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Newspaper Page Text; ; ; ; : : ; ; . ; ; ; T- ; 1 ; THE INDEPENJ ENT 18 ISSUED Saturday Mom i .r. BY KELLY A WELLS, Fu! li hers. On Year.... Throe Monlha.. Tfjese are the term tor thoe pnlij In ad vance. The IitDaPHDBiT of) r tin inlace tnenle to advertisers. Term is-iiMe. Watchmaker and Jeweler, OAKLAND, OllJi-e in Ir. rage's Drugstore. Canyon ville Hotel, D. A. LKViXS rHOPIIETOK HAVIX'J KKCKXTLY PURCHASED THE Cmiyimvi.le Hotel, 1 am now prered to Ornish travelers with the best of accommodations. Feed and sv.'.lins tor itock. 1. A. LKVIXS. JA8. THORNTON. W. B. ATKINSON. JACOB WAONER. E. K. ANKEBSON Ashland Woolen Manufacturing Company, Manufacturers and Dealers iu White & Colored Blankets Plain r nd Fanry Cuhmem, Donkliu, Flannels, Gtb 1k, OVER AND UNDERWEAR CLOTHING Made to Order. W. IT. iTKINHOX, Seoy ASM I. V X D. Jackson County, Oregon. H. r. STANTON, . Dealer in Staple Dry Goods I Keeps constantly on hand a general assort ment of EXTRA FINE GROCERIES, VOOI, WILLOW ASD GLASSWARE ALSO Crockery and Cordage A full stock of 40IIOO L B O O It S Such as required by the Public County Schools All kind or STATIONEltV, TOYS and FAXCY ARTirLEt To suit both Young and Old. BUYS AXD SELLS LEGAL TENDERS furnishes Checks on Portlund, and procures r .. - : uraiis on oun r iwioww. MAHONEYS SALOON Nearest to the Railroad Depot, Oakland Jaa Muhoney, I'rop'r. Tlx finest of wines, liquors and eigan in Dof Iss county, and the best DIL.L.IAHD TABLE in the Btate kept in proper repair: Parties traveling on the railroad will And UUa place rsry handy to visit daring the stop ping of the train at the Oak- land, Depot. Give me eoaU. Jab. iiAnCIfEY. JOHN FRASER, Home Made FTirniture, WILUVK, OREGON Upholstery, Spring Mattrasses, Etc., Constantly on hand. FlRilW. I hare tlie best stock o lurnlture south of Portland And all of my own manufacture. No two Prices to Customers ResiilenU of Douglas county are reques eil to give me a call before purchasing elsewhere. jar ALL WORK WAEBAXTED.-fra DEPOT HOTEL- OAKLAND, - . OREGON. Richard Thomas, Prop'r. fpHIS HOTEL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED for a number of years, and has become very poptuarwith the traveling public. First-class SLEEPING ACCOMMODATIONS. And the table supplied with the best the market affords. Hotel at the depot of the Kail mad. Furniture Store ! JOII N GI LDEHH LKVE CfAVING PURCHASED THE FCnXI ture Establishment of John Lchnl.err, is now prepared to do any work in the UPHOLSTERING LINE. He is also prepared to furnish I" XJ RN ITUR IS ! In all styles, of the best manufacture, and cheaper than the cheapest. His Clmlr-M, TaWes, BureauN, Fleclsteadas, WmslistnutlH, ETC., ETC., ETC. j Are of superior make, and for low cost cannot be : " equalled in the Blare. The Finest of Spring Beds And the Most Complete ofas Always on band. Everything in ..ne line fur nished, of the best quality, on the shortest notice and at the lowest rates. COFFINS MADE AND TRIMMED. And orders filled cheaper and better than can any other establishment. During a share of public patronage, the nn dersifrneil promises to oner extra inducements to all patrons. Give n e a trial. JOHX CILDERSLEVE. vrrci: ts j; ki:i:i;y jiv ma ''hi'Ui !i it !hf 11 awrll the cuinii t f.-r ! I'll Will "i n irv il in '''!! l.e I . Coittttv tiaiiltf'rs t'tr a ihmii.i t Uv i y,'.tr. il sti-l oo'Uitv MrswhS iu uetid t,f u.-.-ii-tuiii''. t;- muat Grst procures ceriinVjt'' i,. !ii,it ffn-t from any member of the County II .u.l ami prc.vut it to one ot the fultnwiug lutnuit jiersotis, who are authorised to and will care for those presenting gaeh certificates: Button k Perkins, Ku-burg; L. Ik Kellogg, Oakland; Mrs. Brown, Looking OlasB. Dr. Woodruff is authorized to furnish jntdfml aid to all persons in need of the same and yko have been declared paupers of Douzlas Ctmntf. ' i W.B. CLARK. SEEDS! 3-SEEDS! ; : SEEDS I AM, K1XDS OF mi Ql'ALITl ALL ORDERS Promptly attended to and Goods shipod : with care. i Jiddress, Jlubenej & Bene, ' Portland, Oregon. VOL. 5. X)ine Things It's Hani to Understand. Why an endless procession of drinkers from a public dipper, will, without any exception, drink close to the handle. Why half the human race was not born without hearing, and the other half without speech. Then the talkers might talk on in uninterrupted flow, and the hearers exercise their especial gift without their present puriency to speak. Why people will ge into society to get bored when they can get bored just as well at home. Why the young lady who will eagerly chew boarding-house mince pie, will cheerfully eschew boarding-house meat. Why a man's stomach will so ever lastingly squeamish at home, and at the eating-house display a faith like a grain of mustard seed. Why a woman will makes excuses for her bread when she knows it is the best she ever made, and she knows her com pany knows it. Why a young gentleman" swears so much louder and more copiously when strange young ladies are within earshot; or, in other words. Why the desire to inuke a fool of one's self springs eternally in the human breast. Why we are so much angrier against him who shows us our error than him who leads us therein. Why everybody is so prompt to answer "How do you do?" when yon ask them that inevitable question. And Why you seem to be perfectly satis fied with the information contained in this echo. Why one's piety strengthens when Ms health weakens. Why people will get married when courtship is so sweet. Why a man who claims to have found marriage a delusion will again embrace that delusion upon the first convenient opportunity. Why coid weather comes during the season when it is least agreeable. Why it is much easier to be polite to people whom we shall probably never see again than to those whose good opinion we have every reason to culti vate. Why boys should run after the girls when there is a whole houseful at home. Why Jane finds Sarah's hateful brother so attractive, and why the hateful brother of Jane finds favor with Sarah. Why a man should court the good opinion of another, when he can never hope to secure his own self-respect. Why it is so much easier to close a door in summer than in winter, con sidering that exercise is generally con sidered distasteful in warm weather and pleasant in cold. Why one feels bad when appearing in company in shabby garb, knowing well that one's shabbiness gives more pleas ure to others than one's rich clothing. A Dead Goose Flies Away. W. E. Nicholls, a well-known sports man of San Francisco, engaged in busi ness in the vicinity of Fourth and Townsend streets, sought relief from the ceres of traffic Inst week and hied him self to Benicia with a trusty Parker and a faithful dog. At Benicia he met a number of friends and together they proceeded to the hunting-ground in a wagon. The vehicle was left at a camp ing place, and the party proceeded on foot over the marshy ground to the tules, where ducks, geeso, etc., were found plentiful. A goodly supply of ducks were soon slaughtered, and the party were about returning to camp when with their loads when a flock of geese was seen approaching. The city sports men caught sight of them with no little pleasure, and, as they came within range, he brought a big white one to the ground, it aroppea witu a neavy iuuii, and the Benicians considered the shot a splendid one. The game, after striking the ground, never moved, and Mr. Nicholls hastily secured the trophy and fastened it to his already heavily laden belt. It was fully two miles to camp, and after walking a mile or so, our Ninirod found his burden too heavy for further progress, and he was prevailed upon to throw aside the goose, advice previously given but refused. He pro ceeded to unfasten the silly bird, and flung it away, when to bis thorough sur prise, she fluttered a moment and the next winged her flight to the 'etherial vault. It took some time to arouse the young hunter from his spell of astonish ment, but suddenly, as if electrified with the determination to be revenged, he brought the weapon to his shoulder and fired two shots at the marvelous anserine. But it was too late, the bird had recovered her freedom, and Nicholls joined his companions, angry over the thought that a silly goose had outwitted him. Polly: "Well, Pat, what is it now? Would ye rather look at a bigger fool ye are, or be a bigger fool than ye look?" Pat: "Sure now, me darlant, and I'll be both till I find which side o' the argu ment yer on yerself, whin, by jabers, I'll join ye, right or wrong." "Yon are an ojus, dear!" said a playful daughter at dancing dav. "Oh. mv dear hidjus ijjit my mamma to her school the other Mrs. T sighed one of her neighbors, 'what wouldn't I give to have your knowledge of Latin ! R. G. SCROGGS. A. M.. M. D. r hyslrlan and h'nriieon. Speciai attention paid to Operative Surgery and Treatment of Chronic Diseases. Office in rear of drug store nearly oppo site tlie postoflice. 