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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-01-31
American Fables.
THE PEASANT AND TIE CROW.

One cold day in the Fall Peasant who
was laboring in his Field discovered a
Crow who was almost dead with Hunger,
and who Piteously asked for Corn.
"Ah, but have nothing to give" re-
piled the Peasant. land the Crows are to
blame for it. Last Spring, when | Plant
ed my corn you Persisted in digging up
the seed. Each kernel you then ate
would have given you a hundred this
/ fall, but You refused to wait You not
only Robbed me of my Crop, but cut off
your own Food supply as we'll"
Neutrality-suspicious. have to borrow now
and then. but don't borrow the crow
bar, piano, hired girl, horse and buggy.
tlat-irOns. front-door bell, sugar box, tea
canister and sideboard all at once.
THE CHAP WHO MISSED IT.
A Beggar, who was making his way
along Lonely Highway in the Evening,
was stopped by a Foot-Pad, who De-
manded his Wealth. The Beggar soon
gave him true understanding of how
Matters stood, and the Foot Pad cried
out in his Sorrow:
"Alas! but have been Defrauded of
my Rights
''How sO?"
'Why, the Traveller with Fat Purse
whom expected to Pass this way must
have taken Another Route, and will now
be Robbed by Someone elsel'
MOral-There's something funny in
hearing the Coal Man call the Ice Man an
EXtOrtiOner.
THE TRAMP AND THE LADY,
A Tramp having called at house and
stated the Fact of his Hunger and Dis
tress, the good Lady prepared him a
Noble Feast, and when he had Finished
he Stole the AK and Buck-saw and was
making off. when she cried out at his
Ingratitude.
"Ah. Madam, You do not know what
you say" he replied. 81 did intend to
steal the Piano, but, overcome with your
kindness. have contented myself with
these poor Tools"
Moral-She Apologized, Of course.
THE DOG AND THE SAGE.
A Dog was Barking at the Moon.
when Sage inquired why he did so.
adding that he could not Possibly affect
the great Luminary one way or the other,
and that it seemed a Useless Waste of
Energy.
son, it isn't that it makes any
difference with the Moon," replied the
canine, ''but want the Other Dogs in
this Neighborhood to Know that I'm not
Dead"
Moral-We never Know that some
men have been Buried until after we
Miss their Buster Detroit Free Press.
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Stock Exchanee EIections.

At the annual MEETING of the San Fran
cisco Stock and Exchange Board, held yes
terday, Joseph NJ. Shotwel, who was ap-
pointed President about six months ago to
fill the unexpired term Of William f. Nor
wood, deceased, was elected President for
the ensuing year by acclamation. Mr.. Shot
well is also Treasurer and Manager of the
California Safe Deposit and Trust Com
pany and manager Of the Merchants Ex-
change Association.
At the annual election of the Pacific Stock
Exchange the following officers were
elected; II. G. Horn, President; S. Otis,
Vice-Presi dent; j. Frank Moroney, Secre-
tary; J. b. Bourne. Chairman; N. Gold
man. Treasurer; Executive Committee
William Bannan. |. Herzb.rg z. SeloYer
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Editor Morning Call: In the heart of the
hill-girt LiyermoTe Valley, about midway
between the town of Sunol and the town of
Livermore lies the pretty village of Pleas
anton.
Unlike the towns of the Santa Clara
Valley, Pleasanton is surrounded, not by
small holdings Of orchard and vine but by
immense grain ranches, held by a few men.
This state of affairs is by no means con-
ducive to the growth Of town, but Pleas
anton, named not for situation, though that
is beautiful in the extreme, but after the
General of that name, has managed to at
tract some 1900 or more people TO her en-
vironment since the time, in the early
sixties, when it sprang into existence on the
site OF the then hamlet Of Alisa We who
reside here, and delight to call the pretty
to wn home, i1atter ourselves that even our
big sister, six miles to the east, cannot dis
lance us in the matter of enterprise and
public spirit. The past year has been very
prosperous one for PleasantOn. Our prin-
cipal crOp-hay-dd well, and brought high
prices; the holiday season just past found
our own people in good spirits and literally
inclined, and our merchants are accordingly
jubilant Several movements are afoot look
ing 20 the establishment of new and i'm
portant industries in town; the present
season is favorable both to building enter
prises and ranch work, and the prospects
arc lbi aOUu StdSUU, ne IdTLl WOTk, III
fact, is unusually well forward for the
season. Last year at this time blowing had
not yet begun, while this year quite a large
number of our farmers have their seed in.
A delightful rain visited us last week. not q
drop of which was misplaced on the SUR
rounding country. We would like little
more, but on the whole have no cause 10
complain.
Last week being the week of prayer SER
vices were held on alternate evenings in the
Methodist and Presbyterian churches. They
were well attended and considerable interest
manifested.
Our new Justice of the Peace, William
Brophy, entered upon the duties of hts office
last Monday. Justice Brophy has his Office
IN the ho0k-and-ladder house.
Il. Il. Thompson of the Times is making
arrangements for grand twelve page issue
Of his lively sheet next Saturday to contain
thrty-eight illustrations of Pleasanton and
vicinity. Mr.. Thompson has photo raphed
a good many of our principal buildings and
mas had them engraved on wood by Willie
Day OF this place.
Angelica Parlor, n d. G. W., held their
meeting for the installation of officers last
Saturday evening.
The pIoprietors of the different stock
farms that abound around Pleasanton haye
been greatly annoyed this season by the in
vasions o! city hunters over their premises.
Count Nalensin will send twenty colts
from the Valensin stock farm TO the great
sale OF California horses that takes place in
New ork next month. Z. 9.
PledSdnton, jan I2, 1891
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YOUNG MEMS INSTITUTE.
List of Visits by the Grand Lecturer t,
Councils This Month.

