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WEDNESDAY. AUG. 20. 1890.
TOWN TALK.
Cosby Little Paragraphs Picked Up
Throughout the City

You get the best ice cream in town at
Mrs. Robinson's.
List your property with d. w. Gill.
1872 Ferguson street.
B%rickIsying will be completed at the
new round house today.
Thirteen new subscribers were added to
the city list OF THE LEADER yesterday.
Geo. East says all the buildings of his
shop contract will be under roof Nov. /.
Cheyenne firemen have been invited to
attend a tournament at Boulder Oct. l, 2,
3 and 4.
A new incandescent plant is being put
in by the Electric Light company at
Evanston.
Anew and excellent vein o fcoal has been
encountered near the Kendt ranch, at
Fort Steele.
The tasty stage decoration for last
evening was the work Of d. G. Rhodes
and Harry Blake.
Quite a number OF capitalists are now
looking over the mines at Atlantic City
and Miners Delight.
L. A. Gay and @. W. Sweet have sold
lots l, 2, 5 and 6. block 500. to school
district No. l for 81, $50.
East bound fast freigh. handled in the
Cheyenne yards Yesterday was ten cars of
salmon and fifteen OF fruit.
There was a large crowd at the depot
yesterday afternoon to see the Dixey com
pAny of sixty people, mostly stage girls
John Fie, a car oilcr at Green River.
lost an arm at 10 O'Clock yesterday morn
ing. He tried to board a moving engine,
slipped and fell under.
A. B. Liggett, a well known Union
Pacific train dispatcher. will leave Evans
ton soon to become chief dispatcher on
one of the Northern Paciic's divisions.
Wniiam Howard and John Kelly were
fined $50 and costs at Rawllns for assault
ing a woman named Maggie Madden,
who holds forth at Fort Steele. Kelly
was also accused of robbing the woman,
but was acquitted of that charge.
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ohces ingalls, has turned over 10 the
ommandant at Fort Russell Samuel Orr.
who deserted from Camp Pilot Buttes,
near Rock Springs, a year ago. Orr has
been tending bar in Cheyenne several
week under the sage name o fMcGrepor.
heis pharmacist and hsd been in q
Colorado drug store some months.
UT was captured here Sunday, but
would not be accepted at Fort Russell
until = soldier came from Pilot Butte and
IDENTIFIED him. The prisoner then told
his story OF wearying Of army life.
, 1890-08-20
Enterprise Appreciated.
Laramie Timea.l

The Cheyenne Sun has changed the
date of its campaign edition from the
18th to the 18th of August. The Times
congratulates the Sun on its enterprise.
, 1890-08-20

Take your pictures TO
Tsss-nbsstt and hare modern
frames made,
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Inc finest blooded stallion in Wyo-
ming Is for sale at 7. Conroy's livery
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Hackers Arnnca 9aIva
Inc . salve in the world tor cuts.
C,o s, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
80 eester. chapped hands, chiiblains,
sur.s .nI Al skan eruptions. and positively
sr.Splos or no pay required. It 1
noas. .esd. 2 give perfeet s~a4isfiotion OF
r. Nsi Priee IS cents Per bon.
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TIME TABLE.
Union PACIFIC MAIN
TwEsT BOUND DAILY.l
Arrive Depart
Nj. 1 nimited passenger ..-~e;9 a. m $50 a m
Ma fast mall .-.--.....----o.4O III o.oo u m
20 : express and passenger 200 p m 25 p m
MAIN LINE.
FEAST DAILr.1
Arrive Depart
No Q limited passenger) -..-5:S5 a. m $40 a m
Go4 last mall m o.lVh IN
10 sIexpress and passenger.S:45 pm 400 pm
No passengers will be carried on fast mail.
DENvER PACIFIC BRANCH-DAILY.
[NoRrn BoUND.l
Jv. Den. Ar Chey.
No. III Iso II
No, 93....-.....-...-..-.--3:W a. m. 5s55 a. m.
south BoUSD.l
Lv. Chey. Ar. Den.
No. Sr2-... 4No p. m aoe p.m
CHEYENNE q BURLINGTON.
Artve Leave
Ia n. m. 500 p. M.
CHEYENNE 4 NORTHERN.
Leave IL a. m. Mondays, Wednesdays and
Arrive 200 p. m. Tuesdays. THURSDAYS and
Saturdays
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stage a G.. A. r. post could be started.
Col Bryan made modest reference to
his candidacy for the supreme bench, and
then with the tact of one learned in the
law and adept in politics, arraigned the
Republican pretenders and placed the
Democracy in its proper light before the
people. He had been in politics a quar-
ter of a century. most Of the time in Iowa,
where he WAS superb leader of Democ-
racy. A better ticket than that placed in
the field by his party was seldom seen. No
scandal could be attached tn any part of
it. 1t is headed by the gallant Geo. W.
Baxter. The opposition call him little
Geo. w. Baxter. He was born in North
Carolina in 1855. graduated from West
Point in 1870 near the head of a class of
seventy, served IN the Sd cavalry in Da-
kota, Wyoming and Nebraska, resigned
to engage in ranching in Fremont county
and has since followed that business. He
settled in Cheyenne 10 1888. He is a dif-
fdent man, refrains from thrusting him
self for ward, hence has been called an
aristocrat by the opposition. Far from
it. He is a man OF the people. He is
generous to a fault. a heavy contributor
to every worthy charity. His character is
pure and spotless and the breath of scan
dal has never reached his name.
The speaker read the opening cores
pondence between Judge Carey and
Colin Hunter in regard to joint debates.
Judge Carey's reply to Mr. Hunters
courteous note opened with a falsehood,
became insultingly boastiul. and closed
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-03-15
OF SECTIONAL JEALOUSY.

