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THE COLD SNAP.

Sergeant Barwick Writes About 1t, and
What He Saw From His Tower.
The Signal Service records show heavy
frost yesterday morning, with minimum
temperature of 500, cloudless sky and a
chilly atmosphere.
The barometer at A. NJ. yesterday stood
at 80 20 inches, and at P. NJ. so OF inches,
showing fall of .13 of an inch in twelve
hours.
The Coast Range was a beautiful sight
Yesterday from an elevated perch, for it
was covered to q greater depth with snow
| than the writer has seen in residence of
nine years in this city. Even Mount
Diablo was robed in white, while its sum-
nit was clothed in clouds, and the snow on
the Sierra Nevada is thick as viewed from
this CITY through powerful field glasses,
and encroaches upon the lower foothills all
along the line of vision.
| The temperature at 8 A. N. and 5 P. N.
was 800 and 470, and the dew point 29o
aud $40, while the highest and lowest
temperature was 4So and 32o.
The highest and lowest temperature one
year ago yesterday was $50 and 40o and
one year ago to-day SO and 4So. showing
that the present month, at this date, is
colder than the same month on the same
dates last year.
1t is to be hoped the heavy frost yester-
day morning will not be felt to any great
extent by the frult-growers.
O. O. Liniment-Best and Most Effective.
Rev. E r. Ollie, D. D., pastor of the
First NJ. E. Church, Oakland, formerly of
Sacramento, cerifies to its effective quail
ties.
"OAKLAND. February Z. 1890.
"W. H. Bone, ESQ.,, General Manager of
the C. C. L. Co.. Il Bush street. Ssn Fran
cisco.
This may certify that we have used the
C. C. Eminent in our family, and have
found it to be the best and most effective
medicine for neuralgia and kindred dis
eases of any that we have tried. We can
unhesitafingly recommend it as most
powerful and useful remedy.
"E. r. DILLE.n
IF you want the finest, tenderest and
sweetest dried beef in the market call T
the Eureka brand, and no other. Mohr &
Y0=rk 1904 I street
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-02-24

IF you want the finest, tenderest and
sweetest dried beef in the market call r
the Eureka brand, and no other. Mohr &
york, 1924 street.
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Hoods SarsapariIla

Is the best blood purifier before the public. 1t
eradicates every impurity, and cures Scrofula.
Salt Rheum, Boiis, Pimples, all Humors, Dys-
pepsia, Biliousness, Sick Headache, Indigestion,
General Debility, Catarrh, Rheumatism, Kidney
and Liver Complaints, overcomes that tired feel
ing creates an appetite and builds up the system.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-02-24

TvEE SEw5 OF THE WORLD Is CONTAINED
! il the WEEKLY U,5loE.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-02-24

On Wednesday next we will show in our Hat
Department the spring and summer styles of
Mems Silk and Stiff Hats, from Dunlap & Co.,
of New York.
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of us. I will have that manager to
know that though we may not al
ways do right we spend thousands
on railroads. It is a reflection on
every man among you that they call
this circus. If you can stand it I
can.
There seems to be some doubt as
to whether Sans show is a circus
performance or a cockpit. The last
number Of the Texas Methodist
Christian Advocate editorially says ::
THE Advocate trio have been to
Fort Worth and have heard Sam
Jones. They pronounce your I'm
Gle Jones a good egg-or rather he
is .full-grown chicken nova reg
ular game cock, who makes the
blood and feathers fly at every
stroke" Rather rough to be com
pared to fighting rooster. but if
the Advocate can stand it we will
undertake to say Sam can.
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BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS.

