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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-29
A DYSPEPTlCS ARGUMENT

Is growl, and that growl marks the limit of
argument with him. The best way to get
him to try medicine would be to advise
against it-but notice how different his tone
after using Burdick Blood Btters
II have suffered with dyspepsia for the last two
years. Not long ago commenced taking B. B. q.
am now on the second bottle aud feel like
man. G. KNOX,
L. Sherwood ave..
Binghamton. N. W
Repeated tests with uniform success prove
the fact that Burdock Blood Bitters will
cure dyspepsia. The reason is plain: it tones
the stomach to natural action and keeps the
sluice ways of the system free from clogging
impurities.
II have been troubled with dyspepsia and heart
disease for nine years and found no relief until
tried Burdock Blood Birters. Now am well after
taking two bottles. MRS. ETTIE FRAZIER,
TTSSu Bovine, Mich
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-29
Closing Bond Quotations.

o. S. IS reg. .1I6J1 Mutual Union 6s. ..105
do As coup. N d. Cent. Int. Certs Ill
do 4ss reg. ........ 100 Northern Pac. lists. 1854
do AIS. coup. ...... do do IDS, .ll2
Pacific IS of '95. 100 Northwest. Consols. 40
Louisiana stamped As S7ls do debentures 5s.106
Missouri 6s........... Oregon Trans. 6s....
Tenn. new set. Is. ..106 St. l.. e Iron Nj.
do do 5s.. 101 Gen. IS. ............ S6
Canada So. Cd. .1ools Gen. .M..........1 .1O9lS
Cen. Pacific lists. 1854 St. Paul Consols. .l2g1s
Den. r. q lists. ...ll6 StP. c. & Pac. lists. lis
do do 4s. .S2ls Tex. Pac. l.. G. Tr.
Den. & X. G. West Rcts.... .......... 81
lists. ..... ........... Tex. Pac. r. G.. Tr.
Erie DDS. ........107 RctS.. 32S
NJ. X. 6 Il. Gen. $. 7g4 Union Pac. lists. 100
do do IS AZ West Shore. ....... .104
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-29
Boston stocks-Clos,nr Prices,
Electric Stocks.

BOSTON. Dec. 2s. s.-tSpecial.l 1.-The latest electric
stock quotations to-day were:
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Open High Low Clos
ARTICLES. ing est est. ing.
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Groceries.

The week is too young for new develop
ments in this line. The movement is slow
and prices are unchanged.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-08
ONLY PIE FRUIT,
Result of an Opium Tip-Three
Large Seizures.

Ihlse very Jealous Internal Revenue In
spectofs got pie" at Tracy on Sunday, and
Chinatown has the laugh on them. During
the week Inspectors b. NJ. Thomas and II.
A. Clapp received from an infalible source
sure thing tip" that ton of opium had
lett this city for Tracy. 1t was said 10 have
Deen shipped by the Pacific Fruit-packing
company, Chinese firm, whose manipula-
uons In the opium market are apparent. A
telegram to Tracy held the goods until
Thomas and Clapp arrived with Deputy
Collector Borland.
iney drew good breath when they saw
tne BOXES, and smacked their lips in antci-
patton OF the lind they were about to make.
ln1y opened box after box and found not
Spi,im put some sort of pie fruit. Over this
u ~ Cney sWore each other to silence, but
IL avalled them not. They then proceeded
70 stockton, where they found about 5000
worm OF opium and large quantity of
y, esterday afternoon Deputy Inspectors
Glapp ana Gilgrist and Deputy Collector
Jones Taided large gambling place at
hoss alley, in one room of which they
Iouhu about thirty pounds of imported
sulueeied opium in jar and twenty-six
cans OF the same. They also found and
seiz1d sixteen cans at Lung KEGS, 1887
Commercial street The whole seizure
amounts to about $500.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-08
CAUGHT BY A COLD.
How n Blast From the North Oftel
Causes the Worst Disasters

