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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-15

You are accused" said the Austin
recorder to the culprit, "of having fired
gun twice within the city limits Did
you kill or cripple anybody"
mo, sir"
1T Is veyy serious matter to fire off
gun in the city limits and not kill any
body. Don't you know you are liable TO
be punished, very severely punished for
such carelessness?'
"Yes. your Honor; but there are some
very mitigating circumstances.
What are they, and how May Of
them are there?'
There are cats, your Honor, and from
the noise they make should thick there
were about thousand of them They
made worse racket than Wash Jones
Ireland did when they had that mt
gubernatorial discussion a. Houston
So you are troubled by cats?'
Eyes, your Honor. they worry me
nearly to death. and / fred ri them
twice. That's how / came to violate the
city ordinance"
Recorder lbrightening up)-"Come
here, prisoner. wish to consult with
you confdentially. Tell me, how many
I'D you killg"
Three with the first barrel and two
with the second"
splendid, Gloriousl What size
shot do you use when you violate the
city ordinance by discharging firearms
within the city limitss"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-15
Elevators In Hotels.

The burning of the Milwaukee hotel
repeats a warning which has often been
given people before, which is, that in the
event of fire the elevator shaft simply be-
comes funnel for the flames to draw
through. and instead of it being a means
of safety, it very soon becomes the vor-
tex of the fire. All large hotels should
be so arranged that people, in the event
flight of stairs without passing the ele-
vator at all. Then there should be SIM
pie directions posted in each room, ex.
planning to guests the course to take to
the nearest flight of stairs, and these pre-
cautions, together witch plenty of watch
men and fire-escapes, would prevent any
such murders as those perpetrated in
Milwaukee. They were no less than
murders, but just the same results
would follow in hundred other places
were fire to break out. Land has be-
come so valuable in the great cities that
hotels and tenament houses are run up
five. six and seven stories in height, and
to make every inch possible available
for rooms, the necessary stairs are neg
lected, AID no pains are taken to explain
to guests where the stairs can be found
in case of accident. Strangers come TO
a hotel; they are shot up to a certain
floor in an elevator; from sound sleep
they are awakened by an alarm of fire;
they rush to the elevator and find
column of fire; they do not know where
the stairs are; 10y this time the building
is filled with screams of frantic men and
women; utter confusion and panic fol-
low AMI in a little while all are lost.
Every state should make the most
stringent laws regarding every public
building, and when the state neglects
the duty, each city should see to
it that no unsafe public house should
ever get license, and that no more un.
safe houses shall ever be built.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-15
Va6 sort 0. kichiga,der.

A certain Michigander, who had long
succeeded in lodging certain creditor,
was few weeks ago cornered in the
Office of mutual friend, and the creditor
began:
"Sir, you have owed me S25 for year
past, and now 1 want to know what you
are going to do about?"
well, I'll think it over"
"There will be no thinking it over
my friend, II you don't pay me I'll sue
you"
You will?"
81 will, sir!'
Then you'll be certain to get judg-
ment. The party which brings the suit
always gets the verdict before Justice.
Knowing this, you will take advantage
of me?"
II WILL"
Very we'll. Now, then, deny that
I owe you dollar.
You do?"
II do, sir; but in case you want to
borrow $25 of me for week here it is"
II don't care whether you call it pay
ing or lending, SO long as 1 get my
money!" replied the creditor, and he
made out receipt in full and took the
money.
At the end of the week he was asked to
return the loan, but laughed at the alb.
surdity of the request. Suit was begun
to recover it, the mutual friend used as
a witness, and the plaintiff received
judgment in his favor and had a clean
recei It to show for the debt Detroit
Free Press.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-15
How 70 Run a Cooperative Store.

Philadelphia has cooperative store
with a present capital of $50 $50 and
real estate worth $4,000. 1t pays an
annual dividend to its shareholders OF
six per cent, and returns quarterly to
customers from four to nine per cent. on
their purchases. The manager says the
whole secret Of success in cooperation is
to start on a small scale and extend the
business slowly. To this rue he attri-
butes the success of the venture. 1t was
begun eight years ago by several men
who worked in a factory, and thought it
would be good idea to cheaper pro-
visions by buying in lots and then divid-
ing. They formed little society, and
kept their stock in a room of members
residence. Next they hired small
store, and from that the business has
grown to annual sales aggregating
$3.50, 600
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-15

