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Year: 1874

Pennsylvans Railroad Company, which gives 1t % per
cent OF the gross receipts and guarantees that the
Company shall have enough in excess Of 80 per cent II
that is insufficient TO pay the interest on the t,SOop
first and second special mortgage bonds. The Pennsy-
vans Railroad Company does not guarantee the interest
the general second mortgages Cn which there Is
row a default, although in past years they have
always furnished the money for interest on
these bonds. The terms OF the general second mort
permit lapse OF six months in interest payments
before legal proceedings foreclOse that DOrtgage can
be taken. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company accord
10 their last statement owned abOut s2,VDeso OF
the general second mortgages The Company can either
buy control enough OF these bonds To fOrecose the
mortgage NJ the expiration OF six months which wond
them possession of the road and would Ob1terae
all other securities they can pay the interest and
continue TO operate the road under the lease a. AZ
Year: 1874

Girls do not always know their power
l, is far greater than they think; and,
were they true and brave enough to ex
ert il, they might almost, in generation,
revoIutionize society about them. Ex-
ert your power for good upon the young
men who are privileged to enjoy your
society. Gentle and good, be also brave
and true. Try to exhibit the ideal of n
woman, pure and good woman, whose
life is migety as well as beautiful in itS
maidenly dignity add attractive lo~eli'
ness. Do not let it even seem that dress
and frivolity constitute your only thot's
but let the elevation of your character
and the usefulness of your life lift nI
the man that walks by your side. Some
Of you are intimate associates, which un-
der exchanged promises, look forward tc
nearer and more enduring relation. II
thrse hours do nothing to lower, but ev.
erything to refine and ennoble, each 9th
er's character,
Year: 1874

THE election yesterday passed off
quietly. There were one or two small
skirmishes with fists but they lasted
only moment and were promptly
quelled. The saloons were all closed,
and only those familiar with the
backways and byways could obtain a
drink for love or money. The excite
ment was intense and the streets were
crowded from the opening of the polls
in the morning until vote could no
longer be made useful. The main
fight was on the Mayor and the next
important struggle was for Marshal.
Both sides worked steadily all day.
We do not think great deal of money
was used, and what was spent was in
vested prior to the, day of. election.
The law was generally observed and
the election as orderly as could be de-
sired.
Year: 1874

miles Off tho line of the f0ad. Last
Friday morning, Payton, with his
boy, took his team sand went to
place about five miles distant from his
residence, leaving his wife, at home.
On his return in the evening his wife
was missing. The nearest neighbor
was nearly q mile from his residence,
but Payton sounded the alarm as soon
as possible, and search was immedi-
ately commenced for the missing wife
and mother. On Sunday afternoon,
she was discovered in almost dying
condition in ravine about six miles
from her residence, and from her was
learned the horrible story of her suf-
ferings. About an hour after her
husband left home on Friday, five
Mexicans or Californians rode up to the
house and asked for a drink of water,
and as Mrs. Payton entered the house
to procure it two Of the Mexicans dis
mounted. When she returned she
was suddenly seized and bound hand
and foot, placed on the horse of one of
the parties. The whole party then
dashed off at full speed making for q
ravine in the foot hills some miles dis
tant. After about three hours ride,





gave Indications of being an old
camp,and where there was some extra
horses and q quantity of provisions.
Here the party dismounted and COM
menced o. hellish ogre, which eontin-
ued until Sunday morning. The mar
rative of the sufferings of the helpless
woman, who had been dragged from
home to crafty the unnatural lust of
these demons, cannot be described, and
the widest imagination cannot con-
ceive of a more awful crime than was
there enacted. Not once, merely, but
repeatedly did each one of these fiends
in human form subject their weak,
struggling victim to nameless out
rage, and in addition she was beaten
with their fists and lashed with their
riding whips, until the blood flowed
down her body.


