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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-05-08

to the CtI ccaiitry AID Tell in with
Captain Polly.
another Of Smiths papers was
rough map of Trinidad, showing where
the treasure was hidden.
Captain Polly had to pass near
Trinidad Gu his way home, but he had
not time to land.
"Polly told the story to the owners
of the ship. They asked him if he
wanted to attempt the search. He said
he did not, but he would let his son go
some day. So i'll 1880 the son went on
the John.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-05-08
SWlNDLlNG MADE EASY.
How the Counterfeit Coin Scare Was Sue
cessfully Made Use of bya Clever Thief.

how the counterfeit com SCaTS was sue
cessfully Made Use of by a Clever Thief.
A clever swindler, giving his name
as Charles W. Ransom of Washington,
representing himself as a government
detective, has been operating very sue
cessful game in Putnam, Conn.
He calls at private houses, telling the
women of the house that there is much
counterfeit coin in circulation. He then
asks the lady to let him see some of the
coins she has. By the use of acid he
turns the coin black. He seizes the coin,
telling great tale about the penalty at
tached to holding counterfeit money,
and saying that another secret service
official would call in few days and re-
place the coins.
He reaped quite harvest. and his
customers are still waiting for secret
service officer No. 2.-Hartford Cou-
rant
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-05-08
Tax Notice.

1 will be at the following places, on
the dates named, for the purpose of re
ceiving tax returns for the year 1895:
18th District Monday April LIST, Wed
nesday April 10th, Friday April 10Th.
Extraordinarily April End, Thurs
day April 18th, Monday April 22nd.
Sasser-Wednesday April 3rd, Friday
April 18th, Tuesday April 23rd.
Duval-Thursday April 4th, Monday
April 18th, Wednesday April oath.
Old 18th District Friday April 9Th,
Tuesday April 10th, Thursday April 25th.
New 18th District-onday April Sth,
Wednesday APRIL 18th, Friday April 20.
Parrott-Tuesday April 9th, Thursday
April 18th, Monday April 29;h.
Herod-Tuesday April Both.
Walls Store, Wednesday May 1st.
Dawson every Saturday in April and
court week. G.. R. CANNON,
T. r. T. c.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-05-08
The Cigarette Fiend.

One of tho Fiesta buildings at Santa
Barbara, burned by the graceful thought.
fulness of cigarette fiend who deposit
ed stub in some moss, is to be imme-
diately replaced by better structure.
But meantime the fiend may have Sc
cured another cigarette. San Francisco
Examiner.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-05-08
. A Sad Catastrophe.

Beef is likely to go down. 1t viii
have to, or people of moderate income
will not be able to put it down. New
York Evening World.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-05-08

The Japanese advanced their troops
Till near Picking, and then
They sought the dragon, and then they thought
To beard him in his den.
Alas, they little thought to find
What now they know is true,
The Chinese dragon is smooth faced
HIS whlskers never grew
Chicago Post.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-05-08
There Are K'ings ana Rings.

Professor Keller has discovered the
composition of Saturn S ring. A power
ful telescope might, with advantage, be
turned upon some of the political rings
in this country -Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-05-08
An T1nheard of Idea.

Up to date no one has ever heard Of
misused campaign money ever turning
up in a conscience fund. New York
Mail and Express.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-05-08
Half a Million For a Ferry.

A $500, 900 ferry landing in East Bos-
ton ought to satisfy the demands of even
the most patriotic Noodle Islander
Boston journal.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-05-08
rwenty-one children In This Family.

James Harper of Hat Greek, Va, a
widower with seven children, and Mary
Foster, widow with IA, have united
their fortunes and families. Chicago
Tribune
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-05-08

Ramon'S l. vec pI;s> q Turic Pellets
are Perfect Urea Uncut Tor Nu1lst patton
and Biliousuess - Or,. . do >e
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-05-08
nit Has OIL at the Bottom.

A hole in the ground may be worth
money these days. -Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-05-08

md depart Union Depots Columbus and AioanS
H. C.. HILL, Supernten'sD b."
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-18
SUPERVISORS QUANDARY.
The City and County Hospital
and the AImshouse Want
Supplies.
MEAT AND FUEL EXHAUSTED.
The Lincoln School Lot Question
Discussed by the Judiciary
Committee.

