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Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-09-18
a Reauiifti; Oasis Adjoining. the Great
Desert - ITS History The Powell
observation-disclosures Etc.

The Big Meadows are located
eighty-five miles from Los Angeles
and near the old emigrant road, and
they are the largest and finest in the
northern part of the county, situated
as they are, near the edge of the great
American Desert. 1t is very singular
for so fine body of land and so large
a creek of water to be found here. 1t is
covered with dense grove of willows,
and singular popularity is the in
tense coldness Of the water through
out the entire year.
In 1862 some copper mines were dis
covered at this palce and several shafts
were sunk, but the price of copper
coming down, work was discontinued
and has never since been resumed.
While the copper mines were worked
the Meadows were occupied by the
noted robbers Henry and Mason and
their band who were the terror of the
country for several years, but when
the mines were deserted the Meadows
were abandoned on account of the
hostility of the Indians, and continued
vacant until the Summer of 1863,
when they were again located by the
Powell Bros, two hardy pioneers
who did not fear the Indians and did
not interfere with them, and COM
menced to improve the splendid
Meadows. They started into the hog
business at first but with in
different success. They had often
seen Indian signs in the vi
cinity, but lived a year and half at
the Meadows before they came in on
friendly terms. These Indians were
kindly disposed towards the white
people. They had previously been
very hostile and had frequently at
tackled emigrant trains. The Powells
succeeded in making lasting peace
between them and and the whites.
They were almost naked, and were
armed with bows and arrows, not hav-
ing any guns. People passing now
feel perfectly safe.
There Is great quantity of game at
this place-bear, deer, antelope, lions
and mountain sheep being abundant.
The mountains are very high and rug
ged, and are covered with a forest of
pines. There is ridge of earth
thrown up near the meadows by the
great earthquake of 1857 that extends
for many miles through the country.
1t bears evidence of the terrible convul-
sions of nature at that time. The near
est settlement is Soledad, which is %
miles distant. The Atlantic and Pacific
Railroad line crosses the desert near
this place, and some day it will be
brought into communication with the
outside world.
Bear are very numerous at the Mead
ows, and Mr.. Powell was once treed
by seven of them, and had a narrow
escape for his life. He succeeded in
killing one large she bear, which
dressed seven hundred pounds.
The Powell Bros. sold the Meadows
two years ago and star ell into the
sheep business, when the land passed
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-09-18

CHIEF-ENGINEER of the Fire De-
partment, CHARLIE MILES, informs
US that the reason the engine did not
take water from Mr.. BEAUDRY's we'll
during the burning of Mrs. STEARNs'
mill, was the softness of the ground in
the vicinity. 1t was feared that the
great weight of the steamer would
sink her wheels in the soft ground to
depth which would render her un-
manageable
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-09-18

Through the effects of one of the
numerous cloud-bursts of few weeks
ago, the Duval spring, forming the
principal source of the Cerro Gordq
water supply, is buried deep under the
debris, and with it pumping engine.
Mr.. Beaudry had purchased this prop
erty but short time previous. At
the time the spring was buried up,
Duvars house was washed away and
his family barely escaped with their
lives.-,,San Bernarclino argus, Sept.
18th,
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-09-18

IN order to settle a dispute between
the Chronicle and the Call MICHAEL
REESE sends the following note to Mr..
PICKERING: az find in this days
Chronicle statement that the Morn
ing Call is mortgaged to me for S70,-
600, which is not true. I never held a
mortgage against the Morning Call
or any other paper in this city.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-09-18

The press of advertisements on our
columns this morning forces out a
considerable amount of reading mat
ter already in type. AS an advertis-
ing medium, the HERALD is superior
to any otherpape published in South
ern California. Advertisers are alive
to this fact, and hence the press upon
our advertising columns.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-09-18
NJ o &c 6,

