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A GOOD Beginning.

During the last session of Congress an
approximation Of five thousand dollars was
secured By Representative Davis, of the
First District, for the purpose of making
inquiry concerning the specialneeds of agri-
culture in the arid regions west of the
hundredth meridian. The purpose of Mr..
Davis in seeking this appropriation was to
open the door for more extensive and bene-
fetal Investigations into the requirements
of the dry regions OF California. Under the
appropriation as it stands an opportunity
Will be given to examine into the needs of
the San Joaquin valley and other arid sec
tions, and it is believed by MIR. Davis that
if the first results are such as to show the
Importance of the subject there viii be no
difficulty in persuading Congress to IL
crease the appropriation. To the end that
the most good may be got out of
the small amount at disposal, Mr..
Davis has suggested the cooperation
of the State Board Of Agriculture in
the undertaking, and we understand that
during the State Fair a meeting will be
held for conference with the Commissioner
of Agriculture, General lie Due, who is ex-
pected to visit California at that time. 1t
is needless to point out the value of such
an opening as Mr.. Davis has here sue
ceeded in making. By judicious manage
ment it will afford opportunity for inter
esting Congress in our arid plains, and in
duce that body to grant such appropria-
tions as will suffice to develop means of
meeting and overcoming the drawbacks to
agriculture which have thus far SO seriously
handicapped large section of our farmers.
Mr. Davis deserves much credit for his
thoughtfulness and activity in this connec-
ton, and we trust that the State Board of
Agriculture will be prepared TO advise
Commissioner lie Due as to the disposition
OF the fund in the way which will do the
most good,
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since the passage of the imbecile silver
bill; which has all the time been acquiring
greater dimensions yet which the politi-
clans have been absolutely afraid to deal
with, notwithstanding the extent of
the evil with which it threatens the people.
1t would be difficult to adduce more
conclusive proof of the utter folly of per-
mittIng Congress to control the currency,
than this fact constitutes Here we see
that both the great parties have allowed
process to go on which if not stopped
must result in debasing the currency hope
lessly, because they were both afraid of
alternating the vote of the most ignorant
and stupid element. At present the STA
bility of the currency depends entirely
upon the goodness OF the crops. Let these
fail for a single year, and gold drain will
set in which must result in the forcing of
silver into the place of gold as the standard
of value, and the consequent depreciation
of every dollar in circulation, from ten to
twelve or fifteen per cent. The immediate
effect of that would be the destruction of
more capital than the whole of that portion
of the public debt paid since the close of
the rebellion amounts to. This too would
be only the beginning OF disaster. But the
blind politicians obstinately close their
ears to warnings and remonstrances. and
daily imperil the we'll being of the whole
nation rather than run the risk of offend
ing small minority whose opinions are
not entitled to respect, because founded
on ignorance.
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The SCHROEDER CASE.

Judge Evans, OF the Superior Court of
Oakland, has denied the application for
bail made on behalf OF Schroeder In rem
dering his decision in the case he took oc-
casion 70 express his belief that tue plea Of
insanity was without justification, and that
the points taken by the defendants coun-
sci were of a very surprising character.
The counsel for the defense did not desire
the Court to explain its reasons for refus-
ing bail, but the Judge pointed out that he
was in measure forced to say what he
did, because Of the attitude OF the defense
in claiming bail as a right under the cir
cumstances. He therefore reviewed the
evidence at length, and dwelt upon the
evidence OF deliberate purpose in the ac-
ton OF the defendant, as also upon the
entire absence of testimony going to show
that d. Lcfevre had been guilt of seduc-
ton. The general effect of the Judges
decision was very unfavorable to the de-
Tense, counsel for which would gladly
have waived the explanation of the
Cont, and especially his severe animad-
versions upon the gross abuse Of the plea
of insanity which has been practiced of
late years in murder cases. Altogether
we cannot but regard the judicial opinions
delivered by the Superior and Police
Courts in this case as wholesome and
timely, and we trust that the result will
be to check that popular disposition to
condoue and justify murders of this kind,
which has done so much to multiply them.
Nor is it at all unnecessary that the public
should be reminded in this case, by success
sive judicial statements, that there has
as yet been no evidence produced to fix
upon DR.. Lefevre the commission OF the
offense for which 1t is alleged he was
killed. 1t is well that the attempt to pro-
cure bail has failed go signally, for had it
been otherwise there would have been
grave reason for doubling The application
of anything like justice in the case event
ually.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

