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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-06-22
P0mer0y and Connnt, Ameri-
can prohibition Anti Masonic
Nomination.

CHICAGO, June 2l.--The American
Prohibition Anti Masonic party nomin-
ated for President OF the United States
ex-senator S. G.. Pomeroy, OF Kansas;
for Vice President, j. A. Conant, of
Connecticut.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-06-22

Adyertisem ,Dts inserted at reasonable rate
Job Work done 10 compete with sst francisco
ice style and elegance Of SorkmaDshp
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-06-22
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

The adjourned annual meeting OF the Stock
holders OF the Los Angeles Gas Company will lie
held at their office, No, Sonora street. Los An
goles, California, eli Saturday the 21st day of
June, 1884 at o'clock =. NJ.
Per order, EDWARD HALL,
jel93t Secretary, pro tenn.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-06-22

This is an excellent opportunity for those OF
small means to invest money in most promls-
lag home enterprise
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-06-22
WEEKLY HERALD

PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MeRsIso
TERMS:
One year by mail or express, one copy, e2o0
Six months. y LOO
Three months 90
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-06-22
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.

The partnership heretofore existing between
c. +. Pearson aud A, 4. Lsttis hereby dissolved
hy mutual consent Mr., G. T.. Pearson succeeds
to the business and will pay all bills against the
late firm and collect all that due to the same,
C. +. PEARSON.
A. Il. LOTT.
Los Angeles, June II, 1884. jels-4w
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-06-22

{ Stone buildings, foundations and cement,
- srvoirs All kinds Of stone masonry done prompt
b reasonable rates. All work guaranteed
f8Address or call iUnited States Hotel, Los
Angeles, mylb-3m
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-06-22

At meeting a the Board Of Directors OF th
Colorado Copper Mountain Mining Company
was resolved to place $780, 600 Of the stock o
the COMPANY on the market to raise a working
sapital The stock is TO he sold subject to the
condition that as scon Ms 100000 are subscribed
aud paid the work OF development sinai be
commenced All money subscribed will be put
ON special deposit in the First National Bank OF
Los Angeles.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-06-22
OFF1CERS:
DIRECTORS

s. J Beck, T.. f. Hewitt, Henry King
Henry Hammel, A. H. Denker, James Gorula
John Goldsworthy, Thos. J. Cuddy.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-06-22

By ordersDi Board Of Directors.
g. J. BECK, President,
Tuos J. CuDDY, Secretary. marl9u
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-06-22
ORANGE TREES FOR SALE.

Three thousand fine budded orange trees six
years old at thirty dollars per hundred Apply
at 900 North Main street, over Q. II. Bushs
jewelry store api7u
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-06-22

Persons desiring information concerning the
IHines, their assays, location, etc, can apply TO
any of the Directors and are referred, by per
mission, to the following named gentlemen: T.
+. Spence II. 5. omo, John @. Downey.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-06-22
Arrest Of Captain Maury or the
AteampshIp Toxic.

SAN FRANcsco, June 2l.-Captair
Maury, of the steamer City of Toxic
was arrested to day for failing to notify
the authorities Of the existence Of small.
pox ON board his vessel before she
docked.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-06-22

The shares are Of a par value Of $40 each, bu
for the next 90 DAYS will be sold for q. SO each
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-06-22
GEO, j. DENIS,

The stock is at present in the hands Of Col, !
F. Hewitt, who may be seen at his office at IN
New Depot.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-06-22
.os Angeles Lodge No. IS, L o. OF.

Tri'Color Lodge No. 90 meets every Friday
evening in Masonic Hall, Spring street
Sojournng Knights invited.
J. b. BROWN, G. G.
NJ. P. CuAMBERLIs, X. Of r. and s. MA
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-04-23
NEWS OFTHE WEEK.
FOREIaN.

