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THE DAILY RECORD UTON.
Fit I AY FEBKIARIT 15. 188*
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THIS MORNING'S NEWS.
In New York yesterday Government bonds were
quoted at 1235 (or 4s ol 1907, 11*1 lor 4 i s ; sterling,
(4 86J@4 90; 101 lor 3e, 100 lor 6s; silver bars,
112}
Silver In London, SOJd ; consols, 10i 11 16.1 ; 5 per
ten*. United States bonds, extended, 105; 4s, 126$ ;
4js, 116$.
In San Francisco Mexican dollar-arc quoted at
SS cents.
Mining stocks were generally steady in San Fran
cisco yesterday, with a small advance in some de
scriptions.
Mrs. Uhlcr, who was made notorious in New Yoik
by tht shooting ol Wilbur H. Haverstick by George
W. Conkling, her brother, died from morphine poi
soning yesterday.
The investigation ol the Danville (Va) riot case
was begun in Washington yesterday.
The commercial convention between Spain and
the United States bas been signed at Madrid.
Ten thousand copies of the first edition of Quesn
Victoria's book were sold the first day.
Billy McGlory, Saw York's " bad man,'' has been
Sent to Blackwell's Island.
Mrs. Adirondack Murriy has received the degree
ol M D. at the Vienna University, and intends to
practice her profession in New Haven, Conn.
Mrs. Helen M. Colton testified at Santa Rosa yes
terday, in her suit against the Central Tacific offi
cial!.
In theca'2 of .1. J. Bobbins, or. trial at Modesto
lor outraging the McCrellis girls, Uie jury yesterdty
returned a verdict of not guilty.
Fire at Su--; inville, Lassen coc-ity ; loss, 91,806.
Conservative meetings were teld all our England
Wednesday night
Bernhardt will travel in America next season.
Tlie o,uecn of Tahiti complains of the rudeness of
San Franenaco and New York reporters. _ ' '.' .
George Emery, an engineer, met with a horrible
death in Indianapolis yesterday.
The session of the National Educational Associa
tion adjourned at Washington yesterday.
The President has directed the promotion of
Lieutenant Rhodes, the hero of the City of Colum
bus disaster.
Another shooting affray recurred Wednesday
night at Hot Springs, Ark., hut no one was hurt.
Fire near Albany, Or.; loss, 83,000.
A desperate fight occurr.d at Matamoras, Mex.,
between Customs ottiiers and smugglers, In which
two of the former were badly hurt, and two of the
latter killed and several wounded.
■ While Gladstone was on his way to tho House of
Commons yesterday, he was seized by the collar by
a stranger, but no further violenco was attempted.
Fire near Roseburg, Or.; loss, £2,500.
The Mexican Central Railroad will be completed
by March 15th.
Mary Fischer, 96 years old, committed suicide in
San Luis Obispo by jumping into a well.
At the city election in Sail Luis Obispo Wednes
day, S. B. Nichols was re-elected Mayor.
A six-round prize fight v ith soft gloves took
place last evening near West Berkeley, Alameda
count}*, between a negro and white man .
The river at C ncinnati reached its hight yester
day, and commenced falling, which fact filled all
hearts with joy ; but the reports from other points
in the flooded region continue to relate stories, of
devastation and suffering.
BAD AIR.
In an interesting paper by Dr. W. C.
Van Bibber, and which is to appear in the
forthcoming annual report of the Mary
land State Board of Health, the question
of neutralizing malarial influence is treated.
The statement is reaffirmed that malaria is
not confined to any particular district or
section. In houses malarial effects aro due
to ill-ventilated apartments, damp cellars
and cesspools. In cities they arise from
sewers, cesspools, uncleanliness and preven
tion of air circulation by the high walls o."
streets and alleys, and by deterioration of
the air by radiation cf heat from walls and
pavements in summer, and the exhalation
of factories, slaughtering yards, refuse col
lections, and saturation of the earth from
ill-fitted drains and gas pipes at all times.
All these things, this sanitarian claims,
may be remedied, provided citizens will
lend a more determined hand in the mat
ter. To lessen the deteriorating quality of
the air from heat radiation, he advises gar
den cultivation on the tops of back build
ings, stables, low warehouses, etc. He
urges liberal tree cultivation, but condemns
ash and white mulberry trees for city uses,
preferring the female alanthus and chest
nut. For bad air generally there is, he de
clares, but one specific, cleanliness. The
leaders in government must patiently edu
cate the public how to be clean. If tbe
surface of the earth exhales bad gases in a
city it is because noxious matter is permit
ted beneath it. This must be remedied,
and it is the only remedy. Cesspools, be
avers, are the worst of all nuisances. Their
increase enlarges the danger to health in a
vastly disproportionate ratio. In Balti
more he found in 9,000 acres no less than CO, -
000 sinks. The daily deposits of the peonle
of a city, if retained in the earth, rapidly
augment a state of unhealth. Can such
matter be removed at reasonable cost ? He
believes it can, and that a population may
be familiarized with, and brought to the
adoption of the necessary methods, diffi
cult as the problem may seem. He believes
the work can be accomplished for one-third
of a cent per day per individual. If this
ii a correct estimate, the inventive genius
of Americans should be equal to the task.
He cites the fact that in Bolton, Scotland,
where there aro residing ltlii.OOO people,
the dangerous solid matter is daily, or
nightly, collected, removed and utilized.
The liquid matter it id not difficult to
chemically neutralize.
As preventive of malaria! effects,
where the source is from low lauds, tie sub
merged sections where possible should be
tilled, and low lands thoroughly drained
off. But in all malaria! districts, so-called,
the best fever and ague preventives are
temperance in eating and drinking, avoid
ing in summer entire suits of linen cloth
ing ; persistent drying of the air of sleep
ing-rooms by fire morning and night ;
erection of dwellings so far above thi
ground as to permit perfectly free circula
tion of air beneath ; filtering and boiling
drinking water ; drainage of premises ;
cleanliness about bouses and yards ; high
trimming of trees about houses, especially
on aides facing healtby localities ; removal
of stagnant waters from the neighborhood
of dwellings, and in houses where the
trial effects are manifest, spray tbem
liberally with oarbolio acid for three
months in the year. Some of tho sugges
tions in the paper are new, it will be seen —
but the consideration of the subject, and
the remedies, new or old, is profitable at
any time.
THE SITUATION IN EGYPT.
Hicks l'asha and his brigade first de
stroyed ; Raker l'asha and his army next
annihilated at Tokar, and Colonel Coetlo
gon at Khartoum invested and cut off from
reinforcement ; Suakim menaced ; Trinki
tat helpless ; Tewtik Bay and his gallant
000 massacred, and Sinkat put to torch
and sword ; Usman Digua with his vic
torious rebals moving on Suakim — such is
the record the victorious £1 Mahdi has
written in l.bol against incapacity in
Egypt. The English effort to check the
progress of the long-armed boat-builder
of Dongola really -'>.'g»a with the advance
of General Baker with his ill-equipped and '
reluctant troops. Sine* then the steps '
taken bave not been such as to give confi
dence in either the desire oi the ability to ,
cope with the fanatic il rebels. Sinkat's >'
fall p.'icos the route from Berber on the '
Nile to Suakim oa the lied Sea at the
mercy of the uprisen tribes, and must in- if
spire them anew «vitl) faith in tbeir cause. J fc]
England can now reach the Bahiuda deeert
border, from which alone she can com
mand the B >udan, by moving forces up the
Nile, for to march troops across the Nubian
desert is out of the question. But every
mile of the way along the Nile from
Krowsko must be contested at the point ef
the sword. No possible explanations can
remove from the British Administration
the responsibility for this situation. Civi
lization will hold it to account and demand
of it to keep good the true* it assumed
when it guaranteed the pacification of all
Egypt, and began it by ordering Sir Evelyn
Wood to retire Ms forces in the face of the
fact that for eighteen months El Mahdi bad
been terrorizing the region below from
Gondar to Khaitoum, and for a year or
more had been the real ruler of Kordofan.
