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STOCKTON JOURNAL.
Sometime during the Summer or Fall of 1850, the Stockton Journal was established by John S. Robb, a talented, but eccentric and im- practical journalist. There being no file of the paper extant, so far as we know, we are unable to give the date of its first publication, or anything of its early history. The paper subsequently passed into the hands of Mr. John Tabor, and for a year or two held a somewhat con- spicuous place among the political papers of the State. The publica- tion of the Journal was continued until June, 1854, when it was sus- pended by reason of the unhappy and fatal rencontre between Mr. Tabor, the editor and proprietor, and Mr. Mansfield of the Repub- lican.
On the 8th of June, 1854, the Stockton Daily Argus, the third daily paper started in the city, made its appearance. It was owned by an association of individuals and edited by Henry A. Crabb. It was established in the interest of the American or Know-Nothing party, which was about that time making its first appearance on the political stage. Mr. Crabb's connection with the paper was brief, and rather nominal than active. The establishment subsequently passed
HOGAN & SMITH, The Leading Hardware Firm
of the San Joaquin Valley, Stockton.
CHALMERS BROS., }
STOCKTON, can Suit You in
Dry-Goods and Carpets.
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into the exclusive hands of Mr. William Biven, who continued the publication more as a neutral local sheet than as a political organ, un- til the spring of 1862, when he determined to make the Argus a parti- eipant in the fierce political struggle' in which the whole country was at that time engaged. He accordingly engaged the services of Mr. A. C. Russell, a pronounced anti-war Democrat, as editor of the paper. Under the new management the Argus proceeded to assert and support its views of pending questions with, perhaps, more vigor than discre- tion. However that may be, before the year was out a peremptory or- der from the Secretary of War excluded the Argus from the United States mails, and forbade its transportation as freight or otherwise by any vessel, vehicle, or other conveyance carrying mails, or over any body or stream of water, or any road or highway over which mails were carried. The publication was immediately suspended, never to be re- vived. Mr. Biven, who owned the presses and materials, subsequently adventured two or three small and unpretending publications which, carefully eschewing all political or other public questions, eventually developed the
THE EVENING HERALD.
That paper, like its immediate predecessors, was content to pursue a negative and unaspiring course until the death of Mr. Biven in 1874. The publication was continued for a time without any responsible head, until Mr. Fred. Biven assumed control in the fall of 1875. Un- der his intelligent management the paper promised to speedily become an able and useful journal. During the winter of 1875-6, the proper- ty was purchased by Messrs. Preston & Bell, the present proprietors. Though strangers in the city, and comparatively young in the profes- sion of journalism, these gentlemen at once addressed themselves en- ergetically and with good judgment to the task of making the Herald a good, useful and influential paper; and they have succeeded. They made it a conservative but decided Democratic sheet, but holding its allegiance to party subordinate to devotion to the general public inter- ests. The Herald is now well established on a solid basis, and has be- fore it an apparently long and unobstructed career of usefulness and prosperity.
STOCKTON DAILY INDEPENDENT.
On the first of August, 1861, the first number of the Stockton Daily Independent was issued, Armour & Clayes publishers, and Sam Sea-
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B. P. BATCHELDER, Photographer, 189 El Dorado St.
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bough editor. The Independent was originally published weekly in San Andreas, Calaveras county, whence it was transferred to this city, and converted into the daily. A model of typographical art, ably ed- ited, judiciously managed in its business department, and, withal, pe- culiarly favored by the fever heat to which the extraordinary political situation of the country had wrought the public mind, the paper was from its first issue an assured success as a first-class journal and a bu- siness enterprise. The original proprietorship continued for some years, when, on the withdrawal of Mr. Armour from the business and Mr. Seabough from the editorial department, the paper passed into the hands of Maj. N. M. Orr, the present enterprising editor and pro- prietor. Though entering upon his arduous and exacting duties rather as an amateur than as an experienced and trained journalist, Maj. Orr has develped good editorial and managerial capacity, and without abating anything of its distinctive political principles and partisan af- filiations, has sustained the Independent's high character as an able, dignified and public-spirited journal. The paper has, throughout its long and successful course, commanded the respect and confidence of all classes and parties by its sturdy independence in dealing with pub- lic questions, whether of a partisan or general nature, and its steady devotion to the material, social and moral interests of the community.
STOCKTON DAILY GAZETTE.
