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Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-18
An Interesting Couple.

There was a remarkable couple at the
Union depot the other day. 1t was John
Schrimsher, who weighs 145 pounds, and
his wife, who weighs 404 pounds. They
are from Emporia, and were going to
Tecumseh, Neb, When Schrimsher sat
by his wife in the waiting room he look
ed like pygmy beside a giant. Mrs.
Schrimsher is only thirty-one years old,
and may grow larger. All of her rela-
tives are large. Her father weighs over
500 pounds, and her mother tips the
beam at 410. She has sister twenty
seven years old who weighs 460 pounds,
and four brothers on wagon scale once
showed a combined weight of something
over 800 pounds. Patriot.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-18
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.

Los Angeles & Pacific Railway company; To-
cation of principal place of business, Los An
geles city, California,
Notice is hereby given that at q meeting of
the board OF directors held ON the 10th day of
May, 1891, an assessment of five dollars per
share was levied upon the capital stock issued
of the corporation, payable Immediately TO the
secretary at his Office in s. W. Lui tweilers g
building, on the northeast corner of Requena
and Los Angeles streets, Los Angeles, Califor-
mia. :,
All stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the goth day of June, 1891 |,
shall become delinquent on that day, and all
shall not be paid on or before the 10th day of
July, 1891 shall be ON that day sold (or SO
much thereof as necessary for the purpose of
with cost of advertising and expenses Of sale.
BY order of the board of directors.
5-19-td f. E. FRANTZ, Secretary.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-18
The "Beu Skirt"

Have you ever seen "ben skirt?
You will see it in force soon. In tht
first place, there is only one seam in
bell skirt, and that is very conspicuous
and slanting one from the hem to the
belt in the back of the skirt From the
waist half way down to the knees the
skirt fits as close as a calyx to its rose.
Not plait, not pucker, not wrinkle
down asserts itself. 1t would seem that
the skirt was stretched into the band
instead of plated in, according to the
timeworn way of making skirts. Then,
from Just above the knees that bell skirt
begins to flare in some mysterious magic
Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-18
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.

r OS ANGELES AND PACIFIC RAILWAY
L. Com pany-Location OF principal place of
business, Los Angeles city, California.
Notice is hereby given that at meeting OF
the Board of Directors held on the 18th day OF
share was levied upon the capital stock issued
of the corporation, payable Immediately to
the secretary at his office in S. w. Luitwielers
building on the northeast corner of Requena
and Los Angeles streets, Los Angeles, California
All stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the 18th day of Jnly, 1891,
shall become delinquent on that day, and all
stock upon which said delinquent assessment
shall not be paid: on or before the 1st day OF
August, 1891, shall be on that day sold Tor so
collecting the delinquent assessment, together
with cost of advertising and expenses of sale
BY order of the Board of Directors
6-i4td f. e. FRANTZ, Secretary
Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-18
Kerosene Oil for Cleaning Straw.


Kerosene has been put to SO many uses
of late that it will soon be difficult task
to say what this oil will not do. We
were rather surprised, however, to see a
thrifty maiden cleaning an old straw hat
with cloth wrung out of the oil. 1t
was an expensive braid, but had dusty
look, which the oil took away complete
ly. 1t is necessary to air articles cleaned
in this way thoroughly, not only to re-
move the odor, but to insure it against
being infammable. Just imagine the
pretty wearer of a dainty hat leaning
over the lamp to look at some photo
graphs, or what not, when the apparent
ly new headgear suddenly ignites and
nothing is left to tell the tale but a
thimbleful of ashes!-New York World.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-18
TEACHERS EXAMINATION.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN
IN examination of teachers will be held by
the County Board of Education. in the assem-
bly, room OF the Normal School building, Los
Angeles city, commencing on Monday, June
20, 1891, at 10 O'Clock a m. All applicants for
certificates must be present at the commence
ment of the examination.
All teachers holding temporary certificates,
and all applicants for the renewal Of certifi-
Gates, must file their applications with the sec
27, 1891
Application blanks may be had upon applica-
tiOn to the secretary.
BY order of the County Board of Education.
w. w. SEAMAN,
6-17-td Secretary.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-18
BONDS FOR SALE.

