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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-24
A MISSING MILLION.
Disappearance Forever of q Bundle
Currency During War Times.

Disappearance Forever of q Bundle Of
Currency During War Times.
"Good heavens!.' said an old-time COM
rade, who had had something to do with
many of the most startling events of the
war. Good heavens, but the strange
things men living now know could their
information all be put together. The
most startling events of the war were
not the battles, my friend. There were
things going on, enormous schemes for
money-making, money itself = events
that make ones hair stand on ones
head! The times made men and women
reckless. For instance" continued my
friend, as he got lbs equity foot into an
easy position. 81 went to church the
other Sunday. A gentlemen near me
in the same pew politely handed me the
book of service. Had it been in me to
faint think I should have astonished
that bland, imperturbable gentleman and
the elegantly dressed middle-aged lady
in the same pew, who, l suppose, was
has his wife cher diamonds were really
very fine), by fainting. For 'shadowed'
him once month in 1868 upon a sus-
picion of having stolen 81. 200, 600. Some
body got it, and though he was not a
very high official the money was miss
ing, and the only other person open to
suspicion was just the one we dared not
suspect?" SWELL" said 1, waiting for
the rest of the tale, "what about it?''
Nothing" was the calm reply. why,
you don't mean to say that" didn't
I tell you just now very extraordinary
things were occurring then every day that
at any other time would have made your
hair stand on your head?" eyes, you
did, but supposed there was story or
something" continued I, little tamely.
well, there isn't. All. there is to it was
that one day in certain Government
department. ST., OOO, 900 in United States
currency that had been brought in that
morning was missing. 1t was in rather
smallish bills, fifties and hundreds and
made pretty good-sized parcel. 1t was
navar found. "-Washineton Gazet:-
Enensn Wor0s ana french Slang.
| It is very odd that Frenchmen
should be SO fond of copying English
ways and using fragments of British
speech. No language is improved by
crude importations from other tongues.
and most of the English words which
have come into general use in France
have been annexed in the crudest man
ner possible, often with no clearer
understanding of their meaning than
the lady who had invited some friends
"pour fiveocloquer six heures." As
for pronunciation-that, of course, is
impossible. The word club, for in
stance, has long been French posses
sion; but it has usually been pro-
nounced "clib." Now it has been dis
covered by the arbiters of chic, who
not so long ago were called la haute
gomme-French slang is very feeting
that "cloob" is nearer the English
style, and "cloob" it is henceforth to
be.-Paris Letter.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-24
How Senatorial Speeches Are Timed.

President pro tenn. ingalls, uses the old
fashioned time glass to measure the five
minute speeches of the senators. When
the senator begins the glass is inverted,
and when the sand has all run out he is
stopped promptly. The other day a
senator who thought his five minutes en-
tirely too short demurred when the presi-
dent pro tenn. told him his time was up.
1.-THE chair is guided entirely by this
glass, +" said ingalls, firmly, holding up
the twin bulbs with the sand all in the
lower one. As the president pro tenn. is
almost as absolute as baseball umpire,
nothing more was said. As Ingalls, re-
marked afterward to another western
senator, cit takes sand to run the senate. I"
Philadelphia Record
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-24

The table used by President Harri-
son as writing desk is made of the
timbers of the British ship Resolute,
which an American vessel rescued in
the Arctic ocean. When the ship was
being repaired the queen caused ia
bic to be made of some of the timbers
and presented to the then president of
the United States.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-24

A curious phenomenon is reported
from Batoum on the shores of the Black
sea. During q complete calm the sea is
said to have suddenly receded from the
shore, leaving il bare to depth of ten
fathoms. The water of the port rushed
out to sea, tearing many Of the ships
from anchorage and causing q great
amount of damage. After short time
the sea resumed its usual level.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-24
A Dinner to Suit.

