Hanford Journal Hanford, Kings Co., California Tuesday, 10 SEPTEMBER 1895 *************************************** BIRTH -- SUTHERLAND -- Near Kingston, Sept. 3, 1895, to the wife of George SUTHERLAND, a daughter. BIRTH -- HILBORN -- In San Francisco, Aug. 30, 1895, to Mrs. A. HILBORN, a daughter. [from Grangeville column] -- William MALVERN and wife have a new daughter at their home. MARRIAGE -- LEMOS-CORDOZA -- At the Catholic church in Hanford, on Monday morning, Sept. 9th, by Rev. Father BRADY; Manuel B. LEMOS and Miss Maria Cora CORDOZA. DEATH -- BICKFORD -- In Hanford, Cal., Sept. 4, 1895, Adoniran P. BICKFORD, aged 67 years. [Deceased was an old resident of Kings county and owned a farm in the Excelsior district. He was an upright, honorable man, respected by all. He has been afflicted for many months with paralysis and for the past 3 months has been under the care of a nurse and physicians in this city. The funeral took place on last Thursday forenoon, from P.A. HOY's undertaking parlors, under the auspices of Hanford Lodge of Odd Fellows, whose ritualistic rites were performed at the grave of their departed brother at the Odd Fellows' cemetery in this city.] DEATH -- GRIBI -- At Merced, on Saturday, Sept. 7, 1895, John GRIBI, aged 62, and a native of Switzerland. Deceased was the father of A.E. GRIBI, who left Hanford yesterday morning for Merced, to attend the funeral. ------------------------------------------------------- HE GOT 6 MONTHS -- For Stealing 30 Sacks of Wheat -- Grain is Costly to Him -- The trial of Joe MIDDLETON, accused of stealing 30 sacks of wheat from Louis IPSON of Caruthers, and selling the same to H.G. LACEY & Co. of the Hanford flour mill, resulted in his being found guilty by a jury in Justice Randall's court last Tuesday evening and on Wednesday afternoon Justice Randall gave him the full sentence of imprisonment that the law allows -- 180 days in the county jail -- after denying the motion of his attorney for a new trial. The evidence in the case was very convincing and there is no doubt in the public mind of the defendant's guilt. MIDDLETON has for years been regarded as "crooked," but this is the 1st time he has ever been convicted of a crime. In fact, as we heard an ex-officer of this city remark on the day MIDDLETON was sentenced, this is the 1st time any of "the gang" to which MIDDLETON belonged has ever been brought to trial. Arrests have been made, but that was as far as the laws were ever enforced. Joe MIDDLETON was at one time the friend of the DALTONs and he afterwards betrayed the hiding place of Bill DALTON and Riley DEAN after the former had made his escape from the Visalia jail, and he also acted as a guide for the officers when they routed them from their place in the Fresno mountains. Much credit is due to Constable GOODRICH and Sheriff BUCKNER for their work in this case. The names of the jurymen who brought in a verdict which meets with such universal approval are: J.C. GOAR A.B. CURTIS John SIEGLER J.T. McQUIDDY C.D. COATS Geo. TILTON P. NORTHUP P. HAWES J.W. VAN VLEAR Chas. PRITCHARD G.A. LEWIS I.P. ALCORN The case was prosecuted by District Attorney SHORT, assisted by Rufus ABBOTT of Hanford and Assistant District Attorney WALSER of Fresno, while Rowen IRWIN was counsel for the defendant. ------------------------------------------------------ A FAKE ROBBERY -- A Man Who Swore He Was Robbed is to Be Tried For Perjury -- B.F. CLEVELAND, the man who last Tuesday created considerable excitement among the officers by relating how he had been robbed in broad daylight on the public road 1 1/2 miles west of Hanford and relieved of $69.85, has had considerable trouble since over the affair. As there is much travel on the road and CLEVELAND himself says that people were close to him, on both sides, in vehicles, when he was robbed, the story seemed very fishy. Investigation proved that CLEVELAND had been "bucking the tiger" at Armona the day previous and the officers came to the conclusion that he was trying to cover up the loss of the money, which belonged to E. MOHR, of San Francisco, on whose vineyard, near Grangeville, CLEVELAND is foreman. As time went by and the officers proceeded with their investigations they became more and more convinced that CLEVELAND had been trying to dupe them and cover up his own shortcomings and on Thursday Constable BERNSTEIN swore out a warrant charging CLEVELAND wit h per jury in swearing to the John