It ia improbable that any ether home re
sult than the retiracy of the Gladstone
Cabinet will be the outcome, and that, for
other reasons than those involved in the
Egyptian situation, is to be deplored.
ENFORCE THE LAW.
The Chief of Police of this city is re
ported as having stated yesterday to the
Board of City Police Commissioners that
if the Board would employ one hundred
men at $5 a day each, he would Bee that
the law is enforced on election day com
pelling saloons to be closed during the
election hours. He also stated that there
are in this city "270 licensed liquor saloons,
and 130 that pay no license.
In making this statement the Chief has
libeled the saloon-keepers, or confessed his
own incapacity, and we think he has done
both. We do not believe that it will re
quire the employment of one hundred, or
even one extra police, to compel the deal
ers in liquors to obey the law. Their
placet ere well known, they do busi
ness -openly, and are not rebels.
Mark, we are not championing these
men, but protesting against incapaci
ty. If saloons have not heretofore been
closed on election day, it has been, possi
bly, because public sentiment has con
sented to that state of quiescence of the law
into which it appears to have sunk ; but also
because the police authorities have lacked
vi.-- r. It seems that it was needed for a
committee of reputable citizens to appeal
to the officers of the law to enforce the law
— a shameful state of affairs, and to which
the reply of the Chief of Police that con
victions cannot be secured, is no reply, no
defense for lack of back-bone. One
efficient officer can notify every saloon
keeper in the city that the law will here
after be enforced, and we believe the
saloon-keepers will obey. If not, it is full
time for the fact to be known and some ex
amples to be made.
If the Chief of Police known that 130
unlicensed saloons exist in the city, why
has he not before this made arrests ? Po
lice officials are not to await the filing of
complaints by citizens before they act.
They are in office to discover and prosecute
violators of the law, as well as to perform
the mere formal duty of making arrests on
warrants.
It is very evident that it is full time for
Citizens' Associations, and Taxpayers
Unions, or any other class or organization
of citizsns to give attention to public
affairs, and awaken negligent officials to
activity, when the sum of $500 and a force
of 100 men are asked to enforce a simple
State law for a single day.
DISCUSSION OF THE REAGAN BILL.
Mr. Reagan replies to the demand of the
Louisville Courier-Journal that ample time,
as measured by the importance of the sub
ject, shall be taken to discuss the inter
state commerce bill, by saying that a
former Congress mastered the subject and
that three days' debate before the present
committee was enough. Rut the Journal
rightly insists that this is no answer. The
present is not a former Congress ; the pres
ent is not the old committee ; the subject
is one of the most momentous ever before
the country ; its hasty consideration is not
demanded, but would be inexcusable. The
Courkr- Journal adds that hasty legislation
is the bane of the nation ; in every depart
ment of Government we are cursed with it.
If a measure is just and right its advocates
need not fear agitation ; it is only weak
legislation, partial legislation, class legisla
tion which has anything to fear from dis
cussion. It concludes a renewal of its pro
test by quoting from the report of the Ad
visory Commission on Differential Rates.
That Commission made a painstaking in
vestigation, open and thorough, and said :
"Competition has made roads national
which were once local, and it is vain to ex
pect that so Important a subject as that of
differential rates will be settled on the
local preferences or prejudices of those who
may have authority in railroad circles. It
is a fact of which the railroads are entitled
to the full benelit, that the charges for
railroad services have steadily declined,
even when railroads have been so con
ducted as to avoid competitive strife."
" "**
THE CHINESE BILLS.
There appears to be a determined effort
at Washington to so cripple the Chinese
Restriction Act, and the proposed supple
ments to it, as to let in 10,000 or 12,000
Chinese laborers to displace as many free
laborers who now add to the material
worth of the country. The people of the
Pacific coatt will need, we begin to think,
to rise up and again impress our Eastern
brethren with the vital importance of this
question. The Restriction Act has been
thus far shamefully avoided and obstructed.
The law was the result of a deliberate
judgment of the people, and should be
given, in all honesty, its full ten years of
test. The time is slipping away, and the
value of the experiment being decreased.
It is now proposed to admit all the Chinese
who left these shores between the date of :
the signing of the Tien-tsin treaty and|the I
date on which the Restriction Act went \
into effect— from November IS, ISSO, to j
August 4, ISS2. Who knows how many :
left? Who can identify those who may •
claim to return uuder that exception ? :
Who will bi able to set nut tie goats from ',
the sheep for the niit nine years in which
those claiming to be of thia excepted class \
will apply for admission ? If Congress de- .
sires to make the whole restriction scheme
farcical, let it accept the new proposition. -
■ — — -.--.
A HOU disgraceful divers! in of a put lie trust is
not recorded than the breaking up of the llashaway !
Association in San Francisco, and a division of the !
projierty of tbc corporation among a few greedy |
men. By a system of pcrgecuti » and bulldozing !
they drove real tun)* ranee workers out, in older i
that the remnant, composed of peculators, might i
line their pock* a with money contributed by the '
public for a continuing and benevolent tru.-t.
. . .
T.'iz chief objection to the bill of Representative ,
BoM r*: .» to give any writer of an article in I new*,
paper » copyright claim after publication i., filing
his declaration of authorship is, that what a writer
is paid for to contribute to th: columns of a ■».
paper is no longer his. He paits with the " child ol
his brain "for a coo-. ieratlon, and it is thcrca'Ur j
Lhe property of tb* buyer. 1 1
. . ' ,
Will th... San Rands •' < r.«B have mercy on a ! 1
org suffering publi,;, and ftaat the daily wash of j
rliarsn-Hii: soiled lineu? ]
PACIFIC SLOPE.
1
Weather Reports- Death at Crass Val- '
ley— Advices from Oregon— Mrs. Colton -
In the Witness-box — Verdict of Sot
Guilty at M.mr.iii Fire at Susanville— (
British Columbia Sews— (
[SPECIAL OISPATCnaS to tub mcord-umok.l
CALIFORNIA. ]
The Colton Case. '■
Sasta Rosa, February 14th.— Mrs. lielen
M. Colton took the stand this morning,, when
she explained the nature of the relations that
existed for some years between the Crocker
and Colton families. When General Colt-en
managed the Rocky Mountain Cor.l anil Iron
Company for a short time, she heard Mr.
Crocker applaud Mr. Colton for his success
in extricating ths mine from its difficulties.
Mr. Crocker subsequently speke about the
railroad management, expressing a wish that
General Colton "was one of as.'' Mr.
Crocker stated that Mr. Hi plans "is getting
feeble, and we need fresh c aergy." Mr. Col
ton asked the value of Mr. Hopkins 1 interest.
Mr. Crocker Baid : "My God' there is no
body can buy out Hopkins." The first busi
ness of importance that. Mr. Colton attended
to, after establishing himself at the railroad's
headquarters, was to go to Washington. His
object was to defeat Colonel Tom Scott's
Texas Pacific Railroad bill. Mr. Crocker
was in Europe when General Colton died.
Witness then detailed what occurred on bis
return, a short while afterward, when he
made four vi-ita to her home. His manner
on the eecond visit astonished her very much.
He representee" that the Western Develop
ment Company was in debt, and could not
pay its indebtedness. He requested her to
return the last dividend of stock and bonds.
She desired to consult Mr. Wilson, but Mr.
Crocker intimated that he didn't know any
thing about railroad business. After detail
ing whit occurred at subsequent visits she
proceeded to testify in relation to the state
ments communicated to her by Mr. Wilson,
after his conferences with the" defendant.
[SECOND DISPATCH.]
