Hanford Journal Hanford, Kings Co., California Tuesday, 26 NOVEMBER 1895 ************************************** BIRTH -- DILLARD -- At Lemoore, Cal., Nov. 20, 1895, to the wife of James DILLARD, a daughter. ------------------------------------------------- MARRIAGE -- MERRILL-LUMSDEN Nuptials [Communicated] -- Last Sunday, at high noon, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr.&Mrs. James LUMSDEN, Miss Jennie LUMSDEN and Walter MERRILL were united in marriage. The bride's dress was cream albatross trimmed with lace. The bridesmaid was Miss Eva MERRILL and D.F. LUMSDEN was the groomsman. The ceremony was performed by Justice H.J. LIGHT and Rev. J.B. CLARKE. Immediately after congratulations a sumptuous dinner was served. Miss Jennie is well known on the West Side, having been in charge of the postoffice at Dudley for a long time, in which position she won many friends by her kind and winning ways. Mr. MERRILL was formerly Deputy Assessor of this county. Amid a shower of rice, the happy couple took their departure for their home near Parkfield, Monterey county, where a reception will be given them by friends. We regret to lose them from our valley and hope that their future will be as bright as their bridal day. A number of fine presents were sent them from a distance. West End, Nov. 22, 1895 ------------------------------------------------ [from Local Paragraphs column] -- John A. McLAUGHLIN, formerly of this city, and Miss Annie McLAUGHLIN of San Francisco, were married at St. Dominic church in San Francisco on the 10th inst. The couple have gone to Astoria (Oregon) to live. The groom has many friends here who wish him and his bride a future of happiness and prosperity. DEATH -- DILLARD -- At Lemoore, Cal., Nov. 21, 1895, Amanda, wife of James DILLARD, aged 20 years, 6 months, 19 days. DEATH -- BROWN -- At Redlands, Cal., Nov. 23, 1895, Charles BROWN, formerly of Hanford, aged 32 years. [from Local Paragraphs column] -- J. Frank BROWN was called to Redlands last Thursday by the illness of his brother Charles, who was then lying at death's door from consumption.] DEATH -- KING -- Near Hanford, on Tuesday evening, Nov. 19, 1895, infant son of Mr.&Mrs. Chas. KING, aged 16 days. [The other twin son of Mr.&Mrs. KING died the previous day. The loss is a great one and the stricken parents have the sincere sympathy of many friends.] DEATH -- BLEVINS -- In Hanford, Cal., Nov. 25, 1895, infant son of James BLEVINS, aged 17 months. DEATH -- SHORT -- In Hanford, Cal., Monday night, Nov. 25, 1895, Grover SHORT, only son of Mr.&Mrs. M.L. SHORT, aged 10 years, 10 months. [Grover was a bright lad, beloved by all who knew him. His death has caused a great sorrow to his family, and among his schoolmates and friends it has caused great sadness. His death was caused by that dread disease, diphtheria. He was sick but a few days. The funeral takes place this afternoon, at 3 o'clock from the family residence.] ----------------------------------------------------- ONE CASE of DIPHTHERIA -- In Hanford -- Every Precaution Should Be Taken to Prevent the Disease Spreading -- Nearly every winter there is a case or 2 of diphtheria in this city, but the spread of the disease has always been prevented by proper precautions, in the way of quarantine regulations, etc. The disease is the most to be dreaded of any contagious disease, in the present age. There is, however, no more reason apparently for its spreading this winter than at the previous appearance of the disease here, but neglect of the ordinary precautions necessary to prevent its spread may cause the loss of many lives and paralysis of business in our city. The heartfelt sympathy of the community is with the family of M.L. SHORT, who are so sadly bereaved, but unnecessary exposure by people who visit their residence -- not only exposing themselves but everyone with whom they come in contact -- to the disease, should be avoided. There have been no new cases developed, many wild rumors to the contrary notwithstanding, but if there are any the public school, many pupils of which [some missing]… sad death has cast a gloom over the community, it was impossible at first to determine the nature of the