How n Blast From the North Often
Causes the Worst Disasters.
A cold wind blows and you feel chilled; the air
may be raw and you continue to feel chilly. Per
haps you are riding possibly walking and the chilly
feeling continues. The first thing you know it be-
comes cold. What is cods 1t is chilling of
the blood, so that 1t becomes thick and clothed
Cold always makes the blood this way. 1t gets clot
TED, when it does not circulate fast enough. This
Is all very simple and plain. is it not? And 1t
not clearly show what must be done when the blood
gets chilled and clottcd? 1t must be warmed and
Its thick. clotted condition removed. Can this be
done by heat? Sometimes aud partially; but heat
from IRE or furnace only warns the on side of
the BODY, and most OF the blood is away from the
surface, and can only be reached internally. 1t re-
quires good healthful stimulant to ach 1t and
warm It. This stimulant should always be pure
WHISKY, but unfortunately few whiskies have any
medicinal properties. There is but one whisky in
America that possesses real medicinal power COM
Dihed with purity, aud that is Duffy's Pure Malt.
mat II does possess these qualities proven by the
analysis of chemists and the testimonials and in
dorsements OF thousands of physicians, and the
fact that 1t is the most popular whisky in the world
to-day and has stood the test OF years This fact
haps is not fully realized 1t should be, and there
are many INSCRIPTIONS dealers who try 10 sell
cheap and inferior whisky when Dufy's is called
for. That they deceive and impose upon the people
fact that they can make more money on cheap and
injurious goods than on the pure and merItorious.
DO not be deceived by them.
SegD Tn
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-08
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories.

Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories.
The ST. Helena Star is advising Napa
County wlne-makers to hold their wines
this year.
There is a great deal of distress in Du-
range, Mexico, this winter, owing, it is said,
10 the failure of the bean crop.
Sixteen tons Of ballast piled on a Seattle
wharf threw it down the other night. The
teredo had undermined and eaten the piles.
The interior press is growing enthusiastic
over the idea of building a ship canal into
tie San Joaquin Valley from Kin2s River.
The FaIlbrook irrigation district, in San
Diego County, has voted by d very large ma
jority for the issuing Of 100000 Irrigation
bonds.
Whole sections of shell-fsh in Coos Bay
are said to be dying out for want of bang
dug and thinned Becoming too thick they
die of.
And now the Fresno farmers have caught
the idea and are starting a movement for
tine esta blIshmeut of a cooperative sugar
factory there
There are about 100000 sacks of beans
stored at Ventura, Cal, the low prices
offered not iustifyiHg growers in putting
them on the market just yet.
The enterprisng people about Coqulle,
Oregon, are about TO start a creamery this
coming spring. This is an industry that is
attracting considerable attention in the
Northwest.
Mrs. II. n. Palmer, wife Of a well known
mining engineer Of this Coast, was handling
revolver the other day at Prescott, Ariz.,
when the weapon discharged, killing her
nine-year-old son. The mother is crazed
with grief.
The farmhouse of Al Rogers, a mile
from Big Bend, Wash, is lighted by cleo
tricIty The white light is also extended to
the outbuildngs and yards Fancy" says
the Big Bend Empire, milking cows and
setting hens by electric light"
The Board of Regents IF the Washington
State Agricultural Society met at Pullman
recently and adopted plans and specifica-
will DE let as soon as pOss bic. Tie college
will o. Ell in a temporary building January
Is, 1892
On the arrival of the San Francisco ex-
press at Oregon City, Oregon, the other day
1t was found that spark had set fire TO
the clothing OF tramp stealing a ride on
tie blind baggage car, and tnat the clothing
was completely burned Off his shoulders
and back, which were burned TO a crisp. 1t
Took plaster two feet square TO cover the
Injuries OF the poor wretch.
Mr.. NJ. l.. Durbin of Snake Lake, Plumas
County, has planted a large number of cram
berry cuttings and is confident that he can
grow cranberrIes successfully there. The
demand for these berries Is good and the
prices will pay well. Should Mr.. Durbin
be successful with his new enterprise his
example viii surely be followed by others.
Oranges are not usually considered ripe
here till into December ut the earliest, says
the OroVlle Register, but this fall many
were picked in November, and they met
with prompt and ready sale. There will
be many thousands shipped away before
the Christmas holidays, and hundreds of
persons will hear Of OrOvile simply from
her bright and handsome golden fruit that
Will appear upon their tables for Christmas.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-08
CHINESE THWARTED,
Shanghai Certificates Are Not Legal In.

