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SACRAMENTO DAILY RECORD-UNION, MONDAY, DECEMBEB 23, 1895.
PROBATE SALES OF REAL ESTATE.
How Legislatures Have Bungled the
Codified Laws.
Lawyer Isaac Joseph Lectures on a
Subject of No Little
Importance.
The Law Club held one of its Inter
esting meetings on Saturday evening,
and the members listened to a very in»
teresting discourse by Isaac Joseph on
the subject of "Probate Sales of Real
Estate." Mr. Joseph said:
Under the law of this State the Su
perior Courts are vested with the power
to order the sale of the realty of a de
cedent for the purpose of raising funds
with which to pay his debts or to sat
isfy the debts, expenses and charges of
administering the affairs of his estate,
or to pay the allowance made by the
court for the maintenance of the widow
or minor children, or both, during the
period required to settle the estate, or
the proceeds of the sale may be ap
plied toward the payment of the lega
cies bestowed upon the beneficiaries
named in his last will.
In 18U3 the Legislature amended a
number of the probate sections of the
Code of Civil Procedure relating to
sales, and attempted to give the Supe
rior Courts power to order a sale of real
! estate when it appeared to the satis
| faction of the court "that it would be
for the advantage, benefit and best in
terests of the estate, and those inter
ested therein, to sell the whole or some
portion of the real estate."
The passage of this amendment, I un
derstand, was secured through the ef
forts of a lawyer who represented an
estate situated in one of the southern
counties of the State. In the estate
referred to all the debts and claims of
every character had been discharged,
but a portion of the property consisted
j of a large number of town lots in the
southern citrus belt. As an order of
sale could not be obtained to pay debts,
etc., as there were none unpaid, and as
the representatives of the estate were
exceedingly anxious to dispose of the.
lots, a convenient way out of the diffi
culty was to apply to an accommodat
ing Legislature to amend the statutes
to fit this particular case.
Doubtless many sales have already
been made under the amendment of
1593, which v4sts the court with discre
tionary power to order a sale whenever
the court deems that a sale would be
advantageous and for the best interests
of the estate and those interested there
in, but in 1870, in the case entitled
Brenham vs. Story, reported in vol. 39
of the California Reports, page 179, the
highest court of our State held that
an Act of the Legislature granting such
power to the courts was unconstitu
tional and void; that upon the death
of the ancestor the heir becomes vested
at once with the full property, subject
to the payment of the debts of the in
testate, expenses of administration and
family allowance, and subject to those
charges and the temporary right of
possession of the administrator, he may
at onoe sell and dispose of the property
and has the same right to judge for
himself of the relative advantages of
selling or holding that any other
owner has. "His estate is lnde~
feasible, except in satisfaction of
these prior Hens, and the Legis
lature haa no more right to order
a sale of his veated interest in his in
heritance, because it will be, in the es
timation of the administrator and the
Probate Judge, for his advantage, than
it has to direct the sale of the property
of any other person acquired in any
other way." (Brenham vs. Story, 39
Cal. 188.)
If the lawyer who is said to be re
sponsible for the amendment of 1893
and the members of the Judiciary Com
mittees of both houses of the Legisla
ture of 1893 had taken the trouble to
read the decision of the Supreme Court
of this State rendered not later than
April, 1891, in Smith vs. Olmstead (88
Cal. !SB*>), they would have found the
same doctrine enunciated, as was laid
down in Brenham vs. Story, and the
probate law would not be burdened with
an unconstitutional and void amend
ment.
If the amendment in question were
permitted to stand unchallenged, the
Superior Court could direct that the
property of an heir be sold against his
express wish, and although no necessity
for the sale arose, and we would also
be confronted with the proposition that
an heir could make no sale of the prop
erty Inherited until final settlement of
the estate, because if a sale by the heir
were effected, the purchaser would still
hold the real estate subject to the dis
cretionary power of the court to order
a sale and vest the title in a stranger.
The amendimuit also contravene!' the
provision in our National and lUatc
Constitution, which provides that no
person shall be deprived of his prop
erty without due process of law.
If a digression might be permitted, I
could direct your attention to many
injurious results ensuing from various
amendments to tha code law of this
State, enacted by the Legislature in
many instances solely to ena
ble some lawyer to avoid some
wise provision of the existing statutes.
