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The record-union., 1894-01-22
LEVI HoLBBNS MISTAKE.

He Threatened Barkeeper's Life, and
the Latter Did Linn Up.
A man named Levi HOLDEN came to the
Receiving Hospital Saturday afternoon
to have his head sewed up.
Il is stated that be entered the Scroggs
saloon at Tenth and X streets, and while
engaged in an alteration with the bar
keeper, threatened his life and drew re-
volver. The barkeeper wrested it from
him, it is alleged and struck him over the
head with it, making quite cut.
The record-union., 1894-01-22
POSTOFFICE REMOVAL
Attention, Country Postmasters.

WE WILL SELL ALL OF THE LOCK
w boxes ana cases now in the old Post
Office building as soon as the same is vacated.
These boxes are all in good order, and keys
will be furnished. Correspondence solicited.
EDWIN X. ALSIP & Co,
Real Estate Dealers. 1O15 Fourth Street.
The record-union., 1894-01-22
A sacramentan,s Patent.

Edward E. Mouton of Brighton has
invented a wire pincers for the purpose
of stretching hop wires of any size. II
is said to be one of the best yet seen.
The record-union., 1894-01-22

New shares Union Building and Loan
stock now ready. thirteenth series. Ap-
ply early ana secure. Edwin X. Alsip,
Secretary, l0I5 Fourth street, Sacra-
mento, Cal.
The record-union., 1894-01-22

RHEUMATISM positively cured by Prentiss
Rectifying Pills. Try themi 25c; druggists. =
The record-union., 1894-01-22
CALIFORNIA STATE BANK,
SACRAMENTO.
Does a General Banking Business.
SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS.
SACRAMENTO BANK.

FI1HE OLDEST SAVINGS BANK IN THE
4 city, corner Fifth and ] streets. Sacra.
mento. Guaranteed capital, $500. 600: paid
W capital, gold coin, $500, 900. Reserve fund.
zoo, 90 AZ. Term and ordinary deposits,
S3,1S3,S 10 so. Loans on real estate January
l, 1894, SO, ,42S. $50 81. Term and ordinary
deposits received. Dividends paid in January
ana July. Money loaned upon real estate
only. information furnished upon applica-
ton to w. p. COLEMAN, President.
ED. r. HAMILTON. Cashier
The record-union., 1894-01-22
BnHtatraH Unrna.
WATERHOUsE g. LESTER,

DEALERs IN IRON, STEEL, CUMBER.
~ land Coal. Wagon Lumber and Carriage
Hardware. 709, III, 713, 715 street.
Sacramento.
The record-union., 1894-01-22

CUCCESSOR TO CARLE & CROLY, CON-
- tractor and Builder. Orders solicited and
promptness guaranteed. Office and shop,
1124 Second street, between X and l..
The record-union., 1894-01-22
L. T. ROOT. ALEX. NELSON, ]. DRISCoL.
ROOT. NELSON & CO.

DAOhNMIW1U EUUMUNIs
FRONT STREET, CORNER OF n. WILL
l. IAN GUTENBERGER, Proprietor. Work
for sidewalks and buildings a speciality. Gag
oline and Steam Engines to order on short
notice.
The record-union., 1894-01-22
WHERE TO BUY GROCERIES.

r j. WINGARD. AT TWENTY-FIFTH
e). and streets, has the best assortment
and at most reasonable rates.
The record-union., 1894-01-22
SACRAMENTO LUMBER COMPANY, q
Ita,srra, ar1i,se, Brrr, G5tr.

MAIN oFFICE-second street. L andM
The record-union., 1894-01-22
POWERS OF THE NEW CHARTER.

l think this is answer ed by the Consti-
tuition ITSELF when it declares what the
effect of new charter shall be- Section s
of Article XI. provides that after the
adoption of such charter sit shall become
the organic law thereof (of said city, and
supersede any existing charter, and all
amendments thereof and all laws incon-
sistent with such charter"
The above is Section of Article XI. as
amended. AS originally adopted it read,
land all special laws inconsistent with
such charter" This change may we'll be
noted as evincing an intention to maxi
new charters fully effective for all the
Arizona silver belt., 1894-03-17
AN ISLAND THAT GROWS.
Once It Belonged to Missouri, but Now Il
 Is Part Of Kansas

