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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-12-31

ErARM FOR sALE-aoo acres Of good
e land. adapted to fruit OF all kinds.
sna small sfsin; Al irsgstins .sa ditcn
Some Improvements and some fruit
trees and vines on the place. situated
on the railroad, twelve miles east Of III
Monte. Terms, $40 an acre; time given,
II required. Title perfect. Inquire on
the place u A. r. MONROE. dls.lm
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-12-31
FRESH BALTIMORE OYSTERS,

The proprietor OF CONGRESS- HALL,
Eastern shell oysters from san Fran.
CISCO Bay, will have regularly ON hand
Fre.h Baltimore Oysters, from the East,
until further notice. - d18.1m
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-12-31
For sale.

SOME OF THE MOST DESIRABLE
BUILDING LOTS In THE CITY.
- LOTS between Pearl and. Hope and
Tenth and Eleventh streets.
Also, whole Of block r, Mott tract, be.
ing iS ioIs between Hope and Flower and
Court and Frs streets.
Also, other lots.
- WIN D. STEP lens,
n3-2m Room IS, Temp eRlock.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-12-31
Notice for Publication of
Time for Proving
Will. etc.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT.
In the matter of the estate Of
George 8. Keller, deceased.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, l..
County Of Los Angeles. 81
Pursuant TO an order of this Court,
made this day, notice is hereby given
that Monday, the 9th day OF January,
1882, at 10 O'Clock A. n. OF said day,
at the court room Of this Court, in the
city and county OF Los Angeles, has been
appointed for hearing the application
Of M. w. Getchell. praying that q
porting to be the last will and testament OF
George 3. Keller deceased, be admitted
to probate, and that letters Testament
ary be issued thereon to NJ. W. Getchell
at which time and place all persons in.
the same.
Dated December 2lth, 1881.
A. w. POTTS. County Clerk. i.
By E. II. OWEN. Deputy. d2Btd
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-12-31
BOARD and ROOMS.
2oo seRIMc sT.

Private Boarding; Sunny Rooms, on
suite or single, furnished with all the
comforts Of an elegant private home;
~ Terms very reasonable. jyl2-6m
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-12-31
THURSDAY, THE 10Th DAY OF
DECEMBER, 1851,
EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS.

EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS.
Notice 10 hereby given that an exami-
nation Of teaehers will be held BY the
City Board OF Examtnatio In the High
School Building, Los Angeles city, COM
menclng
TUESDAY, JANUARY 8.
At nine O'Clock A. NJ, and continuing
three days.
The following studies are required for
Second Grade City Certificates: Arith.
mettcs- eram mar, geography. com posi-
ton. ". 8 history, orthography, dedn.
Ing. penmanship, reading and methods
All the sbove-namsd and the follow
ing additional studies are required for q
First Grade Oily Oerttncate: ALGEBRA,
natural philosophy, natural history,
physiology, English and American lit.
eratuie, principles Of civil government,
book.keepiug, industrial drawing, vocal
music and the elements of political
economy.
All The above. named and the follow.
Ing additional studies are required for
High school Certificates: Rhetoric, gen.
eral history, geometry. chemistry, geol-
oey, astronomy, mental philosophy.
All applicants for certificates must bo
present at the commencement OF the
examination.
Per order OF the Board.
MARY A. HOD0KINS,
dlbtd 6ec'y Board Of Examination.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-12-31
NOTICE
OF Annual Meeting Of Stockhold-
ere for Election of Directors.
6ilverado Mining Company-santa Rosa
Mining District, Los Angeles county,
State OF California,

State Of California.
Notice is hereby given, in pursuance
Of the BYLAWS Of said Company, that
Of the above-named Company will be
held ct the ofaces OF Bicknell 4 White,
Nos. II, II and 10, Temple Block, Los An.
leles city and county, California, on
le02, 1t 10 O'Clock A. n, for the election OF
seven Directors for the ensuing year and
transaction Of such other business az
may come before them.
WILLIAM CARDWELL,
Los Angeles, Decem ber 10, 1881. di7ld
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-12-31
FOR SALE.

