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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-12-05

HyHEsE MILLS ARE NOW IN OPERATION
i and are making superior grade Of FLOUR.
Orders solicited nl5-1m
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-12-05

The PROFESSOR will each evening give one Of
his Fashionable Magic Soirees, including the
ELECTRIC SLEEP, after wi ich the Present:
viii be distributed by Committee selected by the
audience, and not by any person on the stage.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-12-05

Low RENT, Tenth and streets. Ander.
son g. Hamm
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-06
FOREIGN FLASHES.

AID. John Whitaker Ellis, Broad street, land
agent and surveyor, has been elected lord may
or of London. He is a Conservative and q
Free Mason.
Phelps, United States minister to Vienna, has
asked to be relieved of his functions as soon
as his successor can reach Vienna.
The Irish bishops in resolutions adopted by
them at Maynooth college, say they expect their
f1ocks to avail themselves Of the advantages Of
tho lana act and urge tenant farmers to use tho
means provided in the act and every other
means In their power to improve the condition
of laborers.
Adispatch from Rome says tho destruction
caused by the earthquake in Abruzzo far OK
ceeds anything indicated by the first reports.
The Archbishop of Chicta appeals piteously
for help: He says the disaster is only compa,-
houses are uninhsbitable and the remainder
more or less issured Four -6fths of the pop
ulation are shelterless Abruzzo is former
division of the kingdom Of Naples, on the Ad-
riaae.
The Spanish minister sent the following
from New York: Christopher Columbus, duke
Of Vergua, descendant Of the inustrious Col
umbus, sends me the following telegram: The
American congress, assembled in Madrid for
the first season, unanimously asks you to con-
vey to the widow, mother and children of Gen.
Garfield, and to the American people, = sincere
expression of it's sympathy and coincidence of
the great loss experiencedby America.
Dr.. Edward Weldersheim, DR.. Ludwig
Schriener, julius Eberhart, and Ludwig Clock
Of Hohenheim college, Wertemberg, Germany,
the gentlemen composing the commission sent
out by the Canadian government to examine in
to the agricultural resources Of Manitoba and
report thereon, have completed their exsmina-
ton and spent last Sunday in Duluth, on their
way to Ottawa They were walled upon by .
delegation of German citizens, who marched
them up to Turner hall and entertained them in
pleasant time was had.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-06

BY outing the abdomen; lifting the stomach
hsve cut through the back; sawed
thfougha rib, Or done something else equally
futile, as we did not know where the ball was.
It would have been plain that the ball was en-
cysted, 60 it was not an important factor. Again
even il no particles Of bone had been carried
forward into the soft parts Of the body, the in
jury to the vertebra would have produced fatal
results as rotten pieces Of the bone parenthexs
would have resulted, and this distracted pro-
cessos attending it would have entered to the
spinal cord, producing paralysis with ell it's at
tending evils. And then il tho president had
survived sufficiently long an abseess would
have resulted. If the ball had been removed
promptly without serious surgical interference
death would have resulted In the light Of the
autopsy it was fortunate that no serious attempt
was made to extract the ball, for by the con-
servative course pursued the greatest comfort
was secured tor the president and his life pre-
served the longest possible PERIOD As for
determining tho course of the ball, pr. Wales
and myself both tested it at first with the ftp
ger, but were stopped by the broken tiS: t:.a9 l9
with the treatment Of the presidents wound,
and bell we the profession will admit, when
the report is made, that the wound was mortal.
It was only question of time when the pres
dent would die -
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-06

HIS majesty King Kalakaua, of Hawaii,
Sandwich Islands, has arrived in New York
from trip rou~d the world, which lasted
over nine months. He says what most i'm
pressed him in Europe was the electric ex-
position at Paris. He comes back with the
conviction that after all, the Hawaiian Is-
lands nave the most perfect climate in the
world. It is never cold there, and never
hot, but there is delightful mean. which
is exceedingly pleasant, and enables one to
wear the same sort of clothes all the year
round. King Kalakaua and his staff are
interested in the subject Of immigration and
would be glad to have a still larger infusion
Of Americans among the population of his
realm, which now contains only sixty
thousand
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-06

