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Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08
WATER SPoUTs. - The Bulletin ad

WATER SPoUTs. - The BuLeti1. ad-
vances this theory about water spouts -
" NEARLY all the rain they get in the
Eastern States in Summer comes from
the Pacific ocean. The evaporation rises
toward the Serras, leaving us for the
most part dry and parched, and is then
driven eastward by the prevailing winds.
But it sometimes happens that portion
Of this evaporation, now in the shape of
rain clouds, is caught in the mountain
ranges between opposing winds. and is
thus given a rotary motion. This is the
water spout which so frequently bursts
in elevated regions and carries destruc-
tion to mining towns"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

A HUMAN OsTRICH.-Dr. Aug. Taf-
ton, formerly Superintendent of Schools
in this county, and now resident physi-
clan to the Nevada State Insane Asylum,
located at Woodbridge, San Joaquin Co..,
California, contributes an interesting pa
per to the last volume Of the "Transact-
tions of the California State Medical So
ciety."
An insane patient from Virginia City
appears TO have had the stomach of an
ostrich. lie had lived dissipated lite
and his insanity was occasioned by too
long use of benzine whisky and other
corroding substances. Prior to his com
mitment to the Asylum he developed a
singularly abnormal appetite, and as Dr.
Tafton ascertained by subsequent actual
observation, had swallowed more than a
cigar-box full of these substances Hair,
glass, leather, corks, cloth, tacks, shoe
heels with taeks protruding full half an
inch from the surface of the leather, vest
buckles, pins, needles, etc.
Notwithstanding the causes of the
mans insanity, and despite the fact that
he had loaded his stomach with such a
largo variety and great quantity of indi-
gostible materials, he was discharged
from the Asylum in less than fourteen
months after his admission, perfectly
cured in body and mind. This is un-
doxbtedly the most remarkable case of
the kind upon record. The man must
have been born with stomach of cast
iron and an alimentary canal of copper.
Sacramento Bee.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

ANOTHER OCEAN CATAsTROPHE.-I
is no longer a matter of doubt that the
ocean steamship city Of Boston has gone
down with all on board. A few days ago
sad relic of the wreck il the shape of
sealed bottle, was picked up near the
coast Of Florida in which it was stated,
that the ship was about to founder, at
four o'clock in the morning and near the
place whore the bottle was found board
was picked up marked " CUy Of Boston,
We have taken TO the boats as the last
resort" What tale of horror is told
by the trophies of disaster, the rapacious
sea swallowing up great ship at night
with hundreds OF souls on board. The
relentless tempest, the dreadful darkness,
ard the sweeping pillows, all combined
against a device of man to destroy it..
We think of the final lurch, the last
shrieks Of agony from the passengers and
then, what we might almost call float
ing city is gone in an instant, and now
that the sad truth is known, what misery
and suffering will go into hundreds Of
happy homes. This is but one of the
several terrible ocean disasters, which
have taken place within the last year.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

THREE small boys of Quincy, Illinois,
animated by a spirit of adventure, start
cd on trip to New York city a few
days ago. They stole their way to Bufla-
10 where the Oldest was accidently killed
at bridge. The others, becoming dis
heartcned, turned homeward, stealing a
ride on the night freight train to a point
near Westfeld, whore brakeman found
thom asleep, and told them to go forward
10 safer car. One Of the boys not being
fully awake, stumbled in passing from
one car to another, fell to the track and
was killed. The only survivor then told
the story of the unucky party, and the
railroad company kindly procured cof-
fin and shroud and forwarded the body to
Quincy, the living boy returning with it
10 his home.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

A WILMISoToS Del.) paper tells this
story: "On the morning of the drown
ing Of officer Writ his wife tried to per
suade him from going a fishing, when he
took from his finger gold ring and
placing it upon hers, told her to wear it
until his return, and that he would not
be gone long. When he was leaving the
house his dog, fine animal, caught him
by the plnts leg IAN act be was never
known "a do before, when be drove him
off; and as he started off the dog seized
him by the leg again, and could not be
driven off, seemingly trying to prevent
his master from leaving his home, when
Witt, to get clear OF him, took his re-
Yolyer from his pocket and shot him.n
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

A FEW days ago man fell in para
lytic fit on the track Of the Central Pa
cifc Railroad, near Winnemuca. He
was unable to move, and in great agony
and perfectly helpless, saw train com
ing down toward him at full speed. He
was saved just in time, and his almost
inanimate form lifted into a car. The
incident was a thrilling one for the pas
sengers as we'll as for the man who so
narrowly escaped an awful death.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08
/. SATURDAY, AUGUST S. 1874.

