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The herald., 1897-11-07
RANDSBURG
Kern City

RANDSBURG, Nov. 5.-(Regular Cor
respondence) Randsburg is lucky in
the matter of fires. Last Saturday even
ing a lamp exploded over crap table in
a saloon, thoroughly saturating the
floor and surrounding objects with oil.
The alarm was given and was promptly
responded to by the fire laddies, but be-
fore they arrived the fire had been put
out by the use of a hand grenade. Yes
terday some gasoline was upset and
caught fire in the assay office Of H. c.
Johnson, when the grenade was again
brought into use and a fire averted in
the crowded part of the town.
f. Downing of the Vjsalia mills of
Garlock was in town this week. He had
just returned from a trip to the Rada-
macher district, eighteen miles from
Randsburg. He is very much pleased
with the outlook for that section and
especially with his own property, the
Barron mine. This property is opened
up by a 100-foot shaft and 1261foot drift.
A good foot wall has been found. but,
after cross-cutting for twenty feet, q
hanging wall has not yet been encoun-
tered. He states that they hoist abso-
lutely no waste from this ledge, all Of ii
horning well and some parts running
up into the hundreds.
The 25-horse power gasoline engine
and hoist for the Little Butte will ar
rive on Monday next and will be at once
put in place. This will be the larges.
hoist on the desert and wonderful things
are predicted from this mine as soon as
work can be done in earnest.
Nat II. Wiltshire, president of the
Wedge mine. arrived Thursday and will
remain about week looking after tho
interest of the Wedge company.
r. A. Coleman. representing the San
Francisco News Letter, is visiting this
section Of the country in the interest of
his paper.
JOHANNESBURG
Several new buildings are in course OF
erection and people are looking forward
to busy times in the near future Each
day brings the advent of the railroad
that much nearer, and the wise ones are
laying their plans to take advantage of
the influx of people and business which
it is hoped the railroad will bring in its
train.
The herald., 1897-11-07
MONROvIA

MONROVIA, Nov. 6.-(Regular Cor
respondence) Since Oct. l, 2.49 inches of
rain has fallen.
Boaz Duncan, who has eighteen acres
of oranges near the school house, has
sold his crop for s270O. The trees are
six years old. This is $3.50 an acre.
Seldom have the friends and members
of the Christian Endeavor Of the Pres
byterian church enjoyed a pleasanter
evening than the one spent at the home
OF Mr. and Mrs. Gerhart, Duarte, last
Friday evening.
AA<-AAGax evening the San Gabriel VAL
The herald., 1897-11-07

intendent of the oil business, is manag-
ing affairs Of the company in good
shape.
The placer mines at Placeritas are
abandoned for the season. There were
about fifty men employed there. but as
the gold was taken out by the dry wash
er process no more work will be done
there till spring.
The herald., 1897-11-07
NEWHALL

NEWHALL, Nov 6.-(Special Cor
respondence) A representative of Th.
Herald visited Newhall and Pico cam
yon this week and secured a large num-
Der of subscribers to the daily, which is
now considered the best paper in South
ern California.
The Pico oil wells are doing a good.
business, keeping about forty
men employed. Mr.. Mentry, the SUPER
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The herald., 1897-11-07
K TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NEWS

INDEX TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NEWS
A Masonic lodge instituted at Redondo
Fullerton keeps shipping wanuts.
Gabriel valley cricketers organize a
Numerous eastern people buying Santa
o oranges for
Rev. Pomona thinks he found
orange growers
Santa produce
year.
Diego get
Victor region county
tivity.
still
division fight
park wish they
hadn't done it.
Randburg working mines prospo
eating lodges
Pasadena school
out killing anybody.
shall be decided
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For Sale

Having decided to reduce our stock OF
horses. we have now placed upon the market:
! Standard Bred Trotting Stallion.
! Imported Draught Stallion.
Draught Stallion, not imported.
! French Coach Stallion, imported.
We also have 800 head OF coach, carriage and
work horses of various ages Among these arc
number of teams ranging in size from 10
hands inch TO II hands in height, ages from
to 6years.
We also have about $50 Shetland ponies, from
3 TO years of age. ranging in size from 40
inches to "a inches in height.
The above described stock will be sold at
terms and prices to suit the purchaser: or we
will exchange for cattle or hogs. The stock
can be seen ut Kern County Land Company's
stables Bakersfield.
All correspondence should be addressed to
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-07-07
March 3, 1897.
TENNEsSEE'S JUDICIAL SYSTEM.
Companions With States That Have
Adopted tho Reformed Procedure.

