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Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-22

AN ANTI CHINEgE EXCITEMENT
Placer county is passing through period
of excitement against the Chinese that
bodies i'll for that people and will doubtless
result in their expulsion from the Western
part Of that county. A man named Sar-
gent had some dealing with Chinese,
selling them some old mining claims.
For one OF these Claims he received $40.
The money was taken home and put into
trunk. AT the time OF this transaction
German named oder with his wife, were
stopping at Sargcnt's house. On the 10Th
inst, the bodies OF oder and his vile were
found, bearing every evidence Of the
couple having been brutally murdered. .
Further search resulted in finding Mr..
Sargent in another place, feariully man
gled. but alive and conscious. From him
it was learned that he had been attacked
by two Chinamen and left for dead. Fur
ther search showed that this triple muir
der had taken place in furthersnce of rob
berry, the trunk being found broken open
and the $40 gone. The officers at once
took the track Of the supposed assassins
and arrested them at Chinese cabin
near the scene Of the tragedy. An ex-
animation before a magistrate resulted in
holding three Of the number to answer on
n charge of murder. and it is believed
thore are yet Others implicated. As each
successive circumstance came to light the
excitement increased, and as the Sheriff
started with his prisoners to the county
seat, determined effort was made by the
crowd to get the prisoners for the purpose
Of lynching them. In this they were un-
successful, the officers getting safely
away on the tram. The citizens then
commenced notifying the Chinese t. leave
that part Of the country and they were
not slow in obeyng the order. AT Rock
lin, Penryn and Ro>evil,o the Chinese at
I once packed up and started for Sacramcn-
to, ard at the first named place their
/ quarter Gf the town was torn down, and
accidentally burned up.
1t is to be regretted that violence should
be offered to any but the guilty ones in
this matter. If they can be found out,
their punishment is certain. But the
| fendish murder shows to what ends Chi
namcn will go, Notwithstanding their ap-
parent submissivencss. Like all half
civilized or barbarous people they hold
/ human life and human suffering very
| lightly. Even amorg themselves, they
seem to care but little for the comfort of
Of the sick, if they happen to be destitute.
Instances in which the old and the inirm
are turned out OF doors to die are of fire..
quent note 1t is only because they are
restrained by fear that prevents them
! from the commission of more crimes.
This triple murder may open the eyes of
acing the country. Mob law is to be re-
! GREETED at all times, the punishment OF
crime should be left to the authorities. -
| Bat an excited crowd does not stop to
| reason, but wreaks its vengeance Er,t and
| talks it over afterwards. 1t is to be bop
ed that all the parties to this bloody trag-
edy, will be found and made to suffer the
| penalty Of their great or ime. But ven
geance Of the right Kind viii not be had
by an indiscriminate onslaught on limo
cent aud guilty.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-22

The army Of unemployed men roam
ing about the State is fearful to contcm-
plate, being, according to all accounts,
fully double lhat Of any former year One
unpleasant feature Of tbi. business is that
Innny, who pretend to be SEEKING for work
are Of that class.wno look for work and
pray to God that they may not find it
Large farmers state that they hive en-
ployed scores Of men. who would only
work long enough to earn $3 or 81, and
then quit, without any regard for circum.
stances. They do not care 10 earn money
10 purchase food, as they can "bum " that
from the different ranches on their beat
and they make their circuits systemati-
cally, so as to strike this ranch ut noon
and tha; one at night, making The rounds
about once month. -Hdc. Bee.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-22

