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The record-union., 1898-10-02
NEWS FIFTY YEARS AGO.
INTERESTING CULLINGS FROM
THE PLACER TIMES"
A Peep at the City Of Sacra-
mento in Forty
Nine.

1t is interesting, not only to men and
women of the old days in California,
but to the rising generation, as well
as to strangers, to note what was go
ing on in the daily life of Sacramento
nearly fifty years ago.
AS in other countries, newspapers,
wherever they have existed-no mat
ter how crudely edited-and such
memoirs as the old Froissart Chroni-
cles of England, have been Of intense
interest to the masses. 1t is so when
one turns to the study of early days in
California
Nothing is more entertaining than
an hour or two with the oldest news
papers in the State Library. One
scarcely turns leaf that something of
interest is not revealed, though every
event recorded has long ago passed into
history.
The following interesting facts were
found by q Record Union" reporter
in the course Of an examination Of the
Placer Times" which was first issued
in Sacramento on April %. 1S49. 1t
was a small weekly paper, but the
subscription price lin the good old
days" was SO q year, while advertis-
NAN-A'
a square being twelve lines.
On April Goth, so the old paper states,
]. A. Suffer, Jr., offered a reward Of
500 for the recovery Of two saddle
horses that had been stolen from SUIT
ter's Fort. The advertisement ran
for some weeks, and the advertiser
stated that he would pay the money
for the horses or for information that
would lead to the conviction of the per-
son who stole the horses.
In the same issue S. Brannan & Co.
notify the public that their new ferry
at Mormon Island has been completed
and is In good order for the transac-
ton of business"
A somewhat long advertisement an
nounces that there will be an auction
on May 10Th at which the property
known as Suffers Mill will be sold to
the highest bidder. This is the prop
erty that was lately owned by j. A.
Suffer, ST."
In view Of the importance Of the
name Of Suffer in connection with the
fort, with early California history, and
with other matters Of gravity, these
notices bring one close to the atmos-
phere of the long ago, especially when
one looks at the paper that contained
the advertisements that then had to
do with affairs of the day.
Another name we'll known, by rea-
son of the name Of street in San
Francisco that was closely Identified
with stock brokerage and mining, Is
that of Leidesdorff. In one Of the
first numbers Of the Placer Times"
one may read the advertisement Of w.
d. M. Howard, administrator Of the
estate of the late w. A. Leidesdorff,' .
wherein he advertises the famous
''Leidesdorff Ranchero" for sale.
There Is In the issue of the same date
long article on the California gold
craze. 1t reads like articles on the
Klondike to-day. The paper, on its
Eastern advices, predicts that Califor-
MIA will be overrun with spectators
and prospectors. It states that there
The record-union., 1898-10-02
THE PRISON MURDER.
An Inquest Held on the Body OF
Charles Ross.

Deputy Coroner Craig visited Folsom
yesterday and held an inquest on the
body of Charles Ross, the prisoner who
On Friday was stabbed to death by con-
Wet Jacob Oppenheimer.
DR.. Browning, the resident physician
of the prison, held an autopsy on the
remains and found that the knife used
had penetrated the lungs three times,
and that it had been turned in one of
the wounds. The knife was made from
an old file. It has a bone handle and
steel guards. and it Isl evident that con-
siderable time was spent in manufac-
turing 1t.
The Coroner's jury found that the de-
ceased came to his death by knife
wounds inflicted by Jacob Oppenheimer,
prisoner No. 3, 545.
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J. MacManus' Dr. +. Crossmolina. by
Apache-Play Toy (PiggotD. 1l5.. ...:..
j. H. Shields CHI. g. Correct, by Forts
simo-Right (Ames), lis.
Time-0:56A.
Rear Admiral LOG, Carmanita JOB, IT.
landais 100, and Peach Blossom 1o3, also
ran.
Same day-Running, three-year-olds,
six furlongs.
F.. ,Watsoh's b. f. Miss Dividend, by
Almont-Maggie w. tSnider), 109.. l
Farrar & Tuberville's ch. f. Saucy Eyes,
by imp Y, Misunderstanding Eyes Draw 8
Charles Quick's br. f. Roulette Wheel,
by imp. st. George-imp. Lonely
--z Time-1:16A.
Fleming SO, and Eroica 104, also ran.
Same day-Running, three-year-oldS
seven furlongs.
A; Ross oh, g. Ko Ko. by Jackson
Minnie B. (Thorpe) ia. ........
L: H. Ezell's CHI. &. Ockturuck, by Rio
Bravo-Jphanna Piggott), 100: ...;.;:,;.
Pueblo Stables b. m. Dolore, by Wild
idle-Rosette. lWilson). 114...............
Tfme-1 29R
Magnus 100, and Tenrica 100, also ran.
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Time :0212.
Barney Schneider 104, Outgo 109, and
Zem-Zem 104, also ran.
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UNDER AMUSEMENT.
Evidence Heard in the Case Of Ade-
line Martin VS.. Dubois Estate.