Companions With States That Have
Adopted tho Reformed Procedure.
In compliance with a request from
The News for a brief article on the
question as to whether or not the Judi
c!al system OF Tennessee should be re-
Formed, and II so, whether such reform
can be accomplished without a change
OF the State constitution, | would say:
Section l Of Article 6 Of the present
constitution provides that tho judicial
power OF this State shall be vested in
one superior court, and in such circuit,
%chancery and other inferior courts as
the legislature shall, from time to time,
ordain and establish" otc,
Section . OF the same article provides
that the Supreme Court shall consist of
five judges, and that 'said court shall
be held at Knoxville, Nashville and
Jackson" Section 3 prescribes the
manner Of electing Judges of the Su-
preme Court" and section 4 the manner
Of electing 1.-THE judges Of the Circuit
and Chancery Courts" etc.
These sections, according to the hold
ing Of the Supreme Court e Lea 3l9)
exact the preservation OF the system of
Circuit and ~Chancery Courts and prevent
shat wise ana economical adoption Of
che reformed procedure and blending Of
the courts Of law and equity which has
taken place in ~thirty-eight States Of the
Union.
New York adopted the reformed code
of civil procedure and abolished the sep
srate courts o; law and equity in 1913,
and since that time every State in the
Union seems to have followed suit ex-
eept the States OF Alabama, Mississippi,
New Jersey, Tennessee and Vermont,
and some Of these may have lately zone
%.
Tennessee must stick to the anti
quated and cumbersome system until
abe can change her constitution. As a
result We have about twice as many
Judges and clerks as are really necCs-
sary. The people pay heavily in the
aggregate and the individual judges are
poorly paid.
The number Of regular judges on tho
pay roll in Tennessee with the amounts
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-07-07
Read My Guarantee

| Want to Cure Every Case of
Catarrh and liberation of
Throat in this Country.
| GUARANTEE that "Gill's
Certain Catarrh Cure" will cure
every case Of Catarrh in exist
ence. Price $I.oo per Bottle.
l GUARANTEE that "Gill's
Certain Cure for liberation and
Inflammation Of the Throat"
will never fail. Price so cents
per Bottle.
II you will use these remedies according to
my directions and are not CURED your money
wilt be refunded. This is q business-like propo.
sitlon, and II you are suffering with either OF the
aDoVe-named diseases you should call or write
at once. l.. Z. GILL, Memphis. Tenn.
Room o. Equitable Building.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-07-07
Recapitulations.

The population Of tho three States Of
Tennessee, Georgia and North Carolina
is practically the Same in number, char
acter and situation, and there is no rea-
son why there should be more litigation
in Tennessee than in the other two.
The comparative population federal
census of 1900 and aggregate annually
paid to the judges in zach of the three
States will more clearly appear from
the following:
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-07-07

The Superior Courts Of Georgia prac-
tically combine the jurisdiction which
is divided between the Circuit and
Chancery Courts in Tennessee.
North Carolina.
There are no separate courts Of equity
in North Carolina, and as a result the
salary list is as follows:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-22
DEATH OF MRS. TILTON,
After More Than Twenty Years Spent
Strict Retirement-A Sad Life.