Doe warrant on which the mythical highwayman was to be arrested. CLEVELAND's bail was fixed at $500. He telegraphed for his employer. In default of bail he was taken in charge by Deputy Constable R.B. COLLINS, who slept with his prisoner on Thursday night in the Hotel Artesia. On Friday morning's train Mr. MOHR arrived from San Francisco, and he and John McADAM went bail for CLEVELAND, who was released from custody. On Saturday CLEVELAND had his preliminary examination before Justice Randall on the charge of perjury. After hearing testimony, the Justice bound CLEVELAND over to answer in the Superior Court, with bail fixed at $500, which was given and the defendant is now at liberty. ------------------------------------------------------- 2 CONFLAGRATIONS -- A Vacant Residence Burned and a Millinery Stock Badly Damaged -- A fire about 2 o'clock last Friday night destroyed a residence on the corner of Eighth and Phillips Sts. The family of W.R. MHOON had moved out of the house the previous day and no one was living in the house at the time. Parties living next door heard persons, presumably tramps, pumping water at the house and walking about on the porch on the evening previous to the fire, and it is presumed to have been their work, either carelessly or intentionally. The flames menaced the other cottages near by it on the east, and B.S. GURNEE's nice residence on the opposite corner, but none of these houses were injured. The burned structure is one of 5 houses which belong to the SARMENT estate and are now the property of A.J. ROBERTS, a capitalist now in San Leandro. G.S. HEWITT is the local agent, but the latter does not know whether the house was insured or not. The loss is about $400. Early Saturday morning, about 12:30 o'clock, a 2nd fire was discovered. Miss Ola CLOW and Miss Elsie GEROW, who were sleeping in the rear of Mrs. A.F. GREEN's millinery store, in the Sharples block, were awakened by a noise, which was probably the explosion of a lamp. The room was full of smoke, but the girls managed to grope their way through it to the back door and afterwards came back and got their clothing. The fire alarm was sounded, but the smouldering flames were hard to locate. The firemen broke in the front door and turned on the water. The fire was among the shelving and millinery in the front part of the store. What fire there was was promptly extinguished by the water, but the water was very disastrous to the millinery stock. Mrs. GREEN has been in San Francisco for some time, as was also the manager of her store here, Miss Anna HURLBUT, Miss CLOW was in charge during their absence. The first named were telegraphed for and arrived home on Saturday night. They were engaged all day Sunday and yesterday, with the insurance adjuster, in taking inventory of the stock and estimating the damage, Mrs. GREEN's stock being insured. She made a settlement with the adjuster yesterday, whereby she receives $900 as damage to stock and fixtures. ------------------------------------------------------- SEQUOIA STAGE UPSET -- The stage from Sequoia to Visalia was upset on Grapevine hill, about a mile this side of Auckland, last Friday afternoon, on the down trip. The lead horses shied at a chunk of wood in the road, ran up on the bank and upset the vehicle. As soon as the stage started to turn, the driver, Tom COLLINS, jumped from his seat, but still held on to the lines. The stage was only dragged about 20 feet, and the horses were prevented from running down the grade. The passengers were Mrs. G.T. NIGHBERT and her 2 sons & 2 daughter, Miss Hattie EVANS, Bertha THORN, the 5-year-old daughter of L.D. THORN of Visalia, and Miss Amy FOX, the young daughter of Mr.&Mrs. J.M. FOX of Visalia. Hattie EVANS' right arm was fractured above the elbow, Bertha THORN's left leg was broken and one of Mrs. NIGHBERT's little girls had an ankle sprained. The other passengers were more or less bruised. W.O. CLOUGH of Three Rivers came down the road a few minutes afterwards in a wagon and the passengers were hauled by him to the TOWNSEND ranch, 8 miles this side of Grapevine Hill, where they were made comfortable. ------------------------------------------------------ LOCAL PARAGRAPHS -- -W.E. NORTON of Modesto is assisting Mont HORNBEAK at the depot, who is acting as agent during the absence of Mr. FISH. -John GEROW writes us from Watsonville that he has taken up his residence in that town. The 'Journal' will keep him posted