4 Htlce howns Irom lln eaeh afternoon. J. JASKULEK, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER, JEWELER AND OPTICAM. Reseksri, Oregon. (Opposite postoflice.) PKAJ.EB IS Watches, Clocks & Jewelry. Spectacles AND EYEGLASSES. Watches, Clocks and Jewelry carefully repairwl. All work warranted. Genuine Brazilian Pebble spectacles ana eyeglasses a specialty. . Oregon n California STAGE I.IIVIIs ! TRROUBH TO SAN FRANCISCO -POUR DAYS. THE QUICKEST, SAFEST ASD EASIEST BOUTE. STAOE8 LEAVE ROSEBURO X at T-ao p. . Taktg qnksk connection at Reading with the ears of the C A 0. K. . For full particulars and passage apply to G. F. STKlCkLAND. Agt. DOUGLAS TELEGRAPHIC. EASTERN. Frightful Hurricane. St. Lone, April 19.T-A telegram from Springfield, via Yinctta and Kansas City, to C. W. Rogers, general manager of the St. Ixmis and San Francisco Railroad, says: A hurricane passed a few miles south of Springfield about 7 o'clock last night, doing immense damage and killing a great number of people. Deaths are reported on James river six miles south of Spring field, and a great many persons are miss ing. The train dispatcher of Conway, 14 miles this side of Marshiiebl, reports arriving there from Springti- Id at 11 o'clock, and says he found a tei ible look ing country from North View, F.-ven miles west of Marshfield, to tlie lat:er point. Trees three feet through were torn en tirely out of the ground and telegraph poles twisted off. From a passenger who patsed through Marshfield, on the St. Louis and San Francisco Krilroad, at 8:30 last night, some facts concerning the terrible disas ter were gleaned. A man who come to the depot at the edge of town while the train was here reported that at 6:30 o'clock a furious hurricane struck the place and leveled all that part of town lying west of Centre Square flat to the ground. The debris immediately took fire in several places and flames could be seen at some half dozen points by passengers on tlie train. Forty dead bodies had been taken taken out and many more were suoposed to be buried in the ruins or burned up. There are also many living still impris oned in the debris of falling buildings. All the physicians of the town are Killed excepting two, and there was great need of doctors to attend the wounded, of whom it was said there were some two hundred. A relief train with twenty phy sicians and nurses and full supplies, left Springfield, Missouri, this morning for Marshfield, and probably other trains will arrive during the day. The stortu was general in southwestern Missouri, and other places probably suffered damage, but as telegraph wiies are all prostrated, no advices have been received. A vio lent hail and rain storm nccoaipanied the wind. Later from the Ham ed Town. At Marshfield brick us well as frame buildings were torn down. A train man just in says: "We did not see more than half a dozen people as we cume through that town. The place seemed deserted. The doctors and nurses who came on our train from Springfield, about 30 in num ber, went from the depot alone to hunt up the people, there being no one at the depot to receive them." A relief train went from Lebanon to Marshfield at day light this morning, with aboulaO doctors, nurses and helpers, and full supplies of provisions, clothing and medicine stores, also materials for repairing. v titer Ton ne Damaged Chicago, April 19. The hn e is down at different points between Springfield and Conway, perhaps 10 miles altogether. A new Catholic chuich nt Cuba, 90 miles from here, was blown down. No damage done to the railroad except the destruc tion of one small section house. The names of the killed and wounded at Marshfield aro not received yet, tele graphic communication not being re stored at this writing. There sire also reports here that the city of Granby, 100 miles southwest of Granby, is greatly damaged, and that Warrensburg, on the Missouri and Pacific Railroad, Go miles this side of Kansas City, was greatly damaged. The tornado which caused such fright ful havoc at Marshfield last night, passed entirely through Green and Webster counties, following the course of James river in a northeasterly direction. It struck the St. 1-ouis and San Francisco Railroad in four places, and left it near Frank's station, 110 miles this side of Marshfield. That place presents a terri ble appearance, there not being more than a dozen houses unharmed iu the whole town. The courthouse and many other buildings took fire, and soon the effects were of a dreadful character. At one house two children were found dead and another badly mangled but still alive. The parents could not be found. In another case a woman was lost entirely and seems to have been curried away bodily. No details of the calamity have yet been received. The force of the wind stripped the burk from trees and lifted ; others entirely out of the ground, and poles and wires were carried hundreds ot rods into tlie woods and tied and knotted among the Hmbs of trees like cotton strings. Everything possible is being done to assist and succor the wounded, not only at Marshfield but other places. I'hysicians throughout the country are flocking to points most injured and doing all they can to alleviate suffering. Doc tors went from Springfield to James river country, six miles south, as well as Marsh field, and scores of kind hearted people have volunteered as nurses. Captain Rog ers, eeneral manager of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad, is sending special trains with relief wherever good can be done, and are doing everything possible to aid the injured and dying. The Teaae Pacific. Washington. April 20. The senate railroad committee considered Garland's bill to extend ten vears the time for com- pletiou of the Texas Pacific Railroad. Its terms were made identical with those of the amended Northern Pacific bill, and the committee by a majority of one vote decided to report a bill for action without recommendation, borne members say that this shall be changed to a positive recommendation before the bill is re ported to the senate. The West Point Investigation. V Ksr Point, April SJ. hadi cadet is being plied with a formula ofquestions as to his knowledge ot the v mttaker anair, ' his whereabouts on the night in question, , uud the whereabouts of his roommate, j and on other points. Some testimony was i adduced to contradict a saloon keeper : named Ryan, who testified that no stu i dents in citizen's clothes visited his I place. i ne jiiaasacnnepTts bhio, Baltimore, April 23. A number of sur- I vivors of the Old Massachusetts Sixth Regiment were guests to day of several j Costs, G. A. It., of this city, the occasion eing the nineteenth anniversary of the attack upon that regiment while march-, ing through