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December %, ISL. L. Ober to Mary E. ODER
Fractional northeast quarter of section 4. town.
ship Irorth. range east. containing 15T acres
December 25 1SS5--ITa +. and V. c. Oatman to
F. F. Oatman-East half of lot 6, and G
Tenth and Eleventh streets 81 900.
June IS, 1sS5-Thomas s. Ingham to C. T. Ing
ham-Ten-aere tract No. y and portions OF
tracts Nos. = and So; S.. 500.
Filed December 80. 1885
December IS, 1SS5-Charles Webberto Minerva
Slayback-Lots and ., block 80, town of Fol
som $500.
December %, 1Ss5-Francis w Fratt to Mar
kus Graf-East two-thir1s of the west 60 feet 81
the south 56 feet of lot ,, ] and J, Second anC
Third streets 81 600.
December 80. 1SS5-August r. Klein to Anna
B. McKim-North 100 feet OF lot l. / and ]
Eleventh and Twelfth streets
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A Great Confagration

That sweeps away whole city, starts from a
flame so small that a glass Of water would ex-
tinguish it. In like manner, the most painful
and fatal maladies of the throat and lungs ordi-
nariy develc from small beginnings, not Diff
cult of cure if promptly treated with the proper
remedy. But their progress Is insidious and
delay may be fatal. Colds and coughs lead to
Laryngitis, Asthma, Bronchitis, Pneu-
monia, and Consumption. The only medi-
cine certain TO cure every bronchial and pull
monarY affection not absolutely incurabie ia
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ORGANS from $50 up, at Hammers music
store, No. $50 street.
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THE ORPHANS CHRTsTMAs-The children
of the Protestant Orphan Asylum will have
their Christmas entertainment at the Clunie
Opera House this afternoon at O'Clock.
1t will be more pretentious affair than
generally heretofore, an original panto-
mime. entitled THE Search for Santa
Claus, being the main feature. presenting
the home of the gift-giver at the north pole;
sea of ice, with grand skating carnival.
participated in by proficient skaters; gym
nasuc exercises by members of the Sacra-
mehto Turn Nerein; selections from the
MIkado' and other operas by local vo-
calists; the Bijou Orchestra will furnish
new music; Mr.. wilkins will please with
new scenery, and there will be additional
life given the picture by the introduction
OF Shetland ponies, sure enough deer,
etc. 1t viii be an entertainment for all to
patronlZe and enjoy-men, women and
children, and they can all afford to do ii.
as the admission will be only % cents: 10
cents for children. Donations for the or
phans can be left at the Opera House, or
with c. NJ Prodger, the orphans friend !"
SUDDEN DEATH.-Mrs B. Ruhl. wife of
the well-known bookbinder, died very sud
denly Tuesday evening at the family resi-
dence, l415 X street. During the day she
was apparently as well as usual, and pre-
pared the evening supper. At o'clock she
complained of feeling unwell, was taken
with congestive chill and went to bed.
Medical aid was summoned, but proved of
no avail, as she died at o'clock, Just two
hours after being taken sick She was an
estimable lady, member of Sacramento
Council, No. 90, o. C. F., and leaves a hus-
band and three small children to mourn
her sudden death
SUMNER RELIEF CoRrs ENTERTAINMENT.
This evening, at Changers Hall, the ladies
of Sumner Relief Corps, No II, will give a
fine literary and musical entertainment, to
be followed by dance, and the tickets
have been placed at the low figure of 90
cents, which also pays for supper The
ladies, it will be remembered. are engaged
in caring for a number of needy people,
and the funds raised this evening will be
used IN ft lg the new year open for
them as cneeriuliy as possible.
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FIRE COMMISSIONERS. = The regular
monthly meeting of the Board of Fire
Commissioners was held last evening.
Present, Messrs. jackson and Griffitts. The
reports of the different foremen for the
month of December were received, read,
and ordered on file. The payroll for the
month was audited and ordered paid as
were also the following bills: Capital Gas
Company, $2S 20; J. Griesel, 81 IS; A. c.
Tufts, 81 49, James McCaw, SO; C.N
Nelson, 81 %; Huntington, Hopkins &
Co, 81 20; Weissel & Son, 81 80; Daniel
Mcdonald 50; H. p. Osborne, So 80 A.
Dennery, so cents; Beehive Store, 81 10;
Nixon & Wheeler, s.; J. p. McManus, $55;
- McElaney, $50; ]. c. Sepulveda, %
cents; Sullivan & Ravekes, s.; Sacra-
mento Lumber Company, So 49, Grangers
Store, 81 rs; e. p. Figg, rs cents; O'Neil &
Son, 81; Chas. Barnes, s. 90; Chas. Zeit-
Ter, 81; Burns, Hancock 81 Co, 81 50: Van
VOORHEES, q Co., 50 25; Post & Co., 81 As (;
5. Sturmer, 81; II. NJ. Bernard, 81 so /:
Kirk, Geary & Co., 81 80; Con- Sullivan,
SO; J. Williams, s. so; E. B. Jackson,
50 %.
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FIFTY CoRDs 0AK KEoTs for sale at 81 per
cord and delivered. C. O. D. Wood Yard.
401 street
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Boys Heavy Gray Satinet Suits, for ages II
to II years, So IS.
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We do Hair Work of all kinds, and do it we'll
Our low prices are frequent subject of
remark with customers
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ApVERrIsEsIENT MFNTIO.