arc NOT Legal In
struments.
Judge Hawley rendered a decision yester-
day in the case of Fung Bau Kim that is in
line with a prior United States Supreme
Court decision, which the Chinese lawyers
have been trying for months to overthrow.
The case hinged on Shanghai certificates,
issued by an officer whose powers cores ond
to Collector of Port in this country. The
recommendation of Commissioner Hnugh-
ton was that the applicant Fung Bau X i'm
be Temauded.
Judge Hawley cOincided-in the points in
volved in the question; first. that the GER
tifIcate Is not issued by the Chinese Govern
ment, but by Chinese official; second, that
the certificate would not be valid. even if
issued by the Government of China, as 1t
does not make known certain information
required by our laws. The applicant is
ordered remanded, and he will be depOrted
on the next steamer. This is another blow
at Chinese emigration.
The Chinese cigar firm on Front street,
known as the Orient, has surrendered to
United States Marshal Long the Chinaman
on whose bond 1t had gone with the Cerro
GordO firm. IL also petitoned for dis
mssal Of the attachments upon a payment
of the costs, but IL is doubtful whether this
can be done without the Attorney Generals
consent
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-08
NOT OPENED YET.
Book Makers Keep Their Pool
Room Doors Shut.

Those OF the Oakland book-makers de-
sirous of reOpening their pOol-rooms in this
city and who proposed to do SO on the
commission only" plan OF betting on East
ern races did not, as 1t was currently re-
ported they would, throw their doors open
TO the public last Tuesday.
They had made the necessary arrange
ments TO do and would probably have done
so but for the daily papers drawing wide
spread attention to their intentions. Though
fortified by many legal opinions that the
commission plan did not come within the
provisions of the local ordinance prohibiting
pool-room betting, still the book-makers
concluded to rest while longer on their
oars.
Yesterday the rooms at 411% California
street were deserted and as dreary as
graveyard. The only person present was a
cashier, ready to pay off winning tickets on
the Hanlan-McLean rowing contest. But
few tickets were presented. The cashier
said that he knew nothing about when the
rooms would open for betting on races, Eor
did he know whether they ever would again
or not.
The rooms have been very neatly re-
modelled for race betting. All that can now
be seen Of a speculative nature, however, is
a large blackboard, on which are posted
the various pugliiStic contests set for deci-
sion here and at the East On these fights
pools are sold, the ordinance only extending
to hOrse-racing speculation.
Some OF the old habitues of the rooms,
who now devote their time and money to
Expectations on the automatic clock
game variations in Pauper alley, said that
they believed the rooms would open up
again in full blast as soon as the Grand
Jury adjOurnS.
Besides the -pool-rOOm ordinance the
bo0k-makers may have some trouble about
Eastern races 10 bet on. According TO last
reports there will be no further winter
racing East this season. a stringent law
has been passed closing mp Gutenberg, the
main winter racing point. Chicago will
soon close and New Orleans has discontinued
Its winter racing.
Supervisor Ebert, the introducer of and
chief worker for the anti-pool-rOom ordi-
nance said last night, when asked about
the reopening of the rooms: The ordi-
nance was so closely drawn, so long DELHI
Grated over so as to afford no lOophole of
escape, that am certain the book-makers
can devise no plan to reopen the pool
rooms. The provisions pointedly prevent
any value passing hands in any way for
wagering purposes. Should the rooms he
opened again, however, think they will be
Immediately raided and everybody present
arrested. There will be 10 test case, that
! am positive of. Unless the book-makers
can hit upon something other than the COM
mission plan, the rooms VIII remain closed.
Should they, however, find scheme to beat
the ordinance, an amendment will at once
be passed
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-08

THOSE BOXES MUST GO,
1t VIII Cost Several Thousand Dollars
REPLACE the Bnrned Recorda

1t VIII Cost Several Thousand Dollars to
Replace the Burned Records.
AS stated yesterday the actual damage
from the fire on Saturday morning in the
basement of the Auditors Office will amount
to $1,000. An investigation yesterday showed
that the fire was caused by lighted cigar or
cigarette dropped into one of the wooden
boxes filed with sawdust which are used as
cuspidors.
Every book burned is duplicated, and a
copy is safe in the Tax Collectors office.
Several hundred volumes, records Of assess
ments, etc, for 1890 were either burned or
badly charred. Auditor Smiley says that il
the Board Of Supervisors orders the recopy-
ing reminding and replacing of the damaged
books 1t will require an expenditure of
not less than $4,000. This. however, is
hardly deemed necessary, as the books are
intact and safely kept.
This is not the first time that sawdust
cuspidor, of which there are hundreds in
the new City Hall, has caused great de-
struction in the big municipal building
Several years ago fire occurred in similar
way in the Registrars Office and many rec
ords were destroyed. In view Of the danger
from these sawdust boxes Mayor Sanderson
has ordered the chief janitor OF the hall to
remove them all al once, with great accent
on the lat once" So the time-hOnOred filth
boxes will make room for respectable me-
tall!c cuspldors.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-08
UNITED ENDOWMENT ASSOCIATES.
District Meetings Being Held by subor-
dinntes % This City

