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Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-10-27
Political Notes.

publican Senate to choose the United States
Senator. If the quarrel between the city
Democracy be stopped, the Democratic ma
iority in the State ought to be $4,000. If the
quarrels in this city continue. the State may
really go Republican, and New York will not
be sure to the Democrats in 1884.
The Herald thinks that the bolt of the
country Democracy will make the Senate Re.
publican.
The venerable but eccentric Cassius M.
Clay writes to the Sun: Ex-President Tilden
having declined the nomination, Hoadly, up
to every one of my ideas of success, is the
man. Let Hoadly be our nominee for Presi.
dent in 1884. and the Republicans will go.
Denver and Rio Grande Bonds.
NEW YORK, October 26sb.-Adolph En-.
gler, Vice President of the Denver and Rio
Grande, said yesterday in reference to the
new issue of $780, 900 additional bonds, that
$500, 900 would probably be taken up by the
stockholders. If not, then a syndicate head.
ed by Woerishoffer and Kuhn, Loeb l. Co.,
would take the entire issue. None of the
bonds and premium stock will be offered to
outsiders.
Death from Hydrophobia.
PoTTsVILLE, October 26sh.-Mrs Barry, IS
years old, daughter of 8 prominent citizen of
Germantown, died last night of hydrophobia.
DIX months ago 5ne was bitten by pet dog
the wound seemed trihing, and no further at
tention was paid to it. Last night she was
seized with convulsions. During the early
part of the morning. when she had grown
calm, she made a motion, indicating o wish
to write. Paper and pencil beiag furnished.
she acribbled, The dog has done it all, !"
then fell back exhausted, and was immedi.
ately seized with convulsions, which contin-
ued until her death,
Husband and Wife Murdered and
Robbed.
WAUsEoN (O.), October 26tb.-An afro
cious murder was committed few miles from
mere Tuesday night. A farmer named George
Williams drove into Wauseop that afternoon
with load of clover seed, fer which he re-
ceived large sum. After returning home
nothing was seen of him or his family by the
neighbors for two days, and last evening
search was instituted. In the barn was found
the corpse of Williams. his head almost sew
cred from his body. His wife was found in
the house with her head split open and brains
oozing out, while Eix-weeks' old infant was
found on the bed nearly starved. Money and
valusbles known TO have been in the posses
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MarysriHs tCdl) appeal.
Many accounts have from tune to time
been published Of the finding Of frogs OF
toads in dry earth or rock, deep down be-
low the surface Of the earth. Such accounts
have always been received with suspicion
Il not with absolute disbelief In fact
scientists have asserted that 1t is impossible
ior irop or toad to remain alive for any
considerable length OF time II imbedded In
earth or rock. But yet, at what 10 known
as The Gravel Pit, in this City,a live frog wa
on Friday last dug frotn solid bank o.
gravel s feet below the surface Of the
earth. City Teamster Gates and ohicel
Cunningham, with two members oil the
chain gang, were at work in the pit whel
the frog was found. There had been nc
digging in that particular spot Tor o yea
previous, After several hours continuous
work on the face OF the bank, during which
Il had been dug away for about 2 feet
from its face, blow from q pick opened :
small cavity in which the frog was found
The cavity was Just about the size Of frog
which was about the usual size. The trof
WAS seen 10 move, and was pulled from the
hole. After it had been examined by the
four men, who greatly wondered over IT.
The frog was placed In the water in the pit
| Il Immediately Owed and disappeared. Mr.
Cunningham gays he carefully examined
the cavity whence the iros was taken, anc
that there was no crack or Granny commu
nicating with the cavity by which the frot
could have gained an entrance.
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GoRHAx, N. H., July II, 1870. GENTS
Whoever you are, don't know; but thank
the Lord and feel grateful to you to know
that In this world Of adulterated medicines
there Is one compound that proves and docs
ali It advertises to do, and more. -Four
years ago had slight shock OF the palsy
which unneryed me 10 such an extent that
the least excitement would make me shake
like the ague. Last Meyl was induced u
try Hop Bitters. used one bottle, but did
not see any change. Another did so change
nv nerves that they are now as steady 81
they ever were. " used TO take both hand.
to write, but now my good right hand writes
this. Now, IL you continue TO manufacture
a. honest and g OF an article 81 you de-, yon
will acuu Imulats 40 honest fortune, and
confer the greatest blessing on your te''
low.men that was ever conferred on man
kind. TIN BuRcH' Trhs&w
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DR.. D,unser'. cure Tor Drunkennes.

