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DOING GOoD.

was sick long time aud tried several doc
tors They could no; do me any good, and then
l tried CUTICURA REAIEDIE, and they cured me.
They are doing a great deal of goOd in this coun-
try. II. SALIEE, Cornishyillc. Ky.
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WITH COOP RESULTS.

have used your CUuCUEA REMEDIES with
good results for Srrofl,a ana Scalp Disease tor Il
number of years. X. N. FAULKNER.
IioRNELLsylLE, y. \.
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7 CAMPBELL PROPRIETOR, L STREET,
u. between Sixth and Seventh. Buggies for
hire. Horses keHt at reasonable. rates. fell-lm
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NEVADA,
Outbreak of Smallpox Among the IN
C;iaDS,


dians.
AUSTIN, February 24th.-Small-pox has
appeared among the Indians here An In
dian brought it from Eureka. 4 medicine
man is nightly crying over the patients
The Piutes are greatly excited. 1t is not
generally known yet among the whites, but
the RereWc of this evening sounds the alarm
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WoRKs LIKE aEAGIC.

Your CrT1cuRA Soar / prescribe in all arup-
tons of the skin and il works like magic
7. Ii, WHITING. ". y.
II CENTRAL. MUSIC HALL, CHICAGO. Ill.
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For s110 per acre, 80 Acres, of which 90
acres are in vineyard; > acres in Fruit: Dwell
ing: Large Stable and Wagon Shed; 6 miles
from Sacramento; a splendid piece Of land.
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FRUIT FARMS
FOR SALE
SWEETSER & ALSIP,
Real Estate and Insurance Agents,
10. 1915 Fourth street, bet, ] and K,
SACRA NTO.
S 4 CIR MENT TO.

For $4,000, so Acres, miles from Au-
burn; acres in Fruit; l acre in Alfalfa; 40
acres in Timber; Dwellings, Stable etc. This
place wants 10 be seen 10 be appreciated.
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PEkIITV Fer skin Blemi,hes, use
DEHo 4 the CUTIcUEi SOAR.
ap23-lyWS&wly
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S1ocKToN, February 2itn-Dairo Bige-
low, a sallon-keeper Il: Burnett's station
ON tho Stockton and Oakda,e Railroad, " ho
was run over by a train last evening and
had & lcs crushed, expired soon after the
1Sc- Jsylf ff.,.,1rrpJ
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MISCELLANEOUS.
GENTLEMEN.
If You Wish to be Well Dressed, Now
is Your Timei
T1o&. OMnEX,
No. S2A j STRh.NT

No. 524 STREET,
HAVING TOO LARGE A STOCK or FINE
/ 1 Imported GooGs On hand, which must be
sold out to make room ior q large stock OF
SPRING GOODS that will arrive III March, |
will make up Garments at COST, for Cash, until
March. This is no Eumlug. Call and examine.
Mr. OTTO HANSON is the Gutter and viii
guarantee perfect 1T. and fJst-class work; in
fact, every hing strictly iIrst-aldss.
ja2l-lp5m 1HOS BROMLEY, 52t J street,
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Dead Body Found in tho Trles.

HANruED, February 24th.-C. A. McNoy,
of this place, who has i hunting camp
about twelve miles south of here on Gross
creek, while hunting il the Jules growing
in one Of the sioughs of that stream ycster-
day morning. found the body of . negro
lying covered up i'll the trees, with bullet
hole through the head. The Coroucr's it,rv
has not vel found verdict
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For $500. 90 Acre. highly improved !;