List of Visits by the Grand Lecturer to
Councils This Month.
ID. b. assessment IS is now due.
The Board of Grand Directors will meet
next Friday.
The quarterly reports of councils are now
due at the Office of the Grand Secretary.
Hugh T. Farley, D. G. p, of Carson, New,
and d. l.. Phillips, q. V. p, have been Wis
iting the city.
Damien Council, No. so, of this city will
give an evening dress party at Union-Square
Hall on Tuesday evening, the Sd prox.
Borromean Council, No. 1919, of this city
will give an entertainment at Mission Opera
Hall on Friday evening, the 23d inst.
Golden Gate Council, No. 32l, of this city
Will celebrate its fourth anniversary at Odd
Fellows Hall on the 9Th inst.
Frank I. Shea, &. L., will make the fol
lowing visits this month: 18th, Bouchard
Council, No, 81, MERGED; 10th, Lucerne
Council, Hanfo-d; 10Th, Council NJ. Ga,
Fresno.
lgnatian Council, No 81. of this city has
published a neat pamphlet, containing an
address to the members and roll of the
membership, including the business ana
residence addresses.
John j. Clarke has been appointed chair
man of the Arbitration Committee of Igna-
tian Council, No. 80. This is fitting recog-
milton of the efforts of an earnest worker in
the cause,
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Mission San Jose.


Editor Morning Gail: Mission San Jose
enjoys the distinction. if such we may call
it, of being charming place to get away
from. No insinuation is thereby intended
that our sleepy Old town is not charming
place TO remain in-Uur annual host of
summer visitors proves the contrary of that
but in every direction the roads leading
from the Mission lead through such scenes
Of loneliness as to warrant the assertion
that this Is charming vantage ground from
which to arrange delightful excursions into
the surrounding country. The soiourner
here may take the winding road to the
south over the hills to Warm Springs, and
thence to San Jose. sixteen miles distant, or
he may travel northward, along the old mill
road, until he strikes the canyon Of the Ala
media, known in these times as Niles Canyon.
which, if he delights in wild and romantic
scenery, viii charm him with its ever vary
ing beauty. alternating thicket and glade,
forest and open, as the road winds along,
now under the shade Of over-arching boughs,
now through the gravel where once the
river, IN the ante-Spring Valley days,
smiled beneath the sun in its open
shadows; over bridges and through the
stream, which it fOrds again and again In its
course through the canyon, until after five
miles or so OF serpentine winding il comes
out into the wide world of the Livermore
Valley, at the pretty town of Sunol Glen. -,
If our sojourner is more ambitiously in
clned he may reach the same bourne, l. e.,
the Livermore Valley, by still another road,
running out of town TO the east, aud wind
ing over the mountains instead of cutting
through them. This road is the old Stock
ton Pass" the road, or rather trail, taken
by the army of eager treasure seekers in
the days of 40 in journeying to the mines
further north.
Elm those days the Mission still kept open
house, and every traveller who passed that
way was made welcome for as long a stay
as his inclination prompted or his convent
ence required. Like all the roads leading
from the Mission 1t traverses scenes of sur
passing loveliness for its entire distance.
Still another highway leads down the hill
to the west through lrvington, Centerville,
Alvarado and Haywards to Oakland, while
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BOGUS LAND SALES.
Samuel KimbaII Charged With SwindIing
Peonle.

