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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-16
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
. THE MOST NOTABLE EVENT

In L! modern magazine literature is the publica-
tion OF Mr. Eugene Schuyler's Life Of
Peter the Great which is beeun In the
February (MIDwIHTERl SCRIBNFR'S. The
magazine which, at great expense. offers such
work as this Is likely to be. as part of its
monthly contribution to. current literature.
honors itself, does service to the public, and
pays its highest compliment to the intelligence
OF its readers. '-lNew York Evening Post.
The Hartford Courant says: "The APP
pearance of Mr.. Eugene Schuyler's scholarly
History of Peter the Great is an event of
great literary and historic Importance. and
lifts the medium through which it reaches the
public above the level of what We call maya.
zine literature"
The Boston Trdreller speaks of the Mid
winter SCRIBNER as Calculated to create
A SENSATION IN LITERARY CIRCLES"
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Mortality Report,


For the week ending February IA, 1880, made by
w. c. FARNswoRTH, Superintendent Of the City
Cemetery. Office, No. S04 street:
February 7-Pearletta E. Decker, months and IA
days California.
February s-Mary jackson, years, months ard
% days; California. Antonio Aquilar, 50 years !;
California.
February 9-John Jones, &c years: Wales.
February 10-Andrew j. Zimmerman, "a years, 0
months and 8 days. California An Pin, about
Is years China. Sim Wy, 20 years; China.
February 11-Thomas Conger, n years, l month
and "a days; New Jersey. Joaquin Francisco
Silva, ~ years; Western Islands.
February 12-Richard C. Billingsley, - years, o
month"; and % days; Canada.
February 13-Catherne E Ryan, l north and IL
days; California.
February 14-David Black, 4 years; Scotland
Besides the above there were brought here for il.
terment the following:
February unknown, about so years, shot on
Bryte's Ranch, Yolo county.
February s-Belle Johns, II years California.
February 1O-Catherine HargraYe, Is years; North
Carolina.
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Herr. Won Hagen, an admirer of Wagner,
is writing commentary on the composers
poems. Two volumes have appeared. 1t
is calculated that the commentary on the
Rheingold" will require eighty large vol
umes, and that they viii be finished about
the wear 2l99,
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Reward.

whereas the substitution of cheap, in
fsrior Leads, where "ATLAETIC" has been
specified, is not only a fraud upon the
property-0wner, but a damage to the
reputation Of the ATLANTIC brand, we
hereby effer reward Of $50 for sufficient
evidence of such substitution being made.
C. T. RAYNoLDs & CO,
Sole Agents, No. Front street, San Fran
cisco. f9-2p6tMWF
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MARRIED.

Stockton, February g. Edward E. Colmer to Sadie
Miller.
Dutch Flat, February s-Charles A. Stanley to Mrs.
Susan E. Steinagal.
Napa, January 15-Hugh NJ. Robinson to Emma
Gray.
watsonvple February 11-wiliam Huntsman, Jr.,
TO Caroline Bradley.
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DIED.

DIED.
Sacramento. February 4-CatharineM Bell, native
of Pennsylvania, So years.
Friends and acquaintance respectfully invited
to attend the funeral, which will take place from
residence of R.. X. Wick, corner Tenth and J
streets, this afternoon at o'clockl
Sacramento. February 15-Edwin James McCarty, a
native of California, % years.
Funeral notice hereafter
Georgetown, Ell Dorado county, February 14-Jennie
wife Of Harmon Sornberger, a native of St.
Peters, Mimi, "a years, months and days
minnesota papers please copv.)
Brooklyn, N. Y. February MARY Z. Tate, wife of
Isaac Z. Tate, 65 years.
Folsom, February Cyrus Fletcher, 45 years.
Lemoore, February Frank Mclaughlin, 81 years.
Near Gridley, February Drank Heyford, % years.
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BORN.

La.robe, Ell Dorado county, February O. Wife of
p. E. Faber, son.
Near Neolaus, February 10-wife Of Peter Kasper,
son.
oroville. February 1o-Wife of George F. Halsey, a
daughter.
Stockton Homestead, February 1o-wife Of R. B.
Lively, son.
Toll House, Fresno county, January 2s-wife of
B. F. Glass, a son.
Petaluma, February 9-wife of C. Karev, a daugh-
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CAUTT ION.