At.an early hour on Sunday morn.
ing the scoundrels broke camp, and
heading the poor woman down the ra-
vine upon which they had been To-
Gated, gave her several 'tcutso with
switches, started her off in one direc-
ton, they riding off in another. Fol
several hours she wandered -blindly,
staggering and stubling along, until
at last, almost famished for want of
food, and nearly dead from the inju-
ries she had received, she fell in a
faint at the point where her husband
discovered her in the afternoon. The
poor woman was taken to the nearest
residence and received all the care
and attention possible, but on Mon
day morning, when Furness last saw
her, it was very doubtful whether she
could survive the injuries she had re-
eeived. The country in which this
unparalleled outrage was perpetrated
is sparsly settled, but all of the availa-
BILE forces of the region were soon
afield in search of the perpetrators OF
the crime. The roughness Of the re-
gion and the small mass of the pursu-
ing force are such, however, that but
little hopes are entertained of captur-
ing them.
Year: 1874

The struggle is over and the people
are the victors. Probably more ex-
citing election has never transpired in.
any city of California than that which
took place in Los Angeles yesterday
The campaign has been bitter and
acrimonious. The whole struggle was
for the Mayor. OF the four candi-
dates BEAUDRY, SACRIsTE, TIFFANY
and SABICHI-the first named was


the only one who might be regarded


as the friend of the people. Major SA-
CRIsTE though worthy gentleman
and highly respected, did not enter
the campaign until too late to secure
the support of any but his personal
friends. Both TIFFANY and SABICHI
were recognized as the candidates
of the exclusive franchise corporations
who have by their ,exactions become
both oppressive and obnoxious to the
citizens. Mr.. BEAUDRY is a man of
the people and from the opening of
the campaign it was apparent to all
discerning men that he would be
elected unless unusual and unfair
means were used to defeat him. AS
the battle grew warm. the most dis
honorable and disgraceful as well as
totally unfounded charges were made
against him by both the Star aud Er-
press; but as these libels and slanders
appeared they were promptly nailed
by the HERALD, which is generally
read by the English speaking portion
of our population, and by the Cronica,
which is the able organ of the Spanish
speaking population. No man was
ever more falsely or maliciously SLAM
dered than Mr.. BEAUDRY by the E1r-
press, but the people have manifested
their contempt for that venal and dis
reputable sheet and their confidence
in and esteem for him by electing him
Mayor by a majority which may ex-
ceed and certainly will not fall far be-
low 400. The HERALD has made q
strong fight for what it believed to be
for the best interest of the people. 1t
made this fight against the combina-


ton of capital and the old schemers


who have controlled the city for the


last twenty years and it is proud of it's


victory. The people of Los Angeles


will now manage their own municipal


affairs for time at least. Fale the
rin0i
Year: 1874

SAN FRANCISCO, December 6th.-At
q late hour last night Patrick Gilleran,
~ native ofIrcland, about so years of
age, accidentally shot himself dead,
near the corner of Eighteenth and
Mariposa streets. He had just return
ed from shooting picnic and in talk
ing the gun from the wagon the
hammer caught, discharging the con-
tents of the gun into his right breast,
killing him instantly. The relations
of the deceased took charge of the
body and removed it to his house near
by, where it awaits the action of the
Coroner.
Year: 1874

Venison and antelope are now quite
plentiful in the Reno markets. The
venison comes from the foot hills on
the eastern slope of the Sierras-about
the head Of Sierra and Long valleys
while the antelope are brought from
the regions bordering the Rocky
Mountains.
Year: 1874

- a gentleman who had splendid New
fonndland dog was riding with = friend
one day, when the dog became the sub
1ieet of conVersatiOhs-HaEl praised the
Qualities of his companion that Nero would
upon receiving the order, return and fetch
any article he should leave behind, from
any distance, To confirm this, marked
shilling was first shown TO the dog, and
then put under q large square stone by
the side of the road. 1llfhe gentiemen then
rode for three miles, when the dog recefv-
ed the signal from his matter to return


fot the shilling be had seen put under the
stone. The dog turned back, the gentle
men rode on, and reached home: bat to


there great surprise the hitherto faithful


messenger did not return during the day.


