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The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-08-02

states that when he declared his native place
as Washington the boys kept up a constant
display of pyrotechnics and his good opinion
of the Philadelphia Shriners is now several
shades of darker red tint than ever.
The returning companions from Minneapo-
lis report that the meeting of the Grand Chap
ter of the United States was in every respect
a success, and speak very highly of.the hospi-
tality of the Westerners.
W. A. Craig, the genial Secretary of Hope
Lodge, No. 20, has just returned from
months trip, during which he visited Buffalo,
Niagara, Rochester, Albany, New York City,
and Atlantic City.
DR.. l.. ID. Carman, of the Pension Office,
one of the most popular members of Harmony
Lodge, Eureka Chapter, and Columbia Chap
ter, is preparing for his annual summer iaunt.
Brother z. I. Sewers is enjoying trip to
Europe, having taken a much-needed rest
from the demands which are constantly being
made by his large practice.
Brother George j. Fritch, the Worshipful
Master of Potomac Lodge No. 5, is frequent
visitor to the lodges in the Masonic Temple
and the Sanctuary.
La Fayette Chapter No. will confer
the Royal Arch Tuesday evening. Hope
Lodge, No. 20, will work the third degree at
special, August7
The many friends of Sir Knight H. E.
Walker are glad to hear of his steady i'm
proyement, his condition at one time being
very critical.
Brother George s. Atwater has returned
from his trip to Chicago where he refereed
the races of the League of American Wheel
men.
Brother w. c. Babcock, of the Second Aud
itor's Office, has been appointed Acting Mas
ter of Ceremonies of Harmony Lodge No. IL
Brother Robert S. Conliff will shortly leave
the city for an extended Western trip.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-08-02
4 RATHER IN HIS SHIRT.
The Terrible Experience of Man Who
Was Camping Out.

The Terrible Experience of 81 Man Who
Was Camping Out.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
"About two weeks ago ] was camping with
aparty on the shore of Lake Erie not far from
Ashtabula," said George Wilson, a mill
worker, yesterday. "Shortly after we had re-
tired one evening heard peculiar whirring
sound which l recognized at once. There is
arattlesnake in camp exclaimed, L am go
ing to get up 'Hush,' came the word slowly
Missed through the teeth from companion
near me. The snake has crawled into my
shirt BOSOM This was said very softly, and
we were almost paralyzed with fright at the
prospect. We were all afraid to stir for fear
the reptile would take alarm and strike its
victim. 1t crawled over his body good
naturedly, evidently enjoying the warmth, for
the night was little raw. At times the
snakes head was close to his face, as he told
us afterward. He feared the motion of his
chest up and down in breathing would stir up
the animal, and he tried hard to breathe as
little as possible. Finally the snake crawled
toward the fire, and in an instant the whole
camp was up. One seized C lub and broke
the reptiles back before it could make a
spring 1t measured nearly five feet.
"The man who had the terrible experience
collapsed like rag after the experience was
over. During the ordeal we were all surprised
at the GOODNESS and nerve he displayed. With
all danger past, he fell into faint, but he was
soon reviyed.n
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-08-02
FAMOUS FOR ExTRAvAGANCE.
Some of the Doings of vitellius, the
Roman Glutton.
Leeds Mercury.

Leeds Mercury.
AS glutton Vitellius is easily first. In
eight months he squaudered the incredible
sum OF S2O,000,000 on feasting alone. At his
table appeared ever delicacy of the day-brans
OF nightingales and peacocks, heads of parrots,
tongues of thrushes and flamingoes, roes of
lampreys, etc. He kept six ponds for red
mullet and paid thousands for fish of any
extra size. His cooks had salaries ten times
as large as his tutors, and his dancing girls
were paid 100 times as much as his cooks.
In striving to beat this record the crazy
young Elagabalus mashed his peas with
grains of gold, stirred his beans with amber,
and mixed pearls with his rice. When at the
seaside he would not touch fish, but when far
inland he had his army supplied with fresh
roe. His shoes sparkled with rubies and
sapphires, and he was the first Roman to wear
complete suit Of silk His chariots were of
gold studded with precious stones, and yet he
grew SO tired of life after four years of this
splendor that he contemplated committing
suicide by a golden dagger inlaid with
emeralds. The soldiers saved him the trouble
by killing him with plebeian iron sword
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-08-02
Independent Order Mechanics.

