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Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-12-31
Repeaa II she ssTen.re sf ofsices'

Repcu1 81 eh0 s<1em8ro 81 Othtcc'
act.
Essential to the best being OF the
country as almost any measure before
Congress is the bill repeating the
ssTenure Of Office" act. That meas
ure was passed upon the death Of
President Lincoln for no other than
purely the most narrow Of partisan
politics. Il was feared that the
successor Of the assassinated Chief
Magistrate would disturb the
persons then in Office, who, to
man we're Of the dominant party.
Republican,sm had been in power
but little over four years, and long
ere that the 'svictors" had made good
their claims to the ''spoils." In or
der to thwart any movement on the
part Of Andrew johnson to change
the personnsl Of Federal ofiice-holders
the Republican Congress passed the
act in question. 1t is in letter and in
spirit altogether contrary to the gen
ius Of American institutions 1t was
the intention Of the trainers of the
Constitution that the President should
have Q large share in the appointing
of those under him in the Executive
department of the Government. It
is only right that he should have this
privilege of choosing his subordi-
mates, as he is held directly respcnsi-
BILE for their acts. Where the power
of the Executive is curtailed that cur
tailment should not be in the direc-
ton of giving more power to the Sen
ate. This body has already usurped
powers and acquired vastly more pre-
negatives than was originally intend
cd it should enjoy. Daily the
Senate of the United States
more closely approximates to the po-
sition held by the English House Of
Lords, and with each step Of progress
in such direction it becomes more
and more out Of sympathy with the
people Of this nation. The Senate is
chosen outside Of the popular meth
DDS which prevail in other branches
of the Government. It il fast be-
coming ~ unpopular ~ the methods
followed in the election of its mem
bers. Any office which the Executive
cannot safely be trusted to ill by ap-
pointmsnt should De filed by the di-
rect choice of the people in popular
election. But no greater power
should be vested in the Senate than
it n ow enjoys. Out of that million
aire Galilee no good is likely to come
to the people. Senator Edmunde, of
Vermont, is reported as opposing the
bill to rescind the ''Tenure of Office"
act because it is = Democratic meas
ure. In this the Green Mountain
Senator keeps up his reputation for
partisan contraction Of mental vision.
But the new bill can hardly be re-
garded ~ Democratic in q partisan
sense. In the sense Of being popu-
lar measure, one for the best being
of the people, and in sympathy with
the views of the people, it is dscid-
edly Democratic. But when one re-
CARDS the closely balanced status OF
the two great national. parties, this
bill is quite as much sauce for the
Republican goose as it is for the
Democratic gander. let itpass, and
put the Executive branch Of the Gov
ernment on that independent plane it
was intended to hold.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-12-31

IL will Be much larger again than it is
to-day before the new Thespian
temple could be opened. 1t will be
= really largo city within very few
years, and two theaters viii be none
too many for our accommodation
Competition is the peoples true
friend, and with another elegant
place Of amusement monopoly will
die . natural death.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-12-31

II Angeles Coffee Factory corner Olive
aud Seventh streets. The fsctory Is In full
prospe rity and does. only cash business. as
justified by the books. The only reason for
the sale Is that the proprietorsM M are going to
ners or a family which want to trade imme-
diately. Call at the proprietors. J kOQUkS
& CO. corner Olive and Seventh str. cts,
Los Angeles. d25 I'm
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| AB B0TT.E

IN TER FOLLOWING IKPoRr IRE:
T0-krGHT-First time in Los Ange, e,es-
Emms Abbott As Lucret'a Borgis, in
Donnizetti's Brilliant Opera,
.LUCRETIA BORGIA.
SATURDAY MA1INEE-First production
In Angeles by Grand Opera Com
pany OF the great Japanese erase. the
MIKADO.
WITH THE FAMOUS EMMA ABBOTT
AS Y0M YUM.
SATURDAY HIGHT--Abbott's Last Rose
OF Summer.
MARTHA.
ENTIRE COMPANY IN THE CAST.
MONDAY-EMNA ABBOTT AS LEONORA
IL TROVATORE.
TUESDAY NIGHT Ambrose Thomas'
Charming Opera,
MIGNON,
THREE PRIMA DONNAs IN CAST.
EMMA ABBOTT AS MIGNoN.
WEDNESDAY HATlNEE-Popufar Prices,
~ Gents and 81. sli arts House-Doni-
Eetti's Charming Opera,
SOMNAMBULA.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT-Emma Abbott as
Airline In
BOHEMIAN GIRL.
THURSDAY NiGHT-Gonoud's Immortal
Opera,
FAUST.
EMMA ABBOTT AND ENTIRE COMPANY
fRIDAY-First tine in Los Angeles OF the
Brilliant Comic Opera,
CRISPINO.
rHK cossLEE AND THE Try.
EMMA ABBOTT AND ENTIRE COMPANY
SATURDAY MAIINEE-Three Prima Don
nas-Brilliant Production, the Comic
Opera,
Carnival of Venice.
Emma Abbott and the entire Company.
SATURDAY NIGH Emma Abbott as Lin
da-Donixetti's Romantic Opera.
Linda of ChamOuni.
PRICES-Season. nine nights, $780, Sim
gle nights, reserved, u so. Balcony admis-
slon, 7Sc- Prices both Saturday matinees
aame As night. Xeduesdax Matinee 600
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-12-31

