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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-11-14

dofous water. Here are brought
the aged Cinnamon who are about
to die. One of these outcasts was
there as we entered. He was lying
on q little piece of mating and
was covered with what seemed to
be coarse rug. The rising and
falling of this covering was all that
showed he was still alive. He
took not the slightest notice of our
intrusion. Poor wretch! No pic
ture ever drawn by the pen Of
Dante limned forth more grievous-
ly the hopelessness and helpless.
ness and drear abandonment of
which humanity is sometimes the
victim than this Celestial ~ casta-
way-yea, though Dante employed
all the accessories which his lively
imagination could utilize from the
horror property-room of the other
world.
MURDERERS' ALLEY - THIEVES
LAUNDRY-THE RAG-PICKERs.
But little is gained by protract-
ing our view of such disgusting
sights. A visit to Chinatown
would be incomplete without trip
through "Murderers' Alley" 1t
is in this narrow coigne of vantage
that the "High Binder" lies in
wait for his victim. Here the
shrinking wretch receives the
doom which has been adjudged
him by band of assassins which
has much ia common with the
Thugs of India. Another alley.
and fight of stairs, lead up to an
ample courtyard. After the perpe-
tration of a murder the assassins
rush up to this courtyard, shut the
door, drop a heavy beam of wood
down ON it as a bolt, and, while an
entrance is being forcibly effected,
they escape through some one OF
the twenty exits which abound on
every side.
We were much struck by what
we saw at q sort of thieves laun.
dry. Our guide assured us thai
everything handled there was
stolen. Of all the smells thus fai
| encountered by us the reekine
fumes arising from these polluted
garments capped the climax. The
odors enjoyed by Coleridge at Co
logne were Jockey Club perfumes
compared to these.
One inexpressibIy redolent alley
was the resort of the rag-pickerl
and gatherers of old cigar stumps
and here-God save the mark Twas
an artesian well. There are deep;
and lower deeps, but anything
equal to the idea of a we'll in the
midst of such accumulated ant
permeating nastiness We have
never conceived Of as possible. /
San Francisco has one pure Casta
lean fount, it certainly must bt
sought for there.
| have left out theatres, restau
rants and other hackneyed aspects
of this question. J. d. l..
San Francisco, Nov. 18th.
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this city, about fifteen minutes
would have sufficed to count his
ballots one week ago.
Tho .Grnnt Boom"
NEW YORK, Nov. 13.-A WASH
ington special to the World says:
The notorious Fitzhugh, well
known as the "Bigger man than
old Grant," recently told reporter
that the people of the South would
be really glad to see Grant in the
Presidential chair again.
Arrested for Libel.
NEW YORK, Nov. 13th.-General
Sigel, who recently became editor
of O Democratic newspaper in
Newark, was arrested yesterday
for libel and bailed.
Revenue from whisky.
NEW YORK, Nov. 1Sth.-A dis
patch from Washington says: Gen
eral Raum states that there would
have been an alarming falling off
In the revenue this year except for
the increase in receipts from the
taxation of whisky, aud gives facts
and figures to strengthen the state
ment.
NasiOnnI Aonks investigations.
NEW YORK. Nov. 14th.-Repre-
sentative Buckner, Chairman OF
the Committee on Currency and
Banking, is in town to investigate
the affairs of National Banks do
ing business here.
Tne Fruit Market.
NEW YORK, Nov. 1Sth.-Raisins
are more quiet and easier, and fig
ures for average demands are
steady. Prunes are in fair demand;
new Bosnians, o.; Servias, 10. Cur.
rants firm, with advancing tenden.
cy; new 5a@5s; old, 81. Citron, ir-
regular and slow. Dried apples are
In good demand and firm; new
State, sliced, y to 81; evaporated,
12@15.
| SWIM MILK.
CHICAGO, November 1lth.-The
City Council last night adopted an
ordinance prohibiting the sale in
the city of milk obtained from
swill-fed COWS. This has been O
crying evil, as cows fed with dis
tillery slops do not give milk fit fol
use, and yet it is sold largely tC
poor people.
In Cyclone.
HALIFAX, Nov. 13th.-The Nor
wegian bark Vrista from New York,
for Queenstown, has arrived here
The vessel left New York October
25th. On the Goth she encountered
q revolving cyclone, in which she
was struck by two heavy seas
which carried away the rigging
foretopmast, maintopmast ant
mizzentopmast, with all the yards
and gear attached, with the eXcep-
tion of the main and maintopsail
yards and jibboom; sprung her fore
mast and stove the bulwarks and
boats, destroyed forehouse and gal
ley and broke the hatch. Water
got into the vessel and damaged
the cargo of grain considerably
One seaman had a leg broken; an
other was washed overheard, but 8
returning wave bore him to the
deck again. The gale continued
till the I'd.
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New Trial Granted.