Samuel KimbalI Charged With SwindIing
People.
Samuel Kimhall was arrested yesterday
at an office, Room l, 536 Kearny street, on a
warrant accusing him of five cases of OBJ
tanning money by false pretenses.
According to information received from
the detectives Kimball, who did business as
Kimball & Co.. has been swindling on a
wholesale plan. His plan was to employ
agents, who worked the different hotels,
generally catching unwary Eastern or Euro
pean people who were looking for invest
ments. Many of these investors were so
anxious to do something with their money
they scarcely considered the merits of the
investment, and SO fell an easy prey to the
land scheme of 'kimball 81 Co."
Kimball had what lie called land Office
for the sale and locating of timber claims in
this State and Oregon. His propositions
were plausible, and 10 all appearances guar
anteed good returns.
Ac Ordingly about two hundred persons,
it is said, paid hun different sums of money,
ranging from Sl8 to $500, for lands that
were purely imaginary. The detectives say
several charges will be placed against him.
The prisoner refused to say anything
whatever regarding the matters leading up
to his arrest
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A Wealthy Incompetent.

A petition was filed yesterday by Mrs.
Bertha Callaghan of London for the
appointment of Edward Barry as the guard
ian Of the person and property of her hus-
band, Sherwood Callaghan, who has become
mentally incompetent. Callaghan has per-
sonal property in this city valued at $40, 600
and also real estate throughout California,
from which lie derives an annual revenue of
$4,000, and it is claimed by the petitioner
that this will be squandered unless Il guard
Ian is appointed. Judge Coffey will hear the
petition on Friday next.
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WOOD. OR COAL2
Result of the Tests Made by the Railroad

Result of the Tests Made by the Railroad
Company.
Engineer Mccoy finished the wood and
coal test for the Central Pacific Company
last week. The Colfax Sentinel says he
made three return trips with wood and
three with coal. One engine and fourteen
empty or six loaded cars of the same weight
each trip were run over the Summit. The
weather was very unfavorable most of the
time. The first trip with coal took 1874
tons, but owing to a wreck at Cascade il
was MT counted. Consequently three
more trips had to be made.
Although the tests have shown that coal
would be a little cheaper than wood, it is
hard to tell whether the company will deem
the difference great enough to justify them
in making the change. Following is the
amount it took for each trial trip of wood
and coal; >Wood-First trip, 14A cords
second, 1879: third, 1917. Coal-F'lrst, 1lR
tons; second, 1874 third, 11H.
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keeper in this city, has been placed on the
retired list and ordered to report to Wash
iDgton for the settlement of his accounts.
having reached the age limit His successor,
Captain Charles W. Williams, arrived here
about the "a inst. and assumed charge, after
an inventory of stocks and accounts. Cap
tain Hull and his family started for the East
yesterday, going directly to New York,
where the family will remain while he at
tends to the closing UP of his business with
certain whether he will return tosteis coast
or reside at his former home in Louisville,
Ky. While here Captain Hull has been the
Superintendent of the First Baptist Church
Cuniav-soboO1
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CuNARD LINE.

New York TO Liverpool, via Queenstown,
from Pier 40, North River.
FAST EXfRESS MAIL SERVICE
Etruria Jan. Ill 100 AN iServa, Feb Ia 10 700 AM
Gaiiia, Jan. "a. =: 100 Pm Etruria, Feb 81 100 Pm
Auranla Jan. 81, 300 AN Aurania, FEB. 49, 500 AM
Umbrla, Feb. Z, 300 pm Umbria, March a. q 80 PN
Cabin passage, $50 and upward. intermediate S35
Steerage tickets 10 and from all parts OF Europe
AZ very low rates For freight and passage apply at
the companyS office, Bowling Green, New York
VERNON IL. BROWN X Co. General Agents
Good accommodation can always be secured on
application to WILLIAMS DIMOND 4 CO.
IVY IurhSa Agents, San Francisco
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PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY,

sail xSp
FOR NEW YORK. VIA PANAMA,
rs. CITY OF NEW YORK, Tuesday, Jan. 13. 1891,
at O'Clock taking freight and passengers direct
for Mazatlan san Bias, Manzanillo, Acapulco, Cham
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Arenas and Panama, and via Acapulco for all lower
Mexican and Central American ports
FOR HONG KONG via YOKOHAMA.
CITY OF PEKlNG .......,........,,.,..,.,.
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CHINA. Thursday. February 20. 1891. at 3 PM
This steamer Will make a special call at San
Benito.
Round trip tickets to Yokohama and return ii
reduced rates
For freight or passage applyE the once corass
firstand Brannan streets
Branch Ofice-202 Front street.
w X. A. JOHNSON, Acting Gen1 Agent
celbLf GEORGE H. RICE. Traihc Manages.
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FIahertr and His sInno

r. Flaherty has sued the Consumers
Lumber Company to recover $1,000, alleged
10 have been obtained from him through
fraud. The complaint alleges that the
money was advanced on the belief of repre-
sensations that the company was not in
debt and that as soon rs certain cargoes OF
lumber should be delivered in San Fran
cisco dividends would be paid. Several
carg0es have since been delivered, but the
dividends have not been declared and plain
TN IS now informed that the company owes
a0ont S., 600. hence the charge of fraud.
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a False Friend

