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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-22
David Wagner, Defendant.


Action brought in the Superior Court Of the
State Of California, In and Tor the county Of Los
Angeles and the complaint He'd In said county Of
Los Angeles, in the Office Of the Clerk Of said Su
pertor Court
The people Of the State Of California send
greeting t. David Wagner, Defendant. .e
You are hereby required TO appear in an action
brought sgainst you by the above named Plain
tins, In the Superior Court OF the State Of Cali
fornia, In and Tor the County Of Los Angeles, and
70 snswer the complaint filed therein. within ten
days (exclusive Of the day Of servicel after the
service on you Of this Sulnmons-if served
within this County; or, II served elsewhere.
within thirty days or Judgment by default will
oe taken ken against you according to the prayer OF
The SAID action ID brought to recover judg-
meut against you for the sum OF s457s 91-100
with interest thereon from October 4th, 1888. 81
the rate Of SIX per cent per annim, alleged to be
sory @ nots ii dsts June i, isss, Tor the the further
sum Of 3740 22-1OO alleged 70 Be due for goods
wares and merchandise sold and delivered TO yol
by PLAINTIFF, for such other or further relief a
may be Just ard for cests y suit. Reference il
had to Complaint for particulars.
And you are hereby notified that, Il ysu fall I,
appear and answer the aid complaint, = Abov
required the said PlAintifs will take judgmen
agsinst you as demanded, to-wit: for the SUM o
sA578 0l.l00 with interest thereon from Octobs
for the further sum Of $40 2210o; for such othe
or further relief as may be Just and for costs o
suit.
Given under my hand and the Seal Of the Su
perior Court Of the State Of California In and TO
the County OF Los Angeles. this 27th day Of Octo
ber In the year Of our Lord, one thousand eigh
hundred and eighty three +
[sKAL.l A. W. POTTS, Clerk.
eIxssElil, yhT saiTh pspf:s Pxrros. Attorney. 10
Plaintiffs. tanl n
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-22
Adjudication Of Insolvency, Stay Of
Proceedings and Order OF Pub
lication of Notice to Creditors.
In the Superior Court Of the County OF Los An
geles. State of California
Adjudication of Insolvency, Sec. g, Act
Of April, 1880.
In the Matter Of James II Egsn, an insolvent
Debtor.

James II. Egan having filed in this Court hi
petition, schedule and inventory In insolvency
from which It appears that he Is an insovent debt
or, the said James II. Egan Is hereby declared "a
be insolvent. The Sheriff OF the county Of Los
Angeles Is hereby directed to take possession Of
all the estate real and personal Of the said James
II. Egan, ,insoyent debtor except such a. may be by
law exempt from execution, and Of all his deeds
vouchers, books OF account, and papers, and to
keep the same safely until the appointment Of ar
assignee Of his estate. All persons are forbidden
70 pay any debts to the said insolvent, or 10 de-
liver any property belonging 10 such insoivent
TO him, or to any person. firm, corporation, oi
association for his use. And the said debtor Ia
herebyforbidden 10 transfer or deliver any prop
erty, until the further order OF this Court. ex
cept as herein ordered
il Is further ordered, that all the creditors Of
said debtor be and appear before the Hon. Vol.
ney e. Howard, Judge OF the Superior Court Of
the county Of Les Angeles In open Court, at the
Court Room Of said Court, In the county Of Los
Angeles. on the Goth day Of February 1881, at
o'clock P. N OF that day, to prove their debts
and choose one or more asslgnees Of the estate
Of said debtor.
It is further ordered that the order be puA-
ished In the Los Angeles Daily HERALD. a news.
paper OF general circulation, published In the
county OF Los Angeles, as often as the said paper
Is published before the said day set for the meet.
Ing Of creditors.
And 1t 10 further ordered, that, In the mean
time, all proceedings against tho said insoIvent
be stayed. ". z. HOWARD.
Judge Of the Superior Court
Dated January 10th, 1884.
7. q. Tonner, Attorney for Insolvent. tango
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-22
Items of Interest.