After More Than Twenty Years Spent In
Strict Retirement-A Sad Life.
New YORK, April 16.-Mrs. Elizabeth
E. Tilton, the wife of Henry Ward
Beecher's accuser, died on Tuesday
last, at her home in Brooklyn. The
news of her death was not made public
until yesterday. Since the famous
Beecher trial she had lived in strict re-
tirement. In recent years she had
shared her home with her widowed
daughter. Even the fact of her death
was kept secret, and there are no ex-
ternal signs of mourning about the
house where her body lies. Theodore
Tilton, her husband, is in Paris, where
he has lived ever since the Beecher
trial.
For long time Mrs. Tilton was al
most totally blind, but less than year
ago she underwent difficult operation
and regained her sight Then, about
a month ago, she suffered a paralytic
stroke, from which she was slowly re-
covering when, in the latter part of
last week, she was again stricken.
The funeral services were held last
night.
Few were admitted to the house.
Malachi Exeter, a preacher of the
Plymouth Brethren, to which sect Mrs.
Tilton belonged, officiated. The inter-
ment will take place to-day.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-22
PiTA AND PONY.

How dreadfully stout the general
is getting" "Yes, isn't it fortunate
Otherwise he wouldn't be able to wear
all his medals!"-Punch.
Fighting at the Break.-Sweet
Thing--I had proposal last night"
Dearest Girl-''So you are to be mar
ried!"-Detroit Free Press.
-Glanders-'sIt is said that paper can
be used effectively in keeping person
warm Gazlay-s'That is very true.
remember 3o-day note of mine once
kept me in a sweat for a month. '-Har-
lem Life.
-Clerk-"The firemen turned the
hose in our cellar, sir, and drenched two
bales Of that silk dress goods. What
about it? Observation-Disclosures a
big sale of watered silk right away
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
He salesman Dear little hand
(absentmindedly) ST wonder if it will
wash?'' She (ecn spirito)-''No, sir, it
won't, nor it won't scrub, either-butif
you want it to play the piano, it's yours.
George.''-Tid-Bits
-Fuddy.-"Gorgon is a man of re-
sources. Whenever call at his house
he begins to ask me profound ques-
tons. He does it to please his baby.
confound him." Duddy-"Please his
baby?" Fuddy-"He rattles me, you
know" Boston Transcript.
Yes said the gentleman with the
long whiskers, 81 was a farmer once,
but I quit the business TOO lazy,
were yOu?' asked the gent lehman in the
bald wig. "Oh, no. Too honest. I
couldn't stand the crooked work"
''What crooked work?" Building rail
fences. "-Indianapolis Journal.
"A Coincidence.-"The man who
brought this in" remarked the EDITORS
assistant. as he unrolled half yard of
manuscript, ''told me confidentially
that he needed the money for it, Yes -
was the melancholy answer, Its a
strange fact that the longest poems
seem almost invariably to be written
by the shortest poets."-Washingt
Star
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-22
vacation Days.


In the Lake Regions of Wisconsin, North
ern Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa and South
Dakota along the lines of the Chicago, Mil
Charming localities prominently fitted for
summer homes, nearly all of which are To-
Gated on or near lakes which have not been
fished out. These resorts range In variety
from the full dress for dinner" to the fan
mel shirt costume for every meal. Among
the list are names familiar to many of our
readers as the perfection of Northern sum
mer resorts. Nearly all of the Wisconsin
points of interest are within short distance
from Chicago or Milwaukee, and none of
them are so far away from the "busy marts
of civilization" that they cannot be reached
in few hours of travel, by frequent trains,
over the finest road in the Northwest-the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Railway.
Send two cent stamp for copy of "Vaca-
ton Days." giving description of the prin-
cipal resorts, and list of summer hotels
and boarding houses, and rates for board,
to Geo. H. Heafford, G. p. A., Chicago, Ill.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-22
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

