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FIGHTING In FORMOsA.
Natives Determined to Exterminate
the Japanese.

CHICAGO, Oct pa special to the
The steamship Victoria brings the news
that two more battles have been fought
in Formosa between Japanese troops
and the native savages, who seem bent
on discriminating all the Japanese on
the island. So serious are the disturb
ances that Europeans and numbers Of
Chinese merchants are fleeing to Annoy
by every steamer.
A month ago 1000 aborigines at
tackled and set fire to one of the prin-
cipal japanese military stations. After
eight hours desperate fighting the ma
tives retreated. In this battle more
than 200 were killed. On the follow
ing day a large band of natives adj
vanced to Hankyo, burning the station
at Tajao Japanese troops reached
Hankyo at the same time and surprised
the aborigines in their headquarters at
Ankow, which was burned. In another
battle scores of natives were shot down.
The Formosa rebels haze been sup
piled with arms and equipment by the
Chinese, hundreds Of whgm have land
ed from Annoy.
The overf1owing of tbs Yellow River
in Shantung province has caused the
most appalling disaster Of modern
times in Central China. Villages were
swept away by hundreds. Over 1OO,-
600 people are ruined and homeless,
crouching along the river banks in the
pitiless rain. Two thousand were
drowned. The general distress is aug
mented by the spelling Of the cereal
crops by floods.
Famine will prevail this winter in a
district populated by more than one
million people.
The record-union., 1898-10-24

Los ANGELES, Oct. 23.-Things are
looking decidedly better in the Los An
geles oil field, and those who have
Tremendously chung to the belief that
there was oil to be still found in the
western portion of it seem likely to
be attended with good results. Sew
eraf new derricks have gone up during
the past week.
The September report of the oil pro-
ducers' trustees shows %, 236 barrels of
oil sold by them during that month.
This is more than twice the quantity
sold by them during the preceding
month, the sales during that month
having only been 1921 barrels. The
report for September also shows that
the quantity in storage, owned by the
trustees, was, at the close of that
month, S5,236 barrels, against 90,195
barrels at the close of August, reduc-
tion Of 1859 barrels. The average
price received at the wells during Sep
TENDER was 1927 cents per barrel, as
against 1880 cents during August
AT the Office of the trustees it is
estimated that the shortage for the
present month (October) in the Los An
geles field will not be less than 25,OOO
barrels.
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RIOT AT CHATTANOOGA.
White Man Killed by Sergeant Of
Co1ored Immuues.

CHATTANOOGA (Tenn). Oct "a
Sergeant Clarence Allen. Companv
Eighth Colored U. S. v. Infantry Inn
munes. fired on three policemen who
We're attempting to arrest a colored
soldier who was drunk and threaten
ingly displaying his revolver in a crowd.
one OF the bullets from Aliens pistol
took effect in the head Of Charles Bea-
giles. a white man standing in the sa-
loon, killing him instantly.
A general fusillade from policemen
and soldiers followed. One Of the po-
hcemen, Mosely, was slightly wounded
In the arm. Allen was finally arrested
and lodged in Jail. The riot produced
great excitement and General Boynton
ordered a strong provost guard % the
city at once.
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SEVEN RECORDS BROKEN.


SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23.-Seven
Pacific Coast records were beaten on
the Elmhurst track to-day, all being
for unpaced riding. George p. Fuller
OF the Olympic Wheelmen lowered the
half mile mark Of 1:03 3-5, which has
remained untouched since 1894, cover
ing the distance in the remarkable time
OF 0:41 4-5. He then took a slice off
the third Of a mile mark of OBS As,
reducing 1t to 0:36 3-5.
E. A Bozio reduced every record
from one to five miles, taking AZ sec
onds off the best previous unpaced five
mile mark made on the coast. This
was l2:25. made two months ago in Los
Angeles by Furman. Bozio's time was
Hap 80. The first mile was covered
in 2:1O 10; the former record was PIG
made in 1895 by H. r. Renshaw at
Salt Lake. Bozio made other miles as
follows: Second, 2:1S; third. 2:25;
fourth, 2:26; fifth, 2:23. The conditions
Were favorable.
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DR.. Mueller Also Died.

VIENNA, Oct. 23.-Dr. Mueller, who
attended Herr Barrisch, the surgical
assistant at Professor Nothnagels bac-
THEOLOGICAL establishment, who died
on Tuesday from bubonic plague, died
to-day. The three nurses who had de-
veloped symptoms are somewhat i'm
proved to-day. All the animals at the
Nothnagel establishment which had
been made the subjects Of experiment
with the plague were to-day cremated.
DR.. Mueller had many American pu-
pills. He owes his death to his fearless
devotion to Herr Barrisch Not only
did he attend him, noting down a care
full declaration of the cases from hour
to hour, but he even scraped the walls
OF the sick room In order to prove the
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SUSPECTED MURDER.
Mysterious Disappearance of a
Young Man Near San Jose.

