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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-02-17
PHYSICIANS, ATTENTION.

To The Medical Practitioners Of Los an
geleS City:
GESTLRNES;-As there are many cases OF small.
pox in Tucson. Arizona, and In FL Paso, Texas,
respectfully ask that you provide yourselves with
good vaccine matter, and yaccinate all the UNI
protected in the families where you severally
practice. The liability Of the disease being
brought here by rail induces me to make this re-
quest. Very respectfully yours, 7. @. GALE,
Health Officer.
Felsuary 10th, 1888. febl6 lw
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-02-17

BischoH weighed the brains OF ten
cultivated and celebrated men, some of
which he found below the average, while
none reached the maximum. The brains
of ll0 ordinary offenders weighed II
grammes more than the average, some
having weight of |, 500 and even 1000
grammes. Broca, ON comparing ll5
skulls taken from vault closed up not
later than the twelfth century with
another series of l25 skulls taken from
a cemetery belonging to the earlier years
Of the present century. found the aver
age capacity to be APO and l,4G2,
showing a considerable gain during
seven centuries of progressive civilian
ton. As to the actual weight of the
brains of eminent men full statistics are
not obtainable. Taking individual
cases, some twenty-three in number,
Cuvier, the naturalist, heads the list,
according to one authority with 6ia
ounces, and according to another with
81. 49, The brains OF Abercromby, the
physician, and of Schiller, the poet,
weighed GO ounces; Sir James Simpsons
weighed "a, and Chambers's SO; the
brains OF Napoleon and Daniel Webster,
81 ounces. The brain of mulatto who
died not long ago at Cincinnati was found
to weigh 81 ounces. He was not con
sidered bright intellectually.
The heaviest brain ON record, which
weighed G7 ounces, according to DR..
Morris, was that of bricklayer, who
chad good memory and was fond of
politics, but could neither read nor
write, so that, whatever his potential
ties, his actual requirements were not
great" 1t may surprise our readers to
learn that the only statistics of Chinese
brain weights available show them TO
exceed all other nations in this respect.
The average brain weight of the males
reached sol ounces, aud that of the fe-
males 453 ounces. This is an average
not attained, so far as yet known, by
any other nation. it being fully 0 ounces
above that of the average negro, and !
ounces above the European. The brain
of Guiteau weighed 49k ounces, exceed
ing by more than 10 ounces the reported
weight of the brain of the great French
Republican.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-02-17
FOR SALE.

The Half or Whole Of Lodging House, at No.
l73 Main street, Is for sale. The house Is doing
frst-class business. The reason for selling, going
into other business. fell-1w
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-02-17
FOR RENT.

Part Of a store, corner Of Spring and Sixth
streets, $40 per month; good chance for light
business. Inquire on premises. feb16 st
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-02-17
FOR sALE-FOR RENT.
FOR SALE.

pool table, counter looking-glass and bal
fixtures, all in flrst-class order. Apply at 13l
Main street. feb15 1w
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-02-17
EASTERN.
Extent of the Flood Reached
Preventive OF Floods.

PrtNthtINe OF EIOOUs.
New YORK, Feb. l6.-Murat Halsted,
editor OF the Commercial Gazette, Gin.
cinnati, telegraphed to William Henry
Hurlber;, editor OF the World, that the
extent of the food has been reached
and that the waters are bound to sub
side from now on, unless an unusually
heavy and general rain sets in. lie calls
attention to the remarkable similarity
between the flood in the Ohio river and
the recent floods in the Rhine and the
Danube.
General Mcclellan, in an interview,
says that as a preventive against floods
the nation must enact laws similar to
those in Europe, compelling the replant,
ing of trees as fast as they are cut off.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-02-17
wANTs-LosT--FoUND.
SITUATION As copYIsr.
slruArIon waHIsp.

lady copyist typewriter wishes work.
Please address r., City ?. o. febl6 %
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-02-17

competent nurse or housekeeper; an intelll.
gent and pleasant companion for an invalid; or
willing 10 sew by the day. Address A. T., City
PostofIice. feb16 st
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-02-17
WANTED.