La Fayette Lodge held an interesting meet
ing Thursday, Worthy Master Deuham in the
chair. Applications for membership were
read from Messrs. G. F. Miller and j. H.
Cathel. Brother Jacobs favored the lodge
with music on the piano and organ. Brother
Struble, with his violin, accompanied. P. G.
A. Watson and V. G. A. Berry were present
as visitors......G A. r. B. Wilson Of this
lodge and family leave on Monday for their
summer outing......The anniversary entertain
ment of this lodge will be held September 2
at the armory of the National Rifles. a
strong committee on entertainment has been
appointed
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-08-02
SIO Battery LOANED.

If you are not enjoying perfect health,
strength and yigor, we will lend you for 90
days one Of Gray's galvanic body batteries,
price $40, you to pay for it if cured. 1t is for
men only, and is the latest and best electric
appliance invented. Current can be made
strong or weak; turned on or off at will. Acts
like magic in cases of weakness, premature
old age ETC. Can we send you one at our
risk? Electric Treatment Co., 259 Broadway,
New York CITY.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-08-02

Go to the Bellvue Dairy, 1431 p street north
west, for bottled milk-kept in a refrigerator,
'not foul Watern
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-08-02
NEWS OF THE LODGES.
WHAT Is GOING ON AMONG THE Sc
CRET SOCIETIES.

COnferring Degrees at Mithras Lodge
Notes About Well-known Masons-
Gossip of Odd Fellowship-Items From
e. tho other Fraternities.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-08-02

Look out for Faust Book Beer. Best in
tbs market.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-08-02

Why do l drink Tannhauser beer3 Because
it's the best in the market.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-08-02

The Bellvue Dairy Farm invite their Gus
toners to give their system personal in
spection.
The record-union., 1891-11-26
GARDEMEYER AGAIN.
Mrs, Eta Hart Gets Warrant for His
Arrest.
She Says the Sutter County Land
SpecuIator Swindled Her Out of
Several Hundred Dollars.

P.D. Gardemeyer, the Sutter County
land boomer, is again in trouble. He has
been several times charged by Sacra-
mentans with having duped them in
land transactions, and now comes San
Francisco lady who has entered a serious
complaint against him.
According to last evenings Post, war
rant was issued yesterday for the arrest
of Gardemeyer on a charge of obtaining
money by false pretenses. The COM
plainant in the case is Mrs. Eta Hart,
who states that Gardemeyer swindled her
out of $500. She states that Gardemeyer
represented to her that he owned a house
and some land in Sutter City and desired
to mortgage the property for $500. Mrs.
Hart advanced the money and subse-
Quently learned that Gardemever did not
possess title to the property.
Gardemeyer represents himself to be q
real estate dealer and speculator in lands.
He informed Mrs. Hart that he had pur-
chased the Sutter City property from a
woman named Jane Anson for 81 900. lie
asked for the loan of 500 for sixty days,
when he said the place would be sold.
He agreed that if the sale did not occur
before the expiration Of the two months
=
over 81, 900 and the amount Of the mort
gage.
Gardemeyer had an Office in this city,
and is reported to have been engaged in
several transactions of a shady character.
Gardemeyer formed the acquaintance
of Mrs. Hart while engaged in lottery
scheme relating to land Ill Sutter County.
Parties winning lots of land did obtain
possession, but Gardemeyer afterwards
induced them TO trade the property to
other parties, and is said to have protited
largely by the transfers. He obtained an
additional loan Of 500 from Mrs. Hart,
and later succeeded in selling her lodg-
ing-house on Mason street for 81, 800. He
gave her third mortgage on Tehama
County land for the coin obtained through
the sale. Mrs. Hart claims she has lost
81, 100 through her transactions with Gar
demeyer.
1t is said that other charges will be
made against the accused land agent.
The record-union., 1891-11-26
LIN -SHEE FACTORIES.
Wholesale Manufacture of Illicit
Opium in This Vicinity.
Men Who Claim TO Know Where There
Is Factory, But Want Money
to Reveal 1t.

