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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-04-26


A new F. and A. NJ. Lodge has been
organized at. Compton by dispsnsa-
ton from the Grand Master of Masons
in California. The following IL list Of
the officers: Omri Bulls, w. NJ; J. w.
Wilson, 8. W.; A. McComas, j. W.; A.
M. Peck, T.; A.. P. Bentley, s.; Chas.
Wooster, 8. D.; N. L. Harshaman, J. D.,
Wm. Stahl, 8. g.; Isaac Haylock, Jr.,
Tyler.
Lots In the orchard tracts of Kinney
4 Martin are selling fast, IS everybody
wants lot with an orchard or . vine
yard. without waiting for either TO grow
up, anda number Of fine houses are be-
ing built on tho above tracts. From
present Appearances the lumber yards
will be pushed to their utmost capacity
to furnish material for that portion Of
the city lying south and east Of Wash.
ington street.
The manly editor of the Colusa Sem
thus speaks Of the proposed Irrigators'
Convention to be held in Riverside May
18th; 1--WE expect TO attend tkst con-
vention to listen and to learn. II iii be.
comes ono who has accomplished moth
ing to play the role Of teacher to those
who have achieved success. We shpuld
not know how to talk TO psopl q who
have made the desert blosm a. garden.
while we have made our land pooro
than we found It,"
There has been scarcity Of fat eattlo
for several weeks Ia California. partly q
account Of swollen streams and bad
roads and partly on account Of lack Of
attention to cattle raising. while the pop
ulation Of the State is Increasing q The
rate Of over 500. 900 per Annum. In this
emergency we learn that Mr.. Walter L,
Vail and brothers will ssnd over 100 car
loads Of fine fat stssrs from the Empire
kanshs in Arizona, ~ stay our carniv-
srosa desires. Three ysars ago stock
vas ssnt 70 TIE Emplzs Rasch nom
Lss Anoeles.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1884-07-02
Woman in Missions.
annual Meeting ofthe Womon's Ms
sionory Society Of the N. +.
Church, South, at Ravens-
rood, June 80, 1884.

Among the pleasant experiences
of our Rayenswood visit were those
enjoyed at the opening session of
the Woman's Missionary Society
of the M. &. Church, South.
The address of welcome by Mrs
Smith, wife of the editor of the BIZ
gle, evidenced a freshness of
thought and rhetorical culture
that made us wonder if there had
not been some mistake as to the
helmsman of the Bugte.
The response by Miss Thornburg,
of Huntington, was appropriate
and we'll written.
To Mrs. Burlington, the State
President, belongs the epithet,
"silver-tongued,' and her annual
address, full of suggestion, COM
mendation and thanksgiving, was
made more forcible by her COM
handing presence, and wonder
fully modulated voice.
But to the gray-haired National
President, Mrs. Hayes, our eyes
were turned with the deepest in
terest and reverence, and though
she did not participate in the exer-
cises of the evening, the very pres
ence of this aged mother in Israel
on the rostrum, with the energy
and fire of younger days in her.
eyes, filled the locker on with rev.
erence and admiratiop and every
heart said amen to Mrs. Smiths
beautiful tribute to her life of
faithful labor.
We regretted not being able to
be present through the entire ses-
sion, but we have the promise of a
report of the meetings, which we
hope to give our readers next
week.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1884-07-02
The Temperance Conventions as
Viewed by an Upshur Editor.

We had the pleasure Of attend
ing the Temperance Conventions at
Parkersburg, held on the II, 10,
and 10 of this month. The follow
ing were in attendance from this
county; John G. Dix and daughter,
George G. Carper and wife, Miss
MalviKa Burr, Luther Casio. f. M.
MARBLE and A. B. Clark. All were
kindly provided for by the Com
mite. The exercises throughout
were of the highest order and will
certainly be productive of great
good, throughout the State. Some of
the prominent Temperance Wo-
men of the U. S. were present,
among them Miss Willard, of Chi
cago, the President of the National
w. G. T. u, Mrs. Wells, President,
of the Indiana w. C. T. U. and Jen-
ME Smith the railroad Temper
ance worker and evangelist, all of
them fine speakers and workers; be-
sides there were many others of
our own State, who were earnest
and efficient workers. In the State
Convention there was fair repre-
sentation from all parts of the State,
II out of the IA Senatorial Dis
tricts were represented. There
seems to be determined purpose
to work for Prohibition and to work
in harmony, also to keep the mat
ter as free from party politics as
possible. We hope to give a syn
opsis Of proceedings next week.
Parkersburg did herself proud in
the way of entertaining the dele
gates. We were quite royal en-
tertained by DR.. J. p Shafer and
his estimable family, who did
their best to make our stay in
their city pleasant and we will
add that they were entirely sue
cessful ; we shall ever have kind re-
membranes of them. We dined on
Thursday with Rev. T. B. Hughes
and family, found them well and
very pleasantly situated. We had
other invitations from kind friends
that we could not fill, among them
/. H. Johnson, of the WEST VIR-
GINA FREEMAN, and Rev. J. w.
Carter. Our trip to Parkersburg
will ever be a bright spot on our
page of recollections of the past
Buchanan Delta.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1884-07-02
Personal.