The price of ATLANTIC PURE WHITE
LEAD having been advanced, property
tuition by painters Of cheap low-grade
Leads, which, owing to inferiority in
quality, can be bought for considerably
less than the present cost OF raw material.
c. T. RAYNoLDs & CO.,
Sole Agents, No. Q Front street, San Fran
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velopment. On the contrary, every fresh
threat on the part of the turbulent element
must produce fresh decline of prosperity,
and each step towards paralysis aggravate
the turbulence of the egitators, until a
climax is reached.
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THE INSURANCE QUESTION.


We give place this morning to letter
written in defense Of Senate Bill No. lSS,
by an advocate of the local insurance COM
panies. Our correspondent has probably
said all that can be said on that side OF the
question, but it does not appear to us that
he has succeeded in justifying the proposed
legislation He admits, and this is the
very kernel of the question, that the OBJ
ject of the bill is to tweed out, y that ID to
say, drive from the State, number OF
Eastern insurance companies. That ad-
mission of itself proves that our objections
to the bill are well-founded. It is, upon
the showing of its own friends, PROPOSE
ton to introduce the protective doctrine
into insurance to thin out the companies
doing business in the State, not for the
good of the public, but for the aggran-
disement of he local companies. These
companies, as we have shown already,
are now doing very unsafe business.
They are carrying risks out of all just
proportion to their assets. They are
therefore not afording an adequate
degree of protection to their policy-holders.
They, however, seek to increase the inse-
curity of their customers by absorbing a
still larger share of the business, and to
enable them to do this they wish to drive
the majority of the Eastern companies out
of the State. Our correspondent exhibits
a refreshing innocence when he says OF
Senate Bill No. lSS, elf our local COM
'tpanies support such measure it must
"have merit" Why ]" must" this be the
case? The obvious cause of the support
given the bill by the local companies is their
desire to secure for themselves the business
now done by the Eastern companies they
are seeking to Danish. But the people of
California have interests which are by
no means identical with those of the local
companies in this connection. 1t is for
the best good of the people that there
should be as wide distribution of risks as
possible. 1t is against public policy that
all the risks should be carried by few
companies. Our correspondent asserts that
all the risks of London are carried by local
companies. We have not the means of
testing the accuracy of this statement at
hand, but supposing it to be true, it can
only prove that insurance in London is
carried on upon very unsafe basis, and it
certainly does not justify imitation of such
an eyamn1e
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NOT ICE.

Owing to the greatly increased cost of
material the price of ATLANTIC PUR
WHITE LEAD has been advanced.
c. T. RAYNoLDs & CO.,
Sole Agents. No. Front street, San Fran
cisco.
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an example.


If all the risks of Chicago had been car
ried by local companies, it is very certain
that when the city burned the companies
would all have gone into bankruptcy, and
the insured would have obtained nothing.
The proposal to risk all the property in
San Francisco upon the solvency of local
companies is indeed too wild to call for Sc
rious argument. The capital of all the
California companies aggregates 81, 200, 600.
One large fire would even now clean them
all out, and if they carried all the risks
now borne by the sixty-odd Eastern COM
panies which they want to drive out,
there would practically be no such
thing as insurance possible in this
State. Our correspondent does not or
will not see that Senate Bill No. lS0
is selfish proposition for the particular
advantage of a few local companies, and
that the benefits they seek to secure for
themselves can only be had by sacrificing
the safety of the Insurers. There is no
more sense or justice In such a measure
than there would be in a bill to drive out
all Eastern or foreign agents of any other
kind of business, but it also happens that
in the insurance business the public have a
peculiar interest in the absolute freedom OF
competition, which does not apply so
strongly to any other occupation. At
present the number and aggregate wealth
this State afford the public full protection,
and at the same time keep rates down to a
fair and reasonable standard. One object
of Senate Bill No. lSS is to enable the
local companies to raise their rates.
They coolly propose that the representa-
tives of the people in legislative session
assembled shall empower them to put a
fresh impost upon the public, at the same
time that they diminish the validity of
their engagements. We say that this is an
impudent and unreasonable demand, that
it is emphatically against public policy,
and that it ought to be rejected. Nor will
the pretense of magnanimous desire to
tweed out " feeble Eastern companies, de-
ceive the public. They know how much
business rivals are to be trusted when they
undertake to legislate against one another,
and they will not add to the functions of
the local insurance companies the anom-
alous one of censor upon the condition of
their competitors. II, however, comparisons
of this kind are to be entered into in the
discussion of the bill, perhaps the local
companies may not be able to make the
most satisfactory showings
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OLIVER c. JACKSON

