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The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1898-01-01

Anyone having a good second hand
upright piano for sale or rent, will find
a customer by applying at this Office.
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WANTED

A young or middle aged man of energy ami
ability. who can furnish horse and harness,
good references and give small honesty bond
to sell Singer Sewing Machines and collect ac-
counts. No capital required.
Apply to
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO.,
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Latest designs IN fancy cards, envel-
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WANTED.-A cook for a small family !;
also yard boy. Apply at this Office.
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Hats-the finest assortment in town
at Fred L. Sandoz's store, Bridgeville.
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Our streets are ia worse condition
than they have been for many years.
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Read DR.. J. P. Saizan's "Notice" in an
other column.
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The New Orleans mint is doomed
The government will reduce it to an as
say Office
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No. 5495.

Whereas, Wilson P. Goodloe OF st. Landry
parish, has applied by his petition to be ap-
pointed administrator of the estate of Pin
tard Davidson Williams, late Of the parish of
st. Landry;
Now therefore notice is hereby given to all
parties interested to make opposition to said
appointment, to file the same in writing in my
office in the town Of Opelousas, in ten days
from the present notice.
A. PAVY,
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Safety deposit boxes for rent at the
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TURKEYS-A fine lot of fat turkeys
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NOTICE.

All persons indebted to me will please call
and settle in full by December 25th, 1897, else
Will be forced to place your account in the
hanus OF collector. A. c. SKILES.
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Jan. 1, 1898.
TUDGMENT.
No. 1851.

PHILOMEN POTHIER, WIFE, vs.. MENTOR
ANDRUs, HUSBAND.
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NOTICE

My office is now located on Court street, al
joining Shute's Drugstore, where will be pre-
pared to attend to all professional calls until
my office is re- built.
j. p. SAIZAN NJ ID.
Office, Phone No. IT.
Residence, Phone No. 46
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'Ov. Is, 1897
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HEAVY NAVAL GUNS.
Springs to Take Off the Recoi1-
Qu;ck-LoadinE Devices,

The inventor Of the double turret, the
recoil springs for heavy naval guns and
the rapid loading mechanism for big
guns is Lieutenant Joseph Strauss of
this city. Seventeen years ago, while
the Strauss family lived in Lynch burg,
Va, it was decided by the Naval De-
partment to appoint twenty-five young
men to the Naval Academy as cadet
engineers, the appointments to be made
on competitive examination. Virginia
won two Of the appointments, Joseph
Strauss being one of the lucky men.
After graduating the Lieutenant de-
cided to go on board vessels and study
ordnance. AS the result Of this study
he evolved the plan of the double tur-
ret, which enables a concentration of
fire unattainable without its use. While
watching the work of the big guns the
Lieutenant was struck with the inefi
cheney OF the hydraulic recoil, which
was constantly getting out Of order,
filling the floors of the turrets with wa
ter and drenching the men to the skin,
rendering the working of the guns not
only dangerous, but in every way dis
agreeable. He devised system of
heavy steel springs, wound in cylinders,
which not only take up the recoil of the
guns, but automatically return them to
the firing position.
He also saw that the old fashioned
loading mechanism for heavy guns was
faulty. He worked out a new device
for loading them, which has made il
possible, as shown by a test recently
made on the Texas, to load a 13-inch
gun in two minutes, instead Of six min
utes, as required under the old ma
chinery. 1t was the intention of his
superior officers to have him occupy
chair in the Naval Academy, but, be-
ing of a practical turn of mind the
Lieutenant begged to be allowed the
privilege of studying the actual work
ings Of guns on board ships. Members
of the Ordnance Department who have
watched this remarkable genius say
that should he suffer no misfortune he
will continue to make improvements
until the American navy will be far and
away ahead of any other in the matter
Of rapidity of action and in the mini
mum danger of it's working force.-Lex-
ington Ry.) dispatch to the Philadel-
phia Times.
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A FUTILE BURGLARY.
Operators Were Frightened Away
Before They Got Anything.