Sakta Rosa, Februiry 14th.— Mrs. Col
ton, after recess, stated that Mr. Wilson rep
resented to her, as coming, from the defend
ants, that of the indebtedness of the Western
Development Company, one-ninth would
have to come from the Colton estate, or about
5G6.000. She was told that General Colton
had overdrawn £40,000 for salary, and had
embezzled $150,000 from the Rocky Moun
tain Coal and Iron Company. Mr. Wilson
stated that the defendants represented that
the collateral securities were insufficient to
cover the $1,000,000 note. It was stated that
she could not sell the stock held
as collateral, and that if she did so
they would step in and bid it in at a
very low figure. She suggested people of
means who would probably buy the stock.
Mr. Wilson said it would be impossible to
sell it under the influences of the railroad
people. There was some talk about filing a
claim against the estate. 'Ihiy understood
her affairs so much better than Mr. Wilson
or herself, that they represented if they tiled
this claim that it would overwhelm the estate
and sweep away her home. Mr. Wilson said
he could not meet these embezzlement
charges. The railroad company had secured
the box of the Rocky Mountain Company,
and the papers from General Cotton's office,
and he could not meet the charges, tor he had
not the proof. Mr. Wilson represented that
the defendants were severe, stern, determined
and inexorable. Mr. Wilson explained that
he disbelieved these charges. She yielded
because Mr. Wilson said we are powerless.
Finally Mr. Wilson, J. F. Swift and Mr.
Harrison consulted, and then Mr. Wilson
represented that Mr. Tevis was the only man
who hid the- ear of the railroad people, and
that he was the proper man to take part in
the negotiations. She gave him authority to
go aud see wbat he could do. Mr. Tevis af
terwards eaid he found things as represented
by Mr. Wilson. I first saw the contract the
day before the one on which I signed it. The
next day I mado some objection about it, and
Mr. Tevis said that it must be signed
at once ; that Mr. Huntington intended
to leave at 3:30, and if it was not signed
before he started the whole mrtter was
off. I first saw statement "D" just before
commencing this suit ; frequently saw state
ments showing the stock held by the West
ern Development Company acd their valua
ti i• ; believed th? statements showing the
amounts due Crocker to be $2,219,54175;
Leland Stanford, $1. 703,734 85; C. F. Hunt
ington, $8,519 701 ; estate of Mark Hop
kins, $4,087,692 10. In her statemeut there
was some Occidental and Oriental stocks, of
which Mr. Colton owned one-fifth. In that
statement it was put at nothing. Later, she
saw a statement in the papers about the in
ventory of the Hopkins estate. She then
compared the prices. The stocks were in
ventoried higher. She thought that if
the gentlemen had robbed her and
deceived her in this thing, certainly she
had belied her husband. Tfcese repreeenta
tions were tho cause of her taking tie settle
ments. She would rather dis than have the
charges against her husband known to the
world. It seemed to her that it was the most
natural thing in the world that a wife, who
bad beard of those charges made agait st her
husband, would bs reduced to almost any
state of mind, by which she would do an) -
thing asked of her, to sign this contract, to
do anything that would hide this charge from
the world. Before signing the contract Mr.
Tevii assured her that these gentl;men had
verbally agreed that this matter should not
be talked about by any of th-mi. Witness
explained that efforts had been made to se
cure the advice of Secretary White, who is
her brother, but she bad been nnable to as
certain his whereabouts. The Court then
adjourned for the day.
I'rlze-Flght Near West Berkeley.
San Francisco, February 14 h. — large
number of snorts assembled at tbe stock
yards rear West Berkeley to-night, to wit
ness a prize-tight between Bill Williams, the
negro who is anxious to faca Sullivan for four
rounds, and Jim Slattery, of this city. The
presence of Sheriff McCleverty and a number
of his deputies necessitated a change from
bare knuckles to soft gloves. Williams
stripped at 210 pounds, Slattery at 178, It
was evident from thu start that the latter was
overmatched. The men commenced work
quickly, Slattery striking straight, but
before the end of the first round
having bellows to mend. Williams'
blows were strong and decisive. The negro
answered time for the eecond round smilingly.
Slattery let out with his right quite fre
quently, but his blows seemed to have no
effect on his adversary. Slattery's tactics
changed from this on. Several times be fell
to avoid punishment. During the fourth
round fouls were repeatedly claimed, hut n«t
allowed. The fight terminated in the sixth
i round. Slattery was on one knee when he
was struck a swinging blow by the negro,
upon which a claim of foul was allowed and
the fight given to Slattery.
Postmaster Backus I incrMi d.
San Francisco, February 14th.— Postoffice
Inspector Sey bold has concluded his investi
gation into the statement made by A. .1.
Deary, charging Postmaster Backus with dis
criminating in the award of printing aud
otherwise violating the law. No evidence
whatever was found to sus.ain the charges.
Deary admitted that he had no grounds for
the statement.
Sudden Ending of a Trial at Modesto.
Modesto, February 14th.— The case of
the people agaiust J. J. Bobbins came to a
sudden and dramatic ending this morning.
The McCrellis girls, upon whom tbe as.'ault
was charged to have been committed, testi
fied on cross-examination to such palpable
untiutbs that counsel for the prosecution de
clared that they did not believe any of their
testimony. The jury immediately returned
: a verdict of not guilty and defendant w.»s dis
charged. He was congratulated on all Bides
|at his thorough vindication. A prosecution
' for conspiracy and blackmail will probably
I be instituted.
Death or > Veteran Journalist.
Grass Vallet, February llth. —Nathaniel
j Mitchell, father of Charles 11. Mitchell, edi
tor of the Grass Valley Union, died a; tre
residence of tbe latter this morning, aged 87
• years. Deceased was a well-known ] oal-
I ist in the early days of his life, having boM
. editor and publisher of papers in Virginia,
< Maryland and Ohio. His remains will be
taken to Auburn, Placer county, on Satur
day, ard will be buried beside his son, the
lata Tabb. Mitchell.
Importation of Norman Ilorsra.
* PVALOVA, February 14 th.— Henry Wilaey,
of the firm of Fallbacks & Wilsey, arrived
from the ! . ist yesterday with an importation
of twenty Norman horses. The market f. r
Norman horses for the Pacific coist is be
coming well stocked. This new importation
will ba a fine addition to the horse show to
take place at Agricultural Park next Satur
day, i
Klari.- mini stop Burned.
Susanville, February 14 th.— A black- ;
smi'.b shop, belonging to .1. N. l.ing. and oc- ;
copied by A. McCrimmon, was destroyed by i
tl c here last night. Long's lost is about i
§1.000, in-uie 1 in the Sun of San Franc's- '
Co (or $600 M -' 'rimiu iii'a loss on stock and '
tools is about $800 ; no insurance.
Valuable Fitly Sold. i
Cous'., February 14 b.— black filly '
K.-'.ic, ens of Teldon A iii.i.t"? cits, was to- J
day sold by V. M. lli;!ups to Coll Deane, of c
8 i. PraMM for two thousand dollar*. I
9&W Blockaded with Ire-Chinese Km/- [;
way Laborers. . £
Ybeka, February 14th. — Tbe Klamath!
river is blocked with m'>h ice, so that it ia
difficult for the ferry bo „t to cross. . '■* ;: !
Several wagoc-loa-j, 0 f Chinamen passed l'•
through the county t^j, wee f Mm Oregon,
to work on the California Railroad abjve
Redding.
*''.y r.lee-llon Sui.lilf
San Lr l 8 Obispo, February 14"h — At tbe ! ]
city eler; 4 .j on yesterday S. B. Nichols was R. J :
elected Mayor. A. S. Whitsell. W. J. Oakes,
A. A McLeod, W. A. Henderson and P.
R ? '*dy Coupcilmen ; John Sendercack, As
» <-8Bor ; J. W. Birnebury, Tax Collector ; G.
W. Barnes, Police Judge; Frank Grady,
Marshal. A vote was also taken to reorgan
ise the city under the general laws of the
State, and adopted by a large majority.
Mary Fischer, daughter of J. F. Fischer,
20 years of age, committed suicide by jump
ing into a well and drowning. She was buried
yesterday. _
;- Brilliant Social Event.
