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The record-union., 1895-08-03
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL,

Governor Budd returned to Stock ton
last night.
w. w. Foote the San Francisco lawyer,
was here yesterday.
c. J. Titus and wife left for short visit
to Castle Crag last night.
Lawyer Albert NJ. Johnson has re-
turned from Santa Cruz.
Miss Winnie Devine has gone to spend
her vacation in San Francisco.
Mrs. +. w. Hale and daughters have
gone to Summit Soda Springs.
Mrs. ]. c. Boyd and family are spend
ing the summer at Pacific Grove.
J. n. Larkin, wife and daughter leave
for Summit Soda Springs to-day.
Hon. Grove l.. Johnson and wife and
Miss Johnson have gone to Santa Cruz.
Mrs. Thesis and daughter. Amelia.
have gone to the Siskiyou Mountains.
Rev. Z. II. b. Anderson will leave on
Monday for Highland Springs, in Lake
County.
DIR. F. D. Tyrrell has removed from the
Capital Hotel to his former residence, 6l7
y street.
DR.. Mealand's daughters. Misses Grace
and Gertrude, have gone to Pacific Grove
for month.
Rev. Father Grace and Rev. Father
Hines are resting under the shadow of
Mount Shasta.
Mrs. M. Fisher will leave for San
Francisco to-day on a weeks visit to
relatives and friends there.
A. W. Epson will leave in few DAYS
to visit his old home, Southington, Conn,
and will be gone about month.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Z. T. Pike and daugh-
ter went to San Francisco Yesterday.
Mrs. Pike and daughter will spend the
month at Pacific Grove
Mrs. Mary Guth. Miss Louise Guth
and Mrs. J. F. Logue will depart to-day
for months visit to Anderson Springs.
On Monday a party, consisting of Mr..
and Mrs. Adam Damn. Misses Eliza and
Lista Wittenbrock, Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn
Schwartz. Charles Flohr, County Clerk
w. B. Hamilton, Oscar Hardy and
others, will depart for Sierra Valley for
months visit. They will stop at that
delightful resort, CsmpbelPs Springs.
A very pleasant surprise was given
Mrs. II. W. Bragg at her residence, 704
Seventh street, a few evenings since. The
occasion was her retirement from her
office as NJ. of L. She was presented
with an elegant piano lamp for her faith
full services. The evening was spent with
music and cards. after W hich ice-cream
and cake were served. The following
members were present: Mrs. E. Kelley
Mrs. E. NJ. Gray, Mrs. L. Tibbetts, Mrs.
A. Cox, Mrs. s. Wolf, Mrs A. Peterson.
Mrs. A. Paulk, Mrs. NJ. Moore. Mrs. E.
Morrell, Mrs. Swillines. Mrs. Bean, Mrs.
A. Bayer, Mrs. II. Smed berg, Mrs. For
rest, Mr.. and Mrs. Katzenstein, Mr.. and
Mrs. f. Watterland, Colonel Guthrie and
Mrs. q. Guthrie, l.. Greiter, l.. Pier, Mr..
and Mrs. II. W. Bragg.
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THE RECORDS CANNOT LEAVE HERE.
Those of the State Tax EquaIizers
Wanted in Oakland.
But Secretary Coolan VIII Send Ger
titled Copy if That VIII Suit
the Oaklanders.

