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Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-29
SALE OF BONDS.
Kraft Irrigation District, COlusa
Couufv. Cal.

Kraft Irrigation District, Colusa
County, Cal.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN BY THE
~ Board of Directors of Kraft Irrigation Dis
O'Hair ranch, near the town of Orland, Colusa
county, California, on the 18th day of May,
1880, at2 o'clock ?. M of said day, sell to the
of the United States, one hundred bonds of the
said district to the amount of Fifty Thousand
Dollars, being part of an issue of bonds aggre-
that sealed proposals for the purchase of said
bonds will be received by said board at its Office
till the day and hour aforesaid, at which time
said board will open the proposaisand award
the purchase of said bonds to the highest re-
sponsible bidder; but said board reserves the
SO OF sad Sr o tan
per cent. of the face value thereof; said bonds
are dated the LIST day of October 1889, and bear
payable semi,annually. Amy interest accruing
between said date and the date of the
sale and delivery of said bonds shall be cred
pons attached to said bonds Said bonds will
be delivered to the successful bidder, and the
money received therefor at the District Treas
urers Office or at the Bank of Orland, Orland
California; and each proposal must be accom-
panied by certified check in favor of Thomas
Brown, President of the Board of Directors of
Kraft Irrigation District, for an amount at least
as great as FIVE per cent. Of the amount total to
be paid for the bonds bid for.
The Superior Court of the county of Colusa,
State of California, has examined, approved
and confirmed the proceedings of said District
as provided by an Act of the Legislature, enti
tied San Act supplemental to an Act entitled
" AN Act to provide for the organization and
government of irrigation districts and to
''provide for the acquisition of water and other
property, and for the distribution of water
Thereby for irrigation purposes approved
"March z, 1887, and to provide for the examina
"tion, approval and confirmation of proceed
"ings for the issue and sale of bonds issued un-
"der the provisions of said Act" and the time
allowed for appeal has expired and said decis-
ion has become final, and said bonds are in the
form approved by the Supreme Court of the
State of California in Central Irrigation District
VS.. DeLappe, 70 Cal, 351.
j. H. ROGERS,
Secretary of said Board
POStOffice-Orland, California mar22-50t
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CERTIFICATE OF PARTNERSHIP.

WE CERTIFY THAT WE CONSTITUTE A
w partnership transacting business in the
City and County of Los Angeles, in this State.
Its principal place of business is Los Angeles,
California. Its name is Ganahl Lumber Co.
The full names and respective places of resi-
dence of all Its members are signed hereto.
Dated Los Angeles, Cal, April 23rd, 1890.
c. GANAHL, ISeall
Los Angeles, Cal.
F. J. GANAHL, TSeal
Los Angeles, Cal.
FIDEL GANAHL. [Seall
Los Angeles, Cal.
" a County &C IN Of Of Los oa Angeles. IS.
On this 23rd day of April, in the year one
thousand eight hundred and ninety, before me,
n. Lindenfeld, Notary Public, in and for the
County of Los Angeles, personally appeared C.
Ganahl, F. J. Ganahl and Fidel Ganahl, known
to me to be the persons whose names are sub
scribed to and who executed the within instru-
ment, and they acknowledged to me that they
executed the same.
In witness whereof, have hereunto set my
hand and affixed my official seal, at my office,
in the County CT Los Angeles the day and year
in this certificate first above written.
Notarial Seal N. .LINDENFELD,
ap26-sa-5t Notary Public.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-29
APPLICATION FOR FRANCHISE.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN
~ application will be made by the under
signed to the Board of Supervisors of Los An
geles County, at their room in the court house
Of said county, in the City Of Los Angeles, on
Monday, sthe 5th day of May, 1890, at the
opening of their session of that day, or as soon
thereafter as the application can be heard, for
authority to construct q wharf upon the shore
of the Pacific ocean at Catalina island, and to
take tolls for the use of the same, for the term
of twenty years.
The location and description of said wharf is
as follows: Beginning at q point which bears
easterly twenty feet from the intersection Of
the center line of Crescent avenue (Which is
eighty feet wide), with the center line of Cata-
line avenue (Which is sixty feet wide), in the
town of Avalon according to the plat of survey
of said town made in August, 1887, by Pillsbury
& Cleveland, surveyors, said map or plat being
recorded in book "a of miscellaneous records,
page 81, records of Los Angeles county, to
which said map and the record thereof refer
ence is here made for description, said point of
beginning being upon the center line of said
Catalina avenue, extended easterly from the
said point OF intersection of the center line of
Crescent avenue, with the center line of Cata-
lima avenue, and extending from said point
of commencement into the Pacific ocean, two
hundred and twenty feet; said wharf being
twenty feet in width and the center line o1
said Catalina avenue produced being the cen
ter line of said wharf.
Dated Los Angeles, CAL, April /, 1890.
WILLIAM BANNING.
LTD
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-29