 Once It Belonged to Missouri. but Now IL
 Is Part of Kansas
 In the Missouri riy,r. near Leayeu- worth, there is an island which has furnished the land law officers of the government a novel problem, This is- land was on the Missouri side when it was surveyed in 1858. Now it is a le- gal part of Kansas But that is not the qneer thing about it. Islands iu the Missouri frequently shift their aile- glance.
 The trouble with this island is that il has been growing. When the govern ment officers surveyed it, they found 800 acres, and that was the amount en- tered in the records. When two Leav- enworth men, SlSillings and Diifen- dorf, took out patents for the whole is- land the amount of land put in the pat ents was 500 acres. But the island has been growing through ali of these yeals in way Missouri river islands have q fashion of doing. There are now 400 acres in the island, 4 coalbed, it has been discovered, runs under the island, and that tends to make the land more valuable.
 Recently squatters have tried to take possession of the surplus over and above the 800 acres claimed by the patentees. The later set up claim to the growth. The land lawyers of the government, after taking plenty of time to think about the case, have decided that Skill hngs and Diffendorf are entitled to the whole island under thoir original pat ents. St. Louis Globe Democrat.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-03-17
Jaekson Park.

During the entire summer of 1894 the main exhibition buildings will stand in Jackson park The public will be ad- mitted everywhere in the park free, The work of Identifying the park will progress steadily, On the first day of the new year the park commissioners assumed control. All state and foreign buildings will be out of the north end of the grounds by May 1. The com Inissieners will at once begin the work of restoring that end of the park to it's former appearance and continue to iin- prove it. What may be done with the buildings the following year cannot be said. The beard win take no action on that matter for some time -C Chicago Letter
Arizona silver belt., 1894-03-17
WAY THE JUfoa rlLJ OUT.
The Extraordinary Secret Imparted to e
 Chief Justice Ia England.

Chief Justice Ia England.
 The most remarkable case of a jury standing out against what seemed irrefutablo testimony, and an through the resolution of on1 man, occurred Ie- fore Chef Justice Dyermauy years ago. He presided at a murder trial in which everything went agalust the prisoner, who on hls part could only say that on his going to work in the morning he bad found he murdered man dying and tried to help him, whereby he had be- come covered with blood, but when the man presently died he had come away and said nothing about It, because h. was known to have had a quarrel with the deceased and feared he might get into trouble The hayfork with which the man had been murdered had the prisoner name on if. h other re- spects his guilt appeared 10 be clearly established, and the chief justice was convinced of it, but tho jury returned verdict of Not guilty
 This was Chief Justice Dycr's case, and he put sqme very searching Ques. tiona Co the high sheriff The cause of tho acquit.al lsid the official, was un- donbtediy lhe foreman, q farmer of ex- collcnt character, esteemed by all his neighbors, and very unlikely to be ob- stinate or yexatious. Then, said the judge, II must see this foreman, for an explanation of the matter l will have. The foreman came, and after extracting from his lordship a promise of secrecy proved at oace that the prisoner had been rightly acquitted, for, said he, l" 1t was ! myself who killed the man..
 It had been uo murder, for the other had attacked him with the hayfork, and -as he showed severely injured him, but in the struggle to get possession of tho weapon he had the misfortune to give the man fatal wound He had no fears as to his being found guilty of murder, but, tho assizes being just over, his farm and affairs would have tven ruined by a confession. through lying in jail so long, SO he suffered mat tors to take their course. He was hor- riiied to find one of his own servants ac- Cused of the murder He supported his wife and children while in jail; managed to Dc placed on the jury and elected foreman. He added that if he had failed in this he would certainly have confessed to his own share in the brsiness, and the judge believed him.
 Every year for 15 years the judge made inquiries as tothe foreman s exB- tence, and at last, happening to survive him, ho considered himself free to tell the story. London News.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-03-17
TIagpoles.

With proper care fagpole ought to last great many years if spite of the incessant exposure to inc elements. Of course the best preservative of wood is paint, and a man who has flagstaff which has cost him a good sum of money should see that it is painted at least once every l2 months. Flagpoles generally rot at the bottom first, and then have to be taken down to prevent them from falling of their own weight. The usual length of pole on top of high building is from 30 to 75 feet. It is not difficult to get pole in one piece DO feet long, but when man wants te add % feet to that he has to do it fv weans of'splicing Boston Herald
Arizona silver belt., 1894-03-17
Es-oablnst onleer. 1n the sennto.