disease, but Dr. DUNCAN at once began doctoring for diphtheria, and when the disease was fully developed he used anti-toxin treatment, which has been effective in making cure not only in Eastern cities and at other places on this coast, but in one instance in this city. But the treatment proved of no avail in this case and the disease claimed another victim. ------------------------------------------------------ MORE ARRESTS -- A Ton of Alfalfa Seed Stolen From George CURRY Recovered -- A Third of it Was Buried and the Rest Most Ingeniously Concealed in a Attic At John JOHNSON's House -- Last February George CURRY lost from his home place, which is a few miles SE of this city, about a ton (31 sacks) of alfalfa seed. The seed was stolen during the night by parties who drove up in a wagon to where the seed was stored, very near his residence. The vehicle was traced for some distance, but the thieves were not apprehended. The officers, however, did not give up all hopes of at last running the thieves to earth. The gang known as the "40 thieves" were suspected of the crime and the house of John JOHNSON, one of the gang, who resided near the Eureka school house, was searched, but to no purpose. Last Wednesday forenoon Sheriff BUCKNER, Deputy Sheriff AYERS and City Marshal McGINNIS, went to the ranch of James LEE, a neighbor of JOHNSON's, 8 miles NE of Hanford and searched the premises for the stolen seed. They must have had a "tip" of some kind. About 150 yards from LEE's house they found where 10 sacks of the seed had been cached. The sacks bore Mr. CURRY's mark, "G.C." A hole had been dug and then boarded up, and the whole covered with earth. The seed was so badly rotted that the officers left it where they found it and brought the sacks in to be used as evidence. A warrant for LEE's arrest was issued out of Justice Fassett's court. LEE was found in Hanford during the day by the officers and was arrested on a charge of burglary. He deposited $1000 cash bail and was released from custody pending his preliminary examination. Late on Thursday afternoon, about dusk, the Sheriff went out to John JOHNSON's home to make another search for the remainder of the stolen seed. He had a search warrant and immediately on his arrival he began a search for the seed, and found it, although it was most carefully concealed. JOHNSON is in the Visalia jail, awaiting trial on the charge of stealing 1400 grain sacks from Levis, Sweet & Co., of Traver. His residence was occupied by his brother Charles and the latter's wife. Chas. JOHNSON was not at home when the officer arrived, but Mrs. JOHNSON and a man named W.J. HOOD were there. They denied all knowledge of any alfalfa seed being on the premises. The front of the residence is 2 stories high and in the rear a 1-story kitchen and dining room had been built. After making a search of the house, the Sheriff decided to investigate the attic over the kitchen. He asked if there was no way of entering these rooms and was told that there was not. He finally found a small opening in the ceiling and peeping in, thought he saw sacks in the garret. He cut an entrance to the garret and found 10 barley sacks full of alfalfa seed. The seed had been placed in the garret by chopping a hole through the 2-story part of the house, through which the sacks were taken. T hen t he garret was ceiled with wood and the whole covered with cloth and wall paper. This seed had, like the other lot, been buried, for at the ends of the sacks, where they lay on the ground were slightly rotted. The seed had been taken out of the alfalfa sacks and put into 10 1/2 large barley sacks. Evidently the thieves had recently become afraid of the original hiding place being discovered and had not long since removed the seed to where it was found. The Sheriff had the seed brought into town and stored in his office. Mr. CURRY has examined the seed and says that, undoubtedly, it is his. A warrant was issued last Sunday by Justice Fassett, against John JOHNSON, charging him with burglary. HOOD was arrested when the seed was found, on a charge of concealing stolen goods. He was released on bail of $250, furnished by R. DOZIER and L. DANNER. The Sheriff and his