81 use duck shot, it fetches them
every time"
I'm glad to hear that. I've been
using a size smaller when I violated the
city ordinance. Would you object to
lending ne your gum"
81 will lend it to you with pleasure"
replied the prisoner, "but your honor
must remember that you are liable to be
severely punished if you shoot off gun
inside the city limits and do not kill any
body"
"You can so, but do not let it happen
again Texas Siftings.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-15
Why There l. Social Pleasu e at Wash
lngton

Official people have, as a rule, u short
working day. They begin their labors at
9 in the morning and finish at in thc
afternoon. They have then very little to
think of except their own pleasure.
MANY of them are accomplished people,
and make fine nucleus for an interest
ing social life. Around them are gath
ering rich people who have nothing to
do. and who live here because in WASH
ington they find the most enjoyment.
These two classes make up the best So
ciety, and they give to the city an atmos-
phere of leisure that ought to be, II 1t Is
not. delightful TO the denizens OF other
and buster cities, where the rich people
are, as q rule immersed in the cares OF
commerce. Here there is no commerce.
With very few exceptions, the rich men
who are in business are in retail trade,
the duties Of which are too exacting to
permit those who engage in it to indulge
much in pleasures of any kind. Penn
sylvania avenue is q street of saunterers,
and there is no highway in Washington
where men push you out OF the way a.
they rush on in pursuit of their golden
idol. Some hours of every day are given
up to social duties and pleasures,
and this is the reason why New Years
day does not much differ from
every other day of the winter. said, a
while ago, that people from other and
buster cities than this ought to find a
grateful relaxation in coming here. /
said 'they ought to-" because i know
that many Of them do pot. l had in
mind what a prominent railway man
said TO me on Christmas day. We were
in a house where there we're great
many men, and it was ouly o'clock in
the afternoon. There we're not many
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-15

A GREAT MISTAKE Boys often think
it does not make any difference how they
live when they are young; that when
they come to settle down as men they
can leave all their wild ways and begin
again. Whenever they stop doing wrong.
they think they will be Just the same as
If they had always done right. But this
is great mistake. Everything boy or
man does helps to make him. Every
boy should be careful not to fall into any
bad habits he does not want to carry
with him after he grows up, for he will
find it very hard to throw them off.
Whatever he would like to be when he
becomes a man. he should try to be
while he is boy.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-15

At the close Of the performance of
THE Lady of Lyons" in Philadelphia
one night recently, Miss Mary Anderson
was presented by the State Fencibles
with superb crown of solid silver,
richly set with jewels. A pleasant pre-
sentation speech was made by Mr..
Charles Emory Smith. to which Miss
Anderson gracefully replied. Afterwards
she shook hands with him and personally
thanked each of the four officers and
sixty-four men of the Fencibles, who
had taken their places on the stage as q
guard of honor during the presentation.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-15

The memory of General A. ]. Myer,
cold Probabilities, is to be honored by
the erection Of fine granite and bronze
mausoleum In Forest Lawn cemetery,
Buffalo. The structure will be 20 feet
square at the base and 80 feet high, in
cluding . surmounting globe.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-15

1t is very usual now to decorate the
panels of doors. For this purpose it
would be impossible to find more ap-
propriate design than that of trailing
hops, carrying it out in the varied greens
of the foliage, relieved by the browns Of
the branch like stems.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-15

Texas news is monot onous; il is mui
derer escaped. o murderer captured, OF
q murderer hanged-always murder
Chronicle. You should state the case in
its proportions, about this way: One hun
dred murders committed; ninety muir.
derers escaped; ten nurderers captured
one murderer hanged. - Globe-Dem.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-15

One of his doctors says now that Mr..
Hendricks trouble was erysipslas, ag-
gravstsd by treatment for senile-
gangrene, which be never had.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-15

That high gastronomic authority, the
London Caterer, has come to the con-
clusion that the process of egg and
bread-crumbing fish is too often abused
by modern cooks.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-15
ZEPHYR WOOL.