There were three committee meetings
yesterday in the Board of Supervisors
Health and Police, Judiciary and Finance.
The first considered the undertakers'
squabble relative to the removal of E. A.
Bulls, superintendent of the burial of in
digent soldiers.
Bulls is accused of putting business in
the way of Martin IL Morrison, accepting
therefor stipulated sum in every case.
Bearing upon the question at issue COM
munications were read from half dozen
Grand Army posts stating that the ac-
cused had always given satisfaction in his
dealings with these organizations, which
seems to have been quite extensive.
Several representatives of Grand Army OF
the Republic posts were present and spoke
well of Bulls. On the other hand Under
taker Porter told the committee that Bull
lis had refused to give him an order for the
burial of a soldier, whose body was at the
Morgue. notwithstanding the fact that rel
atives OF the deceased had ordered the
burial by him (Porter).
Deputy Coroner Mccormack declared
that Bulls gave the business to Martin &
Morrison exclusively for consideration.
Bulls wanted to explain the animus ot
the accusation, but the committee men
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-18
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tends to personal enjoyment when
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ter than others and enjoy life more. With
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
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remedy, Syrup of Figs.
It's excellence is due to its presenting
+ in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
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dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drugs
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
.ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co.only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if oferea
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-18

619, John w. Geary 1858, scattering 80. He
assumed the duties of the office imme-
dlately, although the State was not ad-
mltted until September of the following
year. He held the Office until January s,
1851, when he rendered his resignation and
John McDougai, the eLieutenant-Governor,
became Governor. In his letter of resigna-
ton, Governor Burnett wrote:
Circumstances entirely unexpected and un-
foreseen by me and over which | have no con-
trol render 1T indisp ensGble that l should de-
vote ali my time and attention to my private
affairs. *-* In the humble sphere of q
private citizen / still cherish for her (Califor-
MAJ that ardent attachment she so justly
merits: Within her serene and sunny limits
expect to spend the remainder OF my days,
many or few; should an unfortunate Crisis
arise when such a sacrifice might be available
tune and force and my life shall be at her dis
posal
This letter was written from San Jose.
In the early days of the State Governor
Burnett foresaw what the Chinese lmmi-
grafton would lead to and he declared him.
self opposed to allowing the little brown
man to become resident of the State.
After the Governor had resigned he con-
tinued in the practice of the law, and asso-
ciated him self with w. T. Wallace and G.
IT. Ryland., In January, 1857, he was, by
Governor ]. Neely Johnson, appointed a
Judge of the Supreme Court, and at the
November election was chosen for the short
term.
That was the last public Office he filled.
In June, 1868. he was chosen president OF
! the Pacific Accumulation Society, which
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-18
the day Mr.. Weaver purchased on his own
account coal enough to last the Aims
house for period of ten days.
TOO GREAT PRESSURE.
A Reservoirs: Abandoned Because 1t Ii
Too High for the.
Pines,

The junkmen have their eyes on the
abandoned iron reservoir of the Potrero
Water Company, which, it is said, will
soon be sold for old iron. This depends,
however, on the sale of the works.
The reservoir is one of the best of its
kind and had no fault of it's own which
would lead to its Abandonment. Its ele-
vation was too great for the pipes.
The district supplied by the company is
piped with sheet.iron, and the pressure
from the reservoir. which is at an elevation
of about 200 feet. was such that the pipes
burst constantly and. flooded the streets
Therefore new reservoirs at less elevation
had to be constructed at. considerable ex-
pense.
1t is said the pressure from the higher
reservoir weuld not be too great if cast-iron
pipes werelaid to replace the ones at pres
ent in use. With the present facilities the
water is barely forced to the highest point
on Fifteenth avenue, and it runs very
feeble stream at that.
If the pipes were strong enough the use
of the old reservoir would give the con-
sumers on the Fifteenth-avenue hill a
stream pressure of 60 or 70 feet. ?:
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-18
MICHIGAN'S BENEFACTOR.
AN OFT REPEATED STORY OF TRUE
PHILANTHROPY.
What Charles III. Hackley Has Done for
Western Michigan.
From Grand Rapids (Mteh.) Euentng Press.