That food has an effect on the mind
and actions was believed in by Mossop,
who always ordered his dinner to suit the
character he was about to play. For
Zanga, in the Revenge, sausages; for
Barbarossa, veal outlets, and for Richard,
pork. -Gentleman's Magazine.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-24

! A gentleman who has made study Of
the eye says, for the benefit Of the peo-
pie who have to earn livelihood with
the pen: ssNever write on white paper
Il you can get yellow paper. A sheet Of
the same shade placed on the wall over
the desk win assist in giving the eye rest
and this viii facilitate the work." He
has made this suggestion to many, and
Ia each case has received the 6anks of
those who have been benefited by it, Il
tssimple and does not require any phi.
loeophy to prove it.-Brooklyn Earle.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-24

Probably the most difficult task In the
construction Of story is the manage
ment Of conversations, 60 that the indi-
viduality Of the dramatis PERSONA may
not be hopelessly mixed. Ths author
must keep each character definitely before
bis minds eye, so that be may see it as
distinctly as he would an intimate friend
embodied in the flesh. Virginia g. FL
lard in The Writer.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-24
He obeysa Order.

sCall for Alb Song, said an Australian
judge to the Hibernian court crier, in q
Chinese law suit. Gentlemen, shout
ed the crier to the spectators, sswould
one Of yez favor his honor with song9''
New York Tribune.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-24

Miss Bruce (who has heard that her
friend, Miss Deering, has had falling out
with Mr.. Downey)-Why, thought, Eu.
genia, that you and Dick were very solid
Miss Deering Gcily)-Oh, dear, mol
enly plated.-The Cartoon.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-24
An Entirely New Court.

The whole court at Berlin is now en-
tirely composed Of new people. The
friends OF the late emperor have disap-
peared and the emperor and empress are
surrounded by people entirely Of their
own choosing and sympathies. Those
who know say it is impossible to imagine
anything more complete than the efface-
ment of every trace Of the late emperor
and empress influence. New York
Sun.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-24

The cost Of maintaining ono Of tho
proposed battle ships while cruising &
Nhnnf AK 600 ma. mon4h
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-24

"A member of the House OF Commons
created considerable amusement by
grayely asking the House secretary
whether the law Of 1874, making it IL
legal for any person to send telegram
concerning betting could not be enforced.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-24

"A woman in this State, in filling out
census blank, put down her husband
Is lunatic. She told the census emu
merator that he was at present engaged
In paying an election bet by pushing :
wheelbarrow twenty-five miles, and she
didn't expect him home for week.
Norristown Herald.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-10-24
Well Qualified.

Employer-Are you watchful and pru-
dent in looking after business interested
Applicant for Berth-I've carried the
same umbrella over two years without
losing it or having it stolen.
Employer-Then you may have entire
control over my extensive business, and
name your own salary.-1he Jury.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-11-28
NEW CoNGREssMEN.

Geary Gets His Certificate-A Claim That
Blanchard Was Elected.
The returns from the First Congressional
District have been canyassed by Secretary
of State Hendricks, and as result he has
certified to the Governor the fact that
Thomas j. Geary, the Democratic candi-
date, received plurality of all the votes
cast for Congressman. The canvass showed
that for De Ravens unexpi1ed term Mr..
Gearv rece' we'd Is, $50 votes; ]. A. Barhsm,
I5,447: L. B. Scranton, 323; Samuel Hilton,
800. For the full term Gesry received 49,
334 votes; Barham, 1888, and Scranton
$50; Geary's plurality, Isl.
Mr.. Geary will leave for Washington TO-
day to assume his place in the National
Legislature.
The claim is made in Placerville that G.
G. Blanchard, and not Caminetti, has been
elected to Congress in the Second District.
The lstter's majority over Blanchard, on
the face of the returns, was very small, and
the claim is Eow set up that more than
enough Frohib;lienist votes to elect
Blanchard Were scratched in his favor. but
by some mistake we're not counted for him.
A recount Of the votes in that district is
talked of,
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-11-28
A NOBLE HORSE.
Death of Theodore Winters Noted Thor
oughbred Sire, Norfolk.

