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Year: 1875

IF there are persons who doubt the
productiveness of Los Angeles Valley,
they should take run down to Los
Nietos. Corn fields miles in extent
with every stalk fifteen feet high meet
the eye on every side. This wonderful
product is not the result of artificial
irrigation. The soil is rich and moist
and though the farmers have abund-
ant irrigation facilities which by the
way, they formerly used, they have Of
late. years found it unnecessary and
now grow fields ofcorn without resort
ing to their bitches. There is not a
richer spot of earth to be found than
Los Nietos. Everything of veget-
able nature grows there with tropical
luxuriance.
Year: 1875

By mistake we have heretofore sta
ted that the Democratic County Con-
vention would be held on Saturday
next in place of Wednesday as an
nouced by the County Committe. BY
reference to the published call of the
Committee it will be seen that the
Convention will be held in this city
on next Wednesday.
Year: 1875

LONDON, August 2d.-The Times
says the Government system for send
ing shilling dispatches over the tele-
graph lines of the country has disap-
pointed expectations. The time is
coming when this rate will cease to
pay and unless great change is made
the service will become a heavy and
increasing charge on the country.
Year: 1875

There is n monk in a monastery
in tho Levant who is described as
being superbly handsome, and has
never seen woman. He is said to
hayo some curiosity rs to what such
u creature is like, but tho wonder is
that some enterprising traveller of the
softer sex has not heard of his hand
somness, and visited the monastery
IN question TO soc and be sean.
Year: 1875

GEN. SHERMAN has written book, and just at this time it is creating quite stir. A good many we believe consider that their regulations have been somewhat damaged, and the prospects are that we shall have lively times over the discus sion of the various records of the heroes before we get through. We have not seen Gen. Sherman's book, but of one thing we will lay a small wager, that you will not find passage in the book in the least de- gree to indicate that Gen. sherman ever made a mistake. He seems to be one of the favored few in his own estimation who are infallible.
Year: 1875

PRESIDENT GRANT recently spoke as follows to the members of the depart ment of superintendence of the national educational association upon the occa- sion of their calling npon him:

 feel that the advancem ent of the cause of education would be one of the best reconstructlve movements we could have in the country, and therefore I have felt, in addition 10 other reasons, deep ln- terest in it. do not see how a pure re- public is to be maintained, unless it is based on the intelligence of the people. Without a combined interest and effort in every section of the country for the support of educational facilities, it will be impossible to obtain the results which we most desire in this respect. In order that there may be a combination and harmony of interest in this matter, have always teen ready and anxious to give my support to any proper means for this end and purpose.
Year: 1875

TIE coat of arms in the republic of Mexico, the eagle perched upon the cac- tus with q serpent in his talons IS said to have been adopted from the following legend: The Astecs are said to have migrated from remote regions of the north and for time were made captives and enslayed, but having regained their freedom, on approaching the present site of the City of Mexico in 1925 they saw perched on prickly pear, which shot out from the crevice of a rock washed

 by the waves, a royal eagle of extraor- dinary size and beauty with a serpent in his talons and his broad wings opened to the rising sun. They hailed the au- spicious omen announced by the oracle as indicating the site of their future city
Year: 1875

SECTION Be ordained BY the Torn Council the Borough Of Housa
and hereby ordained y e authority the That
who shall within the said Borough either directly indirectly
horse hundred


es dwelling house academy school house within said Borough
shall forfeit and the penalty five dollars each ohense be
an enclosure sufficient height the back end the lot made close
be hid and concealed from the the citizens and inhabitants the said
Borough and every forfeiture shall
con before the Burgess for the Borough other
FIXTURES recoverable.


SEC That person persons shall play ball whoon
shall kind shall throw other missiles in
the public streets alleys within said Borough shall by day by night
make kind of noise disturbance the annoyance
of the peacee citizens of the said Borough they shall severa
conviction thereof before the Burgess forfeit and pay for such oensc
the dollar together with and
refusal inability pay said forfeiture Immediately
he they shall suffer imprisonment the lookup the Borough for the
space of twelve hours.