j. q
THE steamship Faraday cleared for Nova
Scotia, from London, on the 16th. with the first
lnstallment of the Macksy-B Bennett cable, tc
the amount Of l, 100 miles.
YELLOW FEVER prevails to serious extent at
Vera Cruz, Mex.
The striking miners at Auzin, France, ha s
decided to resume work.
RIOTERS in Mexico, on the 18th inst, attacked
the Mexican Railway, burned bridges and tore
up the track for several miles.
DISPATCHES Of the 18th inst, report the st,
Lawrence River as rising and people in portions
OF Montreal using boats, the water reaching tc
he doors of their dwellings.
DIR. PoGaE, the German explorer, died on
the 18th. f -
HuNa-HoA was bombarded by the French, on
he 18th inst, and the town burned, the VII.
ayers and Chinese fleeing.
MEssRs. GH1s1IN, bankers, Charleroi and
Antwerp, failed on the 18th, with liabilities
amounting to 16, ,000, 900 francs.
EDWARD SMITH, United States consul Al
Mannheim, died suddenly in q railway car a,
Reading, Eng, on the 18th, while en- route
home.
DISPATCHES OF the 18th say serious politi.
cal crisis prevails in China. Prince Kung and
four members Of the Privy Council have been
publicly disgraced for incompetence in regard
to matters in Tonquin.
IRISH railroad laborers on the Canada South.
err mern Road engaged in fierce fight at St.
Thomas, Ont, with Italian laborers on the 11th.
Several were severely wounded.
CUBAN named Mayon was arrested at Kew
West, on the 18th, by the United States au-
thor1tles, on suspicion that he is filibuster.
ADAM BADEAU, consul-general at Havana, re-
signed on the 10th inst.
CHARLES READE, the English novelist, died
in London on the 11th.
JEAN BAPTIST DUMAS. the scientist, died at
Paris on the 18th.
DISPATCHES of the 10th report the revolt in
Cuba in full bloom. Aguero landed without
resistance, and marched toward the interior,
gathering strength on the way. The Spanish
troops which interposed were forced to fly.
QUEEN VICTORIA and Emperor William meet
at Darmstadt on the 18th inst.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-04-23
THE NIAGARA MYSTERY.

VIII OF Ono Of tho Victims Dividing Be
= LooKPoRT, N. Y, April 16.-The will
of Thomas Vedder, the mysteriously
missing Suspension Bridge man, who
was probably the richest man at that
place, was filed in the surroRate's office
here yesterday, by James Vedder, his
brother and executor. It is q long and
interesting document. It makes special
bequests to the amount of about $780,
600, and, strangely enough, the family
Of the dead Van Rensselaer, Pearson Is
the most generously remembered. Pear
son himself is willed 81, 600.
Two churches at Suspension Bridge
get $500 each. Vedder's mother gets
81, 600; the seminary of Our Lady OF An
gels (Catholic) gets 81, 600; Martin Y.
Pearson, Oldest son Of Van r., Pearson,
gets the United States Hotel property at
the bridge; Sarah Pearson, wife of the
murdered man, gets the house where
she lives and SIS, 900; Catherine Vedder,
the other sister, gets $15, 900; and the
four small children of the dead Pearson
get about $l5, 900 each. The residue.
after bequest of about $40, ZOO to his
brother James, is divided between said
James and his two sisters, and is esti-
mated at about $3, ,OOU,OOO. The coro.
ner's jury in the Pearson inqnest re-.
turned q verdict that Van r. Pearson
came to his death by two pistol shot
wounds inflicted by some person or per
sons TO the jury unknown.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-04-23
CASUALTIES.

REUBEN s. GARIIcK, = prominent merchant
OF Madison, Wis, fell dead on the 10th, while
officiating % master Of ceremonies at the
Worth'ngton- -1ngman wedding. . ssss:&.35
ODD FELLOWS HALL, Kenosha; Wis, burned
on the morning OF the 18th. Loss, @5, 1000; in
surance, a. -
TIE walls OF q burned building at Grand
Haven, Mich, fell upon . small boarding house,
on the 16tb, crushing it to the earth and kill.
ing the proprietor, Daniel Affeldt, his 3-year-
old daughter Emma, and boartler named
Michael Murphy.
LEoNHART AMEs, mate Of the steambarRe O..
P. Heath, Of saugstuck, WAS swept overheard
and drowned while the barge was entering
g, and Haven harbor on the morning Of the
10th inst. :. IS. Z
The railway depots ct Greenleaf and Fores
Junction, Wis, on the line OF the Milwaukee 4
Northern road, were fired by lightning and
consumed on the 18th.
Da. J. 8. ..FARouHAR, : prominent dentist OF
Minersa, O., gave nitrite OF amyl, on the 18th,
to. A. sindan. Nj. Sindan expired in the
dentist,s chair in . few seconds.
THK entire town Of Wadsworth, Neb., was
burned on the 18th. .s q
A BOILER explosion in Bay City. Minh.. on
the 18th, killed two mon and fatally injured
Others. q -. !.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-04-23
GENERAL

