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Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-04-21

He drew up vine and potatoes fol-
lowed. He dug out the bill and filled
two and half gallon dish-pan with
fine large sweet potatoes. And this
was the average yield of all the hills
he had planted, or at least all he ever
took the trouble to seek out. All
qualities and kinds of vegetables grow
with little more labor than the plant
ing. A beet has been grown that
weighed 205 pounds; 200 pound
pumpkin is not extraordinary; %
pound head of cabbage is common.
Seventy tons of beets per acre is not
considered large yield.
Almost every kind of fruit is grown
here. At Temples farm on the
north the finest quality oforanges are
raised; at Bixby's on the south, near
the ocean, may be seen thrifty bearing
orange trees; also at Fosters on the
west and at Mrs. Carpenters on the
east. These are the older trees, while
all through the settlement bounded by
the points named, are planted groves
of young orange trees, everywhere
growing finely. What is said of the
orange is also true of lines, lemons,
and semi-tropical fruits of every de-
scription. Peaches, apples, apricots
and pears are alike indigenous to the
locality. On the place of Frank E.
Adams may be seen peach tree six
feet high and in blossom, which ten
months ago crept above the ground.
The farmers of Los Nietos claim that
they produce better quality of apple
than any other section OF Southern
California. Small fruit, blackberries,
raspberries, strawberries and the like,
of fine flavor, are produced in abund-
ance.
Excellent water for domestic pur-
poses is obtained at the depth of few
feet throughout the entire area de-
scribed. The climate needs no recon-
mendation to resident of the valley.
1t is never cold; the mean tempera-
ture during the summer months will
not exceed seventy degrees. The cool
sea breeze is constant and unvarying.
The country is rapidly filling up with
a substantial and respectable class of
people, and comfortable homes are
multiplying steadily.
After reading these favorable reports,
the question likely to be asked by
the new conner or the person at dis
lance is: Can this land be purchased,
and if so, at what price?, We answer,
great deal of it is purchasable at, all
things considered, very reasonable
figures. All the grants named, except
that of Mr.. Stearns, has been sub
divided into small farms and the land
not already in the hands of settlers is
for sale at prices that may range at,
say, from SIS to $50 per acre. Very
little, and that of the poorest quality,
is to be had at the minimum figure.
In the central and most heavily popu-
lated part of Los Nietos settlement,
the soil is cut into garden and orchard
plats ranging in size from one to
twenty acres.
We repeat in closing that those COM
ing to Los Angeles county in search
of homes will find it to their advan-
tage to visit Los NietOs settlement and
see and examine for themselves.
There are other equally rich localities
in Los Angeles valley offering like
advantages to the farmer, to each of
which it is our purpose to devote an
extended notice hereafter.
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OR ECON.


PORTLAND, Oregon, April 2O.-The
following call has been issued by the
principal liquor dealers of Portland:
Considering it our imperative duty
to protect ourselves against the aggres-
sions of portion Of this community,
who revile and perSecute us under the
sacred name of religion and whose ul-
innate object we believe is to secure
the enactment of laws discriminating
against our business, we agree to meet
Thursday next for the purpose of con-
sidering the best means of protecting
ourselves against such unjust proceed
ings."
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The Capture and Death OF vasquez.

The following very affecting stanzas
dpropoS to the present occasion, were
handed us by our Mr.. Gumfudgin. We
present them without apology:
| sing about mighty theme, and hard my
rhyming task Is,
The glorious deed SO lately dons-the taking,
in of Vasquez.
That is-they would havetaken him and such
was their Intention, yet
They did MT, SO this --latest joke l hope yea
will not mention H.
WITT half dozen men and more, all armed
with Henry rifles. so,
They smashed and crashed each mothers
son, and left the bandits lieless, q.
That is-they weuld have done that same, ard
left the bandits lifeless, o,
But IL happened neither guns nor men were
very near the spet at all.
They killed just six of vas1uez's men, I'D
took as many living, sir,
And seized the robbers booty all, not watt ng
for the giving. sir.
That is-all this they would have done, my
jolly life I'll bet 'em,
But q trfilng thing prevented told yasqlez
wouldn't let 'em.
The Sheriff killed with his own hand ntim-
Der of the cringRg crew,
And every ether killed his man, and seal ped
him like an Injun, too.
That is-they would have killed them all and
left the dead behind them.
But as they were not there to kill, OF co lfse
they could MT find them.
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Application to Purchase un-
der Act of 1866.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
Inc Apuaiaa (tnI Anril II l2Tl

