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THE TRAIN ROBBERS.
St. Loris, January 3.—Tho grand jury,. to
^rhich the eases of tho train robbers were pre
sented today, have, it Is understood, and pub
licly afated, Indicted Fred Witrock, Thomas
Wearer and W. W. Haight of robbery in tho
first degree. The criminal court does not meet
anti! tomorrow morning, and tho indic tments
cannot, therefore, bo roturned until
that time. It is stated upon
autfaorityof lair officer*, that the prisoners will
1)0 brought into court as soon as tho indict
ments are returned, and will plead guilty, re
ceive sentence and go to tho penitentiary. If
this provea to be the case, the charges against
Messenger Fotlioringham cannot be sustained,
for robbery In the first degreo is highway rob
bery, and if the messenger was implicated in
the robbery, tho latter crime was not com
mitted.
Hr. Louis. January 4.—At two o’clock the
grand jury handed in tho indictments against
the express robbers. That against Witrock was
for roDbery in tho first degree; that against
Bafghtfor being accessory before the fart; that
against Weaver for being accessory after the
fkot. The prisoners were immediately ar
raigned before Judge Norville. They all plead
guilty to tho charges, and were at once sen
tenced, Wltrock and Haight to seven years, and
Weaver to five years in the penitentiary. The
prisoners will at once be taken to Jefferjon
City.
The indictment was a joint one against Wit-
rock, Weaver and Haight, charging them with
larceny from a railroad car. indictments
charging them with robbery in the first de
greo were prepared yesterday, bat the form
*was changed to the above so that there mi {ht
be no difficulty in bolding Messenger Pother-
Ingham, for an indictment of robbery in the
first degree would be an admission of his inno
cence. Wltrock and Haight took their sen
tences stoically, the former remarking:
“We have made our beds and must lie in
Ibem.”
Weaver was affected. He cannot reeoncllo
himkclf to the idea of serving his sentence,
when MorUrty and others who received the
money was allowed to go at liberty. Tho
prisoneri were led back to their cells where they
will remain until tomorrow, when they will be
GEORGIANS ABROAD.
Vf.catth, Ala.. January a—[Special Corre
spondence.]—Alabama has been on the boom
with her gTcat coal nnd iron Interests. Now
Georgia certainly is on the same line, so far a*
great men go. There is your great soldier aud
orator, Governor Gordon, the man who un
doubtedly stands first and next tho heart of
soldiers of tho army of tho Potomac, wherever
ono can be fouud. Thou Bill Arp, who
Is nearest the heart of every
reader of Tub Constitution. Then
you have Sam Jones, greatest of all men In his
line, nnd I see where your Atlanta man
Scott is showing fivo bales of cotton to the
sere by the use of his Gossypium. Why, that
Is moro than wo mako on fifteen acres, and
think we are boss farmers when wo do it; and
now comes H. W. Grady, n man among mod.
How I would like to shake his hand and thank
him for that Now York sncech! Who could or
would bavo made such under the circumstances?
I have been a reader of Talmadge’s sermons
fiinii-hcd the local papers a written statement
of his connection with tho affair. He wart
therein that poverty and his inability to ob
tain employment forced him to devise some
means whereby he might provide his wife and
ohild with the necessities of life. To do this,
he planned the robbery and approached Wit-
rock with tho scheme. Witrock became en
thusiastic over it, and thereafter took
the affair into his hands and he
{Haight) heard nothing more of
him until he read an account of the robbery
in the papers. Soon after that Witrock sent
him ll.CUO by Oscar Cook, and summoned him
to Leavenworth There Witrock gave him $10,-
€00. He says it was he who forged Damsel's
gig nature to the pass which was presented to
Fothcringham, and had the Adams express
letter heads and envelopes printed. Fother-
ingham, he asserted, Is absolutely innocent of
each and every charge brought against him.
