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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-21
Travel in Comfort.

Beware of the "Well shaken after
taking" railroads. III you desire comfort
when travelling, the Great Northern offers
you n smooth roadbed and easy-riding,
elegant and comfortable through sleepers
TO eastern points. Dining cars on all
trains, thus avoiding delays at eating sta
tons. The Great Northern caters to sec
ond as we'll as firsi-class traffic. For the
accommodation of such patrons an up
holstered, well-ventilated tourist sleeping
car is attached to every through train.
No extra bedding required for these cars.
Porters IN charge furnish bedding aud
make up the berths. No desert or dust is
encountered via this line. Time-Butte
to Chicago. 60 hours. 30 minutes. For
tickets, maps and information apply TO j.
Il. Dawson, general agent, log Main street.
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Eailrnal Notaa.

j. w. HALEY of Batavia, ". Y. condnc.
tor on y. Y. G. railway, and one of the best
known men on tue road, said OF Parks
lea: "For 10 years / have suffered from
constipation. Tried everything and found
nothing of lasting value. Hearing so
many talking about Parks Tea, | tried il
without much hope. The first doses
moved my bowels easily and now / am
cured. 1t works like magic" Sold by
Smith Drug Co. and Parchen D'Acheul
DRUG Co
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-21

Beginning Monday, Dec. 81. the North
crn Pacific trains to and from the east
will arrive at and depart from the Northern
Pacific local depot instead of from the
Montana Union depot, as formerly.
The Northern Pacific trains to and from
the west will, however, arrive and depart
from tho Montana Union depot.
This distinction should TO carefully kept
in mind bv those leaving Butte on the
Northern Pacific. There will 10 no change
IN fine
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-21

IL You are contemplating an cas- tern
trip the Northern Pacific is the shortest,
quickest aud most comfortable route TO
81. Paul, Chicago, Omaha, Kansas City
and all eastern points. Pullman Palace
vestibu.el sleeping cars, first and second
class dly coaches on all trains in and out
of Butte.
the Northern Pacific is the only line
operating Pullman Palace vestihuled
sleeping cars between Butte and ~. Paul.
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Don't Tob Geo spit or smoke Your Life
AWAY

Is the truthful, startling title of a book
about No-IO-Bac, the harm less.
guaranteed tobacco habit cure thar braces
up uicouuZ'd nerves, eliminates the
nicotine 10 son, makes weak men gam
strength. vigor and manhood. You run
no phys.ca. or financial risk. No-ro-T}ac
Is sold by the Smith Drug company under
a guarantee To cure or money refunded.
Book free. Address Sterling Remedy COM
pauy, New York or Chicago.
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People overlooked the importance OF perma-
npntly beneficial effects and were satisfied with
transient action; but now that 10 j. generally
known that syrup Of Figs will permanently cure
hahiiua. constipation. Well-info. mel peOp.e will
not buy other aNatiYos. which act for time.
hut finally iniurc the system
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WANT ADS.

A DVERTISEMENrS under the head OF
IA Employment Wanted" and "RoomS 70
Rent" / cent a word each insertion: I'M ler AL
other headings, cents a word for the FIRST
insertion ana l cent wort for each subse-
quent Insertion. NO Ads. taken for less than
% cents.
Classified Ads. per line per month s1.2s
count words TO the lintl
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-21

"A Observer will no; fail TO notice
-. that N each large section of our
~4oH~ country some one particular rail-
road viii be found always a Little m ad-
N4ac. 90. its competitor. In Tho great
Nar-.Vt~. tins ouylao.s position belongs
tn lus NorIu-Westeru Llue.n-Eh1 Health
0aa Home, Minneapolis.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-21

On
And
After December 10th
You can come from
St. Paul to Butte
Over the
Northern Pacific
And save
Five hours and
Forty-five minutes
In time
Over any competing line.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-21

Catarrh IS a constitu. ioRal disease
Hoods Sarsaparilla is constitutional
IL cures catarrh. Give il at trial
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-21

1.-The or Railway trains in the North
E;. west and without n superior in
Nihg America is the North Western
Bee Limited between Minneapolis, St.
Paul and Chicago. 1t is the finest
train this side of Chicago. the finest train
running out of the Twin Cities and is Lux
urious enough for king."-7he Cone
mercidt Bulletin. Minneapolis.
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LOST

