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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-12
The WatrrIoO of Prahtb,sias.

RALEIGH, N. c., Aug. 11.-Tht
Net0s and Observer has official re
turns from 70 counties, giving 9S,
965 majority against prohibition
with % counties to be heard from
Haywood gives 81 majority for pro
hibitiop. So far it stands alone.
Hotel Barned
TRENTON, N. j., Aug. 1.-THE
Parry House at Beach Haven was
burned yesterday. The guests los
all their property.
A Firm or RascAss.
TOLEDO, August lie. r. Will.
Jams & Co., grain commission
merchants, failed and an investi-
cation reveals that large mum Der
of fraudulent bills of lading have
been issued by them, amounting
to from 100000 to 100000, upon
which they have obtained money.
One or the Papers Before the Bank
esS Convention.
CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-THE TSmes's s
Niagara Falls special says that
Geo. S. 0oe will read paper to-
morrow before the Bankers Con-
vention declaring that State bank
notes based on commercial assets
will be the money OF the future. A
reduction in volume Of the public
debt and the increased price of
bonds have already destroyed the
profit TO be derived from the issue
of note currency, and must soon
put an end to the whole National
Bank system.
a PrOmt.sns pOstatcRt Cbaracaer
Dead.
QUINCY. Aug. 11.-Hon. o. H.
Browning died late last evening.
He was defeated by Stephen A.
Douglass for Congress IN 1843, but
served out Douglass's tenn in the
Senate in 1861 by appointment
from Governor Yates. He prac-
ticed law with Jere Black and
Thomas S. Ewing, and President
johnson made him Secretary Of
the Interior. He was a native of
Kentucky, rs years of age.
FntAi Fire nt Saginaw.
EAST SAGINAW, Mich, Aug: IL.
This afternoon the residence of
J. B. Ballings was burned. His
father and daughter perished in
the flames.
Fatal ARRAY with . v"gabona.
BURTON, NO., Aug. 1l.-A vaga-
bond named Jackson having in
suited Mrs. Langford, her husband
attempted to chastise him, but
was stabbed nearly to death. Mrs.
Langford then appeared on the
scene and shot Jackson in the
breast, who then tried to stab her,
but fell from loss of blood. Lang
ford and Jackson will die.
Asa.s8g Ru,Cs OusnI"u.
BISMARCK, Aug. IL "A special
to the Bismarck Tribune from Fort
Yates says that when Sitting Bull
heard of the killing of Spotted
Tail he said it was Il fit ending for
q fool. Bull claims that he sur
rendered when he should have kept
the warpath. Appeals are being
made from settlers along the Mis-
souri, to send more troops TO Fort
Yates and Lincoln, as it is admit
ted bv the officers in command at
Fort Yates that the force is wholly
inadequate to squelch an outbreak
should it occur. To-day two squaws
were caught carrying ammunition
and guns into Sitting Bulls camp.
He undoubtedly means mischief,
aud if he says the word many of
the young bucks at the agency will
follow him. The Indians are in
dependent and trouble may be ex-
pected at any moment unless more
troops are sent to this vicinity, as
power is the only thing indians re-
spect.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-12
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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-12
sssrsssry B,sine Goes Home.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.-Secre-
tary Blaine and family left this
afternoon for Augusta, Me-, to be
absent from Washington several
weeks,
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-12

These drawings, occur monthly (Sun.
days excepted), under provisions of an
Act of the General Assembly of Ken
lucky.
The United States Circuit Court on
March 3lst, rendered the following deci-
sions.
1st-That the Commonwealth Distri-
button Company is legal.
2d-Its drawings are fair.
The Company has now on hand
large reserve fund. Read the list OF
prizes for the
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-12

SARATOGA, N. Y, August H.
The mile and one-sighth race was
wonby Goldbug, Churchill second,
Fireman third; time, 1:553. The
first race-three-quarters OF mile
resulted: Valparaiso first, Ella
WarneId second, 9iroifa third;
time, 1:16. The Kinner stakes
(tWQ miles) were won by Hindoo
~ Ave- lonGtha; Crickmoxe second,
= Sqore thiE6; tlme, e:a2.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-12
Late kilograms.
Tno Or,xaba's PASSENGERS.

