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RAILROAD COMMISSION RULES.

We publish elsewhere certain rules
adopted by the Railroad Commissioners
yesterday for their own guidance in the
performance of their functions. The main
interest of these regulations to the public
ought to consist in the light they throw
upon the extraordinary powers conferred
upon the Railroad Commission by the
Constitution. 1t will be seen that so
utterly unhampered by responsibility of
any kind is this tribunal that it is only as
a voluntary grace on its part that parties
concerned in its decisions are permitted to
appear with counsel, and to be heard.
The Constitution does not require the
Commission to extend this measure of
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An ABUSED coMMUNIrY.

New York is a great and wealthy CON-
munity, but it cannot get its streets
cleaned for all its wealth and greatness.
1t has been shown that their filth is iniuri-
Gus to the public health, that it is disgrace
full, that it is the result Of rank and fragrant
corruption and incompetence on the part
of the Street Commissioners. But when,
after many months agitation of the sub
ject, bill is at last brought before the
Legislature comforting upon the Mayor
the power to do this necessary work, it is
at once Pounced on by the politicians, and
despite the most strenuous exertions, the
most earnest appeals, it is defeated.
And now the people of New York are
holding indignation meetings, and the
papers are denouncing the Legisla.
ture, but all to no purpose. It has been
proved, for the thousandth time,
hat when there is question of
plumber on one side, and a question of
public convenience or comfort on the other,
the first will invariably outweigh the
second. It has been shown, that is to say,
that the taxpayers and voters OF New
York are really not free, and really do not
possess the blessing of self-government.
They are governed by politicians who are
governed by thieves, and it is always the
interest of the thieves that carries the day
in contest Of this kind. How long New
York will swelter in her filthy streets
remains to be seen, but it is clear that she
has nothing to expect from Albany, and
that thus far she has not had the organiza-
tion, the strength, or the luck, to succeed
in MANAGING her own affairs.
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A CLEAN OF LIGHT.

Here is little dispatch from Washing
ton which appears to mean something ::
" Secretary kirkwood, on the advice of
the President, to-day rescindod last
"week's Pension Bureau appointments, and
" required the 720 applicants to submit to a
" competitive examination. That is the
first indication we have seen of determi-
nation on the part of the new Administra-
ton to apply the principles of civil service
reform, but it must be admitted that it
shows very pronounced disposition that
way. 1t is very much better than any
quantity of executive manifestoes, issued
only to serve as texts for ephemeral
comment, and destined to be forgotten
almost as soon as the ink on them is dry.
And what CONSERVATION must have been
occasioned among the 720 applicants for
places in the Pension Bureau. At once
they are brought face to face with the
depressing fact that the old methods of
log-rolling and wire pulling have become
useless to them that they cannot float
into office on the recommendation of their
Congressman that they must, each and
every one, first prove their fitness.
1t is highly probable that this &C
ton of Secretary Kirkwood will have
the immediate effect of thinning
out the 720 applicants considerably. Those
among them who know that they are not
capable of passing an examination will
naturally decline the ordeal, and we
should not be at all surprised if this class
included two thirds of the entire batch of
applicants. Those who believe themselves
able to pass an examination will have to
take their turn, and as no doubt the appli-
cations outnumber the vacancies very
greatly, it is clear that many disappoint-
ments must be encountered by these adven-
turers. The general outcome, however,
will be salutary. 1t will tend to discour-
age the place-hunters generally. 1t will,
perhaps, convince many persons that ''the
"post of honor is the private station, ,
and disillusionze them in regard to the
Vaccinations of official life at Washington.
We sincerely hope that this is an experiment
the principles of which will gradually but
steadily be applied to all the Departments,
and that President Garfield may thus be
the means of relieving Congress of the
opportunities and prosecutions to which
the greed of Office has made that august
body so liable.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-16
TIE BEST PAPER