In Judge Hughes court yesterday the
evidence in the matter Of the suit
brought by Adeline Martin and others
to foreclose a mortgage Of $4,000 on
property belonging to the estate OF
Manuel Dubois, deceased, was heard.
The defendants were o. r. Amsden, w.
P. Fuller & Co., City Street Improve
ment Company, w. A. Anderson, ex-
ecutor of the viii Of Dubois, Mary C.
Dubois and others.
After hearing the evidence Judge
Hughes took the matter under advise
ment-
Try McMorry's 6Uc uncolored Japan
tea; E. B. tea, zoe; G. P. tea, 85c; P. F.
Japan tea. soc. 531 NJ street.
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San FRANC1soo STOCKS.
San Francisco Oct

san FrAnCfSCO, OCT. ISL.
Morning Session-Andes, Zoe; Belcher.
15c; B & B, 26c; Chollar, 1Sc: c v. Tic;
Confidence. soc; c Point, 15c: G & c,
2lc: Mexican. zoe; Ophir, 53Q51c; Potosi.
.1SQ17c; s Nevada 76c; Union. &c
Closing Quotaions-Alpha, Sc; Andes,
10c; Belcher. 15c; B & B. 23c: Bullion, &c;
Caledonia, 25c; Challenge, Tic: Chollar.
&c: c Point 14e; G & c. zoe; II & N, 7Sc;
Julia, 1c; Justice, Sc: Kentuck, &c; Mexi-
can, 18c: Occidental, SAC: Ophir. 4Sc: Over
&C; S Nevada. 7ec: Union, &c; Utah. &c;
Yellow Jacket. 19c.
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end OF THE RACE MEETING.
A BETTER ATTENDANCE THE
LAST DAY.
Probably the Last Meeting Over
the Old Agricultural Park
Course.

The California Jockey Clubs race
meeting closed yesterday Inc at
tendance was better than usual, ano
the sport excellent. The track was III
nne condition. 1t is not likely there
will ever be another race meeting al
Agricultural Park, as the prospect Is
d new race track will be opened next
year.
The starters in the first race, five
furlongs, for three-year-olds, seillng
were Lady Ashley 212 to 1, Barney
Schneider, Outgo and Zem-Zem each
80, Roadwarmer and Trappean
to 5.
Roadwarmer did the trick without
difficulty. He went away in the lead
and kept it all the way by a length,
and was running easily at the end in
1:O21a. Trappean and Lady Ashley
exchanged positions a couple or times
but finished in the order named, a
length separating them.
Toribio II to 5, Zarro 4 to and T.
r. 3 to l were all that faced the start
er in the all-age six furlongs race.
A procession was formed from the
moment the flag fell P. F. led away,
followed by Zarro, Toribio last. Al
The half P. F. led by two lengths, three
ut the head of the stretch, and won
handily in 1:141b, Zarro second by
three lengths, and one length ahead OF
Toribio.
Seven maiden two-year-olds went for
the four and half furlongs purse
Admiral IN IL
buron even money, Carman1ta on, IT.
landais Peach Blossom 80 and Cross
molina to 2.
Nburon had it all his own way, WIN
ming by four lengths from Crossmo-
lima in 0:56A, Correct third by a heao
from Rear Admiral. Carmanita broke
down in the last quarter.
In the six furlongs for three-year-
olds Miss Dividned was the choice al
6 to 8, Saucy Eyes brought to- D, Rou-
lette Wheel to /, Fleming 20 and
Eroica s.
It was Miss Dividend, Saucy Eyes
and Roulette Wheel all the way, the
former winning by length in 1:16A.
Saucy Eyes got the place by half
length.
The last race of the day and meet
ing was for three-year-olds, selling,
seven furlongs. the starters being Ten
RIGA 40 to /, Magnus 10, Koko 5, Do
lore to 5 and Ockturuck 6 to 3.
Koko, the Sacramento horse, won
handily by length, Ockturuck second
and Dolore third. The local betting
contingent cashed in a great many
tickets at 5 to / on Koko.
SUMMARIES:
Agricultural Park Course, Sacramento.
October l. 1S9S.-California Jockey Club S
meeting. Running, three-year-olds, SELL
ing, five furlongs.
Frank Rhoads-Dell (Ames), 109........ 1
H c. Alters br. h. Trappean, by imp.
Inverness-imp. La Trappe (Thorpe). =
II. F. Edwards & Co.'S b. f. Lady Ash
ley, by Patton-Sallie NJ. F'rawley, -,
iV7 Time :o2I.
Barney Schneider 104, Outgo Jog, and
Zem-Zern 104, also ran.
Same day-Running, all ages. six fur
CIV. Channels oh, g, P; E. by Long :,
". F. Cutters br g. Zarro. by Jim
Gore-Ina B. CThorpe), 107. ........:....... 2
w L Stanfield'S CHI. &. Toribio, by
Apache-Marin (F'rawley), 102............ 3
Time-1:14l2
None others started.
Same day-Running, maiden two-year-
olds, four and a half furlongs.
p. E. Smiths b. z. Tiburon, by imp.
The record-union., 1898-10-02

