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Wichita eagle., 1888-12-23
An EHecsive EaIedictorY.

''f you would like to say few words
before we string you up, said the spokes-
man Of the vigilance committee, sternly,
you may have the chance"
There is something would like to
say" responded the condemned horse
thief, pale but self possessed. "All ask
is that you viii permit me to say it with
out interruption"
go ahead" said the spokesman, Ia
conically. "Nye'll let you finish"
'"Theri, gentlemen,5 began the con-
demned man, with deep emotion, Il
have few words Of solemn warning to
utter. In the innocent and happy days
Of my young manhood, before [ came to
Arizona and fell into evil ways, l was
ing. Had never abandoned it | might
have been still respectable and upright
citizen. Though ! have become bad man
and am about to receive my just punish
ment, have always kept memento Of
those happier days. In my valise, gen
tlemen, you will find a copy Of a little
work, entitled The American Voters
Text Book, of which I sold nearly 1000
copies in one county in Pennsylvania
alone. 1t is Indispensable to every man
who would keep himself thoroughly In
formed as to those questions concerning
which it is the duty of every citizen to
be fully advised. You viii find in that
little volume, gentlemen, full and accu-
rate information as TO the political plat
forms Of all the parties, election returns
from every state in the Union, names of
members of congress, judges Of the vari-
Gus courts, etc, with mass Of miscella-
neous statistics and facts never before
grouped together in one work Bound
In cloth OF half calf, the price of this
valuable book has always been''-
He paused a moment to wipe the scald-
ing tears from his eyes. When he looked
about him again his audience had van
i8hed. Hewas saved!-Chicago Tribune.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-23
Sweet Bah.

Baby in its cradle sleeping
Angel child
Smiles about its face are creeping
Sweet and mild.
Would that L could share its dreaming,
See its heavenly visions cleaning,
All, how pure the baby's seeming,
Undecided
FS,rest gems thou hast replacing
Earthly toys, :
Rarest flowers thy realm are grazing ;
Rich thy joys
Holy Mosel the kid is waking,
Night melodious he'll be making,
What a raking, shaking, quaking-
- Stop! that!l poisel!l
New York Tribune.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-23
Paying Them Of.

Magazine Editor-Did you pay the artist
who illustrated that great poem Christmas
Chimes" on our first page!
Secretary-Yes, sir. Sent him a check for
$3.50.
Good How much did you pay the en-
graverT
81 sent him So"
'Yes. Is there any money lefty'
about seventeen cents"
every we'll Send it to the man who
wrote the poem. Philadelphia Record.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-23
Tho lazy Man.

The baseball seasons at an nd,
The small boys nine disbands,
And now the lazy man finds time
Hang heavy on his hands.
The seasons close he doth deplore
And thinks it is q shame
That he can sit upon fence
Z No more and watch the game.
But winter days are coming fast
When arctic breezeS blow,
And he can watch his wife while she
Is shoyeling of the snow.
Boston Courier.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-23

20 wad sons power the gifte gle Us
To see oursels as others see u.s.
But how much better II by spells
Others could see US as we see ourselsl
Boston Transcript
The hair Is worn very high over the cenler
Of the brow in Paris, and its height is emu
lated IN London. There is an evident ten
asncy toward a revival OF the catogan. The
iatogan Is the natural reaction against the
Undue straining OF every hair on the head
upward to the occiput.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-23
He Wanted It.

els it possible, sir" said the visitor, as be
looked at specimen in the museum of the
Scientific association, ''that this is petrifac-
tion!"
"Ves, sir" replied the custodian, with
pardonable pride, that is genuine petriied
ham"
''Is it for sale7" demanded the visitor, ex-
citedly. "If it is l want it. / don't care a
darn what it costs"
[You have guessed correctly. He was the
proprietor of railway eating house Chi
cago Tribune.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-23

Miss Nerathin Sarah Bernhardt type)-Oh,
neari wish / knew what character to selec,
tor the fancy ball want to find something
that won't cost much for costuming.
Little Brother say, SIS, gid Your head
and 60 as q pair Of tonCs.-Philadelphis
Record
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-23
To Inconsistencies,

There is divinity which shapes our ends"
Is saying doubtless true;
But judging from some portraits bolS
We've seen, Beelzebub, of you,
There seems 70 DO one also whom
No sinful thing escapes:
Who shapes our ends and likewise who
Doth rend our shapes
New York Evening Sun
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-23
IN OutgTown Poem.