Published in California to-day, for the family, the
business office, the shop, the market and the field
is THE SACRAMENTO WEEKLY UNION, issued in semi
weekly parts, the two making up paper OF sixteen
large close pages, the whole furnished by mail, pre-
paid, one year, for 50 50. The advantage of the
UNION in being sent out twice each week must be OBJ
yiOus to all. 1t brings the oftener and fresher
to every reader, and thus forestas the intelligence
in the old style OF weeklies But the UNION is also
the best paper in matter of all kinds It's editorials
are bold clear, positive and logical its miscellany
choice, chaste and varied; its news departments
full, fresh and from the most approved sources; its
market quotations reliable and its correspondence
from the best of writers.
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SEND THEM HOME, mR. PRESIDENT.

a Washington dispatch says "the Pres.
"ident is reported to be much annoyed by
1.-THE presence in the city of large num-
der of Federal office. holders, who are
here to look after their own reappoint-
"ment or to help friends secure some posi-
IS ton, and it is currently reported among
the Senators that he intends to issue an
{" order directing all such officials who are
"absent without leave to return to their
g homes within week, under penalty of
removal if they do not do so. We
trust that this is not an idle rumor, but
that the President really means to do what
is spoken o.. One of the first necessities
of Civil Service reform is to make the
Federal office-holders understand that they
are engaged and paid to do the work of the
public. and that they are neither pen.
sioners nor dependents upen factional
bounty or caprice, hut men under strict
and definite Obligations, owing all their
time to the public, and in no way excus.
able for wasting it in hunting reappoint-
ments or other offices at Washington. II
is time this kind OF thing was put down,
and we shall be extremely gratified ii Pres
ident Garfield takes it in hand, as indi-
Gated.
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of the bondholders being willing to accept
postponement, the proportion would have
been reversed that is to say that three
fourths of them would have demanded
immediate redemption. The result of this
must have been the collapse Of the plan,
since the Secretary would not have had
the coin wherewi.h to discharge his obi
cations, and even if he could have paid off
the greater part of the skies, the whole OF
the fives would have been practically dis
honored. The interest of the Government
of course is to have as many as possible
prefer deferred payments, but this could
only be brought about by making it an
object to them to leave their money on
loan, though at reduced interest. Three
and half per cent at the present time is
sufficient to constitute this inducement,
but less than that would not do it. The
success of a three.and- half per cent re.
funding scheme, in fact, may be regarded
as an additional proof that the Congress
sional plan could not have succeeded, and
that the veto of President Hayes was
therefore providential and necessary.
It seems that in the present case every
body is satisfied, however, and that is
thing to rejoice over. The Greenbackers
appear to think that Secretary Window
has somehow scored point for them, not
withstanding the obvious fact that this
whole arrangement has been brought about
by Wall Street, and that it suits the wick
ed banks completely. 1t is fortunate that
for once the contending factions should
have found common standing ground in
this way, though we apprehend that pres
emily the Greenbackers may come to per-
ceive that Mr.. Window has not been plow-
ing with their heifers, and that he has
been perpetratins the objectionable sin Of
basing his action upon the counsel OF tinan-
cial experts. As long as the new funding
scheme prospers, however, perhaps it will
not matter much what is said of it by those
who do not understand their own theories
well enough to know when they are being
| trayersed
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Observation-Disclosures Tnkcn.

PORTLAND, April 15sh-A man named
Burnside, living on the Lower Columbia,
near Knappa, left q few days ago for Astoria
in small skiff, with a load Of net floats.
Since then nothing has been seen or heard of
him, and fears are ents, tanned that he has
been drowned.
Snake and Clearwater rivers are both very
high, aud boating is good.
j. w. Dickinson, of Abequa, Marion
county, while handling a rifle cartridge yester-
day, met with very serious accident. The
cartridge exploded in his hand decorating the
flesh in very painful manner. The sight Of
one eye is almost destroyed, and his face
painfully burned with powder.
Dispositions of number of officers of the
0. r. and n. Co. have been taken here to be
used in a suit brought by dissatisfied New
York stockholders of the old Oregon Steam
Navigation Company against the o. r. and
n. CO., in the New York Supreme Court.
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Says the Idaho Statesman /. The irri-
eating bitches that are being taken out of
the Payette this season will cover land
enough to more than double the settlers in
that valley. The ditch at EmmettsviIle
will extend seven or eight miles down the
valley, and will cover all the land between
the foothills and the river, a strip from
three to four miles wide. 1t will make
room for hundred more families. Gov
ernor Stewards ditch, taken out near the
Payette Station, II miles below Emmetts.
vile, will irrigate nearly as much more
land, which viii add very much to the set
Element in that neighborhood. c. J. Sims
ditch, taken out near the source of Stew
arts ditch, will carry $4,000 inches of
water.
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OREGON.


