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Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-02-11
Harry Me..gs.

A bill is before the Legislature and
will probably pass the object of which
appears to be to bring Harry Meiggs
back to California. The bill provides
that the Statute of Limitations, with
regard to offences alleged to have been
committed by Harry Meiggs, prior to
his departure from California in 1855,
should be held to run the same as if
Meiggs had remained in the country.
In the San Francisco Post of January
31st, we find the following remarks in
regard to this matter. No doubt he
would be found a most useful man at
this coniuncture. The Post says:
The bill for removing certain legal
disabilities from Harry Meiggs, intro
duced into the Senate, ought to become
law. 1t is well-known that Meiggs
allowed himself to undertake enter
prises too heavy for him to carry, and
in his endeavors to maintain his credit
did some things which might bring
him within the pale of criminal law.
His career before and since this one
error shows that he is not a corrupt
man, though when brought face to
face with n great temptation he fell.
Since he has become so prosperous
abroad he has settled with most of
his creditors here on fair and often
liberal terms. One or two OF his credi-
tors, however, have him bound by
notes bearing such excessive interest
as needy men had to pay eighteen
years ago. The notes, if produced in
civil court as evidence of debt
would lead to criminal proceedings.
These creditors exact the full principal
and interest, accOr aing to the face Of
the notes, the exact pound OF flesh, as
the price of Meigg's safety in this city.
The amount of interest when COM
pounded is too great price to pay for
the qualification of returning to Cali
fornia. Now California to-day needs
the presence of Harry Meiggs more
than of any other man on the two
continents. He is the great rallr DAD
builder Of South America. He Is a
successful business man, who has the
confidence ofEuropean capitalists: h e
understands railroad construction, at
least as well as the managers of tne
Central Pacific, and is qualified 10
advise us what to do to remedy our
present condition in regard to rail-
roads. If the State is wronging the
railroads Harry Meiggs would be lis
tened to when he said so. If the rail-
roads have wronged California, he
would not only point out how and
where, but he would be the likeliest
man in the world to help us to right
ourselves.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-02-11
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Libraries for Farmers.

The Sacramento Record makes u
good suggestion to the Changers in re-
gard to the establishing of libraries,
and one we hope to see acted upon. 1t
says:
1t has often occurred to us that the
organization afforded q most excellent
medium for the establishment of agri-
cultural libraries and their general cir
culation among its members. 1t would
hardly be expected that each subordi-
nate Grange would be able to procure
and keep a very extensive library at
its own expense, though it could do
much good in this line. By the COM
bination of a number of Oranges,
however, for instance, all those in a
county, good library could easily be
established, and all the members Of
the local Oranges could receive the
benefits of the same by a system of
circulation among the local Oranges.
There are now large number of good
standard books upon all branches of
agriculture, which would be of i'm
measurable value to individual farm
ers and to the interests of agriculture
generally, if they could be brought by
some such plan, as the one we have
suggested, within the reach of the
farmers of the country. If our State
Executive Committee of the Patrons
will take hold of this matter and see
that it is put in way to be executed,
they will do service to the farmers
and the State that can hardly be esti-
mated. But should the State Grange
and it's officers fail to take hold Of this
matter, we would suggest to the local
Oranges to move at once, and form
county library organizations; begin
the collection of books and agricultu-
raj periodicals, and in a few years
these libraries. will become the most
valuable in the country. Such a course
will place the farmers in the country
in almost as favorable position in res
gard to libraries and reading as are
now the denizens of our best cities.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-02-11
Cooperation In Frult-crowing.

We have occasionally called the at
tentien of men of small means to the
advantages of association in buying
and improving homes, and have re-
ferred to the success of the San Ga
hriel Orange Grove Association, as an
encouraging evidence of the success
attending such enterprises.
The work accomplished by the South
ern California Semi-Tropical Fruit
Association affords even more con-
vincing proof of what may be accom-
plished by associated effort.
The Association was formed in
Healdsburg, and its stock was mainly
taken by poor men. About four hum
dred and fifty shares were subscribed,
and four dollars paid in on each share.
Subsequent assessments have in
creased the amount to eleven dollars,
and another assessment of four dollars
to the share will be due next August.
With this comparatively small
amount, they bought one hundred and
six acres of good land near Anaheim,
built house and necessary outbuild-
ings, and have planted nearly the en-
tire tract in semi-tropical fruits, prin-
cipally orange, lemon, lime and Eng
lish walnut. A good many of these
trees have now been transplanted two
years, and all are growing thriftily.
SO far, the place has been supplied
with water from wells, but owing to
the increased area placed under culti-
walton, more bountiful supply has
become necessary, and the contract
for the building of an irrigating ditch
Of sufficient capacity to water the
whole tract thoroughly, has been let.
The ditch will be constructed the
coming season, and, on its COM
pletion, the land for which they
paid ST. an acre, only two years ago,
will, without including any of the
improvements, sell for $50.
Their property is now worth fully
double all that it has cost them, and
is daily increasing in value.
What they have done, any other as
ISOLATION of poor men can do. While
it would be impossible for man with
only two hundred or three hundred
dollars to go into the culture of semi
tropical fruits, ten of these men by as
sociating can do so, and can at the
same time go on with their ordinary
avocations, and make their living,
while their orchard is growing into
value. When they are ready to do so,
the tract can be divided up between
the shareholders, who will then have
homes that will yield them comfor-
table income, or it can be held and
managed by the association as source
of profit
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-02-11
Street Railways.

