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The herald., 1895-06-12
BLAIR CASE FINALE
Anna Lee Blair Leaves for South Carolina
Today

Today
Anna Lee Blair leaves for Charlotte, n.
o., this morning where she will in future
have home with her maternal grand
father. Josiah Asbury, wealthy and in
huential gentleman OF that city. She will
be under the care of all the Pullman con-
ductors throughout her trip, going via
New Orleans.
). ii. Weddlnton, mayor of Char otte
has wired the Humane society that As
bury is gentleman of means and excel
lent character and from other sources the
society is confident that the little girl
will never again fai into the clutches of
her cruel stepmother or her unnatural,
though in a way loving father.
The Blair case has attracted much at
tention in Asheville and Charlotte, S. c.,
the Asheville Citizen having sent here
for an account Of the trial and settlement
OF it. The cnild's mothers relatives re-
side in Charlotte, or in the vicinity. The
S4OO fine paid by Mrs. Blair father, goes
into the treasury Of the Humane society
according to law and the case is now out
OF the public attention.
The herald., 1895-06-12
LOCAL NENTlON

Sacramento Asparagus. Althouse Bros.
Peniel hall. 227 South Main street, noon
prayer meeting daily; eyangelistic meet
ing nightly.
The art musee given in the parlors of
the First Congregational church last
evening Will be repeated Thursday even
ing by request of the delighted audience.
a call was made at the Butler
institute. 445% South Spring street. yes
terday afternoon. DR.. Butler was found
in the laboratory connected with his
offices. The doctor stated that business
was good, and as eight men were engaged
ia reading magazines and papers in the
club room his statement was fully sub
stantiated. His treatment being purely
vegetable is therefore safe and reliable.
and he is sure to meet with the success
his efforts merit.
The herald., 1895-06-12
New Suits

Jonah &. Burt contractors. sued Ame-
liza Lowell for $3.50 and costs on me.
chanics' lien.
J. Z. Redd sued Frank NJ. Kelsey, ad-
minstrator, to quiet title to lot 90 of the
Weisendauger tract.
Lindley Michener sued Esther Niche
ner for dive rec on the ground of deser-
ton.
City OF Los Angeles &c al, to obtain an
injunction restraining defendants from
interfering with certain lots in Breed
subdivision. Boyle Heights.
d. II. Collins sued NJ. a. Rogers for
$42S.94 due for hay.
Julia A. Holiday sued Byron b. Par.
$500.
The herald., 1895-06-12
Court Notes

H. c. Gooding was admitted to practice
in the superior courts of this county by
Judge Shaw yesterday upon motion OF
NJ. T. Allen and presentation of his IL
cense from the supreme court of the
United States.
Francis J. Byrne was also admitted by
Judge Van Dyke on motion OF J. A. An
derson, jr.. and presentation of his certif-
cate from the Cum berland, Tenn, univer-
sity.
George Young. a native OF Great Brit.
ain, was naturalized by Judge Smith, and
Charles A. TegneI, native of Sweden,
by Judge Y ork.
The herald., 1895-06-12
Board OF Supervisors

The board will visit Centinela and
Howard Sum June 18th and San Fran
pisquito canyon on the 18th.
q The hearing of the application of
Eames for an electric railway franchise
was set for June 20th at 0:30.
The ordinance imposing licenses and
their rates was ordered published.
Bids for the bonds of Pasadena city
school district were ordered invited by
means of publication. The bids will be
opened June 26th.
The district attorney was instructed to
draft an ordinance permitting the Pasa-
dena and Pacific Railway company to
change portion OF the old Los Angeles
and Pacific route.
The herald., 1895-06-12

of W. H. Flory. on Lucas street. near
Sixth, last Saturday. Finding that there
were but three children in the house, the
eldest, Gertrude Flory, only II years old.
and that the parents were away on busi-
ness, he made indecent proposals to the
child. She repulsed him and commenced
crying, upon which he desisted and
offered her 81 ana box of cherries if she
would promise not to tell ON him. Mr..
Flory has been trying to find the dago
since, but being unsuccessful. yesterday
swore to complaint charging John Doe
with assault to commit rape.
The herald., 1895-06-12
DEMANDS DAMAGES
Teanster Who Was Injured by Collision |
With a Car Dummy

