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Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-03-27
A Good BOok.Keeper.


From the San Antonio Express.
We met "Old Nose" yesterday,
and noticed that there was a dark
cloud lowering over his respondent
brow.
"What is the matter, Uncle?" we
asked.
He shook his head as if he had
nothing left to live for. and said:
''I'se in a peck of trouble. De
Lord knows where dis heah is
gwine to end. Use done glib it up"
"What is the trouble about"
After several sighs' that seemed
to come up from the bottom of his
boots, he explained that he was the
Secretary of the local colored lodge
of Free Masons; that he was the
custodian of the books; that for
keeping the books he was paid by
the lodge $40 month; that every
Saturday night, after the lodge was
over, he carried the books home
and turned them over to the sole
'ooman, Aunt Dinah," for safe
keeping, and she slowed them away
in her trunk, "along wild her 'fishal
flowers, and fedders, and finery,
and sich." He also stated that lie
had forgotten to mention to Aunt
Dinah that he was receiving ten
dollars q month for keeping the
books, and he had Uniform
Iy forgotten to turn over
to her the aforesaid ten
dollars, but had squandered
the same for his own little personal
expenses; that some unknown de-
mon had informed Dinah that old
Nose was getting ten dollars for
keeping the books and consequent
iy, when he remarked the other
evening that it being time for him
to 60 to the lodge, and upon re-
questing her to hand him out the
books, instead of doing so she sat
down on the trunk, and positively
refused to turn over the documents,
until he paid over the $40. When
he told her the $40 were his'n for
keeping the books, she retorted:
"Who's been keepin' dem ar
books? Hasn't L been keepin' de
books in de trunk all de time?
Ham out dem funds watts comm to
me for keepin' de books.'
"What did you tell her Mose?"
II tole her | wanted dem books
TO keep de minits in, dat she didn't
know how to keep de books, but
she lowed she was gwine to show
me she knowed how to keep de
books, and, foah God !! she is
keepih' 'em. De lodge has pinted
committee to vestigate my ac-
counts, and dar she is squattin' on
de trunk holdin' out her ham for de
$40 Use done spent. Doesn't yer
know somebody who wants SO
wuff of whitewashin' done in adj
vance ?n
The best part of the above is that
it is based on actual facts.
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DapanIOuD's VIII.

Mons. Dupanloup, now Bishop of
Orleans and life Senator in France,
was at one time poor parish priest
in a poor village of Savoy, his ma
tive country. One day he had some
business to transact with Y, Cure
ofChambery, his spiritual superior.
After a tramp of many miles he
reached KS house just as that
worthy was beginning substantial
dinner with eleven other priests.
Having communicated to his supe-
rior what he had TO say, Dupan-
loup, rot being offered any refresh
ments, was about to leave, when y
asked him, "Anything else new in
your parish?n swell, no; nothing
particular, only that Jean Pierre's
SOW has just had litter of thirteen
pigs" ~ do not see anything re-
markable in that" "Why, yes,
Monsieur le Cure; you know the
SOW has only twelve teats, so that
when twelve of the pigs are feed
ing, the thirteenth one is obliged to
look on-just like me at present."
This sally caused an immense burst
of laughter, and Dupanloup was at
once invited to join the company at
table.
Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-03-27
LEGAL.
SUMMONS.

TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
a Seventeenth judicial District of the
State of California, in and for the
county OF Los Angeles.
Prudent Beaudry, plaintiff, against F.
i. +. Temple ct al. defendants.
Action brought in the District Court of
the seventeenth judicial District OF the
State of California, in and for the county
OF Los Angeles, and the complaint filed in
sand county OF Los Angeles, in the office
OF the Clerk of said District Court.
The people of the State OF California
send greeting to Joseph Castro and Mary
y. Mcclellan, James h. Mcclellan, sara h
+. Mcclellan and Anna Mcclellan, mi
nors, and George b. Bell, Charles j. Ellis,
BENJAMIN f. Thompson. John Erring-
ton, George A. Temple, defendants.
You are hereby required to appear in an
ac,lon brought against you by the above
named Plaintiff IN the District Court OF
the seventeenth judicial District of the
State of California, IN and for the County
of Los Angeles, and to answer the COM
plant filed therein, within ten days lex
elusive of the day of service) after the
service on you of this summons-if served
within this County; or, II served out
of this County, but in this District, within
twenty days; otherwise, within forty days
or judgment by default will be taken
against you, according to the prayer Of
said Complaint.
The said action is brought to obtain a
decree from this Court that II certain deed
executed by plaintiffs f. Z. +. Temple,
on the 2lst day of November, 1874, which
purports to convey from plaintitfto sell
+. T.. f. Temple certain lots or parcels of
land situate in the city and county OF Los
Angeles, as described in complaint, be
declared to have been so executed erron-
eously and through inadvertency and
mistake. and that said deed be corrected
and reformed so that the property there
in and thereby to be conveyed be de-
scrbed as further set forth in said COM
plant, and that such further or other re-
| lief be granted to plaintiff in the prem
ises as may be equitable and just.
! Reference is had TO complaint fol par
| ticulars.
And you are hereby notified that If you
fail to appear and answer the said COM
plant as above required, the said plaintiff
Will apply to the Court for the relief de-
manded in said complaint.
Given under my hand and the seal OF
the District Court OF the Seventeenth
Judicial District of the State of California
in and for the county OF Los Angeles
this 10Th day oil December, in the year OF
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-seveli.
[seal 18th District Court.
A. w. POTTS. Clerk.
By JAMES C. KAYS, Deputy Clerk.
Howard, Brousseau & Howard, Attor-
neys tor Plaintiff. fe27-2m-w
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gus Auosles 5lemld.
VIVA, is legitimate WA, fares

A century ago French Marshal
issued an order against employing
explosive shells, on the ground
that these missiles were "not gen.
orally used by polite nations, and
Frenchmen should fight according
to the laws of honor.n That was
the era of etiquette in war-a day
which produced the story of Fonte-
noy, with its "Gentlemen of the
Guards, fire first!n Modern war
long since got over its scruples
against the use of explosive shells,
and we do not hear as much now
as we heard a dozen years ago of
the immortality of explosive bull
let's for infantry arms. Admiral
Lord Dunsany, in a recent lecture
on the laws and customs of war, as
limiting the use of fireships, ex-
plosive vessels, torpe6oes and SUBJ
marine mines, noted that early in
the century it was held lawful to
kill the crews of fire.
ships, when captured, on the
ground that they employed an in
human device In fighting; but now,
he said, such a slaughter was never
looked OH with favor. In the same
way, torpedoes sent from one ship
against another, and even con-
cealed tordedoes, exploding by con-
tact or by electrical oommunica-
tion, are now recognized as legiti-
mate, though Admiral Dunsany
thought that concealed torpedoes
must be put in different category
from the others. AS an example
of an unfair missile, he instanced
hollow iron Jumps filled with dyni-
mite, painted to look like coal,
and shipped on board the enemy's
vessels at coaling stations. But he
was forced to admit that the rough
game of war cannot be played ac-
.cording to the ideas of interna-
tional lawyers, while the failure of
the Brussels Conference, four years
ago, shows the difficulty of defin-
ing what does not constitute legiti-
mate warfare.
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sfisceiiaa~aus Paragraphs.

Germany published in 1876 Is, 956
new works, and in 1877 1895.
The mortality from cholera of
pilgrims at Mecca at the end of
January exceeded 100 daily.
Complaints of depression in trade
are now general in Brussels, which
seems hitherto to have escaped the
epidemic.
According to recent statistician,
Sweden is the drunkennest of eoun-
tries, but Scotland comes in very
good second.
The telephone is at work between
Adelaide, Australia, the capital of
South Australia, and Melbourne,
the capital of Victoria.
Rigid retrenchment is the order
Of the day in Japan, which sets an
excellent example in carefully
pruning overgrown official salaries.
In the last quarter of 1877 more
Scotch boys and girls. were born
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than in any quarter for ten years,
while the death rate was decidedly
below the average.
The Radical Municipality OF Mar
settles has refused, by II to 16, to
name one of the squares after M.
Theirs, on the ground that street
already bore his name, and that he
had glorified Napoleon.
Robberies of rare birds, from the
Garden of AcclimatiZation in Paris,
have been frequent of late, and at
length three robbers have been
caught. They admitted having
sold or eaten most of the birds
which have been missed.
Engineering says: "Abouta dozen
German telegraph offices have been
provided with telephones, and these
appear to have proved so effective
that forty-eight more offices are
now being provided with similar
instruments
Canon Farrar announces as the
result of his study of the Jewish
Talmud, that there is more beauty
and poetry in a single book of
Homer than in the entire Mishna,
and more wisdom and depth in a
single chapter of st. Paul than in
all the folio volumes of the Talmud
combined.
1t is related by the London Times
that woman who died at Ash
colt, at the age of 104 years, had for
the last forty of them been in the
habit of drinking gin to excess, Oft
en- spending $1,000 year for it. 1t
is gravely suggested that but for
this habit she would not have thus
been cut off in her prime.
Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-03-27
Notice to Creditors.
ESTATE of JENNIE G. KINLEY,
Deceased.