There are an even half dozen ex-cab. met officers in the senate. and they com. prise some pretty able men. Only one of the six is Democrat, and that is Villas Of Wisconsin, whoplayed the dual role of secretary of the interior and postmaster general during the first Cleveland reign. Proctor of Vermont was the warrior of the Harrison admin istration, Chandler Of New Hampshire was secretary of the navy under Ar thur. and Teller of Colorado secretary of the interior under the same regime. Cameron of Pennsylvania was secretary of war under President Grant, and John Sherman was President Hayes fnan- eier. Boston Advertiser.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-03-17
Cont Martial Witnesses.

All court martini witnesses who are Protestants arc sworn by laying their right hand, ungloved, on the Bible, closad or open, while the oath is re cited. Kissing the book is frequently required in addition 10 the laying on of the hand. Raising the right hand and keeping 1t raised during the recital of the oath is also a form adopted by a number Thsre are many who prefer to affirm rather than to swear, and those are accommodated ly saying: You do sol-mnly affirm, instead of solemBl5 swoar, ihe right hand being raised or placed on thc Bible as before. Form erly it was required 10 place the right hand OH heOpen Evangelists
 In swearing Roman Catholics, the Bible is closed and has marked on the outer cover a cross, generally cut out of white paper and pasted on Sometimes crucifx is placed upon 1t, which the witness. after the oath IS recited, kisses when there is any suspicion in the mind of the president of the court martial, or in that of any of is members. The witness, if Roman Catholic, after kissing the cross, is frequently directed to cross himself New York Times.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-03-17
pnfnb Inck.

saw case of luck awhile ago that nearly made me crazy was in a pool. room down in Baltimore and was playing close 10 the cushion. Nothing came my way, and I had but few dol lars between me and the touching of some friend for stake aw q little fellow come in there with a i9 bill and get ont with ST. 402 in cash I wasn't next, and didn f get q cent of it. After 1t was all over he told us his system. and it almost made me dafiy tn thlnk that any such fool scheme would go through
 There were five races that after noon, and hoplayed them all He par leycd his money, and $ 4Q2 k what ho pulled out If he'd had . good sized roll when he started, he'd have broken the room sure. and every other room in the city. And what do you think his system was? You cou!dn't guess in thousand years. He placed tho seventh horse iu every race. He started at the top and counted down to the seventh. and she won Then in the next race there were lalt four horses. and he count ed one, two, three, four and then start cd at the tap again and counted five, six, seven. He played that horse and won, That was lis scheme His pick won every race And what lo you think made him d0itg His girl told him to. Lucs? Wiy some people have it to burn. and be was one of that kind. Not again in 61000,G00 years would that scheme work. l tried t for a week. and I know Buffalo Express.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-03-17
FLEET FOOTED zesaas.
rhesr Dash of Speed When Alarmed by tho
 WhIz Of n Rifle Ball.


 Tho rapidity with which tho different Eebras have been exterminated, owing to the advance of civilization in South Africa, is shown by reference to such works as that of Sir Cornwallis Harris, written in 1s40, in which the author tells us that the quagga was at the time found in interminable herds, bands of many hundreds being frequently seen, while he describes Burchell' 8 ze- bra as congregating in herds of 80 or 100, and aboundlng to a great extent, but now, after the expiration of but 30 years, tho one species is extinct or practically so, while the other has been driven much farther afeld and its mum. bers are yearly being reduced.
 This authors description of the com. mon zebra IS well worth repeating. He says: Seeking tho widest and most Eequestered spots, haughty troops are exceedingly difficult to approach, as well on account of their extreme agility and fleetnesg of foot as from the abrupt and inaccessible nature of their high land abode. Under the special charge of sentinel, so posted on soinc adja- cent crag ns to command | view of ev- cry avenue of approach, the checkered herd whom painted skins adorn is to be viewed perambulating some rocky ledge, on which the rife ball alone can reach them. No sooner has the note of alarm been sounded by the yedotte than, pricking their long ears, the whole flock hurry forward to ascertain the na- ture of the approaching danger, and having gaZed moment at the advanc- ing hunter, whialking their brindled tails aloft, helter skelter away they thunder, down eraggy precipices and over yawning raviDes, where no less agile foot could dare to follow tbem
 Of Burcheli's zebra he says, Fierce, strong, fleet and surprisingly beautiful, tbere is perhaps no quadruped in the creation, not even excepting the noun tain zebra, more splendidly attired or presenting a picture of more singularly attractive beauty. Zebras are by no means umiallo animals, and though many of tho stories told of their feroc- ity arc doubtless much exaggerated they have 50 far not proved themselves amenable to domestication.- Saturday Review.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-03-17
An rvening with Andrew Lang.

