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Year: 1875

OF the ten horses entered, only oight started.
Stonewall and VIM. r. were withdrawn.


First Hedt.-Billy Bonlden got an easy lead,
the other horses being close behind and well to-
gether during the first quarter, after which the
horses strung out along the course until the
second round, when Nan pushed mp with Billy
Boulden and brisk race followed until Nan
broke on the home stretch and Billy Bouden
won the heat in 2 10.


Second Heat.-Blly Boulden and Nan were al
so the principal contestants in this heat in the
first half, Nan once getting the lead but losing it
by breaking. In the last half Shelly Copper
Bottom pushed up with the leading horses, and
for time made lively trot, all three coming
round the last course and down the home stretch
together, until they neared the judges stand
when Billy Boulden made spurt and came in a
half length ahead in Isl.


Third Heat.-The delay in getting off allowed
the darkness to settle over the track that it
was impossible to distinguish the relative posi-
tions OF the horses out Oh tile eouree, but Billy
Boulden seemed to have the lead in the race
and kept ii to the close, winning the heat in 2 81
and the race.


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Year: 1875

In the Middle and Eastern States,
higher barometer, southerly or easter
ly winds, partly cloudy weather, oc-
casional rain in latter and interior of
former with lower temperature except
over southern portion of former,
Year: 1875

GOVERNOR SAFFoRD's third biennial message appears in THE CITIZEN Supple menu to-day. Like all his documents, it proceeds straight to proper business and does not depart from it. It is highly spok- en of by those fully competent to know, and is, without doubt, one that will favor ably compare with that of any Governor in the United States.
Year: 1875

WAsHINToN dispatches of the 9th and 7th show that the Central Pacific and Texas and Pacific railway companies have come to square contest of Strength-but not anything of their relative strength.
Year: 1875

At the Board of Police yesterday the vacan-
ces caused by failure OF election inspectors and poll
clerks t. attend to their duties filed Moneys re-
ceiyed private individuals for the pay OF special
duty officers OF the amount paid to the officers
for Septembcr was ordered returned The counsel
of the Board sent in written opinion that the police
had no right 10 recognize receipts OF the Board
of Excise for part payment of fees as licenses
The Chief Clerk instructed to prefer charges against
Roundsnan Warlow for improperly reporting Detective
Radford as on duty when he absent on leave Door
man William A. Caueld OF the Thiry ythird Precinct was
dismissed from the force for intOXcaton Patroman
Patrick W Reilly of the precinct. for beating a
citizen without cause PatrOlman Fritz Petre for being
off post and subsequently being absent without leave
Scre Robert Castle OF the Seventeenth Precinct, for
making false entries the b0ter of the police station
patrolman James Gavin of the Twenty Precinct


for being from his post without sufficient cause
Commissioner Smith recommended the dismissal OF
Scrgt J. Brogan OF the Twentieth Precinct for using
threatening language in the police station but the recon-
mcndaon not entertained and the charge was dis
mi
Year: 1875

The woman whose body was found hanging
in a room No. 29l Elizabeth-st. Sunday evening
last has been identified Caroline GrOsslaub. She was
married, her maiden being Herbst and her hus-
band is in Boston. She had not been living with
him for three months past owing TO some difficulty
between them, but had been living with another man,
whose photograph found hanging in her room but
whose has not yet been disclosed. They lived to-


geher at sixteenthst and Avenue A This man left her
about month ago She xOus TO be divorced from
her husband, and had written him letter WHICH she
subsequently up and the pieces OF which found
in her room She had recently told o woman named
Year: 1875

The rooms of the Art Students League were
opened yesterday morning The earlier part OF the dsy
and the evening given TO the male Students ana 'e
afternoons are reserved to the female pupils Several
rrominept artists OF this city members OF the League
which now numbers about 100 persons and applications
for admission are daily received. The objects OF the
League are also TO promote social feeling among lis mem
bers and 1t is not designed TO admit any one b tsso
Year: 1875

