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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-06-04
CALIFORNIA PRODUCTS.
Canned Fruits Placed With Nor
Freedom the Past Few DAYS.

Canned Fruits Placed With Moro
Freedom the Past Few Days.
NEW YORK, June 3.-The Commercial
Bulletin notes that the Eastern jobbing
trade had placed orders for certain popu-
lar brands of California canned fruits
with rather more freedom the past few
days; but the engagements thus far do
not appear anywise remarkable in this
locality, while more than usual discrimi-
nation as 10 the assortment is frequently
made. Peaches and apricots, as rule,
arc taken in relatively smaller quantities
than various other fruits. The prices for
some brands of standards have been
marked down trifie as an inducement
to buyers. Opinions differ as to the ulti-
mate results for the season, but the belief
is maintained that should the green-fruit
trade turn out rs heavy as is now calcu-
lated upon, even those varieties of which
the crop promises to be the largest will
not look dear at current prices thirty
days hence.
CHERRIES AND APRICoTS.
CHICAGO, June 3.-Porter Bros. Com
pany sold to-day at auction one carload
of California fruit. Seeding apricots
brought 3 1902 20; Pringle apricots,
81 50(92 50; peaches. So IS; Black Tar
tartan cherries, 81 1902 Is; Royal Anne
cherries, 81 15012 20.
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A Highland Welcome.

The Caledonian Club of this city will
hold its fifteenth annual picnic and games
at East Park on Saturday next, the 9th
instant. The club announces that it will
give 81 ,000 in prizes.
There will be grand parade of High
landers in national costume at $50 o'clock
in the morning, with full corps Of High
land pipers. The national dances viii Dc
features of the day. Besides these there
will be other dances, for which music
will be furnished by the Hussar Band.
Street cars will run direct to the Park
all day
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-06-04

T OST-A REWARD WILL BE PAID FOR
4 j information which Will lead to the re-
coVery of a white and brown pointer pup,
strayed from 1915 l. street, May %, 1891.
sje4-4t*l
r OST-A SETTING OF SIX DIAMONDS.
| The finder will be literally rewarded by
leaving at WILSON'S STABLE. ie4-2t*
r oST-A WHITE BULL DOG. BRINDLE
/ 4 SPOT on right side OF head. Finder return
him to 226 ] street and receive reward. je3-2ts
T OST-S50 REWARD-LOST OR STOLEN
l 4 about mouth ago, on Sunday, at High
land Park, or on M-street cars, n black ena,n-
eled gold watch and jet FOB chain attached.
A reward of fifty dollars and no questions
asked on its return to 25o9 o street, as it is a
keepsake. jeI-1wt
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The curren: suspicion that blood
oranges are often artificially stained is
put to rest by Medical Director Males of
Washington, who has examined some
suspected blood oranges. He found that
they We're naturally colored and declared
that it was impossible to stain an orange
by injecting any artificial staining fluid
into the fruit either before or after pluck
ing from the tree.
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Union Church service.

This evening the Central and the Sixth
street NJ. Z. Churches will hold union
services at the latter edifice atlas o'clock.
An address will be delivered by Rev. Dr.
w. a. Spencer of Philadelphia, who will
also entertain his hearers with his popular
songs. DIR. Spencer is an ex-army chap
lain, and is regarded as a second Chaplain
McCabe. All are invited
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what Becomes of Them.

4 Belgian gun manufacturer says it is
a mystery to him what becomes of all the
guns made. They are not perishable or
easily destroyed, yet, year after year, the
great manufacturers have increased their
tolls that are made each year is something
enormous, and the trade, instead of de-
creasing, is constantly growing.
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A CLOSE CALL.


Narrow Escape From Death by a
Pistol Bullet.
The report of pistol discharged in a
cigar store near the northeast corner of
Third and ] streets yesterday morning
attracted large crowd to the place.
1t was learned, however, that the
weapon was accidentally discharged
while being handled by r. j. Gordon.
The ball lodged in the wall of Walters
barber-shop, after passing within few
inches of the head of William White, a
customer who occupied one of the chairs.
Gordon did not know the pistol was
loaded
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-06-04
DistilIery Burned .