Maximum temperature. 522; minimum tenn
Perature, 44.5 JAMES A. BARWICK,
Sergeant, Signal Corps, U. S. a.
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WEATHER REPORT,

SACRAMENTO, December &c. 1885
10 P. M. eastern time), 10th meridisn.
P. N. Pacific time). 10th meridian.
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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-08-21

The Philadelphia Press is responsible
far the following fish story: The fish
caught in Japan are salmon and salmon
trout. According to a recent traveller
through the country, these exist in such
numbers during the summer and autumn
season, that their fins sticking out Of the
water near the entrance to the rivers,
look like tangled masses of keIp, while
up the rivers it is but little eyaggcration
to say that some of the pools are mixtures
of li,n and water. With a rifle bullet
You may pierce -four or five at a single
shot. The single shoals are often covered
with dead fish, which, in their struggle
for existence, have become so weak that,
having once run themselves ashore, they
are unable to return to deep water. \
single haul of a small seine upon the
beach brought to land a huge heap of
fish varying in weight from four to TWEEN
ty pounds, the number of which was
roughly estimated at 5000"
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-08-21

Opposite the harbor of Valparaiso
stands the island of Juan Fernandez,
sacred to the memory of Robinson
Crusoe land his man Friday, who kept
things tidy and listened to the tales his
master told" There isn't a boy where
the English tongue is spoken who hasn't
read a description of this island better
told than | am able to give it, and it is
only necessary t. say that Daniel Defoe,
or whoever wrote the book, must have
studied the place with great attention or
had the island created to suit the picture
he gave of it.
The little harbor is there, with its
rocks and covcs, Just rs it was when Rob-
inson went ashore; the cave is IN good
order still, and the cliffs up which he
and Friday used to chase the mountain
goats. The goats are there and the arma-
dillos, the birds of wonderful plumage,
and the crawti,h among the rocks. Every
boy in the United States who has read
the story recently could go all over the
place without a guide and could find
everything except Robinson himself and
the faithful Friday.
The island belongs to Chill and is
leased to a cattle company, who have
20, 600 or 80, 600 head of cattle and as
many more sheep grazing over the hills.
There are about fifty or sixty inhabitants,
ranchmen with their families, under
charge of q Frenchman named Crave,
and beside the stock they raise a guam
tity of poultry and ship chickens and
eggs, with some vegetables to the Val
paraiso market. The timber on the
island is said to be of an excellent quality,
but is not much used. No one ever goes
there without bringing away a cane or
two as n memento, and the brush from
which these canes are made is of very
beautiful fiber and polished well. EX-
cursions 90 over frequently from Nalpa'
raise, and the interest in Robinson Cru
soe's experience is much stimulated by
those who come this way Chicago Inter-
OceuR.
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the remains Of more naval heroes than
any other city in the Union.
Filibustering in the National Senate.

