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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-02-27
LIZ COUNTY. Md, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27. 1891. NO. "a.

during the summer lot of books (the
names of which they couldn't afterwards
remember) and thus gain store OF wis
dom to share when they reassembled.
Russell read the minutes of the previ-
Gus meeting which he had made out
with offensive accuracy. The girls all
protested that they never said any thing
of the sort or voted that way at all. The
report was then amended in such thor
ough but unintelligible manner that the
Recording Angel could never have rec
ognized it as an account of any thing
which had transpired on earth during
his term of supervision.
This second meeting was not at the
Rays" but at house near by. All the
girls lived within a stones throw of one
another. Through this association Rus
sell received invitations to one or two
minor social gatherings in the very last
days of town life. Near the end of June
the Rays went to their summer home on
the Hudson. 1t was not beyond easy access
from New York. and Russell was ex-
pected to come up frequently during
the summer. This cordiality would
have amazed him if the extraordinary
kindness which had hitherto been shown
him by the Rays had not prepared him
for almost any thing. He accepted most
of Rays invitations, which generally
included Saturday afternoon and Sun
day afternoon at the villa and sail up
and down in the millionaires handsome
steam yacht At the villa Russell
learned to play tennis and to wear
picturesque summer clothing. He was a
young man designed by nature to COM
plete a landscape with a striped blazer.
0ut-of-door costumes were very be-
coming to Alice, also, and her beauty
was too radiant with health to fear the
sun. The sight Of it might have been
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-02-27

1t is not alone the composition which
determines the quality of bell; very
much depends upon its shape. More
over, the proportions between its height,
width and thickness are all to be taken
into consideration. The dimensions,
roughly stated, which are deemed to be
the best for large bells, are one-fifteenth
of the diameter in thickness and twelve
times the thickness in height.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-02-27

There are vacant public lands in the
United States amounting to 5S8, 8,216,S61
acres, exclusive of the u. desirable do
mains in Al SKI, and not counting the
Indian rescrsailoas, SOLE OF which are
already falling into the general territory
Of the nation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-02-27

Easternsr-ILaVgs Sa~ly AoTs. thieves
:, your seciion5
" esterner-Lots of 'em.
"LotsY'
"Yes. Cemetery lots. Good News.
The morning call., 1891-06-07
A BASKET PICNIC.
Placer County Residents Reunited at
Shell Mound.

Placer County Residents Reunited at
Shell Mound.
The Placer County Reunion celebrated its
annual invitation basket picnic at Shell
Mound Park yesterday. The society. which
was organized in 1865 for the purpose OF
promoting sociablity among the residents
past and present, Of Placer County, has
ever since held these reunions. which are al
Ways keenly looked forward to by the MEM
bers. In fact, one lady. Mrs. james +.
Hale. came with her daughter all the way
from Auburn to be present at yesterday 5
gathering.
The Placer County residents and their
friends reached the grounds shortly after 10
O'clock and the number Of merTY-makPrS
constantly increased during the day. The
forenoon was spent in the pavilion TO the
music of Blum'S Band and in what the in
vitatiOns called "a good old fashioned time. J"
At O'clock the picnickers assembled in
the pavilion and listened with evident ap-
probation to the following programme of
literary exercises:
Song, Miss Phelps; recitation. Poor Joe"
Miss Rosenberg; poem, California" Albert
Hart; song, Days OF 40" MIR. Fuller.
At the conclusion Of the exercises an
election of officers for the ensuing year re-
suited as follows: President, l.. L. Sand
ford; Vice President James Ii. Gates /;
Treasurer, William Hollis; Secretary, w.
L. NOTcrOSs. Each Of the officers responded
in appropriate terms.
The arrangements OF the picnic were car
ried out by The following officers Of the dav i:
President, w. b. Lyon; Nice-President, X.
b. SOnle; Secretary, w. +. NorcrOSs Treas
urer, William Hollis.
The morning call., 1891-06-07
TROTTING RACES.
Meeting of the Oakland Driving
Association.