SEC That shall LET stand tic hitch make fast horse
upon sidewalk within the limits the Borough
he shall be liable less than dollar
than dollars and every such fnc shall be conviction
the Burgess for the the Borough etures
covcrable p J. McCULLAGIl, Burgess [sEALl
Attest loBT BUTLER Clerk
Year: 1875

SECTION ordained y Council of Borough of H.aa
and hereby ordained by the authority Of The and the prona
ton tbs Ordnance That intend TO exhibit within
the Borough theatrical performances riding horse
manhp exercises dancing the tight
lofty tumbng ght hand juggling gdan panorama other
show spectacle which has for its object the the
the punary interest emoument Of the person desiring
exhibit aforesaid such shall before the day
ceng that which the exhibition take call the Burgess
Borough for written permit exhibit aforesaid and the Burgess hereby
for period exceeding days exceeding fifteen dollars
which shall the
exhibit
said license application be for renewal to the
who will the satisfied Of the five
dollars additional exhibition said persons
the Borough hou That the Burgess be
Town Council the Treasurer the Borough hereby authorized
the permit and the payable for the aforesaid
Ti further That this Ordinance shall prevent the exhibition
cuode animals gratis when unconnected with the
above named entertainments, amusements, shows-etc


That shall exhibit tha
cal performance play riding mentioned the first section ofts
Ordinance without having obtained
Town Council Treasurer the Borough aforesaid the High Constable
shall and he required and directed proceed forthwith all and every
persons exhibiting have him them before the Burgess
Justice the Peace the Borough and the said Burgess Justice the
Peace shall to fine the offending
dollars dollars
tho said fine shall be Immediately paid the Burgess Justice
the Peace shall forthwith execution directed the High Constable
aforesaid levy and collect the of said fine with COSTS of the goods
and effects of the person persons fined aforesaid


SEC That complaint made the High Constable his
personal knowledge that infringing violating
this Ordinance shall be his whom he
shall find engaged therein and bring him before the Burgess Justice
aforesaid under the penalty less than FIVE dollars than
dollars refusal his duty
fine after execution has been placed his hands he shall be liable
the thereof costs suit


p J. McCULLAGH, Burgess [sEALl
Year: 1875

Be ordained by tie Toen Cale the Baaho Of Hodsia and
hereby ordned by authority That
hog hogs large inside the limits of the Borough from the
August 1874 until the LIST day October the year
April until the h October each succeeding
shall be lawful for any atge inside the limits of this
Borough from and after the LIST day Of August 1874


SEC shall be the duty OF the High Constable pick
goats that he find running large the Borough and put them
pound provided by the Borough for that purpose and If the
hogs and fail to claim their property inside Of days after being
the High Constable the High Constable shall then proceed
sell them the highest bidder Pou hoD hatany any
reclaim his property time inside
High Constable the
hog goat and fifty cents each head as


The High Constable shall himself fifty hog
fifty each hog
and he shall the Borough Treasurer the balance
together with the dollars delivery property
inside Of five days after such sale or delivery


PETER CAMERON, Burgess. [sEALl
CAMERON,
Year: 1875

Council the Borough Of Hosda
and hereby ordained BY he authority tie That keeping
and after the h day August 1874 pipe
such condition ndangr property shall upon
thereof before the Burgess Justice Borough forfeit
and for the first fnse five dollars and
second succeeding ensc shall fine of less than
than fifteen dollars the discretion Of the Burgess
trying the which
like collected by law in this the Burgess
Justice the Peace before whom
according the evidence before them
sovepipes hues.


1t shall duty High and the Borough Police
examination all Borough
person violating the provisions the


PETER CAMERON, Burgess. [sEAL]
Attest JoHS CAMERON, Clerk.
Year: 1875




ordained by the Tocn Council of Borough of Hoult
and hereby ordained by the authority the same That any person shall
any part amy street alley the Borough With wood TIMBER 1 coa
] % n nI c gDf C an S or any t n'f impeachment oD
offending shall upon conviction thereof forfeit and the
the Borough, five dollars for every such ohense


SEG That S any person under any pStoxt @ whatever in
within Borough which ns the lot of another the per-
mission the occupant of said lot be first
every such ofense.