Our codes, as originally adopted, pro
vided a plain and concise code of law, a
HEALTH LAWS
DYSPEPSIA.
Dyspepesia and hot bread are an un
happy combination.
Dyspepsia and fats don't coalesce.
« • •
Dyspepsia's greatest enemy is Joy's
Vegetable Sarsaparilla.
* • •
When you suffer from dyspepsia eat
slowly.
* * •
When you suffer from dyspepsia eat
just enough food to comfortably fill the
stomach. Eat often.
* * *
Don't take very hot or cold drinks if
you have dyspepsia.
* ♦ *
Utoe Joy's Vegetable Sarsap.irilla
three times dally and fallow bottle di
rections.
* » •
Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla will
cl*an the stomach, bowels and liver.
* • •
Dyspeptics, avoid sardine?. French
dishes, grease, fat, and use Joy'a Vege
table Sarsaparilla.
* • *
Dyspeptics, eat steaks and chops, roast
beef, mutton and v**al—avoid pork.
* • •
Dyspeptics, use Joys Vegf-tahle Sar
saparilla, but don't use a substitute.
* • ♦
Do you suffer with gases in the stom
ach? Take Joy's Vegetable Sarsapa
rilla.
* * •
Have you a feellricr of lead in the
stomach after eating? Take Joy's
Vegetable Sarsaparilla.
* ♦ ♦
Dyspeptics, avoid a austitute.
monument to the grenius, intelligence
and learning of Its authors, but now,
mutilated almost beyond recognition by
le«ri«latlve vandals, they present on va
rious subjects an incongruous mass of
contradictions and absurdities, and the
courts are burdened with litigation in
the attempt to solve many vexatious
questions. All this might have been
avoided if the original Code Commis
sion had been continued and to their
wisdom and discretion had been left
the making of such amendments as
| time and experience would dictate as
wise and proper.
The proceedings to obtain an order of
sale are initiated by the filing of a pe
tition by the administrator, executor, a
creditor, or, in fact, by anyone inter
ested in the estate. The facts required
to be stated in such petition are set
I forth with great particularity in the
statute. For years the Supreme Court
of the State adopted a very strict and
narrow construction in passing upon
such petition, and many sales were de
clared invalid because some fact of
trifling importance had been omitted
i from the petition. To remedy this evil
j the Legislature of 1574 amended Sec
i tion 1573 of the Code of Civil Procedure,
| and provided that a failure to set forth
in the petition the facts showing the
sale to be necessary will not invalidate
the proceedings, if the defects be sup
plied by proofs on the hearing of the
petition, and the general facts showing
the necessity for the sale be stated in
the decree authorizing the sale.
But, notwithstanding this amend
ment, the Supreme Court in 1877, in the
I estate of Smith (51 Cal. 504) persisted
in its assaults upon probate sales, and
held that a sale was invalid because
j the "condition" of the property to be
i sold was not stated in the petition,
although it appears from the reading
of that decision that the defect was
supplied at the hearing, and the general
facts showing such necessity were
stated in the decree of sale. Again, a 9
late as IS9O, the Supreme Court seemed
to hold that either the petition or the
order of sale must show whether the
real estate is separate or community
property, but we can scarcely divine
the process of reasoning by which the
question of separate or community
property is included in the general facts
showing the sale to be necessary.
At length in August, 185»5, the Su
perior Court, in Burris vs. Kennedy (41
Pac. Rep. 458), in an opinion concurred
in by all the Supreme Justices, threw
down these narrow bars and gave full
force and effect to the amendment of
1573, and although many irregularities
appeared in the proceedings for the sale
the sale was declared valid. So that we |
may now safely proceed with a sale of j
real estate even though the petition Is !
defective, provided that the defects be j
supplied upon the hearing of the peti- !
tion and a statement of facts showing- j
the necessity for the sale be stated in
the order of sale.
Many controversies have arisen in the
courts from the fact that in a number
of instances after a purchaser has made
his bid at a probate sale and paid an
installment of the purchase price, the
discovery has been made that the title
of the decedent was clouded. A popular !
and mistaken impression prvails that '
title to property acquired through court
proceedings becomes by some magic i
power perfect and impregnable to the j
attacks of the most technical student
of titles. In probate sales the purchaser
acquires simply the claim of the deced
ent to the property, whether such claim
be good, bad or indifferent.