THE FURNITURE OF A HOTEL and
SALOON. Apply tn ANDRO sPRIN-
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-12-31
wAtrs-.IosT-FouND.
Wanted.

A situStion, by a competent person for
cooking. ddress, Foitof,,ce box No.
$50. p@- d20-lw
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-12-31
Partner wanted.

PARTNER WITH $1,000 WANTED in
the hotel business. A good tnveatment
and paying business. Address g. this
once. dl7tf~
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-12-31
HORSES ron SALE.

A well-matched pair Of Work Horses,
dve years old, sound and kind.
Also. q nne family horse. six years old |;
lady an drive HIM; not afraid Of any.
enquire of DIR oowPER. at Ferguson
& Roses livery stable. dH
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-12-31
NOTICE
OF Annual Meeting Of Stock hold
ere for Election of Directors:
proposals for Publishing.

Los Angeles, Decem Der ie, iSSi. al
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-10-08
THE PRESIDENT AND THE OFFICE
SEEKERS

A dispatch from Washington states that
President Arthur has thus far resolutely
refused to make any appointments to office,
and has expressed the opinion that subordi-
nate positions under the Government should
be filed by the heads of departments. There
is strong SAVIOR of genuine civil-service
reform in this statement, and if President
Arthur can only adhere to his present
determination he may make even a more
ausp cious entrance into his administration
than his lamented predecessor did. In
deed the new President may learn very
important lesson from the few months of
President Garfeld's term. The latter was,
as is now well known, terribly harassed
by the importunate horde of otfice-seekers,
and his very kindliness of heart entailed
upon him greater trials, because he could
not bring himself to be hard with those
who came to him. Had he made up his
mind at the outset to listen to no applica.
lions of this kind, and had he fortified him
self by placing all subordinate appoint
ments in the hands of the chiefs of the
departments, he would have spared him
self much vexation beyond doubt. This
President Arthur is now in position to
do, however, and if he does it. and stands
to it, no matter what outcry is raised
among the office.seekers, he will have
given civil-service reform the most practi-
cal and powerful impetus it has yet had
outside of the New York Custom House
and Postofice.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-10-08
THIS MORNINGS NEWS.

In New York Government bonds are quoted
at 1155 Tor Is OF 1907 log ior IS Of 1881 /;
1125 for as; sterllng "a 79I@4 sS4; silver bars,
112I.
silver IN London, 5l5 consols, 9s 7-16d; per
clnt United States bouds 1911 As, 1l08; as l16l
In San FRANCISCO halt dollars are quoted at /
dis aunt to par; Mexican dollars, 9Oa9olc.
Al liverpool wheat quoted at lis Id gl1s I'D for
good to choice California.
Mining stocks were in rather better favor at San
Francisco yesterday. Sierra Nevada got up to SIS,
against sl3 50 as the best price Thursday. At the
close 100 shares sold at SIS 12I Union Consolidated
was also higher with sales at s14 so, against top
ice of SlS Thursday.
a State Greenback Camp,meeting is in progress at
jackson Mich.
During the past seven days ITO business failures
cave occurred throughout the country
At Laramie City, Wyoming, yesterday, James Nc
Keon shot and mortally wounded James Smith.
The Gridley- Boggs suit has been decided at 0ro-
vile in favor of the defendants.
James Tully was dashed to death in mine near
Tombstone, A. T., Thursday.
Six men-four whites and two Chinese were
buried in quicksilver mine near Upper Lake yes
SSiudfi ny u cave. Luz OuluSoS tSCdPeu
Mrs. Nellie Graham, of Butte Creek, Ill.,. has
taken food through her lips for year, life being
sustained by enemata and nutritious baths.
A decree has been gazetted at Paris summoning
the French Chamber
A serious rising is said to have occurred in Zulu
land.
Gladstone received great ovation at Leeds, Eng
Iaud, yesterday.
meeting of the British Cabinet is called for
Wednesday.
The headquarters of the Russian Nihilists has
been discovered, and sixty arrests have been made
The Exchange buildings on Rumford street, Liy.
erp,ol, were damaged by fire yesterday.
TheFrench delegates to the Yorktown celebration
lefs New York yesterday for West Point.
visitor Hugo has given 10, 900 francs to the Paris
POOR.
The President OF the State of Panama Issued
decree deploring the death of President Garfield,
and ordered the national flag displayed at halfmast
for eight DAYS.
The Mormon Conference is in session at Salt Lake
Fire at San Jose.
The troops still surrounding the Indians in
Arizona.
Attention is called this morning to the interesting
and valuable reading matter contained in the inside
pages of the RECORD UNION.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-10-08
A TELLING COMPARISON.

