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Notable Fires in 1873.

Notable Fires in 1873.
January Fifth Avenue
Theatre, New York, burned;
loss, 100000.
/. National Theatre at
Washington burned.
February 1.-Royal Military
Academy at Woolwich, Eng
land, destroyed by fire.
3. Globe Rolling Mill, Gin
cinnati, burned; loss 100000.
Is. Steamer Henry A. Jones
burned Off Galveston, Texas.
Twenty-one persons perish.
26. a conhagration in New
Orleans destroys two hundred
houses Factory burned at
Boston; three persons killed
and three missing.
March 11.-Big fire in Indi-
annapolis.
s. Planning mill Of Gilpin &
Son, Cincinnati, destroyed; loss
| $4,000.
IA, Extensive fire in Park
ersburg, w. Va.
20. Fire in Blanchard's book
store, Fourth street, Cincinnati.
Loss $4,000.
%. Terrible fire at Hong
Kong, China. Forty acres of
buildings burned.
April 8. Forest conflagration
near Gordonsville, Va. Many
farm houses burned.
May 5. Destruction by fire
of the palace of the Mikado Of
Japan at Yeddo.
q. Six persons burned to
death by a fire in Berkely
Square, London.
20. Great Western Railroad
Bridge at Oakville, Ontario,
G. W., burned.
80. Twenty-seven buildings
burned at Boston. Loss about
81, ,25O,0OO. Five firemen
killed by falling walls.
June 3. Forest fires in Nova
Scotia from St. Johns River to
Black River.
s. Coal oil explosion at Mari
eta Freight Depot, Cincinnati
ii, o. Cars and lumber yard
and houses burned. Loss
100000.
9. Total destruction by fire
of Alexandra Palace, London.
Loss $3,OOO,OOO.
) d. Town of Hamilton, Ne
vada, destroyed by fire.
July 25. Destructive fire in
Baltimore.
August 2. Great incendiary
fire at Portland, Oregon, twenty
three blocks destroyed; loss,
81, 100000; one man killed,
several injured.
s. Steamboat Wawasset
burned on the Potomac. Over
seventy passengers drowned by
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-03-28
A Little Story by Aleck Stephens.