With a Car Dummy
A jury impaneled yesterday i'll depart
ment two of the superior court to try the
action for damages of S.W Merrill against
the Los Angeles Consolidated Electric
Railway company.
On Novemb Der 9th Merrill was driving a
two-horse team attached to wagon
loaded with telephone poles across 6 rand
avenue, between Seventh and jeff erson
streets. A cable car dummy ran into the
wagon overturning it. To save himself
Merrill jumped out and sustained several
injuries, such as the breaking OF a collar
bone and finger, which had to be par
TALLY amputated. For the injuries re-
ceived Merrill demanded $4,000. The com
pany claimed to have paid $500 to the
plaintiff four days alter the accident, in
full satisfaction of all damages. and as
serted further that the accident was en-
tirely due to MerrIll's own negligence.
The case will go to the jury today.
The herald., 1895-06-12
MEMORANDA

The most wonderful discovery OF the age
Something to take the place of oil
paints. Old or young who have never
painted can learn to do the most exquis-
ite work in few hours. Call and see
these colors at Lichtenberger art stores,
107 North Main street, or 235 South Spring
street.
When you want an artistically framed
picture call on Sanborn. Vail & Co., 1873
Spring street. If they have not got what
you want in stock they will make 1t for
you. All kinds of odd shaped frames in
special finishes. See the new oval frames
with bow knots and wreaths.
Dr. Rebecca Lee Dorsey, Stimson block,
first floor. rooms 129. 130, 13l. Special at
tentlon given to obstetrical cases and all
diseases of women and children. Electric
ity scientifically used. Consultation
hours. 1 TO 3. Tel. 1927.
S. Conradi jeweler and Matchmaker 113
South Spring street, makes speciality of
fine watch and iewelry repairing and
diamond setting an elegant line of opti-
cal goods. A fine stock OF watches and
Jewelry always on hand.
Tissue paper and all the accessories in
the stationery departing at Sanborn, VaiI
e. Co.. 1873 South Spring. All kinds of
tissue paper work to order.
Adams Bros, dentists. 2391s South
Spring street. Painless filling and ex-
lTdClluG. DcSt StlS ot lectn lTOIn FO 10
so. Hours, to 5; Sundays, 10 to II.
Ask to see the new picture. Spring, by
Alma Tadema at Sanborn, Vail e. Cos. D.,
1913 South Spring street. 1t is beauty in
finish and conception.
The sweet-toned Briggs pianos can be
had at A. G. Gardner's piano house, 1lS
Winston street, also the Mathushell,
Swick and Apollo.
Best security at cut rates. Sewing
each, 12S South Main street.
Insure in the Phoenix Assurance COM
pany, A. C. Golsh, agent, 147 South
Broad way, Tel. 920.
Stop at the Atlanta Hotel opposite
Hotel Arcadia, Santa Monica; new, neat
and clean.
F. X. Cunningham. dentist, removed
to Stimson block, corner Third and Spring.
Tel. 40.
Sharp & Samson, funeral directors Tin
dependent), 536 South Spring street. Tel.
1929.
The Advanced Davis sewing machine is
the best. Office. 12s South Main street.
An elegant upright piano for sale at a
bargain. G. f. Day, I27 S. Broadway.
Dr. A. u. Vala's office, New Mcdonald
block residence, 2l1 Boyle avenue.
Sanborn, Vail & Company are the lead
ing stationers.
All kinds of sewing machines TO rent
12S South Main street.
Rooms 81 q week and up. u. S. Hotel.
The herald., 1895-06-12

AT Highland Asylum
Reporter"How long has he been
here?
Keeper...About six months.
Reporter...Whats his trouble?
Keeper...Doctors say softening OF
the brain, due to Nervous Debility.
He is constantly jabbering about
"Free Prescriptions, "Eiecfric
Belts, ""Nof a Dollar Need Be Paid"
propositions, etc. At lucid intervals
he talks quite intelligently and
mentions a DR.. White of 1873 North
Main St, the specialist for mems
diseases, whom he very much re.
gretted not having consulted long
before the lunacy commissioners
sent him here.
Reporter.-Any hope for him?
Keeper...N
The herald., 1895-06-12
The Pomona Recordership Contest

The contest OF Andrew Osgoodby
against Oliver oung to have the latter
removed from the office OF city recorder
OF Pomona and have H. S. Finney de-
clared elected to the position, was tried
yesterday before Judge Shaw. Among
the grounds alleged was that one Hill
had voted illegally at the late city cleo
ton. and also that ii ths count had been
fairly conducted 1t would show more
votes for Finnev than Young. The re-
count in the court room lost Young four
votes, but still gave him majority of
Eve. Judgment was given for contestee.
The herald., 1895-06-12
DIED