Santa Rosa, February 14th.— Over 400
guests attended the Earl-Runyon wedding
and reception last night. It was a brilliant
social gathering.
The Weather.
San Francisco, February 14 th.— A s'.ifht
rain began falling about 11 o'clock this morn
ing. The wind has shifted to the south,
Santa Cri'z, February 14th.— It started in
to rain at 10 a. a ; wind southeast ; atmos
phere cold. It is still raining. - -
Santa Barbara, February 14th.— It com
menced raining at 11 A. si. Wind southeast,
and a settled storm,
Los Angeles, February 14th.— It is cold
and cloudy ; wind northeast ; lowest ther
mometer, 40' ; at noon, 46*, with indications
of rain. "_. _■:.-
Stockton, February 14th.— cold spell
has slightly moderated, the temperature at
noon being 44°. The barometer has fallen
.32° during tbe last 24 hours, and now
registers 29 S3 C . The sky is overcast, acd a
sharp breeze from the southeast is an indica
tion cf either rain or snow.
Rio Vista, February 14 th.— For three or
four days past we have had the coldest
weather known here for years. To-day the
wind left the north and hauled to the east
ward ; the skies were overcast, and it began
to rain about 3 P. M. The temperature has
moderated. The wind is now east, and we
have a good prospect for an all night's rain.
Seism, February 14th.— the past
eight or ten days we have had the coldest
weather known here for years. The ther
mometer registered '.'7° above zero yesterday
morning. It started to rain about 4 o'clock
this afternoon, and still continues, with pros
pects of an all night's fall.
Vaixejo, February Hth. — A light snow is
falling, and the weather is cold. Tte pros
pects are favorable for the storm continuing.
Petalcma, February 14 th. — A light rain,
mingled with snow, began to fall here at
12:20, gradually increasing in volume until 2
F. m., when ft lively scow acd rain storm
prevailed. Wind east ; temperature 38°,
with every prospect of a heavy storm,
San Rafael, February 14th — It began
snowing here about noon to-day, and has con
tinued with slight intermission all the after
noon. The ground being warm in the valley,
the snow melted tbere as it fell, but remained
on the surrounding hills, There is every in
dication of ths storm continuing all night,
Shasta, February — Snow is falling
here to-day. The weather is very cold ; ther
mometer, 32°.
Yreka, February 14th. — The weather mod
erated this morning, and snow has been fall
ing at intervals, with a prospect ef a heavy
storm to-night.
4>re<;o.\.
Advices from Portland.
Portland, February 14th. — weather
continues cloudy and very cold. There has
been considerable detention of trains on the
Northern Pacific Railroad, owing to snow on
the track.
A. Salmon, a prominent dry goods mer
chant of Portland, failed to-day. It is dith
cult to ascertain the condition of • ffairs.
Salmon's stock is estimated to be worth $20,
--000. Hi) owes Portland creditois about
§7,000 His heaviest creditors are in San
Francisco. He has made an assignment, and
his place of business is closed.
George Lee, champion oarsman, arrived
in the city yesterday from Victoria. To-day
he started tor San Francisco by the oveil.»nd
route.
Dwelling and Two Kuril- Burned.
Albany. February 14 th.— Last night a
dwelling-hull and two barns, belonging to
C. 1). Turner, near here, were totally de
stroyed by fire. Nothing at all was saved.
The tire was the result of incendiatism be
yond all doubt. Oae of the bjrns was first
Bet on tire. The incendiary took the trouble
to turn out a Lumber of horses acd cows
which were in the bares. The loss will ex
ceed 000 ; insurance, §1,400.
Residence Destroyed ■»} Fire.
Rosebhbg, February 14th. —The residence
of Rev. John Howard, near here, was burned
yesterday. The building and content i were
totally destroyed. Lies, §2,500 ; no insur
ance, i
«,
BltlTlsH < OI.IMIIII,
Parliamentary Proceedings— Accident.
Victoria. February 14 — The Govern
ment last evening brought down the bill for
a loan of §200,000 upon the general credit of
the province. A resolution by the Attorney -
General was carried, to ask the Dominion
Government to remove the obstructions and
deepen Victoria port, and a telegram was
transmitted by the Government to Ottawa,
The C irribbo and Kamloops Railroad bill
was thrown out.
M. M. Knglish, of Kaglish &. Co., slipped
on the sidewalk this v oroing at New West
minster, and broke bis ankle.
THE BOND CASE DECISION.
Following 19 the decision rendered by the
Supreme Court in the case of Meyer va. Por
ter, relative to the payment of coupons of
Sacramento city bonds, to which rtfeience
was made yesterday :
Application for a writ of mandate to compel the
Treasurer of the city of Sacramcuto to pay, out of
funds in the city treasury, certain put due and pay
able coupons belonging- to bonds issued by the city
of Sacramento, of which the plaintiff is the owrer
and holder.
The fund out of which payment Ib demanded is
known as the " Interest and Sinking Fund " of the
ci'y of Sacramento. It is admitted there wax in that
fund, when the coupons were presented and pay
ment demanded, the sum of #100,000, jet the Treas
urer refu^-. d to pay, and the Court below sustained
him i.i hii refusal.
The coupon bonds in the hands of the petitioner
were issued under a charter granted to the city in
April, l.'iS. That charter empowered the* municipal
authorities to Issue bonds for the past indebtedness
of the former city government, and to set apart and
appropriate 55 per cent, of the municipal revenue,
when paid into tht treasury, '* to an interest and
sinking fund, which shall he applied to the payment
if the aiinuil interest and the final redemption of
bonds issued for city indebtedness, i i accordance
with l ie provisions ef this At." (S cs. 34, 35,
Stats. 1838, p. £79.) The bonds were therefore is
sued uuder a law wnich provided for their redemp
tion as they became due, with interest t hereon, pay
able annuady until redeemed. But the charter .1 '->
provided that " the city and county shall not be
sued in any action whatever, nor shall any of its
latios, buddings, improvements, property, fran
c i- B, taxes, revenue, actions, choses in action and
effects, be subject to any attachment, levy or sale,
or any process whatever, either mesne or fi.al."
(Sec. 1, Id
In \i_U_l the charter of 1853 was repealed, and a
ne* chart*. substituted. Tne repeal cf the old char
ter cid not impair the validity of contracts made
under its provisions.
In fact, the substituted charter of ISC3 contained
the same provision for au " interest and sinking
fund" for the payment of the annual interest of the
bonds and of their redemption as that contained in
the repealed charter ; and it abo contained an im
plied prohibition against suits or actions against the
city up 00 any bonds which had beeu issued under
the former charter. Therefore, it is contended by
both the original and substituted charters tho hold
ers of t v cse city bonds took and held them with
notice that no actions upon them could be main
tained against the city.
But, howeve.- that may be, it is no answer to a
proceeding t>) mandamus against an officer of the
city to compel the performance of a duty, in connec
tion with the payment of the bonds, which the law
under Widen they were issued has specially enjoined
upon him. (Meyer vs. Brown, 12 lac. C. L. J., p.
153). If, therefore, it was (be clear legal duty of
tbe Treasurer to do the act demanded of him, per
formance of it can be compiled, and tbe only ques
tion is, was it the duty of the Treasurer to pay the
coupons, hen presented to him, out of the fund
; which he hal on hand. *
Tna: fund contained 2100,000, and the moneys had
been set apart and appropriated for the purpose of
the payment of the annual interest and final redemp
tion of" the bonds. (Stats. 1853, p. 279 ; Stats. 1*63,
I-. 426.) The interest was made payable at the ctli.e
of the Treas-irer on the first day of January of each
year (Sec. 37. Stats., 1553, P. 1^*0), and says Sectien
40 cf the sunt salute: " It shall be the duty of th*
Treasurer to piv the Interest on said bonds when
the same falls due, out of said interest fund as pro
v ill . d in this Act." Thus the duty to pay is specially
enjoined upon the officer. It is a special duty with
regard to the bo*. ds which is imperative upon him
over and beyond the ordinary duties of his office as
prescribed by other provisions of the charter, ordi
nances or orders of the municipal authorities. Being
a special duty, no ot'.er statute, ordinance or order
was requisite I.r its j^eiformance.