The great Importance ola cheap and
rapid means of transit is but just MAX
ing itself felt in our city. Los Angel
es is spread over a good deal of terri
tory, and the increasing desire on the
part of our business men to possess
themselves of rural homes, where they
can be surrounded by fruits and flow
ers, is continually tending to increase
the area of settlement. The magnifi-
cent climate which makes it a Icontin-
ual pleasure to be out of doors; the
ease with which the most beautiful
and fragrant flowers can be cultivated
throughout the entire year, and the
great profit attending the production
of semi tropical fruits is all the time
adding to the number who are anxi-
Gus to improve home. The question
that at once arises is how to get back
and forth. Ordinarily the family
team is brought into requisition, but
this involves trouble as well as eX-
pense, and then while the head of the
family is down town on business, there
il no conveyance for the rest of the
family, and every one knows that after
living right in the city for years, and
getting in the habit of relying on its
conveniences, scarcely an hour in the
day passes without some errand to
town will arise. Here comes in the
convenience of the street railway.
Once built they can be operated
so cheaply that no other means
of conveyance can compete with them
on the score of economy, and always
being ready, the convenience is even a
greater matter than the cost. We be-
lieve that it is only lack of informa-
ton on the subject that has prevented
us from already having several lines
of street railway in operation, and the
success of Judge Widney's enterprise
which is now assured, will have the
effect of setting others in operation.
Judge w. estimates that the cost
of the first section of 5000 feet, of his
road will cost, including stables and
equipment about $1,000. The increased
value Of the property along the last
half Of the line will amount to more
than double this sum, and this only
from the prospect of road. The
building of the road one mile further
would add at least fifty per cent to the
value of all property near it, and
property-holders would do well to ex-
tend the road, even If they never get a
cent in the way of direct dividends on
the money invested.
Tho cost of operating road is tri-
fling. At five cents fare, it will only
require that the road from Temple
Block to the Woollen Mills, shall
carry two passengers per trip to pay
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-02-11
Trees for Sale.

ORANGE, LEMON, LIME and
" English Walnut trees, fourand five years
old. The five-year old trees are the largest
ever offered for sale in this county. The above
trees will be sold cheap, and in quantities at
reduced prices For particulars, inquire of the
undersign, on Main street, two miles from the
Court House,
Also, 50 acres of land, with house and 10
acres of alfalfa, for rent ON corner of Main and
Jefferson streets.
Los Angeles, Feb. 9th, 1874.
flo IT MILTON THOMAS.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-02-11
The Hungry He lis.
OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 81

OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 81.
Great apprehension is expressed by
the owners of large herds whose cattle
range between the North and South
Platte, and the settlers who live north
of the Union Pacific Railroad and on
the Republican, ola general raid from
Red Clouds and Spotted Tails bands
of Sioux and from the Cheyennes, Da-
kotas, Arrapahoes and other tribes
combined. The supply of beef furnish
ed to these Indians being nearly or
quite exhausted, and there being no
money with which to purchase more,
they must depredate on the settlement
or starve. These bands number over
10000, and they would laugh at the
handful of cavalry at Fort Petterman
and Fort Laramie.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-02-11
Mining Matters at gsavilab.

