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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08
The Pension Bureau.

Arrears of pensions claims to the amount
of $20,734, 507 have been settled up to Octo-
Der /. The average amount of arrears in
each case settled is $545. The whole num-
Der of cases settled in September, 1927. 1t
is estimated there are still about 5000 or
1000 per sioners entitled to arrears, whose
cases Lave not been settled. Settlement
hereafter cannot be made as rapidly as here.
tofore, because of the great number of cases
in which there is no title to arrears, which
must be examined in search for those in
which there is title. It is stated for the in
formation of all pensioners who believe
themselves entitled to arrears, and who do
not receive notice of settlement of their
claims either by allowance or rejection by
November 1, that they can hasten settle.
ment by writing letter to the office giving
again the number of their pension certificate
and their present postotfice address. It is
almost certain that $25, 100000 appropriated
will be sufficient to cover the arrears which
was due upon pensions allowed previous to
January 25, 1879.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08
Romantic and Bloody.

Little Bird, daughter of Sioux chief,
was pretty enough to have white lovers.
John Provost, one of these suitors, stole
q horse to give to her father, the Indian
custom being to begin courtship with a
present. It happened that the horse be-
longed to Clement Bernard, who also
desired to marry Little Bird. He
tracked the thief 70 the dusky maiden's
wigwam, and telling what his rival had
done won her preference. Provost inn
mediately proved the sincerity of his
love by committing suicide. Not long
afterwards Bernard was found dead,
with bullet-hole in his head, and it is
believed that he was shot by Provost's
brother.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08
A Russian Victory.

Intelligence has been received from Beur.
ma that during the econnoisanc e near Geek
Tepe on the 2Sth of August, the Russians
encountered large masses of Tekke Turco.
mans, strongly entrenched, who made des
perate resistance. The Russians for six
hours cannonaded position occupied by
$4,000 Tekke Turcomans. In the evening
the Russians obtained possession of the
outer entertainments, and at night the enc
my fled losing several thousands. The Rus.
slams lost z officers and 17S soldiers killed
and 16 officers and 234 soldiers wounded.
This is the same battle which was reported
in dispatch from Simla on the 23d. That
dispatch stated the Russians were defeated
with loss of 700 killed and were falling
back on Mernean.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08
South American Communists.

On the 9th of September an uprising of
Communists occurred at Bucaramaua, in
the state of Santander, New Grenada. The
Alcalde, Pedro Collazos, headed crowd of
ruffians in an attack on several wealthy es-
adjustments, among others the only bank
in the place, completely sacking them,
killing and woundirg the defenders and
burning the building. Among the wounded
was the German consul Gen. Witches,
president of the state with a small disci-
plined force, attacked the Communists in
an intrenched position and completed rout-
ed them. He killed many of the leaders
and took many prisoners.
A dispatch dated Valparaiso, September
Sth, says: cit is reported Chilians before
the evacuating of Calama sacked and burned
the place. The Chilians have made raids
into Bolivia beyond Conchas Blancas, de-
stroying the commissary and ordinance sup.
plies and Selling horses and carts. 1t is re-
ported Peru has suspended payments from
the treasury and prohibited the expectation
of silver"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08

NEW YORK, October 6-3 100 P. M.-Cotton
Firm at 1920. Flour-Quiet; receipts
q 900 bbls; sales $4,000 bbls; rye -four firm.
Wheat-Fairly active; receipts $4,000 bus;
receipts 5000 bus; sales 900 bus at 81
@54Ac. Barley-Nominal. Oats-Firm !;
receipts $4,000 bus; sales 80, 600 bus at 351s
@371ac for mixed western 36H041c for
white. Pork-Firmer at $500. Beef-Firm.
Lard-A shade stronger at IS 55. Butter
At 9@27c. Cheese, Whisky and Sugar
Unchanged. Eggs-At17@21c. Petroleum
Crude unchanged; refined at nc. Tallow
AT SIC. Coal-Quite firm. Leather
Very strong at 22H@25c. Wool-Quite
active at 34@45c.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08

