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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-09-11

We have Resident Buyer in New
York City. He ia constantly sending
the choicest goods, ought at the lowest
prices. II you want any article 10 the
Dry Goods Line we can furnish ycu on
as good terms as any House in San
Francisco.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-09-11
Nobby Linen Collars in
Miles Standish, Princess Lou
ise. Jersey and other novel;
ties.

The ELITE NECKwEAR.
in Escurial. Malines and Pom
padour. Lace Fichus. Irish
Crochet Collars. &c. Stylish
Handkerchief, and also a
pretty line Of solid and color
ed Border Linen Handker-
chiefs. Call and see them.
Fresh Goods every day.
B.F. COULTER.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-09-11
The Tax Question

The Committee OF the Board Of Su-
pervisors of Los Angeles county ap-
pointed to go to Sacramento, to present
to the State Board Of Equalization their
objection to raising the assessment Of
this county. through their Chairman
have presented their protest and re-
ceived official acknowledgment of the
same from the Clerk Of the Board. The
following is the official correspondence:
In answer to notice of State Board of
Equalization to raise the entire assess
ment of Los Angeles county, we say:
That the Board of Supervisors OF Los
Angeles county have duly equalized the
taxable property of said county for the
purpose OF taxation, and that the as
sessment of property OF Los Angeles
county conforms to the true value in
money Of the property contained in said
assessment roll. C. PRAGER,
Chairman.
STATE BoABD OF EQUALIZATION.
Sacramento. Sept. Z. 1888.
certify that the foregoing is an exact
copy of a paper fled with the State
Boardof Equalization this day by G..
Prayer, as the return and answer of the
Board of Supervisors Of Los Angeles
county, to the notice served by this
Board that the Board would, on this
day, hear any objection to an increase Of
the entire assessment roll Of said county
for 1888. e, w. MAsLIS,
Clerk State Board Of Equalization.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-09-11
WAR DEPARTMENT. SIGNAL SER
WOE. U. 8. ARMY.

ct OF Commerce and Agriculture Report Of OBJ
servations taken at Los Angeles CAL. Sept. 10,
1898:
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-09-11

II you want good-fitting truss call
at C. f.. Heinzemans Drug Store, l22
Main street, who keeps the largest ~
sortment Of trusses on hand in Southern
California.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-09-11

At the Eintracht Saloon, on Spring
street, near the HERALD Office, ice-cold
lager. from the celebrated Anheuser-
Busch Brewery, of st. Louis. is kept
constantly on draft carloads arriving
weekly. The finest brands OF liquors
and cigars speciality. Lunches served
to order.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-09-11
TO THE LADIES.

We keep the most beautiful Blue,
Black and Jet Black Cashmeres that we
have ever seen. They are choice and
you should examine them.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-09-11
OUR BLACK SILKS

Are 30 very superior to all others that
you only have to look at them to be
convinced. Don't buy till you see them.
B. Il. COULTER.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-09-11
THE COULTER SHIRTS,

Well made. Of good materials, PER-
Feet In FIT. Prices as low a. the
lowest. Call and sec them and you will
not want any other.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-09-11
COLDS CoLDsll COLDS III

Why suffer from them! Are you af-
Aicted with Rheumatism! You can stop
these ills to q greater extent than you
may think by wearing THE Los AN
GELEs wooLEN MILLS FLANNELs.
OUR UNDERWEAR and NAVY
BLUE OvERsHIRTs are manufac.
tursd Of these goods. They arc made
of PURE WOOL and DYES. They
NEVER INJURE the SKIN and are
very durable. They can be found ONLY
ct the Store OF b. r. COULTER,
236 4 2Ss North Main st.. Baker Block.
BUTTONsl BUTTONsli BUTT0NSMi
Why do you burst your buttons of :
Because you haven't tried Courter's
SUSPENDERs ON WHEELS.
B.F. COULTER.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-09-11
CALIFoRNIA LOAN oFFIcE,

4 10 Los ANGELES STREET. Cor q
Ife1 ner Commercial advances money q q
on all articles, and also makes speciality y tny-
ing and selling ievsry PISTOLS ETC., 81 The highest
prices. Old gold and silver bousns. fsb<st
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-09-11

New styles Cuffs and Collars, Rail-
road Collars and Cuffs, Celluloid Collars
and Cuffs, Collar and Cuff Buttons,
Handkerohisfs, Ties, Scarfs, Half-Hose,
oil at reasonable prices at B. B. Coulter's
Stores.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-09-11

GENTLEMEN--Do not fail to 20 to
C,ulter's. 236 and 238 Main street, Ba.
ksr Block, for your Underwear. His
All Wool Undershirts are double
breasted, made Of pure wool and none
made are cheaper.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-09-11
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

Maximum Thermometer 80
Minimum Thermometer. 81
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-09-11
OFFICE HOURS.