vTNHE LOS ANGELES ELECTRIC COMPANY,
i location of principal place of business, City
of Los Angeles County of Los Angeles, State of
California.
Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of
the directors held on the 18th day of April, A.
D. 1890, an assessment of fifty cents per share
was levied upon the capital stock OF the cor
poration, payable Immediately to the Secretary,
21S North Main street, in the City of Los An
geles, California. Any stock upon which this
assessment shall remain unpaid on the 10th
day of May, A. d. 1890, will be delinquent and
advertised for sale at public auction, and unless
payment is made before, will be sold on the I'd
day of June, A. D. 1890, to pay the delinquent
assessment, together with costs of advertising
and expenses of sale.
w. R. BLACKMAN. Secretary,
Office 218 North Main st., Los Angeles, Cal.
ap16-wed-5t
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-29
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

ESTATE OF JAMES GORMAN, DECEASED.
II Notice is hereby given by the undersigned
executor of the last will and testament of James
Gorman deceased. to the creditors of and all
persons having claims against the said de-
ceased, to exhibit them with the necessary
vouchers, within four months after the first pub
iication OF this notice, to the said executor, at
the office of Hutton & Swanwick, rooms 8S and
~ Temple block, Los Angeles, Cal, the same
being the place for the transaction of the bust
ness OF said estate, in said County of Los
Angeles. RICHARD DILLON,
Executor of the last will and testament of
James German, deceased
March, 1890. mar27-3 -35t
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-29
General Markets.

CHICAGO, April Whiskey-$1. .O2.
Shoulders-$5. OOl05. .25; short clear, $500
5.75; short ribs, f5i15@25.
Pork-Dull. Cash, $12s5@9o; May, s12s5;
July, s12.95@971a.
July, $6.35.
NEW YORK, April 2S.-Hops-Steady.
down. sales, 1880 bags April, s17; May,
16.75@16.85; June, $500; July, $500;
August, $16.45. Spot Rio dull; fair cargoes,
20. No. z fat bean, 1917.
Sugar-Raw, steady.
Copper-Easy. Lake, $14.tO.
Lead-Strong. Domestic, $4.O212
Tin-Easier. Straits, $2O.35.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-29
Local Markets.

