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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-01-16
A Particular Crew.

Excited Lade-Why isn't something
done for that slip in distress? Why
don't some of you-
Life saver (hurriedlD-We have
sent the crew line to come ashore,
mum.
Excited Lady--Of all things. We're
they waiting for farual invitation?
The record-union., 1891-03-02

The Capay Valley Land Company is offering the
most fertile lands IN this beautiful valley upon terms which
enable the purchaser pay for the land of its own
product VIZ: Interest only for five years at per cent
he only condition imposed is that reasonable pro
portion of the land purchased shall be planted to fruit
trees or vines. Land may be bought without this
condition on payment of per cent. cash and re-
naming SO per cent at the end of FIVE years with in
terest annually III advance at per cent. The various
tracts owned by the Capay Valley Land Company have
been subdvlded into and 2o-acre lots which are for
sale at prices varying from $50 to so per acre. SINH
lar unmproved land in Vaca Valley has recently been
sold at $500 TO $500 per acre.
These Capay Valley lands under the most favor
able climatic conditions for the prosecution of profitable
fruit growing, and the locality has proved itself to be
one OF the earliest in the State The grape crop of 1900
from the company vineyard at Cashmere was picked
dried and shipped to Chicago and Philadelphia before
the Fresno County grapes were ripe.
The railroad passes through all of the tracts owned by
the Capay Valley Land Company thus irsuring excel
lent shipping facilities; and land may now be purchased
in the immediate proximity of either of the following
stations: Capay, Cadenasso, Surrey Guinda Sauterne
Cashmere Runlsey
AT many of these places fine orchards of the choicest
and earliest varieties of peaches and aprcots may already
be seen and during the coming season considerable ad
ditonal acreage will be planted One of the recent
sales made by the company that of the Tancred
lract containing 600 acres, to i colony association.
This tract has been subdvided into forty holdings all OF
which will be planted to fruit trees this season.
The fine orchards the Gunda Tract where 400
acres have been sold, especially worthy of mention
and it is significant fact that several of the blocks are
pect to make their earliest shipments from here
The record-union., 1891-03-02

Too much stress cannot be laid upon the great adj
vantage to the frutgrower Of being in early locality.
In most cases it makes the difference between success
and failure The industrious orchardist of Capay Valley
may assured that he will derive all the benefits gained
by the first fruit shipments of the season. and that 20
of this rich land when the in bearing will
yield handsome and assured income.
The Capay Valley Land Company has agent re-
siding in the valley whose duty is show the various
tracts to land seekers.
-Four towstes have been laid in different points
IN the valley, viz: Esparto Cadenasso, Guinda and
Rumsey. Town lots may be purchased at reason
able prices and on easy terms
The enterprisng and lourishng town of Esparto is
situated at the lower end of the valley, and So5
worth of substantial buildings have already been erected
including fine lour-story brick hotel two large brick
blocks and waterwoks with pipes laid i'll the Streets
The town has posoffice school-h house and weekly
paper, and the fine railroad depot contains telegraph
and express Offices
Postofices have also been established at Guinda and
Rumsey This latter place, situated at the head OF the
valley is the present terminus of the railroad The com
Portable little hotel makes excellent quarters for hunters
as well as land-seellers.
The advantages enjoyed by the settler in Capay Val
ley may be thus concsely summed up:
soil of great fertility, yielding bountituly of every
crop.
soil and climate which will rpen all kinds of fruit and
vegetables earlier than anywhere else in the State
climate perfectly adapted the curing of rasns and
drying of nt without the aid of artificial evaporators
location that is central and close markets Railroad
communication which enables shipments to be made
quickly and cheapy. Lands which sold cheaper and
on better terms than anywhere else in the State
The record-union., 1891-03-02

Sone merchants get the
best they can; some get the
meanest they can.
Your dealer in lamp-chim-
neys--what does he get for you?
There are common glass and
tough glass, tough against heat.
There are foggy and clear.
There are rough and fine.
There are carefully made and
hap-hazard.
You can't be an expert ir
chimneys; but this you can do.
Insist on Macbeth's "pear.
top" Or "pearl glass" which,
ever shape you require. They
are right in all those ways; anc
they do not break from heat
not one in a hundred.
Be willing to pay a nicke
more for them.
Pittsburs. GEO. A. MACBETH Co.
The record-union., 1891-03-02
UNPRECEDENTED


Capay Valley situated in Yolo County,
Lake to Runsey 21nles
The record-union., 1891-03-02
EASTERN AND FOREIGN MARKETS.

