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Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-07

CHILD stealing is now reduced to a
science in the East. The plan is to
kidnap the child of wealthy persons
and then notify them that unless a
certain sum is forwarded to desig-
mated address the child will be killed.
What pity it is that these child
stealers cannot be induced to visit
California and go into the business OF
hoodlum stealing. The most threat
ening letters would bring hut few ram
SONS
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-07
Baisa Chica Wharf.

Mr.. w. r. Olden called at our office
yesterday and reported progress on the
Balsa Chica wharf enterprise. The
contract for the construction of the
wharf has been let to A. J. Salisbury
of Hueneme for the sum of $50, ,356.
The former contractor, Mr.. Gay, failed
to furnish the requisite bond in time
and consequently the contract was re-
let, as stated. Mr.. Salisbury is prac-
tical wharf-builder, and has already
constructed four wharves on this coast
giving the best Of satisfaction to all
parties concerned in each instance.
WORK ON the new enterprise will COM
mence as soon as the material can be
secured, and it will be completed on or
before the 1st of December next. The
wharf will be 1000 feet long and ofsuf-
nclent width and strength to sustain a
tnlrty-fve-ton locomotive with thirty
cars, stock, wagons, and the ct cetera
OF commerce, with space enough to
give turning room for a siX-horse
team. 1t will reach depth of twenty
one feet ut dead low water, and four
fathoms ut half-tide. BY extending
the pier-head 200 feet further, q depth
or twenty-five feet at low water can
be secured. The piles will be driven
IN the solid blue clay which forms the
beach at Anaheim, thus greatly aug
menting the solidity of the structure.
Besides this, especial care will be
taken to build the whole as strong as
tlmbers and iron, under the most inn
proved construction, can be made.
Improvements to the plan haze been
made TO cost over $1,000, at the sug-
gestion of Mr.. Salisbury. When com
pleted, the wharf will be the best and
strongest on the coast.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-07

FROM Colonel OLDEN we learn that
arrangements are nearly completed
for commencing work on the bitches
to convey the water from the Santa
Ana river over the lands below Ana
helm. These bitches, when completed,
will irrigate about one hundred thou
sand acres of as rich land as can be
found in Los Angeles valley.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-07

CANNON, Utah's Delegate, who was
in danger of being expelled from Con-
gress at the last session, because of his
plurality of wife peculiarities, has been
reelected by large majority. He
goes back to meet those who threat
ened to expel him from the House.
Will they do it?
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-07

The San Jose Independent says the
grandfather of Vasquez once owned
under grant from the King of Spain,
all the country comprising the present
site of San Jose.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-07
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
10, 900 Customers a pay

Wanted, TO buy the finest brands of I'm
ported and Domestic Cigars, Cigarlttos, To-
baccos, Pipes, etc. The latest weekly plcto-
rial papers always on hand at
l. GOLDSMITH,
Main St, adjoining w. +. & Co.'s Express.
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Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-07
WANTS-LoST-FouND.

T osT,-ABoUT THE MIDDLE OF JULY.
IL either in Los Angeles or Vicinity, a
lnemoFandum pock et-book containing bond
OF Northern Pacific Railroad for siOO. and
other papers and memoranda. The finder
VIII receive suitable reward by leaving the
same nj this office. w a. M
au2 Inns
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-07

NoRTH CAROLINA held an election
terday. There were many Independ-
ent Candidates, and it is thought the
regular Republican ticket is defeated.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-07

/ OST-ON MONDAY, EITHER IN THE
~ clty or on the road running out by the
Jewish burial ground, a pocket-b contain
ing the INST naturalization papers OF Fred
cross, ana TWO MY dollar green backs, and
other valuable papers. The finder will be
Literally rewarded BY leaving the property at
Los Angeles, July IS, 1874 ty i4-tfs
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-07
Masonic Notice.

