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The record-union., 1897-12-15
Going ON a Hunt for Dunham.

FRESNO, Dec. las. Comstock.
prominent among lumber men in San
Jose, Fresno and other points, left here
Tor Mexico to-day. He will visit the
Yaqui country, where James Dunham,
the San Jose murderer, is said to be
hidlng. and will spend some time look
ing for his man Mr.. Comstock takes
with him pictures, descriptions and
other data regarding the much wanted
murderer
The record-union., 1897-12-15
Track to be Strengthened.

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Hec. 14.-The
Southern Pacific will commence at once
to strafghten it's track between Paso
Robes and San Miguel and northward
a few miles from the latter town. The
change will occupy several months and
will require a complete change in the
course of the line
The record-union., 1897-12-15
MURDER, NOT SUICIDE.
p. f. Lynch Was Shot by His
Roommate.

PHOENIX (Ariz). Dec. 14.-The
shooting of P F. Lynch at a lodging
house yesterday morning has been
demonstrated to have been murder,
and not suicide, as at first believed by
the officers. The victim died last night
from the effects of the bullet wound IN
his forehead During the afternoon he
partially regained consciousness, ana
charged his roommate, one SchunS,
with the deed. Schung had shot MN,
he said. to rob him Of $3.50. Schung
has disappeared, and the entire force
of the Sheriff's office is looking Tor
him.
The record-union., 1897-12-15
PHELAN'S NEW PLAYHOUSE.
Contract Signed for the Erection
~ His Theater at San Jose.

SAN JOSE. Dec. 14-It is reported
here to-day that Mayor J. D. Phelan
of San Francisco has signed a contract
in San Francisco with 4. .. f1eld OIL
San Jose to erect his new theater mere
for S3C, 600. This does not include any
of the interior work. plumbing or plas-
tering. The total cost will be about
$4,000. 1t will be complete in time
to open in the fall of next year, and
while pot so large, will be a model play
house. with every comfort and con-
yenienCe.
The record-union., 1897-12-15
DingIey Tariff Bill.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-The Ding
ley tariff law will not be changed in
any of it's customs features at the
present session of Congress. Ajgeneral
understanding to this effect has been
reached between the members of the
Ways and eMans Committee, who feel
that it is most desirable to avoid what
is generally known as tariff tinkering
The record-union., 1897-12-15
CURRENCY QUESTION.
Secretary Gage Will Submit a Bill
to the House Commiftee

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-Secretary
Gage will appear before the House
Committee on Banking and Currency
on Thursday, and will submit to them.
in the form of a general bill. his recon-
mendations recently made to Congress.
The determination of Secretary Gage
to appear on Thursday and submit one
general financial bill. instead Of num-
Der of separate bills, brought out many
The record-union., 1897-12-15
Irrigation Without Aid of Canals.

FRESNO, Dec. 14.-Marshall Lee, a
prominent rancher of this county, has
been putting into operation this fall
plan to pump water direct from the riv-
ers for irrigation purposes. He has to
raise it but nine feet to flood his lands
The most satisfactory results are being
obtained. Strange to say, the plan has
never been tried in this county before
The record-union., 1897-12-15
Brvau in Mexico.

CITY OF MEXICO, Dec. 14.-Presi-
dent Diaz sent one of his aide-de-
camps to call on Mr.. Bryan this morn
ing to arrange for his pleasure. Then
Mr.. Bryan paid his respects to General
Clayton, the American Minister, and
later went to drive in the forest of
Chapultepec.
The record-union., 1897-12-15
Desperate Attempt at Suicide.

SANTA ROSA, Dec. 14.-An Italian
made two desperate attempts to COM
NIT suicide this afternoon, throwing
himself twice in front of moving
train. On each occasion officers seized
the man just in time to prevent his
death. When taken TO jail, he declared
his intention Of committing suicide on
the first opportunity.
The record-union., 1897-12-15
Big Shoe Factory for Scotland.