One of the latest and most popu
lar crazes which has taken hold Of
the people is the national building
and loan association, and yet it is
withal one of the most deceptive
and delusive. The nature and char
acter of these institutions and their
deceptiveness are fully shown up in
the last number OF the American
Machinist. 1t may be expected, al
most as matter OF course, our con-
temporary remarks that when any par
ticular line of business is so conduc-
ted as to merit the specialconfdence
of the people, it will no sooner gain
that confidence than some attempt
will be made to use its good name
for the purpose of advancing some
scheme which, to the superficial OBJ
server, may very closely resemble
the original, and yet really possess
vital points of difference. And so
it is with regard to national" build
ing and loan associations. The prin-
cipal feature tending to secure safety
and confidence in the conduct Of
building and loan associations is the
fact that their operations are con-
fined to particular locality, which
is familiar to every member, SO that
no officer can be elected who is not
known to at least majority of them
and no transaction of any kind can
be carried on without every member
having the fullest opportunity of in
vestigating it. And, besides, it is
customary for all of the officers ex-
cept the secretary to serve without
compensation. The national" build
Jog and loan associations are neceS-
sarily without these features, which
are the principal assurances Of a
safe and straightforward business.
As result Of conducting nation,
al" building and loan association
business, the Machinist cites the
American Building and Loan Asso-
citation whose headquarters are at
Minneapolis, and whose membership
is scattered through nearly every
state of the union. The public ex-
aminer of Minnesota finds that 1t
has cost this institution 100000 to
conduct a business of S1,200,000
for two years, which is just rs per
cent for the expense of operation;
and at the end of the two years, in
stead of showing a gain for the
stockholders, the books actually |
show deficiency of S74,718.2S, or
nearly 6 per cent of the entire
amount received. The public ex-
aminer recommends that the attor-
general of the state order th11
American Building and Loan Asso-
citation to wind up its affairs and
quit business.
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AID TO STEAMSHIPS.

The New York Nation in quoting
from and commenting on an inter
view recently published with Sena
tor Allison, in which the Iowa
statesman declared himself in favor
of substituting steamship lines sin a
reasonable way" shows strongly the
absurdity OF such policy. Senator
Allison, in substantiation of his
view in favor reasonable" subsidy,
is quoted as having said in his inter
view: "Ihere was curious thing
about shipping came to my knowl-
edge few days ago. Corn is worth
from 10 to II cents bushel less in
Iowa than it was last year. The
rates of inland freights are substan,
tally the same now as then-they
have not been increased, certainly.
Yet, the difference between the price
of corn now and last year in Liver
pool is only 4 cents. In other
words, the ocean freights upon all
agricultural products have immense
ly advanced within the last year.
Our people should take hold in some
afay of this question of ocean
weights, as it seems to me that they
have advanced without any Just
cruise, especially as respects all farm
products. This is illustrated, as 1
have already shown, by the differ
ence in the price Of corn in lowe
and in Liverpool, without any cor
responding difference in the price of
railroad transportation, which shows
that the people of the United States
are interested in improving our
shipping facilities. Just how it will
be done I am not prepared to say,
but that it ought to be done 1 am
sure" The Nation thinks that the
problem ought, not to be difficult
one for senator from corn-grow-
ing state to solve, and suggests it.
self a simple solution, which avoids
the cumbersome method of beating
the devil around the stump and of
robbing Peter to pay Paul. In 9TH
er words, the Nation refers Senator
Allison to the action of the state
board of agriculture of Illinois,
another corn-growing state, which
adopted It resolution asking that the
proposed bounties for subsidizing
steamships be paid to the farmer di-
rectly, and not by the roundabout
process OF paying it to a ship-owner,
and trusting to lucl, that it will
eventually get around to the farmer.
Of course, says the Nation, if a lib
eral bounty were paid FOR growing
corn, the farmer could afford to pay
better wages to the ship-owner for
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Boston HERALD: There is

BosToN HERALD: There is very
general agreement among all intelli-
gent people that Senator Ingalls, la.
test pension scheme is the most
idiotic proposition that has yet been
advanced in this line of legislation.
Just think Of seriously proposing as
an inducement to a woman to marry
a disabled and helpless soldier, that
she shall be entitled to pension
when she becomes his widowI And
yet that is the gist of Senator In
gals bill.
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SAM JONES AT THE FORT.
Whether he has got his water

