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The record-union., 1896-03-12
NEATLY. BUNC0ED.
An Eastern Party Taken in by the
Old Lock-PuzzIe Trick.

1t looks as if the bunco sharp, like
the poor man, is always with us, and
ever ready to do up the confiding
stranger. How these confidence men
manage to live while waiting for vic
Tins to pluck, is a mystery, but some
how they manage to be on hand when
ever the opportunity is offered.
Yesterday three men fresh from the
East-or three fresh men from the East
dropped into town and started right
out to see what sort of place Sacra-
mento is. A couple of genteel-appear-
ing young men were soon "onto'' the
newcomers and volunteered their serv-
ices to show them about. 1t has come to
be understood in the East that this is
the prevailing custom in California
cities, and the visitors accepted the
proffered courtesy with thanks.
After various other points of interest
had been visited the party took in the
Capitol. and while there the Fasteners
were taken in by their guides. One of
the latter picked up a harmless looking
paddock which resisted his efforts to
open it, and consultation was held.
The young mans partner managed to
unlock the thing, and he also managed
to let one of the tourists see him do it,
Then he wanted to bet the other he
could open it. but unfortunately didn't
have any money with him.
The banter finally resulted in a bet of
$23. the Eastern man who had seen the
lock opened putting up the coin on the
affirma tive side of the proposition.
Then the visitors were treated to a
dissolving view-the guides and the
money both disappearing. The Eastern
men would have followed, but just then
an alleged officer presented himself and
engaged the attention of the visitors
while the other two hunco sharps made
good their escape.
When the situation finally dawned
upon the visitors they looked at one
another curiously, and then all smiled.
Such is life in the far West" re-
marked the one who had bet his money
on the old and well-known lock swindle.
The record-union., 1896-03-12
CLEAR STATEMENT.
Succinct Putting of the Whole Trans
vaal Question.


(From the Review of Reviews.)
AS to whether the general demands
of the Uitlanders are reasonable or un-
reasonable, we are ready calmly to
assert that there is only one true an
sWer. Those demands as they have
been asserted are scandalously unrea-
sonable. The British element in the
Rand mining district is a body of men
who desire at one and the same time
to maintain unimpaired their British
citizenship and yet also to exercise as
much authority in the Beers country
as the Beers themselves who bear no
outside allegiance. So long as the Uit-
landers hold themselves as Uitlanders-
i. e., as persons bearing foreign allegi-
ance-far from being oppressed, they
are in enjoyment of amazing privileges.
When they become in good faith citi-
zens of the Transvaal, they will pos
sess a locus standi which will give
them perfect right to urge all the re-
forms that they wish. They now COM
plain that they are made to bear almost
the whole burden of taxation for the
support of the Boer Government, but
their statement of the case is not ingen-
uous The simple farms of the Beers
represent no very large taxable value,
but the development of the gold fields
(to a considerable extent upon public
lands) has created very great taxa
hle value, and an entirely legitimate
source of revenue. The share that the
public treasury of the Transvaal Gov
ernment gets out of the wealth of the
Transvaal gold fields is a very modest
one indeed. AS for the failure as yet of
the Boer Government to provide Eng
lish schools for the population of Jo-
hannesburg, the question is a petty
one, the very mention of which puts
the Uitlanders in contemplate posi-
ton. English colonists in non-English
speaking countries have always and
everywhere been accustomed to pro-
vide such English instruction as they
desired at their own expense, and the
spectators of johannesburg are en-
tirely able to do the same thing. In a
very few years the English language
must inevitably find its place in the
ordinary public schools.
The record-union., 1896-03-12
ANNUAL ART EXHIBITION.
School of Design and Camera Club
Exhibition on the Thfrtieth.

Exhibition on the Thfrtieth.
On the Both inst the Sacramento
School of Design will hold it's annual
free art exhibition. The adjourned an
nual meeting of the Museum Association
to elect officers and hear reports of the
school will be held on the Thursday pre-
ceding, the 18th inst, instead of the
18th, as heretofore arranged.
AT the exhibition, which will be held
in the Art Gallery, the regular class of
Professor Jackson will exhibit in water
color, oil and black and white some 800
examples chosen from the works of the
entire school year. The Saturday class
of Miss Blanch will exhibit some 70 or
100 examples, and the water-color class
of Chris. Jorgenson will exhibit about
80 specimens of the work of that class.
On this occasion the Sacramento
Camera Club WILL by special request,
place 200 examples or more of the club
work upon the walls of the exhibition
room. There will thus be over 700
works of art by local people hung for
exhibition and public judgment. There
is, of course, to be no charge for admis-
sion, but all the public are invited to
attend. The pupils of the several
schools are now making ready for the
annual event, and the promise is that
far and away they will make the best
exhibition of the entire eleven years
history of the sehool-superior to any
other in variety and IN character, all
around.
The Camera Club meets tonight and
will make the necessary arrangements
to take part in the exhibition. The Ia
dies of the School of Design propose to
have a programme Of music exhibition
night, and probably will arrange to
serve light refreshments to visitors.
The record-union., 1896-03-12
Van Tine Arcega has given some Mex
lean toys and idols.