For $500. 90 Acres highly improved;
l5 acres in Grapes; 400 Fruit Trees OF lest
kinds; acres IN Strawberries: a splendid new
Dwelling with > rooms, Stable, Blacksmith
Shop and Tools China house: all Farming
Tools; Horses; ] Cow: Chickens, etc;
miles from Florln; the soil IS deep red sandy
loam
For S1IO per acre, 80 Acres. of which 20
acres are in Vineyard acres in Fruit; Dwell
ing: Large stable and Wagon She'd 6 miles
from Sacramento; a splendid piece OF land.
81 Acre., one-haIf mile of city limits
there are $50 Fruit Trees, ( acres in Vineyard
and Strawberries; + acres in Alfalfa; - acres
of bottom land; good Dwelling and Barn: liv-
ing stream OF water upon place, which fur
nishes fsh the year round: this IS Il fine piece
of land and viii well repay investigations VIII
exchange IN part for city property.
For low price of $50 per acre, y Farm of
500 acres on Auburn Rayfne good Grain Vine
yard or Fruit land; has Dwellings, large
Earns and stables; ~ acres in Alfalfa, and %
more that will produce it: fenced into - and
leo acre tracts; would make 2or 4 good farms;
splendid Hog or Stock Farm: miles rom
fourishing town on line of railroad.
Also
d20 Acres Of land, Is5 acres beng bot
tom land, OF the Cosunues river, l6 miles fom
Sacramento.
zoo Acres one-tiird of = mile from lone;
3 acres in Vineyard and Orchard; acres good
Alfalfa land; the best improy ements in ANA
dor county; large Dwelling, rooms. Stable,
Tank House, etc; all Farming Tools 10 head
of Hoses, head OF cattle, 60 Hogs etc; good
for Grain or Fruit. more especially for Grapes.
Price 900; 81 5O1 cash; balance on time
SEND FOR CATALOGUE.
SWEETSER & ALSIP,
SACRAMENTO. d2}-lp
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For sale everywhere. Price: CuTcUEA, 30
cents; CUriCuRA soar, p cents; CUrlCrEA RE-
SOLVENT, 81.
Potter Drug and Chemical Co., Boston.
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SAH FRAxcISco. February 24th.-Monev
appears to be in good demand IN This mar
ket. Tho liberal sales of wheat this month
have sent Il good deal ot money. or lis
equivalent in exchange. on the n,arl,er and
this has made things a little more actIve
A good deal Of money is going mo real
estate by pariir who intend to improve tbe
same for residence nrrnoses ComnnerciaI ,iaI
loans IRE steady af ( ,,er cent as a., ,Icraa,
rafn tbou@b fIia fvtrdr1es .,r,. -Ci'1o M1st
Of the m3rf,ra.,es on ritv re,,I ast,t1 oro
written at ncr cen. thouah ono nf rho
hanks sill adhoros to & 1ar cont IL
CHANGE on New y. .rI ,nntinno sc.i,.e and
large ouantifles of coir Isvg bean ibcor,.t.
icaIlv a. least, placed bevnnd thc ewes If
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REMOVAL NOTICE

ERIENDs ND CUSTOMERS: HAVING RE
J IloveG our Wholesale Cigar Business TO San
Fraucisco, we have sold cur goodwill and
fixtures of our Retail Business in the famous
e. 'TANSiJL PUNCH' 5-CENT CIGAR to MIR
J. L. ORR VINO will carry on the same at our
old stand, No e2} SECOND STREET, and we
hegcby solicit for or successor a continuance Of
pact liberal patronage CORWIN IL BE3iIS.
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WHOLE No. 10,56l.
UTAH.

preliminary examination has been sus-
pended awaiting the result of his wound.
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PAINTS AND OILS.

r L CHADDERDoN, IMPORTER AND DEAL
y. er in Paints Oils, ysrnishes, Window Glass,
Mixed Paints, Artists and Painters Materials,
Wall Paper, etc. No. 2o4 K ST., Sacramento
iyfg.fp.f
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PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
DIR. j. S. COOK.

NO. 900 NINTH ST., BET. AND J, OPP
IN posite the Plaza, Magnetic and Electric
Healer. Electromagnetic and Medicinal Baths,
Magnetic Garments and lnsoles. Consulta ion
free. dl0-lm
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Shipment OF Trainps-Boy Killed by :,

PoRT CosrA, February 24th-A Sonsign-
ment of half dozen tramps, ex-%ai1land
arrived here in coal freight car during
the night Being locked in, they kere re-
consigned, agreeable to his ordei, to the
Chief of Police Of Oakland. where they
will occupy special quarters III the County
Jail.
AT 11:3o this morning a lad named
Charley Clancy, employed here as sack
marker, aged IA, his parents living in
and instantly killed. The body was badly
torn 10 pieces. The accident occurred OPP
posjte McMars office, and came about by
the hoy attempting to get on the rear of
the engine
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"PUNCH CEGAK STORE. ,,

Having purchased the goodwill and
fixtures of this old stand, I shall continue TO
keep on ha',d fine Enc of Imported Havana
ana Domestic CIGARS: TobaccOS, Pipes Cigar
cites, ana also the celebrated TansiIis
Punch" 5-ceut Cigar. j. l. ORR.
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b. 7. ROOT. ALEx. SEIIsoS. ). DEIsCoL.
ROOT. NELSON 81 CO.
F. -oSrEf

VTEI0N FOUNDRY - IRON AND BRASS
u Founders and MaehnisIS, Front street, be-
tween n and O. Castings and Machinery OF
every description made 10 order. ia24-iplm
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w. H. RALDWN. MI. ]

SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN. OFFICE
- northeast corner Second and K streets. OF
ice hours 10 /. u. to L NJ. 2 to and to s P
H. Residence S2l y street nl5-1m
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GEORGE ". YOUNG.