WASHINGTON, Dec. IA British
corporation has arranged to start
shoe factory at Calashield, Scotland,
capable of turning out 10000 pairs of
shoes weekly, and Consul Fleming, at
Edinburg, says this is the beginning of
an attempt to compete with America
in shoemaking. The British reports
show that more than 40 per cent. of
the total imports of shoes into the
British colonies are of American man
ufacture.
The record-union., 1897-12-15
Has Begun His Sentence.

SAN QUENTIN, Dec. 14.-Louis Or
tega was received at San Quentin to-
day to serve a sentence of ninety-nine
wears on conviction of murder in the
second degree. He killed a Spaniard
in San Bernardino County recently.
Under the credit system now in vogue
at the prison if Ortega behaves himself
and does not die in the meanwhile, he
will be released in 19o6.
The record-union., 1897-12-15

the funeral exercises of the mother of
the Chief Magistrate of the nation are
to take place at this hour, and con-
forming to the action of the Senate,
and as a token of our sympathy and
respect for the President, I move that
the House do now adjourn"
The motion was unanimously carried,
and at 1:45 the House adjourned until
tomorrow.
The record-union., 1897-12-15
Mrs, Owens Dead.

MODESTO. Dec. 14.-Mrs. Owens,
who was shot by her husband yester-
day. died this afternoon. Mrs. Tiede-
mann, their daughter, who was also
shot through her breast by Owens, is
resting well, and will recover.
The record-union., 1897-12-15
Suicide at Sebastopol.

SEBASTOPOL (Cal), Dec. 14.-Au-
gust Cook, a native Of Germany aged
81 years, committed suicide last night
by shooting himself in the head with
rifle. His body was found upon the
floor of his shooting gallery this morn
The record-union., 1897-12-15
Suicide by Hanging.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1.-two
bows found the body of an unknown
man hanging to a tree in the Preside
Reservation to-day. He had evident
ly peen dead for some time. He had
tied a red bandana handkerchief over
his mouth and hanged himself with a
niece of window cord He was about
80 years old and weighed about 16O
pounds.
The record-union., 1897-12-15
would-be Slayer Of DR.. Moore.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14.-Wilford ).
Glover, the young lad who made de-
Mbe-ate attempt upon the life of Or.
p. r. Moore shooting him in the back
of the head while hunting. In order to
rifle his pockets, was arraigned before
Judge Smith this morning, and plead
ed not guilty. His attorneys announced
that the plea of insanity would be en-
tered, but Judge Smith refused to en-
tertain it. His defense, however, will
he inS3nity
The record-union., 1897-12-15
Steamship Company Incorporated.

PHOENIX (Ariz.), Dec. 14.-Articles
of Incorporation were filed to-day un-
der the laws of Arizona of the British
Steamship and Yukon Dredging Com
pany Qimited). The capital stock is
S1,000,000 and the incorporators all of
San Francisco are William Lane. Chas.
H. Jackson and John T. Van Smith.
The record-union., 1897-12-15
Tur1ock Irrigation Canal.

MODESTO, Dec. IA lump sum OF
Se6 600 has been paid by the Directors
of the Turlock Irrigation district to
James A. Waymire, contractor. who has
finished one third of the canal system
Of the district, despite injunctions and
suits brought to stop work and pay
The record-union., 1897-12-15

ing. when an investigation was made
as TO the cause of his non-appearance
at the usual hour. Cook came here re-
Gently from Mendocino County, but
formerly resided in New Jersey, where
his relatives live
The record-union., 1897-12-15
Rainfall at San Jose.

SAN JOSE, Dec. 1.-THE rainfall last
night was .T3 of an inch; for the sea-
son, 3.21 inches. This is just half of
what 1t was at this date last year.
The record-union., 1897-12-15
A Sealing Schooner Arrives.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14.-The
sealing schooner Prosper, Captain
Meyer, arrived in port to-day, fifty
seven days from the Weuman Islands,
With 2n4 sealskins.
The record-union., 1897-12-15
Genoa Lynching.

CARSON. Dec. IA petition is be-
ing circulated and numerously signed
asking the Governor to offer a reward
for the Genoa lyncherS.
The record-union., 1897-12-15
TRAIN ROBBERS
In CUSTODY.
Detective ThaCker and a Posse Cap
ture the Entire Gang
Who Attempted to Hold Up the Southern
Pacific at Stems Pass.

