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Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1882-02-07
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, |
County of Los An1eiea.

County Of Los Angeles. IS.
lsaias w. Hellman, President, and
John Miner, Secretary of the Farmers
and Merchants Bank of Los Angeles,
do solemnly swear, each for himself,
that the above.named statement is true
to their best knowledge and belief.
1SAIAS w. HELLMAN, President,
JOHN MILNER. Secretary.
Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1882-02-07

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, L.
County OF Los Angeles. s''
I, William Lacy. Cashier of the above
named Bank, do s0lemnly swear that
the above statement is true to the best
Of my knowledge and belief.
WIN. LACY, Cashier,
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
this 18th day OF January, 1882.
(Seal.) j. A. GRAVES
Notary Public.
CORRECT-Attest:
J. e. HOLLENBECK,)
II. II. SPENCE, Directors.
]. +. CRANK,
Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1882-02-07
ANNIE PHILBIN, Plaintiff,
VS..
JOHN PHILBIN, Defendent.

Under and by virtue of an execution
issued out of the Justices Court, Los
Angeles city and township, Los An.
geles county, California, on the 18th
day of January, A. ID. 1882, to me directed
and delivered on said last mentioned
day, tor q judgment rendered in said
Court on the 23d day of Decem Der, A. d.
1881. In the above entitled action in favor
OF Annie Philpin and against John
Philbin, have duly levied upon and
shall on
MO NDAY, THE 18TH DAY OF
FEBRUARY, A. d. 1882.
At twelve O'Clock M. of said day, pro.
coed 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 bidder, for cash In
United States gold coin, to satisfy said
Judgment, interest and costs, and all &C.
cruing costs, the following described real
estate, tO-wit:
All the right, title and interest which
said John Philbin had on the 18th day of
February, A. ID. 1881, or has since &C.
CURED In and to that certain lot or piece
OF land, situate in the city. county and
State aforesaid, lying on the southeast.
erly side of San PEDRO street, and having
font thereon, bounded on the south
by EeJar street, on the east by Wolf.
skill street, and on the north by properly
known as property OF Niemefer, Goetz.
Fletcher, Laseval, and q piece formerly
OF Botiller, and being the same properly
design ated on the map OF Los Angeles
81 acre tract CT John Philbin. " ''.'
Given under my hand. this 18th day OF
VIM. Il. ROWLAND. Sheriff
BY JAS. @. KAYS, Under Sheriff.
Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1882-02-07
NOTICE.
CONTRACTORS AND GRADERS.

Proposals will be received for the grad
ing OF building site for winery. Amount
Of grading, 10000 cubic yards, more or
less.
Plans and specifacatious may be seen
at the omloo of Kysor q Morgan, archi-
tects. from February 6th to 10Th.
The right to reject any ana all bids re-
A certified check for 500 to accompany
each bid.
j29td ]. DE BARTH SHORB.
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County Warrants, etc.

I buy Witness Fees, Jury Fees, City
and County Warrants, Judgments, and
all kinds Of claims. -
q. WHITE,
Attorney at Law.
sGReom y Temple Block. nSO-ly
Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1882-02-07

Price lists and further information NAV
be obtained by mail or otherwise, on appIf-
cation,
Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1882-02-07
LEGAL.
sHERIFF's sAlsE.
Execution No. a595.
In the Superior Court of the county
Of Los Angeles, State Of
California.

]. II. Lucas, Plaintiff,)
against
Pho Pico, Defendant.
Under and by virtue of an execution
Issued out of the Superior Court in and
for the county and State aforesaid. on
the 23d day Of January, A. ID. 1882, to me
directed and delivered on said last mem
toned day, for Judgment rendered in
the District Court OF the 18th Judicial
District in and for the county and state
aforesaid, on the 7th day of October, AID.
1878, in favor of j. H. Lucas plaintiff, and
against Pho PicO defendant, I have levied
upon and shall on
Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1882-02-07

A true copy of the original.
A. w. POTTS, Clerk.
By A. NORTON, Deputy.
Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1882-02-07
LEGAL.
SUMMONS.