Thomas, James, and Lawrence Goodwin were
arraigned in First District Police Court in Jersey
City, before Judge Reese yesterday, for examination, on


the charge of kicking their father and causing the wounds
which resulted in bis death. Capt Robbins Of the First
Precinct testified that he arrested them because he was
informed that they had killed thef father Michael Good
win at No. % Railroadaye. Lawrence Goodwin testified
that only fight he knew OF occurred week ago last
Friday. When he came home from work that night he
was in the hall by his mother and his sister who told
him there was a fght going inside he went in and
saw his brother Thomas, covered with blood from q
wound in the head, sitting by window,
his father standing in the bedroom door,
and James in the middle Of the floor. They were all
under the influence of liquor though James was the
most sober Lawrence led his father into another room
end left him smoking n pipe. James went out, and
Thomas went TO bed Thomas admitted that he was
drunk on the night in question, and stated that his
father struck him, but denied striking his father or
eeeiuR any one james said he was out when the
fight began His father did not complain until the fol-
low ing Monday, and sick only one week Anne An
derso tic eldest daughter testified that she heard the
fight but did not see II.


No other witnesses were examined. Lawrence was
discharged, under bail 10 appear as witness II wanted
Year: 1875

The Fall meeting of the Jockey Club at
will attract the Hnssss dor Az a the
meetings those who object O money betting will
their preferences among the horsos by wasers q
ENOXs latest style Os HAZE purchasabo at No ZZ Broad
way, No. 533 Broadwny and In the Fifth Avenue Hotel
Year: 1875

In England and in some other portions oi the Old Country It IS not considered vulgar m young lady to be healthy and vigorous There is less of that feeble, Holly polly nonsense than we meet with in certain circles here. Who ever heard an English girl say, ''Oh, can't ,' when invited to take d walk of ten or dozen miles Young men who may wish to start small hospital, with at least one permanent patient, should marry small, tight-laced, fashionable Ameri- can grl--or dry goods show-case-who has been in the care of a family physician since she was six years old. He will wish he had not.-TScivnce of Health.
Year: 1875

Girard College, in Philadelphia, is
now supporting and educating five
hundred and fifty orphans. For more
than thirty years its beautiful marble
halls have been filled to their utmost
capacity. Here thousands of boys
have been trained up in the paths of
virtue, who, perhaps, would have be-
come pests of society if its doors had
not been opened to them. Every
child, when admitted into the College,
is indentured to the Board of Mana
gers. He is instructed by teachers
who rank with the highest in their
profession. Boys who exhibit remark
able talents, after completing the
thorough and practical course of study
in the College, are sent to other Col
leges to acquire more extensive edu-
cation; while the greater number are
bound out to farmers, mechanics and
tradesmen to acquire knowledge of
business that will make them useful
and independent citizens. The income
of the College for 1874 was 100000,
while the expenses were $400, 900. The
income will soon be so large that it
will be difficult to find objects of
charity sufficient to exhaust it.
$40 acres of land belonging to
the estate will soon be covered with
houses, the lease of which will make
Girard College the most magnificently
endowed Institution in the world. In
comparison with such gift, whether
we consider it's immense value or the
noble work it is accomplishing for
humanity, the donation of James
Lick sinks into insignificance.
Year: 1875

Teachers should frequently and care
fully read the following requirement
of the California School Law. There
is no part of their responsible work
that calls for the exercise of more Wig
lance and prudence. Their success
in training up virtuous men and
women, good American citizens, de-
pends more upon conscientious COM
pliance with this, than with any
other portion of the law.


cit shall be the duty of all teachers
to endeavor to impress on the minds of
the pupils the principles of morality,
truth, justice and patriotism; to teach
them to avoid idleness, profanity and
falsehood, and to instruct them in the
principles of free government, and to
train them up to true comprehension
of the rights, duties and dignity of
American citizenship"
Year: 1875

The German school in this city is in
a prosperous condition. The building
now occupied being too small to ac-
commodate the classes, and being un-
pleasantly located, the Trustees have
determined to build more commo-
dious house, in more eligible situa-
tion. The house they propose to build
will be an ornament to the city. Sue
cess to this, and to all schools.
Year: 1875

Believing that the sale and consumption OF
spirituous and malt liquors In the settlement
would be productive Of much evil continually,
and no good, the Association will insert .
clause in all deeds prohibiting forever the sale
lands sold.


