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TWO \ BARGAINS
Worth Considering.
A Declaration that Examination viii Prove!
FIR ST.

A FRUIT FARM OF $50 ACRES-9o
~ acres in Orchard, 10 acres in Raisin
Grape, acres in Alfalfa, 20 acres in Timber;
Horses, Cows, 9 Wagons Plows Guilt
yator, Harrows and all Farming Utensils.
improvements consist of fruit-packing house
2oX6O, dwelling of rooms, barn 25X5O ce-
ment cistern and apple storage house. Two
lhlfds OF all fruit trees are in bearing, and
consist OF French prunes, peaches. Bart
lett pears, Royal Ann cherries Musca-
tel grapes. a water ditch runs through
the property. The trees are all in healthy
condition. The place is under high state of
cultivation. Situated only IL miles from
railroad depot in FL Dorado County Soil is
Well adapted to fruit. Elevation is about
1,5o0 feet. One of the partners died recently,
which is the only reason the place is being
sold The price is only SIS, 900. $4,000 can
be netted annually from the place. If il was
located IN santa Clara Valley it would bring
100000 1t is the best improved, best fruit
ranch IN FL Dorado County and the cheapest
place that has been offered in the State for
some time Investigation win demonstrateit it
SESS ND.
STOCK AND DAIRY FARM OF 1000
ACRES-6Oo acres tillable; fenced into three
heidS. 1t has dwelling OF rooms stable for
IS mead OF horses and 80 tons OF hay two hay
barns for 100 tons, 12 head of Horses and
Colts, 100 head of Cows, Yearlngs and Stock
Cattle, 40 of which are ready for beef. II is
situated So miles from railroad and only 40
miles from sacramento. Price, $13 200, in
c4udlng personal property.
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IF AFFLICTED with sore Eyes use DR.
ISAAC Ti0MPSON'S EYE WATER. Sold
Mt > D cents =
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FREMONT HOTEL,

A W f LII EPT My. CON
n veniently located Family Hotel we'll
supplied table; airy rooms. Terms moderate
Accommodations first-class. 1I2 and ia j
street aIo1-2ro
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SAMPLE ROOMS, 1014 sixth street, be
tween and n, Fine Wines, Liquors and CT
Sars. JACOB KEARTH, Proprietor
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PAINLESS EXTRACTION OF TEETH. by
use OF local anesthetic. DIR. WELDON, Den
tist, Eighth and j streets.
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greater still that of Blumenstr.n, when,
upon reaf6rming his statement, he was
summarily elected from the court.
The extraordinary paper in question read
as follows: with our hearts blood we do
hereby divorce ourselves, and soleDpiy
promise not to modest each other in the fu-
ture, but each to go their own way and each
10 do as they like"
The signatures Of Henry and Elizabeth
Blumenstein were attached to the paper
and also small red seal. The case was the
second of the same nature which appeared
before Justice Goettipg, the first having
been that of Frank Freese Of 127 Montrose
avenue, who had presented a similar paper
as evidence of divorce.
The condition OF affairs disclosed is re-
markabe. From what can be learned, it
appears that residents in that section of
Williamsburg nave long been firm believers
that mutual agreement made divorce legal
and moral. The result has been the max
ing of a state of polygamous domesticity
that would make Mormon elder green
with envy, and "a complication of family
affairs that will render impossible for some
time to come any adjudication of affairs
testamentary by established entail. The
continuation of the practice to the present
time is attributed by the authorities to the
willingness of certain unprincipled petit
foegers to draw up these simple papers for
fee of from SIS to SO to assure their
lepality
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W00LFS REGULAR DINNER,
Hundreds of Boys and Girls Eat an IN
accustomed Square Meal.
A stranger in CHICAGO passino the cornar