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
Los Angeles, Cal, April IL, 1874.
A PPLICATION HAVING BEEN FILED
n in this Office by Henry T. Hazard as
purchaser in good faith for valuable cOnSid-
Grafton of lands excluded from the final sur
veylof the Pueblo of Los Angeles, California,
to be allowed to purchase under the provis-
ions OF the eth section of the act OF July %,
1866, the following described lands, to-wit:
Lots, 3, 4, s and OF block q, and lots and
OF block No. II of Hancock's survey of b
acres donation lots of the City of Los Angeles
III township 2 south, range ID and IA west, S.B.
point on the north boundary of section y,
south, range IL west three chains east of cor
ner to sections |, O, and II; thence north 62L
west seventy-four SS-l00 to the northwest cor
ner of lot Ne = IN block %: thence south ~,
west eighteen S2-l00 chains to the southwest
corner of said 10 I; thence south 62la, east
thirty-nine chains to the northwest corner Of
lot 3, block %; thence south 271a, west eight
cen S2-l00 chains TO the southwest corner of
the same; thence south g. y, east thirty seven
44-l00 chains to the southeast corner of lot 6;
thence north 27l,, east thirty-seven H-l00
chains to the ortheast corner of lot ,; thence
north 81 west three chains to place OF begin
ming.
Notice is hereby given that hearing will
be had upon said application at the u. S.
Land office in the City Of Los Angeles, com
mencing on the 10th day OF May, 1874, at 10
O'Clock, A. NJ, at which time and place all
parties in interest will be allowed to intro
duce testimony and cross examine witnesses
touching the clam of said II. L. Hazard under
the provisions of said act
ALFRED JAMES, Register,
aplS-td ]. w. HAVERSTICK, Receiver.
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Any person, so liable, who shall fail to COM
ply with the foregoing requirements will be
subject to severe penalties.
Persons or firms in the counties ofLos Ange-
les San Diego and San Bernardino liable to
pay any of the Special Taxes named above
must apply to A. q. .Mappa, Deputy Collector
OF Internal Revenue at Los Angeles, and pay
for and procure the Special Tax Stamp or
Stamps they need, prior to May /, 1874, and
WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE.
j. w. DOUGLASS,
Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
Office of Internal Revenue, Washington, ID.
c., February l6. 1874. april 6t
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Special Announcements.

nN AND AFTER WEDNESDAY,, a FRI,
~ 22d, and until further notice, train VIII
run over the INu6ok ngeles Division, Sou thern
Pacific Railroad, every day as follows:
LEAVE Los ANGELES
For San Fernando ll:S0 A. NJ; arrive l2:4 p NJ.
Spadra $3.50 r. NJ; :" go j +. NJ
TOWARD Los ANGELES.
Leave Spadra $3.50 A. NJ; arrive 1880 A. NJ.
san Fernando |: 80 PM; 2:3) p. NJ.
f. +. HEWITT
APRIL 2t superintendent.
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An exchange tells how the eye Is
"swept and washed" How it is
BACKED would furnish another inter-
esting chapter.
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Latest kilograms.
EASTER N.
BAD weather for Fighting.

NEW YORK, April 19th.-News from
Spain unimportant. Hostilities in the
North suspended, on account of bad
vynatbar
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Trees for. Sale.

ORANGE, LEMON, LIME and
" English Walnut trees, four and five years
old. The flve-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, OH Main street, two miles from the
Court House. '
Also, 80 acres of land, with house and 10
acres Of alfalfa, for rent ON corner of Main and
Jefferson streets. .= #s
Los Angeles, Feb. 9th, 1874.
10 II MILTON THOMAR
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Weather

An Item About Nothing New.
NEW YORK, April l9th.-Nothing
new about the Pacific Mail and Rail-
road combination.
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VIVA NTED - SITUATIONS BY TWO
w young men at herding or fruit culture.
For information apply to Clerk of the U. S
Hotel. aplG-3t
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NO TI G E.
L. $. INTERNAL REVENUE
S Pc CIAL TAX E s,
Nav |. 1874, to April 30. iS7b.