Plats of the lands and further Information
can be had by calling at the Office OF the Asso-
citation, Ia SPRING STREET, LOS ANGE-
LES
Year: 1875

The soil is of y rch sandy loan and ffee
from alkali. There are two OF three small
pieces of alkali ground on the tract, but they
will be pointed out to purchasers 30 that they
may know what they are buying. The char
acter of the soil is more like the warm mesa
lands of the country, than the low, damp corn
lands.
Year: 1875

Can be readily and SURELY obtained ct
depth of from one hundred and thirty to two
hundred feet. There are many flowing wells
in the immediate vicinity, and within the Az
tesian belt no failure to get flowing water hAs
ever occurred. Responsible parties propose
to sink artesian wells everywhere on the tract
and guarantee water or make no charge there
for. The townof
Year: 1875

The rev railroad is completed at Anaheim
and runs directly along the southern portion
OF our tract. We will Offer lands within from
one to three miles Of Downey City as well
adapted for corn as any now under cnltiva-
ton. and there are none better In the world.
Year: 1875

rhe great desideratum of Southern Calif0r-
mia, without which the richest land is CON-
verted into desert, and with It the desert h
converted into garden, is here easily obtain
ed In great abundance. surface water is found
at depth OF ten or fifteen feet, and
Year: 1875

Last Sunday a storekeeper oi
Labadieville, Assumption parish,
named Emile Gerard, q white man,
was shot down and killed in his own
store, by a band Of drunken negroes
who had been out celebrating tie
anniversary of independ' nee.


Gerard's store was opposite the
ferry landing, and in the evening, as
he was seated outside his store with
his wife, a number of quarreliing,
drunken negroes, crossed the ferry
rom the other side towards his store.
Some misunderstanding took place
between them and the ferryman, and
when they had crossed, they mani
tested a manly disposition to beat the
latter.


One of them went toward Gerard's
store, supposed to be i'll search of
weapon, but Gerard seeing them
drunk and disorderly told him not to
enter. lie disregarded the order,
however, and entered and the others
went in Immediately after him. Their
took serious turn finally,
and Gerard's brother thought it neces-
sary to hold pistol in his hand for
personal protection. One of the
negroes wrested the pistol from him
and melee ensued, in which Emile
Gerard drew blunt weapon of some
kind, and in the act of taking it up
was shot down and killed by one of
the party.


Two Of them have since been ar.
rested, but the one who did tbe shoot
ing is still at large.
Year: 1875

"A very singular exhibition was
given yesterday at the JardiI Ma.
billie. There has been performing
here at the Folies Bergere, a man
named Holtum, an American, who
has cannon fired at him and catches
the ball in his hands. This prodi-
gious feat was witnessed nightly, and
although the actors present avowed
that there was no trick, Pierre Yer
non, of the Monde Illustre, would not
believe it. lie said that the cannon
ball must be thrown to Holtum from
the stage. The latter made o bet of
five thousand francs that be would
perform the feat under conditions
which left no room to doubt, and
when the bet was taken Vernon de-
signated Nabille as the place for the
trial. All the journalists of Paris
were invited, and they found Holtum
there before his cannon.


1t was examined with minute care,
and the heavy ball was passed from
hand 10 hand. IL am no longer in
my Own house." said Holtum "you
are master here, aud you must watch
over all the arrangements" Having
carefully aimed and lashed its cannon,
it was charged, and Holtum took his
place against plank target some ten
yards away. This was to show that
the ball was solid, and the force of
the powder great enough to send it
through the plank. Holtum got the
aim of his gun, and placed bis head
in certain position against the plank,
giving the command to fire.


The ball just ..grazed the hair and
broke through the plank, rolling some
twenty yards further on. The same
ball was picked up by the journalists.
who again charged the cannon and
sent home the ball in his hands as
neatly as be does nightly upon the
stage. He won bis bet, and no one
seemed disposed to accept bis offer
of three thousand francs to any one
who would perform the same astound.
ing feat. Tho physical force required
must be enormous, but Holtum show.
ed bis strength by tossing ur cannon
balls as if they were so many oranges.