THE FANINE IN INDIA.-The famine
in Southern India is prolonged by a sec
ond year of drought and bids fair to be
greater in extent and to demand more
vigorous measures Of relief than any oc-
curing heretofore in the present century,
though inferior to some of the great fam
ines Of the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries in the extent of the territory af-
tected The last great iamine-that OF
1873 4-was confined to Bengal the
present one affects large portions OF Mad
ras and Bomby, covering with varying
intensity region of nearly 400 coo
square miles, containing oyer 10000, 600
in habltants. The people seriously at
tlicted probably number from ten to four
this starving multitude is, nOtwilhstand-
ing the experience gained during the
Bengal famine in 1874, one of tIemen-
dous difficulty. The people Of Southern
India are very widely scattered over
great extent Of territory, and It'll asolute-
ly impossible to reach many OF them in
time to prevent death from starvation. -
The country has almost no railroads, no
navgable rivers, few roads of any kind,
and these mostly very bad, and there are
but few European officers who understand
the language of the people to be relieved.
Cattle would die of thirst long before
load OF grain could be carried to some
portions of the afflicted region. Govern
ment is doing what it car towards gath
ering the people in encampments Mt re
lief centres where they may be fed. At
Madras, at last accounts, nearly one mil
lion were engaged upon public works,
and more than another million were char
itably relieved. Terrible epidemics are
almost certain to break out ut the relief
centres before the famine is ended, and
the number sure to die Of sturvi ton, in
spite OF all efforts to save them, is appal-
ing. The Ignorance aud superslilious ap-
athy Of the people, and their caste preju-
d!ces, add greatly to the difficulties OF re-
liet, many Of then prelerring 10 die rath-
er than to labor on public works or re-
ceiye food from English hands. The ex-
pense Of these recurring farnines (this
being the fourteenth OF the present cen
tury) seriously threatens the financial sol
vency OF the British India.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-22

A CHINESE GIRLS CRIPPLED FEET
IN CouRT.-As officer Love was walking
down Pacific street, yesterday afternoon,
he observed an old Chinese woman car
ryihg a small girl in her arms, and sus-
pecting from the bandaged feet of the
child that it was a case Of mutlstion in
PROCESS to cripple its feet to the iashiona-
Bile standard, he arrested the woman and
took her TO the Station House. The Off
GERS of the Society for the Prevention Of
Cruelty to Children were notified. The
examination Of the chid's feet proved
that the officer was right. The evidence
ot barbarous surgery appeared in the
compressed and distorted toes and in,tep,
and heels. The feet were shapeless, and
the feet were almost square, in shape
more like the head of a hammer than any
thing else. Presumably, this was the
work of some Chinese doctor. The
wounds made by this distortion were Just
healing and the shapeless extremities
were both pit.u and disgusting to see.
The object Of the torture had been to
press the foot to point aud make it
round. a charge Of cruelty and another
OF mayhem We're made against the old
hag, All Mucy, who had the girl in
charge. The latter is about ten years old
and bright and intelligent, and of course
aston>hed at the interest manifested by
the barbarians in her crippled feet The
case will be heard in the Police Count
Bail IN the sum OF $1,000 was given for
the accused--AHa CaIif0,nia.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-22

THE ORIGIN or THE WORD " HooD-
In June, 1868, band Of street
Arabs who infested the water front ot the
City Of San Francisco, were found to have
complete organization formed for the
purpose Of theviug. There were twenty
or thirty boys in the gang, and their ages
ranged from fourteen to nineteen years
They had established runways under the
wharves, like SO many water rats, and
one Of their principal methods of punder
was not far different from that o: the ro-
dent, Finding a crack between the panks
OF the wharf above which lot OF grain
in sacks was piled for shipment, they
would puncture .he sacks one by one,
and catch the grain in their own reccpta-
Gle held beneath. This booty they would
sell to the di,reputable dealers along Pa.
clic and the front streets, thus realizing
considerable sum.
The gang secured, as place Of rendez
vons, an old deserted house which had
its door locked and shutters barred time
out Of mind. This house stood on part
of Il wharf or trestie work which graced
the waterfront, and the young freeboot
ers effected an enhance to it from be-
meath, finding there place Of safety and
shelter. There was regularly elected
Captain Of the gang, and he established
set of signals for the control of his as
sociates. The words Of warning when
any danger threatened were Huddle
'cm huddle'cm +" That meant that the
gamius should seek their rendezvous and
lie low.
As wo stated, the Police Department
unhcarthed the secret organization in
1868. Quite sensation was created
when the details were made known to
the public.
The man who tells the story to us now
holds responsible official position in this
county at that time he was reporter
on the San Francisco Times Ca paper
since merged into the Ald), and he wrote
the first account OF the discovery and cap
ture of the gang, heading his article with
their rather peculiar signal, HIdle-
'em." BY that title the young gamns of
the city front were theuceforward desig
mated, ana by some commonly allowed
rule Of phonctics, the term was contract
ed TO the prcseut word hoodlum." So
much foi history y.-Los AHgetcs Express,
august 25ih.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-22