Nor was It necessary that the coupons should have
been presented to the Board of Trustees and Aud
itor for examination and audit, as ordinary accounts
or claims against the tin-, under the provisions of
Sections 2, 5. 3, 9if the Act of 1563 ; for as the law
under whith they and the bonds to which they be
longed were issued made it the duty of the Treasurer
to pay themjin the manner, and out cf the fund pro- 1
vided for that purpose, no warrants were necessary I
to authorize their payment. Nor is the fact, if it '
exists, that there are other creditors interested in
the fund provided for their payment, who have not
demanded payment, any answer to the application
oft • petitioner. Non-action by others having even
equal rights « ith him, in a matter on wblch bis ]
right it founded, cannot prejudice him in the asser
tion ef his right nor excuse non-performance of « x
duty in connection with it specially joined by law.
And is the coupons partake of the nature _of the
bonds to which they belong, and against which the I <
Statute of Limitations had not run, they were not I
barred hv th* statute. ,
Judgment rtvers-.-d and cvaso reiaanled. I
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.
Iheir letter of Instructions to County As
sessors—All Property to be Assessed at
Full Cash Value
The State Board cf Equalization, which
has been in session during the past we;k, has
issued the following circular to the County
I Assessors throughout the State. It is a doc
ument which will be read with interest by
taxpayers. It is iv the hands of the State
Printer, and will be ready for distribution in
about ten days :
OrriCK or Tim Stats Bov.rb of Eijcalizatios, *
Sacramksto, February 14. 1554. I
To the County Assessors : In March, 1»3, this
B -anl addressed a circular letter to the Assessors ol
the several counties, tor the purpose thereby ta in
cite them to a mo; - faithful discharge at their du
ties, betb in respect to discovering and assessing
property which heretofore had esciped assessment,
and als j to the assessment of all property at its full
cash value. In that circular we used the following
language:
"The assessment of property below its ' full cash
value' must cease. It ii the firm purpose of the
Board, so far as it lies in its power, to effect a just,
equal and full cash value assessment of property,
and where any Assessor has not pei formed his duty,
and has underas the property of bis county,
the Board will unhesitatingly exercise the power
conferred by the Constitution, and increase the total
assessment of the county."
We traveled throughout tlir State, and the result
of our investigation was the increase by the Board
of the total assessment of twenty counties. We did
our simple duty, as we shall likewise do in the pres
ent year if we find any county under-assessed.
We pointed out in our circular that our power is
limited Us increasing the whole assessment roll, and
that if such increase should be made some injustice
would be done. Notwithstanding our warning,
twenty Assessors, without a shadow of doubt, under
assessed their counties.
We have been subjected to some criticism on ac
count of our action. That some injustice is done by
such an increase there can be no doubt ; but it was
in the power of the Assessors to prevent it, and
upon them we me ist that the responsibility should
rest.
So far as the incre<se of values for county taxa
tion is concerned, the owners of property and hold
ers of mortgages are not affected. Jhe county has
to raise a sum certain, and the amount of teles lev
ied and collect -d is the same, their th« valuation
or the r.te ol taxation be high or low. But in re
spect to State taxition, there was, in the counties
affected by our increase of valuations, an additional
amount of tax- s paid bythe holders of mortgages
assumed to have been as«?ged at thti,- full value
but not so much as the public is led to believe For
instance, if we h»d not increased the assessment the
rate of State tax would have been in round numbers 55
cents, whereas the tax by the increase was only 49 7
cents. In a county where 'he rais- was 10 per cent
the holder of a mortgage of 31,000, if no increase had
been made, would have paid .*5 5«, whereas, by in
crease, he was made to pan only $5 16. In a county
wbere the increase was 20 per cent., his paiiuent
was $5 96.
For the purpose of placing ourselves right before
the public we wish to direct attention to the scope
of our powers : "^
When the first Board took office it was the popu
lar ballet that the Board had the power to equalize
individual assessments. This power, however was
denied to it by the Supreme Court. In the esse of
Wells, Fa-go ,x Co. the Supreme Court decided that
thesevelal Boards of Supervisors equalized between
individual, and that the power ol the State Board
is limited "to the iqualization of the assessment
rolls of the various counties by comparing the as
sessment roll of each county with the roll of each
and all the others, ai:d thus make the wh- assess
ment conform to the true value in money of the
property contained in the respective rolls."
We, therefore, cannot increase or lower an mdi
Tidual assessment. We cannot say that a mortgage
may not be raifed, and that the property mi rt-iged
must alone bear the increase. We can only look at
the sum total of the assessment of a county, and if
such sum does not equal the true amount of the as
sessment at full cash value, we can only, and we
most, add such percentage as shall bring the total
to sach true value. Tho question has frequently
been asked us: " How can you make a moit
gage given, say for $1,000, worth, by an increaee of
20 per cent., 81,200? The question argues ignor
ance of the revenue system and the decisions eif the
Supreme Court. The question of the raisin.; of
mortgages has been before the Supreme Court of
the state. In ISSI, the State Boaid added, in pur
suance < f lhe authority of the case of Wells, F.uvo
& Co. vs. the State Board, a percentage to the total
assessments of certain counties, among which was
the city and county of San Francisco. The Auditor
of San Francisco refused to place the percentage
added by the Board, upon the valuation of mort
gages, on the grcund that a mortgage was in the
Eante category as money, which could not be in
creased. A writ if maadate was sui-d out against
the Auditor, and the Supreme Court held that a
mortgjge was not money," but merely property;
that it had a commercial value possibly in come
cases beyond its true value. The question again
was presented to the Court. In ISS.'! the Germania
Savings Bank applied to the Supreme Court for a
writ to issue restraining the Board from piecing any
percentage upon mortgages, or, in other words, to
obtain the order of the Court in such terms that the
percentage of increase contempt ited by the Board
upon property would he- exclusive of mortgages. The
Court refused the writ.
Oar posi'ion is plain. We cannot affect individual
property in classes.
The Supreme Court ha", in effect, decided, and it
Is well for all citizens to bear this in mit d, that the
revenue system is baaed upon the theory that each
county i* a politicil subdivision of the State, and
bound, each year, to contribute to the treasury of
the Stite a sim in proportion to the whole value of
its taxable property. Toe couuty elects an Assessor
as its agent to determine the value of such property,
and if such agent doe- not state the true amount of
property the law provides that a County li >ard of
Equalization shall be and it is clothed with
the power to examine every citizen who i- under or
over assessed, and have his property properly listed.
If, therefore, the As*-?-, ir undervalues property,
and if, afterwards, the B .ard of supervisors, charged
with the duty of equalizing, allows the fault to be
uncorrected, and citizens of a cou-.tv, whether by
silence or pos'tive approval, allow the offense to be
committed, the Constitution places upon us the
plain duty to add such percentage to the valuation
as shall brine the asxsutent to the true standard
of full cash value. We stand between counties to
see that justice i- done, in the"same relation that
Boards of Supervisors stand to individuals.
If the Assessor and the Supervisors and the citi
zens fail to do their duty the penalty must he borne,
that is to say, the assessment must be increased.
Let those who claim that an injustice has been done
see to it this year that property is justly assessed,
irrespective of wha'. they think is being done in ad
joining counties, and if anyone shall be injured by
our increase this year let him visit his wrath upon the
officers of his county who fail to perform their duty.
We hope when we have surrendered our trusts that
public opinion will he such that no Assessor will
dare to discriminate in his assessments.