The only precautions taken are
very simple; be wears very thick
leather gloves and covers his breast
with many thicknesses of thin paper
to form q sort of quirass. This looks
to me like very dangerous feat, and
particularly the first part of it, where
Holtum places his head against the
target half an inch lbelow where the
ball will probably strike. If the
powder should chance to be defective,
some day there might be an accident.
1t is like the fool hardy trick of put
ting ones head into a lions mouth.
One day l fancy that ball will snap
his head very neatly of-Paris Cor
respondence Of the N. y Sun.
Year: 1875

When Mr.. Soberleigh read that q
father in the West bad chopped bis
only son in two, be inDocently re-
marked that he didn't think they
ought to arrest q Msn for simply
parting bis heir in the middle"
Year: 1875

Charles Warren Stoddard quietly
removes the romance from the Vene-
tian flower girls by saying: "There
are aower-women who offer you a
straw with bud and three geranium
leaves at the top of it. Offer, I said.
Offer is mild word to apply to their
attacks; they stab you in the button
hole with their villainous little bou-
quets, and follow you for half block
imploring you to buy IF you take
the woman by the nape of her neck
and dangle her over the canal for q
few moments she merely smiles when
she returns to earth, and at once se-
lects a new boquet, even less desira-
bic than the last, with which to be-
guile you"
Year: 1875

The marriage Of middle age IS com :
panionship, the second marriage of
maturity, perhaps the repsYation of a
mistake, perhaps the pallid transcript
of hurried joy, but the marriage of
the loving young is by the direct bless
ing Of God, and the complete idea of a
lovely human life Let those who
have found that pearl hold it fast and


keep it safe. Within the doors where
love dwells no evil things should en-
ter, and the loving bride who would


be the. happy wife must speedily guard
against her own impatience and de-
spair, when the lover is emerging into
the husband, the f1attercr into the
friend.-Margaret Fuller.
Year: 1875

When you call at the Office for your
mail, and the Postmaster hands it out,
ask him if that is ALL 1t you ask for
mail, and he tells you there is none,
tell him there ought to be. Then go
home and send all the rest of the
family around to ask at different times
through the day. Don't bring your
mail to the Office until the mail is
closed, then curse the Postmaster for
not opening the mail bag and putting
your letter in. When you want a
stamp on your letter, tell the POST
master to put it on; il he don't like it
lick him. In case you put it on your
self. soak it in your mouth long
enough to remove the mucilage; it will
then stick until it is dry. Be sure
and ask the Postmaster to credit you
for stamps; if he has any accommo.
dation about him he will do it. IF
you have a box, stand and drum on it
until the Postmaster hands out your
mail; it makes him feel good, especial
ly if he is waiting on somebody else.
Be sure and ask the Postmaster for
your mail while he is distributing. and
before the window is open for deliv-
cry. y. w. NJ.


MORNING VIEW, KY.
Year: 1875

LOuf01aDa Remarks of Senator PeaSe.


Senator Pease, of Mississippi, on
the 25th, sent to the Clerk desk the
resolutions Of the Mississippi Legisla-
tire indorsing the action of General
Sheridan in Louisiana, and said the
President had been declared an
usurper and a military ,lictator. He
had been arraigned on mere newspa-
per reports. When the facts came
out it was shown instead Of any at
tempt to overthrow the government of
Louisiana, the President had only
performed that which his oath of Of
fice compelled him to. The President
was bound to recognize kellogg rs
Governor of the State Congress has
taken no action TO establish a govern
ment there, and the President had no
other course than the recognition of
Kellogg left him. He said the act of
Wiltz was part of a conspiracy on the
part of the Democrats to overthrow
the government of Louisiana. Not
one word of censure has come from
the Democratic side of this chamber
toward Wiltz, who was the revolution
ist. He was surprised that an Amer
lean Senator should stand in his place
and apologize for the outrages COM
mitted IN Louisiana in the last few
years, when it had been shown that
3, 500 persons had been murdered
there for political reasons since 1866
He read from the report of Mr. Schurz
upon the condition of the South made
in 1865, and said he begged to assure
Senator Schurz that the condition of
affairs he found then had been grow
ing worse every day since. This new
movement at the South meant revolu-
ton and the destruction of the Re-
public Under the political teachings
Of the Senator from Missouri 6Schurz)
his State had been turned over to the
secession Democracy. and he would
have the Republican party now turn
over the South to the White League
banditti. The old Kuklux organiza-
ton and the White League of to-day
are the same, yet these murderers and
assassins had their apolegists on this
floor.
Year: 1875

