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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-25
MURDERED HIS WIFE.
A Basque Sheephsrder Fires Four Ehots into
the Body Of His Victim.

The following particulars of a
shooting affray, which occurred on
Tuesday morning, at a sheep camp
at the head of Trencus cafion, three
miles from the Chino House, San
Bernardino county, and in which
Maria Castoran was killed, were
brought to the city by Mr.. +. NJ.
Slaughter, of the Rincon. Pascual
Castoran, the husband of the mur-
dered woman, says that he
was taken with u severe
collie about daylight, when his wife
told him to build a fire in the
kitchen stove and she would pre-
pare remedy for him. While he
was thus employed the woman
came to the door with revolver
in her hand and fired at
him, the ball passing through
his overshirt, and grazing the skin.
He grabbed her and took the re.
volver away, and, as she turned to
run out of the door. he shot her,
the ball entering just below the
right shoulder blade and passing
through the lungs. AS soon as the
woman got out Of doors she turned
and faced her husband when he
fired a second shot, the bullet PEN
etratiug the right breast. She then
ran down Il hill In front Of the
house and fell upon her face, when
he egain fired, the ball this time
taking effect in the shoulder and
passing through the arm TO the ell
bow. The man then left her as
she had fallen. The three childien
of the family were asleep in the
house and consequently knew
nothing of the fracas. Castoran
gave himself up to Mr.. Reeves, the
constable of the township. Last
night the prisoner went back to the
camp accompanied by the officer
and a number of the neighbors.
DR.. Aiken, officiating as surgeon,
made all examination and an in
quest was held elicitiDg the facts as
related.
The wCman was known to have
a violent temper aud ugly ways,
which disposition coupled with the
fact that she was of large and
powerful build, made hera bad
customer sometimes. 1t is re-
ported of her that when
an Anaheim Deputy Sheriff
attempted to eerve warrant upon
her last year, she knocked the man
down and he was compelled to hand
cuff her before be could take her
with him. Doubtless she gave
some cause for violence on the part
of her husband, if his story as rela-
ted to us is accurate, but she could
not have deserved by any possible
act of hers such a brutal murder at
his hands. His story, toe has an air of
improbablity inasmuch as 1t assigns
no cause or preliminary circum-
stances of a violent character lead
ing to the woman's first assault
with the pistol, The murderer was
taken into custody and was to have
had an examination yesterday be-
fore Judge Hathaway, at the Rim
con. The family are Basques.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-25
The City's School Children.

The recently completed census of
school children in the city shows
the following results:
Total number of children in the city un-
der II years, $40
No. Of white children between and II
years, 2,275.
No. of negro children between s and II
years, "a.
No. of children under years, LOO.
No. of white children between 5 and II
attended school, 1,43l.
No. of negro children attended public
school, 16.
No. of children between and II at
tended private school, 1888.
No. OF white children between and II
not attended school, 1,G06.
No. of negro children between 5 and II
not attended school, 8.
No. Of Mogolian children, IL.
No. of blind children, l.
Native born children Of native parents,
2,50l.
Native born, one parent foreign, 113.
Native born, both parents foreign. 1,2S5.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-25

The Anaheim Gazette says that
test of the Cajon ditch was made
on Saturday last, as per announce
ment, and it proved very salts.
factory one. The engineering first
done was terrible piece of botch
work, and previous attempts to run
water had shown that re survey
and grading along the entire length
of the ditch would be neces-
sary. Water to the depth Of
twelve inches was allowed to
run in the ditch on Saturday
for distance Of four miles, and the
smoothness with which it coursed
along wasevidence of the thorough
ness with which tke previous de-
fects in construction had been REM
edied. Over one hundred men are
now at work, and will so continue
until the entire distance-13s miles
is completed, which Will be in
about six or eight weeks.
Between seven and eight O'Clock
on Tuesday morning Il little son Of
Greek George, who lives on the
Brea ranch, near the Cahuenga
Pass, while carclessly handling a
loaded gun shot himself and was
almost instantly killed. The little
fellow was about to start out to
hunt rabbits and lifting the gun
drew it towards him. In this way
it is supposed the trigger caught
on some obstacle and discharged
the gun. 1t was loaded with
heavy charge OF shot and one slug
which entered his neck, making n
frightful wound, with the above
noted fatal result.
Mr.. S. w. Sutherland, during his
recent trip East, purchased several
casks of the glass balls now used in
place of pigeons at all shooting
tournaments in that section. He
also bought one of tho Bogardus
traps used to cast the balls into the
air. The balls are about % inches
In diameter and have q rough sur
face to prevent the shot from
glancing Oft. He will give our
crack shots an opportunity to try
their skill at Agricultural Park
next Sunday afternoon.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-25