VNHE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF
l. Angeles Lodge, No. ~, +. & A. NJ, are
hereby notified to attend a special meeting
thereof, this Friday evening, August 7th, at
~ P. NJ. All Master Masons in good stand
ing, and Pentalpha Lodge No. 202, are cordi-
ally invited. BY order
CHAS. SMITH, Sec. s. G. FOY, w. NJ
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-07

Mr.. DANA c. PEARSON is no longer
connected with the DAILY and WEEK
LY HERALD. All letters and commu-
nicatious should be addressed TO J. NJ.
BAssETT, Editor in-Chief.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-07

The Crescent City lighthouse is to
be thoroughly overhauled and reno
waited this Fall.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-07

WANTED.-AN ENGINEER CAPABLE
w of doing machine work, 10 run the en-
CINE AZ V. Beaudry's smelling works, Cerro
Gordo, Invo county. Apply on the premises.
None but nrst-elass mechanic need apply.
aB-tf '.tA -
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-07
FOR SALE.

100 ACRES FIRST-CLASS LAND UN-
1OO der Improvement, near Compton.
over $1,000 worth OF improvements on the
land. All enclosed. Offered for sale to pay
off mortgage. Title perfect. Apply TO w.
r. Malcolm on the prem ses, or G.. w. Nor
gan, Agent, No. 4 Temple Block. a7-lm-2
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-07

"TANTED-T0 RENT DWELLING
w house in the city, with not less than
lour rooms, for family without children.
Apply At room 10, Lafays stts Hotsl-
gy0 lw-ISe
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-07
SOMETHING NEW,
MR. s. HUGHES.

Ladies' Hair. Dressing
nF ALL KINDS. CURLING, CRIiPING
" and Frising. Any order viii be filled in
twenty-four hours Entire satisfaction guar
ing at the shortest notice. 100 Main street.
Los Angeles. N ..I jy2p TIA
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-07
j. n. BLAN .,

A TT0BNEY AT LAW & REAL
a ESTATE AGENT-Room A, at head of
stairs by Postotice, Los Angeles, Cal Land
bought and sold in town and county. Prompt
attention paid TO collections and all business
entrusted TO his care. auct, NJ
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-07
NOTICE TO PATRONS.

THE FOURTH REGULAR MEET
ing OF the L. A. and :. b. District Coun-
ell will be held in ANAHEIM on Tuesday,
the llth day OF August, at 70 o'clock A. NJ.
TH0S. A. CAREY, w. NJ.
j. r. MARQUIS, Sec'S. JyS0 td-2
DARTIES WISHING TREES PLANTED,
Il Fences built, or Whitewashing neatly
promptly, cheaply done, Will please address
order 70 Z. o. BOX 2It. jun3 til
MONEY TO LOAN.
In anAs Of from 81 900 to $1,000
Apply to REAUDRY.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-02-26
FACTS AND FIGURES.

The Sandwich Islands produced "a,
coo, 600 pounds of sugar last year.
Colorado makes the hest showing vet.
No debt and $4,000 in the Treasury.
New Jerseys iron mines PANIED out
ore to the value of $3,000,000 last year.
Last year Canada shipped $23, $40, 377
worth Of lumber to all parts of the world.
Montana has within her borders over
1900 miles of river navigable by steam
ers
"A French Count has bought 10000
acres Of land in Missouri to found col
Ony.
"A bark has loaded at Boston with
$4,000 worth of Holsters for the London
market.
There were 104 business failures in
Connecticut in 1878, the total liabilities of
which were $1,752,0 900.
two millions and quarter of people
have emigrated from Ireland to America
during the last twenty-five years.
Over thousand tons of letters and
papers now annually cross the Atlantic, a
gain of 80 per cent. within the last three
years.
There are now in Maine 500 Swedes,
who brought to the State nearly million
dollars, and they are worth million and
half as producing class.
The English Postoffice carries ar
nually about S70,000,000 letters, $4,000 600
postal cards, 103, 100000 book packets,
and 100000 newspapers.
The total value of fish taken in Nova
Scotia during the past year is estimated
at Sc, 200, 600. The catch of salmon is
said to have been 80 per cent. over that Of
the year preceding.
The original patent for metallic tips
for shoes was sold for 800, and the com
pany which bought it became wealthy.
Now, upon its expiration, the inventor
has obtained its renewal, and compels
the company to pay him 100000.
During the past year there were ex-
ported from New York 20,7OO barrels of
shoe-pegs, valued at over $4,000. and
!, $40 cases of shoe-nails, valued at sic. 900.
while the import of shoe-bristles during
the same time amounted to nearly $4,000.
About 10000 barrels of shell oysters
will be shipped this season to foreign cit
les from Norfolk, Va. Shipments 70 va
rious dealers in the United States amount
to nearly 100000 gallons. The canning
business is rapidly increasing, and now
amounts to about 10000 cans each sea-
son. The oyster beds of Virginia cover
an area equal to 100000 acres.
France possesses 1882 large bridges.
Of which S61 were built before the com
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-02-26
A Remarkable Man.