Whether he has got his water hot
enough yet to begin scaling his hogs
deponent sayeth not, but San
Jones is still holding forth ut the
unregenerate town Of Fort Worth il
his pecul ar style, and is as usual ell
gagged i'll vituperating and venting
his personal spleen against every,
body whom he dislibes or who
doesn't do to suit him or agree with
him and against everything which
doesn't go according to his wishes.
As appears by the report of his
Wednesdays services in the local
columns of the Gazette, the rever-
end slang-slinger has a grievance
against the Houston & Texas Cen
tral railroad. When he pitched his
tent at the Fort the different railway
lines were applied to and were asked
to grant reduced rates so that peo-
pie from the country and the curl
ouslY-inclined from a distance might
have an opportunity of gratifying
their curiosity to see the great reli-
g1ous evangelist at the smallest ex-
pense obtainable. In most cases
the railways granted compliance
with the special favor asked, and es-
tablished excursion rates. The
Houston & Texas Central railway,
however, declined to accede to the
request. Its management viewed
the matter from an entirely business
standpoint. Sam Jones was coming
money out ofhis gospelshow and most
of the people who went to his meet.
ings went out of curiosity as they
would go to a circus. Therefore,
the request for low rates over the
roads could not be regarded strictly
as a charitable request, and to have
granted it would not have been in
the interest of public morals partic-
ularly or in the interest of the real
and true cause of christianity. The
refusal of the Central to grant the
reduced rates asked for brought on
a denunciation of it by the Rev.
Sam, and in his trade from the pull
pit he put words lin the mouth of
the manager of the Central road
and himself sized up his gospel
show about as others view it. He is
as having said:
There are the railroads all over
the country giving reduced rates to
this meeting except the Texas Cen
trail. 4 won't give tickets to Sam
Jones meeting. He is working for
money; so am I. 1 won't do it. If
L was a citizen of this place I would
never go on that road. The Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas and the
Houston Texas Central don't make
any concession to Sam Jones circus
These railroad men, where do they
get their money? They get it out
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BOSS TwEED1sM REVIVED.

The startling developments that
are being made in New York with
reference to the administration Of
the office of sheriff and of the rotten,
ness existing among the high-muck-
a-mucks and high cock-a-lorums in
the Tammany organization furnish q
strong reminder of the palmy days
of Boss Tweed and his notorious
gang of thieves and underlings. The
public has Just received the verdict
in one of the most infamous divorce
conspiracy proceedings on record.
Sheriff Flack, grand sachem of Tam
many, retires from his office in dis
grace. He has been convicted OF
misdemeanor and is under indict-
ment for felony. Growing tired of
living with his aged wife, over sixty
years old, with whom he had lived
some thirty odd years and by whom
he had grown children, he conceived
and carried into execution a conspi-
racy to get divorce from her in or
der that he might live the remainder
of his days open and above board
with courtesan with whom he had
been holding illicit intercourse a
number of years. The son of Flack
and of the poor, simple-minded old
lady was his fathers alder and abet-
tor in the conspiracy, which could
not have been carried out but for the
implicit confidence reposed by the
old lady in her son, who induced
her to sign papers, accept
service, &c, ad libit u m.
The conspiracy was finally
discovered, and when it was un-
earthed the judge who tried the
case was shown to have had a guilty
knowledge. Proceedings were in
stituted against Sheriff Flack, and
the most bold and bare-faced and
desperate attempts were made to
abduct, hdnap, bride and corrupt
witnesses to prevent them from tes-
tifying adversely in the case. The
trial of the sheriff and the indict
ment of several of his subordinates
for felonies and misdemeanors indi
Gated the existence of habitual
official malfeasance and led TO a
grand jury investigation. The
grand jury made its report the other
day, and it proved almost as big a
bombshell as the first discovery of
the Flack conspiracy. The grand
jury report arraigns the manage
ment of the Office as one continued
series of malfeasances in which 'not
one single element of redeeming
character has appeared before this
grand jury" and concludes chat "the |
sheriff's Office is standing disgrace
to the city of New York and the age
IN which we live" According to
The New York Star, the report deep
y involves Mayor Hugh J. Grant,
who was elected to Office as re-
former, and shows him to have com
nitted acts as sheriff which leave
him characterless in the community.
It accuses him Of sharing in illegal
ices exacted by an unauthorized
official, and says the best service he
IAN render his party is to resign at
1nce.
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IRREsPoNsIBLE CRANKs.

