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The herald., 1896-04-17
SAN DIEGO.

SAN DIEGO, April 16.-President Carl.
son of the Southern California and Utah
railroad company returned to this city
last night, after an absence of nine DAYS.
He says THAI the payment of $4,000 by
his company for the old Southern Nevada
railroad property, which was due today,
has been avoided, pending the decision of
the case which was instituted yesterday
against the old company for the collection
of $4,000 alleged to be due the Atlantic
and Pacific.
The Third division of the naval battalion,
N. G. g., was inspected at the Armory hall
last night BY Captain Darlington, Brigade
lnspector Diss and Colonel Currier.
p. N. Eenteney, who was arres ted sumo
weeks ago At the instance of H. S. Haven
Tor assault with deadly weapon with in
tent to commit murder, was tried in the
superior court yesterday. The charge
against Sentepey was reduced to one of
simple assault to which he pleaded guilty.
and paid fine of $25. Both men had
been engaged in the cooperative store at
Fallhropk, and the trouble arose through
some business dispute.
The old cable road property In this city
The herald., 1896-04-17
HERE AND THERE

The finest tomb in Great Britain is un
doubtedly that of the duke of Hamilton,
in the grounds of the dukes seat. 1t cost
over $1,OOO,OOO.
The duke of Rutland, though he as
some splendid grouse and other shooting,
and an ideal shooting box, never, handles a
gun himself.
Ex-senator Ingalls, declares that he has a
dread of public speaking, and that he is
filled with a nameless terror every time he
faces an audience.
lowing advertisements: I'M. Emile Zola of
Plambeuf, inventor OF the spring nippers,
notifies his customers that he has nothing
in common with his namesake, Emile
Zola, the writer"
The largest sum paid for single novel
is said to have been 100000 to Alphonse
Daudet for Sapho, published in 1884.
Eighty thousand dollars was received by
Victor Hugo for Les Miserables, which was
published in ten languages.
Hopkins county, Kentucky, is experience
ing notable religious revival under the
preaching. OF woman. evangelist, Mrs.
tour of the country Mrs. Mum preached
sixty sermons. netting 10 conversions.
The late well-known a-chaeologist, AL
bert Way, crossing Pail Mall, caromed
against an old gentleman. After mutual
apologies cards were exchanged. On each
card was printed, "Mr. Albert Way" The
older gentlemac, dying. left his fortune to
the other Albert Way.
Even the great Schopenhauer was not a
hero to the people of his household. In a
little book at Leipsc recently, the author
quotes Schopenhauer's housekeeper as
saying to him in the course of dispute
"For my part, Herr Doktor, l don't see
what the people can find in you; Ihaye
enough of you."
The herald., 1896-04-17
Real Estate Transfers,

THURSDAY. APRIL 16, 1896.
Albert Hadley to Frank Milhous-Land
1920.
Frank A. Gibson ct al to Helen A..
Woodward-Lot 60, Grider g. Dow's Adams
John and May Ann Hartnoll to Cora M.
Maher-Lot lG block Is, Wolfskill Or
Chas. Forester ct al to W. A. Bonynge-
lot .. o. s., $1,000.
John L. White to Christian Rosse,-SE.
4 Of NV u of NV u. sec. G, NJ, II W..
Schofield and Julia Holgate to v. E.
Dilley-Lot II, block 3, Norwalk, $4,000.
George II. and ANGLIA M; e; Bixby to
Allie and Bert f. Starry to A. J.Gaerdes-
agreement TO- to- convey lot S15, Alexandra
w. r. Gosewisch to Alice starry-Agree-
ment to convey lot AZ. Grider &; Dow's
Adams street tract. $500;
A.. e: an difference A; Pomeroy to Henry
Scott Scott tract. $3.50 ''c''o f'oV''e'cia ana
A. X and Emma J. Crawford to Frank
s. Livingston-Lot II. block G. Williamson
G. w. and Alice G. Brown to s. p. Hodge
N. 2e6 feet of lot 10, block F, Currier
F; Fl. Elliot ct al to Geo. II. Klepinger-
dition to Pomona. Sf550.
Frank II. Harbert to p. s. Butterworth
Part of lot g. block A. Moreno Vineyard
Charlotte l.. Wills to Charles Schroeder
Blk acres in rancho La Ciensa $780,
Emma M. Scott to n. NJ. Russeii-N 50 feet
Of lot Is. block 81, Huber tract: part Of lots
10 and II, block g. o. s., $4,000.
"A. I. and Susan Currier to George w.
Wheeler--Lots 8. 9, 10 H. 12 10 and 8. IS
feet Of lot Z, Carson & Curriers' subdiyis-
Elizabeth and John Edwards to Benson
Stead. jr.-Part lot 2 block 80, Terminus
Homestead tract. $3.50
SUMMARY.
IN
Nominal ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. "a
Total cono{darof;rr ''''''''''''''' a.n .-o y
The herald., 1896-04-17
SANTA ANA