Baltimore for Washington, ' under the first call of President Lincoln for troops in 'til. Keeeptlon on the Columbia. New Y'oiik, April 24' Cards arc out inviting a select company to a reception and inspection of the new steamer Co lumbia, of the Oregon Railway and Nav igation Company, on Tuesday next. She will sail soon with a full cargo of rolling stock for the Oregon Railway Company. Novel Method oi Robbery. At 10 o'clock to-night the patrons of the Monte Carlo gambling room were thrown into consternation by a terrible explosion. It seems that a largo cartridge was put under a clock on the mantlepiece near the Trente Quarante table. The force of the explosion was so great that it shattered the windows. The lights were extin guished, and a scene of most terrific dis order ensued. Hundreds of people rushed wildly abont in every direction. Many persons fainted, and a large number weie seriously wounded by the falling glass of chandeliers. The explosion was the work of a number of robbers, who suc ceeded with getting away with upwards of 150,000 francs. In the panic which followed several persons were trampled under foot, and the number of those in jured in one way and another is very large. One end of the main room was completely wrecked. Murder and laklas. ' Nelsokviu.k. Ohio, April 25. James Fennel, local policeman, shot and killed Charles Coolev. who made an objection able remark about him, and shot himself, probably fatally. A Distressing Case. Madison, Indiana, April 24. Graham Cromsby's team became fractious while " Independent ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY, being driven upon the ferry flat at Wick like landint?, on Kentncky river yester day, and his mother, sister and Miss Miller and the horses were plunged into the river and were drowned. The young man who was on his way to be married, narrowly escaped death. Failure of Crops In Kansas, St. Locis, April 22. A special from Kansas City says that advices from west ern Kansas report that drought and un favorable weather has totally destroyed the wheat crop west of Salina. and that there will be a partial failure of the crop for 100 miles nortii and south of Topeka. Farmers in the western part of the state are suffering and appealing to the execu tive office at Topeka for help. Postal Revenue. Washington, April 21. The postal revenue for the coming year will un doubtedly be much greater than esti mate. The nmount of postage stamps, stamped envelopes and postal .cards issued to postmasters upon requisition during the nine monMis ending March 31st last, as 23,979,335, an increase of over 14 per cent. A Sit ha Claim. Senator Booth to-day presented a peti tion frgm William? L. Dodge, of Califor nia, praying compensation for certain buildings and land at Sitka which he claims to have purchased from the Rus sian American Company, but which the U. S. military authorities in 1869 forcibly appropriated and have since held for public use. j PACIFIC COAST. KnVet er the New Constitution. San Franiisc j, April 20. The Sacra mento Savings Bank has determined to withdraw from business.- The batik is prosperous, and will pay depositors every dollar due with six percent dividend and an extra dividend of 4A per cent on the reserve fund. The sole cause of the with drawal is the conviction of the manage ment that the new constitution and rev enue law will nearly ruin its business by imposing double taxation. It is to be suc ceeded by a bank under the general law under the same management, which will act as agent of the depositors and guaran tee security, in which farm mortgages will be assessed customers only. Assessment. Independence levies an assessment of 2o cents. Storms and Floods in California, The present storm in widespread, and fears are entertained of a serious overflow of the upper country. Napa creek is very high already and has flooded part of Napa City: Putah creek is rising rapidly. It is reported that there is a break in the levee below that city, but it is not con firmed. The American river is coming up a foot an hour. The floods interrupted telegraph communication. Feather river is very high and is rising. It is raining at Dowmeville and North San Juan. There is fourteen feet of snow at the latter place. This is where the danger lies. There is so much snow on the Sierras and foothills that should rain continue there, danger of a flood iu the valley is immi nent. Ko Lives I.ont on the Snow Slide. Particulars of the recent snow slide at Mineral King Mine tiy which a boarding house was crushed and many men re ported kilied, show that no lives were lost though nearly nil the occupants of the house were either injured or frost bitten. Mrvere Snow Storm. Latest reports from the mountains on the line of the Central Pacific Railroad state that it is snowing and blowing hard, and the trains are blocked. The Protection of Han Francisco Harbor. At the quarterly meeting ofthe chamber of commerce this afternoon a letter from Lieutenant Colonel McArlhur, ordinance ollicer at Benicia, was read culling atten tion to the necessity of protecting San Francisco harbor, and particularly to the need of heavily rifled guns for its defense. The chamber adopted a memorial to con gress asking that forty or fifty heavy rilles be placed in position at the seaward approaches of the city, and that at least two turreted ironclads armed witu a simi.ar ordnance lie maintained in em dent condition here. Tlie chamber also adopted a memorial strongly opposing trie proposition to abolish tne letter car rying service of Wells, Fargo & Co. The Mtorm in Nan Franelaco. San Francisco. Anril 21. The storm in the city has done some damage in burst ing sewers and washing away earth ou steep hillsides. Early this morning a heavy stone retaining a wall about thirty feet high in I he rear of Robert Sher wsod's lot on California street, between Taylor and Jones, foil, covering gardens in the rear of residences on l ine street, smashing hot houses and outbuildings, and in one or two instances injuring the rear of dw ellings. No one injured. The Flood at Marymvllle. Marvsviu.e, April 21. It ceased rain ing here at 9:30 A. M. The Yuba is at the 14 foot mark, ami rising rapidly. It still lacks 20 inches of the high water of last year. The levees are in good con dition, and can stand a raise of three feet without danger of overflow. A portion of the Bear river bridge isgone, this morn ing. The Sutter county levee is all right. Two 91en Drowned. About 2 o'clock thisafternoon, as Henry Scheussler, G. W. Cox and George A. Rodgers were proceeding in a small bout to the warehouse of a farmer, situated on the bank of Feather river, just below Yuba City, the boat ran afoul of a tree and broke in two, throwing them into the. river, hcheussler, clinging to a tree, was saved. Rogers and Cox were drowned. The Storm in the Sierras Ditch Flat, April 21. The storm con tinues unabated, raining heavily and con tinuously. Since the last report the rain has extended as far up as Emigrant Gap. Streams and rivers are reported very much swollen. Snow disappearing rap- idlv. Several suowslide. are reported j between here and Summit, and the snow ; sheds are washed out in several places. . Three Chinamen aie reported curried ! away in snow slides. A land s!ii!e has j occurred in tiie lava and clay formation just above Alta, carrying away and cover ing up about 300 leet ot railroad traclc and roadbed. Interruption of Trains. Orovii.i.k, April 21. Clear here; wind south; thermometer 50. It is still storm ing ou the mountains, l.'ominunieatiou between here and Marysville by rail is cut off by high water. At Hohecut a small bridge is gone, Nq trains either way to day. Anotner jiinn urennru. San Amihkas, April 21. C. E. Wehn, solicitor for the firm of Harrison, Dick enson & Company, of San Francisco, was this morning drowned while attempting to cross