GERMAN AND GERMA NTOWN WOOL, KNIT
ING AND EMBROfDERISG SILK. CAN
VASES. FELlS. all kinds Of Fancy work.
LADIES UNDERWEAR, MISSEs' AND chill
DRtS'> UNDERWEAR
INFANTS COMPLETE WARUROBES.
PIECES-t27 90. - PIECEs-sS 70
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-15
MEN AND WOMEN,

Boys arc ..rls anyone WI, wants he I. pleasant en-.
will send their name and posiaiice address TO i'm
mediatey and receive onr descriptive circulars Ad
dress, -. ~. ssetrh~it & Co., No. 1877 From street
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-02-03
A MICHIGAN ROMANCE,

A romance recently came to light in
which Keel Ridge man, who was kid
naped when but lad, was returned to his
parents after an absence of nearly twenty
years. The facts in the case, Withholding
the romance was playing on the dockage at
Montreal nearly twenty years ago, when
he was slowed away in the hold of ves-
sci about to sail, by the Captain, who had
taken fancy to him. He remained with
his kidnaper for some years, but was
finally left to shift for himself. Becoming
tired of the sea, he left vessel while il
New York harbor and started for the
West, settling finally at the Keel Ridge
mine, where he has been in the employ of
the mining company for some time. Some
weeks since family of emigrants left the
train at Keel Ridge, and, being strangers
and unacquainted with the English lam
guage, made inquiries as to the French
families resident of the burg, and were di.
rected to the house of the hero of our
sketch, who granted their request for lodg-
ings for the night. In the course of the en-
suing evening the fact came to light that
the emigrants and their host were origi-
nally from the same portion of the Domin.
ion. In the course of further conversation
the host repeated the story of his kidnap.
ing, and such of the incidents connected
with the same as time had not effaced from
his memory. Strange to relate, the family
of emigrants had lost son years ago, who
had mysteriously disappeared, and had
never been heard of since. The interest
OF both parties had been aroused, and fur
ther questioning resulted in developing the
fact that the host of the family was the
long lost son, over whose loss so many
tears had been shed, and who had been
given up as lost forever, The Joy of the
aged parents over the recovery of their
son, and of the son at being restored to the
loved ones, cherished memory Of whom he
had retained through the long years of sep.
aration, can be imagined better than de
scribed.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-02-03
PASSENGER LISTS.

OMAHA, February 2d.-Left here to-day,
to arrive in Sacramento February 9Th: B w.
Paxton and wife, W. II. Porter, J. D. Yost,
E. f. Gerald, r. Fl. Pease, Jr, Joe d.
Grant, Madame Julia Monborne. San Fran
cisco Birtie Gray, Kittie Foster, Dollie
Davenport, Laura Bush, New York; f.
Terao and others, Japan; Thomas Mellen,
Winslow Judson and wife, st. Jee; DR..
Gardner, West lynne, Manitoba M. d.
Buchanan, Baltimore T. II. Olmstesd, Ja-
pan W. Hollister and wife, Grand Rapids.
Mich; james H. Biggs, james Scott, Will
mington, Del.
Twenty five through emigrants left on last
nights emigrsnt train, to arrive in Sacra-
mento February 9th.
CARLIN, February 2d.-Passed here to.
day, to arrive in Sacramento tomorrow !:
E. E. Eyrie, J. D. Barr, Claus Spreckels,
John ID. Spreckels, s. B. Street and wife,
San Francisco; B. J. Pengrs, Springfield.
Or; Louis Lehman, San Francisco VIM.
Grey, BROOKLYN. N. Y; Mrs. Keyes, P.
family, Oakland G. A. Watson, Tuscarors.
New; Philip Maux, Marysville V. s. An
dersop, Idaho; Silss Fayer, Ohio; M. 9.
McDougall, Ontario, Canada; @. Cast, AL
berqueque, N. NJ; G. M. Watthall, Rich
mond, Va; 25 emigrant passengers, iDclud.
ing q males, to arrive in Sacramento Febru.
ary 4tb.
NEwHALL, February 2d.-Passed here Co.
day, to arrive in San Francisco to morrow /:
Miss Nettie Pomeroy, Oskland Hon. Alex.
Delmsr. Michael Kraker and wife, Peter
Banner, j. Mccoy, San Francisco Geolge
Burns, Lowell, Mass Chalmers Scott and
family, MISS Dora Coats, O,klsrd; H. G..
Putnam aud wife, T. M. Gardner, J. Brough,
81. Peterson, G. s. Weston, G. B. Mcdonald,
Deputy Sheriff and two prisoners, Mrs. L.
F. Bowman, Charles Meller, San Fraucisc
Mrs Z. Wright, Nevada; Mrs. Phelps.
Stockton David Crocker, Alameda; Walter
| Lemon, Millersburg. Ohio.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-02-03
WHEAT IN AUSTRALIA.

