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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-31
ALBEMARLE AND CHESAPEAKE
CANAL COMPANY.
NORTHBOUND.

Sohlt1boONb
Stmr w. B. Rogers. merchandise
from North Carolina to Norfolk. ta
Stmr. Thomas Newton, merchandise
from North Carolina to Norfolk.
Stmr. Samuel Eccles, hight, from
North Carolina to Norfolk.
SOUTHBOUND.
Stmr. Croatan, light, from Norfolk to
North Carolina.
Stmr. Lucy, merchandise, from Nor
folk to North Carolina.
Stmr Dennis Simmons, light, from
Norfolk to North Carolina.
Stmr. w. b. Rogers. merchandise
from Norfolk to North Carolina.
Steam yacht Magnolia. light, from
New York to Florida.
PORT OF NEWPORT NEWS.
ARRIVALS.
Schr. H. d. Little. Providencqa
Stmp. Glenfeld, Galveston.
Stmp. Saint Enoch, Antwerp.
Stmp. Saturn. Boston.
Barge P. ] Carlton, Boston.
Barge Mystic Belle, Boston.
SAILED.
Stmp. Glenfield. Antwerp.
Schr. NJ. o. Teel, Baltimore.
Stmp. Lord Londonderry. Belfast.
Schr. ]. j. Moore, Jersey City.
Schr. Massasoit, Providence.
Schr. NJ l.. II. G.. Dow. Boston.
Schr. w. p. Hood, Providence
Schr. Jennie c. May, Boston.
PORT OF NEW YORK.
ARRIVALS.
schr. Mary Ann Mccain. Gates, Nor
folk.
schr. Henry P. Haven, Walton, Nor
folk:
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psime. g: Spanish. 50 955c.: low grades
+. Hand Picked-eFaney.S tc.:i extras
80; third grade. 2hc.: No. Spanish
snelled. &C.: No. Virginia. 31Sc.: No.H2
5 Ng 2Mc.: old farmers goods.
zsaV2He.:G new prime, 2M@2ho.; new
plack and damp, 1@lhc.
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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

Chicago, Dec. So.-At the close of n duh
but nervous and Irregular wheat market
and December was &C. lower. Practically
no support was given the market and
worry little selling was sufficient 10 cause
nnd provisions were dull ana a tribe
easier, corn closing &c. lower. oats fl,c
lower and provisions unchanged to 2ls@5c
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Ereqll Fish.

Croakers. per pound. &C.; tayIors, per
pound &c.; pan fish. per pound &c.: bak-
ing fish. per pound. &C.: founders. per
pound.3c sheepsheads, per ound.8910c;
macknrel. per pounG5 Sc: blue fish nnr
pound. &c.; speckled trout. per pound,
&C.: rock, per pound, &c.: Spanish
Mackerel. 1Oc.
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::s.sFfsArgs; 4. Ii

VA 80! VIE AN M S S5 X
rga hisSul Sb s. ifsss sts1
wharf. 4 foo w u
yIita s,,3 Norfolk 1901 3i fiit Yor Dafss
;banyIIIe ~ e; ne
3Ie atSAIN Nh Nh to;,;s
tity M, a. arriving $at % lyilI
y J, q, arrives at folk at ldto
q n; d "a ks except Sunday
Z a ds,, 80 2arrlyea Mt Norfoile
5T1 ,,Iet1dS ,No: connects psnpi isi
JunStio YIN Norfolk a nd Western faifs
ro AS i9r PM B3urham and itterniedi 10 81
,.ss ..A HIS NoS. md connect Sat Jafs
Ires3 JUNCTION nnd DanVille for ii IL 5pointsl
on p, ,Iho =, southern railway system;
and New Orleans - 3 ~
tickets =; on salo and baggage checked asy
h " ikSs agency and rompnny'3 S wharf,
iM rw PnEts nna A. W. v. H. Willfam's GEM
=: VIM. II. TAYLOR,
sc,rAe - q. z 5Trnffi C, Manager-gsl4
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RECEIPTS RY RAIL AND STEAMER.
wFIOE.ESAB.E QUOTATIONS.
pr0riAiunn.