hundreds of Boys and Girls Eat an I'm
accustomed Square Meal.
stranger in Chicago passing the corner
OF Madison and Halsted streets on Thanks
giving evening, says the Herald, would have
wondered what special attraction there was
in WoolPs clothing-store TO attract such
crowds of boys and girls Of all ages. The
old-timer in the city, however, knew that
nearly the same crowd had gathered about
that corner for nine years at this season,
the only difference being that on each an
nlversary 1t grew larger, and that the little
mites VINO nine years ago had hard work TO
get near the doors were now robust boys,
who in their turn were showing away other
mites.
Mr.. Woolf has ACCOMPLISHED miracles in
MS business ventures, but he did not at
tempt TO feed the II, 600 waits who came to
attend his ninth annual Thanksgiving din
ner with five barley loaves and two small
fishes. No, indeed. He ordered 300 tCr-
keys, 800 pies, sixty punches of bananas,
i've barrels of mashed potatoes. four bar
rels of cranberry sauce, eighteen barrels of
apples and oranges, and cakes innumer-
able. All day long col0red walters in
white ralment were busy arranging tables
IN the windows and along the aiSles in the
big store, and all day long their movements
were watched with eager interest by thou
sands of Juvenile eyes on the outside. At
last f. A. SINNERS band struck up the
Gladiator March," and the boys and girls
knew that 6 o'clock had arrived There
was tremendous rush when the doors were
thrown open, but CAPTAIN Dewey marshaled
the hungry horde with something like order.
On the whole, Mr.. Woolfs guests behaved
we'll and the first batch was seated without
difficulty, no distinction being made as to
color but the girls were given tables by
themselves. From till 10 o'clock the tables
were filled with fresh relays, both of good
things and children TO eat them. Some OF
the waits found eating with knife and
fork too slow work, and discarded these un-
necessary implements tor natures weapons.
Woolfs Challenge Quartet composed of
four colored lads-Dan and William Sharp,
Charles Outland and Clarence Duval, the ex-
basel ball mascot-sang some capital songs.
In the meantime Mr.. Woolf. in evening cos
tune, with a white chrysanthemum on his
lapel, was a thoroughly happy man. and
welcomed the grown-up guests who had
come TO watch the youngsters enjoy them
selves with hearty good will. Everything
must have an end, and when the last child
had been fed only one thing more remained
to he done. That was to cut the handsome
cake in the front window. This had been
an object OF admiration all day, surmounted
as 1t was by bust of newsboy reading
the Chicago Herald,
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A DEADLY SHOT.
Escaped From Prison to Avenge His
Sisters Wrongs.

Escaped From Prison to Avenge His
Sisters Wrongs.
There passed through Memphis recently
man of more than average nerve His name
was John A. Gafford and he was en- route,
alone, to Little Rock to surrender to the
Pententiary authorities to complete his
term Of Imprisonment.
Gafford had taken French leave of the
Institution in order to avenge repeated in
dign!ties upon his sister by her husband,
which he did by killing him.
Clifford was, lew years ago, Deputy
Warden OF the branch prison at Coal Creek,
Ark, and as such had a negro convict
VIII tipped. The punishment was SO severe
that the negro died. He was tried for the
offense, convicted and sentenced to a term
Of five years in the Peptentiary. He gave
every evidence of a perfect Willingness to
serve out the full term and was made
"trusty." Several weeks ago he made his
escape.
Gatford's story of why he took recess
from his services In prison was to the effect
that Rice Ghols0n, who married his sister,
was outraseously abusing and maltreating
her, and he resolved to investigate for him.
self and infict such vengeance as was de-
served. The family lived three miles east
OF HaynesYillp, near Homer, La. An oppor-
tunity to leave the prison was not long in
presenting itself, and he did so, borrowing a
pistol Gafford proceeded TO the home of
his brother-in-law with all the haste posi-
Bile. Arriving there he assumed the name
Reddock in order that his disgrace might
not fall upon his family, if the reports
which had reached him proved unfounded or
exaggerated. Gholson was also under the
assumed name of Grant, on account of
murder committed in Butler County, Ala,
in May, 1889 Soon after his arrival
GhOlson began abusing his wife, when
her brother interfered, but in
peaceful manner Gholson resented the
brotherly action, however. flew into pas
sion and made for his pistol, declaring he
would kill both his wife and her brother
Gaford also secured his pistol, but retreated
from the house in order to be thoroughly
justified in the action he knew must be
taken. Gh0lson followed and was in the
act Of firing upon him when Gafford fired,
killing him instantly. He went to Homer
directly after the shooting and surrendered
to the Sheriff
AT the preliminary hearing, according to
the Memphis Commercial, Gafford was re-
leased, the evidence tending to establish
self-defense, but he was held on a telegram
from Little Rock announcing that he was
wanted there. A writ of habeas corpus
gave him, freedom. however, and he went
TO Greenville, Ala, where he was again
heard from by the Penitentiary authorities.
The information was of character that
convinced them he was willing to return of
his own accord to complete his term of ser
vice, however, and he was allowed to do so.
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BEATING THE MACHINE.
Tho Nickel Devices Found Crnmmed to
the Muzzle with Little SluEs.

