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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-12-21

run between New York and Philadelphia and
Cape Charles. Passengers can take the Phila-
deIphia sleeper at Philadelphia (Broad-street
station) at 10 pm. coming South, and are al
lowed TO remain in sleeper on arrival at
Philadelphia until am. without being dis
turbed
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-12-21
MEETINGS.

NOTICE. THE REGULAR AN
y nual meeting of the stockholders OF the
Merchants National Bank of Richmond will be
held at their Banking House on Tuesday, the
nth day of January, 1881 j. +. GLENN,
dellsa, IN, thu-td. Cashier
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A CHERRY ORCHARD.
Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars Income
From One Cherry Tree.

Placer County Republican
The most celebrated and probably the
finest cherry orchard in Placer county is
Robert Hector's, just below Rattlesnake
Bar, on the American river. 1t is one of
the oldest in this part of the State, the
first $50 trees having been planted in 1852,
and the location was most fortunately Sc
lected. The attitude of the ranch is about
$50 feet lower than Newcastle, which is
$40 feet above the sea. The cherry orchard
is situated right on the bank of the river,
and the soil is pure sand loan, in some
places over 60 feet deep, as proved by an
old shaft once dug near the center of the
orchard Not all of the first $50 trees that
were planted lived, but other trees were
added from year TO year, until there are
now $50, all in full bearing except so. Fol-
lowing are the varieties in Mr.. Hectors
orchard 0x-heart, Black Spanish, Black
Tartarian, Black Eagle, Knights Early
Black, Worder's Early Black, Purple
Guigne, ROYAL Ann, Virginia Purple,
White Heart, American Amber, Morilla,
May Duke and Black Oregon. The first 10
Tipen are Worder's Early Black, the Vir-
ginia Early Purple is second in order, the
Black Tartarian and Purple GuiGne come
third, the Black Spanish, American AM
Der and May Duke ripen next. the Ox-heart
and White Heart are fifth, the Black Eagle
and Knights are sixth, while the Merilla
ripens last of all and is little used except
for canning. With the varieties named
above one can have cherries constantly
ripe for period offrom six to seven weeks.
Mr.. Hector always has cherries ready for
market by the 10th of May, and in some
seasons as early as May LIST, and they last
well into the middle of June. This year
the first ones were shipped on May Sd. OF
all the varieties mentioned he considers the
0x-heart the best. 1t is delicious fruit,
while it and the Oregon and Royal Ann
are by all odds the best shippers, though
the Royal Ann is not prolific bearer. In
color the Black Eagle is the darkest of all,
and is exceedingly sweet. The Black Tar
tartan and the Ox-heart trees produce the
most fruit. For these reasons the 0x-heart
is thought to be superior to any other kind,
although Mr.. Hector says that all through
the country there are many trees growing
under the name of 0x-heart that are not
the genuine thing.
The king tree of Mr.. Hector's orchard is
a Black Tartarian which was planted in
1852 or 1858, and is one of the handsomest
of its kind. 1t measures eight feet in cir
conference, is about fifty feet high, and the
limbs spread over circle forty-fiTe feet in
diameter. Il is perfectly symmetrical in
form, ard as a producer will be hard to
beat. From this one tree this year Mr..
Hector has realized over $3.50. and its fruit
has not all been picked. He says that the
tree this year viii have produced nearly, if
not quite, 200 boxes of cherries
What is almost as remarkable, neither
this tree, nor any others in the orchard,
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e YOSEMITE FALLS, E1g9g
"A FEET ESS9G
II HSg5G1

men, and dwell in sweet communion with
nature The route to Del Monte or the
grove is by Southern Pacific rail northern
divisiOn) from San Francisco direct. The
passage is made in about five hours. Or, one
may at regular sailing times take steamer
from San Francisco to Santa Cruz and
Monterey, and from the first place by a
short rail route reach Del Monte From
Sacramento by rail of the Southern Pacific
Company to San Jose, where the line is
met, running from San Francisco, as at
first described. BY these same routes the
tourist reaches
SANTA CRUZ
Further on, northerly from Monterey some
twenty-five miles, and also on Monterey
Bay. The ride from Paiaro, where the
main line to Monterey is left, is along the
shores of the bay, and one of the most TO-
mantle and delightful ocean-shore rail
routes in all the world. Santa Cruz is
pretentious town of some 4, 900 inhabitants.