I OST OR STRAYED- Strayed from Brown s
IL gulch about Dec, 1894, one gray morse or
7 years old, weight, about 1.25J lbs. branded j
L on lett thigh. suitable Teward given for the
recovery OF same. orion bros, Butte.
L OST-2i mead OF 3-year-od steers, branded
IL -. j." on lett ribs; there are also various
other brands on them. Iney strayeI from
ranch near Warm Springs, Deer Lodge county.
Reward OF $50 for Information that Will lead 10
their recovery or for re- urn OF same TO Spencer
johnson, Warm springs. Mont
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WANT Done secondhand p.o' AMI sec
w ond-hand billiard a Die. Must DC in good
condition Address, stating price, TO box 10
Neihart. Mont.
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INTELLIGENT, Lively lady wants to CORE
L spOnd with m ddle-aged, honorable, Jolly
gen leman. Object fun. Address, Kit Y
Frances, No. 1OlS Washington street. Kansas
City, Mo.
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WANEED-HELP.

DEOPLES Employment Agency. Oldest
i agency IN Butte. People wanting refer
ence OF good help, or OF good y si.Ions and
peop.e waiting quick service, look 10 the Peo-
pes OIL Ows ey block, ut. q. LaIies seek
Ing domestic, hotei or general work. SEQ us.
DARBER WANTED - Mullins basement,
ID tentervlle. W. H. Rook.
MON ANA Employment Agency, g. East
vi Broadway, furnish help OF any i nd on i'm
me late notice; recommendations OF employees
furnIs ied from former employers whom re-
que.fed.
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NIISCELLANE

MlZPAH-Clairyoyan- Adept in mvstlcs.
vi horoscopes COS. 81. Calculated from brit h
81 Planetary talIsmans s.. 4i6 y. Main,
Butte.
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ITO THE LADIES OF BUTTE-A specialist
Il Of Salt Lake CITY is now located n Butte
and will be III 'ased 10 merg thA ladies' a. ner
home. ConSu,a ion free for mon.nl y irregu-
lar.ties. Mime hestner, 2)' Wess PARK street,
Butte.
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OK RENr.

l. OR SALE-Or rent, n steam saw. Thos.
u SETON. 43 Kemper Ave-, Butte.
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SOCIETIES.

I AUREL Encampment. No. II, /. .. o. F.,
IL meets first anI third Saturday each
month in Matte block hall.
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NNyANrED-NitudtiOn as chdmbermaid
w waitre IS or general work In private fan
ilv Il. -. an lard. An 'cOlda
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I'M RE GEO s,cno-T pher. typewriter
II and C ERIK want, position ute or Ana
cOuda - Standard, Anaconda.
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PER ONAL.