HAS TIE RATTLEsNAKE A FRIEND?-
An scquaintane related to us the follow
ing incident that came under his obser-
walton sometime since in the mountains.
In riding along his attention was cali
Cd TO the chatteiing Of small striped
squirrel, that seemed to be in great dis
:ress; on looking around he discovered
the squirrel in close proximity Of a large
rattlesnake. The snake was moving
slowly along, while the squirrel would
run a short distance in front and then re-
turn, touch the snakes head and again
run ahead, the snake cautiously follow
ing. Our informant had heard Of snake
charming, and thought this an opport1-
nifty Of testing its truth, as the squirrel
seemed 10 be strongly affected. There
fore our informant watched the actions
of the two with no small degree Of curl
osity. Whilst watching, the squirrel
kept up its action of running a short dis
tance in advance and returning TO touch
the nose Of the snake, the latter showing
ing no disposition to injure the former,
but followed in the direction indicated
by the noise made by its guide. The
squirrel all the while it was thus run
mining back and forth, kept up an in
cossant chatteriLg. BY and by the squir-
rel led the snake 10 the foot of a large
bowlder where both disappeared down a
hole. From the actions Of the snake our
informant thinks it was blind, being at
that season when the serpent tribe cast
their skins, and that the squirrel was act
ing as its friend and pilot in its helpless
condition. Be this as it may, the sub
ject is worthy tho attention Of natural
lists. Amddor Ledger.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

JUsTICE's Powers. Under the Code,
as recently tinkered, the jurisdiction of
Justices Of the Peace over offenses is
limited to cases where the penalty does
not exceed a six months imprisonment
or a fine Of $500 instead Of years i'm
prisonment and 81 600 fine, as formerly.
In the course Of two or three years, if no
further tinkering is had, we shall begin
to find Of what the laws of the State con-
eist
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

A WHOLESOME LAw.-One the laws
passed at the last session of the Legisla-
ture forbids the exhibition of MANNED or
deformed persons for hire. Under this
law there have already been arrests made
in Sacramento and San Francisco. Par
ties having a side show connected with a
circus, were arrested and fined for exhib-
iting n girl with four legs ; the father of
the girl being also fined for permitting
the exhibition.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

A TEMPERANCE lecture of great power
was delivered in Boston the other oven
ing. There was not a large audience, as
it was delivered in the night, but the lee
ture was very emphatic. the lecturer
was a young woman of only q years of
age, recently married. Sho drank until
intoxication ensued, and then in her de-
lirium threw herself from the fourth sto
ry of boarding house, striking on glass
roof three stories down, and crashing to
the ground disGgured corpse.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

ELEPHANTIAsIs.- "A coloroc man who
is afflicted with elephantasis, disease
which is almost unknown in this coun-
try, recently arrived in San Francisco on
the schooner Greyhound. His legs arc
as largo as a New York Alderman's
body his feet are monstrous, and his
skin is ms thick as sole leather and cover
with scales like an alligator's back.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

TEMPERANCE crusaders will be horri-
fed to hear that the French Minister of
War has ordered that large stone jars,
filed with brandy and water, shall be
placed in each barrack room for the use
of the soldiers. The Minister has issued
this order at the suggestion Of the mill
tary medical authorities. who consider
this beverage indispensable for the health
of the troops.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

THE representative press, we are glad
to note, is generally taking ground a
gainst the examining Of school children's
heads with special studies. This is an
evil of greater magnitude than is popu-
ularly supposed. These studies are forced
into the minds Of pupils at an age when
the reasoning powers are undeveloped
and the memory in its highest state OF
receptivity.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