( SAN JOSE, Oct. 23.-Ben Wandell.
son of Jake WandelI, who owns
ranch two miles beyond Mount Hamil-
ton, is believed to have been murdered.
His father left him on the place last
"Wednesday, and when he returned Sat
urday afternoon the young man was
gone, and though a diligent search has
been made no trace of him has been
discovered.
On the floor OF the one room of the
house a. pool OF blood was found A
pane out of the window had been
broken, and there was a bullet hole
through the door. The young man had
no enemies, as far as Is known, and
bore a good reputation.
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CABINET COUNCIL.
Assembled to Consider Matters OF
the Peace Commission.

MADRID, Oct. PA Cabinet council
was Unexpectedly assembled last night
to consider the question Of the repatria-
ton of the troops and matters con-
nected with the Peace Commission.
It is believed that Lieutenant Cen
eral Correa. the War Minister, has re-
signed Premier Sagasta does not deny
the report Of the resignation, but says
the matter has not been submitted to
the council
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INSURANCE FRAUD.
Thought to be Connected With DR..
Ire1and's Reported Drowning.

NEW YORK, Oct PA dispatch to
the Herald" from Montreal says:
An attempt to extort S39, 900 insur-
ance money is seemingly at the bottom
of the story of the alleged drowning a
week ago Of DR.. w. H. Ireland a ma
tive of Trenton, Ont, but four years a
resident of South Africa and surgeon to
Cecil Rhodes.
The city was deeply stirred by the
event. which was said to have taken
place off the Donaldson line wharf. and
the announcement that Irelands widow
was at deaths door in her hotel. When
detectives called to see her, her story
did not quite agree with that told on
her arrival at the hotel, two hours after
it is alleged her husband was drowned
She afterward made other contradict
tory statements.
The detectives say frankly that they
believe that during the two hours be-
tween the alleged accident and the time
Mrs. Ireland reported it at the hotel,
Ireland went to the depot and took a
train for New York, whence he sailed
for England. Or he may have had a
friend on the Tritonia who gave him a
bunk in secrecy. The Tritonia sailed
at daybreak the next morning for Glas-
gov, where she will be searched on
arrival
The face value of the policies held
by Ireland is $4,000, but as a matter
Of fact there is only $22, 600 on the doc
tors life, as the premiums on SIT 900
We're not paid on August 1st
DR.. Ireland was well known in South
Africa, having taken prominent part
in the Matabele war. He was wound
ed in the hip and as a result walked
somewhat lame. He was surgeon to
Cecil Rhodes for some time. and was
considered clever man.
Word comes from Victoria. B. c., that
Ireland is known there and once at
tempted similar scheme to the one
now arousing interest here. Mrs. Ire
land protests that she knows nothing
Of 1t.
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RESOLUTION OF INTENTION. NO. 400.

Resolved That it is the intention of the
Board of Trustees of the City of Sacra-
mento to order the following street work
to be done, to wit:
That the alley between j and K streets
in said city, from the east line OF Tenth
street to the west line of Eleventh street,
be improved by grading and macadamiz-
ing constructing redwood curbs and a
brick catch basin to be connected to the
sewer therein.
And notice is hereby given that all per-
sons objecting to said work are required
to file their objections in writing, in the
office Of the Clerk of the Board of Trus-
tees as required by law, stating how
much frontage on said streets Is repre-
serted by the party so Directing, and on
what street the property so represented
is located
And the Clerk is hereby directed to post
this resolution conSpicuOusly for two days
near the chamber door of this board; also
to publish the same for two days In the
Record Union" daily newspaper. as
required by law.
The RECORD Union" daily newspaper,
is hereby designated as the paper in
which to publish the notices required by
law to be published by the superintendent
of Streets of said city, in relation to the
work described aforesaid.
Tn Board of Trustees: Sacramento,
October II, 1885, Adopted by the following
Ayes-Trustees Tebbets, Kent. Paine.
Douglas, Devine, Brown, Bentley; polan,
tno President of the Board of Trustees. :
M. J. Desmond, Clerk of the Board Of
Trustees.
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PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD.
Close Of the Session at San Diego
Next Meeting at Stockton.