The Australian colonies, Victoria and
New South Wales, have agreed to differ
in their fiscal policy. Victoria is Protec.
ZIONIST, and New South Wales is Free
Trade. Side by side they have worked
out their experiment, and now Mr.. Baden
Powell has been compiling the statistics
OF both colonies for the instruction of the
British Association. The result of the
comparison is highly significant. The
customs revenue has increased greatly under
the New South Wales low tariff, and has
barely maintained itself under the Vic
toria high tariff. In the Free Trade
colony the ratio of capital is far larger
than in the other. The general
prosperity is also considerably higher
in New South Wales than in its neighbor,
the growth of trade and population prom
Using to eclipse the Protectlonist colony
altogether in few years. Here we have
very fair and equal experiment. These
colonies started under precisely the same
conditions in all respects. The one that
tried Protection failed. The one that tried
Free Trade has prospered. The case is
one which amounts to a very solid argu.
ment, and it is impossible to see how the
Protectionists can explain it away.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-10-08
THE PROOF.

The attempted assassination of President Gar
field occurred on Saturday-one and two DAYS
after the usual dates OF publication OF the
other leading weeklies. The issue OF the fol,
lowing Tuesday mornings WEEKLY UNION con-
veyed to its readers the thrilling intelligence, with
full details of the crime. Again, the death OF the
President occurred on Monday night, and on the
next morning the issue Of the WEEKLY UNION for the
first part Of the week was the first journal to carry
the news throughout the country. The splendid
report of the funeral obseqmes on the 26th OF
September appeared in full in the WEEKLY
UNION, and reached its readers throughout the
country three or four days in advance OF
all its competitors The first week in No
venber the WEEKLY UNION will present serial
story, to continue twenty weeks, written especially
for the UNION by Junius Henri Browne, OF New
York, an accomplished literary scholar, writer and
critic. 1t is entitled T" THE WAYS OF THE WORLD"
and will be found to be vivid picture of various
shades of life in society and business circles in our
own country, and will be found to be romance of
engaging interest The UNION is mailed to any adj
dress for 81 so per year.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-10-08
ARCTIC RESEARCHES.

At intervals vessels arrive from the
Arctic with vague reports about stories of
wrecks derived from the natives, but so
far it has been impossible to form any
definite conclusions from these rumors.
A brass kettle, discovered in the possession
of an Esquimaux, is the last sensation,
and upon it has been based conjecture as
to the fate of the Jeanette. OF course
the discovery of this brass kettle is mere
blind indication, which may mean any
thing or nothing. It's, however, becom-
ing somewhat discouraging that no news
whatever is heard of the Jeanette. No
matter where she may have gone, some
intelligence of her ought by this time to
have come to hand, but since she entered
the los she has apparently left no traces,
or she has not come into contact with any
of the natives who have since been encoun-
tered by other vessels. 1t may not be
time to give up hope of her return, but it
is certainly reasonable to entertain fears
concerning her.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-10-08
MORE IcoNocLAsM.