THE CoNsTiTUTIoNAL CoNyENTGoN.
The old fight of two years ago will come
up in the Legislature this Winter upon
the proposition TO call a Constitutional
Convention. 1t viii not be until all re
turns have been received and canyassed
in the Office OF the Secretary Of State,
that We can know whether majority Of
the electors voting have voted for Con
vention. If they have the way will be
clear enough, but if only minority Of
those voting upon the proposition favor
it, the question will be mudGled rs before.
There is no doubt but Of those who took
any notice Of the question a majority have
voted for Convention.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-22

PIONEER SJcIE TIES. Tho Humbol It
Pioneer Association held It's second an
naal reunion few days ago. There is
no good reason why Trinity should not
baye its Pioneer Association as well as
other counties. Oi those now residing
within her borders who were here wasah
the county was reduced in size to its pres
eat dimensions by the set of of Humboldt
there are probably hundred or more
Such reunion, held once year could,
II rightly managed be made a source of
great interest TO all concerned.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-22

BRIGHAM YOUNG leaves property Of
about 81. O00, 600, to be divided among
nineteen wives and forty five Children
The property is to be kept together until
the youngest child-now seven years Of
age-attains its majority; the wives are
in the meantime to receive the income
from il. nrn atl.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-22

THE appointmentof Of General Anderson,
late Of the Louisiana Returning Board,
as Deputy Collector Of the port of New
Orleans, is causing some very lively emo
tons among the Southern Democracy
There were 50 many good Democrats
who would have willingly taken the
Dnce, too.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-22
WHEN DUrcH MEETS DUTcu. FT

" THEN DUTCH MkETS DUTCH, ETC, =
in Siskiyou county the nominees for
Treasurer on both tickets were Germans,
and the Republican Terton got away
with his Democratic opponent, although
the county gave Ream 259 majority. In
Santa Clara both nominees for County
Clerk We're Germans, and the Democrat
iS Tenton went to the wall. Moral (for
The Republicans). When the Democrats
start out " Deu.cher " trot Rcpubli-
can Deutcher afler him.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-22

THE Democrats of Iowa have nomina-
ted for Governor a man who, four years
ago, in his capacity OF Chairman Of the
Democratic State Committee, and in
open State Convention, formally announc-
ed that the Democratic party had " sur
vived its usefulness" and that then was
the time to " bury it out Of sight"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-22

TRIAL OF INsANITY.-The woman
McAuliffe, who killed her three children
in Hum boldt county some three months
ago, was brought into court at Eureka,
charged on three indictments of murder.
The defense of insanity will be set up,
and an order of Court was issued fol 36
jurors to test the question Of insanity.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-22

MYSTERIOUS DEArH.- w. Chard,
father OF the wife Of Senator Il. j. Lewis,
Of Tehama, was found dead with double
harreled shot gun in his hands, though it
did not appear that he had been shot
He was ore Of the largest land holders in
Tehama county.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-22

STANLEY writes from Africa that he
has had terrible journey through the
heart Of the continent, having had thirty
two " battles " with the natives, who shot
poisoned arrows at his men, killing many.
One tribe was armed with muskets.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-22

TnE Tribune says: : 1t is reported
that Brigham Ioung's mother, nov 08
years old is living at Nartinsyile, India
na. Her faculties are yet bright. She
IS in very humble circumstances, and
dwells with some bitterness upon the
fact that her son, who had so greatly pros
psrcd in this worlds goods, should have
forgotten her, leaving hor to an old age
OF penuFy and want.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-22