Van Tine Arcega has given some Mex
lean toys and idols
Another curiosity is a saber, captured
at Sonoma when General Vallejo was
arrested by the bear flag party, in June,
1916, commanded by William B. Ide,
which was presented by Mr.. Fratt. A
prayer-book presented to Mrs. E. A.
Treichler by General Suffers wife is
there, too. as are Mrs. Suffers books,
but General Suffers candlestick is the
sole relic belonging to him.
MarshalPs cooking utensils, tools and
machete are there, with the first sand
and dust he ever dug, and some old pot
terry dug out by him at the depth of
eighty feet, and some adobe bricks from
the old fort. There is also some native
quicksilver ore presented by Charles
Myrtetus and a quadrant left by Ere
mont and a copy of '.Fremont's Explo-
rations,' printed in st. Louis in 1915
and presented by G. J. Cross.
A letter from General Sutter to Cap
tain A. Andrews of Company A, Second
Ohio Volunteers, acknowledging the
presentation of a handsome sword in
1858. hangs on the wall in a frame.
Near it is a hand bill, announcing an
auction on June 80, 1S49, by Johnson,
Chesley & Clark in San Francisco. The
Chesley of the firm was the late George
w. Chesley.
A golden bear, given by Mr. Fratt,
hangs on the wall, and in the adjoining
storeroom is a gun carriage left by Ere
mont in 1916, the gun of which lies out
side the fort. There is also an old Span
ish cart from the Southern Pacific rail-
read. shops that is q curiosity, as is a
f!int-lock musket carried by G. J. Cross
while with General Taylor in the Mex
lean War. There are also an alpen-
stock from the late Mrs. George W.
Chesley, bearing the names of many
mountains climbed by its aid, a Mex
lean metate, or mill, for grinding corn
for tortillas, and a number of Mexican
and Indian mills and pestles, as well as
some tiling from Monterey.
| On the outside, under a shed, is an old
stage coach of the Pioneer Stage Line,
j L. Ward & Son, bearing on its boot
| the inscription, ~. S. M. & w F. Ex.''
| There is also a prairie schooner" of the
| sos, marked &C. H. Huffman.
! This comprises all the relics that have
so far been donated, and there is plenty
Of room for ten times as many if citi-
zens wish to donate them in order to add
to the attractions of the place in the
| eyes of visitors. Who comes next?
The record-union., 1896-03-12
A THREE TINE LOSER.
Prisoner Hart Confesses to Three Burg
laries in One Day.
All the Articles Stolen From Nc
Laughlin's and Brennan's
Houses Recovered.

James Hart, the burglar whom Ser
geant Plunkett and Officer Fitzgerald
captured in Frank Sweeney's residence
on Tuesday. has owned up to being the
same person who burglarized the houses
of t. 1. Brennan and George McLaugh-
lin on Twenty-fith street that same
afternoon.
Yesterday officers Fitzgerald and Ma
ley went out to the Sweeney residence
in search of any plunder that the bur
glar might have left there. From un-
der the carpet behind the bureau where
he was found in hiding the officers re-
covered two razors stolen from Bren-
mans house and a thimble taken from
McLaughlins house. Hidden between
the mattresses of a bed in the same
room they found a 44-caliber bulldog
pistol belonging to Sweeney, which the
burglar had placed there because it was
out of repair and would not work. But
for the latter fact it is believed he would
have given the officers a lively battle
Sergeant Plunkett and Fitzgerald had
a talk with the prisoner and advised
him to tell what he did with the articles
stolen from Mclaughlin and Brennan,
at the same time assuring him that they
had evidence sufficient to prove his
guilt on three charges of burglary. He
remained obdurate, however, so he was
placed in a dark cell by himself where
he would have better opportunity for
| quiet reflection.
| This plan worked to a charm. In
little while he sent for the officers, con-
| fessed that he had committed all three
of the burglaries, and told where he had
| secreted the articles stolen. These,
however, had all been recovered except
the watch taken from Brennan's house.
He said that could be found on shelf
in one of the closets in Sweeney's house,
and Captain Ash went out there and got
it.
Hart is not the prisoners right name.
This he declines to give, as he says ne
has relatives in the State whom he
does not want to disgrace. The officers
believe he is an old hand at the busl-
mass
The record-union., 1896-03-12
THE ACADEMIA.
A Pleasant Session and Attractive Pro-
gramme Last Night.