Daring our visit to the counties we Found that all
inferior property was assessed relatively nearer the
sum of if worth than superior property, and this
remark ippplits to land, improvements, horses,
cows and all kinds of personal property. The small
farmer, living in the hills or farming second or
third-rate land, is assessed at nearer the value of
his land than the valley or rich-land farmer is as
sessed for his land, ordinary horses are relatively
better assessed than high-class horses, Thorough
bred cattle seldom figure in the list. Land held'in
small tracts is assessed at a higher rate per acre
than laud ot same quality held in large tracts.
Some Assessors fail to exact an oath to the state
ment of properly as required by law. As the As
sessor has to rely on the statement for the amount
of personal property held on the firet Monday in
March, we think that t c Assessor Bhould exercise
more rigid scrutiny into the statement. A little
cross -examination before the oath is administered
would have a salutiry influence over the conscience
of the property-holder.
We found an inexcusable looseness in t*e descrip
tion of personal property. It is not sufficient to cay
on the roll " personal property." Personal prop
erty should be enumerated as: Wheat, so many
tons ir pounds; horses, cows, sheep, etc., giving
their number. Section 3650 of tic Penal Code im
peratively requires that you should show on the as
sessmei t book the number, kind and quality of per
sonal property. The saving clause of the fourth
subdivision does not lessen the duty of the Assessor.
It Is merely for the protection of the State.
In some counties " franchises" are, and in other
counties aro not, asu-s-e 1. Every corporation de
riving it rights to exist and transact business from
the State— every owner of a toll-road, bridges, or
ferry, possesses a franchise which is the subject of
taxation. Please see to it that these properties are
assessed .
We found, generally, mortgaged red estate as
sessed but little, If any, in excess of the amount of
the mortg'ge tin roon. No amount of reasoning or
excuses can justify such a violation of the plainest
rules of common sense or justice, and it is incom
prehensible by the Board how an Assessor can fail
to heed the plain indication which a mortgage af
fords of the value of the property affected by the
mortgage.
There wore some counties whose assessments were
not raied. We do not intend thereby to be under
stood that we were entirely satisfied with such as
sessments, of which the Assessors of those counties
will please take due notice. Nor do we wish to be
understood that the total assessment of last year
represents the full value of the property of the
State.
The last three years witnessed unexampled pros
perity in the State. fcoth increase in values and
improvements upon real estate are going on, and we
confidently look for a large increase in the assess
ment of ISvSI over that of 1--::.
The members of the Board in a few day- will start
on their annual visit to the counties, and hope to
have the pleasure of meeting you, and they take
t.is first opportunity to return thanks for courtesies
extended last year, uot only by the Assessors, but
by other county officers. By the Board.
C. "K. WILCOXSON,
Chairman SUte Ii unl of Equalization.
• •
' Goon News. — It is now entirely unneces
sary to purchase any imported perfumes, as
th? very best are Peck's Premium Perfumes
and Elite Bouquet, of home manufacture.
♦ .
. Fob a good appetite drink Damiana Bit
ters. "■■-.4.. •_■.■--. - ■ - yy-rrr-j-- - *
Efftcofs oil
OERiIanreMCDY
CURES. «...
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica,
Lumbago. Back^^he. Headache. Toothache.
Kori>T!iro«!.S>,-elliiiflr«;r»i|»riiln«.Rrui»c«,
Hum*. S«-:el<U. I'riwl Kiln..
r.ts ALL UTIII.B PIIIULT MIS* AND it'll
WJtijßriißi4U»nlr>c«!*r»i.vcnrwh?re. lr:tje>auatioit:3
Dlnvtiaaa ifl il tnn.- a y^ -';_,-_;
TIIH CHARLES A. VOI.EI.EK CO.
JriwtßoanA. TOGlLittle'Oj - B3lti«!«r», »t,C.B.i.
'--.-..- • • •■• r '.. --.■;'-■...;:'- ''-I-
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
, Sumner Post!— Oo b *7. & r hitlaru at
f:3O o'clock TONIGHT. All C", mr in good
Handing in their respective ¥ rst^ cordon.-
-" Vl^' „ . J ■- bKIN -<l-R, Commander. "
O. B. CORWIS, Adjutant. felS-lt*
Attention. „„ Hauin! s^a
iou are hereby ordered to lppelr at , he >fl
P l? v, '*"' ? v n J. cv,e v,v X . th «nd M streets,™ lS /fl©
(Friday) E\LMNU ; February 15th ' at 8 T^ft
»cock sharp, to at^ end your r( , eul „ monthly drill.
% OT $" P - HEILBRON. Captain.
E. C. Roipei^ Orderly Sergeant, f :14-lf
tnT^Lfi"'*'" ,f "'"* kit leave to me.
kuoaledir-, the receipt of $553 from the Charity
Ball, for W (,i c h they return sincere thanks.
at. j.tiseph'B Academy, February 14, 1-^4. fe!s-lt*
"".he Ticket Is So. SO ibal mod Ibe Car-
renter's Chest and Tools, on February 9,h, at
Mebarry's Saloon, corner Sixth and X streets. The
bolder of said Ticket is requested to present the
same, par charges aid receive the Tools and Chest
immediately. [fels-lt»l WM. MEIIARRY.
ANTED- BY AN AMERICAN L«.DY AGED
IT 33, position as working housekeeper in a
gentleman's family ; good experience ; no objec-
tions to children or country. Call or address Urs.
EASTON, Orleans, Second* street, Room 4. Sacra-
mento. Cal. felo 3t*
WANTED- INFORMATION OF JOIINCHRIS-
> V TOPH KIESZLING, of Box! or Mara-
yunk, Philadelphia county, Va.', who in 1877
was in Elk City, Pa. Any information
respecting the same will bo thankfully received by
FREPERICK KOONS, Executor of WOLFGANG
Kit.- /.LINO, deceased, No. 1142, Frankfor.i Avenue,
Philadelphia, Pa. f»l5-lit*
A SALOON FOR SALE CUEAP-IN'^^^B
t\_ a good location. Apply at this of-{K£S I
rtlce. fela-lw , 'i*^m
DISSOLUTION OF COPARTNEHSHIP.— TUE
copartnership heretofore existii g between
TAFT, BASSET HUNTSMAN, Mechanics' Mill,
is by mutual consent dissolved. Taft & Bassett will
continue the business at the old stand, comer Fifth
and M streets. Messrs. Taft & Bassett will collect
all bills due the late firm and pay all indebtedness.
Trusting that we shall have the continued patron-
age of former customers. CUARLFS C. TAFT,
HORACE HUNTSMAN, WALTERS. LASSETT.
- feij It*
DISSOLUTION' OF PARTHBBSHIP.
THE COPARTNERSHIP HERETOFORE EX-
isttrg between the undersigned, doing busi-
ness under the firm name of SCOTT i MUIR, is -los
day dissolved by mutual consent, A. J. MUIR re-
tiring T. J. SCOTT will continue the business, pay-
all li ibiitie-s, and collect all debts due the late linn.
Parties indebted will settle immediately.
Sacramento, February 14, lhSl.
THOMAS J. SCOTT,
ANDREW J. ML'IK.
Tbanklns the Public tor Ihrlr kind
patronage bestowed upon the late firm, I earnestly
solicit their continuance of the same. 1 will al-
ways keep on hand the latest designs of gas fixtures,
and continue to do plumbing at the lowest rates.
fel.. if T. J. SCOTT.
SPIRITUALISM.
MU?. PARRY AND MISS JOHNSON, TEST
and Heiling Mediums. Rooms 6 and 7, Inter-
national Hotel, settings daily. Circles, Wednesday
and Saturday Evenings. fell'.wneu*
TYPE FOR SALE.
WHEN OUR NEW DRESS ARRIVES, WHICH
will be in a few weeks, we will have for sale,
at a low rate, between Three and Four Thousand
Pounds cf Nonpareil, Minion, Brevier and Adver-
tising Type, which ii in good condition, and which
we will sell in lots to suit purchasers. Will also
have Cases, Rules anil Imposing Stones, which will
be said cheap.