p Beaulry TO A Eldred-S "a lot Is. blk
Z, Mott tract; S3l5.
Los Angeles City Home slead Associa-
ton to Carl Wendt-Lot 0, blk 3, per su b.
division of lots and 7, blk b, Hancock's
survey; $500.
Los Angeles Fruit Land Association to
Albert M MThoruton-Contract TO convey
lots and l3 in the 50J.acre tract of said
association, 0 acres; $3.50 paid; $3.50 to be
paid.
A NJ Thornton and wife, Mary Thorn
ton, to Henry w Hurlburt-Assign above
contract; value.
Estate of Martin G. Aguirre, a minor
Probate Court san Bernardino county
Order sale of two tracts in Rancho San
Pedro.
Henry Tolbat estate. Elizabeth and
Henry A Miller. Samuel Jackson,
Charles, Dora. Rowena, Corral. Josiah
and r Talbot, Rachel and John Clarke,
Maria and Joseph Saunders, Mary and
P Morgan, Ann Eliza Wadkin, per Sher-
III, to HARRIET Leviston-Iot 4 OF Bou-
TOMS subdivision of blk q, Ord's survey.
city: s5S2 90.
John and d Nichols to Samuel
Hsllman- Lots l, 2. 8, 4, s, 8. in blk 8, of
Nichols Addition to West Los Angeles;
$50.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-25
A PERILous DRIVE.
A Drunken Coachman Drives a Staunch Team
Through Surf, Over Rocks and Finally
Lands in q Baranca.

Judge Hall, whose return from
San Diego we noticed yesterday
gives us the following particulars
of d remarkable or, rather, the in
sane rambling and narrow escapes
of drunken driver: One day last
week Captain George A. Johnston,
who lives at Pef1asquitas, about
twenty miles from San Diego, sent
his coachman to town with Mrs.
Johnston and Mrs. Pacheco and
directed him, af er leaving the la.
dies at the hotel, to get, among
other things, box of wine and a
demijohn of whisky and return to
the ranch. During the ride back
the man partook literally, it is
supposed, of the whisky, as, when
he reached Soledad, where the road
to Pefiasquitas turns off the main
road, he was very drunk. Here he
watered his team, resumed his seat
in the carriage and again started,
but not towards home. Captain
Johnston, after waiting an unusual
time for his return, became
alarmed and sent several vaqueros
in search of the team. AT soledad
they learned that the man had
been there and that he had started,
it was supposed, for home. The
vaqueros continued their search,
following the tracks of the car
riage, which, instead of turning off
to the right as they should have
done, were traced to the beach, up
which the team had been driven
over the sands and through the
surf as far as La Jolla, q famous
cave fifteen miles up the coast from
San Diego. On the point of rocks
in front of the cave the team was
turned and driven up an ascent
that no one but an insane or
drunken man would attempt. At
ter reaching the top of the bank,
the driver continued up the coast
as far as San DeguitO, where the
carriage was driven into baranca
and overturned. Here the team
was found the next day, the horses
standing quietly on the bank, the
driver lying near them ia
drunken sleep and the carriage in
the ditch. The wine package was
found intact but about half the
demjohn of whisky had been con-
sumed.
We are familiar with the route
traversed and the wonder TO us is
that the whole outfit were not
swept out to sea from the rocks in
front of La Jolla or dashed to pieces
over the cliff, which is $50 feet high
and SO near to the edge OF which
was the carriage driven that the
toes of u mans foot, with the heel
in the wheel track projected over
tho edge of the precipice. We con.
gratulate Captain Johnston on the
possession of the most reliable
span of horses, we venture to as
sert, to be found OIL the Pacific
Coast.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-25
Our National Bird.

