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Year: 1877

CHEAP.-The Calaveras ChrOnicie tells
OF man in that section who bought n
flock OF sheep at three bits head. This
low price is caused by the lack of feed.
Thousands Of sheep have died already
and the prospects are that there will be
hardly any pasturage south Of the San
Joaquin River. II Northern counties
Of the Slate are more favored in this re
,pect than those farther South.
Year: 1877

WILL CELEBRATE.-Th Odd Fellows
of Igo City will celebrate the 26th OF
April by public dedication Of their new
hall and ball in the evening. Grand
Master Tilden mot Sammy will deliver
the Grafton on the occasion.
Year: 1877

Gen. Klitz and Adjutant- General Mason
of the United States army, before the House
Military Committee Friday, differ decidedly
from Gen. Ord as to the origin of the Texan
border troubles. Gen. Mason said that he
believed that there was not the slightest
chance for anything in way of a war with
Mexico, and that the cause of border troubles
did not lie entirely upon one side of the
river. In times gone by ranch men had no
fences upon their ranches, and many herd
ers, lawless, reckless class of men, were
employed. They were Injured to hardship,
and could not be persuaded to do regular
work. Within the last few years the ranch
men have fenced in their ranches and dis
charged the herders. This class of men have
become desperadoes. The Jones and Nc
Nally companies of State troops that have
been sent to the Rio Grande have been sent
there at the request of Texas people for pro
lection against these ex-herders, rather than
against Mexicans.


Gen. Mason says that Apaches come down
from their reservation and commit depreda-
tions on both sides ofthe river. Both Mexi-
cans and Americans have chased these In
dians home, so that there no longer remains
doubt that this reservation furnishes a
large proportion Of the thieves upon the Rio
Grande. He would move the reservation,
and consolidate it with one on the other side
of the State.


Gen. Mason does not favor the plan Of in
creasing military posts upon the Rio Grande,
and egainst this he gave what the commit
tee considered most excellent reasons. He
said that if you increase the number of posts
there you will practically negative the effect
of troops already stationed there. At every
post large detail is necessary for the rou-
zine work of its organization, and in case of
numerous posts of small detachments placed
at them must be divided by details for post
work, leaving not a large enough number
for drill and maintenance of the esprit dc
corps kept only through discipline. In
place Of this increase of posts, Gen Mason
said that his plan would be to place canton
ments or encampments between already cs-
tablishcd posts. This would avoid the enor-
NOUS expense Of establishing new posts, and
Year: 1877

From the Daily Of Thursday.


PUGET FoUNDRY.--Messrs. White
& Tenny have moved into their new
foundry building, and are now ready
for any kind of work in their line
that may come along, either in iron
or brass. Among the Improvements
over their old building may be men
toned an incline for taking iron and
coal to the furnace, complete core
oven for baking cores, brass fur
mace for melting brass without the
use OF the fan, and ill parts of the
building more conveniently arrang-
ed. The firm are filling orders
from all parts of the Sound, and
giving entire satisfaction. Their
workmen are thoroughly competent
For car wheels they have iron molds,
enabling them to give the greatest
chill where desired. and pts for cool
ing tie wheels. A large quantity of
railroad work is being turned ont.
From Tumwater is an order for
work for the new water pipe factory.
From nearly every mill port on the
Sound is an orde, being filed, and
from many of the steamers. A
wheel is now nodded and will be
east to morrow for the steamer Sue
cess. Should q class .of work be
ordered which they are notprepared
to do, they can easily make additions
to their present facilities. The
foundry is o credit to our city. and
one we may we'll take pride in.