Complications with Guatemala and Hon.
duras on the one side, and San Salvador and
Costa RIGA on the other, are threatening to
disturb the tranquility of Central America.
An Athens dispatch says: Volunteers are
enrolling everywhere. A camp is forming in
the environs OF the city, and recruits are drill
ing in the streets.
A Berlin correspondent reports that Col.
Prjevalsky has been liberated by the Chinese.
After the departure of the President from
Cherbourg, France, for Paris, the mob vio-
lently hooted Admiral Ribaurt.
Another detachment of marines has left
England for Ireland.
A Pesth dispatch says: A telegram from
Scutari reports that the Turkish Commits
sioners there are instructed to inform the Al
banians that Dulcigne will be coded to Mon
tenegro
The factory of VIM Heller, at Bishwick.
n. Y, was burned yesterday and $4,000
worth of frrs destroyed.
The French press, except Government
organs and few Socialist journals, loudly
protests against such high-handed attack
on its rights and liberties as the expulsion OF
Baron Harden Hickey, editor of the I'riboulet.
The Baron, however, was not citizen OF
France, and the authorities are strictly
within the law.
The Universalist Church. at Marblehead,
Mass, was burned by an incendiary yester-
day morning. The loss Is $50, OOO.
Montenegro has sent note to Servia ex-
planning the course she has taken in reference
to the Ottoman agent at Cettinje and re,
questing the Servian support. The Serviar
Commissioners have been recalled from vi
enna Some anxiety is felt as to the course
Austria will now take.
The Unite States Inspector of Steam Yes
sells, indicted at New York on charge o.
manslaughter in the Seawanahaka disaster
has filed bonds to answer the charge at the
October term Court.
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NOT MUCH OF A eoRMANDlzsR.

According to the telegraph DIR. Tanner
is eating enormously, but if the dispatches
which profess to give an account of what
he does eat are reliable, ne certainly can.
not be accused of gormandizing. 1t was
stated that he had eaten eighteen oysters
and eight ounces of milk for breakfast, and
fifteen oysters for dinner. If that ia re-
garded as huge eating in New York the
people there must have very slender appe-
titcs. It is difficult to see how the doctor
could have been more moderate in fact,
and if he does not consume more provision
in day than that it will take him long
time to make up for his fast.
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THE WORK OF THE STATE CON
VENTION

The Republican State Convention fin.
ished its work quickly. The nominations
for Electors are judicious and popular.
The Congressional nominations are fully
up to the average. Messrs. Page, Davis
and Pacheco have already been tested, and
their fidelity and industry need no demon
stration. Mr.. Knight bears high reputa-
ton in his district, and will doubtless
make a strong canvass. The fight in the
First and Fourth Districts appear at this
juncture to be the most serious, the latter
bsing normally a Democratic district, and
the former being chronically doubtful.
The unquestionable merits of Mr.. Davis,
however, insure him the strongest support
his party can give him, and it is on the
cards that the opposition vote may be d.
vided. The platform adopted by the Con-
vention is not as comprehensive as it should
have been. 1t appears, however, to have
been thought that in indorsing the Chicago
platform all necessity for separate
expression of ideas, save on the Chinese
question, wasremoved. The Convention did
not adopt a special plank ON the currency
question, but it did the next best thing in
indorsing the Chicago currency resolu-
tions. These are so plain that nobody
can play fast and loose with them, and
they are as far removed from Greenback-
ism as anything can be. They declare,
among other things, that " the order es-
tablished and the credit acquired should
never be imperiled. That the pensions
promised should be paid. That the debt
$50 much reduced should be extinguished
"by the full payment of every dollar
thereof" We are satisfied that no can
didate who stands on that platform or ON
the Republican County Convention plat
form will be mistaken for friend of fiat
money and reputation. The Democrats
have that unenviable distinction to them.
selves, and they will have every opportu-
nifty afforded them for making the most
of it, 1t is to be regretted that there
should have arisen any i'll feeling in regard
to some of the appointments on the State
Central Committee. Upon that body rests
the responsibility OF the conduct of the
campaign, and it ought to be left as free
as possible at the outset. We have no in
formation which justiies us III forming
definite conclusion as to the facts in the
case, however, and therefore shall not ex-
press an opinion upon it.
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w. Fl. Vanderbilt has created some ex.
element in Paris art circles by paying NJ.
Villegas $50, 900 for the latter's new paint
ing, IA Baptism in the Cathedral Of
Seville" There are multitude of figures,
and rich variety of bright costumes. H.
G. Marquand is lending to the Metropoli-
tan Museum very beautiful example OF
Villegas, who is one of the cleverest pupils
of the great Fortuny.
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SINGULAR CAsE.-The following is from