ADDRESS:
SACBAMENTO PI BLISDIXfi COMPANY,
SIvRAMKNTO, Cal.
ja?4-tfned
TUTTS^
BTnyf^T^i.' job ;v- jl * J - - ' -"-"■--»•
PILLS
paaßßg— aaaw ■ i ■
TORFID BOWELS,
DISORDERED LIVER,
and fvIALARIA.
From these sources arise three lourthsof
tho eliseiiise-s of the human race. These
symptoms ineUcate tlieire.\istcnee:r,o«s of
Appetite, l!m\il« costive, Sick Head-
ache, fullness niter eating, aversion to
exertion of >«nty or mind. Eructation
of food) Iriijnl>llSty of temper, Low
spirits, A feeling of leaving neglected
son-. c dnty, l>l'/.3.ine-s--:,2-'liitlrrliit;at the
Ji.::rt, Pots before the IglUy col-
ored brine, (O.\STIP,ITIO.\. anil lie-
luantl the use of aremeelythat acts ilirectly
on the Liver. AsaLivermediclneTtTT'S
1'11.1.S have tio e.iual. Their action on tbe
Kidneys ami Skin is also prompt ; removing
till Impurities through I'r.lr^u three " scav-
engers of the system," producing appe-
tite, sound eligestlon, regular stools, a cle>nr
skintimla vigorous boilv. TITT'S P11.1.S
cause no nausea or griping nor interfere
with eluily work ami arc a perfect
ANTIDOTE TO MALARIA.
£uMeverywhriv,Usc, OUifv.-il Murray M. ,-*•»■
TUTTS HAIR DYE.
•Gray Haik em WhiSKEBS changed in-
stantly to a GLOSSY BLACK hy it single ap-
plication of tliis DTK. Sold by Druggists,
or bent hy express on receipt of 95 .
Office, 44 .Murray Street, New York.
TUTT'S MANUAL OF USEFUL RECEIPTS FREE.
Sl lvi vUN
( LEAKS AND POLISHES
COLD and SILVER
PRODUCING
Si-Ail' M.T.KD BRILLIANCY VITl! LEAST
LABOIt AND WITHOUT INJURY
TO FINEST SURFACE
16 YEARS IN HOUSEHOLD USE.
Solel hy Grocers ami Druggists.
TnK IiLECTItO SILK'O.V «►..
72 JOHN ST., NEW YORK
RKDINQTON A PP.. AGENTS. SAN FRANCISCO.
BEMOVAL.
ff. I. Montague & 00 ,
HAVE REMOVED TO
311, 313, 315 AMD 317
MARKET STREET,
BETWEEN ItK I IK A.ND FREMONT.
SAN FRANCISCO. Ja.lO-ImWFM
/camp's
- ■
WILCOX ft WHITE ORGANS, L. K. lI AM-
MKII, General Acrent, No. &20 J street Sac-
ramento. Sold on the installment plan. Orders
for TUNING promptly attended to. Old Pianoe
taken in exchange, bheet Music and a full Hue of
musical merchandise always on hand. ja3-tf
STEINWAY & SONS' PIANOS.
AHKYMAN, SOLE AGENT, I^*WPg ga
. street, be-t. Srith and Seventh,|HS*WWj
ojipoeita Court-house. PIANOS TOI? #11*
LET. Pianos sold on Installment* |m>.!ploi
-XXT. 3EC. IBOKB'S'i
No. 317 J street Sacraments,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
» T Sewer and Chimney Pipe tone. Earthen
mil Terra Cotta Wire, etc. jig-lptl
PAINTS AND OILS.
J L. CHADDERDON, IMPORTERAND DEALFR
• in Paints, Oils, VarnisliM, Window GU^,
Uixsd Paints, Artists' ard Painters' Material?. Wall
aper, etc. No. 201 X St.. Sacramento lr!7-lptf
FANCY BAKERY. ~
FISHER'S BAKERY, ICE CREAM AND OTS-
ter Saloon will be opened in a few dai s at 510
J street, next door to the old stand, by S. FOR-
ES IKK & CO. They will keep in stock all kinds of
VVeddioff and Fancy Cakes. Orders are now re-
reived and filled on shortest notice. H'eddine Cakes
» Specialty. - fel4lplm
: MARTIN KESTLER,
MANUFACTURER OF ALL _ - . -..
kinds of Bucfiea, Farm, JgjaT^Stf.
bx|>re-«. Freight, Header aod^-^-f^i^ir*} '
Quartz Wagons ; constantly on*^*^"""""***^*
land and made to order at lowest rates. All ilk
warranted. Repairing, ett , done at short notice.
S'os. 1010, 1012 and 1014 Ninth street, between I
nnd X, Sacramento. aul-lptf
N. W. ROS BINS.
<0O X Btraet, Southeast corner Eighth,
SACRAMENTO.
CARRIAGE TRIMMiNO. EXPRESS WAGON i
Top* a specialty. Cuf liion" always on hand
ud made at «bi/rt notice. . .7'7-T7 023-4ptl j
: ' : ':l -7---_.
MISCELLANEOUS.
ASSIGNEE'S
— or —
0. H. STEVENS & CO.
WILL COMMENCE
Monday, February 18tli.
£$• THIS IS THE BEST OPPOBTI'MTY
THE PEOPLE OF S it'll AMEN IO EVER
■lAD TO lit V FIRST-CLASS GOODS AT
Mill mill* AS THEY WILL BE
OFFERED FOB MV 1
30 DAYS!
All Goods
WILL BE —
SLAUGHTERED!
Store Closed
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY I
TO
PREPARE FOR THE SALE.
Orders from the country will
receive prompt attention. Send
in your orders if you wish GOODS
CHEAP.
felt 2plm __
Notice to the Trade
E. & S. HELLER, Tor
merly of Sachs, Heller &
Co., and for the last twenty
years in business, are con-
tinuing the jobbing busi-
ness nith a complete stock
of Dry Goods and Furnish-
ing Goods, and also nith a
complete line of Jlarysville
Goods, at 315 and 31? Pine
street, near Sansome, San
« rancisco* i«iB-2pimMWF
CADWALADER & PARSONS,
TJEAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE AGENTS,
Corner Third and J streets.
AGENTS
UNION INSURANCE CO. OF SAN FRAKCISCO.
Fire and Marine.
EDW. CADWALADER, Notary Public, Commis-
sioner of Deeds and Conveyancer. Jyl-2ptl
SULLIVAN & WISEMAN,
-t-i.Ti__j_-.___. SSrSVAtTCE!
And Insurance Agents,
NO. 1007 FOURTH STREET.
iaTRENT AND OTHER COLLECTIONS MADS
alg-gptf JOS.WISEMAV. Notary Pul.lic.
MATHUSHEK PIANOS
ARE THE BEST- OVER TTO m___Mgl
Hundred anil Fifty in use i"BESgEH
Sacramento. The Uprishts ahead of OTO
everything. Kejp in tune at one-" • ■ J "
quarter the expense tf any other piano. Beware
of imitations and frauds offering them.
JOHN F. COOPER,
General wholesale Aeent for th» Pacific Coast, si"
J street. Aim, cheap anl medium-pneed Pianos
from $-225 up. Old Pianos and urgnns tiken in
exchange for new ones.
tar Pianos to Rent. alMlptf
8100,000
Paid in Endowments
THE UNIVERSAL BENEVOLENT A'.SOClA-
tion of California. Incorporated ALU. ii, ISSI.
Home Offlce : 1038 Mission st , San Pranclso.
Issue of Certificates of Endowment of One to
Two Thousand Dollirs, pavahle at Marriage, or at
Maturity. Send for Circulars and Papers. Reliable
Agents Wanted. Jal6-2ptf
DE. G. L. SIMMONS,
So. Hit J ttreet, Sacrameato.
IP tc 10, morning. )
I t.i 4, afternoon. vjj-20-Splm
7to 8, evening. )
WM. BARTELS' SALOON,
MASONIC BUILDING,
gonlhwefct Corner Sixth and X streets.