SAN FRANCISCO, August H.
The Orizaba sailed ate A. M. with
the following passengers: James
McFadden and family, Miss J Dill
lon, Miss M House, 8 Morris, Paul
Belleck, Mrs 8 A Hayes, Mise M
Folks, Miss Nettie Hanna, Mrs p
J McMahon, = White, VIM Unrub,
M Kunz.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-12

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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-12
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BURTON, Mo-, Aug. 1l.-A vaga-
bond named jackson having in
suited Mrs. LangfOrd, her husband
attempted to chastise him, but
was stabbed nearly to death. Mrs.
Langtord then appeared on the
scene and shot Jackson in the
breast, who then tried to stab her,
but fell from loss of blood. Lang
ford and Jackson will die.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-12
To Parents and Guardians
ENGLISH AND FRENCH
PRIMARY SCHOOL.

Conducted by MADAME ROBINSON,
nee dc Grave, HILL ST., opposite
Fourth streets. lt..
This Institution will be opened on the
| hrst OF September, and wifi be devoted
70 the iEstructton Of young children IN
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-12
AuGIIST DRAWING.
1850 400

Whole Tickets, So. Half Tickets, 81.
27 Tickets, $50. IS Tickets, 500.
Remit Money or Bank Draft in Letter
or send by Express. Don't send by reg.
istered letter or Postoffice order. Orders
of s5 and upward, by Express, can be
sent at our expense. Address all order
to
r. M. BOARDMAN,
Courier-Journal building, Louisville, KY.
or II. NJ. BOARDMAN, 800 Broadway.
New York. D5-d&w
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-12
HAIR GOODS.

MRS. X. SMITH. having been with
Mr.. and Mrs. g. A. Williams, Will con-
tinue business At their old place. Mrs.
smith = prepared 70 do all kinds Of hair
msmhsr re plses, No; e sfRING ST.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-12

Both steamships call at Port Hartford
(SanL Obispo) )and Santa Barbara.
The Company reserves the right o
change the steamers or their days OF
sailing.
CHANGE OF HOUR.
A@Passengers for San Francisco take
the train for Wilmington that leaves
Los Angeles at 1850 O'Clock A. M, Los
Angeles time.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-12
DR.. Joseph Kurtz

Has removed his Office to Rooms %, q
and 30 Baker Block.
HEye and ear diseases treated with
the care of sp ecia list. ap22
The Iola register., 1881-05-20
A Modest Of1ce.Seeker.

The following letter, recently received
by gentleman occupying high official
position in Washington, has been given
to the press for publication:
NEW YORK, 9th April, 1881.
The Iola register., 1881-05-20
The Echo Boy.

A little boy once went home to his
mother and said, ''Mother. sister and
1 went out in the garden. and we were
calling about, and there was some boy
A.ocking u.s." "How do you mean,
Johnny9'' said the mother. "Why,"
said the child, 81 was calling cut,
Hot and this boy said 'Hor So I
said to him. Who are you?' and he
said, who arc your So said, what
is your name? He said, what is your
name? And I said to him, why don't
you show yourself?' He said, Show
yourself And I jumped over the
ditch, and went into the wood; and
could not find him, and 1 came back.
and 1 said, If you don't come out I
will punch your head And he said, Il
will punch your head.'"
So his mother said, "Ah. Johnny, if
you had said. Il love you,' he would
have said, Il love you.' If you had
said, Your voice is sweet he would
have said, your voice is sweet What
ever you said to him, he would have
said back to YOU" And the mother
said: "Now, Johnny, when you get to
be man, whatever You will say to 9TH
ers they will by and by say back to
you: and his mother took him to that
old text in the Scriptures, "With what
measure ye mete, it shall be measured
unto you again.'-Iuustrated Christian
WeeElu.
The Iola register., 1881-05-20