UNITED STATES SENATOR. - The
Democrats having a clear majority Of
nearly fifty on joint ballot, will elect
United States Senator. 1t is not to be
expected that Republican suggestions
will have any weight in determining
Democratic action. yet Republca IS and
Democrats have an equal interest in see
ing the State creditably represented. There
are numerous aspirants already ia the
field tor the position among whom j. T.
Farley, Mark Mcdonald, G. +. Ryland,
y. Greene Curtis and Governor Irwin
are most prominent. Farley is the
shrewdcst Of the Tot as politician and
wire worker and may carry off the prize.
lie has little in the way OF ability TO rec
San Francisco moncybags, and if be is
elected it viii be from free use Of the
ample means at his disposal among the
impecunIOus chaps who have been car
ried into the Legislature on the strength
Of the anti-Sargent bugbear. We once
had faith in Governor Irwin, but he has
lately shown himself to be nothing but
politician- perfectly capable Of over rid
iGg the wishes of the people to carry Il
partisan end. The United States Senate
is not the place for Il statesman Of THAI
calibre, and if the true interests OF the
State is consulted, Irwin will be permit
ted to remain at home.
Curtis aud Rynud are men of different
stamp. Either Of them is man Of un-
blemished horrorand high talent. Either
would make a Senator who would re
feet credit upon the State Either is
or should bc acceptable to the Demo-
cracy Of the State. Curtis, however, is
II Sacramentan and Booth being also a
resident of the Capital City, the ques-
ton Of residence may tell against him.
1t should not, Tor the representative OF
Srate should truly represent the State
without reference to locality. Again,
the fact that Curtis has Just been elect
ed Senator from Republican district
will tell strong against his candidacy.-
The Senator from Sacramento will par
tcipate in two Senatorial elections,
which is Il point the Democrats are not
likely to lose sight of. We think be
tween the two Rylund can best claim
the position, and if the Democratic
counsel are governed by the right kind
of influence he will doubtless be elected.
but whore money plays so important II
pat II, it was alleged it played in the
last Senatorial election in this State
when Democrat was chosen, 1t is hard
to guess what viii follow,
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-22

a LAWSUIT, begun in Indiana four
teen years ago, to recover seven dollars
and fifty cents for use ola water pryi.
ege has late y ended by decision in IA
vor Of the defendant. The costs amount
t. 81 eco.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-22

CAPTUBED.-A report reached Hum
boIdt county that Bo-qui, the murderer
of Spencer, had been captured, either in
Montana or Idaho, our informant was not
certain which. Bosqui is sadly needed in
Humboldt.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-22

THE water in the Sacramento is lower
than ever before known, and navigation
is much impeded in consequence. The
same report comes from all the streams
of California.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-22
BUSINESS NOTICE.

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should be addressed to CIV. CRAIG, Trim
~ JouRSAL." Weayoryillo. Cal.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-22

THERE is a women in Massachusetts
who ha, taken 1892 worth of Ayers pat
ent medicines. 1t doesn't seem to have
hurt the woman much, but Aver him elf
went crazy.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-22

OUEING the absence Of the family from
ranch not far from HcaIdshurg about
two weeks ngo, a Il wear old son vamos
ed with $1,000 of his fathers money ana
has not since been found.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-22

WHEN boy does something funny and
You laugh at it, he will invariably keep
doing it twenty or tbirtv times more till
you have to knock him down with some
thing.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-22

A BOTTLE has been found near Mel
bourne, after voyage ofthrty- years.
o. April 10Th, 1912, n passenger by the
ship Keiso, bound from London to sgd
ney, threw into the sea bottle contain
ing memorandum requesting the finder
70 report for the sake or sseertsinng the
currents. The question can now be ars-
yerei.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-22

A cUrrLE FISH, weighing seven nun
dred pounds came ashore at Aumoo'u'
Bay recently.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-22

The Virginia Democrats are running
for State officers two Generals and Col
onel, and they have among them three
good arms and five legs.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-22

AN O-wego woman advertlses that She
has purchased shotgun and will shoot
any man who gives her husband liquor.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-22

AT a Harrison county, Ky, wedding
the bride, in playful mood, kicked the
groom's hat off without touching his
head.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-22

The Fonetic Convention failod to rec.
ognize Josh Billings and Nasby as their
abest missionaries.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-22