THE DALLEs, April 15th.-At o'clock
this morning j. B. Dicl1ersons barn was de-
stroyed by fire, totally consuming q lot of
hay. oats and barley, and burning four horses.
The loss is about 81 600. The fire is supposed
to have been Of incsndiarv ORIGIN.
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Oppos,,ion "a n Pes,.,,ousc,

NAPA, April 15th.-Ihe City Board Of
Health yesterday attempted to build pest
house on the County l. t,mary lot. Many
citizens objected to this, and during the night
the building was tern Gown ard scattered
along tae road.
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CALIFORNIA.
The Fares and Freights. auestion-Farm.
crs' ConyentI6H.

crs' ConYentI5H.
SAN Francisco, April 15th.-A number Of
railroad men appeared before the Railroad
Commissioners to-day, including MesSrs.
Stanford and Towne of the Central and South.
eru Pacific, Davis Of the Santa Cruz Narrow
Gauge, and Peter Donahue Of the North
Pacific. All protested against the right OF
the Commissioners TO FIX rates Of fare and
freight, but suggested that the rates now in
force be adopted by the Commissioners, to be
modified as circumstances may require. At
this point the matter was laid over until to-
morrow.
The Farmers Convention met again to-day,
but after considerable discussion concluded
that it would not be expedient to attempt to
do anything at present, snd further action
was deferred until next September.
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PACIFIC COAST.

l HOhE Us JUNO Us
LAST NIGHTS DISPATCHES TO THE RECORD.
UNION.
HORRIBLE AFFAIR NEAR CHICO.
"A Man Shoots His Wife arJ Her Mother
and then himself.
The QUESTION OF FARES AND FREIaHrs.
vigorous Opposition at Eapa to a Pest
House.
Etc...........,......E ic.......,.. .......Etc.
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MONTEREY, April 15th.-The following are
among those registered at the Hotel Del
Monte to-day Mrs. Governor i. Z. Feuton,
r. E. Fenton, Jr, E. Haw!ey, New York ;
Edward Curtis, San Francsco; A. NJ. Inger-
soil, Mrs Z. Ingersol. Charles Henry, c.
Wicker, Mrs. w S. Holmes, Miss T. w.
Holmes, Boston; II. f. Ross and wife, Miss
Maggie Ross, Lassen county k. D. 5.
Gregory, Salinas
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SAN Francisco, April l5th.-The Grand
Commandery, knights Templar, met to-day,
heard the annual address Of the Grand Com
mander and received reports Il committees.
Probably D.Owned- uiga Nater-SeriOus
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The brown EMnd-MeelLng ID SAN Io.c.

held at the California Theater this evening,
to take steps toward raising funds for the
benefit OF the widow Of " Ossawatomie
Brown" j. !. Owen presided, and L. K.
Dunlap acted as Secretary. After some in
formal talk committee of six was appointed
to get up an amateur entertainment, to raise
funds. The meeting adjourned to reassenble
at lie call Of the ChairInGn.
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Most Horrible Trascdy-DoubIc Murder
and Suicide

