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"The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
Friday, June 2, 1899

CHINA FLAT ITEMS

Twenty eight years ago pioneer A. N. Foote pulled a handful of little redwood trees on the ranch of David Powers near Blue Lake. The latter laughed when the former said " I intend to take these to the Trinity, plant them & live until they grow large enough to make lumber for my coffin." Four of these trees are growing here now & some are nearly three feet in diameter four feet from the ground. Mr. Foote says "I will make my word good. I will have one of the trees cut down, whip-sawed into lumber, & have it on hand when the final day comes." He is now 67 years of age. Thus we know that redwood ~ trees will grow out of the fog belt in places where there is sufficient moisture.

"The Daily Humboldt Standard" Eureka, California
Friday, January 20, 1899

POLICE COURT

A drunk was gathered in on Front street early in the evening. At the time of his arrest he was attempting some rather rough riding for he was endeavering to ride his horse into the saloon of the Scandia hotel & as the animal's head came in the doorway he gave his order for beer for his horse & whiskey for himself. But neither was served & instead he & his horse were removed by the police while insisting on getting into the saloon. This morning the rough rider told the Judge how rough it would be if he had to give up his last cent for a fine & as the Prisoner's landlord not only had that money, but also had a lien on it for board. His Honor was touched & allowed the erring fellow to go under promise that he would leave town on the steamer Pomona.

"The Daily Humboldt Standard" Eureka, California
Thursday, July 6, 1899

THE HORSELESS WAGON

It is stated with good authority that San Francisco will soon have the auto-mobile or horseless wagon in active use as a competitor of the street railways. Those who seem to know whereof they speak say that these vehicles can be profitably employed to carry passengers at a 3 cent fare & if this be the case, we may expect to see the auto-mobile in general use for such purposes within a very few years.

Would it not be a good investment for some enterprising capitalist to get several of these machines & start a streetcar service in Eureka? We shall have the Eureka Fair in operation & it would be a novelty if an auto-mobile or two could be put to work on our streets during fair time. It may be a little early to secure them, but it will do no harm to investigate the matter.

"The Arcata Evening Telephone" (Daily)
July 25, 1882

"O, WHAT IS THAT" "IT'S A CAT !" A party of young men & women betook themselves to the Freshwater woods to pick blackberries last Sunday. One or two of the former, our informant says, carried destructive scatter guns with them, intending to slay all 1 cotton-tails which might dispute the way with them. One of them---Ed" is the name reported--finaly espied in the brush what he supposed to be a rabbit making ready to attack him. The contents of both barrels were poured into the carcass of the animal, carrying away everything but the head & legs. Our Nimrod advanced to bag his game, & was not a little surprised to find he had shot a cat all to pieces--Tom Cloney's pet Japanese cat. The worst of it is that Mr. Cloney is about to commence a suit for damages, placing the value of his riddled cat at $30.

"The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, Humboldt county, California
Tuesday, December 14, 1880

A PECULIAR FELINE---James Yuill, the express man, is the possessor of a cat which displays a remarkable affection for poultry. It spends much of it's time among the chickens while they are gathering food during the day, & when they retire to roost at night perches in their midst, frequently remaining there all night. And strange to say, it's presence does not disturb them, as they seem to regard it as one of their best friends. The story is a strange one & would put our credulty to the test, did we not believe that Jim, like Washington, "Could never tell a lie.

"The Daily Humboldt Times"
July 15, 1880, Thursday

EMPTY---We point with pride to the fact there has not been an occupant in the County Jail since last March, about 4 months ago. This does not infrequently occur, & as the county according to the census, boasts a population of 15,000 souls. We regard it as a very flattering testimonial of the lawabiding disposition of our people. We challenge any other county boasting a like number of inhabitants, to give a better record. The truth is nearly everybody is at work, & have no time for criminal engagements. Those who are out of employment & desire to obtain such can easily procure work. Wages in the mills have increased, & all the mills now operating, so we understand are working short-handed.

"The Daily Humboldt Standard" Eureka, California
Saturday, August 28, 1897

There was an amusing spectacle on F street last evening. A street talker mounted on a box about 8 feet high was talking in a loud tone of voice to a good sized audience when someone set off a bunch of firecrackers under him & he immediately called the police. Officer Armstrong appeared & after giving the audience some good advice he turned on the speaker & gave him some well earned admonination. The meeting then proceeded uninterupted.

"The Weekly Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
October 24, 1863

A SLIGHT FALLING-OUT BETWEEN THE PRINCE & PRINCESS of WALES

The Princess of Wales, I am sorry to say, has got into bad odor with a portion of her future subjects, by not visiting Halifax, while she immediately after did go to Edinburgh.

Only the other day Halifax prepared to receive the heir apparent & his bride. Vast sums of money were spent. A royal boudoir was set out with gold & lace, & trinkets enough to satisfy a Jew's eye. Money was scattered broadcast; mighty preparations were made & the Princess did not visit Halifax. True it was briefly reported that the royal lady was unwell, yet she was driving in the park on the day she was expected at Halifax, & two days later sped on a longer & more fatiguing journey than that to Halifax would have been. This has not pleased the good folk of the North, & London has stared a little.

I believe the secret is no secret any longer. A little bird has whispered that a little matrimonial quarrel terminated in an obstinate refusal to accompany her offending spouse, who was compelled to leave the fair but indignat Dane at home. The "Times" attempted an apology the next day, but her appearance in the park, in apparent health & spirits, at the very hour when she should have been in Halifax, utterly neutralized its effort, & excited considerable curiosity & more or less of scandal. The difficulty has, I believe, been healed, & the Prince took his bride to cool her blood among the Scotch mountains. So you see there may be discomforts even in a palace.

"The Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
August 11, 1903

DESERTED by HUSBAND

Wife & Five Children Left Destitute in Loleta

One of the worst cases of destitution in this county, was reported at the Times office last evening, in the case of a family, by the name of Wuadila at Loleta, who have been left by the husband & father to the care of themselves.