We are are sorry our constant at
tendance at the Convention pre-
vented our greeting the many call
ers at the FREEMAN Office. Among
those who made us unhappy for
our absence were Mrs. Swinburn,
of Charleston, and Miss Viva Ste
vens, of Winfield. Come again,
good lady friends, and we'll try to
be at home.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1884-07-02
WEST VIRGINIAFREEMAN.
". C. 7. U. CONTINUED.
Our RavenswOOd Trip.

A pleasant ride on the steamer
Harry Knox, with a good supper
by the way, brought us to the hos
pitable shades of Ravenswood.-i
Now, this is not the journalistic
word "hospitable, that will fit any
sort of entertainment, from the
scanty irst-class hotel to the ele-
CANT third-rate boarding house;
but the genuine old time word
that means, cordial greeting, large
airy bed rooms, palatable food, and
a taking you into the neart, that
makes one feel one ought to be an
angel to merit such reception.
Eight o'clock found us In the
Baptist Church, crowded with the
denirens of this beautiful river
town, waiting to hear Mrs. Wells
expound the gospel of the Won
ans Christian Temperance Union,
which she did better than we ever
heard her before, and to the evident
satisfaction of her audience.
At the close of her lecture, Rev.
J. w. Lambert explained the plan
of Incorporating the w. c. T. o.,
adopted at our convention, and
urged the citizens to take stock in
this worthy enterprise.
Next morning, accompanied by
our kind hostess, Mrs. A. E. Tay-
lor, who is President of the local
w. C. T. I'VE called upon num-
Der of members OF the Union, who,
without exception, responded
heartily by taking share of stock,
and that without the urging and
coaxing usually necessary to secure
consent.
At noon, Mrs. Wetzel "came on
duty" and if space would permit
we should like to give our tenn
perance workers a short sketch of
the pleasant homes visited and
their earnest occupants. There
was an eagerness to learn and an
anxiety to do, that was refreshing
to the worker that had been both
pulling and pushing, and reminded
us of an incident that occurred q
few years ago on railroad train
Coming into the car with friend,
we found Miss Willard and Miss
Gordon, weary and worn out from
the labors of a National Conven-
ton, en- route to fill a lecture en-
gagement that night.
Anxious to have some questions
answered relative to the Temper
ance work, we talked quite a little
while, when, remembering her
WEAKNESS and the work before her,
we apologized for this additional
strain upon her strength.
With her characteristic kindess
and encouragement she said: II
just told Anna it rested me to come
across one really interested in the
Temperance work, without having
to 60 through the process of pum-
melting it into her."
Mr.. w. V. Atha kindly engin-
eered US through the business part
of the city, and the locker on, to
judge from his eagerness to have
the stock taken, would have sup
posed him the interested party,
and ourself his convoy.
In Mr.. Atha the Ravenswood
people have an energetic, progress
i've man, and the W. c. T. q. an
earnest advocate and champion.
Our success was largely due
to his interest, which was greater
than our physical endurance, as he
at last grudgingly consented to al
low us to quit work to go to tea.
Ravenswood has the honor to
own a handsome share of w. C. T.
U. stock, for which we are duly
grateful.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1884-07-02
Miss Willard and Miss Gordon at
our Conventions.
Correspondent Putnam Democrat.

