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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-17
GRASS VALLEY, Apr

Il
Hon. C. ". CroSs-DEAR SIR AS cannot APP
pear in person before the Judiciary Committee
of the Senate in reference to the proposed legis-
lation regarding the railroads of California, and
as the Barry bill has been so thoroughly venti-
lated that it would seem superfious to give my
opinion as to the injury said bill would cause.
not only 10 the railroads but to the general pub
lie. ! therefore desire to give you briefly the
facts in regard 10 our own narrow gauge rail
road rs TO its construction value of the invest
ment, and reasons why the State should not III
terfcre with il.
"Our company was organized under a special
charter from the State granting said company
the right to charge certain rates for freghts and
fares which were greater than those authorized
by the general law of the State. Without such
provision it would have been impossible to pro-
cure the necessary capital to build the road as
no one would have been foolish enough to invest
money with certainty that under the general
law or, rather, the rates allowed by that law,
there would have been no return for their in
veStment. The cost of the road and equipment
has BEEN to the present time, S6OS,659 -, fol
lows
Cost of construction and equipment..s59s ,521 -
Value of material on hand................ 9,102 60
investment in Citizens Bank stock. 925 "a
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-17

A Hotel Completely Furnished, nearly
new and doing II splendid business, often hay
ing to turn away patrons; situated in one of
the busiest towns in the State. Price, $1,000.
Apply to
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-17
Grand Joint Picnic and
WnndInnn
RICHMOND GROVE.

DARTIES WISHING TO RENT RICHMOND
Grove for PcnicS will please call on Mr.
FRANK RORABACK, the proprietor ut the
Tivol or State House. apl5-lm
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McMUNN'S ELIXIR
O ID 7 u M

K - ~ -I04
rs THE PURE EXTRACT FROM THE DRUG
L from which all the hurtful properties are re-
moved and the medical ones retained. No
headache, costiveneness or sickness of the stom-
ach attend its use. PRICE, so CENTS. All drug
cists m1-1yTuThS
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~
u deem it hardly necessary to dilate on the
facts rs l have shown them, but l would ask /:
Can the great State of California ignore its con-
tract with us, and force us to suspend operating
our road ? Your obedifnt servant,
JOHN f. KIDDER,
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PAINTS AND OILS.

II 1. CHADDERDoN, IMPORTER AND DEAL
81, er in Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Window Glass,
Mixed Paints, Artists and Painters Materials
Wall Paper etc. No. 904 K ST., sacramento.
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"a RENT AND OTHER COLLECTIONS MADE
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Smyrna times., 1884-09-03
Personal.

Rev. S. l.. Gracey and wife, of Chcl-
sea, Mass, spent two or three days
with their relatives in this town last
week. They left on Saturday for
Philadelphia, Mr.. G. having to fill on
Sunday the pulpit of Broad and Arch
street NJ. +. Church.
Alfred w. Quigg, publisher of the
Flushing (LOng Island) Times, spent
Sunday with his parents in this town.
Miss Florence HOhecker, Of Viii
mingtOn, is spending a week with the
Misses Bell, of this town, having re-
turned with them from Rehoboth.
Rev. II. X. Stephenson, of Trappe.
Md, has joined his wife at the resi-
dence of John p. Collins where thev
will spend week or two of his vaca-
ton. He made the TIMES office a
friendly call yesterday.
r. L. SUTTON, of New York. and
Misses Sallie and Lizzie Boggs, of
Camden, n. j., are visiting VIM. f.
Spruance in the Neck.
Nathaniel S. Brown, who is on one
of the Clyde steamers running between
New York and New Orleans, was on a
visit of several days last week to his
brother, Jonathan Brown. He has not
been home before for seven years.
Thomas Frazier, of New Castle, has
been spending a day or two with his
family, who are on a visit of several
weeks to relatives here.
DR.. d. 7. Smithers left this morning
for Wilmington to attend the meeting
of the Delaware Dental Association.
Rev. r. II. Adams, of Wilmington.
is spending the day in town and made
the TIMES Office a friendly call this
morning.
Smyrna times., 1884-09-03
A Case of Ejectment.