In fact, the purchaser buys at his
peril, and he is bound by his bid, al- j
though the title may be very defective, j
and if he refuses to pay the purchase
price, the administrator or executor of
the estate can compel payment by suit,
and the fact that the title is not good
would not constitute a defense. The
only safe course for a purchaser at a
probate sale is to insist upon an oppor
tunity to examine the abstract of title
before making a' bid.
Our laws expressly provide that no
executor or administrator must, direct
ly or indirectly, purchase any property
at the estate he represents, nor must
he be interested in any sale, but in Scott
vs. Umbarger (41 Cal. 410) and Bernal
vs. Lynch (3« Cal. 146), wSere the ad
ministrator purchased property of the
estate indirectly through a third party,
the sale was held voidable and not ab
solutely void—that the heirs could at
their option have the sale set aside
and the administrator declared to hold
the property purchased in trust for the
heirs.
Mr. Joseph closed his lecture by a dis
cussion of the decisions of the courts re
lating to powers of sale contained in
wilta of testators.
THE PELTONS MADE HAPPY.
They Have Found That Old Friends
Do Not Forget Them.
The San Francisco "Chronicle" of
yesterday says that John C. Pelton, the
vtnerable founder of the San Francisco
school system, and his family will en
joy a happy Christmas after all. They
have found a host of friends through
out that city, who have responded to
the appeal of Mrs. P. M. Lilienthal, and
the little household in the Polk-streei
lodging-house has been filled with
plenty, if it lacked the luxuries of life.
A sympathizer sent through the
agency of the "Chronicle" a substan
tial money gift, for which Mr. Pelton
returns grateful thanks. Mr. and Mrs.
Pelton are overwhelmed with the kind
ness of their many friends.
Steps are being taken by some San
Jose ladies to raise the mortgage from
the Pelton home in San Diego.
LOCKED UP AGAIN.
Charles Gregory Celebrates the 1101 -
days by lienting Ills AVltt?.
Charles Gregory is in jail again. He
Is a young man who has several times
been punished in the Police Court for
beating his wife, and who recently
served a long time in the County Jail
for that offense. His sentence does not
seem to have cur^d him of his propens
ity for abusing his wife, however, as
Officers Ash and Douglas arrested him
on Saturday night for disturbing the
peace, the patrol wagon arriving just
in tlrue to save her from serious injury.
On one occasion, some time ago, he
beat his little child terribly with a
, heavy strap, and also beat its mother.
His case will probably come up this
morning in the Poilce Court.
ORPHANS' CHRISTMAS
Their Dinner and Tree Will Take
Place on Friday Next.
The orphans at the Protestant Or
phan Asylum will have their Christmas
dinner at 12 o'clock on Friday, the 27th
inst.. and their Christmas tree and ex
ercises at 3 p. m. on the same day.
Those wishing to make donations for
either the tree or the dinner are in»
\ited to send them either direct to the
asylum or notify Mrs. R. C. Irvine, the
i Secretary, and the things will be called
for.
No doubt the parentless waifs will
be generously cared for at this Christ
mas, as they have in the past, and if
those sending donations could see their
hnppy faces when the distribution takes
place they would feel amply repaid.
Nuts and candy at grocery prices.
A C. S., Eighth and K. •
OUR PEOPLE REMEMBER THE POOR.
Grand Work Done by the Salvation
Army.
The Poor Will Have a deed X>inn*r,
and Their Children Will be
MjMle Happy.
Money and gifts for the dinner and
Christmas tree to be given by the Sal
vation Army are coming in with grati
fying rapidity, and the fund haa now
reached the sum of $450.
In addition to the clothing, shoes and
stockings for the poor children, it is de
sired that all who can do so shoul* do
nate toys for these little ones whose
parents are not able to purchase such
things as make glad the hearts of chil
dren at a time when they hear so much of
holiday presents and have their hopes
quickened by the elaborate holiday dis
plays in the store windows.
Some toys have already been received,
but there should be almost any quan
tity sent in, for toys are cheap, and
many families have numbers that their
children do not use, or have discarded,
that would be very acceptable to the
children of the poor.