TN PURSUANCE TO A RESOLUTION
i passed by the directors of the Perris irriga-
tion district, at its June meeting, notice is
ceived BY said board at their othce in Perris,
San Diego county, Cal. up to 10 o'clock am,
July z, 1891, for the purchase OF its BONDS TO
the amount Of one hundred thousand dollars.
For further information address or call on II.
A. Plimpton, Secretary, Perris, Cal or J W.
Nance Palace Hotel, San Francisco.
BY order of the Board OF Directors Ferris
Irrigation District.
Perris Cal, June 8, 1891. 90 2ot
Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-18
METHODIST WOMEN BARRED OUT.

The New York Conference Refuses to
Receive Them as Members.
Women crowded to the sixth days ses-
sion of the New York Methodist confer
ence in the First Methodist Episcopal
church, Yonkers, for they were greatly
interested in the question under discus
sion, "Shall women be admitted to the
conference They went away vastly
disappointed, for the result of the ballot
ing dashed their hopes.
Rev. G. H. Smith first spoke on the
great question of the day. He favored
the admission of women to the confer
ence, and declared there was nothing in
Scripture which would debar women
from the convention or from sharing in
the highest honors of the church.
w. II. McAnney spoke against the
ladies, who eyed him unfavorably. He
said home was the place for women; the
conference for men. He asked the mem
bers to vote against their admission.
W. 81. Mickle addressed the meeting
on the affirmative side of the question,
but DR.. McChesney took the other. He
questioned the advantage the conference
would derive from the presence of wom-
en-. He said that the world had heard a
great deal about the rights of women,
but nothing as to what will be accom-
plished by their admission to the confer
ence. He asked if the conference would
call for volunteers for the army would
women enlist? This, he said, they could
not do, as it would be against nature,
and it would be equally unnatural to let
them into the conference. Dr. McChesney
closed his remarks thus: eff we make
this change, whatever may be the result,
it will cause the people of other churches
to look at it as a strange and outlandish
action. 1t will ALLEVIATE many of our best
Methodist families from the church"
Rev. j. o. Stone said: 1--WE live in an
age that is moving. have never known
that the sex question has been brought
up in the administration of government
in Europe, nor has woman's intellect
uality been questioned. More than half
who have pledged themselves to go into
foreign lands as missionaries are women.
So women are taking part in the for
ward movement of the world. Let us
view this question calmly; let us not tilt
against it as SO many Quixotes with
lances poised"
DIR. Day followed in the same strain.
DR.. George N. McGraw was also in
favor of admitting the women. He said
that there was not passage in the Script
ures forbidding their presence in the
conference, and he wished them there on
that account and because of their major
ity in the church. Two-thirds of its mem
bers were women.
1--WE are told," said Rev. P. J. Ror-
nance, ''that if the women are not ad-
mitted into the general conference they
will form a new church. If they are ad-
mitted bad results viii follow. So, choos-
ing the lesser of the two evils, shall
vote against their admission"
! Rev. A. H. Ferguson said he should
vote on the sisters side of the question.
When the debate ended Bishop Fitz-
gerald announced that the voting would
proceed. 1t was an open ballot by yeas
and nays. Two hundred and forty-two
members voted-1SO against and 62 in
favor of the proposition.-New York
World.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-18
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT BIDS
~ will be received at the Office of Secretary
ID. Neuhart, of Laguna Rancho Farming Com
pany, No. ISL South Broadway until Wednes-
day, June II, 1891, up to 2 o'clock p. M, for
the building Of brick building on east side OF
Broadway, between ~ixth and Seventh streets,
according to plans and specifications on file In
said office, on and after Monday. noon, June
IS, 1891.
Separate bids will be received for plumbing;
Party reserves the right to reject any or all
bids ,nrnn
6-14 At JOSEPH GlLbhht.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-18

And In accordance with law and an order of
the board of directors, made on the 18th day of
April, 1891, and subsequent orders made on
of June, 1891, so many shares of each parcel of
such stock as may be necessary will be sold at
the office of the corporation, at room 8, No 232
North Main street, Los Angeles city, G llifornia,
on Friday the Sd day of July, 1891, at 3 o'clock
p m. of such day. to pay delinquent assess
ments thereon, together with costs OF advertis-
ing and expenses of the sale.
II, A. UNRUH, Secretary
Room 8, No 232 North Main ST., Los Angeles,
Cal. SIT I'd
Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-18
IMPORTANT TO LADIES.