Benjamin Franklin Jefferson is a big
name, but Benjamin is not q big man
IN the eyes Of his neighbors, who have
been wanting for some time to get him
out of the premises which he occupied.
near the depot, but two months no.
tIce and all persuasive measures failed.
tlnally, the consent of the owner of
the property was obtained to tear the
house down over his head, and the
work was commenced at the chimney
top on Monday night. When the
chimney was torn down and Benjamin
saw that they meant business, he prom
ised to vacate the next morning, and
the assaiiants ceased their work, in
tending to take it up again the follow
ing night if he did not keep his prom
Use. He did not get out in the morn
ing, but did in the evening. With his
departure there is not a man of color
left in that part of the town.
Smyrna times., 1884-09-03
The Public school 0noninn

There was quite Il stir among our
boys and girls on Monday morning
They had had two months of vacation
to frisk about and grow fat. but the
lirst OF September had come: theteach-
cr from whom they had separated the
last of June, looking wan and weary
had returned with fuller checks and
brighter eyes, to greet them at the tan
OF the O'Clock bell, and the little folks
were very naturally in a hustle in gath
erlng together, their armful of books
to be ut the schoOlhOuse i'm time. The
morning was bright and the temDera-
ture delightfully."- refreshing, and the
" act of resumption was much easier
than has often been the case i'm former
openings, with the summer heat still
remaining in the sweltering atmos-
phere. The departments opened rs
follows: Miss Mary Il. Spruance. Sec
ond Primary, 20 scholars Miss K. T..
storm, First Primary, AZ: Miss Lizzie
Mcdowell, Second Intermediate. "A.
Miss Annie Doughten, First Tnterme-
diate, So; Miss Emma Hough, Second
Grammar, So; Miss Lizzie Parrot. First
Grammar, 33, and L. Irving Handy.
High School, 3S. The morning session
was devoted in the main to the classi-
iication of the scholars, large part of
whom had been promoted from a lower
to higher grade, or to advanced clas-
ses in their own departments. The
numbers III each of the departments
will be swelled by additional scholars
during the next two or three weeks
The starting room, with its seventy the
first day and more to follow, indicates
very torcibly that the eighth room
must be very soon opened, because
they will before long exceed the seating
capacity of the room, as we'll as the
teachers endurance. During the sum-
mer the grounds, covering nearly two
acres, have been properly graded and
will soon have grassy sod for the
little lambs " to gambol over. In adj
dltion the street front of the grounds
has been nicely paved, as have also the
two main walks leading from the street
to the two front entrances. This fall
the grounds will be further beautified
by the setting out Of number of de-
sirable shade trees.
Smyrna times., 1884-09-03
Reduced Rates to Philadelphia.

The international Electrical Exbibi-
! ton, under the auspices of the Frank
lin Institute, will be held in the new
exhibition buildings, Thirty-second and
Market streets, Philadelphia. from Sen
tember the 2nd to October 11tb. This
exhibition will be the largest and most
complete display of electrical ma
! chlnery and appliances ever held. It's
| exhibits will take in the whole field of
electrical science, showing the man
ner in which the subtle power NAV be
utilized for all purposes. The various
methods of electric lighting will be
fully illustrated, electrical appliances
of every description will be seen in
working condition, and the wonderful
progress already made in the science
may be studied from practical exam
pies. Europe will vie with America in
the exhibits, and the exhibition will
undoubtedly afford the most interest
ing, valuable, and instructive illustra-
ton OF the wonders of electricity ever
yet enjoyed by the world. In addition
to the immense buildings recently
erected, the old Pennsylvania Railroad
station Will be utilized as an annex.
connected with the main building by a
bridge, giving ample and roomv ac-
commodations for the thousands of
visitors.
Another striking attraction is the
thlrtieth annual fair of the Pennsylva-
MIA State Agricultural Society. to be
held on the Societyis grounds. German
town Junction, Pennsylvania Railroad
from the 8th to the Goth of Septemhpr
On the extensive grounds. covering an
area otthlrty acres, magnificent build
lngs nave been erected, which afford
facilities superior to any ever possessed
by the Society. The entries Indicate a
very large and most comprehensive
exhibition of agricultural products and
implements, live stock, poultry. horti-
cultural and domestic productions
hoWers and other attractions. I'm ad.
dltIon the Philadelphia Kennel Club,
ihe state Poultry Society, State Bee
Keepers Association, and Women's
Silk Culture Society, will each offer
special features, which combined rem
ders the exhibition complete in every
particular.
For the benefit of visitors to the dual
exhibitions, the Philadelphia. Will
mlngton and Baltimore Railroad Com
pany will sell excursion tickets from
stations on its lines at greatly reduced
rates from all points on the Maryland
Division north of Havre de Grace, and
on the Central Division between Not
tingham and Port Deposit, and Upland
and Rockdale.
A special train will be run from Del
mar and points north thereof, Septem-
9th; tickets will be sold at greatly re-
duced rates good to return on any reg
ular train for three days, including
date of issue.
A special will also be run from Port
Deposit and intermediate stations on
September 18th, tickets good to return
on special train September 10TH
Smyrna times., 1884-09-03
The New York End Of the Peach
Line