The Conventions at Parkersburg
were an entire success. Miss Will
lard of Chicago, President of the
Women's Christian Temperance
Union, presided part of the time
over our State Union. Her
lecture on Tuesday evening was
the finest specimen of close logic,
chaste expression, and pure Eng
lish to which the writer ever lis
tened. Gentlemen noted as elo-
quent speakers, who have hitherto
doubted the propriety of women
speaking in public" had their
prejudices removed, and freely adj
mitted that women's sphere is, like
that of the other sex, varied ac-
cordingly as their qualifications
and attainments. After holding
this vast audience spellbound for
more than an hour, Miss Willard
took the train for Cincinnati, where
she had appointments to address
the State w. G. T. U. Convention
WEST UNION RECORD.
At A o'clock Miss Gordon of H.
linois, spoke on juvenile work,
urging strongly the Importance of
temperance training among the
children, giving instructions how
to organize them into children's
clubs, bands of hope, &C., leaving
the impression on all that she ex-
pected to spend and be spent in
trying to save the youth of the
country from ruin.
At night, the large audience
room and the galleries of the church
were packed, every inch of standing
room being filled, to listen to an ad-
dress by Miss Willard, and they
did listen too, for we believe that
never before did a woman more
completely capture and hold an
audience than d1l Miss Willard
this one. By h, clear, distinct,
easy enunciatiJn, together with
her forcibfe logic, sweet pathos and
unanswerable argument, she was
for an hour and half able to car
ry all at her own sweet will.
No one who heard Miss Willard
has any doubt as to the ability of a
woman to hold, convict and con-
vince an audience.
DAILY STATE JOURNAL.
The meeting yesterday evening
was opened by the reading of the
scripture lesson by DR.. q. Warner,
of this city, after which Miss Jen-
ME Smith prayed. These devo-
tiopal exercises over, the chair in
troduced Miss Francis E. Willard.
the President of the National w.
c. T. u, as the speaker of the ev-
ening.
Miss Willard is noted for her
fine oratorical abilities, but she
never spoke with greater effect or
more apparent ease than last night.
Her address was heard by every
one in the vast audience without
effort, and she was frequently in
terrupted by applause. We regret
that we can give no synopsis of
her address, but it was an event in
temperance circles that will long
be remembered. Gifted and elo-
quent, intensely in earnest, satiri-
cal, logical and pathetic. her listen
ers were charmed and delighted
with all she said.
The ladies are certainly to be
congratulated on securing Miss
Wizards attendance upon this oc-
casion.
[NoTE. We are especially glad
that the Press of the State was SO
largely and well represented at our
two Conventions, and in the mea-
greness of our own comments ON
the proceedings and addresses, it
will be compensation ample to our
readers to have the good things our
brethren say. We might continue
4 a
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1884-07-02

READ THE FREEMAN AND
HAND 1T TO A NEIGHBOR.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1884-07-02
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West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1884-07-02
CAMPAIGN FREEMAN /!
|NL CONVENTION n OVER \
The Temperance Council of
War has been Held, the
Strong Positions Seized,
and the Lines OF Battle
Drawn, and now the Com
nland is,
W, GUARDS, And At EN-
To get the Campaign News,
Subscribe for the FREEMAN
at once.

This double column is reserved for any
good words the great Political Parties may
have Encourage to put into their platforms,
in favor of American Homes, in their strug-
giles against the Piracies ot American sa-
Icons.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-12-17
Re,ucmber To-Morrow.

Tomorrow Thursday afternoon, De-
cember 18th, at O'Clock. Is the grand
opening Of the great assignee sale OF VIM
ter Clothing, Hats, Furnishing Goods, &c,
in the large building 1909 Main street, be-
tween Twelfth and Thirteenth streets,
Richmond. The stock Is from q large
wholesale firm that failed In New York,
and everything will be sold at 40 per cent.
below cost, as the entire stock must be
closed out in five days. We have ouly
space 10 mention few OF the bargains they
will offer, and bear IN mind there arc over
5000 different articles equally as cheap that
we have not space TO mention here. Mems
Fine Chinchilla Oyercoats. 1896, guaran-
teed worth Sl5, or money refunded; an
entire suit OF Mems Fashionable Clothes.
$3.50, guaranteed worth sl2. or money re-
turned; Mems Fashionable Hats, S5c.,
worth $3.50; Umbrellas, 3jc., worth 81 2J ;
Shirts, Underwear, &C., at 1909 Main street,
between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets,
Richmond. Remember, this great sale
commences tomorrow Thursday after
noon. December 18th. at O'Clock, and
only lasts five days. Store open till at
night.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-12-17
THE NEW CITY HALL.
Question or Plans 10 be Referred 70 she Ctr
CoupcrI This Evening.