HE remains of Gannie Jeffers, queen of the
gypsles of the United States, were inferred with
ceremony at Dayton, O., on the 18th.
AT Jacksonville, Fla, J. A. Haun, cigars and
tobacco, assigned on the 10th. Liabilities S4O.-
600; assets $40, 900.
DIR. STEPHEN MARTIN, N old citizen of
GAINESVILLE, Wis.,, was adjudged insane ON the
CHAs. F. Coon, Of New York, present assist
ant chief of the division treasury, will be nom,-
mated assistant secretary Of the treasury, vice
John G. New, resigned.
CHRISTIAN GnBERTsEN, . Madison, Wis.,.
jewe1er, failed on the 18th. Liabilities $5. 600.
JOHN J. PERRY, the new chief Justice of
Wyoming, died suddenly at his home in Brook
lyn, OF apoplexy. on tho 14th.
D. c. J. 81. LANG, Of Fond du Lac, trunk
manufacturers. made An assignment ON the
l4th. Liabilities &15,0O0; assets $4,000.
Rev. TAIMAaE preached an Easter sermon
at the Brooklyn Tabernacle, on the 18th, so
sensational as to cause women to faint and
men to leave the church.
HENR1s Bank at Mineral Point, Wis.,, as
over $3.50, 600.
Il. B. ATKINS, Of Milwaukee. assistsntsuper-
intendent of the st. Paul road, died at La
Crosse on the 18th.
READ& THOMPSON, piano dealers, st. Louis.
assigned on the 18th. Assets $20, 600.
TIE Niagara Oil Company struck vein of
gas near Middletown, Pa, on the 18th, that
beats anything of the kind in the world. The
tools were driven from the bottom Of the well.
1.1oO feet deep, high into the air and the der.
rick was broken to pieces.
THERE were 2l4 failures in the United States
and Canada during the, week ending on the
11th, gain Of two over the previous week.
DAVIS L TAYLOR, grain dealers, Boston, sus-
pended on the 10th, owing to the death of q
member of the firm. =, -,
OWEN CooaAN Il Son, tanners, pitta8eld,
Mass. suspended on the 10th inst. Liabilities
*45, 900. ~; a:. ). =. - : -"
Rev. JOIN c. BAcKus, D. D., LII. D., of
Baltimore, one Of the most prominent Presby
10th. 80 - - '-'o
DANIEL HAwN, who had been insane for sixty
years and kept in solitary confinement mi room
in the house where his i've brothers lived. died
on the 10th, ut huntingdon. Pa.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-04-23
THE REVOLUTION IN CUBA.

Affairs ON the Island in q, Feverish State
Owing to Gen. Aguero's Successes.
New York, April 15.-Advioes from
Havana, 10th inst, say the landing of
iAguero has caused q feverish state of ex-
citement all over the island. On ac-
count Of the censorship of dispatches
the knowledge of the departure Of
Aguero from Key West and the landing
OF insurgents was withheld from the
public for some time. The government
was sadly misled and duped by those
sympathizing with Aguero and sent the
bulk of the troops in the wrong
direction and is now hiding
from the public the, disastrous
encounters between Aguero and the few
troops he met and the rapid increase of
the number of insurgents, It is said the
partisans of those Cubans favoring an.
nexation to the United States are en-
deavoring to organize league to work
in favor of that idea, as q great many
Spaniards are becoming converted to it,
especially Galatians, who in intelligence
are superior to most of the Spaniards
who come here.
New YORK, April 14.-Mail advices
from Havana state that Aguero pene-
trated the rich Jurisdiction of Colon.
receiving verywhere on the road men
and horses. He burned various planta.
tions where help was denied. The in
surrection will increase if the troops are
unable to capture the parties. Some
papers accuse the military authorities
of utter Ignorance and Indifference.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-04-23
SMALL SILVER CERTIFICATES.
Action Favorable to the Issuance of SIN
Silver Certificates.

Act,on Favorah,. Il ~. 1..n.r.. of s,.,,
Silver Certiaoates. 0 - '''-'
WASHINGTON. April 16.-The House
committee on coinage. weights and
measures to-day unanimously instructed
Representative Lacey to report favora-
bly, on his bill to prohibit the issue Of
treasury notes Of less than Eve dollars
and provide for the issue Of one. two and
five dollar silver certificates. The bin
provides that on and after the passage
Of the act it shall be unlawful for the
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-04-23
Anecdotes of Lasker.