Its location is charming, and its climate
much the same as that at Monterey, though
its ocean exposure is somewhat broader. 1t
is supplied with numerous good hotels de-
voted to catering for summer visitors, as
also retreats especially for those desiring
something of the privacy of home. Thou
sands visit this seaside resort an
nually. and its famous bathing beach,
in the hight of the season,
resembles the more noted beaches Of the
Atlantic coast There are bathing houses
along the shore in number, charming
drives, and some of the finest mountain
roads and scenes very near to the place
an hour away-in all the world. In fact,
the Santa Cruz scenes of beach, ocean
stretch. rocky shores, bluffs, mountain
nights, darby, mysteriously, romantic and
delightful canyons, great forests, big trees,
and mountain springs resorts, makes 1t one
of the most attractive summer resorts in
the country. Santa Cruz is also reached by
steamer and narrow gauge rail route from
San Francisco direct, the road passing
through some lovely mountain scenes and
penetrating the hills by remarkably long
tunnels.
PEscADERo.
Near Santa Cruz, Camp Capitola, in the
same region. and on the Bay of Monterey
Camp Goodall, Aptos, New Brighton, are
all shore resorts. offering the advantages of
privacy and economy, with all the natural
advantages of other places in this section.
All but Pescadero are reached as III the case
of Monterey and Santa Cruz. In the ex-
cepted case the tourist leaves the Southern
Pacific road Northern division) from San
Francisco at San Mateo. and takes stage for
Pescadero over one of the most delightful
of drives. There is good hotel and private
accommodations at this place, and a
splendid beach, fine drives, hunting and
fishing.
Conclusion-Some Further Places of Rare
Interest to the Tourist.
We have now made note of the Yosemite
valley, the Big Trees, the great redwoods,
the mountain lakes, the Chief springs,
and the leading seaside resorts. We can
not continue to specify other resorts in like
detail, for they are too numerous, and our
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A STRANGE CASE.
a Young Girl Dies. Enters Paradise and
Comes Back to Life.

The little town of Vernon, Lamar coun-
ty, Alabama, twenty-eight miles north
east of Columbus, Miss, has furnished
a tirst-cass sensation, which has set the
entire country wild.
Mollie Pennington, daughter of George
Pennington, who resides four miles from
Vernon, aged 10 years, was taken sick on
the 18th ult. Physicians state that her i'll
ness resembled hydrophobia. On the 18th,
Drs. Reed, Brown, Morton and Burns were
called in to see the girl. She presented
every sign of hydrophobia. attempting to
bite everyone around her, even herself On
the 18th she somewhat rallied, gained
her consciousness and then told those
around her that she would die for an
hour exactly and at the expiration of that
time to ehafe her hands and feet and that
she would come back to life.
At the time predicted she died away, and
physicians present state that death was APP
parent, the pulse failing TO beat and her
body was cold Her physicians during the
hour applied all available remedies TO re-
store her, and at sixty-two minutes exactly
from the time she swooned away she as
tonshed all by opening her eyes and jump
ing nimbly from her bed.
She told that she had been to heaven and
that God had cured her She then told
that she was returned to preach to the
earth, and commenced there celebrations
that amazed them all.
The most curious circumstance is that
she remarked Immediately that she had
seen Mrs Briermore in heaven and had
talked with her. Mrs. Briermore, who lives
four miles away, died during the hour the
girl was apparently dead, and no one had
had any communication from that family.
At the appointed time of evening she
has continued her exhortations, telling be-
fore hand at what hour God would be with
her.
Ministers from all over the country are
focking to see her, and her discourses move
her audiences to shouts and tears.
Men of strong minds say there is some
thing supernatural about her. She never
went to school day in her life and cannot
read her own name, and never heard but
one sermon in her life; and the good Ian
guage used by her in her discourses and
Bible teachings strike her hearers with
wonder.
She is unusually small for her age, weigh
ing but forty-one pounds. She has always
been of reticent disposition until within
the last month she has been in unusual
good spirits and talked incessantly.