Murray creek, near this dace, in a buggy. High Water In the San Joaquin. Merced, April 21. The San Joaquin river at Dickenson's ferry is within two feet of high water mark, and all streams, including the Chowchiila and Fresno rivers, and Mariposa and Rear creeks on the east side are overflowing and filling the low lands of the valley. Streams on the west side of the valley are also boom ing as far up as Firebaugh's ferry, and the probabilities are in favor of veiy high water; rain has ceased. Land and Railroad Track Submerged. Alameda, April 21. The levee atCran dall's slough broke this morning, giving vent to a large body of water from Ala-meda-creek. Where it crosses the country road between Centerville and Alvarado it is five feet deep, and a large amount of grain land will be a total loss. About a thousand acres are under wattr. The track of the South Pacific Coat Radioad for nearly three miles, comineiniiij at Hall's is under water, and some i f the track is said to be washed away. A hand car with seven men Btarted. to cross but have not been heard from yet. - The Storm at P.aerrvltle. Plackrvllle, April 21. The rain storm for the last twelve hours has been the heaviest known for a long time. Hang- town creek has been away up. Morrill's in all Things ; Neutral1 bridge at Weber's creek has been carried TWl A ..Portion or the Olympic Club Hall has been carried away and some houses in town blown down. ! I It Oakdale. Oak?A'-. April 21. It rained moder ately till 5 A. M., when it commenced pouring hkd a cloud hurst, without abate ment for six hours. All streams leading from the mountains will be the highest for the season. ! At Martiues. t Martinez,; April 21. The storm has been very severe here, flooding low lands and iniunnal many fine grain fields. Pa checo is badly flooded, some bridges car ried away and communication inter rupted. At Folsont. Folsjm, April 21. The American river was 24 feet inches below low water mark at 7 P. M., and falling. There has been very little rain here since 11 A. M., and no signs of any to-night. Grain'Flelds Injured and Kallroad Track n'aahed Oak WnEATLASD, Cailfornia, April 21. The storm seems to be over for the present. Bear river stilt keeps rising. The levee on the south side ofthe river, owned by Keys & Brewer, broke in two places, flooding a large area of grain. The rail road track is badly dainuged. About a mile of embankment on the south side of the river, has been washed away. It is reported that about 200 miles of track this side of Yuba station is washed out. The trains are all abandoued. At Downlevllle. Dowsieville, April 21. Rain and snow! are stead:ly falling, accompanied witl? thunder and lightning, with a good pros pect of continuing all night Snow slides are reported all over the mountains. Stage roads are still blocked, some bridses have been swept awav, and the Yuba river has risen but little. At Colusa. Colusa, April 21. The river is three inches of high water and clear; wind southwest. within rising; At Chico. Ciiico, April 21. All the streams are full and carrying away many bridges and impeding travel. It is impossible to get to the river from Chico, but as the rain closed this morning the fall iu water has been very rapid. More high water is ex pected. The most damage done to grain id on Butte creek. In Aievada County. Nevada, April 21. The storm continued with unabated fury until 3 P. M. to-day. Rainfall for last 24 hours, 5.20 inches; total for the season, 57.52. Wind southeast. Appearances indicate more rain. The thermometer throughout varied only from 50 to 42, which indicates snow on the mountains a few miles distant. Stagemen report the amount of snow in the upper part of the county as being greater than ever before known. Roads in the imme diate vicinity of the city are almost im passable. All the principal bridges re main firm. The Yuba river is not un usually high, as mountain storms have all been of snow. Disastrous Flood at Pleasauton. Plkasanton, April 21. Two inches of rain fall and snow in the mountains is melting. Streams are higher than ever known before. The creek has burst its banks iust above Main street rushing down through the center of the town in torrents, taking with it fences and small buildings, and everything that was loose. Some families were driven into the sec ond stories of their buildings; the whole country below this place is one vast sea of water. Proposition to send Colored Immigrants la California. San Francisco, April 22. Postmaster Coey has received a letter from the Kan sas Freedmen's Relief Association propo sing to send several thousand freedmfcn to California, and asking advice on the sub ject. The letter says that they may come under labor contracts, or that money will be forthcoming to buy land if conditions are favorable. Kearjsrjr In Prison. The board of supervisors visited the house of correction to-day, accompanied by a number of representatives of the press. During their tour of the building they collectively interviewed Kearney in his cell, ine ex-agitator presented quite a nobby appearance in his new suit of stunning pattern, and received his visi tors affably. He expressed himself well satisfied with bis hotel, saying that the grub was much better than he had been ac ustomed to on board ship, and that he had no complaint to make of his treat ment, except that he found his situation somewhat confining and was anxious for the storm to clear up so that he could get on a country road now being constructed and take a little gentle exercise. The Weather at Saa Francisco. It is showery here with wind uortherly. The Feather, Yuba, American, San Joaquin and bacramento. rivers are re ported falling. It is raining in the mount ainous portions of Petaluma. Napa, San Jose and other towns are flooded, but no further overflow is apprehended ii it does not rain heavily, jno estimate can be made of the damages yet, but it must be immense. The levee at New Hope, Mokelumne river, gave way in three places this morning. All reclaimed lands are under water. A dispatch from Han ford, Tulare county says that this morning, Mr. Parkhurst, railroad agent fir leasing land to settlers, was waited on by a band of armed settlers and asked when he intended to leave town. On answering that he would leave in the morning he was allowed to go. The breach between the railroad and set tlers still prevails. Both sides are de termined. The Flood at Sacramento, Sacramento, April 22. It has been raining here all dav, and still continues The American river at Folsom is falling, but is eighteen feet bolow low water. The Sacramento river is tlie highest of this season, twenty-four feet and five inches at noon. This is within one foot and -six and a half inches of the highest water ever known in the river. Tho levees around the city are nil holding well and are carefully watched night and day. No danger is appreh3nded. Bridges Washed out of the Salinas River. Salinas Citv, April 22. The Southern Pacific Railroad bridge across the Salinas river between Castroville and Monterey, went out last night and lodged against the new county biidge below. This forenoon the connty bridge was swept out to sea. The river id falling rapidly this afternoon. Fatal Affray. Charles lines shot and fatally wounded George Mattart at William Logwood's ranch, three miles from Salinas City, this morning, two bullets penetrating Mat tart's abdomen and one penetrating his side. lines surrendered to tha authorities. It is said that an old grudge existed be tween the parties. . , - Serious Damage at Rapa. Napa, April 22. Reports of damage done by the late flood reach here from every part ofthe country. Many bridges were swept away, and roads are in manv places impassable. I tie railroad track, both above and below this place is washed away in many places. No trains iiave reached hero "from Vallejo since Monday evening and none are expected before Sunday, The water remained higher for a longer time than for 20 years or more. The damage done in the county will amount to thousands of dollars. : '' In the ftlerraa. San Francisco, April 22. Only one wire is thus fur working over the mount ains, which is entirely occopied by rait road business. Another has been gofup, but it is yet hardly available forbjusiness. From dispatches received ovr'the rail road wire the following ar'jfearg to be the present condition of afj&jrs: Passengers due in San FronriscoXH, the 21t and 22d are all t-omfortidj,rj- provided for at Trucked, and js'in Da hurried forward as soon as tliejtforin abates to allow laborers attached VfSsnow plows to work their way through the formidable barriers. The Lost irurMoii rmrtv are (vine at Reno, I and 'nave made tho trinto Virginia City, ' lEsengers leaving .San Francisco on the INI) in Nothing. MAY I, 1880. 