The grand jury today returned an indictment
ngatnst Dan Monrity, charging him with be
ing an acceMory after the fact to the “Jim
Cummings" express robbery.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat: A prominent Illi
nois democrat isy* that hts party could have eta tc«l
Carter Utrriion senator two ye«r* ago -if it could
hare got rid of Morrbon.” It seems, then, that (ho
country owes Colonel Bill a certain measure of
grgtitude, after all.
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con fid. don’t subscribe for Tjif. Consti
tution on tho strength of that speed
that can raiso a dollar—well, all that I cai
ray is, that he never eat no ]arched corn, ami
that he should have Johny Constant us his
bread diet the Imlanco of his unpatriotic days.
Now, all your great Georgia raised men aro not
in Georgia. We have right hero in this dis
trict two of the livest Georgians, in their way*
tlmt tho suiTihines on. Not worth whilo foi
me to tell you who Joseph Wheeler is. We say
and think that ho can ho in more placet in a
given time than any living man. Your Geor
gia toys who followed him during tho war
won’t differ with me in this assertion. Wo say
that if his district elected the president, before
Grady made hta New York speech, Joe
Wheeler would be president.
Another Georgian, greater perhaps in his
way than any other, comes to view: his career
certainly haa never been equaled by any man
in the whole south. Home twelve or fifteen
ycare ago he camo to this town, an unknown
man to us and with little or no capital, and his
find venture was in the line of a shop ranch,
and this enterprise was suddenly washed out
and wi])ed away by a flood in tho Tennessee
river. Decatur was as (lead a town sixty
days ago os ever a commercial tourist
swore at, ft now, by bis wonderful manage
ment, on the boom, big boom, and come to stay.
He has bought about four miles of front on tho
Tennessee river. There Is now a charcoal and
alcohol furnace being erected at a cost of$150,-
000; two millions of dollars to be putin iron
furnaces it once; lots that coaid not beaold
then for $250, now are being sought at $1,000,
From “The New South.”
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THE ANNUAL BANQUET.
Columbus, O., January 7.—The fourth an
mini banquet and celebration of the 8th of Jan
uaiy, under tho auspices of tho Jackson club
was held at tho city buildings tonight.
Judge Allen G. Thurman,who was tho living
hero of the evening, spoke to “The Union—the
Common Heritage of Patriots.”
As soon as the andience had become suffi
ciently quiet, he spoke as follows:
Mr, rrerident: Wc have assembled not to make a
platform for tho democratic party of tho United
Hinton; not to set at work any party machinery, the
political advance of any person whomsoever; not »o
set In judgment upon or to ostracise men of our
party, because In snmo particulars they may differ
In regard to men; but we aro here assembled to do
what we ran to relnvlgornte the fundamental prin-
plc« of our iNUly, talking about, as far aa
lioMrfblc, unity of sentiment and action;
to renew our devotion to tho union
of states and to gather Inspiration
from tho example and teachings of the great man
and preserve It. and who, when at the head of th
government, and at n dangerous crisis of our conn'
try’s history, uttered the ever-niomorable scntl
incut, “The union; it must and shall ho main
tained!”—than to declare, as we do In tho toait Just
rend, that “the union I* “the common heritage of
(•atriots.'’ Y< s, Mr. I President, It la so. and U ought
to he so. Men may have been miagnlded and gone
wrong In the past, but whatever may I* a man’s
history, if he te today and means to he in the future
a true, devoted friend of the union, that uuiou Is a
part or his heritage.
ft cannot he necessary to sneak to an audienro
like this of tho advantages that maybe possessed
hy the union, hut It rnayl he — ‘
ssy something of the means
It can be f ~~ “ —** *’
be, and
SHERMAN AND LOOAN’.
V"«
no, mm i iniu* ii i", miuiikvt uhiii) umu •» wm
ever before, yet It would ben mistake to suppose
that it will never, in the lung course of time, en
counter dangers that will require the utmost win-
dom aud patriotism to meet aud counteract. We
have now a population of atamt GO,000,000 people.