Tho Nickel Devices Found Crnmmed to
the Muzzle With Little slugs.
The penny and nicke-in- the-slot ma
chimes located in the neighborhood OF the
Cincinnati Courthouse are not at present a
paying investment, says the Enquirer. In
fact nearly all the merchants in front of
whose places of business the machines
stood have been compelled to remove them
to the interior of their store-rooms Some
clever swindier. if such he may be called,
has invented little slug which takes the
place of the pennies and nckels and oper-
ates the machine just as well as the coiu of
the realm.
The slugs are made of sheet-ron and are
OF the same size and shape as the coins for
which they are intended as substitutes. The
weight is also about the same. Those in
tended to represent pennies have a large
piece punched out Of the center to make
them lighter.
Hundreds Of these little slugs have been
found in the machines in the neighborhood
of the courthouse, while the machines have
been bbed OF all their contents. AT Burd-
Sails drugstore. on ihe corner of Court and
Main street one of the machines filed with
different kinds of chewing gum stood or
the street. When opened the other day it
contained seventy-fve slugs and not single
piece of chewing gum. 1t was refilled and
the next day was found TO be emptied of its
contents. while the cash-boX was again filed
slugs. AT the Debolt Saloon over one hun
dred of the slugs have also been found,
while every candy or chewing-gum machine
in the neighborhood was relieved of its
contents. Whether or not ii Is the work of
one person or of several has not been dis
covered, as all efforts to catch the swindler
or swindlers at their work have so far
proved fruitleSs,
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Goulson. U. S. N, Mr. 6. H. Whipple.
Lieutenant Poundstone, U. S. n, MI. Prem
tiss, Mr.. L. Lathrop Mr. Mcdonald