dinates OF This city.
Excelsior Lodge. No. IS, and Henrietta,
No 10, held a district meeting at the hall,
20 Eddy street, last week. which WAS way
largely attended. Delegations from Yo-
semitic, No. 4; Confidence, No. Is; U. S.
Grant. No. II, and Protection, No. 80, to-
gether with the Grand Lodge officers, at
tended. Various interesting exercises and
instructions were given. Remarks were
made by NJ. Cooney G. c.; J. II. Miller, p
G. c.; G. Pohlmann, V. G. c., aud others.
DR.. A. II. Mulberry. d. D. G. c.. presided,
and altogether the meeting was a grand
success. The Grand Commander stated
that one district meeting in each district in
the city and vicinity would bs held at least
once week from now until the meeting Of
the next Grand Lodge, in February.
fraternity Lodge, No. 81, held very
largely attended meeting on last Tuesd az
evening. The Grand Commander and
Grand Secretary and District Deputy at
tended Several changes have been made
in the officers of this lodge and great deal
OF interest is being manifested by all the
members.
Yosemite Lodge No. 4. initiated two can
didates at its last meeting. Two mem ers
at large were also received at the Grand
Lodge office last Monday.
Golden Gate Lodge, No. 8, will give an
entertainment in its hall, l02 O'Farrell
ollccI, lo-uloIEOW evening. FRIENDS OF this
lodge, members and families are expected to
be largely represented. An interesting
programme will be presented
U. >. Grant Lodge, No. II, will hold it's
district meeting in ked Mems Building, 800
Post street, on Friday evening next. 1t is
intended that this meeting shall be a night
OF instruction and general entertainments.
The Grand Lodge officers have been invited.
Liberty Lodge, No 90, and Ivy Leaf. No,
81, viii hold district meeting at California
Hall, 1l2 Post street, on Monday evening
next The Grand Lodge officers and delega-
tons from other lodges will be in attend
ance.
Confidence Lodge, No. Is, will hold its
district meeting in Shies Building on Fri
day evening, 18th inst. Mrs. Str1ckmeyer.
exc. G.. and other officers of that lodge
expect to make this meeting the largest OF
any district meeting to be held in the city,
and in addition to the expected addresses
and other entertaining features OF the even
ing banquet will be given on the occasion.
Dante Lodge. No. q, had one initiation at
its last meeting, This lodge will soon hold
a district meeting The time is not yet
fixed.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-08
C0NYEYANCES.
An important Decision by the suprem

AN important DecfsiOn by the Supreme
Court.
The late Thomas Ii. Williams, millionaire,
appointed G. E. Williams his executor, and
as such the latter sold tract of land in this
city to G. Niebaum for $4,000 Williams
was authorized by the will to sell this prop
erty without decree by the court Me
baum paid $1,000 deposit and nothing was
said to him about a confirmation of the sale
by the court, but return was made to the
court by the executors. Niebaum paid the
$4,000 balance and then j. l.. Moody bid
$1,000 for the property and the court set
aside the sale to Niebaum. Niebaum then
brought suit to compel conveyance and the
matter was appealed to the Supreme Court,
which was asked to decide whether an
executor to whom lands have been devised
IN trust Tor sale to pay debts of the estate
can legally sell and convey them to a pur-
chaser without confirmation by the Probate
Court The Supreme Court gave its de-
clsi0n yesterday, reversing the order ap-
pealed from and demanding the cause. with
Instructions TO the lower court to dismiss
the return of sale.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-08

Rev. W. c. Pond was programmed for
paper on the question, After the Grand
Jury, What?" In his absence the minis
tiers discussed Kuownothtngism" Chap
lain Blake. U. S. N, gave ffteen-minute
talk on Chile, and Rev. D. c. Dexter of
Los Angeles discussed " Congregational
Complications" in that city. a committee
fr u the Methodist Association addressed
the club upon the desirability of ministerial
action in reference TO the sufferers in the
jana csc earthquake. and Rev. Drs. W. d.
Williams. j. A. Kimball and W. Cole were
appointed a committee. with power 10 act
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-08
Masonic Hall Truataea