DR.. Robert D'Unger claims to have dis
covered the following cure for drunken.
ness. Mr.. Joseph Medill, editor Of the
Chicago Tribune, is strong indorser Of the
remedy and has devoted many editorials
to further It's general circulation among q
class OF unfortunates who cannot say mo"
when asked to drink. It is claimed that
DR., D'Unger has cured 2S.e00 persons Of
the worst form Of intemperance by this
method OF treatment, and that this 10 the
first remedy every discovered which kills
the disease and the inclination to drink at
the same time:
Take one pound OF the best, fresh quill
red Peruvian bark, powder it and soak 1t In
two pints OF diluted alcohol. Afterward
strain and eyaporate it down to half pint.
Dose-A teaspooniul every three hours the
first and second day, and occasionally
moisten the tongue between the doses. It
acts like quinine, and the patient can tell
by headacheif he or she is getting too
much. The third day take as previously,
but reduce to one.half teaspoonful. After:
ward reduce the dose to fifteen drops, and
then down to ten and then to five drops.
To make cure 1t takes from five to fifteen
days, aud in extreme cases thirty days.
Seven days Is theaverage to effect cure.
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Popular Science for September.
A single spot has measured from 10000
to sc, 1000 miles in diameter, in which, as
will be readily seen, we could put our earth
fora standing point OF observation, and
note how the vast iscular waves roll and
leap about the edge OF the spot, and also
how the metallic rain is formed from the
warmer portions OF the sun. In June,
lS4S, solar spot remained week visible
to the naked eye, having diameter OF
about II, 900 miles; and in 1857 a cluster
Of spots covered en- area Of nearly 4,0O0,-
100000 square miles. When we call to
mind that the smallest spot which can be
seen with the most powerful telescope must
have an area OF about $4,000 miles, we can
readily see how large spot must be in or
der to be visible to the unaided eye. Pas
teroif, in 1S2S,measured spot whose UNI
bra had an extent four times greater than
the earth's surface. In August, 1865, q spot
was measured by Newhall, and 1t bad a
diameter Of 5000 miles-more, as you will
see, than seven times the diameter Of the
earth. The largest spot that has ever been
known 10 astronomy was no less in dame
Ter than l5S, 500 miles, 80 that across this
you could have placed side by side eighteen
worlds.
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About Time.

San Francisco NetrELdtsr.
It is about time that the members Of our
police force got some smattering Of an or
binary education. Only this week an un.
cultivated club-wielder arrested one OF our
leading botanisb who was examining
flower in front Of this Office. BE was
deeply immersed in his analysis, and mis-
took the pistol.popper's order to move on
ior query as TO the particular order to
move on for query as to the particular or
der 10 which he held In his hand belonged.
SMy friend" said the scientific petal
pounder to the brass.bnttoned hand'cutt
proprietor, this carolla is generally gamo-
petalous, The calyx being adnate epieymous
around an annular disc. The anthers are
two celled, and" zone cell will DO for
Won, y respond led the now Infatuated whistle
blower, and grabbing the most eminent
herbaceous herb dissector Of the Pacific
Coast by bis scrawny but learned neck, he
marched him up Merchant street and
booked him at headquarters on charges. Of
vulgar language, drunkenness. and resist
ing an officer.
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nRsAKFAsT Blu oGRT.