A y attractive and refined young lady possess
N sing al atectiOnate and amiable dis
position, good hOusekeeper and very fond of
home life, especially the country; wishes to
correspond with "A gentleman OF some means
with a view 10 matrimony, II congenial. Adj
dress Miss Nellie Wilson, general delivery, san
Francisco, Cal.
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MISS BErSEY GRAHAM, professona
vi nurse, grauutted In the Royal III edrlks
hospital. Denmlrl; nurses all kinds of med
ictl and surgical diseases; DIS W. Park avenue
Anaconda
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EOR fire. Lte ami ac,.Isns Insurance. ses
Il Winters y Co. Man t., Butte.
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q. @. F.-CofaN Lodge meets tuesday
l.. evenings at7:Jl, standard Hal, AnacoDis
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Nj ME- IPANOFF, palmlsE and life reaier;
WI reads past present and future; gives ac-
curats advice on all affairs o If. re.ls bust
ness or profession You are best adapted for.
Has had % years cNDer euce, having read tna
hands OF many OF the most celebrated and sue.
cessful men aud women OF the age. Mistakes
impossible. For short time viii read for
ladies' for 81. ON o. B'avar BLOCK. hutta.
IFyou want 10 buy. sell or rent houses lots or
Il acre property. 20 ami SEQ j Haven, First
National bank build n. Great Fails.
LIME SES-Ihcre are no. being
Il worked and prepare AZ belmolt PARK or
tho eastern market, % fine ge.dtngS i've and
six years q Il II YOU want q fine carriage team
a road team. 4 single driver. or - mes saddle
horse. YOU can surely b, suited in In 5 loI OF
horses, n yOl tI,pec them, or write the pro-
prieto~ before the horses are shipped. They
arr IN fine condition. wei broke and ready 20
do service Address ". IT, Raymond. Pul.er
springs Montana.
I~OR fire. l.te ami acc.Isns Insurance see
Il Winners Co. Man t., Butte.
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San Pedro. and the ship had no sooner
cast anchor when word reached the crew
of the great gold discovery. They left the
vessel and headed for the mines, which
they fondly imagined were near at hand.
A severe storm came on and the vessel
was wrecked because there was no crew
to manage her. The waves made a play
thing of the little craft and soon her tim
bers were stiewn along the beach. These
Leck collected and hauled up to Los An
geles, where he constructed building
with them OH the corner of First and
Main streets, whore the brick building of
Jacob kuhrts now stands.
Another historical landmark that still
remains as shadow of the past Is the
story adobe building on Marchessault
street, between Los Angeles and Olvera,
almost directly on the old plaza. 1t is
fiat rooted, characteristic old structure,
and is now occupied in part by nay
and grain store. while the rest of the
building is rented to Cinnamon.
So far as known this is the oldest build
ing in Los Angeles today. 1t was erected
over 100 years ago and formerly belonged
to the Olvera estate. In its time it was
pretentious affair and for many years
was the residence of Charles II. Forbes.
There may be other buildings in that
portion of Los Angeles equally old. but
there is no one in this degenerate day
who can remember the building ofMa
structure that is older than the Forbes
house. 1t is in good state of preserva-
tion at the present time and may stand
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and the scene, too. of many hospita BILE
social gathering. 1t was built long be-
fore the Gringo came, by the man who
ultimately died there Old Don Do
mingo was a Dutch sailor, born in Hol-
land, and Il man who had seen much of
the world. both from the 70 o'castle and
quarter deck of the merchant marine in
the days when the Stars and Stripes
f1Oated from the mastheads of vessels in
every part of the world, and the Union
Jack was respected as the flag of the
master of the seas. Yes. that was long
ago, but not SO much earlier day than
when John Sontag-for that was Don
Domingo's real name-gavc up his rowing
life on the high seas and built himself
home in the land of flowers and sunshine.
1t was because he found that the name
of John Sontag was difficult one for the
Latin tongue to pronounce that he
changed it to its Spanish equivalent.
Sontag, you know, means Sunday i'll
Dutch, and Domingo has the same value
in the Spanish tongue. 1t was at the sug
gestion of Don Manuel Dominguez, who
was then Prefect of Los Angeles and with
his consent, that Sontag changed his
name. Don Juan Domingo was gathered
to his fathers in 1853.
single newspaper. 1t was weekly Jour
nal, seven columns and four pages. set in
large type and printed part in English and
part in Spanish. There were two type
settlers on the Spanish part of the paper
and one man set up all the English type
that was required. man named Wal
The herald., 1895-03-31

the building now occupied by the Ham
mann baths. At that time it was consiu-
cred rather daring stroke for Don Loren
20 to put up such a pretentious building SO
far away from the center Of business. Mr..
Leck kept grocery store in the building.
1t was while he was it's occupant, in 1861.
that tragedy occurred there, which is
still vividly rememb bered by the old set
lers. 1t was one of those dastardly crimes
that truth to tell, was not of frequent
occurrence in Los Angeles at any period,
and for this very reason perhaps. was the
event stamped indelibly on the memories
of all who lived here at that time.
Mrs. Leck, most estimable lady who
was we'll known in the city and well liked
by both the native and pioneer Californi-
ans, was the victim. She was alone IN
the store at midday when Francisco Gotta,
young halfbreed. entered the store with
a knife in his hand and deliberately mur-
dered the poor woman. in the most cold
blooded manner imaginable.
His purpose was robbery, and he Sc
cured small sum of money. But the
cries of the frightened woman were not
stilled by the knife of the assassin before
they had been heard By the neighbors.
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to the Padres, too, for they were shrewd
old fellows and could always be depended
upon to get the most out of the least for
the good of their sacred cause
A curious thing about this ranch was
the wonderful fence that shut it off from
the outer world. These 400 acres were as
impregnable at that time as the walled
city of Pekin. And yet there was not a
piece of lumber or cubic foot of masonry
about the whole thing. Giant cacti
guarded the portals of this sacred pre-
cinct. The plants grew together very
thickly and walled in the place solidly.
The cacti grew high, some of them as
high as fifteen feet, and they were two
and three abreast But all this is getting
a trihe outside of the limits of this article,
whose purpose it was to gossip about the
ancient things in modern los Angeles
and the new things in old Los Angeles.
Consider. in this line, Don Vicente
Guerrero's pretentious old adobe building.
1t was situated on Niger alley near the
corner of Also street. 1t was an import
ant structure in its day and one Of the
Oldest adobe buildings in Los Angeles.
1t was given over to tendajons or small
stores, and from the sign over it one
The herald., 1895-03-31