The spelling of thename of Miss Agnes Repplier and her singular felicity in epiram and phrase inevitably suggest her familiar nainein Philadelphia, where she lives. This is the ''replier.p Her dinner conversation in this reepectiscel- ebrated among her friends. Miss Rep plier, as is well known, worships at one particular shrine, that of Andrew Lang. Last summer Miss Repplier was in Eng land and had the anticipated good for tune to be asked to meet Andrew Lang at dinner. It would not have been hu- man for Miss Repplier not to have made Q mental toilet as she adorned her body to meet Mr Lang. But dinner, we are told, in England is serious matter. Course after course passed unseasoned by joke, unspiced by epigram and with out the grace of fehcitous allusion. Itat length came to an end. Nor did thecon-
 sation have any future. The great
 qw sat down on the floor and played
 est of the evening with kitten
Arizona silver belt., 1894-03-17
DRIVEN FIVE BLOCKS BY A CORPSE.
John smith. While Dead, Sits Ereoi aud
 Holds His Reins Taub

Holds His Reins Taue
 When John Smith, a drive for Heis- sler & Junge. bakers, was making de- livery at Twenty fourth and State streets Monday afternoon, he met his friend H. F. Mcdowell of the town of Lake. Smith and Mcdowell stood talk ing by the wagon. at the edge of the sidewalk, when Smith suddenly com. plained of feeling ill He pressed his hand t6 his breast and seemed for a moment to have difficulty in breathing. Then, saying he was better, but that he ought to go home at once, he asked Me Dowell to jump in the wagon and ride with him, Smith shouse was at {, 325 Atlantic street
 Smith got in with his usual agility, and Mcdowell followed. Swinging his horses heads around as be picked up the lines and heading them south. Smith chirruped and the wagon rattled of at lively pace. The bakery wagon seat has bread box behind it, agalnst which the drivers head can lean in a practically upright position. Smith got sick again as the team started and was disinolined to talk. Near Thirty fourth street he pulled his hat a little over his eyes. and getting the horses we'll started again he relapSed into silence Not wishing to disturb his friend Me Dowell looked about as the wagon rat tied on south at a rapid pace. Tho horses were headed hOmeward, and Me Dowell thought 1t was their reckless ness which caused the wagon to sway two or three times and now and then pass uncomtortably close to another ve- hicle's wheels. smith held the rcins iaut. He did not speak. but sat stifily with his head hard against the bread box. From under his lowered hat his eyes stared directly ahead. Dusk elight- ly yelled his features, and though Me Dowell thought several times that Smith was entirely too obhvious to danger he did not speak to him until they reached Thirty-ninth street and Riverton ave nue.
 Then he asked Smith how be felt. There was no reply. Mcdowell shook Smiths arm. Still the man did not move. Mcdowell, still grasping the arm, bent close to Smiths face and gazed into the fixed eyes, but they did not move. With start ho realized that he had been driven five blocks by orpse.-Chicago Herald.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-03-17
fl1nse OLD peATn sIoNa
a Case wherc Thcr Application Furnishca
 Road For Che suucratjtinns.