ROWLAND-At Puente, June 10th. 1895, Mrs.
c. NJ. Rowland. mother OF Mrs. Charles
Forman and Mrs. Victoria Hudson aged
90 years
Interment at Evergreen cemetery from Ar
cade depot on arrival of train 40 pm, June
18th. Friends invited to attend.
CRAIG-In Lancaster, June 10, John Craig.
Funeral from the residence OF his uncle, on
East Twenty-second street. east of central
avenue at = p m today. lnterment at the
Rosedale cemetery.
HANEL-ln this city, June 10th, James Hanel.
Funeral from the parlors of Robert l.. Garrett
Il Co, No $50 North Main street, at 10 a. IN.
today. lnterment al Evergreen cemetery.
The herald., 1895-06-12
Crazy From Using Cocaine

william Elton. the man captured on
Temple street Monday evening by L nder
Sheriff Clement was ordered commit
to the Highland insane asylum yesterday
by Judge York. Elton is % years old,
a native of London and a machinist by
trade. He is a morphine and cocaine
ilend, who thinks that people are after
him to destroy him.
The herald., 1895-06-12
Conc to Whittier to Stay

John Lockridge, jr., negro boy, was
committed. during bis minority. to the
Whittier state school yesterday by Judge
Mckinley Tor being an incorrigible. His
ideas upon proprietary rights to the chat
tells of others are hszy, and he smokes
many cigarettes. He has been an inmate
OF the Topeka, Kan, reformatory. John
Lockrldge, ST.. who is coachman IN
this city, confessed that he cannot con.
troi the evil propensities OF lis offspring,
The herald., 1895-06-12

First-class carriages for funerals: drivers n
full livery: established twenty years. The only
stable that caters exclusively TO the livery
trade in the city We haye stood the test
Special rates to drummers Fas shion Stable
and Carriage Co., 217, 219 and 221 First st.
Tn1
The herald., 1895-06-12
Grand OratoriO

The Redemption. Friday June 14th.
Pasadena chorus, one hundred voices
full orchestral and pipe organ accom- pam
iment; eminent soloists; the greatest
musical programme ever produced here.
Reserved seats now on sale at Bartlett S
75c, SOC and 25c.
The herald., 1895-06-12
Chambers Fined for Selling Whisky

Joe Cham bers pleaded guilty yesterday
in the township justice court to having
sold glass OF whiskey to G.. d. Bunch
on June Sth at Mondonville, without hav-
ing first procured II saloon license from
the board OF supervisors. He was fined
gol
The herald., 1895-06-12
JOTTINGS
Debef Rsar

The olympic Hall is the only place in town
where you will find the celebrated Pabst Mil
waukee beer on draught. Leave orders for
bottled beer. W. Garms, 121 W. First. Tele-
phone 274.
The herald., 1895-06-12
Our Home Brew

Maier & Zobeleins lager fresh from their
brewery, on draught in all the principal sa-
oons; delivered promptly in bottles or kegs.
Office and brewery, Ala Also street; telephone
The herald., 1895-06-12

The great Jaffray bankrupt stock of dry
goods on sale today at J. NJ. Hale COM
any, 107 and 109 North Spring street.
The herald., 1895-06-12

$500 loans-latc collateral bank met l. per
cent per month"; 10 les ponsible party who viii
honor tickets Il. D. List, 223l5 W. Second.
The herald., 1895-06-12

DR.. Robert R. Dorsey will keep afternoon
office hours for DR.. Wills during his absence.
The herald., 1895-06-12

Try gal. Maltese Club whisky, 49, so.
Unexcelled for purity and flavor. 4. Vache
The herald., 1895-06-12
Latest Building News

kregelo e Bresee, funeral directors.
Broadway ana Sixth street. Tel. 243.
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Tan shoes; the best assortment Of low
shoes at $3.50 and 81. NJ 2, Snyder e.
Co., opposite Stimson block.
The herald., 1895-06-12

Dressmake7s-Al fashion books at Lang
stadter's, PA South Broadway.
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was vagrant according to his own story
and should have been treated as such.'
The above was greeted with general
anlcker and then the board Adjourned.
The herald., 1895-06-12
Haniman Fish Co.. San Pedro