Coupcu This Evening.
The Council Committee on Grounds and
Buildings-W. II. Williams, ESQ.,. chair.
man-met last evening In the Chancefy-
Court room to further consider the City,
Hall question.
The plan proposed by Mr.. Myers. and
adopted by the Council IN its present shape,
meets all demands so far as accommoda.
tions for the city officers and elegance OF
appearance. interior and exterior, are con-
cerned; but from the bids recently made
1t became apparent that the building could
not be erected for less than S425,-
600, while the committee have at
their command only 100000. Mr.. Myers
lately took the plans tome and modified
them and sent them back to Colonel Cut
shaw for his examination. Colonel Cut
shaw has laboriousIy revised the modified
plans, and last night he submitted his re-
port TO the committee. He finds that an
enormous amount Of cut granite which the
original plans called ~, and which he has
all along declared to be useless, can be we'll
dispensed with. This done and certain
other unnecessary work Topped OF, build
ing, In all respects complete, OF the style
OF work OF the Seventh-Street Christian
church, and OF stone Of the grade OF that
in the new pump-house, can be put Up for
about 1850
Mr.. Wilson, OF the Ohio Building Stone
Company. appeared before the committee
last night, and urged them to adopt the
Ohio sandstone IN lieu OF granite. He made
an excellent presentation OF his case, and
created good impression upon the CON-
mittee, but could not succeed In moving
them from their purpose Of using James
River granite.
The Ohio stone Is 97 per cent. sand; Is
soft when cut. and hardens by exposure,
and can be quarried and sawed by ma
cblpery, and IS in dozens and dozens OF
public buildings of this country. Mr.. Will
son said they could deliver il here at about
the price granite Is delivered here for, and
that the cutting Of 1t would be four or five
times cheaper than granite-cutting. OF our
own granite he spoke In the highest terms,
but be urged the Ohio stone as a handsome
and durable material. out OF which the
building could be put up for little over
100000.
The committee, after careful deibera-
ton, held to q granite building. and re-
solved to report to the Council this eve
ming, and ask their judgment whether the
city should appropriate Sl2j,0O0 more TO
build the hall according to the original
Myers plan, or whether it should appro-
pirate $4,000 more TO build 1t according
to the modified and revised Myers plan, or
whether both Of the Myers plans should be
discarded and another plan taker.
The committee seem well satisfied with
the architecture and arrangement Of offices
Of the Myers plan, but, at the best, they
will need S550,000 in money, whereas they
now have only 100000.
With S3j0,000 they can erect city hall
Of granite, the walls OF rock-iace, and the
trimmings Of cut stone; and Il will look a.
well, and have vastly more ornamentation
than the new pump-house, and will meet
all the necessities OF Richmond for fifty or
one hundred years to come.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-12-17
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.
The Hazard Pewder-MiiIs at secaucus
Destroyed.
New York Herald, 10th.

Destroyed.
New York Herald, 16th.l
About half-past III O'Clock last night the
western sky was suddenly Illuminated by
fash Of flame. The next instant q dull,
rumbling sound was heard, and this was
followed by q trembling OF the earth too
severe to be for a momeD. mistaken for the
passage Of heavy-laden truck over the
pavement. The first thought Of every one
who noticed the two last phenomena was
that New York had been visited by an-
other earthquake, but those who had seen
the fash understood at once that an eXplo-
sion. and big one at that, had occurred.
A popularity Of the explosion was that
II seemed to come from every direction.
Many who thought that vast quantities OF
explosives were still stored at He'll Gate
believed that the magazine had exploded.
Others who remembered Hunters Point
and Its inuumerable explosions OF oil.tanks
located the sound there. The fash, how
ever, demonstrated that the explosion had
occurred somewhere in New Jersey. In
few minutes reports came in from jersey
City, Hoboken, Weehawken, aud other
outlying suburbs, saying that the occur
renee had taken place somewhere back In
the hills.
AT midnight the intelligence was received
that the Hazard powder-mills, at Seca,icus,
on the line OF the Erie railway, had blown
up. The shock was felt as far east as
Whitestone, as far north as Yonkers, and
as far south as Staten Island.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-12-17
GROWING ABOUT Gas.