S. A. Robinson, administrator OF the
estate of Daniel D. Earl has brought
suit to foreclose a mortgage of 1880
on property in this city belonging to
!. p. Eldred and Ethel Eldred.
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Growing Greater.

The strong, full pulse of healthy, active life,
beats with vigorous throb in every section OF the
store. The laws of health apply with equal force
to enterprises and to individuals. Disregarded,
they breed languor and disease. Observed, there
is continuous upbuilding and development. There
is no assitude spirit Of let we'll enough alone
here. Each day vitality is infused into this
business. To-day witnesses some development
that unknown Yesterday and SO it goes.
1t stands to reason that it ought to pay you to
keep in touch with wide awake business. 1t
will pay you. And more SO to-day than ever!
The record-union., 1898-10-02
Fruit Shipmeuts.

Yesterday 26 cars Of fruit were sent
East-Peaches 3A, pears Az, grapes
1O19, apples 8. On the same date last
year 26 cars went out.
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WHOLESALE LIQUORS.

CRONAN & WISSEMAN,
ESQ X Street and 11OS-11IO Third
Street, Sacramento. CAL,
IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEAL
ers in Fine Whistles. Brandies and Cham
payne.
The record-union., 1898-10-02

These rich black figured crepon dress fabrics
continue to sell we'll. We have the correct designs
and right qualities. Only reliable fast blacks are
sold here. 1t will pay you to see the seven new
designs in fine black crepons now being offered at
ST. yard.
The record-union., 1898-10-02
Special Value in Striped
GrOs-grain Waist Silks, $1.48.

y We have six choice coors in heavy quality
striped waist silks at SLAB yard. Beautiful shades
with black satin cord edge stripe. Strictly up-to
date in color and desig n. Price, SLAB yard.
The record-union., 1898-10-02
Black Duchess Satin, ST..

Just now black satin Duchess is being extern
sively used for waists. skirts, etc We offer eX-
ira values in this material at ST and SIPS yard.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-24
DID YOU KNOW TIP,

That the farm is the place to engage
in poultry for the market, and not the
small city lots and plots3 The city lots
do very well to furnish the 'iseed," so
to speak; but the farm is the farm is
the place to ''grow the crop" for the
market. It is not necessary to conf1ne
yourself TO one breed alone. Keep all
kinds, lie you like, and not hens only.
AS long as the farmer continues to rely
on grain, he will feed his fowls at a
much greater cost than ia necessary,
and by varying the food from grain to
more bulky substances, he can grow q
large share (f not slD of the feeding
materials on the farm, and have his
customers, therefore, right at his door
in the forms of the fowls. If q flock
Of hens will thrive on grass during the
summer season, and will keep in bet
ter condition thereon, ss well as pro-
duce more eggs, than on nor expen
sive foods, why should he buy foods
and feed his poultry until lie destroys
the very condition he desiresG 1t is
well known that the farmer can keep
large hccks of ducks and geese from
April until January by sowing rye in
the fall, oats and peas in the spring,
and sweet corn later on, following with
rape, potatoes and turnips. During
the three months-from Christmas to
April-the ducks and geese may be
lay sing, at which time they will need
some grain, and also animal food, but
after they are over with the heaviest
laying, they can be kept ON the bulky
foods mentioned. An ordinary hay
and straw cutter, that cuts 60 short
lengths, will prepare all the green food
necessary. When grass and clover
are plentiful the fowls can help them
selves. In fact. the sweet corr ~ be
put in 9 silo and used during winter.
Bear in mind this rule, which is that
ducks and geese can be kept On the
same food that will be suitable for
COWS, only that if hay is used it must
be cut fne and scalded; grass should
also be cut up. If preferred, a little
bran or meal may be sprinkled over
the cut food. The point is whether it
will not pay the farmer better to keep
poultry than cows; or whether poultry
will not give more profit per acre of
land uRed than COWS. But it is not at
all necessary to eliminate the cow.
Keep her, but keep fowls also. Keep
anything that may be made to do SER
vice on the farm. If you can grow
cheap foods and ''sell" them to the
fowls, then you should do so. After
all it is a matter of how you can en-
ploy your labor to the best advantage
and receive q satisfactory return
therefrom.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-24
TaR ISOLATION OF THE FAR.
MFRS WIFE.