SANTA ANA, April l6-1'he prosecution
in the Berdugo murder trial closed its ase
tsday, and from indications, the defendant
has dark road before him. The plea OF
self defense has been set by by defense.
The evidence will probably be concluded
Friday
The west end school house has been
found to be too far out and will be moved
into town.
Messrs. Blankhall and Henderson were
today fined $50 each or fifteen days in Jail
for jumping board bill.
Engineer E. ]. Tolle has the motor run.
ming on Main street on trial trip, and will
make the trip to Orange as soon as the
track is cleared.
Don Whitson of this city was yesterday
married at Pasadena to Miss lay Reed,
formerly of Santa Ana.
The herald., 1896-04-17
The Burden Robbery

NEW YORK, April IA special to
the World from London says: Two men.
whose real names the London police
say are William Turner and william
Hoperts Dunlap, were arraigned in the
Marlborough street police court this
afternoon, charged with the illegal DOS
session OF a quantity of jewelry. Only
prief statement was made in court
and the prisoners were remanded for
week. The Worlds correspondent 10
notified that the men are either the
actual burglars or accomplices Of the
burglars who robbed I. #. Burdens
house in New York city recently.
On arrival at the station the men were
searched and twenty-eight unset dia-
Inonds, valued at $4,000, were found on
their persons. The police knew they
lived in lodgings in Shepard's Market
near White Horse street, Mayfair, ana
not far from Piccadilly. There the no.
lice found jewelry to the value. thew
say, of f40,0o0 (s200, ,0O0), together with
the settings Of the diamonds found upon
1hem whenarrested. The other jewelry
The herald., 1896-04-17
SAN BERNARDINO

