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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-07
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
INDIANAPOLIS UNION RAILWAY COMPANY,
OFFICE OF THE
VICE-PRESIDENT AND MANAGER,

AND olASA1Eh
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Oct. 6, 1885,
Sealed proposals will be received until Monday
noon Nov L. at the office of the undersigned for the
construction Of the Union Passenger Station in the
city of Indianapolis Indiana.
The main building will be $50 feet square, three
stories high with tower. The two baggage buildings
will be Is feet by $50 feet two stories high. Train
shed viii be $50 feet by $50 feet. The buildings
will be of granite, pressed brick and stone The
tTanshed will be of iron.
Plans and specifications of the buildings may be
seen and after Monday next, the 18th day Of Oc-
tober at the Office of the undersigned in the Indiana
National Bank Building Washington street. indian
apos and at the Office of the President in the Penn
syvania Company's Building Pittsburg, Pa
Bids must be made on printed blanks furnished by
tie company. The company reserves the right to re'
iect any or all bids. " T. MALOTT,
Vice-president and Manager
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-07
Southeast Indiana Conference Minutes.

The minutes of the late meeting of the South
by the secretaries, and are now ready for citcu-
lation. Such promptness in the issuance of the
minutes is altogether unusual, and will be appre-
ciated by the members of the conference who
win wish the official record of the proceedings
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-07
SERGEANT Prederioks.

OF the Greedy arctic expedition, now resident
of this city, is the agent of Greely's magnificent
book, Three Years of Arctic Service" 1t Is the
latest fullest and best book on arctic explora-
tons, and is splendidly illustrated. The book is
sold only by subscription, and Sergeant Fred
ericks is the exclusive agent here His place of
business is at the next door north of the Journal
Office
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-07
BUSINESS BUILDINGS
FOR s ALE.

Bids win be received at the Office Of the Union Rail-
way Company, Room /, over the Indiana National
Bank, city of Indianapolis for all portion of the
buildings situated the southwest quarter of
81 in the city of Indianapolis bounded on the west
by Illinois street the north by 12foot alley. on
the east by l5foot alley and the south by Lol-
siana street.
In said buildings cast-iron fronts plateglass,
cutstone caps and sills, pressed and common brick.
windows, doors, gas and plumbing materials and
lumber Of all kinds and grades
All 10 be removed from the premises without delay.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-07
Charged with Robbins a postof,oe.

doc" Allen, of Waymansville, was arrested
yesterday, and brought here to answer the charge
of having robbed the postofice at that place, in
June, 1886, of $780, In default of bail he was
committed to Jail until Monday next, when he
will have hearing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-07
Checking tho Spread of Chambers.

The secretary of the State Board of Health
yesterday received telegram from DR.. j. w.
Womack, Of Hope, Ind, confirming the report
that five or six horses in that vicinity are af-
fected with CHAMBERS. and asking that the State
Board take some means to check the spread of
the disease. DR.. Pritchard was sent down yes
terday afternoon to kill the animals and ascer-
tain the extent of the disease
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-07

ton; W. Dewitt Wallace with q poem, 1.-THE
Last Tournament" a violin solo by NJ. II. Spades
Richard Lew Dawson gave 1.-THE Sassafras Man."
dialect recitation, which concluded the enter
tainment
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-07
Blasting Powder.

We are agents for American Powder Co..
and the celebrated Etna Dynamite, the best
stump blasting powder made. We sell at manu-
facturer's prices Also agents for Howe Scale
Co., tea, counter, platform, wagon or track
scales. Ask your merchant for the solid steel
Game Cock chopping ak
HILDEBRAND 8 FUGATE,
so South Meridian ST.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-07
Suing q Life Insurance Company.

Suing Life Insurance Company.
Charles Scholl, administrator of Frank p
Bulger, has sued the Continental Life Insurance
Company to recover the value of a $1,000 tom
tine policy alleged to be due the estate. 1t
was taken out In September, 1883.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-07
PETTIS, BASSETT & CO..
TO-DAY'S DOiNGS.