If the union lives another hundred years,
our population, nt the rate of increaso that
has hitherto prevailed, will be nearly, or quite,
roo.GOO.iJOO—nearly 2nu.un0.oun more people than lu-
labJt the whole continent of Europe. Bonumor-
ous a population—intelligent, active, Indus
trious, educated, has never been aoen
will it be when two or three, or more, centuries
•ball have rolled away? Manifestly, to bold such
a vast population, with a prodigious diversity of
intercuts end occupations, feeling and opinions,
firmly united under ono ilsg. will require a degree
of wisdom, knowledge, and jmtrioUsm that lisa
never yet been displayed in a govern-
«— suppoes
the con-
bands of
the federal government, thus, In effect, practically
destroying the long cherished homo rule of our
state government*, which has been productive of so
many benefits aud of so much content. For
myself 1 am of the opinion entertained
by the fathers of democracy, -that such
consolidation. Instead of tieing preservative
would l>e certainly destructiveof the union. White
I hilly agree with tho*o who assert that the general
government should be cheerfully aunt tinea in the
exercise of all powers conferred upon it by tbo
constitution. I, it the same time, think no feature
In our complex system of government is more de
serving of preservation, more neoessan- for the se
curity of liberty and tha promotion of the best In
tercom aud bappinem of the
people, than the home rule of our
tate governments, and tiecauM this bom
i herhbed doctrine of the democratic
ment of mankind. Home persons sup
that the union can be preserved only by the
Folldatlon of all substantial powers In tho hate
is homegrule is
jcroue Arty, I
hfnk the preservation of the party is about a sjrn
onrm P* the preservation of liberty and union. I
think that the democratic party is the national
party of free institutions, and to that it will be In-
di-pen-dble so long as freedom exist* in America.
If I am correct, then to ray that we
arc democrats, is to ray that we are
union men, end unswerving friends of
lit.crtyand home rule. Thereto-no time tonight
to discuss to grand a theme, the most Interesting
that f ould be presented to the mind titan American
citizen, all that I can do In concluding my brief
remarks is to conjure you to cherish a deep and
unfaltering love for your free institutions: to incul
cate this love in the minds of your children, and
never, under any circumstances, however appall
ing, to despair of tho republic.
Arms Pulverizing Harrow.
A prominent practical agricultural writer
rays of this implement: “Its various qualities
fit it for easy, rapid and efficient prepiration of
tend and In cheaply working the broad field*
of a large farm into as fine a condition m a
garden.
.Sec advertisement on another page.
From the Boston Advertiser.
General Sherman lays tho lost leaf on tko
bier of bto dead friend by n heartfelt Indorsement
of the statements made to him by General Lf«*n In
a Ichor written threo years ago, hut published now
for the first time. When the hero McPherson was
killed, Logan, by tho ordinary rules of tho service,
would have succeeded to I ho command of
tbo tuny of tho Tenncssoa.
was greatly ambitious of serving his country and
dkl not distrust his own fitness for tho vacant com
mand. But Sherman, in conformity with his per
sonal views, that men without regular military
education shoflld rarely be trusted with tho com
mand of armies, passed ovci Logan nnd relucted a
West Point graduate, Howard, for tho place. Tho
choice of Howard was strougly urged also by Gen
eral Thomas.
I^gan felt tho slight keenly, tail did nofrelax his
untlrlog devotion to his chief, General Hhcrman, or
to the cause which both upheld. Long after tho
war, at a banquet given to Hhcrman In.Wa-hlngton
Id anticipation of hto retirement from tho army,
to* an was called upon to respond to a toast,* and
took occasion to declare his unswerving respect
and honor to the goncral who “led hls.men to
glory." Merman was much affected hyfnto trib
ute, and wrote a few days afterward to Bogan, ox-
prcmlug his own feelings of friendship,and warmly
and frankly reviewing the tore subject of Uoward’i
appointment.