YTlHE LAW OF DECEMBER q, 1872, RE-
i quires every person engaged in any BUSH
ness, avocation or Employment which renders
him liable to a SPECIAL TAX, TO Pro
CURE AND PLACE CONSPlCCOUSLN
OF BUSINESS STAMP denoting the pay
ment of said SPECIAL TAX for the Special
Tax year beginning May /, 1874, before COM
mencing or continuing business after April
30, 1874.
THE TAXES EMBRACED WITHIN THE PROVE
SIONS OF THE LAW ABOVE QUOTED ARE
THE EoI OWING VIZ
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-07-04

The recent disclosures of Theodore
Tilton, right or wrong, true or false,
will most certainly drag Mr.. Beeeher
down from his high position in the
American pulpit. The Coarier JoUrai
says of his fall
No man ever heard Henry Ward
Beecher preach without receiving the
mos, pleasurable impressions. He may
be an actor, as this Tilton disclosure
implies, but he is a realistic actor OF
the first order. There is in his speak
ing that natural and winning eloquence,
that power of illustration, that ready
sympathy and that direct candor, which
move US more than the most artistic
be any good in preachments poured
into the reservoir of current affairs,
Mr.. Beecher has exercised most ben
eiceut influence, for the discOurses of
few modern preachers will, as moral
essays, rank with his. They are good
to hear and good to read, Astounding 10
sound common sense aud humane pre-
cepts, admirably fitted to the wants and
needs of the time. That this author
should bring a great scandal upon the
church, and that he should come 10 be
proved merely a brilliant dissembler,
are circumstances which, bad as they
must be considered, are yet out-bal-
anced by the rueful suggestion which
will be applied to series of sermons
representing discrepancy at once so
fOrbidding and 80 impassableE Sin
ners, with religious leaniugs, will say,
If we may not tnke counsel of this
man, what voice shall we hearken to p
The conduct of MIR. Beecher, if
true, and the evidence is apparently
positive, is almost enough to shock
ones confidence in human nature, but
with thoughtful aud thinking men can
do religion no hurt, because all sensi-
BILE good citizens, desire religion of
one type or another to prevail over and
influence the society in which he lives
This is the feeling common to all,
whether members of church or not.
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Germany and the poDe-

The issue between the Holy See and
the German Empire Is getting to be
quite sharply defined. Archbishop
Ledochowski, of Posen aud Guesen,
has been suspended by the Govern
ment, but ID still recognized by the
Pope. The offending prelate, pend
ing MS suspension, can perform no
arch espiseopal function without in
curing the discipline OF the State, and
he cannot neglect a cure, or leave one
untitled, without exciting the diSpleas
ure of the Church. He has thus, so
to say, only choice of martyrdoms
His is an embarrassing position in all
respects. To pIease the Government,
he must appoint priests friendly to the
Empire and to please the Church, he
must give the preference TO the friends
Of France who detest their own Gov
eminent. Thus, the State and Church,
brought by recent events into this
deadly and diametric antagonism, have
left no chance for a composition-one
must 90 TO the wall and Of that pow
er which falls now, history will record
no resurrection. The necessities OF
the question will ultimately demand
the arbitration of the popular affection
The Catholics of the Empire will have
their patriotism, or love of country
and their religious feeling, or devotion
to Rome, sorely tried. Which motive
will prevail-tbe love of Fatherland
aud its Government, or the hope OF
Heaven in a fealty to the Keeper oil
the Keys? 1t is a solemn stage in the
progress of time, and the Muse Of
re4,istory could ask no better subject
=, never wFegsseRt situatiQn Qf Germany
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=. IL. Hale in Old aud New Tor June
1t seems to be forgotten, in all the
public discussions which we read, that
the depression of business with US is
shared by all the rest of the world
People may speculate as they please
about the cause, this is the truth the
great commercial nations, the great
manufacturing nations, are not doing
so much business as in prosperous
years. The great agricultural regions
must, whether they would or not. abide
ne result of this check in business
They can stand it better than the rest
can for they are nearer "hard pan"
At all events, they have enough TO eat,
if they will be content with bread and
butter; and enough to drink, if they
will he content with water. Enough
TO eat and drink-that is more than
the people can say in regions where
factories are not running at full time
or where little family work shops are
shut up. Nay, it cannot be said very
cheerily in country taxed like France,
whose local affairs have all been broken
up by war; or in country now suf
feriug under civil war like Spain. Aud
when one comes to suffering as there is
in India, one feels what it is to say that
people have enough to eat and drink
In such check of the business OF the
world, it is easy to see that the depres
sion of our business is not going to be
set right by any act of Congress. Hard
work, and "a good deal of it, will pull
Is through; aud there is no short
land process yet invented which will
10 il Any easier.
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Emigration md PnuperIsm.
The Louisville Jc6erso"i"n Demo


