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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-03
The Railroad Commission

san Francisco Bulletin, April list
meeting of the Board of Railroad Com
missioners was held yesterday, with all the
members present. 1t appearing from the
communication of Passenger Agent Good.
man that the reduction of rates between
this city and Los Angeles had not been
made for the purpose of competing with
any common carrier, and that, therefore
they did not come within the constitutional
provision prohibiting the increase of rates
so reduced, the communication was placed
on file.
MIR. Humphreys then offered the follow
ing;
It is hereby ordered that the office of Secre-
tary of this Commission be and the same is here
by declared vacant, and that to ill such va
cancy Stafford Parker, of the city of San Fran
cisco, be and he is hereby nominated and ap-
pointed TO fill such vacancy, and to be the see
rotary of the Commission from and after the 3ist
day of March, 1886, subject TO its further order
in the premises. ANY act or proceeding of this
Commission inconsistent with this order Is here
by rescinded.
Mr.. Humphreys said Commissioner Foote
protested against the removal OF Mr. An
drus, but the resolution was adopted By the
votes of Commissioners Carpenter and
Humphreys.
Mr.. Andrus was appointed to the office
of Secretary by the previous Board, com
pOStu Vi h6SSTS. Cbonelndl. beefSIecDef
and Kohn. When this Board went into
office, Mr.. Andrus announced that he
would decline to serve unless formally re-
elected. According to the records, Com
missioner Carpenter moved that Mr. An
drus continue to act as Secretary of the
Board until such time as he should resign
or be removed. This motion was adopted
by the votes of Carpenter and Humphreys,
Foote voting in the negative, and thus Mr..
Andrus was placed in position by which
he could do one of two things-resign or
continue in office without being reelected.
He accepted the latter alternative, and has
since acted as Secretary of the Board
Although Mr.. Andrus never was the can
didate of the majority of the Board, vet
there was an understanding that when the
majority desired his removal notice would
be given him, so that he might send in his
resignation. This notice, it is said, was
given some time since, but at the meeting
of the Board Yesterday Mr.. Andrus said
that, with all due respect, he would decline
to resign. The resolution removing him
was accordingly adopted
The salary of the office of Secretary is
81, 400 year. Stafford II. Parker, the
newly-elected Secretary, assumed the du-
ties of his office to-day. Mr. Parker is
well known in this city, and has had sew
eral years experience in railroad affairs
During the administrations of Auditors
George F. Maynard and William NJ. Edgar
he served as deputy in that office
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-03
How Clothes Pms are Made.

A dealer thus describes the manufacture
of clothes pins to a reporter They white
EN- out at a rate of eighty minute A
beech or maple log, foot in diameter and
ten feet long, will white up into u coo
clothes pins. That log won't cost more
than 81 The clothes pins they cut out
will be worth 500 40. 1t will take them
two hours and a half to run that log into
clothes pins, which is whiting out 4. 800
an hour. At ten hours a day they get away
with four logs, and have on hand As, 600
clothes pins, worth $685. so. Now. the
lumber for these pins has only cost So or
50. But then these logs must be sawed uD
by four different kinds of saws. One sepa-
rates the log into lengths of sixteen inches :;
another saws these into boards three-ouar-
tiers of an inch thick another cuts the
boards into strips three-quarters of an inch
square. These strips are caught on wheel
that hurries them 10 gang of saws which
chop them into clothes pin lengths. These
lengths are carried by swift moving belt
to a machine that seizes them, sets them
in lathe that gives them their shape in the
twinkling of an eye, and throws them to
an attendant, who feeds them to a saw that
moves backward and forward as if it were
madder than snake. This saw chews
out the slot that the washerwoman shoves
down over the clothes on the line, and the
clothes pin is ready. all but kiln-drying
and polishing. The latter is done in a re.
yolving iron cylinder, the same as castings
are cleaned. All these processes cost
money, and vixen the manufacturer comes
to put up his goods for sale he finds that
his profit on the 4S, 900 pins, his days work.
is only about Sl93 We pay the manufact-
urer cent dozen, or a trifie more than So
a thousand. We are compelled, in these
close times, to sell them for cents Dozen
or $50 thousands Scientific American
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THE BALLoT-Box sTUFFING CASES.