This statement is corroborated by at least
a dozen men your correspondent has talked
to, who have seen her and heard her talk.
Great crowds are reported as going from all
over the country to hear her.-Macon (Ga.)
Telegraph.
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and at places from ten to twelve miles in
width. It's environment is that of mount
aims and bills. Several towns are
on Its BORDERS two OF which
are large and of business. I'M
portance and high promise. Steamers
navigate the lake. The Blue lakes are in
Lake county, twelve miles from Lskeport,
are three IN member, at an altitude OF $500
teet, between mountains of 4G00 and 5000
fest, and invested with glorious charms Of
scenery. There is a good hotel at the upper
lake. Fine Eehing and good hunting are
afforded visiters. The atmosphere of the.
region j. that of perfect purity. ard the
climate ali b1t that of paradise. Finally,
the tourist vii find 10 lOyeiieT spots thaa 9
score or more along -he course of che upper
American river ana As forks. Tho waters
are pure and the hs25ns unsurpassed the
canyons deep and Tie mountain nights i1i3-
posing; springs are numerous, cataraGts
and waterfalls Of wan9rous beauty are f,e-
quent. For hund2g, lie tGuIis2 can taIie
no better roHte thAu that leading by the
waters OF Ike American up inia-Jhe deaps
and sohtudes Gf taat tofrentiai river Ii
empties into the Sacramento ut thiscity and
its forks may he explored fronasa nllf.toer
Of points OIL the Central Pacific RAILROAD,
or by saddle from Folsom or I1acerviI{e
AUBCaN, TJtH BEAUTIFUL. VILLAGE
That is the county seat Of Placer county 1t
is on the liue Of the Central Pacitie Rail-
road, and but a brief ride from Sacramento.
1t is at the bass, Of the footkiil REGION. be-
tween fie Bear and American rivers
either easy of access. The locality Is pecu-
liarly attractive 20 invalids and especially
those afflicted with pulmonary troubles
The attraction offspring" isnot aaded, nor
is il needed. The place Is an Old mining
town, With the streets following tbe crooked
paths ct the old trails. On top Of this relic
OF TIE past The modern town Is growing.
The location is picturesque, delightful to
the eye. charming III variety OF scenery and
strange mixture Of mountain, mining. val
ley agricultural and horticultural features.
Auburn is in the midst Of the foothili fruit
and vine region, and he whole section is
nov the scene Of mGryeioyas growth. There
are plenty of good Hotels, ard some that
make specially Of entertaining invalists.
San Francisco physicians send many OF
their patients to Auburn to recuperate dur
ing a convalesaence, and the place has
gained an enviaale notoriety for its health
giving atmosphere and the gentleness Of its
climate, whicA IS inst that happy medium
between hot and cold, valley and noun
tain equsbibty, that Is SO much sought for
and so seldom found.
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CONTEMPLATED IMPROVEMENTS. -Substan-
tial improvements are contemplated in the
vicinity of Bonner Lake. A year ago,
Greed Raymond the railroad lawyer, pur-
chased site for country residence on
the shores of the lake, and expected this
summer to erect fine house. He has
been too busy this season to attend to the
matter, but is expected up soon to put his
plans into operation. 1t is also said that
Hobert & Marlette intend to improve that
beautiful spot at the head Of the lake,
known as Bonner park. The underbrush
VIII be cleared away, and fine picnic
grounds made with swings, walks and
rustic seats. 1t is also thought likely that
next season they will put up large hotel
on the grounds. 1t certainly ought to
make favorite resort, as the locality is
one of the most picturesque in the noun
tains--Ii1tckee Republican.
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desiring TO have here summer homes. il
has grown to be q very extensive town in
the midst OF a magnificent pine and cypress
grove ON = hillside sloping down to the
waters of Monterey Bay, where q charm
ing cove beach affords excellent bath
Ing. Yet it is not a town in the usual
sense of that word. Is is d collection of
cottages scattered over large area OF the
thicklv-wooded tract owned by citizens
who send their families there for n portion
of the summer tor the benefits of the sea
air, invigorating climate, the bathing and
retiracy from the heat and dust and tur-
MOL of the cities. Solitude can be as pro
found here as on the mountain tops.