It afterwards appeared that he had gone


TO the stone under which the shilling was


placed, but it being too large for his
strength to remove, he had staid bowling
At the place till two gentlemen on horse


back. bearing the noise made by the dog,
stopped to look at him, when one Of them
aliRhting, removed ths stone, and seeing
the shilling, putin -to- -his. pocket not at
the time thinking it to be the object of the
dogs search. The dog followed their


hofses for twenty miles, remained quietly
in the room where they supped, followed


the maid into the bedchzmber, and hid


himself under one Of the beds The pos
SCISSOR OF the shilling hung his breeches
upon a nail by the bedside; bat when the
travellers were both asleep, the dog took
the breeches in his mouth, and leaped out
of The window, which was open on oecount
of the heat, reached the house of his mas


ter at four O'Clock in the morning with


his prize, IN the pocket Of which were


found, besides the schaling, = watch and
msney, which, upon being advertised,


were returned TO the. owner, when the
whole mystery vas explained to the ad-
miration of all parties,
Year: 1874

To those engaged in the work Of get
ting opt a daily newspaper, says the
Baltimere American, the question as to
the number OF hours that shall constii-
tute days work is theme in WHICH
they feel no direct interest. They must
commence work when the work is ready
for them, and not stop until it is done


The old rule of from sunrise till sun
set would be q glorious relief to them,
and as to eight hOnrs constituting a
days work, they would regard them.
selves as transformed to Q heaven of
bliss. There are few persons engaged in
3 newspaper office who work less than
from twelve to sixteen hours per day,
and during the winter season not less
than from twelve 70 sixteen hours per
day, and during the winter season not
less than ten of these hours are by gas
light, closing at three, four and bve
o'clock in the morning While other
people are sleeping soundiy in their
beds. the editor, with his corps of assist
ants, is busily at work to spread before
his readers at the breakfast table news
from all pasts of the world, with a
complete RECORD Of the days and
nights doings in his ewE LEGALITY.
When ordinary mortals get up in the
morning the newspaper nan is just
turning in for his first nap. Twenty
wears ago the American vas put to press
at 10 o'clock in the evening. 4 few
wears later u o'clock was the hour, and
from that time to the present the closing
hour has been extended into the morn
inc until 4 O clock is now about the time
fer ending the days work" in the edito-
rial and composing rooms. Fast presses,
equal TO the printing Of 10000 to 2OOD
copies per hour, have thus become essen
tial to the rapid delivery Of the paper 70
the carriers and news agents by this
turning of night into day. The telegraph,
which formerly closed before midnight,
nov ticks steadily on night and day, and
the newspaper people mHst wait and
watch for its ticking to the last possible
moment. II the newspapers do not,
therefore, 90 into spasms over the exei-
ting question Of limiting days work %
a sev hours Of daylight, it must be a.
tributed 70 their envy Of those who are
blessed VITA q calling that will permit Of
such Injuries.
Year: 1874

The Pail Mall Gazette says: AL


though the unpleasant facts observed by


Sir Samuel Baker in his wanderings on


the shores of the White Nile was one


similar to that recorded by the African


traveller Bruce, who declared to an unbe-


lieving public that the Abyssinians cut


beefsteaks from living cattle. He found


that it is the practice in a certain dis


trict to remove the humps of the native


buffaloes while the animals are still alive,


and that, the meat thus obtained being


much valued, this horrible operation is
repeated several times during the lives


of the miserable creatures. This is dis
gusting enough, aud the people guilty Of
such methods of increasing the meat
supply are, no doubt, stepped in cruelty
and bloodshed; but traveller from Un.
yoro might, had he been in Glasgow the
other day, have turned the tables on
white critics and pointed to as ugly
sight in Christian and civilized England.
Here a charge was lately proved against
an engineer of having cruelty tortured
dog by putting it into pot over a fire,
filled or partly filled with boiling water,
and allowing the animal to remain there
bowling and barking uAtil the hair, skin
and flesh were about to separate from its
bones, when it died. 1t was also stated
by witnesses that they found the defend.
ant standing looking at the poor brute
struggling in the pot, aud asking it to
give an account of itself now. We could
wish in the case of this trial that the
venue had been changed to Africa,
where, If the law had taken cognizance
of the offense at all, its majesty would
have been vindicated with hippotamus
whip instead of a fine of twenty-one
shillings or fourteen days imprison-
mantN
Year: 1874

stumps found at the bottom. Higher up,
the trees, though unteuched by the lava,
were burned by the heat. The growth
of portion OF the trees since the erup-
tion shows about twenty FIVE annular
rings. The lava from the volcano covers
about one hundred square miles. An old
resident of Red Bluff, who was in the
neighborhood in 1863, told the doctor
that he saw bright sheet Of fame rising
from the mountain, which continued du-
ring his entire stay. Shaved Head, an
old Indian of the Mill Creek tribe, says
that in his youth the region was alive
with volcanoes in active operation.
Year: 1874

