Hanford Journal Hanford, Kings Co., California Tuesday, 5 NOVEMBER 1895 ************************************ BIRTH -- RIEFFLE -- At Traver, Cal., Oct. 28th, 1895, to Mr.&Mrs. E.H. RIEFFLE, a daughter. BIRTH -- KING -- In Excelsior district, Kings county, Cal., Sunday Nov. 3d, to the wife of Charles KING, twins -- 2 boys. BIRTH -- MILLER -- In Hanford, Cal., Tuesday, Nov. 5, 1895, to the wife of Rev. W.L. MILLER, a son. MARRIAGE -- LANDRAM-WOOTAN -- In the Presbyterian church at Traver, Cal., on Wednesday evening, Oct. 30, 1895, Edward LANDRAM of Dinuba and Miss Pauline WOOTAN of Traver. MARRIAGE -- McGINNIS-PICKERILL -- At the residence of the groom's mother, in Hanford, Cal., Thursday evening, Oct. 31st, 1895, Rev. J. Lee BLACK officiating; Howard McGINNIS and Miss Carrie PICKERILL. [The groom is the popular Marshal of this city and the bride is employed in the Tandy photograph gallery. They have both received a shower of congratulations from their numerous friends, who believe them well mated. Long may they live and prosper.] DEATH -- BLOYD -- Near Traver, Cal., Oct. 24, 1895, Mr. Emerson BLOYD, aged 75 years. DEATH -- VOLLMER -- In Mojave, Cal., Oct. 29, 1895, Verne D., infant and only child of Mr.&Mrs. Geo. VOLLMER, aged 3 months, 18 days. [from Local Paragraphs column] -- A man named James S. PATTON, from Redding, this state, committed suicide at the Visalia House, Visalia, last Sunday by taking morphine. He was found between 9 & 10 o'clock p.m. as he was dying. He had lost all his money at gambling and becoming despondent, took his life. ------------------------------------------------------- HALLOWEEN EVE -- Hanford Youths Have a Jolly Lark and Play Many Pranks -- Last Thursday evening was Halloween eve and the youngsters of Hanford duly observed it. Gates were taken off their hinges and carried away, buggies standing outside were overturned and signs were moved from 1 place to another to make the most astonishing announcements. At the school house the boys played quite a number of pranks, among them being the tying together of the cups used at the hydrants and hoisting them up to the top of the flag pole. One of Chas. SHARP & Co.'s vehicles was taken over to the railroad track and placed in an empty box car. Sam, the colored bootblack who has his stand in front of the 'Journal' office, usually smiling as a basket of chips, was out of humor on Friday morning, when he had to go clear down to J.G. JACOBS' livery stable and bring back his stand. Sam had never hear of Halloween and when some one told him that was the cause of his property being taken away he said: "Well, I'll hollow Eve the little ---- ---- if I catch 'em." The ringing of the fire bell that night was first attributed to them and the firemen, who got out of their warm beds to go to the fire at 12:30, used some very vigorous language about the boys and their doings, but they were subsequently pacified when they learned that there had really been a fire. Well, the boys had a good time and as no one was injured thereby so far as heard from, the general opinion expresses is, "Go it, boys, while you're young, for when you're old you can't." -------------------------------------------------------- LOCAL PARAGRAPHS -- -R.E. STARKWEATHER has severed all his connections with the Grangers Bank. -Will WORSWICK has returned to Hanford from Omaha, Nebraska, where he was superintending the paving of some streets with asphalt. -Rev. W.L. MILLER has been on the sick list for several weeks. His latest ailment is inflammatory rheumatism in one of his wrists. -John W. RAMSEY went back to Missouri last Saturday. T.T. RAMSEY of Selma went with him. They expect to be away 6 weeks or longer. -Achille BIANCHI was in Hanford last Saturday from Grangeville. He returned a few days before from Alaska. He was greatly benefited in health by the sea voyage, although the trip, he says, was quite rough throughout. -J.G. COVERT has given up the practice of law in this city. J.F. PRYOR and R. ABBOTT now occupy his former office. -A. LASASSO is now proprietor of the Silver Dollar saloon, having bought out Chas. ZIMMERMAN. -N. ARCHIBALD, a former resident of Eureka but the past 11 years a resident of Rio Grande, visiting Hanford last week. THOS. WATSON and wife left Hanford last Sunday for Healdsburg, where they will attend the college in that place for the next 3 months, taking a course of medical lectures, as a sort of preparation for entering the Crystal Springs sanitarium at St. Helena, from which they expect to graduate in due time as experience nurses in the practice of hydropathy, or the water cure treatment for diseases. The good wishes of many friends here go with them wherever they may go. LAST SATURDAY afternoon the residence of F.M. HART in Mussel Slough country was burned to the ground. Mrs. HART was alone at home with her 2 children and after dinner while she was fixing a mop at the pump preparatory to scrubbing the kitchen floor her attention was called into the house by one of the children. On entering she found the kitchen on fire near