In the Superior Court of the State of
California, in and for the county or Los
, Angeles.
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Certificate of Co. PARTNERSHIP
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, L..
County OF Los Angeles, ss'

WI susVsAsS " Wv ~ suOs OuBR
County Of Los Angeles. IS.
We, the undersigned, do hereby certi-
fy that we are partners transacting bust
ness in this State in the county Of Los
Angeles, under the firm name and style
Of ]. M. Griffith & Co. That the full
names of all the.members of su,h part
nership are John McKim Griffith and
John Randolph Smurr, and that both
Of said partners reside at the city of Los
Angeles, In the county Of Los Angeles,
| State of California.
In witness whereof we have hereunto
set our hands this 10Th day of January,
A. D. 1882,
JOHN McKIM GRIFFITH,
JOHN RANDULPH SMURR.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
County or Los Angeles, eS'
On the 10th day Of January. one thous-
and eight hundred and eighty.two, be.
fore me, j. A. Graves, q Notary Public in
and for said county, residing therein,
duly commissioned and sworn, person.
ally appeared j. M. Griffith and ]. X,
Smurr. known to me TO be the persons
scribed to the within instrument, and
acknowledged to nae that they executed
the same.
In witness whereof have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my Official seal,
at my office in the county OF Los Angeles,
the day and year nrst above written.
(Notarial Seal) ]. A. GRAVES,
Notary Public.
Filed. A. w. POTTS,
County Clerk.
BY A. NORTON, Deputy, Ja1l.3w
Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1882-02-07

A true copy of the original.
GEORGE BEAVER,
Constable of Wilmington Township.
Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1882-02-07
STATEMENT
STATEMENT
-OF THE
ACTUAL PAID-UP CAPITAL
-OF-
Los Angeles County Bank,
JAN. list, 1852.
The actual paid-up capital is, in
gOlQ .plVV,VVV w

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, L..
County Of Los Angeles, '''
]. 8. Slauson, President, and II. L.
Macneil, Cashier of Los Angeles County
Bank, being severally duly sworn, each
for himself, says that the foregoing
statement is true to the best of his knowl.
edge and belief.
! Signed: ]. 3. SLAUSON.
II. Il. MACNEIL.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
IsEALl @. A. DICKINSON.
Notary Public In and for the county of
Los Angeles, State Of California.
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Filed January 2Sth, 1882.
Rye. n. OWEN, Deputy. jastmi
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-08-03
Shaving From House to House.

81 suppose Pm what would be called
an oscillating tonsorial artist The
speaker was a well-dressed man of 80,
carrying in his hand little leather bag.
. Haven't you any shopP' asked the
reporter. -a
HNo, this is my shop" said the;man.
holding up his little valise. Then he
opened it and shOwedits contents, which
consisted of a dozen raZors, number
of brushes, and other paraphernalia be-
longing to his trade. ''Most of my Gus
toners live ON Walnut, Spruce, and
Chestnut street, said the man, land the
majority of them are rich, old gentle
men, who have retired from business,
many of them who, in their younger
days, shaved themselves, but have
grown too intirm. | get all the way
from q quarter to Is cents for shave.
start out every morning about s and
wind up about or 2. have q regu-
lar route to go over" and the barber
showed little book in which were reg
istercd the addresses and names of his
customers. II have different custom
ers for different days" .H,s ..gs
Chow much can you make id q
week?" queried the reporter.
''In winter / average $50 q week, but
in summer don't make so much, RS
many of my customers go out of town."
care there any BARRIERS in your branch
in any of the other large citiesP"
''No, think not. am the only man
in this particular branch. cater to the
aristocrdtic class, and I'm saving mon
ey at it. It's my own idea, and as a
first-class artist can't make more than
$20..a week in a shop, perquisites and
pay, prefer this -Philddelphia Tines,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-08-03
A Tough Sea Yarn, ,