THERE lives in Ohio County, near
Whitesville, Daviess County, a gentleman
whose name is Henry t. Tanner, aged
ffty-seven years. He never had bad
cold, has never voted for President, has
never been to his cOunty-seat (Hartford),
has not voted since 1861, though an old
citizen, and has never been to his precinct
but twice. At the age of twenty-three he
lost, by straying, the only horse he ever
owned, though he is now well-to-do
farmer. He went to hunt his mare, and
failed in finding her, but found a wife and
brought her home instead. She is twenty
five years older than he is. At the time
of marriage her weight was 233 pounds,
his 1913 pounds; now he weighs $50, and
she 100. AT one time since their marriage
they weighed exactly the same, viz: 233
pounds. Mr.. Tanner is very strong and
healthy man. He has never lost but one
meal of victuals from sickness. When he
built his house he carried enough plank
up a steep hill to lay the floor of a room
17x19 at two loads, and had six plane
seventeen feet long left. 1t is his Gus
tom to go to mill three and five milks
and carry the corn and meal, never using
horse, and carrying two bushels at
time. He has raised 5000 pounds of to-
bacco, besides other crops, this year, and
horse has never been in the field. This
is the usual crop he raises in the same
manner, never using a horse. He has
never hauled any fre-wood that he has
burned, always carrying it. His brother
Jonathan carried rock weighing 700
pounds across mill-dam, walking q tim
Der only about eight inches in width; the
same brother cleared and fenced ten acres
of land in one winter, carrying all the rails
seven to fourteen rails was his load. He
ana Mr.. Henry Tanner wrestled four hours
different heats, and neither was thrown.
Many other things could be truthfully said
of this remarkable man, but we think this
is sufficient to entitle him to the adjective.
This account was given us by Mr.. Tanner
himself, and in the presence Of several
citizens of Whitesville, who vouched for
the most of it as the truth.-HGo0eS0iILe
(Ry.) PIG6J2dedLer.
&c bo noIry 81 unT of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-02-26
Frakshi0nal Kurrency.
BY JOSH BILLINGS.

HAv made up mi mind that human
happiness konsists in having a good deal to
do, and then keep doing it.
The greatest man ov all IL he who haZ
the most friends and the most enemys.
1t IL eazy enuff to find people who talk
like philosophers and akt like children.
A man Of genius never wants opportu-
nitys; if he kant find them handy he
kreates them, and then uses them.
Thare liz 2 kinds Ov pashunce-one a
man il born with, and IL nothing more
than numbness, the other he gifts by
practising on all sorts Ov trials and trub-
bles.
Honesty, capacity, and energy will
alwus win, | don't kare what's trumps.
Most ov the plezzures ov this life hav to
be paid for with repentance at the highest
market price.
Nothing to do IL one ov the hardest jobs
i kno Ov.
Money haz been the kause ov more sor-
row than the want Ov it haz.
| hav allWuss nOtissed that the more vir-
tew and branes man really has, the less
he seems to knO it.
Every one haz right to accept just
praZe, but no one haz right to accept
fattery.
In mi opinyun it il prosperity that
proves a man-adversity he yields grace
fully to, bekauze he il obliged to
1t IL so natral to phind fault that l won
der we are ever suited with ennything.
He il alwuss poor who continually
wants more.
If man feels that he il in the right, it
should not be in the power of emmy one,
nor Nv all the world combined, to make
him think he liz in the wrong.
II liz alwuss a safe thing to listen, for 8
men out ov 10 had rather talk than be
talked to.
l hav seen men so obstinate that the
only way to convince them they waz
wrong waz to agree with ther.
Oh the plezzure oV feeling, and knoing,
that yu hav dun yure whole duty, it lifts a
man up so that he kan look an angel in
the face without blushing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-02-26
Hasting to be Rich.