gramme Last Night.
There was a good attendance at the
meeting of the Academia at CHECKER
ing Hall last night and two excellent
papers on Sacramento were read. The
musical programme was also unusually
fine and was much enjoyed. 1t con-
sisted of a vocal solo. 'The Moon Spin
ner," by Miss Beaumont; vocal solo,
Somebody Loves Me- Mr.. Elkus;
piano solo, ''The Maypole Dance" Miss
Nelson, and a vocal solo, "The Shep-
herdess," with "If I But Knew" for an
encore, by Miss Darlington.
Miss Peyran read paper by Mr.
Noyes on ''Some Phases of the Early
Government of the City," and George
Purnell read an excellent one on "The
Humorous in Sacramento in Early
Days.
J. H. Pond made some interesting re-
marks on THE Educational Depart
ment of the City"
The President was authorized to ap-
point a committee to take charge of
the May social.
The record-union., 1896-03-12
ACTION TO FORECLOsE.
Unpaid Note on Which Judgment

An Unpaid Note on Which Judgment
is Asked.
Anna Dierssen, by her attorneys. Holl
& Dunn, has filed a complaint in the
Superior Court against Charles Quiggle,
Jane stiles, Susan Wren and others to
recover payment Of a note for S4,
SIG AZ executed November /, 1894, by
Charles Quiggle in favor of John Diers-
sen
The note was based on a mortgage on
certain land in the southern part of the
county, also on land in Calaveras and
San Joaquin Counties. The other de-
fendants are. included because they
The record-union., 1896-03-12
DUST TO DUST.
Funeral of the Late William E. Hickey
Yesterday.

The funeral of the late William E.
Hickey took place yesterday from Ma
sonic Hall under the auspices of Union
Lodge, No. 5S, f. and A. NJ, and there
was a very large attendance of rela-
tives and friends.
The lodge turned out in large num-
bers, and Sacramento Chapter, No 3,
r A NJ, Walhalla Grove, No. 6, A. o.
u. D., and the Exempt Firemen's Asso-
citation also escorted the remains to the
grave.
Worshipful Master t. B. Reid of
Union Ledge rendered the Masonic
burial service in the most impressive
manner and the floral offerings were
numerous and beautiful.
The pall-bearers were John Nc
Arthur and Louis Gambach of Union
Lodge, j. S. Quire of Sacramento Chap
ter, r. A. NJ. Matt Karcher and John
Lowrie of the Exempt Firemen, George
Sermonet and John Domingos of Wal
halla Grove.
The record-union., 1896-03-12
HOME AGAIN.
Ex-Mayor e. y. Gregory Has Returned
From His Eastern Trip.

Ex-Mayor e. y. Gregory Has Returned
From His Eastern Trip.
Ex-Mayor Eugene J. Gregory, who
has been in the East since year ago
last fall, returned yesterday. He states
that he has finally perfected the patents
OH an invention for taking photographs
on bank checks, railroad tickets, ETC.,
and that the machines will soon be on
the market. 1t was this business, he
says, that took him East and kept him
there so long.
Mr.. Gregory also says he had had two
or three severe attacks of illness while
away, but had kept his relatives here in
ignorance thereof. The silver in his
luxuriant locks is considerably more in
evidence than when he went away, but
otherwise there is no apparent change
in his appearance. He says he is back
here to remain.
The record-union., 1896-03-12

Warde, when he plays here, will pre-
sent king Lear" as the initial play.
Can anyone say how long it has been
since this splendid work of the greatest
of the bards has been played in Sacra-
mento?
The record-union., 1896-03-12

claim some interest in the mortgaged
properties.
Judgment is asked for the amount of
the note, with interest at 10 per cent.
per annum and $500 for attorneys fees.
The record-union., 1896-03-12

Restore your strength by wearing
electric belt. To be had at ]. A.
Green's, Seventh and K streets. Sacra-
mentO.
The record-union., 1896-03-12