We had somc memorable filibustcring
II my day. remember one night when
Il great contest in the Senate, over a Ger
tain bill, eliminated in twenty hours of
work! The majority had determined
that they would sit the bill' out that
night. So they assembled in force,
ready to pass it whenever they might see
their chance. The minority were also
on hand. Both sides were nearly ex-
hausted. AS the hands of the clock APP
preached the hour of midnight, there
was scarcely a Senator in the room. l
remember that Senator Merriman led the
minority; Senator Logan watched" for
the majority. Senator Merriman had
the floor, with the unlimited privilege of
continuous debatepermitted by the rules,
and he seemed prepared to talk forever.
But occasionally he paused to allow
another member of the minority to make
Il motion to adjourn, upon which the
yeas and nays" would be ordered
and the clerk will call the roll!'
Those words were the signal for action.
'Call up the Senators" cried Senator
Logan; 'call up the Senators !" came
from Senator Merriman; ''call up the
Senator's !" echoed Captain Bassett. This
is how we pages call them. Each of us
would rush around through the various
rooms and give one of these sleeping
Senators a little tap, shouting "Yeas and
Nays!" and dart away to find another.
Sometimes a dozen pages would waken
the same Senator. In fact, we usually
ran in a line-all together.
Soon the sleepy legislators could be
unnp cronpipur iD+n tho cbo,nhor from oil
directions, half awake, with disheveled
hair, and presenting a woe begone APP
pearancc generally. They would me
c|hanically cast their votes, the motion
to adjourn would be lost, Senator Merri-
man would resume his speech, and the
other Senators, except the watchers, J"
would again vanish as mysteriously and
as noiselessly as the soldiers of Rodcrick
Dhu. When he had given them tine to
fall asleep, he would again yield the floor
10 a motion to adjourn, and the perform
ance would be repeated.
During all this speech making, most
Of the minority were asleep. They de
pended upon Senator Merriman Cas most
Of the majority depended upon Senator
Logan and their other leaders, to wake
them at the proper time. They relied
upon him to do all the talking. He was,
as l say, prepared to do it. But he made
a mistake. lie remembered the courtesy,
but he forgot the rules of the Senate
He had been yielding the floor to his
friends whenever he saw fit, and re-
suming it again after they had said what
ever they wished. Senator Logan at last
interfered. lie raised the "point of or
der that the Senator from North Carolina
could not speak 'more than twice on
The matter then pending. Senator Mer-
riman stood aghast! The presiding
officer sustained the noint Of order.
That is where the decentralization of
the minority seemed to begin. At ten
minutes past seven o'clock A.. NJ, he
majority passed the bill.
How would you like to be a flibustcr.
-Elmand .1ltOn, IN ST. Nicholas.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-08-21

The narrow, rocky point of land on
which the city is built has a backbone
through the middle and slopes on both
sides and at the end down to the waters
edge. No city was ever better situated
for drainage. There can be no apology
for its not being perfectly drained. On
a fine morning when you have taken a
very early cup Of coffee, you sauntcr out
for a walk on the ancient rampant and
encounter a procession of skinny old
hays of the serving class hobbling along
toward the beach with capacious and
malodorous vessels on their heads. These
are about the only scavengers that Pana-
ma possesses. Their vocation is as old
as the citY.-Sda Francisco CHFOuicle.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-08-21

"One dollar a pound will be paid for
live %snails," was an advertisement in a
Philadelphia paper. a jewclcr on Pas
SUNK avenue was the advertiser. The
morning following his printed offer for
unscalped specimens, says an exchange,
a long line of boys, old women and col
ored men stood patiently waiting for the
jeweler to open his shop. zone dollar
a pound" had set thousands to work snail
hunting. The unwary creatures were
~pounccd upon in cellars and alleyways &;
all their damp, Shiny haunts were in
vaded by battalions armed with sticks,
jugs and cans, and by daylight the hunt
was over. Small boys with a few ounces
of snails and several pounds Of dirt, de-
posted their moist treasures in the Jew
elcr's hanGs, received a dime and left
with uncomplimcntary remarks about
his weighing scales. An old colored
man dumped two pounds of assorted
sizes and grinned as 4 couple OF silver
dollars ratified down into his pockets.
The old women had been pretty good
hunters too, and bagged large quantities
of the game. All the morning the little
jewclry store was bcsieged by snail
catchers, and before noon the market
price had declined fifty per cent. The
fall in value had little effect, however,
for the rush continued till closing time.
Before 6 o'clock snuils were a drug on
Passyunk avenue, and sportsmcn could
not realize a penny a pound ON their
captives.
In an interview held with the adver-
tiser and purchaser, it was discovered
hat the snails were to be used for a
medical purpose. some time ago a pub
lished article on eczema, or skin disease,
mentioned the case of Il prominent Eng
fish dean, who was suffering from this
troublesome malady. While walking in
his garden one warm day, suffering in
tensely with the burning, itching rash
that covered his body, a family of snails
clinging to the under side Of q cool,
green leaf suggested the idea of apply
ing them to the affected skin. Laying
a few upon the singing spots, he dis
covered by this heroic, though repul
sive, treatment a simple remedy for the
disorder. According 10 the jewelers.
statement, this article had led him to
advertise for snails, having been afflicted
with a troublesome case of eczema for
thirteen years. A weeks experiment
with the novel remedy has relieved him
considerably, and the prospect is that
the snail market will recover from its
collapse. Should the treatment prove
effective in this prevalent disorder, it
will be welcomed no less by the medical
profession than by the sufferers.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-08-21
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.