Secretary Coglan of the State Board Of
Equalization yesterday received the fol-
lowing dispatch from Oakland:
''Please accommodate all parties by
coming yourself and bringing all minute
books from June 29th to date, inclusive.
Court to- m orrow, $3.50. Personal presence.
Save pOstponement. Answer"
The dispatch was signed by Davis &
Hill, attorneys in Oakland; H. P. Dalton,
Assessor of Alameda County; Charles E.
Shook, District Attorney; M. A. Wild
den, Auditor. and E. G.. Boswell.
On June 10Th the Board of Equalization
passed an order extending the time of
various County Boards Of Equalization.
The Clerk was instructed that during the
absence Of the members of the board he
could, on proper application. extend the
time of a local board.
Recently Secretary Coglan received
dispatch from the Alameda County
Board, asking for ten days extension
in time to complete the assessment. This
the Secretary said he did, and extended
the time from June 10Th to the 25th
The Alameda County Board of Equal
ization during that period saw TT to dis
agree with Assessor Dalton's high rate of
taxation, and reduced number of his
assessments on certain property in Ala
media County.
E. G. Boswell, one of the signers of the
dispatch requesting Secretary Coglan to
60 down to Oakland with his records,
yesterday commenced proceedings to
prevent the County Auditor from recog-
nizing the changes made by the County
Board Of Equalization. Then the dispatch
was sent to Coglan asking him to come
down.
Yesterday afternoon Attorney General
Fitzgerald was asked by the board for an
opinion as to whether the records of the
board could be taken away. He was
informed that the law explicitly provides
that the State Board must be continually
in session, and that it would be impossi-
BILE to transact any business if the Secre-
tary and records were absent.
He advised the board that during its
session the records could not be taken
away without interfering with the pro-
ceedings of the board and affecting I'M
favorably the interests of the State.
a telegram to that effect was sent to
Oakland by Secretary Coglan. and if they
want his testimony at the present time
they will have to get his deposition here.
He informed them that he would be only
too gla0 to furnish them with certified
copy Of the proceedings of the board if
they SO desired.
The record-union., 1895-08-03
Real Estate Transfers.

The following real estate transactions
have been recorded since our last report:
Herman Goepel to Jacob Gruhler-East
six inches of lot ?, J and X, and Tenth
and Eleventh streets.
r. ii. Petit to Joseph Bremer-We est
twenty feet OF the south eighty feet of lot
5000.
Mary a. Mesick to W. J. Smith-No rth
sixteen feet OF the south half. and the
south sixteen feet of the north half OF
lot 6. E and f. and Eighth and Ninth
streets.
r. H. Petit to DeIphlne D. Petit
North forty feet OF the south halt, and the
south ten feet of the north half of lot f.,
n and 0, and Sixth and Seventh streets
]. j. Atkinson estate to L. l.. and Eliza
beth Atkinson, one-half eacn-Survey
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A MYSTERY CLEARED UP.
Disappearance of Mrs. Gardner Be
IiaYed to Have Been SolYad.

Disappearance of Mrs. Gardner Be-
lieved to Have Been Solved.
BosToN, Aug. 1.-Interesting develop
ments just brought to light partly solve
the case Of Mrs. Anna NJ. Gardner the
missing Nebraska Christian Endeavorer.
The mystery surrounding the Mrs. M
J. Brown" letter received by Mr.. Gard
ner, telling him that Ibis wife had passed
away" is cleared up, showing that the
Mrs. Brown was none other than Mrs.
Gardner. The mysterious letter in ques-
ton was postmarked South Boston, and
Nj ISIS Maud Ransom, who is employed as
a clerk in a stationery store on Broadway,
after seeing picture OF Mrs. Gardner,
furnished the information that Mrs.
Gardner was the Mrs. Brown who sent
the letter to Nebraska.
Miss Ransom's story says that on the
morning OF July 18th, between 8 and 10
o'clock, woman dressed in mourning
entered the store where she is employed.
AS she approached the counter and
handed Miss Ransom a letter. the latter
noticed that she carried her right hand
wrapped in black silk handkerchief, as
though injured. The letter was written
in lead pencil. and the woman said she
wanted to have it copied in ink. "She
said" explained Miss Ransom, that she
was Mrs. Brown, and that Mrs. Gardner
had died at her home. On account of her
having been hurt she had her little son
write the letter, but then thought as the
writing as bad it would look better to
have it rewritten in INK
Miss Ransom wrote the letter, and
signed it according to the copy: "Mrs.
NJ. J. Brown"
Miss Ransom thought no more OF the
matter until she saw the picture of Mrs.
Gardner. When shown the Mrs. Brown
letter, which has been returned here,
Miss Ransom identified the writing as
her own, and this fact, IN addition to her
recognition Of the picture, seems to fit to
certainty the authorship OF the letter upon
the woman announced as dead.
The record-union., 1895-08-03
HOTEL ARRIVAL