Referring to the late decision of the
Supreme Court Of the United States in
the Mackip, Gallagher and Gleason cases,
the Current says the ruling is in eonso-
nance with the spirit of the law Such,
we think, will be the public judgment,
strong as is the desire that these men be
punished. They were charged with ballot
box stufiing. As rule, such crimes are
seldom exposed, and less frequently pun
ished. The political ward boss " is gen
orally equal to the task of protecting his
servitors from the vengeance of the law.
The case against the men in question is
clear. But an error was made that is not
chargeable to " boss" Influences. The
men were not indicted but presented"
As the crime was an infamous offense,"
they can only be punished after conviction
III trial on Indictment. Mackin is not
freed by the decision, for he is held in the
penitentiary for perjury, but it will shorten
his term to the limit fixed for the latter
crime. 1t seems that public prosecutors
should have known long ago when to
present" and when to indict." The
distinction was found out in the decisions
i'll the star-route case, and numerous Cir
Gust and United States Supreme Court de-
cisions have been made that ought to
settle the question. The Current expresses
the general dissatisfaction of the public
with the many bungling methods of the
law. 1t says:
Let us take bird s-eye view of the workings
of the rusty machinery whereby balot-box stuff
ing has been made dangerous One of the
three men found guilty before Judge Blodgett
and a United States jury was never sentenced
although year elapsed between the conviction
and the finding at Washington; Two prisoners
were sentenced the third held public Office
during the suspension of his sentence, and now
stands rs if never Indicted, as he never was
never tired, as he was or never sentenced, as
he was not. Whether just or unjust, is not this
remarkable discrimination ? We may see that
the suspects were protected by false prosecu-
tlon, and one of them saved all disgrace of rec
ord We may see that the chief of the Offenders
was caught in the clutches of the law only
through a prosecution allotted by the energy of
private eitlzens. and 50 faulty as TO means that
even When the stripes were put ON the down.
lailen politician and maker OF statesmen those
stripes were donned for one crime when they
S ;i,,,l IN essence for another That state Of
yhcielal thlngs whether the result of over
growth or Ignorance, equals state of rotten
ness: There Is no satisfaction for friend or foe
OF Mackin in reading the record of his eases in
the State and Federal Courts -
There is great deal of suggestiveness
in the foregoing remarks. The eyes of the
country were on these cases. They were
to be tests OF the ability of the law to deal
with corruptors of the fountain-head of
our political system. The law has not
really proved inefficient, but its machinery
has. The crime of ballot-box stuffing is
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-03

RELIGIOUS LIFE.-One great element of
the religious life is the JOY that comes while
working for the Lord. 1t is in addition to
the joy of the pardoned soul and that
which comes by the witness of the spirit,
being the direct joy for work The Lord
pays us in this world fully for all our toll
for him, and gives US beyond that look
toward our eternal reward. Duty done is
certain of its reward of blessing. 1t is the
old story of the servant who. diligently
using the talents his lord left in his care, is
greeted by g" Enter thou into the JOY of thy
lord The seventy returned from their
journeys through the land and reported
with Joy to Jesus. They only did their
duty and this teaches US to do what God
wants US to do taught by his word, by the
holy spirit dwelling in us, and by personal
experience. The promises are laden with
encouragement OF joy to those who do the
will of God. The Psalmist SAYS that even
those who sow in tears shall reap in 10y.
REV. NJ. V. B. Knox.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-03

Discovery OF ROMAN RAcE-couRsE.
Archaeological researches have recently re-
vealed in The neighborhood of Nantes the
existence of race-course of presumably
Roman origin. The foundations of the
hippodrome occupy an area Of about 223
by Ia meters. Further discovery Sas been
made in the vicinity OF an ancient roadway
leading to the Loire, near the banks Of
which river traces of a number of villas
prove the existence of buried city. mas
much as a theater capable of accommodate
ing 4, ZOO persons has been brought to the
light of day. a quantity of ornaments.
Jewels and pottery has been recovered
among the ruins. Thus far the absence of
coins has frustrated the endeavors of saw
ants engaged in unearthing the relies to es-
tablish the epoch OF this most-recently-
found city of the Roman occupation
New York Evening Post
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-03