I viii be at my Office from 0 A. N to IL y. and
rom to p ~ daily, Sundays excepted.
q. II. BOYD,
Iy16u Superintendent Of Streets-
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-10

Mrs. Cougar the Heroine OF Another
ScnsatIOnR-A city Official EnduEges
i'm ''sar EasHna"

LAFAYETTE. Ind, May 9-Mrs. Helen
NJ Cougar, who was generously kissed at
Evanston, and who was the little lady" in the
aIost notorious Islander suit ever tried in the
courts of this country, has created sensation
SINCE her departure on a suffrage mission to
Evanston. To reporter the distinguished suf-
rage and temperance advocate stated that in
ler own city of Lafayette, at the recent cleo
ion, one of the candidates ON one ticket was q
1runkard, gambler and libertine, and an
other one was confirmed drunkard" This
has provoked reply from Mayor McGinlev
IN the following language; IF she alluded to
The candidates for mayor she certainly did not
include the Democratic candidate. as only
two years ago, when he was elected mayor OF
Lafayette, Mrs. Cougar, vino was then at Hot
Springs, sent him letter of congratulation.
written the moment she heard the glad It'd
ngs Surely she would not have been first
TO forward a missive expressive of such
good will had he been a drunkard whether he
was a confirmed one or rot Surely such a
prompt expression Of esteem would have boon
withheld from a gambler and We are still OF
the opinion, strange il may seem, that she
would at least have hesitated before communi-
eating with libertne
This outburst haS created a sensation and
Citizens are antlclpatinga declaration OF war
Ia this connection 1t Is pertinent 10 say that
J udge Gould refuses trial in the SANDER
case and 1t now goes 10 the supreme court
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-10
EAfrassE.f0Ea.

WASHINGTON, May 9.-The question
- to whether this government win give np the
persons indicted for'complicity in the Phoenix
park assassination lii case England should dc
mand them, grows moro apd more interesting,
and the general sentiment here is that if the
English government should file certified copv
Of an Indictment by court which IL could be
proved had jurisdiction and power TO try q man
for murder, the United States conId not refuse
to give up the alleged criminals LAWYER
Charles III Reed. who is interested in these
cases, said to-day that lac had read the treaty
carefully, and it provides IN express terms
that such a course shall be pursued with the
provision that the secretary of state NAV take
jurisdiction in tho matter sud Mr.
Reed when we give mp the men England can
try them for any crime not mentioned in the
indictment, and III Great Britain alone is vested
the right to say whether offenses committed on
her soil are political or not. If a dcnSlnd is
made upon Us, accompanied with a certified
copy OF an Indictment for murder we must
gave up the men, 1t is a curious fact that oT1r
treaty with Belgium is the only one in which
there IL a distinct provision specifying that
charges against a criminal mnst be accompa-
ued with certified copies of the evidence
against him, and. furthermore that he shah
not be tired for any other crime than the one
for which he NAV he extra1ito1
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-10
keIRIOgnatasuS 1EErabIlus.

CLEVELAND, O., May 9.-Fay Terrell
q well-known savant of Oberlin, has beer
making wonderful discoveries of fossil fishes
along the lake shore in Lorain County In a
few days he will ship 200 pounds of fossil to
Professor Newbury, Of Columbia college, where
Professor Marsh, of Yale, and Professor
Agassiz, of Harvard witl.each get part of the
collection for their cabinets Among the re
mains found by Mr. Terrell is an almost perfect
dofsal plate "a by 70 inches and Uranium IA !.
by y inches. The length of this fish could
not have been less than twenty mine feet Sew
eral almost perfect teeth or beak shaped in
cisoTs, with parts of jaws, have also been
found One interesting specimen is a Uranium
OF not more than five inches in breadth
Among the others is the dipiognatllus mira bilus
wonderful double acting Jaws, which open
and close vertically and literally at the same
tlme), the dinicthys conugatGs ana the ctenac-
unttis congresses In addition to these SIX
large bones will be sent east, which are entire
ly new, and Professors Marsh and Newbury
VIII endeayor To name them and give them
proper classification
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-10
INCREMENT AT THE BRAK g
From the New York sun.