Over three months ago without a word of warning, Woudila left his wife & five small children & has never returned to his home nor written as to his whereabouts. At the time he left his wife had scarcely $5 which with to provide sustenance for the family. Since that time, she has done her best to support them by doing odd jobs, at milking cows, taking in washing, etc. & has barely suceeded in keeping the children alive.

Last week some ladies of Eureka heard of the case & went to Loleta where they found the mother & children almost in rags.

Saturday night a social was gotten up the the Finn's Temperance Society at the hall on California street, this city, from which $28 was recovered. This sum, together with clothing for the family was forwarded to Loleta & thankfully received by Mrs. Wuodila.

"The Arcata Union" Arcata, California
Saturday, January 21, 1899

"Aunt Lucy" Nichols, a former member of the 231 Indian Volunteers, who fought all through the Civil War, was notified a fortnight ago that the President had signed a special bill giving her $12 a month. She was a slave & escaped with her husband & little girl from a cruel master. They joined the regiment at Bolivar, Tennessee, & when her husband was killed she took up his rifle & marched in his stead. She is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic Post at New Albany, & takes part in all the parades, wearing her old soldiers clothes. She is about seventy years old, but is still strong, & made an effort to enlist in the New Albany Company during the late war with Spain.

"The Arcata Union" Arcata, California
Saturday, February 25, 1899

DESERVES HELP

Indian Billy, well known to the people of this bay as always having been friendly to the whites, & tendering kind & timely service during hostilities, has now got to move from the home he has so long occupied on Mad river. The title to the land on which he lives has changed hands & the owner wants possession. E. H. Vance has given Billy a piece of land a short distance below his present home & if the mills will give the lumber, several men have signified their willingness to build Billy & his squaw a house in which to pass the remainder of their days.

"The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
Tuesday, January 3, 1899

Emma Way, a woman who boasts of having Indian & English blood coursing through her veins, was arrested by the police Sunday & given a berth in the county jail. She is either suffering from an over indulgence in the flowing bowl, or else is mentaly unbalanced. An examination by the commission today will decide the matter.

"The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
Friday, February 24, 1899

"Captain" James C. Franzon has the watch on exhibition belonging to William Owens, of Trinidad, which was swallowed by a bovine about seven years ago & but recently recovered by the owner. The timepiece does not look any the worse for its experience, soundingly being in good condition yet. "Captain" Jim prizes this curosity, & at present is having the works repaired.

"The Ferndale Enterprise" Ferndale, California
Friday, April 21, 1899

Monday night was a queer one. Inside of twelve hours we had a warm rain, a cold rain, a heavy hail storm & two earthquakes.

"The Humboldt Daily Times" Eureka, California
Thursday, December 4, 1890

"UNINVITED GUESTS"

Mr. W. W. Trimmer, who lives on E street near Trinity street, returned yesterday from a week's absence to the country, where his wife has been nearly 2 weeks. On returning he was hailed by one of his neighbors, who accused him of stealing her chickens, & furished such strong evidence that Mr. Trimmer began to think that he had been hypnotised someway. It seems that Mrs. Palmgren missed some chickens, & by means of the scattered feathers traced the theft directly to Mr. Trimmer's door, & knowing the gentleman had been "teaching" in the house several days after his wife left, supposed him to still be there, & consequently sought the first opportunity to accuse him of the theft, threatening to have him arrested. Mr. Trimmer escaped to his house, however, & upon entering the whole mystery was explained to him. The floor was litered with feathers, chicken bones & other fragments of a repast, & on the stove was found the stew-pot in which the chicken was cooked, & the plates on which it was served. The stove was yet warm, & on looking about, Mr. Trimmer found that he had also been relieved of some household goods, cooking utensils, etc. He called Mrs. Palmgren in & satisfied her that other parties had been making free with his premises in his absence. From the evidence furnished by the plates on the table, it would seem that the house jumpers numbered at least 2, & from the fact that they took away cooking utensils, it would appear that they intend to locate in some other spot. We would advise our citizens to keep an eye open for suspicious characters, & especially to watch the houses suposed to be vacant. We are told that a deliveryman called at the house while the freebooters were it's occupants for a grocery order, & a young man came to the door & informed him that nothing was desired.

"The Humboldt Daily Times" Eureka, California
Tuesday, November 4, 1890

The young sons of John Fleming & Thomas Johnson, plasterers of this city, amused themselves Sunday afternoon by exploding ball cartridges with a hammer. A 22 calibre bullet from one of the cartridges struck young Fleming in the side of the left leg, imbeding itself in the knee-joint.

"The Humboldt Daily Times" Eureka, California
Saturday, December 6, 1890

Andrew Kaarte, a Russian, who could neither read, write nor speak the English language was refused citizen papers in the Superior Court yesterday. Good enough. -

"The Ferndale Enterprise" Ferndale, California
Friday, December 12, 1890

Ludwig Stein, of Arcata, is now in jail, accused of burning the barn of his son-in-law, Mr. Fisher, who owns a place on Arcata Bottom. Fisher owed Stein some money, & because he did not pay it the latter applied the match. Stein threatened Fisher that he would lay his barn in ashes. The loss ammounted to several hundred dollars.