German wine.growers are beginning to
dread the competition from California.
Five hundred thousand telephones are
in use in this country, says Professor Bell,
the inventor. 2Nt
A street car line Is now in operation al
Toxic, Japan, with japanese conductors,
who carry the bell-punch.
It is claimed that the climate Of Colorado
is changing,so far as its average moisture Ii
concerned. Itnow rains frequently, where
a few years ago rain was considered nov
city. a3X3t gd
It is said that the philosophers OF the
Concord school have not yet determined
how woman should act when her hands
are in the dough, and an aggressive fly
alights on her nose.
The Miss Moore, whose life was happily
saved at Casamicciola, Is the lady well
known as "the Queen OF 1schia." Miss
Campbell, who is so often erroneously &C.
corded this title Is "the Queen Of Corsica 7
The vast extent Of the sporting range Of
Scotland will be apparent, says the Lon.
don World, when 1t Is stated that seven Of
the Highland counties occupy an area 81
eleven and halfmillions Of acres, o fourth
part OF which Is sacred to deer and grouse.
The lightning train between Paris, Vien-
ma and Constantinople has proved so sue
cessEul that similar train will shortly be
starred between Paris; Berlin amidst Peters
burg. The restaurant cars which are in
tended for this train are on view in the
Hygiene Exhibition. st5
An Arkansas preacher, so goes the re.
port, recently paused In hissermon, reached
y revolver from his desk, shot through the
window and killed q squirrel that was
sporting on the fence near by, sent boy
out TO secure the game, and calmly proceed
ed with his discourse.
The annual eclipse tf the sun oc .urring
on Oetober 81 next, will be visible only
from two or three spots OF land, the princi.
nal heinp the Island oil Nippon, Japan; and
the total eclipse, In September, 1885, will
have a centre line trayersing New Zealand,
and will not be observable from land else
where. n..
A few days ago q lady residing in town
within fsw miles OF New Bedford, sent a
tels1ram announcing the advent OF Q little
cS;IS r. was as follows "Mother and baby
dOlnR We'll, 4uO AphA hSsASa Vs. SSsAs7
what surprised at receiving the following
repIy: 1What under the heavens did you
name Il Betsey fort" The telegram was
mangled in the sending, and Bstsey became
substituted for baby.
There seems to be q growing belief that
Boston Is losing her position as the centre
Of Iculture," partly because great literary
men are decreasing in number and partly
because Bostonians do not demand the
the West said recently: eve know We
need culture, and we are determined to OBJ
tain II. You, in the East, think you can
Imbibe' il In the atmosphere. Conse-
euentIy we are gaining, while you are
losing"
Sir Henry Thompson, the London sur.
seon. recognized In fish q combination Of
iii the elements Of food that the human
BODY requires in almost every phase Of life,
more especially by those who follow seden-
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Asa reporter for the Pittsburgh Commercial
Gase.ie sat yesterday afternoon) in cham
esr Al No S2l;F ederal street, Allegheny, listen.
inc TO a terrible tale Of suffering as Il fell
fran the lips OF gentle little lady, Mrs.
Milo ingram, the daughter OF Capt. Hugh
McKelvey, Of this city, 1t seemed almost 700
much 10 believe, II the evidence had not
been close at hand to substanttate every
cnlnable ignorance OF large class OF praoti-
aoners Of medicine who claimed for SIX
yesrs mat her terrible disease was cancer.
She was covered with ulcers, given mp to die.
psS,i,,a nnred her perfectly. Continued on
page "a. in NIlls Of Life by DR.. Hartman,
Ask your druggist for one, paw
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tary employment. To women he considers
fsh to be an Invaluable article Of diet, put
he scouts as complete fallacy the notion
that tlsh eating increases the brain power
1.-THE only action fab had on the brain
was to put man'e body into proper Iela'
tions with the work he had to do.
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LEeAL NOTICES.
DUBLIO SALE on RF1I,' rST =;

By virtue Of the authority vested 4, t,...
cree o. the AunttitAl CouIt Of Whse,iHam y AIDE
We 2Ith day Of July, 1854, In Iut ~ IsSe Gu
therein pending, wherein ChStles nSs,iInceiy
aud vile Sre pl6intifS and ], NJ Ann SSssulpAnSh
es s S.heS arc defendants the uudenrnS 81
SATURDAY, sStTEMBrR Is, lSN
commencing at 10 O'Clock A. N. ,e,, =, ,.,,,-
auction, al the trUnt door Of The cSnS, !, PUBLIC
Ohio County, the following d. Scflbed nj " 81
that 70 70 Ay: Lot numbered iOFIy.iour IIn .I,..e
ate on the north aide Of VlrHiniI StFqri ", lLu'
South Penn aud trout streets on Whss,p,s, e!neta
In The CITY o. Wheeling, West VIrpInis 1,,S y,
and hsulAr the improve nen,E thereon vi" AZ
1RKN opSALE-uneihlrd Of the piircha, ,,,,,...
and As muca lnsTe ~ The purchRSrf NAV sISa,
pay, cash. % the day Of sale and the TSs. ~
TWO equal instAllments At nlns and cIsS,oIsta.
mouths from DAY Of sae. respectively, Win iStS,.
est nom that day, the purchaser giving hi, nny'
for the deIeind inItAllmentS, and he lille VI IO y
retained until the purchase monty IhGll have ~
paid In full. K. a. HAZE e'h
J, @. HRRvEY, Auctioueer. NS'-''-'' N'Oas''
thereby certi ythGt bond has been given In IL,
quired by law. ''S"''' ~ n
Avousr Il, ISIS. JAMES R. cowDpy
CLERK pro temporc. Of the Municipal Cou,t a,
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NOR SALE.