Fresh fish and Holsters shipped direct to all
points in Arizona, Texas and Mexico from
canne-y in san Pedro, at lowest wholesale
prices.
The herald., 1895-06-12

s1.50 buys good low shoe, tan or
black at NJ. z. Snyder q Co.'S, opposite
Stimson block.
The herald., 1895-06-12
Santa Monica Trains

VIA Santa Fe leave daily at am, 1C
am, 30 p. m.. 3 rs pm.
The herald., 1895-06-12

Coolest place in the city to lunch. Lit
tie Neck clans on shell. Hollen beck cafe
The herald., 1895-06-12
RedondO Beach Trains

Via Santa Fe leave daily at 9 am. 10
am, 1:20 PM, 3 :25 pm. Special at
fractions Sunday.
The herald., 1895-06-12

For relieving THROAT DISEASES AND Cough
use Browns Bronchial Troc hes"
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MARRIAGE LICENSES

Go to the Aurora for good square meals
los West Third St. S. O. Eikenbery.
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A. A. Eckstrom has removed to 324 South
Spring street with hisstoek OF wall paper.
The herald., 1895-06-12
Notice to Owners of Property on Streets I'M
proved Under the Bond Act

The semi-annual interest on all street
improvement bonds Ia now due and pay.
able and becomes delinquent July 1. 1886
and if not paid the property is subject tc
sale after that date.
W. A. HARTWELL,
City Treasurer.
Los Angeles, CAL, June 1, 1895.
The herald., 1895-06-12

wall-Daa.r Aun. 1oc roll s2s sDrinr.
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Read Builder and Contractor, office 1872 S.
Broadway.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES
Joseph W. Adams, Los Angeles. ...............22
Efie Gilbert, Santa Anita ....................l Is
Frank l. Hamilton Los Angeles .22
Susie Beall, Los Angeles s......................22 .22
Claude W. Smith, Los Angeles. es...............2
Mary NJ. lIaskins, Los Angeles. s................2O
Frank c. Mulkey, Los Angeles s................. 23
Ella NJ. T i'd ball, Los Angeles ................23
Get wedding and visiting cards from II. NJ.
Lee & Bro, prin ters and engravers, l40 North
Spring. They are SPECIALISTS i'll this line.
The herald., 1895-06-12
USE GERMAN FAMILY SOAP.

Wall paper at Eckstrom's. 324s. Spring S
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Lecherous Banana Fiend
A dago fruit ped dler called at the house
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-01-10

De1Ore mOrn1n, we prOv1slOneO the two
quarter boats regular, and the captain,
hevin the compass, and Bill Marlin,
bein mate Of the Nancy, hevin only
che ships barometer to sail by, the crew
was that crazy to 60 in the captains boat
that they swarmed over the side and
swamped her before our eyes, leavin
Bill and me leanin on the rail and the
old man and all hands goin to the bot
tom like lead afore we could heave 'em
so much as q ropes end.
Me and Bill eased away the other
boat, and when she struck the water
q cross sea stove her against the brig
and crushed her like an eggshell.
''Shipmet, says Bill, lit amt fittin
to go to sea jist yit, and what we've got
to do is pump 'er," and pump her we
did all that night, watch and watch,
the other one lashin the raft By morn
in the water had gained nine inches
on us, and the ship had settled that
much by the side. Bills face was long,
but he allowed it warn't no use to put
off till the raft was shipshape and her
stores dashed proper, SO we worked and
pumped till near noon and swung the
whole outfit overheard by the mizzin-
mast boom and got onto it in our oil
skin pajamers and clear of the Nancy
in time to see her go down bow on.
When asked Bill what the nature
of his engagement with Hawkins Of
New Bedford might be, he said it was
social and religious and included wearin
alongside and heavin aboard Thanks
givin dinner, and he had the old mans
consent beforehand for the cruise ashore.
II was two year shipmet with Lige
abound Bedford whaler up north in
80 and 9, and then I struck him agiu in
40 aboard West India lime juicer in
the coastin trade, and comm into Boston
on time we had shore leave together
on Thanksgivin day, and bein New Eng
land born of honest fisherfolks we kept
the day proper, accordin to our lights
The next seen Of O. Lige after we left
the lime juicer was when we saw break
in out the Nancy's cargo alongside the
Liverpool docks him a-celebratin his
last day ashore afore the schooner sailed
for New York and long with i'm Ka-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-01-10

