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Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-10-04

Do you want a stylish and neat-fit-
ting Boot or Shoe, then call at once on VIM.
Slaney's Cosmopolitan Boot and Shoe Store,
for he receives by every steamer the latest
and best styles, and he sells them at such
low prices, that you can't help buying. Gus
tom work a speciality. He has engaged some
of the best workmen that could be found in
San Francisco, and he guarantees to give his
customers all hand made boots and perfect fit
at the same price that you pay for machine
made boots. Call and examine his samples
and see for yourself, at 100 Main street, oppo-
site Wells, Fargo & Co.'S. Sign of the Big
Blue Boot,
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-10-04

five spools of Coats thread for . cts.
Four papers American pins for % cts.
Four pieces Worstead braid for % cts.
At the BAZAAS, corner of Main and Reque
ma streets.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-10-04

A GOOD FARM-6O ACRES OF LAND,
"A well improved, is offered for rent by
CHAMBERLIN & BANCROFT,
Sepl3tf ri Spring street
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-10-04

All travellers and miners will do
we'll to get their Boots and Shoes made at the
Los Angeles Boot and Shoe Factory of A. $.
MCDONALD, No. IO4 Main street. Call and
for yourSplVpS
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-10-04

Acknowledgements taken at so cents by
CHAS. f. BEANIE,
Notary Public and Conveyancer,
97% Downey Block, ground hoor.
Oci2-lmH
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-10-04
Sheep Pasturage for Sale or Rent

Enn ACRES GOOD PASTURE
i (OO land, desirably located, for sale
at u very low figure or for rent on the most
liberal terms. Apply to
CHAMBEKI.IN & BANCROFT,
Real Estate Brokers'
scp-26 Opp. Postoffice.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-10-04
w A Mt ED

NOOD BUSINESS MEN OF CAPITAL to
" apply at our office and enquire concern
ing good business opportunities and invest
mentS.
CHAMBERLIN & BANCROFT,
Real Estate Brokers, opposite POstoffice.
sepl6tf
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-10-04
TERMS OF ADVERTISING.

ONE DOLLAR per Square of ten lines, first
insertion, and TwENTY-FIvE cents per Square
for each subsequent insertion.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-10-04

20. The tide ofimmigration is steadily set
ting in, and the first thing eastern people do
is to throw away their New York Hats and buy
a new one of DESMOND They say there is no
com parison between the two. 21ao
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-10-04
w A N II f D!!

A PRACTICAL LAUNDRYMAN with a
IA capital of 81 900, to purchase half in
terest IN the best paying Laundry business in
the city. Apply Immediately to
CHAMBERLIN & BANCROFT,
Real Estate Brokers, opposite Postoffice.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-10-04

Go to the Fashionable Tailor, Fitz-
patrick, when you want a fine suit of clothes.
RI you desire recommendation, ask any of
his numerous customers, and you will be
told that Fitz." always does his work we'll
giving fine work, good material and reasopa-
BILE prices
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-10-04
FOR SALE.

A GOOD BRICK HOUSE of six rooms
"A pleasantly located within three blocks oi
Postoffice. Lot 50xl65. Price $4,000.
Property is very desirable and is offered for
sale at an extreme low figure.
Apply Immediately to
CHAMBERLIN Il BANCROFT,
Real Estate Broke ers,
Nearly opposite Postoffice.
sep24-tf
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-10-04

Agency Liverpool and London and
Globe Insurance Company. Assets, S2l ,0O0,-
600. Agency State investment Insurance
Company, Fire and Marine Assets, 1885,, 900,
at Brodrck's Book Store, near the Postoffice.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-10-04

Bring in your Watches & Clocks,
that all others have failed to make
run. C. n. BUSH.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-10-04

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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-09-03