New YORK, Feb. 2Sth
.WHEAT-s1 o93z FOR March, 81 o6Js for
May, 81 o3A for June, 81 oo5S for July, and
99Lc for December.
SUGAR-Cuba Centrifugal, SIC.
CHICAGO. Feb. 2Sth.
WHEAT-967a for May and 92IS for July.
LIVERPOOL, Feb 2Sth.
WHEAT-Quiet. California spot lots, IS
Il ld: oil coast, 39s 6d@fos; just shipped, 3Ss
sd; nearly due, 39s cd; cargoeS OIL coast, moth
Ing offering; on passage, quiet but firm.
The record-union., 1891-03-02
Notice Of Administrators Sale Of Real Estate

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT IN
IN pursuance OF the order OF the Superior
Court of the City and County of san Francisco,
Stale of California Department No. PRO
hatel. made ON the 10th day OF February. \.
u, 1891, in the matter of the estate of PETER
WILLIAMS, deceased the undersigned, the
administrator of the estate OF said Peter VIII
ltams, deceased. VIII sell at private sale 20 the
| highest bidder for cash in gold coin of the
United States, ON or after the 4THDAI OF
MARCH, a. D., 1891, all the right. title. in
terest claim, property and estate OF the said
Peter Williams, deceased, Mt the time of his
! death, and all the right, title. interest claim
property and estate. that his said estate has ac-
! quired since his death. by operation of inu or
otherwise in and TO all that certain lot, piece
I or parcel OF land, situate. lying and being In
/ the town OF Elk Grove, Sacramento County
/ state of California, aud described ms follows:
Beginning nj point thirty 800 rods and
FIVE 10y feet east of thenorthweSt corner of the
northeast quarter OF section six j6l, township
six l6l, north range six ttil east and the north
cast corner OF the III. f. Church lot, and run
ming along the line OF said church lot south one
/ hundred and siNty-iour 6i} feet: thence cast
one hundred and seventy (11o) feet; thence
north one hundred and siSty-four (16ii feet;
! thence west one hundred and seventy Il .0l
/ feet ON the line or said section six (o) 10 the
place of beginning.
| All offers TO purchase the land and premises
herein described must be in writing and may
/ be left at the law Offices OF MeSSrs. Renstein 4
| Eisner. No. 2l7 SanSome street, rooms / . to
| :, in the City and County OF san Francisco
| State of California, or delivered TO the Admin
istrator personally, or may be filed in the Office
| of the Clerk of the Superior Court of the City
and County OF san Francisco, State of CALI
! fornia Department No. 9-Probatel, at any
time after the first publication OF this notice
! and before the making OF the sale.
| Any person offering to purchase, whose offer
! shall be accepted by the Undersigned shall on
notice of the acceptance of the Offer, deposit
/ with the undersigned ten per cent of the pur-
chase money and pay the balance on the APP
provai and confirmation OF the sale by the
| said court.
| Abstract of title and conveyance to be at the
expense of the purchaser.
Dated mt san Francisco, February 11th, a
| ID. 1891.
EMIL LGUNZBURGER.
| Administrator of the estate of Peter Williams,
deceased.
+ REINsTEIS & EIsNER, Attorneys for Ad-
The record-union., 1891-03-02

I'TN IIIUts, VNIitI sttcLIOIls !IC, DTy kIpS, UO,
sc 7 h: Calf Skins, do, Sc; Gull Hides, Kip and
Calf, &c; Sound Dry salt Hides, sc; Gull Dry
salt Hides, ic; Pelts, shearlinSs, lo@20c
65@ @90c each; do, long WOOL 9oc@S1 20 each;
Deer Skins, summer. 37l4c; do, good medium
325a935e; do, thin, 2o@25c T. lb; Goat Skins,
4oee5oc apiece for prime and perfect, 25@35c
medium, l0@2oc each for small
MEAT MAkkET-Following are the rates
for whole carcasses from slaughterers TO deal
ers: Beet-tirst quality, 6@6I3c; second quail
ity, 5g5Gc; third quality, 4lzG sc q 10. Veal
Quotnblc ut 5@6 @619c for large and Bose e 10 for
small. Mutton-Quotable at SG9c z h. Lamb
Spring, 15c Z, ID. Pork-Live Hogs, on foot,
grain fed, heavy, ilZmi5sc; light, iI4@5c;
dressed Hogs. 1l%aaSc "A b.
The record-union., 1891-03-02