"Pauperism is subject of grave trout
BILE in England. IL i fast becoming so
in this country. Philadelphia has a>pau-
Der army of 3,46S. In the month ot~May
the goods manufactured by these paupers
only sold for S3,539, about 81 ahead to-
ward their keeping
This country has been one of plenty
new in its repleuishment as fresh
from the great Architect. We have
the most conclusive evidences of pre-
historic ages, aud peoples and animals
on this continent. But in the surgine
tides of the worlds changes, the I'M
poverished Eastern countries are over
runHing our national prosperity ms
though a plague were being visited
upou US by their overgrOwn Popula-
ton.
The grand idea of universal liberty,
it would seem, will ouly prove the
deS,h kneil of the cause it seeks to
perpetuate. A trial Of republica nism
in France has proven a failure. There
is a seeming tendency to republicanism
IN England but that seemingness Is
but as the ashes of the Dead Sea ap
pie to the lips. The communists
spirit that has been growing through
out the world during the past few years
is alarming to every system OF stable
government. So long as this spirit Is
abroad, we -canGsenth r5lsalIy::,he in
creasing pauperism in the business
centers of the States.
The whole of the matter is that there
is too great desire in this age to live
without laboripg. The biblical teach
ing that the luborer shall earn his
bread by the sweat of his brow Is
coming obsolete in modern practice
and the obtaining spirit is that the
trifing under class shall, because oil
nut Clerical aud bodily force rob their
means of living from those who have
been provident and gained competence
While the great and continued flow OF
emigration to this country has rushed
it forward almost to the acme, the free
ing of our late slaves, and the contin
ued influx of the heather Chinese
ete.-the majority impressed with the
idea of easily accumulated fortunes
or of obtaining livelihood with little
labor-is prematurely exhausting oul
great store house If the country
really requires further emigration, lie
US have laborers, and thus rid our
selves of a tendency to pauperism tha
is becoming too commoI for the gen
eral welfare Henderson Reporter.
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GOLD, eOLD!!
Two Expeditions for the Black
Hills.
They WIFI Leave BIsu1arCk
About the I5ih OF June.

From the Bismarck tribune, May 27th. I
Who has not herd of the Black
Hills and the rich treasures of gold
and other precious aetals supposed to
exist there? Year after year expedi
tons have been formed or talked of to
explore this region but no reliable in
formation has beenobtained concern
ing it. The expeditions formed have
been checked by Government inter
ference or driven OF by the Indians.
Only a month ago, the Bozeman Ex-
petition returned dsorgauized and to
some extent dishartened, after a
months continuous fighting with the
Indians, reporting tarreu results.
As the Christian looks forward with
hope and faith TO hat land Of pure
delight, so the miu.r looks forward to
the Black Hills, aregiou of fabulous
wealth, where the rlls repose on beds
of gold, and the rocks are studded
with the precious metal. Nuggets of
pure gold as large as waIhuts have
been shown and evidence produced as
indispu,able as that on which the
Christian POUNDS his hope, that they
come from this promised land.
Aud hence it has come to pass that
with the return of every spring,time
Aald-gap Psks eaelE aESangementa-taa.
explore his region, and the Govern
ment oficluls are kept constantly on
the alert TO prevent it, but the time
has now come when the entire army
could not, much longer, keep the coun-
try from being run over by the irwin
eibIe white mau-by the hardy pioneer
To day there is forming on the banks
OF the Missouri an expedition consist
ing OF from seventy five to one hun
dred of as brave boys as ever drew
bead on red skin. TO be led by the
redonbtable Chris. ellison, and sworn
TO visit the Black Hills and re-
port. They cone in squads from
fankton, from Moorhead, from james
town-from the east, the far west, ana
from the south, and early III June they
will meet where provision has been
made for crossing the river and with
pack mules loaded with -four, bacon,
ammunition. etc. take up their line OF
march for the Rldorado of the north
Those who wish to go with him
should apply to him at BismarcK;
There is no lee, but parties JOINING VIII
need mule, gun, rations, &c.
Ab"ut the 18th of June, ten com
panies of the 7th cavalry, under me
of General Custer, two sec,
lions of artillery under the command
Of Lieutenant Chance. accompanied by
Lieutenant Colonel Fred Grant and
ieueral Forsythe, of Gen. Sheridan $
'taff, Colonel Ludlow and several
practical miners, will leave FOR, a
Lincoln for the same region: Their
mission is peaceful one. Ihey go 70
explore the country, corps "a
ervarion, aud will not INTERFERE win
he Indians unless attacked by them
The expedition will not be attended oy
xpeuse to the government, as the men
nd horses will require fewer supplies
IN the march than in camp.
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The Comet.