CTATE FAIR.-NoTICE TO EXH1B-
- ITUhs In the Eighth Department, for Textile
Fabrics And all other Domestic Manufactured AT
tices; We. the supennteadents OF this Department,
rooms Hboye < BocIinS's Drug Store. where we
can be seen from August "a until September IN;
from q 10 O'Clock p. u. The superintendents Will
be responsible for all attisles left In their care ana
viii nave show cases in which 10 exhibit tRem:
Mrs. Jacob Berger, Mn. Robert White, NM. MAT
tle Thornton, Superintendent al0
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ESrERPRIsINo local agents wanted in this
town for an article that Is sure TO sell, live
druggists and grocers preferred. Address
Humiston Food Preservative Co., 72 Kilby
street Brstou. nav
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"A CARD.

To all who are suffering from the elos and IN.
discretions Of youth, nervous weakness. early de-
cay, loss Of manhood DC, I viii send recipe that
will cure you, FREE OF CHARGE This great
remedy was discovered by missionary In South
America. Sand 0 selt.addresed envelope 70 the
REV. JosRYH T. IENlH. Station D, New York City
.rFhlkW
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BUSINESS COLLEGE.

Wise parents and guardians send Their sons and
wards Where they can acquire practical educa,
tioo. Ihls they can do at the Bqsl1e,s College O.
tx students entered during the year jusS closing.
send for College journal giving full information.
Address,
NATIONAL BUSINESS COLLEGE,
,r9,,,xh4a Wheeling, W. Va.
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IXTHEELING 1 ELM GROVE R. R.

On and after MONDAY, MAY IA. 1883. tuntil
further noticel cans will run from the City and
stamms every hour from 8 30 A. ". to $50 P. N.
Cars TO and from Fulton every 80 minutes.
myI2 ]. RLEEH. supt.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

EoR sALE-EXcHANGE BANK
u stock. Gail on J.U. HERyEY, 1906 MaEtet
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IGIRL WANTED-A FIRsT.OLAss
INK Dining Room Girl at once Apply a. Column
hiR HonSe. No lOS2 Market street. AuH
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uyANTED-A GOOD GIRL TO DO
w Kitchen Work. Must come well recon.
mended. inquire at S23 Market street. au9le
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IITAETED-A STABLE OF CEN.
w tral locality for enc horle, wagon and
buggy. Address OSCAR sEELEY, stating the
The Russellville Democrat., 1883-03-15
Goldfish Balls, or Death.

There was a singular case up for trial
In the Justices court the other day 81
Sawtooth. The question to be decided
by the Justice was whether restaurant
keeper is justified in shooting q man
for refusinr to eat his goldfish bs,la
The Judge Of the law and justice decid-
ed yes. The case was as follows: The
proprietor of Sswtooth restaura nj
placed plate of Goldfish balls ON the
table OF young man, and a regular
boarder, who had seated himself for
grub. The boarder was calmly and
peacefully slowing away the victuals,
but didn't take in any of tho Goldfish
balls.
The restaurant-keepcr approached
him, and said in COMMANDING tone OF
voice: "You eat them Goldfish balls. p"
~ don't like Goldfish balls" replied
the boarder.
You eat them goldfish balls. tell
you'll"
II tell you won't; don't like EN- 7"
81 tell you once more to eat them
Goldfish balls. II you don't I'll shoot
YOU" and the restaurant-keeper stared
for his pistol. The boarder saw that he
had TO do one of three things--eat the
Goldfish balls. refuse again and be filed
with leaden balls, or skip. He skipped.
just as his coat-tail was vanishing out
OF the door the irate restaurant &c per
blazed away, but missed him. Tho
boarder had him arrested. The Justice
in his dignity. decided that the proprL
etor of hash house was perfectly justi-
fable in shooting at boarder with in
tent to kill for refusing to eat biz cod
fish balls. Idaho World.
The Russellville Democrat., 1883-03-15
How a Troubadour was Tricked.