Burglars last night entered the bath
house attached TO Diefenbacher's barber
shop, on K strteet, between Second AMI
Third, but were frightened away before
they succeeded in finding anything of
value.
The thieves forced open the rear door
of the building and broke open several
drawers, which happened to contain no
valuables. The Chinaman employed
about the place entered the building
before they had time to slook further,
and they. evidently believing they had
been discovered, escaped. While there
is no description of the men, the police
are watching the movements of several
suspicious characters. and Judge Hart
may yet be called on to give them a
we'll rounded out sentence.
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A GOOD PRACTICE GAME.
GILT EDGES PUT 1T UP YEsTER-
DAY.
The Stocktons, Who Were Heralded
as Invincible, Weren't in It
for a Minute.

1here was ball game at Snowflake
Fark yesterday afternoon and while it
Ahsnt be catalogued as good for the
kind' 1t was a poor kind. Just how it
happened that the Stockton aggrega-
tlon ever beat anything livelier than a
carpet Is a puzzle to the ten or twelve
hundred people who sizzled on the
preachers yesterday while they were
pelng downed to the tune of 10 to >
by the Gilt Edges.
1t was simply a walkover for the
locals. They had no opposition and put
IN much of the time romping around
ana playing all kinds of horse with the
little boys who belong at Stockton and
VINO would better stay there until they
can pick up few pointers on the ma
ticnal game,
sacramento is a good baseball town,
and the patrons of the game are as
thick as flies about a sorghum factory,
out interest flags in a one-sided con-
test OF any kind, and the Stockton in
fants had the sympathy of the crowd,
Tor the simple reason that they had
got in the wrong pew when somebody
hattered themi into believing they could
play ball Weak things are ever de-
serving of pity, and the Stocktons We're
entitled TO a double dose.
There were a few Stockton rooters
scattered among the spectators, but
they had little to do except weep. The
idea that they had been buncoed in
imagining that there was a possibility
OF their alleged team winning from the
Gilt Edge giants was more than human
feelings could bear.
The Stockton end of the game was
one continuous, broad streak of the
yellowest kind of yellow, and if there
was one redeeming feature in it, it was
the playing of Starkey at short, and
even he was erratic. He would make
brilliant, duplex. stemwinder Of
play one instant, and the next he would
hatten out on an easy one that q
Ihird-street Terrier would have been
hooted off the diamond for missing.
Had the Gilt Edges played their usual
strong game, there is no guessing what
the score might have been, but the
boys We're merciful. They drove the
game through and clinched it on the
ether side, and then let loose and grew
sympathetic. After the first half of the
game they simply went on, struck at
any old thing and slid from base to
base just for practice, and because it
tickled the small boy contingent and
some others.
Heisinger, the great Heisinger, of
whom Sacramento people have heard so
much and seen SO little. went into the
box for the visitors and turned himself
loose. But alack and alas, it was a
sorry day for him The locals thumped
and pounded him until he threw up the
sponge and kid" Whalen tried his
hand.
All in all, the Gilts put up a good
practice game. Those interested may
gather a remote idea of the slaughter
from the apDended log:
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METCAIF ARRESTED.
He Will Have TO Answer for Beat
ing Mrs. Lynch Last April.

Thomas Metcalf was arrested by Cap
tain of Police Ash last night, on 4
warrant issued in April last, chargin g
him with having beaten Mrs. Lynch,
who resides on + street, between Eighth
and Ninth.
Metcalf, who has a shady record IL
police circles, roomed at Mrs. Lynch {;
house. He and a companion We're Gre
ating a disturbance and the landlady
attempted to pacify them. Thereupon
Metcalf attacked her and gave her an
unmerciful beating, and the warrant
for his arrest followed
Metcalf promptly left the city and
only returned yesterday. He at once
went to Mrs. Lynchs house, and she
notified the police of his presence. Hc
was arrested on l. street, between Third
and Fourth, and though he resisted,
was quickly subdued.
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Epigrams Of a Novelist.