CHURCH SUPPER.-Last night, 9 sup
ner was held in Madeley M. E. Church,


South Wilmington, for the benefit Of the
church which was highly successful af-
fair. The church was finely decorated,
and two large tables were erected, on
which tempting food was profusely ar
rayed. Over three hundred people par
took Of supper, and the remains Of the
feast were disposed Of at auction. Quite a
handsome sum was realized by the sup
Year: 1874

The San Bernardino Argus COM
plains that its town does not receive
sufficient attention at the hands of the
press and people of Los Angeles. If
there is any neglect in this respect, we
are sure it is not intentional, either on
the part of the press or our citizens.
The HERALD, which we of course re-
gard as the press of Los Angeles,
makes frequent, and always favorable,
allusion to San Bernardino. We look
upon it as the central city of large
and prosperous county. There is not
a day passes that we do not hear San
Bernardino mentioned on our streets.
There is no place more highly spoken
OF by our citizens, and visitors always
leave with good account both of the
town and county.
Year: 1874

One of the first duties of the next
Legislature should be the appointment
ofa committee to investigate the af-
fairs of the State University. The
committee should be appointed at the
very opening of the session; it should
be composed of honest men of indus
trious habits and determination
enough to do what is right even
though few rich men fall beneath
the sword of justice. The committee
should be instructed and empowered
to begin at the beginning and probe
every transaction of the Board of Re-
gents from the creation of the Univer-
sity to the meeting ofthe Legislature.
If we assume, which we do not, that
the Regents have been actuated by
motives OF honesty from first to last
we still cannot avoid conclusion the
facts force upon us, which is that the
concern has cost a vast amount of
money-a great deal more than it is
worth. We know that it has absorbed
the tide land proceeds and we know
that it has had valuable land dona-
tions, but we do not know what has
become of it all. We know what re-
suited from an investigation into the
affairs of Regent MERIT and the
people, or at least the well informed
portion of them, are apprehensive that
u careful examination of the Universi-
ty would develop the fact that Dr.
MERIT was not the only Regent who
made the people heavy contributors to
his priVate purse.
Year: 1874

THE great fire which few days ago
converted the old town of Mokelumne
Hill into ashes, also destroyed the
Chronicle newspaper office, owned by
our old friend HIGBY. The office was
worth three thousand dollars, and
being uninsured was a total loss.
HIGBY is one of the ablest Republican
editors in the State. We shall expect
to hear in short time that the Chron-
icle is once more making its weekly
visits.
Year: 1874

THE Salinas and Monterey Narrow
gauge Railroad is to be completed and
the cars running by the 18th inst.
This road is the result of a bit of enter
prise very commendable in the people
of Monterey county.
Year: 1874

DE 1T RESOLVED, BY THE COMMON
- Council of the City Of Los Angeles, as
follows:


SECTION l. That the assessments herein
after set forth are hereby declared to be the
assessments properly chargeable to and col
lectable from the several owners of the prop
erty respectively hereinafter described, for and
on account of the grading of Commercial
street, in said city.


SEC. 2. That each of the assessments here
tnafter contained and set forth as the assess
ment levied upon and charged against the
respective lots or parts thereof for the grading
of said Commercial street, is hereby declared
true and correct, and that the valuations res
pectively put upon such lots or parts thereof
are the just and correct cash values OF such
lots or parts thereof, Irrespective of improve
ments thereon, liable to be assessed therefor
SEC. 8. The Clerk of the Common Council
is hereby directed to enter statement of this
assessment in the docket of city liens, accord
ing to law, and give notice of the levy of such
assessment by publication of the same for ten
days in the Los Angeles DAILY HERALD and
La CTOnfca respectively.