Following close upon the heels o.
the appalling disaster last week al
Louisville and the detailed account
and sickening list of the dead anc
wounded victims of the cyclone
while the public mind was in kinc
of terror-stricken state of feverist
excitement and prepared to believe
almost anything since the awful Wis
ltatiou at Louisville came like clap
of thunder from clear sky, a por-
tentous and direful warning of a
still more terrible calamity yet to
take place was sounded and pub
lished broadcast through the chan
nels of the public press. This wern
ing was contained in prediction
made by one Sergeant Dunn, who
| is employed in the United States
signal service. Sergeant Dunn pre-
diets that the greatest food ever
known in the history of the country
will sweep over the lower Missis-
slppi river within the next few
weeks; that sediment has already
choked up the mouth of the river;
that the foods in its tributaries are
rapidly raising the great stream
higher and higher above its natural
level, and that the pent-up waters
must erelong break over the banks
and deluge and devastate the whole
country. Every habitable quarter
for miles, according to this irrespon-
slble and sensational prophet, is
doomed, and the citizens of New
Orleans are warned to abandon their
homes and occupations and to flee as
for their lives. Coming as it did so
close upon the heels Of the Louis
vile cyclone, and from person oc-
cupying government position, the
prediction was accepted by thous-
ands of people, ordinarily not over
credulous, as true as gospel. This
was made obvious, says the New Or
leans Times-Democrat, by the fact
that the day the prediction was pub
lished food of kilograms poured
into the Crescent City, making inqui-
~ as to the chances of an overflow.
Other sensational dispatches were
received advising merchants to sell |
cotton at once, and several orders
of goods to be shipped were coun-
fernandez from the North, the ship
pers declaring that they were IN
willing to take the risk of the flood.
Thus, the commerce of large city
was for awhile almost completely
paralyzed by the wild babblings of
an irresponsible and reckless wealth
er crank, and hasn't recovered from
it yet. 1t is not necessary to say
that it wouldn't be good for Ser,
geaDt Dunn's health if he should
make visit to New Orleans any
time soon. The Times-Democrat
demands his removal from the gov
eminent service.
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TIE Galveston boom will now
careen and bound and whirl and
whistle sure enough. On Saturday
in the United States senate, Senator
Coke's bill for the appropriation of
s6,2OO,OOO for the purpose of obtain
ing deep water in Galveston harbor,
in accordance with the report of the
government engineers, was passed
unanimously without a dissenting
voice. Since it was adopted so en-
phatically by the senate, it is reason
able to believe that it will not meet
with much opposition in the house,
in which it will be brought up this
week.
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An exchange reports an unusual
and queer incident, as follows: "a
Negroes cabin was invaded in Dallas
by Mr.. billiard, of Midlothian, last
Saturday night, and was shot by the
negro, and died upon the fence as
he retreated." Just to thinkl The
cabin was shot by the negro, who
was the owner of it, and The cabin
died on the fence as the negro re-
treated.
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Rev. SAM JONES began his attack
on the stronghold of Satan in Fort
Worth last Friday and his services
are being attended by thousands of
people, excursion trains being run
into the city over all the roads to
give people from distance an op-
portunity to attend. AS yet no
great shaking-up among the dry
bones is reported. But it is due to
Sam to say that no opportunity has
yet been extended to sinners to
come forward. Sam says he never
kills his hogs until he gets the water
hot enough to scald them.
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The Austin Statesman presents a
case for the interposition Of the
interstate commission, state rail-
way commission, or some other kind
OF Interference to correct the injustice
and inequality of gross discrimina-
ton. 1t says:
An Austin firm shipped a car of
ice to Corpus Christi, the freight on
which cost $4,000. A car of Ice was
shipped from Quincy, Ill, to the
same assignees in Corpus Christi,
the freight being only $50, the dis
lance being thousand pllles, whereas
the distance from Austin to Corpus
Christi is only two hundred and thirty
miles. The Illinois car went right
by the doors of the Austin factory
and over the same line.
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MIssoURis state treasurer has been
removed from Office for being de-
faulter to the government, and a sue
cessor has been appointed. The de-
faulting treasurer lost the public
funds in the great American game
of draw-poker. The Globe-Democrat
says it Is to be hoped the new state
treasurer will hire an expert to do
his poker-playing.
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carrying it. This would be pater-
nalism and class-favoritism, to be
sure. But the protective tariff sys-
tenn is class favoritism and paternal-
ism, and so would be the subsidiz-
ing of steamships.
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The Kansas farmers have petit
toned the governor to call an extra
session of the legislature for
the purpose of providing some
way to extend the time for
the redemption of farms sold
under mortgage. Better come
to Texas and live among Gods peo-
pie.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS,

