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Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-15
Notice for Publication.

AND OFFICE At LOS ANGELES, CAL
IL January 49,. 1888. Notice is hereby
given that the following-named settler has
hled notice of his intention to make flna]
proof in support Of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before Register and Re.
ceiver at Los Angeles, California, on March
20, 1883, viz. Harry Hackett, Pre-. d. s.
No. 4442, for the VIZ. NW14. Sec. s, T. 1. g..
R. 10 W., s. b. NJ. He names the following
with, sses to prove his continuous residen oe
upon, and cultivation of, said land, Wig,
John McNish, of Azusa, Cal; W. W. Penny.
OF Azusa: CAL; J.. Shultis; Of Los Angeles
Cal.
feb15 BOT J. n. BETHUNE, Register.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-15
Deliaquent Sale Notice.

r os ANGELES COUNTY RAILROAD
IL Company. Principal place of business,
Los Angeles City, California.
NOTICE: :--There is delinquent upon the
following described stock OH account of as
sessment No. levied on the 21st day of
January, 1888, the several amounts set op-
posite the names of the respective stock
holders as follows:
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Notice..

limited STATES LAND OFFICE, LOS
u Angeles, Gala, February 2, 1888.
Complaint having been entered at this
Office by Henry Richard against George Be-
No. 313O, dated February 2, 1887, upon the
NW4 Section 10, Township z N, Range ii
w, in Los Angeles County, Cal, with view
to the cancellation of said entry; the said
parties are hereby summoned to appear at
at 10 0O'clOck A. M, to respond and furnish
testimony concerning said alleged abandon
ment.
f. JORDAN, ]. D. BETHUsE, Register.
Plaintiffs salty. t:H, Polk, Receiver.
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NltiCa TO Creditors.

II Notice is hereby given by the under.
signed administrator of the estate OF Kate
Smith, deceased. to the creditors Of and ali
persons having claims against the said de-
ceased to exhibit the same, with the neces-
first publication of this notice to the saiS
administrator at the office of Harvey q
HARNESS, No. 219 N. Main street in Downev
5loek, city OF Los Angeles, In the county Of
FREDERICK HARKNESS.
Dated this 29th day Of February, 4. d. 1888.
ml-9ok
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Notice Of Removal OF Principal
Place Of Business Of Palm Val.
lev water Co ompany.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
IN over two thirds Of the stockholders Of
the Palm Valley Water Company having re-
Of business Of said company from Los An
|ge1es. L0s Angeles county, California, to
Riverside, San Bernardino county, Califor-
MIA. the hoard Of Directors, at meeting
hsld this day, authorized said removal.
L. u. HOLT, President.
Atteet: WALLACE NcCALLun, eec'y.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-15
Notice for Publication.

r AND OFFICE AT LOS ANGELES, CAL,
IL February 23d, 1888. Notice is hereby
given that the following-named settler has
filed notice OF his intention to make final
proof in support Of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before the Register and
1888, viz: Richard Luby, Pre-. b., s. No.
1892, for the s. "a, s. w. a and s. Il, 8. K.
d, Sec. 6, 5 N, II W., s. B. NJ. He names
the following witnesses to prove his contin-
uous residence upon and cultivation OF said
land, viz: John Watkins, A. G. Beebe, Geo.
H. Delp, of Trego, CAL; Calvin c. Jeffries,
of Valle Verde. ]. D, BETHUNE.
m & 3Otx Repietar
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-15

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF
y Los Angeles, ss;-We, the undersigned,
do hereby certify, that we are partners
transacting business in this State. at the
City and County of Los Angeles, under the
firm name and style of "Grentz Il Acker-
mann" that the names in full OF all the
members of such partnership are Joseph
Grentz and Louis Ackermann, and that the
places of our respective residences are set
opposite our respective names hereto sub
scribed.
In witness Whereof we have hereunto set
our hands, this seventh day of March, 1883.
JOSEPH GRENTZ. Las Angeles, Cal.
LOUIS ACKERMANN, Los Aug eles, Cal.
0TATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF
y Los Angeles, ss:--On this, seventh day OF
March, i'll the year one thousand eight hun
dred and eighty eight, before me, n. Linden
field, a Notary Public in and for said County
OF Los Angeles, state OF California, resid
ing therein, duly commissioned and sworn,
personally appeared Joseph Grentz and
Louis AckermaRn, known to me to be the
same persons described in, and whose
names are subscribed to the within instfu
ment,a and acknowledged to me that they ex
ecuted the same.
In witness whereof, have hereunto SCI
my hand and affixed my official seal, the
day and ear first above written.
SEAL N. LINDENFELD,
m8-5t* Notary Public.
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