It should be remembered that money,
clothing or toys may be left at the head
quarters, 821 J street, or, if it be not
convenient to do this, articles will be
called for If the following named per
sons be notified:
Wm. Katzenstein, (Telephone No. 0,
or leave word with him at Fourth and
X streets.)
Kent Bros. (Telephone No. 215.)
G. F. Gillenwater. (Leave order with
Sam Ginsberg, 206 J street.)
George H. Wheeler. (Stand, south
west corner Second and X streets.)
E. M. Leitch. (Leave word at Delivery
Clerk's window, freight sheds, Front
street.)
Wm. McLaughlin. (Telephone or leave
word with Bell & Flye, Second street, I
and J.)
The following sums of money have
been received since the last publica
tion:
Foye Cothrln $1 00
Mrs. Dwyer 5 00
Edwina Crouch 1 00
| "Ye Fair Girls" 5 00
| Capitol Lodge, No. 87, I. O. O. F.. 5 Q0
'Western Hotel Company 20 00
| Emil Steinman 2 50
i Sam, Irene, Clifford and Alice
Russell 4 00
Louisa Gonnett 25
X \V. Bcuenirtg 2 00
W. S. Leake, for Pacific Coast
Jockey Club 20 00
Red Jacket Tribe, Red Men 5 00
J Red Cloud Tribe, Red M«n 6 00
L. L. Lewis Co 2 00
Cash 2 60
j H. O. Beckman 2 00
j Pionaer Mills 5 00
Weinstock, Lubln & Co. have donated
I a quantity of toys for the children.'
Seeing the donations of cash, clothes,
toys and provisions are coming in so
plentifully, the army will be able to
help some children that have applied
who are above the age limit. Many of
the parents who have applied on be
half of their children under 10 years
! old have asked for something for their
older children and themselves.
"Some clothing for adults has already
come in." says Captain Lewis, "but if
we are to supply all demands there
will have to be considerably more. We
want all to hurry up with the toys, as
there is quite a lot of work to be done
sorting, labeling, etc., according to the
age and sex of the children."
Adjutant S. Wood, who is In charge
of the Central California District of
the Salvation Army, Is arranging to be
in Sacramento on Christmas Day and
conduct a great praise service that
night in Smith's Hall, in connection
with the festivities of the day.
Preparations for the free Christmas
dinner will commence to-day and con
tinue night and day till everything is
ready for the feast, which will com
mence at 11 o'clock Christmas Day.
A LIVELY ROW.
The Crowd Tore Pickets Off the Fences
to Fight With.
A citizen called at the police station
yesterday morning and informed Chief
Drew that the night before forty or
fifty young men, who had been drinking
freely, started a row shortly after mid
night on the sidewalk near the Califor
nia House at Twelfth and I streets, and
fought up and down the sidewalk for an
hour and a half, nearly all the crowd
taking a hand.
Not satisfied with using fists, they
tore pickets from the fences and used
stones from the street with which to
carry on their warfare, and several
were knocked down and carried out of
the fray to give them a chance to re
cover.
He says that there was a free fight at
the same place on Thursday afternoon,
and that the crowd fill up frequently
with beer and liquor and engage in
fights and annoy the neighborhood with
their noise and foul language.
Citizens do not like to make com
plaint, he says, and therefore nothing
has been said about it till now. There is
only one officer on the beat between
Twelfth and Thirty-first streets and the
north and south limits of the city, and
as soon as he leaves that part of his
beat the hoodlums know that they are
secure from him until he can make his
rounds again. They will have to change
their headquarters now, as the officer
on the beat will have an eye on them.
WITH THE RIFLE.
Scores Made Yesterday by the Mili
tary Marksmen.
Company E's men made the following
scores yesterday at the 200-yard range:
Lieutenants Fields 45, Hughes 43. Ser
geants McMartin 38, Bessey 41, Gunter
41, Corporals Nutting 4-1, Mayberry 85,
Privates Moon 44, Howerton 47, Muir
40, P.usick 38. Thompson -14, Measure
A' 2, Harkness 89, Perkins 44, Connor 35,
W. C. Han ford 49, Gray 30, Showalter
38, John Fleckenstein 43, Joe Flecken
stein 30, Groeneveld 40, Gardner 41,
O. E. Hughes 41, Meredith 40, Whit
tier 37.