It is not disgrace to man to be
Tilted; it is to woman. For a woman
to be Tilted is for her to have failed-as
woman.
Sometimes there is more passion in
patience than in anything else in the
world. A passion that knows not pity
is merely a demonic possession, and
should be taken to the madhouse.
If you would safely renounce a joy,
you had best enjoy something of it
first. Remuneration must have some
thing to live on.
No woman can help a man be strong
who cannot first make him weak
He shuddered with dread at this ter
rible crying-it was as though her life
was leaving her in sobs, as though she
were bleeding to death in tears.
To be woman is to be genius, but
to be clever woman is to be another
man of talent.
Great men are only nourished on the
elements. Woman is an element-all
the elements in one. Earth, air, fire
and water met together in a rose
From THE Romance of Zion Chapel"
by Richard LIE Gallienne.
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Start. Finish. Time.
H. 81 S. Nj. & s. n. & s. Prize.
Name.
LAID AT REST.
Funeral of Engineer Thomas Kel.
ley Took Place Yesterday.

The funeral of Thomas Kelley took
place yesterday from his late residence,
1909 / street, and there was a very
large attendance from there to the
Cathedral, where Rev. Father Brady
officiated. The Cathedral choir render
ed appropriate music. The floral offer
ings were very numerous, there being
some from the Brotherhood OF Locomo-
tive Engineers, No. 40. the Ladies
Auxiliary Of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers No. $50, and a beau
tiful one, Gates Ajar," from his shop
mates.
The pall-bearers were: c. Dilley, ].
Dorden. H. A. Toleman, NJ Brennan, G.
3. Clark and c.. L. Handford
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THE ROAD RACE.
Spirited Run, and Fair Time Made
The Score and the Winners.

The Capital City Wheelmen's road
race was run over portion of the
Riverside course, little less than three
miles, yesterday at 10 a. m. There was
a large attendance all along the route,
but no special excitement. The fin
ishes We're not brilliant, the places of
the men being so we'll defined that,
save in one case, there was no call
upon any rider for hot finish. Milne
and Payen finished rather close to-
gether and went over the line very
rapidly. Starter Little and Cap
tain Smith sent the men off. the first
at 10 sharp and the others according to
time handicap.
The time made. road conditions con-
sidered, was good. The following table
gives the result, time and places won:
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Went Together.

For the encouragement Of hesitating
volunteers an incident in Hyde Park
is worth recounting. A tradesman who,
with the assistance of an eighteen-year-
old son, keeps a small shop, came into
the store last Monday and announced
to his offspring:
We'll, Bill, I've enlisted. You'll have
to stay and take care of the shop"
To which the scion promptly re-
sponded:
Not by a - sight, I've enlisted
myself"
They left for Springfield tegether.-
Chicago Times-Herald.
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out that he will be advanced to Ma
jor General. He is a graduate of
West Point, and has good record in
the regular army. What may be ac
complished by an able officer in times
of war is illustrated by General Chaffee.
The first Of the year ne was Lieutenant
Colonel of the Third United States Cav
airy his commission as such dating
from June l, 1897. The creating of
Brigadier Generals made it possible to
advance him to the position in which
he has so recently Won honors which
will advance him still further lie is
an intellectual and daring officer and
his friends are proud of his army rec
ord
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Phoenix Mills.

summary. Home run-SmIth. Two
base hit-Wiseman. Sacrifice hits-Payen,
G. Newbert, Shields. First base on err
rors-Athletics 3, Phoenix 3. First base
on called balls-Of Fitzgerald 2, off
Shields ?. Left on bases-Athletics 4,
Phoenix s. Struck out--By Fitzgerald II,
by Shields 4. Hit by pitcher-Baldwin.
Double play-W. Newbert to G.. Newbert
to york Passed balls-Baldwin 2. John
son 2. Wild pitches-Fitzgerald 2. Time of
game[ hour and IS minutes Umpires-
Ranlett and Carroll. T. Michel-Scorer.
DAVISVILLES MEET DEFEAT.
AT Fourteenth and r streets yester-
day the Red Seals defeated the Davis
vile nine for the second time, to the
tune of l3 to 8. The Davisville lads
secured strong lead in the opening
inning, and for a time it looked as if
victory must surely be theirs, but the
Seals, by timely hitting, coupled with
DaViSville'S errors, overlook and passed
them easily in the last three innings.
Rusie, late of the Pommers, pitched
a grand game for the Seals in the last
six innings Of the contest. The score
follows.
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Hotel Arrivals.