The annual meeting OF the stockholders
of the Masonic Hall Association was held
yesterday afternoon in the Masonic. Temple.
Nine Trustees and the Treasurer were
elected for one year. The regular nomi-
nees were accepted, no opposition ticket
having been placed in the field
The following were declared eIscted :.
Irustees-William S. Bovine, Thomas H.
Gaswell, Henry l.. Davis, Franklin Ii. Day,
hiram 1. Graves. Edmund V. Hathaway,
George j. Hobe. Henry Kenitzer and f. w.
Van Sicklen; Treasurer. William NJ. New
hall
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-08

Articles of incOrpoi alton OF the following
companies have been filed in the County
Clerks office: The Schooner Alice Cooke
Company and the Schooner Robert Levers
Company. Each company has S4S, 600 SUBJ
scrlbed capital stock and the following Di-
rectors: John w. Graham, w. Il. DImond,
A. II. Higgins, w. g. Hill and FL. Lowrey.
The San Luis Oblspo Improvement Com
pany, with the following Directors: Mel
vile w. Regensberger, Louis Cooks. w.
Crosse r. ;. Wheeler. Frederick Sigmund,
l.. Simon, Ernst Keiser, j. A. Miller, VOL
rod WInterberg, Henry Stern and G. A.
Falkenstein. Capital stock Sl24,000 of
which ST. $50 has been subscribed.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-08
CUNARO LINE.

New York 10 Liverpool, via Queenstown,
from Pier 40. North River
last EAI RESS MAJ SERVICE
Aurania Dec. 5. 1880 AM Etruria, Dec. g. 300 PM
Umbria, Dec. IL, 200 PM Aurania, Jan. 2, q 80 AM
Servta, Dec. ~, 80 AM Bothnia, Jan. 9, l 100 PM
Cabin passage, So and upward: second cabin. $35;
steerage tickets 10 and from all parts OF Europe
ttvery low rates. For freight and passage apply i.
necompany's Office. Bowling Green New YORK.
VERNON H. BROWN Il CO.. General Agents.
Good accommodation can always be secured On
application to WILLIAMS, DIMOND a. CO.
NY IuThSa Agents. San francisco
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-08
Caused by Carelessness.

The Coroner held an inquest yesterday
afternoon on the body of James Marion,
the inmate of the City and County Hos
pital, who. through the carelessness of the
officials Of that institution, secured an ounce
bottle Of chloroform and killed himself.
The verdict of the jury was that Marion
had come to his death from congestion of
the lungs. superinduced by tine chloroform,
and further recommended that the City and
County Hospital attendants keep their
chemicals more securely locked up in the
fulure
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-08

Judge Hebbard of the Superior Court has
Issued temporary injunction prohibiting
the city from removing the poles which the
North Beach and Mission Railway Com
pany proposes to erect on Folsom street,
from Central avenue 10 East street and along
East street to the ferries, for the purpose of
constructing an overhead system for the APP
plcation and use of electricity for running
its cars along these streets.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-08
NUPTIAL KNOTS UNITED.


rated.
Judge CARRIER has divorced Elizabeth Lin
lorth from her husband Edward on the
ground OF intemperance. The trial of the
case gave the gossips many luscious morses
to masticate. Mrs. Linforlh testified that
she had thrown Eddie out of the door when
he came home with freshet
Judge Wallace has divorced Minnie |.
from Henry Robinson on tie ground of de-
sertlon. They were married one year ago,
and Minnie testified that one morning her
husband went away with a valise and she
has never seen him since.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-08

when Wallace attempted to dress in his eel
at the County Jail he was too weak from
general debility TO stand up. On this show
Ing Judge Trout granted a continuance
until tomorrow morning, when the doctors
will report on the prisoners condition. 1t
is believed that Wallace will die before lie
can be tried again.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-08
CLERICAL CLUBS.
Ministers of the Various Demon.
nations Meet.

At the meeting of the Presbyterian Union
in Howard Church yesterday Rev. j. Q.
Adams read a paper on The American
Institute OF Sacred Literature" The essay
list criticized the present International sys-
tenn of Sunday-school lessons, and explained
that the object of the institute was to pro-
mote the pathological, literary. historical,
eXegetical and practical study of the Bible
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-08
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD S. S. co.

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ALLER. ELDER, EMS, WERRA, FULDA,
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New York, Southampton, Bremen. The fast er-
press steamers OF this company sail every TUES
DAY, WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY.. landing
passengers in Southampton in 71a days or less
from New York. These steamers are celebrated for
their speed and the comfort afforded passengers
oELRICHS CO., Bowling Green.
ROBERT CAPELLE, Gen. Agent for Pacific Coast,
lis Montgomery St, under Occidental Hotel, San
Francisco lac v ruTh