The lady surgeon of the Liebig World Dispen-
sary of San Francisco will personally superin-
tend the treatment of all delicate, intricate,
weakening and complicated diseases of women;
also personally perform all surgical operations
known to modern science, at the Los Angeles
Surgical Institute and Liebig World Dispensary,
at 1913 South Main street, Los Angeles, Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-18
STOCKHOLDERS, MEETING.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT A
IN mt citing of stockholders of the Main n-street
and Agricultural Park Railroad Company, will
be held at its office, No 10 Commercial street,
in the city OF Los Angeles, county of Los An
geles, State of California, on Monday, the 9th
electing board Of directors for the ensuing
year. The polls will be opened at IL o'clock
m., and closed at O'Clock p m.
GIL I'd A. c. TAYLOR. Secretary.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-18
NO. OF NO. OF
Iertific'e. Shares.

And in accordance with the law and an order
Pipe Company, made at meeting thereof held
on the 10th day of April, 1891, so many shares
of each parcel of said stock as may be necessary
will be sold at the Office of said company, No
24S South Broadway in the city of Los Angeles,
county of Los Angeles State of California, on
Monday, the sth day of June 1891, at 10
O'Clock a. m, to pay such delinquent assess
ments thereon, together with costs of advertis-
ing and expenses of sale.
May 81, 1891 S. II. MOTT,
Secretary of the California Sewer Pipe Com
pany, No. 24S South Broad way, city of Los
Angeles, county of Los Angeles, State of Cal
fOrnia
Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-18
NOTICE.

GAN GABRIEL VALLEY RAPID TRANSIT
- railway-Principal place OF business, Los
Apsses psocs los Il sTeb1 AnSbses tXGa
quent upon the following described STOCK, on
account OF asses ments levied the 18th day of
April, 1891, the several amounts set opposite
the names of the respective shareholders, the
same being the full amount unpaid upon said
stock. as follows:
Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-18
CALIFORNIA SEWER PIPE COM
PANY.

r OCATION OF PRINCIPAL PLACE GOF
IL business. city of Los Angeles, county of
Los Angeles, State of California.
Notice: There is delinquent upon the follow
ing described stock, on account of assessment
No. 3, levied on the 10th day of April, 1891 by
the California Sewer Pipe Company, the follow
ing amounts set opposite the names of the res
pective shareholders as follows:
Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-18

Notice is hereby given: That by an order of
the Board of Directors of the California Sewer
on Monday, the Sth day of June, 1891, and
duly entered in the minutes of said meeting
the time for the sale of the took mentioned in
the foregoing notice was extended to Saturday.
the Goth day of June, 1891, at 10 O'Clock II. M,
wiiUil tfuo said sale will ba ,.sie, at tAg.
place mentioned lin the foregoing notice of
sale.
Dated June 8, 1891 III MOTT,
Secretary of the CaliforniB Sewer Pipe Com
paDy, No. 24S South Broadway, city of Los
Angeles, county of Los Angeles, State of Cali
fOrnia. 6-9 tu
Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-18
Miles,s Nerve and Liver Pills

Act on a new principle-regulating the liver
stomach and bowels through The nerves. A new
discovery. DR.. Miless Pills speedily cure bill
iousness, bad taste, torpid liver, piles constipa-
ton Unequaled for men, women. children.
Smallest, mildest, surestl Fifty doses, rs cts
Samples free by all druggists.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-18
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING.

TNHE REGULAR ANNUAL. MEETING OF
Savings Bank will be held III the parlors of the
Farmers and Merchants Bank Of Los Angeles
at O'Clock pm, Wednesday. July l, 1891
6-l02lt w. M. CASWELL, Secretary.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-18
REDONDO BEACH HOTEL. <
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Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-18
Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria.

Use German family soap.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-01
Impeaching a Judge.

Topeka, KS, April 23.-The impeach-
ment trial of Judge Theodosius Botkin
was begun Monday by the state senate in
the senate chamber. The statement is
made that Judge Botl1in has been repeat
eddy intoxicated in public places in his
district and brought his high Office into
contempt and disgrace. 1t is chan ged that
he refused to enforce the prohibitory law
and drank with the proprietors of joints
and drug store saloons. He Is charged
with using blasphemous language. An
other charge against him is that he used
his high office as q means for procuring
money Illegally. Almost all the sins in
the calendar are attributed to him in one
form or another Gambling. quarreling
and issuing fraudulent warrants are among
them.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-01
A Gambler Lynched.