Meeting of IrishAmerican citizens, Supreme Court
room, evening.
Quoting match between Thomas Kealmey and James
Jardin, grounds of Caledonian Society 3 o'clock
Pm.
Meeting of Free kindergarten and Chdren's Aid So.
eiety, Tabernacle Church, 2 o'clock T. M.
Parade of Wheclmen 7:3O O'Clock p. NJ.
English operahouSe-"The Cattle King" evening
=
The Museum-"Our Minstrel bcSs. aiVesnoon ana
evening
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-07

Following this Mrs. John q. New sung
Dreams" soprano solo. Then came James
Whitcomb Riley in his inimitable dialect recita.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-07

THE best patterns of folding-beds at VIM. L.
Elders.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-07

Buy your hats at Seaton's hat store, % North
Pennsylvania street.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-07
'Plaster Cast of Entomologist.

Interior View, Taken by Himself.
He Bit OFF More than He Could Caew."
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-01
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
". Il. STRONG & co.
Few Facts CONCERNING Leading Fruit
and Produce House.

One of the largest Fruit. Produce Nur-
sery and Seed houses on the coast is that of
W. r. Strong & Co., whose place of bust
ness is on street, between Front and Sec
ond, in this city. This firm has been en-
gagged in business in this city for great
many years, during which ume lis business
has grown from small beginning until it
now extends throughout the entire coast,
and embraces the chief fruit markets of
the Eastern States Messrs. Strong q Co.
are among the heaviest shippers of green
fruits 10 the East, they having last season
forwarded no less than 300 carloads To va
rious points beyond the Mississippi Their
trade in garden produce, berries, etc, has as
wide range as the shipment of such pro-
ducts will bear. The firm deals largely in
fruit, shade, ornamental AMI other trees
IL has three large nurseries-two near
this city and one in the Placer county foot
hill section, which supply large share of
young trees required by orchardists
throughout the central and northern coun-
ties OF the State, as well as in neighborlng
States and Territories The trees from the
nurseries of Messrs. Strong & Co. have the
reputation of being among the healthiest,
hardest, and most vigorous, and are always
in demand. The seed and bulb department
Of this firms business forms no inconsid-
cradle portion thereof. Il is, indeed, a very
important branch. Each season the house
issues large illustrated catalogue of its
stocks of trees, plants, bulbs, seeds. ETC..
which should be in the hands of every
farmer and orchardist, as it is full of use
full information.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-01
RAINFALL RECORD.
COMPILED FROM DATA COLLECTED
BY STATE ENGINE Err HALL.
Showing the Average Annual Pre-
cipitation for Number of Years
at 17S Points in California.

Prepared for the New Years REcoRD-UNIoS !
The following table shows the average
rainfall (for given number of seasons) at
17S different places in California, as OBJ
served at some 200 rainfall stations. The
original table. as compiled in the State
Engineers Department, and from which
the following figures are taken, is very ex-
tensiye, and will be valuable acquisition
to the records Of the State. 1t is the sum
mary of q compilation that will appear in
the forthcoming statistical volume from
that Department. following the records of
monthly and seasonal precipitation for 2o5
stations Including some in Nevada and
Arizona). The work Of collecting data for
this volume Of physical statistics has been
in progress for the past five or six years
and no pains have been spared to
make it as complete and reliable as
possible. Every record of rainfall
. of which the department could hear bv
: d1lllgent inquiry, research and correspond
encei has been secured, carefully examined
and the whole uniformly tabulated. The
result certainly comprises four times (if
not five or six times as large a collection
relating to California as has ever before
been put in type. In the volume spoken
of this collection Of rainfall data
Will be followed by very large
collection of temperature records another
OF evaporation data Che result of special
observations by the State Engineers De
partment); another Of general meteorolog-
zeal data; Others relating to flow of rivers.
drainage areas, and general physical statis-
tics.
The following table of rainfall record in
cludes a number of points at which data
was collected by several persons, separate
ly. In such cases the average only is given.
as the variations are generally very
slight
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-01
THE WESTERN HOTEL.
An Institution that Has Won Its Way into
the Front Rank of Hotels