Though there are III summer from SOC to
/ coo people in the grove, one can be as re
tired as if alone in the eternal WOO Is and
hills. Cottages kent for the accOmmoda-
ton of transient visitors, and birds of
passage generally, are To rent by week,
month or season. The landlordisn Of Del
Monte extends to the catering for guests in
an excellent restaurant at the grove. 4
PUstoffice, stage station. store and other
cOnveniences are provided There are
boats to rent a splendid livery outfit for
those who wish to drive, and conveyance
to the Del Monte baths is frequent
and easy. Pacific Grove Retreat is,
indeed, possessed Of All lllc privileges
and benefits Of Monterey climate and local
itv. and Del Monte cOnveniences, with the
economy of more simple style of living,
and with the necessity for maintaining
state as to dress Withdrawn. It was origi-
nally
4 CAMP GROUND
Founded by a religious sect, which still
has qualified control, in that it is stipu-
lated that liquors shall not be here dis
pensed, nor any frivolous and debaSing
amusements INDUCED in, such as gambling,
nor any b0isterous conduct permitted,
while calm settles over the place on the
Sabbath day that realizes the poets dream
that the groves We're Gods first temples.
There is maintained neat church,
and Divine service is regularly
held. Yet with these regulations,
and to which none can object,
here is Just as much freedom as any we'll
ordered family enjoys or desires in its
home. The grove is well kept, the roads,
drives and paths swept and cleaned,
scrupulous regard had for the orderly ar
rangement of all things and the comfort
and convenience of all guests. Next to
Del Monte, Pacific Grove Retreat IS by all
odds the most delightful place of all seaside
resorts in which to hide from the world OF
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| won't ask them to take home the warm sea-
water tanks under their crystal roofs, with the
esplanade of waving palms and greenery
throwing soft quiyering shadows on the bathers.
for we have not the long Western purses which
can afford TO pay $4,000 for such luxurious
whim. But the glass-covered piaZzas, where
the sun makes summer even of a winter day,
with every rude wind shut out, and only sweet
sights and sounds within reach Of eyes and ears
that they might take; and the tiled fire-plaees
full of blazing logs and the exquisite little
rooms with their Turkish rugs, lovely enough
to have come this moment out OF Prag's win
dow; and the parlOr with its Steinway grand;
and the garden protected by hedges and ram
parts-why cannot they make Monterey by
the Atlantic?
THE BEACH BATHING
Is upon the grounds of the hotel. and i'm
mediately at hand are the Del Monte in
closed sea baths. These are the finest on
the continent. They consist of three great
tanks of differing degrees of temperature,
so as to accommodate the desire of any.
They are sheltered beneath crystal roof.
and the building is fitted up with the same
elegance, taste and richness of floral dress
ing that characterizes the hotel and all its
surroundings. From the hotel there ex-
tends about the peninsula q drive of
eighteen or twenty miles, prepared and
kept in order-in condition, indeed sur
passed by no road in the worldly the
same company that owns and conducts the
hotel. This famous drive is partly along
the shores of the bay and partly along the
shores of so much of the Pacific Ocean as
washes this lovely peninsula. The route
leads through old Monterey, with its many
relics of q romantic past-the ancient Mis-
sion church, the old Capitol, the fort of
Fremont and that of the early Mexican
authorities, the cross planted to denote the
spot where Junipero Sierra landed a cen
tury and more ago, the whale-fshery sta
ton, Pacific Grove Retreat-a seaside re-
sort of which more anon-and then up
into the cypress woods, redolent with in
spiriting resinous aroma. In succession
the tourist reaches Oak Bluffs, Point Pinos
and its light Moss Beach, Seal Rocks, and
then, after coasting along a shore rich with
rock effects and surf romance, he reaches
famous
CYPRESS POINT,
A spot all visitors to Monterey seek, and
with which none tire. Next comes the
most charming gem in Pacific oceans
shore-picture to be seen, Carmelo bay.