1t ia reported that Natchex, Chief of
the Nevada Piutes, is dangerously i'll at
Winnemucca.
Nearly ninety runaway couples from
Oregon were married at Vancouver, w.
T., during 1883.
Tho sentence Of Hubsch, convicted Of
the killing Of Webster, in Sonoma, ia
postponed until Saturday.
Three serious accidents have occurred
at Grass Valley within rs many days,
due to boys coasting in the streets.
Manageable girls may be Interested
in the information that factory at Bay
City. Mich, turns out 2, 400 washboards
daily.
The total cost Of the milk supply OF
Boston is about 80. SOC, 900 year, Of
which the producer receives about
$4,000, ,000
Great interest has recently been
shown by English capitalists in the pro.
duction and manufacture of ramie. An
exhibition OF ramie products was re-
Gently held in London.
Settlers between Glendive and Buford,
M. T., are stakinGof claims along the
line Of the railroad, in expectation that
a portion Of the land grant will be re.
stored to the pablo domain.
The Bankers and Merchants Tele-
graph Company yesterday at Chicago
perfected the lease of all the Board OF
Trade Telegraph Compapys lines for
ninety nine years from February lst
A vein of bituminous coal, five feet in
thickness, is reported to have been dis
covered about half way between Tucson,
A. t., and Casa Grande, some twelve
miles from the Southern Pacific track.
In the recent London Fisheries Expe-
dition the United States received 40
gold, AZ silver. and 20 bronze medals,
and "a diplomas, equal to more than
one-ffth Of the entire number Of awards.
tits understood ut Sacramento that
Judge Armstrong will issue o peremp-
tory writ Of mandate ordering the Con
troller to issue warrants in the cupon
case of the Bank of California VS.. p.
Dunn, State Controller.
An Eagle Pass, Texas, special of the
llth says: All is quiet along the Rio
Grande tonight, and when the relief
force from San Antonio arrived it found
the Sheriff master of the situation. The
town is in its normal quietude.
Next to Australia, we are now pro-
ducing more clothing wool than any
other country on the face of the earth.
In 1876 our wool product was ll5, ,O00,-
900 pounds, while the present year it
will not be far from $50, ,000, 900 pounds.
The committee for the organization of
the great universal exhibition at Ant
werp, in 1885, has been definitely con.
stituted under the Presidency of M.
Victor Lynen, one of the principal mer-
chants of Antwerp. Work will be COM
menced in April next.
Among the new applications of cotton
is its use. in part, in the construction of
houses, the material employed for this
purpose being the refuse, which, when
ground up with about an equal amount
of straw and asbestos, is converted into
paste, and this formed into large slabs
or bricks, which acquire, it is said, the
hardness of stone, and furnish really
valuable building stock.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-22
Wednesday. the 18th Day or
March, 1854,