One of the safest criterions by which to
judge the general condition of a town or
city-ln a financial or commercial sense
is the character of its hotels 4 prosper
Gus, thriving community, however small.
VIII have at least one hotel that will serve
the purpose of an indicator If the place
be OF the dull or "poky order. even its
single hotel will be found ill-kept, deserted
and wearing generally repulsive aspect.
The same rule holds good even in larger
communities, with greater number of no.
tells. You can readily distinguish the wide
awake, prosperous hotel-keeper from a
whole regiment of III n, and when you
once enjoy the inequalities of his model
caravansary you will seldom care to try
any other. Such man is the enterprising.
pushing landlord of the Western Hotel.
William Land. ana his famous hotel is one
OF the model institutions of the kind to be
found i'll ehiS or any other country. There
IS, in fact no exaggeration in saying that the
Western Hotel, in this city, is the best on
the Pacific coast-prices and all consid-
credit not in the United States.
1t is one OF the institutions of
Sacramento. as well as of the State, for its
infancy dates away back to the infantile
days of Calf rnia. Since that time it has
been the temporary home of scores of
thousands OF human beings-of men in
atfiuent circumstances, and others of the
most limited means. And it has been the
boast of the Western Hotel that its guests
rich and poor-have been equally well
coined and equally we'll treated. And so
these guests come again (if death does not
overtake them, or if the trains connect, or
their teams do not give out, nor their own
legs fail them on the journey. But the
Western Hotel of twenty-five years ago,
good as it then was, is not the Western
Hotel of to-day. Seventeen years since 1t
came under the ownership of William
Land, and took new start in life. After.
ward it was destroyed by fire, and on the
ruins of the original structure was erected
one of the finest and most spacious hotel
structures on the coast. The new hotel
was provided with all the modern i'm
provements and convenience, even to an
elevator. The rooms are all airy, finely
furnished and kept scrupulously clean All
the apartments of the house, the hallwavs,
etc. are superbly frescoed, and the entire
finish of the house is equal, if not superior,
to that of the finest hotels in the State.
The Western is noted for the excellent
character of its table. 1t is popular re-
sort for families, where they have all the
comforts of home at less than one-half the
prices charged by hotels whose accommo-
dations are greatly inferior Mr.. Land is
now on his way to Europe to enjoy
needed rest, and in his absence the bust
ness will be under the efficient manage
ment of Alex. Morrison, who has been long
connected with the house as clerk, in
which position he has won wide popularity.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-01
WILLIAM TELL HOUSE.
A Popular Hotel Proprietor's Proposed
Change of Base.

In short time mine host Steinauer. of
the old William Tell House, at Ninth and
} streets, will remove from there to the
new and handsome hotel building recently
erected on the site of the late st. Charles
Hotel, on street, between Eighth and
Ninth. He will take the name of his
place with him, and transfer it to the new
hotel, which will henceforth be known as
the William Tell House Mr.. Steinauer
evidently likes the name; and well he
may, for in the years that he has presided
over the William Tell House it has enioved
unusual prosperity. But its success did
not depend upon the house alone, nor
upon its name, but upon the fact that
Steinauer knows how to keep hotel. He
will take to his new place an experience
gained by many years of catering to the
public, and we can safely predict that the
new William Tell House will be even
more popular than the old one in its palm
lest days. 1t is Ihree-story brick, hand
somely finished, has all the latest I'M
provements, and will be newly-furnished
throughout. The bar, parlor and dining
room will all be on the first floor, and the
two upper stories will be devoted to sleep
ing apartments. The greatest comfort at
the least expense" will be its motto.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-01
l.. X. HAMMER.
Music Dealer and General Manager for
Chickering Pianos and Wilcox a. White