Arrivals at the Golden Eagle Hotel
yesterday: Miss Peterson, Colusa: Ed
gar j.. Arnold, San Francisco: ]. F.
Webb. Placerville; w. G. Mcclellan,
Philadelphia; j. III. Shaw, Cincinnati;
c. H. Briggs, city; II. III. Tebault. New
York: c. II. Towle, I. Miller, w B.
Dunning. w. L. Mack and wife, H. S.
Keller, r. S. Mason, San Francisco
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GENERAL ADNA R. CHAFFEE.
His Brigade Did Effective Fighting
at Santiago.

One of the brigades which has done
effective fighting in front of Santiago
is that commanded by General Adna
r. Chaffee. These soldiers have been
under the most severe fire of the war.
General Chaffee conducted his COM
mand in such manner that it is given
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A Proper Finish.

Edith-So Kitty Adams has captured
that Bonanza King?
Helen-Yes, he called her his jewel,
and she intimated that she expected a
gold setting.-Harlem Life.
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Little Freddie-Mhat is he

Little Freddie-What is horse sense?
Papa-WeH it's pretty hard to ex-
plain. but just watch the scorchers, and
you'll get a good idea of what people
who haven't any look like.-Chicago
News.
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Expected.

Mr. Hammers says that he won't
pay cents a loaf for bread" said the
grocer's boy.
NO said the proprietor, gloomily.
Il never thought he would. if he could
get truste ed. d."-Washington Star.
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Glad Of 1t.

Il cannot sing the old songs"
They heard Miss Screecher say;
Then each jumped up and clapped his
hands,
And all sang Happy Day"
-E,yphaDOn
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Did Not Occur in the Hotel.

The proprietor Of the Roma Hotel de-
sires it stated that the fight on Sat-
urday night between John Kelley and
Pucchineli and Bragetta, in which the
former was badly beaten, did not occur
in the hotel, but on the sidewalk
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ALFREDUMS EGYPTIAN HENNA
"A vegetable dye for Immediately re-
storing gray hair to its original color
Convenient and effective; no objection
able qualities. For sale by first-class
druggists and hair dressers.
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All for a Nickel.

\ long, sweet, mild, fragrant smoke
for nickel is THE Maine," the new
cigar, patriotically named after the lost
battleship. A. Coolot, distributor.
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Buy no experiment. for you can buy
such popular pianos as the Emerson for
$500, upwards. SO per month. Pom
mer, corner Ninth and j streets.
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Coronado water. Stockton sarsapa
rilla and iron. champagne cider, ginger
ale. orange cider. j. McMorry. agent
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.-NOTIC
is hereby given by the undersigned exc
cutor of the last will and testament of
PHILIP B. BRADFORD, deceased, to the
creditors of and all persons having claims
claims, with the necessary aftidavits and
vouchers, within ten months after the
first publication of this notice, to the
undersigned, at the office of White &
Seymour, Stoll Building. southwest cor
ner of Fifth and X streets, in the city Of
Sacramento, County of Sacramento, State
of California, the same being the place
for the transaction of the business Of the
estate of said deceased.
w. B. BRADFORD
Executor of the will of Philip B. Brad
ford, deceased.
Sacramento, CAL, June o. 189S
White Seymour, Attorneys for Exc
cutor. je2S-5tM
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Try McMorry's 6Oc uncolored Japan
tea; E. B. tea, Zoe: G. P. tea. Soc; P. F.
Japan tea, soc; 531 NJ street
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Midsummer prices. all trimmed hats
reduced. Van Alstine, 601 j.
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street.
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DIED.

WALLACE-In this city. July 24th, Ellen
Douglas, wife of w. /. Wallace, mother of
Dolly E., Viva NJ, George s., Mabel, Nellie
and Flora Wallace, and stepmother of w.
f. and Sarah s. Wallace, native of Cali
fornia, aged Al years, 10 months and so
DAYS.
Funeral notice hereafter.
Boston. July 18th, Ed
ward s. Goulston. most beloved brother
of Mrs. George Woolf of Sacramento,
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Save money by buying your tea and
coffee of j. McMorry, 531 M.
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Pabst cafe and grill rooms. strictly
first-class resort 1913 Sixth st.
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For a cool, sharp glass of steam o,
lager. El Dorado. S26 ].
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Elegant miniature portraits in water
colors given away at Boysen's, 31S j. >
Electrical lamps at Scott's. 303 ].
Try McMorrys Blend Coffee. 35c.
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OTHER GAMES.