SAN BERNARDINo, April 16,-Surveyor
Vaughn, while in this city, was III consult
tation with Fred Perris, chief engineer of
the Southern California railway. and was
supplied with Santa Fe money in the
shape of pay checks by that corporation.
Vaughn is operating on line of pro-
posed railroad between Barstow and Need
les. The Santa Fe must build from some
Southern California terminus to the Colo
RADIO river or the latter road will be cut
from the system. as the A. Il p, extending
from Albuquerque to Needles, iwill be sold
under execution July next, and the S. P.
will take back into its possession the line
from Mojave to Needles, now operated un-
der the lease to the A. &P. 1t is thought
that Vaughn is now running lines and set
ting grade stakes on the line of old surveys
for road which will connect A. & p. at
Needles with the Southern California line.
THE NEVADA SOUTHERN
Unless the Nevada Southern railroad
people, or Mayor Carlson or some one else
interested in the road, puts up about $780,
600 before midnight tonight, Sheriff Hol-
comb will make deeds to the property in
the morning transferring the property to
the California Eastern company.
Carlson has now taken new tack, but
what it will avail does not appear. This
morning notice of appeal was filed in the
clerks office, service having been made
upon all plaintiffs, but accompanying the
notice no bond was filed, and the appeal is
valueless unless it is accompanied by the
necessary bond. The filing of the suit will
have no effect on the making of the deeds,
and Judge Dillon of Los Angeles, attorney
for the purchasers. has notified Sheriff
Holcomb that he will be here tomorrow to
demand the deeds.
NOTES OF THE DAY
A marriage license has been issued for
John G. Henderson and Elizabeth b.
Thomson, both of Morgan Park, Cook
county, Illinois.
The Southern California is now using
thirty-three oil-burning engines on the di-
cision out of San Bernardino, the last one
being sent out of the shops yesterday.
About fifty-five engines run into this city,
and the balance will be transformed as
possible.
The celebrated Whitman VS.. Bush suit.
over 1000 acres of land near Etiwanda
Is to go to the supreme conrt. Murphy q
Gottschalk of Los Angeles today filed no.
tice of appeal on behalf of Bush, who lost
the suit when it was tried before Judge
Otis.
Mrs. "Dr." Brown the Chino Christian
spopsible for the death of l3 months old
child, may yet be prosecuted. The Chino
people were indignant at the time, and de-
manded that the case be prosecuted. They
appealed to the district attorneys office,
and after looking up the matter carefully,
complaint, charging manslaughter, was
sworn out and forwarded to Chino to be
sworn to. 1t is now in the possession of Jus
tics Rhodes of Chino, and the district at
torney's office has no advice as to whether
1t has been sworn to or not.
The herald., 1896-04-17
For Use of Hotel Men Visiting
Pasadena
DR.. SWIFT GOES AGUNNING
And Bags q Bright Comet With ,
Short Tall
Contractor k1ock Wants noncy for Extras
on School Houses-Demand for Recount
of Votes for Constable

PASADENA, April 16-The members of
the,Hotel association will be here tomorrow
morning three hundred and fifty strong
and the committee of the Board of Trade
to provide for their entertainment have
been rustling for vehicles with the result
that while nearly everybody is responding
promptly, they are still short to the extent
OF transportation about 80 persons. Citi-
zens are therefore urged to bring their car.
riages to the committee. even though they
have not listed them, and to be on hand at
Hotel Green tomorrow (Friday) morning
at 8: 30. The guests will arrive from San
ia Barbara early in the morning, and
about s o'clock will assemble in front of
the hotel to have photograph taken after
which the drive will be taken.
BAGGED ANOTHER COMET.
DR.. Lewis Swift, astronomer at the Echo
Mountain observatory, who is we'll known
among astronomers as the greatest discov-
erer of comets, has just added another to
his long list. Last night he verified the
discovery made ten days ago, of an entire
ly new comet. which at the time he first
saw it, was so soon obscured by clouds
that he hardly had time to observe it.
Having been on the watch for it every
night since, last night he corralled it again
in the field of his telescope and had good
chance 10 observe the stranger. which is
described as being in right ascension three
hours thirty-eight, decination north tif-
teen degrees, forty minutes. DR.. Swift
says the comet is quite bright, enough so
to be seen with the naked eye il it were
overhead, and that it has short tail He
will watch its course with great interest. as
will the many astronomers throughout the
country.
BILLS FOR EXTRA
The board of trustees of the school dis
trict were surprised to receive big bill for
extras from Contrac tor Klock, who built
the Lincoln school, to the amount of
nearly $4,000, and later another bill was
filed with nearly as much more demanded.
large number of items are included in
the bills. such as several hundred dollars
for glass, which, it is claimed. was not in
cluded in the specifications, as well as
many other items which are ordinarily in
cluded in such specifications.
ton, and Messrs. Burleigh of Los Angeles
and c. w. Buchanan of Pasadena have
been named as a committee of arbitration,
they to select a third party.
BREVITIES
Constable Slater and his friends have de-
cided to make demand for a recount of
the vote for city marshal, and to that end
he will present the matter some time this
week to the superior court.
Ons-hundred and twenty-five couples
took part in the dance given last evening
in X. OF P. hall by the Sons of st. George.
Mr.. and Mrs. North entertained their
friends last evening with music and dane
and instrumental music was furnished by
Miss Dingey at the piano, Miss Sutton,
violin solo and two vocal solos by Mr.. Vic
The herald., 1896-04-17
RUPTURE