the San francisco Fost OF August lZsh
Atlas Fredonyer, the man who has a To-
ounce bottle in his colon. is lying at the
st. Mary's Hospital in critical condition.
This forenoon Drs. Murphy and Clarke
went out to see whether he is in condition
to undergo the operation of colotomy, but
up to our publication hour they had not
returned The bottle is described by FIRE.
donyer as of about the size and shape of
an ordinary receptacle of the quantity of
citrate of magnesia sold for two bits. 1t
is stated that it is not an unfrequent
practice in cases of the ailment
from which Fredonyer was suffering
to apply the remedy which has
resulted SO unfortunately in this instance.
The application has a cooling effect upon
the intestine and tends to stop the hem
orrhage 1t is represented on medical au-
thority that it is not SO very infrequent
that the bottle used hodges in the intestine,
but it is seldom that the use of instruments
does not suffice to remove it without resort
ing to colotomy. Three cases, it is said,
have occurred within the past year in
which resort had to be taken to the former
method to relieve the sufferers.
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t An autograph letter of Thomas Campbell,
sold recently in London, contains the fol.
lowing genial reference to Fuseli: " L
think this painter of devils little better
than devil in mind and conversation.
He is disgustingly conceited and overbear-
ing" Fuseli, with all his eccentricities,
had, as is well known, many engaging
qualities. The good story is told of him
that on leaving the house one day he called
out to the servant: "Give me my UNI
brella, for l am going to see one OF Mr..
Constable's pictures"
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Mining Company.-Location of mine, Amador
county Office and principal place of business.
that All meeting of the Directors Of said company
held on the 10th day of AUGU ST 1885, assessment
(No ls) of Two Cents per share was levied upon the
capital stock OF the corporations payable on or before
the 18th day OF SEPTEMBER, in U. s. gold in, to
the Secretary of the company, at No. 900 L street,
Sacramento. California. ANY stock upon which this
assessment shall remain unpaid on TUESDAY, the
14th day of SEPTEMBER, 1880 will be delinquent and
advertised sale public auction and unless pay
ment is made before will b, sold on SATURDAY,
4th day of OCTOBER, 1880, at tie Office OF the
company, at o'clock ?. NJ, to pay the delinquent
assessment together with costs OF advertising and
EXPENSE of sale. d. DIERSSEN, Secretary.
ofice-Corner Ninth and I streets, Sacramento.
August IL, 1850. aelS-las4wF
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Mr. Poynter, R. A., it is stated, is paint
ing Miss Violet Lindsay as Helen OF Troy !;
and Gustave Dore has in hand large pic
ture illustrating the text, "Come unto me
all We that labor and are heavy laden"
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4SRQiED,

San Francisco, August 10-By Rev. Geo. De F.
Folsom, f. II. Green, of Miilbrae. TO Carrie W.
Croker, of San Francisco
San Francisco August IL Philip Bradbury to Mrs.
Annie Hausman.
San Francisco, august S-John o'Brien to Matilda
Williamson.
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GENERAL NOTICES.

