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The Shasta courier., 1870-07-30
NUMBER 10.
The school Book swindle.,

On the first page of our present issue
will be found the official statement of Su-
perintendent Fitzgerald, concerning the
recent change in the text books OF the pub.
lie schools of the State. Having opposed
the change heretofore as an expense that
the people of the State ought not to have
thrust upon them at the present time,,
while struggling in the greater portion Of
the State with short crops and drouth, it
was with regret that we saw the change
ordered by the State Board Of Education.
1t is an immense swindle, and stamps the
State Board Of Education as wicked and
thoughtless institution that ought to be
abolished by the next Legislature Il Is,
also with regret that we see the Safe Su-.
perintendent, Rev, o. P. Fitzgerald, put
forth false, malicious and vitupe,ative
defence of the gigantic swindle he has
practised upon the people of the State.
he was our candidate three Years ago, for
the position he now occupies only to dis
grace. He had our vote We rejoiced in
his success. We believed in his honesty,
in his capability, and his faithfulness to
the trust reposed in him. His card proves
him failure in all three of these particu-
lars He lacks honesty in introducing q
change that costs the peolpe nearly million
Of dollars, and then charging that those
who opposed the change we're unduly in4
fuenced by the agent of those whose books
were already in u>e here. He says, This.
clamor, by significant coincidence, began
simultaneously with the appearance in Cali
fornia of the agent of Harper 4 Brothers,
publishers OF Wilson's Readers" 1t is a.
well understood fact in this vicinity that
those who have advocated the change are
the ones who have made money by secur-
ing it-Mr. Isaac Upham OF Yuba county
for one, who was an advocate of the change,
and in the interest of .he agent of Nc
Gufey's publishers, and Dorville Libby,
who is now retailing, by order of Superin-
tendent Fitzgerald, and the State Board,
Monteith's Manual at seventy five cents,
when it ought to be sold at fifty cents
This charge Of Brother Fitzgerald is the
old one Of 'stop thief" and will not avail
him. 1t will not suffice to satisfy the
public that he has not made thousands of
dollars by this change OF books, to be
drawn from the children OF the State, and
from the scanty means Of widows and Or
phans, who avail themselves of what ought
to be generous public school system,
instead of being the means of robbing
| them, by means Of dishonest officials
The change was unnecessary, a wrong and
a fraud upon the public, and if Bro. Fitz-
gerald, aud the State Board, did not re
ceive share of the plunder, the public
verdict will still be that they are the great
est swindlers in the State, and greater fools
than swindlers. So much for his honesty.
As to his capability, those who supported
him have experienced still greater fall
1t only requires perusal OF his statement
to show that he is no. qualified to direct
the education of any class, much less the
youths Of a country who are heirs apparentr
to free government. Butte Record,
Democratic
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"A e q nts.

l.. p. FISHER, 20 & 81 New Mer-
chants Exchange, is our only authorized Agentin
San Francisco.
HUDSON q MENET, No. al Park Row, N. Y
are authorized to solicit and collect for advertis-
ing in New York and other eastern cities.
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C. & o. R. R. IrEMs-The Chico r,

c. & o. R. R. ITEMs.-The Chico En-
terprise remarks: "Our new neighbors Of
tthe railroad are full of activity. All along
the line from Little Chico creek to Chico
proper, is one buz and hustle of business.
The company are erecting several new
structures, among which we find progress
ing rapidly an extensive freight depot with
ample platform accomuodations.-On eth.
er side large timbers are being worked for
fence and bridge timbers. Quite number
of teams are engaged in the delivery of
lumber from the lumber yards, and this
commodity is being strung out to great
extent upon the lumber cans The work
goes bravely on above us The piles for
the bridge over Chico creek are being
driven, the grade has progressed at least
6 miles on the way to Red Bluff, and only
awaits the completion of the bridge 70 lay
the iron.-It is.a new feature here, and.
looks like business.
The Shasta courier., 1870-07-30

OLD CLAIM.-A claim against the United
States of rather ancient origin has Just been
reported upon favorably by Committee of
the Senate. William Thompson of Pennsyl-
vanla, was Brigadier General in the rev.
olutionay army, and was made prisoner bv
the British at the battle of Three Rivers in
In Canada, in May l776 He was soon
after released on parole, but was never ex
changed, although propositions were made
to exchange him for different British prison
ers, among them General Prescott, who was
captured in bed in his headquarters on Long
Island by daring party of patriots. Thomp
son died in 1881. Under a resolution of
Congress passed in 1880, he was entitled to
seven years half pay, which, it appears.
neither he nor his heirs have received and
now his great-grand-children Fanny A.
Thompson, claims it, and will probably col
lect it.
The Shasta courier., 1870-07-30
"A MoDEL FAnx-Tbomas J Price ESQ