In 1867 Messrs. Harrison & Miller, two practical, printers com- menced the publication of the Stockton Daily Gazette, a morning pa- per of Democratic proclivities. This paper started under circum- stances, political and general, peculiarly favorable to success, and, de- spite the worst possible management from the first, came very near be- ing successful. The first editor was E. D. Campbell, who occupied the chair for a short time, and was succeeded by J. W. Leigh. After blundering along for something over a year, during which time there were several changes of proprietorship, the establishment was sold to D. W. Gelwicks, at that time State Printer, and a gentleman of con- siderable reputation as a journalist and politician. Though himself the ostensible and responsible manager of the whole establishment, Mr. Gelwicks committed the actual editorial and business conduct to other hands. The one was very well, the other very badly managed. The result was, that what was built up in one department was pulled down in the other; and in less than a year the proprietor became dis-
Orders for Manufacturing and Repairing at HOGAN & SMITH'S Promptly attended to
Ladies Under Garments at CHALMERS BROS., Stockton.
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couraged and sold the establishment and business to Mr. Biven of the Evening Herald, and the Gazette joined the "innumberable caravan" of dead journals.
THE DAILY LEADER.
After the demise of the second San Joaquin Republican, Mrs. Lau- ra De Force Gordon, undeterred by the adverse experience of so many predecessors, boldly entered the field already white with the dry bones of departed newspapers, and adventured the publication of the Daily Leader, a pugnacious evening paper that battled for Democracy and Woman's Rights. The experience of a year or thereabout convincing the courageous lady that she had mistaken her vocation or the arena for its exercise, she removed her establishment to Sacramento, thence to Oakland, and there sold it.
THE STUDENTS' REVIEW.
Among the almost numberless productions of the press of Stockton, not the least worthy of notice is the Students' Review, a monthly lit- erary publication of a semi-juvenile character. The first number of the Review was issued January, 1877, and has been regularly publish- ed monthly since. The editor is James Littlehale and Frank West and Austin Sperry the business managers of the paper. These young gentlemen display talents, taste and judgment in their respective de- partments that would reflect credit upon older and more experienced heads. In a literary point of view the Review is far superior to scores of periodicals of much higher pretension; while in its mechan- ical execution it is a model of typographical art, being printed at Berdine's Steam Printing establishment. The paper is self-sustain- ing, and deserves the encouragement and support of the community.
THE STOCKTON BANNER.
In September, 1877, Mr. A. Glaser commenced the publication of the Stockton Banner, a weekly German paper. It is a handsomely printed and, we believe, a well edited sheet. The Banner appears to be tolerably well supported, considering the comparatively limited German-speaking population of the city and valley.
Fine Gold Fillings made a Specialty by BURTON & MESEROLL, Stockton.
BATCHELDER'S PHOTOGRAPHS are Beautiful and Life-like.
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THE VALLEY REVIEW
Is the title of a handsomely printed weekly published at Lodi, San Joaquin county; Mrs. Gertie De Force Cluff editor and proprietor. It is devoted to the agricultural and general local interests of the town and the northern portion of the county. It evinces good literary taste and spritely journalistic talent.
STANTON L. CARTER Attorney Counselor at Lan
WILL PRACTICE IN
ALL THE COURTS OF THE STATE.
OFFICE-Room No. 3, McKee Building, (over San Joaquin Valley Bank), MAIN ST., STOCKTON, CAL.
N. B .- Collections Promptly Made and Remitted. Reliable Correspondents in all the Counties of the State and all the Principal Eastern Cities.
BURNHAM'S ABIETENE ! Nature's Great Bemedy
-FOR-
RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA, CROUP AND SORE THROAT.
It is an Excellent Remedy for Burns, Scalds and Fresh Cuts. Every Family should have a bottle for Croup. As a Liniment for Horses it is highly appreciated by those who use it. Its healing qualities are great.
Abietene is not a compound, but a pure distillation of a peculiar kind of Fir Balsam found in a certain locality on the Sierras.
Price, 50 cts. and $1 per Bottle. Sold by Dealers generally, and by WM. M. HICKMAN,
Druggist AND Pharmacist, 212 MAIN STREET, STOCKTON, Where will be found All kinds of Drugs, Chemicals, Perfumery, Trusses, Soaps, Brushes, Patent Medicines, Squirrel Poisons and every article usually kept in a well-stocked Drug Store.
P. S. Physicians' Prescriptions Carefully Prepared.
HOGAN & SMITH, Make the BEST LIFT PUMP for DEEP WELLS IN USE. Stockton.