To this l.rtgan replied In an admirable spirit
rhowlng that he In no way questioned the motives
of his chief In tho choice of Howard, and lexplaln-
lug his temporary abscnco from the army>ftor tho
Atlanta campaign. Bhcnnanand others;hadsnld
of this departure, somewhat depreciatingly, that
to*nn had go no 'Tor the purpose of keeping ,a hold
on Ids people.” In hto reply, Logan assured his
critic In confidence that ho left at tho special
and private request of Lincoln to.|tako part In
(be presidential canvass, and that he,'had;prcfcrred
to suffer unjust censures rather than “to turn criti
cism on tho dead." He also makes clear.':that ho
had tw bitterness In bis heart toward Thomas, by
recalling tho fact that lie declined to supersede that
general when authorised to do so hy Grant,'as soon
as he ascertained that Thomas was doing all that
could Ijo done at Nashville,
Ills this letter which General Bhcnnan now
“ratifies and confirms word by word, with rever
ence for hto memory, admiration for ills heroism In
tattle and love for the man." The correspondence
now published honors tioth.*
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TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
ALOKOtb.Miwli.lppl.nd Yazoo bottom, i.
a wctlon known a. tbo Swamp, which bid. fiir
to become tho Africa of America. Thounnd, of
negron from the hill country of Mimiwlppi are
E oing there, end In feet the etream of black,
as been flowing swampward for twelve month,.
Twciity-flvo thounind 1, tko-cMInutod num
ber of black, who hare emigrated to the
bwamp. “Imbor agent," an encouraglug tho
cioduatcra. Tho egenU hare encountered tho
Ill-will of the fermora, and In one county they
wero warned against using ‘'undue influence,
to diforganlno and carry awnr tho labor of thla
community," nnd an exeentira committee of
fifteen was appointed "to welt an, in n becom
ing style, all iuch agents who refuse or neg
lect to comply with our modest but osrnost do-
maud." A couple of dey, afterward some of
these agent, won waited on by tho execntlre
committee, and asked to leave tho county.
They refbatd. Tho committee consulted, and
gave them juit ten mlnntee to leave in. They
understood the hint, nnd thomselre, emigrat
ed. But althoogh successful in this, the plant
er, won only e barren victory. The agent, re
mained in Vlckbnrg, but “worked the country"
from then, nnd got negroee In Hinds to act os
their deputira end talk up the attraction, and
advantage, of the Swamp; and tho exodui, in-
Mead of stopping with tiro banishment of the
labor agents, bee actually grown greater. The
exodus fever etrlkee the colored brother once In
a while, no matter where he l>, nnd then there
i. no .topping him.
Tituxisalaw .in China forbidding opium
raising, yet travelers describe the velloys of
southwestern China as white with poppy blos-
so ms. The law I e dead letter became Eng
land forced Chine to open her markets to In
dian opium, fto China now ratsas two-thirds
of all the opium ehe consumes. Meanwhile the
cone welsne more heavily every year upon tho
people of Chins. Ono-flfth of the people of
Coking and Tlentaln are opium antoken. It Is
rsld that three thousand of the attache, of the
Imperial palace are victlma of the terrible habit,
in spite of tho bet that tho Chinese govern
ment discourages the practice. There are a
number of native antl-oplnm societies, which
are doing e work In China similar to that of
trmpeianeo unions iu America. The govern
ment hie also established a large numbor of
refugee, where victims of the opium habit may
go fnv treatment. Sedatives, stimulants and
tonics are administered to care them of tho
rice. Greet Britain hcnrlf la likely soon to
,tiller some of tho evils with which she has
helped lt> curse China. In some part, of Indie
the opium habit Is making afatmlng progress
among tho natives. Tho Marquis Tseng railed
attention to this bet in n latter to the Antl-
nplnm society of England tho other day. He
added Hint If Greet Britain would put a stop to
tbo exportation of opium from India, Chine
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A Maryland men tliinke he has Invented a
perpetual mcllon machine—just as thousand,
of cranks havo thought of their contrivance In
yean gone by. The machine derives Its mo
tion from tho attraction of gravity. A me
chanical movement la placed qn the wheel In
auch a way that the descending elde lathe
heaviest. By the force of ita action it keope
tho wheel atcadily In motion. Tho whool Is
twentr-alx Inches In diameter by eight Incite,
in IblckncM, nnd Is mounted on a wooden
borne resembling a grindstone frame. The
wheel le keyed to a steel axle which rests on
bearing!. Tho motion Is obtained by
bio weights enclosed within the wheel.