"The Daily Times" Eureka, California
Thursday, August 1, 1889

Indian Joe & Crooked Mouth Billy, two Klamath Indians, were brought in & lodged in the County Jail yesterday by Deputy Sheriff J. G. Lewis to serve a term of 30 days for misdemeanor. It seems that some days since a half-breed boy by the name of Green was drowned in the Klamath River near Weitchpec while in swimming with some other children of similar age. A few days afterward the body was found & recovered by Joe & Billy, but instead of bringing it back to the Rancheria, they hid the body, & after informing the boy's mother of their find they demanded $100.00 of her before they would deliver over the body. The squaw was unable to raise the amount, & Billy & Joe after considerable haggling reduced the price to $50.00. The distracted -mother, after using every effort possible, & calling upon all her feiends to assist her, was only able to get together $25.00, which amount the speculators refused to accept. Matters remained in this shape for 4 days, the mother unable to raise anymore & the finders refusing to accept a cent under $50.00, until Mr. Dowd,-who keeps a ferry at that point on the

Klamath, swore out a warrant for their arrest upon a charge of misdemeaner, & what bid fair in the beginning to be a promising business speculation resulted in a 30-day term in the County Jail for each of them.

"The Daily Standard" Eureka, California
Friday, January 25, 1889

Yesterday, W. A. Simmons, Druggist of Arcata, came to this city in a private conveyance. He says there is only one mud-hole between Arcata & this city & that one is continuous throughout the distance.

"The Daily Times" Eureka, California
Tuesday, June 25, 1889

Complaints having been made to Officer Soule that cows were running at large in the vacinity of 10th & M streets, he procured the assistance of a couple of boys & started after them Saturday afternoon, They suceeded in finding seven & were on their way to the pound with them when Reuben Lamb, their owner, who was coming down a parallel street saw them, & going around the block, he came in front of the procession, setting up a yell & flourishing his arms, a stampede imediately followed. He soon released the cows from the clutches of the law, but found himself a prisoner instead. He gave bonds for his appearance, & yesterday on the advice of the City Attorney, the charges against him were dismissed. Officer Soule informs us that he has notified Mr. Lamb a number of times to keep his cows off the street.

"The Daily Standard" Eureka, California
Monday, January 28, 1889

One "Papoose" less in the world. It died in a wagon near Calia's Ferry. Two squaws were in the wagon at the time, but were unable to tell what killed it.

"The Daily Humboldt Standard" Eureka, California
Friday, October 6, 1899

AN ELK RIVER BATTERY CASE

According to Complainant's Story He Was the Victim of a Cowardly Assault

Charles Brown, bull donkey engineer in the woods of the Elk River Mill & Lumber Company on Elk river, came in this morning to obtain a warrant for the arrest of Lincoln Albee, a fellow employee in the woods, whom he accuses of having beaten & batrered him there yesterday afternoon. That Brown was badly beaten needs only a glance at his features which are almost unrecognizable, his assailant having confined his blows to Brown's face & head which are frightly swollen, discolored & cut.

According to Brown's story, told District Attorney Cooper this morning, he was dozing in the shed of the bull donkey yesterday when Albee, who works in the woods nearby, suddenly appeared on the scene & pouncing on him commenced to beat him. Whether or not Albee used a weapon with which to inflict the terrible punishment received by him, Brown is unable to state, but says that some of the woodsmen who were attracted to the scene by his outcries, arrived there just in time to prevent Albee from braining him with a stick of wood which the men seized before he could use it on his victim.

As to the cause of the assault on him Brown can only attribute it to the part taken by him in a recent threatened strike of the employees unless the cook at the company's boarding house, A1bee's wife, was superceded. The men were dissatisfied with Mrs. Albee's cooking & a strike was only averted by changing cooks.

As Brown was unable to swear whether or not Albee had used a weapon, such as a billet of wood, on him a medical examination of his wounds was made by Dr. Charles Falk this morning in order to fix the degree of the charge against Albee. As the result of his examination, Dr. Falk gave it as his opinion that while a weapon might have been used, still the most serious cut, one over the right eye, might have been made with the setting of a ring worn by Brown's assailant, & accordingly the charge entered against Albee in Justice Baldwin's court this morning was battery.

"The Arcata Daily Evening Telephone" Arcata, California
April 22, 1882

ANOTHER....The mail carrier between Arcata & Trinidad came near losing the number of his mess yesterday. Mad River was swimming which is not unusual & the mail rider miscued in crossing. The horse, mail bags & canteen were lost, but the carrier managed to swim ashore. No man should bid on the mail contract when the route crosses Mad River unless he is an expert swimmer. He is compelled to cross Mad River twice every day & it is now near the 1st of May & the stream swimming. Our supervisors can form a pretty good idea of whether or no there is any necessity for a bridge. Supervisor Hanna lives within a stones throw of where the mail was lost & where the rider came so near to losing his life.

"The Ferndale Enterprise" Ferndale, California
Friday, March 26, 1897

RECLAIMS HIS FAMILY --- The following dispatch from Vinland, New Jersey, is taken from Friday's Chronicle, & as it concerns a Humboldter, it will prove interesting' "After an absence of 28 years, Moses B. Lucas, a well to do lumberman of Eureka, California, returned to his farm near the village of Pleasantville, New Jersey yesterday & greeted his wife & daughter. Lucas is 70 years of age, & his wife Mary Lucas has passed the sixtieth milestone. Thirty years ago Mr. & Mrs. Lucas & their daughter, Mary Anne, went to Vineland, which was then about 4 years old, bought 100 acres of woodland & built a neat little cottage. Lucas had followed the sea during his early life, while his wife had graduated as a physician from a medical college in Boston, her birthplace. After two years Lucas, weary of clearing land, bade his family goodbye & left for the far west to seek his fortune. As months & years rolled by & no tidings came from the husband & father, the woman believed him dead & bravely went to work to clear off the land & till the farm. During the last few years Mrs. Lucas has written considerably on the subject of dress reform. Lucas nays he will take his family back to Humboldt county.