The first work on the Havilah Tun-
mel was commenced last Tuesday. The
mouth of the tunnel is about hun
dred yards from town. 1t is anticipa
ted to strike the Sovereign lead when
in seventeen hundred feet, at dis
lance of one thousand feet beneath the
groupings, and to penetrate the main
mineral belt ut three thousand feet.
The Sovereign lead is a continuation
of the renowned Big Blue ledge, which
has been located for several miles.
The Tunnel will strike several leads
which will pay large dividends. All
the mining men who have come here
from Utah and Nevada, express them
selves us highly pleased with this
mining district, and make the asser-
ton that in less than six months there
will be a thousand additional miners
in the mines of Kern.
The Grizzly mining company will
put up forty stamp mill this spring.
This mineral belt has paying quartz
enough in sight to keep an army OF
miners employed for hundred years.
Moneyed men are on their way now to
invest in our mineral country, which
is without doubt one of the chief min
eral sections of the coast.-lMiner.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-02-11
Work on the Southern Pacific Rail-
road.

For some time conflicting rumors
have been in circulation in regard to
the resumption of work on the rail-
road southwark from Delano. The
Kern county Courier of the eth has a
dispatch from Delano to the effect that:
superintendent A. n. Towne and
other railroad officials, who were here
on Wednesday, state that work will
be commenced on or about the 10th
instant, and continued to Bakersfield
This will reduce the gap between
Los Angeles and San Francisco to
about 125 miles.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-02-11

LNIVE building lots near the bridge cross
II ing the Los Angeles river.
~ West side of New High street, directly in
rear of I.aZard & Co.'S store.
nNE LOT fronting on Bucna Vista street in
~ rear ofthe above.
1.-TWO lots, Nos. and 2, fronting on Eternity
l. street, adjoining Beaudry Terrace on the
north.
CEVE;N lots, Nos. s, 8, 10, %. 10, 20 and q,
- BLK l0i, Bellevue Terrace Tract, near the
Wooden Mill.
CEVEN lots, Nos. ~, 10, Is, lG, II, 10 and 20,
- fronting on Hope street and Bunker Hill
avenue, between I'd and ith streets,
TNIVE lots, Nos. lS, IA; Is, IL and Is, do. do.
IL between I'd and Sd streets.
TWO lots, Nos. II and IL, do. do. between
i LIST and I'd streets.
INOUR lots, Nos. u, l3, Is and l6, do. do.
IL between Court and LIST streets.
OK lots: Nos il, IL, Is, Is, lG and II, do. do.
- between Temple and Court streets.
LyOUR lots, Nos. 3, 4, 5 and 6, fronting on
Il Charity street and Bunker Hill avenue
between I'd and Sd streets.
INIVE lots, Nos. !, Q, 4, and 6, do. do be-
IL tween LIST and I'd streets.
OK lots, Nos. -, 3, 5, 6 and !, do. do do,
EOUR lots, Nos. 3, 6, : and 8, do. do. do.
TWO lots, Nos. IL and IL, fronting on east
4 side of Charity street. between Court and
First streets.
ENOUR lots, Nos. 4, 5, Z and 8, fronting on
and lst streets.
TWO lots, Nos. and 8, fronting on west
i side of Olive street, corner of Olive and
Temple streets.
i east side OfOlive street, between Court
and LIST streets.
nNE lot on the corner of First and Hill
THREE lots, Nos lG, II and Is, Beaudry
l. tract, fronting on Olive street, between
LIST and "a streets.
NINE lots, Nos. 10 to Is inclusive, do. do
IN between I'd and Sd streets.
pLOCK !, do. d. containing idiots bounded,
ID by I'd, 3d, Olive and Charity streets.
DLOCK 4 do. do. 20 lots, bounded by 81,
ID 4th, Olive and Charity Streets all 60 Y l65
sfeet.
Wnter.Pipes have been laid ON Third,
Olive. Charity. Bunker Hill Avenue
and Hope streets.
In the Louisiana Homestead tract, bound
ed by 9TH, 9th, Griffin and Bellevue streets,
the following lots will be sold for 500, except
the corners which are SI25. These lie just
above Judge Kings homestead, receiving the
ocean breeze:
Lots to 10 inclusive, Block r..
Lots l to 10 do do c.
Lotsft to 10 do do j.
Lots to 10 do do A..
Each lot having frontage of 100 feet by Il
depth of 1875 feet. Upwards of 5000 Of 1 and 5
inch pipes have been laid for the purpose of
supplying these lots with water.
ALSO several tracts containing from five to
ten acres, within the city limits.
IOa7 acres of land in lots to suit purchasers,
in the San Pedro Ranch, one mile west OF the
Railroad, with several artesian wells, flowing
since the year 1865
1902 acres of land in the Verdugo Ranch,
W miles from the city, with several springs
of water, and considerable quantity OF TIM
Der.
T...e verdugo and San Pedro Ranches il
be sold in quantities TO suit purchasers.
These liberal terms left open until Fcbru-
nrv 18th. decli
PRUDENT REAUDRY.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-02-11

A Keokuk dandy rubbed his hands
with glycerine to make his New
Years gloves go easy. When he con-
cluded his calls he was delighted to
discover that he had mistaken liquid
glue for the glycerine and all that
night and the next day he sat refec
lively holding his hands in a wash
bowl of warm water.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-02-11

all expenses. The projectors of this
pioneer line have wisely determined
to begin with low fares, and we are
certain their success will stimulate
others to follow their example.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-02-11
ThermOmetrical Record.