The crew of a Shetland fishing-boat
unite in declaring that they were at
tackled fortnight age by monster, in
comparison with which the. terror of
American waters is as Insignificant as
shrimp. They declar that they hauling
heir lines twenty-eight miles east-south-
east of Fetlar when they saw at q short
distance from them something that had
the appearance OF three small hillocks,
each about the size of six-oared boat
upset, which blew when coming to the
surface. 1t disappeared in the direc-
ton of the boat, and shortly after they
saw the monster pass underneath. the
boat. When it came up again it started
right in their direction with. it's mouth
wide open--a mouth, they say, that to
all appearance could have taken in their
boat. There seemed to be whiskers of
green color, and about seven or eight
feet long. hanging from its mouth; very
large green eyes, and on, its head were
great Jumps about the size of herring
barrel. They threw stones at it, but it
still came on toward them, and only
again disappeared below water when a
few yards from the boat. on q charge of
swan-shot being discharged out of a
fowling piece into its mouth. The lines
were then cut and all sail was made for
home, when the monster again appeared
in the wake. This time they, observed
that it had two large fins, almost the
size of the boats mainsail, which were
stretched up from its back. and its
length they computed to be 70 less than
$50 feet. 1t followed them up for a
distance of nine miles and then disap-
peared.4 r.. ..... ..... .....- ..,.I.l
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-08-03
Gov.

Charles Lamb was grieved when he
saw Milton manuscript of ''L' Allegro" :"
which is preserved at Oxford, because
he found it full of corrections and
erasures. He had fancied that it had
come from the poets mind almost spon-
taneously, instead of being hammered
out The '.gentle Elia'' seems not to
have discovered as much of the secret
of poetry as a little girl had, whose ex-
clamation delighted the poet Long
fellow:
Mr.. Longfellow was one day walking
in garden with little five years
maiden, who was fond of poetry, and
occasionally ''made up some" herself.
II too am fond of poetry" he said to
her. Suppose you give me little of
yours, this beautiful morningr' es
Think" cried he afterwards to q
friend, throwing up his hands, his eyes
sparkling with merriment, ''think.what
her answer was. She said, oh, Mr..
Longfellow, it doesn't always come
when you want itr' All me, how true!
how truep'
Several months later, he was showing
his little friend many things of interest
in his study, and especially delighted
himself at her amazement on telling her
he supposed the Ancient Mariner came
out of the inkstand upon his table" Git
once belonged to Coleridge); saying in
low tone, as if thinking aloud, ''It
doesn't always come when you want it. ="
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-08-03
Wonderful Longevity Of 0ur Widows.

The widows of the soldiers and sail
ors of the war of 1912 are, fortunately
for themselves and unfortunately for
the public treasury, blessed with mar
velous health and strength. According
to the latest official reports from Wash
ington, twenty-six thousand of these in
teresting ladies present themselves every
three months before the accredited
agents of the government and draw
their pensions with precision that
shows high condition of financial dis
cipline. Their ages, individually or
collectively, no one of course will be SO
ungallant as even to hint at, but the
date of the last war with Great Britain
is pretty well back in the century, and
is more trustworthy record than even
Judge Speir's family bible. In the
darkness and uncertainty that envelope
the pension office at Washington, re-
garding the possible claims against the
government arising out of the late war,
the roll of the relicts of the heroes of
that patriotic epoch in our history may
afford some light and Instruction.
The total number of killed and wound
ed in the 1925 campaigns was a
little more than five thousand. At
the end of seventy years the pension
list of the widows alone outnumberS
that of the casualties by five to one. If
the widows of the veterans of the re-
bellion stand by the treasury as patri-
otically as those of 1912, the commits
sioner of pensions in 1850 will have q
couple of hundred thousand of them ON
his books.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-08-03
Bonanza Mackey's London Hotel.