strong woman to do waiting and chambs
work In the country. Wages $50 per month
For information, apply to Mr.. Reeds Employ
ment Office, Post Office building. jan23t
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-02-17

ST. LOUIS, Feb. l6.-The Post Dis
patch learns that Mrs. IL. NJ. Vail, wife
of Star Reuter-, suicided at Independ-
ence, Missouri.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-02-17

LAW OOkS-CAL1FoRNIA and NENADA
Reports-one set Of each. Address Box 1915, city.
febl7 1t
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-02-17
NEW TO-DAY.
FOR SALE.

EDELMAN 81 CO., Cigar Manufac-
turers, make the best cigars and do the largest
obbing trade in southern California. myl3u
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-02-17
COWS FOR SALE.

COWS FOR SALE
Eight head OF good iirst-class Mich Cows, com
prisng new and old mixers, and others that will
soon calve. Just the opportunity for those wish
Those who will purchase within this month
will make special prices. Apply at my place In
Fruitland, near Downey road.
feb IL ld4w JOHN j. ADAMS.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-02-17

CLEVELAND, Feb. l6.-The life saving
crew are distributing provisions at New
port. The Odd Fellows are relieving
their members.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-02-17
The Brain Weights of Some Great
From the Pail Mall eazette.I

lFrom the Pail Mall Gazette.l
The report that the brain of Gam
beta, when examined by the experts,
was found to weigh LOO grammes, or
less than 80 ounces, has led to the pub
LEGATION of an immense number of brain
weights. The brain of the adult human
male is said to average about so ounces,
and that OF the adult female about 40.
The maximum weight OF the healthy
brain is about "a ounces and the mini
mum about 81. In cases OF idiccy IL has
been found weighing only 20 ounces.
Broca places the lowest limit OF brain
weight compatible with human intelli-
gence at 30 ounces in males and ~ in
females, the average weight OF the Eu-
ropean male brain being 40 ounces. DIR.
Bischoff of Bonn published two or three
years ago perhaps the most exhaustive
study OF the subject ever undertaken.
He had examined and weighed the
brains of 500 men and 347 women. His
figures were as follows:
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-02-17
The Ohio River at a stand.

CINCINNATI, Feb. l6,-The prospect
of rain is less threatening. At IL A. NJ.
the river stood Ga feet, ~ inches.
Relieving the Flood Sufferers.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-02-17

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb l6,--Detective
Hogan arrested Charles J.. Jackson, late
pay roll clerk in the Office of the Super
intendent OF Streets, on six charges Of
forgery this afternoon. There are ru-
mors that even the late head of the De.
partment may be brought within the
pale of the law.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1883-09-26

1errltUry Of Dakota Hand County ss
September term, 1873 IN Probate Court.
At probate court held In and for Hand county and
Territory Of Dakota. St the ofice Of the Judge OF
the I'd day Of September, A. u. iSs3.
Present. Hon. BEEgA1Ix 4. PkISE.
Jaago cf Prob-ts.
In The mater ~ proving the last VIII and teptaeni
Of Ahsrt A. keeier. decsascd.
OS reading aud 1ing the verified petition OF
silas =. Kecler propounding for probate a paper
puTpoTting TO be the last will and testament OF Al.
bert A. keeler late Of Hand county, Territory Of
Dakota. docCased. setting forth that said last will
and testament relates both real ant perzJual
tate and naming The heirs At law and nelt Of hin oi
said deceased, said petitioner baiag brother ef
ssid escsascd. aud praying that said viii may he
proved aud allowed A. tie last viii and testaInsn,
of the said Albert Keeier. deceased and that let.
ters testamentary therenpon issue 10 silas Keeier
executor named IN said last will and testament and
who has ccIscntod 10 act such executor vixen
duly appointed, AMI that Citation issue to the
subscribing witnesses t1 said last viii and tasta
Inei, is!TsI.- t:s-Ts, - pCr ali ;aSti:y Il rcg
ton 10 the eIscuhon of said lat will and tssnont
and that notice be given the heirs 81 law next OF
hin and AL persons Interested IN said estate of the
tinls and place Of hearing or said petition, II 1.
hereby ordered that sail petition he heard by ths
Judge Of thu Prpbate Court of said Hand county Al
special term q: said court % be hsla al his ofcc
IN the town Of Miller, IN satd county Gu saturday.
the z2d day of ssptsinbsr, A. d. lss3 at 1 o'lock ,.
m. TO attend the hcarisg OF SAID petition and tae
probate OF said wilk
IT. further ordered that nogce ts given 70 ths
hers at Law and next Of kin, and all persons inter
ested IN The estate Of said decrased by publishing
copy Of this order for three saccessivs weeks onc
Ia each wess. prior % sail hearing. in the HAM
coosra PEE-s, uew'pspcr Published in All,
+ county.
I BY the Court rls5AArgF PAYNE
sep'o8 Jidge Of Ttpbsts.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1883-09-26
Almost n Case OF Bigamy.