Al persons holding claims again.t
estate of Jennie Pool, alias Jennie Buts,
ceased, are notified that qualified as adm
istrator OF said estate on The 9th day
Ma Oh 1880, and you viii present I'd
claims within the me prescribed by lawI
me at Brenham, Texas, which is my pt
Office address.
I. 20. HYNEs, Administfatoaa
BRENNAN. Mach u. 1890.
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TIE movement on the part Of the
business men of New Orleans and
st. Louis to erect monument to
the memory of the late Jas. B. Eads
hangs fire.
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OLD Bill Chandler is such a
detestable, rantankerous and per
sonally obnoxious old "cuss" that it
is said he makes politics the test of
friendship and has made himself so
offensive that he is hardly on speak
ing terms with any democratic mem
Der of the senate.
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THERE has already been formed
anti-lottery leagre in Louisiana
prevent an extension of the chart
to the Louisiana LOTTERY company |
the next legislature.
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WHAT has become of the Dallas
Times-Herald? Has it suspended
publication?
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We are told that "man is fearfully
and wonderfully made And, again,
the human body has been likened
unto a complicated piece Of machin-
cry wellnigh ideal perfection. Yet
a Russian inventor has recently ia
ken out patents in his county for
improvements in the human body,
designed to facilitate walking, run
ming and jumping"
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Nor long ago local fire insurance
company was organized at San An
tonic, and now another at Waco will
soon be ready to do business. These
insurance companies should be en-
couraged and well patronized. The
amount of money that goes out of
the state every year for insurance
policies is an important item in our
commercial lie.
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The Brentwood Appeal says that
there are now only two of the old
landmarks left who figured conspic-
uously both in Texas and Confeder-
ate history, since the death of Zion.
Thos. j. Devine, of San Antonio.
They are Senator John Fl. Reagan
and Uncle Frank Lubbock.
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HERE of late the Victoria Advocate
is liable to create the impression that
it has become a Hogg convert.
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COMING events cast their shadows
before. The students of the Ohio
state university held a mock conven-
ton few days ago to nominate ceu-
didates for president and vice
president of the Uuited States. The
choice fell upon Stephen Grover
Cleveland and Gov. Jas. E. Camp
bell.
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The Houston Post repels the idea
of being free trade" paper as in
dignantly as the most rampant re-
publican sheet would md says
democracy and free trade are not
synonymous. Theoretically they
are, and the democracy hold to the
position that the only justification
for the imposition Of tariff at ali is
for the purpose Of raising just
enough revenue to defray expenses
of government economically admin
istered. The idea of ''incidentar'
protection is not democratic idea.
The Post is just a little too sensi-
tive for an orthodox democratic Pa
per en- the tariff.
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THR reception of the announce.
ment of Senator McDonalds candi-
dacy for governor so far is about the
--LATEST failure on record.