A chunky, merry driver of Third
avenue can drove whistling up Chatham
street last night. Three times before he
col to Chatham Square he jumped off his
own car hoped on the steps of three
bob-tails, and. after regaining his own
car. enjoyed the discontinue of the bob
| tail drivers. at whom he ieercd
| You seem to be lively for /, man who
works fourteen hours day." remarked
the reporter
oh l don't mind a little exercise for
| fun, said the driver. Most of these
! fellows are too lazy to have any fun. You
see, it's fun that keeps me up these long
| days Now, watch the way I'll fix the
Chnaman who is getting on
The reporter watched, and observed
that the Chinaman, walked to a seat, and
just as he was about to sit down the car
was brought to a sudden stop, which sent
him spraying over an Irish passenger
Almost fight ensued. to the immense
delight of the driver. who continued:
It's the easiest thing in the world to
drop anybody. Watch me settle this
girl.
The reporter watched grl who enter
ed the car aud walked toward IA seat
next to the Chinaman. AS she was in the
act OF sitting down the brake was sudden
ly applied. and sire sat down on the China
man. Then the driver laughed again and
continued;
Its easy enough. you see Now
watch the conductor when he goes to col
lect her fare
The reporter watched. and saw the
conductor approach and sprawl over the
Chinaman and the girl. Then the Jolly
driver snickered and continues
It's easy enough. i could almost
throwsyou down and the next instant
by Sudden application of the brake, the
reporter was almost thrown over the |
dashboard.
The driver kept up his amusement all |
the way to Tenth street. There two girls |
were waiting for car
Rice up with me?" he inquired
NO, said one of the girls, we will
ride on the car
You won't" said the merry driver,
and he b0wled along, leaving them. to
wait fer the next car. At Seventeenth
street he met across town bobtail, which
aroused some "reminiscences.
Il owned that car,for ten months. +" he
aid
Owned" inquired the reporter
well ] might as well have owned it,
or | got most of the money it earned
The boss did-not get much, and at the
nd of the time they got tired of keeping
he horses and taking care of the car for
ne l used to tell the passengers tho
'ox was out of order. Some of them
lsed to lecture me. remember one per I
on who said, Don't you know you are
oing wrong?' | said, oh, no; I'm col :
Getting fOr the heather That night the
'oss discharged me. He said that he had :
nen watching me, and could not catch
ne l told him they We're not smart
nough to catch me. and he ought to have i
tired me to do the job. When l left +
sked him to come out and take a drink
nth me, but he wouldn't" :
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-10
NOT HIGH JOINTS
But Very Low Joints, Being the
Opium Dens in New York.
Testimony as 10 she size Of the Evil
war on the Wickcducss-- Other
GFimHnaEitsee

NEW YORK. May 9.-The revelations
OF the past few days with regard to the abom
nations practiced IN the opium dens of the
SIXth ward have made good deal of stir here
Inc organized effort to break up the Chinese
resorts in which young girls are corrupted ia
daily gaining strength, A committee of the
Young Mems Catholic association has asked
Supt Walling TO put at their disposal at such a
TIME as they may specify Il sufficient force of
police to make a simultaneous raid on all the
dens. The parish of the Catholic Church of
the TRANSPORTATION includes most of the Chi
nese colony, and this action was brought about
by the very apparent and increasing eorrup
ton of young girls and children by the China
men who crowd the district eThe evil is SO
great and SO very horrible, that the details can
not very well be spoken" Father Barry said
this evening. @The priests and respectable
residents of the parish have helplessly watched
the inlquity. Iknow that within the past year
at least one hundred girls who live inthis
nelghborhood have been ruined by these CHI
namen"
Mr.. O'Brien said sThe opium dens are in
creaslngs and unless some decisive action is
taken respectable people will be driven from
the neIghborheod Three of the largest real
estate owners IN Mott street called on us to
day and promised their cooperation We in
eOAiu W Atiye THESE heepeTS OF opium dives and
gambling dens away. We will go SO far if
other means fail as to have their landlords in
dicted 1t is difficult to find out who these
landlords are, but we viii do it
Was there any particular occurrence which |
caused your present actions"
NO individual case. 1t was the general in |
crease of immortality. Not long 400 |
member of the association rescned |
girl from one of these dens and
u ls with great difficulty that we have kept her
from being enticed back. There are often peo- |
PIE apparently well-to-do who frequent these
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-10