Norfolk, Va, December 30, 1897.
Fish-Mackerel, No. .. in kegs 5olbs.,
SiT5; roes. $3.50; new, small, slo.5O:
new, medium, none: No. 5 in kegs, SAT
Herring, Family Roe. half barrel, 50. 80:
North Carolina Cut Herring, 1925: po-
tomas, in barrels, $500.
Provisicol-Market steady; mess pork
old. $S.75; new, S9:25; hams. pork, s10. Is
Bulk Meats-Clear ribs, $50, as TO
size and cut; fat backs, 4Tc.: bellies
heavy, 5.15G5Bc for small: GAc. heavy:
pork. plate. Si.S5.
Shoulders-Sugar-c &c.
Observation-Disclosures, TIC.
Breast-Sugarc sac
Hams-Smithneld, 1741Sc.: S. C. slim
hams, loo.
Lard-Pure lard tierces. 5hD5Hc :.
cases and tubs. &c. over price OF tierces.
compound, 4Ac.; tierces. in cases and
tubs. &c higher
Cheesc-Cream, 1o91OIkc.; Western
dairy. Sia@9isc.
Meal. per bag of 1Coibs.. s6c.: per bag
OF 92lbs.. soc.
Salt-Firm; Liverpool Fine S5@90c.
Butter-New York State dairy. now
o3c.; fresh creamery. 22@23c.: country.
l4@15c.
Kerosene Oil-Firm; I12 degrees: nc q.
Go degrees, 9hc.; Red, $50 degrees, 9910c'
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Kiln nrinl.

CYPRESS Lumber-Market in fair de-
mand: "a No. ]. 10 inches. $3.50: A No.
/. ~ Inches. $1,000: A No. /. edge, $3.50,
$50: "A No. 3. edge. $3.50: IA No. q
stock. S1A00; bill stun. air dried, 5000
1000. ~
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;ar.Raw and refined strong.
BALTIMORE MARKETs.

changed.
January 97ls6l97Ac.; May, Ole. bid steamer
No. 2 red, 92!sGp92Ac.; Southern wheat by
sample. 92@sSt8c.: on grade, 93Q9Sc:
December new or old, 33k@3S7sc.: Janu-
uary. 3SG33hc.; steamer mixed, 31AGlS2c.; ;
Southern white corn. 33935c. do. yellow,
304l34c. ~
Oats quiet but firm; No. white. 2911k
@3Oc.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-31

The earliest forecast of the career OF
the Earl of Rosebery was made by "A
shrewd Scotchman, who heard him de-
liver a speech at luncheon after a
military review. Rosebery was then
n lad of IA, but he spoke so well that
his keen observer declared that tho
volunteers had been listening TO one of
England's coming Prime Ministers.
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AIR Dried P,no tumber.

"a hooring. dry and clear. S1l.0OD12. 90:
NO. 2. sS50Q9.oO: edge box. s6hO97.00;
stock box. sS0O@s5O: small joists, IS. SO:
large "a doists. s9.oO@1o.0o; 2x4 16 scantling,
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N INV : w hoIIa|kasvvestsrI,
sErEz-EsE1zn Schedule in Effect

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT DEF S,i:1so7i
LEAVE NORFOLK DAILY. 2'f'' ts
140 q. m.-For Richmond, woshIn-,op,
Lynchhurg and tho West. :!
4:35 y. m.-Vestibulcd Limited for pic,,.
mond and Washington. Stoiis
only at Suffolk, Waverly ana
Petersburg
eco p m.-For Petersburg 4 ynobbnr.-a
the West and :outhHest.' e e. e 2
Trains arrive at Norfolk daily S:25 e. m.
Tickets end all information at station
and 2i2 Main street. i'.lI> I" "' .iop =
W. B. BEyfT.T, 81 4
General Passenger Agent 4 IS
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Lumber m-rket.
CWholesale Quotations.)

Wholesale Quotations.)
CYPRESS Lumber-Market dull and no
demand: boards. 1X6-16 feet long, $3.50
ml6.oO: boards. 1x6-16. rough. $4,000
I9.oo: boards. 1x12 to is inches-16 feet
clear. $50. o0Q22.00: boards. rough, wide,
Si2.12@15.0O =
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AeiCEDl|S GKIlgIS Observation-Disclosures
DltaaGu- s.9o OR g.