Hon. George w. Peck, in his
Fourth Of July Grafton at La Crosse,
Wis, said:
"It may have been noticed that
thus far l have made no allusion to
the American eagle, the national
trademark, patent applied for, but
1t is not that do not appreciate
the position that species of poultry
occupies on these occasions. The
poet, alluding to the eagle, says:
"Bird ofthe broad and feetIng wing,
Thy home is high in heaven"
"This is too true. He Is high
old bird, and the committee that
selected the eagle as national en-
blem should have been arrested for
dlsorderly conduct. o, great bird!
You live on mice. You soar aloft
on pinions airy, until you see q
poor little mouse with one leg
broke, and then you swoop down
like a ward constable and run him
in. You are nice old bird for O
trade mark, for a nation Of heroes,
you Old coward. You sit on q rock
and watch q peasant woman hang
Ing out clothes, and when she goes
in the house to turn the clothes
wringer, you, great bird, emblem
OF freedom, you representative of
the land of the free and home of the
bravo, you swoop down on the
plantation and crush your talons
In the quivering flesh of her little
baby, take him to your home high
In heaven, and pick his innocent
little eyes out. You bald headed
old reprobate, you would turn your
tail and run at the attack of a ban
tam rooster. o eagle, you look
well on dress-parade, but you are n
unanimous coward and you eat
snakes. You are fraud, and you
were counted in by vote of eight
to seven.
"The bird that should have been
selected as the emblem of our
country-the bird of patience, for
bearance, perseverance, and the
bird of terror when aroused, Is the
mule. There Is no bird whion COM
bines more virtues TO tho square
foot than the mule. With the
mule emblazoned on our banners,
we should be a terror to the foe.
We are a nation of uncomplaining
hard-workers. We mean to do the
fsir thing for everybody. We plod
along, doing as we would be done
by. SO does the mule. We as a
nation are slow TO anger. So is the
mule. AS a nation, we occasional
~ stick our ears forward and fan
flies off our forehead. So does the
mule. We allow parties to get on
and ride as long as they behave
themselves. So does the mule.
But when any nation sticks spurs
into our fanks and tickles our
heels with a straw, we come down
stiff legged in front, our ears look
to the beautiful beyond, our voice
is cut loose and is still for war, and
our subsequent end plays the snare
drum on anything that gets in
reach OF us, and strikes terror to
the hearts of all tyrants. So does
the mule. When the country gets
Older, and Congress has time to get
ia its work, the eagle will be su.
perceded as the national trade
mark, and in it's place will ride the
mule in all its glory"
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-25

The Messrs. Lips. Craigue & Co.
have made arrangements to receive
monthly cargoes of the famous Phi.
B1st Brewing C0mpany's export
lager beers. These beers are made
At Milwaukee and bottled by the
Nsssrs. Stamm Is Meyer. The
Arst of the cargoes arrived yester-
day, consisting Of an entire load.
The Messrs. Lips, Craigue & Co.,
through this arrangement, are
enabled to offer special advantages
to purchasers. The first prizes
were awarded to this Phi. Best Ex-
port beer at the Centennial Expo.
sition, at the Wisconsin State Fair,
held at Milwaukee, and at the
Inter state Fair held at Chicago.
lmapr2l
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-25
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Do II al Once I!

Persons who have become thoroughly
chilled from any cause, may have their
circulation at once restored by taking in
TO the stomach a tcaspoonful of Johnson's
Anodyne Linlment, mixed in little cold
water, we'll sweetened.
LYONS KATHAIRoN makes beautiful
luxrriant, glossy hair; prevents its TALL
Ing out or turning gray. IL has stood the
test of 10 years Is charmingly perfImed
and has no rival.
Every farmer who owns good stock OF
horses, cattle and sheep, and intends to
keep them through the winter should al
once get good stock of Shcridan's Cav
airy Condition Powders. One dollars
worth will save at least n half q ton OF
hay.
Henry X. Bond, of Jefferson, Naine was
cured ofspitting blood. soreness and weak
ness OF the stomach, by the use of John
sons Anodyne Liniment internally.
A WIDE AWAKE YOUTHS PAPER
For judicious editing, select and popular
contributors, aud sprighly, entertaining
reading, the Youths Companion, OF Boston
has no superior among the youths publi-
cations
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-25

We may live without poetry, music and
art;
We may live without conscience. and
live without heart;
We may live without friends, we may
live without books,
But civilized man cannot live without
cooks.
lie may live without books; what Is
knowledge but grievlng?
He may live without hope; what Is hope
but deceiving?
He may live without love; what is pas
sion but pining2
But where is the man that can live with
out dining?
And in order to dine we'll you
must buy your groceries and wines
at the L store, where you can get
better goods at lower prices than
any store in the city. Remember
the numbers and so Spring st.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-25
Surest TranquiIIzer of the Nerves.