The mos. beautiful spot in all this city is In
separately associated with the name of Hack
ley. Charles H. Hackley has been in the lum-
Der business here continuously since 1856, and
in that time has amassed fortune which
gives him rating among the wealthy men of
the nation. But with wealth there did not
come that tightening of the purse-strings-
which is generally marked characteristic Of
wealthy men.
1t is no wonder. then, that the name of
Charles II. Hackley is known at home and
abroad. His munifieence to Muskegon alone
represents an outlay of nearly halt a million.
For the past twenty years he has been q con-
slant sufferer from neuralgia and rheumatism,
also numbness of the lower limbs, SO much so
that it has seri ously interfered with his pleas
ure in life. For some time past his friends
have noticed that he has seemed to grow
young again and to have recovered the health
which he had in youth.
To a reporter for the Press Mr.. HackIey ex-
plained the secret of this transformation. sI
nave suffered for over twenty years." he said,
"with pains in my lower limbs so severely that
the only reliefI could get-at night was by put
ting cold-water congresses on my limbs. 1
was bothered more at night than. in the day,
time. The neuralgia and rheumatic pains in
my limbs, which had been growing in inten-
sity for years, finally became chronic ! made.
three trips to the Hot Springs with only par
tial relief, and then fell back to my original
state couldn't sit still, and my sufferings
began to make life look very blue. Two years
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People and what
they had done for Others, and some eases SO
nearly reSemDled mime tnal was interested,
so wrote to one who had given testimonial,
an eminent professor of music in Canada. THE
reply received was even stronger than the
printed testimonial, and it gave me faith in the
medicine.
s'I began taking the pills and found them to.
be all that the professor had told me they
l experienced any perceptible betterment of
my condition. My disease was of such long
standing that did not expect speedy recovery,
and was thankful even to be relieved. pro-.
gressed rapidly, however, toward recovery. and
for the last six months have felt myself q per-
fectly well man: l have recommended. the
pills to many people, and am only too glad to
assist others to health through the medium of,
this wonderful medicine. cannot say. too
much for what it has done for me-"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain all the ele-
ments necessary to give new life and richness
to the blood and restore shattered nerves.
They are for sale by all druggists, or may be
pany, Schenectady, N. Y, for Soc per box, or
six boxes for 81 80.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-18

ment with $3.50 900 for the same. The
bill from the Secretary of the Treasury
reads:
o. ". Welburn, Collector of Internal Revenue,
San Francisco, to the Secretary of the Treasury
400 income-tax stamps, at 100000 each,
$450,O0O. 900.
On each document. there are various
amounts designated-from S100, 900 down
to cent. The amount paid by each per-
son can thus be cut out readily with a
scissors.
Underneath the figures is receipt and
attached to it is the notice, persons re-
ceiving this receipt Oh this form should
see that the coupon thereto annexed rep
resents the full amount paid and entered
in the body of the receipt
The amounts cut off the receipt are for
warded to the Treasury Department at
Washington and Collector Welburn gets
credit for them as they arrive
When all the stamps have been used the
amount outstanding will represent the
Collectors Indebtedness to the Treasury
Department.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-18
PETER H BURNETT DEAD.
!" CaIifornia's First State Cover
-. nor Joins the Great
:: Majority.
HE PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY
The Family Were at the Bedside
The Close of Long and.
r. Busy Life i.

: Peter H. Burnett. the first Governor of
California, died at noon yesterday at the
residence of his son, 1713 Larkin street.
: His passing away was as quiet and pain
less as though be were simply sinking to
sleep. 1t was unexpected by the family,
for during the preceding twenty-four hours
theinyalid's condition warranted the belief
that be would live for several days.
=: At y o'clock Miss NJ. A. Burnett, his
granddaughter went to the bedside TO give
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-18
HIS CAREER REVIEWED.
Governor Budd's Estimate Of the
Dead Pioneers Services.