on Kings County news. -J.L. PRESTIDGE was in Hanford yesterday from Tulare. He and his brother W.A., and Chris DEVOE, are about to prove up their timber culture entries. -Colonel A. WIENER went to San Francisco again last Saturday evening. He will be gone about 3 weeks and will be married while gone. -Mrs. Sarah WALKER, mother of Professor WALKER, left for Kansas City last Wednesday evening, where she will probably remain until springs. -Mrs. R.M. McGREGOR of Armona, accompanied by her daughter, Miss Carrie, who is a Native Daughter, went to Sacramento last Saturday to attend the Admission Day celebration and the State Fair. They will spend a week at the capitol city. -Mrs. N.E. DAVIDSON is having her house removed from the court house site to lots she recently purchased on Irwin St. J. ELLIS is doing the work. -R. LAMBERT is having his residence enlarged by the addition of a dining room, bed room, bath room, and porch. D. GAMBLE is doing the work. -Charley F. SMITH went over to the 76 country last Friday, with his teams, to plow for J.G. MACKEY for a couple of weeks and turn under the salt grass. -J.H. DEARDORFF is having a new residence erected on his farm SE of Hanford, to replace the one recently destroyed by fire. James DENISON is doing the carpenter work. -The goods and shelving in the Bon Marche millinery parlors were removed last Thursday from the Bank of Hanford building to the home of Mrs. Frances MILLER, who has been quite ill and is still unable to attend to her business. -Mrs. Frances MILLER was able to ride out today, but is still under medical treatment. -Mr. HAGEMAN and infant son are very sick at their home in the Kings River district. -Miss Bessie NOWLAN, of Grangeville, is at Dr. BOND's sanitarium being treated for fever. -Wm. WORSWICK of Armona, who has been seriously ill at Los Angeles, had a surgical operation performed on him last week, and on Saturday last was reported as doing well. -Mrs. R. WILSON of Kings River is quite sick. -Miss Myrtle PEACOCK left last Friday for Delano to visit her sister, how is sick. -Mrs. J. SCHNEREGER, mother & son Earl, left for Nevada City yesterday morning. -Mrs. M. SPAFFORD of this city has been dangerously ill with heart trouble, but is now better. -Mrs. SENSABAUGH, mother of Sam and Wade SENSABAUGH of this city, left last Thursday for a visit to her home at Merced. -Mrs. Washington WALTZ, of Tulare, has been dangerously ill. Mrs. H.M. DRIVER and Mrs. Dr. BOND of this city went over to Tulare on Monday of last week to attend her. -Miss Rose HALL, the telegraph operator, resumed her duties last Friday after a month's vacation. Miss NEW, who has had charge of the office during her absence, returned to San Francisco on Friday morning. -Mrs. J.N. BOWHAY of Traver, and her sister, Miss Georgie BROOKS, returned Saturday from a summer's outing at Pismo Beach. Mrs. S.N. BYRD and family of Hanford, who were also camping at Pismo, returned home Sunday. O.L. WILSON of Kings River has a campaign circular issued to the Democratic electors of the 2nd Congressional district of Indiana in 1849. The reading matter would fill half a page of an ordinary newspaper. Mr. WILSON has been a voter for 50 years and he sighs for the "good old times" when there was more patriotism and less intrigue and bribery in politics than at present. The circular makes interesting reading and is a valuable relic of the past political history of this country. A 'JOURNAL' reporter visited the poultry yard of George TOMER, the well known breeder of game fowls, at Grangeville, recently. Mr. TOMER has been years at the business of raising game fowls and has them from all parts of the United States and from Japan. He recently received 2 full blooded game cocks from the last named country. They are not beauties, but they are strictly game and show their fighting qualities. He has some 40 pens for the young cocks, and has outside pens for the different breeds of young chicks. His breeding pens are so arranged that there can be no mixture. It is good proof of the fighting qualities of the stock he raises when, as Mr. TOMER states, of the 17 battles fought last year by his fowls they won 14, lost 2 and 1 was a draw. ------------------------------------------------------ GRANGEVILLE -- -William ALEXANDER expects his wife & 4 children from Kentucky shortly. Transcribed by Dee Sardoch To see more old newspapers, visit http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/