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Year: 1871

HEAVY SUIT AGAINST THE SUBSIDY CROWD.
Placer county claims that there is now
due her from the Central Pacific Railroad in
money and property earned while she was
large stakeholder, sum estimated in round
numbers to be between 81 600 600 and So, )
600 900, and the Board of Supervisors of
that county have authorized the commence
ment of suit against the railroad compa-
ny for the recovery of the money. If this
suit is properly and honestly prosecuted on
the part of the county, it will bring to the
surface the secret contracts of the company
and involve a complete overhauling of their
books. But we do not believe the suit will
be honestly conducted, and we doubt if it is
in the power of the people of Placer county to
recover their just due from the company
There is a large sum Of money at stake, and
if the managers of the Central Pacific were
pushed to the wall in this case their stock
now on the market would be seriously dep
rcated, and the public would come in pos
session of facts which Stanford & Co. much
prefer should not see the light. 1t behooves
the taxpayers of Placer county to watch
their case with argus eyes, and if possible
prevent the perpetuation of swindle upon
themselves by allowing the suit to degener-
ate into farce in which the scenes are shifted
and the play played out by actors in the
pay of the railroad company. Let the great
monopoly be forced to refund every cent due.
San Joaquin Republican.
Year: 1871

TRuTHFULNEss AT HoME.-Of all happy
households, that is the happiest where false
hood is never thought of. All peace is brok-
en- up when once it appears there is liar in
the house. All comfort is gone when sus-
picion has once entered-when there must
be reserve in talk and reservation in belief.
Anxious parents, who are aware of the
pains of suspicion, will place general conf
dence in their children and receive what they
say freely, unless there is strong reason to
distrist the truth of any one. If such an
occasion should unhapply arise, they must
keep the suspicion from spreading as long as
possible, and avoid disgraeing their poor
child while there is chance of its cure by
their confidential assistance. He should
have their pity and assduous help, as he
were suffering under some bodily disorder
If he can be cured he will become duly CRATE
full for the treatment If the endeavor fails,
means must of course be taken to prevent
his example from doing harm; and then, as
said, the family confidence is gone. fear,
that from some cause or another, there are
but few large families where every member
is altogether truthful. But where all are SO
organized and so trained as to be wholly re-
liable in act and word, they are light to
all eyes and a joy to all hearts. They ar
public benefits, for they are point of gen.
eral reliance; and they are privately blessed
within and without Without, their life is
made easy by universal trust; and within
their hearts they have the security Of recti-
tude and the gladness of innoce nee -Har-
rjet Martueau.
Year: 1871

'Ts not the forms exquisits mould,


The silken curl's voluptuous flow,
The lightsome step, the witching eye,
The small white hand and snowy brow.
Can that be beautiful that fades


Like rainbows from the clouds of dun
That withers at the touch of Time.


Like flowers beneath burning sun
What are the charms SO boasted of


A heeting glance, passing smile
A form whose graceful lineaments


Conceal, too oft, the heart of guile.
A vain and vacant smile may play


On rosy lip and dimpled chin;
The eye may brightly glance away,


Yet give no token of a mind Within
But, ah! the mind, the undying mind.


Hath holier beauty Of its own
A charm that fingers on to bless


When outward lovelnes has flown;
Aye, fingers when the cheek is pale


And care has dimmed the eye of mirth,
Unaltered by the frosts of Time


Or changing circumstance of earth.
Year: 1871

SICK OF HM.-The community is becom-
ing sick of Horace Hawes and his humbug
donations. When a man has outlived his
usefulness, if he ever had any, and serves
only to cumber the earth, what great pity
it is he cannot die and be done with it. II
Hawes thinks he can make peace with man
kind by the absurd propositions which he
parades before the world, he is greatly mis-
taken. We advised him some time ago to
use his surplus funds to build himself a
splendid sarcophagus and then proceed to
crawl into it and hide himself from his fellow
men forever This would raise him in their
estimation far more than his absurd and rid
iculous requests. .-Eramnaer
Year: 1871

AN IMPARTIAL WITNESS. A fourteen year
old girl was witness in recent Indiana d.
vorce suit, and portion of her evidence was
as follows: Father got mad because moth
er starched his stockings. Mother picked
up the stockings and hit father on the head
with them, and it sounded as though they
were sticks of wood. Father then stuffed
hot wheat-cake down mothers throat, and
then mother set the dog on father and twist
ed the dogs tail to make him bite harder"
Year: 1871