j., was shot, probably fatally, on the night
of the 1st inst, by his son-in-law, Andrew
Krunich, who then killed himself. Wood
ruff had refused to give Krunich fifty dol
lars.
Salvador, an Indian, who murdered Paul
Rieger, Marin county, last spring, was hang
ed at San Rafael, Cal, on the I'd inst He
confessed to five other murders. He met
death with frmness.
Jno. Fred Will, German, killed his di.
vorced wife at indianapolis, Ind, on the
LIST instant, stabbing her fifteen or twenty
times with tanners knife. He afterwards
fatally shot himself.
At New York city on the LIST instant, an
Italian residing on the corner of Frankfort
and Rose streets, cut his wife's throat.
John Kennedy, deputy sheriff and keep.
er IN parish prison, was killed at New Or
leans on the 30th ult., by sailor named
Jim Barringer, near Magnolia bridge. He
knocked Kennedy down and stamped on
his head, fracturing his skull.
Ellen Deering, an insane inmate of the
aims house at Erie, Pa, choked her infant
daughter to death on the 3Oth ult.
Moore of Crab Orchard, shot Col. M.
Louis Clark, Jr., president of the Louisville
Jockey club, at the Gait house, Louisville,
on the 10Th ult. It is not thought that Col.
Clark's wound is fatal. The trouble had its
origin at the jockey club ground in the after
noon.
Henry Won Geritschen was fatally shot by
John Sheehan in New York city on the 30th
ult. Sheehan then shot himself MORALLY.
The former had been unduly intimate with
Sheehan's wife.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08

In September, 1878, the National bank of
Baltimore was relieved of two tin boxes,
one containing $4,000 in bank notes be-.
longing to the bank, and the other contain
ed bonds aggregating $685. 900 owned by the
late Col. William NJ. Boone, together with
stock certificates and private papers. On
the 26th ult. a young man hunting in the
woods uear Woodbury. saw two men sound
ing for something buried. On the 3Oth ult.
the same persons saw two men digging
at the same place. At night the young man
with several friends went to the spot, and
digging, unearthed tin box which still
contained Col. Boones bonds and s. number
OF his private papers. -...-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08
"A Michigan Cyclone.

A cyclone, accompanied by heavy rain,
passed over the county fair grounds at Wat.
rousville, Tuscola county, Michigan, on the
Sd instant, doing great damage. Cloth tents
were torn to shire =, fences blown down.
One tent where the tables were set for a
hundred persons was blown down, over.
turning a stove and large reservoir OF
boiling water severely scalding six ladies,
one of whom with an infant few months
old, probably fatally. In the main hall the
exhibits are considerably injured by rain.
One firm exhibiting quite large stock OF
silks report heavy loss.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08
Desperadoes Killed,

Information was brought to Muskogee,
Indian Territory, on the LIST inst, from the
Sac and Fox agency, that fight had taken
place on the 9th ult., between a party of
twelve of the aesperadoes who infect the
region of the agency, and party of soldiers
from Fort Sill, resulting in the killing of
nine of the bandits. The killing of Jim
Barber and the capture of Triplet by a
Cherokee sheriff, Jesse Cochran, deprives
them of bold, bad leader and desperate
man. It's expected that the troops will kill
or scatter this band, as they have orders to
remain two months longer in the field, if
necessary.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08
Drowned.

The steamship Cybele, from Glasgow, has
arrived at Quebec, and reports the loss of
Capt. Stevens, swept overheard during a
heavy gale. a#
Two carpenters, John Kranz aged So, and
VIM. Clark aged So, were drowned near the
Four Mile bridge at Cleveland, O., on the
Sd inst, while attempting to cross the river
on a raft Both were married men and
leave large families.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08
The FeriIs of BaIIOOninu.

Prof. Colgrove and c. 81. Williams, man.
ager of Woodward's Garden, San Francisco,
Cal, attempted to make an ascension from
the garden on the 9Th inst. The balloon
was cast loose when imperfectly inflated,
and high wind which prevailed swept the
balloon along the tops of buildings, ripping
telegraph wires, chimneys, ETC., in it's fight.
Both occupants were thrown from the car
to the street and injured fatally, the inflated
bag collapsing shortly afterward with a loud
report.
On the 2Sth ult., Prof. Wise, the aeronaut,
accompanied by George Burr, oank teller,
made an ascent from st. Louis in the bal.
loon Pathfinder" Nothing has been
heard from the aerial voyagers since, and it
is feared they have met with fatal mishap.
The affair creates intense excitement, and
brings to mind the fate of the intrepid Don
aldson and a reporter, who assembled from
Chicago several years ago.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08
Death in \ Mine.