The Kid Gloves House of Stockton, CHALMERS BROS.
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1874. 1878. Union of San Joaquin Valley
Grangers'
280 & 282, STOCKTON, CAL.
Importers and Dealers in
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS Hardware, Iron, Steel, &o.
We import direct from the manufacturers the celebrated
Bain and Fish Farm and Header Wagons.
We are also Agents for the Wheeler and Champion Combined Reapers and Mowers, Osburne Self Binding Harvester, and keep on hand at all times a large supply of extras.
Pitts' Buffalo Separators, Horse Powers, Ames and Enright Straw burning Engines. We keep in store a General Assortment of Sulky Rakes, Tipping Rakes, Scythes, Sneaths, Forks, Hoes, Scoops, Shovels, Etc., of the latest improved patterns.
Iron, Steel, Nails, Blacksmiths' Tools and Coal at wholesale and retail.
Manufacturers of Scutt's 4 Point
Star Barbed Steel Fence Wire !
Baling Rope, Rubber and Leather Belting. We have constantly on hand a fine Assortment of Spring Wagons of the Sweepstake Manufacture. Also, the Sweep- stake, Eureka, and Granger Gang Plows.
In fact, everything usually kept in a well-regulated
Agricultural and Hardware Store,
And we invite All to Call and
EXAMINE OUR EXTENSIVE STOCK E
Before Purchasing Elsewhere.
GRANGERS' UNION, 280 BUB 282 Main St., Stockton.
All Operations warranted to give Satisfaction by Burton & Meseroll.
Old Pictures Copied and Enlarged by BATCHELDER, 183 Eldorado St.
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HELP ! HELP !!
HELP ! !!
HOW WE HELP FARMERS And Everybody Else!
We have found a great remedy for the ills and troubles that have affected the farmers and other people for years past. Heretofore they have had to work day and night to make a living for their families ; and if they wanted a new suit of clothes were obliged to pay $25 to $30 for it, which took away a months' labor or two tons of wheat. But since we have consolidated
Four Great Dry-Goods Houses,
Two from the East, one from San Francisco and one from Sacramento, into the One Great
California Opposition Store!
Farmers and others can buy their Clothing and other goods at prices that people can afford to pay without working themselves to death, and half starving their families.
We Buy Our Goods from First Hands And are able to offer them to purchasers
At 30 to 50 per cent. Less
Than the same goods can be bought for anywhere else. Our store is in Kidd's Block, 171, 171}, 173 and 173} Main St., STOCKTON, CAL.
Towels, 10 cts .; 20 yards Poplin at $2; Alpaca, 20 cts. per yard; Snowflake; 11} cts. per yard; Turkish Red Table Linen, 75 cts. per yard; Ruchings, 5 to 10 cts. per yard; Crash, 10 yards for $1; Overalls, 50 cts .; Children's Shoes, 75 cts. pair; Ladies' Shoes, $1 25; Slippers, 3 to 4 bits pair. Evrything else in proportion. GLASSWARE, 20 Pieces for $1 00. PLATES 75 cts. per Dozen.
It is useless to enumerate,
Our Prices are Simply Bed-Rock,
And we cannot be undersold or even approached in the price of our Goods. M. ROSENBLUM & CO.
For Good Dental Operations go to BURTON & MESEROLL'S Office
The Leading Dry-Goods House of the Interior CHALMERS BROS .. STOCKTON.
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ADDITIONAL NAMES.
COUNTY.
Briggs & Erstad, post office address Stockton; Cherokee lane; distance from city 7 miles; 520 acres; in cultivation 480; renters.
Barry J., post office address Stockton; Cooper's avenue; owns 8 acres. Bardoe, Woodbridge; owns 2 acres.
BALKWILL JOHN, post office address Stockton; proprietor Water- loo House and saloon, and Waterloo Hall. The hall is one of the finest in the county, and is used for all public meetings, balls and parties, and affords sitting or dancing room for 200 persons.
Campbell W. J., post office address Ripon; owns and cultivates 320 acres.
Cowell H. W., post office address Stockton; distance from city 14 miles; owns and cultivates 960 acres.
Cook Fred., post office address Stockton; French Camp road; distance from city 13 miles; 1000 acres; in cultivation 840; owner.
Cope Susan, Lockeford; owns and cultivates 9 acres.
Forward P. G., post office address Lodi; Cherokee lane; owns and cul- tivates 80 acres.