AAsA MODEL FARx.-Thomas j. Price, ESQ,
of Cottonwood. has one of the best farms in
the whole of Northern California. He has
about $40 acres of land, about 500 acres of
which are under cultivation, and his grain
will turn out from 35 to 40 bushels to the
acre. LIE. has just finished heading His
barn has no superior north of Marysville, is
"a by 80 feet, two stories high. and arranged
in the most convenient manner and all of
the improvements on the place are in keeping
with it. Mr.. Price is one of those farmers
who follow farming as a business and not as
speculative enterprise. and his place re-
minds us Of those that are to be seen in the
older States Marysyille Appeal.
The Shasta courier., 1870-07-30

NoTIcE.-No attention will be paid to any ad-
vertisement unless accompanied by the cash, or
sent through responsible Advertising Agency.
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The San Jose Independent expresses i

TuE San Jose Independent expresses its
opinion of the State Board Of Education in
the matter Exchanging text books, as follows +:
We confess we cannot write coollv in re.
gard to the action of the State Board of Ed
ucation in changing the text books in use in
the Public SchooIs of this State. 1t is high
handed outrage on the pockets and sentiments
OF parents. for which the members of the
Board do not even attempt to give the slight
est excuse. Such things may please the
people OF Sonoma county and Eel river, but
they cannot be showed down the throats of
intelligent communities without measure
OF resistance. There will be another election
somsday.
The Shasta courier., 1870-07-30
souaday

/GEoRGE DoNNER.-Th Solano Republican, !,
7 OF July 3, relates this instance of good luck !:
Many of our readers will recollect Geo.
Donner. He lived with the Wolfskils on
Putah creek, up to about 1885, be was one
of the surviving children of Capt. Bonner.
who persisted with the Donner party in l847.
in the Sierra Nevada mountains. George
and sister were rescued by party sent to
their relief from California, end on the arrival
OF the children here application was made to
the proper authorities to donate to the
orphans 100 vara lot in San Francisco
The request was granted. and the other day
George sold his interest in the property for
the sum of 5000.
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
COUNTY COURT

c. c. Bush, Judge.
TERMs-First Monday in January, Nav and
September,
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THE Trinity Journal chronicles the death
Of Mrs. Celia Ann Lovejoy, mother of the
editor, on the 9th inst. She was the vidov
Of Owen Lovejov. murdered By pro. rlsvsry
mob at Alton, H., Ia lsse.
The Shasta courier., 1870-07-30
PHOTOGRAPHS!

ME- o; sHs 2. NoRcR0ss Is NOW READY
NMto take Pictures and respec,fulv .nno.roa.
thsShsariiA remain arshcrt time, only. Psrso,s
Wishing cartes de- Visits. Anbrotypas, Ferrotyps.
De-, are advised to call directly or the onpo-
tunityz~ nbelest AZ WlIhelm,s Gallery. Sssi.-
faction guaranteed. Instruction given 10 the An.
SAasta. Nay lsA, 1877,
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-02

Mr.. Truesdale offered an amendment
making the substitute substantially the
same as originally reported by the com
mittee
Mr.. Hsy moved to commit sections seven
to ten inclusive to a special committee.
NJ. Browning said we could not attain to
perfect equality, We can only approximate
The proposed amendment in our represent
alive and electoral reform is the best ever
offered.
Mr.. Truesdale thought the section pretty
full of difficulty and uncertainties.
At 1890 the Convention adjourned until
two o'clock.
MADISON, Ind, March 2.-Iucendiaries
made another attempt to burn the Courier
printing Office last night and the lower sem.
mary. The fire in both places was extin.
guished without much damage.
ST. Louis, March 2.-The German colony
that left Chicago a short time since, under
charge of Carl Wulsten, started from the
end of the Kansas Pacific rail road y esterdsy
for their destination, Westmountsin Valley,
Colorado, ell well and in good spirits.
LONDON, March 2.-Dispatches Just re
ceived announce that ffty.six lives were
saved at the sinking of the OneiCa.
ST PETERSBURG, March 2.-It is reported
that j. McLeary, Brown, Secretary of the
Chinese E Enbsssy, will be appointed to the
place made vacant by by the death of Anson
Burlingame.
NEw YORK, March 2-Letters from ST.
Petersburg state, never in the memory Of
man has more intense cold been experienced
than that to which the people are at this mo
ment exposed in Russia, Poland, and 10 al
the northern countries. A number of deaths
from congelation are registered by the Rus.
sian journals. Among them of several sen.
tries frozen at their posts.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-02