Governor Budd's Estimate of the
/; Dead Pioneers Services.
SACRAMENTO, CAL, May 17.-To the
Editor of the Call: You ask me for my
estimate of the official career of ex-Gover-
nor Peter Burnett. While not personally
acquainted with the gentleman in his life
time, I always considered him man
among men, pioneer of pioneers, a bril-
liant lawyer, a fine Governor and an able
Judge. When Peter Burnett arrived in
California, in 1S4s, he found the country in
chaotic :state--it was shortly after the
conclusion of the Mexican War, and there
was no form of civil government in exist
ence. At this time, instead, military rule
reigned supreme and caused intense dis
satisfaction. Meetings were held in vari-
Gus portions of the State, the most i'm
portant being those which convened in
San Francisco, and eventually active steps
were taken to organize civil form of gov
ernment.
/ On the Sd of June, lS49, Brigadier-G
era1 Bennet Riley, who was acting as mill
tary Governor of California, issued call
for a constitutional convention to meet at
Monterey, and the constitution as then
drafted was submitted to the people at an
election held November 13, 1849, and it was
at this election that Burnett was elected
Governor. Such was the formation of the
first form of civil government in Califor-
mia. Burnett was inaugurated in Decem-
ber, 1S49, and his message to the Legisla-
ture, then extant, is .one Of the ablest
documents on record in our State annals.
1t:devolyed upon him to shape the pol
icy of the new State, and, being a LAWYER
of more than ordinary ability and man
OF undoubted integrity. he ably filled the
responsibility. In his. message he recon-
mended that extra care be taken in formu-
iating the code of laws that were to govern
what had become one of the leading States
of the Union, stating at the time that SUBJ
sequent legislative bodies would scarcely
be likely to materially change such laws
as would conform to the constitution. He
also gave explicit instructions as to the
method of levying the revenues of the
State, and directed particular attention to
the forwarding OF the agricultural inter-
ests.
At this time the introduction of slavery
into the State was mooted question and
one which Burnett strongly opposed. On
January s, 1851, he. rendered his letter OF
resignation, as he desired to devote his
time to his private interests, which were
far more important than the existing sal
ary of 1000 per annum, and he probably
felt assured that he had fully performed
those duties which had devo1ved upon
him, and after successfully launching the
ship of state upon the current of pros
perity could safely trust the helm to other
hands: Peter Burnett amply proved him.
self to be the right man in the right place,
and it was largely his personal efforts
and addresses to the people at large,
through the medium of the daily press,
that helped formulate the civil govern
ment of the State of California.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-18
AN ESTATE THAT FAILED.
Serious Charges Preferred by
Mrs. Osborn Against Two
Parties.
DISHONESTY AND NEGLIGENCE.
She Declares That Between Them
Her Property Has Been Di-
Verted.

A petition has been filed in the Probate
Court by Mrs. Mary Maria Osborn, widow
of Joseph Osborn, who died on June s.
1893, asking for the removal on account of
neglect of Robert j. Mercer, admins
traitor of the estate.
1t seems that Osborn's estate was re-
ported as worth only 5000, but Mrs. Os-
born claims to have discovered that her
husband had a half-interest in quicksilver
mines worth 100000. She charges Mercer
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-18
ROBERT BUNKER DEAD.
The weiI-Known POrk-Packer Expires
Suddenly While Playing Cards
With Friends.

with cfleuuSs
Robert F. Bunker, the pork-packer and
proprietor of stall in the California Mar
ket, died suddenly last night at the home
of David Davis, 1920 California street.
His death was caused by heart disease.
In company of some friends he dined
with Mr.. and Mrs. Davis. The party was
playing cards about 10 P. NJ, when Mr..
Bunker suddenly complained that he
could not breathe freely. A doctor was
summoned, but before he arrived Mr..
Bunker was dead.
The Coroner took charge OF the re-
mains.
The deceased lived in San Francisco
for many years. He leaves widow and
five children. Mrs. Bunker and a
daughter are in New York and another
daughter lives in Massachusetts. DIR.
Adolph Kahn of this City is married to
| another daughter, but they are also in
New York. A son. Robert Bunker. lives
in this City, and another son, young
boy, is at San Mateo. 1t was impossible
to communicate with any members of the
family last night.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-18
WELBURN,S DEBT.
He. Is Accountable for Income-Tax
Stamps Valued at Four Hundred
and Fifty Million Dollars.