At 10 o'clock A. w., Of said day, or as soon there
after as hearing can be had. the undersigned,
as City Attorney Of the city OF Los Angeles will
In the name and for and in behalf Of said corper-
alton, present TO the Superior Court OF the
county Of Los Angeles, State Of California at the
Courthouse, in the city OF Los Angeles, in said
county and State, and In the Courtroom of said
Court House. known as Judge Howard's Court,
tion Tor the purpose Of widening and extend
ing Main street, in said city, and for the use Of
said portion widened, and said portion extended
as public street.
The realty described in said petition and
sought to be condemned is the following.
Commencing at point In the Intersection Of
the north line Of Msrchessault street with the
centre line Of Main street, formerly Bath street.
from which post bears the southwest corner OF
the fence OF Mrs. Doria Jones, south SO degrees
east Il g feet, and running thence along tho
north line OF Marchessault street. south IS de.
grees east 40 feet to stake 833 feet distant
from the southeast corner Of the fence OF Mrs
Doria Jones, on the west line Of 0vera street,
thence north 81 degrees east, S32.9 feet to the
northwest line Of Alameda sti Get; thence along
the same, north l0i degrees easy, ss.37 feet to q
postn the center line Of the proposed street thence
still along the northwest line OF Alameda street,
north l03 degrees east. 1887 feet to the south
line OF High street; thence south 81 degrees west
e91.5 feet to the north line Of Marchessaut
street stake, south 63 degrees east 40 feet dis
tant from the prolonged east line of Upper Main
street: thence along the north line Of Marches
sapit street south % degrees east, to the place
within the present limits OF Main street.
For all further particulars reference Is hereby
made TO the said writen petition aboveDrefered
to file In ths Office Of the Clerk Of the Su.
fornia W, d. STEPHENSON
City Attorney OF the City OF Los Angeles and
Attorney for Petitioner
Los Angeles, February 18th, 1884 febJ9td
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-22
Order to Show Cause.
In the Superior Court Of Los Angeles
County, State Of California.
In the Matter OF the Estates and Guardianship Of
Joseph H. Patrick, Charles 4. Patrick and
Marcia A. Patrick, minors.

In the Matter Of the Estates and Guardianship Of
Joseph H. Patrick, Charles 4. Patrick and
Marcia A. Patrick, minors.
II appearing to this Court from the petition duly
verified and this day duly presented and niel BY
Mary A. Patrick, guardian Of the persons and
estates Of said minors prsyins icr a. order 20 4;
said petition and belonging 70 said minors that
1t Is necessary and will be beneficial TO s.id
minors TO sell said real property at private sale,
1t Is therefore ordered that the next Of kin VI
said wards and Of each Of them, and all persons
interested In the estates of said wxrds. or Of
either or any si them, appear before The. Court.
at the courtroom thsrsof, In which the Hon. v.
U. Howard, one Of the Juegee thereof. presides,
In the Court House, In the city and county q
Los Angeles, State Of California. on the tenti,
day Of March, 1884. at ten O'Clock IN the fore
noon OF that day, then and there TO show cause
why an order should not be granted and made
directing the sale Of the following described real
property, sltuatsd In the county Of San Diego,
State Of California, and more particularly de-
All he risht, title and interest Ct Jossph II.
Patrick, Charles L Patrick and Marcia a. Pat
rick, minon, Aforesaid In and TO ths following
dsscribcd real property. to-wit:
Blosk NS ala lo1 and IN Blocs 70 as; q; 70: sss
and lot 8 in BlccE III, ID In Horizons Addition
to San Biego, Ia The county Of San Diego, State
Of CAliforniA; also lots and n Block No. B.
Middletown: also ths unllyided ons-hAif Of the
undivided half Of Pueblo lot No. 81. oontAinins
twenty acres each In aid undivided interest.
The intsrests Of said miuon in aforesaid prop
erty Il further described y the interest therein
acquired by aid minors and by each Of them re.
spectivelv by inhs1itAncs from their deceased
father, the late II 3. Patrick, each of s1id
minors owning an undivided one-sixth (i) inter.
est in all the aloresaid property.
And Il Il further ordered that copy Of this
order BE- publlshcd In the Los Angeles DAILY
HlRALD, Newspaper printed in said Los An
gelss county, Il least once . week for three sue
cessive weeks prior to the said l0sh day oi
March, 1854.
Done In opea Court this nfth day Of February.
1884. '. T. HOWARD, Judge.
/ ". r. Gardiner Attorney for Guardian.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-22
Press Pleasantries.