Arrivals at the Golden Eagle Hotel yes
terday: Miss Kate Kane, Gus Dannel-
baum, Miss Minnie Lindrew, Woodlands:
d. q. Holt, Rio Vista; +. ii. Crawford.
n. NJ. Simons, Miss Helen Ii. Hill, Chi
cago: II. d. Holloway. Philadelphia; A.
w. Brown, George Z. Theller, Ben Levy,
L. w. Fischer and wife, w. 7. Fitzger-
aid, Wade II. Foulkes, J. B. Crowley.
Jerome L. Young, c. III. Gray. r. w.
Rupe, A. c. Boldemann, Walter w.
Castle and child, g. Hasch, l. Goodfriend.
San Francisco
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Home-NIade MuciIaue.

A very convenient mucilage, says In
Uention, can be made out of onion Juice
by anyone who wishes to use it. A good
sized Spanish onion, after being boiled
for short time, will yield, on being
pressed. quite large quantity of very ad-
hesive fluid. This is used exclusively in
various trades for FASTING paper on to tin.
or zinc, or even glass, and the tenacity
with which it hollis would surprise any
one on making the first attempt It is
cheap and good mucilage and answers as
well as the more costly cements.
The record-union., 1895-08-03
IOWA AND MISSOURI.
Prospect of Settlement of the Bouut
airy Dispute.

Prospect of a Settlement of the Bound
airy Dispute.
Dies MONIES Iowa, Aug. 1.-Governor
Jackson returned to-day from his con-
ference with Governor Stone of Miss
souri, over the boundary dispute between
the two States. They have agreed that a
suit shall be brought by the State Of
Missouri against the State of Iowa in the
United States Supreme Court demanding
that the court name commission to To-
cate the line where it is in dispute. The
result will be the appointment of a COM
mission to make survey of the disputed
portion. The matter will go before the
court in October, and inside of year the
matter will be settled
The record-union., 1895-08-03
ROYAL BAKING POWDER

No. 571; also land in Yolo County, and
also Ida Island in Sacramento County.
John Meyers ct al to Antonio King
certificate of sale)-South half of lot l. Y
and V, and Twelfth and Thirteenth
streets; S45.
George c. Brewer to Albert B. Martin
South half of the north half of lot s. r
and f, and Fifteenth and Sixteenth
streets: 5000.
Mrs. E. L. Richard to Henry l.. Rick
ard-South thirty feet Of lot 4. E and E,
and Tenth and Eleventh streets.
The record-union., 1895-08-03

Why do focks of wild ducks and geese
form triangle when they have to fly long
distances? 1t is because they know in
that form they can cleave the air most
easily. The most courageous bird TAX es
its position at the apex of the great tri-
angle and when it becomes weary with
the heavy task another takes it's place,
The record-union., 1895-08-03

The maelstrom is not whirlpool which
sucks ships down into the depths of the
ocean. Ii is an eddy, which in fair
weather can be crossed in safety by any
vessel.
The record-union., 1895-08-03
County Clerks Fees.

The fees of the County Clerk for the
month of July were $3.50 90. Sixty new
cases were filed.
The record-union., 1895-08-03

The wonderful Damascus blades that
cut bars of iron in two were not superior
to the Toledo blades made to-day.
The record-union., 1895-08-03
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
Expressions From Newspapers of thu
Interior on Various Topics.