According TO the plan of the Smithsonian IN
stltute. Kept especially for the HERALD by
Brodrick & Co., February lt0h, IA.
Average, So
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-02-11
NEW TO-

WANTED-A young man to learn
w the Candy business.
A. l.. ROSS,
flo 81 Candy Factory, Spring street.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-01

<O9
THIS is TO GIVE NOTICE-That on the
l. 25th day of, November, a. d., 1878, war.
rant in bankruptcy was issued out Of the Dis
trict Court of the United States for the Eas-
tern District of Virginia, against the estate of
Thos. Travis Brooks, of Dinwiddie county and
State of Virginia, who has been adjudged
bankrupt on his creditors petition: That the
payment of any debts, and the delivery of any
property belonging to said bankrupt, to him or
for his use, and the transfer of any property by
him, are forbidden by law That a meeting of
the creditors of said bankrupt to prove their
debts and choose one or more, assignees of his
estate will be held at court Of bankruptcy, to be
holden at Richmond, Va, before w. w. Forbes,
esq, register, on the 9th day OF January
q. d. 1874, at 10 o'clock a m.
DAVID B. PARKER,
no 26-W2w Ns u. s. Marshal.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-01
ORDERLY HABITS.
BY AUGUST NOON.

Dear girls, do you wish to brighten
Your homes like sunshine fairY
Do you wish by your efforts to tighten
Your mothers burden of care7
Then Danish all frowns from your forehead
All petulant words from your tongue,
And cultivate orderly habifs,--
You can do that best while young.
II the boys have made disorder
So that things look sadly unkept,
And your mother Is hurried with sewing r-
And You see the floor ought to be swept,
Don't wait to be told to do 1t,
But cheerfully leave your play,
Sweep and dust, and arrange the books,
And put everything away.
If you have bright eyes to discern them,
There's thousand things you can do
That will make your parents happy w
And the little ones fond of you;
You can kindly amuse the baby,
Give grandma the rocking chair,
Help Tommy find his missing ball,
And comb little Mary's hair. FEl
Now take my word, II you're helpful,
And pleasant and patient and neat
You will reap for yourself a rich reward,
And a blessing far more sweet
Than gold can ever purchase,
Or lands or rubies or pearls.
For your home will be made a paradise
BY your endeavors, dear girls.
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GEMS OF THOUGHT.
The bravest are the tenderest,
The loving are the daring.-Tdpfor.

The bravest are the tenderest,
The loving are the daring.-TdptoT.
Although the day be ever so long,
At last it will ring for the even song.-Anon.
None but fool is always right
Hare.
Hope lives forever, but her children
die one by one. 7
We should have more music if all
men were in tune.
+ Honest, plain words best pier ce the ear
of grief.-Shakspeare. ~
/ Faith in our own ability is half of
every battle.-W. VS.. lazy
. Never turn blessing around to see
whether it has dark side to it.
Get atop of your troubles, and then
they're half cured.-L. NJ. AlcoH.
The pleasure Of doing good is the only
one that never wears out.-Anon.
do not neglect doing thing immedi-
ately good for fear of remote evil.
He who makes an idol of his inter-
ests makes martyr of his integrity.
Silence is the safest course for any
man to adopt who distrusts himself.
Some men, like pictures, are better
for corner than q full light.--,Seneca. A37
When we have learned to live, life's
purpose is answered, and we died..
Look out for the best aspects of a
man as you do for views in the country.
Better give to two unworthy persons
than to deny one really in need.-Aice b.
Haven. t,,5eiss "a - sza .zt
The years smiles grow dearer to me
as they grow fewer, just as the last smiles
of dying faces do.-d. @ p
Il think one always feels the better for
looking any small evil of life straight in
the face.-Ihe Country Parson.
1t is not miserable to be blind /; he only
is miserable who cannot acquiesce in his
blindness with fortitude.-MiHon.
The great wish of most people is for
fortune and nothing to do. How fully
men are punished when it is realized.
We have taken the first step in forget
ting our own woes when we become inter-
ested in another .-Ma1y ". Ja,tr,in.
One of the first results of educational
equality is that all men become ambitious;
the final one that all desire to pc happy.
1t is wonderful how few evils are REM
ediless if you fairly face them, and honestly
try to remove them.-Ihe Country Parson.
in the assurance of strength there is
strength; and they are weakest, however
strong, who have no faith in themselves or
their powers.-Aaon.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-01