SiUCCESsoR TO PIKE 9. YOUNG, CARRIAGE
- Manufacturer, corner Fourth and L streets,
Sacramento. Established in 1850 All sizes OF
Buggies, Phaetous, Spring sud ThOroughbrace
Wagons. Repairing, Painting and Trimming
done. nI2l-intf
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Fire in Alameda County.

PLEAsANToy, February 24th.-Tle barber
shop and saloon belonging to NJ. S Silva
was consumed by fire at go this snorning.
Nothing was saved. The property was in
wind the whole business portion of the
town would have been burned
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OFFICE AND RESIDENCE, NJ STREET, BE-
~ tween Ninth and Tenth, Nos 91S and go.
VIII visit the Railroad Hospital daily at $50 A.
evenings ivl-tf
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DAS. HYMAN J. HY&AS, Jf.
j. uYMAN. ,IR.. & BRO

{NATCHMAKEHS AND JEWELLERS. -
w 595 street. between Filth and sTTF~
variety of fine Watches, Diamonds, lew rS,,.Ss
elry, etc. jal2tf
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PACIFIC SLOPE.
STAGE ROBBED ANB CAPTURE OF
THE ROBBERS.
Court-kouse Condemned-Sm Small pos
Among the Indians -Mer-
ced Irrigat;onis;s.
iserclAl DISPATCHES TO THE rrconD-uMoS.I
CALIFORNIA.


MERGED, February 9th A mass meet
ing was held at Leeker Hall TO-DAY. fur
the purpose of getting an expression on the
subject of irrigation from the people of the
county, at which the following resolutions
were adopted;
WHEREAS. Ii has been hrcugh; to the atte,,-
tfon of the citizens of MeTeed county that pc
;ition has been presented from this county To
the Legislature Of California, Cor the aVowCd
purpose OF misleading is members as to the
wants of the people oi this county on the sub
ject OF rrigati II; therefore be il
Res0lred. That we the peupi" of this comfy,
in mass meeting assembled. do hereby declare
that any attempts to miSlead our Representatives
or others into tlfe belief that we a county arc
opposed 10 irrigation. is unfair and unjust
Rt.o!rtd, That we highly dcpreeate the unfair
manner in VIII ch many of our citizens Were in
duecd 10 sign the petition referred 10, aud unite
with them in saying that it was done under u
mSapprehenSion.
RcSotr d, That we heartily indorsc Senate Bill
No. 20 and Assembly Bill No. ilG, ard ask tor
their immediate passage.
ReSo!rCd, That copy of these resolutions be
sent 10 each of our rcpreSentativeS-llGu J. d.
Spencer and Hon. q. &, Goucher.
After the above resolutions were unan-
imously adopted. 4 committee OF three.
| composed OF the following gentle lemen, W.
II. Hartley, c. Landram and Wm AShe,
Were appointed to 20 to Sacramento in the
interos, of the above bill
War Upon Tramps, Migrants and Lewd
Women.
MERGED, February 9th. - Yesterday
morning, ut an early hour, Sheriff J. L..
Crittenden had notices posted On all the
public bulletin boards i'll town containing
the law relating to trampS. vagrants and
lewd women, and Tonight the officers will
make a raid on the trampS and disreputable
mo m on e b.aT
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Unsafe Courthouse,

STOCKTON, February 2ith.-The Court
house in this city has been iudici,lly con
demned as unsafe when LARGE cfowds as
senbe in the COURTROOM.
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REMOVED.

~ SALADIN. MATCHMAKER AND ss,
Y. Jeweler. has removed from 5l7 J SFs;A
street TO j. hear corner of Fourth. a. "
Watches, Clocks and lewelry Repaired 9ss.Ssss
ar 1 made 10 order \ fine assortment of Watches
Clocks and JewelTy always on hand and at the
lowest prices. jal5-lm
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-17
The Value of the Percheron Stud
Book of France.