"The Ferndale Enterprise" Ferndale, California
Friday, August 6, 1897

At about 10,30 p. m. Monday a shooting scrape occurred in front of the Vance House, Eureka, & as a result Sam Nevers received a bullet in the left side of his abdomen from the gun of M. M. Vaughn. The bullet ranged around his body & lodged near the spine. Nevers was the aggressor & began an assault on Vaughn, who was forced to use his pistol in self defense. The affair was the outcome of some trouble which the men had on Saturday night, when Nevers was taken to task for following a woman who objected to his attentions, & who asked Vaughn, whom she met on the street to protect her. Officer Conant was put on Never's track & the woman experienced no further inconveniences. Nevers resented the part which Vaughn had taken, & when he saw him in front of the hotel Monday began to abuse & then to assault him. Nevers was intoxicated at the time & had but a few hours previously been let out of jail, where he had been locked up for disturbing the Salvation Army meeting Sunday. The wound inflicted is not in itself of a serious nature.

"The Humboldt Standard" Eureka, California
Friday, April 21, 1876

A RICH & POINTED EXPERIENCE --- A young gentleman of this city called on a lady friend last evening. At the time of his visit the lady was engaged in darning stockings, having an egg in one of the stockings to keep the hole in shape or for some similar purpose. When the gentleman made his appearance, she hurridly dropped her work on a chair & invited him to be seated, & although he doesn't cover a great deal of surface when he is seated he managed to sit down on the stocking & the egg & the darning needle all at once. Then he got up & darned the stocking & the egg & the needle, & when the pain had subsided a little & he got the egg wiped off his pants, he said it was one of the richest & at the same time most pointed experiences he had ever met with.

"The Daily Humboldt Standard" Eureka, California
Thursday, December 7, 1899

BUSY GIRLS

The "Hello Girls" at Sunset Central in Eureka Have No Time to Talk

The telephone, once a luxury, is now a necessity, but as an adjunct to domestic life it is not many years since it was confined almost exclusively to the homes of the rich. Now, however, even the laborer, out of his scant pay can afford a telephone in his humble cot & is enabled to order his groceries & meat through central. This is not only true of the large cities but in Eureka, this small city of magnificent distances, has the telephone become a boon within the reach of all, for if not in your own house you are sure to find one at your neighbor's.

Perhaps in the whole State there is no town of the size of Eureka with such a large local telephone system, to say nothing of its long distance connections which reach every point on the Pacific Coast, & if there are any who think the "hello girls" in Supt. McLaren's headquarters, the "central" office in the Buhne Block, have time to do fancy needlework or talk of dress & social events while on duty, they can be quickly undeceived by a glance at the following figures of a few sample days' work. These figures are for the work of the city, exclusive of the territorial switching, & are calls from & for telephones within the city & represent the number of times that "central" asks' "Number, please?" They are taken from the regular monthly count when the number of calls for any four days of the month, taken at random, are registered, those referred here being for the period between Saturday, midnight, of week before last, to Wednesday, midnight, of last week.

From midnight to midnight of the days mentioned the calls for local switches were as follows' Saturday to Sunday 1182, Sunday to Monday 2788, Monday to Tuesday 2348, Tuesday to Wednesday 2930, or an average of 2309 calls in every 24 hours. In one hour of this time, from 5 to 6 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, the calls averaged more than one each second, the record showing 365 for the hour. As compared with the records of other towns of the Sunset system, of about equal size & population, Eureka is by far the busiest in telephonic communication. Santa Rosa, for instance, with three hundred instruments, showed an average of 5 calls to the instrument, while Eureka showed more, or a total of 1500 for Santa Rosa as against a total of about 2800 for Eureka.

"The Ferndale Enterprise" Ferndale, California
Tuesday, February 7, 1899

George Huestis, of Eureka, has received the appointment of Assistant Enrolling & Engrossing Clerk of the State Senate at Sacramento, at a salary of $5 per day.

"The Ferndale Enterprise" Ferndale, California
Tuesday, July 4, 1899

About 600 of the men employed in the Scotia section went to Eureka Saturday evening to spend the 4th of July.

"The Humboldt Times" (Daily)
Eureka, California

TALE of a TRUNK---A young gentleman returned from San Francisco to the parental roof in Eureka by the steamer yesterday afternoon. In the evening he went out to be shaved. During his absense his trunk was left at the door. His fond mother, intent upon doing any service for him, unlocked the trunk with one of her keys, in order to put his clothes in the bureau drawers. She found, upon opening the trunk, a handsome black silk dress, & in the bonnet box a dainty arrangement of head gear, trimmed in the latest style. Somewhat startled at first, the doting parent at length settled in her own mind that her darling boy brought from the city these beautiful & costly articles as gifts for her. Curiosity tempted her to go further. Removing the tray she found a remarkable assortment for a young man's wardrobe. There was a crystal puff box & powder, a glove box full of ladle's gloves, a half million hair ribbons, looking, heaped together, like a quarter section of rainbow stored in the trunk. Then, there was a box labeled corset stays & all rolled up with precision were mysterious white bundles with frilled edgings, that didn't look like a man could get into & still look like a man. Last of all were some pretty summer dresses folded carefully in the bottom of the trunk. The now wretched mother burst into tears as she surveyed these articles & sobbed as though her heart would break to think of the duplicity & evil ways of her boy.

But this scene was tame compared to the sensation in another house. A young lady after wrestling with the lock of a trunk for about half an hour, broke the lock open & lifting the cover, saw a box of cigars, a bootjack, a pair of suspenders, a shaving apparatus, a six-shooter & a bottle of Cutter's best. With a wild shriek she fainted away, & only the most reassuring tones of the expressman telling that two trunks we-e so nearly alike that they had been left at the wrong houses by mistake, could restore her to her ordinary animation.

"The Humboldt Times" (Daily)
January 25, 1882

CLOTHES LINE RAIDED---On Monday night three clothes lines were raided in this city---one at the residence of Mrs. Watkins, on G street, another at Dr. Foster's in the same neighborhood, & one at Peter Belcher's. At the first-named places a clean sweep was made, according to our informant, & considerable loss was sustained. Mr. Belcher complains most of the loss of a certain shirt, & while he thanks his midnight callers for the consideration they showed in leaving the pair of pants--or something of that description---he is sorry to have the set broken. These garments belong to the feminine gender.