The first meeting this season Of the Oak
land Driving Association was held at the
Oakland rSce-track yesterday afternoon.
A small number of spectators, which in
cluded considerable sprinkling of ladies in
the grand stand, was present. but those who
attended had the satisfaction of seeing some
fair racing. F. Simpson, E. S. Culver and c. A.
Sessions judged the eventssand P. E. Dalton,
Peter Pumyea and j. N. Killip acted as time
keepers.
The first race was for pacing double teams
and brought out two entries, F. Emlay'S pair
of grays, Sam and Dan, and Grant Lap
hams browns, Haviand and mate. EN-
lays team won good race by length in
2 :46. The second heat was won by Lap
hams pair in 2:48 Emlay's team passed
the wire slightly ahead and breaking,
and the heat was awarded to Lapham by tile
judges.
In the third heat Emlay's team took
long lead and was never overtaken, though
Lapham came up rapidly in the straight,
and was only length behind at the finish.
Time, 2:46h. At the conclusion of the race
Emlay'S team was sold for $500 to S. NJ.
Babbtt.
The next was workout race, with three
entrieS-P. Pumvea's Harry Y, j. c. KIM
balls Jim Blaine and d. c. Browns Sun
rise Considerable delay occurred at the
start and eventually Harry V was with
drawn, his driver announcing that he had
thrown a shoe. A good race between the
other two was won by Sunrise, who passed
the judges stand in 2:30.
Five horses-CharleS Baabs Pet, Z. Nor
tensions Tom, Grant Lapham's Jerry. A. B.
Tenants Aloha and F. PrindIe's Dan P
faced the starter for the third race, for 40
class trotters. The first heat was gift for
Aloha, who soon drew ahead, and leading
throughout won easily in 2;42 Jerry Sec
Ond, Pet third, Dan p fourth and Tom last,
Tom drew cut of the next heat, which was
won by jerry in ? 40, Aloha second. Dan p
third and Pet last
Pet, who had good lead in the third
heat, broke badly as he entered the straight,
letting Jerry by. Jerry finished a trife
ahead of Pet, in 2:SS1@, Aloha third and
Dan 2 last. The fourth heat went to Pet
in 2:41, Jerry second, Aloha third and Dan
2 last Dan p was Withdrawn before the
next heaE, and the fifth heat aud race were
won by Jerry in 2:45. Aloha took second
place and second money, Pet finishing third.
The morning call., 1891-06-07
A COUNTRY SALE.
An Auction Sale and Opening Of a County


An Auction Sale and Opening OF County
Seat.
Easton, Eldridge & Co.'s first country sale
Of the season was held yesterday at Will
lows and was very successful SIS, 600 worth
of property being sold. The special train
left San Francisco at o'clock, carrying
about 125 excursionists, which num-
Der was increased to about 200 by
the time Willows was reached. After
a most enjoyable ride and an excel
lent lunch, the train reached Willows az
about noon, and was welcomed by a large
number of citizens with a band.
a great surprise awaited the excursion
lists, among whom was CALL reporter, who
had expected to attend an ordinary coun-
try auction sale. The new county seat
of Glenn County seemed to be imbued with
a new life, for the inhabitants for miles
around had poured in to make this day a
fitting Inauguration If the new county and
new county seat. They all realized that a
new era of progress was before them and
were cOrrespondngly happy. Old pioneers.
surrounded by their happy families, dis
cussed the Yicissitudes OF the past and the
promising future. Enthusiasm and good
will were everywhere so manifest that a
stranger could but be impressed with the
same feelings.
The sale was held In a pavilion on the
site OF the proposed court house, and about
1873 O'Clock Colonel LudingtOn, the eteran
auetloneer, mounted the r0strum. While
the Colonel has sold real estate fro m the
Sierras to the sea, from San Diego
The morning call., 1891-06-07
MUNICIPAL EXPENSES.
The Cry for More Money Comes
From All Points.