The inventor has lied one of the machines nt
hie house working steadily for tbo past threo
months. He labored twenty years over tbo
Invcutlon, pert of tlie time assisted by his eon.
It Is his Intention to exhibit the machine at on
early day In Baltimore nnd other cities.
F»KTY-r IVK thousand skaters glided over tho
oxen lakes of Control nark, New York, on
_ indsy. There were twenty-live thousand on
a single lake. The Ice was tlx Incite* thick and
Its surfaco was vonesnd with frown snow,
glossed over by rain.
Itiv. IfKNitr W. Qkouob, ot Topeka, Kan-
tas, b a kleptomaniac of a very pronounced
type, lie was bom a thief end tboovorpower.
Ing desire to steal has clang to him all throigh
his life. In college hie weakness attended him
and he conld not overcome It. Ife entered the
ministry In the hopo that hlasurroundings and
aMocIauens would save him. Jfo mirrl id and
still he would steal. Ho meditated suicide end
once Intended to bum his church and then kill
himself nnd lot thshouseof worship burn down
upon hla body hut his wife prevented him. At*
last he was arrested for steeling some, books
and confessed to hla weakness. He has bean
selsrd by Hta of weeping and It la thought hla
mind will give way entirely and that ho will
hove to be sent to on asylum.
A Nkw You paper says the Westchester
supervisors hero lieen ducuatlng tbeir old
measure for torturing tramps, end liaredcdded
that tho lew must etend. The means of torture
Is effective, but novel. VaU are provided, into
Which tranipa are thrown. Each tramp Is pro
vided n vessel for ladling out water, and as
soon ns lie strikes the bot'oiii of the vat,tho
water Is turned on. it is tlisn a question of
bail water or drown. Tho law has not been
enforced yet, u tho very Idea of coming la
contact with water has mule the trumplog pop
ulation give Westchester a wills berth.
With all hla boasted smartness man b a very
easy creature to "gull.” Tho arrest of two
English adventuresses In Carls shows what a
blooming Idiot a man can bo sometimes. Oee
of tho women answered to the name of Mrs.
Mndmy, a widow, aod tha other was
tented aa her daughter or ae her wari
Eveline Happy. The women published Ii
of the host known French paper, well written
and cleverly conetrueted advertisements an-
STATE LEGISLATURES.
RALF.mil, N. C., January 6.—The house oC
representatives assembled today with on at
tendance of 118 members. John II. Webster
nominee of the Independent democrats, was
elected speaker by e vote of flu against r>7 for
b, .8 Ivcrmeo, nominee of,'(ho regular demo
crats. Webster a vote was drawn from the In
dependents and the republicans. At the tirno
of nit nomination Webster said that he wei is
democrat, and would administer tho affairs of
the home as a democrat If elected. G. M.
Ilfllla, republican, was elected chief clerk over
(.hmeron, democrat, by the following vote:
Bulla, 00; (amcron, Art. It Is understood that
the other ofllcers of the house will ho parceled
ont among the republican* end Independents.
The organisation of the senate ia democratic.
Indianapolis, January 0.—The two honsc*
of the legislature met end organised this morn
ing. Interest was centered In the senate, In
which there was n large crowd; Green Smith
appeared and took the chair, with the auditor
of state, acting aa clerk. The republicans en
deavored to protest, but they were not permit
ted to helbeard, and without republicans voting
st nil, but being counted aa present, the demo
cratic caucus nominees were elected, nnd a set
of rules adopted that gave tho majority ail
power.