BEN. PER1EY PooRE, for forty years a
Washington correspondent, says that Gen:
eral Robert Toombs,-Bob Toombs they
call him down South-is the greatest of
living debaters. Nature has favored him
with figure of maaly beauty and strength,
but she left his head "rough-cast" Un-
combed gray locks, formerly raven black,
are piled over and around his broad, high
forehead, and the dark, smooth skin of his
face is plowed by deep lines of thought and
care. When excited his eyes glow like
Goals of fire., his arms are thrown about
like the sails of q windmill, and he rattles
out his sentences like the discharges of q
Gatling gun. Although an ''unrepentant
rebel, who will not bow down to the
old flag and an appropriation. he is very
agreeable socially. He takes great interest
in Scottish Rite Freemasonry;; having at
tanned the thirty third degree, and he is
well posted in the work. T..
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-06
FIRES AND OTHER GAS ALTIEs.

The tornado that wrecked Quincy, ILL, or a
side show accompanying it, brushed the village
Of Camden near Rushville, destroying public
buildings, houses and barns in its track, killing
one woman and causing loss Of $15O,O0C.
At Lafayette, Ind, the Mohr L. Mohr distil-
!ery and contents, valued at Pl25, 900, owned
by stock company and operated by Paul F.
Mohr OF Cincinnati, was completely destroyed
BY tire Sunday. Total amount of insurance,
$e1,S25-about $4,000 with Cincinnati
companies
An excursion train to fair in London, Con-,
came into collision with freight train at
Orwell Five of the nine passenger coaches
were completely wrecked Two passengers
and three others were killed outright. Several
are missing and are supposed to be buried in
the wreck. Abouttwenty were severely wound
ed and large number slightly The dead are
Willie Cook Of Aylmer, w. Ainsley and SOD,
driver and fireman of the excursion train, and
Two young men, names unknown
An Emporia, Kansas, dispatch says that on
Thursday storm in the west soon turned into
violent and destructive cyclone. Dark, green
ish clouds made their appearance, which at
tracted attention, but were not believed to be
fraught with danger at this season of the year.
1t was one Of the most destructive storms that
ever visited that section Of the state. There
are now lying four dead bodies of people killed
by the storm. As many as score of buildings
were utterly demolished. The loss OF property
will be very great, and 2 large number Of peo-
pie were injured by falling timbers, etc.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-06
Origin of sslJnclc Sam, -

At the time of the war with England in
1912, an army contractor bought at Troyr
N. Y, large quantity Of beef and pork foo
the soldiers. The casks containing tht
meat are branded "E. A.-U. S." The lirs,
two letters were the contractors own initialse
the last two stood for United States. TIL
workmen engaged in handling the provi-
sions did not understand the letters, how
ever, ~. S." as an abbreviadon for United
States being new at that time. One of the
army provision inspectors was named Sam
uel Wilson, called familiarly "Uncle Sam. .
The laborers asked the man who marked
the casks what the letters stood for. Being
given to jokes, he told them that u. s."
meant "Uncle Saln," the meat inspector.
The joke found favor at once, and spread
throughout the country. The name as So
briquet Of the United States government
has been popular ever since.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-06
What an Old Friend Says of Lincoln.

Mr.. Weldon, Of Bloomington, ILL.,. who
in early life was associated with President
Lincoln, when asked recently whether in
those earlier years, when he practised Inv
with him, he thought Lincoln to be the
great character he afterward became. re-
piled, mo, to be frank about it, did not.
Lincoln was not a student. He would read
the ne yspapers, but he had very little
book learning. he was not a man of ap.
plication, even IN the law. He would
practice the law to support his family, ;: ::and
he kept in the line of what people were
talking about; but for learning he seemed
to have no great curiosity nor passion. He
affected me as very interesting man on
account of his humor, geniality and his
pretty general effectiveness before the jur.
les Of our state. In point Of fact, the
greatest of Lincoln's qualities was mis- ora
tory, by which mean not only the beauty
and clearness with which he expressed
himself, but the remarkable style in which
he composed his speeches. He belonged
TO the type of the orators, and it is as
On orator that the public must remember
him, even though unconsiously. A GER
tain turn he gave to his enunciations touched
both the intellect and heart. There he
was a master. As story-teller he was de-
cidedly the best ever knew, and that was
great faculty through Illinois.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-06
CURRENT NEWS.
RAILROADS,