We have been giving frequent notes
in our last several issues pertaining to
the peach in its varied interests, and
we give below the method of its dis
posal when it reaches the great city
mart, as pictured in the New York
SHH:
For n set of men who can outwhoop
n set of cowboys 90 TO Jersey City
They can be seen any week day from
midnight until morning gathered on
big, two-hOrse trucks, just back of the
great grain elevator belonging to the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
Facing on Henderson street is yard
perhaps 5O0x60O feet. A board fence
ten feet high encloses three sides of
the yard, and on the fourth side is the
elevator yard. As early as IL o'clock
at night the trucks begin to file in
through the Henderson street front
and take up positions so close together
along the double tracks that stranger
would wonder how man could find
his way between them. Once in place
the drivers gather in groups of twos or
threes about the horses heads to gos-
sip or stretch themselves on the truck
and 60 to sleep. When l O'Clock comes
they begin to get restless, and stir
around wondering why in blank the
blank trains don't come
Usually they do not have long to
Smyrna times., 1884-09-03
Going to China.

1t Is q singular and notable fact that
Smyrna should be called on twice
within a year to furnish doctors for
China, when the number to 20 thus far
has been 50 few and and the places
they might be selected from so numer-
Gus, but so it is. BY a card in another
column it will be seen that DR..
Kate G. Woodruff has come to this
conclusion, in the firm conviction that
her life should be given to the medical
missionary work among our aptipodes
on the other side of the globe. She
VIII be accompanied by her sister, Miss
Hannah @. Woodruff, of BROOKLYN.
They design leaving in three or four
weeks. This announcement will strike
our people with surprise and with
great regret, as In the short time she
has been here she has won q high re-
gard, both for her excellent qualities
as a lady and her skill as physician.
Her patrons, who have had the best
opportunities to know and appreciate
teF worth, will feel in her departure a
personat loss. pF. Ella i. Swim
ney, her prodeoess0T, left rs about
year ago, in obedience to call TO
greater usefulness in a heather land
and now with the departure Of
DIR. Woodruff, the place Of lady physi-
clan among us, at least at this writing.
has the appearance of being left va
can't
Smyrna times., 1884-09-03
The Family Evanorntor.

A test of A. w. Coleman's Domestic
Family EvapOratOr was made yester.
day, at the Office of B. B. Allen, in the
baking department which was detacb.
ed from the dryer. A leg of mutton
plates of apples, sweet potatoes, several
large lOaves of bread and a pan OF
Maryland biscuits were put in. and
they all came out beautiful specimens
of the culinary art such as would de-
light the heart of any cook to equal.
The trays Of the dryer contained some
beautiful specimens of peaches, apples.
sweet corn, &C., that had been pre-
viously dried. The peaches are ad-
mitted to be the best specimen of dried
fruit that has ever been presented for
the observation of our people. Mr..
Coleman has claimed nothing for his
machine that has not been fully sus-
tanned on fair test, and we shall re-
gret if its manufacture is not taken
hold of by some Of the business men
of our town.
Smyrna times., 1884-09-03
ROm1hnY HnnII.

This island has its fluctuations i'm
value somewhat like the tides that be-
girt 1t, but this season it is to the fore
front again, with crops that challenge
the admiration of all beholders. Sam
uel Loatman, one of the longest resi-
denters, says the crop of corn now
maturing is the best that has been on
the island for twenty-six years. Much
OF it is expected to yield fifty bushels
per acre. This is attributed not alone
to the season (for the rainfall has been
about the same as on the adjacent
country, but to the fact that the soil
IS getting 6 sweet" again. The people
along the bay and river front will not
soon forget the tidal wave " that yisi-
ted them some six years ago, which
OVerhoWed acres and acres of ground.
bombay Hook was perhaps the worst
suHorer OF any section along the coast.
The banks that held the waters in
check for some years, being the means
thereby of the reclamation Of some as
tonlshingly fertile land, were swept
away, as was also the stopping of Old
Duck Creek, and it looked as though
the valuable land was again going to
waste, especially as the Duck Creek
Improvement Company had become
disheartened, and refused the payment
or assessment Of further taxes. Mr..
keybold and others Of the larger land
holders put in the stopping" at their
own expense, and hence the result
the sourness is passing away, and the
land IS yielding again its valuable crops
OF grain and grass. A gentleman tells
VS. that he saw plow turning the sod
on land that 2 dozen years ago was
covered with muskrat houses. II IS to
De hoped that many acres may be an
nualiy reclaimed to the growth of val
uaDle crops that are now covered by
the wild reed grass.
Smyrna times., 1884-09-03
FDr the Smg,na Times