OEALED PROPOSALS Will BE RE-
y ceived at the office of Thos. Kelley, 500
North Main street, Secretary of the BOARD of
Education, until Tuesday, March 20. 1888,
at 1880 O'Clock P. NJ, or at the Council
Chambers on said evening. for the erection
of a four-rOom school-house.
The plans andspecifcations for said build
ing are on file at the Office of A. M. Edel-
man, architect, II North Main street.
Each bid shall be accompanied by Ger,
titled check of 300, made payable to the
Secretary, which amount shall be forfeited
to enter into a contract for the amount of
his bid with satisfactory security for the
faithful performance of his work in accord
ance with the plans and specificaticns
The Board reserves the right to reject any
and all bids.
THOS. KELLEY,
Secretary of the Board of Education.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-12-05
Prevention OF Emergencies.

Numerous works have been written
on what to do in emergencies, first
aid to the injured" and kindred sub
Jects, oil of the same general tenor.
As yet, so far as l know, no one has
ever put forth work on the proven
ton of emerg ancies. OF course, there
are many emergencies which cannot be
prevented, but, Nth judicious care,
some OF them can The frequent suits
brought against corporations for dam
ages following some avoidable accident
shows the necessity, from q financial
view, of studying the best methods
of preventing such emergencies. The
sufferings of the patient Justify the
study from a humane point of view.
Poisoning cases as rule, are inten-
tional; that j., the drug is taken with
suicidal intent. But, occasionally a
case occurs which is due to careless
ness, or TO q mistake in compromising
medicines. There never should exist
in the household the possibility of a
case OF poisoning from the careless
handling of drugs. No ordinary fam
lily has any need for poisons in the
house; even rat poisons can give way
to good cat. When poisons are kept,
they should be locked up in a medi-
cine chest, and not stored away on the
mantel or closet shelves. When drug
gists, who handle poisons constantly,
see tit to keep them under lock and
key, / see no reason why the laity
should neglect such precautions. Oc-
casionally the community is Mortified
by sensational accounts of fatal mis-
takes made 10y druggists 1t is gen.
orally supposed that by some mishap
the disp nser gets the wrong bottle.
This think is wrong; the trouble is,
the druggist gets the wrong idea into
his head. He misreads his orders, and
under the delusion that he is doing
right, he complacently makes n mis-
take. Numerous devices, as intricate
and complex rs poison containers,
alarm-bell poison cases, etc, have been
invented TO prevent such accidents.
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eroken-down old man. totally blind. II
was some years before he was recog-
nized. Meanwhile he paraded the streets
begging. led by a small dog and carrying a
tin cup 10 receive the contributions OF the
benevolent. When he found his identity
was discovered he mysteriously disap-
peared. and has never boen heard OF since.
DIR. Knox also gave evidence in the case.
and his protestations 10 the effect that the
idea never entered his mind that the sub
jects had died by violence appears to
have been believed by tho authorities. as
no subsequent proceedings were taken
against him.
When the woman McDougal was released
she. with almost Incredible audacity. at
once returned To her old haunts In Wcstport.
She was at once set upon by the people of
the neighborhood. and but for the fact that
the police watch-ofllce. 20 which she ran
for protection. was close ut hand. she
would probably have been fynched. She
was subsequently hunted out OF Edinburgh
and returned to her native place, Redding.
in Stirlingshire From there she aftcrward
went to Glasgow and took up her abode
with Constantine Burke. her late husbands
brother
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PLEASANT DIR. Knox cheeriully handed over
ten fl notes for his corpse. Ann McDougl.
a cousin OF Helen's, WAS the next 10 fall u
prey to these vampires. She was but re-
Gently married. and camo on a visit TO the
Hares. Burke and Haro gaVo her whisky
and dispatched her in the customary way.
and disposed of the body 10 their regular
customer, Dr. Knox. for $40. Then the
bloodthirsty wretchcs fell back on the lodg-
ers again and killed Mrs. Haldane and her
daughter Peggy. DIR. Knox took the old
lady's body at full price, but would only give
eS for that OF the daughter.
The dodgers were now all exhausted with
the exception OF the Grays. and rs drink
appeared to be no temptation to them. the
whisky trap was tried upon Mrs. IIostler. u
poor woman VINO came once a week To do
Gated. was put TO bed. and the wretches. as
soon as she Tell asleep, smotherel her.
THE TERRIBLE TALE COMPLETED.
a woman smothered by Hare while Burke
was in the country. and sold for GS. makes
up the awful tale OF murders to which the
wretched man confessed. IL is from an eX-
ccedingly rare book. Published in 1879. con-
tanning Burko's confession. and full ac-
count OF his trial aud conviction. that the
above facts are taken. as also the illustra-
tons which accompany the recital OF the
foul deeds OF these phenomenal figures in
the criminal records OF the nineteenth cen
fury. After Burke was hanged. Hare. with
pveat difficulty. managed u make bis way
ont OF the country. FINALLY. accompanied
by his wife. he went 90 Austral n. but In
1855 he returned to Edinburgh alone. u