The following rates, As FIXED By LAW, Will be
sharg ged for all legal advertisements and notices


For the first insertion, one dollar and nifty
cents per square of two hundred and fifty ems,
and one dollar per square for each additional IN
sertion, up to four, and thiry-hve cents per
square for each subsequent insertion.


rs- All legal advertisements must be plainly
written. and the number of insertions must al
ways be marked on the margin of each adver-
tsement, or they will be continued and charged
accordingly. The publisher will not be respon-
sible for faulty or Illegal manuscript.
Year: 1871

The Utica Observer says that the Clear
field Fair consisted of a calf, goose and a
pumpkin, and that it rained so hard the first
night that the goose swan off, the calf broke
loose and ate the pumpkin, and thief prowl-
ing around stole the calf, and that ended
the fair.
Year: 1871

An old bachelor editor thus, in his spite.
comments on recent moonlight incident:


eve left our sanctum at midnight last
night, and on our way home we saw a young
lady and gentleman holding gate on its
hinges. They were evidently indignant at
being out so late, and we saw them bite
each other several times"
Year: 1871

Two little boys were met after dark by
fellow who demanded their money. Said
one of them, 81 have no money" This
might have been sufficient answer; but the
other made assurance doubly sure by adding
'and haven't any pocket TO put money IN. >
Year: 1871

"AVING LOCATED IN AUBURN, OF
i l. fers his services as Physician and Surgeon
to the people of town and surrounding country
and hopes, by strict attention to his profession
to merit and receive liberal share of patronage.
For the present he can be found, when not alb
sent on professional business, day or night at
the American Hotel. fe1l-my.
Year: 1871

The Sun, who smiles wherever he goes, Til the flowers all smile again, Fell in love one day with bashful Rose That had been 8 bud till then. So he pushed back the folds of the soft green

 hood

 That covered her modest grace, And kissed her as only a lover could, Till the crimson burned in her face. But wo for the day when his golden hair Tangled her heart in a net, And wo for the night of dark despair,

 When her check with tears was wet For she loved him as only maiden could, And he left her crushed and weak, Striving in vain with her faded hood

 To cover her guilty cheek.
Year: 1871

It good seamanshp when there is reason to expect heavy weather to drop an anchor to wiudward.

 We are the midst of the chlls and fever Tue this distressing maady Hostet ters Stomach Bitters of that wholesome vege table tonic will render attack impossible. Take the hint and drop anchor ciadicard.

 Weak stomachs mostliable to be disordered late in the autumn. when the changes of temperature marked and frequent Hostetters Bitters fortes the stomach against the effects of these variations Let dyspeptics make of the fact and drop anohor tcindtcard.

 The liver sensitive when the weather oontin- uay alternating between the warmth of summer and the cold of winter than any other period of the This peculiarly the season of such alterations Let the bilious remember that Hostetters Stomach Btters is essentially ant-hious medicine, and drop ehor to tcinooard. .'

 The wisest plan is to forestan evil. The next best thing arrest it. For disorders of the stomach ir reguares of the bowels and all periodical fevers take as soon as the complaint develops tsef Hostetters Stomach Bitters.
Year: 1871

Fevers seldom make an attack without warning and may often be thrown of by soaking the feet in warm water, wrapping up warm in bed, and taking two or three of " PARsoN's PURaATIvE PTIS !"
Year: 1871

The new shapes in bonnets are still made very high, but are somewhat larger than they have been for some time. A new style is made of seal skin, trimmed with feathers the same color.
Year: 1871

the names issuing forth from the build ings on both sides of the street would unite and present solid mass of fire,

 completely filling the street from side to side, and shooting upward hundred feet into the air above the housetops in their mad career. Thus was street after street filled with flame, and the exulta- tion of the fire-6end was given over to in roar which can only be equalled by combining the noise of the ocean when its waters are driven during a tempest upon the rocky beach with the howl of the blast. Hugh walls would topple and fall into the sea of fire without apparent ly giving a sound, as the roar of the fierce element was so great that all minor sounds were swallowed up, and the fall of the walls was only perceptible to the eyes. If the reader will recall to his mind the fiercest snow-storm in his expe

 rience and imagine the snow to be fire as it surged hither and thither before the fury of the wind, they will be able tc form faint conception of the flames as they ragged through the streets of ou1 doomed city. Many of the buildings situated along South Water street buried thelr red-hot rear walls in the water O.