China has established a consulate
at Warsaw. according to the Rus sian
newspapers, with the object of pro.pot-
ing trade between Poland and Man
churia.
Berlin is astonished at having to
pay 1912, 500 for the removal of last
winters snow from the streets. Lon
don practically spent nothing for that
purpose, the snow being left to melt
Mr.. Harry YeIverton Goring, a to-
bacconist of Tamworth, married to the
daughter of a Litchfield confectioner,
has succeeded TO a baronetey dating
from 1921, through the death of cousin,
who left no son.
"A Belgian gCurmand of Mons has
bequeathed $4,000 to five friends for an
annual dinner, which they must at
tend dressed in mourning, entering the
room with a flag to the music of an ac-
Gordon, the bill of fare to contain his
favorite dishes and wines.
"A Paris doctor has discovered the
microbe of badness and has exhibited
it at the St. Louis hospital, together
with sheep inoculated with it which
had lost all its wool. He is now hunt
ing for the means of destroying the
microbe or rendering it innocuous.
A Russian embassy that will cause
more alarm in England than the mis-
sions to Menelik is the one about to be
sent to the amer of Afghanistan, hav-
ing for its chief II. Grombtchersky,
who looked out for Issian interests
in the dispute over the amir boundary.
Isabelle, notorious under the Sec
ond empire as the flower girl of the
Paris Jockey club, is now an old woman
earning a precarious living by selling
flowers in the streets. She was turned
out by the jockey club on her mothers
appealing to charity because she would
not support her.
A contemporary portrait of Sir
Thomas More, Blessed Thomas More as
he is now by the pope's decree, was dis
covered, black with age, in a corner of
tie official residence of the house of
commons speaker. Sir Thomas was
speaker of the commons in 1923 before
he was made lord chancellor and speak
er of the lords. The portrait has been
restored and hung in the gallery o:
portraits of former speakers
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-22
HoBNoRRED WITH ROYALTY.



DoIlar-a-Week job.
William Mckenzie, a weil-kuown old
character who hangs around the refuge
for the homeless unemployed in the
north end, hobnobbed with royalty
when he was g. boy and wore kits. Add
to this he was once kissed by prin-
cess and an imaginative mind hangs
n halo around him. 1t is not every or
binary boy who is caressed by prin-
cess. Princesses don't kiss ugly little
boys every day and give them presents.
The princess who was a particular
friend of the hero of this tale of fact,
not fiction, is no less than the mother
of the present emperor of Germany.
She was IS years old when this hap
pened, and it's buttons to boots she has
to be more careful, dignifed and all
that now.
William McKenzie's family lived with
in a short distance of Balmoral castle,
Scotland, and Queen Victoria and her
daughter used to visit at his house,
and little Willie was the especial pet
of Princess Victoria Adelaide. That boy
is an old man now-he has neither
chick nor child of his own-and he has
almost forgotten the occurrence. He
remembers well. however. that Victoria
Adelaide was very lovely lady and
she brought him bushel Of toys. Will
lie was lucky as a boy. But as man
the last few years he has been in Amer
lea he has been down on his luck. All
he says is that things are different
here"
hn ha honT1 n
TO the queen of England is not much adj
vantage now to getting a job or a meal.
Mckenzie is a man who doesn't like
to talk about his life or his past. There
is naught to be ashamed of, though"
he said to the reporter who begged
him to talk. One would not think
otherwise when he saw his honest face.
Mckenzie belongs to the large order of
unfortuuates cast hither and thither
on the f1otsam of the human tide. He
has brother living near Portland.
ION halloween nights and holidays"
said he, reminiscently, when the queen
was at Crathie parish. we always had
a grand time
His face glowed as he thought of
home. There would be a procession
sometimes a mile long. The pipers
would be at the head. Then came the
queen and all the rest of the people
in line carrying torches and singing.
Afterward we'd have dance.
al was a member of the Crathie
Music society,"" he continued, land sung
before the court three times. The queen
is a good musician herself and was an
appreciative listener. She usually spent
the month of May at Balmoral and three
months in the fall. There were 300
servants at the castle when was there.
you don't want my picture?' asked
Mckenzie, bashfully, at a turn of the
conversation.
"Yes, sir, if you'll be so kind as to Sit"
whats in it for me?''
Fame"
"Say." the rugged patriarch said, after
pause, "glory's not good to eat, is it?
DO you know where l could get job
ut three dollars a week ?"-Portland
(Ore.) Tahsman.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-22

1t is commonly believed that the
sapphire is known only as a gem of
a rich velvety blue in color. As mat
ter of fact the sapphire occurs in various
hues- In Ceylon, where the finest speci-
mems of this gem are found, it ranges
from the soft, yelvety blue to the pea
cock blue, graduated in all the latter
to an almost faultless white. 1t also
occurs in whites, greens and yellows,
the latter shade being known as the
oriental topaz and the green the ORR
entail emerald. The white sapphires are
often found clouded or streaked with
blue, so that many specimens are cut
which are white when looked at trans
versely. but having a bit of fine blue
tint on the upper point. Then there
is the red sapphire, or Ceylon rudy.
1t is valued as highly as the finest Bur
mese rubies. Those most highly priced
are of a rich pigeon blood or rose-red
Dispatch.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-22
wEYLER's LATEST MOVE.