At six o'clock on the 4th instant, as shift
of men was being lowered in Tioga mine,
Bodie, CAL, the engine escaped control of
the engineers and the cage was precipitated
with great speed to the FIVE hundred foot
level. The unfortunates were: John
Cassidy, both legs broken. Pat Barron,
dying, mashed to pieces. Sam Marston,
both legs broken; French, both legs broken;
Manuel Alvers, injured internally; Harry
Richards, killed; Joe Roderick, injured Sc
riously; Pete Pluff, one leg broken. It is
the opinion of the physician in charge that
all the injured will die.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08
Self Murder.

Miss Lille George, young lady, of Bona
.parte, Iowa, attending Cincinnati boarding
school, suicided on the 9TH inst, by shoot.
ing herself. Her afianced had died few
days previous, of congestive ch1lIs.
Thos Dwinny, middle aged man, threw
himself over the bluff ninety feet high at
st. Paul, Mimi, on the Sd inst, above the
river bank, and was crushed to death by the
fall.
Frank M. Fletcher, of Erren & Fletcher,
marble dealers, committed suicide by
shooting himself at his home in St. Paul,
Mimi, on the LIST inst. He was twenty-five
years old and only married little more
than a year. Dependency, induced by
business troubles, is supposed to be the
cause.
Durham, the lawyer who shot himself at
Erie, September 1, died on the Sd inst. The
bullet penetrated his brain and could not
be extracted. He was rational much of the
time until about week before his death.
Chas. F. Tiffany, convicted of bigamy at
Lawrenceburg, Ind, and awaiting transport
tation to the penitentiary at Jacksonville,
where he was to be incarcerated for three
years, hung himself with linen towel on
the 1st.
Henry A. Hall, well-known rubber
manufacturer, committed suicide at Bridge.
water, Mass, on the Goth ult., by cutting his
throat while in a bath tub.
Anton Lainath, a grocer, corner Center
avenue and Larrabee streets, Chicago, hung
himself on the 10Th ult. Domestic trouble.
James T. Hankinson, formerly saloon
keeper, but recently out of work, took
morphine with suicidal intent, and died in
his bed at Chicago, on the night of the Goth.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08

A Cincinnati dispatch of the goth ult.,
says: Within the past 4S hours the
various trades unions of this city, control
ling the action of the cabinet makers,
coopers, shoemakers and some railroad en-.
ployes, have succeeded in getting about
800 men in a strike. Of this number
probably 1000 are cabinet makers and ma.
chine men. The uniform demand of the
strikers is for Is per cent. advance" t'a-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08
KearuoY,s Threat.

"Moike, phat's ifgy?" asked Milesian
matron the other morning in San Fran
cisco, looking up from the Post.
" Sorra a bit do I know" replied her
husband. els it something to ate, I
dunnoW
cate, yer owmadhoun! Sure it's
Dinnis SEE he'll burn Grant in if-i-gy."
"Begarra, it must be wan o. thin big
wurruds he brought back wild him from
Bostin. Pm thinkin' it's Frinch for the
Foorth warrud, go it is"
And the pair shook their heads in
peechless admiration of the lingual re-
sources of Mr.. Kearney.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08
Murderous Deeds.

Mrs. Martha Baldwin, of New Haven,
Conn.,, poisoned her widowed and imbecile
sister, Mrs. Dickinson, and then herself, on
the 4th inst. Both will probably die.
Geo. Long, Baptist preacher, and Frank
Goddy, both driving heavily laden teams,
met on road about four miles from Spring
field, Mo-, on the 9Th inst. Neither would
give way and let the other pass, when both
leaped from their wagons and engaged in a
fierce fight. The Rev. Long, with huge
knife. succeeded in disemboweling his an
tagonist, who died from his horrible wounds.
Thos. o. Woodruff, of West Orange, N
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08
Disastrous RJayas.

A fire at Wilmington, N. c., on the LIST
inst, destroyed 1900 bales of cotton and
damaged new hydraulic press. Total loss
$4,000. The property was owned by the
the Wilmington Compress company.
A fire out at Ottawa, Ont, on the Sd inst,
in the attic of the House of Commons, i'm.
mediately above the members chamber.
Damage estimated at $4,000.
The bank block, Gainesville, Pa, burn.
ed on the I'd inst. Loss $4,000; insured
for 1900.
A tin toy factory at New York city was
damaged to the extent of $4,000 by fire on
the I'd inst.
A fire at Keokuk, Ia, on the goth, de.
stroyed the st. Louis, Keokuk and North.
western railroad roundhouse. Four loco
motives badly damaged. Total loss $4,000;
uninsured. Believed to have been incen-
diary.
Just before reaching the landing at Canal
street, New Orleans, on the goth ult., the
cotton on the New Natchez took fire. The
passengers were landed and 800 bales of the
burning cotton were thrown overheard.
The boat was slightly damaged. Cargo
damaged $4,000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08
An Expensive Baking.