The Honorable --:
DEAR SIR-I don't think that there is any
doubt that more than any man was the
Chief Engineer of the last Presidential Cam
paign. 1t cost me great labOur, which !
performed with great care. Not only did /
labOur to organize victory for the Republic
cans single handed, but also in connection
with the National Republican Campaign
Committee here. And scarcely move was
made in this great game which was not sug-
gested to them by me.
My Petition is signed by a number of our
weightest citizens, Republicans, bankers &
others. ask the Office Of Surveyor of the
Port Of New York. Possibly it is better to
retain me here. II not propose to have the
Mission to Brazil or the Consul -generalship
of Italy & Spain.
You must know how much have laboured
these past twelve or fifteen years for the
good Of the nation. I do not know another
man in the Country who has toiled so long
and hard without his Services being reward
ed. sent my Petition to Senator
(nOt New York SenatOr), to be handed to
the President. Ifnominated I have no doubt
will be confirmed.
Although have laboured SO long for the
good of our great Republic, I am Licenti-
ate for the Presbyterian Church. have been
for ten years in the Office of Eminent LAWYERS
& accountants, so that am eminently quail
fed for public business-beyond most men.
The Excellence of my character is not only
attested in my Petition, but it can be sup
ported by hundreds of our best Citizens
many Of them millionaires.
1t is high time my eminent Services were
rewarded. The Bible tells us the Servant is
worthy of his hire. Yours sincerely,
The Iola register., 1881-05-20

It was beautiful day; the sun shone
and the birds sang sweetly. The little
girls did not want to stay in the house.
"Let Us 20 to the river and catch
some fish, said Peggy. So of they
started with their little poles and lines.
and bent pins for fish-hOoks. The fish
did not bite very well, and by and by
the children took off their stockings
and shoes and waded into the clear.
cool water.
"I wish we had boat" said Pollie.
II would like to have sail" just
then Peggy spied a wash-tub on the
bank.
30 Pollie," she cried. somebody
has been washing. and left tub here;
that will make . splendid boat"
"Let US get in it right OF" said Pol
lie, dancing about I'VE must have
"These sticks will do," said Peggy.
picking up two almost as big as herself.
They rolled the tub into the river,
where it danced about like cork. II
will hold it until you get in, Polite, and
then you must keep it steady with your
stick for me-" said Peggy.
rome UlU eA3ctly dS IcSSSy tOAu HOi,
and soon both were seated in their fun
ny boat. The river was not deep, but
the current was strong. and the tub
foated very well. What fun it was!
They could see the white pebbles on
the bottom of the river, and the bright
little fish PLAYING hide and 90 seek.
But by and by the tub tioated right ON
big rock in the middle of the river.
and the little sailors were upset into the
water.
1--WE shall be drownedr' screamed
Pollie, hold on to the rock, the water
streaming off her.
''The fishes will eat US upr' said
Peggy, beginning to cry.
Just then q man walking on the bank
saw them. He waded out into the river
and carried them safely to land. When
the two wet little girls reached home,
nurse was much frightened, and put
them to bed right away. They had only
bread and butter for their supper.
Peggy and Pollie think they will never
go sailing again. B. Ferry. IL
Our Little Ones.
The Iola register., 1881-05-20
FASHION NOTES.

Steel buckles are in great demand
"A new shade of brown is called La
Girofe.
"A new shade of blue is called duck Is.
breast.
Black chantilly lace is coming again
into vogue.
The poke bonnet in its modified
shape is decided favorite.
-Shirring is seen upon skirts, bodices,
tabiers, scarfs, mantles and bonnets.
Boots laced up the instep are COM
ing largely into favor for the prone.
New and lovely tints of steel-gray
are introduced in millinery and dress
fabrics.
White and tinted Grape bonnets
trimmed with delicate wreaths and
sprays of flowers will be very fashion
able headdresses the coming season.
-Bayonnaise is a very fashionable
fabric for spring toilets. It comes in
the delicate shades of Persian mauve,
steel gray, pale pink, and corn color.
Mourning gloves for full dress are
embroidered with jet beads on the back,
and have broad band worked in at the
waist to simulate a bracelet.
The delicate cactus lace straws,
lined with bright colored Surah and
daintily trimmed with lace and flowers,
are decidedly the prettiest hats thus far
exhibited by the importers.
Broad sashes of ombre satin mer-
veilleux will be very much worn with
delicate summer toilets. These sashes
are very elegant, and the gradual shad-
ing from the faintest tint or color to q
deep rich hue gives them peculiar and
beautiful effects.
Dotted Surah in one or more shades
is still very fashionable fabric this
spring, but more novel material is
that known by the name of Bayadere
tussore woven in bright colored stripes.
This very pretty material is very effec-
tive when combined with cream-colored
tussore. IN. Y. Post.
The Iola register., 1881-05-20
Our Young Folks.
ONE CAT and TWO PIGS.