Fur made from feathers is a product
Of recent years. In many respects it is
equal or even superior to genuine fur.
The material is used for the borders of
ladies' cloaks, dresses, etc, and even
sealskin cloaks have been successfully
initiated with it.
At q late meeting of a microscopical
society in London was shown a section
of a Sheffield saw grinders lung, the ir.
r%itation from the steel dust inhaled hav-
ing gradually obliteratcd the lung struc-
ture and rendered it perfectly useless for
breathing. Sections of lungs showing
carbon deposit from London smoke were
| also exhibited.
A forciblc illustration of the weight
of the atmosphere was given by Profess
sor S. p. Langley, the American a%strono-
mer, in a recent lecture in London. He
remarked that the air, so limpid that it
scarcely appears to be matter at all, is so
enormous in mass that it really presses
with nearly a ton to each square foot
SO that the weight of all the buildings
in the worlds metropolis, for instance,
is less than that of the air above them.
Eleven stars have been selected for OBJ
servation at Lisbon and at Washington,
to determine whether those places are
changing in latitude. Each star will be
observed fifteen or twenty times yearly,
with, the greatest possible accuracy in re-
cording its position. Observations at
Pulkowa have indicated a diminution of
about twenty-t three feet in latitude be-
tween 1S43 and 1872, and greater
changes have been shown a. other obser-
vatories; but it is by no means certain
that these results are not due to errors
of observation.
Professor Palmer, of the Vesuvian OBJ
servatory, finds that the atmospheric
electricity is usually positive in clear
weather; if negative, a fall of rain may
be inferred to be in progress at some lit
tie distance. Two maxima and two
minima daily are noticed in the electric
indications, this periodicity being dis
turbcd by atmospheric movements. With
dew, rain or an overcast sky the indica-
tions increase in intensity, and are
stronger in spring and autumn than in
summcr and winter. a rain zone is
positive, but is surrounded by a mega
tive zone, which in turn is surrounded
by zone of positive electricity. Thun-
der and lightning, according to this OBJ
server, do not occur without rain.
A Swedish engineer. Herr Sjoberg,
has produced a new explosive, which he
calls romite, and with which experiments
have Just been made at the fortress OF
WaXholm. The manufacturer claims
that the explosive may be manufactured
without any elaborate machinery, that it
cannot explode even when closely con-
fined, except when ignited, and that ii
cannot freeze, while its strength is very
great, and its cost small. The expert
mcnts carried out were with a breech-
loader discharging shells to distance OF
1880 yards, all the shells exploding
with great effect, while the blasting
operations were most successful. A
number of engineers and military Off
Gals witnessed the experiments, which
were declared highly satisfactory.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-08-21

The petriicd snake recently found in
a sandstone rock just laid down in a
new walk built at Portsmouth, Ohio,
attracted a great deal of attention. The
petrifaction is not in the stone. but on
it, and the reptile seems to have been in
stantly killed while in motion, as the
body presents all the graceful curves of
movement. The snake, in life, was
about sixteen inches long. Some three
or four inches of the tail have been
broken Off. The head and proportions
of the body are perfect, although the
stone cutter, in his anxiety to make it
look nice. did some chiseling around it
which had better been omitted. There
are all kinds Of theories as to how the
snake got fast on the surface of the rocks
and died there so suddenly. A thin
stratum of sandstone oyerlaid that con
tanning the snake, with a slight deposit
of clay between the two. The snake
seems to have been moving in what was
once Il bed of sandy mud and afterward
became stone. 1t probably was killed
by lightning, and the deposits of clay
and sandstone around it were the result
of subsequent overflow.
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'ost of Railroad Accidents.