Recently. the bonanza king, Mr..
Mackey, was staying at the boasted ex-
celsior hotel of London, ''the Grand
Central of Charing Cross" and his ;
coming to his establishment created a
perfect Juror from directors down to
''Boots'' Fearing the usual style of
bedroom would notsuit the purseprince,
the manager had a partition wall Of the
largest dormitory pulled down and suit
ably decorated. Thus superb large
bedroom and an adjunct thereto were
in readiness for the renowned purse
bearer. Everything else went on in a
similar style of extended and exclusive
attendance to the financial hero. At the
end of the fourth day Mr.. Mackey call
ed for his bill and indicated his depart
ure. The bill came and was scanned
closely and items objected to. But they
were paid, for no European hotel-keeper
"harks back' in these matters, know
ing full well the objection is sufficient
to prevent revisit and the rebate would
be dead loss. The bill was fully paid.
Then came the servants for their balm
of Paradise - ''tips." Mr.. Mackey
proudly went along the soft-carpeted
corridor and gave the vassals--one shill-
ing-25 centsi Then the wrath of all
hoteldom was up. Five days after this
prince of purses telegraphed from Paris
for rooms in the same hotel. He was
answered by a curt telegram, saying
merely: ssAll full" Then his wrath
also was aroused, and he vowed he
would build hotel in London large
! enough to accommodate six thousand
persons, and swamp all the '.Grands''-
Central, Northern, Southern, and West
ern! And so far he has only spoken in
his wrath. But that an American hotel
in every way worthy of the name of
"Grand'' is to be built in London there
is no doubt. The site is chosen on the
Thames embankment rear ground, and
few hundred yards east of the Charing
Cross Metropolitan railway station.
This hotel is spoken of as something
that will astonish John Bull, even in his
most domestic nil admirari moments.
It is manifest that the American tourist
of this age is becoming an epicurean
hunter after a bon bouche that arises
above pork and beans, for of all growl-
ers over Great Britain's defective dishes
| there are none so loud and so long as
| the young men from Connecticut and
| Coney island, who carry boldly their
| parental trademarks of milk and pie,
dyspepsia and doughnuts, and are the
majority of our mouthy modern Amer
lean tourists in Europe, who fail to live
on Michael Angeles, Titians, Rafaels,
Rubens, royalty, and what they poeti-
cally style rot in designating dish
not patented by Delmonico. What the
new American hotel in London will be,
no man in his wisdom dare predict, for
there is just this difference between
England and the United States-that
they are two nations and two peoples,
and ever will be-all the kith-and-kin
sentiments to the contrary notwithstand-
| inG.-LOnLO71 Letter.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-08-03
A Stranue Siuht.

The south-bound freight train on the
North Carolina railroad ran over a ne
gro child about years old, between the
Yadkin river bridge and Salisbury, re-
Gently. The engineer saw it would be
impossible to stop the train before it
reached thesspot' where the child was
sitting, and, swinging himself out of the
window, started to crawl along the en-
gine to its 'front.' with the intention of
picking up the child before the cow
catcher struck it. He would probably
have succeeded in this perilous under
taking, but a lunge of the engine caus-
ed him to lose his balance, and he was
precipitated down an embankment. He
had hardly regained his feet before a
piercing scream was heard, and. he
knew the child had been run down.
The engine stopped within its length af-
ter striking the child, and then the hor-
rible task, of pulling the mangled body
out from under the, wheels began. The
body had been cut half in two as clean
" as if done with knife, the head part
falling to one side and the legs to the
other. A shudder ran through the en-
gineer when he picked up the head and
body of the child, and the sensations he
experienced when it broke into cry
were in6lescribable. He hastily laid it
upon the ground, when it uttered the
most agonizing screams for full two
minutes before it gave grasp and died.
1t was a strange experience to hear a
dismembered body crying, and was well
calculated to make the witnesses shud-
der. The body of the child was turned
over to its mother, who lived in a cabin
near Charlotte Observer.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-08-03
Talk,

Children learn to talk the language
heard about them, whether it be chaste
and pure or low and vulgar. Therefore
it behooves parents to take care of the
manner and substance of what they
say before their children, and it is also
very clear that the silly, nonsensical
stuff talked to children is not only very
silly, but equally injurious. The con-
versational ability of the young is being
constantly educated by the talk of
others. They should be encouraged to
talk The old idea was that children
should have eyes and ears, and no
tongue" The faculties cannot be cul-
tivated in that way. Children must
talk, and must be guided in their talk
and conversation if they are to become
expert in the use of language. Women
have the faculty in a higher degree
than men. They are greater takers
than men. They have stronger social
feelings, which lead to the exercise of
this faculty; they are in society more;
they talk more to children. Women
are more eloquent than men. Men are
engaged in business, in thought, and
depress the faculty by want of exercise;
while women, by exercising the faculty,
are constantly strengthening it.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-08-03
Ugliness as a Peacemaker.

