a Prett?
Yolo Valley—Tancred and Ita
Adjoining Farina
JN THE SPRING OF LAST YEAR
Botert A. and N'eal D. Barker associated
themselves with William McKay, all or Oak.
laad, with r. view of searching out a suitable
location m which to engage In tho pr 3
occupation or fruitgrowing. After visiting
many localities, they decided on tho Capay
Valley, Yolo County, aud tho lihodes tract at
Tcncred.
Negotiations were opened with the Capay
valley l*nd Company, owning the tract tn
qiestlon. With W. H. Miiis, the General
Agent of that company, they arranged for the
purchase of about 880 acres of foothill land
This being more than they had thought of
taking for their own use, they spoke, to a
number of friends about it, with the result
that the tract was divided among thefellow*
ing people; B. L. Rickok, 40 acre*; W. T.
Earnett, 20 acres; N. T. Greathead, 90 acres;
Mrs. L. Greathead, 20 acres; >V. McKay, 2«
acres; N. I). Barker, 80 acres; H. A. Barks*
20 acres; J. p. lirownlec. 80 acres; K. H. Ha»
lett, 10 acres; Joseph Barker. 10 acne; A. \V.
Kelly io acres, ami Frederick Kelly, loam*
So far this had been merely a prlTi
ture of the gentlemen above named, but io
talking up the gnesttonof dividing the land
already purchased, it was found thai po many
more would like to join it than :h.> area or the
purchase would admit of, thai ii v...
gested on all hands, "Why not -;et- same mure
land and divide It up in the same way?"
Then followed the idea of ■ stork company to
take hold of a larger tract, and arrange ftw tn«
cultivation of the whole of it, aftrr subdividing
it according to the requirements of the aub>
seriber*. A provisional board was fbnned,a
prospectus issued, and finally, on tho r.th of
June, 1890, the Western Co-operative Col
onization and Improvement Company was
duly registered and proceeded to business,
with theMiowing ollicers: President, Will
iam McKny; Vice-president, M. P. Brown;
Directors—H. C. Ellis, Charles Brooke and
R. A. Barker; Secretary and General Manager,
Neal D. Barker; Solicitor, C. E. Snook; Treas
urer, First National Bank of Oakland.
The balance of the tract. ;<7:i acres, was pur
chased, a contract was entered Into for the
purchase ot a lar^e number of fruit, trees,
vines, etc. This curly purchase of trees was
the means of saving between ?:},OOO and
$4,000 to the company, the prices In some
cases having more than doubled since then.
The ideas which tho prospectus set forth
have been but slightly moditled and tho
progress of the company has been uninter
rupted. Those who went into it doubtingly
have become enthusiastic, and almost all the
members arranged to set out airthcir lands la
fruit trees, etc., the first year. Consequently
In this, the first season, some 40,000 trees and
between 20.000 and 30.000 vines will be
pmnrea.
The satisfactory working of this scheme has
had the efleet of attracting considerable at
tention to the work of the Colony Company,
and a number of people are now desirous of
Joining in with them. An additional 200
acrea have been added to the sixty acree
originally purchased.
For the company is predicted a very bright
future, as well as for the beautiful valley la
which their operations are conducted. How
this marvelous little garden has come to bo so
long neglected is a puzzle to every one who
has visited it, but one thing is very sure, and
that is that this neglect will never again be
felt in the valley.
The fruits set out are mostly of the standard
varieties—peaches, apricots, Bartlett pears,
prunes, flgs, raisin grapes, etc., while along
both sides of the avenues, throughout the
tract, walnuts will throw their graceful shade.
A considerablejnumber of citrus trees are also
being set out; quite a sufficient number to
demonstrate that these fruits can be success
fully grown in the valley, about which the
colonists appear to have no doubt, provided
proper care is given to the young trees. Neal
D. Barker, General Manager of the company,
resides on the tract, and to his care is to be as
cribed much of the success of the venture.
Mention should be made of the town-site,
about which there is a pleasant innovation
which might with profit be followed by more
ambitious places. A small park of some three
acres has been laid out right in the center of
the town. This park it is proposed to beautify
by planting in it from time to time as many
of the beauties and curiosities of tree and
shrub life as may bo obtained by diligent
search and a wise expenditure of money. It
is not expected that Taccred will ever be a
large and busy city, but it is thought that it
can be made a very pleasant little place to
dwell in.
A petition has been circulated recently and
very largely signed, asking the county to ac
cept Island avenue, on the colony tract, as a
county road, and to build a bridge across
Cache Creek at this point, In order to give the
settlers on the east side of the creek access to
lancred Station. The Tancred colonists are
quite willing to give tho necessary right of
way, and are very desirous of having a bridge
there, as the colony lands e;Uf ad along both
Bides of the stream. It is thought that It
would be a very wise expenditure ot public
money to grant them this very necessary im
provement, as the operations of such com
panies are of widespread benefit to the whole
county and State. The attractions and com
forts of the cities aro well known, but to those
who are willing to settle on tho land and show
that the country also affords attractions and
comforts and ways of making money pleas
antly, every inducement should be held forth.
The following is a list of the principal mem
bers of the Tancred Colony, with the number
of acres owned by each, and a lact worthy of
mention is that In each contract or deed is
sued by the Colony Company there is a pro
vision that no intoxicating liquor shall ever
be manufactured or sold on the land. The ap
parent success oithe enterprise shows that
the ideas and plans of the colony, as set forth
in the prospectus some time ago, are not im
practicable: C. T. Hull, Berkeley, 5 acres; W.
P. Hanimon, Oakland, 14 acres; C.S. Kasson,
San Francisco, 11 acres; Jos. Barker, 10 acres;
A. W. Kelly, Kincardine, Ont., 5 acres; N. T.
Greathead, 5 acres; K. G. Greathead, Oakland
10 acres; R. A. Barker, San Francisco, 10
acres; N. D. Barker, Tancred, 10 acres; Dr. X,
Favor, San Francisco, 2 7 acres; J. P. Brownleo.
Kincardine, Ont., 9 acres; W. T. Barciett,
Berkeley, 5 acres; M. P. Brown, 10 acres;
Chas. Brook, Br., Oakland, 10 acres; W. C.
Boutelle, Berkeley, 20 acres; Mrs. T. A.Crelln,
Oakland, 5 acres; C. H. Peach, Tancted, 5
acres; H. C. Ellis, Oakland, 10 acres; J. Vau
stone, Winnipeg, 10 acres; E. A. Vanstone,
Tancred, 5 acres; E. Wads worth, Sacramento,
5 acres; M. A. Thomas, Oakland, i> BCieS]
James Graham, San Francisco. 11 acres; A,
Stark, 12 acres; J. Stark, 10 acres; Mrs. M.
Vrooman, 5 acres; C. E. Snook, 10 acres; 0.
T. Greathead, I:.' acres; Wm. McKay, 5 acres;
Mrs. Wm. McKay. Oakland, 5 acres; Mrs. B.
C. Wooley, Brooklyn, N. V., 10 acres; Mrs. 11.
Beckley, Oakland, 5 acres; T. A. Marriett, 5
acres; J. 0. Harrison, Tancred, 5. acres. The
land reserved by the Colony Company, i»
OiBCClu townaite, consists of 61 acre*
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