We see a great deal in the agricul-
tural papers about the isolation of the
farmer. They tell us that the poor
fellow is compelled to live alone half
a mile on an average from his nearest
neighbor, hence is not in touch with
the sentiment of the community, is
suspicious, jealous of his rights and
privileges, and for that reason farmers
can not hang together or agree upon
any one measure for their benefit.
This may be so; no doubt is partly
true, but after all what right has the
farmer to complain of isolation as COM
pared with his wife9 He goes to town
almost every Saturday, some times
oftener if he gets out Of tobacco, talks
with the folks from over the township
while getting his mail, buying the
groceries, or getting the horses shed OF
q new tire On the wagon, and comes
home filed up with neighborhood
news. IL there ia a public sale anv.
where, or political meeting, he ia off.
In this way during the entire wear
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-24
AS HOT wRATHRs APPROACHES

With the advent of hot weather, the
poultry raiser's trials end work in.
creases. Vermin must be kept down,
and whore there r. large focks of
poultry. both young and old, eternal
vigilance will be strictly necessary.
There r too many ~poultrymen who
let their enthusiasm go down ais the
mercury in the thermometer goes up.
The men who make marked success in
poultry raising are those who never
flag in their attention-those who
know that the increased labor and
close attention hot weather brings
must be vigorously observed; that it is
a critical time to let neglect creep in.
Stand by your ~Cinsect) guns and either
destroy or keep your greatest enemy
Tin the poultry yard) at bay.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-24

H-Did you eUer think that, at 81
a gear, THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER is the
cheapest paper published in North Car
Olina3 1t costs lots Of money to run it.
Every other 81 Carolina paper that in
any way approaches it in size, uses pat
emit outaides, or is merely a re hash from
some other paper. THE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER is all home-print, Slarge pages
every week, and contains something
for every member of the family. Now
is the time to subscribe. Give us a
trial We send it now at 81 per year,
6 months for 80 cents or 3 months for
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-24
PURE DRINKING T

Farmers, as a rule, do not appear to
be aware Of the Importance of furnish
ing the poultry with clean, pure drink
ing water. Stagnant water, and that
i~mpregnated with the filth of the barn
yard, should never be the main de.
pendence for poultry to quench their
thirst with. When such a plan is,
sooner or later, trouble is sure to de-
velop. Many of the so called cases Of
chicken cholera could have been traced
to impure drinking water. Poultry
need pure water just ag much as any
other farm stock, and must have it Il
keep i'm good health.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-24
HOG PAY.

