A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > California > Sacramento http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=587 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=35823 Submitted by: California Contributors Article Title: The Daily Union Article Date: September 1 1866 Article Description: High School Exercises, Probate, Soldier in Difficulty, Indictments in San Francisco and other items Article Text: The Daily Union Saturday, September 1, 1866 Page 3 LAST SCHOOL DAY - Under this head, a correspondent sends us the following account of the proceedings yesterday at the Ungraded School near Sutter's Fort: "The memory of yesterday, to both teacher and pupils of the Ungraded School, will ever be a pleasant one. The forenoon was spent in declaiming and the reading of compositions prepared by the pupils during the term, which exercises were pleasantly varied by singing and marching. At twelve o'clock they all adjourned to an excellent lunch, prepared by their teachers, to which all did ample justice. In the afternoon John SMITH presented prizes to the following named pupils: to Annie GERBER and Lewis MILLER, for improvement in reading, spelling and arithmetic; to Caroline AMERIC and William O'BRIEN, for neatness; to Amelia DAVIS and Thomas O'BRIEN, for honesty and truthfulness; to Emma HOIT and Charles ENNIS, for industry. Their teacher, Miss Fannie HOWE, had a token for each remaining scholar, for she said "There was not one wh! o had not made some improvement which had cost an effort on their part." The books, knives and rewards of merit were all appropriate and each child returned to its seat with a happy and beaming countenance. The school was about to close, when Miss Emma HOIT came forward and presented her teacher with an exquisite pair of Parian marble vases, with these words: "Dear teacher, accept this token from your very loving pupils, Annie GERBER, Luretta and Addie WEINREICH, and myself. In presenting it, we do so with the heartfelt wish that you may ever be as happy as we have been rendered by your untiring kindness and devotion to our mental improvement." Miss HOWE expressed her surprise and gratification in a few appropriate remarks. The school then sang the "Dismission HYMN" and separated to meet again in October. HIGH SCHOOL EXERCISES - The closing exercises of the High School for the Summer term took place yesterday afternoon. A large number of visitors, parents of the scholars and others, were in attendance, and listened to the essays, declamations, singing, etc., with a high degree of satisfaction. The exercises commenced at 1 o'clock P.M., and were presented in the following order: First - Declamation "Scorn to be Slaves" (J. WARREN), by Paxson McDOWELL. Second - Reading "The Chemist to his Love," by Miss Mary EDWARDS. Third - Declamation, "The Glorious Old Flag" (H.W. BEECHER), by George WHITE. Fourth - Reading "Snow Bound" (WHITTIER), by Miss Alice DWINELL. Fifth - Singing by Miss Ella BURKE and the school. Sixth - Essay, "Is the Pen mightier than the Sword," by Miss Augusta MONTFORT. Seventh - Essay "Sound and Sense," by Miss Ella COMBS. Eighth - Duet by Miss Lilly BURKE and Miss Louisa RUDOLPH. Ninth - Essay, "The Druids," by Miss Belle HILL. Tenth - Essay, "Reflections on Twilight," by Miss Jennie PIKE. Eleventh - Original declamation, "The Condition and Prospects of our Country," by Thomas CLUNIE. Twelfth - Singing by the school. Thirteenth - Reading of the reports by the Principal and Assistant of the school. At the close of these exercises brief addresses were delivered by Rev. W.H. HILL and rev. I.E. DWINELL. M.L. TEMPLETON, the Principal of the school, then addressed a few remarks to the scholars and dismissed them until the commencement of the next regular term. PROBATE - In the matter of the estate of Richard WALSH, deceased, the petition of Celia WALSH for letters of administration was yesterday filed and set for hearing on Monday, September 10th. Estate of Conrad TILL, deceased - Return of F.R. DRAY of sale of personal property filed and order entered confirming sale. Estate of John D. ANDERSON, deceased - Petition of C.T. WHEELER for letters of administration filed and set for hearing Monday, September 10th. A SOLDIER IN DIFFICULTY - The Bulletin of August 30th gives the following in regard to a case in San Francisco, referred to a few days since in our telegraphic dispatches: Carl SHEBER was arraigned to plead to an indictment for burglary in the County Court to-day. He states that he was a soldier in the army throughout the rebellion, and came to this country about a year ago, since which time he has been in Oregon. On returning to this city in a destitute condition, he sought a place to sleep in a lumber yard and was arrested by a police officer and charged with burglary. He appears to be a simple-minded, ignorant man, and offered to plead guilty to the charge of burglary, as he said he could not deny but that he entered the lumber yard, evidently not understanding the serious effect which his plea would have. Judge COWLES refused to accept his plea under the circumstances and appointed an attorney to investigate the case. LAGER BEER SALOONS IN MARYSVILLE - The Appeal of August 31st says: Owen GAFFNEY was found guilty of violating the city ordinance for the conduct of what is vulgarly called "jerker saloons," and sentenced to the County Jail for sixty days. It is quite probable that the defendant will be brought before Judge BELCHER or GOODWIN on a writ of habeas corpus. If discharged, the new ordinance fails; if remanded to prison, the contest which has been raging the past three or four months between the authorities and the lager beer saloon-keepers will be settled. PAINFUL SURGICAL OPERATION - The Petaluma Journal of August 30th says: The surgical operation performed upon Charles YEOMANS, one of the wounded by the recent explosion, was one of the most difficult and painful character, and was of over an hour's duration. The greater portion of the upper jaw bone had to be entirely removed. YEOMANS was perfectly conscious during the entire operation, and his suffering must have been almost beyond human endurance. At the present writing YEOMANS is in a critical condition, but may survive his injuries. INDICTMENTS IN SAN FRANCISCO - The Grand Jury of San Francisco presented the following indictments August 29th: Frank WILDE, burglary - two charges; Daniel TAYLOR, grand larceny; Ah POW, grand larceny; Carl SHEBER, burglary; Margaret DENNY, attempt to commit murder; Joseph MACK and Charles TORTEL, robbery; North WELLINGTON and William MAGUIN, assault with a deadly weapon. CHARGE DISMISSED - The San Francisco Grand Jury have dismissed the complaints against Ellen BRENNAN, charged with robbing a Grass Valley miner named GREEN, of $1,580 in greenbacks, and George RODEHOUSE, charged with grand larceny. SUICIDE IN NEVADA - The Virginia Enterprise of August 30th says: From E.W. COLDREN of Stillwater Station, Overland road, we received a letter yesterday informing us of the suicide of A. HENRY, at that place on the 22d of August. It seems that HENRY came to the station on the 14th inst., from Virginia, for the purpose of working at cooking there. Soon after his arrival he complained of being sick, and commenced taking medicine. At noon on the 22d he went out, saying he would "go and take a sleep." In the evening, he not having returned, search was made for him but without success. Two or three days afterwards his body was found in Stillwater slough, within a hundred yards of the hotel. He had tied his legs together with his handkerchief so that he could not swim, and it was evidently a clear case of premeditated and deliberate suicide. No cause is assigned for his commission of this rash ace. HENRY was born in England, was dark complexioned, and about thirty-five years of age. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ CA-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com