The Finance Committee of the Board of
Supervisors spent the greater portion of the
day Yesterday hearing from the heads of
departments the great variety of reasons
why they should have more money.
DR.. lie TOurneux of the Board of Health
said there should be at least three Market
Inspectors instead of only one; that the
Quarantine Department should have $1,000
besides salaries, and the Smallpox Hospital
$1,000, as in past years, instead of $500, as
last year. He thought $4,000 not enough
for the County Hospital. For the Aims
house S95,000 is needed. but $4,000 of it
will come out Of tie State fund
Maurice Schmitt, in behalf of the Board
OF Fire Commissioners, made an earnest
plea for more money, To assist in lifting the
Fire Department out of politics The city
has been growing very RAPIDLY for years. be
argued. and yet the department is practl-
caily the same as it was fifteen years ago
The result is that outlying districts have no
adequate protection against fire. But the
point that he laid great stress on was taking
the department out of politics, and he
thought more money would do it. Indeed,
the best way 10 that end would be to make
1t fully paid department.
George X. Fletcher and Joseph Figel, rep
resenting the Point LobOs Improvement
Club, urged the necessity of better police
and fire protection for that district.
Chief of Police Crowley told the commit
tee that the Police Department of this city
possesses none of the qualities of first
class department, and in no respect COM
pared vorably with the Police Department
of any large city in the nation. The force
Is inadequate, the patrol system not as eX-
tenSive as it should be, aud there is not a
decent station house in the city.
Superintendent Gilleran of the Street De-
partment. who estimated that he would like
to have S640,000 for spending money next
year, but whose splendid ideas were shaved
to quarter Of million by the Auditor,
made a vigorous kick" against any such,
or, indeed, any reduction at all. III insists
that needed improvements and repairs in
streets and sewers alone will, If properly
done, absorb more than that sum.
The committee will decide upon nothing
definite until some daY this week.
The morning call., 1891-06-07

line of S street between Nineteenth and
Twentieth avenues, in Block 1103 $3.50 a
lot; two lots on east line Of Forty-SscOnd
avenue, between Z and Q streets, in Block
1901. $40 each; lot 2jXl20. on west line OF
Twentieth avenue, between X and 5
streets, in Block 1l02 $3.50; two lots 2JXl20
each. on east line OF Twentieth avenue, be-
tween a and B streets, in Block SOP, 5000
each; lot l20XlS2. on south line OF b street,
between Twenty-seyenth and Twenty
eighth avenues, in Block 354, $500; lot ok
100, on north line of Clement street. be-
tween enty-Seventh aud ywenty-elghth
avenues, $3.50; lot 2jX120, on west line Of
Twentieth avenue, between Clement and
California streets, for $500; three lots in
Block 1893, for $50 each; lot 2jX120. on
last line of Twenty-third avenue, 125 feet
north of y street, $3.50.
The total sales of the Sunnysde Land
Company up to this date amounts to S42l,-
74S. The great success Of the company IS
due partly TO the superior location of the
property, being on the line of the city's
growth, and partly to the fact that the new
electric road is going through the center Of
the tract. This the company guarantees
with every sale.
Mrs. HendTy reports a steady demand and
much inquiry for cheaper properties. Find
ing constantly increasing business, Mrs.
HendrY has associated with her Is. l..
Meredith, formerly at CPS Market street,
aud tie firm will hereafter be known as
Meredith & Hendry.
Sol Getz 81 Bro.-LOt 50x120. on the east
line Of Sixth avenue, 800 feet north Of Glenn
ent street, for 5000; eight lots in ock 2. in
the Paramount Homestead Association, for
S2400 lot 50Xl20, on the west line Of
Twenty-SecOnd avenue, 100 feet north OF A
street, S1100; three lots in Block 735 for
$1,000.
T. L. Orr & Co.-Three inside lots and
one corner lot on Fifteenth avenue and y
street: two lots on Berkshire street; two
lots on K street, near Thrty-frst avenue.
George d. Shadburne 1.-TWO lots in
Sunny Vale Homestead; four lots in Abbey
HON estead; two lots on Homestead street,
near Twenty-fth.
BUILDERS CONTRACTS.
George Schaefer with Louis NJ. Weismann;
to build on north line Of Golden Gate ave-
nue.. 40 east of Webster street: 1854.
Anton Lemaire with Louis l.. Weiss
mann; to build on north lineOf Golden Gate
avenue, 20 east of We )ster street; 1854.
Olympic Club with J. r. T0bin; plaster
ing on north line Of Post street, 137 e west
If Mason; S5253.
Olympic Club with O'Connell & Lewis;
castiron work; same; s7770.
Olympic Club with George j. Smith;
plumbing; same; 1871.
Olympic Club with Western Iron Works
wrought iron work; same; SS6j2.
James q. Fair with Cahill & Hall, eleva-
tors on west line Of Front street, 147 .
north of Pacihc; $3.50.
James G. Fair with Cahill & Hall; eleva-
tors on west line Of Front street, 81 g south
Of Pacific; $40.
James Stanton with Albert Washburn; ;
carpenter work on northwest corner of
Mission and Fifteenth streets; S18288.
The morning call., 1891-06-07
Siskiyou. it is safe