SAD INDEED.-An emigrant
family named Wright, who ar
rived here very recently from
Minnesota, lost three children in
two weeks and the distracted
mother came very near following
her little ones to their eternal
home. Verify diptheria is do
ing q dreadful work all over the
land.-W ". Watchman.,
Year: 1877

Senator Booth, of California. who
thoroughly understands the status Of
the railroad system on this coast, bas
introduced the following bill, which in
all probability will pass the senate at al
early day, and as the house stands al
most unanimously pledged to oppose
any further extension of land grants TO
railroads. it will undoubtedly become
law. Our people may congratulate
themselves that,they are about to be res
lieved from the grasp of the railroad
octopus which for the Fast nine years
has retarded the growth and material
prosperity of this section, aud that the
explosion of the gigantic swindle will
add to our population and wealth ten
fold in the near future:


WAsHISeroN, Oct. 29.-Booth intro
duced bill in the senate to- day to au-
thorize the secretary of the interior to
declare forfeitures OF railroad grants in
certain cases. 1t provides that in all
cases where railroad grants have ex>
pired. or where sach grants may expire
by Limitation of law. 1t shall immeti-
ately be the duty cf the secretary of the
interior to declare nll such lands in
cluded in such grants which have not
been patented by the United States to
the grantee where the grant has been
made to corporation, or which have
not been lawfully disposed of by the
state where the grant has been made to
n state. forfeited to the ULited States.
and after such declaration the lands
thus declared forfeited shall be disposed
If the same as other public lands Of the
United States.
Year: 1877

The Nanaimo Free Press, alluding
to the malicious and untruthful
statement made by the morning pa
per here, concerning the cause of
the fire on the steamship Constitu-
ton being occasioned by the sponta-
neous combustion of NanaimO coal
which laid in her bunkers for some
time, says: ''The statement that
Nanaimo gas coal is liable to sponta-
neous combustion at sea is a deliber-
ate and malicious untruth, and we
defy the editor Of the lntelligencer
or any other person to cite an
instance where cargoes of either the
Nanaimo gas coal are the Yelling
ton steam coal have been burnt at
sea from spontaneous combustion.
Nanaimo has exported coal for the
past s5 years and the first instance
of spontaneous combustion Of either
coal is yet in the dim future. Sew
eral instances are known where Ma
naimo gas coal and Wellington steam
coal have been in the bunkers OF
Her Majesty's war vessels for over
IA months-during their journey
from Vancouver Island to England.
and not a sign of spontaneous COM
bustion. In addition we could cite
numerous instances of cargoes be-
ing taken to Acapulco and other dis
tant ports and the first disaster yet
unreported. From reliable infer-
nation received we strongly incline
to the opinion that neithe, Seattle OF
Wellington coal was the immediate
cause of the burning Of the Consti
tuition, and firmly believe that after
a thorough examination it will be
found that the fire was caused by
accident or by some defect about
the fires"
Year: 1877

For years great portion Of the City Of Chicago
has been periodically and thoroughly flooded with
stink strong enough to make the shade Of the
great B. Franklin lock down and weep for suffer-
Year: 1877

Blaine. of Maine, is just the same broad.
shoudered, big-hearted, grand old Republi-
can in the Senate that he was in the House;
a perpendicular Republican, with no more
waver to him than there is in the pines of his
own rugged state. Blaine's Republicanism is
a very sound kind of political gospel, and
there is enough of the Blaine leaven 10 the
party to leaven the whole lump. .-Bmlington
Haackeye.


Poor Chamberlain has bard row of pota-
toes to hoe. Nothing but the most stubborn
devotion to what he conceives to be principle
and the rights of the blacks keeps him in that
place. happen to know that he has, while
acting as governor" had to borrow two
thousand dollars out bank to pay bis ordin-
ary expenses. He gets nothing from the
state; in fact, he has no 'state' in one sense
OF the term, for conceive that the revenues
OF state constitute a state-H. Y. Redfeld.


Republican journalist, writing: 'In the
formation of the Cabinet, President Hayes
lcuss his weaknessl has won the admiration
of the country. What fool he is n The
appointment of Mr.. Schurz [cuss that cussed
Dutchmanl is one that the people will hail
with special pleasure. [Gosh, that is tough Il
In the appointment of Mr.. Key Iconblast
that Internal old rebel he is a nice speci-
men too, there is fitness which must be
highly appreciated at this time. Mr.. Blaine
lGod bless him is, we fear, making a mis-
take in opposing the policy OF the President.
wish he'd blister him just once more 4
What the country needs now is quiet. RI
wish there was another war Louisville
Courier Journal.