Professor Joseph Fandrey European
specialist, formerly of Berlin, Germany
now permanently located at S21 South
Broadway. Los Angeles, is a practical
rupture specialist and manufactures
the latest patent trusses (his own in
vention) for curing rupture; also cor
sets for curvature of the spine. female
supporters, etc. Each case will be made
to fit. Over forty almost helpless cases
of from two TO twenty years standing,
some twice broken. are today cured and
have no more use for truss. Patients
from two to seventy-five years of age.
Information and testimonials will be
sent on application.
The herald., 1896-04-17
Olive Oil Should Look Bright.

Tue bright and limpid appearance of the
best olive oil is secured by repeatedly pas
sing it through layers of carded cotton
wool as filter. The cl ariied oil of Italy
is then. until bottled'or cold in bulk, kept
in cold storage, in masonry tanks lined
with hard marble and covered. Those who
use much oil and have cold, dark place
in which to keep it, find it economical to
buy a good brand of oil in gallon packages.
1t can be drawn off into quart or pint bot
ties for convenient use, and also so that
the large quantity may not be exposed too
frequently to the air.-New York Evening
Post,
The herald., 1896-04-17
German Claims Settled

HAMBURG, April 16.-The Roersen
Halle has a dispatch from aracas, Ven
ezuela, saying that settlement of the
railway claims made by Gernanv IN
behalf of German subjects has been
signed by the representatives of the
Disconto Gesselschaft, North German
bank, and the government of Venezu-
ella, the latter agreeing to pay &c. 600 900
bolivars in settlement Of past liabilities.
future claims and the guaranteed in
tereSt due '
The herald., 1896-04-17

The Ohio legislature has enacted a
law making it a misdemeanor for the
ater manager to allow hats to be worn
that obstruct the view of others A
clause providing for liberal supply OF
Tip Top Cough Syrup to check the an
noying coughs so frequently heard dur
ing theater performances should also
have been included.
The herald., 1896-04-17
Evidence of Insanity.

PHOENIX. ARIz., April 16-A. z. Hartz-
Ter. who attained notoriety in Los Angeles
u fow weeks ago by blowing out the gas in
hotel, narrowly being rescued from
death, was today sent to the insane asy-
lum. Since his escapade his mind has
been rapidly failing, though before it he
Was one OF the most intelligent of men.
The herald., 1896-04-17
To Chicago in Three Nights

1t takes only three nights in a sleeping
car from Los Angeles to Chicago on the
Santa Fe route. This for both first and
second-class tickets on the overland ex-
press. The best time on any compe ting
line takes five nights, and some of the M
longer. Don't waste your time.
The herald., 1896-04-17
LOS ANGELES HERALD: MORNING. II. 1896

is being rapidly changed into an electric
system, and grand opening is promised
Tor July 1. The new company is a sub
stantai one. and 1t is given out, will soon
be competitor for BUSINESS in all parts of
the city. George B. Sherter, formerly of
CINCINNATI, is president of the company.
The herald., 1896-04-17

Dr. Blair and family have removed to
223 West Thirty-tirst street. where they
will be pleased to see their friends.
The herald., 1896-04-17

Keep Cool
Ice cream 5 cents dish at the Nickel
Creamery, 542 South Spring.
The herald., 1896-04-17

was sewn up in belts and in the Innings
of their clothes. One gold piece with the
name THE Burden" engraved on it was
also found. 1t is thought all of the Bur
den plunder has been recovered.
The herald., 1896-04-17

Return from life insurance companies
show a great increase in business during
1S9J
The herald., 1896-04-17

WASHINGTON, April 16.-Consider-
alton of the bill for the settling of the
Pacific railway debts at this session by
the house seems assured. At meeting
of the house committee today Chairman
Powers announced that Speake Reed
had promised the bill should be brought
up in the house within two weeks and
all the time necessary for it's considera-
ton be given.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-07-03
white skirts Of Hair Cloth.