to SIskiyou, it IS sale to
say that he never faced a more
enthusiastic crowd. But he was equal TO
the occasion. realizing the Importance of
the time and place and forgetting. for the
time. all about investment PROPERTY. Pacific
Heights, Preside heights, Mission prop
eIty and other city pro oerty with which he
is so familiar. He was there to dedics t., as
it were, new county seat, and he did it
with ali the force Of his eloquence and wit
He made friends enough in one day to elect
him to any county Office he might want to fill
1t was the general verdict that the firm
was deserving of the greatest praise for the
manner in which the sale was conducted.
Taking this sale rs a criterion it is easy to
understand how Easton, Eldridge & Co.
meet with such uniform success with their
country sales.
The morning call., 1891-06-07
HiInert Discharged.

The charge of felony against Charles Hill
pert, striking molder, was dismissed by
Judge Trout yesterday on motion of the
District Attorney. for want of evidence to
convict. During the early daysof the mold
ers' strike the foundrymen were receiving
many kilograms from the East in relation to
the employ of n0n-union men. 1t was
charged that Hilpert waylaid messenger
boy one day and offered him 80 cents to let
him see the contents of telegram to one
of the foundrymen. Hilpert admitted on
trial that he aecosted the boy, but did not
lay hands on him. and what he said was
merely in fun. He had no idea of giving
the boy money, or taking any such insane
step as opening sealed telegram. The
iury disagreed
The morning call., 1891-06-07
WATER SUPPLY.
South San Francisco Residents Want BE

South San Francisco Residents Want Bet
ter Protection.
The Water Committee of the Board of
Supervisors decided yesterday to report
in favor of the petition OF the Federated
Improvement Clubs to have water-maIns
and hydrants provided for South San Fran.
cisco. 1t is understood that the Spring
Valley Company intends soon to lay r.
inch pipe In Kentucky street and make all
necessary side connections.
The residents of the Park Lane Tract.
Clarendon Heights and Market-street Home
stead tracts also asked for water supply,
but were told that the Spring Valley COM
pany had no reservoir high enough to reach
them.
Alfred Clarke offered to furnish those res
idents with all the water they could use II
they were willing to pay for it..
The matter was postponed for two weeks,
meanwhile Clarke's system will be examined
by the committee.
The morning call., 1891-06-07
BOYS BRIGADE.