First Ballet Girl-"What a darling
little breastpin that is Who is it for ?"
Second ballet Girl-"It is birthday
present for my little granddaughter. !"
First Ballet Girl-'I have seldom seen
stone so bright. 1t reminds me of the
great comet OF 1882"
Whitaker, he of the clipped ears,
was some time ago furnished with a
copy of the record of his trial. After
reading it through he sat down and
wrote "Bread Winners as punishment
to the people who laughed at him dur
ing his time of tribulation.
1t may be all right for the New York
Graphic and other papers to publish dia-
grams of the rise and fall of stocks, grain
and metal for the year, but the woman
who takes one of these things for paper
pattern and acts accordingly furnishes a
sight that would make wooden Indian
weep.
"There's good deal of disputin' about
the liver hue Of the sundowns, lately" "
said Aunt Tabitha; 'some says as how
il is caused by the comic, and others that
it's collie dust whatever that is; but for
my part, think it is the DETECTION from
Deacon Poder's bright red barn Jest op-
posite"
Some one has written a parody, "The
Beautiful Ice, in the Philadelphia Call.
We have glanced over all the telegraphic
dispatches with Philadelphia date. and
have been panied to note that the aveng.
er has not yet got in his disagreeable but
necessary work. The ice poet iiend still
survives
A poet writes: "Let me die when lit
is cold and drear." 1t isn't every one
who can have his desire. but this poet
will find nobody depraved enough to in
terfere to prevent his death. The COM
munity will be happier if he dies before
il comes time for him to write poem on
Spring"
"Halloa, Jim, how is that new brass
band scheme Of yours coming on p "Oh,
finely. / have got my uniform most
done. "What are you to be-" II am
to be Drum. Major, sir" "Have you
secured the instruments for the other
members" well, no; you see there
amt any other members yet"
In Guibollard's household: "Ah, you
pleteHu, W. uulooiihrut tnht my soup Is
not rich, do you? Well, Look at its
eyes !" "a little bit of reasoning, my
dear Eudoxic, if you please. You know
Nine. x, the celebrated actress. She
has eyes, and superb ones, too. Yet,
notwithstanding, she is exceedingly
thin.
In pair of boots sent to bootblacb
in Louisville hotel to polish he found
three twentv-dollar greenbacks. There
has been a vast Improvement in Ken.
lucky whisky in the past few years.
Ten years ago Louisville bootblacks re-
fused to polish pair of boots except
when the owner wore them for fear OF
snakes.
Minister Lowell has resigned the posi-,
tion of Lord Rector of st. Andrew s
University, to which he was recently so
flatteringly elected. We hope Mr..
Lowell wasn't frightened off the nest by
the cheap mouth explosions OF sundry
fire-eaters on this side of the ocean.
The way we look at it, he ought to have
stayed on.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-22
Proposals for the Grading and I'm
provement Of Main street from
California street to Washington
street.

Notice Is hereby given that sealed proposals
viii be received by the undersigned up 70 the
meeting Of the Council Of the city Of Los Angeles
OF February 2sth, a. D. 1884, for the grading
and improvement Of Main street from Csiiforn,s
street to Washington street In accord
ance with the resolution OF the Mayor and Coun.
Gil Of the city Of los Angeles ordering said grad
Ing and Improvement, approx ed December Sd
A. ID. 1883.
All proposals offered shall be accompanied by
check, payable to the order OF the Mayor Of the
city OF Los Angeles and certified by a responsible
bank in an amount Of at least ss79.7g
Ire Council reserves the right to reject any
and all bids.
BY order OF the Council Of the city Of Los An.
geles at its meeting Of February 10th, A. d. 1884
W. w. ROBINSON,
Clerk Of the Council Of the City Of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, February 10th, A. D. 1884.
fcb2u bt
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-22
LEGAL.
Road Poll Tax Levy.