Don Abel Stearns and his gentlemen
guests were quick to resent the insult put
upon them by this untoward Interrupt
tion. and in the drawn battle that follow
ed two persons were shot and one of them
instantly killed. DR.. Overstreet, sur
geon in the United States army and
merely looker-on, was the one mortally
wounded. Among the men who defended
the honor of Don Abel Stearns' house at
that time are said to have been the late
Judge Myron Norton and J. A. Watson,
the latter better known as Jack Watson,
both now long since dead.
Old Don Juan Domingo's house stood
in the middle of the block now bounded
by Los Angeles, Also. Garcia and what
was then known as Sansevain street, now
Commercial street. 1t stood well back in
the center of small vineyard. 1t was
quite a picturesque spot in those days
The herald., 1895-03-31

in the early forties, and did not pass into
the possession of DIR. Leon Hoover until
early in the ffties, wnen he bought 1t at
sheriff's sale for mere song. He made
proved the property considerably. A few
years after he made the place his home
Mrs. Hoover, his wife, was thrown from a
saddle horse while entering the gate of
the enclosure and her injuries proved
fatal. DIR. Hoover has long since passed
Hoover. a well-known resident of this city.
II the old timers remember Captain A.
W. Timms. lie was associated at one time
in the freighting business with John
Goler, and it was at this time that the
firm OF Timms e. Goler constructed the old
warehouse at San Pedro, which was the
seaport terminus Of the carrying line be-
tween Los Angeles and San Pedro. Cap.
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for century longer if it is not pulled
down to be replaced by modern build
ing.
All the old timers remember John Goler,
who kept blacksmith shop and car
riage warehouse in long adobe build
ing that boasted a second story over only
half of it . and that occupied the site on
the west side of Los Angeles street two
doors south of Commercial. now occupied
by the Hayden e. Lewis Co., the harness
and leather dealers. John Goler won
most of his fame from his exploits in
Death Valley.
He was an early pioneer and was widely
known as one of the lost immigrants of
Death Valley fame. and also as discov-
erer of a rich gold mine that he was never
able to find again. 1t was on his trip to
the Coast that he discovered very rich
lead He staked it out took his bearings
and then came on to Los Angeles. When
he went back in few months for the
purpose of developing his claim it had
apparently disappeared in the most mys-
terious manner. The gold nuggets that
he brought with him when he first dis
covered the mine could not be duplicated
again anywhere in the vicinity of his
search. Time and again Goler made
trips back into Death Valley searching for
The herald., 1895-03-31

They followed Cota's trail to the house
OF his mother, where they found him
hiding under the bed with the crimson
stains upon his garments and the bloody
knife still in his hand. His execution
was judicious, perhaps, but certainly not
judicial. 1t was prompt, however, and
therein satisfied the primitive idea of
justice. lie was taken by the infuriated
citizens to Alameda street and was there
hanged on the porch of house that is
now opposite the old San Pedro depot.
The Leck building is at present occupied
by photographer and the property is
still owned by the heirs of its original
possessor, who died not long ago.
Leck was German sailor who came to
these shores on small sailing vessel from
South America in the same year that gold
was first discovered in California. The
first port his vessel made was that of
The herald., 1895-03-31