Death of Theodore Winters Noted Thor
oughbred Sire, Norfolk.
The gallant Norfolk is 10 more. His
race has been run, and the old horse has
been laid to rest under the sod at the
Rancho del Rio, near this city, where he
had spent the many years since his retire
ment from the turf. He-was the greatest
of his day-the king of the turf-but like
all champions, he had to give way to the
younger and sturdier of his race.
A week ago the old horse was stricken
with paralysis in the region of the loins,
and fingered until Tuesday. The history
and achievements of Norfolk have been
so often published in the last twenty years
that they are familiar TO turfmen in all
parts of the country. He was bought by
Theodore Winters in Kentucky early in the
sixties, the price paid being $l5,001-the
odd dollar having been demanded by his
owner because he had resolved not to sell
him unless be received higher price ($15,-
000) than had up TO that time been paid in
this country for racer.
Norfolks performances IN his two and
three-year-ol form had inspired Mr.. Win
tiers with desire to own him, and he de-
him. Norfolk's first performance OF note
on this coast was his race with Lodi, owned
by Nathan Coombs of Napa, which be
won. His three miles in 5:271, in 1865,
when four years old, was the best on rec
ord when it was mace, bat in 1884 Drake
Carter ran the distance in 5:24 at Sleeps
head Bay.
Norfolk was one of the most noted thor
oughbred sires the country has known, his
colts having won both fame and riches in
the best company. Emperor of Norfolk
was the best hree-year-old in 1888, and Ei
Rio Rsy had no peer among the tWo-year-
olds the following year. Alta, Prince OF
Norfolk, Mollie McCarty, Bonanza, and
many others of the get of Norfolk, were
noted winners in their days.
The old horse lived the full term of years
allotted to his species, and died full Of
equine honors. He leaves behind him sew.
eral sons and daughters to perpetuate his
name and fame.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-11-28
THE FAVELL MATTER.
Friends of the Lady in Amador Defend
Her Against Her Enemies.
L..

htT against heT IlneInteSs
AMADoR CITY, November 22d.
EDS. RECORD UNION: Allow me to say
that the letter published in the RECORD
UNION recently concerning the bequest of
dying man John Bancrofth) in Portland,
Or, to Mrs. FaveH, stated the truth, with
the exception that the amount of the be-
quest should have been 81 500, instead of
$4,000. Mrs. Favell has the necessary
documents to prove the correctness of the
statement published in your columns.
These papers were sent TO US for her, and
if necessary we could explain how the let
ter sent TO the RECORD UNION through the
Chief of Police came TO be forwarded from
Walsh's Station.
The statement published in another
paper concerning Mrs, Favell, and attempt
ing to discredit the genuineness of the let
ter sent to you, was tissue of falsehoods
Mrs. Favell is q worthy woman, and not
the crafty creature alleged in the latter
publication. We have known her for
twenty years as good, honest, hard
working lady here in Amador City, where
she worked hard to make q living for her.
self and three children after her husbands
death. Her friends are many in this
county, and she would be welcomed back
here at any time.
If this does not silence her slanderers,
we are ready at any time TO meet and re-
flute anything that may be said against her.
Mr.. AND MRS. KING.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-11-28
THAT PENNANT.
The sacramentos Refuse to Play in
Stockton in Order to Get 1t.

The Sacramentos Refuse to Play in
Stockton in Order to Get 1t.
Manager Enright, of the Sacramento
Baseball Clue, returned from San Fran
cisco yesterday disguised with the combi-
nation at the Bay that runs the California
League affairs.
Matters were rum" said the manager,
ajust ss if Director Campbell, of Stockton,
and myself, were not present. Finn and
Robinson, with None siding in with them,
had everything their own way, and showed
their unfairness when they ordered the
three deciding games to be played in
Stockton. Firms proposition to play TO
free gates in San Francisco was simply ab-
surd. He wants to discourage the forma.
ton of club in Sacramento for next sea-
son by doing everything possible to hinder
Us from making any money. Do you sup
pose he would make such proposal if
Oakland was disputing the championship
with him? No; IN that case he and Rob-
inson would go in together, ordsr the game
to be played in San Francisco aud by
charging the usual admission fee pocket
about $500 each We could get the
grounds, if we pressed the matter, but the
fact is that Finn thinks he will lead Us
wherever he pleases. He will be surprised,
however, when he learns that we do not
intend to play in Stockton. He can go
there, If he wants to, but the Sacramento
Club will not, and no reasonable or sensi-
bic person will blame us. Sacramento has
a club which has shown itself to be the
best in the League, and the players have
great deal of respect for themselves. None
can award the pennant to his team, but the
people of San Francisco have their own
private opinions and can judge his decision
for what it is worth. The Sacramentos
will not go to Stockton
Manager Finn, of the San Franciscos,
gave as his reason for not bringing his club
here, that he never got square deaf in
Sacramento. Mr.. Finn has stated here,
time and again, that Sacramento was the
most impartial town in the League. When
he came here, he said, he always felt sure
of being we'll treated, and the audiences
were disposed to be more reasonable than
those in San Francisco. His recent remark
will, therefore,. occasion considerable sur
prise.
Umpire Meegan is furnishing the Bay
papers with interviews with him concern
ing his conduct in the city last Sunday.
The general feeling here has not relaxed in
the least in Meegsn's favor, and it would be
an unsafe adventure for him TO appear as
an umpire in this city again. He charges
Stockton with trying to give the game to
the Saeramentos, and even says that Holli.
day, who made SIX difficult fly catches on
that day was not playing ball. Armstrong,
he says, was endeavoring to lose the game
to the Sacramentos. These statements are
falsehoods; and even were they true, an
umpire can generally do more toward de-
Gliding game as he wishes it than any
three players. Meegan ought to know
that.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-11-28
OUTDOOR SPORTS.