NEW YORK, Nov. 13th.-The
Court of Appeals has ordered new
trial in the case of the New York
Guaranty and indemnify Company
ct al. against Andrew L.. Roberts,
Valentine Gleeson and others, corr
fined in the Ludlow-street Jail since
June 5, 1875, pending an action of
the courts in the civil suit to recov-
er $4,000 for money obtained by
forging railroad bonds, on which
$4,000 was procured. When the
crime was detected in 1878, it cre-
ated q sensation in Wall street.
Nearly q million dollars worth of
forged bonds of the Buffalo, New
York and Erie and the New York
Central we're thrown upon the mar
ket, and many firms were tie
frauded.
sharp Talk TO Financiai Quacns.
New YORK, Nov. 13th.-The
World reads Congressman Buckner
q sharp lecture, concluding thus:
New York, it must be borne in
mind, is not o provincial, but is q
metropolitan State. She is the
most pOWeriul plate III tiiS Union.
Her feet cannot be swept from un-
der, either by the cry of "Solid
South,u or by the waving of the
"Bloody Shirt,n or by western pa
tent medicine clamor for "a new
way to pay of old debts" No man
will be President without the voice
OF New York in 1880, and no man
will get that vote, be he Republi-
can or Democrat, who lacks "a
solidn record for "honest money!
and a temper which will make New
York feel assured that he cannot be
cajoled or bullisd by Communists
or debt-shirkers. II the Democratic
party of New York had suspected
Governor Robinson Of sympathiz-
ing with the views which Buckner
is reported to have expressed in
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-11-14
Herald Steam Printing House.

The facilities OF the HERALD Steam
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., 1879-11-14
Turkey ans the Powers.

BILIOUS DISORDERS, LIVER COM
PLANTS. Costiveness, Dyspepsia, etc,
are speedily removed by DR.. Jayne's
Sanative Pills. Forty years. use has
proved them superior to all other reme-
dies for the cure of the various diseases
for which they are recommended. In
their action they are mild and certain,
risk from exposure.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-11-14
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. IL.
EVENING srREErs-4.CO p. NJ.

Jacket, 1917 S; Union, e7A $; G & g. lOh
S; Savage, 10 b, I514 a; 8 New, 81 S; Andes,
5; N Y, SOC b; Point, 3.so b, s,s5 a; ophir,
304 s; B & B, 1917 b, 1917 a; Scorpion, 4.50
b; Alpha, l3 b; .Belcher, $50 b; Mt View,
4.l0s; Bullion, 81 b; Mexican, 50 b; Impe-
rial, S5c b, go a.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-11-14
a CA R,D

To all who are suffering from the errors
and indiscret.ons of youth, nervous
weakness, early decay, loss of manhood,
etc., Will send a recipe that will cure
you, FREE OF CHARGE. This great
remedy was discovered by missionary
in South America. Send q self-addressed
MAN, Station d, Bible House, New York
City d6-ly
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-11-14
a Rare Bargain !
Real Estate
At Less Than Half Price!

A LOT OF lib ACRES BEST VINE
YARD IRRIGABLE LAND, on BOYLE
HEIGHTS, within the city limits, FOR
SALE FOX $500. For particulars in
quire at the Commercial Office. nll-lm
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-11-14

A WIDE AWAKE YOUTHS PAPER.-
For judicious editing, select and popular
contributors, and sprighly, entelAtntng
reading the Youths Companion, OF f'Boston
has no superior among the youths publi-
cations
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-11-14
NIGHTS NEWS.
PACIFIC COAST.
STOCK REPORT.
MORNING SESSION.

sAN FRANCISCO STOCK AND
CHANGE BOARn.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-11-14
NEW TODAY.
To Property Owners.

Parties owning property in the city of
Los Angeles interested in sustaining
patent OF 1873 and defeating pretended
patent of 1866, are requested to address,
ton of property, "JUSTITIA," Los Ange-
les Postoffice. nl2-lw
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-11-14
EAST e r ~.
weather PrubabiiiIiss.