Expressions From Newspapers of the
Interior on Various Topics.
Woodland Democratic
There is a fellcitous coincidence in the
capture of a bandit and the hanging Of a
murderer on the same day. II California
could keep that lick up for a few weeks
she would soon clear herself of a reputa-
ton for lawlessness.
DOES IT PAY TO GROW GRAIN?
[Oroville Register.
A gentleman showed us some figures
yesterday on the cost and profits of grain.
and while his may have been an excep-
tional case, yet the facts presented made
poor showing for barley. One hundred
and sixty-two acres were planted, and
the crop, when sold, brought 5000. This
was tritle more than S4 an acre. The
cash paid for harvesting was S2S1 70. This
left 1918 70 for blowing, planting and
other expenses. AS 81 an acre is con-
sentative estimate for the plowing. har-
rowing and seeding, without counting
the cost of seed, it will be seen that only
S54 % remain from which must be paid
seed, cost of hauling. taxes, wear and tear
of team, and from what is left comes the
profit Of the farmer.
ITS FUNCTION.
Kern County Echo
The recent drubbing given by Chief
Justice Beatty to the Grand Jury was
probably what caused Judge Sanderson.
In impanelling jury, to caution 1T
against too great use of its mouth. He
virtually told the members that their
duty was to find indictments, nothing
less and nothing more: that criticisms or
laudations were out of order. This Is
doubtless true in the strict letter Of the
law, but still the people generally are
very well satisfied with the time honored
custom OF having more or less general
report" made by this body. Such re-
port, in all decency, should of course be
founded on facts and not on vague sus
picionS and rumors as in the San Fran
cisco case.
CHINESE CONVERTS.
Los Angeles Timesl
Rev. DR.. Donahoe of Pittsbu has come
to the conclusion that all efforts to convert
the Chinese from paganism are futile. He
has arrived at this conclusion after years
of study of the Chinese, and after pro-
lOnged missionary work among them.
They GO to Sunday-school and su bmit to
be petted and made much OF, but they
cling tenaciously TO their heather ideas
and laugh in their sleeves at the credul-
ity of the good people who imagine they
can convert them to Christianity. 1t has
taken Rev. DIR. Donahoe long time to
discover fact which is perfectly obvious
TO many others who have not made an
exhaustive study of Chinese character
1t will result In great saving of money
aud labor when other wetl-meaning per-
sons besides Rev. DIR. DOnahoe shall have
learned as much about the true inward
ness of the heather Chinese as he has
learned.
COST OF MACADAMIZING.
Santa Cruz Sentinel.
There Is an erroneous impression that
the cost of macadamizing roads is enor-
nous. We are satisfied that this i'm
preston is the cause Of the apparent re-
luctance of the people OF this county to
take hold Of the work of substituting
solid hiphWaYS for the nraSent dirt roads
The record-union., 1895-08-03

Seneca was not half Christian philos-
opher, but grasping money-lender and
usurer, who died worth over So ,0OO, ZOO.
The record-union., 1895-08-03
GUST OF MAEA DA VI III \ g.
Santa Cruz Sentinel.

There is an erroneous impression that
the cost of macadamizing roads is enor-
nous. We are satisfied that this i'm
preston is the cause of the apparent re-
luctance of the people OF this county to
take hold OF the work of substituting
solid highways for the present dirt roads.
than the cost OF any other kind of road,
when durability and quality sre taken
into account.
The record-union., 1895-08-03

"Messrs Slidell, Mason. Eustis and Mac
farland were recognized and told they
were required to so on board this ship.
This they objected 10, until an overpow-
erlng 1orce compelled them. Much per-
suasion was used and little force, and at
about 2 o'clock they were brought on
board this ship and received by NE. Two
other boats were then sent to expedite the
removal of their baggage and some stores,
when the steamer, which proved to be the
Trent, was suffered to proceed on her
way to the eastward, and at $3.50 we bore
away to the north and westward. The
Whole time employed was two hours and
thirteen minutes.
1T was my determination to have taken
possession of the Trent and send her to
Key West as a prize for resisting the
The record-union., 1895-08-03
New Veilings.
New ValenCienneS Lace.