hurst MEETING FOR DRILL THIS AFTER
noon, at $3.50 o'clock. J. L. SKINNER,
Director, northeast cor. Sixth and streets felt
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STAR MILLS AND MALT HOUSE.
NErB0TRG q Lagos,

Nos. 80. 50 AND 81 FIFTH ST, sAcR AMEyro.
~ dealers in Produce anl Brewers Supplies.
sianuiaeturers OF Malt ard all kirds Of Meals etc,
Euckwheat Flour, etc. dI7 1ptf
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CECILIA CLUB,

WANTED-AN ENGLISH WOMAN, A FIRST
Wv class Cook and Housekt eper, Situation in
family or hotel. She thoroughly understands her
business. Apply at No. 405 X street. fl6.3ts
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Verbal Contracts.


In the Supreme Judicial Court at Bath,
Friday, Judge Barrows presiding, an impor-
tant decision was reached, showing the binding
force of a verbal contract of insurance.
The plaintiff, F. B. Torrey was the owner of
one-eighth of the bark Annie Torrey, upon
which there was policy of insurance in the
Portland Lloyds Of $4,000. The plaintiff
claimed that his agent, Weeks, came to the
Office of the Lloyds and agreed upon harbor
risk for the vessel at Havre, with the farther
verbal agreement to issue a time of voyage
policy upon the vessel after the expiration of
the harbor risk at the option of Torrey. The
defendants denied that there was any such
verbal agreement and produced their register
of risks containing the entry of the harbor
risk with the signature of Weeks to the appli-
cation. This the plaintiff met with the testi-
mony of Weeks that the agreement to enter
the words "at and from in the harbor risk
was made after the application was signed,
but this was denied by the defendant.
After knowledge of the loss had come to the
plaintiff letter was written by Weeks askino
Ford to attach yearly risk, which was de-
cined by the office. The defendant commended
that even if such an agreement had been
made, which he denied, it would be void for
want of consideration and because it was not
in writing, it appearing in the case that no
premium was agreed upon or paid. and no voy-
age was specified.
For the purposes of the trial. and to have
the question of facts settled by jury, the court
ruled that 4uch a verbal contract as that claim
ed by the plaintiff would be valid if the jury
were satisfied from the testimony that it was
made between the parties, and that an agree
ment 10 receive policy therefor would be a
sufficient consideration in law. Under these
and other instructions, the case was submit
ted to the jury, who returned verdict tor the
defendant. Tallman & Larrabee and. William
L. Putnam for the plaiatiff and Strout &
Holmes for defendant.
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Brief lettings.

Saturday was fogey, while very heavy show.
ers fell in the morning and at night. Mercury
go at sunrise, $50 at noon, $40 at sunset; wind
east
Sunday was a warm, bright day. Mercury
74o at a. M, 800 at noon wind northwest.
Pipes are being laid on Brown street, Sac
carappa, for the Introduction of Sebago water
The members of the 1-10-29th Association
must not forget the annual reunion at South
Auburn, tomorrow. The train will leave the
Grand Trunk depot at a. m.
Saturday evening hack was moving some
what slowly upon the horse-railroad track
above Market Square, when horse-car rar
into it after several warnings from the driver
of the car. The hack was slightly damaged.
The Worcester Bicycle Club have invited
the Portland club to become their guests dur
ing the New England Fair in that city.
Mr.. G. NJ Bosworth, the decorative up
holsterer, will occupy one'of the stores in the
Hammond block on Congress street.
Mr.. George Mitchell, while at work in q
silver mine in Shelburne, N. H., got a.splinter
of rock in his eye, and after great suffering
an oculist of this city removed the splinter.
Theseye is doing well.
There were II deaths in this city the pas
week.
Large numbers visited the men-of-war in the
barbor yesterday ,,also Old Orchard.
The new Roman Catholic church on Brown
street. Sacca. 'appa, was dedicated with appro
pirate exercise, yesterday.
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Mr.. Higgins Vote.