DlFl EiCE1 ~ y =. - - ssft,
n FOL, Boston }l1it, A,le. y
BOSTON, MONDAY. " isE,3Sh.Stfs Gf
NJ AND FRIDAY hI,t6 a)g; h III -
Every TUESDAY, ] lURSD4NY5n rl3 81 ~
ri So FD!AY al . ~ ~: g
FARES TO BOSTON "A ND gSs BOWL
q rs Sc s3,. p fs DEN GIS f
FIrst-ciass,% Including nei,l SO
staterooni berth ..:; 5sl3
Second class. Including e. ~ ea IaSg
Perisha!es freignt ISL, :; w NJ
forWa rded iby early r,titis
fZlsorfilrthers Inl or,na tsyl,
ns5II ( ssi IGs
u C,yTHIT NE Ri
General 81 1ees3 n
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Shfnrln Marriott

ShinGles-Quiet: No. \ hearts, $1,000
$500; No. hearts. s4.O004.50: No. sap.
s3.0o@3.75: No. 2 saps. S3.0oQ3.75.
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Mrs. NJ. B. Ford, Ruddelrs, H., suf
fered for eight years from dysnepsia
and chronic constipation and was finally
cured by using DeWitt's Little Early
Risen, the famous little pills for all
stomach and liver troubles. ]. NJ. Trot-
ter and r. l.. Walker Norfolk. and
Trutt & Smith. Berkeley
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For Over Fifty Years
MRS. WINSLOW'S
500 THING SYRUP

has been used for children while ter tn
ing. 1t,,soothcs tho child, softens the
gums. allays all pain. cures wind collie,
regulates the stomach and bowels and
Is the bost remedy for diarrhoea. Twenty
Eve cents bottle. Sold by oil druggists
throughout tho world. SI1E&g
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-31
AMONG OUR COTTON MEM

AMo!NS out COTTON MEN
Generally clear weather in the cotton
section.
Receipts at the United States ports
were 3S.7O1 bales yesterday, against az
1895. N"'eS 4"
New Orleans estimated receipts for
to-day (monthiy corrections) are from
5000 to $4,000 bales, against 4,47O bales
last year and 12,472 bales in 1895. Spot
cotton firm at 5 15-16c Sales, 5000
bales. ''0''
Memphis spot market unchanged Mt
1o-l6c. Sales, $500 bales
London bar silver advanced sd. nor
ounce-2G& d.-against 30d last year,
New York future market closed
steady. to points advance. Sales.
i!o,SO0 Enles January, $50 to $50;
March. 5.SS to $50; May. 597 to SOS.
spot unchanged at l5-1Gc
New Orleans future contracts adj
Vanced points. March, 5.51.
Wilmington and st. Louis advanced
Lie on spot cotton.
Liverpool future market advanced /
to 11s points. closing steady. Spot
cotton advanced 1-32d.-3Ad. Sules. H..
600 bales, against 10000 bales last year.
Cotton Exchange will be closed Jan
uary LIST and 3d-New Year holiday.
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Chester and benOiiI' .'.i'[|,.

Go!ns south-En stern Time Sin min - Is. R
Leave Norfolli S. q. 4: iIS'nSS, II
Ealeigh L: "; is5 a. IN
tF Charicttes...S. n, n ~
= Lincolnton Z. O. Il Il y d
Arrive Lenuir r :f1f n ~
V " Ashevile X. q. So - 81 s,S ~ e. ~ r.t.
& Chester liz iii X ~ =, ~.
Leave Chester c. 81 I'M "a a. ".
Arrive Yorkyills c. & I'd n M
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Pennut Market

Farmers market quiet; fancy, new,
27s@2hc.; strictly prime. exc, new;
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Grnsn.

Peas.-Steady; oiack-eye peas. new
crop. $3.50 per bag; black, 100000.
straight per bushel: clay. 100000. per
bushel.
White corn. i0c.: mixed. 3Sc
Mill Feed--Market firm; bran, $500:
shipstuif or middling. s15.50; meal, white,
bottled, per 100 pounds, soc.
Michigan, Ohio and Indiana, No. /,
Timothy hay. $3.50: No. >. $3.50; mixed,
$3.50. -
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Norfolk & Southern R. R. Co.

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT SEPT TO- 1897
NAIL AND EXPRESS LEAVES NOR
elizabeth City, Edenton. Muckey's Ferry.
Roper. pnntego, Beihaven. etc. Connects
at Elenton with n. 4 S. II. II. steamer
plymouth. Jnmesville. Williamson md
windsor. TUESDAY, THURSDAY and
SATURDAY for oil landings OH Chowan
river; on MONDAY ard FRIDAY for
Scnppernons river, and WEpNESDAYs
Ior Avoca; Connecting at Bclhavcn with
South Creek. Aurora. Washington and In.
tcrmeuinte Ianuings. Connects at iIiiZn-
beth Cit" Monday and Wednesday With
steamer Newberne. for Rcnhoke Island
Oriental and Newherne. ,I
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The leading INJURIES ranged rs follows