|u occasionally hear people find
because managers of railroads do
|revent accidents" said a railroad
} Jersey City the other day. There
e bears among railroad owners who
in %wrecking railroads that they
! own, but to the practical rail
a train wreck is a big loss directly,
the loss in prestige which
|s."
the rolling stock so costly2"
Is, a freight train, for instance,
tolls down an cmbankment, where
f it is burned, will give you a good
f the loss. The average engine is
81, 900. a common freight car is
$40, or perhaps $500. The
Try gondolas are worth from $500
b. An engine is rarely ruined be-
repair, but Il wreck can knock
} out Of it just IS easy as rolling
og. A burned car is a ruined car,
rse, and repairs on those that are
ID may cost anywhere from $50 to
ZACH. If a passenger car, such as
d on ordinary roads, is burned,
} goes up in smoke. These figures
r the cars in use, and not new out
/ shop. From this You Il see
;recks may happen which cost a
my $40, 900, and yet nothing is
to be said about them in the papers
some one gets hurt, and not then
railroad men can keep it quiet"
YOrl san.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-08-21

Lank hair, among the ancients, was a
sign of cowardice: auburn hair, or light
brown, evidence of great susceptibility
to the tender passion, as well rs rare in
telligence, industry, and a peaceful dis
position; black hair was not highly es
teemed, the possessor Of it being thought
Jealous and Quarrelsome; red hair, in
general, was an aversion, a mark of rep
rotation. even before the time of Judas.
GAS wicked as a red ass was freely APP
piled to any one having bright hair, and
was u popular and opprobious saying,
and to make the sentiment more bind
ing, one of that patient tribe of quadru-
peds was made to atone for it every year
by being thrown from a high WALL
The Aagieside.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-08-21
An Indian Camp.

following extract is from n letter
Chicago Hcyali. The ride through
beyenne encampmcnt to-day was
interesting. The tcpecs were
ID about a mile back of the agency
hg, in a low bottom, and an effort,
successful, had been made
them in a huge semi circle. There
perhaps 1900 Indians, 1000 ponies
b,OO0 dogs. Many Of the Indians
|agons, cooking utensils, and | no.
bne or two of the tepees had bed
had mattresses. The vast ma
however, kept house in aboriginal
Every tepec had its ridge
hung with stripped beef
htrails from Yesterdays rations dry
the sun. One family | passed had
burning in front, and over this
|uaws were roasting II dead dog
A few rods further on a snake
had crawled into camp was having
bins beaten out by an old sQuaw.
bat will be in the pot in an hour"
lie remark of our guide. The long
/ of entrails and other animal refuse
/ in the sun were not a%ppcti1ing,
e tried to avoid looking at them.
constant handshaking which the
thrust upon the party was also
hing of a nuisance, and it vas a
TO get away from it. The camp
busy scene when Inspector Arm
arrived. The Indians crowded
4 in their gaudy blankets, the
jostled each other in the midst of
pees, the dogs kept up a continu-
wiling, and the chiefs and sub-chiefs
Eued little knots of people in deep
Png tones. Out of such chaos no
be brought, and after filing
+ with profanity for a few moments,
spector retired with a promise to
mother day.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-08-21
SCROFULA

Usually develops in carly life,
and is a peculiar morbid condi.
ton of the system, usually affect
ing the glands, often resulting in
dwellings,, enlarged joints, abb
scesses, thickening of the lips,
enlarged neck, sore eyes. A
scrofulous condition is often her.
editary, but bad diet, too free use
of fat meats. bad air, want OF
sunshine and nourishing food
will induce it. Some people are
troubled with scrofulous swelling
of the glands, and with ulcers and
kernels. which may cause very
little pain; others may have in
ward scrofula, scrofuIa Of tho
lungs, scrofuIa of the spleen,
scrofula of the kidneys and scrof-
ula of the bones. BURDOCK
BLOOD BiTTERS will drive away
any case of scrofula. and not to
appear in another place. for their
action on the blood and bowels
will carry the disease entirely
from the body.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-08-21

Snail farms in Europe are prosperous.
The edible snails find ready market and
at good prices, Paris being the chief Gus
toner.