A writer in the New York Ledger tells
a good story about the duelists who
were made friends by their homely
faces:
Monsieur de Langerie and NJ. de
Montande were both noted for their
ugliness of face. From some cause, De
Montande challenged the other to fight
a duel, which challenge was promptly
accepted; time and place appointed,
and weapons named. '''.''t
Arrived upon the grounds. and ready
for the combat, swords had been the
weapons chosen,-M. de Langerie had
looked sharply into, his antagonists
face, and started back a pace, at the
same time dropping the point Of his
sword. 90 sEl : -al'l.si -
'.Upon my honor, monsieur, 1 cannot
fight with your .s.....f ...s., ,
''Howr' cried the other, in amaze
ment. Not fight! Are you in earnest?''
81 am. / cannot fight your ''''. 20
''You insult me anew, monsieur. You
have accepted my challenge, and now
you refuse me satisfaction" ,s,. ..
mo, Twill not refuse you satisfaction.
l would rather ask your pardon than
fight you" 80 -"-- - = zee
'But. monsieur, what meausit? Why
are you unwilling to fight me?'' 81
"Ah! you will be offended if tell
you" 49,. ......-........ .,.-.
II will not. swear it''
"Wefl, then, the reason is this: be-
ieve am by far the better swordsman
of the two; and if we fight, yoa will be
killed. and do you not see-that will
leave me ugliest-looking man in the
kingdomT'
De Montande appreciated the point,
and burst into a hearty laugh; where,
upon they shook hands and remained
fast friends ever after.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-08-03
Mslzills,a Wife 8. Mamsntoea. i.

Mrs. Melville has preserved num-
Der of mementoes of her husbands last
hours at home previous to his departure
on that terrible Arctic voyage, from
which it was doubtful if he would ever
return. Here" said the fond wife,
holding in her hands a lined napkin
folded and held by silver ring, at which
she gazed long and pensively, sis his
napkin, just as he left it after tho last
meal at which any of us have ever seen
him. The last thing he did before leav-
ing the table was to fold the napkin.
and, laying it down by his plate, he said:
Perhaps | will never fold another at
home Then he got up, bade' US all
follow him. and went down to the little
depot you see out there, said .Good-bye,'
and we have never seen him since. Ell
sic. here, who is growing up to be quite
a big girl, was then not as large as Meta,
there, who was but baby, I tell you.
when George gets back am afraid that
he won't be able to recognize us ALL i
expect that Lieut.. Danenhower has
some papers for me, although as yet he
has not notified us. He can anyway,
tell us all about George A3little rub
Der band, which was hanging on the
clock in the dining-room, at this mo-
ment caught Mrs. 5Melville's eyes, and
she stopped abruptly to point it out as
another memento. 1t was placed there
by her husband the last evening he
spent at home, and u cap which he had
hung upon picture-frame the after
noon before his departure remains ex-
actly where he left it. Although anx-
ious To see her husband Mrs Melville
says that she can afford to wait until he
either finds Lieut. Chipp and his crew
and restores them in good health to their
families or discovers that they have
been lost ''It is his duty said she.
''and George always does that. - Phtln-
delphia Record. =.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-08-03
Definitions.

It is curious. the love some people
have of definitions. They are the de-,
light of persons who think, but whose
thinking has not gone great way. 1t
is not hard to understand why defini-
tions are in such favor. To begin with,
they save a good deal of trouble; it is
pleasant to know that we have the re-
suit of much patient thought and care
full investigation put up for our use in
neat, compact little bundle, easily port
able without fatigue. Definitions are
compressions of large truth into small
compass, and it is. plain that they may
be very useful things; but the difficulty
with them is that they are not always
trustworthy, and it is just this essential
point about them which the definition
lover is incompetent to decide. He
wants sure rule of Judgment in cer-
tain matter, because he himself does not
understand it well enough to do with
out definition, or to make one of HIM
self. Oddly enough, he is often igno-
rant of what definition is; he needs,
first of all, to have the meaning of that
word defined for him.-July Atlantic.