The Bandits Run Down and Conn
About twenty-five Miles From
the Mexican Border-The Rob-
bers Taken to Silver City, New
Mexico, for Trial.
Middletown transcript., 1897-07-31
Tho value of Cow Manure.

Cow manure does not heat quickly.
It is therefore not in favor for forcing
beds or for crops where early results are
important. For this reason it ought al
ways to be partly composted, SO as to
reduce Its bulk before it is used. 1t is
excellent to mix with manure from the
horse stable, because the latter, being
drier, is much more likely to become
fire fanged" from the entire destruc-
tion Of its vegetable fiber. Yet in actual
value the slower COW manure is more
nearly equal to horse manure than is
generally supposed.
From fattening cattle fed as horses
are ON hay and oats the excrement is
quite as rich as that from horses, and
it does not differ from the latter so
much as is commonly supposed. Careful
experiments have shown that on full
ration fed to young growing cattle only
per cent Of the nutrition of food went
to make growth. With milk COWS CIV
Ing milk this proportion was increased
to 80 per cent. Considering the amount
Of nutrition which a COW in full flow Of
milk manufactures from its food every
day this result is remarkable. In fat
tening animals the food eaten furnishes
in flesh or fat far less nutrition than
this. American Cultivator.
Middletown transcript., 1897-07-31
The Single Shovel Plow.


A contributor to The National Stock
man says:
have helped to plow hundreds Of
acres of potatoes with an old fashioned
single shovel plow, and there is 10
modern farm implement that does IS
satisfactory wcrk in clayey loans or
clays that have been packed BY beating
rains after being planted. This old i'm
plement has Lcen practically discarded
by growers here for many years, lut
some have returned to its use this sea-
son, and the slow work with it will
pay, if any work in growing potatoes
pays this year. When the plants showed
above ground, the practice formerly
was to run close to the row with long
and very narrow shovel, the plow stock
being held at such an angle that tic
point of the shovel actually went under
the hills.
The soil in tie rows is solid in many
fields this year, packed by incessant
rain, and 20 modern cultivator can be
so set that the earth in the lows may
be loosened SO well as it is done with
the single shovel, taking cne side ct the
row at a time. If the shovels of two
horse cu1tivator were set at the angle
we used to hold the single shovel, they
would lift the plants cut. Two acres
day was called days work, and this
seems slow, but the plant started life
above ground with loose soil in the hill,
no matter how packed rains had made
it after planting, and loose soil in the
hill is necessity in successful potato
rrrnxuinO
Middletown transcript., 1897-07-31

Gold scales on the end of the bar.
This restaurant was in placer where
the Iirst hanging in the State had taken
place.
Books and papers were at a premium.
There were few Bibles that had been
brought by way of The Hnrn," but
that was ALL 1t became kno !, n tat Il
"Farmer's Almanac" had been packed
with some stuff which arrived in camp,
and it was quickly bought at ,ridicu-
lously high price. He who became the
possessor wrote later:
l read the almanac through and
through, forward and backward, side
ways and upside down, and by spring
had acquired sucha Knowledge Of as
Economical science that [ cnuld have
located the signs of the 2 'dlAe blini
folded, stand on my head and calculate
an eclipse, foretell the condition of the
weather for more than ten years ahead,
and prognosticate theyalue of popcorn,
baked peanuts and chewing gum crops
for the whole time.
Middletown transcript., 1897-07-31
Binding a siIo.