Mr.. EDITORIALS l must leave
smyrna very soon, will you permit me
through your paper to say a word in
explanation of my short soiourn here.
For several years | have felt that
the great work of the Church was to
give the news Of salvation through
Christ to those who have it not. 7
promised to engage in foreign mission
airy work if place could be found
where my sister and | could be useful
together. Since coming here an urgent
call has come for us to go to Foochow.
China, to take charge OF hospital and
minister to suffering women who have
no hope of medical aid except through
a lady physician. I feel that it is the
voice of God and l gladly obey,
although it is a grief to me to give up
my pleasant practice here.
10 the many friends. who have so
kindly received me in the place of one
they had long loved and trusted. 7 ten
der my sincere thanks. / shall leave
Delaware, with its fine farms, its pretty
hedges, its peach orchards and fospii-
able people, with many regrets.
Respectfully,
KATE c. WOoDHULL. NJ. ID.
SMYRNA, September 3, 1884.
Smyrna times., 1884-09-03
Evaporators Burned.

One of the perils of the fruit-evapo-
rating business is that Of fire. AS vet
this section Of the peach region has
been exempt, but four OF five have oc-
CURED elsewhere, enough to cause un-
easiness andprompt to the utmost care.
Two were burned on the farm of DR..
Ridgley, near Dover, which were in
sured, however, in the Peoples Insu-
rance Company of Philadelphia. for
$1,000, but Walker & Watson. near the
same town, had two greatly damaged
by fire, on which there was no insurance,
A considerable quantity Of fruit was de-
stroyed, on which there was only n
storage policy, betUeen the seasons. and
hence no benefit while the work was
going on. George H. Draper. of Prime
Hook Neck, below Milford, had four
evaporatOrs burned, last week. and
lost $500 worth of fruit, on which there
was no insurance. A new evaporator
on the farm of D. 2. Barnard, Jr.. near
Magnolia, was destroyed on FRIDAY
night. Loss, 81 800; insurance, 81 POO.
1. a. Smith & Co.'s Novelty evapora-
tors, at Ridgely, Md, were burned on
saturday night. Loss, $4,000.
Smyrna times., 1884-09-03
Practical Rec Cnltm,.o

r f. Reiman, the. apiarist, who Ioca-
ted between this town and tbe bav ie
now marketing some beautiful wbite
Money the result of the August in
9ustTy OF his little workers. He is sat
isled that he has struck the right spot
IN coming to the region of the peach.
ana though the bees are fond of a good
ripe peach (such as the Bostonians and
New Workers do not get, because thew
are hurried off before ripened to a con
dltlon that suits the bees fastest their
sweets are extracted mostly from the
flowers that adOrn the marshes of Bonn
bay Hook, the season of the clover
blossoms being past. For reasons, his
operations have been somewhat re-
strlcted and experimental this season
only eighty colOnies-but from these
he is expecting 5000 pounds of honey.
lie desires to increase his number of
hives next year to 1000, with a larger
pro rata product per hive. The hives
are so constructed that the bees make
their honey in boxes containing a
single comb, containing about a pound.
10 watch and remove these when filed
is now the daily work of Mr.. Reiman
The bee has never been so thorouphlv
tanned that it will stand by passiVely
and see its rich storehouse invaded
without protest, and hence to be
stung Is a matter Of almost daily occur
renee, which he does not mind much
more than Il mosquito bite. At first it
sWelled his flesh, as is the case with
any one else, but he says since his svs-
TEN has become inOpulotnI with ~ -
poison 1t does not have any swelling
eilect. This close watching is caused
by the greatly varying product of the
workers, they doing as much some
times in Il day or two as they will at
other times in a week or more. as
hindered by wind or weather. He has
machine for extracting the honey
without breaking the comb. in which
condition the most of it finds its wov
to market.
Smyrna times., 1884-09-03
Wedding at NIiddletown.