The surest tranquilizer of The nerves is
a medicine which remedies their super
scnsitiveness Dy invlgorating them. Over
tension of the nerves always weaken
them. What they need then, is n tonic,
not a sedative. The latter is only use.
ful when there is intense mental excite
ment and an immediate necessity exists
for producing quietude of the brain.
Hosletter's Stomach Bitters restores
tranquility OF the nerves by endowing
them with the vigor requisite to bear,
without being Jared or disturbed un-
healthfully, The ordinary impressions
produced through the media of sight,
hearing and reflection. Nay, it does
more than this,-it enables them TO sus-
tain degree of tension from mental APP
plication which they would be totally
unable TO endure without its assistance.
Such. at least, is the irresistible conclus-
ion to be drawn from the testimony OF
business and professional men, littera-
teurs, clergymen, and Others who have
tested the fortlfying and reparative in
huences of this celebrated tonic and ner-
vine.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-25
A Practica! Sweetheart.
kansas City Times.1

A nice young man employed in
the Kansas Pacific office, resolved
the other day to present his be.
loved girl with nice pair of shoes.
He accordingly procured her meas.
ure and went into one of the FASH
ionable stores on Main street and
purchased So pair of shoes. In
order to make the present appear
more valuable he marked S5 upon
the sOles of the shoes, and at his
request the clerk put receipt ed
bill for So into one of the shoes.
The presentation was made, and
the lovers were happy, as lovers
should be. But mark the sequel:
The girl examined the shoes in the
daylight and was not satisfied.
she was convinced that her lover
had been cheated in the purchase
of such Il pair of shoes at that
price. she decided to go and
change the shoes and obtain a bet
ter bargain. Yesterday she ap-
peared in the store and selected Il
pair of shoes, price So so, and po-
litely requested the clerk to take
back the shoes, for which she said
her husband had paid SIS. The re.
ceipted bill was produced in proof,
and the boot man found it impossi.
bio to go "behind the returns"
The smart girl took her SO so pair
of shoes and obtained 81 so in
money, and went home happy and
satisfied. The bookseller sent u
bill of $3 to the young man, who
promptly paid the difference; but
he thinks that girl little too
smart for him.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-25
Razors Of every make at Suther-
lands gun store, Is Main street. 9
HOW 10 GIVE ADVICE.

The most difficult province of
friendship is giving advice. 1t
should, if possible, be so contrived
that our friend may perceive our
advice is given him, not SO much
to please ourselves as to his own
advantage. Therefore we find no
difficulty in advising our friends to
go to the L store to buy their gro-
ceries and wines as we are sure it
will be to their advantage. 4S and
so Spring street.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-25
Mr.. H. SCHNEIDER, on the first Of

Mr.. H. SCHNEIDER, on the first of
August, proxir1o, will remove his
large stock of boots and shoes to
No. SO Main street, Central Hotel
building, where he will continue
his closing out sale preparatory to
starting with an entirely new stock
in his new store, to be built on the
site of his present place Of business.
Persons desiring first-class work in
his line at bedrock prices would do
we'll to give him a call.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-25
SYMPATHY BETWEEN THE PHYSICAL
AND MENTAL CONSTITUTION.

The subsection of mental feelings
to corporal influences Is a humili-
ating doctrine, but it is Eeverthe-
less a sound one. The stomach is a
more faithful barometer of the
changes of human temperature
than we are always disposed to ad-
NIT, and it therefore behooves
every one to keep his digestive or
gans in perfect order by buying his
groceries at the "T" store, where
only pure goods are sold; 4S and 81
Spring street.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-25
PREJUDICE.

Prejudice may be considered as a
continual false medium of viewing
things. Many persons are preju-
diced against changes, but il they
once try the T store they will find
that the change will be to their
advantage. There may be found
all the delicacies of the season.
Everybody knows the place. 1t is
4S and so, Spring street.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-25
MONEY WELL SPENT.

No money is better spent than
that which Is laid out for domestic
satisfaction. A good meal, accom-.
panied by good glass of wine, will
put a man into the best possible
humor. as every wife knows; so
buy those nice groceries they have
at the ct" store, and make your
home happy. No. 45 and so Spring
street
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-25
Is PERFECT HAPPINESS IN OUR PRES
ENT STATE POsSIBLE2

Our nature Is inseparable from
desires, and the very word desire
(the craving tor something not pos.
sessed) implies that our present
felicity is not complete, but happi-
ness can be attained by buying the
very choice groceries sold so cheap
at the "r" store, As and so Spring
street.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-25
If any Dealer Informs