A new method of lining up the walls
Of silo is suggested which promises
to be an improvement over the common
way of matched boards and sheathing
paper. This consists Of using only ordi-
nary cheap boards for the purpose, leav-
ing an inch space In place Of the paper
between the two Innings, and filing it
with portland cement. This cement fill
ing lardens TO the firmness of stone and
is in no respect affected by the presence
or absence Of moisture. This prevents,
it is claimed, the shrinking and swell
ing of the lining, which tears the paper
and opens air spaces through the sheath
ing. At the same time it is less expen-
sive than the extra cost of the better
lumber required in the cases Of the
matched boards. Some silos have been
constructed after this manner, says
Maine Farmer.
Middletown transcript., 1897-07-31

Schedule III effect May 10Th, 1897
All trains Illuminated with Pintsch frht.
*Express trailis
TRAINS LEAVE wILMINGToN+ DEL
AWARE AVE STATION FOR
New York, weekdays. 1918, 1910, 10 25 a. M.
1921, *229 1923 x5.2l, II 43, al D. m sun
days, 1913, 1910 *Il25, a. m.+S.29, 1922, ~ 49,
Philadelphia, weekdays, ts,ls, $50. $40.
tai, iao tkSs, isSS. 49, t52s SO 4s s, g5
fIl +25 T. % a. 5nqsas' @ ' $50 ?' ts e s S. & 4sse
q Chester, ter Weekdays. tals. 5.55, $40, F15,
s ss 8l5 $50 li 81 a s s, 1 sl5 lii III g. pm M Sun Sun
days, t8.I3, i.35, 50, t9.4J lis Ii % a. M,
t8 1880, 522, $50, 748. 9.l5, tll,OO, p. m.
t2.29, 1929 p. M, Sundays, II IS a. m. 1929 am
Cape May, weekdays, m., t7I5 ain, t2:26,
IN, Sundays, 7.S5 a. m.
Baltimore and Washington, weekdays, t4.l3
7l0, l8.4s I'll a. m, tl256 2O7, S.O4, t46s, 4.57
1915, Is II 1858 p. m. Sundays, t419, 7l0, 1S.49
: M, 1926, I2O7, t,o4, t4.57, 1917 1858 p. m
Newark, BEL, weekdays, t4.la, 7.I0, ts.4s
n a. M, tl256 sO4, II Os l457, tdlG, 7S5' isl7,
Sundays, tl.ls. 7.IO, 1919 a. m. 1856 s.Oi.
Pittsburg, week days, t6.lG, p. M, Sundays
Chicago, daily, *i.57 m.
Chicago, via Cincinnati and indianapolis
8.49 IN daily.
Cincinnati and st. Louis, daily tl2.5e, and
1917, p. m.
Toledo and Detroit, *s.l7 p m daily to
Toledo and DALEY except Sunday to Detroit.
New Orleans "a u Mem mphis Via Bristol and
Chattanooga, ,tsl7 pm. daily. Through Sleep
ers TO Mem phis and New Orleans
Singerly accommodation, daily 7.l0 u. M.
3.04, 7.35, 1915 p. M: Sundays, 7.l0 u IN Se4,
7.35 p m.
Landenburg accommodation, week -days,
7.l0 1000, a. m, S.04 4.57, p. m. Sundays. TO-
a. M, 4.57, p. m.
Leave Market Street Station for
Philadelphia, weekdays, 8 so pm
Baltimore, weekdays, 6.i5 q m 2.jS p. m.
Landenburg anti way stations, week days
645, 9.55, a. M, 2 So, ass, p. m. Sundays, 955
Leave Philadelphia, Chestnut street
Station for Wilmington, weekdays, t3aO, 8iO
40, ISIS, eco, Ito 96, 11.3O, a. M, fl2M
t1.36, 200, 1890, t420 4.30, Il. Is t54l 500, $780,
t7.40, 1919, 9.45 I'll IS, p m.
Sundays. 1880, ISIS, 400, llS0, am,
tl2.2o, tl,S6, zoo, tl.20, IS Is, 80, t740
1919 1880 p. m.
Telephone, 1873.
Rates to Western pointst lower Ian via any
other line.
D. B. MARTIN Ma nager of Passenger Traffic
w NJ. GREENE, General Manager.
Middletown transcript., 1897-07-31
News and Notes.