bbl; do smoked. 1I%@12c II N; Eastern,
Lard. terces, 7S4GSl4c; do lob tins ga 9lIc;
do 5-lb tins, 91St99esc: do Bib tins, 9l4@ 91sc;
California Lard, Heroes, slS@s54c; do kegs,
9l4c 10 9iSc; do io-b tins, 10a 1ot5c: do 5-lb
tins, olS G. do ION pals 1o1Ic; do 5-ib pals,
lie; do 3-t pals, &c Il d.
WOOL-We quote spring:
Eastern Oregon and Washington n h l1MoOc
The record-union., 1891-03-02

BEEcHAM's pills cure bilious, nervous
ills.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-23
The Western Settler sc hosen Specific

With every advance of emigration into the far
west. new demand is created for Hostetter 8
stomach Bitters. Newly peopled regions are fire.
ouently less salubrious than older settled local-
ties on account of the miasma which rises fromr
Gently cleared land particularly along the banks OF
rivers that are subject to freshets. The agricui-
tural or mining emigrant soon learns, when he does
not already know, that the Bitters afford the only
sure protection against malaria. and those disor-
ci;mats changes expo sure and unaccusiomed or
unhealthy water or diet subject him. Consequent
w. he places an estimate upon this great
snecifc and preventive commensurate with lis IN
trnsic merits and lie careful to keep on hand re-
storative and promoter Of health so implicitly 10 De
relied upon in time Of need.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-23
A Pleasing Sense

OF health and strength renewed and of
ease and comfort follows the use of Sy-
rup of Figs. as it acts in harmony with
nature to effectually cleanse the system
when costive or bilious. For sale in SOC
and 81 bottles by all leading druggists.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-23
Illinois pepar linen, Encsmpmsur, @. A. R

DECATUR. Ill. April $40. 1S9l.-For
above the G., B s Q. will sell tickets
from points in Illinois, April 40, lnclu-
siye, at one fare for the round trip. good
returning up to and including April II,
1891. Good connection is made both 60
ing and returning.
II. D. MACK. D. P. A.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-23

Salvation Oil is repeating its cures of
nj uralgia. rheumatism, headache and
toothache every day, until they have be-
come monotonous. Price % cts.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-23
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN

STATE OF ILLINOIS.
Rock l-LAND COUNTY.
Public notcs = hereby gwen :haf a ;h, Nav
Term. 1881. cf;hc Giro uitoo n ~ aid 10, leland
county, We shsll make application for an order a
laid court erecting aud proyid ~ hiatt usrl. -.
the undersigned. Paul Bnfja. shan be changed a. !
that he shai have authority g. as-unc the uafa. 81
Bruno REM. and that the name - the uuG, signed
Martha Boi!a. hail hc changed ard that -. be-
authorized 70 a-sam' she name - NaritA Esr = ~
which names the laid pAriies .ha De affsrR ard
called aud known: and that aid partr- wi a'.o ~
the ZANE time make application Tor 40 order q 10
court directing and pro- sing that the sruar.. o.,
Their TIVE children. Bernard aud Bruno D. changed
from Bot 90 Rem And that theg b. aurhur I'd -
assume The names % Bernard Rem ana Brauu
Rem
Dated ih.s Tv,u;y-fr-i DAY Of March. issi.
PAUL q sTfA.
MARTHA BUTJA
JACH,oN u HVE.T. sole iors
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-23
Dem,crauc CITY Commute.