hose who are likely TO be in state OF chronic
poverty at home. and save rates from. their
possible support
| Gen. Merritt refers to the subject of Ameri-
can aid TO ireland as followa. As to relieving
irish di treas by contributions Of money from
| he United States, whca nave always been 50
liberal the charges have heen so frequent in
! The past that much Of th.s money has been
used for other purposes that | suggest IN
FIXTURE the utmost care 10 taken in choosing
channels through which charity Is to be adj
aiialstefea.
Upon the question Of reported distress liz
western and Southern Ireland, John J Pratt
United States consul al Cork, writes as follows:
L met several days ago a prominent gentleman
ot THIS place. very intelligent well as
genial and kind -hecrted whose opljoftu-
mites of knowing western and southern Ireland
for some years past should have been the best
md III the course of a blief conversation
Aazafded the remark that there was q great
1eal OF distress in the coast region of freiald
Not bit of it; don't You belIeye it. was his
of his experience attending the distribution of
certain supplies TO the distressed districts in
1881 Al points where want reported
greatest officers could not, unless at
extravaganza prices, he said employ help
even to unload the cargoes of supplies, and
III some eases, therefore, naval crews had to
perform the work themselves. The officers
would meet, he told me, with expressions OF
contempt the idea OF Sending people" such STUFF
as Indian corn meal, which, have learned, is
considered food fit only for pigs Again, has
1t never been tod that the mission of the Con
stellation to these shores three years ago was
an enterprise of doubtful success as charity:
that American potatoes went begging, so 10
speak, for somebody to cat them-were not
thought so good as Irish potatoes (nothing
American, am afraid, is thought SO good here
as that which is lrish) and that some of them
were returned to Queenstown and exported to
the United States Such has been the story
current here and reported to me by the high
authority just quoted The visit of the Con
stellation was, however, a boon i'll Soma
respects. Ii it did not relieve poor starry |
ing Irish there were costly dinners and balls |
mp and down the country. The gentleman
quoted above seemed to think the people of
The United States i'll view of tine terrible Ohio |
valley floods, should not be called upon to |
minister to fictitious distress in Ireland | |
nave written the foregoing paragraph TO sug- |
sest doubt of the picture OF Irish distress be /
ng as bad as it is painted Il certain quarters |
lut feel confident there is enough dire pow
'rty aad need in the western and southern
oast region to excite the sympathies and in
pre the helping hand of those charitabiy dis
'osed everywhere.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-10

The New York Tribune says a private
letter from London, Just received in that
o''y' says concerning recent statements
that Mr. Gladstone is ''v:sibly failing;
Il failed to see it. I sat near and in fun
view OF him, and have no hesitation in
saying that in manner and movement he
was as sprightly as the youngest member
OF the House He came in at D. m. and
was informed that he would certainly
remain till the close of the sitting-sa a. m.
'or man of his age to do that night
after night must require an iron consti-
luton lie seems as ruddy, hale and
nearly as man in his prime
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-10
The News In Brief