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Louisa
~ NJ. de Chaves, and her children, Guada-
lupe, Frederbinda and Marco, will apply to
Der 18th, 1874, for Qut-claim deed to the fol-
lowing described land:
Commencing at a post adjoining the land of
John 5. Griffin and running south 53I5 east
II 90 chs to post; thence south 5Oe west 225O
chs, along the land of Willhart to a corner:
thence south 20e east $50 chs to the old Mis-
road; thence north SS west following along
said road 1858 chs TO the south-easterly cor
ner of the tract; thence north l6% west $50 chs
along nortA-easerly line of river; thence
north ~ east 1888 to The place of beginning
ontaining 80 50 acres. Courses magnetic
Anyone Objecting to the granting of said Pc
tition must file their objection at least one
day pror TO saio meeting of the Common
Council. NJ. KREMER.
sep22td Clerk of Common Council.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-09-18

THE narrow-gauge railroad connect
ing Salinas and Monterey will be
completed by the end of this month.
1t is eighteen and half miles long
and including rolling stock wharf and
warehouses will cost a quarter of q
million dollars. 1t is owned by the
Changers and shows what they can
IL
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-09-18

THE annual meeting of the Gran
gers Bank of California for the cleo
tion of Directors will be held at the
Office of the Bank in San Francisco on
Thursday the third day of October.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-09-18

Los ANGELES Valley is not a good
place for newspapers to send those of
their attaches that they would retain.
Within the last two weeks the CORES
pondents of two San Francisco jour-
mails have located here-one in this
city and the other at Anaheim.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-09-18
DR.. N. q. MATTHEWS,

Lcentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons,
London, England; graduate of the Royal Uni
versity, Glasgow, Scotland, and twenty-six
years practicing his profession in the United
states, has opened an office in the HIENSCH
BLOCK, corner of Los Angeles and CONNER
cal streets, Los Angeles. Special attention
given to obstetrics and diseases of women.
SepIH-lmH
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-09-18
NEW TODAY.
Everybody will be pleased

To know that henceforth everything to satis-
fy the taste of a smoker can be purchased at
Low PRICES, from . cent Cigar to a 25 cent
one, Ny assortment OF Meerchaum and
Briar wood pipes cannot be beat. My metto
is "SInall profits and quick sales"
|. GOLDSMITH,
Main ST., next TO w. f. 4 Co.'s Express.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-09-18

rINO LET,-TWO FURNISHED ROOMS,
i with or without board, at Mrs. BULLIs'S
on First street, just below the Tivoli Garden.
SeplS-lw
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-09-18

into the hands of q cattle man named
Johnson, ard is now occupied by u
Spaniard.
w. A. BRoPHY.
Big Meadows, Los Angeles county,
Cal.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-09-18
MR.. v. CHEvALLIER

HAS OPENED A DRUG STORE in Sig
IL norets new building on Main street,
nearly opposite the Pico House, and wlll
shortly have on hand one of the finest stocks
of Drugs and Medicines to be found in the
city. seplStf
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-09-18
w A ~ Tie Dyy

A GOOD FARM-6O ACRES OF LAND.
"A well improved, is offered for rent by
CHAMBERLIN IL BANCROFT,
sepl3f 81 Spring street.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-09-18
IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN

THERE WILL BE A MEETING of those
Il who desire to unite in forming Tribe of
the Improved Order of Red Men In Los An
geles, at Good Templar Hall, on FRIDAY
evening, Sep. 25th, 1874, for the purpose of
taking the initiatory steps for the formation
of the Tribe. All who bave signed the petit
ton are requested to be present, prepared to
join should put their names to 'he petition
before that meeting. A full attendance is de-
sired, as officers will be elected for the current
term. l.. NJ. HOLT,
TT. CAYST1LE.
Los Angeles, Sep. IL 1874 lStd
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-09-18

The best engraveing done in Los Angeles Is
executed by W. D. TULLIS. Call and see
specimens at BUSH'SH Jewelry Store.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-09-18
WAN r Z D.
sepl7-lv

r OST.-A BLACK CO.sT, on the Anaheim
IL Road between the Seventeen Mile House
and city, containing letters and note for $500
In favor Of VIM. Bush. The finder will be
Literally rewarded by leaving the same at
this office, or with VIM. BUSH,
sepl62t" Santa Ana
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-09-18
BIG MEADOWS.