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able disposition of his remains appears TO
have suggested 10 the two miscrUants the
carrying out OF the villainous business in
which they forthwith engaged. Within the
space OF "a few months they murdered no
less than sixteen persons. Burke used To
frequent the low public houses Of the neigh
borhood. and when he found some way
farcr without n home or the means of OBJ
tanning n shelter he would offer them n
lodging at Hare's house or his own. The
victim was industrlously piled with liquor
till he or she became unconscious. Then
the two partners in crime would fall upon
them, and while Hare usually cboked the
poor wretch TO death, Burke would throw
himself upon the body and thus hasten the
end. The two women were undoubtedly
priyy 10 the crimes. but they invariably
left the rooms while the murders were be-
ing perpetrated.
WHAT THE MURDEREBS WERE LIKE
Burke was n man OF IS. rather below the
middle size. but stoutly built and Of de-
termined cast Of countenance. His face
was round cheekbones high. with gray
eyes. deeply sunk In the head. short stub
nose and round chin. His hair and whiskers
were Of light, sandy color. and his com
plexlon fair and slightly frccklod.
Helen McDougal is described as having
been a woman OF medium height. thin and
sparely made. Her features were long but
bv no means displeasng. and were rendered
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ter expression which rendered his appear
ance peculiarly revolving. His wife was a
short. stout. round faced land fresh COM
plexioned woman with look OF coarse and
determined brutality.
Hare appears TO have been rude boor.
with all the outward appearance OF rufflan.
Drunken. ferocious. and prongatc. no was
far likelier 10 repel than ensnare victims 10
their murdcrous lair. He appears, however.
TO have been tho more deeply designing
man OF the two. and To have overreached
his associate. whom he succeeded I'm always
thrusting forward. probably with "a view OF
d.sposing of him as he ultimately did. sending
him To the gallows. aud thereby saving his
own wretched neck. Burke managed the
QUITE door business OF the partnership. Tor he
il was who always went on the prowl after
victims. In his outward manners. he was
entirely the reverse OF Hare. Quiet in his
demeanOr. no never gave way 10 cursing
and swearing. even when the worse for
drink. He was fawning in his address. and
was n general favorto among the children
OF the neghborhood. any one Of whom
would cheerfully run upon his errand. Tho
quarrels which wore apparently so often
hanpening i'm his house were probably only
make believes TO drown the dying cries Of
the unhappy victims
THE FIRST or THE CRIMES.
The first Of the series of sixteen murders
was committed in January. 1928. and the
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favorite wife of IA chief Is sometimes given
elevated burial. but ordinarily the dead
women are disposed of without ceremony or
manifestation OF grief The cemetery at
this place is on hill Just above the depot
and i'm plain sight from the car window.
The scafrolds have nearly all fallen. and the
more recent dispositions have been on the
surface, the bodies being wrapped in
blankets or in rude boxes; in one instance
we noticed an old trunk put 10 this last
use. The railroad graders and numerous
sight-seers had carried of everything that
had been attached TO the platforms, and
most of the bodies were headless. In a
neighboring saloon. nailed To the counter.
a skull was in use for matchbox. Bones
were plentifully scattered about on the hill
top. and no objection was made by party
OF squaws TO our carrying off the arm-bone
of some chieftain. from one OF the fallen
scaffolds, which has since been added to a
doctors cabinet down in Iowa. There is
quite n village here most OF the Indians
living in log cabins. Near by the Govern
ment has a small military post containing
one company of cavalry.
Rock burial Is common among the noun
tain Indians. while west of the Rockies
cremation is practiced by not few tribes.
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woman. Helen McDougal by name. while he
was working i'm scotland. They remained
together up TO the day OF their arrest.
Burke worked in Scotland as n laborer. and
after tho harvest of 1927 he. still accompa-
MED by the woman McDougal. went TO Ed
fnburgh. and there met Hare. This man.
his future partner in the series Of fearful
crimes they jointly perpetrated, at this time
kept low lodging house in Tanners Close.
Westport. Burke and the McDougal woman
went TO live at Hare's lodging house. which
was managed by a woman who passed as
his wife. Her maiden name was Laird.
and she was the widow Of a man named
Log.
A BODY FoR SALE
The first idea OF carrying out tho series OF
crimes aftcrward perpetrated by Burke and
his associate appears TO have arisen when
one OF Hare's dodgers died natural death.
The man was pensioner. His debauched
habits sufficiently n counted for his sudden
death. Burke and Hare managed TO alb
stract the corpse from the coffin after the
undertaken had left the house. and. filing
mp the empty casket with bricks packed In
tan bark. the coffin was borne 10 tho grave
at the appointed time with all duo solemni-
ty. That night Hare went 10 the College OF
Surgeons and offered the body for sale. He
was referred to a DR.. Knox. OF 10 Surgeons
Square. Here he saw some young stu
dents. by whose directions he carried the
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House Poison.