In 1866 Lasker, then in the flower of
his youth, and already celebrated as an
orator, became acquainted with Miss
Russack, tho niece Of one Of Bismarck's
warmest friends. Lasker fell In love
with her, and his love was reciprocated.
Miss Russack bade her lover demand
her hand of her uncle, who filled for her
the place of father. The uncle refused
point blank, saying he would never con-
sent to give his niece in marriage to q
man who was the leader of the opposi-
tion to his friend Bismarck Bismarck,
whom he held to be one of the greatest
of European statesmen. Franziska
such was the fair girls name then de-
clared to her uncle that she would re-
nounce her whole fortune in his favor,
provided he would allow her to marry
Lasker. hi, -:s.FF: e,4:..f1 q. t:szf -E5
But old Rufsack was immovable in his
resolution. However, returning one
day from visit to his friend Bismarck,
he sent for the young lawyer and said:
stI am willing to grant You my n1eces
hand on one condition, namely, that you
pledge yourself to abandon politics alto
eether and confine yourself hereafter to
your profession Of lawyer.
Lasker, after brief interview with the
girl, refused. ssz:T
1--WE shall wait, :" he said, .'until your
niece shall have attained her majority. !"
He did not dare to add s:or until your
death. = !" .sss.
The uncle left Berlin, taking with him
his niece Franziska, who died about six
months later, after having refused the
most brilliant offers of marriage ap-
proved BY her uncle, who even offered
to add his own fortune to her own as 8
dowry.
This is why Edward Lasker never
married. sss
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-04-23
The Siam Elephant Corral.

= = = .ssG
One Of the most remarkable sights in
the interior of Siam is the famous ssele-
phant- corral" on the banks Of the Me-
Nam, the Siamese Mississippi. The
corral which is surrounded By q very
strong and high stockade, having only
one strong outlets stands in wide belt
of swampy meadow land, about six miles
above Ayuthia, the ancient metropolis
Of the kingdom, and rather more than
seventy from Bankok, the present
capital. Every year at q certain time,
bands Of native hunters are dispatched
to the ikeliest spots to gather the e]e-
plants which are there considered to be
the especial PROPERTY Of the king him
SELF, and valued accordingly. As soon
as sufficient number Of them are gath
cred together, they are driven into the
corral, the entrance of which is care
fully closed behind them. The beasts
are then inspected by q Siamese expert,
who picks out ali he considers worth
keeping. These are forthwith led away,
and placed by themselves in q stable
built for the purpose, to await their
transmission to the capital, while the
others are let 60 again. The inspec-
tion, however, has TO be made through
the window Of 8 we'll protected log hut
raised 8 considerable height above the
ground, the fury Of the elephants on
finding themselves imprisoned making
it certain death to come within reach Of
them. BIS
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-04-23
The Vernacular of the Tar.
From the New York Times.1

There is technical name for every
thing on board ship, but the sailor has
suoceeded in inventing corrupions for
many OF these terms Instead Of say
ing s'abaft" he prefers to say t'beaft, y y,
and sefornst" does the duty Of forward
of. The proper term for an implement
used il cleaning the decks is ..squegee, !"
but this is usually known to the sailor
either as . tsscreegee" or 'scootagee. y
The carpenter is spoken Of as Chips, !"
while the lord Of the galley has his title
added to his Christian name. IF his
name happens 10 be Joseph, heis known
as Joe, the cook. !" No other function
ary on board ship has his title used
IN connection with his name on ordinary
occasions. The captain is invariably
known as the Old Man. To each
sailors Christian name is prefxed either
the name Of the port from which he
balls or an adjective expressive Of some
peculiarly OF his. If sailor coming
from Liverpool is named James his
shipmates are apt to speak Of him as
sssLiverpool Jim. = Jack often speaks
Of his bunk o. his .tpew,' : and when
about to retire expresses his determin-
sstion to s'turn into his pew. The
officers frequently speak Of an old sailor
% 8 st.whale. q A drunken man IL de-
5scribed o being shout three sheets ID
the WIND, because his motion then re-
*
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-04-23

candle he had himself lighted, and was
insensible to the light given out by any
other. This curious fact is finely Illus
trated by Shakespeare, who describes
!" Lady Macbeth as walking in her
sleep, carrying lighted taper in her
hand: 5'6 ~------ -. T..
Gentlewoman-'t Lo, you, here she
comes; this is her very guise, and upon
my life, fast asleep"
Doctor-"How came she by that
light?" .-".. ;-5..-=. ..-...-
Gentleweman-" Why, it stood by
her. she has light by her continually
tits her command"
Doctor -" You see her eyes are
open ?"
Gentlewoman-''Aye, but their sense
is shut" .-,.s .
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-04-23
Ben Buffers Workshop.