20th are held at Alta, west of the snow belt, and those leaving on the 21st are at Sacramento. A snow plow left Truckee this morning with nine engines and 250 men to clear the road of snow and slides be tween that point and Summit. They ex pect to hars that portion of the road clear by this evening. Two plows are working west of Summit with ten engines and 700 men, and expect to have the snow belt clear by 6 A. M. to-morrow. There is a heavy land slide in the cut near Alta Sta tion. Arrangements have' been made with a local mining company to lay a pipe and nse a giant to sluice out the mass of earth. No passengers are detained at any point in the snow belt, bnt they are all outside at stations where they are well provided for. The storm commenced on the 13th inst., and has continued with unprecedented violence until the present writing, leaving 10 feet of fresh snow at Summit. The storm has swollen streams to such an extent as to seriously en danger railroads, many places being washed on the Oregon division, on the Calestoga line, on the Stockton and Cop peropolis road, and at other stations, all ot which it is confidently expected will be in running order by to-morrow. The line through from San Faancisco to Tuc son has escaped and trains are running on time Charles DeV onng Murdered San Francisco, April 23. Just before 8 o'clock this evening Charles De Young en tered the business office of the Clironicle on the ground floor at the corner of Kear- nev and Bush streets, and stood talking with some gentlemen, leaning against a counter. Directly the door opened and I. M. Kalloch entered and drawing a pistol without, as far as can be learned, speak- a word, began firing at DeYoung. The latter ran through a gate of the counter to a desk inside, Kalloch firing at him as he ran. un reaching the desk DeYoung turned to face his opponent with a pistol in his hand, when Kalloch, leaning over the counter fired again, the ball striking DeYoung in the mouth. Kalloch then started for the door. DeYoung raised his pistol as if to fire, but apparently his strength failed him, for the pistol was not discharged, and sinking backward he fell on the floor. Bystanders ran to his as sistance, but the ball had evidently pierced the base of tlie brain, and in a few moments he expired. As Kalloch ran out of the door he was seized I v a citizen, and at the same moment an officer came up and took him into custody and con ducted him to the city prison, where he was locked up. ews of the murder Hew through the city like the wind, and in a few momenta, the streets in the vicinity ofthe Chronicle office were crowded with people eager to learn the particulars or the a flair. Police men were at once stationed at the doors of the office to keep out the inquisitive crowd, and only a lew personal friends and reporters were admitted. In the rear of the office, M. H. DeYoung, brother of the deceased, reclined on a lounge sur rounded by friends, evidently overcome by the tragedy, but with dry eyes and calm though strained voice. He was not pres ent at the time, of the shooting, having left home alter dinners few moment later than Charles. Deceased lay on his back on the floor, his face and breast dabbled in blood, his eyes closed and his face bear ing the calm expression noticeable in the case of those dying from tdiot wounds. Only one wound was found on his person, although at least four shots were fired bv Kalloch, two having pierced the glass (yoorsand partition ofthe office. A third? lodged iu a window casing. loung Kalloch on being arrested was. as the arresting officer remarked, the cool est man he ever saw. He still carried the smoking pistol in his hand, which he sur rendered to the officer. On his way to the station house he observed strict reti cence, and on being shown to his cell pos itively refused to have any intercourse whatever with representatives of the press. In the absence of any explanations from the assassin ofthe causes of the act, it is generally understood to be attributable to a pamphlet which has recently been cir culated about the city attacking Mayor Kalloch, the father of DeYonng's slayer. During his recent visit east it is believed that deceased devoted a great deal of at tention to gathering up matter regarding the nast life of Mayor Kalloch, for the presumed reason of either using it at the expected trial ofthe deceased on a charge of shooting Kalloch last August or of making it subserve journalistic, purposes. The pamphlet above referred to was a document of fome sixty pages, and re counted the details of the Kalloch scandal iu Boston and other matter of a scanda lous nature. - The pamphlet was anony mous, but young; Kalloch evidently con sidered lliati deceased was responsible for its publication, and acted accordingly. After the Tragedy. Further inquiry shows that young Kal loch fired five shots at DeYoung, of which only one, the fourth, took effect. Other wise the original report of the affair seems to be substantially correct. It is evident that the deed was deliberate. Officer Noyes states that a few moments before DeYoung entered the office he saw Kal loch walking along Kearney street and peering through a window of the Chroni cle counting room. He was evidently waiting for the arrival of his victim. At about a quarter past nine the coro ner's assistant took the body from where it had been lying on the floor awaiting ex amination and removed it to a wage-. for conveyance to the morgue: The crowd in the mean time bad increased to a thousand, blocking up both Kearney and Bush streets. It was composed of all classes, evidently including a great many sand lot proclivities, and as the body was brought out cheers, howls and ejaculations of exultation and derision arose. The coroner s wagon, escorted by a squad of ponce, drove at once to the morgue, fol lowed by a hooting, whistling and yelling moo. the demonstration was confined merely to words, no action of a violent nature occurred. On arriving nt the morgue the crowd gathered there, for a while continuing its demonstration?, but soon dispersed and the officers retired. The conduct of the mob called forth many expressions of indignation anddis gust from the more respectable bv-stand- ers, but there was nothing whatever tend ing towards any breach of peace. A great concourse still lingered in the vicinity of the Chronicle office discussing the affair, but an alarm of fire several blocks distant drew them away at about ten o'clock. The pamphlet previously referred to proves on examination to be simply a full report of the trial of I. S. Kalloch iu the Boston scandal, with a brief preface to the effect that it was published with no malicious motives, but simply to give a Slain, unvarnished reporter the trial. It ore the imprint of "Eherhen &Co., Bos ton, 18-37," but was evidently a fresh pub lication. It seems to be admitted that the document was issued with a view of influencing public opinion