One thing that binders many farm
ers from making a-good profit on their
farms is keeping scrub stock instead of
good breeds. No one who has ever
tried feeding a Poland China or Berk-
shire hog in the same pen with a scrub
would need anything else to convince
him Of this. A good thoroughbred
will simply return twice the increase
for same amount OF feed that the scrub
will. This is a matter Of far greater
Importance than most people think.
There is no money i'm scrub stock, and
the sooner it ia universally known the
better it will be for the country. We
feel and realize, says John A. Wallace,
in the Farmers Home Journal, the
fact that each State loses thousands of
dollars each year by feeding inferior
hogs. These is quite a large number
Of hogs now being fed in this state
which would not pay for half the feed
and care given them.
Just why this is so is hard TO explain.
when we know that there is q good
profit in good hogs, and q good SOW
and boar can be bought so cheap and
soon stock any farm with good hogs.
A good brood SOW q be bought for
$I5 or $40, and upon an average will
bring from six to eight pigs. A good
boar pig can be had for 50 or $40, and
from Ok RI on non oorh ~
consumed a be saved thereby, and
this alone would buy good hogs by the
dozen. Not only this, but if you do
not want to put an advertisement in a
paper and breed for breeding purposes,
you could sell all your surplus pigs to
neighbors at from six to eight cents
per pound. We have tried several ex-
periments with good Poland China
pigs and good scrub pigs, finding from
50 so to 81 difference per head in q
year. Now, this would make a differ
ence Of from $50 to $40 in a scrub SOW
and a good SOW in q year, when We re.
member that a SOW will brig two lit
ters q year.
A number of the breeds of hogs now
are being bred for early maturity, and
need not be kept till one year old to
mature, but can be kept to six or eight
months old and turned eff to top the
market or put in the smoke house to
make the sweetest and best bacon, and
the pigs in the fall turned off to neigh.
bors at from s. to s. per head at four
to six weeks old, or fed for spring mar
ket, as may be desired, not forgetting
that extra attention is what makes the
extra profit, especially during the win.
ter months. Now, young man, are you
in the old rut, breeding that old roach
back scrubs II SO, pull out this fall
while you yet have time to make prep
arations for next year by buying q
bred SOW or sows, as need be-, and q
good boar to breed to next summer for
a fall litter, ard don't forget to get q
good pedigree with what you buy,
which will induce your neighbors to
buy from you at good, If not fancy
prices.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-24

Occasionally there are een In agri-
cultural papers advertisements Of pre-
ventives of or cures for hog cholera.
Nothing that is known certainly to be
q preventive and nothing entitled to be
called q cure has yet been accepted by
prudent swine breeders. The best pre-
ventive known is In care and feeding,
such as will keep the hog in health so
vigorous that he has the strength Of
constitution that may enable him to
resist the assaults of disease. Good
pasturage, pure water, clean quarters
and avoidance Of contagion are the
means of safety most to be relied on.
There have, however, been so many
fraudulent cures and preventives ad-
vertised that q Northern stock breed
ers' association recently felt called on
to pass the following resolution: RE
solved, that the advertising of so called
preventive specifics and sure cures for
hog cholera i'm agricultural papers is q
fraud upon the public which merits
our most severe condemnation. But
we are heartily in favor of State or
National investigation into the nature
and cause of the disease now destroy.
ing the swine industry of our State to
the end that true knowledge Of it's
character may be ascertained and
proper means taken to eradicate it. -
Texas Stock Journal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-24

uo-nd he manages Co keep himself IN
couch. IL he is SO disposed, with aDout
everything that is going on.
How is it with the farmers Wlfe'
Unless there is something's be bought
whieh the head of the family can not
he trusted to purchase, she takes but
little interest in going TO town. She
does not see any Of her own sex there
and she is not interested in talking to
a lot Of strange men. She is not dis
nosed to care anything about politics,
and has no business at sales unless 1t
be TO assist in the house, and hence
there is no motive to attend any OF
these sorts of meetings. The one per-
son of all others who is entitled to COM
plain of isolation and separation from
the world, especially from her own
sex, is the farmers wife.
What is to be done about it2 We do
not know of anything unless to organ
ize women's clubs in each township,
have regular meetings, and arrange
things in advance so Dc to be able to
attend, even if the team has to be
taken out of the cornf1eld. 1t is just
as easy to arrange for the wife to go to
her club on Saturday afternoon as it is
for the farmer to go to town. Ii the
meeting of the club car be held near
town and the ladies in the neighbor
hood generally attend, it would be a
good thing for both the husbands and
the wives. The best type OF Women's
clubs we know of is the Daughters OF
Ceres and the chapters organized have
already been productive of much good
and have awakened agreat deal OF en-
thusiasm in their neighborhoods. The
longer they are conducted the more
entire satisfaction they give.
It is time for the farmers wives to
make q strike for greater liberty and
better opportunities for self improve
ment. If they r to broaden their
sphere of knowledge, understand each
other better, become wider in their
sympathies, clearer in their judgment,
they must make the move on their
own account. It is an old saying that
the gods help them that help them,
selves. One OF the great benefits Of
the club or chapter is that it gives the
wife something to think about during
the week and thus relieves her mind
from corroding care and constant at
tention of the same round Of petty de-
tails. If she has a paper to prepare or
q talk to make, q selection to read, or
q song to sing, the thought Of it will do
much to tighten the cares and anxleties
and vexations of the home. Think it
over and determine whether this is not
q practical way to tighten the burdens
and relieve the cares Of the farmers
wife .-Henr Wallace, in Wallaces
Farmer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-24
LECTURER

]. P. Sossamon, Charlotte, N. @.
J. Q. Hanley, ST. Paul, MINI.