Gen. Buffers Office is at l6 Pemberton
square, quiet retreat opening out from
the noise and hustle of fremont Street.
It was once place of residences and a
park still occupies the center of the
square, now given up to business fees.
It is but short distance from the State
House, on Beacon Hill. Gen. Butler
occupies six rooms on the first floor,
four of which are given up to libraries
and the young attorney who helps to
conduct his business. The large re-
ception-room is always filed with people
waiting their turn to see the lawyer or
his private secretary, whom they must
first pass. His clients come from all
classes, and many case for q poor
laborer is taken in that Office from which
there is no return and from which none
is asked. It is Gen. Buffers boast that
from the hundreds of pension cases that
hehas pushed through he has never asked
a cent in the way of fee. His private
Office is raodel of good taste. A Turk
ish carpet covers the floor; the velvet
plush upholstery is of the finest and
pieces of statuary add to the furnishing.
A model of his famous yacht America
always catches the eye of the visitor.
His business is conducted in the most
systematic manner, a necessity growing
out of the number of cases always on
hand. He is an early riser, although he
frequently works far into the night at
his home in Lowell. An early train to
to the city brings him to bis desk before
most lawyers Of Boston have finished
their morning papers. He has an iron
constitution and the fatigue he can stand
is remarkable in man of his age.
During his campaigns he has frequently
argued case in the morning and made
speeches in the afternoon and evening
far in the interior. he always has
something fresh to say. He catches
maps on the cars or in q carriage while
being driven from ono town to another
and comes up smiling the next morning
IS fresh as the flowers on the lapel of
his coat. The abuse heaped upon him
in every canpign does not worry him
and apparently has little effect upon the
masses who flock about him whenever
hn aneaka --'
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-04-23

sembles the staggering movements of a
ship which has been forced by a gale
to shorten her sail to three sheets Of
canvas.
Many of these expressions, however,
which the ideal sailor is popularly SUP.
posed to use are obsolete. The stage
sailor GALES his wife his s'figure. head =
and speaks contemptuously Of landsmen
as ''lard-lubDers" and 'sswabs. /" The
real sailor never uses these expressions
in the sense referred to. He speaks Of
being married as ttgetting spliced" or
getting switched, " and women he re-
CARDS, affectionately as t'the Judies. F"
When he wishes any one to move he re-
quests him to 'sslew round" "
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-04-23
Somnambulists with a Light,

81 "A curious fact connected with all SOM
nambulists is that though they carry q
light they do not see, nor have they any
use for it. Negretti, q sleep walker,
would carry.a candle as if to give him
light in his employment, but if q bottle
was substituted he did not know the diff
ference, and carried it just the same,
thinking it was candle. Casteeli, an
other somnambulist, was found by DR..
Sooner translating italian into French,
and looking ont the words in his dic.
i0nary. His candle being purposely
extinguished, he at once began cropping
about ss if in the dark, and although
other candles were in the room, he did
mot resume his occupation until he had
relighted his candle at the fire. In this
case he could not see except with the
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-04-23
IMPORTANT DECISION

BY the q. s. Supreme Court, in Life
a Insurance. Case.
WASHINGTON, April 15.-The supreme
court of the United States yesterday
rendered q decision in an insurance
case involving the validity of policy of
a life insurance which contained, as part
OF the contract, stipulation that, sff
the representations and answers made to
the company in the application for a
policy should be found untrue in any
respect the policy should be null and
void" When the insurance was OBJ
tanned assured was asked among
other questions whether he
had ever had asthma, scrofula
or consumption. His answer
was no. In the trial of the case in the
court below there was evidence to show
that deceased had Fad these diseases in
an incipient form prior to his application
for insurance, but there was also evi-
dence going tc show that he was en-
tirely unaware, of it. The court in
structed the j,lry-which afterwards de-
clded the case in favor of the insurance
company-that it made no difference
whether insured was aware of it or not;
if, as matter of fact. he had had those
diseases, his answers to the company,
although made honestly and in good
faith, were none the less untrue, and the
company was not bound by the policy.
This ruling, the supreme court reversed
on the ground that the insured had
agreed to make full and honest
answers to all questions without
evasion, fraud or concealment;
that the fact that he had had certain
diseases and said he had not had them
did not necessarily invaidate the pol
icy when there was evidence to show the
diseases were so latent that assured was
not conscious of them; that it was an er-
roneous construction of the contract to
hold, as the court below did, that the
company was relieved from liability if
it appeared that assured had been in
fact afflicted with the disease mentioned;
the jury should have been instructed
that plaintiff was not precluded from re-
covery on the policy unless it appeared
that he knew or had reason to believe
at the time of his application that he
was or had been 80 afflicted.