In an elegant and courteous article in Satur-
days Argus Mr.. Higgins denies that he voted
at the so-called temperance convention to CEN
sure Gov. Davis. In support of his denial he
says Major Shorey told him she ,cas positive
he (Mr Higgins) did not VOTE" and that
Messrs. Gosse and Mclaughlin say he didn t
leave the reporters table until after the adj
journment of the convention.
Major Shorey writes us, on the contrary, he
never said anything of the kind. What he
did say was that he remembered seeing Mr.
Higgins at the convention land did not see
him vote." There were a number of men pre-
sent who voted and who Major Shorey did not
see vote. He wasn't thinking about the mat
ter at the time at all. No doubt Messrs. Gosse
and Mclaughlin remember seeing Mr.. Hig-
gins at the table and think he did not leave it.
They are mistaken. They were probably busy
writing and did not notice carefully
Mr. Higgins did vote notwiths randing the
denial. He arose from the table before the
question was put, crossed over to the other
side of the hall, sat down at the end of a
settee, and when the question was put arose
in the affirmative. What is more he acknowl-
edged to an employee of the Argus in the pres
ence of an employee of this paper that he voted
and when he visited this office the same even
ing,or the next, land was asked how long he had
been temperance man in the presence of the
compositors, replied always" With this state
ment we have nothing further to saw on the
subject.
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Personal.

Ex-Mayor William Fl. Stevens of Lewiston
died Friday morning of heart disease.
Rev. Cyrus Hamlin, d. D., LII. D., has been
elected President of Middlebury College, Yer
mont, and has accepted,
The address of Prof. Foster which is adver-
tised Tor Wednes day at the Old Orchard tenn
perance camp meeting, will be delivered Tues
day afternoon, Aug oath.
Capt. Greene of the steamer Tourist is to
have Mr.. Days position on the steamer Iris,
when his resignation takes effect. The island
folks will he sorry to lose Capt Greene as he is
genial and pleasant officer.
Nathan Webb was chosen one of the Vice
Presidents of the American Bar Association,
and William L. Putnam and F. A. Wilson To-
cal counsel.
The funeral of the late Joshua Dunn took
place yesterday afternoon from his late resi-
dence, No 43 North street, at 1.30 o'clock
Rev. Mr.. Hayden of the India street Univer-
salist church officiated. Afterwards Mr.
Dunn was buried with Masonic services. Mr.
Dunn was the Oldest member of Portland
Lodge OF Masons, and an honorary member OF
that lodge, having been Junior Warden in
1924 He was also a member Of the Mechan-
les Association, and they attended the funer-
al.
Gen. Charles H. Smith, now Colonel of the
10Th Infantry U S. A., and who, as colonel OF
the First Maine Cavalry, and commander both
of brigade and division in Sheridan's caval-
ry, did the country as much effective service
as any soldier who went from Maine, is now
on leave of absence for the first time since
1876, and is visiting Maine. He will extend
his visit until after election in order to vote, a
privilege ne has not enjoyed before for several
wears
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wanalan Get Encampment.

On Thursday next AS has been announced
the wanalancet Enca mpment OF Lowell will
visit this city as guests of Eastern Star En-
campment, arriving at a. m via the Eastern
railroad. They will be escorted at once to
Odd Fellows Hall During the morning OPP
portunity will be given them to view the diff
ferent points of interest in the city. AT IL
O'Clock the line will be formed and sa2rch to
the steamer for sail and clambake at one OF
the islands, returning to the city at about 43o
p. M, when a parade will take place. 1he
visiting Patriarchs will leave on the boat for
Boston that night. Members of the various
Encampments in the city are cordially invited
to join with Eastern Star and participate in
the festivities. All Patriarchs are requested
to he at Odd Fellows Hall at $50 M sharp.
Patriarch n. G. Fessenden will act as marshal.
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STATE NEWS.
ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY.