Fenny R. H., post office address Lathrop; 140 acres; 65 in cultivation. Finch Henry, post office address Ellis; 320 acres, all under cultivation : owner.
Frericks Wm. J., post office address Ellis; owns and cultivates 480 acres.
Gordon Thomas S., post office address Ellis; owns and cultivates 160 acres.
Graves John, post office address Ripon; 1053 acres; under cultivation 857; owner.
Hopkins D. W., Lodi, saloon keeper.
Hamilton Hiram H., post office address San Joaquin City; owns and .cultivates 320 acres.
Hauc F., post office address Banta; 800 acres in cultivation ; owner.
Keiver D. W., post office address Stockton; near Comstock road, 11} miles from the city; owns 80 acres; farmer and vine grower.
Losenzen Peter, post office address Banta; acres 540; under cultivation 500; renter.
Mills J. H. A., post office address Lathrop; Fair Oaks; 1450 acres; under cultivation 1200; renter.
The Finest Stock of Dress Goods outside of San Francisco
at Chalmers Bros., stockton.
Photographs in Every Style at BATCHELDER'S 183 Eldorado St.
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Meyer R. B., post office address Lathrop; French Camp road; owns and cultivates 320 acres.
Morgan Lewis, Banta, owns and cultivates 160 acres.
Metevia J., Ellis; owns and cultivates 160 acres; proprietor of Mate- saloon.
Monroe David, post office address Burwood; owns and cultivates 329 acres.
Overhiser W. L., post office address Stockton; Waterloo road; 700 acres; owner.
Prather & Jennings, Banta; dealers in dry goods and groceries.
Purnell Edward, Ellis; owns and cultivates 160 acres.
Sweeney -, Ellis; cultivates 160 acres; renter.
Still Joseph F., post office address Galt; owns and cultivates 450 acres. Sabin Egbert, post office address Lodi; cultivates 80 acres; renter.
Teirney Miss M. A., post office address Stockton, Comstock road, 9 miles from the city; teacher Madison district school.
Thompson John, post office address Woodbridge; rents and cultivates 80 acres.
Thornton Arthur, New Hope; post ocffie address Woodbridge; dealer in wines, liquors, and general merchandise.
Wren Mrs. S. A., post office address Atlanta; owns and cultivates 151 acres.
Wilson J. A., post office address Acampo; owns and cultivates 80 acres. Wilkinson Thomas (heirs of), Woodbridge, 160 acres, under cultiva- tion.
Willis Mrs. H. C., post office address Lathrop.
Willis Thomas, post office aedress Lathrop.
Desano Walter, post office address Lathrop.
Wolfe, Jacob, post office address Lathrop; Durham Ferry road; owns and cultivates 320 acres.
Von Glahn C., post office address Ripon; owns and cultivates 320 acres. White Jhhn C., post office address Stockton; lower Socrament road; 1470 acres; owner.
PRINTING
OF EVERY KIND AT LOW RATES BY BERDINE,
224 MAIN STREET, STOCKTON.
Large Stock of Guns, Pistols & Amunition at HOGAN & SMITH, Stockton.
CHALMERS BROS., }
STOCKTON, can Suit You in Dry-Goods and Carpets.
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CITY.
Carter Stanton L., Attorney at Law, McKee's building, over San Joa- quin Valley Bank, Main st., res cor Mormon ave and California st. Grasberger & Simon, saloon keepers, Hunter, bet. Channel and We- * ber ave
Offer Charles, Paradise store, 263 Main street, next door to McCur- dy's drug store.
Read Thomas Y., Agent Wells, Fargo & Co.
Smith & Beattie, proprietors Twin Brothers saloon, cor El Dorado and Market.
LODI.
C. A. Rich, Dealer in General Merchandise.
Allison J. A., on page 227, should be Ellison J. A. Proprietor Livery Stable; Horses, Carriages and Buggies to let.
LINDEN.
BARRY JAMES, Hotel Keeper.
Stockton Independent
DAILY AND WEEKLY.
THE DAILY INDEPENDENT is published every morning except Sun- days, and contains all the Latest News. It is independent in its treatment of all leading questions of the day, and the advocacy of the interests of the residents of the San Joaquin Valley is made a specialty.
Terms-By Mail or Express, $10.00 per Annum.
THE WEEKLY INDEPENDENT is published every Saturday morning, and contains a complete synopsis of the news of the week.
Terms-$3.50 per Annum.