No l. d9zen sS eo
per doz., 81 90; broilers, small, per doz., $500
0D3.5O; turkeys, per h. 16c.; ducks, large, per
doz., 4.5O@5,O0; ducks, small, per doz., $500
LARDS3-lb. pals, 9l4c.. 5-lb. pals, &C.; 1O-lb.
pals, 834c.; 5O-lb. round tins, sac.
HAMs-Eastern sugar-cured, Rex, 13]aG1354c;
Lilly and Crown, 1870.
RAIsISsIThree Grown, London layers, per
box, s2.25@2.S5; dried grapes 21a@sc.' loose
Mpscatels 81 1892 10; bulk Ta1sinS O. 50 oom
3.75; limas. s.; navy, small, $2.75@3.OO; Gar
vanza, $5@5.5O.
CHEEsE0Large, 11c.; SMALL 12c.; 3-lb hand,
32lac; choice roll, 25@s0c; fair roll, 1s@2sc.
EGGs-Fresh ranch, 15@16c
PRovIsIoNs-Breakfast bacon, Rex, 111ac.;
Lilly and Crown, 1212c.
VEGETABLEs-Chiles, per string, 81; garlic,
&C.; cabbage, per cwt, $1.75@2. 90.
NUTs-Walnuts, &c.; peanuts, California, 80
@1O.
@5c.
BEEswAx-Per lb., 1701sc.
DRIED FRUITs-Apricots, sun-dried, 15@16c.
Prunes; California French, 1O@11c.; California
Sue, S1%n pitted, s 13Pc 1h3gPees' evap0fA'eo
FLoUR--lLos Angeles xxx Extra Family,
patent patent roller roe stso; sperrys so A''A
small yellow, 9o@92}sc;; oo large white, s7}1@
",
OATs-Feed, No. l, $1.25.
BARLEY--Feed No. l, eO@e21ac; brewing, Nc.
/, 9O995o.
PoTAToEs-Burbank, $1.75; Rose, $1.75@
1.8O.
MILL FEED-Bran $1S; shorts, $40; cracked
corn, 81: :1O@1.2O; rolled barley, $1.oO bid;
ground barley, 95c.
ONIoNs-9@9c
CITRUS FRUITs-Oranges, per box, seedlings,
$1.75@D2 SO; navels $3.75@4. Lemons, green,
75c., cured; per box, 81 O0@3 90.
HAY-Barley, No. l. So; barley, No 2, 81;
oats, No. 1, So; wheat, No. l, sl1; Alfalfa,
$9@1O
FRESH MEATs-Following are the rates for
whole carcases from slaughterers to dealers:
BEEF-First quality, 6@61ac; second quality,
505]%c.; third quality 4(d41Sc. per lb.
VEAL-Quotable at 697c for large and 8@1Oc.
per h. for small.
MUTToN-Quotable at 6@7c. per lb.
LAMB-Quotable at 9@1Oc. per lb.
PoRK-Live hogs on foot grain fed, medium,
5@511c.; dressed, 7DSc. per lb.
WooL-Spring clip, 10@12c Market dull and
dragging.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-29
FINANCE AND TRADE.
Financink
EXCHANGE REVIEW.

NEW YORK. April 28.-The stock market TO-
day was very strong and active, with an up
ward movement; and a great majority OF the
list, notwithstanding realizations, is fraction
ally higher tonight, with some material gains
Government bonds barely steady.
Petroleum opened strong, spot at S41s, May
s4s4, and closed steady, spot at s45s, May at
S4E.
MONEY QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK, April 2S.-Money, on call, easy
with no loans.
Prime mercantile paper, 5@7 per cent.
Sterling exchange-Guiet and steady; oo-oay
bills, A.S5L; demand, $4.S7.
Bar silver, per o., 105.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 29.-Bar silver, per
o., 105.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-29

DIED.
THRELKELD-In this city, on April %, 1890,
of tubercular meningitis Edward c., only
child of Lilias and J. B. Threlkeld, aged 3
years, 6 months and IL days.
Funeral on Wednesday, April 80, 1890, at
10 O'Clock g. m, from the residence of E. R.
Threlkeld, No. 1887 East First street.
(Kansas City, Mo-, papers please copy)
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-29

TN THE SUPERIOR COURT, STATE OF
i California, County of Los Angeles-ss.
In the matter of the estate of Ozro W.
Childs deceased.
Notice for publication of time for proving
will, etc.
Notice is hereby given that Saturday, the
3rd day of May, 1890, at 10 O'Clock a. m. of
said day, at the courtroom of this Court, Depart
ment Two thereof, corner of Franklin and New
High streets, in the City of Los Angeles, County
of Los Angeles, and State of California, has been
appointed as the time and place for hearing the
application of Emeline Childs, praying that
a document now on file in this Court, purport-
ing to be the last will and testament of the said
deceased, be admitted to probate, and that let
ters testamentary be issued thereon to said
Emeline Childs, at which time and place all
persons interested therein may appear and con-
test the same.
Dated April 22d, 1890
c. H. DUNSMOOR, County Clerk
By NJ. J. AsHMoRE, Deputy. ap23-1Ot
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-29
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIvTN THAT THE
1N annual meeting of the stockholders in the
San Luis Obispo Bituminous Rock Company will
be held at the Office of the COMPANY, No. ola
North Spring street, Los Angeles City, Los An
geles County, Cal, on the 7th day of May, 1890,
at the hour of 3 p. m. of that day.
ap27-td T. E. ROWAN, Secretary.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-29
How to Make and save Money.