1t was a very unfortunate utterance on
the part of j. DeBarth Shorb, when, at
the opening of the Southern Citrus Fair
he said that the citrus fruit trees in Central
and Northern California had been mostly
killed by the cold weather this winter. II
was gratuitous Juggling in of an untruth,
and had the speaker made little inquiry,
he would have discovered that the story was
false 1t originated with certain Southern
California newspapers which draw upon
their fancy whenever there is an opportu-
nifty that seems to them to afford loop
hole advantage for shooting at this end of
the State The facts are, that during the
whole winter it was colder at Riverside,
Pasadena, Anaheim and Los Angeles than
in any of the valleys of Central and North
ern California Indeed, it has not been a
cold winter in these parts at all-not
nearly so cold as we have had, and when
no damage was done to the orange or other
semi-tropic fruit growth. The south recog-
nizes the mistake of their chosen speaker,
and many of her people have fastened to
correct the hasty and ill-considered state
ment.
He was equally unfortunate in referring
to Sectional iealousies' in manner to
leave the impression that in that respect
the south has been the sufferer by reason
of the expressions and acts of the people of
the north. The truth is that at no lime has
there been any feeling of unfriendliness in
this section toward the south. What feel
ing of irritation there was is attributable
wholly to the misrepresentation and
shameless ISLANDERS uttered by the press of
Southern California concerning the more
northern section. The people Of the north
would have been more than human had
they not denied these falsehoods; beyond
that denial they have not promoted any
sectional feeling. We think we know the
temper and the history of the people and
press of the center and north, and We as
sert now, as we have done Tor years, that IN
this section the south has not been mis-
represented by any influences worthy
moments attention. On the contrary, the
policy and the gospel of the region north
of the Tehachapi range has been and is
"the State, and the whole State" Up this
way we believe and all have preached, that
what inures to the benefit of one county or
district, i; to the profit and benefit of the
people of the entire commonwealth. No
bounds have ever been set to our partisan
ship for the State of California. Mere
lines of convenience for political purposes
divide US as counties, but our battle is
waged for the building of the State, and
every part of it. sectionalism may well
be regretted by Mr.. Shorb, but its home is
not in Northern California, fact of which
we are exceedingly proud.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-03-15
THE TAX CASES.
The Whole Proposition as it Stands at
Present.