At an early hour last evening the M.
Il. Church, at MiddletOwn. was filled
with eager friends and relatives. who
had come to witness the marriage of
Harry G. Hill, Of Philadelphia. former
ly of Smyrna, and Miss Laura c. Caull1
OF MiddletOwn. At five minutes of
seven the bridal party entered the
church, the bride and groom preceded
by the ushers, Richard Armstrong and
Walter Leatherbury, of MiddIetown,
and r.. G. Walls and Will Clement of
Smyrna. The bride was dressed in
garnet satin and brocaded velvet with
garnet hat to match the suit. Both
bride and groom looked very nice. The
church was npt trimmed, with the ex-
ception Of a Pyramid of flowers at the
pulpit. Rev. Adam Stengle, pastor of
the church, performed the ceremony.
Immediately after which the bridal
party came to Smyrna. They will re-
main here a short time and will then
80 to Philadelphia, their future home.
They have the many good wishes of
their friends for their future happiness.
Smyrna times., 1884-09-03

F. H. Burgess, formerly of Dover
has located at the N. w. cor. 18th and
Market Street, opposite the Bingham
House, Phila., where he is manufactur-
in the Capitol Shirts" These goods
are not made any more in Dover.
If you want hard Lehigh Coal, order
1t from the Philadelphia and Smvrna
Transportation Company.
J. b. Cooper has some Bargains in
Cassimeres below cost, to close out.
Full line of Spring and Summer Hats
at Phillips.
;asss. FARMS IN MARYLAND-sloto D.,
es5S5s S25 per acre. Catalogues sent free Emff
S3@SA II p CHAMBEBs, Fede ralsburg, -Aai.i4-
- Nu' july l6-2m
Ladies', Gents and Children's Gossa-
meres, at J. B. Cooper's.
Smyrna times., 1884-09-03
Belmont Hall.

A year ago a contributor of the Phi
ladelphia Press came to this place, and
after spending part of an afternoon
IN the peach orchards adjacent. and in
forming himself of the traffic in this
fruit, he made a visit to Belmont Hall.
having learned that it was place of
historical interest. He was SURPRISED
to find, evidently, so far from the great
cities, place of such beautiful sur
roundings, and his interest in it and its
history was at once elected. From in
terest he was led to inquiry, to gratify
which he was shown through the spa-
clous structure, from the open fireplace
where the patriotic danes moulded
bullets, to the ballustraded roof where
the soldiers were shot. He wrote an
account Of what he saw and heard for
his paper, but there were errors in
names, very natural under the circum-
stances, that marred its historic value
and we reproduce the article on our
first page with the errors corrected. in
obedience to the wish of number who
had not an opportunity to see the pa
per IN which it was first published
Smyrna times., 1884-09-03

FRANCE will once more undertake to
open negotiations with China, and, if
her efforts are of no avail, Admiral
Courbet will proceed Immediately to
the attack of Canton. China is re-
ported to have ordered the capture of
French vessels entering the treaty
ports, which is considered equivalent
TO a declaration of war.
Smyrna times., 1884-09-03
Xisitnre

The summer visiting is nearly over.
Our city cousins, after enjoying the
fruits of the land, including the melon.
the peach, and a yellow-legged chicken
now and then, have mostly returned
to their city haunts, carrying each a
few additional pounds of avoirdupois.
The visitors of our town to other places
and scenes, have mostly returned
looking fresh, fair, and as if possessing
more vigor than when they left. We
are all glad to see them. So ends the
vacation season. There is another.
and a larger class, who come and 20
when they please, and there are al
ways some who are doing one or the
other.
Smyrna times., 1884-09-03
Rusinesss CHANGE.

Yesterday Charles F. Lippincott, OF
Salem, n. j., who had been in previous
negotiations with J. G. Brinton. came
to this town, completed his purchase
ana took formal possession of the stock
OF goods. Mr.. LippincOtt has lived in
Delaware before at Wilmington and
Delaware City, and comes with a
practical knowledge of the stove, tin
and plumbing business which he de-
signs developing to its full extent. He
Will move his family here as soon as
ne can get properly suited in a dwell
ing. Mr.. BrintOn retires from business.
to enjoy his Otjum cum dignitate. His
son Joseph will remain with the new
proprietor.
Smyrna times., 1884-09-03

STATE elections were held in Arkan-
sas on Monday and Vermont yesterday.
The first went Democratic by Il large
majority, figures not given, and the
latter Republican by a majority of
about $4,000. The election in Maine
will be held next Monday.