1t pays to read the classified advertise
ments on the fourth page of the HERALD.
Situations may be obtained, good help
secured bargains in real estate, in busi-
ness openings and nearly everything else,
daily appear there. You can sell or rent
your property quicker by few lines ad-
vertisement in the HERALD than by any
other means.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-29
MINING SHARES.
NEW YORK, April 2s.-Mining shares were as
SAN FRANCISCO, April 2s.-Following are the
Grain Markets.


DOMESTIC.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 2s.-Wheat-Easy.
Buyer season $780, buyer, 80, LAO.
Barley-Steady. Buyer season, 9413; buyer
go 1915 per GENITAL.
Corn-$1. .O0@1. 1917.
CHICAGO, April 2s.-1:15 p. M, close-Wheat
Steady. Cash, $4,000; May, s91s@9O;
Corn-steady. Cash, $685. May, 1925;
oats-steady. Cash, 24}a; May, 245s; July,
23T per bushel.
Barley-Steady.
Rye-Quiet, 4919.
FOREIGN.
LIVERPOOL, April 2S.-Wheat-Firm; demand
poor; holders offer moderately.
Corn-Steady; demand Improving. New
mixed Western, 3s GID per GENITAL.
ENGLISH GRAIN REVIEW.
LONDON, April 2S.-The Mark Lane Express
says: English wheat trife dearer; -four Is
improving, and new is quoted at Is better than
before Easter. Foreign wheats very firm. Corn
stronger prices have risen Cd
LONDON, April 2S.-At today's market
the supplies of English wheat were small. Fine
dry Cd dearer. Foreign white held for I'D ad-
vance Red winter rose Is. Good American
flour in request,
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-29
SCHOOL DISTRICT BONDS.
ELECTION NOTICE.

ELECTION NOTICE.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN TO THE
IN qualified electors of Castalc School District
of Los Angeles County, State of California, that
an election will be held in said district on
Saturday the 10th day of May, 1890, at which
the question will be submitted whether bonds
of the district shall be issued in accordance
with the provisions of Sections 1880 to 1888,
of the Political Code, for the purpose of building
school house and furnishing the same.
The polls will be open at the school house
from O'Clock a. m. to o'clock p. m.
F. r. Naylor, L. s. Snuffin and VIM. G. Hewes
will act as Judges of Election.
The amount of bonds to be issued is eight hun
dred dollars $500 Of the denomination of two
hundred dollars ($2OO) each, and the rate of
interest will be eight per cent. per annum
The number of years the said bonds are to run
is as follows
Bond No l, payable in two years.
Bond No. 2, payable in three years.
Bond No g. payable in four years.
Bond No. A, payable in five years.
VIM. B. ROSE.
VIM. GARDINER.
THOMAS MARBLE.
Board of Trustees of Castaic School District, Los
Angeles County.
Castaic School District Los Angeles County,
April the 18th, 1890. ap18-frs-4t
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-29

YERs & LYNCH, 221 and 223 w. Second
N st., DAILY and WEEKLY and ILLUSTRATED
HERALD. Daily, by carrier, 80 cents per month;
by mail, SO per annum; Weekly, 81 per annum.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-29
It Always Has Led Every Other Journal
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND WILL DO So

THE HERALD has just donned bright stylish "dress" of
types which IN metropolitan appearance, ceanress
of impression and facility read puts it far ahead of
all competitors
THE HERALD has done and is doing more to make
known and to develop the manifold resources of this
secton than all other agencies combined. 1t is the
exponent of the development of the "Semi Tropics"
THE HERALD gets all the Associated Press" teegraphic
news from all parts of the world. To be informed in
the events of the day. people resident in Los Angeles
read the HERALD.
THE HEDALD gives carefully and conservatvey prepared
up crsply tersey pointedly and without unnecessary
prolixity.
To know what is doing local material enterprises you
must read the HERALD. These lines of the
HERALDs special province, and competitor
it in accuracy therein.
The HERALD by far the best edited paper on the Coast
international with vgor intelligence, clearness and
fairness.
The HERALD is clean family paper avoiding all uu-
ceany sensations, but giving all the news of the dav
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-29
Groceries.
laundries