UNDERGROUND LoNDoN-Underground,
the city of London is certainly the most won
derful in the world. 1t is labyrinth of drain
pipes, water pipes, gas pipes and underground
railways There are points in the soil OF
London where it would be extremely difficult
to find room for another pipe. One company
aloue-the Gas Light and Coke Company
supplies two districts with nearly four hundred
miles of pipes, varying in diameter from three
inches to four feet. These are the main pipes
merely, and from them every house and street
lamp receives on an average six or eight feet
of small piping. In addition to these, and
the underground telegraph wires, there are no
less than $500 miles of drain pipes Of various
dimensions. Less familiar to US, but no less
important, are the lead and iron tubes-lead-
en- pipes with outer castings of iron-along
which written messages, packed in little felt
and gutta percha cases, are blown from station
to station. The convenience of these mes
sages is immense. A steam engine forces in
a blast of air, and in about minute it trav-
els distance of $50 yards.
There are at present thirteen stations on the
underground railway; and as the people walk
upon the streets of London, electricity is
flashing messages above their heads, and little
missives are whizzing and darting just under
their feet AS many as fifteen hundred mes
sages pass to and fro in day. The drainage
system of London presents world of under
ground street, some two or three thousand miles
in extent All the drains empty into three
great sewers running parallel with the Thames,
which sewers connect in the neig ghborhood of
Victoria park, and through Barking creek
discharge into the river. Men are constant.
ly employed keeping these drains in repair.
Londoners never pour pail of water down
drain but at the depths of that mysterious
aperture somebody is making way for it. A
stranger, properly costumed, can explore these
depths, which resemble vaulted galleries, in
the sides of which are traps forming various
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-09-03

NOTHING LIKE LEATHER-Itis is fact not
generally known that the value Of the leather
product of the United States is greater than
the value of the iron product. The following
statistics will be of interest During the year
1870, there we're in the United States 4,237
tanneries and 1882 currying establishments,
employing 30,Sl2 men, and using 255,350
cords of bark. A capital of sos, ,024 ,290 was
invested in the business, and the aggregate
sum of s12,08S,430 was paid as wages to
workmen. The value of the product exceed
ed 1886 ,O00,0 900, while the value of the iron
business was less than $1OO,00O,000, of the
cotton manufacture less than S10S 000, 900, Of
woolen goods less than $20S,0OO,o00. To a
greater extent than most other articles, leath.
er, when worn out, is an absolute loss, as it
cannot then be utilized to any great extent.
Iron, and most of the other articles above
mentioned, when worn out are utilized, and
perform important functions in the economy
of uses.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-09-03

WHERE NICKEL COMES FRoM.--Many
people are not aware that the nickel from
which our smaller coins are made comes from
single mine, which is the only one in the
country now being worked. The mine is sit
uated iu Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. 1t
has been worked for seventeen years, and de-
veloped to depth of over two hundred feet.
The length of the lode is between two and
three thousand feet, and it produces from two
hundred to six hundred tons per month, en-
ploying in the working of the mine force of
one hundred and seventy-fve men. In the
arts nickel is rapidly coming into favor as
substitute for silver in plating iron and other
metals. Its commercial demand is rapidly
increasing, and, as it is much cheaper than
silver, it will undoubtedly be adopted in the
manufacture of many articles as a substitute
for that more precious metal. One mine, the
Minela.Matte tract, Missouri, was worked
from 1850 to 1856. The ore was the sui phur-
ct, associated with lead and copper. About
100000 was realized from the groupings Of
the vein. Groupings of nickel are found also
in Madison. Iron and Wayne counties, Mis-
souri, The refined metal is worth three dol
lars per pound.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-09-03

AN ENTERpR1s1NG MERcHANT.-A one
legged soldier, walking up the Bowery, re-
Gently, was acosted by clothing merchant
with the usual "Sell you something to-day ?"
Entering the store, the veteran was invited to
inspect the large stock, but having looked
through the array of coats, vests and trowsers,
he turned to 60, saying he saw nothing there
that would suit him.
"Vell, vat you vants?'
"a pair of onelegged pantaloons"
"Vas dat all Yacob, bring me one of
dem one.legged gray pants on dat pile in de
corner"
In a few moments Jacob returned and re-
ported that the last pair had been sold.
Meanwhile the partner next door, who had
been listening through the thin partition. had
mapped out a plan of campaign against the
one-legged cripple. "Yohn," he whispered
to an attendant, "cut me off one leg Of dem
gray pants. Send him up quick"
BY the time this had been done, the soldier
had hobbled out Of the first store, only to be
inveg gled into the second, Again he went
through the inspection of odds and ends, and
again demanded one-legged trowsers, intimat-
ing that he didn't believe the trader had any.
mot haf one-legged pants Fader Moses,
vat you take me for2 Yohn, bring me one
of dem one-legged pants on dat pile in de
back of de shtore."
The newly altered trowsers were produced,
and the waggish soldier gave himself up as
lost. But as he spread them before him, he
became conscious, as did the dealer, of some
thing wrong.
"Mein Gott! Fadder Abraham Iohn,
you have ruined me! You have cut off de
wrong leg"
Wherennon the soldier went his WAY.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-09-03

small channels. When the storm waters
come, as they sometimes do during thunder
plump, the torrent is fearful-so much 80 that
on several occasions men have lost their lives
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-12-23
THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY VEN.
Delta.