A big fall run is what the Auburn shoe fac
torieslare having. The volume of business now
being done by the firms making heav goods is
nearly Is per cent. larger than the business in
the corresponding season of last year. The
rush came later this year, but it manifestly
had a greater head. The total shipments last
week are 210S cases, or 857 cases in excess of
the shipments for the corresponding week of
last year.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
The Dennison Box Company in Brunswick
have purchased the Scribner mill privilege on
the lower falls and are to erect a building and
put in machinery to drive force pump to con-
vey water some forty rods through an eight
inch pipe to their box factory on Main street.
The object is to run machinery by this water
to their factory. The waste water could be
used to supply all the reservoirs in the village
except those on the hill.
Mayhall's wooden mill, own ed and operated
by VIM. Beatty, of North Gray. is doing an un-
commonly large business this season. The net
profits of the mill are said to be some over
300 per day. Mr.. B. is making numerous inn
provements about the mill.
PENOBsCOT COUNTY.
E. d. Jewett, a member of the firm of E. d.
Jewett q Co., lumber merchants of ST. John,
died last week. He was a native of Gardiner
and for many years did business in Bangor.
PIscATAQu1s COUNTY.
The First Maine Heavy Artillery will hold
its reunion at Dover, Sept 9Th.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Somerset county fair will be held at Show
hogan Oct. 9TH, 9th and 7th.
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A Sharp Robbery.

Saturday night an officer from Standish
stopped at the Perry House who was in search
of a man who had accomplished a sharp rob-
berry. He went into a field, on the farm OF a
man in Standish, on Wednesday afternoon,
yoked mp pair of fat oxen that girted about
seven feet, and drove them into Portland
reaching the city at 10 a. M Thursday. he
then drove the cattle to Bests, in Westbrook
and sold them for about 5000, took a note for
the same, had it discounted at the First
National Bank 1--WE think it was) and cleared.
The officer had been hunting for the cattle
every where aud finally traced them to Best's
who bought them in good faith supposing
tbey belonged to him.
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Notwithstanding Rally at Fairfield.

acknowledgements Rally at Fairfield.
FAIRFIELD, Aug. q.
Friday night the fusionists threw their flag
to the breeze and held their first rally The
posters announced discussion between S. S.
Brown and A. G. Andrews of Augusta, and
gave also an invitation to all to "attend and
hear both sides of the question: This dodge
was little thin as both speakers are well
known fusionists. The flag bears the names
of Weaver and Chamberlain and HI. NJ. Plais-
ted. 1t was noted by several that there was
no attempt at cheering the Presidential candi-
dates, though cheers were in abundance for
Plaisted, the flag, band and speakers. Evil
IDENTITY it was feared that GOODNESS would be
thrown over the meeting if any were attempt
ed. Mr.. Andrews devoted himself to national
questions and Mr.. Brown to State matters,
though the Fairfield and Skowhegan cases
were not reached at adjournment The at
tendance was fair, many Republicans going to
hear MIR. Brown explain his connection with
the count-Out. SETH.
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us from all SIM &c. The two points which
the Doctor elaborated were: u the cleansing
power of the blood of Christ; ~ the condition
on which the blood is applied to the heart of
the sinner.
At $50 p. m. woman's missionary society
was held at the stand, addressed by Mrs. DIR.
Lowrey assisted by Mrs. Clark and others.
In 1.-THE evening a general prayer meeting
was held at the stand, participated in by
several of the clergy and others.
This forenoon Rev. L. r. Dunn. ID. d.. of
New Jersey will preach.
This camp-meeting closes to-day.
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A Republican Flag Mutilated.

BETHEL, Aug q.
F.. M. Fogg has been here and delivered his
fallacious harangue and gone to other places
to deal out his vile vituperatons against the
ministry, and his sneers at religion. The le-
Ultimate results of his talk bore fruit Friday
night in the mutilation of the Republican flag,
the name of Daniel F. Davis being cut off and
other damage done. Another flag will be
thrown to the breeze and we serve notice upon
the vandals that if such acts are upheld in
Alabama they will not be tolerated in Maine
The people will speak on the 18th of Septem-
Der and they will not only condemn the count
out but rebuke vandalism and the Portland
convention by voting for honest Frank Davis.