Limekiln Club IN Detroit Free Press.
Under the head of unfinished business
waydown Bebee called up the resolution TO
inquire into the charge that Pickles Smith
loft two wives IN Virginia and came "a Mich
ican 10 take n third He would say that he
had known Brother Smith for many years.
He had snldiered with him. been seaSick at
the same time, followed his cradle in the
wheat field. and both had been put of the
same freight train scventy-ive miles from
home Ha had always found him reliable,
boporable and willing TO walk mile out Of
his way 10 hook a watermelon.
Trustee Pullback was acquainted with the
two wives left in Virginia. One had a stiff
knee, and would throw the ak when she got
mad, while the other was cross eyed, and
was forever singing hymns through her nose
Elder Penstock said he had the honor OF
.!larTyin- Brother Smith ~ his third wife,
and received 81 in cash for the Job Any
man who would pay cash down for third
marriage could not he human hyena. He
hoped that Brother Smiths oifense would bs
condoned
.Brud,ier Pickles Smith," said the preSi-
dent, after several other members had ex.
pressed their opinions, de fust wife you
run'd away from am dead, an dat settles hor.
De second am mar'd to a man who gets drunk
an hits har wild de hull front fence 20 once.
Dat settles her, an you couldn't get her back
IL you wonted TO. personally knew your
third wife to be a lady wit a wart on her
chin, an streak Of poetry In her natur',
De char decides that you am not guilty, an
you can sot down an feel easy, but in cass
YOU should pursue dis marryin' bizness any
furder Won had better hOrl-y n mar o. wings
and tly beyond our iurisdicksbunr
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1883-09-26
The sunday school Picnic.

Burlington Hawkeyc.
1t is a glad picnic party. The Sunday
school had gone out into the leafy forest. The
dark object in the heavens, 500 miles wide
and 1900 miles wide, is a cloud It got to
the woods as soon rs the picnic. and is there
vet Under the great oak you can See the
dinner The large waterproof mound in
middle Of the table sullenly laughing at the
storm is fruit cake. The teacher Of the in
fant class made il herself for the little ones.
But the storm saved them. See, the light
ming struck the cake. lt will never
strike ANYTHING else There stands the cake,
without dent. and under the table, shat
tered and blighted, lies the thunderbOlt
Under the cedar tree is a dying dog He got
in tho way and the superintendent felled him
70 the earth with one blow Of a biscuit
The tall figure wrapped in the ghostly
drapery Of water-sOaked linen duster,
leading the way TO the cars, is the teacher Of
the young ladies' bible class His influence
with that class is gone forever. The young
ladies will never be able 70 look at him again
without thinking how he looked on this oc-
Casion. Up in the hickory tree you SEQ a
grief-strikcn face peering down. IL is the
superintendent He climbed up there to fix
the swing, and before they could throw him
the rope the storm came up and the
picnic adjourned sine die and sine
mora And he is waiting for the last strag-
gler to disappear before he comes down
He has ofgiciated at Sunday-school picnics
often enough to know better than slide down
a shellbark hickory tree before an audience.
The man with an umbrella under his arm is
the treasurer. He is getting drenchcd, but
he does not raise his umbrella. He knows
there is n name painted in the inside of il,
but for the life of him he cannot remember
whose name IL is. He is watching his chanc.
TO give the umbrella 10 n stranger
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1883-09-26
PERILs OF WATERED WHISKY.
An Ex-COnfederate Surgeons ENpc-
rieHce DuTIaG Wars FriyatiOa's.