In the lionse, the republican nominees were
elected. Hon. W. O. Bays was elected speaker,
out beyond formal organisation, no bust non
was translated. On Thursday the senate adopt
ed a resolution to meet with the house this
morning to beer tho governor's mesugo re id,
but when tbo senate assembled, this action
wet reconsidered, the protests of republicans
being unavailing and tho meavage was read in
tbo senate by the clerk of tint body. Tbo
refoaal to go Into Joint session earned much
comment, end waa accepted at meaning that
the democrats will not consent to a Joint ses
sion for any purpose. This aurmlso
wee strengthened at the afternoon session,
when the senate pasted n resolution declaring
there was no vacancy in the office of lieutenant
guvrrnor, declining to go into the Joint sesiloB
for tlie purpose of ranvaaelng and declaring the
result or the vote nt the November election,
end adjourning until Tuesday. The day ap-
jrly cot
Honoring either that a young widow, with
ll.CUO.OUO in her own right, or n rich young
girl who had mada a faux pas were anxious to
marry a man who had means auflclent to war
rant that on hla elde the mar
riage was not entirely a speculation.
There were many responses, and the women
lierame engaged to various wealthy suitors, sc-
' g aa any oonld lie made,
time and again, secured
settlimcnts of valuable property and at last got
behind the lien. When Mias Happy realised
that alio was a prisoner slit broke down end
nude a complete confession, giving the details
of all lior exploits, including tho sums she hail
received and thn names ot l.«r dupes. Hire
throws all tho blame for lior conduct upon
Mrs. /.Inrlsay, who, she says, completely con
trolled her.
llrown's Mills Joke.
"Why, Brown, how short your coat Is," arid
Jones one day to hla friend Brown, who wit
tily replied: "Yes; but it will be long enough
before/ get another." Some men spend so
much for medicines that neither hsal nor help
them, that new clothes la with them like an
gels’ visile—few end far between. Internal
fevera; weakness of the lungs, shortness of
breath and lingering conghs, soon yield to the
magic Influence of that royal remedy, Dr. K.
rTl'lerce’s "Guidon Medical Discovery.’’
ACmcAno drummer tells of a merchant In
Walnut, Illinois, who, bring prosperous end n
henry buyer, /swell ! rested by the niinmcrrlsl
travelers, end hs, many s clsmr offered to him.
He always takes lbs cirar. saya •■Ifa against my
principles to smoke In kunlucsa hours; I’ll light
this aner supper," and, when he gets too, puts
Thunks to Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
SYRUP, we have hern relieved from sleepless
nights of peinfel watching, with peer, suffering
teething children. Twenty-flvc Cents a bottle
Relief from Indigestion.
*521 Second Avr_, New York, Jen. 9,19W.
I deem it my pleasure to testify to the phe
nomenal effects of llrandretb's Pills, upon my
self in eradicating from my system the mort
aggravated form of Indigestion, the attacks of
which were nearly es severe as spasms. After
costly medical treatment two boxes of Brand*
relh's Pills have put me In a better condition
than I have been for yean.
Fkakk W. Oillntt.
pointed for canvassing ami ennonneing tbo
voto for lieutenant governor la Monday.
In the house today, the republican mqlority
In retaliation for the extraordinary rules adopt
ed yesterday by the senate, adopted a set of reg
ulations felly as erhli raryes those of the upper
body. Tho effect in either house will be that
n majority can summarily and quickly unseat
nnyir ember of-the minority, rightfully or
wrungfolly.
Tho air Is fell of surmises end rttuarq and
quo warranto proceedings are suggested, and
also the possibility of two leglalat urea.