a L1ttle 0tory cy AscK 0teplens.
Wash. Corr. of st. Louis Republican,
Aleck Stephens has got SO he
can sit up again, and, though not
able to sit in Congress, he can
tell a good story. He explained
the other night, apropos of the
"woman's temperance war"-hOw
the war started. When the Geor-
gia delegation was on its way to
the Cincinnati Convention in 1856
they came by way of Washington,
and Toombs gave them a dinner.
Among those present were How
ell Cobb, Gen. Gardner Of Port
Hudson fame, and Stephen Doug
las. After the flowing bowl had
been passed about frequently and
liberally, and the three or four
prominent Presidential cand;-
dates in the party had got well
warmed up. Gen. Gardner pro-
posed a toast: 'Here's hoping
you may all live to be Presidents
OF the United States" All rose,
and he raised the glass to his lips,
Douglas turned to Cobb and said,
''Our friend wishes you u very
long life, Mr.. Cobb"
Cobb set the glass down on the
table, gl;,red at the Little Giant
an instant, and then joined in the
drink and the laugh that went
round at his expense.
''But," said Aleck, tenderly lift
ing his bad leg over the leg that
is not quite SO bad. '.Cobb never
forgot nor forgave that bon mot.
He treasured it up all through
Buclianan'S administration. and
it was often the cause Of insidi-
GUS advice from the Cabinet Off
Ger to the President, prejudic;al
to the great Senator. And it
ranked in Cobb's bosom when he
planned the tactics that prevented
Douglas from getting the Charles
ton nomination by breaking up the
convention. 1t did more than any
other personal to split the Demo.
crat party, to elect Lincoln, to per
cipifate the war. and to strand us
where we are"
And then the old mans eyes
grew sort of dim, and the light
was gone out OF them, as though
hisrsoul had gone back to the
times Of which he had been telling.
1t won't be long before it will go
out to the places of which there is
no telling. And, take it all in all.
l don't know bnt that the world
will be sOmething-a tritle only,
it may be-better for his having
lived ia it. At all events he won't
be with US long, and every young
man who has an ambition to figure
in public affairs should try to find
some opportunity to see and talk
with Aleck Stephens as he fades
away, and before there is nothing 9
left of him to talk to. He is "a rare
relic, and he delights to talk to
young men. BUELL..
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An Indiana man with a turn for
statistics, calculates that his faith
ful dog, ten years Of age, has cost
him 1924 % for hash, and SO for
license. That dog is now for sale
Price, 10 cents.
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Lessons.
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
The police reports last week
We're full Of eases which, without
the addition of note or comment,
preach sermons to each housello Id
where they are read such as can
never be uttered from the pulpit.
One little fellow, at an age when
no child should be out of its
mothers care, makes three several
attempts to throw himself into
the river, and finally succeeds and
is taken out dead, "the proof being
indisputable that'the child, hardly
more than an infant, was drunk
at the time" Another boy, aged
fourteen, dies in Brooklyn after
repeated attacks of delirium trem-
ems. ''The organs of the boly,'
says the report of the post-mortem
examination, were literally de
cayed from the incessant use of
liquor" His mother was found
keeping watch over his dead body
too drunk to comprehend what
had happened. Another story,
with a touch of pathos in it's hor-
ror, comes from Philadelphia. A
man named Womfort kept Il beer
saloon in the suburbs OF the city.
and one night had remained with
some of his customers until morn
ing, singing and drinking. His
wife, who is represented as a
peaceatle, gentle woman, and who
was daily expecting the birth of
a child, came to the door as day
broke and complained of the noise,
begging her husband to send the
men away; whereupon, it is
stated, Womfort, without reply,
drew out a pistol and shot her.
The woman was removed to a hos
pital, where her child was born,
and, finding herself dying, had
her husband brought to her from
prison, bade him farewell atfec-
tionately, and then voluntarily
made a statement Of his limo
cence. Surely, although the lie
was spoken in the very face OF
death. no accusing spirit will he
just enough to write it down
against her soul.
Every man and woman can
draw for themselves the lesson
from these facts j; it would be idle
in us to make sermon of them,
urging temperance and weakening
their meaning. They are but repe
| titiOnS of the same old trxths
vice and its swift Judgment, and
that blind, half animal, half di
vine love which lifts humanity
out of all its degradations.
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The Lamar Missourian is pull !.
lished by widow lady, whose
husband died in the editorial har
ness.
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Professional Cards.
j. III. Aeyset',
4 ttorney at Law, Bellevue, Bossier par
n ish, La. n30 6m
H.. W. Baker,

TTORNEY AT LAW. Bellevue, La.
"A Will practice in any court in the State,
except the parish court Of Bossier Parish
vlln46ly.
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H.F. FORT. VIC. MCDONALD.
Fort n Mcdonald,
"A In Bossier and Webster parishes n39*
T. NJ. FORT.
d. WATKINS T. NJ.
Watkins r. Fort,

4 ttorneFs at Law, Minden. La. viii
"a practice in all the Courts for Web
ster and Bossier parishes, and in the
Supreme Court Of the State. vl3n5
Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-04-30

commends itself to the Advertisers who NAV
wish to bring their business before the Span.
ish-speaking people and numerous population
of different nationalities, on the Pacific Coast
Advertising Rates Very Reasonable.
So BscRIpTIoNs-One Year, Sc; Six Months
SO 90: Three Months. 81. oc2tnp
Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-04-30
FOR SALE.
Laboratory for Sale.

"A COMPLETE CHEMICAL LAB
"A ratory, which contains fine oven, on
on the latest style of Guido Kustel, and the
best one south of san Francisco 1t has made
the best assays for every kind of minerals.
For more particulars enquire at this Office or
of Dir. V. Gelcich mrll-lm -
Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-04-30
Hints to Writer'S.