Gonlson. q. S. n, Mr. g. H. Whipple.
Lieutenant Poundstone, U. S. N, Mr. Prem
Mss, Mr.. L. Lathrop, MIR. Mcdonald.
The Behlow Amateur Theatricals.
MISS Behlow. daughter OF Mr.. Charles
d. behlow. gave an enjoyable party at
her home, 1907 Octavia street. on Wednes-
day evening.
The guests were entertained with private
theatricals, followed by dancing and the
service of sumptuous supper. The little
play presented was 1.-THE Jenkinses," and
one east, east. according to the dainty pro-
Mr.. Hockey; Mr.. jenkins, Mr.. Wilson;
Mr. Bingham, Mr.. Norris: Mrs. Jenkins,
Miss Curtis; Georgana. Miss Taylor;
Johnny, Miss Gertrude Taylor; Martha,
Miss Behlow.
The guests of the pleasant affair were:
Miss Gertrude Taylor. Miss Mary L. Tay-
lor, Miss Mabel Love, Miss Stella Hayes
Miss Maude A. Smith, Miss Behlow, Miss
Helen Curtis. Miss Paddock. Miss Fraser.
Miss Wilmington, Mrs. VIII V. Bryan, Miss
Nellie Root; Messrs. Robert P. Greer, viii
y. Bryan, Charles G. Hoag, Ellis Wooster,
Thomas Taylor Jr.. VIII Davis, Mr. Hockey,
MI Wilson, and others.
The Incogs' inaugural.
Rome was not built in day." and the
lncogs should feel encouraged by their
initial party held last night at Odd Fellows
Hall.
Dr. W. E. Sieberst led the march to
Brandts music. and subsequently directed
the floor, assisted BY Messrs. G. C. Borne
man, w. w: Wilson. F. Monahan, a. Nc
CollOch, S. Wilcox, T. Pariser, A. E. Rob-
erts. The Reception COMMITTEES consisted
OF Messrs. Z. W. Burtis. P. j. kennedy,
a. y. Mclean, II. b. Taylor. j. n. Wilson,
ID. Briggs, Ray Sullivan, Fl. Lang.
Inc arrangements which vera parfentIv
considered. had been left in charge of Messrs.
A. ii. Clifford, win II. O'Malley, Ii. G.
Poole, w e, Stanford B. b. Sturdiyant,
George Filmer.
Society Personals.
Mr.. D. o. Mills has left for the Eastern
States.
Governor and Mrs. Markham contemplate
spending the Christmas holidays at Pasa-
dena.
Miss Deming of Sacramento has come
down TO attend the german this evening.
Mrs. Gertrude Franklin Anterior has
given up her flat and gone TO Fort Ross 20
finish novel, the scenes Of which will be
laid in California.
Mrs. George b. Williams of Washington,
ID. c., formerly Miss Neelie Epson, is visit
ing her brother, Mr.. L. A. Epson of Sacra-
mento.
Miss Jones and Miss Gorham, who have
been visiting Miss Hobart. left for Santa
Monica the first part of the week.
Miss Belle Mcpherson has gone on n visit
to friends at the Mare Island hayward.
Mr.. Frank Unger and Mrs W. T. Crouch
and her daughter, Miss Mamie Crouch, left
Sacramento on the overland express TO join
Mrs. E. Is. Croker in New York.
DIR. Edward Gray of Benicia has been
elected Fellow of the Royal Microscopical
Society of London, England. The doctor
is most enthusiastic microscopic and has
made a number of important discoveries
through that department Of science. There
are only five other members of that society
in this State.
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A VERITABLE MASCOT.