THE FINEST WISES, LIQUORS AND .*-■?-»
Cigars constantly on hand. Dropl23r|3|r3
in and Sample. felg-lplm it_£__lfr-_i
GERBER & HAUSER'S
SAbOOK,
X STREET, OPPOSITE THEATER
(Formerly JOE GODDARD'S).
HOT LUNCH FROM 10:30 A. M. TO^£3sS
1:50 P. M. Mixed Drinks a Specialty. UgAaiar
fcg- Beer 5 Tenia felMplm &sS££ri
Or. BATE
« S. Class St., opposite Court House. Chicago, 111-
The greatest Specialist living, whose life lung expe-
rience, perfect method and pore medicines insurers
spe r»dy and perm .-incut curesntailpi-Iviiie,«-nroiiic
and nrrcoiK dl«e?u»c». Hrs Oeilelo to I.enllh
tent Free. Thia Book contains information fir every
one Byits salutary advice health and happiness arc
i ' cored. Who should marry: who nor— By
Important adrica to Canaicandmiddle-amd .-leu.
Cases successfully treatcel by mail end expresi I
thrcuchoot the civilized world. -V- IM above. I
autiug tali particulars vi your case. :p-:... 1
AUCTIONS.
AUCTION SALE
Saturday, February 16th,
AT 10 O'CLOCK,
AT SALESROOM OF RELL wt CO..
Auctioneers, Coiner of Eighth and X streets.
(AT 10 o CLOCK.
BALtAUOOM OF BELL A CO..
uctionoere, Center of Eighth .::i X street*,
The contents o( TWO HOUSE -. consisting of
VTalnul Parlor Furniture.
Dlnlae-room FnrnllnTe.
Bedroom Furnllare.
Kitchen Goods, Carpets, Store*, Ranges, Glassware,
Crockery, iii' Goods must be sold on aeevunl of
owners' .lijierturt-. r.;~.r ..* -:■■ felS-'Jt
-
SPECIAL SALE
FAST STOCK,
By Order of K. 11. MILLED. JR.,
Who, on toco mt Of ill-health. will close out all of
his etex-k, on
Wednesday^ Feb. M, 1884,
At 11 o'clock, at the
San Francisco Horse Market and Carriage
Repository,
New. S3, M AND S7 KM MONTGOMERY STREET,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL,
U. FKUUMICF.K4I. Proprietor.
Sale positive, without reserve. Will come off on
that eiav, " rain or shine.**
18 HEAD OF STOCK,
covrktsiso :
BROOD M IRIS AND STALLION.- ALSO,
J> Geldings and Fillies, from the following well-
known stallions : Electioneer, Bent Berlin, Black-
bird. Also, several with St. Clair out In the lot
are two Electioneer filiit-s. three and four yeara old.
dam Addle Lee; two fillies by Beaton, two and
three years old, dam ■ Su Clair man . others by-
Berlin, Kr. <1 Low, etc.
For more detailed Information m ■■ "Breeder and
Sportsman." Catalogues wi.l be ifsueei lc a few
days. Apply lor same at the above place, or to
B. H. Mi1. 1.1- K, Ji., corner Fourth and Townsend
streets (Central Pacific Buildings); or, to WILBER
K. SMITH. Sacramento.
N. B.— The above stock can be teen on the -Ist
day ol FEBRUARY, at the above place, or at any
time after, up to eiay •'• "''''
fc<l-3w it. <'. inmil, Auctioneer.
Sherburn & Smith,
Auctioneers,
N0.323 X STREET. SACRAMENTO
AND PKAI.KKr. IH
Furniture,
Carpets and Oil Cloth,
Crockery and Glassware,
Stoves,
Tinware, Etc.
'VIT'E HAVE OX HAND A LARGE LINE O.
>> COMFORTERS which we think arc the
best and cheapest in the city.
Also
OSE l IFKIGHT rum,
TH» FIXE BOOKCASES.
I IN SECOND-HAND HEDROO.II SKIS.
TWO PARLOR SETS.
A I 1111.1 LOT lII FUR mMM.
Every description of New and .Mid-hand
Chairs, Rockers, Tables, etc.
£■::' Low J.i. til for cash is our motto.
SnESBURN A SMITH, r.ear Postoffice.
AMUSEMEI
SACRAMENTO TIVOLI.
BARRETT & RORABACK, Proprietors
COMMENCING
TlllS(n<ißilav) FA EM Mi, IKS MI MEEK
The ever popular Div: .
HIDDEN HAND!
WIIH
Ml** XKRA VERMIN,
lilt. GEO. MARION. .TIR. BAH MARION,
Supported by a Strong ami Fowerful Dramatic
Company. Together with
MIS. HAItkV TILER, ..nel His Wontlrrlal
Train, el l*o£*.
*tr SATURDAY MATINEE. •»*
Admission, 2Sc [fell-l»] Children, lie.
FIRST INVITATION PARTY
— GIVES ]!V —
Sacramento Division,!'. It , No. '.. li. off.,
AT ARMORY HAL. TUESDAY EV£NINC, FEB. 19.
tST There will bo an Exhibition Drill and «a
other attractions. Invitations can be Ind of __ta
A. J. PLANT, 812 J struct ; or every member fTm
of the Rank. felg-gt UiflA
PION£ER SOCIAL.
THE PIONEER LADIES WILL GIVE THEIR
Annual ..iil at Armory Hall, FRIDAY
EVENINO, February 15th. lvi..:- (admitting a
gentleman and lady), Si °. extra ladier tickets, 60
cenls. Can be obtained from the' Secretary of the
Committee, 1012 Fourth etreet. By order of the
CoTimi-.tie. MRS. J. 11. si VAN, President.
Jessie 0. Leonard, Secretary. feO-lw
TDRN-VEREIN MASQUERADE
MINORS. masks, Whiskers, WIGS,
Spangles, Fringe, Lace, Gimp, i- -i-ttes, Stars,
'lassels, and everything else for making Costumes,
in complete stink, at
E»ALH Ac GO'S,
No. CIS .1 Ktreel....[lell-2plm]..SHeramenlo.
~" BANKING OSES.
SACRAMENTO BANK.
THE SACRAMENTO BANK HAVING RE-
duced its surplus by loans on real estate, to
now receiving deposits again.
0F Money to loan upou improve*! real estate at
the lowest market rates.
jy.?o-2p ED R. HAMILTON. Cashier.
TSTational 13 ank
D. O. MILLS & CO.,
SACRAMENTO, CAL.
CAPITAL, $300,000.
EDGAR MILLS President.
FRANK MILLER Cashier.
DIRECTORS
V. 0. MILLS. EDGAR MILLS,
W.E. CHAMBERLAIN, C. 11. HUBBARD,
FRANK MILLER. Ja3o-4ptl
CHAM. CROCKBR. R. C. WOOLW.IRTO. WM. B. CROCKBR
Crocker. Woolworth & Co.,
bass- .*£.:& 3E«. « »
322 PINE STREET SAN FRANCISCO
Carry on a General Banking Business. Corre-
spondents in the Principal Cities of the Eastern
States and in Europe. Jy6-4plm
CALIFORNIAJTATE BANK.
Does a General Itanhlmc Business.
tS' Draws Exchange on all the principal cities of
the world. —
OFFICERS. I
Presidert N. D. RIDEOIT.
Vice-President FREDERICK COX.
Cashier, A. ABBOTT.
DIRECTORS:
C. W. CLARK, OEO. C. PERKINS,
ALBERT GALLATIN, J. K. WATSON.
N D. RIDEOLT, FREDERICK COT,
A. ABBOTT ati«-
IT STANDS AT THE HEAD
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>£--T7 : *- -'. .p~>V'*-*\ . -*1 _J<AV?
'<*^ij?£^*' 7 ,I^;\
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SEE THE— 7'\
"DOMESTIC"
BEFORE BUYING.
A. J. POMMER, ACENT. 723 X ST., SACRAMENTO.
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