Chickering Pianos and Wilcox 4 White
Organs, SEQ Street.
Since 1864 Mr.. Hammer has b en- the
sole representative of the Chickering piano,
so Justly celebrated all over the world
The house of Chickering & Sons is the
largest in the world and the oldest in
America, being established in the wear
1929. Especial mention should be made
of the latest improvement invented and
patented by Chickering & Sons-the great
est improvement in this country-viz: the
metallic action in upright pianos The
worst enemy manufacturers of upright
pianos have TO contend with is dampness.
Chickering & Sons. after long experiment.
to solve this enigma by substituting metal
for wood in all important portions of the
action wherever two parts come together at
a common center, so that at such centers
there can be no unequal expansion or
contraction, as is the case where such parts
are made of wood Mr.. Hammer offers
these instruments at very low rates. and
challenges the production of Chickering
piano that fails to perform all that the
manufacturer claims for it. Mr.. Hammer
has secured the best cabinet organ on this
coast. He has the agency of the Wilcox Il
White organ. manufactured at Meridian,
Conn.,, which can justly claim the superior
ity to other organs that the Chickering
does to other pianos. Mr.. Hammer is also
wholesale and retail dealer in all kinds OF
musical instruments. sheet music, books
and musical merchandise, OF which he
carries complete stock The entire bust
ness of this establishment is under the
management of Mr.. L. NJ. Hammer Cata-
logues, price-lists and any information will
be given upon application, by mail or in
person, at his establishment, $40 street.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-01

How TO DRINK SEA-WATER.lSea-w water
has been converted into beverage A
little citric acid or citrate of silver is added
to the briny liquid, chloride of silver is
precipitated, and a harmless mineral water
is produced. An ounce of citrate renders
a half pint of water drinkable. Seven
ounces would furnish shipwrecked man
with water for week. The question is
how TO secure the citrate TO the ship
wrecked man. 1t is recommended that
those who go to sea carry with them a bot
tie of citrate protected by an India-rubber
covering. or that such bottle should be
furnished in life-preservers. In the latter
case, however, the people about to be
shipwrecked must not leave the life-pre-,
servers behind. IT. with presence of mind,
they remember to take them, all the agon-
les of thirst portrayed in nautical stories
may remain unrealized fctin.o
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-01

arrival
he
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Telephone Dray and Express Company.

Baggage taken to and
from Depot. Packages
and Parcels. Wood or
Coal delivered. Pianos,
furniture and Merchsn-
disc packed, moved or
shipped. Goods trans
ferred or stored. The
general reader. and es.
pecially the travelling
public, will observe at
once the many sdvant
'ges to be gained by hay
ing at their command a
complete and thorough
managed bray and Ex-
press Company. JAMES
Z. GRANT. the founder
IF this pOtprprisp has
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-01
SEND Foa CIRCULARS.
dls2p2w PIERCE RYAN, Manager.
NOTICE OF STREET WORK.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT IT IS
IN the intention of the Board of Trustees, of
the city OF Sacramento TO have O street, nom
Twenty-sixth 10 Thir i.th streets improved by
grading to the official grade and constructing
drainage cuiyerts. Said Improvements TO be
made in accordance with resolution pass q by
the Board of Trust, es. on the 2sth day Of DE
CEMRER, 1885, to which all parties interested
are referred Tor further particulars.
d29-5t II y. NIELSEN, Stree. Commissioner
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-01
BYRON SPRINGS,
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY.
(stj.NCT nr ,y,NHcy,,U~r
cH,NGE OF MANAGEMENT.

uOTEl. ENTIRELY NEWLY FURNISHED
IL and renovated Open Winter and Sum
mer. The Carlsbad Of AraeIieaJ Hot Mud,
Hot salt and R.,t SULPHUR baths. Sure cure for
khenma,ism Neuralgia, Sc atica, CGtarrh and
all Blood and skin Diseases
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-22

pssn officials In India In consequence Of The
existence Of Brahmin plots against the English
regime
Able Liszt has visited Queen Victoria
II Windsor.
Tho famous Cock Tavern, in Fleet
street. London. Is to be demolished
The Earl OF Shaftesbury committed
suicide In London. He shot himself with re-
volver while riding in cab
The Public Lands Committee Of the
House have agreed to report the bill repeating
The presumption, timber-culture, and desert
land laws. the bill FORGETTING certain lands
granted TO the State of Wisconsin for railroad
purposes. and the bill FORGETTING the Onto
aagon and State Line Railroad grant in Michi-
gan.
In the British House of Commons,
IN Tueday, the 18th inst, after speeches
oy Harcourt and Gladstone in favor, and
3oschen and Sir Michael Hicks-Beach against
The Irish home-rule bill, motion that leave
be given to introduce the bill was put by the
Speaker and agreed 10 without a division. Mr.
Gladstone then stated that the second reading
Of the bill would be fixed for the 9th OF May.
A coroner's jury in London found
that the Earl of Shaftesbury took his life while
insane
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-22
NEWS CONDENSED.