Mrs. Adea Diaz, living at 500 Pacific
street. swore out a warrant yesterday for the
arrest of Mrs. c. Cradwohld, an old-time
friend, on charge of enlightenment.
Three months ago, IL seems, Mrs. Diaz in
trusted $50 to her friends keeping for
security, being afraid that somebody woul ID
steal it from her. She later drew SAT so, and
when she asked for the balance it Yas re-
fused her
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A Mixed Land Transaction.

William Hinkle has sued Lucius b. Stone
and his daughter, Harriet, to recover $50
due on promissory note executed in De-
cember, 1888. in part payment of lot 25x
l37 IS on the north side Of Page street, near
scott Since then Stone, who has failed in
business, transferred the property to his
daughter for the purpose, as the complaint
alleges, OF defraudng the plaintiff who
prays therefore that the deed be set aside
and that he be adiudged to have a vendors
lien upon the prC pertv
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the last and most aspiring Of all will take
the traveller through the canyon and over
the fiel is straight up to the gray old top OF
the peak itself and thence downward through
the slide" TO Warm Springs.
Small wonder is it, then, that the MISSION
is favorite place of sojourn for the romail-
tlcally inclined summer loiterer. while dur
ing the season the city sportsman finds
along these self-same roads vertable happy
hunting grounds, to which he repairs as
often as he has opportunity.
An item which appeared In The CALL
last week calls for little explanation as it
is likely to be misleading. 1t was to the
effect that the Congregational Church at
this place had been granted permission TO
mortgage its property for S575. This
mortgage Is merely given to secure repay
ment in the event of the church ever ceaS-
ing to be of Congregational denomination,
oil the amount named, which was raised Tor
it by the Congregational Society and several
congregational churches in the city. The
church Is prospecting, out Of debt, and doing
good work.
L. A. Pierce, principal of our public
school, brought his bride home on Friday,
and reports himself ready to begin duties
again. Rumor has it that in three weeks
we will be called upon to extend greeting to
still another bride, as Rev. Mr.. Maar has
persuaded certain charming lady, well
known in this vicinity, TO share his joys and
naive his sorrows in this field.
MIR. John Curtner, enc of our most sue
cesStu orchardsts, has his own ideas about
spraying, and looks on in smiling interest
at his neighbors' operations along that line.
lie Will spray, he says, when the trees are
budding and the pests will have creDt from
their hard shells and are in an unprotected
state, and consequently previous to the action
OF destroying fluids. This, he says, is the
time to spray, if spraying is to avail MIR.
Curtner's theory sounds reasonable, if he
find n tiuil that will NQstrnV nests
without injury to the buds.
Miss Maud Stanley has resumed her
studies in Oakland.
Mr.. Bennett is visiting his daughter, Mrs.
ID. Baker, IN Livermore.
The scarlet rash that has been so preva-
lent among the children seems to have lost
Its, grip upon the place and TO be gradually
subSlding.
Mr.. j. Stenmetz, an old and well-kn own
resident of this place. has sold out his bust
ness here and removed to Warm Springs,
where he Will conduct general store.
Mission San Jose, jan Ie 1891 A L.
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In His New Quarters.

Judge Trout took possession of his new
COURTROOM yesterday. 1t is not yet COM
pletely fitted out, but will be soon. The
location is on the third floor, but once the re
the visitor finds as pleasant rom as any
in the building.
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The Recent Onium seizure.

Collector OF the Port Phelps had under
consideration yesterday the matter of the
opium seized By the Customs officers in
Chinatown on Friday night. The office was
hiled with Chinese merchants for hours and
several witnesses we're heard, but the trial
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Caught with Harness.

John Thompson was arrested by Officer
J. Mcmahon at an early hour yesterday
morning on charge of burglary. He was
caught stealing set of harness from shop
on Fifth street.
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On the Ketlred Liz.

Captain Gustavus A Hull Of the Quarter
masters Department, United States Army,
and for some twelve years Military Store
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CHEESEMAN'S Specific Mixture.

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without the least exposure change of diet change
In application to business. The medicine contains
nothing that Is OF the least injury the consttu
tion. Ask your druggist for 1t. Price 81 a bottle
Je20 ly frru
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0CEANIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY
WHITE STAR LINE.
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BETWEEN
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CABIN, $50 AND UPWARD ACCORD 90
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may be procured from w. H. AVERY, Pacific Mali
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Market St, under Grand Hotel e. ". FLETCHER
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