WASHINGTON, November 1lth. -
For Pacific Coast, partly cloudy
weather; light rains in Oregon and
Washington Territory.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-11-14

We enter q room whose earthen
floor is covered, in places, to a
depth of half an inch, with malo-
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-11-14
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

A Visit to Chinatown-Ths Slums in Which
& the Wrstches Live Who Have Disorganised
the Labor Of Oaliforn ia-Scenes Of Squalor
and Degradation.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-11-14

Chancellor OF the Exohequer rec
specting finances will combine with
Beaconsfield's account of the reviv-
al of trade to produce q reassuring
impression. A tone of disappoint-
ment pervades comments of the
other journals. 1t was anticipated
that Beaconsfield would throw
some light on the relations OF Eng
land with Turk y and the future of
Afghanistan, and the chances OF
dissolution of Parliament; but the
concluding sentence is accepted in
some quarters as negativing the
idea of dissolution.
The Cxarowitch-Tne Eastern Ques.
zion.
LONDON, Nov. 13th.-Several
correspondents say the Czarowitch
will go first to Vienna, and one at
Vienna says he hears the Caro-
witch will go direct to Berlin.
A correspondent at Berlin de-
clares that the Egyptian affair is
still unsettled, and that Germany,
Austria and Italy insist on the APP
pointment of joint representative
for the three powers, to act with
Barring and Debligniers, as a COM
mission of control, which demand
England and France have not yet
acceded to.
Leasue OF the Ba,kan ssates.
VIENNA, November 14th.-The
Tdgolatt newspaper says: The
treaty of alliance concluded be-
tween the Balkan Principalities is
ostensibly against foreign interven-
tion in the Balkan States, but re-
ally against Austria. The treaty
stipulates that in the event of Aus
tria extending operations beyond
| Novi Bazaar, Servia will furnish
120, 900 men, Montenegro 10000 and
Bulgaria 10000, to form an allied
army, and that Servia will advance
Montenegro $4,000 ducats for mill
tary expenses. The appointment
| of the Commander.in-Chief Of the
alleged farces is left open, but 1t is
believed the appointment of Rus
sian General was originally con-
templated.
| Turkey snd the Powers.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Nov. 13th.-
Prince Lobanoff informed Sawas
Pasha, Minister of Foreign AT
fairs, that he does not bear any
proposals from the Russian Gov
eminent. Prince Lobanoff will
again depart in the course of a
week on leave of absence. Sawas
Pasha has declared to Sir Austin
Layard that the attacks of the
Turkish press on the policy of Eng
land are wholly uninspired. Count
Zichy, Austrian Ambassador, will
have an audience with the Sultan
on the 18th instant, when he will
present letters of recall. He will
leave in three weeks.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-10-06
STATE OF MAINE.

OXFORD IS. - Board Of county Commission
ers, Sept. session 1879.
Upon the foregoing petition, satisfactory evidence
having been received that the petitioners are res
ponsibc, and that inquiry into the merits Of their
application is expedient,
1t is ORDERED, That the County Commissioners
meet at the Post Office, West Bethel, on Tuesday
the h day OfDeccmber, next ut Il of the clock A. NJ
and thence proceed to view the route mentioned In
said petition; Immediately after which view, hear
ing Of the parties and witnesses will be had at
convenient place in the vicinity, and such other
taken in the premises as the COmnj ssoncrs
shall judge proper. And II is further Ordered that
notice ofthe time place and purpose of
ers' meeting aforesaid be given to all persons and
corporations interested by causing atesed copies of
said petition and of this order thereon be served
upon the Clerk of the town of Gilead and also post
cd up in three public places in said town. and publish
ed six weeks successfully in the kennebec Journal Il
newspaper printed mt Augusta by the printers TO the
State and also published three weeks successfully in
the Oxford Democrat, newspaper printed AT Paris,
in said County of Oxford the last of said publications
and each Of the other notices. to be made served and
posted, at least thirty days before said time of
Ing to the end that all persons and corporations may
then and there appear and show cause, il any they
have why the prayer of said petitioners should not
be granted.
Attest,-JAMES $. WRIGHT, Clerk.
true copy of said petition and order OF there
Oh.
Gul0 st-IAMESS WpIEnT CiarL
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Messengers Notice.