SEC. 4. The following is the assessment
hereinbefore referred to. That is to say:


In the matter of the grading of Commercial
street:


North Side.
Year: 1874

HERALD claims credit not only for the sub
stance of its advice, but for its timeliness
The frightened republican journals which at
last indorse the advice cannot turn back the
wheels of time and restore the condition OF
things when it was first given. A shot at
game within easy range is worth dozen after
it has fed to greater distance. 1t is not our
fault that the tairest opportunities have been
wasted by slowness of perception on the part
of our republican contemporaries; but even
now the adoption Of the HERALD advice by
Governor Dix may perhaps arrest the ruin
which he might have forestaled.
Year: 1874

If the statement in our cable despatch
from Berlin to-day be confrmed-viz-, that
the charge against Count Won Arnim has
dwindled down to one of insubordination
only because Bismarck breads the further
spread of the scandal-then it is plain that
the Prince made grave blunder in ordering
the arrest of the ex-Minister. The attention
Of the whole world has been directed
to this bold and exceptional step, and
it was naturally thought that the Count Won
Arnim had been guilty of some terrible crime
These are not the days of the great Frederick,
when military law ruled the State and when
the imprisonment of dignitaries and ENJOYS
was not matter of surprise. The arrest Of
Won Arnim was startling, and required an ex-
treme situation to justify it either on the
ground of policy or that Of right


But if, after the parade of Count Won
Arnim's offences, the seizure Of State papers,
the efforts to again embroil France and Ger
many. the attempt to use his position as Am
bassador to promote the interests of an ultra
montane monarchy, Bismarck is alarmed
at the prospect Of the revelations
which would follow trial based upon
these charges, he certainly is in no
enviable position. His effort to browbeat the
Count has failed, and prudence prohibits the
execution Of his threats. If Won Arnim, at
the trial, which II is announced will take
place three weeks hence, is to be accused only
of insubordination, then Won Arnim is
practically master of the situation.
But it is rarely that Bismarck retreats, and
his character is so well known that it seems
almost impossible that he should have at
tempted to force his game with C6unt Won
Arnim without calculating upon the results Of
failure as we'll as those of success.
Year: 1874

TIE LOUISIANA Conference Committees meet
to-day, and it is to be hoped that the resigna-
lions of radical members will be handed in
and the Election Board organized on an i'm
Martial basis
Year: 1874

there was considerable difference. We con.
gratulate all these gentlemen upon their spirit
Of self-sacriAce in absenting themselves from
the house of worship and devoting the Sab
bath to such disinterested service. Truly the
laborer is worthy of his hire.
Year: 1874

Miss Cushman's Farewell Engagement.


At time when our stage has been taken
possession Of by the sumptuously dressed
ladies of the society drama the temperance
of great actress is an event that must stir the
hearts of all who look on the theatre as some
thing more than place Of elegant leisure.
The return of Miss Cushman to the stage is
an event of great Importance. Under her
influence grand pictures of human passion
will replace the degrading scnsationalism of
the physical drama, and the theatre
become once more the resort of peo-
pie seeking intellectual amusement Miss
Cushman's genius and power are so
widely known and recognized that
it is not necessary for us to bespeak for her
the respectful attention of the public. This
she will command and more-the love and
admiration which must ever attach to life
of honorable endeavor and triumph. The
great successes Of this foremost American
actress belong almost to another generation,
but the fire of her genius has continued to
burn brightly, while the great stars that once
illumined the dramatic armament have
dropped one by one from view into the in
finite space Of eternity. Miss Cushman, too,
takes her farewell of the stage, and her present
engagement will be the last opportunity
afforded to the people of New York to wit
ness the great creations which have secured
for Miss Cushman whatever Immortality the
stage can give-a resting place in the memory
of mankind with the Bettertons, the Siddonses,
the Rachels, the Keans and the Macreadys


The disappearance from our stage of such a
noble and commanding figure will leave gap
which must long remain untitled The public
will not fail to mark their appreciation Of
the great artist who in her old
age bids adieu to the scene of her triumphs in
all the ripe maturity of her genius. Time,
which has withered all else, seems but to have
mellowed her intellectual gifts, and though
the SHOWS of winter have fallen on her brow
she preserves the fulness of dramatic power
which ordinarily belongs only to the earlier
years of life The three characters chosen for
representation are Queen Katharine, Lady
Macbeth and Meg Merrilles. In all three Miss
Cushman has won worldwide fame, and it is
peculiarly appropriate that she should select
those roles in which she achieved renown for
her farewell engagement We have no doubt
that the public will pay its tribute of homage
in a manner worthy of the great actress, and
that she will carry with her into her retire.
ment substantial proofs of the public favor.