With the return to favor of the still,
white shirt the laundry bills are revela4
tons. Many women prefer, not so much
from economy as from the real lil1ingl
for them, the white haircloth petticoats
made to wear with any indoor froci1-i
The material is stiff as anything in thel
market. 1t is cut so as to fit the hips
like q glove, the fullness caught in q;
great bunch at the center of the back,
from which it flares in the most aggres-i
sive fashion. The foot may be trimmed
in all sorts of pretty and fanciful ways
Among the smartest are frills Of the
haircloth covered thickly with tiny frills,
of Valenciennes lace, set close together
so as to overlap. Of course, these skirts
dc not launder, and SO may be treated
Il any sort Of fantastic decoration.
Early Eggs for Breeding.
1t Is always an advantage to secure
the earliest eggs laid for breeding pur-
poses. They are higher in price, but il
care is taken that they are never chilled
they will hatch larger proportion Of
chicks, and the chicks themselves will
be stronger than those from eggs laid
later In the season. There is another
advantage also, as the early chicks get
through their moulting before cold
weather sets in next fall. aNd with goofls
feeding of egg-making material they
will lay most of the time next winter.
A late-hatched chick has to be kept
through one winter before it begins to.
lay, and then it produces eggs only
when the price 10 the lowest. :
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-07-03
Russian thistle

The so-called Russian thistle" or
"tumbleweed," has found its way to the
vicinity of Chicago, as it was sure to do
sooner or later, and Is causing no little
annoyance to the farmers of northern
Illinois and Indiana. It came, of course,
olong the railway lines with the stock
cars, and great patches Of it are now
found on the outskirts of the city. II
first got a foothold in this country over
20 years ago, having been brought by
some Russian colonists who settled In
the northwest. It soon took firm pos
session of the Dakotas, and began to
spread itself over a dozen other states
end territories. It is pest that prom
ises to make more trouble than the Cam
ada thistle ever did. Already it causes
:, loss of several millions annually to
The farmers of the northwest, and It's
ravages are increasing every year. Thus
lar science has been appealed to almost
In vain for some effective means OF get
ting rid of this extremely unwelcome
mmlgrant.-Harper's Weekly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-07-03
Feminine Logic.

She (fshing)-I know. Alfred, havs
my faults.
He-Oh, certainly.
She (angrily) - Indeed? Perhaps
You'll tell me what thev are?-Titbits.
Gen. Miles ON the Bicycle.
Frank G. Carpenter, the well-known
correspondent, recently asked Gen.
Miles what would be the next great
advance in army matters. The general
replied: ''It will probably be in the line
of transportation of men and equip
ment. The bicycle and the horseless
vehicle will have much to do in the
wars of the future. Put an army on BIZ
cycles and their opponents would be at
their mercy if they were not similarly
equipped. The bicycle troops could
feed of the supplies of their enemy's
country. They could move SO rapidly
that the others could not catch them.
They could choose their own positions
and fly from one point TO another at a
few hours notice. They could forestall
supplies and have every position OF adj
vantage. both in attacking and retreat
irr" -------- -
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-07-03
Fresh Water for Cows.