The next meeting of the Association
of American Agricultural Colleges and
Experiment Stations will be held at
Minneapolis, July 1916.
The farmers national congress meets
at st. Paul. Aug. 81 to Sept. 6.
Cutting timothy with the binderl
The arguments on the subject are con-
vincing. says Rural New Yorker.
II you could cover potato plant with
thin coating Of bordeaux mixture, it
would be impossible for the blight fun
gus to start its work. The plant could
not blight That is what you aim to do
In spraying.
According to one authority, barley is
the best hot weather grain for soiling.
The beet sugar industry in the United
States has been practically developed in
the last six years.
To keep hen manure use enough land
plaster to keep the manure perfectly dry
and store it under cover.
Middletown transcript., 1897-07-31
COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS.

Things Farmers Ought to Know Before
Applying Them.
The principal featurs of farmers
bulletin on commercial fertilizers BY E.
B. Voorhees, are brought out IN the fol-
lowing summary:
Commercial fertilizers are mainly
valuable because they furnish the ele-
ments-nitrogen, phosphoric acid and
potash-which serve as food, not as
stimulants. The kind of farming in the
past and the demands for special prod
ucts in the present make their use neces-
sary in profitable farming.
In order to use these commercial fer
tilizers profitably the farmer should
know, first. that nitrogen, phosphorte
acid and potash are the essential ma
nurial constituents; second, that the
agricultural value of these constituents
depends largely upon their chemical
form; third, that these forms are con-
tained in specific products of a well de-
fined character and composition, and
may be purchased as such from dealers
and manufacturers, and may be mixed
successfully on the farm.
The agricultural value Of fertilizer
bears no strict relation to the CONNER
oial value. The one is determined by
soil, crop and climatic conditions, the
other by market conditions.
The variations in the composition and
value of manufactured fertilizers which
contain the three essential constituents
are due to variations in the character
and In the proportion of the materials
used.
The ton basis alone is not safe guide
in the purchase of these commercial
fertilizers Low ton prices mean ithel
low content Of good forms Of llant food
or the use of poorer forms. Fertilizers,
high grade both in quality and quantity
of plant food, cannot be purchased at q
low price per ton.
The best fertilizers cannot exert their
full effect on soils that are too dry OF
too wet, too compact or too porous.
They can furnish but one of the oondi-
tions-fertility.
The kind and amount of fertilizer to
use should be determined by the value
Of the crop grown and its power of ac-
quiring food.
A definite system or plan should be
adopted in the use of commercial fertil-
izers. "Hit or miss methods arc ex-
pensive.
Middletown transcript., 1897-07-31
Items In Tne Draining.

There are two extremes in tile drain
ing. The beginner is apt to think tile
drains are only needed where water
stands on the surface in hoIlows and
has to be drawn of, but when this is
done it leaves the soil in these hollows
50 much dryer and better fitted for crop
ping that the farmer sees that even the
upiands, that had been supposed dry
enough, need draining also. Usually
the first drains are put in too shallow.
Middletown transcript., 1897-07-31
DliddlGfOWl Hardware House.
LARGEST STOCK ! LOWEST PRICES i
HARVESTING GOODS-Hay Forks, Lux cat Oils
Rope for Hay Forks, Moving Scythes and Swath ms
&o