DOWEN & CHILDRESS, groceries and pro
d visions. 53S and $40 South Spring street.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-29

Bakeries.
TNBINGER'S Bakery and Ice Cream and Din
u ing Parlors, cor. Third and S. Spring sts
FIREMAN, Mrs. E. c., Home Bakery. My
L specialties Boston brown bread and baked
beans, salt-rising bread, pies, cakes and jel-
lies 439 S. Spring st.
VIENNA Bakery and Lunch rooms, 103 N.
Spring st.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-29
Newspapers.

NINE. SAVE, French laundry, Fine work
TA specially. 4O4 South Main street, cornt
Fourth, Los Angeles, Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-29

Buggy robes and blankets at Foy's harness
shop, 217 Los Angeles street.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-29

THE REV. GEO. H. THAYER, of Bourbon,
Ind, says: "Both myself and wife owe our lives
30 SHILOH'S CONSUMPTION CURE" For sale
by G. F. Heinzeman, 122 North Main street.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-29

The Opera Restaurant sells twenty 15c
meals for $3.50. III South Main street.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-29
For Rent

Unfurnished rooms suitable for light house
keeping, Norton block cor. Seventh Iand Hill
Reasonable rates.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-29
When Baby was sick, we rave h.r castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria,
When she had Children. she gave them Castoria,

Builders Hardware,
Full stock at lowest prices also garden hose,
lawn sprinklers, pumps of all descriptions. A
specially in pumps for destroying the scalebug.
Model grand ranges household furnishing goods,
refrigerators and water coolers at w. c. Furreys
SO and 81 North Spring street.
For Your Health.
Tolenas Natural Mineral Water, best for liver,
kidney and stomach troubles. Finest wines
and liquors for medicinal uses
EDWARD GERMAN,
222 S. Spring st.
Paints, Oils and Glass,
Corner Second and Main. p. H. Mathews.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-29
THE NEW NUMBERS.
A BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF THE
CITY OF LOS ANGELES.

Present System of Numbering-A List
Which Everybody Should Read.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-29

Boots and Shoes.
M SIEGEL, 213 N. Spring st., square dealer.
Nle Don't fail to see him. Goods at low figures.
Cooper.
DARRELS, 25s, los, 5s and 41as always on
ID hand. Tanks to order. ED. REINERT,
31S-320 E. First st.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-29
For Durability and Beauty,

House owners should insist ON having theil
painters use only the Sherwin- Williams paints
for sale by P II. Mathews, cor. Second and
Main,
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-29
Farm Implements, Buggies, ]

Farm ImpIements, Bugg1es, Etc'
HAWLEY, KING g. CO., 164 to ,168 N. Los
III Angeles St., Schuttler wagons. Buckeye
mowers, Hodge headers, buggies, carriages, etc.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-29
For Sale,

Fine, stylish, polished oak cart, made by R. NJ.
seat, carrying two to four light persons; height
of Wheel AZ inches; height of body from floor,
20 inches; length of shaft front of bar, q feet
3 inches; for small horse, 13 to Is hands high;
has been slightly used; is offered at bargain.
HAwLEY, KING e. Co.,
Los Angeles and Renuena streets.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-29
Los Angeles and Requena streets.

ARE YOU MADE miserable by Indigestion,
Constipation, Dizziness Loss of Appetite,
Yellow Skin? Shiloh's Vitalizer is positive
cure. For sale by G. F. Heinzeman,i 122 North
Main street,
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-29

Children Cry for Pitchers castorla.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-29

The New Era,
No6 Court st., fine wines and LIQUORS OF all kinds
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-29

HIHIBS OIIs HHu UIdS5'
Corner Second and Main. p. H. Mathews.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-08-23
CRANOR & Co
621 Market st.