Reception at Fairfax on Friday-Camp
Broken Up.
The boys brigade at Camp Adams re-
ceived its friends on Friday at Fairfax
When the visitors arrived the battalion
formed line to receive and escort them to
camp. After review by Rev. j. O. Adams,
President of the organization, the boys were
dismissed, and speut several hours in enter
tanning their relatives and frieuds. At 3
o'clock in the afternoon the boys formed
for parade, and by Major CLANCY and Off
GERS were put through a drill that lasted
some time. The camp was broken yester-
day, and the boys returned well pleased
with their eight days outing. The cost of
the encampment. including railroad fares,
was $500, aud all the officers were satisfied
with the result of the experiment.
The morning call., 1891-06-07
They Should De Paid.

The question of whether or not Antonelle
& Doe, contractors on the uew City Hall,
are entitled to extra pay for work done ont
side of their contract has been passed upon
favOrably by the City and County Attorney.
1t was found upon inquiry that the work re-
quired and done by the contractors was not
set forth in the contract or provided fer in
the specifications. 1t follows that the con-
tractors should be paid.
The morning call., 1891-06-07
Apain Put of.

The usual tiood-tide OF the offs1ourings of
creation. and few others mixed in. deluged
Judge Murphy's courtroom yesterday to
hear the death-sentence pronounced on Sgd
ney Bell. The only unconeerned aud APP
was Bell himself. He wore the contemptu-
Gus smirk that has characterized him since
his first daylight appearance before the pub
lie. Sentence WAS not pronounced. His
counsel was not ready, so it was deferred
runnlS
The morning call., 1891-06-07
Yonnr Ladias, Institute.

TIE fourth annual session of the Young
Ladies' Institute will convene in Sacra-
mento at O'clock tomorrow morning. Miss
Mamie Sweeney, Grand President, and other
officers will leave for the Capital City this
afternoon. 1t is expected that the coming
session will be interesting. as the society is
Furnishing, having thirty-One branches,
with total membership of nearly 1000. On
Tuesday evening there will be given a ball
in the State Capitol.
The morning call., 1891-06-07
Two Attachments Filed.

Two attachments were filed in the
Recorders Office yesterday in the suit by
Levi Strauss against Thomas Murray, John
Wall and j. G. OFT. One was against the
store and basement at the southwest corner
of Powell and Ellis streets, consisting OF a
leasehold interest for five years; and the
other against two pieces of property in the
Mission, Que ON Hancock aud Church
streets and the other on Eighteenth street.
The morning call., 1891-06-07
Native Sons Ritual Convention.

The convention of the N. S. G. W., to
adopt new ritual and appointed by Grand
President r. NJ. Fitzgerald, met on Thurs
day night at the Office of the Secretary.
when reports were read from number of
parl0rs fay0ring the Woodland resolution
for three-degree ritual, but the sentiment
Of the convention was in favor of q nine
The morning call., 1891-06-07
Memorial Service at Trinity.

On Thursday, at IL o'clock in the morn
ing the festival of Saint Barnabas, a memo
rial service, will be held in Trinity Church
for the late Rev. w. Ii. Beers, rector emer-
titus. The service will be i'll charge of
Bishop Nichols, and the sermon will be
preached by Rev. w. III. Stoy of San Rafael.
The morning call., 1891-06-07
Cnnntx CIerk,s nmna

The new City Hall Commissioners met
yesterday and opened bids for the eonstruc-
ton of cases for $4,000 pigeon holes in the
received aud the bidders will 60 before the
Mayor on Wednesday to explain the merits
of their bids. The contract will be awarded
nm luna 10tI,
The morning call., 1891-06-07
Left with a Girl and $1,000.