The Man Who Objects to Fighting the
Enemy in the Open for Fear of Getting
Whipped. Making n Play Against the
Fountain Head of the Insurgents Sup
FIies-The Real Object of Maj. SandOzafs
Mission
PHILADELPHIA, April ia private
meeting of Cubans and Cuban sympa-
thizers was held in this city last night.
at which it was decided to take steps TO
Illustrate what the Cubans claim is the
real object of Maj. Juno Sandovafs
visit TO this city. This is said to be the
arrest of the members of the Cuban
junta in this country.
1t has been stated that Maj. SandO-
val came to Philadelphia to purchase
munitions of war to be shipped in the
regular way to Gen. Weyler in Cuba
Leading Cubans, however, assert that
it is to gather information that will
eliminate in the arrest of Gen Estrada
Palma, at New York, and Gen. Que
sada, at Washington. The former is
the minister of the so-called Cuban re-
public and the latter charge d'affaires
at the capital. 1t is asserted that Mai.
Sandoval has been commissioned by
Gen. Weyler for this express purpose,
and is known to have in his
possession documents found on the
steamer Laurada, on one of her recent
trips to Cuba, showing the part played
by generals Palma and Quesada in her
movements. Should the arrest of the
junta leaders result, and the issue be
made in court as to the liability of such
a body, there will be question of jur-
isdiction that will not only involve the
interstate commerce laws, but also the
questions of belligerency and the Gus
toms comfy of nations.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-22
SCHOOLS IN LOG HUTS.
with stocIzades Built to wage Wa

With StocI1ades Built to Wage War
ON the Indians.
Colorado enjoys the proud distinc-
ton of having enrolled in her schools
1856 pupils; at least, those are the
figures given in the biennial report of
Mrs. a. j. Peavey, the superintendent
of public instruction of that common
wealth. Thirty-odd thousand of these
pupils do not regularly attend school,
and there may possibly be reason for
that, inasmuch as in the same report
Mrs. Peavey presents some excellent pic
lures of most of the public schools of the
state.
In Colorado, probably as much as in
any of the western states, it is not al
ways handy for young people to go
great distance to attend to their intel
lectual training, and, owing to certain
financial conditions, the schools cannot
be maintained where there are only a
few taxpayers scattered over consid-
cradle area.
1t must not be understood that Col
orado children have to secure their
learning in the open air and under the
blue skies of heaven, for in every coun-
ty of the state there is at least one pub
lie schoolhouse, but such buildings as
they are might brighten the wits out of
the ordinary schoolmarm of the more
east. In many por-
tons of the state money has been Law
ishly expended for modern school build
ings, but in some of the outlying dis
tricts the schools in which the pioneers
had their children taught to read and
write still hold the fort. It is expected
that in a few years all this will have
been changed, and that the peculiar
dugouts and stockade buildings will
have been superseded by school build
ings with every modern convenience.
A few years ago, with the exception of
the large cities and towns, where
people were more heavily taxed, the
school buildings consisted mostly of
either dugouts or log huts. Many of the
log houses are still scattered over the
state, and there is still standing the
first one erected within the borders
OF what is now the state. This one
is in Montezuma county, and in the
light of modern arrangements is looked
upon as a veritable relic. 1t consists of
a log house with four windows and one
door, the window now having panes of
glass, something they did not possess
when the house was first erected. But
the most curious feature of this old
timer is the stockade which runs entire
~ around the building. 1t is made of
logs with their ends stuck in the
ground, and here and there holes have
been cut through the solid logs, leaving
a place where the schoolteacher and
pupils could poke the muzzles of their
guns and shoot down the Indians, who
were practically in possession of the ter
ritory. The stockade served long and
well as protection against the savages
st. Louis Republic