 the river, into which they plunged witt hiss. The heat was so intense at times from some of the burning buildings tha; they could not be approached within on. hundred and fifty feet, which account! for the manner in which the fire worked back, and often against the wind. Tn, fire, after reaching the business portion of Randolph and South Water streets

 leaped the river to the north side in ar incredible short space of time, and thence among the wooden buildings on tha

 side reached the lake shore, after toucL

 ing block after block of dwelling house. wiSh its fierce blast. A scene of sucl utter powerlessness in the face of al enemy was never presented than that O. lthis people trying to combat the fire
Year: 1871

Expiration Of tho Order of Arrest which was


Issued In His Case.


The warrant which was issued sometime since
against Mr. Albert A. woodward expired last Satur.
day without that gentleman having been found.
Knowing this fact representative Of the HERALD
called at the Snerifs ofce yesterday afternoon and
inquired OF Mr.. Judson Jarvis the arrest deputy,
what action was likely to be taken with reference
TO the matter. MIR. Jarvis said that the
order OF arrest had been returned to
him by the officer to whom II had been given FOR
service, and that as the now stood he did not
know what furtner steps would be taken. Mr..
woodward, he believed, was not IN town, but as
regards his whereabouts he perfect ly Ignorant
AS the matter now stands he (Jarvis) was without
any authority to arrest him, even though he should
walk Into his Office nc any moment In order 10
secure him when he does return to the
city O new order OF arrest win have
prcme Court. Woodward's friends say that he is
expected back daily and that when he arrives he
will most undoubtedly surrender himself to the
authorities.
Year: 1871

able TO complete their report but thar they expect
TO be able 10 do 30 at an early day. The committee
OF citizens who Of the Invitation Of your committee
have co-oper0oed IN the examination or the 90
mittee now have that report and The recOm-
mendations therein contained, under considera-
ton. The facts contained IN that report were as
Board ana the Board OF Supervisors as they were
to the community at large, and the Committee feel
they did not


DO MORE THAN THE COMMITTEE OF CITIZENS
believe mat The City and county authorities should
take some


MORE DECIDED ACTION
than the mere publication or the facts ana 1rures
What action they should and can take In the matter
ts now being considered. and as soon as that has
been determined and 1t viii be determined at an
early day-the committee will be prepared to make
their report to this Board.


The board then adjourned until Saturday at two
O'Clock
Year: 1871

SUDDEN DEATH.-On Saturday night CO.
lored man walking On College street; near
the Medical College, was seen to fall sud-
denly, and persons running to his assist
ance found that he was quite dead. The
deceased proved to be Frank Duncan, a
respectable man, living on the premises OF
Coroner Trent, at Ne. 7O1 west Marshall
street. The coroner was satisfied that he
died of heart disease, and deemed an In
quest unnecessary,


It is stated that Duncan had saved up
considerable money, and only few days
before his death loaned it to grocer with
whom he dealt. The name Of the grocer is
not known, but the widow would be very
Glad to have him come forward anu return
the money.
Year: 1871

At the Dollar store, corner Ninth and Main
streets, to be found those excellent lades' lea
ther travelIing-bags that you see so many use
Their assortment of goods far exceed o,ir expec-
ta.ion. They have nearly everything You may
want They have the best assortment or slipper 8
ndcush!on patterns In the city. An elegant new
leather fan can he got there.
Year: 1871

UNIFORMS FOE THE BAND.-Smith's Band
will give grand promenade concert and
ball at Virginia Hall to night for the re-
enforcement of their uniform fund. They
are very anxious to get uniforms before the
pear at the concert in uniform.
Year: 1871

LAST TDAY.-To-day the registration books
will be open for revision for the last time.
II you have changed your place Of resi-
deEce since the last election do not fail TO
get q transfer.
Year: 1871