Country merchants should remdmber In order
Ing, that refined sugar is constantly fuctuating.
Z SALT-Liverpool,8 ~ 2Oa2.25; jobbing price, per
sack. Ground Alum, 81 GOAL 49,
SHOT-2.sOasoO per bag
SPIRITS OF TURPENTINE-Soa
TEAS-Black. 4Oc .a$l .oo--the last prime arr
ticle: Imperial. soasl.5O: Gunpowdsr. 60asl.76.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. shoes, 7Aashc; mule
shoes skasA; nail road &c.
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DOS3 90.
THIS Is TO GIVE NOTICE.-That on III,

THIS Is TO GIVE NOTICE.-That on the
Il LIST day of December, a. d., 1878, a warrant
in bankruptcy was issued out of the District
Court of the United States for the Eastern Dis
trict of Virginia, against the estate of Joseph
F, Bass, Of Henrico county, and State of vir.
glnia, who has been adjudged a bankrupt on
his own petition: That the payment of any
debts, and the delivery of any property belong.
ing to said bankrupt to him or for his use and the
transfer Of any property by him, are forbidden
by law That a meeting of the creditors of said
bankrupt. to prove their debts and choose one or
more assignees Of his estate, will be held at a
court of bankruptcy, to be holden at Richmond,
Va, before w. w. Forbes, esq, register, on
the 10Th day of January, a. d., 1874, at 10
O'Clock q. m. DAVID b. PARKER
de 16-T2w us Marshal
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IRE sold at the following prices |:

RICHMOND, December q, 1873.
Mr.. L. Gimmi, weighmaster at the Live STOCK
Scales. makes the following report Of transac-
lions for the week ending December "a:
Cattle, SO head, Sold from $s 0OG$5 90 per
hundred lbs. gross. Sheep sold from ~ o0Q6 90
per 100 lbs. gross. Hogs, market fully sold from
% 2o@7 so net. Veals, per head from Us oo0
90. e - s4.-E Ia.
REMARKs--No extra cattle on the market.
Small lots would command good prices.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-01
BANKRUPT NOTICES.

TN THE DTsTRJfyT CorIpr or rtIt, rJNI
4 led STATES for the Eastern District OF
NMgn th n.,., ,,,
IN the matter OF Il. a., Brlckhouse, BANK
rupt-in bankruptcy.
At Richmond, on the goth day of December
1878
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN: @
please 70 taro notice hersta t,o+ ..,.,o, 10.
been n wit on tho oetb do1 ~ Dao ,ozo a,oa
in said nistr;ct r,ourt nv r r pr,o,,hors. 80
p,cbr,ond c,tv IN Isoia dist,,ot ,r,,o 10
taen baro+ofoya du,v doo,o rad 10 n,.,,r,t -.
the act Of Conoress ontt,od ..ar =, 80 astohI,sh
q ,,,;fou,,, ,,,,..o,,, 80 ,..,,,,,,,.. ~,
I1nitod statos ), o,r.o,,ad MT vi, "a ,eey o.,
dsoba VOC ,,d oariaoats .,anoae So, 49, -, ~
dor.. n,s -. s,.,.... s.eo. -. o. -'
.na t,at 49, ,o.,, 49, - .sSS.. ,a sN ~. ~
o,o,oo,, 80. w M ~ =.
tho rar,sto,s - sa;a o,r,.. g, ,...,~ ~, -
oe,oo n p,nh,nana W. q. ~, ,,s.'.' Us
d tbo +,uo md ,,,oco oss;o,,oa Gov nc :,
thu same when and xubere yonmav attand and
Show canse If anv Won have wbv tho nraysr
of the said petitioner should not be granted.
You are also hereby notified. that the second
and third meanings of the craditors of tho sa;d
banl,rupt will he held Mt the s,ma time and
pace w w EoppEc
Register in Bankruptcy for
ia l--Th2w 3rd Congl Dist. of Va.
~ TxrC 1,1ST,, Tr,- -,11,-.,r - :, ,.. :, 80,