The rumors that Gen. Hauptof the Northern
Pacific would resign are again current and are
gaining general credence in railway circles.
The receivership of Timothy case has ter
minated with the Green Bay y Minnesota
road, and the new corporation will DO formally
named the Green Bay, Winona \ St. Paul
A meeting of tho general freight agents Of
the Northwestern, and Chicago, Milwaukee h
ST. Paul roads was held in Ch cago Monday.
They agreed upon uniform grain rates to and
from all common points on their roads.
Intelligence from the north shore OF Lake
Superior is that new survey has been made
locating the line of the Northern Pacific rail-
road some miles further north from the lake,
head waters OF the Moose river. 1t ia said that
the change will gain about q s $l,OO0,OOO for
the Canadian Pacific railroad company.
A construction train, on the Des Moines and
Northwestern railroad, at Greenbria township,
Iowa, few the track. Tho train consisted Of 4
locomotive, six fiat cars and cabOose, and was
carrying construction party to work on the
line. All the cars left the rails. and the caboose
was badly smashed. Three men were killed
outright and thirty more or less injured. The
names OF Of the killed are NJ. Reardon, John
Murphy and c. ]. Gilbert.
In the Wisconsin Supreme court, In the
case Of Kelly W. the Chicago Milwaukee 4 St
Paul railway company, Judge Taylor decided
that fatal accidents occurring in railroad yards
are necessarily conse sequence of the manner of
doing business; that switchmep must be aware
OF the character Of their work, and that..de-
ceased had full knowledge of his business long
before he was killed. Decision was rendered
IN favor Of the company.
The Chicago Il Northwestern railroad COM
pany that have made Redwood Falls the ter
minus Of their branch line from Sleepy Eye for
several years, will, AS soon as spring opens, ex-
tend their line west to Marshall, Mimi, in
Lyon county. The Minneapolis & St. Louis is
pushing fast to Redwood Falls as the object
i've point flor this winter and in the early
spring will run Northwest near Granite Falls
and into Lac qui Parle county,
The following general order has been issued
by General Superintendent g. F. Hatch, of the
Chicago St. Paul, Minneapolis 4 Omaha rail
way, under date Of St. Paul, October l, 1891:
Hereafter all persons, before being appointed
to tho position OF either conductor or locomo-
tive engineer on this railway, must pass an ex
animation before board consisting of at least
two division superiDtendents and two divi ion
master mechanics, as to their knowle lge of the
general and special rules of the road. The
board will give each person who passes the ex-
animation satisfactorily certificate which,
after approval by the general superintendent,
will put the applicant in the line Of promotion
when vacancies occur.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-06
RECORD OF CRIME.

There is some talk Of ]ynching bee at In
dependence, Mo the victims being the alleged
train robbers.
{, The dead body of Nettie Jordan, s'one more
unfortunate" was found in the Scioto river at
Columbus. o.
The postoffice safe vas blown open at Lake
Mills, Iowa, by some unknown thief or thieves,
and $500 stolen. Postmaster Hull offers
reward of 5000 for Tho arrest and conviction
of the pertrators.
Ike Stockton, one Of tho leaders of the Stock
ton and Kridge gang of desperadoes, who are
wanted in New Mexico for murder, arson, rape
and other crimes was fatally shot while resist
ing arrest at Durango, New Mexico.
Henry Medgry was executed at Titusvi]le,
Pa, for the murder of an inoffensive old man
named Moore. The condemned made con-
fession of the crime. He said he had killed
seven men. He was unrepentant until the
last
The jury on the trial Of VIM Ryan at lnde-
pendence, Mo-, for participation in the robbery
Of the Chicago & Alton railroad train at Glen
dale. Mo-, October |, 1879, have returned
verdict of guilty. Ryan was sentenced to twen-
ty five years in the peniteLtiary:
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-06
WINDOWS Resignation.