The condition OF affairs in Williamso n
county is well described by a correspond
ent of the Chicago Times in the issue Of
the 2lst inst.
"Six years ago." says the correspondent,
"there was a petty quarrel between two
families living in the western part Of Will
Hanson county. 1t was followed by
others, in which the circle of the combat
ants was enlarged. The chief leaders of
the fights were fined, and one fled the
country. Two years later there was an
again escaped with fine, although
three days were occupied in vain at
tempt to get jury to try one part Of the
mob on charge Of attempted murder.
Then appeared the inevitable woman
Promising to marry Montague, she al
lowed herself to DC seduced by a Capu-
let"
From these circumstances grew the
feud which has resulted in the killing of
five persons, the serious wounding OF
four more and state of fear.
suspicion and uncertainty which
peryades the entire community
of that section of Williamson county
where the feud exists. No man dare
take sides nor advocate the attempt 10
bring TO justice the outlaws who have
outraged alike the laws of God aud man
If he does, he stands in danger of meet
ing the terrible fate Of DR.. Hinchclitie
who was ''in no way related to the par
ties involved in the fight, but was fear
less In his expressions Of indigna
ton ut he murder OF tn,
two Bulliners. He was speedily
marked for prev. Riddlad via
| bullets, his horse killed under him
he died In sight of his own homestead
The authorities are powerless, and if they
are suspected OF, harboring intentions o
doing their duty, are threatened through
| ANONYMOUS letters with the vengeance o
the assassins. For all the murders tina
| have been committed, not one offender Ina
| lett tie inaJcsty VI tho nave OHo oiii.
has been arrested, and he is out on bail
Warrants are held for eight others, bu
these are ''all in the woods and apps
rently safe from the pursuit Of justice.
| The late attempt to murder Sisney i
his own house is the latest act of tn
bloody drama, and has re-awakened fca
and apprehension on all sides. tn
Southern Hlmoisan advises an appeal l.
the Governor for protection, and TO thl
IL will ultimately come. Williamson
county has become a reproach to tn
whole of Southern Illinois, and her loca
authorities cannot subdue the savage
who have blighted her name and set bac
her material prosperity II decade G
| wears.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-12-23

tAhwaukss Special. 18th, to Chicago Tribune.
singular and almost romantic story
OF gold discovery in the Wlsconsin
northerp wilderness came to light to-day.
IL appears that In November two men
dressed like laborers called at the office of
Mr.. Candee, banker. Michigan street. and
asked II he bought gold-d,ist, at the same
time showing bag of collaborating
quartz. After some conversation the
banker sent of the bag to the assay Of
flee, New York, and In due course re-
ceived back the regular Office returns,
with remittance ut the rate
OF $l,7W per ton. a few days
later. one of the men called. lIeappcared
oyerloyed at the result of the assay. He
said ut first that II was quartz they had
brought from California. Afterwards he
said they had been digging n cellar In II
city IN the north part OF the state and
had found 1t. Some DAYS elapsed. aud
the other man called for confirmation of
his partners story. After some cross
questioning, he said he had been a miner
| III California, and. having occasion to be
about the wilderness In the
north part of the State, found
undoubtcd indications of gold In
quartz. without difficulty he and his
partner got an eighty-acre block east Of
the gold-bearing land. They then put up
II shanty, and worked the quartz under
prsaksise of burning charcoal. The win
j<sH1SSming on. they had to abandon OPP
I'd bns until next spring, securing
nSr1y enough of the stuff to get 1t as
I'D: The fact that they left the quartz
ut CasSaee's bank, and that 1t was paid
for at Tie rate Of Sl,700 per ton by the
New York assay office, your correspon-
dent had from Mr.. Candec himself this
morning. The men are going to winter
in this city.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-12-23
Naughty OIeanders.