The pool-shooting resulted as follows:
Lieutenant Hughes 42, Sergeants
Gunter 47, McMartin 42. Bessey 45.
Privates W. C. Hanford 4<J. Howerton
45, Harkness 43. Connor 41, Measure 40,
Perkins 44, Whittier 40, Lieutenant
Fields 41, Major Wallace 41.
COMPANY G.
Captain A. E. Steams 39, Sergeants
Klein 42, Guth 42. Privates Peck 37,
Cook 35, Teague 30.
Pool-shooting: J. L. Guth 41, P. Cook
41. W. I. Wallace 40, J. A. Klein 40, E.
Peck 3G
Weather Notes.
The Weather Bureau reports show
the highest and lowest temperatures
ytsterday to have been 51 degrees and
3'J degrees, with fresh northerly winds
and clear weather prevailing, with
quite a heavy frost.
Yesterday was the coldest morning
of the season to date. The coldest before
that was 33 degress, on the 20th of No
vember.
The barometrical readings at 5 a. m.
and 5 p. m. were*3o.l2 and 30.28 inches,
respectively, which Is a good indication
of colder weather.
The highest and lowest temperatures
one year ago Saturday were 56 degrees
and 46 degrees, with 1.10 inches of
rain, one year ago yesterday 52 degrees
and 45 degrees, with .40 of an inch,
and one year ago to-day 50 degrees
and 43 degrees, with no rain.
The highest and lowest temperatures
on Saturday last were 48 degrees and
41 degrees.
River, 13V> feet.
CAUGHT IN THE ACT
Officers Bagley and Rutherford Detect
a Chinaman Selling: Lottery Tickets.
Officers Bagley and Rutherford have
been watching Ah Loy"s place on I
street for some time in order to make an
arrest for selling (Chinese lottery tick
ets.
Last night their vifils were crowned
with success. They observed two men
go into the place, and were satisfied
that they were about to purchase tick
ets. Waiting till what they thought
would be the right time to catch them
in the act, the officers walked in and
succeeded in securing a stamped ticket
and the money paid for it, also one that
the dealer had partially stamped and
the twenty-five-cent piece that had
been given in payment for it.
They then arrested Ah Gwin, who was
selling the tickets, and also locked up
the two men as witnesses. They think
they have a sure case.
WHY THEY JOSH HIM.
Mean Tricic Played on a Grand Island
Potato Prince.
Says the Rio Vista "News": "Will
iam G. Goodman is a well-known
rancher on Grand Island and he makes
a specialty of raising potatoes, but just
at present many of Mr. Goodman's
friends are 'joshing' him about an in
cident that recently occurred, and ac
cording to the story would drive an
ordinary rancher to either quit raising
potatoes or staying at home.
"It seems that recently, while Mr.
Goodman was absent from home, a
party from either Dixon or Vacaville
drove to his ranch and took thirty
sacks of Mr. Goodwin's choicest
'spuds.' Leaving word that he would re
turn for more, the party, who drove a
four-mule team, left for home without
paying for the potatoes."
RAILROAD CLERKS.
Those Sent From San Francisco Will
be in H. J. >mulP- Office.
The fourteen railroad clerks who have
been transferred with Chief Clerk Horace
Ball from San Francisco to thiscity will
I all take their places in the office of H. J.
Small, Superintendent of Motive Power
and Machinery. It is intended that the
auditing and accounts of all that de
partment shall hereafter be done In this
city. There will be about twenty clerks
employed on them here in the summer
season.
BUTTE COUNTY ORANGES
Over Sixteen Thousand Boxes Shipped
From There Already.
Over 9,000 boxes of oranges have been
shipped from Oroville this season, and
7,000 from Palermo. It is estimated that
about 5,000 more will be shipped from
both places by the Ist of January.
The demand ia far in excess of the
supply, as the quality of the fruit is
very fine. San Francisco takes a great
many, and heavy shipments go to
Portland and other cities up north.
After Christmas Presents.
The was a large local travel on Sat
urday from the points adjacent to this
city, and it is estimated from the'num
ber of tickets sold that fully ."ifci people
came here to select their Christmas
presents. It is expected that even a
greater number will come here to-day.