Why Happy Brooklyn Father VIII
Name His Baby Boy John.
a well-known county official visited one
OF the main offices of the City Hall, SAYS the
Brooklyn Eagle, his eyes sparkling and face
beaming with pleasure, as he exclaimed
exultingly:
Congratulate me, boys. I'm happy
father"
Boy or girlp" queried Alderman Coffey.
boy" was the proud answer.
there was general hand-shake all
around. and then some one asked the happy
father what name he purposed to give his
son.
Don't know; too early to think about
that YETI
Call him John. Tha. is a lucky name."
SAID Supervisor Patrick Barry.
Il don't know about that. I'm not
anxious to name him after John L.. the
CHAMPION" said the new arrivals father.
Wen, know" broke in little weazen-
featured, gray-haired old man. "f | had
Iorty bays and intended to live IN Kings
County Ia name 'em each John. Let me
prove that IT'S lucky name" and here he
drew from his vest pocket sheet of fools
cap and read the following list:
John Courtney, Sheriff. 100000 yearly.
John Cottier, County Clerk $50, 600 yearly.
Joiln L. Adams, commissioner. $4,000
yearly.
John Ennis. commissioner $1,000 yearly.
John Griffin, commissioner. $1,000 yearly.
yearly.
John Schliemann. commissioner, $500
yearly.
John J. Walsh, Judge, $4,000 yearly.
9onn Mackellar, Police Inspector. $1,000
John B. Meyenborg, counsel to Super
visors, $1,000.
Placing the paper in his pocket the old
m II frD S.tl
he: I'm not halt through yet. There is
another lucky John in politics and his
na1e is John Y. McKane. lie is worth
5000, OG. There is John Glbertson, Presi-
ueht OF the Board of Elections and haven't
mentioned Congressman John NJ. Clancy.
state Senator-eleet John McCarty. ex- County
clerks John Delmar and John NJ. Rankin,
Assem9lymen John Kelly, John j. OCoG-
nor and John Cooney, ex-senator John C.
JACOBS; John +. Frost, chief clerk of the
bureau OF Taxes and Assessments; ex-
Iollce Commissioner. Pyburn; John p.
Egan, chief clerk of the department of COL
lection; John Ii. Delaney and John E. Lin
denmark cashier and clerk in The depart
lneht OIL arrears; John GuilfOyle, Board of
Education. But I'll have to show you the
queerest list of all" and the old man pro-
uuced slip OF paper on which was written
ISL, Oh which the annexed is copy:
Assistant District Attorneys:
John Y. Shorter, salary $1,000
Joiln +. Clarke, salary $1,000.
John Mcguire, salary S2500
John j. White, salary $1,000.
=, mat about winds up your Johns. don't
1t, pop? broke in Supervisor Barry.
Not by long shot" replied the old man,
promptly. You can go over to Judge
Moore's court and find on the salary list of
the court the names OF John f. Moore, John
Butler John Dugau, John Campbell and
Jobn +. " Brien; in the Supreme Court
you'll find John B. Cary and John Furman
IN the County Treasurer's office, John Har-
ringtOn-"
Hold on, pop. You needn't name any
more. I'm going straight home to have that
boy named john" said the proud father of
the new boy in town.
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MARRIED A COACHMAN.
A Belle OF Rutland Creates A Social
Sensafinn.

A Belle OF Rutland Creates A Social
Sensation.
Joel Benedict Harris, one of the rich and
Influential citizens Of Rutland, VT, died re-
Gently. leaving a large property to his chill
dren. After his death it was announced
that his youngest daughter, Miss Gardner
Harris, had secretly married her fathers
coachman, james F. Sweeney. They were
married at Sandy Hill, n. Y, and their
marriage had been concealed from their
relatives. including Mr.. Harris. Mrs.
Sweeney inherited $4,000 from her fathers
estate. AS soon as the marriage became
public the Harris family endeavored to
separate the husband and wife, against the
protest of Mrs. Sweeney. 1t is said that
the elder brother OF Mrs. Sweeney offered
to pay her husband sum of money IL he
would go West and secure divorce. To
this offer. il is said. Sweeney replied he did
not marry Miss Harris for money, and
money could not hire him to do such a
thing. Sweeney has now been accepted by
his wife's family, who seem disposed to
make the best of the marriage
Mrs. Sweeney is a charming woman, %
years old, well educated and social favor
lite. The HAIRLESS are aristocratc and ex-
elusive. A sister of Mrs. Sweeney is mar
ried to son of the late Samuel Bowles of
Springfield, Mass.
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Cigarettes Claim Another Victim.

Bernhard f. Kline, a young man of Lam
caster, Pa, was found dead in bed yestsr-
day morning, victim Of Notwithstanding
For many years Bernardo had been addicted
to the habit, cons uming dozens OF them
daily. Ten years ago he began to suffer
ally grew warse until his suffering became
almost unbearable. His physician told him
that the trouble was due to cigarete-smok-
ing and ordered him to discontinue it. which
he did, but the poison was IN his system
and could not be eradicated. In the morn
ing he arose at his usual hour, but felt so
badly that, without eating any breakfast,
he returned to bed, where he was found
dead about 10 o'clock. In the opinion of
the Coroner the affiiction had attacked the
heart, causing death. aud the jury returned
verdict accordingly.-Globe-D Democrat.
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WHISKY For A WHALE.
DemiJohn of Liquor Found in tn
Stomach of a Marine Monster.