Notice is hereby given by the under
signed, Il. Kinley,) administrator
of the estate of Jennie q. KIM
ley, deceased, to the cred
itors of and all persons having claims
against the said deceased to exhibit them
with the necessary vouchers, within four
months after the first publication Of this
notice, to the said administrator at the
office of O'Melveny IL Uranium, in the
city and county of Los Angeles.
Dated March 18th, 1877.
i. KINLEY,
Administrator OF the estate of Jennie u.
Kinley, deceased. mrl9-w4w
Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-03-27

Under and by virtue of a decree of fore
Court of The Seventeenth Judicial Dis
trict OF the State OF California, in and for
the county of Los Angeles, on the 7th
day Of February, A. ID. 1878, in the above
Perry, w.'Woodworth and s: H: Mott,
composing the firm OF Perry, Woodworth
II Co., plaintiffs, and against Ter
ence McGee and Ellen McGee,
of. duly attested under the seal of said
court on the 18th day of March, A. ID.
1873, and delivered to me on the 10th day
of March, A. ID. 1873, and under and by
cause by said court March 18th, 1873, and
delivered to rue March Is, 1878, whereby
am commanded to sell at public auction
to the highest and best bidder for cash In
U. S. gold coin. the following and in said
decree described real estate, to-wit:
That certain piece or parcel OF land
situate in the city and county OF Los
Angeles, State OF California, described
and twenty-five (22) in block of the
Desnoyers tract, for a more particular de-
scription of which reference is had to
Book No. 3, page so, Miscellaneous Rec
ords of Los Angeles county.
Public notice Is hereby given that on
SATURDAY, THE 18th DAY OF
APRIL. A. D. 1878,
At IL clock noon. will proceed to sell
at the Court House door, in the city and
county of Los Angeles, State of Califor-
mia, at public auction to the highest
and best bidder for cash in U. 8. gold
coin, to satisfy said decree for principal,
attorneys fees and interest, costs, and all
accruing costs, all the right, title and
inter est of said defendants, Terence Nc
Gee and Ellen McGee, in and to all the
above described real estate.
Given under my hand, this 10th day OF
March, A. ID. 1878. -
FL. NJ. MITCHELL,
Sheriff.
Los Angeles, March 10, 1873. ml9td
Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-03-27
Notice for Publication of Time
for Proving will, Etc.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA. COUNTY
= of Los Angeles. = In the Probate
Court. In the matter of the estate Of
b. ID. Wilson, deceased.
Pursuant to an order of this Court made
this day, notice is hereby given that
Monday. the lst day of April, A.
ID. 1873, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ. of said day, at
the Court Room OF this Court, in the city
and county OF Los Angeles, has been APP
pointed for hearing the appli.
cation of j. dc Barth Shorb and
nment now on die in this This Court, purport-
ing to be the lost will and testament
of b. ID. Wilson, deceased, be
admitted to probate and that let
tiers testamentary be issued thereon
TO the said j. de Barth Snorb and Marga.
ret s. Wilson, at which time and place all
persons interested therein may appear
and contest the same.
Dated March 10th, 1878.
A. w. POTTS, Clerk.
By e. II. OWEN, Deputy Clerk. m2C-lOt
Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-03-27