There was prospect yesterday of
something in the way of a sensation in
revenue circles, but it fiattened out
Two young men here, named respect
lively Wagner and Coleman, recently
gave Police Captain Lee to understand
that they knew of the existence of an
opium factory in the vicinity of this city,
and one Of them wrote to the revenue
officials in San Francisco about it, He
even went so far as to admit that he had
hauled the opium to town from the
factory, several miles in the country
Some correspondence passed OH the
subject, and on Monday night two reve-
nue. officials came up from San Francisco
and met Coleman and Wagner at the
depot. The Sacramentans were evi-
IDENTIFY ''out for the stuff" for the first
| thing they did was to ask chow much
there was in it, for them.
The officers told them that they would
| receive 10 per cent. of the value Of any
seizure that might be made. This did not
suit the young men, who demanded
81 ,000. They were told that no such
money could be guaranteed them, but
one of the officers, who was deSirouS OF
|
antee $500.
This offer was also rejected, and the
revenue detectives were in quandary.
An appointment was made for Tuesday,
and again the detectives lahored with the
men, but to no purpose. They We're sat
istied, from what the latter had said that
they knew of Illicit opium cooking, -
but how to make them talk was the
question. They finally decided to arrest
/ Coleman and Wagner for conspiracy" /"
and did SO, the men being locked up in
the City Jail on Tuesday night.
/ Yesterday morning they still refused
/ to talk, bat the officers and Captain Lee
/ got an idea that they knew pretty near
/ where the factory WAS located SO thew.
in company with several policemen. left
the city yesterday morning and visited
several Chinese camps in the brush alone
! the American river bottom, on the
! Rancho del Paso, where they made a
| thorough search tor the stu}, but they
! did not unearth anything, although they
spent most Of the day prying about the
camps.
On their return to the city the officers
concluded that they had nothing on
which to hold Wagner and Coleman, sc
/ they We're discharged, and the revenue
! detectives took the late train for San
/ Francisco.
That there are joints either in the city OF
1 in its vicinity where Gin. shee'' is made
over, by a cooking process, into it's origi-
nal form of opium, which is taxable
there can be no doubt Indeed there is
reason to believe tnat thousands Of dol
/ lars worth is weekly made and disposed
/ of among the Chinese in this city, Oh
which the Government does not get one
cent of tax.
| Here is a good opening for some sharp
/ detective to get in and turn many an
! honest penny.
The record-union., 1891-11-26
THANKSGIVING DAY.
How 1t VIII be Observed in sacra-
mentO.

How It VIII be Observed IN Sacra-
mento.
Although Thanksgiving Day is not
favored on this coast with that signifi-
canoe that attaches to it in the East, it is
by no means overlooked. Still, it will
never be as generally observed here as it
is east of the Mississippi River, for peo-
pie are apt to associate the holiday season
closely with wintry surroundings, which
we do not experience in California to any
great degree, at least so early in the sea
son. The nearest approach to wintry
weather in this State is that of the latter
part of December, or about Christmas
lime. Then, again, the Christmas season
has more of religious significance to the
majority of the people than Thanksgiv-
ing Day, although the latter was more in
Iavor with the earlier settlers of the coun-
fry. However, the custom of observing
Thanksgiving Day Will no doubt always
be observed to greater or less extent.
Instead of religious services being held
to-day in all the churches, there will be
union services at the Congregational
Church, at which number of the
pastors will deliver brief addresses.
There will also be union of several
church choirs. The services promise to
be very interesting.
A special thanksgiving service Will be
held at the German Lutheran Church in
the evening at 7:30 o'clock. The church
will be decorated and a fine musical pro-
gramme viii be rendered.
Services will also be held in st. Pauis
Church at II o'clock A. NJ.
Nearly all the business houses of the
CITY will close at noon, and holiday hours
will be observed at the PostofIice. 1t be-
ing a legal holiday. no business will be
done at the various public offices.
Thanksgiving dinners viii be the order
irAtke majority of homes, Judging from
tha,5Yrsmense business done IN the last
The record-union., 1891-11-26
RECEIVED NO ENCOURAGEMENT
Another Chinaman Who Wants to Get
Back His Fugitive Woman.

Another Chinaman Who Wants to Get
Back His Fugitive Woman.
Detective Metzler of San Francisco re-
Gently applied to District Attorney Ryan,
on behalf of Chinaman, for a recon-
mendation to the Governor for requisi-
ton for the arrest of a Chinese woman
and Chinaman, who are accused by the
woman's alleged husband of having alb
seconded with money belonging to him.
Mr.. Ryan declined to do so, on the
ground that such cases almost Invariably
prove TO have originated in a desire to
use the machinery of the courts to re-
cover bodily possession of the woman in
yolved. He did not believe anybody
would prosecute either of the fugitives if
they were brought back, but suggested
that the matter might be laid before the
Grand Jury, that body being in session.
This was done yesterday. and the jury
gave the subject an hours attention 1t
is not thought anything will be done
about 1t, for the reasons given by District
Attorney Ryan.
The record-union., 1891-11-26
EASTERN STAR.
Installation of onicers Of Naomi Chap