The Beard Of Supervisors Of Los Angeles coun-
ty do ordain ~ follows:
SECTION !. There is hereby levied upon each
male person over 81 and under b5 years Of age
found In each road district OF this county be-
tween the date on which this ordinance shall 60
into effect, Is hereinafter provided, and the first
day OF October Of the present year, the sum Of
(g2. 5o) two 5000 dollars ss road poll tax for
the current year.
Sec Q. Every person in road district in said
county. who has not paid tho road poll tax men.
TONED in the preceding section, In some other
district must pay the same prior to October 1st
1884, to the Road Oyerseer Of tho district ei
which such party Il then An inhahltant.
be delinquent on October 1st, 1854. and each
person liable TO pay such tax under this ordi
nance, who shall not have paid the same. before
October LIST. 1884, shall pay to such Road Over
seer In addition to the said two 5000 dollars the
sum Of one dallar (eD as penalty for such do
SIC. I. In addition to tho other penalties
herein provided for, every person liable to pAy
the poll tax aforesaid, who shall not pay the
same prior to said October list. 1884, shall b.
prosecuted before any Justice Of the Peace o.
said county In like manner as other niisdemean
srs are prosecuted, and any party convicted OF
such prosecution shall be fined not more thar
ffty dollars (s50) or imprisoned in the county
jaii Of said comfy not more than ifty (50) days
And In the event Of the imposition OF q fine ant
failure to pay the same, the party 60 fined ant
failing to then and there pay the same shall b.
imprisened In the county Jail Of said county un
days imprisonment for every dollar Of the hne
and on the payment Of such portion Of said mt
as shall not have been satisfied at the rate abov'
described, the party convicted shall be dis
charged from custody. Such imprisonment can
not in any case exceed one day for every dolla
Of the nne.
SEC. s. This ordinance shall 60 into effec
and operation upon the 10Th day Of February
1884, and shall prior to that date be published
for one week In the Los Angeles DAILY HERALD
q newspaper published In said county. togethe
with the names Of the members OF this Boar
voting for and against the same.
G. PRAGER,
Chairman Of the Board Of Supervisors Of Lo
Angeles county
Dated February 8th, 1884.
The foregoing ordinance was adopted by tn
following vote: Waldron. Levy, Osborne, Noes
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-22
Notice to Creditors.
Estate Of Robert owens. deceased

Notice Is hereby given by the undeslsneJ. ad.
ministrntor Of the estate Of Robert Jwens do.
claims ag ainst the said deceased, TO exhibit them
with the neces1Rfv vouchers wthir fo,,s
months after the first publication OF bis NOTES
TO the said administrator, at his Office. oom ~
Allen Block. corner Temple and sprin strgts.
In the city and county Of Los Angeles.
NJ. p. CU'rlRDJ
Administrator Of ihs Estate Of Robert owl, de.
ceased.
Dated at Los Angeles, Cal, Feb. 10Th. ssa,
Gardiner Stephenson. Attorneys oiadInin-
istrator. ohio ~
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-22
orrlcu Of rHn corsrr c.ra. o.

II is heraby ordered that the County Cls,k CT
the county Of Los Angeles, shall procure new
book for the registration Of the qualified elec-
tors Of Los Angeles county and shall pr ocsed TO
re-rsgistor the votefs of said county In conform
ity With the Political Code Of the State Of lali
fornia:
''sEc. 109l. There must be kept In the Office Of
tee County Clerk Of each county, Great gegis-
ter; whenever deemed necessary the Board Of
supervisors Of any county may, by order, re-
quiro rs.registrstion Of the voters Of ssid
county, which said srder shall be published 10
at least one newspaper publ.shed la said
county for not less than six months proceed
Ing. the next ensuing general election. Such
registration shall conform in al respects to the
provisions Of this Code concernise original regis
tfation, axccpt that any person applying for re-
registration shall be entitled thereto upon show.
ing that his name was enrolled and uncancelled
on the former Great Register"
The former Great Register Of Los Angeles
county must be preserved by the County Clerk.
but shall not be used for the purposes OF any
election after the lnt day Of November. 1884
By order Of the Board Of supsrvisors Of the
county Of Los Angeles this sth day Of February.
4: D., 1884. A. W. POTTS,
fool0 ON Clerk OF the Board
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-22
Proposals for Pipe Line on
Olive Street.

Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals
will be received by the undersigned up to tho
meeting Of the Council Of the city OF Los Angeles
Of February 11th. A. D. 1884, for the construct
eter, 664 feet in length, from the south bounds-
ry Of Ninth street to the south boundary Of
Tenth street in Zanja No. s, according to plans
and specifications in the office Of the City Sur
veyor.
A certified check for $50, payable TO the order
Of the undersigned, must accompany each
bid as surety that the bidder win enter into
a contract in conformity with his bid, II the same
is accepted by the Council.
The Council reserves the right to reject any
and all bids.
By order OF the Council Of the city OF Los An
geles at its meeting oi February 4th, A. d.
1884.
W. W. ROBINSON,
Clerk Of the Council Of the City Of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, February 9Th, A. D. 1884.
fsb6 St
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-22
D. Edison Smith, Plaintiff,
vs..
Sarah F. Smith, Defendant.

Action brought IN the Superior Court. State
Of California, County Of Los Angeles, and the
complaint filed In said County Of Los Angeles, in
the office Of the Clerk Of said Superior Court
The People Of the State Of California send Greet
ing to Sarah F. Smith, Defendant:
You are hereby required to appear in an action
brought against you by the above named plaintiff
n the Superior Court Of the State Of California,
in and for the county Of Los Angeles, and to an
swer the complaint filed therein within ten days
exclusive Of the day Of servce) after the service
on you Of this summons--n served within this
County; or, II served elsewhere, within thirty
days, or judgment by default will be taken
against you, according to the prayer Of said
Complaint
The said action is brought to obtain q judg.
ment IN favor OF the plaintiff dssolving the bonds
OF matrimony ow existing between the plaintiff
and defendant, reference being hereby made TO
the complaint on file o. aforesaid for further paf-
ticulars; said action is brought on the ground OF
desertion by defendant.
And you arc hereby notified that II you fail to
appear and answer the said complaint as above
required, the said plaintiff will apply to the
court Aforesaid for the relief demanded In the
said complaint. ,st
Given under my hand and Seal OF the said Su-
perior Court at the County Of Los Angeles, State
Of California this 10th day OF December in the
year Of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-three.
fsEAL.l A. ". POTTS, Clerk.
By A. RIMFRAU, Deputy Clerk. jan5-2m
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-22
Sole Trader Notice.

Notice Is hereby given that on Momy, the
10th day Of March, 1884, at 10 o'cIoc IN the
forenoon OF said day. will apply to ii supe.
State Of California, at the eourt-rooisf ssIJ
Court, for authority TO conduct and carton the
business OF general merchandising v. cole
trader In the city and county Of Losls elcs
The name Of my husband 10 James W, ing.
MRS. LYDIA YN0.
Theodore J. DePuy, Attorney. Jlw
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-22
Award Of Contract for Construc-
tion of First Street Sewer No. 2.

Notice is hereby gwen that at the meeting Of
the Council Of the city Of Los Angeles, held on
the 18th day Of February. A. d 1884, a contrsct
for the construction OF First Street Sewer No. 2
was by said Council awarded to W. A. Prick for
the sum OF three hundred and seventy-four
43-l00 (s374 49, 1907 dollars
W. W. ROBINGSON,
Clerk OF thr Council Of the City Of Los Angeles
Los Angeles February 10Th, A. D. 1884
febl9 81
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-22
Dissolution of Copartnership.

The firm heretofore existing under the name
and style Of A. CharvoE Il Co., doing business in
the city of Los Angeles. is this day dissolved by
mutual consent, Mr.. c. Bayle having purchased
the entire interest OF Antoine Gharvoz.
All indebtedness against said firm will be paid
by Clovis Bayle and all Indebtedness due said
firm must be paid to Mr.. Clovis Bayle, and to no
other person. A. CHARYo2.
c. BAYLE
Los Angeles. Fesruary Is. 1884, febl4 I'm