A dispatch from Walla Walla, Wash.
gives the following particulars Of the
lynchiDg OF ID. j. Hunt by the soldiers
stationed at the garrison there: ID. j.
Hunt, the slayer of Private Miller We'd
nesday night, was lynched Saturday even
ing by soldiers from the garrison and fell
in the court house yard riddled with SIX
teen bullets, four Of which entered his
head. Early in the evening Sheriff Nc
Farland received intelligence that an at
tempt would be made TO lynch Hunt and in
company with Prosecuting Attorney
Blandford he repaired 10 the garrison and
told Col. Compton what they feared and
asked him TO assist them. This he
promised To do by having check rolls called
after tap. s. The sheriff returned and en-
gagged a number of extra guards, but all of
them had not arrived when "a crowd OF
probably seventy soldiers appeared and
demanded that the officers open the doors
of the Jail. When this demand was re-
fused the soldiers began work on the door
with hammers and chisels. Finding this
slow work they threatened to use dyna-
mite. Further resistance then being use
less, the doors were opened and thirty or
forty cooked revolveps were leveled at the
heads of all inside and the keys TO the cells
demand q. These were given them, and
when Hunts cell was shown them they
quickly took him out into the court house
yard and shot him. Excitement was
intense and a crowd of 1000 people surged
the street in front of The Jail until after
midnight. Immediately after the shooting
the soldiers went TO their quarters and it
will be difficult to identify those concerned
in the shooting though many Of them were
not masked. The soldiers actually took
charge of the town and would allow no
one to pass along the street in the vicinity
of the Jail. They compelled merchants to
put out lights. Hunt, who WAS gambler
met Miller last Wednesday night in a
saloon. The two began drinking and soon
became involved in quarrel. Hunt drew
his revolver and fatally shot the soldier.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-01
GENERAL NEWS.
The City OF New York Visited by
Jack the Ripper" of London
or an Imitator OF His Work.
Soldiers Mt walla Walla, WASH,
Avenge Comrades Death by
Lynching His Murderer.
An Epitome of All the Notable Hap
penings of the Week Made Up
for Busy Readers.
A Terrible Crime in Gotham.

New York, April 27.--Jack the Ripper
has come to New York at last. His handi-
work is 50 plain in mur1er committed
Saturday in the East River hotel, low
resort on the southwest corner Of Catherine
slip and Water steet, that there seems TO
be no room for doubt. The police admit it.
The woman is known about the neighbor-
hood as one of the lot of half drunken crea-
lures who hang about the bad resorts by
the water side. At l0:45 o'clock Friday
night the couple went into the hotel and
registered as Knicl1ioi and wife. They
went 10 their room at once. Nothing was
seen of either of them during the night. No
cry or unusual noise was made The next
morning the attendant raped on the door
Of their room and as no answer came he
finally broke the door in. On the bed lay
the woman in mire of blood. She had
been dead for hours. Her abdoman had
been fairly ripped open with dull, broken
table knife that lay in the blood. The viscera
had been cut and from appearances a part
was missing. The man had escaped. A
very perfect description OF him has been
given 10 the police aud they went 10 work
on it with the utmost secrecy and speed.
The coroner's inquest showed that the wom-
an had been dead a number of hours and
probably had been strangled. On turning
over tie body it was found that the muir
derer had left his mark. The broken end
of the knife had been used TO make large
cross on the base of the spine The muir
dered woman was 90 years old. gray and
haggard, while her companion was about
81 years old and shabbily dressed. He was
quite German in appearance and resembled
a seafarng man. The woman was either
stone dead or insensible at the time the
the mutilation was inflicted. She had
been strangled TO death. Tightly
knotted about her throat so that it
left two red wells when removed was a
portion OF the wretched creatures chemise.
The knots were tied so tight that the cor
oner had to cut them to get them loose.
Over this and above the head was found "a
portion of the sheet and over this was tied
the woman's own blue checked apron.
A doctor who saw the body before II was
removed says: whether by chance or
skill the cut was made so as 70 effect the
object aimed at by the London Jack the
Ripper, namely, the removal of the
uterus"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-01
Tried TO Escape.