gage car, stretcher, fence boards and
all, and was taken to Hudson, where
there was physician who had studied
medicine
He sat my leg.
He also put it in glass. People used
to come from away behind Martell to
see it growing in it's little conservato-
~. A kindly clergyman for whom l
once lectured, in order to rebuild the
belfry blown off by this same zephyr,
told me that probably it was judg-
ment ON me, for I was just learning to
waltz at the time of the accident. Pos
sibly that is true. Still cannot believe
that the Universal Father could have
had it in for me on account of my crude
and purely platonic waltz. never gave
myself up to the delirious pleasures of
the waltz. I was kept from anything
wrong by saying to myself lone, two,
three" etc. So that I can truly say
that if all who waltz have their heads
as full of mathematics as l did they
will die happy. But you know it makes
some people perfectly redheaded with
ASa&kO W $40 q Audu oUOuV UO"A O10 CO1u"
fortably. They want to see him bite the
bedding and froth at the mouth and re-
greet that he tried to be saved by good
works.
However, we will let that pass. Times
are improving, and even as the world
is being lighted by a new and search
ing light, seen only few years ago in
the stormy sky, so ''the morning light
is breaking" in some of the dark old
smelly catacombs of misguided belief,
and one day broad minded, liberal,
just humanity will worship the same
loving and ,unresentful God beneath a
wide, all sheltering and unmortgaged
roof.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-01-10

layin off the sta 'bo'rd bow, and low
to sheer up and board 'er. -
Sure enough, not two miles away
was hull layin rather low in the
water. with the mizzenmast standin.
1--WE had my eye onto her for an
hour says Bill, land I'm a lubber if
she don't belong to the two sticks we
come up with this mornin."
The wind was fallin off, and we beat
up slow. When l turned out, she was
tlean cut against the sky, her mizzen-
mast swayin across the stars, but by the
time we made her it was gettin day
light. The sea was like oil when we
came alongside and hitched onto her fore
chains and climbed on deck.
II amt denyin,'' says Bill, that
there's comfort i'll standin on solid oak
agin, and she amt so bad stove, but
reckon we could work her by riggin
some O. our spare canvas forrid. Jist you
leer inter the galley, jack" says Bill,
"and I'll spy out the cabin.
With that he went rollin aft till he
pitched up alongside the stumps of the
mainmast.
"More dry rot, Jack, just like told
ye," roared Bill, lookin back.
That minute near fell over into the
chains, for up out of the cabin compan-
ion behind Bill was human head as
bald as grape shot.
what the H." says the head,
and Bill was that shared, being power
full superstitious, that he started to run
and caught his toe in the main hatch
and rolled over on the deck. The bald
headed man came out in his shirt, With
belayin pin in his hand, snortin like
a porpoise. why don't ye speak a
ship afore ye board her?" says he, cuss-
in awful. and then he threw up his
hands and dropped the pin.
My God, forgive mel" he says Its
Bill Marlin.''
"What eff 'tis?" says Bill, gettin on
his pins, mighty sore and put out. "What
sort Of a ID blue nosed sea lawyer
Of a-walkin ghost be you anyway to
shoot up out of wreck and nigh skeer
the life out O. two honest sailormen often
raft, and them swamped and starvin?
I'm a fo'castle cat stuck in tar Of I
didn't think better O. you, Lige Haw-
kins, " and with that they fell a-foul Of
each other, waltzin all over the deck,
and while they was at it the Kanaker
sailorman walked his black legs out of
the companionway and began to dance
around the two. III
Today's the day, !" says Bill, punchin
Lige in the chest and gettin the Boston
newspaper out Of his oilskins. There's
the governors proclamation. Read it. {"
well, I'm DID, says Lige, leerin
at it upside down.
After Bill shook hands with the Kama
ker man from the guano ship he intro
duced me all round and explained to
Hawkins how we had left the Nancy
and how we had refused to 20 on board
the ship for Liverpool the night before.
By that time the sun was ightin up
Hawkins bald head, and he a-gapin at
Bill, with his breeches in his hand,
which the niger had brought to him.
Now" says Bill, what be you lay
in here for, Lige Hawkins, and what
become Of the skipper and the crew of
the Lightfoot?''
what am l layin here for?" says
Hawkins. Pm a-waitin for ship into
Boston. The old man and the rest o. the
hands went aboard bark bound into
Bristol two weeks ago, and wanted me
to 20 along with them, but told 'em