in connection with the approaching trial of DeYoung, and it may perhaps have b.ten further intended to have some bearing upon more immediate issues. It will be remembered that the Clironi cle "ratted" its office about ten days ago. The Typographical Union and Amalga mated Trades Union took up the fight for the discharged Chronicle printers, and have placarded the city with appeals to the public to withdraw patronage from the paper, aud have published advertise ments to the same effect in interior jour nals. A triads meeting was advertised for to-morrow 'evening to denounce the course, 'f the Chronicle, which was to have been addressed by Mayor Kalloch, avuone others, and it is possible that the pabhention of the pamphlet was designed to have effect on tlie present quarrel, as well as on the coming trial of DeYoung. It is as yet too early to gauge the ex nression of public opinion of the tragedy, but so far as could be learned from talk beard on the street this evening, its tenor seemed to be that the death of DeYoung at the hands of the son. was the legiti mate outgrowth of the recent attack of the deceased upon the father. When the coroner's wagon bearing the body of DeYoung turned from Kearney street into Market, the crowd made a sort of rush that had the appearance of being directed at the wagon. It might have EPEIDE been merely the natural surge ofthe con course following the wagon on meeting the crowd gathered On Market, but the police viewing it as an attempt at violence, used their clubs freely, beating hack the crowd and inflicting severe punishment on some ot the most forward. Aside from this incident there was no sign of violence and no occasion for the service of the po lice except in keeping back the press. Large throngs stilt linger around the Chronicle office, and at the main and branch offices of the Call and at the morgue, quietly discussing the affair and waiting with the usual morbid interest to hear any further particulars obtainable. A Story of Thiers' Babyhood. Tho French Government has just had printed a report by all the Cus torn House officers of France on the various frauds resorted to in order to evade the payment of customs duties. It is an 8vo. volume of 180 pages, and is amusing. Goods are smuggled in hollow trees, hollow axle trees, hollow poles; leather bags lied to the keel of boats; linen handkerchiefs in stead of hair, padding saddles, hogs head, barrels, baskets with double bottoms and sides; bedsteads with all the wood work hollow; wheel barrows with wheel and bandies hoi low; cabbages and cakes of butter filled with coffee; shoes and boots' soles hollow and filled with tobacco; loaves of bread and cako filled with tobacco and gunpowder; sheep sheared close as possible, silk or laco swathed around them, over the goods a fleece (did you ever before heard of sheep wearing wigs?); apples and pears containing jewelry, diamonds or watches; bricks filled with to bacco; dead poultry stuffed with lace; bats with double sides and tops, wigs with double lining filled with lace. As for the goods smuggled in wo men's hair, corsets, crinolines, they exceed account. Customs officers almost always see these frauds, but do not arrest the smugglers to avoid hourly scandals. One day a mother, who had been to a country house near Marseilles, returned with her son to Marseilles. It was twilight. The child, eight years old, had been put into a peach basket borne by a donkey, and the mother, fearing the child might catch cold, (it was in November) had cov ered the boy with a thick brown shawl. Tired with running around the country all day, cozy aud warm under the thick shawl, the child was soon asleep and hidden by the sides i of the basket. Although the city gates were neared (thero is a local Custom House at the gates of Mar- seilles), tho mother, forgetting all about the child, walked a distance behind tho donkey and did not make him stop at the Custom Uouse to bo searched. The Customs officer see ing the donkey; jog on without stop ping, suspected he was laden with smuggled goods and ran after him to .thrust his sharp steel probe through tho basket. Luckily tho mother ob served him, ran forward and scream ed: "Don't use your probe! My child is in that basket!" That child was Adolphe Thiers! New Orleans Pica. yune. i Bismarck's Handwriting. Desbarolles has never seen Bismarck's hand, never felt the weight of it, except as a patriotic Frenchman. He has not so much as seen his handwriting, only a poor fac-siuiile of it, yet on this slight in dication, otid that of a photograph, he reads off the German Chancellor like a page of big print. The letter was one written by Bismarck to his wife during the war, intercepted by the French, and published in fac simile by the Figaro. It may have contained some few secrets as Bismarck wrote it, but it contained infin itely more when subjected to the piercing gaze ofthe Seer. "Look at this downward slope of the letter." he cries; "it means misery and ruin else why did Napoleon I. always slope up the paper during the time of his prosperity, and down the paper when he was down in his luck?" "Ah!" he adds, "If! could only see the hand of Bismarck as welt as the handwriting, then I could prophesy; then I could tell you exactly how the cataclysm through which we are passing is to finish. But, after all, the handwriting is enough. Look at the enormous size of it! It is just as big as Wallenstein's, or the ferocious Swedish warrior's, Wrangel, and both of them died a violent death. It is an ab surdly high handwriting, and what does that mean but a craving for a lofty posi tion ambition, love of fame, immense pride? Whv.it is even higher than the handwriting of Louis XIV., the proudest ofthe kings! It is an ardent aud at the same time a concentrated handwriting not flourishes; and what are flourishes but the signs of an effervesence . without restraiut. It is lively, it is brusque, but it is self contained, rrom the way in which lie forms the tall ends of his letters you can tell there is no particular cunning in him; still his winding, serpentine lines show that be is a diplomatist." Those little curly terminations, it would appear, are for the weak members of the craft). The worst sign of all, according to Desba- roiies, is tlie superhuman pride snown in the crossing of the t's. The t's in factare more than eloquent. The Germany he says, generally cross the letters low down; .KismareR crosses it right at the top just to have a way of his own "supreme firide!" After this it will not astonish us to earn that other parts of the letter to Mme. Bismarck show him to be "like a tiger which throws itself on its prey." Desbaroues i.ad discovered all this when fortune threw the Great Chancellor himself in his"way. He did notseeuiuch of him he simply met him taking a walk but he saw enough to recognize "all the signs of Mars," which means, among other things, that when he was at the university he was rather fond of his beer. This chance meeting, coupled with a view of a photograph, served to finish off the Chan cellor almost ascompletely as Dumas. They revealed a love of music, of poetry, re vengefulncss, ruse and a tasto for th stage. Destrnctiveness was added to the debit of a dread account after a glimpse of the big Bismarckiau ear, and there was only a poor penn'orth ol benevolence for the credit side. Bismarck's spirit of jus tice and his savage aptitudes, we are given to understand, will always be un evenly matched. -V. Y. World. The Boy's Discovery. We have tlie smart boy in Centreville. To explain all, I must first tell you of his father. Like many gentlemen here he takes his cod liver oil and whisky each morning. Of flonrse such an opportunity of im pressing temperance principles upon the youthful mind could not be lost. So each dose went down with a shiver, ter rible frown and exclamation, "Boo! I