"The Humboldt Times" (Daily)
Tuesday, April 11, 1882

ACCIDENT---A little daughter of William Hill, living on the Elsemore road, met with an accident yesterday resulting in the loss of the third finger of her right hand. She & another little girl were playing with an axe, trying to cut a tree. One was chopping & the other clearing away the chips. The little girl (the one that met with the accident) had her hand in the cut brushing away the chips, when the other one brought the axe down into the cut in the tree, the blade striking the little girl's fingers, severing the third & inflicting an ugly gash on the little finger.

Dr. Gross was called & dressed the wound.

"The Daily Humboldt Standard" Eureka, California
Monday, October 16, 1899

IN THE POLICE COURT

The stagnation that has existed in police circles since last Sunday was relieved yesterday by the arrest of two Sunday drunks who were charged $5 each by Judge Melendy this morning for their night's lodging in the city hotel.

The police business in this city, like fires & railroad accidents, seems to come in "cycles" & the two Sunday drunks referred to marked the beginning of a cycle. It was only this morning when going on watch that Policeman Conant complained of the inactivity in his profession & remarked that for the past week he had been compelled to take a wood-pile tonic to revive his falling appetite. From appearances about two hours later, however, the wood-pile will get the "overlook" today, ~ at least, for the doughty policeman was observed laboriously puffing & blowing like a narrow gauge locomotive, & literally with his hands full of business.

This "business" consisted of a half-breed woman hanging on one arm & a white man hanging on the other arm. The white man had evidently shared "his burden" with the semi-aborigine but it had different effects on their different natures while the woman was performing a war dance, the gyrations of which were only restrained by the policeman's grip on her arm, the white man was hanging as limply as a dish rag on the other arm, & between them they were making it interesting for him. With the perspiration streaming down his face & soiling his collar, he was staggering along like a tug with a log raft in a norwester & had the port of destination been much further away he would have been compelled to cast off his tow line & leave the tows derelict on the highway. However, he managed to land them in the city's dry dock when the woman melted into audible tears, the man relapsed into equally audible sleep & the policeman collapsed on the visitor's bench from which state he was aroused by Chief Hitchings who applied chloride of lime to his nostrils.

It appears that Policeman Conant's captives were only part of a gang of several men & women of the lower levels who had prolonged their Sunday night revels & moved their base of operations out on the sidewalk of B street, but the others, taking the hint, when two of their crowd were gathered in, had made themselves scarce.

"The Ferndale Enterprise" Ferndale, California
Tuesday, April 18, 1899

With everything running full blast, the little city of Korbel presents a lively appearance. The Brass band there, under the leadership of George Teal, is making fine progress. The organization has a number of Italians in its makeup who have been in military bands in the old country, & they are said to be good preformers.

"The Ferndale Enterprise" Ferndale, California
Friday, June 16, 1899

There will be a Grand Ball held at Grizzly Bluff the 4th of July. Tickets 50¢, supper 25¢.

"The Humboldt Times." Eureka, California
Friday, June 9, 1882

INSANE PRAYERS in the CLERK'S OFFICE---About 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon just after the calling of the court, a man walked into the county clerk's office & seated himself, none of the Deputies paying any attention to him until he was discovered in the position of prayer, remaining in that position about half an hour, not disturbing any person, he was left to do so, appearing at times to be in great agony, the employees supposing him to be sick. No more attention was taken of him until he walked out, not uttering one word during his stay. When outside he met E. C. Denman & informed him that two gentlemen of Eureka were going to have him arrested. Mr.. Denman thinking him under the influence of liquor paid no further attention to his supposed fears. After the jury in the case of Cooper had retired, he returned again, getting in his prayer position again, when the county clerk Thomson inquired of the deputy who the man was & being informed that he had been praying for the benefit of the officers & Judging not all right with the man, Mr. Thomson inquired of him if he could assist him in any manner. He replied "no" that nothing could be done, as some parties were going to have him arrested. Mr. Thomson took him to the sheriff, as he wanted to be locked up. Last evening a complaint was sworn out, charging him with insanity. He gave his name as George Epner & has been employed by William M. Huntoon on the old Dean farm, now owned by him. He will be held by Sheriff Brown until his examination.

"The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
Friday, March 31, 1882

CASE of DESTITUTION

We are reliably informed that there is a case of destitution in this city, the particulars of which should not only enlist the sympathy of all, but induce the charitable & kindly disposed portion of our community to render needed assistance. The case in point is that of Mrs. Mavers, living on E street. For years she has supported he-self & her large family by taking in washing, The hard work & exposure has at last broken down her constitution, & she is now confined to her bed with rheumatism. One of the neighbors chanced to go into the house a day or two ago, & while there ascertained that there was nothing in the house in the way of provisions & that they were in need of the necessaries of life. He came downtown, told the story to two or three gentlemen, collected a few dollars, with which he bought flour, provisions, etc., & had them sent to the house at once. The poor woman & her family, at the present time, are in need of assistance, & we feel satisfied that the good people will not see them suffer.

"The Ferndale Enterprise. Ferndale, California
Friday, October 23, 1891

Herman Alfred Lundgvist, a native of Finland, has petitioned the Superior Court to change his name to Herman Alfred Lund. The reasons given for desiring the change are that he is now an American citizen & wants an American name, that his present name is an inconvienent one to write, & being a businessman, life is too short to spend writing such a name, & lastly the name is very difficult to pronounce in English

"The Daily Humboldt Standard. Eureka, California
Saturday, June 17, 1899

AT SEA IN A TREE

Captain Moindron, a French sailorman in San Francisco, intends to cut down one of the big redwoods in Humboldt county & convert it into a boat in which he will sail around Cape Horn & cross the Atlantic in time to have a conspicuous part in the Paris Exposition. The vessel will be of schooner shape, & the captain thinks he will be able to make an interesting & sucessful voyage.