The Washington correspondent of the Bos-
ton Globe says: There is little doubt now
but that new session of Congress will be
called, to meet probably about June 20. In
view of this probability wire-pulling for the
next Speakership is already active. 1t is
learned that Foster of Ohio is most likely to
be the Republican candidate, and it may be
set down as more than possible that he will
get the prize. He only needs ak Democratic
votes, and claims that number pledged to his
support. The Democratic disaffection is OF
course among Southerners who are dissatis-
fed with Randall. His chance is poor now
and diminishes daily. 1t is well understood
that his trip North is in the interest Of his
own candidacy. Cox is in North Carolina,
and sends word that he has secured a majority
of that state delegation. He contemplates an
extended trip through the South. Sayler and
Morrison are both candidates; both are at
work out West and both are likely to lose
Clerk Adams, by the utmost stretch OF power
cannot make up the membership list so as to
foot up Democratic majority in the next
House Of more than fifteen. Foster and
friends are working shrewdly.
Year: 1877

ANOTHER assumption of the naturalists.
that bears sleep through the winter, has
been disproved by the stern logic of events.
Two Wisconsin men are entitled to the honor
OF exposing the blunder, and they are so well
satisfied that they have no wish to pursue
the perilous path further. One day last
month as they were in the woods fooling
round hollow tree, two large black bears
crawled out and signifed warm desire for
close acquaintance. The men suddenly re
membered that they must go back to their
work, and there was Immediately developed
an intense rivalry between the two as to
which one should get back to the settlement
first. Fired by ambition the bears took part
in the contest, and soon led the van. Then
a fight followed. The men were armed with
axes, and after hard struggle succeeded in
killing the animals. But they are very severe
in their denunciations of the naturalists who
say that bears are sleepy and dull in winter.
On the contrary, they assert, bears are as
lively as kittens, and cold weather rather
quickens their blood.
Year: 1877

THERE will be great astonishment and
relief throughout the country to learn that
California has conscience where Cinnamon
are concerned. Heretofore in that State the
murder of one of the oblique-eyed pagans has
been generally applauded as a vlrtuous act
and the murderer screened from all punish
ment. But the massacre at Chico has
aroused the better nature of the people of
California, and they are at last determined
that Justice shall be done though Cinnamon
prosper.
Year: 1877

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith


We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nications that are not used.
Year: 1877

A careful examination OF the statistics OF
deaths from hydrophobia Will convince any
reasonable person OF the danger attend n2


the introduction into this country OF the
| S9.tz dog. Since mis- advent there has been
| an alarming increase in the number OF
deaths from hydrophobia. This is due to
| the savage habits OF the animal, which rem
der him Il most undesirable neighbor. The
! SpitZ dog comes from the forests OF Penn
erauia, where he exists in seini-savage
state, and where he is in constant contact
with the still more savage wolf. Although
domesticated the savage instincts of the


brute remain, and, unlike other CANNES
which have long dwelt with man, the Spitz


seems incapable of forming a lasting friend
ship with his benefactor. 1t is well ascer-
tanned that he is liable to turn upon his


master at any moment, and those who
nave visited houses where the SpitZ has
been admitted as pet, probably entertain


lively impression of his pronounced hos
tiIty to strangers. The beauty of this an
imal is well calculated to make him a Ia


vorite with ladies, who do not think of the
terrible danger to which the possession OF


their pet exposes them. In the case OF


children the danger Is particularly great,


as the young people always make friend


OF dog, and are also given to IIdutging


in practical jokes at the expense of their


canine companions. In the case of thor


oughly domesticated dogs this is not at


tended with any serious results, because
the dogs take TO it kindly; but the SuIlen


and snappish nature OF the Spiiz at any


time may break out and result in injury to


the children involving a horrible death.