SEC person put place any manure compost fence wall
public grounds the Borough the to done
offending shall forfeit and for the of the Borough five dollars for
any building within Borough application to the Burgess
for written permit and the Burgess authorized permission the
width OF the street or alley front OF and next the lot which said build
lime other building materials any person place or
be put placed brick lime boards antng other building
occupy beyond the limits above prescribed shall after the expiration
every person offending pay five dollars
] @ ' g the the s y e $ e sn s@u to no 5
remove such obstruction or impeachment and in case Of his refusal to do
the the proper and charges the said
@ That after the six months have expired the salts
p S Ss p s & ' s qsSssn 7 S sa e sRa
made him. the permit for period not exceeding three months
& s d. That THAT any person shall put or place % oe put placed
thereof o filth purescen matter whatever
offending shall forfeit and pay for the use the Borough five dollars for
SIC That shall take sand
ground within Borough shall make any emban
osp @ x sD % 1S n % s @q OF & & "s S s
dig pit hole cavity thereon the to be done every
offending shall forfeit and the the Borough dollars
for every such oense Po aay That this shall prevent
the Street Commissioner from grading ve amending improving the


alleys under the direction of the Town Council taking and
removing sand clay gravel and earth for the purpose aforesaid
SIC That shall be the duty of the High Constable the Borough
complaint being made him. his knowledge violation of
@ eo@1a S % S sT ss BE % g d 5 % dtas wSe
shall institute legal proceedings against the alleged offender the corporate
the Borough and lawful conviction of the offender the fine ad
judged against him together with shall be levied and collected
under hundred dollars levied and collected by Justice of the Peace
under the laws of this Commonwealth


SEC The onshqlf Of all the fines collected by virtue Of this Ordinance
be paid to the High Constable other making complaint and
the other half for the use of the Borough


P.J MoCULLAGI, Burgess sEALl
Attest }oBr. BUTLER, Clerk.
Year: 1875

SECTION l. Be ordained BY the To0n Council the Borough Of Hoasdd
dad hereby ordained By The authority Of The That shall be the duty
within inhabited the Borough
ouzda within twenty -four hours after fall of
be removed said from the sidewalks and from the cutters
of snid
nng refusing to do shall forfeit and for such
oene the of dollar together with prosecution and shall
the cost removing the Pou That when lot the
occupant required only make clear of four feet


P MCULLAGH Burgess. [sEAL]
Atiest: BurIER
Year: 1875

Bet ordained BY e 7on Council of the Borouq of Hosda
and hereby ordained BY The authority Of he person per.
shall disturb the public the Borough by noisy
rns conduct proan language obscene actions
and offending and being thereof the
said Borough shall forfeit and for every exceed
ing dollars the discretion OF the Burgess
be imprisoned for period exceeding five ay nj the
discretion of the Burgess aforesaid.


shall standing assem-.
bling lettering about the streets alleys corners in said


such ouc with free passage Of
Year: 1875


construction Cellar Porche with certain Limitations
SECTION Be ordained By the Topn Council Borough HOda
and is hereby ordained by the authority Of the That the sidewalks
Iaycmcn within the Borough shall feet wide measuring
the line OF the lot TO the outer edge of the cung plank


SEC That after the this Ordinance shall
place cellar door porch other mpemnt obstruction which
shall exceed than beyond the
shall violate this provision shall be the duty the Street Commissioner
complaint being made notice the the lot
front of which said mpeme be erected the within
ten days his refusal the
the said mpedmen obstruction
occupant be recovered by the Street Commissioner debts equal
by law recoverable and the said
refusing the mpemen obstruction aforesaid shall
and pay dollars be recovered fines recoverable
Borough


SEC That whenever any occupant of any building
ground within the Borough intends sidewalk
ment OF brick plank front of said building part thereof
shall call the Concmc whose duty shall be
by posts stakes the width height and adan of said pavement and
shall be the duty the said Counmen contemplated
Improvement when constructed with
grade and width and agreeable the said Ordinance
ment shall correspond in width the rcquon of
Ordinance measuring the edge of the curb plank


p. j. MoCULLAGH, Burgess sEALl
Attest RoBr BUTLER, Clerk.
Year: 1875

IMpoRrANT.-In buying home
stead from husband and wife the pur
chaser should examine whether the
wife has not been changed since the
declaration of the homestead was fled.
In the case of johnson Va. Bush. the
Supreme Court has decided that when
Il homestead is the cymmon property
of husband and wife, who have chill.
dren, it does not become the exclusive
property of the husband after the
death ofa wife without will, or il
they should be married again, of him
ard his second wife; but part Of the
property is inherited by tie chill rem


and sale Without their participation
does not confer complete title.-Ex.
Year: 1875