CHICAGO, June 3,-The dryroom OF
Shufeldt's distillery was burned early
this morning by fire which threatened
to destroy the whole establishment. The
loss is roughly estimated at 100000. The
fire is supposed to have originated from
oyerheated Gues in the dryroom.
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Miss Auld,s Concert.

The proceeds of Miss Gertrude Carly
Auld's concert on Monday night
amount to about Sl75, which, with the
SlG0 given by Frank Miller from his
music fund, viii make very respectable
addition To the young lady's purse, with
which to enable her to prosecute her
musical studies.
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New ENGLAND Dinner

From II A. NJ. till p. VI. tomorrow q
New England dinner will be spread at
the rooms of the Women's Christian
Temperance Union, 5I5 X street. The
price will beibut twenty-five cents.
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FOR SALE.
CASH STO RE

MORE NEW CAR
wi riages Just from the fac-
tory. No mother need carry
her baby when she can oGy
a carriage on installments or
cheap for cash. Our styles
are the handSomest in the
market. Our prices are the
lowest. See our new styles,
quality and prices before
buying elsewhere. MEL-
WINS, us X ST. my17tf
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WANTED-A GIRL FOR LIGHT HOUSE,
ny work; German preferred. Apply GIG
street. jeI-tf
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-06-04

WANTED- A FIRST-CLASS CHEESE
w and butter-maker wants a position
BEST OF references given. Address MECHAN
lCS' EXCHANGE, L street, between Front
and Second iat3t*
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-06-04

RO0kKEEPER WANTED IMMEDI-
ID ately, either lady or gentleman; none but
experienced need apply. THE PACIFIC,
Cnristianson. Dierssen d Co, 725 to 700 I
street. 5eS tf
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-06-04
Inst-Iouatb.

BEEcHAM's pills cure sick headache.
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WANTED-A SITUATION BY A WIDOW
W lazy tlately from Philadelphia as house
keeper. Inquire at 72O Nineteenth St ie4eot&
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aWanten.

NCTICE-MRS. EMMA SMITH WOULD
~ like. information of the whereabouts of
hef haSoand. HENRY SMITH, of this city.
VINO disappeared on Tuesday last. He had a
note IN his possession of the value of $3.50,
Drawn In favor OF Mrs. Emma Smith which
ne was trying 10 dispose OF. Any information
regarding the whereabouts OF him will be
thGnkfully received by his wife. MRS. EMMA
SMITH, room 90, st. George Building Its
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"ANTED-A SEAMSTRESs TO SEW BY
~ the day Call Immediately at 1919 P
SIlcSl i-tf
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

the statue Of an idealized Robert
Burns, but that of simple yeoman
with "clouted shoon," the attire of q
northern farmer, and with thoughtful
face, as seen on Nasmith's painting in
the Scotch National Gallery. The
statue is nine feet in height and repre-
sents the poet at the age of 81. The
sculptor is George A. Lawson, whose
greatest ambition has always been to
"do" statue of Burns. The sides of
the granite pedestal will be covered by
reliefs on which four scenes from
Burns poems are depicted, and the
height Of the entire statue, which is
destined for the square in front of the
Station Hotel at Ayr, will be about
twelve feet. It will be reproduced in
bronze, half life.size, by . London
firm. After the casting Of the statue
at Moore's the sculptor, the founder
and the guests who Witnessed the in
teresting operation wereentertained at
Mr.. Moore's house and drank to the
memory of Sootland's great poet.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