THERE ARE some men who would
destroy the Republican party to get
rid of an unworthy official This
would be as sensible as the sinking of
ship to get rid of rotten spar, or
the destruction of crop of wheat to
get rid of a few miserable weeds. The
true way is to remedy defect as soon
as discovered. If bad man is found
in an official position, get rid of him
The sooner the better. This done,
the party is better than ever. Repub-
licans should never lose sight of re-
form, but reform calls for improvement.
and not wholesale destruction. Re-
form, by substituting Democracy for
Republicanism, can never be attained
1t wonld be a movement backward
1t would be equal to supplanting.
the civilization of the nineteen h cen
tury with the barbarism of the dark
ages.-Er.
Year: 1875

God bless the farm-the dear old farm


God bless its every rood,
Where willing hearts aad sturdy arms


Can earn an honest livelihood
Can from the coarse and fertile soil
in back recompense for toll.
God bless each meadow, field, and nook,


Begemmed with fairest flowers,
And every leaf that's gently shook


By evening breeze or morning showers;
God bless them all each leafs gem
In natures gorgeous diadem.
The orchards that, in early spring,


Blush rich in fragrant flowers,
And with each autumn surely bring


Their wealth of fruits in golden showers;
Like pOmegranates on AaronS rod,
A miracle from Natures God.
And may he bless the farmers home,


Where peace and plenty reign
No happier spot meath heavens high dome


Doth this broad, beauteous earth contain,
Than where secure from care and strife,
The farmer leads his peaceful life
Unvexed by toll and tricks for gain,


He turns the fertile mold
Then scatterS on the golden grain,


And reaps reward an hundred fold;
he dwe!ls where grace and beauty charm
For God hath blessed his home and farm.
Year: 1875

tempt to evade them. A leveled rife
halted me very promptly and [ walked
back toward them. Well, the long
and short of the thing is, that they
robbed me of everything |
had about me, save my clothing and
acted as ugly as pair of Satans. |
do not know what else they would have
done with me had not help arrived
just then and frightened them away
In their haste they dropped some of
my goods which | recovered.
L had another adventure-a short,
but exciting chase and that ended my
Indian adventure that day


All day the Indians followed US,
kept close watch Of us and at night
we justly expected some ''bad work. p
At y o'clock we sent man to Gallupe' s
camp Con White River) for help, but
he only gotta short distance out when
the Redskins run him in. OF course
it was night of anxiety and dread to
all. We knew the Indians were ugly
and evidently meant business.


However, the morning sun found us
all go. K. " and hardly an Indian was
seen from that time on till we reached
the agency.


[ stopped at Gallupe's camp and had
a very pleasant visit.


The Colonel and Mause had things
very nicely arranged and the location
was the best on the entire road.


They had fight with the same party
of Indians ESQ they said) that went
through US, a few days before we got
there.


At Spotted Tail I had pleasant
visit with Jerrett, and called on Mr..
and Mrs. Cleveland who used to be at
White Swan you remember From
there | went to Sidney and remined a
few days expecting to make visit in
to Colorado, but meeting friend
brother of Dan Pratt who is out here
''rusticating" Il was induced to
change my mind and come with him
and attend the grand Council which
comes off now in few days.


We came here from Sidney alone on
horseback-laid out three nights on
the prairie two of which it rained
fearfully and we had to lay and soak
all night. Contrary to expectation we
were not the worse for the wetting.


My out door life agrees with my
health and [ anticipate the Colorado
climate will be just the thing for me.
do not know when [ will get there,
not till after the Council


How are you and your Mother
My kind regards to her. Excuse this
rapid letter, l have to write at disad.
vantage. Do you hear anything OF
the Lugenbeels?


Please write me soon and oblige your
wandering friend.


WILL W. SToDDARD.
Year: 1875

The conductor ON the freight which
reached this city from the west at
o clock Wednesday evening. Was SO
kind to an old lady when she got of
the train at Dewitt. and he rendered
her SO much assistance in getting her
baggage to the depot, that passenger
asked him if ''the old lady was his
mother?' 90, no." was the reply
but she is somebody's mother
This is the conduct of true gentleman
and is in strange contrast with that Of
the shoddy aristocracy which has grown
up within the last few years.