We have made the follow
ing reductions for this after
noon and evening in our most
desirable and staple goods.
Mems Fancy Cotton Half
Hose, regular made, at I2Hc.
reduced from I5c.
Children's Derby Ribbed
Hose, fast black, at I2Hc
worth I5c.
We are selling very su-
perior Corset, reduced from
soc to 42c.
The best Chemise in the
city for 3oc worth soc.
Boys Wash Flannel Shirts
from soc to 44c.
Mems Jean Drawers at 25c,
worth 37Hc
Ladies Under Vest with
low neck and short sleeves, re-
duced from SIZE to 2Ic.
Mems Embroidered Night
Shirts at soc, reduced from
75c.
Mems medium weight Shirts
and Drawers at 3oc, reduced
from soc.
Fast Black Jerseys at 44c,
never sold for less than 5oc.
Bargains will be found in
every department.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-08-23
THE NEWS m BRIEF.
Condensed kilograms Gathered from va
rIous Places.

Condensed kilograms Gathered from va
rIous Places.
Walter Howe, aqueduct commissioner
under Mayor Hewitt, was drowned Aug
% at Newport X, /.
John Kelly, Ambrose Hill and f. AIein-
hart have been arrested at Rondout n
Y, charged with violating the statute
prohibiting the practice OF dentistry with
out diploma and registration.
Several cases of cholera, according to
the diagnosis Of the attending physicians,
have appeared in the vicinity of Berlin.
The Berlin Post states that Emperor
William has written a letter OF thirty-six
pages to Emperor Francis Joseph of Aus
tria explaining the dismissal Of Prince
Bismarck from the chancellery
Sunday, the outfelder Of the Pittsburg
League club, has Joined the Philadelphia
club. Fielder Burke and Pitcher Day
were given in exchange for him.
A chattel mortgage, executed by the
officers and directors of the Rochester
Baseball association, has been filed at
Rochester, N. ", in favor Of Gen. Henry
Brinker The document recites that the
corporation is indebted to Gen. Brinker 10
the sum Of 5000 for money loaned between
March 20, 1890, and the present time The
mortgage covers all buildings, grand
stands, chairs, seats, fences and lumber on
the Culver park and Windsor Beach ball
grounds.
The Ohio court Of last resort decided
that Otto Leuth, aged II years, must hang
Aug. % for the brutal murder Of little
Maggie Thompson.
Business in Melbourne, Australia is
prostrated on account of labor strikes
Jacob Bergold and Frank O'Lean, who
were injured in the recent cyclone at
Wilkesbarre have died, making twelve
deaths thus far. James Long and Mrs.
Barrett are in a critical condition.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-08-23
HANGED FOR ARSON.
Two Negroes Stretch Rope in the Stat
OF Virginia

Two Negroes Stretch Rope In the state
OF Virginia
DAEvuLE. Va. Aug. 23.-George Early
and Byrd Woods, coiored, were hanged at
Rocky Mount, ia Franklin county. for
arson committed in October last. During
the gubernatorial campaign Gen. Malone
spoke at Rocky Mount and the party man
ayers endeavored to procure a large tobacco
ware house for him to speak in, but the
owners refused to allow the house to be
used for that purpose A week later,
Lieutenant Governor Massey, a Democrat.
spoke in the house and that night It was
burned The flames spread to other houses
and the business part Of the town was do
stroyed. Il was shown that four negroes,
George Early, Byrd Woods, William
Brown and Mamie Woods, set fire to the
house because Of their indignation at the
refusal Of the owners to permit the Repub.
liean meeting therein.
They We're convicted and sentenced to be
hanged. Early and Woods Friday and
Brown and the woman on Sept 10. An
the preparations for the execution having
been completed, Early and Woods were
brought from their cells at l0;l5 a. m and
the death warrant read Woods said bis
own race had lied about him and brought
him to the gallows, but he was innocent
Early snid he had lied on the trial but had
been forgiven Both said they were pre-
pared to die and would soon be in glory.
The execution was private and the drop
fell At 1865 Neither mans neck was
br0ken