The New York Observer gives the
following good advice to writers:
Most writer's, not accustomed to the
press, imagine that II newspaper arti-
Gle, like an grafton, should have an eX-
ordium, an argument and conclusion.
Not at all. The argument is all that
is wanted. That is, state your case,
say your say, and stop. Do not take
time and space to get into the subject,
and more to get out of it; hut come to
it instantly, and stop when you are
done.
DR.. Griffin used to say that he could
put the five volumes of the Bible Com
mentary into one volume and not lose
an idea worth retaining. We believe
he could have done it.
Be short. Time is short. The
world is very fast now, and readers OF
newspapers do not want long articles.
Pack your thoughts into short words,
short sentences and short ESSAYS. If
you never do a great thing, never do a
long thing.
Come to the point. II you have no
point, lay down the pen at once aud
do something else. rather than write.
1t is not every one VINO can write for
edification, and you may not be one
who can.
Write the article two or three times
over carefully, making it shorter each
time. Write legibly. Keep a copy of
what you send to the press. Editors
do not return manuscripts. We can
not undertake to, and we SO state every
week, but are every week asked to. 1t
is impossible to make the reason plain
to writers, but it is out of the question.
BE very modest in your estimate of
your own productions, and do not fret
if Others esteem them less than you do.
Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-04-30
Grating Grape Vines.
From the Sacramento Record.

TTUIII nc NUVTUfIIHIIIO TtPCOFU.
Mcssrs. Dixon, Brook and Buchard,
each the owner of large vineyard in
Ell Dorado county, are grating most of
their vines with the white muscat of
Alexandria, and white Malaga grapes,
with the view to engage largely in
raisin culture. They and their neigh
bors propose forming joint stock
company and putting up an Alden
drying establishment, for preparing
raisins and for drying fruit. They be-
lieve that in this way they can real
ize more clear money from their vine
yards, and be engaged in more agree
able business.
Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-04-30
BUSINESS CARDS.
j. C.. ALLEN,

ROOT AND SHOEMAKER, COM
NJ mercial street, opposite Holman, Haas
IL CO.'S. Repairing promptly and neatly
done. mrl2-lY
Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-04-30
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR.. Nj. S. JONES,

FORMERLY OF ST. LOUIS, Mo-,
"A has locatad in Los Angeles, where he
will give his special attention to diseases OF
the Eye, Ear. Nose and Throat.
OFFICE Spring ST., opposite Temple Block.
fnh0nff
Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-04-30

The creditors of DR.. K. Callahan of
the Golden Eagle Hotel, Sacramento,
are laboring to effect compromise
and keep the hotel open.
Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-04-30
ANAHEIM, April Goth.

The railroad company are blowing
the ground along the sides of their
track, in Sacramento Valley, to pre-
vent accidents by fire from the locomo-
tive sparks.
Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-04-30
C,CONMcR & EARLEY,

HENIIE ONLY SHOP IN TIL; CITY WHERE
4 Locksmithing and Bellhaneiug is II
speciality. Safes and Scales repaired, general
jobbins. All work warranted. .3 Mhn street,
next doorto Lafayette Hotel. ap3-lm
Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-04-30
e. r. KYSCR,
AR Tic CT.

DOOM No. Il HELLMAN'S BLOCK, COR
LII ncr OF Commercial and Los Angeles
Streets ap2jtf
Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-04-30
r. e. JACKSON,

CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER,
~ Main street, q few doors below First, Los
Angeles. Contracts for buildings, and all
work executed in a satisfactory mannor
Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-04-30

Bad half-dollars are becoming almost
as common as good ones in some OF the
cities of this State. ~e
Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-04-30
IA CROMHCA,
DUBLSHED BY Z. f. TEODOLI.
The only Spanish Newspaper
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

Published every Wednesday and Saturday
mornings Office i'm Temples New Block
Spring street, opposite the Courthouse.
Ii has large circulation in the State of CAL
iforna, the Eastern States, Louisiana, Mexico,
and Arizona and Colorado Territories, Central
and South America, and Spain.
Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-04-30
FRENCH NURSERY.

ORANGE, LEMON, ENGLISH
~ Wanuts, Chestnut, Olive Trees, Vines
and Cuttings, of the best variety. for sale on
'ameda street, half mile from the depot.
nq-3n l. NJ NIGNF.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-04-02