And death seems to result inevitably from


the bite of the Spitz dog. In view OF the


well ascertained savage nature oil this aul-


NAL it is the duty of the authorities TO take


immediate and stringent measures for his


suppression. The Spitz dog is a public


enemy New York Herald.
Year: 1877

Tho I1ouDonsE claimant comes to the
front again, and claims public attention
through the attorneys representing his case.
It ID said that they arc on the track of i'm.
poftant proof to supply tho miasing link,
being tho fog-book Of tho schooner
Osprey, by which 0n7oa claimed to
have been picked up and rescued
after his shipwreck. Tho Captain OF
the schooner ia the object Of much earnest
inquiry in San srancisco, whero be is under.
stood to have been lately interviewed on tho
subject OF the great English sensation. It Is
probable, however, that tho missing Captain
possesses no proofs that would stand the
terrible ordeal to which tho evidence of the
claimant was submitted during the trial OF
lis caae.
Year: 1877

fornerly there was very strong preiu-
elce against alfalfa for hay, especially for
horses. 1t was considered good enough for
cattle, but too coarse for horses. The prin-
clpal reason for this prejudice was found in
the tact that we did not know in the first
place how to sow alfalfa, and in the next
place when to cut it and how to use it.


Years OF experience have taught our farmers
what there is in both these points, and now
alfalfa is the best hay produced in California,
if not the best produced IN any other coun-
try. Alfalfa seed wants to be sown thick,
at least 70 pounds to the acre. If sown this
thick and good stand is obtained, the clo-
yer grows fine, the stems being tender and
juicy, instead Of coarse and woody. But
even then it must be cut early, or before the
seed begins to form. The best time to cut
alfalfa for hay is before the blossom is in full
development. This is not all If cut thus
early, and then not properly cured, the hay
is greatly injured, if not ruined. 1t must
not be dried in the sun, but as soon as wilted
should be raked into the Winrow and put
into small ricks or heaps, to be dried princi-
pally by the air, aud without direct exposure
to the air. 'Those who are going to sow al


falfa this spring will bear in mind that one
acre thick on the ground will be worth more
than two acres standing sparsely on the
ground. If you have but small amount
of seed, better sow that on a part of your
land and wait till another year to sow the
balance. When once it is seeded it is almost
impossible to thicken the stand by sowing
new seed with the old clover, from the fact
that at any time the new seed would grow
that already on the ground so shades it that
it will not germillate. The sowing must be
done well at first. Sow thick, and then cut
and cure as suggested, and you will have
the best Of hay for cattle or horses, or any
hay-eating animals.-,San Francisco Bulletin.
Year: 1877

1 THIS is the most important season OF the
! wear to the farmer. The labors OF the whole
wear greatly depend upon what is accom-
nlshed now. If he do not sow he cannot
resp; yet it does not necessarily follow that
he will reap if he does SOW The extent of
his harvest, at least, depends greatly upon
4 thc manner, time. ETC., in which the sowing
/ is done. If the ground is well prepared and
1 good seed selected, and the sowing done at
! the proper time. the spring work is well
u #performed and the farmer may proceed with
I the regular routine of labor of the occurring
seasons with bright hopes of realizing some
! thine for his toll But if. on the other hand,
y the work Of seeding the Land is poorly done,


\ if the seed is inferior, or the ground in bad
order when sown, or sown too late, the


: most diligent exertion, attended with fav-
#orable season, promises an inferior crop at
best.