A party in Illinois applies to the secretary
of the treasury for the redemption of five
q. S. bond coupons representing several
thousand dollars. The applicant alleged
that for safe keeping he had placed the
coupons in tin box and deposited them in
store. That subsequently FIRE was built
and the coupons destroyed. The ashes,
however, were retained in the box and or
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08
milwaukee,.

MILWAUKEE, October $500 P. M
Flour-HeId quite stronger; choice spring
at $525@550; fair to good at $4.5O@5OO
common at $4.0O@425. Wheat-Activea and
higher; No. hard at $1.O9; No. 1 at $40
No. 2 at $1.07@1.O75s; No. 2 hard at $1.07H
No. 3 at $1.00I@1.O2; No. at 94c; No.
seller November at $1.0SH@109H; seller
December at $1.10A@1.11A. Confirm
at 37Hc. Oats-Firm at 2713c. Barley
Steady at &c for No. 2; and 47c for No. 8.
Rye-Firm at &c. Pork-Stronger; $1,000
for cash. Lard-Firmer at 1855. Hogs
Not wanted; nominal at $3.25@3.45.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08
Forest Fires.

Forest fires are raging fearfully in the
neighborhood of Norfolk, N. Y, destroying
farm houses, barns and farm property.
Some of the roads are unpassable on ac-
count of fires. The loss cannot be estimat-
ed at present. .51
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08
Fatal Runaway Accident.

A dual runaway and collision of vehicles
at Milwaukee, Wis, on the LIST inst, resulted
in the fatal injury of VIM. Bruse, jeweler,
and the injury of VIM. Washburn and
August Solomon, the latter seriously. One
of the animals fell dead after the escapade.
The screech of q tugboat occasioned the
mishap.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08
A Great Storm.

A Rome correspondent telegraphs that
Sicily and southern Italy were visited by
great storm on the 2Sth ult., which carried
away a railway bridge between Giro and
Cruceli, hurting passenger train into a tor
rent. The engineer was killed and all the
passengers more or less injured.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08
Too Much Water.

A dispatch from Geneva, Switzerland,
days the district of La Roche in the canton
of Frieburg, was visited by water spout
on the Goth ult. Twelve bridges were de-
stroyed and houses, fields and vineyards
flooded
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08
FoUndcred at Sea.

The iron ship Philosopher, which sailed
from Calcutta on September LIST, for Boston
with general cargo, estimated value of
which was 100000, is reported to have
foundered when five days out. She was in
sured largely in Boston and New York
offices
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08
In IucB.

J. D. Stevens, of Lawrenceburg, Ind, one
of the holders of the lucky ticket 22,555,
which drew the $4,000 in the Common.
wealth Distribution company on the 3Oth
ult., received it on the 4th inst. and returned
home. There were twelve in the club.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08
Killed bv the Cars.

The mangled body of James Heferman,
conductor on the Indianapolis and st. Louis
railroad, was found early On the Sd inst, at
I. & st. L. railroad. 1t is supposed he fell
through between the cars of his train. He
died while being brought to Mattoon.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08
Wednesday. October s, 1879.
VARIOUS TOPICS.

THE dog days in New York are de-
clared officially ended and it is presumed
that they are ended elsewhere also. The
number of CANNES drowned in the New
York pound during the season was 5, 400.
The sale Of their hides in tanned con-
dition has proved quite remunerative to
the contractor.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08
Chicago.


CHICAGO, October else P. M
Wheat-Strong and higher; No. red at
$1.12H; spring at $1.07H for cash; S1.o9@
1895 for seller November; $1.1OA for
seller December. Confirm and higher
at 37Ac for cash; 371ac bid for seller No
vember; 3SaS bid for seller May. Oats
Firm and higher at 277sc for cash; 275sc for
seller October; 28A for seller November.
Rye-At 60H@61c. Barley-At 75c. Pork
Strong and higher at $10.O5 for cash and
seller October; $500 bid for seller Novem.
Der; $8.92H@8.95 for seller January. Lard
Strong and higher at 1926 for cash; $3.50
for seller October; S5.671a bid for seller
November; $5.65A asked for seller January.
Whisky-At $1.08. Hogs-Receipts $4,000
head b quiet and steadi ea light at So 55@
at $3,25@3 IS. Cattle-Receipts 800 head;
no good natives here: butchers quiet west
ern and stockers dull and unchanged.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08
Another Six Dav Hog

Thirty'fve men started in the six-day
walk at New York on the 5th inst. The
contest is for the following prizes: First,
the O'Leary belt and $4,000; second, 81, 900;
third, 1000; fourth, $500.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08
The Public Debt.