Editor 10 long haired stranger-This is no
barber shop, my friend.
Stranger-I know it, sir, but l have poem
here which, from one point of view, is likely
70 be a trifle rapid. The public will go wild
over it. Iwant to know if you can't give me
enough on it TO get hair cut.-The Epoch.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-23
No Question About If.

Henderson dn a cynical vein)-f people can
zee HE as clearly as can see them, they must
regaRi ME rs a blamed fool
Fogg-Undoubtedly they can see much
clearer than you.-Boston Transcript.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-23
Lost and Found.

''Oh, ma, did you think was lostY" said
Jennie, who had gone for a walk around the
block and returned Eve hours afterward.
mo-" replied her mother. ~ thought that
young man had found you."-New York
Evening Sun.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-23
The Drop q Nickel, sTachines.

In these days man can drop a nickel
in the slot and realize almost anything.
He can get his correct weight, test his
lungs, grip and pushing power, ascertain
his height, draw out a cigar or a package
of bon bons, or he can get an insurance
policy good for certain number of
hours. The latest device, however, is
bound to make fortune for tho men
who get the ''rake of" The machine is
set up in depots, and the ear of the man
who drops nickel in the slot is occupied
for q few moments by a pleasing tune
from music box inside. Those who
have ever been obliged to spend an hour
or two in depot waiting for train viii
gladly Civ. up handful OF nickels for
something which win occupy their time
and attention. The projectors Of this
nickel movement, however, have num-
bered days, as there is machine just
put IN the field which tells q mans cor
rect weight for / cent,-Chicago Herald.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-23

{ First Jeweler-What is the matter at Slow.
coach & Fogy's; have they failed!
Second Ditto--Well, moo, but I under.
stand that they have given up advertising
Jewellers Weekly.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-23

Mrs. Anderson, OF Portland, Ore, is
the right kind OF a woman. She went out
shopping the other day, and noticed that
a young man was logging her steps.
Finally he made an attempt to grab her
purse. Mrs. Anderson laid down her
bundle, rolled up her sleeves. doubled her
fists, and gave the fellow nauliEg tia!
he viii remember for some time.
NJ J. 3. Ellison and family have moved
70 Philadelphia for the winter.
Sir Arthur Sullivan has thrss nieces in the
chorus at the London Savoy theatre, where
his opera, The Yeonen,H IS being sung.
Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett each
wears a high. shiny beaver and long ulster
OF soft, dark cloth reaching TO his heels, ana
trimmed with asrrakhan down the front and
around tie collar.
Harry Paulton is writing the libretto OF 6
comic opera, the scene OF which Is laid ii
Mexico az the time OF Co-tez- Julian Ed
wards, musical director Of TIE Duff mp21y,
Is coLDosiEC tie MuS.c.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-23
Most for Least Money.

Customer-What yo' charge for gittiu'
fotografs tookl
Observation-Disclosures, Sc per dozen;
duplicates, So per dozen.
Customer-Wall, guess III jes hab hat
dozen duplicates tooken.-Harper's Weekly.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-23
Slangy, Yet Probable,

First Hotel Waiter-Wh YOUR necktie
Biul
Second Hotel Waiter-I've lost it, sure
enough. / guess its sin the soup. Ne
braska State Journal
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-23
A Meaningless TFfle

Sn,al los would Esq be If Americans
discarded It 1t is absolutely without mean
ing III MS current use, and does nothing 70
compensate FOR the tine it takes to write it
Rochester Union,
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-23

An experiment made in Scotland proves
That the tortoise can walk q mile in fou,
hours
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-23
Cause for Rcioiciur.

9NAS~ ASA ~ OAIAhNs
No more the sun our faces fries,
No more we mop the brow.
And, best Of all. there are no lies
On any Of US now.
Boston Courier
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-19
In THE SUPERIOR COURT,

11t]eSo WIFE GU VI lOOOs
JAMES G. KAYS,
Sheriff of Los Angeles county, California.
ian28
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-19
In The AuncrlOr Cunrt

CTATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF
p Los Angeles, IS. In the matter of w. M.
Wilson, an insolvent debtor. Adjudication
# 9ssd ssi %sS g. Act Ssvar G5 ART Raa ls
this court his petition, schedule and
inventory in, Insolvency, from which
it appears that he is an insolvent
debtor, the said W. M. Wilson is hereby de-
clared to 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 w. NJ. Wilson, insolv-
ent debtor, except such as may be by law
exempt from execution, and of all his deeds,
vouchers, books of account and papers, and
to keep the same safely unil the appoint
ment of an assignee of his estate. All per-
sons are forbidden to pay any debts to the
said insolvent, or to deliver any property
belonging to such insolvent to him, or to
for his use; and the said debtor is hereby
forbidden to transfer or deliver any prop
erty until the further order of this court,
except as herein ordered.
1t is further o dered, that all the creditors
of said debtor be and appear before the
Superior Court OF the county of Los An
geles, in open court, at the courtroom of
said court, in the Jones Block, on New High
street, Los Angeles city, in the county Of
1888, az 10 O'Clock A. NJ. of that day, to
prove their debts and choose one or more
assignees OF the estate of SAID debtor.
1t is further ordered, that the order be
published in the Los Angeles DAILY
HERALD, q newspaper of general circula-
ton, published in the county of Los
Angeles, as often as the paper is published,
before the said day set for the meeting OF
creditors.
And it is further ordered, that, in the
meantime, all proceedings against the said
insOlvent be stayed.
Dated January 7, 1888.
A. w. HUTTON,
Judge of the Superior Court.
jaS-f1O.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-19
Notice for Sale OF Real Estate.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT, PUR-
IN suant to an order of the Superior Court
of the county of Los Angeles, State of Cali
fornia, made ON the 29th day OF November
1887. in the matter of the guardianship of
the person. and estate of Charles VIM. Oft, a
minor, the undersigned, as the guardian of
sell at public auction, to the highest bidder
for cash, in gold coin of the United States,
(and subject to. confirmation by the said
Court), on the third day of February, 1888,
at IL o'clock NJ, at the northerly entrance of
the Office of the COunsy Clerk of the said
county, in the city OF Los Angeles, county of
Los Angeles, ST. te of California, all the
right, title, int rest and estate OF the
said Charles William OFT, a minor, to-wit;
The undivided one-half of all that certain
piece or parcel of land situate, lying and
being in the sale county of Los Angeles,
State of California, and particularly des-
cribed as follows, to.wit: The northeast
quarter "a of the northeast quarter "a of
section twelve 12), ownship four az south,
range ten 1O), West, of the San Bernardino
meridian, containing forty (4O) acres, more
or less.
The terms and conditions of the sale are
cash in gold coin OF the United States. The
whole OF the said purchase money to be
paid to the guardian on he day and at the
time of the sale. Deed to be at the eX-
pense of purchaser.
JAMES D. OFT,
Guardian of the person and estate of Charles
vii lam OFT, q minor.
Dated Los Angeles, California, January
7th, 1888. jan12-td
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-19
In the Superior Court

0F THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES,
" State of California. Probate. In the mat
Notice of sale of real estate. G.. c. p, Sects.
1547-1550. Notice is hereby given. that in
pursuance of an order of the Superior Court
of the County OF Los Angeles, State of Cali
fornia, made on the 9TH day of January,
A. D. 1883, in the matter OF the estate OF
Dick Pollard, minor, the undersigned, the
guardian of said estate, will sell at private
sale to the highest bidder, for cash, In law
full money of the United States and subject
to confirmation by said Superior Court, on
Wednesday, the 1st day Of February, 1888,
at Room 49,. Temple Block, Los Angeles
city, County of l. Angeles, State of Califor
mia, all the right, title. interest and estate of
the said Dick Pollard. minor, and all the
right, title and interest that the said estate
has, by operation of law or otherwise, ac
Quired in and to all that certain lot, piece or
parcel of land, situate and being in the town
of DOwney County of Los Angeles, State of
California, bounded and described as fol-
lows: Commencingat at the northwest corner
of block Is, from thence along the line of
Third street easterly 145 feet to point;
thence sOutherly and at right angles rs
feet; thence westerly and at right angles
l 40 feet to line OF street: thence nOrtherly
along the line Of street Is feet to point of
beginning; the same being known as lot
No. l of.said block15, in accordance of plan
and map of survey of the Downey Land
Association lands, as recorded on the 18th
day of October, 1873. in Book 2 OF Miscel-
laneous Records, page 434, Los Angeles
County Records
Bids for said real estate will be received
at the Office of Hollaway d Kendrick, attor-
ne! s at law, Room 40, Temple Block, Los
Angeles City, California.
Terms and conditions of sale: Cash, law
full money of the United States; ten per cent
of tt e purchase money to be paid to the un-
dersigned on day of sale, balance on con-
firmation of sale by said Court. Deed at the
expense of purchaser. L. c. POLLARD,
of the estate of Dick Pollard, minor.
Dated january 8, 1883. ian1O lat
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-19
LEGAL.
Resolution Of The Board Of Supervisors

OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES,
~ adopted Dec. 18th, 1887. On motion Of
Supervisor venable the following resolu-
tion of the Board Of Supervisors of Los An
geles county, California, was unanimously
adopted, viz:
WHEREAS, It appears that the property
hereinafter described belongs to the county
Lie use, and that the sale thereof will be for
be 1t
Resoired, That the Clerk of this Board be
and he is hereby directed to give thirty days
notice, by publication in the Los Angeles
Daily HERALD and Euening Express, news.
papers published in said county, that said
property will be sold at public auction, OF
the door of the Court House Of said county
California, on the 10th day Of January,
1888, at IL O'Clock NJ. of said day, to the
highest bidder for cash.
The first parcel being situated in the city
OF Los Angeles, California, and being lot
No. Of subdivision of County Hospital
Grounds" according to map thereof re.
corded on page 1, Book % of Miscellaneous
Records of Los Angeles county aforesaid.
The second parcel being lot No. Of said
tract.
The third parcel being lot No. of said
tract.
This sale is conditioned upon the removal
or sale of County Hospital buildings in 1e
months from January 20, 1888, or sooner II
pital purposes.
The minimnm price for lot is $4,000 per
acre.
The minimum price for lot is $4,000 per
acre.
And the minimum price for lot 4 is $500
per acre.
The Board reserves the right to reject any
or % an bids bids. =. A..
Los Angeles county, California.
s dec15 3Ot G. H, DUNSMOOR, Clerk,
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-19
In the SuperiOr Court

OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES,
" State of California. In the matter OF
the estate of K. T. Hayes, deceased. Order
to show cause why order to lease real prop
erty should not be made.-C. K. Thorn,
administrator of the estate of Russell 7.
Ha, es; deceased, having filed his petition
herewith, praying for an order to lease the
real estate of said deceased for the purposes
therein set forth. 1t is therefore ordered by
the said court tn at all persons interested in
the estate of said decedent appear before
the said Superior Court on Monday, the Both
day of January, 1883, at 10 O'Clock in the
loren Oon of said day, at the court room of
said Superior Court, in Department. Two
county of Los Angeles, then and there to
show cause why the following described
realty belonging to said estate, to wit: All
that certain tract, piece or parcel of land
lying and being situate IN the county of
Los Angeles, State OF California, and de-
scribedas follows, ,to-wit: The west one-half of
the southwest one-quarter of section twelve
(12), township two (2) south, range fourteen
(l4) west of san Bernardino Base and
Meridien, containing eighty .(SO) acres of
of one (1J year from the first day of Janu-
ary, 1888, at the rental mentioned in the
said petition, to-wIt Six hundred dollars
per annum as will more fully appear by
reference to the petition of said admins
traitor in that behalf on file herein, to which
reference is hereby made for further partic-
ultrsy 1t is further ordered that copy of
this order be published for two (2) success
i've weeks in the Los Angeles Daily Herald.
a newspaper of general circulation, printed
Angeles, State of California, prior to said
day of hearing. W. P. GARDINER,
Judge of the Superior Court.
Signed January 80, 1888.
WELLS, VANDYKE & LEE,
Attorneys for Administratrix.
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Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-19
LEGAL.
Notice Oi Sale of Real Estate.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
IN pursuant to an order of the Superior
Court of the county of Los Angeles, State of
California, in the matter OF the estate of
signed, Emile Vache and H. Ailland, as the
executors of Joseph lie Masne, deceased, on
or af er the twenty-eighth day of January,
1888, and within Six months thereafter,
will sell to the highest and best bidder for
cash, in gold coin OF the United States, ali
Joseph LIE Masne had at his death, and
which the said estate has acquired in and
to the real property situated in the city Of
Los Angeles, county of Los Angeles, State
to witt Lots II, u, % and 81 of the
Alanis Vineyard Tract" also that lot
to wit: &c, mmencing at point on
the south line of Also st eet,. said point be-
ing the northwest corner of the lot of P.
ODonnell formerly belonging to Lizzie
said Also street a distance of thirty-fve feet
and six inches, little more or leAs, to the
wall of the house of Maria Antonia Romero;
thence southerly along the line of said wall
five feet six inches to the line of the lot of
said p. O'Donnell thence northerly along
the line of lot of said O'Donnell one hun
dred feet to the point of beginning" Also
that lot to witt commencing at point on
the south line of Also street to the north
veyed (January 12, 1870 to VIM. H.
Perry by Chas. LepOan; thence along
said line of Also street north S115o
west forty-three feet and four inches,
thence at right angles with said str ct south
S1ao west one hundred and forty feet:
thence parallel with Also street south S1ao
east forty-three feet four inches to the
southeast corner of said Perry's lot: and
thence along the line OF said Perry's lot 81ao
east one hundred and forty feet to the
point of beginning"
Also that lot, to-wit: Beginning at the
southeast corner of land conveyed by
CharlesF. Lepoan to VIM. s. Van Dusen and
VIM. II. Perry, thence sOutherly along the
line of Perry's land to Sainsevian street,
thence westerly along the line of said street
forty three and one half feet to the
southeast corner of the land of G..
Lache; thence northerly along the line
of said Vache's land to the southwest
corner of the above named land conveyed
by Charles +. Lapoan to Van Dusen, and
running thence easterly along the line Of
the said last mentioned land forty-thiee and
one half feet to the place of beginning, be-
ing parallelogram forty-three and one half
feet wide by sixty feet long Refemnce is
hereby madec to the deed from Wm. s. Van
Dusen and wife to Joseph Jordan, recorded
in book No. 1G of Deeds, on page 35 ct seq"
ceived by the undersigned at the office of
Brousseau & Hatch, Nos. 81, 30 and 33,
Baker Block, in the City of Los Angeles,
County Of Los Angeles, State of California,
for the purchase of said property. Said offers
and bids may be left with ]. BrOusseau or d.
I. Hatch, at said Office.
EMILE VAcHE,
H. ALLAND,
Executors of the last will Of Joseph L. Masne,
deceased. ian 12-17t
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-19
In the SuDeriOr Court

of THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, /,
" State of California, order to show cause
why order of sale of real estate should not
be made in the matter of the estate of J..
Frank Newman, deceased Mabel s. New
mau, the administrative of the estate of j..
Frank Newman, deceased, having filed her
petition herein praying for an order Of sale
of portion OF the real estate, of said de-
cedent, for the purpose therein set forth.
1t is therefore ordered by the said Court,
that all persons interested in the estate OF
said deceased, appear before the said Supe-
rior Court on Monday, the 23d day of Jam
uary, 1888, at 10 o clock in the forenoon Of
said day, at the court room of said Superior
Court at the rooms of Department Two, in
the city and county of Los Angeles, to show
cause why an order should not be granted
to said Administrative to sell so much of the
real estate OF the said deceased as shall be
necessary. And that copy of this order be
published at least four successive weeks in
The Los Angeles Daily HERALD, newspa-
per printed and published in said county OF
Los Angeles. w. p. GARDINER,
Judge of the Superior Court.
Dated December 10 1897 d0l-1u1
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-19

OTATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF
y Los Angeles; ss. in the matter of the Estate
of Susan Morton, deceased. Notice for
publication of time for proving will etc
day of January, 1883 ut 10 O'Clock, A. M. of
said day, at the court room of this Court
Department Two thereof, in the Jones
Angeles. and State of California, has been
appointed as the time and place for hearing
the application of G.. H. Arrison and ALI
bone Morton, praying that document now
last viii and Testau ento of the aid deceased,
be admitted to probate, and that letters
testamentary te issued thereon to said
petitioners at which time and plsce all per
test the same.
Dated January 8, 1888.
c. H. DUN,MOOR, County Clerk.
BY NJ. J. ASHMORE, Deputy.
Wade & Murphey, Attorneys fer petition
ers. Jan 1O-1Ot
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-19
MIST NATIONAL BANK,

OF Los ANaELxs,
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-19
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT.

OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES,
" State of California. In the matter of the
guardianship of the person and estate Of
Andrew Williams, minor. 1. b. Williams
the guardian of the person and estate OF
Andrew Williams, a minor, having filed his
petition herein duly verified, paying for an
order of sale OF the whole OF the real
property of said minor, for the purposes
herein eset forth:
1t is therefore ordered by this Court that
all persons interested in the estate of said
minor appear before the said Superior Court
on Monday, the 23d day of January, 1888,
at ten clock in the forenoon of said day,
at the Court room of Department Two of said
Superior Court, in Jones Block on New
High street, in the City OF Los Angeles
County of Los Angeles, State of California,
to show cause why an order should not be
granted to the said guardian to sell the
whole of the real estate of said minor at
private sale; and that copy of this order
be published at least four successive weeks
in Los Angeles DAILY HERALD, a news
paper printed and published in the City OF
Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles State OF
California.
W.P. GARDINER,
Judge of the Superior Court
Dated December 18th 1887 Dec 17-td