REFERRING to the election on the Wo-
man Suffrage question in Michigan, next
November, the San Jose Patriot says
if the women could vote the question
would be defeated. But it despondingly
adds: MEN are such fools about wo-
mon y
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

The San joaquin Valley Railroad is
completed to within mile of Kern River
and trains commenced running there last
week. This will make but a hours stage
travel between San Francisco and Los
Angeles.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

THE hoodlums of San Francisco have
at last raised a cloud burst of Indignation
by killing a white man. They have been
killing Cinnamon for some years and not
a moderate shower was caused. Hood
lums who will abuse Chinese are only
restrained from maltreating white men
by fear of the law.-Marysrule Appeal.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

THE heat in the lower levels of the
Consolidated Virginia mine is so great
that many of the men faint upon reach
ing the surface, and an attendant is often
sent up with them to prevent accidents.
The same is the case with the Becher
rninn
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

RAILRoAD.-It is the general impres-
sion of those who keep posted on rail
road building, that the California branch
will be extended some distance next Sum-
mer, which if followed by the Oregon
branch will shorten stage travel at least
"a hours leaving but 2S hours trip by
stage between San Francisco and Port
land. YTekd journal.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

A HEATHEN Chnee and an African
had cutting scrape at Orovlle lately
cause a dusky female. The descendant
OF Ham got the worst OF it, but was re-
warded with the damsel's hand.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

EARTH is the scene of many sad dis
appointments, but what could be imag-
ined more excrciatingly pathetic than the
experience of tho Illinois burglars who
drilled safe all night. only to find on
getting it open that it was empty and had
been unlocked all the whle2
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

FRANK LARKIN, a son of Thomas O.
Larkin, who was American Consul at
Monterey for many years prior to the
cession of California to the United States,
died in San Francisco on the 2Sth ult.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

CANNON, the Mormon elder, has been
reelected Delegate to Congress from
Utah by $500 majority. The election
was very exciting, and conflict between
the mob and the Uuited States Marshal
and his deputies was at one time i'm
mnent.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

THE instruments to be used by the
United States exhibition for observing
the transit Of Venus arrived in San
Francisco. They filled two baggage cars
and one and half freight cars. The cost
of the overland freight was 1000.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

THE Solano Republican says the young
ladies of that place are suffering terribly
of late from toothache. The recent nd
vent of young and handsome dentist is
regarded as the predisposing cause of the
affliction.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

PETER BAKER, of Indianapolis, is
about discouraged trying to raise nose.
1t has been broken four times, and he
has concluded to pack it away in tissue
paper for the balance of the year.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

SUPERSTITION worked disaster in the
case of Mrs. Peru, of Delta, Iowa, who
postponed her daughters wedding four
times in order to get sunshiny day.
When she got such day the bridegroom
concluded not to marry.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

A BREACH Of promise of marriage, in
which the damages were laid at $40, 900,
has been compromised by a present of
FIVE dollars and a new chignor. 1t was
in Kentucky.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

Mrs. WILLIAMS, of La Crosse, talked
too much, and her husband filled her
mouth with waters, but the court decided
that this was no wafer to stop her, and
fined Williams S25.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

A MAN in the Philadelphia insane asy-
lum imagines himself woman. He
dresses in female attire and parts his hair
in the middle. During the day he asso.
ciates with the females and does sewing
and embroidery of the finest kind.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

RAILROAD men report that on the line
of the California and Oregon Railroad,
above Nord, drunken men lying on the
the track are so frequent that the train
has to stop at least once trip in order
that men may go ahead and remove the
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

A PHILADELPHIA clergyman hopes
the Lord will forgive him when he an
nounces, Let us continue our worship
this morning by listening to a piece of
sheet music which the hired quartette will
please execute.n
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

The DEATH RoLL.-During the year
ending with last month, there we're le
murders committed in San Francisco,
80 suicides, there were also 6S accidental
deaths and three cases of manslaughter.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

SILvER.-Three years ago the silver
coinage of the United States was about
81, 500, 900 year. Last year it rose to
$4,000, 600, and is still increasing. Who
has got it all?
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