The wheat harvest of Victoria this year
is likely to be very light. The Melbourne
Leader speaks of it as follows: "Our re.
ports of harvest prospects increase in their
unfavorable character from day to day, and
bad as last seasons position was, this
threatens to be even worse. Throughout
the districts lying on the northern side of
the dividing range, the rainfall received
during the early part of the year, although
light, distributed itself SO regularly as to
bring vegetation away in manner that
gave it hourishing appearance. Up to
the end of August prospects were really
good, and had September proved an ordina-
rily wet month the crops and pastures
would have made progress above the aver
age. That month, however, turned ont
dry, and has been followed by the best
portion of October, which has gone almost
without shower. Frosts and hot winds
have come instead of rain, and the process
described by the farmers of the crops
growing back into the ground has set in
with alarming rapidity. The continued
series of dry years has completely alb
sorbed every particle Of moisture from the
subsoil, and the superficial moisture upon
which the crops and grass were subsisting
up to the beginning of September has been
found utterly inadequate to withstand the
severe weather which has obtained since,
hence the rapidity of the collapse"
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-02-03

Attorney General of California for non-per.
Torrance of contract as TO carrying paupers,
lunasics and convics.
Destruction by Fire
ATLANTA (Ga J, February 2i-The Court.
house in Lafayette, Walker county, Georgia,
was destroyed by FIRE this morning. The
records and everything Of val0s were de-
stroyed.
ATLANTA (Ga February 2d.-The Court
house and county records were burned here
| to-day.
TOLEDO (O), February 2i.-The plsuing
mill Of VIM. Peter was burned day. Loss,
| S75, 600; insurance, Sal 0o0.
Mother Arrested for Numbering Her In
fant.
ERIE (Ps.). February 2d.-Libhy Rsible,
student at the State Normal School in Ed
inboTo for a year or two past, was arrested
this moruing at her brother-in-law's in Cleve-
land for the murder of her illegitimste babe.
Her sister Sarah was arrested as an accessory.
The Senatorial Contests.
DETROIT (Micb.), February 2d.-Two bal.
lots for Uoited States Senator were had to-
day, without result. First ballot: Ferry 40.
Stout 45, scattering So. Second ballot
Ferry 40, Stout 46 There is some disposition
amor g the fusiouists TO desert Stout, but thus
far have hesn held to him.
Robbing a Church.
NEW YORK, February 2i-The sexton Of
the Episcopal Church, on the corner of
Prince and Thompson streets, found three
robbers in the act If leaping from The win.
dows, and soon learned that they had cut
eight pic lures from the frames and drank the
communion wine.
Business Failures.
New YORK, February 2d.-Bpsipess fail
Eres of the last seven days reported at the
Mercantile Agency Of r G. Dun & Co. num-
ber 305, compared with 274 last week. New
EoglNnd States. Al; Middle, 80; Western,
%, Southern, rs; Pacific Coast and Terri
toSses, 10; Canada, So New York City, 10.
The great mass of the failures ara Of very
petty kind.
Furnace stopped.
NoRRIsTowN (Ps J. February 2i-The Luz
oinda furnace went out Of blsst to day. The
reason is sthat il is not practicable to obtain
coal. owing to the suspension of the coal
mines.
Closed Down.
CHICAGO. February 2d-The Union Iron
aud Steel Works cloFed to-day a nesting
of the Directors is called for Tuesday, Feb
ruary 9th.
To be Hanged.
NEw YORK. February 2d-Michael E. Nc
Gain is sentenced to be hapged March 9th.
New YOrk's Funded Bebf.
NEW York, February 2d.-The city's
funded debt is $685. 518,000
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-02-03
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.