Some of the most celebrated singers
in Arabia sing only for ladies, and will
notperform unless they are aware that
their efforts are not being merely thrown
away on mankind. OF course, Moslem
women can never be present but they
can and do throng adjacent terraces.
courts and windows. An amusing trick
was once played on one of these artists
who was never known to exert himself
for males only. Whenever he was in
vited out all the neighboring posts OF
vantage were quickly occupied, and il
he perceived that there were ladies
among his outside hearers be always
surpassed himself. On the day in
question, however, it was raining. and
every one was obliged to stay indoors
instead Of spreading the guest carpets
in the court. The tenor was obstinately
SILENT and evidently very sulky. At
length one OF his friends, who knew his
idiosynscrasv, went out OF the room.
and, enveloping broom handle with Q
white veil and izar. placed it in neigh
boring window. Returning to the sing
er's side he logged his elbow, and point
ed out to him that beautiful woman
was watching him and waiting to hear
his voice. BE frightened up at once
and sang for hours, with many o side
glance q, tho mysterious lady. When
Z party broke mp the inventor of tho
trick brought Ia his dummy and pre-
sented it to the singer, saying, Behold,
my uncle, the maiden to whom you
have been singing" It may be inn
agined that his modification was for
long kept alive by the unmerciful mock
cry when the story got abroad. -PAilts-
deLY,hia Chronicle
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ranged from ninety 10 40 This num-
Der was never long the Same, for tho
natives would only work when they
pleased. and only for . day or
two at a time, and nothing could
induce them to assist us regularly.
We had to go over the ground no
less than thirty three times, and our
rate OF progress, calculating the NUM-
Der OF days we travelled, was only a
quarter Of mile per day. But there
were places where 1t took US twenty-six
days to pass just four hundred yards
all the available strength being put to .
single wagon at time. never could
make the people in Europe understand
the necessity OF sending us new supplies
of hands from the other coast But the
work had to be dol or abandoned, and,
as we had no thought Of retiring from
the held discounted. worked on, pant
ing and toiling; and, finally, after elev-
en- months Of unceasing labor, the two
steamers were put together 1t our SEQ
ond station at the Isangila Cataract, the
place where left the Lady Alice after
her seven thousand miles Journey with
me ON the Anglo-Amcrican expedition
across the Dark Continent The Lady
Alice was no more. She had been
broken up by the natives for the sake OF
the copper nails in her sheathing."
The third station, seventy-four miles
farther on, was completed after great
labor by May, 1881. Thsn Stanley fell
sick Of fever, and came very nssr dy-
ing. Now his troubles with De Brazss
began, but he circumvented the willy
Italian by planting his stations on the
south side. The natives were very
friendly, even at the place where they
fought him when he came down the
river in 1877. He procured the cession
Of five acres of ground, and by the Sd
of December had launched the first
steamer above the last falls. The sta
ton Leopoldville is a large one. The
principal house is two-stories, ninety
feet long, twenty-six broad, and TWEEN
ty-four high. There are two other
large dwellings, and store-house sixty
feet long and twenty wide. with 113
more humble cottages. The location
is in the midst of . large population,
and the houses are surrounded by fields
of grain and fruit When the work was
completed, Stanley resumed his old
work of an explorer and went up the
Quango or Kwango River--the great
affiuent of the Congo from the south
distance of one hundred and fifty
miles. 1t was navigable still farther,
and, on proceeding few miles, he
came upon lake seventy miles long,
and from six to thirty miles in breadth.
This he named Lake Leopold. The ex-
pidition suffered good deal from bill
ious attacks and rheumatism
Having established his fifth station at
Malebu, Stanley felt that his work was
done, and moved toward the coast. At
Manyanga he encountered the Chiefs
of the English Baptist Mission, who had
been driven from SANKEY'S Pool by q
colored Sergeant Of De Brazza. He
gave them good many directions rs to
the best points to occupy. and letters to
Chiefs of stations. bcspeaking for them
hospitality and assistance, and then
took his probably final one-oi
Africa. CHICAGO Tribune.
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Notice for Publicati, y

Land Office, Dardanelle, Ark, March 1, 1884,
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice OF his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before the Regis
ter and Receiver at Dardanelle, Ark, on the
18th April, 1888, viz
James W Williamson, homestea entry No.
13,0T2 for the w or of N e or sec 81 township
north, range 20 west.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, aud cultivation
of, said land, viz:
c v Harvil, q r Sui IAN, VIM Brooks and
Word all of Russelville. Ark
Apr12 II. Nj. GIBSON, Register.
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Notice Tor Publication.

Feb "a. 1888.
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice OF his intention
to max final proof in support ofhs claim, and
that said proofwill be made before the County
Judge. Pope County, at Dover, Arkansas, on
the 9Th day Of 4 pr. 1882 viz:
George W Rackley nd entity No 9,96i for the
sex Of sex sec 20 & sw4 swA sec % tip 10, r
ISL
II names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultivation
ofsaid land, viz:
Larkn j Church, Solomon Arthur, James III
Treadwell, John Treadwell, all of Wits
Springs. Ark.
mar 20 L. NJ. GIBSON. Register.