l. with or without furniture. Apply at II
North Wafer street. East Los An3eies.
dec30 At
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-12-31

EOR SALE-At bargain, 100 acres of the
L choicest land In Cahuenga Valley, only
q short distance from the Electric Cable
Ballona and Santa Monica harbo.; said
tract ha-ing the most commanding ocean
and mountain view of any location in the
Cahuenga Valley; suitable for subdividing
into small tracts; offered for few days at
half its real value. For particulars apply to
p. G. EDDY d CO., No. Is West Fist street
oct26tf
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subscilptions VIII be received at
'ARTLETT'S MUSIC STORE
Is WEST FIRST srRFEr

By Mr.. &. r. Gillette, agent. on Friday. De.
cember 81, commencing at $50 O'Clock A. ; .
Subscribers viii be given receipts on pay
ment OF subscriptions, and choice Of seats
viii be given accordingly on date OF sale Of
seats TO be announced hereafter.
steinway 4 Sons celebrated Pianos used.
MARQUIS r. MAYER. Acting Manager.
d29 1t
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A HsuSEHOi NICE -sIrY, ONE OF
"A CaliforDia's latest and most valuable
Inventions, that will prove to be "a indis-
pensable to t'e industrious housewife a.
sewing machine. Secure desirable and
valuable Esste! ter itory while It can be
had oney oan be dc ubled and treble In
a short time; active asents wanted; State
and county rights for sale. For particu ars
address w. ]. HUNT, T. o. Box 2U5 Los An
Reles Cal dl7.Im
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-12-31

FOR sALE-BARGAINs ON THE IN
A. stallment plan:
5r Jom cottage on Chavez street, $3.50.
6-room cottage and lot on Turner street.
5000, on easy terms.
Several 1-acre lots, desirably located In
East Los Angeles.
Apply to F. G. EDDY q CO.. l5 West First
street. oct96-tf
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-12-31

EOR sALE-A COTTAGE HOME OF 1
L rooms. hard finished; plenty OF shade
full view OF santa Monica aandCahuengnPass ;
one mile from Postofiice, ON TEN mple-st. Cable
Road $50 yards from school house, on Gin
cinnati street. This Is one OF the prettiest
homes here and will well repay a visit.
Together with modern furniture of the best
make; all complete throughout Apply,
IL B. ADAMS
IS Commercial ct Los Angeles, Cal.
dpc301t
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@10 0n0 WILL BUY A siLENT PART
ClH,OUU ner's 3s interest Ia a well es.
tablished hardware store doing fine busi-
ness, in one of the best towns IN Southern
Ca itornia. Call at q North Spring street,
Room 1. A. J. VIELE o17-2w
TOR SALE FOR $9000-BES HOTEL
property In the fast growing town of
Beaumont, on the 8. p. X. r F; a good and
growing business: house of II rooms. furu-
ished; hard-hnished; q splendid opportu-
nifty; satisfactory reasons for selling. Ad-
dress G. A. WILLARD, Beaumont, Cal d121m
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NOR SALE HE SANTA FE HOTEL
II situated on Upper Msiu street; contains
"a sleeping rooms, diningroom parlor. of
nee, bath and kitchen with coed range: LOT
l3lxi65. Inquire OF JAMES VELSIR. Real
Estate Agent, Room No. 2 Mcdonald Block.
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NOR SALE-A GOOD PAYING SALOON.
IL with real estate; has a splendid pros.
pect for the future; located about 30 miles
from Los Angeles. Address o box 1852.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-12-31