ter, No. SO.
The newly elected officers of Naomi
Chapter, No. Sc, o. e. s., were installed
last evening by Past Matron Sallie A.
White. There were present, beside the
members of the chapter, large number
of invited guests. The officers installed
We're as follows: Minnie Kolliker, Wor-
thy Matron; Theodore Eilers, Worthy
Patron; Georgia Guthrie, Associate Ma
tron; Lucy Il. Gett Conductress; Carrie
NJ. Simpson, Associate Conductress; Ella
a. Hatch, Secretary; Sarah ". Cunning
ham, Treasurer; Emma Tubbs, Adah;
Matte Rood. Ruth; Mary Eilers, Esther;
Laura Hoops, Martha; Mary O'Neal,
Electa; John Hurley. Chaplain; Florence
Miller, Marshall; George Dunn, Sentinel;
Isabel Wilder. Warden; Grace Jordan,
Organist.
The installation ceremonies were fol-
| lowed by very pleasing entertainment.
George Larkin and Miss Ella Hatch gave
flute and piano duet and Miss Carrie
Simpson a recitation, after which a visit
was received from the Quaker Sisters
Grace Jordan, Lipha Skelton, Salina
Hall, Lucy Gett, Emma Bidwell, Emma
Tubbs, Carrie Simpson and Laura Hoops.
This portion of the entertainment was
decidedly unique and laughable. Music,
dancing and bounteous banquet fol-
lowed
The record-union., 1891-11-26
RortIcultural Meeting.

The November meeting of the State
Horticultural Society will be held in the
assembly hall of the State Board of Horti-
culture, 22O Sutter street, San Francisco,
at 1880 P. NJ. tomorrow.
The leading subject viii be "Co-opera-
ton in Fruit Handling" A plan devised
by David Lubin of this city and ap-
proved by the Marysville convention viii
be presented. 1t is hoped also to have
delegates from the West Side Association
of Santa Clara County to report their
seasons experience.
Winter Spraying viii also be dis
cussed. C. w. Woodwork Of the Uni
versity and A. Block of Santa Clara nave
been invited to address the society.
The record-union., 1891-11-26
knights of Pythias Election.

Capital Lodge. Knights of Pythias, re-
elected the following officers last evening
for the ensuing term: Past Chancellor,
w. A. Gilbert; Chancellor, j. T. f.
Sheehan; Prelate, Emanuel Gravel;
Master r-at-Arms, c. II. Taylor; Keeper OF
Records and Seal, J. .. Giffen: Master OF
Finance, J. a. Barwick; Master of Ex-
chequer, Ellis Franklin; Inner Guard,
@. D. Odbert; Outer Guard, j. N Will
Jams. The second rank was conferred,
and eloquent addresses were delivered
by Messrs. Wilke, O'Neill, Messner, Gil
bert, Pizer and others.
The record-union., 1891-11-26
MORE PROGRESS.
The State House Hotel Purchased by
William Land.
He VIII Transform it Into an Elegant
structure, ana Run it on First
Class Principles.

William Land, the enterprising land
lord Of the Western Hotel, yesterday
effected the purchase Of the State House
Hotel, On Tenth and X streets. from
C. A. jenkins. The purchase was made
through the real estate firm of Edwin x.
Alsip & Co., and the price paid was $685.
$50. The property has frontage of 130
feet on X street, and 100 on Tenth, and is
regarded as one Of the choicest business
locations in the city.
Messrs. Rood q Johnson, the present
occupants, have lease Of the hotel
which Will not expire for some three
years
MIR. Land was asked last evening what
he intended to do with the hotel. He re-
piled that lie could not 90 very much
with it until the existing lease expired.
but would probably improve it a little
where the work would not interfere with
the hotel portion that is being run by
MeSsrs. Rood q Johnson.
But as soon rs the property shall be
vacated, MI. Land says he will remodel
all that portion not included in the new
work lately done by Mr.. Jenkins The
entire front will be removed and all the
outward portion remcdeled on the plan
Of the Tenth-street side. The halls viii be
widened, stairways changed, and, in fact,
the building will be practically rebuilt.
"It is my Intention" said Mr. Land,
Ito make the hotel one of the finest in
Northern California, outside OF San Fran
CISCO and to conduct it on strictly first
class principles. The location is one OF
the best i'll the city. and fine first-class
hotel ought 10 do we'll there.
q consider that ! am pretty well fixed
in the matter of hotel property he re-
marked smilingly. You see l have the
old Grand on Front street, the State
House on Tenth, and the Western-the
old d-by-between them.''
The record-union., 1891-11-26