HAMMER'S MUSIC STORE.
Something Regarding: This Well-known
Store of Popular Interest.
Are you looking for Christmas gifts in
the musical line? You are; then re
member that we have everything and at
lowest prices. Banjos, mandolins and
guitars from $4 9<J up. Special holiday
prices on pianos and organs. Second
hand square pianos from *2~> up. Sec
ond-hand upright, in fair condition, at
a bargain. Organs from $30 up. No
matter what you want, we have it, and
will sell at prices chat will send you
away happy. The number is 820 J
street. C. M. Spaulding, manager. *
To the Public.
Having retired from the cigar busi
ness, I take pleasure in announcing that
the "Old Gentleman" can be found
henceforth at the "Popular," on the
northeast corner of Third and X
streets, where I will be pleased to serve
you with anything in the line of fur
nishing goods, shoes, hats, trunks or
valises. My business record during the
past forty-one years that I have been In
Sacramento is a guarantee that you will
be treated well. Hoping to continue to
merit your patronage in the future as I
have in the past, and wishing you a
merry Xmas and a happy new year, I
am, yours sincerely,
AARON NATHAN.
Sacramento, December 23, 1896. *
Bavaria With Us.
The Buffalo Brewing Company's spec
ial holiday brew—Bavaria Lager Beer
is now on sale.
With each recurring year this com
pany endeavors to favor its patrons
with something special at the holiday
season.
This year it has Bavaria. Thoroughly
aged (hav^ig been brewed a year ago),
brilliant in color and of exquisite flavor,
it embodies all the requirements of a
first-class beer. Try it, and you will
find it suits you. *
For Monday and Tuesday only we will
sell gnmdrops at 5c and jelly beans at
10c a pound. A. C. S., Eighth and X.*
cts
TEAS
EXTRA QUALITY.
With each pound is given a
Lovely Dish
Newest Shapes
Prettiest Decorations
100 Varieties to Choose From.
THEY ARE GEMS
SEE THEM.
Great American Importing Tea Col's.
617 J STREET. SACRAMENTO.
HEADQUARTERS, 52 MARKET ST., S. P.
We Operate 100 Stores and Agencies.
Write (or Catalogues.
THE WEEKLY UNION — THE BEST
weekly en the coast.
DEATH NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS.
Youth and Old Age Are Alike His
Victims.
Funerals Yesterday of Frank E. Luiu
bert, Mrs. J. B. McConnaha and
Augustus Benlng.
The funeral of the late Frank E. Lam
bert took place yesterday from his late
residence, 1517 Ninth street, under the
auspices of Sacramento Lodge. No. 40,
F. and A. M., of which he was a Past
Master.
Sacramento Commandery, No. 2,
Knights Templar, and Sacramento
Chapter, No. 3, Royal Arch Masons, of
which deceased was also a member, u.s
well as Sacramento Lodge, turned out
in large numbers to pay the last token
of respect to their deceased brother,
and a long string of carriages followed
the remains to the grave.
Rev. G. A. Ottman conducted the ser
vices at the house, and W. F. Wiard,
Master of Sacramento Lodge, rendered
the Masonic funeral service in a most
impressive manner at the grave. The
floral offerings were profuse and beau
tiful. The pall-bearers were: J. E. T.
Pike and J. Hoskins from Sacramento
Commandery. J. M. Morrison and J. B.
Thompson from Sacramento Chapter,
and U. C. Billlngsley, J. Miller, G. A.
Denham and W. A. Turton from Sacru-
I mento Lodge.
i MRS, -J, B. MoCONNAHA.
No less than four generations of
mourners were present at the funeral
yesterday of Mrs. Delilah McConnaha.
wife of J. B. McConnaha, at Hangtown
Crossing. The people for miles around
also assembled to pay their last respects
to the mortal remains of a noble woman
whom they had known and loved for
many long years, and who had been
spared to see her children and her child
ren's children all happily and prosper
ously settled in life.
The services were conducted by Rev.
IC. Herrick of this city, who spoke
chingly of the many virtues of the
eased. Appropriate music was rend
d by the Misses Coonell, J. Coonell,
Williamson and' James Beacn.
The pall-bearers were Hon. Thomas
Fraser, Nels. Lauredson, John Hanlon,
James Patterson, William Bryan and
Carl Halverson. The funeral proces
sion was upward of a mile in length.