without any sister. without any brother,
Was very unhappy,
Was very unhappy;
Oh, very unhappy, indeed!
She couldn't fnd any companions to stay
She couldn't find any companions to play
with;
And so she was lonely,
Oh! ever so lonely;
Oh, yes! she was lonely, indeed.
Ono morning she noticed two little pigs rum
Along By the house; they were pretty and
And it made little kitty
Feel bad-what q pity!-
Avery great pity, indeed.
She made their acquaintance, and then in clear
weather
The three funny playmates would frolic to-
And kitty was happy.
No doubt she was happy:
Oh, yes! very happy, indeed.
The piggies would drink up the milk that was
To kitty, who oft from the basin was driven;
Yes, rather too greedy:
Oh. yes! very greedy, indeed.
And, when they had corn. how the piggies
WOulQ CQ0W HI
While kitty looked on. wondering how they
could do it;
Twas queer that she couldn't.
Quite stranQe that she couldn't;
She'd tried-but she couldn't, indeed!
At night, when the piggies in slumber were
DOING,
Miss Kitty curled up on their backs was re-
posing,
And all were quite happy,
Remarkably happy;
Oh, yes! very happy, indeed.
-JOsephine Pollard. in Nursery.
The Iola register., 1881-05-20
How Whistler Painted q Ceiling.

Probably you have heard of Whist
ler's extravaganza in houses. He was
engaged to decorate noble mansion in
Belgravia; the price was no object to the
owner-and for that matter neither was
it to Whistler. One day friend asked
me to 60 over and see one of the rooms
that was nearly completed, and has
tened to accept the invitation. This is
what we saw on entering: A very slim,
spare figure extended on q mattress in
the middle of the floor; beside him an
enormous palette, paints, half-dozen
long bamboo fish-poles resting on a line
with their butts close at hand, and q very
large pair of binocular glasses. Whist
Ter, dressed wholly in black velvet, with
knickerbocker pantaloons stopping just
below the knee, black silk stockings and
low pointed shoes, with silk ties more
than six inches wide and diamond
buckles, was fiat on his back, fishing
rod in hand and an enormous eyeglass
in one eye, diligently putting some fin
ishing touches on the ceiling, his brush
being on the other end of the fish-pole.
Occasionally he would pick up his double
glasses like some astronomer peering at
the moon, and having gained q nearer
and better view of the effect, he would
again begin to agitate the paint-brush at
the other end of the long pole.
snow wouldn't l be fool" said he,
''to risk myself on a scaffolding and
nearly twist my head off my shoulders
trying TO look upward when I can over
come the difficulty and annihilate space
so easily thus?''-and he gave wave of
his fish-pole.
And such a room! one mass of gorge
Gus purple and blue, ornamented solely
with an enormous number of the eyes of
a peacock's feathers. It was room to
make man a lunatic in week. 1t was
as if all the peacocks in Christendom
had settled down upon one, and were
about to smother one in tail-feathers.
And this was the celebrated 'speacock
room'' about which all London went
wild not long afterward.-London Let.
ter
The Iola register., 1881-05-20
A Mighty Hunter.