The Whole Proposition as it Stands at
Present.
The San Francisco Euening Post of March
11th contained the following editorial,
which covers the result of the decision in
the railroad tax cases completely:
The tax cases which were decided last
Saturday by the Supreme Court of Califor-
MIA were cases begun by the State in Judge
Levy's Court in the spring of 1887. Judge
Levy shortly after, upon demurrer, decided
that the State law was unequal in its opera
tion and in violation of the State Constitu-
tion, and gave Judgment for the defendants,
from which judgment the State appealed,
and the cases went to the Supreme Court in
the fall Of 1887, and were not argued until
about six months ago.
In the meantime the Supreme Court of
the United States has decided that the State
possessed no power to tax the right of the
National Government to build a military
and postal road over its borders; nor had it
the right to include fences or steamboats, in
the assessment. Hence the cases recently
decided became Of no monetary import
anee, for, whatever might have been the
result, there could have been no recovery.
This left the Court TO determine the State
question involved without regard to a
moneyed consideration, as there was moth
ing to lose or win in the case.
Mr.. Estee and many leading men in the
Convention which framed the new Consti-
tuuon declared that, under the provisions
of that Constitution, no taxes would ever
be collected of any railroad company, and
it now appears that their opinion had
something in it, for the State has never
been able to collect dollar.
The Central Pacific and roads belonging
to its system have voluntarily paid more
than four million dollars, while the other
roads have paid about the same proportion,
or perhaps a little less.
II is clear that this state of affairs cannot
exist always. 1t is therefore well that a
final and authoritative decision has been
made, so that some just and equitable
system for taxing railroad property may be
devised and submitted to the next Legis-
lature.
The railroad companies for the last two
years have paid their taxes without ques-
ton, Notwithstanding the fact that there
was no law under which their payment
could be enforced.
The companies claimed that the.tax was
excessive, but the State Board of Equaliza-
ton having deducted the value of the Fed
eral franchise where it was involved, the
amount was greatly reduced. The coming
year we shall have assessments made as
usual, and we assume that they will be
paid, though under the decision there is no
power TO enforce the payment.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-03-15
CITRUS FAIR GOSSIP.

The Los Angeles Herald intimates that
the citrus fair held at Oroville was made a
success by the admission of all kinds OF
agricultural products, and it also indulges
in statement that will lead the reader
unacquainted with the facts to believe that
the purpose of the law was not carried out,
because the southern district was not al
lowed to compete for premiums at that
fair, the intention being to stimulate citrus
fruit growing by such competition. No
other conclusion can be drawn from the
HerdlGs article
Now, the simple truth is, that the Act
of the Legislature reads so plainly that a
dullard could not be misled by it. 1t pro-
vides for two citrus fairs-one to be held in
the southern Congressional district, the
other in the section outside of that district.
Obviously the fairs were intended to be
district concerns, with premiums for COM
petition by growers within the district in
which the fair is held, and not to promote
competition in each fair between growers
generally.
1t is true that some other products than
citrus fruits were shown at Oroville, but
not in competition for State money pre-
miums, but for the purpose mainly of max
ing an attractive display generally at the
exposition, in addition to the citrus ex-
hibits, which were sufficient in quantity
and character, however, to have satisfied
anyone interested or curious about the
fruit culture and our capacity for growing
citrus fruits There is no reason whatever
for any misrepresentation or ENHANCEMENT
about these matters. The Oroville Citrus
Fair was a success in every sense, and to
the letter; it more than filled the de-
mand, and answered to the spirit of the
Act of the Legislature. So, too, the citrus
fair now in progress at Los Angeles is a
great success in all matters it meets ex-
pectations and responds to the call of the
law. The scheme of official citrus fairs
has proved successful, and all the people
of all the State should feel proud of the
fact, and find no time for jealousy or carp
ing criticism.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-03-15
A BAD PROVISION.

New jersey has fallen into line in favor
of ballot reform, and a bill in that direc-
tion has been introduced into the lower
house of the Legislature. But it contains
a grave error. If the bill passes without
elimination of this error, it will impede
rather than advance ballot reform. After
providing for the printing of the ballots
by the State and for their delivery to the
judges of election, the bill reads: "But
any citizen may send to the clerk for bal
lots ten days before election, and he can
be served with a number less than fifty,
and the ballots thus secured can be voted
That provision will simply nullify the
virtue of the bill If adopted. 1t provides
for the lowest order OF bribery, and accord
ing to scheme that would really have
the sanction of the law in its systematic
fraud. The vicious element would get
hold of these ballots, have their tools vote
them in the booths and bring out un-
marked official ballots delivered to them
in the booths These fresh ballots would
constitute new capital upon which to
trade The boss proposing to pay for a
vote would simply require of the vendor
that he take one of the outside ballots,
prepared 10 suiit the purpose OF she boss,
and vote it before receiving the reward of
his infamy. As evidence that the COM
pact had been kept, the tool must bring
out Of the voting booth the official ballot
delivered to him by the election officials.
This blank ballot would then be marked
as the boss pleased and delivered to an
other purchased voter, who, in turn. would
bring out still another official ballot. So
that the New jersey scheme is precisely
what tie vicious element most desires, for
it gives the seeming Of reform, but with
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-03-15
RIVAL CITRUS BELTS.
Northern California Oranges, as Com
pared With Those of the South.