The Bank Commissioners are now busy
preparing their annual report for the Legis-
lature.
The Supreme Court has issued a writ of
mandate commanding the Election Com
missioners to hold charter election on
March Sd.
Two hundred and fifty.four marriage
licenses were Issued last month by County
Clerk Sesnon, yielding revenue of sos to
the County Treasurer.
In the case of Woodruff vs.. the North
Bloomfield Mining Company, Judge Sawyer
will next Friday revisit the district af-
fected. Ne decision is expected for several
weeks.
of Merced county, died kere suddenly Fri
day. He had been on protracted spree
and had been suffering from pleurisy He
was native of Maine, aged 46.
Martin Peterson, recently from WASH
ington Territory, died here suddenly Fri
day. He had been aiiing some time. He
leaves wife in Vancouver Island. He
was a native of Denmark, aged IS.
The attendance at the German Fair in
creases nightly, and the managers will
probably realize good sum to be turned
over to the hospital. 1t is estimated that
Thursday nights receipts were fully 81
500.
The imports of coal at San Francisco last
month were unusually light. There were
only three cargoes from Europe, and they
arrived just at the close of the month.
There were only four cargoes from Aus
tralia the smallest in a wear
The latest decision of Secretary Teller
confirms the Corte MADEIRA rancho grant,
and gives Peninsular island and another
small island, both in San Francisco bay,
and containing 26l acres, to the heirs of
the original grantee, John Read.
The passenger arrivals at San Francisco
by sea in January numbered only 500, of
| which 42l were American citizens and l69
aliens, including A Chinese en- route from
British Columbia to China. The depart
ures numbered SIS, including 80 to China
and Japan.
The United States Grand Jury have filed
report to the effect that they have
fully investigated the dharges made against
certain foremen of laborers in the Mare
Island Navy Yard in relation to the
November election in 1882, and find said
charges are not sustained"
The amounts paid for duties on foreign
imports at San Francisco in January for q
series of years were a. follows 1873.
S464, 100; 1879, S42S. 100; 1850. S4l4 500 !;
1881, S49S, 600; 1882. S629. 900; 1888.
$685., 400. The total last month, with the
exception of last November, is the smallest
since May, 1882
A lady who left gold locket, inclosing
a photograph, twenty years ago with a
photographer, requesting that the picture
be retouched and an enlarged copy made
of it, called few days ago and asked for
the Iocket and picture. The lady and the
photographer both looked somewhat older
than when they last met, but the picture
and locket had been completed and they
were duly handed to her.
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per pound. The Postofice Committee ars
much dissatisfied with the action of the Ap
propriations COMMITTEES in forestalliDg then
by appending TO the Postoffics appropriation
bill MASTERS of legislation properly within
the jurisdiction If the Postoffice Committee,
and tc-dsy's action is due to this feeling,
rather than to any opposition to the bill in
question!
THE RANGER DISABLED.
A Telegram has been received at the Navy
Department from Commander Phillips, COM
manding the Ranger, saying that the vessel
is now at San Diego, en- route to San Fran
cisco, but that, as her machinery il disabled
and she can make but slow progress under
sal, it is uncertain when she will reach her
destination until some vessel is sent to her
aid.
CONTESTED ELECTION CASES.
Cslkins to-day introduced in the House a
bill providing for the payment of expenses
incurred by contestants and contestees in
contested election cases of the Fo.ty-seventh
Congress. The amount aggregates 500, 1000.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE PACIFIC COAST.
The legislative appropriation bill agreed
upon by the committee to-day provides ap.
preparations for the Assistant Treasurer 8
Office at Ssn Francisco, S2S, 120; for Mint
Office, S43, 400 Mint at Carson, S29. 500 !;
Office of the Surveyor-General of California,
s35, COO; Nevada, So. 500; Oregon, $1,000.
MINOR NOTES.
The session of the Cabinet today was de-
voted to considering the Mexican treaty. All
the members were present.
Tne House Foreign Affairs Committee
authorizes Kasson to move that the Senate
Nicaragua bill. as amended, be substituted
for the House bill, whenever the latter ia
taken up in the House.
Senator-elect Tabor, of Colorado, has ar.
rived in advance of his credentials.
Frank B. Conger, son OF Senator Conger,
has been appointed Assistant Postmaster of
the District Of Columbia.
Secretary Teller has reafficmed his previous
decision, TO the effect that a contestant to S
timber culture entry must file his application
at the date Of the contest to obtain status as
q contestant.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-02-03
GENERAL NEWS.

Weather East of the Rocky Mounfains-
Chinese New Year I'm New York-The
Alabama DefalcatiOn Man Killed with
an Ak Helve-A Mother Charged with
Numbering Her Child-Patti Not Com
ing West-Pr0hIbIfion I'm Penusylvania
"A Weeks Business FatIufes-The Fire
RecOrd-Ete.