: : NUaH tIUUIsIllIIIiH WtFt as TOIOWS:
Flour. quiet No. Spring wheat. S7l5c
No. spring wheat. 75TSDc.; No 2 red
eSa9i!scc;; No. 2 corn. &c; No. oats,
2IGf?lc.: Nc. 2 rye, i6Ac.; No barley
2i@S6c.; No. l naxsced sl.1SI.Trl. 21Ei
prime timothy seed s261is:
Mess pork per Dbl, $7SCGi790; lard. Der
l0o lbs. S4.62lk; short ribs sides GooscI.
St;SSQi,70: dry sailed shoulders (boXed}'
+ikE+Ac; short clear sides (boxcd), si.7OGt
Whiskey. distillers' finished goods, per
gallon, t1.19.
sugars-.Cut loaf, s9l; graduated, s5.51.
market was firm. Creamery, 15921c.;
diaries, .l2dlSc.
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Groceries.

CoTee-Green. quiet; rio common,
SA09c.: fair. 11@111sc.; good, 12k@
14c.: choice, 15@16c.i Laguayra, loo
17c.: Java, 27hG29c.
Svrups ard Molasses-Higher; syr-
ups. Bright, lSGa3c.: Fair Grades, 15c.:
Port Rico. 10. zoe and 26c. as to grade.
New Orleans Molosses-Quiet; Fair,
IS@25c.; Good. 27GSOc.: Choice. Sic.
Flour-Market firm; Western spring
wheat. Best Patent Family, $3.50: Win
ter Wheat, Best Family, $500; Choice
Straight Family, .st.S5; Good Family,
Si.75; Fair Family. S4.65.. as to grade.
Rice-Miiled. 4AG6iac.; rough, clear
OF red. 45960c.: with red. Csc.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-31

1t is easy to catch cold, and Just "a
easy TO get rid of 1t If you commence
early TO use One Minute Cough Cure. II
cures coughs. colds. bronchitis. pneu
monia and all throat and lung troubles.
1t is pleasant to take. safe to use and
pure 10 cure. ]. NJ. Trottc. Norfolk;
r. L. Walker. Truitt & Smith, Berkeley.
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PORT OF NEWPORT NEWS.
ARRIVALS.
PORT OF NEW YORK

schr Mary Ann Mccain. Gates, Nor
folk.
Schr. Henry P. Haven, Walton, Nor
fol!;.
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EVENING EMPRESS LEAVEs NON.
FOLK at 10 y. M. 'ruesdny, Thursday mud
Saturday for Eliza be Iii City. Edcnton and
With the steamer Ncuse for Newbernc.
Morchend CITY. kinston and Goldsboro vil
y: Il y. c. r. r.. and for JacksOnvlllc.
Wilmington, y. e., and for all stations or
tho w. Il y. II. r. Stops at Roanoke Is.
land Tuesday and Saturday.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-31

- SHIPS FOR PHILADELPHIA.
ONLY DIRECT LINE FROM NOR
FOLK TO PIiiLA DELEIITA.
Until further orders. steamers are ap-
pointed 10 sail from Norfolk every MON
DAY. WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY ut
6 D. m, ard from Philadelphia every
DAY.
Through bills OF lading to all points
South and Southwest via Seaboard Air
Line. Atlantic Coast Line. Virginia and
Tennessee Air Line, Southern Railway,
Norfolk and Carolina and Norfolk ard
Southern Railroads. l.N
I -"7a JAMES w. McCARRICK,
General Southern Agent, Norfolk, va
WILLIAM p. CLYDE & co.
General Agents. Philadclphiu
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styles at
RUDOLPH & WALLACE,
1913 Main street.
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hRRIVE AT NOREOIK

ARRIVE AT NORFOLK.
NAH, AND EXPRESS DAILY oxcep,
Sunday At i:sS p. m, ana morning train
at IL am. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
connecting will all raj; and steam lines at
Passenger stations foot o. East Main 81.
Norfolk ana Western depot. Freight stn.
ton on Water street It. -
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EASTERN CAROLINA DlSPATCH
FAST FREIGHT LINE AND OLD 90.
MINION LINE between all points North
and East via Norfolk and Norfolk and
Southern railroad and Eastern North
Freight received daily until D. m. and
forwarded promptly ut low ratio
For further Information appiy 10 tho
General Office OF the N. &c S. it. r. CO.
Norfolk. Va.
II. C. HUDGINs.
General Freight md Pass Agent
II. X. KING. General Manager.
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1.-Two stock:

Beeswax-23@24c. per pound.
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London overcoatings in very desirable
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NSs Old Dominion SIelnSlI}5
VS. Company |
u FOR NEW YORK

ED TO SAL from Norfolk DAILY 10 (in-H
Guiding Sundaysl at G:O0 p. M From New
York daily on MONDAYS, aTUESDAYSs.
WEDNESDAYS. THURSDAYS AND
FRIDAYS at 400 y. m; SATURDATSsg
4 20 II n rcD mo n me-
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E0T|0Tk Z WQShIlq|Ol Steamboat g..

lAU ASN ana LONSilul p.lucp
steamers NEWPORT NEWS, WASH
!NGTON and NORFOLK will leave
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-18
STUDENTS. ADVISED.
President Kellogg Admonishes the
Freshmen Not to Attend Too Many
Iafe PARTIES

BERKELEY, CAL, Aug. 17-Presdent
Martin Kellogg OF the State University
gave his annual sd iress of welcome and
admonition to the freshmen this morn
ing.
In the course OF his remarks lie ex-
pressed the sh that physical culture
might be mad. compulsory for women
students. The young students were
warned not to indulge in excessive student
enthusiasm, alluding in a cursory manner
TO the annual rush" with the sopho-
mores. He said that the object OF univer-
sitv life is study, and not sport or idleness
"Your relations with the university as
students" he said, "are quite free. We
are not here TO look after you as paren Is
might. The faculty has never assumed
that relation. OF course if there is any
breach of order, or anv outrage, the faculty
will nave 10 take 1t up, but we have no
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-18

OAKLAND, CAL, Aug. 1.-THE follow
ing seIf-explanatory letter was received
to-day:
Charles T. Shook, District Attorney of Alameda
County. Oakland, Cd.-DEAR SIR: Mr.. Krutt-
sChn!tt having received your letter of the 11th
inst, on the eve If his departure journey
TO Louisiana, asked me TO make reply TO the
inquiries con tanned therein, as follows:
We Will commence soon the construction of
q railroad bridge over Oakland harbor, on the
line OF Harrison street. Oakland, produced
southerly, and will complete the same or or
before June l, 1898.
Upon the completion of this new bridge we
Will remove the tracks Of the South Pacific
Coast (narrow- gauge Railway Company from
the Webster-street or county bridge for rail-
road purposes.
At the same time we will remove the Gen.
tral Pacific or broad-gauge railroad from the
so-called Alice-street bridge and abandon the
use OF that ldge.
We Will with pleasure allow the county to
use The OLD Alice-street bridge for highway
purposes after The removal OF our tracks there
from bove. As to the use OF the briuge,
we viii impose no terms and make no charge
for its 90 lar are concerned the
county authorities will be at liberty TO take
pose ssion OF, remodel and use II IN any man
ner they see proper pending the reconStruc-
ton OF the Webster-street bridge. Yours very
truly, w. G. CURTIS,
Engineer Maintenance OF Way.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-18
TAKEN OFF In
LIFES EVENING
Death of Major Given, Who
Left Missouri Fifty
Four Years Ago.
A Pioneer Of California Before
the Gold-H Thought
Of Coming.
After Eighty-Eour Years of Activity,
His Death Came by an
Accident.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALL.