"It's all very well, strangers, for you
to chin about gittin' lots o. quail and
ducks, but whar 1 live we call that yer
slim shootin', now you hear me. Only
gals shoot birds out my way"
ssI suppose you have much larger
game," suggested an admiring bystan-
der who had been telling how he bagged
some robbins over in Jersey in the fall
. of sc.
s.Now you're talking language-b'ars,
tbuffaloes, elephants, camels, giraffes,
skyotes, mastodons is nothing fer US to
git. l laid in stock o. jack tigers year
;afore last that would make you fellers
weep with latter fer to see 'em, and peo-
ple come for thousand mile to see my
coral o. polar bars, captered right onto
my own premises"
"Won't you take little something?"
asked man who had heretofore para
ayzed the mob with his wild duck sto-
Ties.
"You might stir q little sheet light
slin' into some assafedity, and gimme
squirt o. vitriol into it," observed the
stranger. s'I'm accustomed to power
full stuff, but / got hurt in a seal fight,
and hev to drink pooty light now.'
"Teu us about it," chorused the mob.
The stranger slipped in silence a mo-
ment and then opened up: "YOu see
the elephants had been stealin' my hens
for sorse time, and jest sot trapsfor
'em; bought steamboat and took off
her hog-chains for q slip-noose, and
fastened one end around hole about a
quarter of q mile thick; know'd no
.dog-goned elephant could start that;
then put an ostrich that my daughter
had killed on her way from school in the
aoop, and went to bed about four clock
in the morning heard row and found
i had got buck seal in the trap; he
showed fight and 1 went for him, and
der nearly a week it was hard to tell
which had the best it; finally l downed
him, and out o. that seal got 'leven
hundred ba'rls o. lie and nigh unto q
squar mile o. skin, good fur, and worth
SIG a yard, but it crippled me fnan-
cially."
How?" demanded a breathless lis
-sener.
ssIn the fuss thet yer seal knocked
,ovec my house and buildin's and tore up
nv arabic sile clear to bedrock. Couldn't
plant a thing"
won't you try another drink?'
asked sympathizer.
"Gimme little powdered sulphur
and half dozen red peppers in some
nitro -glycerine, will yer? Doctor says
81 got 10 be keerful for month or six
weeks. got squar', though, - he con-
.inued. 81 kim out ahead. When I
rot to open thet ostrich l found four
Teen-acre farm, well stocked and watered,
eighty-two miles o. barb-wire fencin',
three hundred ton o. hay, and a Baptist
The Iola register., 1881-05-20

Church, all in good repair, only the
steeple was q little bent. 1t was good
haul, strangers.
"Did you ever get the elephants?'
INQUIRED an Oyster Bay man, who
claimed to have walked over to Grea,
South Beach on the backs of school ot
blue-fish.
"Only nine of 'em. Only nine or ten
of 'em, stranger. Istarted sewin' cir.
clein the church, and when the elephants
heard the cacklin' they thought it was
chickens, and I got eight thousand
pounds of ivory, besides six pounds that
was on gold plates, and q job lot o. old
un-bonnets and shin-bones and p'inted
elbows thet only need assortin' for the
market. 1t strained the church so that
I sold it secondhand to the county for
water-works, and it irrigates the whole
deestrict.'
"Won't you try something more?"
queried an Eaqle reporter who had skir-
mished around the outside of the crowd
during the relation of these marvels.
"Jest drop tablespoonful of prussic
acid into couple o. pints o. hartshorn.
You'll hev to excuse me from gOin'
heavy, l got some business this after
noon. I come down fer a Gatling gun
to see if can't git some o. them eight
eyed lions that's been stealin' whales
out o. my aquarium. My old smooth
bore cannon busted the other day under
charge o. cook-stoves the baby had
rammed in to kill sea-sarpint which
was stealin' milk from pet COW he had
been trainin', and the discharge busted
the usefulness out o. gorilla I had been
raisin' to carry tramps to the pigs.
Otherwise, 1 would jine you, gentlemen.
l want to git home pooty early, cause
couple of my devil-fish broke loose yes
terday, and my wife don't like to go
down cellar while them sea-spiders is
slingin' eighty-foot legs for fresh meat.
Then the baby is liable to get among the
and eat 'em up"
"Where do you ive?" asked the
Eagle man. "Where's your homer"
81 am naturally Nevada man." re-
piled the stranger, ''but it was too tame
out in them parts for my folks, and so
we moved to New Haven, Conn.,, more
fer the sportin' than anything else.
Come up and see me any time and take
a hyena hunt with me. Won't cost you
a cent, and when you git back there
amt man on Long Island as will want
to talk hunt within forty mile of where
you're tellin' about you're experience.
Glad to see you all at my house, gentle
men," and the orator bowed gravely
and retired.
1t was an hour before 3 word was
spoken, and then the Oyster Bay man
began to speak about quails; but the
rest looked at him so sadly that he stop
ped short, and silence reigned profound
until the proprietor of the saloon closed
up.-BrOOklyn EaQLe.
The Iola register., 1881-05-20

Polly and Peggy were two little girls
who lived in big white house beside a
pretty river. Pollie's eyes were brown,
like chestnuts. but Peggy 8 were blue as
the sky.
One day their mamma went away to
spend the afternoon. The little girls
promised to be very good indeed while
she was gone. They were to have bread
and butter, baked apples with cream,
and little sugar cakes for their supper.
with their own pretty tea set to eat
from.