Under and by virtue of a decree ot
foreclosure and order OF sale entered ia
the District Court of Tie Sey enteenth Jul
dicial District Of the State of California,
in and for Los Angeles county, on the
20th day of december, A. ID. 1877. in The
above entitled case and in favor of f. r.
+. Temple. guardian of Bernardo Yorbu
and Javier lorba, minors. and Bernardo
Yorba and Javier Yorba, minors. by
II. z. f. Temple, their guardian, Plain
tiH, and against NJ. Keller, Eliza Keller,
his wife, John Doe, Richard Roo and
John Roe, defendants, certified copy
whereof, duly attested under the seal OF
said Court on the LIST day of February, A.
day, whereby am commanded to sell at
public auction to the highest and best
bidder, for cash in U. y. gold coin, the
following and in said decree de- scribed
real estate, to wit:
The following described piece. parcel
or tract of land lying and being in the
city and county of Los Angeles, State of
California, bounded and described as
follows, to wit:
Commencing on the road which runs
from the city OF Los Angeles to San Pedro
rancho, known as the Dominguez Road
at the southwest corner OF the vineyard
formerly of John Rowland; thence run.
ming along the line OF said Rowland course
north ~ degrees 30 minutes east, twenty
four CID chains eleven QD links; thence
course south 20 degrees 10 minutes east,
nineteen chains and twenty (20) links |;
thence north 81 deg east seventy (7O)links:
thence south 10 degrees east, Twelve (i2l
chains ana seventy (70) links. to a road
that divides the lands herein described
from those of Manuel Coronel; thence
south 81 degrees d minutes west twenty
seven (27) chains twelve C2) links 10 the
aforesaid San Pedro Road, and thence
north II deg west twenly-six (26) chains
and thirty-five links, to the place of be-
ginning. containing seventy-six and
O6'l00 acres OF land, as surveyed by Will
liam Moore, City and County Surveyor,
March, 1859, together with all and singu
lar the tenements, hereditaments and
appurtenances thereunto belonging or in
any wise appertaining.
Public notice is hereby given that on
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Notice of Co-Partnership.

This is to certify that George G. Eagan
and w. II. Standefer, both OF Ranehito,
Los Angeles county,, California, have
formed a co-partnership. to be known as
Eagan & Standefer, for the purpose of
transacting a general mercantile bust
ness at Kanchlto, Los Angeles county,
California, the same being their princi-
pal place of business and their residence.
and the full names of the said partners
being as above specified.
w. r. chandelier.
mr6-w4w GEO. G. EAGAN.
Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-03-27
Notice for Publication of Time
for Proving Will, etc.
ST ATE OF LIFORNIA, In the Pro-
Z unity Of Los Angeles. bate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of o. B.
Wilson, deceased.

PURSUANT TO AN ORDER OF THIS
a. Court made this day, notice is here
by given that Wedn esday, the 9th day
of March, A. u. 1878. at 10 O'Clock A. NJ. of
said day, at the Court room of this Court,
in the city and county of Los Ange-
les has been appointed for hearing the APP
plication OF Catherine Wilson, praying
that o document now on file in this court,
purporting to be the last will and tesla
ment of o. Il. Wilson, deceased,
be admitted to probate, and that
letters testamentary be issued there
on to said Catherine v ilson, at
which time and place all persons
interested therein may appear and :on-
test the same.
March II, 1875.
A. w. POTTS, Clerk.
By +. II. OWEN, Deputy Clerk. ml5-lOt
Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-03-27
MONDAY, THE 25th DAY OF
FEBRUARY, A. d. 1878,

AT IL O'Clock noon, l will proceed to
sell, at the Court House door, in the city
and county Of Los Angeles, State of Cali
fornia, at public auction, to the highest
and best bidder, for cash in u. y. gold
coin, to satisfy said decree for principal,
interest, costs, attorneys fees. and ali ac-
estate.
Given under my hand, at Los Angeles,
this21 day of February. A. ID. 1878.
ID. W. ALEXANDER,
fe3td Sheriff.
The above sale is hereby postponed UNI
til Wednesday the LIST day of May. A.
ID. 1878, at the same time and place.
ID. w. EXAM DER, Sheriff.
Dated Los Angeles, Feb. rs, 1873,
Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-03-27