Speaking Of privations IN the rebellion.n
said an ex- Confederate surgeon standing by,
reminds me of the scarcity OF the elixir OF
life in the southern army. Whisky was
scarcer than corn, and that's saying great
deal Everybody wanted il. Very few peo.
pie had it., and as n general rule what they
had was mighty bad Usually the surgeon
had whatever spirits there were in camp, and
50 ] bad my daily drink right through the
war, with few memorable exceptions But
il was not always the best whisky. Once
remember got some liquor, but had moth
ing to put it in except an old barrel that had
been used for vinegar. Now they made vine.
gar out Of anything that came handy during
the war. The vinegar had been made out Of
chemicals. There was little or no fruit juice
in it, At the bottom OF the barrel was very
curious chemical deposit Of a composite
character that could make little or nothing
Of l riskei the whisky, though, aud IL
really wasn't hurt: hut there was Just
this about 1t: II you pat water with
It 1t turned white and frothed right up
IN your face. So | told everybody
that the liquor was weak and that it ought 10
BE- drunk out Of a tin cup. Almost every
body was too glad to get it TO be particular
about the conditions But one day Col. Jack
Dade, a Nirginian, came 10 camp as a visitor.
OF course he came to sce me. Any hquorF
be asked. Yes said /; but it's mighty
weak, and we have nothing but tin cups.
Well he said, 1 can stand the tin cups and
the whisky, too, guess So | drew him
cupful Here, John, he said TO my nigger,
who was standing grinning by, bring me
some water Why, colonel, expostulated,
you are not going to put water in weak
whisky, are your Certainly he said; Il al
ways put water in any liquor and the boy,
who had darted OF full of laughter as soon as
the colonel spoke, was back with cup Of
water before could say another word OF
course that nigger knew rs well as did what
was coming, but the more | tremblcd the
more he griuned Tho colonel poured the
water in, and the confouuded liquor turned
as white as my face and frothed like beer.
Great heavens said the colonel, pale as a
sheet, hes tried TO poison me- And he
rushed from the tent in paroxysm Of terror
that gave me no opportunity to explain. |
don't believe that he accepted my explana-
ton, save in form, when did get a chance
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1883-09-26
Hirhmore Hcrnld. 1hn cn,n.r -