Patrick J. Meehan, editor of the New
York Irish american, was shot last evening
by James Keenan,, On Broadway. Both are
members of the o Noil branch of the Fenian
Brotherhood, and had been attending e
Fenian meeting. General O'Neill was also
at the meeting, which was very stormy, the
Senate of the Brotherhood and O'Neill hav-
ing come to open repture. Keenan, is a
warm adherent of O'Neill and was dismissed
last night BY the Senate from his position
as Secretary of the organization. Meehan
vas, it said, chief of the opposition to
O'Neill, and was foremost in obtaining the
vote of dismissal Of Meehan. The meeting
broke up about 1 o'clock, with feelings OF
bitter hostility between the adherents of the
Senate and O 'Neill Meehan with mum
ber of friends had gone about a quarter of q
block when keenan,, as alleged, stepped up
behind and shot him in the neck. The
wound is said to be very dangerous. keenar
was arrested.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-02

1t is stated, at Washington City, that the
expelled scalswsg Whittemore declares his
intention to return at once to his district IN
South Carolina, and offer himself for re-
election Ben Butler says he will stump
his district in his behalf, and Whittemore' 8
friends confidently assert that he will be re-
elected 1t would not be surprising. The
constituency that elected such fellow as
Whittemore once are not likely to refuse to
elect him again. They will not care about
the cadetship business; very probably they
will never hear of it, and even if they did II
would not impair their estimate of the fit
ness of their representative.
If Whittemore should be reelected, the
House would hardly undertake to reject him
a second time. There is precedent furnish
ed in the ease of Hon. O. B. Matteson, o'
New York, during Mr.. Bachanan's admins
tration. Matteson was Republican, and
was elected from the House for accepting
money for his vote on a bill. He returned
TO his district, offered himself for reelection
and was returned. The Democratic ma
jority in the House at that time took ths
ground that to eject him second TINT
would be violation of the right of constitu
encies-that, if o representative was &C
ceptable to the people of his district, ths
ended the matter, and lis fellow.represents
tives had no right to object. He was, there
fore, allowed to retain his seat.
The whole history of Radicalism might b
searched in vain for similar exhibition
Justice and forbearance.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-02
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-02

Bed rock under the eastern pier of the
bridge at St. Louis, ninesy-fve feet below
the surface OF the river, WAS reached about
: o'clock Monday morning. The vorkmen
celebrated the event by firing salute and
blowing thesteam whistles, but the company
the sinking of solid piers is con-
sidered to be practically and successfully
demonstrated. The atmosphere in the air
chamber now is forty.four pounds to the
inch
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-02

A general order from the headquarters of
the army states that the fourth military
district has ceased to exist, and, by direction
of the President, the state of Mississippi is
attached to the Department of the Cumber
land, Breves Major General Cook command
ing. This order is a necessary sequence
to the admission Of the state to representa-
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-02

Gold is dropping SO is real estate; and
so is everything but taxes. Is it not about
time that the country should have little
relief from the exactions of the tax gstherer?
Let Congress begin by refusing to restore
the income tax
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-02

To-Day is the commencement of the
Lenten Season or Ash Wednesday as it is
called. Special service are held in both
the Catholic and Episcopal Churches to-
dow
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-02

The Senate, has confirmed George B.
Goodwin as Assessor of Internal Revenue
for the First District of Wisconsin, and Maj
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-02

One contracting company on the Rock.
ford. Rock Island and St. Louis railroad is
working eight hundred men and two hundred
teams,
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-02

The funeral of Hon. Anson Burliugame
took place at St. Petersburg, Russia, on
Saturday. The English, French and Amer
lean ambassadors acted as pail bearers The
remains will be sent TO America
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-02

The order of Odd Fellows, of Washington,
Ind, have purchased tract Of land near
that place, to be used as burying ground
of their order.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-02

Hon. George l. Bergen, of Galesburg, III,
United Stales Internal Revenue Assessor for
the Fifth District, died Monday, after sever.
al weeks of great suffering, from cancer on
the tongue.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-02

There is no truth III the report that Mrs.
Harriet Beecher Stowe has been invited to
attend the Byron banquet, TO be given in
New York on the 25th of a pril next.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-02

Cairo, after the PRONUNCIATION of the
fifteenth amendment, will have a colored
voting population of $50.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-02

A branch Of the Evangelical Alliance has
been organized al Boston, with Robert C.
Winthrop, President.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-02
c 0 N N { R CIkL.
Rock Island, March
MARKET REVIEW.