A NUMBER of Silver City Qdaho) hus-
bands held an indignation meeting re-
Gently, which resulted in certain min
ing superintendent being ordered to leave
t,,
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

A CHANGE in the State line adds about
sixty population to Sierra county from
the State of Nevada. The county also
ge's wo miles of Central Pacific Railroad.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

A MAN in Minnesota recently set fro
in his barn to drive out mosquitoes, The
insects probably got out, but two horses
who were there were not SO fortunate.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

A COUPLE recently married at Taun-
ton had been courting thirty years, hav-
ing been affianced before the birth of the
clergyman who united them.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

A FIFTEEN year-old boy, named Laird
in Placer county, stands six feet three
and one-half inches in his stockings, and
is still growing.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

A Troy clergyman went a-fshing the
other day, but had no luck. On his re-
turn he stood his pole and line up against
the house and in short time caught a
hon
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

THE San Jose Independent say the
grandfather Of Vasquez once owned, un-
der grant from the King of Spain, all
the country composing the present site of
San Jose.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

FEDERAL officials in Utah are hunting
up the Mormon men who have gone into
polygamy since the Poland bill became n
law, in order to prosecute them.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

SENATOR PoMERoY's trial for the brib-
cry of Yorke, member of the Kansas
Legislature, is now up in the Court of
Topeka.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08
Dissolution of Partnership.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that
IN the oPartnership heretofore exist
ing between James Morris and Sias
Rule, under the firm name of Morris &
Rule, has been dissolved by mutual con-
sent. The New York Hotel business will
be continued by the undersigned, who
will pay all bills against the old firm and
with whom all persons indebted to the
firm must settle without delay.
JAMES NORRIS.
Weaycryille, Aug. Z, 1874. At.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

AN observing man has discover n sim
ilarity between young ladies' seminary
and sugar house, as both refine what
is already sweet.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

THE female traveller who walked across
the continent has finally settled down
and gone to washing dishes for the St
Louis hotol, San Francisco.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

SEVERAL tons of common tar-weed
have been gathered on the San Joaquin
plains this season and shipped to San
Francisco to a medical firm.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

The quicksilver mines of Sonoma and
Napa counties, though scarcely opened
as yet, are tuning out from 200 to SOC
TASKS of quicksilver per week.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08
st'eeklu Crinity 9uurnal.
OUR AGENTS

FH0S. BOYCE, Room No. 30. New
Merchants Exchange Building, San Fran
cisco. is our only authorized agent in that city.
GEO. T.. ROWELL Il CO.. 40 Park
Row, are e1v only authorized Agents in Now
York City.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

FIVE times John Happy, of Vermont,
has been engaged to one girl, and he has
not made her Happy yet.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

The second day Of this month was the
one-thousandth anniversary of Icelandic
nationality.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08
The idea of a Universal Medicine i

at last realized in DR.. Walkers California
Vinegar Bitters. This concentrated essence
Of the finest medicinal herbs and roots in the
Western hemisphere, eradicates all diseases
which have not undermined the sources of vi
tality, and in Chronic Indigestion, Nervous
Headache, Congestion of the Liver, Rheuma-
tism, GOut, General Debility, and innumer-
able ulcerous and scabious disorders, it is a
specific absolute and infallible.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

@S- For the very best Photographs, go to
Bradley Rulofsons Gallery, with an ELE-
VAT0R, 420 Montgomery St., San Francisco.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

THIS is the season of the year when
flies enter largely into every article of
diet.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-08

JAMES j. REED, one of the famous
Donnor party, died in San Jose last Fri
day.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-28
Castac Placer Mines.