Chief Deputy Collector of Internal Reve-
nue. Louis Loupe is not one of those who
thinks the income-tax law will be declared
unconstitutional. In consequence work On
the returns is steadily progressing and
>delinquents are being served with notices
OF arbitrary assessments. By the.1st OF
July the tax must be paid and Collector
Welburn has made all his preparations for
the receipt of the money.
Stamps to be. given in exchange for the
payments have been received and the Col
lector is charged by the Treasury Depart.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-18
Bruce Porter on the stevenson Memori a

Bruce Porter on the Stevenson Memori al.
The Editor of the Cdll-SIR: Will you allow
me to add foot-note to the article upon the
Stevenson memorial published in the Tuesday
edition of the CALL
1t is hardly just to the public-it is certainly
unjust to the memory of Mr.. Stevenson-to ac-
cuse the public of Indifference to the project of
the founta
There has been no general solicitation for
contributions, the committee having from the
first stated that it was their desire that the
subscriptions should come voluntarily aud
from Mr.. Stevenson's sincere admirers. They
reckoned with the fact that the intimate adj
mirers of the true artist are never numerous
The proposed entertainment dor which as
yet no definite plans have been made) is to be
in its main idea memorial-presenting in the
play an aspect of Steyenson's genius not gen.
orally known. Secondarily it is to give an op-
portunity for people to make the smaller con-
tributions which they might hesitate to sub
scribe.
The committee feel no cause whatever for
discouragement, and the fountain. will un-
,doubtedly be in place by the close of the year
l am very truly yours, BRUCE PORTER.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-18
Want Him Brought Back.

An application was made to the police yester-
day by B. Cohn for the arrest of B. Alexander
on charge of obtaining money under false
pretenses. Cohn says that Alexander is:now
in Victoria, B. c.. but he wants him brought
back. Some time ago Cohn alleges Alexander
bought a. pair of diamond earrings from him
for 800. In payment he rendered check for
$175. signed by himself, on the Nevada Bank.
When the check was presented for payment it
was learned that Alexander had no funds in
the bank. He was, however, far away.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-18
Hold the Fort

Against bilious attack by calling to your aid that
pussant ally, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. The
foe will then be driven back utterly defeated. Dys-
pepsia. sick headache. malarial kidney. nervous
rheumatic trouble and constipation yield to the
action of this most benefcent of remedies Take
1t regularly and you win soon experience its good
effects.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-18
eproduced from a recent photograph

afterward became the Pacific Bank. He
held the presidency until 1880, when his
wife died, then he retired to private life
and went to live with his son at l713 Lar
kin street. During the time that he was
president of the Pacific Bank that institu-
ton was one of the most successful banks
in the City.
His surviving children are John NJ. Bur-
nett, Mrs. Judge. w. T. w Wallace and Mrs.
c. T. Ryland of San Jose.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-18
DIR. Eisen viii Lecture.

DR.. Gustav Eisen will deliver lecture at the
Academy of Sciences Monday evening on his
expedition to Topic, Mexico, in 1894. The dis.
course, which promises to be interesting from
q popular as well as a scientific point of view
will be illustrated with stereopticon views. Il
is free to everybody.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-18

substitution of another administrator OF
the estate.
Judge Coffey has cited Mercer to appear
on the 23d inst. to- show cause why he
should not be removed as administrator.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-18

"Man delights not me; no, nor woman
either" declaimed Hamlet. But he would
have enjoyed food made with DR.. Price s
Baking Powder.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-18

Mrs. Cleveland insists on wholesome,
dainty desserts, so she is never out of
Prices Cream Baking Powder:
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-18
CONS(JMP|T PTI0N

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above named disease. . By its timely use
thousands of hopeless cases have been per-
manently cured. 1 shall be glad to send
two bottles of my remedy free to any of your
readers who have consumption if they will
send me their express and post office address.
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