Defendants.
VINDER AND BY VIRTUE OF
u II decree of foreclosure and sal :
Of the Seventeenth judicial District
oftLe State of California, in and for Los
Angeles county, on the 9th day OF March,
A. ID. 1878, in the above entitled case, and
in favor of Sedgwick J. Lynch, plaintiff,
and against Wilson Beach, defendant, a
certified copy whereof, duly attested un-
der the seal of said court on the 9TH day
of March, A. ID. 1878, and delivered
am commanded to sell ut public auc-
ton, to the highestaud best bidder, for
cash in U. S. gold coin. the following and
in said decree described real estate, to
wit:
All the right, title and interest of the
said defendant, Wilson Beach, of. in and
to all those lots, pieces aud parcels OF
land situated in the said cou atty of Los
Angeles, State of California, bounded aud
bed as follows, to-wit:
All of sections three, ten, eleven,
twelve, fifteen, twenty, twenty-one and
twenty two, fractional sections fourteen
and twenty three and the west half of
section twenty-eight, all in township two
south range nine, west San Bernardino
Meridian. Also, all that part of the
Rancho Los Nogales as finally confirmed
| to Maria jesus de Garcia ct al, and more
particularly described in the survey of
said rancho by VIM. p. Reynolds, June,
| 1873, and described in the map OF said
survey as lot one, containing 3S acres /;
lot two, containing ,OS 40.l00 acres and
lot three, containing Sc l2-l00 acres, and
those lots not numbered containing res
pectively So 03-l00 acres and AZ S7-l00 acres;
and also lands adjoining said rancho and
! designated by SAID survey as tract con-
| tanning 81 4i-lC0 acres, and tract contain :
| ing 7S-l0O acres, said last two mentioned
tracts being the land on which the house
and viz eyard of II. Vejar were situated,
which lands as above described and de-
signated by said survey above referred TO,
are more particularly d scribed by the
| following deeds, the descriptions in which
are hereby referred to and made part
hereof for further description: W Deed
dated l2th March, ls72 recorded in Book
10 of Deeds, page 603, ct seq; (2l deed from
Ramon Neiar ct uX to w Beach ct al,
dated 29th March, 1872, recorded in Book
20 of Deeds, page 81 ct seq; (3l Deed from
dated SlSt July, 1873, led in Book IS
of Deeds, page $40; (I Deed from Ramon
Vejar ct uX to W Beach ct al, dated 3lst
ly, 1873, recorded in Book . of Deeds,
/ page Gl6 90 Deed from Ricardo Vejar ct
al to w Beach, dated 29th August, 1874,
recorded in Book 81 of Deeds, page 1855, ct
seq; C6) Deed from r Vejar ct al to w
Beach, dated Augpst 70, 1874, recor ed in
Book 81 of Deeds, page 40 ct seq; % Deed
from + Nejar ct TX to w Beach ct al, dat
ed 25th February, 1875, recorded in Book
35 OF Deeds, page ISL; and also all that
IL &C. 100 acres, being part OF said rancho
and more particularly described in deed
of Francisco Vejar ct Tx to w Beach, OF
date goth August, 1871, and recorded in
Book 81 of Deeds, page l3S ct seq; all of
the foregoing references being to the rec
ords OF said Los Angeles county,
Public notice is hereby given that on
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Los Angeles Oil Company.
Location OF Principal Place of Business,
Los Angeles, Standardization of
Works, Ventura County, California.

Notice Is hereby given that at n
meeting of the Board of d.
rectors of tins company, held
on the goth day of March, 1878, an as
sessment No. 81 of twenty five
cents PEI share was levied upon the cap
ital stock of the company, payable i'm
mediately, in U. s. gold coin, 10 the Sec
rotary, at room No. 10, Downcy Block,
city of Los Angeles.
Any stock upon which this assess
ment remains unpaid on the oath
day of April, 1873, will be delin-
quent and advertised for sale at public
auction: and unless payment is made be-
fore will be sold on The llth day OF
May, 1873, to pay the delinquent as
sessment, together with costs OF advertis-
ing and expenses of sale.
BY order of the Board of Directors.
WIN. j. NEELY, Secretary.
Los Angeles, March 2lst, 1875. m23 4w
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Dissolution Notice.

The public are ereby notified that the
partnership heretofore subslsting be-
tween E. S. Bicknell and ID. b. Farquhar,
this day dissolved, Il. s. Bicknell retir-
ing. All claims against the late firm
will be settled by u. Il. Farquhar, who
will continue the business at the old
stand.
f.. s. BICKNELL.
ID. Il. FAkQUHAR.
Los Angeles, March !, 1873. mr5-Iw
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MONDAY, THE LIST DAY OF
APRIL, A. ID. 1878,

At12 o'clock noon, Twill proceed to sell at the
Court House door, in the City and County
of Los Angeles, State of California, at
public auction, to the highest and best bid
der, for cash in United States gold coin, to
satisfy said decree for principal, interest.
attorneys fees, costs, and all accruing
costs, all the above described real es tate.
Given under my hand at Los Angeles,
this 9TH day of March, A. ID. 1873.
IL. NJ. MITCHELL,
mr7td sheriff.