Then on through moss adorned monarchs
of coast forest out into the crisp breeze
ladened with its saline tonic, to Pebble
Beach, thence to Carmel Mission Church
(San Carlos, the theme of poem, song and
brush, and one of the most interesting
historic relics in the State. The mission
was founded early in ITO, and out from it
went these Outstanding influences that
have been of such importance in molding
the history and destiny of California. The
first point of great interest reached on this
drive, after leaving the bounds of the town
Of Monterey, was
PACIFIC GROVE RETREAT.
This is but about two miles from Del
Monte. 1t is a famous watering-place, and
by reason of the disposal of lots to parties
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4 Vermonter went with his sweetheart
10 Justice of the Peace to get married.
The magistrate performed the ceremony
and the blissful countryman asked How
much do hev to pay We, Squirrel" " The
law allows me a dollar and a half said
the Justice. WcN, I'll tell We what III
do, said the bridegroom taking a half
dollar from his pocket" I'm make it
two dollars for ye !'-Bost0a Record
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Why was Goliath surprised when ne was
struck By the stone? Because such thing
had never entered his head before,
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President Cleveland miss-appropriated
Miss Folsom.-NdtiohaL Weekly
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PACIFIC GROVE RErREAT

This is but about two miles from Del
Monte. 1t is famous watering-place and
by reason of the disposal of lots to parties
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The Pacific improvement Company in
1879 purchased 126 acres of land near to
the old town of Monterey and began in
that year the preparation of the Del Monte
grounds, which to-day are unsurpassed in
the world for beauty of landscape garden
ing. The grounds were naturally wooded
with oak and pine, and sheltered by the
foliage from the sea and sun in Just that
degree that gives such a charm to improved
parks. In the midst Of this splendid grove
the company erected a hotel, known as Del
Monte. that has not its equal in the world.
1t is modern gothic in architectural design,
3S5 feet in length and rs feet in width,
with agreeable breaks IN the form of wings
and of indentatiOns in the outer lines.
There are three stories. with towers with
additional floors. The rooms are all light.
airy and have sunny exposure. We do not
propose to dwell upon the details of the
interior. No brief description can do it
Justice or convey correct idea Of the ele-
gance and home-lke character Of this de-
Iightful hotel. which is and is not hotel,
since one can, in its spaciousness and its
privacy, live with all the retiraey that
the pleasures of solitude suggest, or
in the midst of as much of the activities of
society as taste may desire or fashion COM
mand. The peculiar arrangement of the
grounds contributes 70 both these ends.
There is a superb Office, which, as in all
first-class houses at the seaside, is as much
for one sex as for the other; music hall,
bathrooms on all the floors, billiard par
Tors. reception-rooms. and all the other at
tachnents and features of a superbly ap-
pointed hotel. The stables are ample and
supplied with fine stock and outfits for
guests. The grounds are characterized by
Iabvrinth, fountains, plats for outdoor
marks. promenades, outrageous avenues,
and all that the art of the most skilled
landscape gardeners could bring to bear in
other ways to make these grounds a sur
prise and constant delight
MARVEL OF BEAUTY.
From Mr.. Humans book We quote as
follows;
an. E b." the weIl-known correspondent Of
4he Boston Journal, wrote as follows TO that
naner IN June q, 1882 1.-THE three days We
sDent at the Hotel del Monte, Monterey-a place
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-12-11
OBITUARY..

In the death of DR.. Louis MADDEN
which occurred at his home in Opelou,
sas, on Nov. 2Sth, our community is
called to mourn the loss of one of its
oldest and best citizens. He was in
his 6Sth year and had thus nearly com
pleted the three score years and ten
allotted to mans earthly pilgrimage
He came to Opelousas from Alabama
soon after the close of the war some
twenty years ago, and has since resided
here as practicing physician. He was
successful in his chosen profession a
man OF firmness and integrity, a kind
and devoted husband and father. He
was also good citizen, ever deeply in
tereSted in what ever concerned the
welfare OF the people among whom he
had cast bis LOT, and by them he was
several times honored with positions of
trust
For more than year he was helpless
from paralysis, yet he bore his atfliction
with patience and christian resigna-
ton.
The large concourse of sorrowing
neighbors and friends who accompa-
MED his remains TO their last resting
place testified to the universal esteem
in which he was held by all classes of
people. He leaves a widow and three
married daughters to whom our sin
cere sympathies are rendered in their
bereavement.