Highmore Herald; The county COMMITS
sioners have been appointed and received
their commissions last evening. They are
Messrs. A. f. Van Camp. l.. f. whitcher
and John Falde. The last named gentle
man is away, but is expected back in a
few days, when the board will begin its
work.
Inter Ocean: The public land disposed
Of in Dakota the current year to private
individuals aggregates twenty times
the total acreage of the State of Rhode
Island, and yet there are Democratic
statesmen who declare it is only howl
ing waste, and has no right to become n
State.
Ex-Delegate Pettigrew. whose judgment
upon general results Of Dakota elections
has been so many times tested. figures
that the constitSition win have 25, 900 votes,
in the Affirmative, and 5000 in the mega
tive.
Clark Reyiewg Last Saturday evening,
about half Stst's Six. Ferdinand Blanchette,
living near Carlton, was struck by light
ming while blowing in the field and in
stantly killed. The team was stunned
but shortly recovered. The bolt struck
him on the shoulder partially tearing his
Sothes off, and separated, part going down
his right arm to the pillow handle shstter-
ing it to splinters, while the other part
| traN ersed the whole length Of his body,
with fatal results.
jamestown Alert: The power that makes
can also unmnke, and before the fual de-
! cision is reached in the courts the legisla-
ture vii have located the capital some
where else, or Te-establish it at Yankton.
! There can hardly be u question as to the
/ fate Of Bismarck, If the next Legislature
passes upon this subject; aud the only
/ hope of Bismarck. now divested of its
capital Iaurels by judicial fat. is in the
! immediate division Of the Territory.
/ A special election will be held in Red
| field to-day, for the purpose of voting
bonds to MD in establishing watorworks
| for that town.
Redfeld Sun: Among the important
measures adopted by the constitutional
! Convention we've the formation of Ole.
tricts for Legislative and judicial officers
and retiring of supreme judges at the age
OF seventy Years, after sixteen years
service on the bench; fixing the number
! Of state senator's at 80, and the representa-
tives at rs; section requiring the legislo-
I ture to enact wholesome laws for regu.
lating the tariff at which transportation
companies may charge, and provide fol
electing by popular vote board Of three
railroad commissioners to require the en,
/ forcement of such laws as may be enacted
affecting transportation companies, ant
! to elect state officers in November.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1883-09-26
Committee TO Await on Congress.

The number of the committee to wait
upon congress with the constitution and
in the interest of admission To statehood,
was increased from fourteen to twenty-five
and the committee appointed, as follows
Bartlett Trip, of Yankton.
4. G. Kellam, of Chamberlain.
John Il. Whiteside, Of Vermillion.
II. II. Day, of Springfield.
John VI. Pease, of Mt Vernon.
W. II. Bnyton, of Rec Heights.
S. II. Bronson, of Howard.
James A. Ward, of Pierre.
John Cain, of Huron.
A. W. He2er, of Mitchell.
o. S. Clifford, OF Canton.
George Freeman. of Elk Point.
James Baynes, of Alexandria.
+. NJ. Goodykoontz, of Chamberlain.
Robert Dollard, of Scotland.
C. II. Winsor, of Sioux Falls.
w. W. Brookings, of Sioux Falls.
Newton Edmunds, of Yankton.
A. c. Mellette, of Watertown.
G.. c. Moody, of Deadwood.
II. ]. Campbell, of Yankton,
b. G. .Caulfield, of Deadwood.
f. W. Foster, Of Frankfort.
Thomas Sterling of Worthwhile.
A. Boynton, of Lennox.
r. W. Welch, Of Plankinton.
r. c. Lake and c. l.. Wood, OF Rapid
City.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1883-09-26
n. W. Aver 4 Sons American Newsp,

". W. Aver & Sons American Newspa-
per ANIMAL for 1888, contains carefully
prepared list of all newspapers and Period
icals in the United States and Canada, al
ranged by States in Geographical Sections
and by towns in alphabetical order.
In this list also is given the name of the
paper, the issue, general characteristics,
year OF establishment. size. circulation,
and advertising rates for ten lines one
month.
II gives the Population of the United
States, and Of each State, Territory, Coun-
ty and County scat, the chief Cities and
Towns, and of nearly every place in " hich
a paper is published, from the Census of
1880.
1t also gives the political majorities and
the greenback vote Of States and Counties
ut the Presidential election of 1880.
II contains a carefully prepared descrip-
ton Of every Comfy in the United Stales,
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1883-09-26

The following from the Benton Harbor
Michigan, Expositor shows that Dakota
has not suffered half by frosts that some
OF her eastern brethren and sisters have:
1.-The frost of Saturday and Sunday
nights played the devil all over the north
and west, killing corn and late potatoes.
buckwheat, tomatoes, cucumbers and in
fact almost verything that was green. II
left many of the small farmers in this sec
ton in pitiable plight, anpihilating their
melons, tomatoes and cucumbers, which
crops were main dependence Of large
number of our people. Among the heayi.
est sufferers are Roland Morreu, who esti-
mates his loss at $4,000 IN the destruction
Of ten acres of melons. The loss to the
community on the single item of tomatoes
alone will be nearly, if not fully, $50, OO0. "
We noticed as We came by Righmore
the other day, that the green corn of that
community had not been touched by frost
at all
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1883-09-26