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cIeanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, It's
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale in SOC
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist wEo
may not have it on hand viii pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
cfLiFORRiA FIG syrup co.
-, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE. xZ new YORK, NV
The record-union., 1891-11-26
ABOUT A LEASE.
Costumes Farmers Whose Dealings
Have Eecome Mixed.

Have Become Mixed.
A complaint has been filed in the Su-
perior Court by w. f. Warburton against
James Graham, in which the plaintiff
alleges that in March, 1891, he leased of
defendant thirty acres of land, located on
the Cosumnes River; that plaintiff ex-
pended large sum of money on the land,
in putting in crop, erecting hophouse,
ETC.; that in the spring of this year
PLAINTIFF borrowed of defendant $1,000,
with which to harvest the crop, giving a
bill of sale thereof, and that they came to
Sacramento to have the papers drawn up.
Plaintiff says he afterward found that the
papers amounted to an absolute cancel
Iation of the lease. He therefore asks for
a revision of the document, to conform to
the actual agreement, that ne be paid
81 ,20S received for the sale of hops, and
what further relief the court may deem
proper.
The record-union., 1891-11-26
Reckless stone-Throwlnc.

Early last evening. while there were a
number of men in the office-room of the
City Hotel, on K street, near Third. a
large stone came whizzing through the
door from the opposite side of the street.
It barely missed one mans face. but
struck another on the breast, causing
considerable pain but doing no serious
injury.
Nobody seemed to know who threw
the missile, hence the motive is a mystery.
The record-union., 1891-11-26
NOT INTENTIONAL

DIR. Clayton Admits Violating Health
Ordinance, But Not Intentionally.
DR.. NJ. T. Clayton, charged with violat-
ing the city ordinance requiring of physi-
clans to properly quarantine house
where a patient is afflicted with con-
tagious disease, withdrew his demand for
a Jury trial in the Police Court yesterday,
and entered plea of guilty. He admit
ted technical violation of the ordinance,
but claimed that he was not aware of its
existence at the time.
Under the circumstances Judge Cravens
imposed the least fine possible under the
law-fiye dollars-which the doctor paid.
The record-union., 1891-11-26
ELECTION NOTICE.
JyHERE WILL BE AN ELECTION HELD
L in this city
Monday. December. I. 1891.

When the following School Officers are to be
elC C ed to serve full terms of two (2) years
e&ch:
City Superintendent of Common Schools
-Four SchOoi DirectOrs-one from each Ward
Also Fifteen Freeholders. to frame a
Charter.
The election will be conducted under the
General Election Law and power conferred
by the City Charter.
The qualification of voters is that their
names are on the Great Register of Sacramento
County.
The Polls will open at sunrise (7:O3 A. ny
and close at five t5) O'Clock p. NJ.
The polling-places, boundaries and Boards
of Election Will be as follows:
The record-union., 1891-11-26
BRIEF NOTES.

Sacramento is not to be honored with a
ball game during the winter series be-
tween the Portland and Bay clubs.
The charges of disturbing the peace
against Mrs. Sigeler and Henry AlpeteI
were dismissed in the Police Court yes
terday.
Emma Birdsall was yesterday, in
Judge Catlin's court, granted a divorce
from G. w. Birdsall, on the ground of de-
sertion and willful neglect.
This forenoon the members of the Peli-
can Gun Club will celebrate Thanksgiv-
ing Day by trap-shooting match on the
club grounds near Oak Park.
The record-union., 1891-11-26
CHARGED WITH BATTERY

Shoemaker Williams Claims to Have
Been Assaulted Unjustly.
Thomas Williams, shoemaker on
Fourth street, has sworn to complaint
charging Mrs. John Fox, her husband
and third party, whose name is un-
known at present, with the crime of bat
terry.
Williams claims that the three set upon
him and beat him with clubs because
they believed he had made some remark
cerogatory to the character of daughter
of Mrs. Fox. Williams denies, however,
that he ever opened his mouth concern
ing the young woman.