The PerrCme OF an Hemisphere
Throughout an area occupied by more than one
hundred millions of civilized beings MURRAY 4
LANMAN'S FLORIDA WATER is TO day the stand.
ard perfume in society. aulSlt
DR.. Ia Mars Seminal Pills cure all
cases OF Seminal Weakness, Loss OF Nigor, Noe
.urnal Emissions, Impotency, Nervous and Phys
cal Debility, and all that class Of complaints arising
from Excess Indscretion or Abuse. The old find in
this remedy A FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH, and the
young a safeguard and protection. DIR. LA MARS
SEMINAL PILLS restore the Sexual Organs, debilitated
from whatever cause, to their pristine ugor. Price,
50 80 per bottle. Sent @. o. d. by express to any
address, secure from observation. Address all orders
to A. McBoYLE & CO., Druggists, P. o. Box 1852,
San Francisco. au6.u
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

S0 knA $500, 5000, $500. s., 900,
trade off either Ct the above values In CITY 9ron
erty for improved country real estate Address
CARL sTROBEL, Commission Agent, s2I ] street.
Sacramento. auIe.ots
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SWIMMING BATH NOTICE

YvyaE NATAToRIUM Is NOW IN FINE ORDER,
j and universally admitted success and
sanitary blessing
DAYS-Ladies ely-Tuesdays, 8 A. NJ. to IL
noon; and Fridays, 2 to Pm.
Gentlemen, at all other times, A. N. to 10 P. N.
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A CARD.

HyHERE WAS AN ITEM IN YESTERDAY
mornings REcoRD UNION with the caption OK
again. "-"on Third street, between ] and * there
disturbance, etc wish to state to the pub.
lie that the above item has reference 10 the Mar
BILE Hall Saloon, whatever.
auiS-1ts MARTIN STARKE.
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1 CONSIDER Hammers Cascara Sagrada
Bitters superior medicine.
JOHN CLEAvE. Sacramento.
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OF course the main argument relied upon
by him when addressing California audi
ence must be the increased economy in
getting our products to market. He &C.
cordingly labors to show that his scheme
would cause saving of from "a, coo, 600
to Sc, 000, 900 year in grain ireights alone,
and that therefore it would be of immense
benefit to our producers. 1t may be ques-
toned whether his answer to the objection
that the opening of such line would de-
stroy the Oriental trade of San Francisco
was as fully appreciated as the other parts
of his argument. He tells the San Fran
cisco merchants that whatever loss they
experienced on this account would be
more than compensated in the increased
prosperity of the State at lorge. and lie
intimates that the Chinese trade in the
nature of things must be diverted if a rail
road is built across the continent with its
Pacific terminus at San Diego. This may
be true, but it is not calculated to satisfy
those who apprehend the loss of that COM
merce upon which they depend. 1t is,
however, evident that if the ship railway
is practicable, it is only question of time
for it to be built, for if it is feasible tits
so certainly remunerative PROJECT that
it must attract capital to it before long.
The whole history of transportation and
commercial development shows that
the tendency is always towards the
lines of least resistance. Ii our wheat can
be carried cheaper and quicker to Europe
by ship railway than in any other way.
the ship railway will be built. 1t is true
that such an enterprise may be postponed
by the completion of project which,
though presenting less advantages, yet
promises to supersede the existing methods
of transportation. The completion of the
Southern Pacific Railroad to tide water at
the Gull will revolutionize the wheat
freighting business, and it will offer
such great advantages over the old system
that it is probable it will hold the
business for many years. In these days
Of gigantic enterprises, however, COM
paratively small difference in economy is
sufficient to stimulate improvements on
the most extensive scale, and where COM
petition in transportation is so keen, and
production so large, it is evident that a
scheme of this character is not likely to
want for support. The ship railway may
not come in our time, or it may lie con-
structed within the next ten years. Men
nowadays do not rest content in the belief
that anything which promises to pay is
impracticable, and Captain Eads has GER
tainly demonstrated the thorough FEAST
bility of his project.
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HANCOCK AND ENGLISH

r Mathew Hail. X street, between Fifth and Sixth,
THIS friday EVENING, al s O'clock All persons
tavoring reform ard good government are invited.
Prominent speakers viii address thu Club on the
issues of ,he campaign. THoS. GUINEAN, Prest-
WN MINER Sec'y aulSIt
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JOEI III STEoN
brandy AND WINE MANUFACTUgING
COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA.