That was brutal trick played by the
cnvious young men of Olean, Cattaraugus
county, New York, upon a bridegroom
elect. He came from Cortland county 10
marry the belle of Olean. The youth of
the latter town, not liking the preference
shown by the lady for n stranger, con-
spired TO prevent the marriage. The
train by which he expected 10 arrive was
three hours behind Time, AMI he tele-
graphed To the parents Of the bride TO
postpone the ceremony for three hours.
The young men OF Olean waited for him
with pretended guard Of honor gave
him drugged liquor, and. when he was
sufficiently besottcd to suit them, handed
him over TO his expectant bride. He was,
OF course, kicked ont of the house. The
oleanders thereupon tarrcd and feath-
cred him, and rode him upon the tradi-
uonal rail. When he recovered from the
effects of the drug and explained matters
satisfactorily, the marriage took place.
Inc citizens were highly incensed al the
conspiracy, but the action of the eligible
young men Of Olean furnishes an excel
lent explanation why the bellies Of the
town prefer to select husbands from other
places.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-12-23
ARCHITECT RANKIN.

"Architcct Rankin" superintendent of
the construction Of the Chicago custom
house, has been investigated and exon
Grated. Rankin was charged with cor
ruption. The specific charge against him
was that he had entered into combine
ton with Mueller, the government con-
tractor who Is supplying the stone for the
custom house, and was building houses
out OF the stone furnished by Mueller.
The special agents sent to Chicago to
look into the matter report thus:
The investigation shows that Rankin
has not been guilty of fraudulent acts,
but has been very imprudent and careless
in his dealings with contractors, and has
mixed to too great an extent In local pol
itics. The explanation a. to the
stone used in the houses Is that,
by the terms of the contract for the
custom-house, the stone must I've cut &C.
cording to what is technically termed
.quarry-bed." In cutting the stone II
this mannera large amount of stone y
wasted, which. under the contract, can
not he used In the Government buildings
The stone which Is lefl after the quarry
bed has been used Is what the contrac
tors have used for building the houses II
Chicago, and II Is for these houses that
Rankin has drawn the plans for the con-
tractors. The officers report that there
was no fraud in these transac-
tons on the part of Rankin,
but that he was very indiscreet'
The report also states that the stone
which is furnished by Contractor Mueller,
and placed In the custom house. is obiec-
tionablc on account of the iron and pc
trolium veins in it. Some of the stones
in the inner corridor of the building have
as many as sixty patches where the iron
and petroleum blotches have been dug
out and the places plastcred over. But
| "indiscreet" rs IL may be in Architect
| Rankin to Use that kind of stone. the
| government has concluded that Il cannot
| dispense with his valuable services and
he will continue to spoil the Chicago Gus.
tom house and cabbage houses out OF
the loose stone. with the full knowledge
Of his employers.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-12-23
Fresh Tropical Fruits.

The Mexico Tico Republics makes a
prediction which will soon be realized.
II is that the Great West will be supplied
by Mexico with tropical fruit received
In st. Louis and Chicago direct, instead Of
coming circuitously from New York, as
has hitherto been the ease. Attest the
priceless pineapple. the costly lemon,
the inedible and unpurchasable banana.
These fruits will be shipped to the West
either from Galveston or New
Orleans. From Galveston to Chi
cago the distance Is $50 miles. or fifty
four hours, while from New Orleans 1t is
but 0l3, exactly that of New York. The
principal sources of supply of tropical
fruits IN Mexico will be the ports OF Tam
pico. Tuxpan, Vera Cruz, and the 18TH
mus of Tehuantepec. AT Vera Cruz the
railroad is now completed 263 miles to
the City Of Mexico. offers rapid means of
transportation from OriZaba. 81 miles,
and from Cordoba, 65 miles In the in
terror, both of which places are famous,
and especially the latter. for the excell-
ence and great variety of their tropical
fruit. We should then get ripe bananas
week old instead of several months.
And they might be placed within the
reach of Others than capitalists of unlim-
tied credit.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-12-23
or Interest 10 Inventors.
Washington Special, 18th. to Philadslpl
Press |