When the Gringo came to Los Angeles
that's not SO very long ago, even as man
computes time, matter of forty years.
more Or less-and yet it is long enough to
have given an hi storic value to the
"reminiscences of Los Angeles in the days
of the Padres. After all, time, like other
things, being purely relative, it is a long
Tina since the Gringo first cast his shadow
on the flowery hills and plains where now
stands the busting, thriving modern
metropolis of Southern California. In
this case time is measured by the achieve
ments of men rather than by the calendar
and viewed in this light. centuries seem
to have rolled by since the day when Col
onel Isaac Williams sold "a big lot on Los
Angeles street to Alexander Bell "for and
The herald., 1895-03-31

lace, practicing attorney, was the editor.
Mark Walsh, the proprietor, dealt in "A
monte game. In fact it was by gambling
that Walsh obtained possession of the
paper.
1t was staked in jackpot by it's former
owner, and when the cards went against
him he did not consider that he had lost
great deal Still, the paper was on
paying basis. and though the emoluments
were not large, as emoluments vert in
those days. vet the income of the paper
was sufficient to pay its editor salary
of $50 week. OF course there was no
telegraphic communication and the news
was brought in by pony express. All
sorts of prices were paid for advertise
ments. Sometimes as high as $50 line
was paid for single insertion of what
would now be called classified ad.
In those days the aristocratic portion
of town was not where it is now. Colonel
Stevenson camp. and the fort, occupied
The herald., 1895-03-31

Colonel Fremont left few men to pro-
tect the women and children, and took
all the able-b to reinforce his small
army, preparing to move southwark to
join Stockton at San Diego. DR.. Isbell
enlisted as surgeon. and went as far as
the Salinas river. Here he was seized
with ''emigrant fever" typhoid pneu-
monia) which compelled his return to the
Mission. where by that time the fever
had become epidemic.
The herald., 1895-03-31

his lost gold mine. but he. never found
it, and he died some years ago with the
Goler lead still undiscovered.
Out on the Also road, opposite the
cracker factory on Also street, stood DR..
Hoover's residence. 1t was most un-
preten .ious affair. judged from modern
standard, yet it was very pleasantly sit
uated and the residence Of very promi-
nent physician in his time.
1t was an adobe house built some time
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grand scale in those good old days,. these

grand scale in those good old days. these
old timers are wont to remark.
1t was at one of these sumptuous enter
tainments, given on Washington's birth
day in 1853, that the tragic occurrence
alluded to in Il recent interview by ex-
Mayor Workman IN Il late number of the
Herald. toook place. When all the guests
were assembled and the festivities were
at their height the house was assailed by
a band of roughs.
The herald., 1895-03-31

the brow of the hill and down below First
street, where the sharp escarpment is
good many hangings, both judicial and
judicious, have taken place. 1t was not
an extraordinary sight to see one to two
bodies hanging over the hill by the neck
from long beams that were stretched out
over the brink. At first the legal executions
were held back of the fort, but after
while the hanging beam was moved to
the brink OF the hill. Great crowds o. :
The herald., 1895-03-31
LOS ANGELES
in THE DAYS OF ADOBES
AND SENORITAS
Black White of Old Time City
of the Angels, illustrated by Reproductions from the
Original Drawings in the Possession of
Ex-Mayor T. E. Rowan

pie used to turn out to witness those
dreadful scenes, and most Of the people
in the crowd, too, were native Cali
fornians.
They were pastoral people and hospit-
able to man. 1t made no difference
whether a stranger was rich or poor. No
one was houselesss or hungry in Los An
geles III those days.
One of the curiosities of the times was
the Mission ranch,at San Gabriel. It was
owned ana 0perated by the Mission
The herald., 1895-03-31

might think that smith whose first
name was Tin occupied the prem ises.
But the truth is that the painter who
made the sign knew more about maxim g
letters than about placing them. Even
in the old days the peculiar defect of
the sign was noticed, and many pun
was coined upon it. but the sign CO ntin-
ued thus until few years ago, whe n the
whole building was torn down for a ne W
structure. In its place now stands two
story brick building.
The herald., 1895-03-31

stands as a landmark of the old days. II
is situated on Main street, between Sec
ond and Third, only few doors south of
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more highly cultivated, perhaps, than any
other tract of land III Southern California.
And it brought in good round income
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Padres and the work upon it was done by
the Indian neophytes. There were 400
acres of land in the tract, and all of it was
The herald., 1895-03-31

One of the modern structures of old Los
Angeles was the Leck building. 1t was
put up by Don Lorenzo Leck and still