N. M. ORR, Publisher.
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BATCHELDER'S PHOTOGRAPHS are Beautiful and Life-like.
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STOCKTON BUSINESS COLLEGE, TELEGRAPH INSTITUTE AND NORMAL SCHOOL.
This institution was established in 1875 by Messrs. Atkinson & Clarke. It occupies the entire second story of Hickman's block, çor- ner of Hunter street and Weber avenue. It has a large and increas- ing patronage. The business course embraces penmanship, business correspondence, commercial arithmetic, composition of business pa- per, commercial calculations, mercantile law, book-keeping in all its forms, and actual practice in wholesale and retail merchandising, job- bing. commission, real estate, insurance and banking. The student buys, sells, ships, consigns, discounts, insures, draws checks, notes, drafts, bills of exchange, transacts business by telegraph, gives deeds and leases, and goes through the entire routine of mercantile affairs. There are no classes; each student receives individual instruction. Students may enter on any secular day in the year, Saturday excepted. An ordinary English education is all that is required on commencing. The full business course can be completed evenings, the same instruc- tion being given as in day sessions. Scholarship for full business course, $75; for telegraph course, $40; both scholarships issued to one person at the same time, $100.
The Telegraph department is supplied with a large variety of the most improved instruments. It is under the supervision of an expert sound operator who spares no pains to make pupils familiar with the entire routine of an operator's duties.
The Normal department offers special inducements to persons fitting themselves for teachers; also to persons whose education has been neg- lected. There are no grades. The course embraces those studies in which teachers are required to be proficient.
LINDEN HOTEL,
JAMES BARRY, Proprietor.
Rooms Large and Well Ventilated. HOTEL LOCATED IN THE BUSINESS PORTION OF THE TOWN, And has Excellent Accommodations for the Travelling Public.
The Proprietor is courteous and obliging to all, and spares no pains to make it Pleasant and Comfortable for Guests.
HOGAN & SMITH, Make the BEST LIFT PUMP for DEEP WELLS IN USE. Stockton.
The Kid Gloves House of Stockton, CHALMERS BROS.
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RANCHO OASIS-PROPERTY OF J. W. JOHNSON.
Among the many large farms held in the county, the Rancho Oasis, the property of Mr. J. W. Johnson, lying about eighteen miles north- easterly from Stockton, between the Calaveras and Tuolumne rivers, is one of the most notable. It embraces eight thousand acres, and is all of good quality. Nearly the whole of this fine body of land is devoted to cultivation and grazing. One peculiarity characteristic of this locality is that it never has failed for twenty years to receive suffi- cient rain to insure fair crops of both grain and grass. The soil is a dark brown, sandy, and slightly gravelly. Mr. Johnson is an old res- ident of the county, and one of her most enterprising and successful farmers.
INSURANCE AGENCY
OF+
J. M. LONG, Stockton, Cal., - REPRESENTS- -
Ætna Insurance Co., Hartford Conn., Assets, $6,783,867
Imperial Fire Ins. Co. of London,
7,811,959
London Assurance Corp'n of London, Northern Assurance Co. of London, Queen's Ins. Co. of Liverpool,
Issue
15,246,758
joint
policy.
11,660,351
4,069,997
American Central Fire Ins. Co., St. Louis, Mo., 796,941
St. Joseph Fire & Marine Ins. Co., St. Jo., Mo.," 442,760
OFFICE-No. 236 MAIN ST.,
(Opposite the Court House.)
All Operations warranted to give Satisfaction by Burton & Meseroll.
Photographs in Every Style at BATCHELDER'S 183 Eldorado St.
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. 26. Beidine,
STEAM POWER
DOOV O. 1OD DOINTCO 225 Main Street, } Opposite the Court House, Stockton.
DUUN W JUD
Bill Heads, Letter Heads,
Note Heads,
Envelopes,
Mammoth Posters,
And Every Description of Printing at Lowest Rates.
BOCA BEER DEPOT, CHAS. HEBEL, Proprietor,
Cor. Hunter Levee Sts., STOCKTON. The Finest Beer in the State. COOL, HEALTHY O REFRESHING.
Also, the Best Qualities of
Wines, Liquors and Cigars
EVERYTHING IS FIRST-CLASS IN THIS ESTABLISHMENT. Cold Lunch Served.
Large Stock of Guns, Pistols & Amunition at HOGAN & SMITH, Stockton.
The Leading Dry-Goods House of the Interior} C' ILMERS BROS., STOCKTON.
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