II the condensed breath collected on
the cool VIII dow panes of a room where
n number of persons have been ass IN
bled be burned, smell as of singed
hair will show the presence of organic
matter; and if the condensed breath
be allowed TO rem yin on the windows
for few days, it will be found On ex-
an nation with microscope that it is
alive with animalcules. The inhalation
of air containing such putrescent mat
ter il the cause of untold complaints
which might be avoided by circula-
ton of fresh air.
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The Origin OF Various CO!crs.

"The cochineal insects furnish q
great many OF the very fine colors, 1"
said an artist recently to reporter.
Among them are the gorgeous car
mine, the crimson, scarlet carmine,
and purple lakes. The cuttle-fish gives
the sophia. 1t is the inky fluid which
the fish discharges In order to render
the water Opaque when attacked In
dian yellow comes from the camel.
Ivory chips produce the ivory black
and bone black The exquisite Prus-
sian blue is made by fusing horses
hoofs and other refuse animal matter
with impure potassium carbonate This
color was discovered accidentally. Va
rious lakes are derived from roots,
banks and gums. Blue black comes
from the charcoal of the vine stalk.
Lamp black is SCOT from certain resin
Gus substances. Turkey red is mud
from the madden plant, which grows
in Hindostan. The yellow sap of a
tree of Siam produc gamboge; the
natives catch the sap in cocoanut shells.
Paw Sienna is the natural earth from
the neighborhood of Sienna, Italy.
Raw lumber is also an earth found near
Umbril AID burnt. India ink is made
from burnt camphor. The Chinese are
the only manufacturers of this ink, and
they will not reveal the secret of its
manufact ure. Mastie is made from the
gum of the mastic tree, which grows
in the Grecian Archipelago. Blister is
the SCOT of wood. ashes. Very little
real utramarine is found in the market.
1t is obtained from the precious lapis-
lazuli, and commands fabulous price.
Chinese white is zinc, scarlet is iodide
of mercury, and naive vermilion is
from the quicksilver ore called cinna-
bar.-NelU York Nail.
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INDIAN BURIAL RITES
THE MoRTUARY sCAFFoLD A THING
OF THE FAST.
The Once wild Savage Tribes, Under the
Influences of Civilization. Abandoning
Their superstitions and Adopting the
Customs and Habits of the Pale faces.