From a source only less anthorative than
would be the utterance of Secretary William
Windom's own lips, the Pioneer Press learns
that the present head of the treasury insists
that President Arthur regard his resignation,
rendered upon the present executive session,
as bona fide and accept it at once,
accordingly, in order to give the tenderer time
to reach St Paul before the 10Th of this
month, the date of the assembling of the legis-
lature in special session. The same authority
gives Mr.. Windom's reasons for resigning.
First, he can leave the treasury
now with the eclat Of never having
made q mistake. tut having proved
one of the best financial heads the country
ever had-one under whose comparatively
short regime, millions Of dollars present, and
tens of millions prospective, have been and
will be saved the nation. Second, he does
not propose to take the chances Of being in
timately connected with an administration
which may make some grave mistakes, some
Of the odium from which will, in tie very ma
ture of things, attach to the cabinet He pro-
poses to come to st. Paul and ask that he be
returned to the seat in the senate which he
resigned to take the treasury portfolio. The
information here given may BE relied upon as
accurate, and was told the Pioneer Press re-
porter with no uncertain sound.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-06

THERE is great deal of discussion in
the papers about the surgical treatment of
President Garfield. Physicians. and lay
men as we'll, are filing the papers with
speculations in regard to the result had
other treatment prevailed; but after all, it
must be said, that in the light afforded by
the autopsy, the critics and volunteer coun-
sellors outside Of the case appear to no bet
ter advantage than the physicians in at
tendance, nor are their valid reasons for
questioning the opinion, attributed to DR..
Hamilton, that the president was doomed
to death from the moment that Guitteau's
bullet struck him,
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-06

A FUND has been raised for the mother
of Gen. Garfield, but she cannot live long
to enjoy it. The fund for Gen. Carrie Id g
widow will probably reach half million
dollars. A respectable sum has also been
raised for the erection of a monument over
the remains of Gen. Garfield now reposing
In the cemetery at Cleveland. There seems
no limit to the public generosity when the
sympathetic chords are struck Alright. In
fact the limit of what would bs desired or
accepted by the family of Gen. Garfield is
doubtless far below that of what would be
the wish and action of the community.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-06

THERE are now SO. .0O0, 900 gallons of whis-
ky in store in Kentucky, representing, with
unpaid tax, perhaps $l5O,0O0,O00. This
whiskey can remain in store three years
without payment Of the tax. So it appears
that however short the corn crop may be,
nobody is likely to fsmish for lack of whis-
ky-and really, il worst comes to worst, a
great many people who drink it might get
along just as we'll without it. The amount
of corn put into whiskey would go good
deal fnrther, in famine, if put into the
shape Of corn bread. Some people don't
seem to realize this fact.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-06
The tide of immigration continues to

THE tide of Immigration continues to
how with increasing force. Nearly 400, 600
men, women and children landed in New
York alone, since the first of January, a
vast increase over preceding years. The
commissioners continue to report that the
emigrauts are Of better class, as rule,
than ever before, and that nearly every one
brings a little capital, the result of econo-
my practiced in the cid country. Many of
these have got we'll settled OF the west and
all who were disposed to work got ready
employment at the high wages now pre-
vailing,
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-06

The new state capitol ediice of New
York, at Albany, is rapidly approaching
completion. The new quarters for the ex-
eoutive department have been furnished,
and will be occupied this week, and the
Legislature next winter will meet in the new
halls: 1t is one of the most palatial public
buildings in this country, and will have
cost, when finished, about $4,000, 900.
For that money it ought to be very great
building, convenient, and in every respect
the best, but there are reports that it does
not meet these requirements in some re-
sDecks
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-06

The Indianapolis journal remar Ks that
a point where it is adversely affecting local
shippers, and refers to ene road in particu-
lar on which through freight is being car.
ried at confessed loss, but to make up for
the sacrifices an increase of from three to
five dollars per car is being made upon
patrons living on the line. This is the nat
ural consequence; it is always the local
traffic which focts the bills for such costly
competitions as those now in progress.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-06
l,OTIS J. JENNINGS. who Wus editor of

LoUIs J. JENNINGS, who WAS editor of
he New York Times, aud conducted the
war against the Tweed dynasty, is now in
London, and in cablo letter to the World
says the first man to come forward with en-
couragement and friendly counsel was
Gen. Arthur, and that he continued the
fight until the thieves were overthrown.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-06