And now another attempt is being made
to create the impression that Joan of Arc
was not burned at Roaen, but that she
lived happily, as married woman and the
mother of family, many years afterwards.
The testimony for this theory is the same
as was advanced at the beginning of the
century 1t consists in alleged ancient
records showing the payment of certain
moneys to Joan of Arc by municipal cor
poration, several years after the date of
her supposed death. There is also letter
to her written long after the date of the
execution. The believers in the new view
claim for it the strong confederation due
to the fact that the alleged evidence was
discovered in three widely separated
places, and therefore could not be forged.
On the other hand it must be remembered
that the trial of Joan of Arc lasted
three months that several hundreds
of persons who were present both
there and at the execution were in
timately acquainted with her face and
that no question as TO the fact of her
death arose until she had been dead
many years. 1t must also be borne
in mind that similar stories have been told
of scores of famous personages. The
weight of probability and evidence, in
fact, are very decidedly on the side of
the historical account, and the attempt to
overthrow that account must be regarded
as failure. Not so, however, the assault
upon the memory of Pocahontas. Unfor-
tunately for the romance of tradition there
seems little reason to doubt that the real
Pocahontas was squaw of anything but
good reputation, who had been hanging
about frontier fort, as dissolute squaws
will, and concerning whom Captain Smith
deliberately and wickedly invented all
the poetical episodes. We apprehend that
in this case the traditional account will
have to go to the wall, and that the ugly
but probable new version will have to
be substituted for it. In short, true
cit is, and pity It's tbs true"
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-10-08
RUSSIAN CORRUPTION.

A defalcation amounting to sixty millions
of roubles is reported to have been dis
covered in the Russian Government. The
official supposed to be responsible for this
colossal theft is the late Court Stew .rd.
Baron Kuster. He had been removed, and
it was only then that the deficiency was
exposed. Whether anything will be done
about it is somewhat doubtful The Cars
have long been fully aware that the utmost
corruption prevailed in all the departments
of government, but none of them, not even
the stern and peremptory Nicholas, has
succeeded in breaking up this systematic
robbery. During the last war with Turkey
the most gigantic swindles were discovered
in the army commissariat, bat when the
Gar undertook to push the inquiry he
was shocked to find that one of the Grand
Dukes was deeply involved in the whole
sale swindles that had been perpetrated.
The fact is that the Russian mobiles in the
army and the government are all liable
to the same impeachment, and there is
ground for the suspicion that more than
one Gar has owed his death to too deter
mined effort at the extirpation of this
general corruption. The probability is that
the late Court Steward was not alone in
his robberies. and that rigorous inquiry
into the case would develop SO many rami-
fcations involving high officials that it
would not be safe to push it too far. At
this moment also the Gar evidently suffers
from apprehensions of more serious evils
than official corruption. Judging from
the extent OF the preparations at st.
Petersburg, either a descent upon the
Nihilists is contemplated, or an attack by
them is feared. 1t is very evident that
the new Third Section has not yet sue
ceeded in making the Emperor feel safe,
and no matter what scandals in official
circles may come to the surface, the time
is unpropitious for the display of imperial
rigor towards aristocratic delinquents.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-10-08
THE WHITE HOUSE.

1t appears impossible to doubt that there
has been systematic jobbery and robbery
about the furnishing and repairs of the
White House for at least twenty years.
During that period Congress has voted
something like $500. 900 for these purposes,
and every year during the past ten years
there has been an appropriation of from
$40, 600 to $500 Yet when President
Garfield entered office it was said that
most of the furniture in the White House
was ten years old, and before the President
could begin to carry on housekeeping at
all he was obliged to buy china dinner and
tea services, and even napkins. These facts
indicate the existence of POPULATION on a
large scale, and it is evident that the
tradesmen who have been supplying furni-
ture and other things for the Executive
Mansion have been in league with the Off
eial thieves. The history of the White
House, indeed, is thoroughly disgraceful to
those who have had charge of the repairs
and general maintenance of the establish
ment. Not only has stealing been the order
of the day for generation at least, but
general neglect of comfort and hygienic
requirements has been perpetrated. 1t is
reported that the plumbing of the building
is SO defective that it is not fit to be inhab-
tied, while the latest assertion about the
place is to the effect that the furniture,
which has been in position ten years, yet
has cost the country at least $500, 600, is
.full of vermin." This is certainly
nice hearing from the Presidential Man.
sion. The people, as matter of course,
desire that their President should be hand
somely housed and provided for; but they
have right to insist that the money set
apart for these purposes shall be expended
faithfully, and while it it is necessary to
repair the dilapidated building again now,
Congress will do well to inquire into the
expenditure OF preceding appropriations.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-10-08