The Pacific Mail Company have
Withdrawn their suit against William
s Hing fer the SHE'S GOO which they
allege or suppose that he received
from S,ockweII's corruption fund. At
least Jay Gould has given Bill notice
that he doesn't intend to push the suit.
Press.
Year: 1875

A singular accident occurred on the


Winona and St. Peter road on Friday
A freight train under the conductor
ship Of Patterson, when nearing Lewis.
ton. lost pair Of wheels from one OF
the cars. aud ran nearly three miles
without the loss being discovered, bu,
coming to an intersection with another
set Of rails At switch it was thrown
from the track and ditched. No one
was hurt, and the injury trifliRg but
what puzzles the man how they lost
the wheels. T


| A girl in Maeoupin county, Illinois,
recently sawed a cord of hard wood in
one hour and. forty, Eve minutes, each
stick being cut twice. She is dcscrib-
ed as pretty and not yet eighteen, and
performed the task in ft of anger,
because her mother told her she was
fit for nothing else but to sit in the
parlcr and read novels. Hou such a
Girl as that would rattle her husband
about when she got mad at him
Year: 1875

Tho very first lesson parent has to
learn is that whatever he attempts to
teach child he must himself first prac-
tice. Whatever he wishes his child to
avoid, he must make up his mind to re-
nouncc, and that from the very earliest
stage of existence, md down to the
minutest things. In young children the
initiative faculty is so enormous, the
reasoning power 80 small, that Cnc can
not bc too careful, even with infants,
to guard against indulging i'll harsh
tone, n brusque manner, n sad or angry
look. As far rs is possible the tender
bud should live in IN atmosphere OF
continual sunshine, under which it may
safely and happily unfold, hour by
hour, and day by day. To effect this
there is required from the parent, or
those who stand in the parents stead,
m amount of selfcoutgol and seli-dc-
nial which would bo almost impossible
had not Heaven implanted on tho one
side maternal instinct, on the other tha


extraordinary winning charm which
there il about MI young creatures,
making us put up with their endless
waywGrtlncss, and love them all tho
better the moro trouble they give us.
Year: 1875

COMPTROLLER GREEN TRIES TO MAKE POINT


IN FAVOR OF THE NUISANCE.


Commissioner Porter yesterday sent a communica-
tion the Aldermen relative the Harlem which
shows that Comptroller Green rs doing his best TO
thwart the plans of the Commi ssioner for the filling in
and draining of the fats General Porter states in the
communication that having become satisfied that the
resolutions concerning the fats the files Of the
Board could not be passed owing to the stand taken by
certain Of the factous Aldermen he had availed him
self of the law of 1871 and Of the orders of the Board
of Health to advertise for proposals to have the fats
drained He says that the bids he received opened
the 10th of July last and that the contracts
drawn up and sent three days afterward to tho
Comptroller with the view of securing his ap-
prova Of the sureties. The contracts
returned until the 10th Of the present month,
and when they returned they accom-
panied by letter from the Comptroller in which
he stated that he could not approve OF the surees bas
ing his refusal opinion of the Corporation Coun
sci declaring that for filing lots could
not be made except authorized by ordinance Of the
Common CounciL On tne Zsth lnst General forteE
replied to this letter OF the Comptroller in which he
contended that he (the Comptroler) was mistaken in
tho stand he had taken, and that he General Porter
had legal right TO proceed as he had DONE as the laws
of 1871 and the orders Of the Board OF Health authorized
the filling in of lots wherever necessary TO their proper
drainage He maintained that to properly drain the
Harlem fats it is necessary that some filling in should
be DONE and that this had been done before in filing
other lots within the CITY limits To show that fill
ing be done under the law OF 1871, &c, General
Porter called the attention of the Comptroller
to opinion Of the Corporation Counsel dated
November 81 1873, in which that official had stated
that filling in legal when found necessary drain
lot without the Commissioner previously obtaining
a special ordinance OF the Common Council General
Porter stated in his communication TO the Aldermen
that what he had asked the Common Council that
the work the flats should be done by days work. and
authority to do 1t by contract He did because
he found that the work OF filling in had not been
perly done under previous contracts and that some
Of the earth the used not of the proper
quality. lie adds that If the work is done by days
work 1t be done under tho supervision Of the De-
partment OF Public Works. and that the Department
could avail itself Of quantity of fresh earth for filling
ia purposes which has already been offered by private
parties. To his last communication TO the Comptroller
the Commissioner has as yet received no reply
Year: 1875