Members Of the democratic civ com.
m'tee are requested TO meet al THE AR.
Gus once at 30 Monday evening. March
HENRY WHEELAN,
Chairman
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-23

Wyoming lot. It's the coming city OF wyom-
ing. Has waterworks, electric lights. Touring
mills. Located in the garden of Wyoming
Produced the prize potato crop Of the United
States in 1850. tCr maps and further infor-
nation apply TO
MANN 4 THON. Buffalo, wyo.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-01-09

ana earneSU-mlnded young aSTneI1c--
than whom nothing can be more artist
ically correct according TO her own
schools perhaps the second, but to
both, unfortunately, Mona IS mot at
home"
And very honestly, too, because at
the time of their visits. V Len Lady Rod
nev was entertaining them IN the big
draWing-rOOm and uttering platitudeS
and pretty lies by the score, she was
deep in the recesses of the bare brown
wood. roaming hither and thither in
search of such few flowers as braved
the wintTy blasts.
Fu- all this Lady Rodney is devoutly
thankful. She is glad OF the girls alb
sence. She has no desire to exhibit her,
prejudice making MOna'S few small de-
fects look mOnStrOus in her eyes. I ct
these same defects might perhaps be
counted on the fingers OF one hand.
And by degrees. beneath her intiu-
ence. Mona grows pale and distr1d, and
in many respects unlike her old joyous
self. Each cold reprOving glance and
sneering wOTd-hOwever carefully con-
ceaIed-falIS like a touch of ice upon
her heart. chilling and whitening her
glad youth. Up to this she has led a
birds life. gay. inSOtsciGTt, free, and
careless. Now her song seems checked.
her sweetest notes are dying fast away
through lack Of sympathy. She is
''cribbed, cabined, and confined"
through no fault of her own, and grows
listless and dispirited in her captivity.
And Godfrey, who is blind to nothing
that concerns her. notices all this, and
secretly determines on taking her away
from all this foolish persecution, to
London or elsewhere. until such time
as their own home will be ready to re-
ceiYe them.
But at this break in my history, al
most as he forms this resolution, an
event occurs that brings friends to Mo-
ma. and changes IN toto the aspect OF at
fairs.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-01-09
AN EXPENSIVE COW
How Gen. Alger Repaid the Man who
Gave Him an Education.
Chicago Mail

At the fat stock show several worlds
fair commissioners were discussing the
high prices commanded by tirSt-cIass stock
nowadays. Several instances were cited
III which single animal had brought
sum Which few years AGO would have
been pronounced fabuIouSIy large II re-
call one instance, remarked one of the
gentlemen. in which an ordinary mich
COW, without any pedigree whatever
brought a price which compares very
favorably with the cases we have mem
toned
Years ago Gen. Russell A. Ager, of
Detroit, lately the commandments of
the Grand Army of the Republic, was a
vOungSter without a cent, and with but
one suit of clothes. He wanted 70 attend
school and went ba physician who lived
IN the village to ask TOr a chance to work
for his board. The doctor did not need
the services Of a boy. but he was so much
impressed with young Ayers elrneStneSs
that he took him into his family circle and
! sent him through school, Alger did not
work except to take care OF the doctors
| horse and one COW.
But tine has wrought changes.
! lger is now a millionaire, while his
| benetactor is an old man IN straltened
financial circumstances One by one his
wife have been left alone. All offers of
| assistance by Gen Alger have been re-
| fused, for the old man Is as proud as
Lucifer himself. In consequence, AIger
| las been forccd.to bestow his charities in
many little roundabout ways, so that their
source could not be guessed. Recently he
VISITED his Ga TREND determined to com,
| pen MS accG lance OF more suoStahJlal ald
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-01-09
MONA SCULLY;
OR,
Thf .fsh Bride Of an Eng!;shma1.
A STORY OF THESE TINES.

men he stoops and unfastens her
sealskin jacket. and takes it off her, and
in fact pays her all the little attentions
that lie in his power.
You are Sir Nicholas?; questions
she at last, gaining courage to speak,
and raising her eyes to his full Of en-
treaty. and inst touch Of that pathOs
that seems of right TO belong to the
eyes Of all Irish women.
yes. . returns he. with a smile. u
am Nicholas" lie ignores the former
title. "GeOffrey. I expect, spoke to you
of me as old Nick he has never called
me anything else since we were boys.
ale has often called you that: but, -
-shyly-''now that / have seen you, |
don't think the name suits you a bit"
Sir Nicholas is quite pleased. There
is sort Of unconscious iiattery in the
gravity Of her tone and expression that
amuses almost as much as it pleaseS
him. What a funny child she is, and
how unspeakably lovely! VIII Doatie
like her!
But there is yet another introduction
to be gone through From the door
way Violet Mausergh comes up TO GeOf-
FREY, clad in some soft pale shimmering
stuff. and holds out to him her hand.
''Nhat time you have been aWayW
she SAYS, with a pretty, slow smile, that
has not particle OF embarrassment or
consciousness in it. though she IS quite
aware that Jack Rodney is watching
her closely. Perhaps, indeed, she is Sc
cretly amused at his severe scrutiny.
''YJuWill introduce me to your wifeP'
she asks. after a few minutes, in her
even. tr1lt0nfc voice, and IS then taken
up to the big armchair before the fire,
and introduced to Mona.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-01-09