he rubbed against her side, but always
with the same gentleness that charac-
terized his first contact, and often his
huge fin protruded above the rail us
big as boat sail.
He was an old bull. and his back
and head were literally covered with
barnacles. It was to rid himself of
these that he rubbed up against the
boat, the crew soon learned.
The crew did not mind the whale
using the Lady Mine for back
scratcher as long as he continued good
natured about it, but they did protest
against the odor, and finally made an
attempt to drive him away. The boat
keeper prodded him with sharp
pointed spinnaker boom just as he rose
near the schooner's stern.
Down he went like a flash, and in
his furry he preached directly across
the little yawl's painter, which was
hanging slack a foot or so beneath the
surface Of the water. One of his
fukes caught the line, and as the
several tons of blubber and whalemeat
went down the yawl boat went, too.
The bow plunged under with terrific
dash, and the oars and loose bottom
boards OF the boat flew for yards
around in all directions.
The entire boat was lost to sight for
over minute, when it popped up like
a cork, full of water, but right and
tight and perfectly uninjured. The
crew used garnished language, bailed
the boat out, gathered up the gear
that strewed the surrounding ocean
and hauled the rescued craft aboard.
The whale manifested no anger what
ever, but returned in few minutes as
if nothing had happened. He rubbed
off couple or three more barnacles as
gently as before, fiirted his monstrous
tail contemptuously, and took his de-
parture. -.S12l Francisco Examiner.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26
THE ARIZONA KICKER.
An Editor Possessed with . Very Worth,
Motto.

An Editor Possessed with Worry Worth,
Motto.
"RETRospEcTIvE.-T first night we
entered this town we slept under a
wagon on Apache avenue. We felt
tough, we looked tough, and we had
just Is cents cash capital. We'd walked
twenty. eight miles that day to get
somewhere, and after getting there the
prospects didn't seem to improve. We
were sustained, however, by deter
mination to come out on top of the
crowd if we lost both legs in the
hustle. That determination carried us
through.
"From the very first issue of the
Kicker We took for our motto, Eek
dono fama semper WHAT which used
to mean in our neighborhood in New
England, Tell the truth without fear
or favor, even if you never get an Office
or own dog We have stuck to
that motto, and while it has made
us some enemies it has also made us q
host of friends and power in the land.
In pursuance of our policy we now
wish to say word about The Great
Arizona Home Provider Company,
which is advertising extensively in the
East. It's latest scheme is to adver-
tise city lots in Blue Hill City at $40
each. The city is represented as "a
hustling young town-three railroads,
two banks, one theater, 5000 people
and bound to be the Chicago of the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26
AFRAID of the Results.

"Now," mamma, +" ...
Thus the child began, and was
stopped short by her mother.
"Lottie, how many times I've told
you not to begin with Now It is
Now, mamma Now, 1 can't, Now, I
will, Now. something OF other con-
tinually. Don't say it again! The very
first time you do I will send you to
stand fifteen minutes in the corner"
Little Lottie knew full we'll the ter
rors of that punishment. What an
eternity it seemed to her to stand that
length of time with her face to the
wall, not allowed to turn around or
speak, till told that the time was out j;
for always after about three minutes
she felt sure the fifteen minutes must
be passed, and that she, forgotten,
must stand there always! So cautious
Lottie retreated with her doll out of
mammals hearing, and it being already
late in the day, escaped condemnation.
When the little nightgown had been
donned, and mamma said tenderly $:
sNow, darling, say your little prayer,
Lottie failed to notice how the catcher
hsd been caught on the snow" but an
swered:
II can't mustn't"
aLottie! Why not?"
@'Csuse if say my 8 lay me, I
must stand in the corner. "-Hoase-
keepers Weekly.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

centennial OF the landing of Christie
pher Columbus on the shores of this
continent will be fifty celebrated in this
city.
On October -, 1892, there will he
unveiled in the plaza in front of the
entrance to Central Park, at Fifth ave-
nue. and Fifty-ninth street. colossal
statue of the great discoverer.
There will be great display. There
will be a parade. There will be
speeches by the best orators then OBJ
tainable. The flags of Italy and Amer
lea will wave, and the little difficulty at
New Orleans will be forgotten.
The monument is to be the gift of
the italian residents of this city to
New York. The movement to :oake
this appropriate presentation was
started by Carlo Barsotti, editor and
proprietor of II Progresso Kalo-Ameri-
ca1ao, in 1889.
The cost of the memorial will be
$40, 1000, and the subscription will be
confined to those of Italian birth. Pre-
mier Crispi headed the list in Italy
with subscription of 1000 francs.
A Committee of 1000 Italians is be-
ing organized. each member pledging
himself to raise SO for the monument
fund within six months. Nine hun
dred names are now on the list. The
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26
CAPTAIN CASTLES WHALE.
A California Gray Uses Pretty Pilot
Goat for . acratchinx Poaf