IF you WISH any of tine following
deliea cies. you can find them in the finest
oualities at the Sacramento Market, 30S-
1O-l2 K street: Salami Sausage, Choice
Mackerel, Smoked Halibut, Smoked Sal
mon. Goldfish. Swiss, Limburger, Brick
Cream. Roquefort Adam, German Hand,
Sap Sage and Pineapple Cheese. Curtis
&s Herzog.
The record-union., 1896-03-12

Spring Millinery Opening Thursday,
Friday and Saturday at Mrs. Ida Stat
ford, 515 street.
The record-union., 1896-03-12

Alex. Salvini has taken to the field
of tragedy, and viii give us a taste of
his quality in that direction early in the
spring season.
The record-union., 1896-03-12

Thirty Kimball pianos made ever
day. Where do they go to?
The record-union., 1896-03-12

stein & F'lemming, S05 K. Shaving,
10 cents; hair-cutting, 10 cents.
The record-union., 1896-03-12
Notice.

For the finest and cheapest millinery
&c to the Red House Co.
The record-union., 1896-03-12

c. E. ADAMS. 11O6 street. Good hay.
4Oc per cwt.
The record-union., 1896-03-12
SPECIAL NOTICES

yehicles-Baker & Hamilton-Hardware
Carts. Ruggies, Carriages, Pbaetons, Bain
Farm and Header Wagons. wholesale
Hardware. Send for catalogue
The record-union., 1896-03-12

WATER coLoR Portrait 81 % at Hod-
sons. S13 x street.
The record-union., 1896-03-12
Not Everson,s Cutlery.

1t has been ascertained that the cut
lery found in the possession of Leland
and Monroe, who were arrested here on
Tuesday, is not part of the plunder
taken from Everson's store at Elk
Grove three weeks ago.
The cutlery has, however been identi-
FED as some stolen from a store in Rip
pom, San Joaquin County, a week ago,
and the prisoners have been turned over
to Sheriff Cunningham.
The record-union., 1896-03-12

2. REID, dentist, Masonic Temple,
sixth and K streets. Office hours to 5.
The record-union., 1896-03-12

The Mormon Church choir, or 142
members of it, are headed this way for
a concert in April
The record-union., 1896-03-12
ADJUSTMENTS.

AT the Clunie Opera-house this even
ing Mr.. Mobiles stirring comedy drama
~ Man of the People" supported by
the Hallett Stock Company.
The record-union., 1896-03-12
NEW TODAY.
BIDS FOR HAULING WOOD.

SEALED BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED
by the undersigned AT their Office, No. 1918
Fourth street, until MONDAY, March 10Th,
al p. m for the hauling OF
5000 CORDS
more or less) of four-foot and stove wood
from Fair Oaks to any point in Sacramento
City, in lots of two or more cords at each de-
livery. (mrl24t EDWIN X. ALSIP & co.
The record-union., 1896-03-12

See the Chicl1ering piano at Hammers
Music Store, $40 ] street.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-07-18
SIIERIFFS SALE.
STATE OF WASHINGTON, ! -

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
County OF Whitman.
In the Superior Court of the state OF
Washington, in and for Whitman Co.
Decree Of Foreclosure and Order OF Sale.
:, +. II. Letterman, plaintiff, VS.. \. I.
Eauss, and Lizzie A. Fariss, his wife; )
+. tarlss; M. G. True, and Joanna +.
True, his WIFE Thomas Neili, and Ada
NJ. Neill, his wife; Lima Webb, in her
Individual right, and Lima Webb as ad-
minlstrator OF the estate of II. j. Webb,
deceased; Willie Webb, Roy r. Webb,
flossle f, Webb and Fernie e. webb,
minor heirs OF the estate of II. J, Webb,
deceased; d. +. Staley; the Pullman
State Bank, corporation; The FIRST
National Bank OF Pullman, a corporation !;
The st. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Com
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Oil OF Gladness never fails.