Captain Moindron says in the San Francisco Examiner: "I will build a schooner from one of the largest trees in Humboldt county. The hull shall be one solid piece -- simply the trunk of the tree hollowed out & hewn into shape. I will take a tree from twenty-two to twenty-four feet in diameter for my boat. She shall be forty-eight feet long, fifteen feet beam & ten feet deep, & will be rigged as a schooner. I will make my boat in Humboldt county, where the big trees are, & I figure that it will take me from two to three months to make it. I will sail from here, go around Cape Horn or through the Straits of Magellan, across the Atlantic & down the Seine to Paris. I want to be ready to start in time to reach Cape Horn about the last of December of this year, so that I will arrive at Paris by May of 1900.

"I think of sailing 16,000 miles in the trunk of a tree. To do that & show all the world at the Exposition what California can produce I am willing to risk my life.

"The Daily Humboldt Standard" Eureka, California
Saturday. July 8, 1899

HUMBOLDTERS in ALASKA

The following letter is from a Ferndaler in Alaska, telling of the fortunes of himself & other Humboldters in the Far North: Dominion Creek, April 17, 1899

After getting through with the scurvy I am prospecting again. This time I represent claim 8 on the Dominion. My boys have a lay on 13, but so far we have struck no pay. Peter Matheson, got a lay on 17, belonging to A. McDonald, will have for his share about $30,000. He is getting from $4 to $65 to the pan. The O'Brien brothers, also of Humboldt, are taking out rich dirt. P. Larson called in last week. He is now with the Hanson brothers on Bear of Bonanza, where they have got an interest in a bench claim, & are now trying their best to discover enough dust to pay their way back this summer & I have concluded to do the same, leaving the boys here to try their luck for another year or two. Wages on the creeks are varying from $1 an hour to $75 & board a month, but not half the unemployed can get work. This fall there will be great destitution in Dawson, as nearly all who have not been able to procure work will have but little left of the provisions they brought in with them. We can purchase everything very cheap in Dawson. Butter is down from $2 to $1.25: sugar, 90¢ to 30¢, & everything else in proportion. Clothing & tools are selling for less than you can get them for in Ferndale. The climate on all the creeks could not be better, but Dawson is fearful. A great many will die from typhus fever this summer. All the boys I have seen, Joe Black included, send their best wishes to friends in Humboldt. Hoping to meet you all this summer, I remain, Carl Jorgenson

"The Ferndale Enterprise" Ferndale, California
Friday, May 19, 1899

J. N. Noyes, janitor at the school building, Eureka, last Tuesday presented to each of the graduates of the Eureka High School a unique gift as a momento of their school days & as a mark of his esteem & appreciation of the courteous treatment he has received from these students. The souvenir was in the shape of two pasteboard stars tied together with the High School colors, cardinal & green. On the front of the first star is a picture of the building, surmounted by the class motto: "Fines corouat opus." Attached to the surface of the inner star is a star, taken from the flag that for many years waved over the school building, & on which is arranged in artistic form the names of the graduating class.

"The Ferndale Enterprise" Ferndale, California
Friday, January 20, 1899

Thirty-three people are employed in conducting the public schools of Eureka. There are four teachers in the High School--- including the principal, who teaches regularly. There are twentyeight teachers in the primary & grammar grades, including the principals, who are regular teachers. The average salary paid per month to the primary & grammar grade teachers is $67.68. This for the calendar year is $56.40. The teachers are employed & paid for ten school months of each year. The average monthly salary of the High School teachers is $100, giving an average for the year of $87.50 for each month. The High School principal is employed by the calendar year, receiving $100 for each month of the calendar year. There are thirteen buildings in the District.

"The Ferndale Enterprise" Ferndale, California
Friday, October 6, 1899

Back to their home on Bull Creek, 10 miles above its mouth, came Indian George & family last Sunday. You will notice that I keep track of the friends of my youthful California days & I know that George is a reliable "Siwash." Himself & household goods, built on the stairway plan, & numbering a little less than a dozen, had sojourned in the tan bark forests of Whitethorn valley since last May, & he comes back with ballast in both trousers' pockets. Most of the season's cut of tan bark had been shipped, but some teams were still hauling railroad ties to Needle Rock. George told the Meyers farm people that "Mendocino awful rough country, but Mendocino dollars plenty good.

"The Ferndale Enterprise" Ferndale, California
Tuesday, September 5, 1899

A live alligator direct from the swamps of Louisiana arrived at Eureka last week, in care of the Wells Fargo & company express, & it will be on exhibit at the Fair at our county-seat next week.

"The Humboldt Times" (Daily) Eureka, California
Sunday, April 10, 1887

HARD FATE of GIRL WORKERS

Some recent investigations in San Francisco, by Labor Commissioner Tobin, & some statements by Mrs. C. E. Kinney, General Superintendant of the San Francisco Girl's Union, as given in the "Daily Report", are of a startling charactor, respecting the hardships & perils to which women & girls are exposed, Who are dependent upon going out for work to gain a livihood.

The Commissioner found in some cases that the work girls are employed in poorly lighted & worse ventilated basements, which at midday are gloomy & uncomfortable, & at night & in hot weather well nigh unbearable. In connection with a leading house, was a cellar twenty feet square where 24 sewings girls work. The room is ventilated through iron grating next to the sidewalk, & the sun never shines into the dismal cavern, & at night & when the days are foggy it is necessary to work by gaslight. A tailoring shop was visited under one of the largest & handsomest edifices of the city which might well be compared to like places in Chinatown. These subteranean workrooms are difficult of access, as the proprietors refuse admittance to visitors, & the Commissioner was obliged to assert his authority to gain a sight of them. But the moral aspect of the case is much more deplorable.