A csa'sornia Gray Uses Pretty Pilot
Boat for Scratching Post.
The pilot boat Lady Mine, Captain
Steve Castle, was lying becalmed
about ten miles southwest of the main
Farailones. Not q ship was in sight,
and the captain improved the oppor-
tunity to shift the schooner's canvas
tor her lighter summer suit. All hands
we're engaged on the work, and to Sc
cure more deck room the yawl-boat
used Tor boarding vessels was heaved
over the side and made fast astern by
six or eight fathoms of painter.
The sea was full of whales, lolline
about on the CLASSY surface, playing
and blowing and emitting an unpieas.
ant oily odor, as whales are won't to do
when the sun is shining, the air is
still and the water smooth.
One particularly big fellow of the
finback variety. commonly called Cali
fornla grays, manifested much interest
in the Lady Mine, and came alongside
to investigate. The first notice Of his
approach was received from tremen-
dous flock of seabirds that skinned
along. the surface, flying down to
snatch their food of parasites every
time the whale came to the surface.
All the birds flew away when the big
fish sounded cables length from the
Lady Mine, and the crew thought he
had taken his departure. In this they
were erroneous, for in about two min
utes the schooner set up violent rock
ing, q huge black bulk suddenly doomed
up alongside, there was sound as of
escaping steam and half the deck was
wet with cloud of ill-smelling spray.
1t was an awful big whale for q fin
back. 1t was longer than the Lady
Mine, which measures eighty-three
feet.
When he came up he touched the
schooner, but did it very gently, not
with q jar OF bump. but with a slow
upheaval that simply showed the YES
sci off sideways, and careened her over
little until her round bottom slid off
the monsters back. The whale APP
peared highly delighted, and repeated
the performance. For two hours he
was never 200 yards from the Lady
Mine, and half the time, when he was
above water, the crew could have
touched him by simply extending thei1
hands over the side. A dozen times
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26
A LlMBLEss STATESMAN.

A man without arms or legs, who
could write an elegant hand, shoot we'll.
be skillful sailor and fisherman, and
ride horseback so we'll that he was ac-
counted one of the best cross-country
riders in Ireland, was indeed sur
prising character.
But Mr.. Kavanagh was, besides,
man of great intellectual and moral
superiority. He was one Of the best as
we'll as one of the largest landlords in
Ireland.
He was an able and highly consid-
cred member of Parliament. He sell
dom spoke, but was an assiduous and
valuable member. The writer of this
article has seen him carried into the
House of Commons by his servant and
set down upon one of the Liberal
benches.
OF how delightful and admirable q
man he was this will give an idea. A
gentleman who was for two weeks his
guest at Boris, told the writer, says
the New York Herald, that he wanted
very much to find out how Kavanagh
was fed, but that his conversation was
so extremely interesting that at each
meal he would forget all about his in
tention Of satisfying his curiosity on
that point.
The fact is, however, Kavanagh ate
with a fork attached to the stump of
his arm. He wrote holding the pen in
his teeth, and he wrote very nicely and
finely. In riding he held the bride in
his mouth, his body being strapped to
his saddle. In shooting we presume
he held the gun with the stump of his
arm against his body, but how he sue
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