Count de Chambord is sail to hav,
had slight attack of apopIexy.
| The seventh annual bench show O
dogs at New York opened with ,10) entries
= Il. keene's Bluegrass won the Bur
wei stakes at Newmarket from four competi-
| tors.
London firm operating in Grand
Trunk railroad securities has failed for So.
| 000,u0a
Eight hundred thousand bales of cot
ton were received at Galveston, Texas, this
season
The state convention of the Catholic
total abstinence societies of Illinois is in ses
sion at Ottawa
Postmaster Burgess, at Pfinceville.
III, has been arrested for 81, 200 shortage in
bis accounts.
The reply of the Prussian govern
ment 10 the last note from the vitican has
created AT unfavorabIe impression at Rome.
1t a meeting of Irishmen in Ottawa,
Ont, the constitutional policy of Parnell was
Endorsed, and subscription list for his testi-
monial was opened.
Captains of American boats at OF
tawa, Ont, refuse present rates on lumber.
preferring TO lay up, while the Canadian crafts
take all the cargoes offered.
The inventory of Newburgh, Frenkel
q Co, clothiers, Cincinnati, shows assets of
1915, 800 and liabilities amounting TO $3.50. 600
A sale OF the stock has been ordered
Gov. Butler complains to the Massa-
chnsetts legislature that the Actuary has not
made the required examinations for years, and
mat nc tButler) Is aware some of the com
panIe5 are unsound .s 4s.
Cariingford, British minister of aeri-
culture, refused deputation, to use his efforts
to further prohibit cattle imports from in
feeted countries. The purpose of the appli-
cants was to place, If possible, a fresh en-
bafgo on American cattle.
Nindthorst, the Ultramontane leader.
speaking il the German reichtag, on the
budget bills. said republics were not congenial
in Europe; that France would again be ruled |
by monarchy, and that order and true liberty |
could only be conserved by powerful regime. |
Articles were filed at Indianapolis |
the Toledo. Cincinnati & st. /
Louis, Cincinnati Northern, and the Spring
Grove Av3ndale & Cincinnati RAILWAYS under
the tide of the Toledo. ST. Louis & Cincinnati
raiiroad Tie capital Is placed at $4,000, coo.
Major WATSON, United States pay
master, who recently reported that he was
robbed on the Texas Pacific of sa4, 900, con-
fesses that there was no robbery, and is now
under guard at San Antonio aud will be eourt |
maruaiea He designated the spot where
some $4,000 Is concealed, and officers have
gone to hunt it up. Fast living led 10 his
downfall
The house of Lyman Haviland. at
Palmyra, Mich, burned Four children were
eft alone, while their parents went visiting.
lad ones a girl of IL, fell asleep while reading
paper, which took FIRE from a lamp. ignl.tn-
ler clothing, and burning her silocRingiv
sfsddle years old, carried an is months
'abe from the burning house. The father ar
lved at this injuncture, and was badly burned
~ rushing into the house, thinking the chill
iren We're still there
reports have been received from the
LIMOS department of agriculture showing
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-10

Hon jefferson DAVIS recently told Mr.
morgan OF the Boston Herald, that he
does not like to be interviewed because he
- constantly being abused, maligned and
Vliined ny the press" He further said in
a recent talk with a reporter: What is
que from me in the way of hospitality 1
snail be only too happy to extend to you;
0u' we must let politics alone. I am not
a public man, nor ann 1 public property
L am not seeker for office, nor is any
once seeking me. I am plain Mr.. Jeffer-
son Davis, private citizen, who IN the
evening of his life, desires to live in quiet
with his neighbors, without molestation or
outside interference.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-10

Phil adelphia Record: The tea that
was split in Boston harbor, after ALL was
split in vain. The Princess Louise told
the mayor of the hub. in a moment OF
confidence, while she was eating her lunch
that Boston was Just English enough to
make her feel at home" She said she
liked the people, too, and she said moth
ina in disparagement of Bunker Hill or
Deans. 1t IS not too much to say that
the Bostonians are delighted More than
ever they are proud that the up is their
ONE
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-10
Political Economy.

ST. Louis, May 9 There has been
trouble at the Western Cooperative coal mine
at West Bellevi'ie, for some time and the men
there have been out on strike Last night
several rows took place between the strikers
and the men taking their places. and early this
morning the strikers set ire 10 the mine The
IRE has been burning all day and it seems to
be impossible To eXtnEUl4h IT. This mine was
the largest IN this section of the country and
was owned by lot of miners who came here
and formed company of their own When
the mine was fired no men were at work
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-10

Judge William Woods, who succeeds
Mr.. Gresham as United States district
Judge in Indiana, has been chief Justice
of the Indiana supreme court. Born in
Tennessee, he went to Goshen, Ind,
when young man, took lead as lawyer
there, and soon BECAME member of the
Indiana judiciary He has been an ar
dent republican. He formally entered
upon his new position estcrdaE
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-10

Catham Bey, the Jewish millionaire,
died recently in Cairo, aged 70. His
property is estimated at over S25, 900, 900.
He was private banker of the former vice
King. whose unlimited confidence he DOS
sessed. He owned a synagogue of his
own, in which services were daily held,
and he carefully observed Jewish rites in
diet, etc. He had two wives. one of whom
survives. and a numerous progenY.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-10

Paddy Ryan, the bruiser, of truss fame.
and now Chicago saloon keeper, has
made the name Ryan" so notorious, that
Matthew I. Ryan, prominent dentist
of Troy, N Y. has been permitted to
change his surname for the following
reasons, as set forth in his petition, viz
because the name of Ryan, owing to
Tue notorlety of one Patrick Ryan, more
commonly known as Paddy RYAN "a
Pugliist' seriously Injuries and affects the