DemJohn of Liquor Found in the
Stomach of a Marine Monster.
A sperm whale 30 feet long got over the
bar at Ocean City during the high tide re-
Gently and was left high and dry on the
beach by the receding water. All night
long his struggles could be heard by the
crew Of the life-sRying station near by.
They sounded like The heavy beating of the
surf. After the leViathan was dead the
residents in the neighborho0d gathered and
cut away the blubber. In cutting open the
monsters stomach there was found num-
Der OF empty bottles and fve-gallon demi-
john, corked and sealed of excellent rye
whisky. II is supposed that the whale fol-
lowed in the wake of the United States
steamer Despatch. which was wrecked more
than month ago, and swallowed the demi-
john as it fioated out Of the wTeck.-Cnicago
naraId
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Alameda.

Some Of the German residents are taking
steps to organize a society to be called
Verein Eintracht.
The last class to graduate from the High
School at Christmas time held its exercises
last evening in Park Opera House, which
was crowded to the door.
The project OF establishing a cemetery
for the Alameda dead is being revived. An
Oakland ordinance makes it a msdemeanor
TO carry through that city the body of a
person who disd from a contagious disease,
yet the ordinance is being continually yio-
lated, although no arrests are made. Most
of the intermentS are in Mountain View
Cemetery, and 10 reach that place it is neces-
sary in going from Alameda to pass through
Oakland.
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WRITTEN IN BLOOD.

Dupes of Pettifoggers Who Believed
They Were Divorced.
Written in blood and formally sealed and
signed was the paper which Henry Blu
menstein Of johnson avenue exhibited re-
Gently in the Lee-avenue court Will
iamsburg. N. Y. Great was the surprise
OF Clerk Lehapphaus. to whom the strange
document was presented, when Blumen-
stein informed him it was divorce, but
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Gold Wea,l,ar Coming.

The storm which has been threatening
for a week past has shifted to tile east
ward without affecting California and the
advent of another high" barometer area
promises cold fair weather in few
days, in place of the much-needsd
rain. The seasonal rainfall at San Fran
cisco to date is 1888 inches, less than half
the usual amount,
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Rev. r. G. S. McNeile, pastor of the
South Congregational Church, Bridgeport.
Conn, who has made pilgrimage to the
Holy Land, few days ago announced he
would begin series of stereopticon lectures
next Sunday. The deacons were strong in
their opposition. They argued that the
evening service is often attended by young
lovers. and if they could sit In the dark
while the attention of the audience was
attracted to the pictures. advantage might
be taken of the occasion.
The pastor has decided to give his lectures
on weekday evenings instead. and the
deacons have therefore withdrawn their
opposition.-New Haven Register.
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His Own Joke.

Fewejokers love jokes so we'll they will
work one on themselves, but one has been
reported at this Office. One day last sum-
mer the joker in question was going home in
the midst of thunderstorm and a bob-tail
car. He stood the lightning flashes for sew
eral minutes and finally rang the bell.
What the mischief are you going to do?"
asked his wife.
''Pm going to get off,"
'What are you going to do that for in all
this storm? ?"
Safety. my dear, safety" he said firmly.
"You see there's no conductor on this car,
and if the lightning should strike 1t we'd
all be knocked into hash and splinters,"
and II his wife hadn't held on to his coat
tails he would have gone out into the storm
just to; have made his joke a success.-De-
troit Free Press.
William Bayne. who was the first South
Carolnian to propose the name of Wade
Hampton for Governor. is now destitute
and partly insane at Greenville, S. C.
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Used a Stnne Match-Safe.

John Shay. south Of Market-street hood
lum, attempted to brain the proprietor of a
saloon on Howard street, between Third
and Fourth, at an early hour yesterday
morning. He was arrested for an assault
with deadly weapon. The weapon was a
stone match-s safe