CHICO, April l5th.-A most horrible trag-
edy took place near Dayton, seven miles from
here, this evening about dark Henry Swear
ingen, SON in. law of Mrs David Boucher,
after accompanying her home in company
with his wife, shot Mrs Boucher. and then,
upon his wife turning toward him, fred the
second shot at her. wounding her in the heshy
part of the arm. Seeing that she was not
mortally wounded, he caught her in his arms,
and placing the pistol to her breast fired
again, the ball taking effectin her left breast,
killing her instantly. lie then turned the
weapon upon himself, and sent a ieaden mes
senger crashing through his brain, causing
instant death. All the parties were
in town to-day, and there had been some
family trouble between them but general
understanding was had and Swearingen was
to have taken the train for Missouri to-mor-
row morning. Mrs. Boucher is the widow of
the late Senator David Boucher of Butte
county. Swearingen evidently was deter
mined upon the act, as be, while in town to-
day, bought the pistol, and also had on his
person bottle of strychnine. An inquest
was held by j. o. March, Justice of the
Peace at Dayton, and the body of Swear
ingen has been brought to Chico, and now
lies at the Morgue. Sweariugen has borne
coed reputation, and was only married few
months ago, when his whole disposition
seemed to change
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HORRIBLE AFFAIR NEAR CHICO.
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Asst NIGHTS DISPATCHES TO THE RECORD.
UNION.
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Vigorous Opposition at Eapa to a Pest
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The QUESTION OF FARES AND TREIaHrs.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-04-09

FOR THE PURCHASE or TRIPLE
PLATED SPOONS AND FORKS.
Persons having occasion to purchase
silver plated spoons or forks, win do well
TO observe the following:
KxTRA PLATE is NOT TRIPLE PLATE
Triple-plated Spoons and Forks have
the following numbers stamped on the
back-Teaspoons, No. 6; Dessert Spoons
and Forks, No. 8; Tablespoons and Forks,
No. IL. All goods not having these mum
bers stamped on the back of each spoon
and fork are not triple plated, but Of in
ferior quality. Remember these numbers
and you cannot be deceived Gut this out
and take it along with you when you 60
to purchase.
The best assortment Of ell qualities can
be found at w. l.. JONES,
febl4-tf. Next to Everett House
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The Milkman Who Stopped
a Dog Fight.
Detroit Free Press.

Yesterday afternoon two dogs
got into dispute on Fourth street,
near Michigan avenue, and from
growls they came to bites. They
were pretty evenly matched, and
the contest continued until a crowd
of fifty people had formed a circle.
Pretty soon a misunderstanding
person halted, watched the fight
for half minute, hurried out on
the avenue and said to a milk
dealer.
my good man, a dog fight is a
brutal spectacle, .and it lies in your
power to end this one"
How 2"
"Drive right through the crowd
and over the animals. I'll war
rant they'll stop their bloody work
tefore they'll be trodden under
foot"
II guess I'll try it," unused the
milkman, and he gathered up his
reins, yelled at the crowd, and
drove for the dogs.
1t was bad drive on him. The
two fighters kept right On at, roll
ed under the horse, and the next
minute sixteen gallons of milk
were absorbed by the snow, the
driver was in drift, and the
horse was shooting up Fourth
street with the sad remains of the
old sleigh.
"Where-where in-where in
Texas Is that chap that put me up
to this?" gasped the milkman, as
they pulled him out of the snow;
but the sole answer was made by
a boy who pointed at the figure Of
a man under a plug hat travelling
toward the City Hall at the rate
of twenty miles an hour.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-04-09

A woman may be handsome OF
remarkably attractive in various
ways; but If she is not personally
neat, she cannot hope to win ad.
miration. Fine clothes will not
conceal the slattern. A young
woman with her hair always In
disorder and her clothes hanging
about her as If suspended from q
prop, is always repulsive. Stat.
tern is written on her person from
the crown of her head to the sol es
of her feet, and If she wins hus
band, he will turn out in al prob
ability, either an idle fool or a
drunken ruffian. The bringing
up of daughters to be able to work
talk and act like honest, sensible
young women, is the special task
of all mot ers, and in the indus
trial ranks there Is imposed also
the prime obligation of learning
to respect household work for its
own sake, and the comfort and
happiness il will bring in the fu-
ture. Homework il drudgery;
but ii must be done by somebody,
and had better be well than i'll
done
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The RahY.