Athletics at East Park-Trotting Race,
Pigeon Shooting, Etc.
There was large attendance of athletes
and spectators at East Park, where the out
door exercises of the Sacramento Athletic
Club were held. The judges selected were
L. A. Robbie and ]. c. Brusie; Inspectors,
john Heeney, a. NJ. Arnold; Clerks of the
Course and Scorers, George Littlefeld, VIM.
johnson; Starter, f. Whitmore; Marshal,
Thomas Dwyer; Timers, r. NJ. Hamilton,
r. ]. Irvine, Fred york. The contests
were of a varied character and resulted as
follows:
Fist event-50-yard scratch; entries:
Rubenstein. Bauer. Bergman, Newbert and
Barley. Won by Bauer, Barley second,
Newbert third. Time, 6 seconds.
Second event-l00 yard scratch; entries:
Bauer, Bergman, Newbert end Barley.
Won by Barley, Newbert second. Time,
IL seconds.
Third event-I2O-yard hurdle handicap:
entries: Line and Campbell penalized 8
yards each, Newbert and Rubenstein
scratch. Won By Line, Campbell second,
NewbeIt third. Time, 81 seconds.
Fourth event-220. yard handicap; en-
tries and hsndicsps: Rubenstein, 10 yards;
Bauer, scratch; Bergman, S yards; Barley
! yard; Newbert, yards; Campbell,
scratch Won by Barley, Bauer second,
Campbell third. Time, 0:251.
Fifth event-Putting 16pound shot; en-
tries. Newbert, Bauer, Barley and Whit
more. Won by Whitmore, Is feet II
inches; Newbert second, 2S feet inches.
Sixth event-SS0-yard hsndicap: Ruben
stein, 10 seconds; Bauer, 3 seconds; Line,
scratch; Gilbert, scratch. Won by Line,
Gilbert second, Bauer third. Time 2:27.
Seventh event-Run broad jump; entries:
Rubenstein, Barley, Campbell, Bergman.
Won by Barley, II feet l inch; Newbert
second, Rubenstein third.
Eighth event-0ne mile run, handicap
Line, scratch; Gilbert, scratch; Rubenstein
90 seconds. Won by Line, Rubenstein sec.
ond. Time, 5:S3.
Ninth event-Running high jump en-
tries: Campbell, Barley, NeTbert. Won
by Barley, A feet s inches.
Barley wins the club gold medal by max.
ing the best all-round average.
THE TRorTINe RACE.
Quite number of persons visited Agri.
cultural Park in the afternoon to witness
the trotting race between Walter Mastin's
Black Rock. John Keitley's Billy-the-Ki
G. f. Tayloris Dexter and Worth ober':
Prince.
The heats were well contested, and The
race afforded good short afternoons en-
tertainment for those present.
The first heat was won by Billy-the-kic
in 2:46, Black Rock second and Dexter
third.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-11-28
NV First Love.

1t was many and many year ago,
In cottage by the sea,
There lived girl whom dearly loved,
By the name of Sally Ann Lee;
And Sally Ann lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.
was q lad and she was lass,
In this cottage by the sea,
But We loved with a love that was more
than a love,
/ and my Sally Ann Lee;
Bat Sally Ann died the very day
That she was sixty three,
And this is the reason Sally Ann died,
In our cottage by the sea-
We had no Quaker Oats to eat,
And it came near killing me;
But now that live on Quaker Oats,
She will wait long time for me.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-11-28
BRIEF NOTES.