THE reason why United States troops
arc placed to guard the remains of Garfield
is, that information of a trust worthy char
acter was received to the effect that plot
was on foot to steal his remains from The
ault. AT first blush this seems to oghou-
lish, not to say devilish, to be true, but it
will be remembered that desperate effort
Was made. and come near success, to steal
the remains of President Lincoln. In both
cases, as in that of 4. T. Stewart, the infa-
nous Williams expected to reap large re-
wards for the return of the stolen bodies.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-06

The present rule Of the senate of the
Unitel States, is THAT the Office Of presi-
dent pro tempore is held at the pleasure of
the senate This rule was adopted in
1876, after long discussion, and under it
the majority Of the senate can make and un-
make presidents pro tempore at discretion.
So that whichever party gets control of the
senate at its forthcoming organization, and
elects president pro tempore can be beat
en- and al other president pro tempore be
elected by change Of one vote as parties
now stand in that BODY
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-06

EsPos1To. the alleged italian bandit,
whose identity Commissioner Osborne, of
New York. deemed to be sufficiently we'll
established as to warrant his extradition,
sailed last week for Rotterdam. When
taken aboard the vessel he burst into tears
and declared he was the victim Of a conspi-
racy. 10 say the least, the evidence ad-
duced at the hearing raised very grave
doubts of the identity of the man, and his
delivery to the italian authorities, for
almost certain execution. was question
able proceeding.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-06

A man who had done his ewn milking
employed boy TO do it; he shrunk the
milk one third in two weeks. The owner
resumed the milking and in two weeks got
the same as before. Atterward ne set
hired man to milk. and he shrunk the mix
tan mar cent. in two weeks; and in two weeks
more, the owner milking again, got as
much as before.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-06
Some Words From DIR. Bliss,

NEW YORK, Sept 3O.-Dr. W. W. Bliss. who
is preparing Ills report Oh President Garfield's
case for the medical record at the house of r.
Brady Of this city, sail this evening that he.
satisfied from his report that the treatment
could not have been different from what il had
been. The presidents wound was mortal,
said he. Any attempt TO remove the bali was
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-06
STRANGULATUS PRO kEPUBLICA
The Words Written by the President Iii
stead of His Signature.
Letter from Washington.

The Words Written by the President III
stead of His Signature.
Letter from Washington.
Among those who stood on the platform
at the railway station waiting for the funer-
al train was Steward Crump, the faithful
attendant on President Garfield until he
himself was laid on bed of sickness q
sufferer from an attack of nervous prostra-
ton, not malaria, as he emphatically in-
formed me. Iasked him something of
the presidents illness, and especially
as to the illusions under which he
was reported to be delirious. It will be
recollected that it was denied that the pres
ident had any delusions, but Mr.. Crump
tells different story. He says that the
mental wandering of the president was moi
confined to the moments just after awaken
ing from sleep. He said the illusions came
on at all times. As an illustration of this
he said that one day after the president
had lain silent long time he said:
"Crump, what are those men doing
there?"
"There are no men here, Mr.. President"
responded Crump.
Certainly there are," insisted the presi-
dent "and you must tell them, Crump
that cannot see them to-day. Tell them
to go away"
Mr.. Crump could not convince him that
he was laboring under a delusion, and
therefore he rose and said:
Gentlemen, the president cannot see
you to- day. You must 20 away now.
The president thanked him, and then
anxiously inquired if he had hurt the feel
ings of his imaginary intruders. At an
other time he was choking from an accumu-
lation of phlegm, and insisted that some one
had him by the throat, nor
would he be satisfied until Crump had
beaten off the assailant. It is i'm
probable that the president did not realize
the extreme danger of the situation. To-
day heard very interesting and some
what startling confirmation of this. It will
be recollected that it was announced that
the president had signed his name one day,
simply to test his nerves. It was before he
wrote the letter to his mother. The sigma
ture was said to have been good, but the
fact was concealed that the sick man wrote
something else of a very significant charac-
ter. He took the pen from the doctor, and,
thinking awhile, wrote these words:
"Strangulatus Pro Reputlica. (Stran-
gled for the Republic).
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-06

Adolphus's courage was up. Falling on
his knees, he cried, Angelina, dearest.
make me the happiest Of men by accepting
my heart and hand. Casting one look at
the great paw, Angelina thrilled In every
fibre as she replied sweetly, 20 Adolphus,
this js more than expected"