conld stand the cod liver oil, but this whisky" -another shiver "is dreadful." Our boy listened and stored it tip in his youthful mind. The other day he was cleaning out the top shelf of a closet for his mother. "Ma, what'a this ?" Mother looks and cautiously smells. "Oh! rancid cod liver oil." Soon an other bottle is handed down, another and another; contents varying from a teasnoonful to half a cup, all spoilt "cod liver oil." At last the youngster raised his eyebrows and gravely remarked : 'iLa, it's funny that pa let's all this food cod liver oil spoil, but never ad op i of the whiskey. p. riJtri 4 J. 131 IN':::;;;' NO. 3. The Perilous Fnnle. While we whirl away on the Atlantic and Great Western, the only road in free America that is as broad as it is long, the fat passenger asked me if I "ever worked out the fifteen puzzle." . I tell him with a nameless gratitude in my voiee that I have done almost every thing else that is foolish and wicked, but I have never become addicted to the fif teen pnzzle. He then pulled one out of his pocket and settled down to it Long and pa tiently he wrought, while the other pas sengers helped him with suggestions aud criticisms. Presently the brakeman came in and lie leaned over the shoul ders of the crowd nnd looked on and as sisted. Bye the bye the conductor came along shouting "tikits," and he stopped to see what was the excitement. He pushed his punch in his pocket, and leaned up with the rest of the crowd and told the fat passenger what to do. The excitement ran high and a half dozen bitter disputes arose, which were only quelled by bitterer ones arising over new points. The train sped on its thun dering way, and in dne time it slowed np a- little and finally stopped. The condncter looked up impatiently. "What in thunder," he said, "is that fool stopping here for ? - "Walter, I reckon or coal maybe," re plied the brakeman, without lookiag up from the pnzzle. "Go out and see what he wants, and tell him to go on," said the conductor, returning to the pnzzle. The brakeman. after feeble protest. and one last, lingering look at the puzzle, which was now farther than ever from completion, went out. In the space of minute he came back into the car and shouted in a husky, whispered, ghost of a Bhout: "Meadville! Change cars for Oil City and Franklin ! This train stops twenty minutes for dinner!" A wail of rage and disappointment filled the car. ; "'Why didn't this train stop at Atlan tic ?" roared the passenger with the sandy goatee. "I wanted to get off at kvansburg! howled the man with the sample cases. "My sister wanted to get on at Atlan tic, and I saw her on the platform when we came through!" shouted the woman who talks bass. 'And I," sobbed a timid-looking young man in black clothes, "was to have been married to a girl In Geneva to-day, and now 1 11 bet von a cow her old dad ib walking down the railroad track in this direction, with a shot-gun." And he wailed so pitifully that the whole car howled in sympathetic unison. J nst then the express messenger came storming into the coach. By chowder I he yelled, 1 d past like to know what this means ? I'd like to know if the express company has any rights on this road at all, and how a man is going to deliver or receive packages when " And the mail agent pushed him out of the way and stood before the conductor in all the gorgeous paroply of half dress and half working uniform. "By George ! he shouted, "the gov ernment shall be informed of this out rageous proceeding. If there's a special agent in tlie State of Pennsylvania, he will be But before he conld say any more a telegraph -messenger came in and told the conductor the assistant superintend ent would like to see him and the engin eer in his private office immediately. And it was so that they went, and per adventure they danced upon the carpet; yea, they stood in the perspiring solitude of the sweat-box. The next morning the fat passenger beckoned me solemnly into the smoking car. "Light that," he said, and I lit it. "Do you know," lie said, "when Iwent to bed last night the wails of more people who wanted to get off, and the agonized faces of the people who wanted to get on, in that run from Greenville to Meadville, just haunted me? And I dreamed I died and went to heaven. : I thought I had just fifteen brains, and all the way np to the gate I was trying to straighten them ont, and I thought I would go mad. When I got np there the gate was wide open, and all sorts of people were, streaming in, just as they pleased. 1 hadn t the cheek to think I had a right to go in without any credentials or explanation, so 1 hung back looking for St. Peter. And while I was waiting I hope to die if Bob Inger soil didn't come along and walk right in, and be looked as if he were mighty glad to get there. Presently I saw St. Peter, right by the gate,hishead bent down and his eyes fixed on his knees. 1 IMIU UliU lkAJ UUlO OUM UGlt? A. TViMS lllIU. and asked if I might go in. He didn't say anything, and I began to feel pretty streaked. So I said it again, a little loader. Still he made no reply. Then I shook him by the shoulder, for I was getting pretty anxious, and I begun to tell it all over again. It frightened me when he shook me off. "9. 11. 4, 13. 7 oh. get out of this. you and your name; if you hadn't both ered me I'd have got it the next move." ' Now, the fat passenger said sol emnly, "I am never going to fool with tnot Uem puzzle again. Hot once more. And he fell into a Drofonnd fit of ab straction, and we couldn't raise a laugh from him all day. ' A Typographical Error is Cocbt. Tynograchical errors frequently occur in the best conducted journals. The change of one letter often alters the meaning of a word or sentence, and most serious per versions of the expressions of a writer are liable to result from hasty proof-readiog or the carelessness of compositors. . Not long ago a taw that - bad passed both Houses of Congress was put in type at the Governmont Printing Office, aud after a time il was discovered that n' misplaced comma entirely changed the intent of the law, and further Congressional action was necessary in order to relieve it ofthe im proper punctuation and give it the force latitude intended. A serious error of this uatuie has been discovered in the publi cation of a law passed by the last Legisia ture of this State. The prosecuting attor ney of Ingham county recently brought ao action against a saloon-keeper for sell ing liquor to minors. In the trial of the case, the counsel for the defense put in the plea that the act under which the action was brought could not be applied to the case iu question. The law referred to is foumj on page 249 of the public acts of 1879, and, upon investigation, it was discovered that the act as it reads applies to miners and not to minors. The attor ney of Ingham county secured the con viction of the liquor seller on the ground of the intent of the law, rightly holding that it was plainly meant to prohibit the sale of liquor to minors, instead of to miners. 1 he case has been appealed to the Circuit Court, and the decision of Judge Huntington will be looked for with interest. While it may be a mere technicality, the law as it reads renders n dealer liable to fine and imprisonment if he sells to a miner, and at the same time subjects him to no penalty if he sells to a minor. Under ordinary cirenmstances the intent of the law would be accepted, but as an error of this nature entirely changes the application, it is a question to be decided whether the law can be con sidered valid or not. A decision will, in all probability, be sought from the highest court of the State. Bap Cfty, Michigan, Chronicle. When women are fat. they desire to re duce. When they are thin they desire to increase. They fear fat and they abhor slimneas. Men are just as bad. Every body endeavors to improve on the Almighty's original plan, and there is often plenty of opportunity, Sacramento xtee. HAS THE jteoT jcd orr. " iN DOUGLAS C0UJTIY. OABD8. BILL-HEALS, ArSD LES.'