Los Angeles, Sept. II, 1874
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-02-01

f~ie- gsimns go . nsna
Dr@ds, ~Hf 81 ts.a ssf.' as~a
sp@ies ~ 800 - hsa bet -
aslstls ~ . Nesf ! sestlat At
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The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-02-01
WANTED IMMEDIATELY.

100 NEW CASH sunaCnfBLfs TO TnE srAn.
10 whom will be given a New. superb,
Breecb.L Loading - nble Barfeled
sHU aus
aith . doz shells and 1000 CAPS, costing
At the Manuiaciursr's SsJ 90 Delivera.
BILE nj Psscagouls depot. with freight there.
TO 70 be paid by winner.
We have been the means Of selling
several Of these guns 10 sportsmen and
they have given universal satisfaction and
we guarantee them.
Send us your Dames Immediately, stat.
ing that you wish q chance in the gun,
and whom 100 such names are received,
we will announces it, and then the cash
for subscription ts2 50) must be for
warded, and when all arc received, the
Rattle will take place under tbs superyis-
ion of three disinterested persons, TO
whom only the 100 names will be given
from which TO draw. ks.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-02-01

PUzzLED.-"Printing, being cor-
paratively speaking, of a recent date,
how do we account for transmissic n,
or ratehr accuracy, of the text of tie
Bible ; also Homer's works? The
latter is the older-that is, Homer
came before Christ" We cannot ae.
count fer that we know not of, ard
there is in fact no actual guarantee
that either the text of the scriptures
or of Homer's poem are strictly ac-
curate. Prior to the era of printing,
MSS. were all witten on parco hment
or similar materials, and it is scarce
ly possible that the repeated copyipgs
they would be subjected to, they
could escape errors, not necessarily
affecting the truth, but rendering the
accuracy Of the the text decidedly
doubtful. According TO the theory
which carries along with it the great
est amount of probability, Homer
Hourishei in the second centuary
after the taking Of Troy, from about
B. C. l019 to B. @. 934, or from
200 years afte, the Trojan era,
having been born about B. Q. 1O44-
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-02-01

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gi a. fa at m4mri stretches
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lafga biiek aaff aal soas NJ fsu
shelter biaek. bsgss 0 fel mlsh
siaiergfeeH fiafy fafif green. eng
~ kerosene ~ " fhsy To- a1d
oof fanif.sf No esn Ny q iniicl1uf
SOP ciiion - some fno NJ these
articles mskd fhe pfemises iDt or.
pleasnnl i0f them Ffy paprf should
he kept around the hanso a. olrly Ne
he m ddlo ~ Nay l'af 70 iH ovefy
pren windJw ard tbus destroy every
III ader.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-02-01

PtAyo Fln S6Lg-A Anyone crniem
plating The purchase ~ a Piano will
find ID 10 biz or her interest 10 com.
municato Nth The Editor of The Sr4R.
We have q ucw ono Tor salo and will
make a liberal discount. ~
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-02-01