HARVESTING GOODS.-Hay Forks Lux cat 'lls
Rope for Hay Forks, Moving Scythes and Swath ms,
&C., &c.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS.-Tubs. Buckets, Clothes Bas-
kets Ironing Boards Sad Irons M Potts and the old style
Brooms Brushes, Mops, &C.
SEAONSABLE GOODS-Lawn Mowers. Hedge Knives
Ice Cream Freezes Hammocks Croquet Sets Rubber Hose
and Reels Milk Pans Cream Kettles-7he best and huest
price and gallon MIR Cans and Styainey Pals
here. Preserving Kettles Masons Fruit Jars Fruit
Cans Wire Cloth Window Screens and Screen Doors OIL and
Gasoline Stones in great variety from SO to SIT so
The Famous g Missouri Steam Washer" recommended by
best housekeepers and washerwoman afford to be
without Gasoline and Coal OIL Agate Ware and Tin Ware
in large assortments.
Ranges and Cook Stoves, for coal Wood, large
variety and Lowest prices known here Ready Mixed
Paints of best manufactures White Lead, Linseed OIL
Varnishes and Colors
See No T. fve-hole Range, at $500
And our New Flag Range, No g. at $1,000
We have the stock and will SScangs the Goods Dollars
at prices that will surprise you.
We allow DISCOUNT Of TEN PER CENT for
SPOT CASH N RANGES aud COOK STOVES.
Middletown transcript., 1897-07-31
Catarrh Cannot be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh is blood or constitutional disease,
and in order to cure it you must take in
ternai remedies. H ais CatarIh Cure
taken internally, and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces. Halls Catarrh
Cure is not quick medicine 1t was pre-
scribed by one of the best physicians in
this country for years, and is a regular
prescription. Ii is composed of the best
tonics KNOWN combined with the best
blood purifiers acting directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combina
ton of the two ingredients is what pro
tiuces such wonderful results in curing
Catarrh. Send for testimonials free.
f. ]. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo. o
Sold by druggists. price T5c.
Halls Pills are the best
Middletown transcript., 1897-07-31

That, if continued. means large, use
less expenditure for tile. Nowhere
should underdrains be dug less than
feet deep. They will then drain
perfectly 2 to AZ rods on each side of
the underdrain. The soil will hold so.
much more water with a deep drain
that 1t will not require larger size than
will shallow one. ne.-American Culti-
Yator.
Middletown transcript., 1897-07-31
HARD TIMES IN '4e.

The discovery of gold in large qaan-
titles in Alaska and the reports of large
finds have stimulated travel IN that di-
rectiun, and excitement similar to that
which prevailed in The Uniied States
when gold WAS discovered in California,
and in England when the first reports
came from the African gold fields, pre-
walls in the far West. Mining and ex-
ploriDg expedit ions have already starr
ed and Others are being organized.
New York, Philadelphia and Chicago
papers contain advertisements OF pros
pecting parties" which any person may
join by paying ali mutation fee of
$500. and adventures are working
their way toward the Pacific Coast
with yiew TO being near the mines, if
they cannot he in them.
TheIe are maLy orig inal Forty
miners" in various parts of the United
States, and many cities have organizA-
tiOns where the original goId-hunters
meet every year to tell The stories and
relate the adventures which made s'lhe
days of '49' the most important in
their careers. The experiences of these
men are listened to with renewed inter-
est at this time. Many of the white.
headed gold-hunters of the days of '49
believe that the risks which men take
in going to the new gold fields are as
nothing compared with what they did
way back in '49.''
mo matter how hard they " i'll nave
to work." said one old man, "the men
who go1o Alaska will never have to
put up with what we had to in the days
when gold was first found in California.
There are railroads and the telegraph
now, and Improvements of all kinds
that bring people Uear to civilization,
no matter how far away they may be,
but in those days wO got OH a ship and
went by way of Aspinw4ll and Pana-
ma, with the chances four out of ten
that we should die of the fever; or We
went overland in prairie schooner ;
with the chances about the same that
We should be killed by the Indians or
robbed by desperadoes. Once ON the
spot, we were cut off from our friends,
aud there Was no regularity about com
munication with the rest of the world.
California Was world for itself, and,
all things considered, a pretty tough
world at that, where veryIhing except
human life, was high where man had
to have lis wits about him every min-
ute aud be prepared to flint for his
rights"
To prove the fact that everything
was high it was shown 10y old memo-
randum books That when the roads to
Sacramento City were poor prices ad-
vanced in a fabulous degree. Flour
suld al 81 a pound, molasses and vine
gar brought 50 bottle-and small
bottle At Lhat-potatoes were riioied at
$1.50 pound and other provisions in
proportion. An Ames shovel was
worth SIG and good pair of heavy
bnots were worth from $40 to $50.
1.-THE chief article of food" said the
story-ttller, tin those days was the
Chilian bean, and such was its value
that i'll times of scarcity huge nuggets
of gold were given in exchange for
bag of beans"
The following bill of fare from
primitive hotel iu mining settlement
will give an idea of the cost of living:
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