II am Paul Rodney" he now volun-
teeTS.-''your husbands cousin, you
know. suppose, " with a darllening of
his whole face. now | have told you
who am. it VIII not sweeten your lik-
ing for me-"
Il have heard of you" says Mona.
quietly. Then, pointing to that part of
the wood whittier he would 20, she says.
coldIy. Il regret that | cannot tell YOU
where this path leads to. Good-m0rn-
ing"
With this she inclines her head, and
without another word goes back by the
way she has come.
When she is quite gone, he pulls him
self together with jerk, draws heavy
sigh, and, thrusting his hands deep into
his pockets. continues his walk.
At breakfast Mona betrays the fact
that she has met Paul Rodney during
her morning ramble, and tells all that
has passed between him and heron
being closely INSTRUMENTATION news
has the effect of bringing a cloud to the
brow of Sir Nicholas and fTOWn to
that Of his mother.
''Such presumption. walking in our
wood without permission" she says,
haughtily.
My dear mother, you forget the path
leading from the southern gate to Plum
ston road has been open to the public
for generations. lie was at perfect lib
erty to walk there"
Nevertheless. it is very bad taste his
taking advantage of that absurd per-
mission. considering how he is circum-
stanced with regard to us" says Lady
Rodney. You wOuldn t do it yourself,
Nicholas, though you find excuses for
him.
ooh, no. | shouldn't, " he says, gently;
and then the subject drops.
And here perhaps it will be as well to
explain the trouble that at this time
weighs heavily upon the Rodney family.
r
Old Sir George Rodney, grandfather
of the present baronet, had two sons,
Godfrey and George. lie loved GeOf-
frey and hated George. The entail
having been broken during the last gen
Grafton. hr made will diSinheriting the
elder son. But before this George,
unable to bear longer the ignominy of
his position. left home. None knew
where he had gone. save ElSpeth. the
old nurse. who had loved Sir LauncelOt,
the grandfather of Godfrey and George,
when size herself was young, rosy
checked lass.
When the dark, WayWard, handsome
young man went away, the heart OF
EIspeth went with him, and she alone
perhaps knew anything of his depart
ure. To his father his absence was Il
relief, and the Old man made his will,
leaving all he pOSSesScd-Save the title
and some outside property which he did
not possess-to his younger son.
But when after his death, they came
to look for the Will 10! it was nowhere
In Lp fnuuI Each drawer and desk and
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-01-09

California is the land Of the pine anG
the palm. The tree Of the Slerras, native
vigorous, gigantic, and the tree Of the
desert, exotic, supple, poetic, both flourish
within the nine degrees Of latitude. These
two. the widely separated lovers of HeIne
soug, symbolic the capacities Of the state
and although the sugarpIne Is indigenous,
and the date-palm. which Will never be
more than an ornament in this hospitable
soil, was planted by the Franciscan faith
ers who established a claim of missions
from San Diego to Monterey over cen
turv ago. they should both be the distinc-
ton Of one common wealth, which in It's
seven hundred miles of indented sea. coast.
can boast the climates Of all countries an
the products Of all zones.
If the state Of mountains and valleys
were divided by an east and west line, fol-
lowing the general course Of the Sierra
Madre range, and cutting off the eight
lower countries, | suppose there would be
cOaceif enough in either section to main
tain that it only in the paradise of the
earth, but are necessary TO make the unique
que and contradictory California which
fascinates and bewiideTs the traveller. He
is told that the inhabitants Of San Francis
co go away from the draught Of the Golden
Gate IN the summer to get warm. and yet
the earliest luscious cherries and apricots
which he finds in the far south market Of
San Diego come from the northern Santa
Clara Valley. The truth would seem to
be that IN an hour ride IN any part Of
the state one can change In climate totally
at any time of the year, but this not mere
" By changing his elevation, but by get
ting IN or ont Of grange Of the sea or the
desert current Of air which follow the
valleys.