the cook stove. Seeing it impossible to try to extinguish it she got out a few things but not enough to amount to much. The loss will be several hundred dollars to Mr. HART as it was only partially covered by insurance. - Traver 'Advocate,' Oct. 29 REV. C.S. LINSLEY is deprived of the use of 1 hand for a time on account of having lost the end of the 2nd finger of his left hand. Last Friday afternoon while at Goldberg & Barber's furniture store, he arose from a chair and without observing what he was doing placed his hand on the cogs of a machine which is used for cleaning hair. The cogs took off the finger nail and the flesh on the end of 1 finger, leaving the flesh hanging by a small strip. The bone was not injured and the loose flesh was cut away and a doctor dressed the wound. Visalia 'Times' -- C.K. DECKER, who was better known to Visalians as "Posey" when he was a resident here in the '70's, is now one of the leading bee growers of Kings County, being one of the proprietors of the Willow Grove apiary near Hanford. Posey, old son, may your bees increase and the size of your honeycombs never grow less. OVER 200 people responded to the invitations issued by Mr.&Mrs. E. BARRIS of Traver to their China wedding, which took place last Thursday night. Over a dozen of their friends from Hanford were present. Although the house was jammed full of people, all seemed to enjoy themselves. The wedding ceremony was duly performed and the couple, who have passed 15 years of married life, were presented with a handsome china tea set, on behalf of their friends in Traver, and they received quite a number of other presents. There was singing and refreshments, and the company finally dispersed, hoping they may help to celebrate Mr.&Mrs. BARRIS' golden wedding. THERE CAME near being a jail deery at Hanford Sunday night (26th ult). A screen had been placed before the water closet to accommodate a female prisoner, and when Deputy AYERS went to lock up the prisoners at night he thought he saw the shadow of legs behind the curtain. He had ordered the prisoners into the cells and locked them by the shaft, but on looking into EDMOND's cell he found a dummy in the bed. He then went into the corridor and told the man behind the curtain to come out. EDMONDS came out pale as death, expecting to be met with a fusillade of lead. A razor had been given the hobo prisoner for use in shaving, and this was in EDMONDS' bed, which leads to the conclusion that he intended a deadly assault on the deputy when he should step up to lock his cell, and having secured the keys, was intending to lead a general delivery of prisoners. ---------------------------------------------------- GRANGEVILLE GLEAMS -- -Little Claudine THORN has been having an attack of croup. -Miss Edna HACCKETT is recovering slowly from an attack of typhoid fever. -Mrs. M.A. HORLOCK is suffering from a severe cold, which has confined her to her room. -Henry HOLBROOK (a brother to Oscar HOLBROOK) arrived here from Pueblo, Cal., last Tuesday, and has gone to work for Jesse BROWN. His home is in Kentucky. -Will AGEE returned last Friday from San Francisco, where he has been trying to get a position. We understand he has succeeded and will shortly move with his family to the Bay City. LEMOORE LOCALS -- -Wade BAXTER returned from the East one day this week. -Ed ERLANGER is improving slowly from his long sick spell. -J.H. ROUTT received from his father at Moberly, Mo., one day this week, a box of fine winter apples;; also a keg of sorghum molasses. -Mr. M.A. HEINLEN has gone to San Jose for a 2 weeks' vacation. His father, John HEINLEN, is looking after the business during his absence. -John HAYES, Went MILLS, Bud BARKER and Joe MILLS returned on Monday last from a 6 weeks' trip to Nevada after cattle. They were 29 days returning from Owens river and were at the summit of Green's pass through the Sierras in the midst of the last storm. They return to Owens river in a few days after another drove of beef steers. -Mr. T. McMANN met with an accident on Tuesday of this week which came near being fatal. While driving from his ranch on the West Side en route to Lemoore, he was thrown from his wagon near Uncle Dan RHOADS' place. He was sent to fall from his wagon by Mr. T. COWAN, who came to his assistance and extracted him from under the forewheels of the wagon, which had partly passed over his neck and shoulders. He succeeded in placing him in his wagon and proceeded with him to the office of Dr. FOLEY, who, upon examination, found him suffering from a broken collar bone and various other bruises. After setting the broken member, he was placed in his wagon, which was in waiting, and Dr. FOLEY and Grandpa MITCHEL accompanied him to his home at the Sycamore ranch. He was driving 2 heavy dapple grays at the time of the accident, and to their gentleness he owes his life, for had they not stopped at his command the wheels would have passed over his head with fatal results. At last reports he was o n the way to recovery. 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