ALL new developments concerning Cap
tain Crawford's death confirm the belief
that it was the result of treachery. No
one on this side believes that the Mexicans
mistook Crawford's for an Apache camp.
He was assassinated as he stood talking to
one Of his men, a Mexican soldier DELHI
erately aiming and firing at him. 1t is
certain that our Government will call
Mexico to account, but let us hope it will
not wait until all the witnesses TO the
murder are dead, or scattered to the four
quarters of the globe.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-03

Your VoRK.-Never mind where YOU
work; care more about how you work
never mind who sees if God approves. If
he smiles, be content. We cannot ALWAYS
be sure when we are most useful Iii not
the acreage you sow, it is the multiplica-
ton which God gives the seed which makes
up the harvest. You have less to do with
being successful than with being faithful.
Your main comfort is that in your labor
you are not alone. For God, the eternal
one, who guides the marches of the stars.
is with you.-GRev, C. H. Sturgeon.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-03

fetal life at Washington is one of ease.
Our Secretaries do twice the work of Eu-
ropean Premiers. Says the New York
Post; "All the hours of the day in which
any man who means to do his work effici-
GENTLY ought to work, are insufficient for
them, and they involve the most exhaust
ing process for the brain and nerves-in-
cessant passage from one subject to another,
and incessant efforts TO keep hold of widely
differing and often complicated details"
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-03
san rRANCIsC0 AGENCY.

L. P. FISHER is Sole Agent for this paper IN
an Francisco and vicinity. He is snthorize7
n receive advertisements and subscriptions, ana
collect for the same. Rooms u and d, Ner
shsnts Exchange.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-03

IT is said Geronimo escaped back to the
hills because he feared he would be hanged
by the Americans. So at last the Govern
ment has been able to inspire an Apache
with some fear.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-03

The RECORD Union as Inc only paper on
che coast, outside o. Sa'a Francisco that re-
CERES the full Associated Press dispatches from
all parts Of the World. Outside Of San Fran
cisco Il has no competitor, in point Of mum
bers, IN its home and general circulation
tlro,taE0te, The coast.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-03

SAYS the Current: " Not one-half of the
politicians of the United States have
learned that the nation is tired with the
old game of checkers called party advan-
tage.'" Precisely, 1t is time now that
the game be the public advantage.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-03

THE transfer of ownership of the Mays
vile appeal to A. S. Smith, its veteran
editor, puts a valuable property under sole
management of an experienced and COM
petent journalist. The RECoRD-UyIoN
wishes the new management success.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-03

Is it not better 10 nip consumption the
great scourge of humanity in the bud, than
to try to stay its progress on the brink of
the grave. A few doses of Santa Able, the
King of Consumption, Cough and Cold
cures will relieve; thorough treatment
cure. Warranted by all druggists. Jos.
Hahn & Co., wholesale agents for Sacra-
mento.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-03

The above are but few of the many thousand
BARGAINS to be found at stores. We are
positive of this: That we have the LARGEST STOCK
and sell at LOWER PRICES than any other House
this side of the Rocky Mountains.
We ship all goods the day ordered, and warrant
them against breakage the cars.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-03
FRENCH WALL PAPER!

~ H. KREBS & CO.. 62e STREET. HAVE
". just received direct from the French
Factories Large Lot of GENUINE FRENCH
WALL PAPER. The designs and colors are the
most beautiful ever exhibited in Sacramento
anil IInlrn
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-03

- IKIDAN, April ZU.
Sarah c. Winston VS.. Dwight \. Wiuston-De-
fault of defendant entered.
Mrs Mark Hopkins vs.. II. B. Nielsen-Iohn
Ryan substituted as defendant in this action in
stead of ii. b. Nielsen.
Ed. NJ. Simpson VS.. W. S. Kendall-Applica-
ton for entry of default OF defendant with
drawn.
Millicen, r. Maulden VS.. Cox & Clarke-Con-
tinued one week.
A.WeItheim VS.. Otto Normau-Continued one
week.
John I. Cardwell VS.. +. f. Cavitt-Demurrer
overruled; ten days to answer
Max Henninger VS. Joseph Rogers-Contiuued
r. A. Fisk, Jr, VS.. Central Pacific Railroad
Company-Motion for new trial overruled
Alice NJ. Nalensin VS.. Gulio Valensin-Contin-
ued until Tuesday, at l:31 =. n.
Charles Stone VS.. Jennie Stone-Submitted.
G. Cabone VS.. f. Cabone-Delault of defend
ant entered.
J. II. Carroll VS.. Carl StrObel ct Demurrer
sustained; ten days TO file amended complaint
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-03