VNHE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
Il holders OF the Johnston Brandy at d Wine Man.
ufacturing Contrary II California for the election
of officers will be held at their Office 1915 Second
street, Sacramento, on MONDAY, AUGUST i6.
1880, at4P.N. JAMES |. FELTER, Secretary
Sacramento, August Is, 1880. suIS-St
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TELECRAPHIC.

u6G6OdtAblh tulSs
LAST NIGHTS DISPATCHES TO THE RECORD.
UNION
THE WEST JERSEY DISASTER.
Further Particulars Of the Excursion Ca
tastrophs.
REMARKABLE TRoTTING AT ROCHESTER.
Continued Proceedings of the Bankers
Convention at Saratoga.
PASSENGERS COMING WEST BY RAIL.
An Ohio Septuagenarian Mortally Wounds
His Son-in-Law.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS OF FOREIGN NEWS.
Robbery of Vessel on the Irish Coast
of Arms.
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ntEn

Yuba City, August 10-Charles Crowley Wilcoxon, ]
year. months and days.
Woodland, August S-John b. Winchell, 66 years
and months.
South Vallejo, August 9-Charles R. Brown,
years, month and Is DAYS.
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forced the door, and saw the marauders de-
parting in boats. Six men have been ar
rested, who evidently formed part of the
shore party. TLey were found lurking
about the road to Cork.
The Labor Troubles in Scotland.
LONDON, August 12th.-The iron makers
of the west of Scotland met at Glasgow yes
terday, and fully considered the position of
the iron and coal trades. They agreed that
the state of trade did not warrant an advance
in the wages OF workmen at present, and as
the strike of the Golfers and miners is gem
eral throughout Lanarkshire, it was resolved
that all furnaces in the country belonging to
the firms represented at the meeting be
thrown out forthwith.
The Midland Railroad Accident.
LONDON, August 12th.-The train which
met with the accident on the Midland Rail
road, between Leeds and Lancaster, yester-
day, was the local fast train running from
| Leeds TO Morecombe. All the persons killed
or injured belonged to that section. The
train left the track. passing the switch near
Wensington Station, at speed of thirty
miles an hour. The forward carriages tele-
scoped, aud the Others were piled on them in
a heap, but the serious casualties were con-
fined to the first two carriages
Railroad Building In Guatemala and
Nicaragua.
PANAMA. August 3d-A contract has been
signed in Guatemala for the extension of the
San Jose and Excuintla railroad to the capt.
tai, a distance of forty-tive miles. The con.
tractors are William Name and Louis
Schlessiuger, who have just successfully COM
pleted the section which runs from the prin-
cipal port of the Republic of Excuintla,
distance of thi-ty-three miles. The con,
tractors represent California company, and
have abundant means of accomplishing the
contract in eighteen mouths. F.
The Nicaragua railway is progressing
! rapidly, grading being nearly completed
from Corinto to Leon. The bridges, rails,
ETC., are on the ground, and it Is certain to
be open for traffic within few months.
All Jrs in the Caucasus.
ST. PETERSBURG, August 12th.-The dis
turbedand unsatisfactory state ofthe Caucasus
is seriously occupying the minds of the Rus
sian central authorities. The terrible desti-
tuition into which the greater part of the
country has been plunged by the acute fam
inc which began last autumn, renders it prob
able that the revenue of these provinces will
hardly pay the expense Of collection. A
general outcry has been raised against the
administration of this naturally rich
country.
/ Fatal Land Slide.
PARIS, August 12th.-A mass of earth fell
| Yesterday, and crushed two houses at
! Vieuxport, near Poitiers. Ten bodies have
| been recovered, and ten more are said to be
under the ruins The fall of earth was occa-
| stoned by an immense land slide, which de-
stroyed some large limekIlns.
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BORN.

Pekin, August 11-Wife OF F. Brindupky. SON
Near Chico, August o. Wife Of David Schneider, a
Chico, August 11-Wife of n. G. Emerson, son.
Near San Jose, August 4-Wife OF f. Leib, son
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Ar jrs i'm the Caucasus.
Fatal Land Slide.

PARIS, August 12th-A mass OF earth fell
yesterday, and crushed two houses at
| Vieuxport, near Poitiers. Ten bodies have
been recovered, and ten more are said to be
under the ruins The fall of earth was occa-
stoned by an immense land slide, which de-
stroyed some large limekIlns.