Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-23
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
A Wedding Quietly SOlemnized las
Evening. ~


Evening. so
At st. Paul's Church, in this city, last
night there was solemnized according to
the beautiful ritual of the Episcopal
Church, a marriage which, although a
very quiet affair, is really most notable
event in Los Angeles society. The high
contracting parties are Mr. Charles How
land and Miss Grace Freeman. Mr..
Rowland is the son of F. Rowland, ESQ.
of Toronto, Canada, and the nephew of
Sir William T. Rowland, late Governor
of the Province of Ontario, Canada.
Miss Freeman is the only daughter
of D. Freeman, Esq, OF the Centinella.
Mr.. Rowland is civil engineer by pro-
fession, and while he is yet very young
man he has won high distinction in his
line of life. Before he had reached his
majority the Government of Canada en-
ployed him to survey large tracts of pub
lie land in Manitoba, task which he
performed with brilliant distinction.
Miss Freeman, although very young, is
known for her many charms of person,
graces OF manner and accomplishments.
The ceremony was performed yester-
day evening at 6 80 o'clock, the Rev. E.
Birdsall officiating. 1t was strictly
private affair, only the immediate mem
bers of the families being present. Miss
Trew, of San Gabriel, was the brides
maid, and Mr.. A. G. Freeman best man.
Refutation of Another lie.
EDITORS HERALD-Among the extra
ordinary arguments in favor OF protect on
which appear in your contemporary, tn
Tribune, the statement, in their issue Of
the 2lst, that Sin the city of Birming-
ham, England, with almost the same
number of inhabitants as Philadelphia,
not one workman owns his own home :"
is the most outrageously absurd
The Tribune says, eff this statement is
not credited we refer you to our author
ity, the Chief of Police of Birmingham"
The Statement not credited ~ Why
no one but the most gullable of protec-
ZIONIST editors would have swallowed
such statement. The Chief of Police
forsooth! And what does he know about
it? In England the registration of deeds,
mortgages, ETC., is the exception, not the
rule. In only two counties, York and
Middlesex, does such registration take
place. Where, then, was the Chief of
Police to get his information? In city
of upwards of 400, 900 inhabitants, would
auy man in his senses pretend, with even
the local tax list before him, to look
through the endless array of names re.
corded as owners of property and say
not one of them is workman
l think not. And am equally certain
that the Chief of Police of Birmingham
is not such an ass as to make the state.
ment fathered on to him.
This Tribune story reminds me of a
friend of mine. an enthusiastic defender
of the Union, during the late war of se-
cesssion In this country. One day in
the cars in England he met man who
was defending the secessionists. MvI
friend turned on the Confederate defend
er and said: "Sir, any man who takes
the Southern side in this war, is either a !
knave or a fool" "a knave because he
is interested in some speculation which
makes him desire the success of the
South, or a fool because he does not |
know what he is talking about"
If my friend were alive now l could |
read of the mares nest about Birming-
ham workmen which the editor of the |
Tribune has discovered. 1 can we'll |
imagine that he would give a gentleman
choice of the two epithets which have
just described. Yours truly,
AN INTENDING CITIZEN.
SIERRA MADRE, September 81, 1888.
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