The Union House team came TO the
city yesterday, and by superb fielding g
and heavy batting, together with the
good work of their pitcher, Gallagher.
won from their old foes, the Aermotors,
by a score of 10 to 3. The game was
played at the Oak Park grounds. and
was witnessed by over 200 people. The
batteries Were: Gallagher and Con-
way; Rothwell and Leiva.
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Summary: Runs responsible for-HelS-
niger 10. Doyle 4. Home run-Harvey.
Three-base hit-Rice. Two-base hits
Hutchinson. Stanley, Peoples. Sacrifice
errors-Gilt Edge 4. Stockton 2. First
base on called balls-Of Doyle /. off Heis-
niger 4, off Whalen 8. Left on bases
Gilt Edge 8, Stockton s. Struck out-By
DOYLE 2 by Whalen 2. Hit by pitcher
Stanley. Smith. Passed balls-Stanley l,
Billings J. Wild pitch-Whalen l. Time
of game-1 hour'and so minutes. Umpire
Smith
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Try McMorry's Blend Coffee. 35c.
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ATHLETICS VICTORIOUS.

The patrons Of the national game who
iourneyed TO the Oak Park battlefield
yesterday afternoon to witness the
struggle for supremacy between the
Phoenix Mill team and the Athletics
were treated 10 a good game of ball.
Both teams had defeated the strongest
teams in and out Of the city and came
on the diamond eager for the fray.
They played excellent ball up to the
sixth, when by mistake by Theilen
and a bunch of hits the Athle;.cs made
four runs. giving them a lead which
the miliers could not overcome.
The feature OF the game was the
pitching of Fitzgerald, who succeeded
in retiring eleven Of the Athletics on
strikes.
The following chart Will explain the
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The Heesemans took a fail out of the
Young Gilt Edges yesterday by score
Of 10 to Q. The batteries were: Politz
and Sullivan; Kaufman and Miller
An occasional baseball correspondent
sent in the following account: The
"SWellheads" of the Pacific and the
"Coldfeet' of the Empire bakeries play
ed an interesting game of ball at Ry-
ans grounds yesterday morning, which,
owing to the geod work Of the Swell
heads" resulted in a victory for them,
with a score of IL to s, and an inning
to spare.
This afternoon at O'Clock the Young
Terrors and the Cronan & Weismann's :
viii play at Fourteenth and r streets.
The lineup will be as follows: Young
Terrors-V. Matson, catcher; S. Starr,
pitcher: f. Stone, shortstop; J. Corco-
ran, first base; A. McCarty, second
base; r. ]. Patterson third base; P. D.
McCarty, right field: NJ. Corcoran, cen
ter field; c. Black, left field. Cronan &
Weismann's-C. McCarty, catcher; A.
Valentine, pitcher: A. Henley, short
stop; Carl White. first base; Steve Cur
ry, second base; j. Cronan, third base;
H. jacques, right field; E. Carrigan,
center field; ]. w. McCarty, left field.
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LIST OF LETTERS

Remaining in the Postoff1ce at Sacra-
mento, July %, 1895.
LADIES' LIST.
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BOARD AND ROOM. 81 % TO So PEI
day. Meals, .5c.
AppOn1tnod tionc E,reo 49,.
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THE SADDLE ROCK
AND OYSTER HOUSE

FIRST-CLASS HOUSE IN EVERY RE-
spect. Ladies' dining-room separate
Open day and night. BUCKMAN & CAR
RAGHER, Proprietors. No. 1919 Second
street, between and K. Sacramento
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STATE HOUSE HOTEL.
Corner Tenth and X Sts, Sacramento
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Private rooms for fanilies; open day
and night Orders served outside. Oys-
ters in every style. MATT and JOHN
RADONICH. Proprietors.