To exterminate the rabbits, which have
become such a plaque in Australia, it is
proposed to propagate contagious disease
among them, and the experiment is to be
first tried on Torren Island
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-03

NEARING THE FIGHTING PoINT.-We were
at the depot in Griffith, Ga. waiting for the
Atlanta train, when colored man came
along with wheelbarrow and purposely
collided with brother of color who was
coming down the street. There was war
of words for a few minutes, and then the
one who had been hit limped to the plat
form and said: " Ise gwine to hurt dat man
afore he gifts frew wild me- why don't
you challenge him ?" asked one. :" Oats
no good, sab. Ise dun challenged him fo'-
teen times, and he's dun challenged me list
as often" And you can't bring about
duel?" " No, sab; cherry time l challenge
him he wants to fight wild pitchforks, an,
of cose doan' accept; cherry time he chal-
lenges me want to fight wild shovels, an
of co'se he doan' accept" You'll never
get together" Oh, yes, we will wes
edgin' along to it cherry day; we'll keep dis
thing up till bimeby well agree on cotton
choppers, an den you'll h'ar dat William
Henry Washington was cut down in his
bloom at de fust blow. Yves edgin', sab.
an in my minds eye I'm de head mourner
at dat mans funeral. Detroit Free Press.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-03

ToADs AND BEEs.-The toad may be use
destroyer; the freer you can keep your
apiary from his presence, the better Toads
will wait at the foot of a hive to seize any
honey-laden bee that may happen to fall to
the ground on its return from foragihg. and
one bee master, SAYS correspondent of
the London Graphic, saw over dozen little
workers captured IN the space Of half an
hour by an old tat fellow, who daNed out
bis tongue with wonderful celebrity imme-
diately he saw bee on tho ground. The
bees had been collecting pollen, and many
of them, being heavily laden, were unable
to reach the floor board of the hive.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-03

D. d. D." will cure biliousness, indiges
ton and dyspepsia at once, at J. Hahn & Co
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SUPERIOR COURT.
Department one-van Fleet, Judge.


Estate of Ripley C. Kelly, deceased-Contin-
ued one week.
Estate of John Wall, sr., deceased-Sale of per-
sonal property confirmed.
Guardianship of Fanny Burroughs insane
Final account settled and guardian ordered dis
charged.
Estate of B. F. Whittemore, deceased-Contin-
ued one week
Estate of T. II. Jackson, deceased-Continued
one week
Estate of Thomas Young, deceased-Order
made for permission to improve burial lot.
Estate of o. T. Ganong deceased-Final ac-
count settled and distribution made
Matter of the guardianship of Thomas Smith,
a minor-Sarab Gornley appointed guardian
upon filing bond in the sum of 500.
John w. Marshall VS.. His Creditors-J. W Viii
son appointed assignee upon filing bond in the
sum of 500.
Charles Pegler VS. His Creditors-same order
as last.
Odell & Ross VS.. Scheunert-Appeal dismissed,
and leave to file bond on appeal denied.
Clinton l.. White VS.. William Gutenberger-
Continued.
Sullivan & Ravekes VS.. G. W. Ellery-Contin-
In re. J, D. Smith, insolvent-Continued
People vs. George Fancomb, on appeal-Con-
tinued.
People vs. All Lin, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. pleads
not guilty. r. t. Devlin appointed to defend
Defendant ordered to appear April D. 1856, for
trial.
People VS. A A. Nethercott. grand larceny
Defendant pleads not guilty and is ordered to
appear April 10Th for trial
The trial calender Tor April was set as follows:
April l3th-Jones VS.. MeComber Ct al.
April l4th-Atterbury x Co VS. Burns Bros
April 1ith-Milliard VS. Sacramento County
April 15th-Hallihan vs.. AIcCann
April l9th-People VS.. Lawrence and Mary
Long.
April 2Oth-People VS. Nethercott; People VS..
p J. Finnegan.
April 22d-Seavy vs. Western Union Telegraph
Company; Cayitt VS.. Cardwell.
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NO DULL TIMES HERE!