EARMS AND TOWN LOTs-FARMs OF
II ell sizes, from Eve to sixteen hundred
acres of land for sale; one of 800 acres spe-
cial bargain; also town lots in the Iron Sill
phur Springs Tract New life IN and near
this family resort, incident o the comiug OF
the railroads. The best OF natural mineral
waters and baths. G. T. WIDNEY & co
Fulton Wells P. 0. Cal. no2l-tf
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FOR sALE-One of the best paying and
best stocked drug stores in Los Angeles
will be sold or exchanged for city or coun-
try property, or one-half will be sold to
good man. Apply to r. G. GUIRADO. 2sl
North Main St. au3tf
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-12-31

DOR SALE--THREE LOTS NICELY LO-
J. Gated on the hills. near a cable liue,
slc50 each, only $500 cash down, balance in
quarterly payments; very desirable and re-
merkably cheap. W. =. MCINTOSH.
dec30 81 100 N. Spring st.
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EOR sALE-s5o PER MONTH AND IN
L terest-nancsome cottage. flushed
January 18Th; Myrtle avenue, near Seventh.
lust below Main
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EOR SALE-A beautiful home; 10 room
cottage, one or two acres OF land. near
Ellis villa College. Apply to P. G. EDDY 4
CO., 15 West First street. oc26-tf
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LNOR SALE-RARE CHANCE; PAYING
II dairy business; first class route and
fine lot of milcn cows, heifers, yearlings,
etc. Apply at l04 Pearl street. corner OF
Seventh. d1S-iw
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LNOk SALE AT A BARGAIS : LEASE,
Il furniture and good will of q first class
boarding and lodging house of SO rooms.
located two squares from the postotiice:
house now paying net profit OF from 1850
TO $500 per month; will take part cash. bal
snce on easy terms. Apply to j. A. KELLY,
No. l2 Court IT dec1s.tf
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-12-31

EoR SALE-A FINE RESTAURANT,
L. centrally located, feeding $50 persons
daily: payirg business, but must sell on
account of ill-healtii; price. $1,000: call for
particulars. W.P. MCINTOSH, 122 N Spring
Il. dec30 Ivy
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Tor sAEE-A REsTAURANT DOING a
good business; price 5000. kUDDY.
BURNS & SMITH. No. Fra kiln st. 29d3t
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EUR SALE-tINE LOIS ON DOWNhY
avenue, next to Prit, hard House and
opposite Mr.. Hancock Johnston's elegant
residence. c. A. SUMNER q co. IA North
spring st. d29tf
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Linda Of ChamOuni.
PRICES-season. nine nights, $3.50. Sim
gle nights. reserved, II so. Balcony admis-
sion, 7sc. Prices both Saturday matinees
same As night Wednesday Matinee, soc.
aud IL dos
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EoR SALE-EIGHT LOTS IN THR ALI 20
l. Tract. between Also and First streets,
finely located for warehouse property.
RUDDY, BUkNS 4 SMITH,
29d2Rk No Frankliu .trepf
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DAYING BUSINESS; SMALL CAPITAL
IL required. Call at 80 North spriug St.
room o. p, G. A. d3I
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With all the accessories OF costu mes and
. Grand Orchestra OF 25 selected musicians.
under the direction of Sig Luigi Arditi.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-12-31

THE LANKERsHIM BLOCK, FIRST
Il class apartment house, with all mod
ern Improvements. east side of Spring
street. between Third and Fourth, with
tie p best best. vii viii % soon be s open. anu % few rooms
will be let unfurniahed II applied for early.
Apply to NJ. H. WELLS. Montrose House,
corner Fourth and Main streets. d2 I'm
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DOR SALES NEW 4-ROOM HOUSES ON
IL Cincinnati street, about $50 yards f-om
the Temple-slreet Cable engine house. Full
particulars, address II. b. ADAMS,
Is Commercial ST.. Los Angeles, Cal.
One for rent $40 per month. dec31 2t
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BYRAM & POINDEXTER,
dec20 Ct ia IVES First, Nadeau Block.
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Armory Hall.
nnR rrnun oNr.