City Council 10 be Convened 10 Settle n Gas
Bill Due the City by the State.
The Slate of Virginia owes the city Of
Richmond eleven hundred and some odd
dollars FOR gas consumed in lighting the
lamps IN the Executive Mansion, Capitol,
and lamps IN the Capitol Square. The
payment for these bills is provided for in
the Giyil-cou'ingent fund, payable upon the
order Of the Governor. There has been no
pay yment Of gas bill due the city by the
State since the third quarter OF lsS3-that is
TO say, that part 81 the prtsent bill OF the
city against the State includes the last quar-
ter due in 1888. When the Legislature was
in session. Mr.. Loyenstein introduced
bill in the Senate which provided for the
payment Of the gas bill, but the Senate
amended 1t so as 10 preclude the payment
for gas Consumed in the lamps ou the Capt.
tol Square. The bill then went TO the
House, and was never acted upon there.
Shortly after the Legislature adjourned the
Committee on Light communicated with
the state authorities, and gave warning
that unless the gas bill was paid the gas
would be cut of from the Capitol Square.
The Commm Council referred a resolu-
tlon looking to the enforcement OF the or
rinance in regard to the matter to the
Beard Of Public Interests, and when this
Board met. Notwithstanding the opposition
of Mr. W. X. Bowie, the chairman OF the
Committee on Light, resolution was adoP
ted recommending that the City Council
should not enforce that part OF the ordinance
applicable to the lighting OF the Capitol
Square until the next meeting OF the Legli-
latuTe.
The question OF lighting the Capitoland
Executive Manson was not referred -
the committee, and, as the bills for this
work were not paid, the Committee on
Light, after giving due notice OF their IN
tention, cut the gas off from these build:
ings. but did not cut il off from the lamps
on the Square. The Capitol police. how
ever. did not light the lamps, and the
Square was left in darkness. Governor
Cameron, knowing that the bill for the
last QliaIter Of 1888. had never been pre-
sented until recently, and that the con,in-
gent fund for that period expired with the
year, sent for Auditor Marye, and after
explaining TO him that large sum OF the
contingent fund for 1888 had never been
expended, and showing that part OF the
Gas bill ought TO have been taken there
from, il was agreed that this part OF the biii
should be PAID, and the amount credited TO
that contingent fund. The Governor last
Saturday expressed his willingness and in
tention TO pay the other claim, so soon as
ne could examine the vouchers, &c, which
had been forwarded him, and yesterday
would have paid the bill but for the gas
having been cut of.
Kerosene lamps have substituted the gas
in the Capitol and Governors house, aud
both branches OF the City Council will meet
this evening TO consider the merits OF the
matter. Pending the conclusions OF the
Council, no action will be taken BY the
State authorities either IN the matter OF pay
ment Of the bill or Of locking the gates OF
the Capitol Square at night.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-12-17
J. HERMAN RoTHRRT.
W. A. HHLLMAN,
Managing Partner
HOLIDAY DISPLAY.
R0THfkT A. CO.,
sos cas-. Broad street.
D your attention to our large and

We desire to call your attention To our large and
well-assorted stock Of
HOUSEKEEPING AND HOLIDAY GOODS.
AS the holiday are now fast approaching we In.
yte you TO pay our sicre a Wilt and Inspect our
line OF
PARI OR SUITS in hsir-clo,h. plush, and raw
LoUNGfs in ramie, moq,et. Brussels, plush, and
MARBLE- aud PLUsH-ToPP PARLoR TABLES
I'm wnnnt. ebony, and enerry;
PARLOE- I'm sin, plush, rattan. an.i reed.
Cur line OF REED and BArrAN CHAIRS
cannot he surpassed in the city;
In CHAMBER FURNITURE We Offer full iine
of WALNUT. CHERRY, and ASH SUITS
ali desirable well-niade goods, and elegan, in
design and finish:
Also TfiAMBFR sE,Ts. both tin and ehina:
CRIBS. TRUN' IE-BEDS. MATTRESSES, PIL-
LOWS. ana BOlsTER<.
In cur CARPET DEPARTMENT. we have com.
plefe as sOrtmeut-INGRA AIN BRUsstLs. and
TBRkE-PLY CARPETS; BErssEfs. VEL
VET and SMYRNA RUGS; DRUGGErS and
ART sQUARFS-beaufiful designs. also, OIL
CLOTH, MATING, etc. Tbe-e goods have
been purchased recently. sad you viii receive
the benefit OF the late decline In this class Of
goods.
IN our STOVE DEPARTMENT win be found .
Dice line OF HEATING, C00KIS6.sTovEs,
and RANGES.
Resides the articles enumerated above We have a
fine line OF EBONY and ASH CABINETS.
SCREENS. FANCY INTERNATIONALLY
PoCkETs. CORNER STANDS. WHAT
SoTs, WALNUT siDEBoARps, BOOK
We have marked down all our goods 70 the lowest
prices. We have an immense stock, AID are de.
iermlned to sell.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-12-17

Rev. Robert Ryland, DID,, a former pres
ideut Of Richmond College, was In the city
Yesterday, en- route to his home In Lexing-
ton, Ky.
J. ID. Schwalmeyer, an old and respected
citizen, who died at his residence on Church
Hin. Monday, will be buried by Friend
ship Lodge, /. o. d. F., from Trinity
Methodist church to-day at o'clock.
Mr.. George Watt. an esteemed citizen OF
this city, has been stricken with paralysis.
and Is dangerously Ill at his residence on
Governor street.
MIR. Thomas W. Waller. OF spotsylvania,
county, l. In the city.
The remainder OF the evidences In the
case Of Lynch US. Chaffin was herd In the
Circuit Court yesterday, and argument viii
be commenced to-day.