JlAUTroUIi, Conn., January 8.—^Tlie Joint
convention of the state legislature assembled
this morning toelect state ofllcera,owing to tho
“-"-to of the popular voto to give any candid-
maJorlty. Tho result of tho balloting wan
lection of republican candidates. The re
publican candidates received from 182 to lflO
voles, and democratic candidates from 112 to
118. There were threo democratic members
absent. Tho legislature reassembled In Joint
convention at 8 o'clock to Inaugurato state
officers end beer the message of Governor
Eounshurg.
8t. Paul, January 0.—Ninety-four members
of the h-gtalalure attended the republican Joint cau
cus flir United stales senator today. Just before
taking the Am ballot a letter from Senator Kelt Il
ian waa read, announcing hla withdrawal hum tho
contest, on tbo first ballot cx-Oovcrnor Cushman
K. Davis received ninety-three rotes ami Gordon K.
Cole one. Tho nomination waa made unanimous.
This reruroa the election of Davis on the lath.
8r. I-oi'ia, Mo., January 0.—IVniocratia
members of tho Itsbdatnre In caucus tonight at
Jcfffcnon City nominated Cockrell for re-election to
the United Slates wnatc.
jErrxmtON City, Mo., January 7.—A concur
rent resolution providing for tho eubmlsslon of
the question of tho sale of Intoilestlng hover-
rages to a popular vote was Introduced In
railroad pools.
lion of
I.anmno, Mich., January 7.—Tbs republic us
legislative caucus last night nominated Francis
11. Stockhrl Ige, of Kalamaxoo, for United State*
senator on tho tenth ballet. Stockbridgo will
succeed Conger, who was his principal oompe*
tltor. _
Alfalfa an me Arid Plains.
From the Sacramento Record Union.
Last spring the Hellbron brothers, of this
city, sent a car loan! of calves from Sacramento
to their Wild Flower ranch, In Fresno county.
The stork was of tba best blood, and wars put
in an alfelfe field. They were kept thereon
this green feed through the spring, summer
nnd winter. One dey lut week 20 head of tbo
yearlings were pieced In a car and returned to
this city, where Urey wen slaughtered for
Christmas meats. The lightest one weighed
fl«0 pounds while several of tho larger ones
tipped the beam at over 700. The meet Is said
by these market men to be finer then anything
that hu been eeen In this city for thn put 10
yea ra, end proves ronelutively what ran bo dona
on the sandy wastes of Fresno with Industry,
water, end alfelfe seed. Seven yurs ago tho
land In question could not be given away. Ik
wae a level, randy plain, that shifted with tho
wind, and no elgn of vegetation was to bo eeea
anywhere, except a species of age brush and a
few sprrlmeu of the rectos family. Today it
Is fenced, and thn fields of grain, meadows of
alfellk, and extensive vineyards are the pride
of many horn at former. When August Hell-
bran first obtained poemrion of a section of
Ihle lend he offered to give a quarter of It to a
friend. After viewing tlisuninviting tract tbo
latter refused tho -uofihred gift. Ho wanted
"no desert In hie.” The land la nearly all la
alfalfa, and supports hundreds of cattle sod
sheep, which require no care whatever. They
hove an unlimited supply at all seasons of grew
and nutritions feed, and go to thn market In a
far superior condition to thou that are stall
and com Ad for that purpose.' The lamb*
ehlppi d from that place lut weak an u largo
u mil grown sheep, Ikt u bntter, and or con no
when ego la taken Into consideration of supe
rior quality. This goes to prova what can bo
done In every part of thla i
ferula, In the lit
formers.
;OPlNION8 OF THE PRESS.
New York Trlbnu; When a man serves htk
mntry faithfully bs does not hare time to servo
himself.
Philadelphia Record: The greatest reformer
' the us was the Inventor or the beetle, wblck
ti reformed nearly crery woman.
New York Ban: Thla Is the critic* year wills
Mr. Cleveland. This la the hut chance. Ue ties
lied two yten of trial. The third year counts. Ha
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