Alderman Guntzcr has introduced an ordinance in
the Board Of Aldermen which prohibits the playing of
hand organs IN the after ten o'clock at night


The militia to be too much Of a big thing IN
this city to be agreeable to Alderman Billnrx He
wants the Governor 10 reduce the infantry force to two
brgades Of four regiments each and the cavalry and
artillery in proportion The resolution which requests
the Governor do all this now in the hands OF the
Committee Repairs and suppiez 1t will stay there.


Comptroller Green desires that the Aldermen should
BY special ordinance authorize him TO issue bonds Of
the Brooklyn Bridge before he takes any action what
ever In the natter but the Aldermen have decided To
let tho Corporation Counsel give his opinion as to the
legality OF the Issue Of the bonds before passing the
Comptroller's ordnance Under section Of chapter
800 Of the Laws Of 1875 IL is provided that s. 900
shall raised by bonds for the construction OF tho
bridge, Brooklyn 10 raise twothrds of the amount aud
New York city onethrdhat is, 6G6 666 1t is pro-
$500, 000 In any year


The city railroad companies owe the city for unpaid
licenss FOR many yeors past over 500 600 The Com
mon Coundi months ago passed resolution calling
upon the Mayor 70 commence suit against them for the
recovery OF the money and yesterday he was agan by
psnies


The resolutions relative 10 the death OF e- President
johnson were yesterday adopted by the Aldermen


Ine pumping high service" engine at High Bridge
on the working Of which Carmansvile Yorkvile Mnr,
ray H in fact all the upper part Of the city on HIGH
ground, depend for their full supply of Croton broke
down on wednesday, aud yesterday tic small
engine IN tho tower also broke down Tho two
accidents VIII create scarcity Of waor in
the uDtowD distrieLs which Win bs severely
Year: 1875

San Francisco case OF Jesse Pomeroy has to
light The Bulletin says that Harry Rogers is boy of
about ten years Of age, whose mother, Mrs Chris
tian Herdt formerly resident Of Oakland, lives
on Vallejo street, above Stockton. When about eight
years of age the youngster detected in catching the
neghbors' chickens, which, having conveyed to some
hiding place he proceeded to torture TO death by nct


ing every part of their body with pieces Of glass
apparently utterly regardless of the sometimes painful
wounds which his fingers received from his un-
manageable weapon during the operation Curously
enough he seemed 10 have sense enough to prolong
the tortures Of his victims by avoiding any
wound in the neck other vital part, 80
that tho victims Of bis boodthirstiness
were occasionally able to make their way home after
beng released About this time disposition to bite
and pinch children was manifested, and his mother sent
him TO the Brothers. school in Oakland and afterward
10 two other private schools from all of which he was
home in hurry 80 soon as he began to display his
peculiar propensities Finally, after two years OF
trouble with him, the mother who invalid, pro-
cured him board with family named Bennett
sauceto and here for the first time he seems TO have
given full vent to his internal appetite for blood One
day last week no inveigod child OF tho family less
than three years old into the barn. and covered II par
TALLY with gunny sacks after which, with piece of bono
which had been broken TO present chseed edge,
he proceeded cut the chids hips in most terrible
manner inlctinR no less than nineteen wounds and
finishing by severng its right from its head, with
the exception of a slight piece Of skin The father Of
the injured child absent at the time, and young
Rogers was instantly sent home % his mother, sig
naiznR his arrival by setting lre to the curtains and
nearly destroying the house His mother declares that
the mania has come upon MIN entirely within the past
two years and that when accused OF his misdecds he
frankly owns up only saying he 'coud not help it, B."
On he got hold Of black and tan puppy
belonging to his sepfather, which was Of so dimnutive
a breed that when hall grown 1t weighed one and half
pounds and literally hayed alive, causing net loss
Of S75 10 the owner The boy presents marked pc
cuaritios Of appearance and Is especially lacking in
the full under jaw generally supposed to Indicate a
bloodthrsty disposition Az school he studies well,
and fully equal In point Of education 70 average boys
Of his age Judge Louderback committed him to the
Industrial School, where his future course will DO
watched with no little interest,"