latter should now rebel it must be without
any justification. It remains to be seen
whether the Republican party in the State
is to be helped or hurt by this event. just
now it is being said that Conklng will do
his best to beat the party that refuses to
admit him as its dictator. There would
be nothing surprising or even novel IN
that, but it is fair to say that it Is the
Democratic papers which are saying it.
and therefore it may not represent actual
facts. One thing is quite clear, however,
and that is that the Republican party in
New York is tired of Mr.. Conkling's rule,
and desires to be rid of it. The character
of the State ticket selected shows that
there was no purpose to humiliate the
machine" men, for their preferences
have been fully consulted. They have in
fact been accorded much more than they
had any right to expect. and they ought
to be content with the situation, whether
they are or not.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-10-08
CONGRESS- AND MRS. GARFIELD.

An Eastern contemporary observes that
Congress will no doubt do for Mrs. Gar
field what it did for Mrs. Lincoln. We
sincerely hope that Congress will do very
much better than that, for never was the
ingratitude of republics displayed in more
repulsive form than in the treatment Of
Lincoln's widow by the national legislature.
1t gave her her martyred husbands salary
for the year in which he was killed it
conferred upon her the trumpery privilege
of having her mail matter carried free /;
and FIVE years after Lincoln's death it rose
to the height of magnanimity evidenced in
the bestowal upon her of pension of
So, 900 year. That is what Congress did
for the widow of Abraham Lincoln. Let
us hope it will prove itself more worthy
representative OF great and generous
people in it's treatment of the widow of
James Garfield And the need for help is
very much grester in this case than in that.
The expenses of President Garfield's lin
gering illness will be very great. His
private Secretary, Mr.. Brown, has
estimated that the doctors bills
alone will reach $3.50. 200. This may
be an over estimate, but it is certain that
the cost of the medical attendance will
be far greater than the estate of the late
President can meet. And Of course there
ought to be no question of the kind raised.
The expense is one which belongs to the
nation. The President was asssssinated
while on duty He was murdered because
he was the President. Whatever cost his
death wound entailed must rightly fall
upon the country, and not upon his family.
The country ought also to insist that Mrs.
Garfield be suitably provided for by Con-
gress. A pension of s., 900 year is not
a suitable provision, and the precedent Of
Mrs. Lincoln should only be named to be
avoided. Parsimony in such matter is
a national disgrace. OF course Mrs. Gar
field ought to have the Presidents full
salary for the current year, but that should
only be the first step in providing for her.
The nation can well afford to make the
remainder of her life even afluent. It can
never restore to her, do what it will, the
happiness of which she has been bereft
through her husbands murder.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-10-08
cosFUsIoN AMONG raBl TROOPS.

Judging from the dispatches there ap-
pears to be want of head in military mat.
tiers on this coast just at present. A com
mand was sent off on the Southern Pacific,
for the scene of the Apache war, and on
reaching its supposed destination on the
railroad found no provision made for its
further transportation, and while awaiting
fresh orders was deluged with contra
dictory instructions from two or three
different quarters. It was impossible to
find out who was in command, and who
was to be obeyed, and these troops may
be wandering about in the desert for no.
body knows how long before they ascertain
where they are to go. This is the more to
be regretted, as there seems to be plenty of
work for all the troops that can be sent to
Arizona at the present moment.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-10-08
A STATE MONUMENT TO GARFIELD

Our contemporary the Gridley Herald
thinks that if monument to President
Garfield is to be erected by subscription,
the best way would be to place it in the
Capitol grounds at Sacramento, and make
the fund common one for that purpose.
The Herald observes that 1. monument
fund is being collected in Tehama county,
and that if every county wants it's own
monument the result will be general fail
ure to do anything worthy of the occasion,
whereas if the monument is contributed
to by all the State, and erected here, it
will be possible to procure handsome
memorial. There is sound judgment in
the suggestion of our contemporary, though
wefear many other esteemed contemporaries
will demur to the location of the monu-
ment at Sacramento. 1t is true that the
capital OF the State is the most proper and
natural place for such a structure, but
this is an age of competition.