My own observations in mercantile life.
of more than half century, have con-
WINGED me:
l. That eagerneSs to amasS property
usually robs man ana his family of much
rational enjoyment tempts to doubtful and
disreputable acts; enslaves a man to bust
ness and corroding care; Injuries his dis
position and temper; makes him selfish,
unsOcia1, mean, tyrannical, bad neigh
Dor, and but nominal Christian.
,. That it destroys that calmness of
mind and that sound Judgment which are
requisite TO success in business; that it
tempts men to take hazardous risks which
often involve themselves and others in
perplexity and ruin; that it leads to sure
tyship, which produces inquietude and
often results in bankruptcy.
3. That it leads to neglect of domestic,
social and neighborly obligations neglect
of children, neglect of prayer and the
Scriptures, and neglect of ones health of
body and soul.
4. The men of this description are sell
dom, if ever, spiritual Christians, how
ever laxative they may be on the subject
of religion, or however lavish they may
be in occasional charities; and, on the
other hand,
5. Men of modern views, as it respects
business, and diligent withal; men of
caution, industry, economy, contentm ent;
men who are faithful in all the relations
of life, as husbands, fathers and church
members; men who seek first and habit
ually the Kingdom of Heaven, and give
freely and cheerfully to good objects. as
the Lord prospers them, in obedience to
His commands and in faith il His prom
Uses, are the men who have the promise
of the life that now is and of that which
is to come.-Tdppan.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-02-26
Salmon Catching and Curing.

THE salmon factories" are a peculiar
feature of the local industry Of Columb ia
River. The fish are caught in weirs, in
gill-nets, as shad are caught on the Hud-
son, and this is the only part of the labor
performed by white men. The fishermen
carry the salmon in boats to the factory,
where they fall into the hands of the
Chinese, who get for their labor dollar
day and keep
The salmon are flung up on stage,
where they lie in heaps of thousand at
time, surprising sight to an Eastern
person, for in such a pile you may see
fish weighing from thirty to sixty pounds.
The work of preparing them for the cans
is conducted with exact method and great
cleanliness, water being abundant. One
Chinaman seizes fish and cuts off his
head; the next slashes off the fins and
oisbowels the fish; it then falls into a
large vat, where the blood soaks out-a
salmon bleeds like bull-and after soak
ing and repeated washing in different
watts, it falls at last into the hands of one
of a gang of Chinese whose business it
is, with heavy knives, to chop the fish
into chunks of suitable size for the tins.
These pieces are plunged into brine, and
presently stuffed into the cans. it being
the object to fill each can as full as posi-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-02-26
4 Singular Affair.

A few days ago Mr.. John Pennington,
OF Eagle, was accidentally shot through
the loot, and suffered a great deal OF pain
and prostration of the nervous system,
and was consequently confined to the
mouse. On Wednesday of last week MI.
Oliver Tallman and wife stopped in at
Mr.. Pennington's to make friendly call.
Mr.: Pennington was lying on lounge
and had in his hand an Octagon burr
weighing one-half pound, which had been
picked up on the railroad track and
brought to the house Without thinking
OF any harm which might result, he had
been slipping the burr upon one finger
and then another as he would a ring, and
then finally placed it upon the left fore
nnger, which it fitted quite snugly-so
snugly, in fact, that when he attempted
10 remove 1t it would not stir, and was as
fast as If it had grown there. The finger
commenced to swell and turn purple, and
MI. pennington began to turn white. He
was now IN great pain, and what could
be done? A physician could be of no use,
except to amputate the finger, and this he
could not think of then. An effort was
made to turn the ugly burr off, as it
would be turned from bolt, but this
COuAO hot NC uoHe except Dy ldhluS Ill
the flesh with it. Finally Mr.. Tallman
took one of his horses and rode to
his shop, about a mile distant, and pro-
cured three good files, a screw-wrench
cold-chisels, hammer and sledge, and re-
turning, commenced the job of taking
the monster from the finger. The file
was the only thing that could be used TO
advantage, and for three and half hours
he worked faithfully, only stopping to
cool the burr when it got hot from the
friction caused by the filing. When the
operation was going on Mr.. Pennington
suffered so much that it was necessary to
administer chloroform and other sooth-
ing medicine to enable him to endure the
painful treatment. AS the finger had
swollen and pulled up around the burr
and entirely filled the deep threads, the
burr could not be entirely cut through
with the file, and it was necessary to
break portion of it; this was done by
placing the burr on sledge, and placing
a piece of round iron into the notch the
file had made, and with a few heavy
blows of large hammer the burr was
parted, and the suffering man set at lib
erty again. Although completely ex-
hausted from the pain he had endured,
he says that when he saw the ugly burr
removed there was such joy in his heart
as he had never experienced before
Portland (Kich.) Observer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-02-26
POLITICAL.