Mr. HENRY T. ABBEY very respectfully
announces the appearance in
Los Angeles of
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-12-31
BUSINESS CHANCES.

nor SAlE-L0DGING HOUSE: GOOD
IL location. Call at 80 North Spring St,
room Q. p G. A, d3l
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T. q bargain, two 5-acre tracts, fronting Eu
cid avenue, near Stevenson avenue; close
to cars and commanding one of the finest
views in the city; owner has been Obliged
structed us to sell; can be subdiyided and
purchase price doubled Immediately. Ap.
ply at once to Los Angeles Land Bureau,
q. W. FR1NK, President, 20 West First
rect. diff
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-12-31

Al ACRES NEAR SAN GABRIEL.
~ with small house, wind mill and tank.
s35oo: only $1,000 cash necessary; balance on
long time. a<s.S mr. sass
A ~ and ~ acre tract, near street car
line. alta bargain. OLIVER WALKER &
G0ODENOW, 10l N. Main st. 2ed3t
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FOR SALE-A HANDSOME Z ROOM
house; hard finished, with modern
improvements,p ,pice lawn; centrally located; |;
can be had at a bargain, IL sold room; also
choice vacant lot Apply at No. 8 San Pc
dro street, Los Angeles 29d6t
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><CD4 4XA Cb4 III C1llO0s
Emma Abbott and the entire Company.
SATURDAY NIGHr-Emma Abbott as Liz
da-Donixetti's Romantic Opera.
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EOR sALE--A NICE HOME-FOUR ROOM
IL house with furniture; half acre of land,
will make three nice lots; fully improved
with all kinds OF fruit, berries and grapes.
Cypress hedges; good we'll, tank, barn and
chicken yard. Price $500 Inquire No 81
Montgomery street. west OF Eignerna dS16t
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-12-31

E0K SALE-lX ACRES, If SOLD IN TIE
l. next ten days. for Just what the land is
worth. Has a cottage of rooms, 200 nice
young trees. 500 feet water pipe Near Yer.
mont street, between Adams and Jefferson
streets. Call on the owner at Ro m IL,
DOwney Block DPS ct
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much to my edification and surprise.
Miss Violet Chase would become the
companion of his journey, not as Miss
V-C, but duly and properly entitled
to be known and addressed IS Mrs. James
Mcleod.
/ had known for some time that Mac
admired Chase's handsome and accom-
plished daughter, but believed his bout
with the demijohn had ended any chance
be ever might have had in that quarter.
His escape from a final dismissal by the
young woman had been a very narrow
one, he told me; still he had been sue
cessful in wooing her ~forgivness and be-
fore Christmas he expected to take back
Continued 0 Sd page.
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picion and curiosity was my impelling

picion and curiosity was my impelling
motive.
The old hollow shaft of cedar was soon
reached, | listened for a moment, and then
inside. My pick was old and dull but
good enough for the soft material in which
| worked. A sound caught my ear.
What could it be which so much re-
sembled the champing of a horse upon a
bit. | looked out-and within twenty
PAGES among the brush and broken top was
a mans head and shoulders. It
surely must be fancy was my
doubling thought. Slowly [ crouched
to gain a clearer view: The figure moves,
and points that which | feel is a gun
barrel at me. For a moment, a dead
silence. Its 30 fancy this time: there's the
big SLOUGH hat and though | cannot make
out the features, he certainly wears a
beard. Suspense is telling on my nerves
when "Git out o thar plainly
through clenched teeth. "Git, or I'll put
a hole in We" and then as he holds up the
| gun with one hand, he stretches out the
left arm toward the mill and adds, in a
lower tone-s'Utter II sound, or wake up
a soul and I'll bush-whack you before
morning. | hesitate for an instant, then
go, go faster than [ came. Eager iii spite
Of the menace to tell someone. Who? but
when the cabin is reached | can't decide,
SO | go in. sit down, and in the darkness
review my adventure. Whoever he is,
he's a bic man. That his voice and Ian
guage were intended to be disguised is
certain: The man who would naturally
say, git out o thar, would never say, utter
one sound nor plainly sound the inc in
morning. And the gun and horse? In
spite Of a bitter unwillingness | felt GER
tain | had encountered Mac. Mac who
had been so kind, so generous to me. Mac
so strong, SO noble, whom | admired.
Fight the idea with every weapon |
could command, reluctantly, but certainly
my verdict was the same. Daybreak
found me doing in a chair, but the mo-
ment | awoke, back came the Genes of
the night. Up the trail to the cedar ran
my hurrying feet, there was a hole, a few
clods fallen in, which removed laid bare
the mould and shape of box. To linger
longer was useless. My strange and I'M
accountable suspicion had been correct,
and now but one thing more remained to
be proven.
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CHAPTER
MIDNIGHT DISCOVERY.