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w. :" he tfoavti them w msslst
go issnd fflf. ~ w. iasssts
tssitosss 81 iso bisst si sisb
travelling A~xs 81 u *hieh lhs
rqalfs dlsseafisoasiy mllei siafsf
AL gd ifspsf
A. " IS II ghe hsrk kiiahes wb
inx W. brpv b. vic h%lnHglf ont
ibe market bsskst aal uii fhefe 80
not = bt II sayaf ~ iss n ne q zee
and .he remarked that sbi'e b. ess
going down town 10 might NJ veil
gs' iho molasses jig fiied TIE
Squire asked Ter how long those old
migratory p%elleans wero goinv ~
''ay And sbc askcd him n BE-
thought she you'll b. 20 rude 10 ok
hcm Then tho Squire won't down
and laid IN tho groceries Whom be
got bnck his wife said she hal for.
gotten something. and thought Of II
just when II was too late. She must
have surrc corn starch. Tho Squire
asked for II any Of tic old scare
crows Ind dropped the least hint as
10 the duration Of their visit. She
said not. Tho Squire looked sad
and discounted. When no laid the
paper Of corn starch on tho kitchen
table bis wife sad they must have a
Goldfish for dinner. One CT the ladies'
in tho course Of conversation.
that she was fond of Goldfish. The
asked if the old buzzards had
yet committed themselves on the ex-
tent Of their present roost. She said
he ought to be ashamed Of himself.
When he slapped TIE Goldfish on the
table with a whang, his wife got him /
bring in some water and wood /,
Mrs. ~Spoonangcr said she never
dined without ale, and the Squire
vas asked if he would go down and
pp-a bottle. He-a?ked if he
go into the parloy and get
hose old cormorants to make out a
list of what they did like, and further
more asked if they were yet silent as
o when they would 60 away. He
got the ale, and for fear he would
lave TO trot down town again he
Tired an express wagon and loaded it
With all sorts of garden truck, q bot.
lie of whiskey, a box of sardines, o
'ound of snuff some cove oysters,
Tried apples, beans, smoked tongue,
nd cut and dried to AGO, picked
T%alnuts, canned corn, mackerel, split
'eas, etc. The rext day the Squire
vas sen down town only eight times.
Early the next morning he started
ut into the country to see q man.
When he got home he asked his wife
/ any time had been set for the de
arturo. On the evening OF the fol-
Monday one of heladies said
thought they ont to start on Fri
ay, go az to reach home before Sum
ay. Mrs. Blinks said they ought not
!, be in a hurry. The Squire gr0an-
j, and said they ought 10 make their
isit ont. On Friday morning the
quire had an express wagon before
he door. But his wife said the
ldies had concluded to stay until
fter the Fourth. Then the Squire
'ent out TO saw wood and converse
nth himself Peoria Review.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-02-01

An embryo poet, who is certainly
q c,ose observer Of human nature, re-
marks "Timc marches on with The
dow. measured tread ola man work.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-12-05
SPECIAL STATE ELECTIONS.

The reports from all the railroad
boxes liz the Third Senatorial Dis
trIct gives the Republican candi-
date, Capt. Sessions, II majority of
10 voIes over his opponent. Judge
Hurst. The remainder OF the DIS
llict, comprising the county boxes
are TO he heard from. Both candi-
oates are able and popular men, and
the contest in Consequence will lie
close.
The unofficial returns 5. from the
10TH Senatorial District gives Hen
derso", Dem. ;sase.majority over
Boyd. (Rcp.) of 263 votes. The
official vote in Attala County stands,
Henderson,, 1917; Boyd. Citizen
derson beating Boyd by an even
hundred votes. The full Democrat
ic majorilies in these9 counties are
about $50 each. So clos. "a. race in
such strong Democratic District
speaks well for the merit and pOpu-
larity of Mr.. Boyd.
From the Carroll District the
Democratic papers. report the cleo
ton of West, (Dem.) over futile,
(Rep.) by a handsome majority
On the other hand, the Republicans
claim the election of Tuttle.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-12-05