LAND OrFtcE At HuRoS n, L., Sept 1885.
Notice ~ lershy gwen that the following named
settler has Fled notice Of his intention 10 mex,
nnal proof in support ot his claim. aud aecur,
final entry thereof and that said Iroof will be made
before Ben iamin T. Payne probate judge In snd fol
Hand county st Miller, D. T. on Friday the a6th dag
Of October, 1883 viz Charles u, Adams under hi,
Z, D. \. No. SEQ Huron series for the southwest q
section B. town III, range 81 ,nf he names the fol
lowing witnesses to prove his continuous residence
upon and cultivation 81 said tract whose testimony
VIII be taken before I, yolnsy Hoggatt. Notary
Public AZ bis once in Rec Height, Hand county, u 7
on Thursday, october a5, 1888. viz; Chaancy Craig
OF Rse Heights. II. 7. Loop, Lello J. Gould NJ. r
Boyd. of Miller, ID. T.
sepl2 q. p. ARMST RUNG, Register.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1883-09-26
NOTICE

~.
In the Probate CouTt Ct The County Of Hand, Terr.
tory Of Dakota,
In the matter Of The estate Of John c. William.
deceased
order appointing time aud pace for hearing april
cation 10 sell renl aud personal property
On reading and Gling The petition of Cyru. D Ma
pei administrator of the tate II John G. william,
deceased, praying for order TO sell sil the rea
estate belonging 70 sli3 estate described a. follow
20 wit: Lot ave 90 block four 90 in the orfsina
town Of Miller, Hand Co. D I. with all the appsrt.
Eances thereto belonging Alsc AL the improve
ments the $ 4 Of section four % ul1J 1851 Ia
said Hand county. d. T, Als0 stock Of drugs. pzint'
aud oils stationery ETC. contained in building stu
Efed on lot five tbi block four 90 IN the ortgina
town o. Miller Hand Co, D. 7.
II is ordered that all persons Interested In said
estate appear before Deiii r. Payne, Judge OF Pro
bate COuT: Of the county Of Hand territory ot Dsko
"a, at the court room cf said court at the Septem
Der term in said Hand county. on TIE 9th day o
Octobe A. ID. eighteen hundred and eighty three Al
i0o'clock a. m, then ana there 10 show cause why
such order should not be made.
And It il further orhered. tina, copy Of this order
be published IN the HASp CoUNTY PRrEs news
paper printed al Afiiler In said Hand county, al
eagt - days previous 20 said 5th day Of October A.
u, eighteen hundred aud eighty three.
Dated sept 9th 1888.
BENJAMIN T. PAYNE, Probate Judge
Rofick Cole Atty's for Petitioner S5i4
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1883-09-26
Notice OF Contest. Timber Culture.

Land Ofice at Huron, Dakota, Aug, II 1888. -
Complaint having heen entered az this cfftcs by
Alexander Green against Frederick SnGllgseen. for
failure 20 comply with law TO timberculturC
entry No. 1352, dated Jan. IS 1882. upon the n 4
section ?. township III, range g. in Hand county.
Oak, with view 20 the cancellation Of said entry
coute tsnt alleging that the said Frederick J. Small
green has wholly abandoned said tract FOR more
than year since making said entry and next prior
to the date heroin that sal tract is not cultivated
by said party required By Ew In breaking prairie
cultivating the land, planting trees. building OF
fences or other buildings but has wholly abandoned
the same for more than one year prior 10 the max
tnc Of this AFFIDAVIT the said parties hereby sum
moved % appear at this office on the IL day OF
Oct. 1883 a. o'clGck A. ~, to resp aal and furnish
testimony concerning said alleged failure.
nug2g. q. D. ARMSTRONG Register.