Benilo Fernandes. for many years clerk
for II. p. Moreal & Co., of Alameda, has
eloped with young German woman. His
accounts were examined on Wednesday,
when it was found that they were $1,000 short.
The missing man is about 80 years OF age.
The morning call., 1891-06-07
The Death Rate

There were 100 deaths in this city during
the week, according to tue Health Office
records. Foreign-bOrn SO, infants q, 90
years old 81, suicide l, casualties 4. deaths
in public institutions 30. The more fatal
diseases were: ADoplexy 3. bronchitis 6,
cancer 4. commissions infantie g. diphtheria
9, typhoid fever 3, gasirtis 8, hamilton s,
old age 6, paralysis 6, consumption II, pneu-
monia 9, peritoniIis g. heart disease 8.
The morning call., 1891-06-07

Albert Koebele, the discoyerer of the
vedolia cardinals. will soon leave for Aus
tralia in search of parasitic insects Tor de-
stroying insect pests In orchards. He will
be gone two years at the expense Of the
State Board of Horticulture.
The morning call., 1891-06-07
GENERAL FREMONT.
Observations Of the Solar Ec,,,se

The solar eclipse early yesterday morning
was favorably observed by Professor George
Davidson and his assistants. The time uf
first contact was seen earlier than the pre-
dicted moment, while it ended one second
ahead of schedule time The following
we're the names of the observers and the re-
suits in Pacific standard time:
The morning call., 1891-06-07

degree ritual, with dignifed symbolic work
A ritual presented by f. l.. Coombs of Napa
was discussed at length. At the next meet
ing one proposed by Curtis II. Lindley Will
be considered.
The morning call., 1891-06-07
Our Clothing! |
Rivals the Finest Made
TO- Order Clothing in
America, and When We
Offer You Your Pick of
Any Of Our Twenty Dol |
lar Suits in the House
for $3.50 It's Like
Getting Two for One.

their several expressions, their smiles, their
mods, their bows, their c0urtesies, would be
very nice thing to put in a scrap-book.
JULIEN AND HIS ORCHESTRA.
have very bad memory for dates, and
to save my life can't recall whether julien,
with his famous orchestra. came here be-
fore or after this. In any event, he was
guest in the Astor House during the Stetson
regime. His concerts were given in Castle
Garden. High upon a paTterred platform
were ranged the members of his orchestra,
a tremendous organization. In the fore
center, on dais, in front of which was an
elaborate conductors stand was placed a
gilded chair or throne of mammoth proper
tions and when Julien conducted he beat
time in the most eXtravagant manner.
Julien used to ride up from Castle Garden
to the Astor House in an open barduche,
always limp and exhausted. After the per-
Torrance of any piece during the concert it
vas his habit to throw himself back in
his gildpd chair, rest his head upon the back
of it and prop his arms as though completely
exhausted and pant like the frog on the log
He did the same thing in the carriage driv-
ing up. He was ShOrt--very, and very fat
His hair was long black and greasy. He
wore an immense ruffing on the front of his
shirt and great quantity of jawelry-pin,
studs and rings. He had a marvellous fac
ulty of organization, and was about as good
a master of public humbuggery as l ever
saw On one occasion Julien undertook Co
make some annoying complaint in the
Astor House about his service, and was dis
posed to he rather high and mighty, until
Mr.. StetSOn appeared. when, as is often the
case with distinguished foreigners in the
presence of the master, he subsidized and ate
enough humble pie to make an ordinary
American sick at his stomach.
GENERAL FREMONT.
By a strange coincidence General Fremont,
the Republican candidate in the same year,
came with his family 10 reside in the Astor
House aud remained there several months.
Although not a voter. | entered heart and
soul into the Fremont campaign and saw
much of the gallant leader in the fight,
which have always believed he won, al
though the official count was rendered
against him. He stood as straight as an
arrow. For that matter he did until he
died, and | often thought, as / saw his
historic figure passing quietly and modeStly
along our crowded streets. what hinge of
affairs his name must forever be-the first
candidate of the Republican party, the first
standard bearer of that magnificent army,
which for twenty-five years bore everything
and everybody before it. His hair was long
and, owing to a natural INSTRUMENTATION,
was parted near the front if parted at ALL
The morning call., 1891-06-07

Mr. Hill was niEe years on the Coast Sur
vey with Professor Davidson, and then tor
several years at the Lick Observatory.
Frank W. Edmonds is in the Coast and
Geodetic Survey.