a bill has been passed by the Illinois Legs-
lature, and signed by the Governor, giving up
the dead bodies of unclaimed paupers and
criminals in Chicago for dissection.
The Philadelphia municipal election oc-
Cured on the 18th. The returns received at mid
night of that date indicated that Stokeley (Rep.)
had been reelected by about 10000 majority.
In Pittsburgh the Republicans elected their
ticket by from 1000 to 1890 majority. In
Allegheny City the Independent Republican
ticket was elected. In Altoona Wilkesbarre,
Williamsport and Allentown the Democrats
carried the day, and in Easton the Republicans
were successful. The Democrats of Syracuse,
n. Y, elected their Mayor.
According to a Washington dispatch of the
Goth the Senate Committee ON the Public Lands
had agreed to recommend the passage of
bill extending until Dec. 1, 1874, the time for
the completion of the Wisconsin Central
Railway. The existing law requires its com
pletion by next May, under penalty of the for
fixture of the large land grant. The conf
mittee also took action on the House bill
amendatory of the act to encourage the growth
of timber on the Western prairies, and would
report amendments limiting the amount of
land that may be thus acquired by the home
stead settlers, in addition to 100 acres of home
stead, to forty acres planted with trees con-
tiguous to said homestead.
The House Committee on Appropriations
on the Goth completed the Indian Appropria-
ton bill. It appropriates over s5,000,0O0,
being a reduction from the estimate of 81 $780,
O00
The Massachusetts, Supreme judicial Court
has recently decided that, under the Constitu-
ton, woman can be a member of School
Committee.
The Ohio Constitutional Convention has
given the Governor veto power, subject to re-
versal by two-thirds vote of the General
Assembly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-02-26
PER SANEE.

President Grant has ordered that the Court
of Inquiry in the case of Gen. 0. 0. Howard
be composed of Gems. Sherman, Mcdowell,
Pope, Meigs and Cole, with Maj. A. B. Gard
ner as Judge Advocate. The Court will meet
in Washington on the Sd of March.
Chief-Justice Waite arrived in Washington
on the 10Th, and called upon the President the
next day and was formally presented to the
members of the Cabinet.
The autopsy in the case of the Siamese
twins was concluded at Philadelphia on the
nth, and shows that Chang and Eng were so
vitality united that death would have followed
any attempt to separate them during life The
membrane which lines the abdomen was one
in both, extending through the mysteri Gus
ligament that bound them together This
igament was also connected with the liver and
the heart of each.
The State Grange of Ohio met at Xenia ON
the 18th. There were present $50 DELEGATES.
all Masters of Oranges Worthy Master 5. Fl
Ellis presided. One hundred and fifty visiting
members were present. The Secretary re-
ported that sos of the 600 Oranges in the State
had been organized since last April A mo-
ton to make the meetings open was voted
down. Motions to ask the railways for half
fare arrangements and to make organs of GER
tain newspapers were tabled.
The Chicago Inter Ocean of a recent date
declares that the firm of George B. Hodge &
Co., proprietors of what has been advertised
as the Union Furnishing Store, are bankrupt,
and that their stock is in the hands of the
officers of the law; that they had been missing
for week, and that the express companies
and Postofice authorities had retained all
packages and letters addressed to the Union
Furnishing Company, for ultimate return to
the senders.
The first annual session of the State Grange
of Missouri met at Bonneville on the 18th
Nearly every county in the State was repre-
scented. The State Grange organized last
May, with 500 subordinate Oranges, since
when the number has increased to over
| LOO. Master T. K. Allen delivered a long
! address, IN which he gave the history of the