Some farmers are always up and doing.
They are ready for their work when it is
ready for them, and are never hurried, but


always find time to do everything in its pro-
4 per manner. There are others who seem to
Z work just as hard, and often more hours
! who are always behind. They are never


ready to begin their spring work until their
I negtabors are half through, consequently
Z they are continually hurried, don't half do


that which they attempt, and get poor re-
4 turn from their farms. 1t IS just as easy for


one to take time by the forelock and crowd
their work as to have it crowd them then
! the results, too, are far more satisfactory.
Year: 1877

In answer to inquiries Of how to plant
strawberries, the Rural World says: Any
farmer that has ever raised cabbages or to-
matoes can raise strawberries. Prepare the
ground just as you do for any other crop. in
the garden Or in the field. Stretch a line
where you want to plant row, and take
spade..o shovel and cut out small hole, two
and a half or three inches deep, with one
corner of the spade, big enough to receive
the roots of the strawberry plants. Make
these holes Is. 20 or "a inches apart in the
row. and then take up the line and stretch it
8, 35 or 4 feet from the former row, and SO
make as many rows and holes as you have
plants. A man will soon learn to chop out
the holes very fast with spade-ncarly as
fast as he can walk. Now take the plants,
straighten out their roots, spread them a
little in the hole, holding the plant in one
hand and letting the crown be held at the
surface, so that it will stand as deep as it
stood before it was dug. With the other
hand pull up and press snugly about the
roots the loose soil, leaving the ground level
about the plants, and the work is done. In
this way we plant for market six or eight
acres every spring, and never fail to get
from one to two hundred bushels per acre.
If you prefer you can take dibble and
make hole where the plant is to stand, just
as you do for cabbage or tobacco plants, and
set out that way. There is no secret in rails
ing strawberries; all it requires is WILL
''Where there's will there's way.'


The only after culture required is to keep
the ground mellow and free of weeds, just
as you do everything else you raise. Of
course, if you let any crop get smothered
With weeds it will injure it, but Strawberries
will stand great deal of this and still give
good deal OF fruit. There is greater de-
nland than ever tor all kinds of small fruits,
and we rejoice at It, for they are very health
full, furnish an excellent diet, give variety to
the food on the table, are a luxury priced by
young and old, are good cooked or raw, in
pies, tarts or rolls, and give an evidence of
higher aims and notions among farmers.


Farmers may just as we'll enjoy the lux
uries of life as other classes. Good fruits
and good books and papers, generally go
together. This is now the time to order all
kinds of fruits and plants. Don't delay an
other year-why lose another years enjoy
ment when it is so easy to get them and
plant now?
Year: 1877

The following, from the Michigan Hortl-
cultural Society, is a method of treating
strawberry gardens entirely new to rs. Ii
may possibly be good:


AS soon as fruiting is past, NOW the patch
or field, as it may be, the same as you would
your lawn. AS soon as the vines are well
covered and dry, incorporate thoroughly
with the mulch on the ground. Hyou have
enough of the combustible on the ground to
make clean burn, watch your opportunity
and avail yourself of the first favorable wind
and burn it off. Sometimes it is necessary
to add little more straw in order to make
clean burn. After this is done, there is
nothing more required other than to see that
the ground is kept clean until winter closes
in. When the ground is frozen sufficiently,
so that you can drive on to it without break
ing the crust, distribute your straw and cov-
er.. your vines SO that they are concealed
| from sight. This is all that is required until
the next spring, when the straw is to be re-
moved from the vines, but left in the spaces
between the rows as d mulch for the coming
season. .. L-.--...-.- S..f,.t
| SNAIL fruit has been produced in our val
leys by every one who has made the at


tempt, and we trust every farmer will set


about to provide these ese.itia! lux,ries.
Year: 1877

Time is money with the farmer as we'll as
business men, and it is economy to have all
openings into fields fitted with gates, as they
can be opened and closed with the least pos
sible loss of time. In many sections we see
the only means of passing from one field to
another is by letting down fence. No
thrifty and thorough farmer will manage
his farm in that manner. good, substan-
tial gate will cost but little more than bars.
and is infinitely more convenient. If your
premises are not provided with these con-
veniences, it would he well, before the actlv-
tiles of seeding and gathering come, to put
these things into shape, and have them as
convenient as these simple suggestions will
make them.