tried to look awfully wicked-real old
Rocky Mountain wicked, with the gore
thrown in as chrome.
"We didn't shiver.
"Then he smiled-a fac-simile of the
grin Kit Carson used to put on as he
counted up the dead Injuns and
whistled for the buzzards to begin
work.
"We didn't unwind or lose any but
tons.
"Then he sent his deep-base roar
down to his feet and brought it up
again to tell us that our ear was his.
He reached for it, but he never got
there. We rose up and knocked Smoky
off his pins at one punch and then we
walked on him and sat down on him
and hammered him from head to heel
until he roared like calf and whined
like coyote. We have his two re-
volvers and bowie-knife on our table
as we write. We are waiting for
him to prove property and take them
away.
perhaps it would be appropriate to
observe in this connection that there
will be little bee or gathering or con-
vention OF some such thing on Paw
nee Square Saturday evening. Most
of our prominent citizens will be there.
Several of them will be provided with
ropes. There will be various committees
appointed to wait on various disagree
able individuals in this town and ask
them how long they intend to remain.
If longer than two hours the commit
tee will bring them to the bee and
they will be argued with. The Ben
gal Buffer is on the list to receive
callers. "-NeW York World.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

a ~ cut oftener. My shoes shined
a1'Y, until l, an old bachelor, had
fecklessly into love. She didn't
~ notice it, and 1 went on wonder
~ on earth I'd ever tell her, and
sae d think of it,
frequently got into friendly con-
' s; and what perhaps started us
lsnt direction was the discussion
s.ol building plans showing this
,ol design and floor plan.
harriet and I were examining
" 'ins and commenting upon their
I'eace , and arrangements. If l
made up my mind never to
sald l, looking her eagerly in
H. mat cottage would be Just my
h, "" Tor cosy little home
=, Ar, Halpin, said she, the idea
''"alnlng bachelor. It's ridic-
p as battered with her remark, as
I"s She was interested in me, and
|mo vu me worthy candidate for
AMY AMY, We were talking on in q
I ,h way when a boy came over,
baa snas Mr.. Willis said If we were
'Ss'a he would be pleased to see
m Ss u! OF the employees who heard
Ih laughed to themselves. and
ssm Betrayed any symptoms of en-
| Ia w. +! simply told the lad to say
Sat W AZ leisure in q few minutes.
Il 10 evening l accompanied Miss
bwn ner uncle's house, and almost
Id nv W myself told her Of my love.
kba ~. discourage me, although she
'nere were matters that pre-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26
so CALLED.

and half-breeds, but they take good
care not to run up against the man
whose father owned the spring which
was the fountain-head of Fighting
Greek. In fatherly way we want to
say to these boys: Don't. It's waste
of time and raw material. The goods
are cotton-mixed and the dye won't
stand. Come off the perch and drop
your claims, and let everybody size
you up for what you really area lot
of old dead-beats who ought to be
driven to the sand-hills.'
"In this connection we wish to briefly
refer to the little affair of Sunday,
which our contemporary will no doubt
misstate in his usual fashion. We
were sitting on the steps of the post
Office waiting for the place to open at
the usual hour, when an individual
known around town as Holy Smoke
Bengal Tiger Steve Johnson came
along. No one knows where he came
from, and some folks are very much
afraid of him. He picked his teeth
with grizzly's claw, carried bowie
knife and claimed to shoot two-handed.
I'm writing up The Buffers of this
town few weeks ago we asked this
Smoky Tiger, or whatever he calls
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

a bungling suitor, and since then she
has not talked with man except upon
matters of business. She has consid-
cradle property and manages it her
self. Her mind is sound, she reads
without glasses, has remarkably
good appetite, regulates her sleeping
and working hours by sunset and sun
rise, and is remarkably regular in
everything she does. She had her
picture taken upon her one hundredth
birthday, and laughingly attributes
her long life to the fact that she has
never been fatally sick.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26
How He Learned to SPELL

There is said to be an old negro in
Talbot County, Georgia, who learned
to spell in a curious way in slavery
times. His owner lived in sparsely
settled neighborhood, and he, being a
small boy, was sent along to accom-
nany the children to school. The
teacher would not allow him to go into
the schoolroom when the pupils were
reciting. This aroused his curiosity,
anal he would stealthily approach the
door and repeat after the spelling.
class until he could spell every word
in Webster's blue-back spelling book
before he knew the alphabet. de now
reads and spells very well.