State of Maine, Kennebec, IS. Sept. 22d A. D. 1879
THIS is to give notice. that on the I'D day of
i Sept. A. ID. 1879, warrant In insolvency was
issued out of the Court Of Insolvency for said County
Of kennebec, against the estate of Benjamin r.
Swan. of Augusta. In said county of kcnnebec nd.
judged to be nsolvent debtor petition of said
debtor. which petition was fled on the
22nd day of Sept. A. ID. 1879, TO which
last named date interest claims is to be computed
that the payment Of any debts and the delivery and
transfer of any property belonging to said debtor to
him or for his use, and the delivery and transfer of
meeting Of the creditors of said debtor to prove their
debts and choose one or assignees Of his estate
Will be held ut court of insolvency to be holden al
the Probate Office In said Augusta, on the
thirteenth day of Oct, A. D. 1879, at two O'Clock
Given under my hand the date first above written.
Sheriff, as Messenger Of the Court of Insolvency
for said County of Kennebec. 223w
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CONTINUED from First Page. }

6 O'Clock. when he said, " Hands, Capt.
Doherty lifted up his hands; Booth looked
at them for an instant. and shaking his
head exclaimed. Useless. useless y
short time after he became unconscious,
and so remained until he died.
The government had offered 100000
for Booths capture, and Baltimore and
Washington $4,000 more. Washington :
offered reward is now in litigation before
the supreme court, the district court hay-
ing decided against the claim. on the
ground that the city had no authority to
offer the reward. Baltimore refused to
pay her reward, point blank, and the claim
against her has lapsed by limitation. The
government paid $4,000 of its reward
Capt. Doherty receiving $500, the two
citizen detectives 81 200 each, Sergts. Bos-
ton Corbett and Wendall 81, 200 each, and
Chief Detective Lafayette c. Baker Of the
war department 4, 100, and the cavalrymen
the rest of the SIS, 900 pro rata
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STATE OF MAINE.

PENOBSCOT. ss.-Court Of County Connmi ssioners,
July Term, A. ID. 1917.
Upon the foregoing petition. 1t Is considered by the
commissioners that the petitioners responsible
and that they ought to b. heard touching the matter
set forth In their petition, and therefore ORDER
that the County Commissioners of the counties of
ienobscot and PiscataQuis meet ut the dwelling
house Of Perey q. EdeD in Bradford, In PenobscOt
county, on Tuesday the eleventh day of November,
A. d. 1917, ut IL O'Clock nOon and thence proceed to
view the route mentioned in said petition; inined.
atey after which view, hearing OF the parties and
witnesses will be had ut some convenient place In
the vicinity, and such further measures taken In the
premises Ms the Commissioners shall judge proper.
And 1t is further ORDERED, that notice OF the time
place and purpose of the Comnis ioners' meet
ing aforesaid, be given to all persons and corpora.
tons Interested, by serving attestcd copies Of the
Petition and this order thereon, upon the Clerks of
the towns of bradford In PenobscOt county. and
Ornev in PiscataQuis county, and upon the chair.
man of the County Commissioners of Pscataquis
county and by posting up attested copies rs afore-
sad IN three public places in each of said towns,
thirty days at least before the time appointed for
such view, and also by publishing the petition and
order thereon three weeks successfully In the Ban
gor Weekly Courier. newspaper published in Ban
gor, in PenobscOt County, and three weeks success
siyeiy In the Piscataquis Observer, u newspaper
published in Dover In fiscataqus county, and three
weeks successfully In the kennebec Journal news.
paper published in Augusta, in Kennebec County,
being the state paper, the first publication TO be
thirty days at least before the time of said view that
all persons and corporations interested may attend
and be heard ii they think lit.
Attest JAMES ii. BURGESS, Clerk.
true copy of the Petition and Order thereon.
3w4i Attest JAMES II. BURGESS, Clerk.
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Attcst.-JAMEs S. WRIGHT, Clerk.
NONRESIDENT Taxes.

IN the town of Mt. Vernon in the county of Ken
/ nebec, for the year 1873:
The following list of taxes real estate of non
resident in thetOwn of Mt Vernon the year
1873, in bills committed to Loren f. Doof, Collector
of said town. the 18th day Of August, 1875 has been
returned TO me rs remaining unpaid on the
and now remain unpaid and notice is hereby given
that If the said taxes and interest and charges
paid into the treasury of said town within eighteen
months from the date Of the commitment OF the said
bills, much of the real estate taxed as will be suf
cient TO pay the amount due therefor including in
erest and charges, will, without further notice be
sold at public auction ut the Treasurer's Office,
in said town. on Monday, the 2;Id day of February,
1885, at three o'clock, Z. NJ.
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To the Honorable the County Commissioners for the
County, Of PEN Lscof - "