SUsoUEHANNA DEPOT, March 30
7 a. m.-One thousand more troops
from Philadelphia are at Carbondale,
and will reach here about half-past
nine this morning. If the men de-
cline the propositions of the Company
ut their meeting this morning the
Sheriff will at once resort 70 force.
LATEg.-The strikers have reject
ed, almost unanimously, Vice-Presi-
dent Chrk's proposition. The vote
was noes 476, yeas III.
SUsQUEHANNA DEPOT, March 80.
-Vice-President Clark met the
strikers and refused further eOnces-
sions. The trains will start to-day,
and the military will be called on
for protection.
The paymaster began paying the
strikers at about eleven this morning.
Military lines were formed around
the door, aud the men admitted in
squads.
A train dispatched ut twelve, &C.
companied by four hundred soldiers
two miles. met no resistance.
The strike is believed to he prac'
tically ended. No resistance H. being
offered ~ the movement VI trains.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-04-02

of money from which mis- moiety
arises. But the tyros In question
seeing that much of the money was
paid directly to the Secretary Of the
Treasury, or through the proper le-
gal officers of the different localities,
had the temerity to denounce the
paymsnt Of Mr.. Sanborn's share in
all such eases as fraud on the reve-
nue.. Huch an idea is no less alb
surd than to denounee the payment
of reward offered to a detective
who hassecared murderer, because
he did not also sct as prosecuting
attorney, Judge, and jury at his trial
and conviction.
In some cases, which to the knowl-
edge OF the department, Mr.. Sanborn
had been working up, the parties
finally sent the money rs directed by
draft to the order of the Secretary,
and without any authority therefor,
named Mr. Sanborn's agents as
Treasury officers, or referred to the
'Supervispr of Internal Revenue who
was auti1orized to assist in recover
ing hempney. At once the news
paper "babes in the wood" asserted
that Sanborn was not entitled to a
share ofSsthis, because somebody else
had also something TO do with the
recovery Of the money. To facilitate
the DETECTION and collection of this
class OF defunct claims, i'm some cases
a nominal authority to act was given
to Sanbofn's agents, merely as pass
port and to secure the aid and coop
alton of revenue officers. Thus, s.
S. A., which meant Secret Service
Agent, was gravely announced as a
nondescript Especial State Agent,
Treasury Department" In this way
it came TO be currently believed that
Sanborn did nothing to earn his fifty
per cent, but the facts were pretty
well set forth yesterday by Mr.. Ban
field, Solicitor Of the Treasury, and
other officials, and it now wears quite
a different aspect.
A.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-04-02

The liquor dealers of Keokuk have
closed their business houses, prepara-
tory to leaving the city in conse-
quence OF the enforcement of State
laws against them. The Gate City of
last Tuesday says: "The interest in
volved in the started migration Of
yesterday alone amounted to over a
quarter million dollars" 1t wants
70 know whether these citizens, busi-
ness men and their capital shall be
daiven away by the enforcement of
existing laws, or be allowed to re-
main aud do business in violation OF
law and not be molested. 1t is
frightened, aud wants a meeting of
the Board Of Trade and taxpayers to
decide the simple question:: Shall
the law be enforced? This is the
plain English of it. The morals OF
the city and its daily press must be at
a very low ebb to permit the discus
-iOii VI StNlt AhS oNtc
City appears to think it rash and un-
wise to enforce the law if the bust
ness and financial interests Of the
city are to be injured thereby. 1t
admits that these men have been do
ing business in violation of law, and
wants them to be allowed to con-
tinue doing SO without molestation.
This is dangerous ground. Better
let Gle .bIighting and daTnning trafic
and all its adherents aud appurte-
nances go; clean up the morals OF
the city; purify its business; encoar-
age the men and capital engaged in
legitimate callings invite loyal,
law abiding men to take the places
Of those who live only by defyiDg
law and destroying the fortunes,
bodies and souls Of others. This Is
the royal road to fortune and honor
for the city. Under the old rule
debt and disaster have almost ruined
the once fair and prosperous city of
keokuk.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-04-02

On the day of the adjournment OF
the Legislature, jokes being in order,
rich one was perpetrated by one
member upon another by pinning
to his coat, just as he started for the
depot, one of Gen. Bakers shipping
tags, inscribed: "Needy Home
steader, from N. b. Baker. M. T..
Griffin, Spencer. Clay county. To be
left at Storm Lake Station, Iowa.
Free"
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-04-02