908 Broadway, Aus. II.
jor Isaac l.. Given. one OF California s
oldest and best known pioneers, has sue
cumbed to his INJURIES received by being
run over a week ago. AS he was so years
of age ii was never expected that he would
recover and the prophecy of his physicians
proved true.
Major Given was a prominent member
of party Of argonauts who left the Mis-
souri, River on May 6, 1S41. They divided
into TWO companies and Given went with
the one which tooE the southern route by
way of Santa Fe. His companions in
cluded A bert G. Toomes, John Roland,
William Knight, Wade Hampton, DR..
Meade, Hiram Taylor and Colonel Nc
Clure. The starting OF this brave band
across the then unexplored wilds for the
Western land created great excitement,
and hundreds assem- bled at st. Joseph s
Mission TO see them off. When Colonel
@ ven started out the only well-detned
points on this side of the continent were
Great Salt Lake and mystical st. Marys,
now Known as the Humboldt River.
B 9TH companies arrived in California at
about the same time. Describing the
journey many years later Mr.. Toomes
said: 1--WE had. literally, to smell our
way every day of that long, hard journey
of I76 days. But Doth companies arrived
with unbroken ranks, with toughened
snews and bronzed faces-the vanguard
of the mighty army of gold seekers which
followed on our trail seven or eight years
later"
On lis arrival here Major Given was %
wears of age, aud for ffty-six years he has
done a itz,n's share iE building up this
State.
The deceased leaves a widow but no
children. Mrs. Gwen was the sister of
Albert G. Toomes, who came out in the
ST. Joseph's expedition.
A. w. Bishop, an ex- x-postmaster of this
city and pioneer, in speaking of his de-
parted friend said tonight:
Among the noble pioneers OF Cali
fornia Major Isaac Given stands IN the
front rank. and it is one OF the ineXplica-
b DEGREES OF fate that at this time, after
passing through the varied clssitudes of
four-score years, facing the dangers of an
overland pilgrimage nearly sixty years
ago, together with the troublou, times of
46 and AT in throwing off the Mexican
yoke and saving California as a future
State of the Union, he should at this
time an1 at his age meet with an accident
that has closed his evenlful life.
The accident was at Twelfth and Broad
way and was He to the passing of private
carriage owned by Mr.. Kales and an cleo
trio car. Mr.. kales procured the best of
Medical attendance and nursing. but the
majors iron constitution could not stand
The shock of q severe accident at the age
of "a.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-18
Performing "a Message.

The young lady with the sable cloak
shed into the telegra ph office and raped
sharply on the counter with The inkstand.
The clerk came forward to see what she
wanted this time.
"Oh," she said, 'let me have that tele-
gram l wrote about fifteen minutes ago.
l forgot something very important.
wanted TO underscore the words perfectly
lovely in acknowledging the receipt OF
that bracelet. Will 1t cost anything ex-
trap
No, ma'am," said the clerk, as he
banded her the message.
The young lady drew two heavy lines
beneath the words and said:
''It's awfully good of you to let me do
that. 1t will please Charlie much"
Don't mention it., said the clerk. "If
you would ike l will pm. few drops OF
nice violet extract on the telegram al the
same rate"
''Oh, thank you, sir. You don't know
how much l would appreciate it. I'm
going to send all my kilograms through
this Office, you are so obliging."
And the smile she gave him would have
done any one good to have seen, with the
possible exception of Charlie Detroit
Free Press.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-18

days more 10 live under the law, and
whose murdered mother has oeen nearly
two years in her grave.
Blazers father is at San Quentin and
Warden Hale has already purch ased the
rope which will deprive the condemned
man of his life on the 9th of this month
There is NJ doubt of HIPS guilt, no one
denies that he is murderer, but there
are hundreds, perhaps thousands, who
think that the man would be sufficiently
punished by being inn prsoned for life. A
desperate effort is being made to save the
mans life, and the Governor has prom
ised to hear all that his attorney can say,
as we'll as to give careful attention to the
numerous petitions, and upon his judg-
ment all is based.
But Hill s story is an old one. 1t is the
fate OF little Blazer that is more interest.
ing to the pubic.
When the condemned man knows his
fate, which cannot be until almost the eve
of the date set for execution, he will
signify his desire regarding his boy. He
will decide whether he will see his child
or not before be leaves him forever. TIE
friends of the little innocent do not think
it would be wise to lead a child to con-
demred cell to meet his parent for the
last time. Blazer is just al that age when
an i'm preston gained would proba bly, last
lifetime.
If the petitions be granted and Blazers
father be not hanged the chiId's condition
will hardly be improved. He will grow
up to learn the truth, and the curse OF hav-
ing father condemned to prison for life
is not more easily carried than the curse
of having the finger of scorn pointed at
him becaus, his father died on the gal
I0wS
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WILL STAY AT HOME.
The Mother of James Duncan Says That
She Will Not Interfere at Her
Sons Wedding.

BERKELEY, CAL, Aug. 17.-No trouble
is now anticipated at the wedding of
James Duncan and Miss Agnes Rivas of
Lorin, which is to take place to-mor-
row evening. the mother of the groom,
who interposed an obi ,ction to having her
son we'd Miss Rivas, now declares that
she will not interfere, but will stay away
from the Wedding altogether. Police Off
Ger Esmond is to be there. just the same.
as stated in this mornings CALL, but the
reason for his presence is now given that
he will be on hand to prevent charivari.
The way having been cleared so far as
the mother is concerned another obstacle
has developed. Father Serda has refus d
to perform Il e ceremony unless there is
sponsor for the groom. who is Protes-
inclined to help him and cons equently
The services of Justice may have to be
brought into requisition.