Puget Sound remedies at A. Whites.
DR.. McCallie, the old reliable dentlst ol
Moscow. will extract your teeth lree OF
charge. and do all other trst-class dentai
operations at bed rock prices. 44tl
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pany, corporation; and AdoIph Blum.
Charles Blum, and Morris Blum, CO.
partners as Blum Bros, defendants.
BY virtue Of a decree and order of sale.
made and entered in the above entitled
cause and court, on the 23d dav OF June
\. u. 1896, a copy OF which has been is
sued and certified to me by the clerk OF
the said court. under the seal thereof.
bearing date the 30th day of June A. d.
1896, for the sum of $8lS.85, with inter
est at the rate OF s per cent. per annum
from the 23d day June 4. d. 1896, and
the further sum OF $9.-5, costs, against
the defendant VI. {. True, and the sum
OF Tl94.2l with interest at the rate OF s
per cent. per annum from the 23d dav OF
June \. i. 1896, and the further sum of
$50 and the increased costs hereon
against the defendants 4. r. Fariss and
} +. Fariss, |, John Lathrum, sheriff OF
whitman county, Washington, will on the
10TH day of August \. d. 1896, at the
hour OF : O'Clock p. m. of said day. at
the south front door of the whitman
county court house, at COlfaX, whitman
county, state of Washington, sell at pub
lie auction to the highest bidder, for
cash, the following described real estate,
situated, lying and being in whitman
county, Washington, and particularly
described as follows, to-Wit: An undi-
Vided One-lilth interest held by ID. +.
StaIcy and purchased by him from NJ. {.
True and Joanna +. True, his wife, sub
jcct to plaintiff SAID lien, and also an
undivided one-fiith interest held by d.
+. Staley in trust for the Pullman State
= DY,II la 1,frt gt, ,,I,T-
chased by him from the defendants a. I.
Farss and Lizzie \. Fariss, his wife, and
}. +. Fariss, subject to plaintiffs lien, in
and to that certain tract OF land bounded
a. follows: Beginning at point on the
east line OF southwest quarter .sWl4 OF
northeast quarter mel OF section five
% J, township fourteen IA, range forty
five 40 e ". m; one hundred ana
ninety-eight 1881 feet north otsoutheast
corner OF southwest quarter lsWi4J O
northeast quarter ne 4 /, sand section tive
81 running thence north along said cas-
line OF southwest quarter lsWl4 OF north
east quarter nell section tive, sever
hundred and fifty seven 131I feet tt
southeast corner OF the washington agrl
cultural college grounds; thence at al
angle OF ninety degrees to the lett alons
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{. NJ. STEARNS,

Attorney for plaintiff.
+. Q. Address, Pullman, Whitman coun-
ty, Washington.
Il p june 27)
Graham guardian., 1896-08-21

Trustees of said School District No i, Graham
County, Arizona.
Graham guardian., 1896-08-21

ends of the Stats. The board in front
can be hinged to this strip if desired.
If one or two hoops on either side be
left two or three inches long, the ends
can be sharpened and forced into the
ground when placing the coop in posi-
ton. This will prevent animals or the
wind overturning it. The coop has no
bottom and can be moved TO q new bit
of greensward every day or two. To
keep the whole coop from spreading,
pass wires around the whole, along the
center of the middle two hoops, then
underneath to the other side, twisting
the ends of the wires when they are
brought togther.-N. Y. Tribune.
Graham guardian., 1896-08-21
A WORD ABOUT RoosTs.
Some Think They Should BE Round, Others
Favor the Half-Round.

Some Think They Should BE Round, Others
Favor the Haif-Round.
Roosts in shape should be round or
half round. 1t is q question which of
these two forms is best. We have al
ways supposed that the all-round roost
was the kind meant by nature, as the
feet of all roosting birds are so con-
structed that they naturally grasp
round object. An Australian poultry
keeper, however, believes that roost
flattened on the under side is preferred
by the birds. lie put both kinds in
his hen house and the fowls left the
round ones for the ones that had been
partly flattened. He believes f'a n
toes of the birds can grasp f4<
kind of roost much better tllazl Z
round ones.
AS to the size of roosts, that must de-
pend somewhat on the age and size of
the bird. Most of our poultry houses
have roosts of one size, and the fowls are
expected to like them, whether they
fiji or not. a chick that weighs one
pound must certainly find some discom-
fort in clinging TO roost made for a
rooster weighing eight pounds. The
roosts Of our poultry dealers vary in di-
ameter all the way from one to three
inches. What is the best size? Prob
ably it would be better to have different
sized roosts in every pen and let the
birds choose for hemselyes.-Farmers
Review,
Graham guardian., 1896-08-21
rggs IndIcate a MEMS Condition.

a hen will lay the largest egg and
the most in number, when she is in per-
feet health and not over-fat. There
is no one grain that we can feed to hens
with which we can force them without
getting them too fat; that is my only
reason for giving more than one kind
of grain. l wish more muscle-makers
and less fat. The size of the eggs will
make no difference in the number laid;
in fact, from my experience, it is the
reverse. A hen that lays large eggs
shows that she is in better condition.
but it is more likely to cause diseased
oviduct than smaller eggs.-James ii.
Seely, in Rural New Yorker.