It contains the pedigrees and brief
descriptions of about five thousand of
the best bred Percherons, and none
but the produce of recorded sire and
dam are now eligible to entry. Every
one is familiar with the old breeding
axiom, Like begets ike or the likeness
of some of its ancestors" From this
alone the most obtuse mind will readily
perceive that knowledge of those
ancestors IS as necessary to the sue
cessful breeder as the perfection of the
animal himself. Stud books are histo-
ries of the individuals of a breed, and
are, therefore, the only means by which
the value of any animal for breeding
purposes can be measured; while the
worth of animals of unknown ancestry,
however fine they may be, individually,
can only be ascertained by experiment.
This is the reason why animals of es-
tabliched pedigrees, tracing through q
line of excellent ancestry, always COM
mand higher prices. In this advanced
age of scientific breeding any person
attempting to disparage the value of
pedigrecs, or opposing improvement
through the means of stud books, must
be actuated by selfish motives and
should be regarded with suspicion.
There are many horses being imported
from France, of whose origin nothing
is known.
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u.,r =, Co., ,,-..,..


In the British Medical Journal Dr. W. Rob
erts. OF England, discusses the effect of
liquors, tea, coffee and cocoa on digestion.
All OF them retard the chemical processes,
but most of them stimulate the rlan1ular
activity and muscular contractiOns Dis
titled spirits retard the salivary or peptic
digestion but slightly when sparingly used.
Wines were found to be highly injurious
to salivary digestion. On psptic digestion
all wines exert q retard;ng influence. They
stimulate the glandular and muscular ac-
tivity of the stomach. Effervescent wines
exert the greatest amount of good with
the least harm to digestion. When ones
digestion is out of order everything goes
awry, unless, as in the case of 7. T. Seals,
of Bellaire, Ohio, who had had bad dys-
pepsia for seven years, the digestive appar-
atus is kept in applet pie eating order by
Warmers Tippecanoe, the best appetite
producer and regulator in the world.
Tea, even in minute quantities, complete
" paralyzes the action of the saliv The
tannin in strong tea is injurious Weak
tea should be used, il at all. Strong coffee
and cocoa are also injurious if used In ex-
ceSs.-I7ee Cosmopolitan.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-17

Some DAYS since, while sitting ON the
porch enjoying the early morning,
noticed two beautiful spider webs
among the vines. I have been fond of
watching spiders ever since / was
very little girl. melted thereto by my
father having taken me into the gar
den and shown me a large, brilliantly
colored fellow that had made his web
in q currant bush. and desiring me not
to NEEDLE with it. have been inter-
ested in them, and bees and ants as
-en, ever since, and have watched
them for great many minutes at
time.
While looking, all at once saw one
of the spiders run from the center of
the web drawing two threads together
as he went; he unfastened the end and
went back rolling up the thread; then
he took the next two threads extending
from the center, once doubling part of
the web as have seen the sails of
ship furled; this continued until the
whole web was folded into a tiny pack
ct, when he took it between his fore
legs and hid himself under leaf. Then
I turned my attention to the other, and
in short time this performance was
repeated, and he too went to his re-
pose.
As much as have watched these in
sects never saw anything of this kind
before, nor have / ever read of such q
thing. Several times during the morn
ing l saw the spiders each under his
chosen leaf and the next morning there
were two webs as before. This time I
couldn't watch the folding, but after
breakfast came out to look for them
and they were both gone. The third
morning there were two webs, and
saw one folded and after time re-
turned and found the other gone. This
has been repeated nearly if not every
day since until to-day, when there were
no more webs to be seen. have not
seen them folded every day, but have
seen them spread and returning after a
time found no trace of them. There is
no one to disturb them and the work
has been done by the curious little
owner itself.-N. Y Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-17
ORCHIDS.


The Fashionable Craze Among Wealthy
Female Cranhs.
There was recently, in New York, S
great sale of orchids belonging to the
estate of Mrs. Morgan. who is said to
have paid two hundred thousand dollars
for this one variety of Towering plants.
The sale realized some seventy thousand
dollars, and it showed that there exists
class of rich people who are willing to
give large sums of money for this par
ticular variety of plant. Indeed, the
modern world is divided up into groups
of people who set high value upon Ger
tain articles. Rare old books are the
lunacy of one set, old pictures of an
other, brie-a-brac of a third Then
horses and dogs, rare specimens of
birds. etc., have their admirers. One
hundred and fifty years ago ragged what
was known as the tulip mania Ger
tain wealthy people developed craze
for tulips, and the competition adj
vanced the price of these plants to alb
normal figures. But the hunger was
then satisfied. And so it probably will
be with orchids. A reasonable taste for
flowers is commendable, and many a
Young lady who now spends many hours
in learning how to play the piano very
badly would be much better employed
in studying botany and seeking out the
mysteries and marvels of plant life
Demorest's Magazine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-17
HOME AND FARM.