Pretty Vaenciennes Laces in white butter color and
black, with insertions to MATCH and Normandy Vaen-
cennes Laces in variety of widths and styles just
hand.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-07-25
South Dakota Butter Product,

The Chicago Produce, q leading
trade journal, published at Chicago,
has the following to say about South
Dakota dairy products:
sit is the opinion OF the leading re-
ceivers OF butter in this city that
South Dakota is destined to be one of
the leading producers of butter in the
west. Neverin the historyof any state
has butter shown up so nicely in body,
grain and all other requirements for
keeping as the butter coming from
South Dakota. 1t is solid as wax, as
rule, and stands up well. There are
now in operation IN South Dakota
about 100 creameries. Chicago Pro
duce has record of 81 that are now
in operation. A few years ago there
were no creamerIes whatever in the
state. This is certainly a marvellous
showing. Climatic conditions are
splendid for the making Of good but
ter in South Dakota. In fact, there
Is no better water in the whole
country than comes from the wells OF
this state-cear, cool and pure, the
buttermakers ideal of water for but
ter making"
This is unprecedented testimony and
speakes volumes Of good cheer for the
new industry rapidly springing up in
the state.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-07-25
TRACK WASHED OUT.
a Train Dftched and Traffic Badly
InterrmpteL by q CiOudburst.

Iowa City. Iowa. July 2l.-FOur and
one-half inches of water from a cloud
burst north Of this city last night
caused great damage TO crops. Five
hundred feet of the Burlington, Cedar
Rapids x Northern railroad tracks
We're washed out. RalSton creek
went out of its banks and carried off
bridges. sidewalks and fences. Sew
eral families IN their night robes
waded out of their houses in four feet
of water. The Rocky Mountain flyer
from the west, on the Rock Island,
was ditched three blocks west of the
Iowa river. The fireman had leg
broken. The passengers were badly
shaken up. The rails are washed out
between Iowa City and Downey.
There are no trains from the east or
west.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-07-25
Settlers Greatly Displeased.

A letter from Chas. H. Bates OF
Yankton, now making surveys OF
coded lands in Todd and Gregory
counties and in the old Fort Randall
military reservation, addressed to
Hon. r. B. Hughes OF Huron, survey.
general, says that settlers whose
lands are in the sections allotted to
Indians are greatly displeased be-
cause they will be obliged to abandon
their claims. Some of these settlers
have well improved farms with good
buildings and everything comfortable
about them, but in the establishment
OF the boundary line OF the Rosebud
Indian reservation between fifty and
sixty of them find their farms on the
wrong side of the line. They have
petitioned the department at Wash.
ington to allow them to remain on
the sections till the present season 8
crop Is harvested, promising to va.
cate by the 1st Of next December.
This request tits quite probable the
government will grant, as the surveys
cannot be approved before thattime.
A number OF the settlers have already
made choice OF other tracts and are
preparing to move. In some in.
stances the improvements are worth
from three thousand dollars to four
thousSsd dollars.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-07-25
CAPTURED BY CANADIANS.
American Fishermen Confned in n
Fort

Duluth. July 2l.-A report comes
from Crane lake Of an encounter De-
tween American citizens employed by
the Arion Fish company. with head
quarters at that place, and Canadian
officials. The trouble arose over the
Canadians taking up and confiscating
the nets set in Namekon lake by the
fish company. on the ground that they
were placed in Canadian waters.
Eight men belonging TO the Arion
company started out in search Of their
nets, when suddenly three boats filled
with Canadian officials darted out
from behind an island aud pursued
them. The little steamer May Carter,
on her way to Crane lake, came along
and Capt. Hayes put on all steam to
rescue the fishermen. In the excite
ment the Carter struck one of the
Canadian boats, smashing it to pieces
and splitting four officials into the lake.
Three of the fishermen also fell over
board. but no one was drowned. The
Carter picked up all the fishermen
except II. f. Fenske, Emil Ans and
William Sim. who were captured by
the Canadians and taken to Fort
Francis.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-07-25