MONROE, April 2S.-Two colored men
giving their names as Moses Dennis and
Edward Blackburn were arrested here last
Thursday night while attempting TO
burgIarize Steclxert 81 Fingel's hardware
store, and were confined in the county Jail.
a riclety old structure. awaiting trial.
Tho sheriff was notified by another pris-
ouer named Mills that these men contem-
plated making their escape and when
Turnkey Albert Tether entered their cell
this morning TO obtain their breakfast
dishes he was ON his guard. On entering
the cell both men attacked him with a
piece of iron and paddock and dealt him
several heavy blows before he could do
anything TO defend himself. He managed
70 draw his revolver, however, and in the
scufIle succeeded In shooting both men.
Blackburn, who halls from North Carolina,
was shot through the heart and died in
stantly. Dennis, who claims TO have a
sister living ON East Fort street in Detroit,
has two bullets through his body and can
not live.
1t has since been learned from another
prisoner that these men had been planning
TO either kill or 0verpower the sheriff or
some of his deputies, obtain the keys and
make their escape. Both were evidently
tranIps, tough characters and experienced
craftsmen.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-01
MEN AND THINGS.

The Baltimore & Ohio railroad officials
have voluntarily granted all of the track
men of the system an increase in wages.
Mrs. Bette Eaton, sister of President
Harrison, was seriously injured at Cleaves,
o., Sunday by being thrown from buggy.
Q. l.. Cross was shot by a deputy sheriff
who was trying to evict him from tract
| of land near Brinkley. Ark, Wednesday.
Mrs. Michael Sullivan of Pittsburg, Pa,
stabbed her husband Tuesday night and
then cut her own throat He will recover,
but she will die.
Joseph Peck, aged 10, SCI fire to his
fathers house, near Logan Court House,
w. Va, Friday and played an organ while
it was burning. The blaze was finally
extinguished. but Saturday Joseph over
turned a stove and made success of the
job.
u. S. Senator Reagan OF Texas resigned
| Saturday to accept the craftsmanship of the
| Texas railroad commission at salary Of
| IS, 900 per year. Horace Chiffon, a dis
tinguished lawyer and one of the most
| brilliant orators of the south, was
appointed by Gov. Hogg to succeed Reagan
in the senate.
Two thousand spinners at Bradford. N.
j., who have been on strike for some time
have decided to return to work next week.
The Manitou and Pixies Peak railway
| company has sent President Harrison an
invitation to stop over there one day and
take trip over their railroad TO the top
of Pixies Peak, the highest point in the
world reached by a railroad line.
A declaration was filed at Trenton, N.
j., yesterday in the United States circuit
court on a "a, 600, COO suit Tor damages for
breach of contract brought by Mr.. Jewett
against Robert Garrett Henry Fry and
Mr.. Latrobe. The suit is the outcome of a
transaction in London.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-01
BRIEFLY TOLD.

The local government Of Prince Edward
Island has resigned.
Thirty-three hundred immigrants landed
in New York Wednesday.
Col. Fred Grant and wife are in Paris,
the guests of Hon. Whtelaw Reid.
The wheat and fruit crops of Missouri
are reported in excellent condition.
William Gross, farmer living near
Perryville, Ala, hung himself Wednesday.
St. Charles, Mimi. was visited by big
fire Sunday, and the loss was over $780,
900.
A receiver has been appointed for the
Baltimore Sc Eastern Shore Railroad;
debts, FL, go, 900.
A slick mine has been discovered in
Canada, being the first Glass factories
ore contemplated.
Gen. ]. B. Gordon will attend the I'M
yelling of the confederate monument at
Jackson, Miss, June 3.
Unless an advance in wages is granted to
the union cigarmakers of Chicago they
will all strike on May 4.
Three miners houses at Tamarack City,
Houghton county, burned Monday. Loss
So, 900; 81, 100 insurance.
1t is alleged that G. A. Pillsbury, the
Minneapolis miller, made about $3.50. 900 by
the recent advance in wheat
The furniture factory of Wullweder &
Co. at Chicago was damaged by fire We'd
nesday TO the extent of $3.50, 900.
The building of the National publishing
company in Philadelphia was destroyed by
fire Sunday. The loss Is 5000. 600.
The st. Louis Presbytery has voted 10
recommend to the general assembly the
appointment of women deaconesses.
There appears TO be little doubt that
Secretary of War Proctor viii succeed Mr..
Edmunds In the United States senate.
Cool White, an old-time minstrel man,
was buried in Chicago Sunday by the local
lodge OF Elks, OF which he was founder.