Customs and Habits of the Pale faces.
A common impression in the East is that
the plains Indians are generally buried on
,scaffolds or elevated platforms. However
true that may have been in the past il is
not the case now and one can travel thou
sands OF miles over the plains and through
the mountains without seeing the mortuary
scaffold or tree burial. AZ two places on
the ST. Paul. Minneapolis ~ Manitoba Rail
way in Montana, here and at Wolf Point. we
had an opportunity OF seeing burial places
whore this form OF disposing Of the dead is
still in vogue. The Indians of North Mon
tana are the Blackfeet and allied tribes. the
Gros Ventres. Bloods and Piegans. a we'll
disposed people among whom the Metho-
distS maintain missions. Tho Blackteet
reservation was opened TO settlement this
year. the Indians giving up sixteen million of
their twenty million acres. for which they are
TO receive ten million dollars In stock, farm
ing tools. expenditures for schools and other
purposes tending to their bettermcnt. This
is the largest and best lot of vacant govern
ment land now in the republic. through
which railroad extends, and which
abounds in streams and nayigable rivers.
The Indians here as everywhere else are
beginning tc feel the influences of civiliza-
ton in abandoning their superstitious cere-
monies and going To work like white peo-
pie. The medicine man is not rs potent as
in the days before the advent OF the whites.
and the village doctor or the army surgeon
IN the tepee Is common matter nOw-a-
days. The Indian is usually impatient in
severe or protracted illness. and il the
medicine man has full swing in dangerous
diseases the chances of recovery are slight.
II death ensues, the funeral ceremonies
depend upon circumstances and the rank of
tho individual Extensive arrangements
are usual only in the winter when there is
time for the regular mourning ecstasies.
but when travelling any disposition may be
made OF the body. by throwing ii into a
.r.st
brush or stones, leave il 10 become prey for
wolves or dogs. Early voyagers on the Mis-
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"A toothpick factory is one OF the
Aourishing woodworking establishments
establishments at Harbor Springs, and il
is one Of the largest factories Of the kind
in the country. White birch is exclusively
used in the manufacture of toothpicks.
and about 1900, 900 of tho handy little
splinters are turned out daily. The logs
are sawed up into bolts each twenty eight
inches in length, then thoroughly steamed
and cut up into veneer The veneer is cut
into long ribbons three inches in width,
and these ribbons, eight or ten of them at
time, are run through the toothpick ma
chinery, coming out at the other end, tho
perfect pieces falling into one basket, the
broken pieces and refuse falling into an
other. The picks are packed into boxes,
1900 in a box, by girls, mostly comely
looking young squaws, and are then
packed into cases, and finally into big
boxes, ready for shipment to all parts OF
the world. The white birch toothpicks
sweet TO tho taste, and there is a wide
market for them. The goods sell at the
factory at Sl.90 case of $50, 900 picks,
or 100 small boxes, each containing 900,
and the small boxes retail at cents each,
or 300 picks for / cent, at which rate al
most everybody can afford to take fresh
toothpick after each meal.
AS the Mackinaw passenger train was
coming along its way down the road to-
ward Bay City, deer was noticed to
bound out from the woods at a point
south of Indian River and take TO the
track 1t was q 2-year- doe. 1t kept
ahead of the train for short distance,
then stopped as if to decide which way to
jump, and while in this waiting attitude
the pilot of the locomotive struck it and
threw it aside The train was stopped
and the deer taken on board.
OFFICIAL VOTE ON STATE OFFICERS.
The official count Of the returns of the
vote for State officers has been concluded
by the State Board OF Canvassers. The
vote for Governor is contained in the table
appended
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FIENDS in HUMAN FORM.
ONE OF THE WORLDS GREAT GRIM
NAL SENSATIONS.

4 Series OF Terrible Deeds That Shocked
and Agitated Scotland Sixty Yeas Ago
The Burlc and Hare Murders-Awful
Details of Asspssinations Which Have
Never Been Paralleled.
A sensation akin 10 that which has boon
developed i'm London by the recent White
chapel murders was created Just sixty years
ago in Edinburgh by the discovery Of "A se
ries OF crimes which stood forth. shen as
cow. VIII oily without example in any age or
country. Two iiends in human shape, Will
lam Burke and William Hare, deliberately
entered into a partnership TO decoy persons
20 their houses 10 murder them in cold
blood and sell the bodies 10 DIR. Knox Ice
'urer on anatomy at the University of Edin
burgh. William Burke was born in County
Tyrone. Ireland, 1892. His parents were
poor but respectable cotters. He was
brought up Roman Catholic and received
a fair education. He married early and
subsequently deserted his wife. who bore
aim seven children. Later on he met a