Everything is booming with us! Business never
was better and this is all owing our LOW PRICES
AND SQUARE DEALING. Look at the following
LIST OF PRICES, and be convinced that with us is
the place to buy:
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-03

Mr.. MANNING's breakdown is another
proof of the error that obtains, that of
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Carroll vs.. Carl Strobel ct Demurrer
ned; ten days to file amended complaint
The Portland daily press., 1886-11-18
Another Scandal.

BURLINGTON, Vt, Nov 1.-THE trial OF
Miss Jennie Saxton, who was arrested for
forging an order on the Burlington Savings
Bank, in the name Of the millionaire, John
l.. Mason, was postponed to allow her coun-
sci, Hon. Henry Bullard, time to prepare the
case. In default of $500 bail, Miss Saxton
was committed to jail. Mason and the pris-
oner had an interview today in which she
asked him to stand by her, and which he re-
fused to do Miss Saxton now charges that
she was betrayed by Mason when She was
only - years of age, and that she has con-
tinued to meet him by appointments up to
the present time. Sic states as their homes
were but short distance apart, a code of
signals were arranged by him to let her
know where to meet him, and she further
asserts she has letters from him making APP
pointments, and showing their relations to
each other Mason insists it is a case Of
blackmail The case excites great interest.
Mason is director of the Central Vermont
railroad, stockholder in the Burlington
Bank, and is one Of the most prominent
men in the county. Miss Saxton is accom-
plished and a beauty.
The Portland daily press., 1886-11-18
A SENSATION IN CHICAGO.
Poisoned Buckwheat Reported De-
Iivered at Armour's Residence.
The House Guarded by an Armed
Police Force.

New YORK, Nov. 1.-THE Sun this morn
ing publishes the following startling story
from Chicago: A little boy, wearing knick-
erbocker clothes and a turban hat, ran up
the steps Of Phil Armour's house on Prairie
Avenue, Monday morning. He carried in
his arms package of colored paper. When
the door was opened in answer to his ring,
he asked for the cook, and being directed to
her department, flung the parcel on the ta-
bic, saying as he did so that he had been
sent to Armour's house by two men whom
he did not know. The package was marked
best quality buckwheat, sample package"
The butler entered the room just as the boy
ran down the steps and after listening 10
thewoman's story upbraided her for receiv-
ing sample packages, which was In direct
butler laid the package on a shelf, and ran
after the boy who was then on the street,
where did you get that package?" he
asked as he caught the lad. From two men
at the corner Of 21st street and Wabash Ave
nue., was replied. where did they tell you
to deliver it?' "At Mr.. ArmOur's, and they
gave me this quarter to do the errand.'
What else did they say?" "They said that
II l would meet them at the corner OF 18th
street and Wabash Avenue they would give
me another package TO deliver at another
house." After taking the boys address, the
butler fastened back TO Armour's house and
gave instructions that no one touch the
package until Armour had been consulted.
Later in the day Armour was visited in his
Office by stranger, who said he overheard
conversation between two men who were
standing on the corner OF ZIst street and
Wabash Avenue. A boy was with them.
One of the men, who wore white handker-
chief around his chin, gave the boy pack
age, and told him to deliver it to no one but
the cook. "Where are you sending that TOP"
asked the mans companion. 'r0 Armour's,"
was the reply. What is in it?" Poison"
said the man with the handkerchief. "But
you will kill the whole family" exclaimed
his companion. "D-n it. that Is what
want to do" replied the man. There are too
many Armours in this country. Phil Armour
is at the bottom of all this, and everything
Will be all right If We can get him out of the
way" Armour then placed the case In the
hands Of detectives, and sent the package to
a chemist TO be analyzed. fhe chemists re-
port showed that the package contained
buckwheat dosed with strychnine in suffi-
cient quantity to kill half a dozen families.
The boy who delivered the parcel had given
the detectives a minute description Of the
men, who are believed to have been stock
gard strikers. Armour's house Is now
guarded by special policemen, who are arm
ed with guns and clubs. 1t Is said Armour
is in daily receipt of threatening letters.