Chico Weekly Record, Chico, California – Saturday, December 25, 1897
Fined for Contempt.
On Saturday afternoon Swan Anderson was so unfortunate as to go into the Superior Court room during the progress of the Maxwell trial, in an intoxicated condition. Sheriff Bransford was on the witness stand at the time, Deputy Larison, however, being present. Swan made himself welcome, took the Sheriff’s seat, placed his feet upon the bar of justice, and proceeded to enjoy the legal proceedings then in progress. When the Sheriff left the witness stand he and his deputy, with considerable effort, ejected the offender. Thereupon, the Court made an order citing Anderson to appear Monday morning at 9:30 to show cause why he should not be fined for contempt.
At that hour Swan was on hand. He duly recognized that the Judge held four aces and that the hour had come when he should repent of his sins. So he made an [sic] humble apology to the Court, who after administering a dignified, but pointed lecture, imposed a fine of only $30. This was cheerfully paid by Swan, who says he is sorry the incident occurred. He considers it a good and cheap lesson.—Plumas National Bulletin
Chico Weekly Record, Chico, California – Saturday, December 25, 1897
Thomas L. Henry of Pine Station, Pa., died the other day, and his friends made preparations to give him a fine funeral. But the sad event has been indefinitely postponed owing to the fact that when they were about to put the old gentleman on ice he raised himself up, winked at the prettiest girl in the room and asked what time it was.
A South Baltimore Family Forced to Vacate Their Bedroom.
Special Despatch to THE PRESS
BALTIMORE, May 31.—South Baltimore is very much worked up over mysterious rappings and strange performances in the bed rooms of John G. Adams. These occur nightly until now the family camps on the lower floors.
George Jeffries, a brother of Mrs. Adams, says he was lifted out of bed Sunday night by an invisible power and that the bed moved. Jacob Adams says he saw the furniture move. Police Sergeant Butler and Patrolman Sedicum examined the house, but found nothing unusual. The family say that after the officers had passed from one room to the other, the bed and chairs in the room they had left moved around.
Jacob Adams says he was hit with a bettle that was on the mantel at the opposite end of the room, and that nails were flung into the rooms from an unseen source. John G. Adams says he is not a believer in spirits, but he cannot account for the disturbances.
St. Louis, Mol, March 29.
Dr. William Hotchkiss, alleged to have reached the age of 140 years, died here suddenly yesterday of heart disease. He has always been known as the “color doctor”. In his peculiar practice of medicine he termed his patients members of his “circles,” and claimed to treat them by a magnetic process. His Masonic record has been traced back 100 years, showing conclusively that he was at least 121 years old. A letter received from his old home in Dinwiddie County, Val, over a year ago, says he was born there in 1755.
Dr. Hotchkiss had a natural aversion to water, and is said to have not taken a bath for over 25 years, but scoured himself with dry sand.
He claimed to have discovered the elixir vitae. At regular intervals, he stood over a smoking brazier and allowed the smoke to envelop his body.
ST. PETER, Minn., Oct. 12.–There is considerable excitement in Belgrade, this county, in a settlement of Swedes, over a case of what they believe to be witchcraft. A woman has been sick for three years, and accuses her aunt of being a witch and causing her sickness. The Swedish Church has held a trial, and witnesses solemnly testified to a belief in witches, and stated what they had seen in this particular case. The statement was made by one woman that she was posted in witchcraft, and had seen witches send the craft off through the air, and seen it strike persons who were soon after taken sick. What will be done with the alleged witch has not been determined.
Chico Weekly Record, Chico, California – Saturday, December 25, 1897
A LITTLE SUFFERER
Face, Hands and Arms Covered With Scrofulous Humors—How a Cure Was Effected.
“When five years old my little boy had scrofula on his face, hands and arms. It was worst on his chin, although the sores on his cheeks and hands were very bad. It appeared in the form of red pimples which would fester, break open and run and then scab over. After disappearing they would break out again. They caused intense itching and the little sufferer had to be watched continually to keep him from scratching the sores. We became greatly alarmed at his condition. My wife’s mother had had scrofula and the only medicine which had helpd her was Hood’s Sarsaparilla. We decided to give it to our boy and we noted an improvement in his case very soon. After giving him four bottles of Hood’s Sarsaparilla the humor had all been driven out of his blood and it has never since returned.” WILLIAM BARTZ, 416 South Williams St., South Bend, Indiana.
You can buy Hood’s Sarsaparilla of all druggists. Be sure to get only Hood’s.
If you’re like me, you’re probably wondering what in the hell “Scrofula” is? Well, it turns out to be a form of tuberculosis that results in large, rubbery lymph nodes in the neck. People still get it, but it’s now treatable with antibiotics, so it’s no big deal. (Of course, I’m sure antibiotics aren’t nearly as effective as Hood’s Sarsaparilla, but we must make do…) Now, go and impress your friends!From the collection of The Comtesse DeSpair.