TO me Honoradte the County Commissioners for the
County Of Pessobscot.
HE petition Of the subscribers. respectfully rep
earnestly request your honors to lay and esta6.
iish county way, commencing on the county way
ieaing from the tannery easery to South Lagrange,
at Elliotts corner (socaed) In Bradford, In said
county thence northerly ON the town way known AS
the Eden road In said Bradford to its northern ter
minus near Eben o. Buck dwelling house; thence
continuing norhery ON the lot line between lots No
n aud No 23 In said Bradford the north line of
said town OF Bradford, (the same being the county
line between the counties Of Penobscot and Pscata-
quis) thence crossing said county line and running
county way leading from Storer's Corner socaled),
IN Bradford aforesaid, eastery the corner Of
orneve, In said county Of Piscataquis to lagrange
the northern terminus Of the way prayed for being In
the town OF Orneville In said county Of Piscataquis
ana the same being II way In two more counties
And that your HOnors will take such action rs il re-
quired by law In that behalf made and prov and
ms In duty bound will ever pray.
Dated nj Bradford this 10Th day of August 1879
(signed) PERLEY q. ELDEN and "A others
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JUST PUBLISHED.

carefully revised Treatise Catarrh with an &C.
curate description OF symptoms and sympathetic dis
eases together with minute directions for efectinR
with sANFoRp's RADICAL CURE speedy and perma
rrnf cure Also observations diet and the general
ieah of vast Importance all afflicted with catarrh
1t IS wrapped about ca bottle Of the RADICAL CURE
or VIII 10 mailed FREQ on receipt OF stamp.
Each rackara Of sAxroRD's RADICAL CURE contains
m Saniords Improved Iphang Tube. with full direc-
lions Tor use in all Price, 81 Sold by all whole
ale and retail druggists throughout tho United States
and Canada. WEEKS IL POTTER. General Agents
gad Wholesale Druggists, Boston. Mass.
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County Of Somerset.

TREAsURER's OFFICE,
SkowHEGAN,S Sept. "A, 1879.
DOAD Taxes assessed on the following
~ townships and tracts Of lands in Somerset
County, by the Commissioners Of said county, at their
December term Of court A. ID. 1876 and the same re-
main unpaid;
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Mothers. do not let your darlings suffer
with the Whooping Cough, while YOU have a
remedy so near at hand. Use DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup, and the little sufferer will soon
find relief. Price % cents.
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III AIN Nm Active Parties to act rs Gencr
al Agents for the sale of
specalties. Business respecta-
LvV bic. Goods sell rapidly. We
pay salary Il liberal COM
mission sales. From Z 100 to 900 IA month be
made by live men. Rare chance for making money.
Address }. :. MCDONALD Co, 15s Clark ST., Chi
cago. sept23-4w
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And the court order that notice Of the penden.
cy of said libel. be given to the belee by publishing
an attested copy Of the libel or abstract thereof.
newspaper printed at Augusta, In the county Of
kennebec, the last publication to be not less than
thirty days before the next term of this court TO be
holden at Augusta, within and for the county
nebec on the first Tuesday of December next that he
may then and there appear and answer to said libel
IL he shall see cause
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Now notice Is hereby given that for the said taxes
any part thereof remaining unpaid the thirty
first day Of October A. ID. 1879 the said township or
tract Of land much thereof will satisfy the
said taxes with costs and interest, will be sold At
public auction Ut the court house In SkOwhegan on
Friday the thirty first day Of October A. d. 1877 Mt
10 O'Clock, A. NJ.
A. s. BURKE, Treasurer
3wi1 of Somerset County.
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Abstract of the Libel.

This Is libel for divorce from the bonds of matri-
nOny In which the libelant alleges that she was
married to the said Henry c. DAILY Lewiston In the
County Of Androscoggin, March -. 1873; that they
hsved herself as faithful and adectiOnate wife but
That the said Henry G. DAILY. regardless Of his mar
riage covenant on the 18th day Of April 1877 at Lew
and abandoned the belant and has lived separate
and apart from her since; that said Henry G.
vide her with home. food clothing, and that she
has been compelledtO work out in order to get liv
ing; that on June 20h 1876 and on divers other
any prOvocatiOn On her part, said Henry c. has
saued her. has beaten her. struck her and kicked her
out OF bed. using toward her prOfane language and
threatening to take her life, whereby she put in
great fear and distress Of body and mind. Where
fore she prays for divorce from the bonds Of mat
rimOny.
true copy Of the order Of court with abstract of
the libel.
3wi0 Attest :-WM. NJ. STRATTON, Clerk.