The mill YVES in sight, the tired horses
We're .priching up their ears, the little
bridge was crossed, when ker-thud! and
something broke. 1t was the iind-aXle on
the ohh-side. A chuck hole had finished
what heavy loads and other holes had start
ed and there lay the wheel with the spindle
in it, broken short off at the shoulder. One
consolation-its not far from home: anoth-
er-CAase has a forge at the mill and is a
pretty good blacksmith in a pinch. When
the mill yard is reached the oWnar exam
ines the axle, smiles good hunloredly, and
says: "All right, We'll fix it tomorrow"
Something has happened, for everybody
wears a smile. Money to throw at the
birds" shouts Dick Trapper, as he jingles
a handful of coin. The mystery is soon
solved. Chase has received the amount Of
his bill from the Flume Co. and is paying
up his men. Negtforenoon Mac saddles up
his sorrel and prepares for a trip to
town.
His logs are all scaled and he has re
ceived every cent? due him, which IS o
siderable. for he has received nothing
from Chase during three months. His
rifle needs some repairs and with it in his
hand he gallops away.
The broken axle is repaired, the :
loaded, my work for the day over and
with books and papers for companions
| while away the early part of the night.
My long dreamed of opportunity has
come. Mac away, everybody asleep and
midnight not far off. With cautious and
thief like tread the outskirts of the lum-
Der yard is soon reached, and by the
bright starlight find an old pick placed
behind a stump that afternoon. In all my
cogitations upon the cedar and this long
planned night visit to it, no definite course
of action has ever been determined upon
in the event of finding hidden treasures.
The all absorbing desire has been to graft
fy a morbid curiosity fanked about by
vague and fearful suspicious. My mind
had concluded it would be time enough
to decide upon a disposition of any dis
covery after it had been made. 0ppor-
tunity might have made a thief of me. or
policy and circumstances directed me
Alright. To set at rest my groundless sus-
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X.



My team was first up the long grade
that morning and there was no time lost on
the road that day. Once fairly in town
cautiously, as thoroughly was traced
Macs every movement during the pre-
eaedtng ~afternoop~and NIGHT Mach to
MY surprise yet infinitely TO my relief, l
became certain that lfac had remained all
night in T.. His horse had stood in
the stable froin the time Of h1s arrival till
that morning.
There had been an %impromptu dance at
Armory Hall, which Mr.. Macleod at
tended and from which at midnight he es-
corted to supper a young lady-no other
than Miss Chase. His gun had been left
with the locksmith; Il sort of jack Of all
trades: who as he handed me the weapon
said: Mac didn't come round for it, guess
you'd better take it up to the mill" Mac
and Tom. jackson went out this morning
by the old North trail' so the landlord in
formed NE. The information was hardly
necessary. however, for | knew the trail, it
was some shorter and nothingli like sodusty
as the wagon road. Elated by these dis
coveries | was on the point of going at once
to Weston. the sheriff, to relate my mid
night adventure.
4 moments reflection changed my
mind. How account to him my presence
at the cedar? Tell him the whole story of
my suspicious and what gave rise to them.
Never: rather than breathe one syllable
Of my wrong headed suspicion against my
unsuspecting friend, would I pluck out by
the roots my traitorous tongue.
Could invent any plausible reason for
being in the position Of discoverer? None
could my brain devise. If asked, why
every man at Chases mill was not aroused
and put upon the scent, what answer
| should / make? Suddenly | became
aware that a guilty sort of feeling was
creeping over me and that silence was
safety.
Among current topics about town was
sam Lufkin's death. Thrown from his
| coach two days before, he had died the
preceding afternoon, and was to be
buried nextday. Pedro Sanchez, a former
resident, just returned from Mexico, had
met Johnny Broadwear there. Johnny
avoided him. drank heavily, and a week
before Petro's return had been
killed in a drunken braWl at a fandango.
It seemed to me that / was. doomed to
encounter at every turn some point blank
reminder Of the stage robbery which had
occurred before my arrival in the neigh
borhood and of which it had been my
luck to be a tortured and now, per force,
a silent victim. Upon my return to the
mill, Mac informed me of his Intention to
return East that winter, and added further
that he wouldn't go alone; which rather
enigmatical information he explained,