W ARht WI NtsfN q NNAH 4A tifNfEikAt0N AfhlHHGA
 Food For Che expectations,
 Do you believe in the superstitions connected with the house of deathY The contributor eonfesses that he has always been slSeptical about them, but here are three old signs which prophe4 sled death in Waterbury home, which are almost remarkable in their coinci- dence, if not in supernatural signii. vance.
 A group of people were sitting in a pleasant room ne evening in one of the mburbs of Waterbury. where neighbor- l. intercourse is often frocr than in the city itself There was knock at the door, and another neighbor came in on an errand Another knock and another neighbor. and then thIrd. Then some ono remarked: Three knocks and threo callers. The next will como in without knocking, and death will come in nfter him, The next incomqr opened the door without a knock, and it was neighbours boy. es strong and healthy lad as one is likely 10 see anywhere. And death was behind him, though they did not see him nor think much of what mad been sMd
 This boys mother has always been disturbed ly an extraordinary anxiety and restlessnes at the approach of death to any of her relatives. It has happen ed several times that she has been pur- sued, as it seemed, through the house. from garret Co cellar and through all the rooms, by an incorporeal something which she tried to escape. No one could stop her or quiet her for long time. 4 day or two after the myster- ious fourth call at the neighbors dcor this mother, wbo had heard nothing about that incident, was seized with this intangible foar and began her per plexed wanderings through the house in and out, up and down, she walked, with frightened air, trying to escape --what2 She did not know but they agreed that death was pursuing some member of the family.
 One day not long after the hoy who was tho fourth caller and whose mother had had this pyemonition was sick. Not very, but little. His father was sent for in the city to come home He was detained and walked home in the early evening. A strange cat followed him home, crossing histgack and wind ing its way in and out ot his along the road. At home was another strange eat which had followed a sister home. They were stopped at the door and soon were joined by two more. The four stood there on guard ali night and all next day with a dreadful patience and persistence, craving admittance with signs of horrid appetite, lodging into the house whenever the door was open ed, and kept at distance only by great difficulty. They might have been stoned or shot. but that is not the way the old superstition reads. The bay in- side grew worse and died the next day.
 This is not very remarkable story, but 1t made good deal of an impress 2 im on the contributor as 1t was told to him by member of the family who knew that those things had happened in just this way, that they were old super stitions which still live, and who asked him if bc believed there was anything in 1t. t..-Waterbury lConn1 Republican.
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Arizona silver belt., 1894-03-17
rna Int Mas Hnnrrr.

A young lady bookkeeper employed in an office at South Manchester, Conn.,, has been in the habit for some time past of giving the office cat piece of meat for its lunch every day. Preoaution is taken to lay piece of paper under the meat to avoid grsaing the floor. The other dag at lunch hour. when there was no meat. pussy begged for some in her most intelligent fashion, and at last go- jag to the wastebasket dragged forth her regular paper table cloth and laid it properly for the mcat.--Philadelphia Ledger.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-03-17
Gradunted Ifron IieidoIberg.

The daughter of the late ProfsesoI Windshield, the famous German au- thority on Roman law, has been gradu- ated from the University of Heidelberg with the degree of Ph. D. Fraulein Windshield is the first woman to be al- nitted to the old seat of learning with Che privilege of taking her degree. She passed brilliant examination. The university, its said, will probably soon be opened to women Exchange.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-03-17
\ nIissIng ", plscoyered.

The Buffalo Express says, Pack my box with four dozen liquor jugs IS the shortest sentence which contains every letter of the alphabet. Says the Roches- ter Post-Express, Where's the letter V in that sentence?"
 To which tho Rochester Herald re- piled, " Probably they went to tho man who sold the jugs.
 None seems to have seen that it was probably originally five dozen, etc. Journal of Education.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-03-17
The Last "LIon Sermon" !"

The last annual lion sermon" has been preached in the city, and the leg acy, left for the purpose 2lS centuries ago, will in future be devoted to other uses. Sir Richard Guyer, who subse. queutly became lord mayor, so the story runs. while travelling in Arabia was at tackled by . lion. He fell upon his knees and vowed to devote his life to charity if spared from tho lions jaws. Tha lion thereupon walked quietly awsy.--London Tit-Bits.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-03-17
NY MOTHERS MEMORY.

There is one bright star in heaven Ever shining in my night. God to me one guide has given, Like the sailors beacon light, Set on every shosl and danger, Sending out It's warning ray To the home bound weary stranger Looking for the landlocked bay. In my farthest. widest wAndofings have turned me to that love, As a diver meath the water Turns to watch the light above.
 John Boyle 0'Reiily.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-03-17

J. Hippisley says that he has looked upon the whole range of the Swiss Alps while removed from them by 8 distance of 900 miles, and Sir ". Jones afIlrms hat the Hiinalayas appeared to his view from . distance of ggN miles.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-03-17

The "Cardif Giant, /" the famous stone man hoax of 20 years ago, was 10 feet 2la inches in length; had nose 6 inches long, mouth inches wide and foot l5l5 inches from toe to heel.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-03-17

Eleven million six hundred and twenty thousand families, with an ay- craze income of s96s, pay 90 per cent of the taxes in the United States.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-03-17

According to a decree rendered by the British courts of law, payment can not legally be enforced for any order giyen to ] .lcbtor on snndaN
Arizona silver belt., 1894-03-17
For Pre.e rrfsg I.isturss.

A sort of antidecay apparatus has been invented for preserving pictures. lt is glass tray with solid back, and the picture is put inside and herInetic- 7sted