C1OSe or the session at san O1e&0-
Next Meeting at Stockton.
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 22.-At the first
session Of the Presbyterian Synod to-
day reports from various committees
were read and adopted.
The Committee on Temperance REQ
commended the third Sunday in Novem-
Der as a temperance day, to be OBJ
served In all the churches.
The Chairman Of the Committee on
Foreign Missions, DR.. E. W. Dodge, re-
ported a falling off Of $4,000 in the
contributions for that cause, and en-
tered a plea for more.
Rev. w. z. Walker represented the
Board of Foreign Missions, and made
a very interesting speech on the SUBJ
ject.
He was followed by the Rev. Mr..
Burbank, pastor Of the Armenian
Church at Los Angeles, who was a
worker in Armenia during the massa-
ere.
This afternoon the synod was en-
gagged with statistical reports of pres
byteries, reports of Committees on Rec
ords, Sabbath Observance, Education.
Freedmen, etc.
This evening there was a popular
meeting devoted to good citizenship,
and conducted by the Anti-Saloon
League. The synod then adjourned to
meet next year at Stockton.
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airy is py the terms of the section made
a condition precedent to the right to
ask for process to compel action by 1t,
since it cannot be determined until af-
ter February has expired whether there
will be failure to pass the ordinance
within such time; and, inaSmuch as
the right to process for the purpose of
compelling action by the board cannot
be invoked until after February it
must follow that an ordinance fixing
rates which is passed subsequent to
February is as valid as if it were
passed in February, and that the rates
fixed by such ordinance may be coll
lected from the consumer, since the
Constitution would not authorize the
issuance Of process to compel action by
the board If its action under such pro-
cess would be vain and nugatory.
Hence. an ordinance passed subsequent
to February, in the absence of such
process, is equally valid as if passed
under its mandate.
The provision in the section which
renders the board liable to such
further processes and penalties as the
Legislature may prescribe" in case of
its failure to pass the ordinances with
in the month of February, clearly indi-
Gates, not only that in the absence of
legislation the board will not be liable
to any penalty therefor, but also that
it will be liable to only such processes
and penalties as are within the power
of the Legislature to prescribe.
Concurring opinion of Garoutte, j.:
The Legislature has no power to say
that one man wholly innocent is guilty
of crime and shall be punished because
another man fails to perform his official
duty. A party wholly guiltless can
not be made to suffer penalty.
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RESOLUTION OF INTENTION. NO. 4o1

Resolved, That it is the intention of the
Beard of Trustees of the City. of Sacra!-
mento to order the following street work
That the alley between I and ] streets,
in said city, from the east line of Fifth
streets to the west line of Sixth street,
be improved by grading and macadamiz-
ing. constructing redwood curbs and a
brick catch basin to be connected to the
sewer therein.
And notice is hereby given that all per-
sens Directing to said work are required
to file their objections in writing, in the
office of the Clerk of the Board Of Trus-
tees. as required by law. stating how
much frontage on said streets is repre-
sented by the party so objecting, and on
what street the property so represented is
located.
And the Clerk is hereby directed to
post this resolution conspicuously for two
days near the chamber door of this board
also to publish the same for two days in
the Record Union daily newspaper.
as required by law.
The "Record- Union" daily newspaper.
is hereby designated as the paper in
which to publish the notices required by
The record-union., 1898-10-24
NOTICE OF STREET WORK.

Office of Superintendent of Streets. Sac
October 10, 1898.
Public notice is hereby given that the
Board of Trustees of the City of Sacra-
mento, passed on the 18th day of October,
1898, Resolution of Intention No. 400,
That the alley between j and K streets,
in said city, from the east line of Tenth
street to the west line of Eleventh street,
be improved by grading and macadamiz-
ing, constructing redwood curbs and a
brick catch basin to be connected to the
sewer therein.
And all parties interested are referred
to said resolution, copy of which Is on
file in the superintendent of Streets Of
flee, for further particulars.
JAMES TOUHEY,
Superintendent of Streets.
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Engineer Davis Killed and the
Fireman Hurt.

of the eastbound train on the Santa
barbara branch Of the Southern Pacific
Railroad ran off the track near Comu-
los Station this afternoon. Engineer
Davis was caught under the cab and
crushed to death. The fireman on the
engine was seriously, but not fatally
injured.
Inc engine was a new one, and was
not running smoothly, but it is not defi-
nlteiy known what caused 1t to jump
the rails Engineer Davis was resi-
dent or this city and a brother of Po-
sHceman Davis. No one else was in
5ured on the train, but all the passen-
gers We're badly shaken up.
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CENTER OF PREPARATIONS.
Toulon Authorities Are Notified to
Make Preparations.