Cows in milk will consume nearly
fifty per cent. more water than the
same cows when not giving milk. The
New York experiment station at
Geneva found as an average of several
breeds that each cow drank 1,039
pounds of water and consumed SAT
pounds more in food per month. Dur
ing lactation the average per month
was 1000 pounds drank and 774.a
pounds consumed in food The pounds
of water consumed for each pound Of
milk produced were as follows: Ayr
shires, 4.26; Guernseys, 6.07i Holsteins,
443; Jerseys. 5.24; Shorthorns, B.;
Holderness, g. 95; Devons, 49,; making
an average of 4.6s pounds. The need
of an abundance of water Is evident
American Cultivator-
Contradictory.
Don't do that, Harry, somebody may
see u.s."
81 don't care. I'm no stickler to
FORM"
"You seem to stick to mine, all right. !"
Brooklyn Life.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-07-03

He-"Absence makes the heart grow
fonder," you know.
She-Sometimes. But flowers and
bonbons are more efficacious.-Town
TMp
Blubber Baths for Rheumatism.
In Australia they have whale cure
for rheumatism which Is said to be eff
fective, though disagreeable. It was
discovered by drunken man, who was
staggering along the beach near the
whaling station at Twofold bay, and
who, seeing a dead whale cut open,
took header into the decomposed
blubber. It took two hours for him
TO work his way out, but he was then
not only sober but cured of his rheu-
matism. Now a hotel has been built
In the neighboring town of Eden,
where rheumatic patients wait for the
arrival Of whale in order to take bluh-
Der baths.-Detroit Free Press.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-07-03
sympathy.
The DECAY of Grass 30

Every time the ground freezes and
Chaws many grass roots near the sur
face are snapped from the main STEM
we are told by writer. 1t is doubtless
the decay of these which contributes to
the increase of fertility when fields are
kept in grass. Some of the grasses,
and especially the clovers, run out after
one or two years. The decay OF their
roots in the soil helps to make the more
hardy and enduring varieties more
thrifty. We are apt to think that q sod'
40 far as its roots are concerned, IS
constant quantity from year to year.
But IL we could examine 1t every spring
we should probably find that many q
it, roots have dropped off, and will have
70 be replaced during the growing
uoas0n
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-07-03
osa uoinzs of a ret Crow.

Henry Safer, of Elizabethtown, Ind,
has crow that can talk as we'll as any
parrot. 1t is about four years old, and
can say many words in a distinctly
feminine voice. It's name is Jim Grow
The first intimation the passer-by has
of Jim's presence is voice calling him
from some tree or housetop: Hello,
Jip," in friendly tone. Then comes:
"Poor Jim" in a sorrowful tone. Then,
as if a woman in distress, comes the cry
in loud tone: ooh, God! Oh, God!"
The barking of a dog and the Growing
of a rooster are closely initiated. Jim.
like his ancestors, is q natural born
thief, stealing everything he can carry
that attracts his attention. To march
along line of clothes hung out to dry
and pull out every clothespin is his fa-
vorite pastime, all the while muttering:
"Poor Jim, poor JIM" and turning his
head sideways to watch each garment
fall in the dirt
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-07-03
cholera in Egypt.

Cairo, July s.-There were seventeen 1T
oosas If cholera and five deaths FROM IA
that disease among the Egyptian Its
soldiers here gsAtscdaEa.aPd.5 sSs OF
animals-likewise the students OF the
SQUIRRELS and mice, birds, fish, and any
Of the rest. Friedlander & Sons, Ges-
man publishers, are about to get out
= work enumerating the described spe-
cies of the animal kingdom. About
100 volumes of, say, 750 pages each
will be required. This will allow five
animals to the page. There are about
$4,000 animals known. Anyone who
would like to know what this means
should sit down with a pencil, write
down the names of all the different
kinds of animals he or she can think
of-mammals, birds, reptiles, fish.
beetles, butterflies and mollusks. Sub
tract the result from the 3S6,oOo, and
the calculator win be astonished Mt
what lot he doesn't know.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-07-03

D. Lustok has patented process IN
"ermany under which the muscular
coating of the intestines of animals is
Invested of both the interior and ex-
'erlor layers of mucous membrane, and
,nen dlgested in a Cepsin solution until
S~e muscular fibers are half digested.
nis Is then treated with tannin and
saiilc acid. The result is tissue which
mn take the place of the natural akin,
~ auu which, when laid on the wound,
enCirely absorbed during the healing