A -A.-PARTIEs WHO DESIRE TO MAKE BUSINESS


m In 'estments will find invaluable auxiliary
in securing such business and such parties they will after
wards prove. We take applications Tor capital except
from best citizens whose In thoroughly
prosperous condition Such business. will not confer
source Our old ctizens that have been successful In
building up profitable business have too much
patronage by the publicity OF advertising
with ANONYMOUS advertisers. They rightly decide that Is
pay respons agent the grain from the
cha Introduce to them only parties that wc vouch
for, that have the have agreed In advance 20
teain their application By adopting this course we seldom
hn necessary 70 Introduce but two or three parties un
recently filled where the rst Introduces furnished the
capital We refer several well known citizens
for whom have obtained satisfactory investments in few
days who had previously been answering and
corresponding with strangers for m0nths All business
strictly confidential. Apply to
Year: 1871

For ever and ever the reddening leaves


Float to the sodden grasses.
Forever and ever the shivering trees
Cover and shrink to the chilling breeze,
That sweeps from the far off sullen seas,


To wither them as it passes.
For ever and ever the low gray sky


Stoop O er the sorrowful earth
For ever and ever the steady rain
Falls on bare, bleak hill, and barren plain,
And flashes on roof and window pane,


And Misses upon the hearth.
For ever aud ever the weary thoughts


Are tracing the elf-same track.
For ever and ever, to and fro,
On the old unchanging road they go,
Through dreaming and waking, through joy an6


woe,


Calling the dead hours back.
For ever and ever the tired heart


Ponders o'e evil done.
For ever and ever through cloud and CLEAN,
Tracing the course of the strong life stream,
And dreary and dull as the broken dream,


For ever the rain rains on.
Year: 1871

FURs.-Mr. Prescott informs Nc that he 10
winding up his business for this winter on furs,
and will sell out the remainder Of his stock at
greatly reduced prices. He is offering elegant
sets of furs at such prices that persons buying
them can save from $40 to SIS ON each set BY
buying now, as he will sell them that much
cheaper than the same goods can be had for next
fall. His assortment is large, and composed Of
the very best Of goods
Year: 1871

The symptoms OF Liver Complaint
are uneaslness and pain in the side.
Sometimes the pain is in the shouI.
der, and is mistaken for rheumatism
The stomach IS affected with loss of
and sickness. bowels in gen.
etlmes alternating with lax The
with pain, and dull heavy sensation.
0f memory accompanied with pain.
aving left undOne something which
eeh done. Often complaining of


weakness. debility. and low spirits


Sometimes many of the above


symptoms attend the diseas and al


other times very Few of them hut


The liver is generally the organ


most involved. Cure the Liver with
Year: 1871

Of the quaint sayings of Father Taylor,
many old and some new ones are finding their
way into print. To prayer meeting which
had just been told that repentance was never
too late, for a sinner blown up in powder mill
could make his peace with Heaven before he
fell to the earth. Father Taylor said, "DO not
trust in such a chance; brethren; don't wait
for your dying hour before you repent; perhaps
you never will be blown up in powder mill. "
Year: 1871

In Oswego county, n. Y, the ladies of s
village have met aud resolved that they "will
not accept the company Of any young man who
uses tobacco in any form, unless the night is
very dark and the road muddy, for the space
Of sixty days from date"
Year: 1871

A man in Michigan snapped his horse for
a wife. An old bachelor acquaintance said he
would bet there was something wrong with the
horse, or its owner would never have fooled it
away in that reckless manner.
Year: 1871

One of Darwin strongest arguments in favor
Of his theory that man is descendent of the
monkey, is that monkeys always part their
hair in the middle. 1t is a noticeable fact,
however, that monkeys have quit it since it
has become fashionable among certain men.
Year: 1871

No man can tell whether he is rich or poor
by turning to his ledger. It IL the heart that
makes the man rich. He is rich or poor ac-
cording to what he is, not according to what
he has
Year: 1871

"Confound you! To be sure / am
Hand over this money, or Ill beat you to
a jelly with my horsewhip."


"Well," says Jerry, after good deal
of fumbling, 81 suppose, considering the
trouble I've had in collecting these rents,
your honor won't mind the little bother
of going over the hedge after them.?"