The failure Of Roger Brothers, of
Bristol, Pa, proprietors Of very extensive
Touring mills, is announced. Their liabilities
are over $4,000 Assets unknown
The Hon. John Welsh, Minister to
England under the Hayes administration, died
at Philadelphia last week.
Sir Thaddeus Fairbanks, inventor of
the Fairbanks scale, died at st Johnsbury, VT,
in his Goth year. Mr.. Fairbanks was born in
Dedham, Mass, and emigrated to St Johns
bury, VT, when IS years old After working
in a saw and grist mill he started an iron foun-
dry in 1898, making newly invented styles of
cooking stoves and cast-iron plows. the first
iron plowshares ever made He invented, In
succession, q emp-dresser, q steam-heating
apparatus, an arrangement Of refrigerators
which has everywhere been adopted, and final
: ly the famous scale. For the last invention he
was made a Knight OF the Imperial Order Of
Francis Joseph by the Emperor Of Austria in
1873
DIR. j. H. Arnett, Superintendent Of
the American Express Company, died at Mag
ara Falls from an apoplectic stroke.
Five hundred school-boys at Troy,
New York, struck for single daily session of
four hours, threw stones and mud at the po-
lice, and forced the School Board TO listen to q
statement of grievances
The late Ann Jane Mercer, of Phila-
delphia, bequeathed her estate in Montgomery
County, with buildings, furniture, horses, etc,
for the establishment of home for aged and
infrm clergymen OF the Presbyterian faith
who do not use tobacco in any form, and set
aside sum of SlOo, 600 to maintain the estab-
lishment
At New York warrants were issued
for twelve Of the Aldermen supposed 10 have
been corruptly connected with the Broadway
Surface Railway Legislation. Ten OF the @sus-
poets" were arrested and gave bail in the sum
Of $25, 900 each. Another surrendered and was
also released on bonds. The twelfth man,
Reilly, is thought to have fed
John HI. Noyes, founder of the Oneida
Community, died at his home in Niagara Falls.
Two flowing oil wells have been
developed in the Grand Valley District ten
miles from Titusville, where prospectors are
aocking in great numbers.
A rabid dog on the railway track near
Riverdale, N. Y, pursued and bit Miss Amelia
Morosni, daughter of Jay Gould's partner.
A carload of young oaks taken from
Culp's Hill, on the battlefield of Gettysburg,
was planted ON the grounds of the Soldiers
Home at Erie, Pa, by the crippled inmates
last week
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-22
WASHINGTON.

Watson Van Benthuysen, of New
Orleans, President of the National Improved
Telephone Company, testified before the Pan
Electric Telephone Investigating Committee
that his company owned, but did not use,
seven OF the Rogers telephone inventions
Witness testified that he and Secretary Young,
of the Pan-Electric Company, agreed at Mem
phis to bring suit against the Bell Company
Each party was to furnish evidence and model
and divide the expenses, but was to furnish its
own lawyers. Notes of this agreement were
made, but IL was never reduced TO writing.
Witness having applied to the Attorney Gen
eral to bring suit against the Bell Company,
the Attorney General replied ON July Ia, 1885,
that the matter had been referred 10 the Sec
Rotary OF the Interior, to whom il should have
been referred originally When witness after
ward called upon Attorney General Garland,
that gentleman had courteously, but firmly,
refused 10 hear him on telephone matters, and
witness had become very indignant and threat
cned TO appeal 10 the President Within two
days witness had called again with Mr.. Brier-
son, an attorney, TO secure promise from the
Attorney General that he would promptly
make application for suit against the Bell
Company II referred 10 the department
through district attorney. Still the Attorney
General had peremptorly refused 10 touch tho
matter.