Northern California Oranges, as Com
pared With Those of the South.
A correspondent of the San Francisco
Bulletin, writing from Los Angeles of the
Citrus Fair now in progress in that city,
says:
The question is often heard How does
the fair compare with the 0roville show ?''
There are many visitors here who were at
the exhibition held in the upper citrus belt
in January last. Among these are Secre-
tary LIE Long and Mr.. Rice. of the State
Board of Horticulture Ed. Smith, Secre-
tary of the State Agricultural Society; H. E.
Parker, of Penryn, and many others. The
response of those who have visited both
these fairs is usually very prompt. When
questioned, said one of these visitors, ''As a
fair, as an attractive exhibition, there is no
question that Oroville was the better-far
better. l saw navel oranges at Oroville
fully as fine as most of these shown here,
but they certainly did not show there the
vast amount of fine budded fruit that is
shown here, nor was it to be expected that
they would when it is remembered that
budded trees at Oroville are Just coming
into bearing. In quantity there were in all
probability many more oranges in the Oro-
vile tent than at this fair.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-03-15

run with Indifferent groups of people pos
ing as dramatic companies. If positive
prohibition could be interposed between
them and any movement about the eoun-
try, it would be clear benefit to the
public. The restoration of the permanent
and old-time stock company would then
be possible, and the scheme of half thou
sand of Indifferent actors whopose as stars,
and force legitimate artists to play second
to them or starve, would be defeated. Our
contemporary differs from these views,
however, and asserts that the result OF the
decision will be to locate good troupes, and
put the frauds upon the road.
1t will deter managers like Palmer and Dayl.
with large stock companies, with the mum bers
as well as the merit to properly produce the best
plays, from touring the large cities. On the
other hand, it will encourage the formation OF
small companies to perform insignificant pieces
of little value in circuits of small towns. II il
could restore the old starring system OF q
generation ago, in which individual actors OF
recognized genius were supported by good stock
companies local to the large cities, some good
might come out OF the enforcement OF the law.
And that is precisely what we believe
it will do. The day may dawn again,
under the new decision, when an actor can
have home, and the people will be con-
tent to see single, well-balanced and we'll
equipped company, for season of months,
in variety of performances, just as they
once did, when every company in Califor-
MIA, for instance, was a permanent one. AT
no time since has the drama been so splen-
didly represented in this State, and at no
other period has it had such rich reward.
Under the new rule, stars of first magni-
tude can still travel, and in all cities and
large towns they viii find a half dozen or
dozen thoroughly trained people sin
stock" capable of supporting them. But
whether this would Immediately result or
not, it will not be denied that the law will
benefit the people if it stops the travel OF
fully half the strolling players who now
roam the country. The stage is flooded
with trash, and invaded by legion of peo-
pie who are in no sense worthy of reeog-
milton as dramatic artists. The legitimate
is crowded out, the men and women who
have made dramatic art life study are
pushed TO the wall to starve, while pretty
face, grimacing bufoon, or high kicking
immodesty in short skirts are pampered
and paid enormous salaries, which are
drawn from the purses of the people by
corruption of tastes. Anything that can
happen to shut off this class will be posi-
tive blessing; nothing that will put the So
called farce comedy and its authors and
actors into permanent retirement will be a
calamity.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-03-15
RAILWAYS AND DRAMATIC ART.