And he threw over sock apparently
well filled with coin. Half laughing,
half angry, the highwayman-frst aim
ing at Jerry with his whip. which he
avoided by ducking -aismounted, and
climbed over the hedge, and no sooner
had he done SO than Jerry slipped off the
old hack and mounted O'lIanlon's horse.


bad scran to you, Redmond O'Han-
lon.' he bawled Didn't | tell you
Jerry the Fool was match for dozen
of youl It's a sack of brass buttons
you're gone over the hedge after, you
thief of the world !" And touching the
fine mare with the spur, he galloped off,
singing at the top of his voice the old
melody, Go to the mischief and shake
yourselfw O'Haulon couldn't pursue
him on the hack the cute fool had made
him discharge his pistols There was
nothing for it but to walk away. cursing
his own stupidity, and ever after, if any
one wanted to provoke him, they had
only to ask him when he had last seen
Terrv the Fool
Year: 1871

On Tuesday last, the 22th inst, Mrs.
Saracco, who lives on Charles street,
Baltimore, went to bed on pallet on
the floor down stairs, owing to the up
stars being damp from house cleaning
Her husband was a way, and there was
no one elso in the house, except 4 colored
boy, who slept in the basement.


She was awakened in the night by
some one stumbling over her, and imme-
diatsly afterwards was seized by the
throat. She asked the man what he
wanted, and he answered that he wanted
her money. The Baltimore American
thus describes the terrible struggle that
ensued:


''She told him she hal no money
He then told her he would kill her, and
hacked at her throat with a razor. Mrs.
Saracco is woman about Al years OF
age, very stout aud muscular, and would
be match for most ordinary men in a
struggle where there were no weapons
except those which nature provided,
and the nerve and desperate courage she
exhibited on this occasion would put to
the blush many of our modern heroes.
While the parley was going on, in her
recumbent position (she was lying on a
pallet which had been temporarily placed
on the hoor), she kicked the rutfian en-
tirely across the room and against the
door, and sprang to her feet. She seized
a chair and struck him with it, he still
cutting at her with the razor Feeling
the blood gushing from the wound in her
throat, she caught up pillow, doubling
and pressing it to the cash with one hand
to stay the flow of blood, while with the
other she grappled and fought the
wretch until either from weariness and
cowardice or fright occasiOned by the
overthrowing of the dog kennel on the
porch, he made for the window, the lady
still clinging TO him even after he had
gotten partly ont, as was evidenced by
the blood which dripped from her wounds
to the pavement below. During the
whole of the struggle she screamed for
assistance, but the colored boy in the
basement slept soundly, and did not
awake until the lady unlocked his door
and called him to her assistance. A
large bull terrier, in It's effort to break
the chain which bound it, overturned the
dog house, and probably saved Mrs
Saracco life, as this is thought to have
hastened the ruffian retreat.


Mrs. Saracco received two severe
gashes on the throat, one down the sid,
of her face, one across the mouth, and
one across the pain Of the right hand
where she had seized the razor. She
must have lost an immense quantity o.
blood. Her clothing and the bed clothe.
were thoroughly saturated. The sides
of the room were spattered with blood
and the bloody prints of the assassin'i
fingers were distinctly marked on th'
window SILL


A colored man has been arrested OF
suspicion of being the party making th'
attack"
Year: 1871

Does the earth contain one spirit


Bowed Respondent to the dust,
On the midnight of whose vision


Beams no star of hope Hnd trust?
Let that soul but pause and ponder
On the works the past has done,
And an earnest, bright and glorious.
For the future shall be won.
For the soul must feel the stirring
OF its destiny sublime,
Who but rightly views the present,
With its earnest heart and mind;
Toiling in the earthly vineyard


Many hands have found place
Some are nearing to the summit
Some are at TIE mountains base.
Progress is the stirring watchword-
Cheers them upward to the height;
Canst thou pause and play the laggard
With its glories full in sight ?
And while fair and broad and glorious,
In our vision we can see, ...
Still the future brightly stretching
Into fair infnity.


Who shall tell what bond or barrier
To Improvement Heaven designed
Who shall dare to fix the limits


To the onward march OF mind?
Only He, who into being


Called the unfathomed human soul,
lie for whom tho hymn of progress
Through eternity shall roll
Year: 1871

The Scientific american sit is now
impossible to construct burglar proof
safe, for the thief, with his cylinders Of
compressed hydrogen and oxygen, can in
a few seconds burn holes of any size in
the hardest metal-his fire drill enabling
him in a few minutes to work his way
into the strongest safe that was ever con-
structed