Now that Maj. Gen. Tullock has
seen the miracle" of the Red Sea
with his own eyes, people who have
preferred to believe in it as a spec
tally ordained occurrence will be di-
vided between triumph over the skep-
ties who have denied it's possibility
and regret at the elimation of the SUI
pernatural element from the narrative.
The British officer declares that a
fierce wind blowing for a few hours
ON the waters Of Lake Menzahlen
drove them completely back from the
sandy bottom, and left the sailing YES
sci stranded. Even regarding the in
cident as entirely natural, however,
there is poetic justice in the Mosaic
situation which ought to satisfy the
seeker for signs and wonders.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-07-25

drup to form a ministry, but the Nor
wegian leader refused. Notwithstand-
ing his refusal. he is the actual lead
er of Norway to-day, and as long as he
remains so there is hope the union be-
tween the two countries will be pre-
served. Sverdrup is fifty years of
age, by profession a clergyman, and
is also distinguished as writer and
speaker. In 1878 he was elected to
the storthing, became a member of
the Norwegian cabinet in 1884 and
resigned in 1889. In 1881 and 1894 he
was reelected to the storthing.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-07-25
HORR AND HARVEY
THE GREAT FINANCIAL DrD.
OPENS IN CHICAGO.
The Ex-COngressman From MI,
gan and the Author of "C.i.
Financial school" begin nm
cushion Which VIII Last Ten Ms,

Chicago, July 1S.-The financial d.
bate between eXCongressman Rosuou
q. Horn, late of Michigan but now 90
New York, and William Harvey ~
thor Of Coins Financial School" no
gan at the Illinois club before q )arc,
audience. The debate will last ION
days.
Mr.. HOrr opens the Debnte
The ex-cougreSsman was the frSt .,
speak. He said:
Copyright secured by Azel F. Hatch
Of Chicago
ut is agreed between Mr.. Harvey and
myself that previous to entering upop Tho
general discussion each Of us shall mako
brief statement defining in a general wav
the position he proposes to occupy in this
debate. The question which We are about
to discuss is one that Is not only receivin,
very great attention among the people az
the United States, but II is one that is also
receiving some attention from the nationo
Of the old world. The question involves tho
kind Of money that shall be used by tho
people of the United States. and has 10 do
with laws which will affect the great bus
ness interests of this nation. The uuestlon
Of finance Is very complicated one and
there are some features of II about which
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-07-25

To manufacturers like the Royal
Baking Powder Company, the public
is under large debt of gratitude
for the increased purity Of articles OF
food sold at the present day. The
reports of the official Government in
vcSJigations of baking powders show
the Royal to be stronger and purer
than any other. 1t is quite evident
that neither ingenuity, science nor ex.
penSe can in any way improve upon
the Royal taking Powder as now be.
fore the nChliC.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-07-25

The skeleton in an iron cage which
was dug up by Virginia workmen the
other day may be a striking example
of colonial barbarity, but it shines
forth as enlightenment and holy char
ity compared to the burning of a
woman for witchcraft which took
place in the year of our Lord 1895 in
Ireland.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-07-25
OUT IN A GALE.
Exciting md PeriIOus Experience OF
Yachting Party.

Duluth. Mimi. July y. - Samuel
Fitield, eX-lieutenant governor Of Wis
consin. and his family. had an eX-
citing experience yesterday. They
had been camping at Grand Marais.
Mimi. and in the morning started
across the lake in their steam yacht,
the Stella, forty-footer. Soon a
northeast sale came up and for over
three hours they fought IT, They
were in sight of the Apostle islands
when the water began pouring down
the smokestack, quenching the fire.
This compelled them to head for Du-
luth. and when near here, at midnight,
they narrowly averted collision with
a big freighter, whose light they mis-
took for the pier light.