A Minnesota paper tells an almost
incredible story OF a dog that car.
ries the u. $. mail twelve miles and
back once week. Mr.. j. Pr0sser
lives at Lake Of Two Woods, Dakota,
twelve miles west OF the Minnesota
line. Several settlers live near him,
and as they have no regular mail
service, letters and papers are carried
between the Two Woods settlement
and captain Herrick's" at the State
line, by private enterprise. This
service has for sometime been per-
formed by dog belonging to MIR.
Prosser. The mail Is paced within
a small sack and tied about the dogs
neck, when he Is told to ''go," and he
gOes-neyer once having failed to-
reach his destination without delays.
CAPTAIN Herrick overhauls the mail I.
gives the shaggy mail carrier a good
dinner, and places the Two Woods
mail about his neck, when he IL
again away on his return trip. There
IL no more faithful carrier In Uncle
Sans service than "Curley" has
proven himself to be. While per-
forming his duty it is impossible for
man or beast to approach HIM
Captain Herrick once met him
on the road and endeayored 70 re-
lieve him Of his burden, but Cur
leyn was of like shot, never once
halting until he arrived st the Cap
tain's own door. Ourley IL "a fine
looking dog, rather larger than ms
dium size, has long curly hair. well
shaped head, a good natured eye,
and is Of the breed commcnIy called
spanis!s.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-04-02
Washington Letter-The San.
born Contracts Explained.

WASHINGTON, March 26, 1874.
The most interesting topic at the
Capital is the investigation Of the
Sanborn contracts before the House
mmitteeof Ways and Means. 1t
appears that in April, 1877, a law
was passed authorizing contracts
with not more than three persons, to
be made by the Secretary of the
Treasury to detect and cause to
be collected Internal revenue
taxes withheld. Said contractors
were to receive fifty per cent. Of such
moneys actually recovered and paid
into the u. S. Treasury. Several
parties solicited contracts under the
law, but like numerous similar con-
tracts given out by the Treasury au-
thorities during several years prior
to the passage Of this law, the con-
tracing parties entirely failed to
detect frauds and some of their con-
tracts lapsed, or were voluntarily
given up. More than month after
the passage Of the law the now cele-
brated Sanborn whose name has
been latterly so much in the papers,
game to know that such "A law exist
ed, and trying for a contract, sue
ceeded both In securing it, and large
ums Of money withheld from the
government by various individuals
and corporations. Nome of this
money had been less than two, and
much OF it was ten years overdue.
He employed assistants in this coun-
try and Europe and is said to have
spent in his Investigations at least
si20,000 He succeeded within less
than two years in paying into the
Treasury nearly half million of
money which, though overdue was
either unknown to the revenue off,
GERS, or WAS for years ignored by
them AS uncollectable claims, and
would not have otherwise been col
lected.
The magnitude OF Mr.. Sanborn's
collections caused as usual great jeal-
ousy and envy, on account of the
large sum which fifty per cent. Of
the amount yielded. Revenue Off
cials joined In Jealous war upon
Mr.. Sanborn, and his operations
have been denounced ~ fraudulent,
The New York T'iJlne and Others
papers, after the Secretary Of the
Treasury made full report Of what
appeared officially on the books Of
the Department, employed writers
totally ignorant OF the revenue busi-
ness to write up "a great scandal out
Of whnt was "A very simple matter Of
business, its unexpected magnitude
alone excepted. The grossest mis-
statements and Hilliest inferences
were made regarding this statement
OF what appeared OH the Treasury
books. THUS, all that any inforiner
under any moiety law il required 10
do Is to give information whieI, shall
be effective in cuusing the collection
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-04-02

In an article published yesterday
we called attention to the fact that
Saint Louis was moving in the plan
for acquiring an all rail connection
with Des Moines. The theory pro-
posed contemplated utilizing the APP
parently abandoned line by the way
of Knox Vile and Abba. Saint Louis
proposes to invest $3.50, 900 and with
this amount for nucleus there
should not be any fear Of securing
p,mpugh to complete the Road. A
larga pait OF the grading between
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-04-02
Knoxville National Bank.

ao2VILLE, IOWA. CAPITAL $685. 000
Geld, Silver, Government and other
writes bought and sold. Interest allow ed
ans deposits. Special attention given to
'esions Open from . A. NJ. to 4 P. NJ
f'pt Sundays.
- DIREcrORs,
~ Collins, S. L. Collins, ] 8. Ginning
A. J. Kerr, jackson Ram.y, s. n
amy, j. Bittenbsnder. W. Bachelor. Il.
Woodruff.
OFFICERS.
". VoLLIss, President.
uuAsiseH.x, Vice President
. BRIGGS. Cashier. l5.I5H