You that he has for sale deniifrice
Identical with or containing ingredi MS
equalling or superior in efficacy to those
OF SOZODONT, discredit the statement
and insist upon having that alone. .y
doing so, you will secure a danii'rice par
excellence the best in the mal ket, cpn-
tanning botanic elements of rare preserv-
alive influence upon the teeth and one
which will endow them with most be.
coming whiteness. Another desirable
feature of this staple toilet article is that
it imparts fragrance TO the breath. Sold
by druggists.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-25

The Ladies' Oyster Rooms, Re-
luena street, near Main, opposite
the United States Hotel, are again
opened to the ladies and will be
carried on in a strictly respectable
way, SO that all ladies, with or
without escorts, may feel at ease
aud receive prompt and respectful
Attention. Oysters in every style,
.hrimps, tea, coffee, ETC., constantly
a hand. JOE BAYER.
apct 4 If
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-25
BEAUTY.

Beauty has so many charms one
knows not hsw to speak against 1t;
aud when it happens that a grace
ful figure 10 the habitation of a
virtuOus soul, then it IL truly q
work of nature, such as Is rarely
combined. But beauty and good
ness are found combined, and is
proven at the "Tv' store, where
they sell the best goods in o most
delightful store. No. AZ and so
Spring street.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-25
PERSONS NOT LIKELY TO SERVE YOU

There are five sorts of persons at
whose hanLs you may not expect
kindness. The sordid and narrow
minded think of nobody but them
selves; the busy have not time to
think Of you; the overgrown rich
man is atove minding any one
who needs his assistance; the poor
and unhappy have neither the
spirit nor the ability to serve you;
but If you want to be well served,
with politeness and attention, 60 TO
the Il store for your groceries,
wines, liquors and provisions, As
and SO Spring street.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-25

knowledge not only confers a
benefit on those that possess it, but
upon all with whom they come in
contact. The owners of the "Tn
store, having a thorough knowl-
edge Of their business, all who deal
with them reap the benefit of their
experience No. As aud 80 Spring
street.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-25
The dry goods and novelty store

Tie dry g0OuJ anu novelty store
Df Charles Prayer, at No. s Com
mercial street, is an attractive re-
SOFT to the ladies of Los Angeles.
Mr.. Prayer has one of the most ex
tensive and recherche stocks of
goods ever brought to Los Angeles,
and there is absolutely nothing
necessary to the feminine toilette
which may not be found in his
store. He has been guided in his
purchases by thorough knowledge
Of the requirements of this section,
aud the latest fashions and novel;
ties may be at all times inspected
at No. 6 Commercial street. Give
him a call. my7
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-25

College Professor Ito Junior who
has been taking advantage of his
absent mindedness): young man,
l find on looking over the records,
that this makes the fifth time in
two years that you have been
granted leave of absence to attend
your grandmother's funeral"
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-25
Herald Steam Printing House.

Printing House for doing job work are not
surpassed in California outside OF San
francisco and Sacramento. All work en-
trusted to us will be executed with neat
ness and dispatch at the lowest living
rates.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-25

Call on Caroline G. Burton, at
No. 14S Main street, proprietress of
the Ladies' Hair Dressing Estab-
lishment. She makes braids, curls
and waterfalls at the shortest no.
tice. Tangled hair Strengthened
and made up into any shape. Per-
fumeries Of the finest quality al
ways on hand. oct4-lm-eod.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-25
FAIR WEEK.,
NORMAL INSTITUTE,
BAPTIST CHURCH, SPRING st.

THE FOURTH TERM of this Institute
will open JULY 18th and continue in
session until December Goth.
The objects of the Institution are:
First-To give 10 any person who de.
sires to prepare for teaching special in
struciion in any branch or division of
branch Of State course where applicant
for carti tfcate may ieel deficient.
Sccond-ro instruct teachers In the lat
est methods of imparting knowledge.
Those intending to become teachers
can per, ect themselves more rapidly, at
less expense and m ore thoroughly, than
at any other Nosmal Institute in the
State.
The secoud department is designed to
practically illustrate Normal me- hods,
giving students the most natural and
thorough instrn ton, fitting them for
the regular Normal course, slate Univer-
sity, military and other colleges. Stu
dents received at any time.
The Institute affords accomm modations
for those at q distance who desire to
h InrJ or self-board.
y Is. Trustees and others desiring
competent teachers will do well 10 make
inq iir.es at this Institute.
For terms. etc., address
MRS. REGINA MAST DIXON,
jyci-5m p. o. Box SS6, Los Angeles, Cal.