Mrs. McConnaha's death is a severe
blow to the husband, now 87 years of
age and rather feeble, to whom she had
been more than a helpmate for the
sixty-two years of their married life.
J. B. Giffen of this city is a grandson of
Mr. and Mrs. McConnaha.
AUGUSTUS BEXING.
The funeral of Augustus Bening took
place yesterday afternoon from the
family residence, 17i!l Third stre-t.
Rev. C. F. Oehler officiating. Many
friends of the deceased gave expression
to their esteem for the deceased by
sending a large number of beautiful
flower pieces. The pall-bearers were:
H. Schulmeyer, F. S. Hotchkiss, A. S.
Sprague, N. Sheehy, J. Beaton and P.
Shay. The interment took place in the
Mr. Benlng was one of the old set
tlers of the city. He first came here in
1552, and went back East to get mar
ried and returned in 1859. In partner
ship with a man named Gossner he
manufactured billiard tables for some
years, and afterward engaged in cabi-
j net-making.
A GREAT CHRISTMAS DISPLAY.
Cases most beautiful, in Circassian
walnut, fancy oak and mahogany wood;
six Steinway & Sons' pianos from SSOO
upward; six Emerson pianos from $325
upward; popular Gabler Bros.' pianos
and the sweet-toned Ludwig & Com
pany piano, the latter the best piano
made, for from ?270 to $3.10. considering
that all the pianos named are of old es
tablished and reliable manufacture, the
prices are surprisingly low. Do not fail
to see them. Now on exhibition at the
piano rooms of A. J. Pommer, corner
.Ninth and J streets. Ten dollars down,
and §10 per month if desired. Regina
music boxes, guitars, mandolins, ban
jos, violins and all other Instruments •
Sacramento, December 23, 1895.
Finest Christmas trees in town, deliv
ered free to any part of the city A C
S., Eighth and K. *
BPECIAI HOTICEB.
Vehicles—Baker & Hamilton—Hardware,
Carts, Buggies, Carriages, Phaetons, Bain
Farm and Header Wagons, Wholesale
Hardware. Send for catalogue.
THE FOUNTAIN, 516 X, has the best
clam juice, chowder and steam beer. Call.
SHOE REPAIRING —1013 Seventh
street, between J and K. Take your shoes
to the Chicago Shoe Manufacturer. Strict
ly first-class work. Old shoes made to
look like new ones. Invisible joints on half
soles; edges same as new.
PHOTOS. Get Hodson's coupons from agentg.
MILLER BROS.. 1116 J street, carry a
full line of oil heaters.
T. B. REID, dentist, Masonic Temple,
Sixth and X streets. Office hours 9 to 8.
MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP
has been used for over fifty years by mill
ions of mothers for their children while
teething with perfect success. It soothes
the child, softens the gums, allays pain,
cures wind colic, regulates the bowels, and
ia the best remedy for diarrhea, whether
arising from teething or oth«r causes. For
pale by druggists in every part of the
world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Wine
low's Soothing Syrup. Twenty-five cents
a bottle.
NEW TO-DAY.
WE GREET YOU
And invite you to
come and examine our choice aud elegant as
sortment of HOLIDAY PRESENTS In
Watches, Jewelry and Silver Novelties.
J. HYMAN, JR., 306 J Street.
AUCTIONS.
BELL & CO.
Real Estate and General Auctioneer!,
430 J Street, Sacramento.
REGULAR HALES DAYS, WEDNEBDAY
and Saturday at 10 o'clock. Particular
Attention paid to the sale of Real Katate,
House Sates, Sale of Farms, Stock., etc., etc.
Consignments solicited. Highest price paid
for all kinds of Household Good*.
XL LjQIGtES,
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS.
HAY, FEED AND GRAIN.
rpRY OUR CUP AND SAUCER COFFEH
J. and Banner Powder. Goods delivered free.
1488 and IABO 8«oon4 Street. __
French Dressmaker
AND TTAIItDKJCfcSER
And dealer In Hair Goods. MADAM M. I*
SWILLING. 101 j Eighth streat.
IHave You Seen
the new Pozzoni Puff Box* It is given
free with each box of Powder. Ask for it-