Washington Special, Eth. to Philadelphia
Press
In the debate to-day upon the appro-
priation for the patent Office, Hon. Leon
ard Myers gave a statement of especial
interest TO Inventors. He said the patent
fund arising from the surplus Of receipts
over expenses since 1886, when the pat
ent office was established. was $500, 900.
The mechanical report did not name in
yentors for nearly two years after the is
sue Of patents, and was filed with imper-
feet wood cuts. In 1872, on his own mo-
ton. Congress adopted the system OF
photolithographing weekly the drawings
of all patents as issued for the Patent
Office Gazette. The great want now was
the reproduction Of the l22, 600 patents
granted by the government up 10 1872,
| for which he asked liberal appropria-
| ton. inasmuch a. the demand for them
was great, aud the receipts would soon
repay the outlay, but above all because
this fund was the FRAMEWORK Of inven
tors, and they were entitled to every con
sideration in It's expenditure. This work
will progress rapidly, and $40, 600 was ap
propriated for the purpose.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-12-23

in the country to be about $4,000, 600.
This, In connection with the annual pro-
duction Of about s70,0OO,00O of precious
metals, affords encouragement that y
stock of coin may within reasonable
time, and with favorable legislation, be
accumulated to an extent sufficient to en-
able resumption of specie payments to be
undertaken and maintained"
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-12-23

Iowa has had another case of lynching.
The victim was George n. Kirkman, who
had set fire TO his son-in-law's barn, burn
ing II TO the ground, along with several
hundred bushels Of wheat and corn, five
mead OF horses, and farming implements.
ne Afterwards attempted to set fire to
the dweillng house, was caught in the
act and hanged. Kirkman had had diff.
nculdes with his wife, who took refuge
with her son-in-law.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-12-23

The President was civil to King Kala-
kau when the King visited him, and sent
his son Fred to the door Of the carriage
to receive his royal visitor, just as Queen
Victoria sent her son. the Prince of Wales,
to receive her royal visitor. the Shah Of
Persia. And now the carping press is
finding fault with the President and talk
ing about Ssh adows Of royalty" just as
though simple MIR. Grant meant more
than to pay respect 10 his visitor
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-12-23

The Greensboro kentucky Monitor
says that If Secretary Bristow's ''name
and fame continue TO advance In future as
In the recent past, he will soon loom
head and shoulders above all competitors
for the Republican nomination for presi-
dent ~
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-12-23

THE Charlie Ross mystery is still a
mystery. No trace ofthe child has been dis
covered. Endeavors are being made to in
duce the governors Of Pennsylvania, New
York and Connecticut, to grant i'm
munity to any one who will produce him.
When this is agreed upon, a reward
will be offered for the production of the
boy.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-12-23
ror all Female Complaints

nothing equals DR.. Pierce's Fayorite Pre-
scription. II is q most powerful restorati.e
tonic, also combining the most valuable
nervine properties, especial adapting 1t
TO the wants OF de6ilitited ladies sIffering
from weak back, inward fever, congestion,
defamation, or liberation, or Il ON nervous
ne =, or neurslgic pains. Mr.. q. w. Sey-
mour, druggist, OF Canton, n. ", writes
DR.. Pierce as fol ows "rhe demand for
your Favorite Prescription il wonderful,
aud one man stated 10 me that his wife had
not done days work in five months, WI en-
she commenced taking your Favorite Pre-
scription. tonk two bottles and IL now on
the third bottle, and IL able to do her house.
work alone and milk fourteen cows twice a
day" DR. Pierce's fayorite Prescription IL
sold by all dealers in medicines,
Dec. l0-eod&w lw
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-12-23

The Bulliners and the Russells are the
parties who are keeping things lively in
Williamson county. They take 1t turn
about, and IL is the Bulliners' turn to
shoot next. The boy Hiudman did not
die, but he carries an uncomfortable quan.
tity Of slugs and buckshct in his neck
aud Sisney will probably recover.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-12-23
THE DAILY BULLETIN.

TINE BULLETIN is published every morning
tssospt Mosday) In the Bulletin Building, cor
M Washington avenue and Twelnh street.
In. Burl.srrs Ia served TO city subscribers by
hlsAfui carriers ., Twenty-Five Gents Week,
payable ws,hiy. ny Mail, lin sdvance), &lo per
sannn, six months, -, three months. IS, one
month. 81 -.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-12-23

The total number Of persons killed by
railroads in Illinois during the last year, is
two hundred and twenty-sevcn, and the
total number wounded four hundred and
four.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-12-23

MEMBERS Of Congress want to go home
during the holidays, and are afraid to
vote that way for fear Of offending the
dear people. Verify, the way ola con-
Rressman Is hard.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-12-23

WASHINGTON rumors say that Schurz
is to be coaxed back into the Republican
party, and that the Russian mission is the
sugar-plum which Grant will offer him
70 get him back.