Mrs. Kinney says' "No woman is so good in San Francisco that she can seek work without being insulted, & I could cite you to numerous instances where rally refined young women have returned to the House, after a day of seeking for employment, disheartened & wounded in feeling, from attacks of this kind made upon them. A young lady from Massachusetts who sought a position as saleslady, is a case in point.

In the course of her travels among the down-town stores improper overtures were openly made to her on half a dozen occasions by proprietors of large stores whom she interviewed, & her case is not a novel one by any means. We furnish homes here for those who apply, & do what we can to get them employment, but of course, it often becomes necessary for girls to go out seeking employment or to advertise. Our experience has been such that no girl here will ever again advertise for a position as housekeeper or for any similar position. There has hardly been a case in which such advertisements were inserted but degrading offers were made in reply. Of course the men---they are not gentlemen--who make such proposals consider it a matter of privacy, but it is not so accepted by the recipients of their correspondence.

THERE IS A WIDOWER

Who lives in an elegant residence on Valencia street & is considered very respectable, but he answered an advertisement of a young lady who desired a position as music teacher in a matter which entitled him to a cowhiding. Sometimes advertisements are answered in person by men, but the result in any event is almost always the same. It is this & the hardships to which women who do housework in San Francisco are subjected that make good white servants so scarce. We could furnish 1000 respectable & intelligent domestics if we could be assured that they would be well treated."

This may well suffice as a warning to girls in the country who flatter themselves that they might better their condition by going to the city, & obtaining situations in which they could earn a support by their labor, either as domestics in families, hotels, boarding houses, restaurants, or as workers in shops & stores. They can see that the good of the city, whatever it is, would not come within their reach.

"The Ferndale Enterprise" Ferndale, California
Friday, March 8, 1895

D. Zanone has filed his answer in the suit of A. A. Redmond for alleged defamation of character. Defendant is accused of having made the remark, in refering to the fire in Redmond's novelty store, last July, that' "They had too much insurance, that is why they burned it, for I was in a few days before the fire, & there wasn't $500 worth of stock there & I can prove it by Bob Kellen." In his answer defendant denies making the remark attributed to him. What he did say was without malice, he claims, & was in conversation with the insurance agents, who said they believed the origin of the fire was incendiary, whereupon in reply thereto said: "If they burned it to get insurance, I would not pay it," or words - to that effect. Defendant alleges that it is true that a "few days before the fire there wasn't $500 worth of stock there.

"The Ferndale Enterprise" Ferndale, California
Friday, April 5, 1895

Mr. Charles P Dyer of Dyersville, who was married in Eureka April 1st to Florence R. Forbes, was, we are informed engaged to that lady 40 years ago, but circumstances prevented their union at that time.

"The Ferndale Enterprise" Ferndale, California
Friday, March 8, 1895

An amusing incident occured at the Arcata train depot a short time ago. An aged mountaineer comtemplating a trip to the city of Eureka arrived at the depot at 3 o'clock p.m. so as to be sure to catch the 3:45 train. Making himself comfortable in the ladies waiting room & having plenty of time, he untied a bundle & without further ceremony proceeded to change his shirt. The arrival of passengers did not worry him in the least & he finished his toilet as unconcerned as possible, & was ready to travel, "dressed in his best suit of clothes.

"The Ferndale Enterprise" Ferndale, California
Friday, July 12, 1895

"Coonskin", the venerable Aborigine, worked the members of the Board of Supervisors for $1.50 Monday.

"The Ferndale Enterprise" Ferndale, California
Friday, March 8, 1895

All survivors of the Mexican War in Humboldt county have received a raise in their honorary pension & are now getting $12 per month where $8 was formerly paid.

"The Ferndale Enterprise" Ferndale, California
Friday, October 18, 1895

Ambrosini, employee at the American Hotel, was arrested Saturday by Marshal Doe & fined $10 by Judge Smith for picking chickens before killing them. Ambrosini will know better next time.

"The Ferndale Enterprise" Ferndale, California
Tuesday, June 6, 1899

We take the following from a recent issue of the Trinity Journal' The young people of Weaverville who indulge in the dizzy waltz will hear with interest that the heads of Washington & New York societies have declared that "sitting out" a waltz will be more fashionable from now on than dancing. The "sitting out" embodies the same position as dancing, the only difference is you sit instead of dance. The man's right arm is around the girl's waist, while his left arm holds her right. Her left hand is placed upon his shoulder, while her head rests lovingly upon his bosom, & all they have to do is to sit & listen to the music. Now, that is something like it. We have always regarded it as quite a nuisance to have to gallop a mile or two to get a hug or two. A room full of people sitting around on sofas hugging to music is our notion. This will give the old rheumaticky brethren a chance to waltz. Most men waltz, not for the dance, but for the position, & while many a man may lose his appetite for dancing, he has to get powerful old before he loses his appetite for hugging a pretty girl.

"The Ferndale Enterprise" Ferndale, California
Friday, June 23, 1899

ADVERTISEMENT PLEASE SETTLE ----- I am building a residence & need money. Can you help me by settling your account.

Yours truly, Dr. H. J. Ring

"The Ferndale Enterprise" Ferndale, California
Tuesday, January 10, 1899

Daniel J. Clancy, of Eureka, the young man whose quarrelsome dispositon & shiftless habits have been a continual annoyance to his parents & their neighbors, has been committed to the Napa Insane Asylum & was taken down on the steamer Pomona in charge of Sheriff Brown. The case of young Clancy, who is only 23 years of age, is a peculiar one. The physicians are unable to determine positively the cause of his condition. He refuses to work, is quarrelsome at home & mischievous about the neighborhood & if it were not for his silly actions he would be characterized as an "incorrigible." He will get up in the middle of the night & walk about his room & seems to have a penchant for standing on his head, attempting this acrobatic performance whenever an opportunity offers. The commission in their commitment give their diagnosis as "Devilish." There is no place in the category for him.