Col. r. NJ. WILLIAMS has returned
from the Castac mines, where he went
last week with force of hands and
supply of tools and provisions for the
purpose of digging ditch from Eliz-
abeth Lake. He reports the road up
the caflon much easier to make than
he expected. The hands at work on
it will make it a good wagon road to
the head of the ditch in few days.
There are no hills and very little grad
ing on the banks. The camp is in a
beautiful grove. with a fine stream of
water running by it, The old mining
engineer had made a preliminary
survey of the ditch before Colonel
WILLIAMS left, and to the great de-
light Of the company he found the
ditch could be shortened nearly two
miles by crossing a ridge that the
company had thought was too high for
the fountain-head. 1t turns out that
they will have one hundred and forty
feet fall above the ridge. There is no
fear of failure now. This company
have the means and the energy to put
this enterprise through, and from all
accounts when the water is on these
rich mines it will be the best mining
interest south of San Francisco.
There are thousands of acres of low
foot hills upon which you cannot get
pan of dirt that does not yield from
two to sixty cents to the pan. When
the water is brought to these placers,
there will be thousands of miners set
at work. For thirty years the natives
have been packing earth from these
mines on donkeys several miles to
water. Hundreds of excavations re-
main to show the ancient sign. An
acquaintance with the customs and
habits of the old Southern Californi-
ans is necessary to explain the reason
this rich treasure has lain idle so long.
Another feature of some moment in
regard to these mines is: the Southern
Pacific Railroad can find better
crossing and shorten their route to
San Francisco over thirty miles by
running their road up this caflon to
Elizabeth Lake.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-28
" Municipal Purposes

San Francisco is endeavoring to
avoid the payment of the Spring Val
ley Water Company's bill, by proving
the constitutionality of the ENSIGN
Act. On the petition for a rehearing
of the case before the Supreme Court,
City and County Attorney BURNETT
has filed brief in which the act is de-
Tended as creating corporation for
municipal purposes, and as being a
general law conforming to the require
ments of the Constitution. The prop
Osition sought to be proven is that the
laying down of water-pipes in the
public streets of city and county,
city, or town, and the introduction of
water into the territorial limits of a
city and county, city, or town, for the
use of the inhabitants thereof, are mu-
nicipal acts, and the means thereto
and the purposes thereof are munich
pal. In support of his position Mr..
BURNETT quotes decisions from Mas
sachusetts, Alabama and Maryland re-
ports. The sole argument is to estab-
lish the two points, first, that the con-
tract between ENSIGN and the city
was for municipal purposes, and Sec
ond, that it was made under and in
conformity with the general law. In
no part of the brief is an attempt
made to maintain the constitutional
ity of special or exclusive franchise
legislation. Mr.. BURNETT seems to
admit the soundness of the Supreme
Court decision on that very vital
point in the case, and relies solely on
the assumption that the corporation
was formed in accordance with the
general law. The answer to Mr.. BUR-
NETr's argument is short yet it COM
pletely overturns every proposition
advanced. 1t is this: IF the ENSIGN
contract aoas one of those corporations
that may be formed under the general
laaUs, aUhy aOas q special Act thought
necessary togiUe 1t a tegoL existence
This is the sole point at issue, and it
is this alone on which the Court will
decide the case. All corporations cre-
ated by special Act are unconstitu-
tional, and when corporation sets up
that it was formed under the general
law, it must show that its creation
was in no manner due to a special Act.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-28
Sheep Raising.

Quite recently, J. H. KIRKPATRICK
sold to our townsman, SPENCER H.
WILSON, thirty-one sheep of Spanish
Merino blood. The flock consists of
two rams and twenty-nine ewes. A
few days ago these sheep were sheared
and the following is the yield in wool:
The fleece of one ram weighed twenty
eight pounds-fifteen months clip;
that of the other ram weighed twenty
six pounds and ten ounces-same Pc
riod Of growth. The growth of the
ewes fleece was fourteen months, and
the average weight of the twenty-nine
fieeces was sixteen pounds four ounces.
The lightest weighed twelve pounds,
and the heaviest twenty-one pounds
four ounces. These are extra fine
sheep, and we call attention to their
heavy yield of wool for the purpose of
showing the advantages of growing
fne-blooded sheep over the common
stock. Leaving texture out of sight,
the fleece OF one sheep like those of
Mr.. WILSON will more than average
three taken from the backs of common
sheep. One of these Spanish Merino
sheep will consume no more food than
the sheep that will shear but three or
four pounds of wool. Indeed, expert
enced wool growers tell US that it costs
more to feed common sheep than a