. BLANKS, , And other printing, Inc!ad!?g nasi Heavy . Faeces and fWttr-i Wassd-mi'te. Neatly and expeditious!? Ex ecu tei AT POiwTLAriD FZIZZZ Evils of Neglecting Cold la the Heafl. In a paper read by Dr. D. B. St John lioosa, at the recent meeting of the Medical Society of the State of New York, he stated that the most frequent origin of chronic diseases of the lach rymal passages, of the conjunctiva, and of tlie middle ear, is in a neglected "cold in the head.' It ia generally conceded that no person in perfect health, except under extraordinary cironmstences.takea cold, and yet the majority of mankind have, at some time, suffered from cold in the head. The popular idea that a cold in the head is an insignificant affair is founded on the fact that most of the people recover to such an extent that they are. able to go about afterward, and engage in their ordinary avocations with out special notice, at the time, of the consequences of the' disease, which mav even then be settled upon them. He -believed that very many of the maladies which prevented men and women from reaching the alotted period of three score and ten have their origin in these colds; and that many serious affections which act as an impediment to the success f their victim are dated from a cold in the head. He described the suffering in cident to an acute attack of cold in the head and of the possibility of having repeated attacks with out producing serious local Changes not only local change, but a permanent impairment ef nutrition. To correct all this, special attention mast be paid to individual hygiene, and if the evil conse quences of neglected cold in the head -were to be abolished, the abolition mnst come through a public sentiment prop erly educated npon this as upon all other sanitary questions. The family physi cian must warn the people everywhere, as opportunity offers, of the danger in this direction, and of the means by which it is to be avoided. The first great pre caution to be taken bv each inriiriln.l ia ' to keep himself in a good general condi tion, and to do that he must studiously avoid all that tends to disorder the akin and the functions of ail the organs of the body. Children mnst be clothed in flan nel all the year round, and mnst be made '' to know that the staples of diet are milk bre d, meat, vegetables and fruit, and that tea, coffee and pastry of all kinds are to be used only as the greatest of lux- ' uries, and therefore in small quantities and at long intervals. The community can only become healthy as individuals become healthy, and all the reforms necessary to make Memphis and Granada places in which yellow fever never cornea may be adopted; bnt if the control can- . V ,1 ' , .11 1 , . , . I noi ue ouutmea oi tne ooaies oi, ana we modes ot living of the individuals in. those and all other places, evils not ao suddenly fatal, but none the, less in the end dangerous, and all the time injurious to their well being, will certainly exist. The Big Grave ar Wlckferd, Rhode Island. After much earnest inquiry, and the co-operative efforts of the solid historical men of Wick ford, we are able to, lay be fore the readers of Ihe Journal the follow ing valuable notes: The dead bodies of 42 white merk slain by the Narragausetts in the "Great SVmp Fight" of December 19, 1675, were tans-"' ported from the scene of slaughter, in South Kingston, in carts to the Block house (a garrison houfts), of Major Rich ard Smith, in North Kingstown, one mile north of Wickford, and buried in the- trnrAvn nf f i rv r .- m i f h np.r the he-'. in one grave, near a large jE7tro which a few letters have been chiseled to pre serve the identity, of the "Big Grave." The block-house erected by Richard Smith about the year 1640, has been well preserved by timely repairs, and still re mains the "first English house" erected in the thickets of the Narragaosett Coun Irr- 1 It rim'iui. Wickford, December 31, 1879. ; It is a great satisfaction tr be able now to point to the exact locality of this "Great Grave," and to know that the large sentinel-boulder remains, and now bears such marks as may evermore preserve the identity of the sacred spot, Once an ap ple tree grew upon the grave called "The Grave Apple Tree," but it was blown down in the September gale of 1815, and the exact locality was becoming obscure. Here might well be a monument. But perhaps the now lettered boulder may serve the memorial purpose. The ashes of those soldiers, here sleeping together ' in the solumn camp-ground of tlie grave, after the battle that decided the fate of . Phillip's war and the life of New England, ought to be sacredly guarded, In the " "owtmp Fight" the Colonists lost 6 Cap tains, 1 Lieutenant, and over 200" soldiers. We have the names of thecommiasioaed officers. Can any one give US' the names of the non-commissioned officers - and privates ? Providence Journal. Boys Take Warming-. (New York Times. When boys are advised not to amoks on hygienic grouods, they laugh at the advice, and speak of its givers as old fogies. But careful experiments, lately made by a phvsician of repute, prove that the prac tice is verv injurious. He took for kis purpose 38 boys, from 9 to 15, who hare been in the habit of smoking, and examin ed them closely. In 27 he found obvious hurtful effects;22 having various disorders circulation and digestion, palpitation of the heart, and more or less craving for Btrung drink; 12 of the boys were fre quently troubled with bleeding at the nose; 10 had disturbed sleep; 12 had slight ulceration ofthe mucous membrane of the mouth, which disappeared after discon tinuation of tobacco for 10 or 12 days. The physician treated th'em all for weak ness snd nervousness, though with little avail, until tboy had relinquished smek ins, then health and strength were Bpeed ily restored. Even if it be granted that smoking is not harmful to adults, there is no doubt of its harmfulness to the young. Dr. Ranking, Dr. Richardson and others,, who have made a special study of the ' subject, all agree in decLtringthat it causes in them impairment ot growm, premature virilitv, physical degradation. One ofthe worst effects is the provocation of an ap petite for liquor, which, indeed, i not confined to the young, but which grown persons are better able to manage.. Where bovs drink to excess, they are almost invariably smoker-; and it is very rare to find a man over-food ,of spirits who is not addicted to tobacco. Men who want to give np drinking usually have to give up smoking at the same time, for they say that a cigar or a pipe generally excites a desire for liquor very hard to control. A DipijOmatic Answeb. The old man Smith, of Richfield, i a self-sughnent sort of fellow, and prides himself upon his riding abilities. One day he espied his young hopeful leading a coli to water gingerly, and remarked: 'way on earth don't you ride that beast?" J'I'm fraid to; frasd he 11 throw me, "Bnnir that hoss here," snapped the cM man. The colt was urged np to the fence, ant1 braced one side by the boy while the ot man climbed on to the raii4 sttd stock himself on the colt's back. ' Then he w let go, and tho old gentle Esq "J proudly off. Paralyzed by fear th went slowly for about twenty rods out a demonstration. Then like' ning his four legs bunched togcthi ' back bowed like a viaduct area at old man shot up in the air, ti seven separate and distinct some and lit on the small of his back middle of the road w ith both lcg around his neck. ; HasteiuBg to J young hopeful anxiously it hurt yon, pa?" Tiie oid man . slowlv. shook out tne- friujia m iiis . brushed the drat frj lii' wr nd and nibbing ' liikC briu growled: - "Well, Midn't bit of good. Yot o tosae.