deputies, and Constable GOODRICH, did good work in their search for the lost seed and the parties who took it. All the officers of Kings County are earnest in their efforts to break up the nest of 40 thieves and if they keep up the good work, which they show every indication of doing, they are going to succeed. ------------------------------------------------------- SUPERIOR COURT -- THE CASE of Jeremiah CASEY vs. C.S. MERRILL was begun in the Superior Court this forenoon. Plaintiff sues to replevin 13 head of cattle from defendant, or the value thereof, which he places at $40 per head, and $75 damages. Mr. CASEY is a farmer and stock man of Monterey county. DAN NULL, who attempted to outrage Mrs. FABER of Monson, and who had his head cut open by her, and was then convicted of the assault, was sentenced by Judge Gray last Wednesday to 7 years imprisonment. Ed KELSEY and Elmer FRAZER, who were with NULL at the time of the assault, and were kept in jail as witnesses, were released the day NULL was sentenced. ------------------------------------------------------- GOT A TERRIBLE BEATING -- Fisher & Fredericks' thresher was the scene of a bloody combat last Thursday while the machine was down at Lakeside. John KAWALSKY hauls the water for the machine and crew, and he became involved in a quarrel with Byrd LEONARD, the roustabout of the machine, in regard to the latter's care of KOWALSKY's horses, as the result of which KOWLASKY was most brutally beaten about the face, the flesh being torn from his nose. His face became terribly disfigured and swollen. He was brought to town for medical treatment. The men were, when fighting, some distance away from the rest of the crew. LEONARD started to get cut of the county and had gotten as far as Cross Creek, walking toward Goshen, when he was overtaken by Deputy Constable COLLINS and brought back to Hanford to answer to the charge of battery. He has since reposed in the county jail. KOWLASKY claims that LEONARD beat him up with a currycomb and then scratched the currycomb across his bloody and lacerated face. LEONARD says he did not use a currycomb. ------------------------------------------------------- LOCAL PARAGRAPHS -- -P.M. BELKNAP, the butcher, formerly of Hanford, has been ill at Merced of La Grippe, but is recovering. -Mrs. McQUIDDY of San Francisco, wife of Dale McQUIDDY, a former Hanfordite, is the guest of Mrs. K.E. JACOBS of the Vendome. -W.A. PRESTIDGE and John A. PRESTIDGE made final proof on their timber culture entries in the Visalia land office last Tuesday. -The 8-year-old son of Charles HAMMOND of Hardwick broke his arm last Tuesday. He was brought to Hanford and Dr. FELTON set the broken bone. -J.P. AMES has opened a blacksmith shop opposite the Hanford water works, where he is prepared to do all kinds of blacksmithing, carriage work, horse shoeing, etc. -Prof. B. SCHAPIRO, the S.F. oculist, and his wife, are guests at the Hotel Artesia this week. The genial professor was a single man when he was here before and was married some 3 weeks ago. JOHN & CHARLES DOTSON of Visalia visited their sister, Mrs. Joe WILLIAMS, near Hanford last Sunday. The occasion of the visit was a fat turkey, served in the finest style of the culinary art. They visited Hanford, also, and expressed great surprise at the rapid and substantial building up of the town since they were here 4 years ago. JUSTICE RANDALL returned last Thursday from his hunting trip to Merced county. He has been telling of some big shots at geese made by his brother, who is a professional hunter. The day before the Judge came home, his brother, he says, stole upon a band of geese, behind the cow he hunts with, and got 21 geese out of the band at 1 shot, with both barrels. This does not seem to be much of a stretch of the imagination, but some of the Judge's friends say it is, and as they are, some of them, hunters themselves, they ought to know. A 'JOURNAL' REPORTER visited A. AXTELL's blacksmith shop a few days ago and found a regular wagon manufacturing business being carried on there on a small scale. E. AXTELL is the pioneer blacksmith of this county and understands not only blacksmithing and horse shoeing, but is a good wood workman