Some farmers are trying to console
themselves with the idea that rotten po-
satoes left on the ground will be worth
considerable as manure. The idea is
tallacious. The potato is mainly car
bon and has very little manurial value
IN 2. Herald
Corn Meal to Mich Cows: Do not
be deceived into feeding corn-meal to
milch COWS. Fed freely it at first in
creases the milk flow, but soon goes to
fat and lessons the milk. Many a val
liable cow has been injured by over-feed-
ing in this way.-Indiand Farmer.
To kin the Canada thistle take .
knife and cut the heart out of them as
soon as they make their appearance in
the spring. and fill up the vacancy with
salt, then take your foot and press it
will be the end of the Canadian thistle.
Nut Cake: One cup butter, two
cups sugar. four eggs. one cup milk.
two teaspoons baking powder, sifted
through with three cups -four, one and
a half cups shagbark meats. Frost
the top, and before marking it off put
rows of English walnut meat (broken in
halves) across on every slice.-Boston
Globe.
Wash for Blotches on the Face: Take
dried (unmanufactured) tobacco leaves,
half an ounce; pour on a pint of boil
ing water; let stand for one hour; then
strain. and add to it thirty drops of ere
osote. With this infusion wet the parts
frequently throughout the day, and at
night moisten cloths or cotton in it and
lay upon the parts affected. Toledo
Blade.
1t is claimed that two per cent. of q
horses weight of good nourishing food
is all that he should be fed day By
this rule horse weighing 1900 pounds
should receive thirty pounds of food.
So says the Lite Stock Record, but it
must be considered that something de-
ponds upon the amount of labor per-
formed, as well as the digestive capac-
ity and appetite of the animal.-Troy
Times.
"A Nice Tea Dish: Make short
sweetened pie crust, roll thin and
partly bake in sheets. Before it is quite
done take from the oven, cut in squares
of four inches or so, take up two dag
onal corners and pinch together,
which makes them basket-shaped, now
fill with whipped cream or white Of
egg, or both, well sweetened and flaw
cred. and return to the oven for q
few minutes.--4lbany Journal.
Pumpkin Soup: Take three pounds
of pumpkin; peel it and cut it into
small pieces. Put it in saucepan with
water enough to cover it, adding little
salt; boil gently until it is soft. drain
it and pass it through fine colander,
for it must not be watery. Put three
pints of milk in a stewpan and mix
with it the strained pumpkin; let it
come to boil; add very little white
sugar and salt and pepper to taste, and
serve.-Boston Budget.
Apple Indian Pudding: Into one
quart of boiling milk stir cup Of
corn-meal. Into this stir a quart of
sliced sweet apples. Add a cup of
molasses and a teaspoonful of salt,
Mix all together well. When ready to
put into the oven, add two quarts of
milk. Pour into large, buttered pud-
ding dish or pan. and bake slowly four
hours. When cold, a clear, amber
colored jelly will be formed through
out the pudding; the apples will be of
dark. rich brown; altogether a most
delicious dish.-The Household
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-17
READING FOR THE YOUNG.
HE KNOWS.

TIE NSO"9s
s.Jss tive,
rr,s+ shst -
ga Sarts &C.,
Ne knows. hacarsa
Ne EnSvr ehonr
A.
IL ~
sue. .hat uIsns
was nVk IguI
ga u, ~, Sa =, or,; uu' IL, lo.so a.+$s
NJ stncEines ,yere ss thine and st,Iiss,A
~ -
ct Hooked inside
And how T cr;edt-
found a whip
Ana on a sir,
0f naner ,hfs.
IN f:tfIa Gjss
W, sSo,,Ia oha~
1T airo 10y
p,t a. xo,.-a ta,s,,,t.d Sa, ss,.s,,
P 49, ou &c Is," ri rsf"aIos an
Or nayse- INV little maidEoh, pausa
And think upon. Old Santa Claus