The youngest Is always emperor
OF the household. Father and
mother, brothers and sisters, all
bend to his baby ldictation. He
can sow the parlor carpet with
cake crumbs, tilt over the plant
stand, spill the milk out of the
pitcher, and get nothing but hugs
and kisses for his rascality: he is
kept on the laugh and screech by
all the members of his family, and
their nerves are not. strained in
the least; he picks up The art of
talking without any trouble, and
"gives away" family secrets to
heightened callers, and is reward
ed by candles innumerable; he is
round and chubby, and sweet and
happy, and household affairs re-
volve in their orbits around him,
as though he Wers a grand central
sun, We pity family who hasn't
a youngest"
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win helped his wounded comrade
upon the only horse they had left,
and commenced retreat upon the
ststion, which was now three
miles away. The Indians rallied
and pursued, but at every advance
he would drop UPON his knees,
take steady aim. and an Indian or
his horse would surely bite the
dust. AT last they arrived i'm camp
and the enemy retreated and left
the field.
After much suffering Clark par
TALLY recovered from his wounds,
end now a residen, of California,
while Cutter, Moss and Grief lay
buried on a little hillock by the
roadside on old Smoky Hill route.
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MANHOOD.

Thy mhnGood is glorious thiag
o, stain it not with bride or shame;
And never let misfortune wiring
From thy true clasp thine honored
name.
Let no alluring sin beguile
Thy firm young steps to paths Of i'll,
Though tickle fortune fail TO smile,
Supreme in manhood stay thou still.
Thy manhood, lis seal He set.
Thy mothers God, upon thy brow,
And not jeweled coronet
Had ever such transcendent glow,
While thy young heart is undefiled,
And thou canst raise to man and
Heaven
An honest gaze, if sorrows child,
Still not from peace and mercy riven.
True manhood is the right alone
OF Gods own sons, then stain it not,
For never penitential moan
Efaced one sin's polluting blot
Remorseful centuries VII fail
The golden moments to restore.
Then trust thou not to veering sail
When leaving youths enchanted shore.
Let manhood be thy guiding star,
Its pure direction ever keep
1tleads to safety, and when far away
Thy boyhood's home and those who
weep
For thee, loved wanderer, blest if time
Shall find the true to manhood still.
The names that leads the poets page
Are those that kept the upright way.
-HEJEN RICH
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Whispering to him, / asked If he
| was a F'reemason, 10 which he re-
piled in the affirmative. Imme-
diately after this the guard was
ordered to march off with the sew
en- men who had been condemned.
We proceeded with them Il being
one of the guardl only a few hun
dred yards when we were ordered
TO halt and await further orders,
and in few moments freshly
mounted squad of fifteen men,
commanded by q lieutenant and
equipped for q raid, approached
us with orders from Col Mosby
that we should be relieved from
care OF the prisoners. Among the
number Of this relief guard was an
intimate friend of mine, to whom
related the circumstances in con-
nection with the lieutenant, and
also Informed him that he was a
Freemason. Being anxious to
learn their destination, question
ed him about the recent order, and
he informed me that they had
been commanded to take the pris-
oners across the mountains aud as
near to Sheridan's headquarters as
possible, and there TO hang them.
He promised me t at he would do
all he could consistently with
duty in behalf of the condemned
officer. They then proceeded on
their way, and several days elaps-
ed before | heard anything of their
movements. On meeting with
my friend. he gave me the follow
ing particulars:
They reached Paris on the
same night after leaving, and were
there met by Capt. Mounjoy, who
was returning from the valley
with batch of prison ers. Being
a friend of MounUoy's he took
the first opportunity of informing
him of the situation of the lieuten-
ant, and also informed him that
he was a Freemason, and request
ed that he try to save him. Upon
hearing this Mountjoy requested
an interview with the officer, and
Immediately afterward he cro ssed
the street to where he kept his
owD prisoners, and returned with
two OF them. These he presented
to the officer in charge of the pris-
oners as two of Custer's men,
whom he wished to substitute for
the lieutenant. After some hest
tation, and with the condition that
MOuntiov ahoilltl assuma all re.
sponsi6ility, the exchange was
made. The officer, after return
ing earnest thanks for his life, was
hastily transferred to a batch of
prisoners under the care of a SER
geant, who was told to make all
possible haste TO Gordonsville,
and especially to get out of Mos
by's dominions' before the break
of day. The others met their fate"