On certain occasion on Paul
Denton, Methodist preacher in
Texas, advertised il bal becus., with
better liquor than is usually fur
nIshed. hen the people asseln-
bied, desperate i'll the crowd cried
out MIR. Denton Your reverence
has lied Iou promised not only I.
good barbecue. but better liquor.
Where's the liquor -
There :! answered the missionary
in tones OF thunder, and pointing
his long, bony finger at the match
|, IS double spring, gushing up IN
two long columns with IA sound like
II shout of joy from the bosom OF
the earth There he repeat, d,
with "a look terrible AS lightning,
while his enemy actually epbled
at his feet; "There is the liquor
which God the eternal brews for all
his children. Not in the simmeriug
still, over smoky fire chOked with
poisonous gases, and surrounded
with the stencil of sickening odOrs
and corruption, doth your Father in
heaven prepare the precious essence
OF life-pure cold water. But in
the glade and grassy dell. where the
deer wanders and the child loves to
play, there God brews it; and
down, away down in the deepest
valleys, where the fountain muir
murs and the rills sing; and high up
on the mountain tops, where the
naked granite glitters like gold In
the sun, where the storm clouds
brood and the thunder storms
crash and out on the wild, wild
sea, where the hurricane hOwls mu-
sic and the big waves roar in chorus,
sweeping the march of GOd-there
he brews 1.-THE beverage of life,
health giving water. And every
where it is thing of beauty, gleam-
ing in the dew drop, singing in the
summer rain, shining in the ice gem,
till they seem turned to living
Jewels spreading "a golden veil over
tie setting sun, or - white gauZe
around the midnight moon; sport
ing in the cataract sleeping in the
glacier; dancing in The hail shower;
folding its bright curtains softly
around the wintry world, and weav-
ing the many cOlOred iris, the
seraph's zone of the air, whose
warp is in the rain drops of the
earth, and whose wool is in the
sunheams of heaven, all checkered
over with the celestial flowers of
the mystic hand of refractiOn-that
blessed liie-water. No poison bub-
bles on its brink; its foam brings
not madness and murder; no blood
stains it's liquid glass; pale widows
and starving children weep not
burning tears in its depths! Speak
out, my friends would you ex-
change it Tor the demons drink,
alcohol I" f.
A shout like the roar of the tenn
pest answered-sNO."
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-12-05

The AMERICAN CITIZEN while
earnestly advocating the principles
and doctrines Of the Republican
party, will be equally zealous in
urging retrenchment and reform in
al branches of the government.
1t will expose and denOunce dis
honesty and extravaganza in all
public officials.
Ii will labor to sustain itself as :,
respectable journal, eschew,ng bill
kngsgate, ridicule. and OpprObriOus
epithets, employ ing in place thereof,
arguments appealing to the wisdom
and intelligence OF the people, be-
lieving that by SO doing it will mer-
1t and receive the support of all
good citizens,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-12-05
BEN BUTLER'ssDAUGHTER.

The following beautiful tribute to
our Governors excellent lady is
from the penofa Washington cores
pendent to q New York exchange.
The truthful sentimsntiis heartily
re-echoed by her numerous admiring
fr,endsiin Mississippi:
The one redeeming soft spot in
this mans life is love for his only
daughter, Blanche, now the wife of
Governor Ames, of Mississippi.
The General every one acknOwl-
edges il fearfully ugly, and his wife,
who was an actress years ago, is
equally as plain. How from this
union such an exquisite, dainty,
lovable maiden as Blanche Butler
could have sprung, will always re-
main wrapped tamOng the mystic
ries,
livery we'll remember hearing the
praises which were sung at her debut.
She was educated at the George
town Convent, and after her gradu-
alton. she made a protested appear
ance in the gay society of the Cap
ital. 81 don't want to 60 into
society,"" she said to friend; "it
does not satisfy me. l would much
prefer staying quietly at home !"
And this remark made at her first
party, where she was surrounded
by hosts Uf eager admirers. Her
dress on this occasion won universal
applause fiom its charming sim.
plicity. 1t was white silk illusion,
light and fluffy as sea foam, and
embroidered with pale green ferns.
Her only ornaments were pearls.
She must have looked like Undine,
after her soul came to her with her
fresh, fair complexion, chased with
faint bushes her tall, slender fig
ure /; her pure, soft blue eyes her
sweet mouth. with its winning
smile and her "woman's crown of
glory" in her wealth of red gold
hair, such as Titan loved to paint
on his Madonnas.
/ saw her first at some morning
reception, as the newly married
bride Of Senator Ames, and l fol.
lowed in the wake OF her footsteps
like one enchanted with her gentle
ness and beauty. She wore heavy
silk calling suit. of two rare shades
of blues; ermine. furs, and white,
uncut velvet hat, trimmed will
long, graceful ostrich planes. As
she came in ION the winter storm
raging without, 1 thought what a
lovely embodiment of the esprit of
the Snow" she looked. Everybody
loved gentle Blanche Butler, even
those who hated her father most ;
and l hear that in her Southern
home she wins the same affection
from all, no matter what political
grounds thew stand on.