Woodland papers mention the death,
near that place, of George Dinsdale, the
well-known turfman.
Some friends of Police Judge II. L. Buck
ley have presented him with gold-headed
cane as a token OF their esteem.
1t is not every year that even Californians
are favored with such delightful weather
on Thanksgiving dsy as prevailed yester-
day.
Yesterday the funeral of James Blaney,
Sr, took place from the Cathedral. De-
ceased was an old resident of Truckee. He
leaves.three sons and daughter.
The late Mrs. s. NJ. Kiefer was buried
from the family residence yesterday. The
pail bearers were William Ingram, Z. NJ.
Leitch, Peter BOIL ard Philip Uren.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-11-28

The second heat was won by Black Rock,
Billy.the- Kid second, Dexter third. Time,
! 2:45.
] The third heat was a repetition of the
last, excepting that it was won in 2:46.
LAWN TENNIS.
There was a very animated gathering of
Young ladies and gentlemen ct the tennis
court adjoining the new Pavilion on Fiji
tenth Street, where lively contests were
| waged between members of the local club
and those of the Bankers Tennis Club of
, Woodland As rule the latter proved too
expert for the Sacramentans.
The clubs were represented by the fol-
lowing players: Sacramentos-Messrs.
Smith, Gray, Hsrtley, Lindley, Ripley, La
Rue, Blair and Wood. Woodlands-N. A.
Porter. G. W Bush, c. L. Richmond, Geo.
Bullock and E. T, hampton.
The Sacramentans had a nice lunch set
in the Pavilion for those present at the
games.
A BASEBALL swINDLE.
The ball game at Snowflake Park yester-
day, for the benefit of the Sacramento ball
team, was well attended, but the exhibition
was a farce, marked by careless playing
and disposition on the part of the players
simply to make the audience laugh. The
Sacramento club was divided into two
teams, and the minor positions in each
were filed by second class amateurs, with
the exception of Borchers and Hoffman of
Stockton.
An umpire was selected from the crowd,
and his decisions were purposely made
ridiculous. The pitcher tossed the ball
and the batters knocked out home runs and
contented themselves with walking to first
base.
Not few persons in the audience were
disguised, and one half the people left the
grounds before the farce was half over, and
those who remained did so simply to pass
away an hour or so before their dinner
time.
Nobody kept a score-not even of the
number Of runs made.
AT THE TRAPS.
a number of spoFtsmen went out to the
Gun Club grounds, on the Gerber ranch, to
witness q match at fifty birds between
Captain RuhStaller, of the Pacific Gun
Club, and Henry Gerber, of the Pelican
Gun Club. The former shot q 10.gauge
gun, standing at 30 yards from the traps,
and Gerber shot 12-gusge. at % yards.
The birds were a splendid lot, hence the
unusual number of ciphers that ornament
the score:
GERBER. 0111G011100100i1l110l111
1ll0I10ll11Ill0lll0llO01
Ruhstaller. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
11101101l0l0100l000Ol0
If any member of either the Pelican or
Pacific Club takes q notion that be would
like to wear the medal for short time, it
will cost him S25 for the privilege of shoot
ing against Henry Gerber, the present
holder.
A ten-bird match was also shot yester-
day, in which John Gerber and L. Nico-
laus tied on nine birds each, and shot off
at three pairs. Nicolaus killed FIVE birds
and Gerber three. Several other matches
were also shot.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-11-28
Death of a Former sacramentan.

The announcement is made of the death
of an old Californian, A. D. Brown, which
occurred in Portland, Me-, on the 18th in
slant. The deceased was one of the real
pioneers of this State. He came to the
coast in 1S49, and at once engaged in bust
ness in this city, having been member Of
the firm of Hamilton, Wheaton 81 Co
Later the firm lame was Hamilton &
Brown, and their place of business was on
Front street.
Deceased was brother of J. F. Brown
now resident of Iowa Hill, Placer county,
He left California in 1854, returning to the
East and making his home there.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-11-28
ANOTHER BURGLARY.
Thieves Ransack House on Fifteenth
Street Last Evening.

Thieves Ransack House on Fltteehth
Street Last Evening.
While the family of w. W. Ellis were
ali absent from their home at 1011 Fifteenth
street last evening, the house was entered
by one or more burglars, who ransacked
ali the closets and drawers and overturned
the bedding-just IS was done on the pre-
ceding night at A. Nelson's house-but, SC
far as could be ascertained by the members
of the family on their return, nothing was
taken.
Evidently the burglars were in search oil
money. There appears to be gang of pro.
fessionel crooks now in the city, and it is
to be hoped that at the next place they at.
tempt to make RAID they may be met
with dose of cold lead.