as well. He had just completed the building of a light farm wagon and a spring wagon and was at work on a heavy farm wagon. The rigs showed good material and careful workmanship. Everything about them was made in the AXTELL shop, even the wheels, and we will wager that the wagons will stand many years of wear and tear. Mr. AXTELL says that he could sit down and cuss Cleveland on account of the hard times, as many people are doing, but he considers it a wiser course to put in all his time in his son's shop and build rigs that will sell in competition with Eastern made goods. CLAUD KENDALL, a public school pupil who, with some 10 other boys, was riding last Tuesday on a wagon driven by a young man named WELBORN, fell off as the wagon made a sharp turn into Douty St. from the east, and one of the wheels ran over his back. Strange to relate, he was not hurt a bit, except a few bruises, and is attending school as usual. ------------------------------------------------------ GRANGEVILLE GLEAMS -- -Miss Cora NATHAN gave a party to a few of her young friends on Saturday, the occasion being her 5th birthday. -Geo. HACKETT had quite a severe attack of bilious colic last Tuesday night. He suffered very much for a long time, but is somewhat better. -We understand that Mrs. BELKNAP has been employed by the county to take care of Grandma RAINEY. The old lady will be well looked after in the future. [see next issue] WEST END -- -Wade BAXTER is quite ill at William ORR's. -William ORR, who has been quite sick with fever, is convalescing. -John L. PRESTIDGE has moved his house over to Stringtown where he has bought a piece of land. -Mr.&Mrs. SAMPLE, of Lemoore, were over last week to attend the LUMSDEN-MERRILL wedding. -E.D. JONES went over to Hanford last week for his wife, who has been quite sick all summer. She is better now, having been under the treatment of Dr. CLOW for 4 weeks. LEMOORE LOCALS -- -Mr. H.H. BORCHERS has sold out his store and stock of groceries and provisions to Mr. G.N. FURNISH. Mr. BORCHERS will return to San Francisco. -F.L. BROTHERS met with a painful mishap at the railroad switch yards at the depot on Tuesday of this week. While removing spikes from an old track previous to the laying of a new one, he fell on the track, catching his fingers between the track and the heavy extracting spike which he had in his hand, lacerating his fingers severely. -Mr. AMMERMAN, who arrived from Missouri last week, has in his possession 2 curiosities, 1 being a 5-shilling piece ($1.25) issued for Pennsylvania Oct. 5, 1773 (122 years ago) while she was yet a colony under the reign of King George the 3rd of England. The other is a profile of the shoe worn by the famous giantess, Miss EWING, the length of which is 17 inches. --Last Sunday morning a jolly party composed of A. MOONEY, S. MOONEY, Cap. NELSON, L. METTS, Bob GRAINGER, J. DILLARD, J. McDONALD and wife and Israel DUNN and wife equipped themselves with a boat, fishing tackle and other sundry conveniences and started for the trestle bridge on Kings river to "do" the finny tribe, and judging from the amount of fish they brought home (about 500 pounds, principally catfish), they must have "done them well." Everybody had a good time and enjoyed the day's sport thoroughly. -There was an old-fashioned surprise party last Monday evening at the residence of Mr. W.H. RILEY over in the Rhoads neighborhood. It was the occasion of the 66th birthday of Mrs. RILEY, and the neighbors scooped up the fat ducks, geese and other poultry in the vicinity and went in for a festive time. There was a surfeit of good things, roast goose, fried chicken, pies and cake in variety, and many other goodies. In fact, just thinking of it fairly makes the writer hungry and more or less sad to think that he was not "in it." Among those present were Mr.&Mrs. PENNINGTON, Mr.&Mrs. THOMPSON, Mr.&Mrs. BENTON, Mr.&Mrs. BYRON, Mr.&Mrs. ATKINSON, Mr. GARNER and young Mr.&Mrs. RILEY. -A.W. GRAY has been ill with malarial fever the past week. It has been some 14 years since he has been troubled with this malady. Transcribed by Dee Sardoch To see more old newspapers, visit http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/