The Interstate Commerce Commission
has decided in case brought up by the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company,
that carriers under the law creating the
Commission cannot grant to theatrical and
operatic troupes any better rates because
travelling in large groups, than are granted
to single travellers. This decision, says
the New York Star, will compel the road
named TO advance the rates upon dramatic
companies fully fifty per cent, and it will
much increase the cost of the movement
of dramatic troupes over all roads in the
United States. While the figure given by
the Sar is high, too high probably, yet if
the law is enforced, that the rates will
have to be advanced is undeniable. This
will put a greater expense upon theatrical
managers, and they in turn must secure
themselves out of the public.
The Star holds that as to many COM
nanies an advanced rate to equal the single
ticket tariff will be prohibitory. But We
dissent from its further conclusion that the
best companies viii be those to suffer. In
fact. we are by no means satisfied that the
new rule is going to do art damage. The
good company that the public will patrOn-
ize at even an advanced rate OF admission,
can travel no matter what the expense.
and insure itself fair return upon its repu.
tation for ability and worth. The barn
stsrmers. on the other hand, will have to
assume heavy risks, and in most cases,
where they venture from shore, will be
be fattened out and stranded at way sta
tions, thing that is in no sense depior-
able
The truth is, that the-ceuntry is over
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-03-15

rottenness at the core. The only true bal
lot method is that which entrusts all the
ballots to the election board, to be given to
the voters as they enter the voting booth,
and to be voted or returned to the board
before the elector can retire from the
booth. The whole proceeding, instead of
being an interference with personal right,
as is claimed by the enemies of the sys-
TEN, is in the interest of the honest voter,
and the dishonest voter has no rights to
be respected.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-03-15

dulged in in head lines, except as charae-
terization. The editorial side of the news
paper should control and express the
thought of the journal. To describe a
scene, or event, or document, adjectives
are to be used, of course, but they need not
convey expression of opinion beyond the
pronouncing of thing to be cruel, benign,
startling, horrible, benefcent, lovely, Of
fensive, pleasant, successful, discouraging,
and so on. But the headline writer who
carries the editorials into his "heads," runs
the risk constantly of making mistakes and
of being misunderstood and misrepre-
sented. Moreover he belittles the edito-
rial side and lessons the interest of the
reader in the opinion of the paper, and to
that extent he hurts the institution to
which he is attached
The newspaper that instructs its writers
to put four and FIVE times the space into a
head that there is in the article headed,
does not conceal trick to cover It's pow
erty. The reader who takes up journal
that catches his eye by half columns of
heads, and finds beneath each but half a
dozen lines of reading matter, always feels
that he has been cheated and the sense of
wrong inflicted will remain with him, to
be returned some day upon the offending
paper. In short, headline writing is one
of the most difficult and most easily abused
arts related to journalism, and as much as
any other department calls for good judg-
ment, honesty of purpose and that spirit
of manliness which despises the mere pun,
abhors filth and innuendo and unclean
lines, and deals in facts, good English and
relishable wit.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-03-15
Another Charming tradition perishe

Another charming tradition perishes.-
Tennyson has immortalized the legend OF
Lady Godiva, but the author of "a His
tory of Warwickshire," just published in
London, holds that the romantic story,
which has made Coventry famous, has no
basis of fact Lady Godiya survived her
husband, who died in 1867, many years.
The legend is first mentioned century
and half after the supposed occurrence,
but the part of it relating to Peeping Tom
did not become current until the reign of
Charles
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-03-15

9hs RECORD UNION, SUNDAY UNION and
WEEKLY UNION are the only papers on the
Goasg. outside Of San Francisco, that Teceivs
Shs Jtsl associated Press dispatches iron. ali
part; Of The toorid Outside Of San Francisco,
hey hare no competitors either IN influence
bono aud general circulation throughout The
siate
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-03-15

There are many queer trades in Paris.
One of the oldest is that of painter of tur-
keys legs" The artist is known only to
the poultry.dealing fraternity, and is a
highly useful member of the community.
By his artistic skill he enables the trader
to palm off bird of patriarchal age, with
a certain vague romance as to the date of
its decease, upon a misguided housewife, or
even upon an experienced buyer.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-03-15

Good cotton is more self-respectful than
poor wool, good wool than poor silk. One
good dress, well made, well kept and well
worn, is a hundred times more satisfactory
than half a dozeu cheap ones. Choose
plain surfaces, inconspicuous tints, avoid
exaggeration or pronouncedness in max
ing
Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-03-15
San Franoisco Ageneies.

This paper is for ssle at the following places:
Z. ?. Fishers, room q, Merchants Exchange,
California street, who is also sole Advertising
Agent for san Francisco; the principal News
Stands and Hotels, and at the Msrket-street
SerrY.
"a Also, for sale on gil Trains leaving and
coming into Sacramento.