"The Ferndale Enterprise"
Tuesday, June 13, 1899

The small boys who have been untying horses on Washington street of late had better be careful or they will get into serious trouble.

"The Daily Humboldt Standard" Eureka, California
Wednesday, August 23, 1899

COSTLY MISCHIEF

Judge Melendy last evening held a reunion of the kindergarten class that occured at the city jail yesterday afternoon at which the parents were present to witness the exercises. The lesson was the sin & expense of breaking windows & otherwise injuring vacant houses, particularly the remaining castle owned by Thomas Applegate who suggested the lesson by means of a Police Court warrant. The boys listened penitently to the lesson from His Honor who then taxed the parents $3 for each boy for the words of wisdom. The graduating class was composed of John Johnson, Fred Johnson, Walter Wooden, Ralph Wooden, Charles Hendrickson, Harvey Brown, Ralph Dow & Norman Mortensen.

"The Daily Humboldt Standard" Eureka, California
Wednesday, August 3, 1898

HUMBOLDTERS IN DAWSON

A letter received from Bert Bailey at Dawson City Northwest Territory gives the following list of Humboldters at that place last Fourth of July'

Jess Bacon, O. Baker, Irwin Belcher, C. W. Cooper, J. Degnan, the Dinsmore brothers, A. W. Donnelly, J. Elliott, R. J. Elviage, W. O. Faffray, J. Fitzell, L. M. Gate., Miss M. Gates, D. Haines, W. Hall, H. Hanson, R. Hartford, C. Hecker, O. Hegelstead, Arthur Majors, Dr. Michaels, S. S. Miller, S. J. Miller, C. C. Mitchell, Skiff Mitchell, Manson Moore, O. W. Morrell, H. Murray, George McKay, B. Nesbit, the Nesbit brothers, Ed O'Brien, George W. Owsley, Charles Pickert, John Rigby, Warren Rigby, I. M. Ring, H. Ryan, C. Smith, Jonas Smith, Mr. Sowash, Ben Sowash, the Whitmore boys & George Young.

NOTE: Many Humboldters went north to the Klondike during the gold rush.

"The Daily Humboldt Standard" Eureka, California
Thursday, October 20, 1898

CHARGED WITH INSANITY

Mrs. Johnson, a Scandanavian woman residing at 9th & E streets was taken to the Receiving Hospital this morning to be examined as to her insanity. She has been considered a little queer for some time past but of late her condition has become so marked that her neighbors consider it best to have her put under restraint. Mrs. Johnson was formerly the wife of one of the characters of the city known as "Bummer. Johnson & has made a precarious living for herself & young daughter by sewing.

Saturday, October 22, 1898

As a result of a medical examination Mrs. Maggie Johnson, who was arrested on a charge of insanity this week was commited this morning & will be taken to Napa on the steamer "Pomona" tomorrow morning.. The unfortunate woman is a native of Finland, aged 45 years & her condition in ascribed to continual worry. The symptoms of her malady first appeared about four months ago & since then her condition hen gradually grown worse. She is in continual fear of her life, imagines that she hears men about the house who are seeking her life & that of her daughter whom she believer they will kill with axes. She is also very excitable & resents all efforts to calm her, having one time threatened her daughter with an axe when she tried to comfort her. The daughter, Lillie, a bright child of 13 years, will be cared for by neighbors for the present.

"The Ferndale Enterprise" Ferndale, California
Friday, May 17, 1889

Dr. Michael of Fortuna, has removed a fourteen foot tape worm from the little daughter of J. G. Knowles.

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"The Ferndale Enterprise" Ferndale, California
Friday, January 25, 1895

Anton Chriz, a Bohemian, formerly of Korbel, & who left Eureka on the steamer Pomona January 5th, was promptly buncoed out of $60 upon his arrival in San Francisco the next day. He fell in with sharper named J. A. McCarthy, better known as "Winnemucca Jack," who pretended to be one of the owners in the Washington Lumber Mills in Tacoma, Washington, & promised Chriz a position as foreman in the mills. He took his victim to the waterfront, where the steamer Farallon was loading freight for Tacoma. McCarthy said the freight was going to his mill & asked Chriz to watch the loading. The sharper gave his victim a bogus check for $600 payable, he said, at one of the Tacoma banks & then borrowed $60, all the money Chriz had. He said he wanted to go around the corner to pay the freight bill & would return in a few minutes. Chriz waited all the afternoon, but McCarthy failed to return. McCarthy was identified & arrested last Tuesday.

"The Ferndale Enterprise" Ferndale, California
Friday, January 18, 1895

Michael Caffey appeared before the supervisors as an indigent man & asked that a monthly allowance be made for him, but for obvious reasons no action was taken in the matter. For 5 years, & up to last July, Caffey had been drawing an allowance of $10 per month from the county, when it was discovered that he was in receipt of a government pension of $20 per month, whereupon the board promptly discontinued his allowance.

"The Daily Humboldt Standard" Eureka, California
Monday, June 17, 1895

BEAT HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW

T. Merlet, proprietor of the laundry on 3rd street of this city, received a horrible beating at the hands of his brother-in-law, Louis Bertain, about 3 o'clock yesterday. Merlet was fishing over on the wharf at Woodley Island, when Bertain rowed over to the island in a boat, with the expressed intention of administering a thrashing. Merlet was sitting on a stringer fishing when Bertain attacked him. All Merlet could do to hold on to the stringer while Bertain battered his contenance till it looked like a raw beefsteak. Bertain is a rival laundryman who was formerly a partner of Merlets & there has been bad blood between the two for some time. Bertain was arrested this morning & taken before Judge Holmes where he was released on his own recognizance.

"The Daily Humboldt Standard" Eureka, California
Saturday, November 9, 1895

C. Tuttle who owns a large sheep & cattle ranch on the Harris road about 7 miles this side of Harris, is in Eureka on business. e has worn out his teeth & is getting a new set from Dr. Dungan.

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