PARIS, Oct. 23.-The municipal au-
thorities of Toulon have been notified
that that place will be the center Of
important naval and military prepara-
tons, and have been instructed to ar
range for the immediate reception of
four battalions of infantry, 1900
marines and 600 artilerymen. The
Municipal Council has decided to close
the schools, and the schoolhouses will
be used for lodging the troops
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NOTICE OF STREET WORK.

Office of Superintendent Of Streets, Sac
ramento, October 1s. 1898.
Pubic notice is hereby given that the
Board of Trustees Of the City of Sacra-
1898, a Resolution OF Intention. No. 4o1,
providing:
That the alley between I and J streets,
in said city. from the east line Of Fifth
street to the west line Of Sixth street. be
improved by grading and macadamizing.
constructing redwood curbs and a brick
catch basin to be connected to the sewer
therein.
TO said resolution, copy of which is On
file in the Superintendent Of Streets Of
flee. for further particulars.
JAMES TOUHEY,
Sunerintendent of Streets.
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SEALED PROPOSALS.

Bids will be received at the office of the
undersigned until 5 o'clock D. m. on MON
DAY, October 81, 1898. for the construction
north line of L street to south line of
alley between F and G. streets. Proposals
will be received for either brick or iron
stone pipe. Specifications on file in office
of City Clerk A certified check. made
payable to City Clerk for an amount
not less than 10 per cent. of aggregate of
proposal must accompany each bid The
Board of Trustees reserves the right to
reject any and all bids
M T. DESMOND CITY Clerk
The record-union., 1898-10-24

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. pa ladys
pocketbook and handkerchief found in
the ladies' 1avatory of the ferry steam
er Piedmont tonight seems to- indicate
the suicide of a woman passenger on
that boat during her last trip Satur-
day night. Two passengers on the
Piedmont reported hearing a cry of
help from woman just before the YES
sci reached the wharf on this side. The
pocketbook contained a pawn ticket,
which had been made out to Mrs. NJ.
Miller of Oakland. The police are In
vestigating the matter.
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O'Shea Admits the Crime.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 23.-Daniel
OShea, who murdered Miss Julia
Kelley, his sweetheart, last night, now
admits the crime, saying he killed the
girl without provocation. After this
admission O'Shea lapsed into silent
moroseness and refused to say any
thing further about the tragedy.
The record-union., 1898-10-24

SAN JOSE, Oct. 23.-Thomas j.
Lemon, a carriage painter, aged SO
years, committed suicide this forenoon
at the residence of his sister, by shoot
ing himself through the brain with a
revolver. Dependency over illness was
the cause Of the act
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SERIOUS TROUBLE BREWING.
Comanche, Kiowa and Apache In
dams in Need Of Food.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. GA special to the
Republic" from Perry, o. r., says:
Serious trouble Is brewing among the
Comanche, Kiowa and Apache In
dams. For thirty years since the
Medicine Lodge treaty, the Government
has fed these Indians, but that treaty
expired July 1st. They have COM
menced killing cattle belonging to Tex
as cattlemen and crisis is near. These
Indians have no crops, few cattle and
have had no money for months. Men
who know predict great starvation
among them this winter and serious
trouble.
There are 1000 Comanches, 1900
Kiowas and 600 Apaches.
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The Report Confirmed.

SEATTLE, Oct. pa "Post-Intelli-
gencer' special from Sunrise City,
Alaska, confirms the report printed
this morning Of the loss of a small
sloop and the drowning Of nine men
near Cook Inlet last September. The
men drowned We're: A. M. Adams,
Bellevue, Pa; - Bonner, Hope
Church, Pa; Carson Payne, Portland
Or; - thinner, Pittsburg, Pa: -
Scott, Scottsburg, ILL.,; - Wollcott and
son; Frank Robinson, Santa Cruz, Cal;
Girls Johnson, Cook Inlet, Alaska.
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Master Horse-shoers' Association.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23-Dele-
gates from the Master Horseshoers
Association of Sacramento, San Jose,
Stockton and San Francisco met mere
to-day and formed an, organization
The following officers were elected:
President, P. w. Commins, San Fran
cisco; Secretary Treasurer, j. F.
Twomey, San Francisco; Assistant
Secretary, T. e. Carroll, San Jose; Vice
President-F. A. Murray, Stockton;
James Lamb, San Jose; g. A. Cain,
Oakland; H. Melvis, Sacramento, and
James Sullivan, San Francisco.
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Meadors to be Courtmartialed.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23.-Private
James N. Meadors of the Eighth Cali
fornia, who was recently acquitted of
the murder of Private Uhy Of the same
regiment, has been arrested and con-
fined at the Preside. He will now have
to answer before a military tribunal to
the charge Of conduct prejudicial to
good order and military discipline. He
cannot be tried for murder again.
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A Peculiar Death.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23.-Eugene
Guy, who resided on O'Farrel street,
met death in peculiar manner to-day.
He was ascending the steps leading to
his home when he fell backward, re-
ceiving injuries from which he died in
twenty minutes
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Indians GO After Bug.