The public debt statement shows de-
crease in September S2,563,75 cash in
the treasury, $234,77S,679; gold and silver
certificates, $19, $50; legal tenders out.
standing, 1916, 6S1, 016; fractional currency,
s15,747, SOB; refunding certificates, $685.
900.
Nearly $S,000,000 were paid out of the
treasury during September, on account of
pension arrears; but for this the decrease in
the public debt during the month would
have been about $1O,OOO,OO0.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08

A shocking calamity occurred at the
county fair grounds at Adrian, Mich, on
the I'd inst, by which six persons were hur-
ried into eternity and small army of un-
fortunate mortals more or less injured.
The accident occurred in the afternoon
inst before the races, when about 1000 peo-
pie were assembled in a newly.erected
grand stand. The centre of the structure
gave way, with crash the front part fell
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08
Obituary..

John W. Keene, inventor of the Reming.
ton-Keene magazine gun, died at lion, N.
T., on the 4th inst, aged 53years, of Bright's
disease.
Guillaume Alphonse De Vergie, an emil
nent French physician and medical writer,
is dead.
Hon. Frances Gillette, ex.United States
senator from Connecticut, and father of
Congressman Gillette, of Iowa, died at
Hartford, Conn.,, on the 30th. He served in
the senate in 1S54-55 for the unexpired term
of Truman Smith.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08
Fatal Fall.

Henry Dumhoff, a carpenter, working in
the sixth story of building in process of
erection in Cincinnati, on the Sd inst,
missed his footing and was precipitated to
the pavement. Death was instantaneous.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08

sented with the application. The decision
in the case is that the statute authorizing
the redemption of called bonds where clear
and unequivocal evidence has been furnish
ed they have been destroyed, does not ap-
ply to coupons which at the time of de-
struction were detached from the bonds.
The coupons in question, having been de-
tached from bonds, cannot be redeemed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08
From Af4han1stan.

Independent hostile tribes attacked the
British camp at Shutargarien on the Sd
inst. The natives were repulsed with a
loss of twenty killed, while the British loss
was six wounded.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08
Trouble BrOodins In Ireland.

The Pail Mall Gazette comedies the COM
plants Of Irish tenant farmers are mostly
genuine; that they are for the moment una
BILE to pay their rent and they believe in
their right to remain on the land in every
event. They are fresh from the exhortations
of their most popular politician in Ireland
(ParnelD to stick to their homesteads at
whatever consequence. Ii a general refusal
to pay rent is followed by wholesale evic-
ton, this again will almost certainly be fol.
low ed by series of agrarian murders.
Near Castlebar, on the LIST inst, an agent
named Smith and his son were driving near
Mulranny when they were fred on. The
younger Smith returned the fire killing one
of the assailants. aHI0d-aE 81.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08

outward, and the back fell into the river,
precipitating a mass of people among the
ruins. The number of dead at last accounts
was sixteen. The architect who construct
ed the stand is blamed for the calamity.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Fatal Boiler Explosion.

A boiler explosion at the Cotton Gin of
L. B. White, Middleburgh, Va, on the 4th
inst, killed three negroes.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08

LoUIs1ANA's temperance alliance give
the amount of liquor drank in the state
at $42, 100000 yearly, or $4,000, 900 more
than the value of the combined cotton,
sugar and rice crops. They have issued
a call to the voters to stop some of this
waste by electing members of the legis-
lature in favor of prohibiting the traffic
OIL Sunday.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08

VIM. Spaulding, time keeper at the new
Chicago custom house, has disappeared,
$1,000 short in his accounts. He had that
amount of money from recent sales for gov
eminent Junk and old iron. H..
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-08
A DefaUlter.

Frank F. Boynton, receiving teller of the
North Bank, Boston, Mass, is defaulter to
the amount of $4,000, caused by specula-
ton in California mining stocks.