STATE FAIg. The annual far OF .no
State Agricultural Society Is no" Oe"'e
held at Sacramento.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-22

TIE Americans now lead the world at
rife shooting.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-22

A HERD of fourteen deer were seen
near the Eureka Cemetery a few days
ago. Deer must be plenty on the coast.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-22

A wELL-FILLED pocket book stopped
bullet aud saved mans life in Virginia
the other day. The moral j. obvious.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-22

PIrTsBURG is trying 10 find a man who
does not belong to a lodge, grange, club
post temple, encampment or order.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-22

TEY United States Senators are print
ers by trade.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-22
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Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-22

The idea has been broached of having
n great auction OF widows in Salt Lake.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-06-15
Practical Hints for Farmers.

Cold, damp, sour soil can be made
productive by draining and manur-
ing.
zone years seeding makes seven
years wedding, so it don't pay to
raise weeds.
"Be careful what you sign" should
be printed in large capitals and put
up in prominent place in every
farmers house.
Seeds of the squash family are
said to be improved by age, as the
new seeds run to vines, while old
seeds produce more fruit.
1t is doubtless fact, though not
fully appreciated, that from the extra
food given all meat-producing ami
mails comes all the profit.
On some of the New England
farms there are six bushels of salt
per acre. They claim that it pro-
notes fertility and destroys all in
Sects.
No large fruit or forest trees
should be in or near the garden.
Their roots which extend wide will
exhause the soil, and their shade
dwarf the crops.
Beans cultivated and planted right
will produce from twenty to twenty
five bushels per acre. There is pro-
fit in few acres at $3.50 to $500
per bushel.
Slow, gentle farm work is not in
furious to brood mares up to two or
three days of their time. The exer-
else for them is better than being
confined in box stalls.
An hours open-air work daily in
the garden is refreshing, invigorat
ing, remunerative and productive of
checrfuIness and health to merchant,
professional man, mechanic or loaf
ing gentleman.
In plant growth about 95 per cent
comes from the atmosphere, and 5
per cent. from the earth, so it is i'm,
portant to have the soil light and
susceptible of receiving the gases OF
the atmosphere.
The Agracn'turist says: We must
get rid of our scrubs-ot beeves that
don't make beef; of cows that neither
give milk nor yield butter; of sheep
that afford neither wool nor mutton;
of pigs that make no pork or lard,
and OF poultry that lay no eggs.
a neat and well arranged lawn
adds great attraction to home,
whether in country or village, but a
good vegetable garden from which
is drawn the daily support of the
family Is Of far more pleasure than
nice lawns, delightful summer houses
or vinc-clad alcoves.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-06-15

A dismal wall is beginning to be
heard at home. Our own prime
joints and roasts are giving out, and
even now are difficult to procure
Only the best cattle are shipped to
England; none go under fourteen
hundred pounds weight. Forty-fve
thousand of such cattle have already
crossed the Atlantic. John Bull is
literally taking the tat OF our land
and leaving us only the lean, and
"the trade is only in its infancy
James Mckay, says the Toronto
Globe, has six buffaloes on his graz
ing farm at Long Lake, Manitoba
Two of these are calves brought from
the West last fall, the others are old
cr, some of them full grown. They
feed with cattle during the winter,
accompany them to the river for wa
ter, every day, and are the first to en-.
ter the warm stables for shelter at
night. The buffaloes, from natural
instinct, are conscious of an ap-
preaching storm some time before
felt, and retire to comfortable quar-
tiers in the stable, sometimes an hour
or two before the storm arises.
Extensive forest fires are prevail.
ing around Escanaba. The farm of
Joseph Watson, at Flat Rock, was
surrounded by fire, and his house and
contents were destroyed. His barn
was saved with great difficulty. The
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Company lost about one hundred
cords of wood at Campbell, and
smaller lots at other places. A wo-
man at Flat Rock has gone crazy
with fright at the fires. One-half OF
the cranberry marshes around Grand
Rapids have been burned over
Fires are raging heavily along the
upper Wisconsin Central Railroad,
and on Monday of last week, the vii
lage of Phillips was partially DIES.
troycd, causing a loss of 100000.