CHICAGO, Oct pa special to the
Record from Walker, MINI, says: 1t
has been learned from reliable sources
that fifteen Indians armed with Win
chesters and carrying handouts have
gone after Bug-Ah-Ma-G e-Shing and
his son. At the agency the excitement
is great and news will be anxiously
awaited. A petition signed by braves
was sent to Secretary Bliss to-day ask
ing him to use his influence to cut logs
during the winter.
The record-union., 1898-10-24

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23.-Major
Guy L. Eddie has been chosen by the
Army Medical Department to succeed
Major w. S. Matthews of the Fifty
first Iowa Regiment as the command
ing officer at the Preside Hospital He
will eventually be placed at the head
of the new hospital which is about to
be erected at the Preside at a cost Of
$4,000.
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Knight a Candidate.

Knight, the wellknown lawyer of this
city, has formally announced over his
signature his candidacy for the United
States Senate, in event the next Leg
fslature is controlled by the Republi-
cans.
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CITY OFFICIAL ADVERTISING.

law to be published by the Superinten-
dent of Streets of said city, in relation to
the work described aforesaid.
In Board of Trustees: Sacramento.
October II, 1898 Adopted by the follow
ing vote:
Ayes-Trustees Tebbets, Kent, Paine,
Douglas, Devine, Brown, Bentley Dolan
Mckay. D. MCKAY
President of the Board of Trustees.
NJ. ]. Desmond. Clerk of the Board of
Trustees
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Convention of Fruit Growers.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 22.-The
twenty-third State convention Of fruit
growers of California will convene at
Fresno, under the auspices Of the State
Board of Horticulture, on Tuesday, No
vember %, 1898, and continue in ses-
sion four days. The State Association
Of County Horticultural Commissioners
will also hold sessions during the week.
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Is. F., No. 1569-Department One
Filed October 1S 1889

Adina Mitchell ct al, trustees of
Whittier State School; e. P. Colgan,
Controller. Mandate. Writ denied.
The Act of March II, 1889 (Stats.
1885, D. 111), as amended March %,
1893 (Stats. 1893, p. 32S), established
the whittier Reform School fund
Held, that the legislation shows that
the term "for the use of such institu-
ton" cannot be made to include the
erection Of new buildings; and that the
fund referred to cannot be resorted to
by the trustees for the erection Of build
ings, and that contracts made to that
end are unauthorized.
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Thompson Challenges Sullivan.

Los ANGELES, Oct DIT. J.. Os-7
good, manager for. Bob Thompson, who
styles himself the champion colored
lightweight pugilist OF the Pacific
Coast. has issued a challenge on behalf
s.ofs Thompson to fight any lightweight
I'm the East at 1876 pounds at the ring
side. Spike Sullivan preferred. Thomp-
ron has recently defeated Kid Parker Of
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An Editor Fatally Shoots Himself.

SKAGGS SPRINGS (Cal.), Oct. o.
Grant o. Richards, editor of the Press
Democrat" Of Santa Rosa, while out
hunting near this place to-day, shot
himself in the head. Mr.. Richards died
at 11:40 O'Clock tonight He main
tanned that the shooting was purely
accidental.
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The Brixham's Crew Arrive.

SEATTLE, Oct. 23-The crew OF the
wrecked steamer Brixham arrived here
to-day on the steamer Utopia from
Alaska. They report that it will cost
more than the Brixham is worth to
get her off the rocks, and that she will
probably be abandoned.
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presence of bacillis. When he was at
tackled he wrote down a special dag
nosis Of his own condition, Analysing
the changes from hour to hour and
pasting them on the window until pain
and fever compelled him to stop.
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THOMAS FOX, Postmaster.
A Strong Reminder.

Come, George, you must be washed
and put to bed
please don't wash my hands, man.
ma; I've been rubbing them on Billy
Metcalf's beautiful new goat"
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Died at the Hospital.

A Chinaman named Yet Toy Sing ar
rived in the city last evening on the
train from the south, and was so sick
that he had to be taken to the Re-
ceiving Hospital for treatment
He sank rapidly, however. and died
shortly before midnight. His malady
was congestion Of the lungs.