The comet Is now visible to the
max ed eye, aud is situated. at ! o'clock
in the morning, directly beneath the
polar star. at a distance from it Of
about 25o, or about midway between
il and the horizon. With the aid of
an opernglass it can be easily seen
as haEy, uebulous mass, with u bright
point on one side. 1t is at present
moving toward the earth, and is now
visible all night, bat will soon be visi
bic only in the early part Of the even
ing, setting in the northwest. 1t will
be brightest the evening of--ssS,iiff''ti5,,,
3, when it will be 2l5 times as brigfft+'
as at the time of discovery, while at
present it is only about six times as
luminous.
From this it will be seen that in a
few days we will have an interesting
spectacle on Tree exhibition IN the
northern heavens. Nobody, however,
need be alarmed in consegunce.
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The following extract from the pre-
face to the July issue of r. G. Dun &
Co.'S Reference Book is interesting, a.
showing the views of that firm on the
prospects of trade for the autumn:
The circumstances of the past six
months have not been favorable to
trade. The effects OF the panic of last
September have fingered longer than
was anticipated by many, but these
effects have been more apparent in re
-trictiug trade than in producing dis
aster. Considering tie suddeuness aud
violence of the crisis of last autumn,
the commercial fabric of the country
has not shown serious signs of disor
der, if the number or importance Of
mercantile failures are to be taken as
an index TO its condition. 1t is a fact,
as surprising as it is gratifying, that
within the past six monhs, there have
absolutely been fewer failures in mum
Der, aud certainly fewerin prominence.
than for the same periol in the aver.
age of years. On the contrary, we
have had abundant opportunity for
observing a very remn kable reduction
of Indebtedness in al classes, and in
almost all sections ofthe country 1t
is safe to say that theinternal mercan
tile Indebtedness in tie country to-day
i not more than tw, thirds what it
was at this time last ear. Indeed, so
great has the tendency been toward
liquidation, that u alone has been as
and hampeIed trade as any want Of
confidence in the stability OF the coun.
try, or the safety of redit The fright
that the debtor class received iu Sep
tember has had its eject, aud the very
prominence OF the flilures THAT imme-
diately followed impressed deeply a
lesson that has been heeded
If, then, it is god to be reducing
debts-if it is wise 70 owe two dollars
where last year thne were due-the
six months OF dull times which have
been experienced arenot without some
compensation
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a. Negro Taken from Jail and
Hung.

Huntington Republican, june 20.
Taylor Crook (colored), who com
mitted rape in Henderson county,
few weeks since, upon little white
girl, was arrested in McNairy county,
and taken to Lexington aud lodged in
Jail on the 10th. The news of his ar
rest spread fast. and Friday night, 18th
inst, a party of men went TO the Jail
and demanded the prisoner, remarking
to the jailor that they did not wish TO
harm him nor scare his family but
that they had come for Taylor Crook,
and that they meant business. The
keys were called for. which were hand
ed to the spokesman Of the party
They then told the jailor he could 90
back to bed They went to the cell
where Crook was and took him out
and carried him to the courthouse yard,
where they hung him to a tree and
then riddled his body with bullets.
He hung there until some time the
next day, when he was taken down
and buried There Is no one who
doubts but that he was guilty, aud
although the example is demoraliEing
for parties to take the law in their own
hands, yet he received the punishment
he so Justly deserved.