The past has been 9 lively week on Market
Square, and grain has come in in considerable
quantities. Prices remain about the same, though
oats have risen cent or two on the blshel.
Eggs and Butter are also little lower
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-02

a i've foot vein of coal has been struck
within the corporate limits of Monmouth,
Illinois,
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-02

ln the Ohio Legislature, yesterday, a bill
looking to woman.snffrage was rejected by
Al to SO.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-02

For cleaning windows without water): re-
moving STAINS from Marble and Paint; Polish
ing Knives, (no scratehinRl; Washing Dishes,
scrubbiug Floors, Floor Cloth, Tables, Bath
Tubs, DO; Polishing Tin, Brass, Iron. Copper
and Steel Wares; Removing Gums, Oil, Rust and
Dirt from machinery. Indispensable for House
Cleaning, and all uses texcept washing clothes).
1t costs oTs lev cents, anf Is sold by all good
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-02

1t is calculated that fifty cords of
wood will grow on gu acre in thirty years.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-02

Horace Cowen was unanimously elected
Mayor of Besrdstown, Illinois, last Monday.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-02

The first street lamps 10 La Sale were
lighted few evenings since.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-02
Daily argus.
oxYI0xAL PAPHR,

The strike of the miners in Wales is ex-
tending.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-02

HON. GEORGE SHARSWOOD,
Justice Of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
PHIIAnEIPuIA. June I, 1858.
have found by experience that =" Hooaands Ger
man Bitters' a very good tonic, relieving dyspepte
symptoms almost directly. -
GEORGE SHARSNOOD.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-02

q any medicinal preparation:
HON. GEORGE W. WOODWARD,
Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court OF Pennsylvania,
PHIADELPHIA. March I6. 1907.
find " "Uoodand's German Biiiers i good tonic.
use IN diseases of the digestive organs, and OF great
benefit in cases ot debility and want of nervous action
GEO W WOODWARD.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-08-06
A Nice Little Story.

Once upon q time there was a young
lady who had three pretty new teeth in
her mouth. She bought them of a den.
tist, and they were fastened to a beautiful,
patent vulcanizcd rubber plate. Thisyoung
lady could eat almost anything with her
new teeth and she felt very proud of them
they were SO useful, and looked so well
when she smiled. One day she was cat.
ing dinner, just as fast as she could, and
she got ch0ked with q piece of bone.
Then she ran into the woodshed and
coughed until the tears came into her
eyes,, and her father came out and pound.
cd her shoulders, and her mother made
her drink a pint Of water, and, finally, she
got better; but slssl her new teeth were
gone SO herself, and her father, and her
mother, and her two sisters, and her big
brother, and the servant girl, and the
neighbours little boy, looked all over the
| wood shed for those teeth, but they could
not find them. Then the young lady wa
scared, and she said TO her mother &c
mother, felt something hard in my throat
when | drank that water, and | have
swallowed my teeth, and | shall die
know | shall die and what shall | do2'
That scared the mother, and she put tn,
young lady In bed and sent for the doctor
Well, the teeth made her very sick. You
know how thin people get sometimes from
the cravings Of remorse, and of course
the cravings of three patent porcelain
teeth would be much worse. The docto,
could do nothing, and the young lady
kept getting worse and worse, until thu
doctor said she could not live more thai
twenty.iour hours. That very day tn,
neighbours little boy found the three los
teeth in the back yard, wherethey hae beel
thrown while the young lady was cough
ing, He took them in and showed then
to the young lady, who said she felt
good deal better, and got up and dressed
She is well now; but she always take
out her teeth before eating dinner Ute,
Herald
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-08-06
A Sweet Revenge,

The Plymouth Memorial and Rock gives
currency to a most relishable story illus
trative of the sweet revenge which a re.
turn of good for evil sometimes affords,
even when the opportunity is long defer.
red. 1t seems that n Of the most in.
dustrious inhabitants of Plymouth, who
rarely leaves his anvil, bethought him To
visit the Duxbury cable celebration with
his family. On driving through the open
bars of a field, where his horse had beer
hitched for an hour or two without care
or feed, he was charged seventy five cents
by the owner of the field. On the day o.
the monument celebration in Plymouth
the Duxbury man visited Plymouth with
horse, carriage and lady. The quick. eyed
son of Vulcan deserted him shortly, and
took him into dinner with the lady, open
ed his sitting room for their accommods
ton, stabbed and fed his horses with an
slscrity that ~astonished the Duxbnry man,
On preparing to leave he asked, How
much to pays" "0hl nothing nothing
at ail,n was the reply, "you are welcome
only don't charge me seventy-tive cents
for hitching my horse TO q fence when ]
come to Duxbury again, as l have a family
and am obliged TO work for my living
miles Standish went of with q long
thoughtful face, probably a wiser, if moi
q better, man.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-08-06

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