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Year: 1875

A stranger in this city was followed
by a half-breed on Requena street
near Los Angeles, late on Sunday
night, with the evident intention of
ro bling him. Fortunately the vic
tim had a whistle which he blew,
bringing to his aid officer Towmey
and mounted officer who arrested
the man, who gave his name as Glib
bony. The officer frond Indian Pete
reclining against fence near by hold
ing big club, apparently anxious to
render the half-breed some assistance
in knocking the stranger in the head
but he was not arrested having COM
mitted no overt act. Yesterday morn
ing Mayor Beaudry discharged the
half-breed because the complaint did
not appear promptly to prosecute,
thus letting a murderous scoundrel
loose again, but this did not suit the
would-be victim, who swore out a
warrant for tho arrest of Gibbony and
Pete, and they were brought before
Justice Trafford who fined them and
sent them to Jail on default.
Year: 1875

AS there are considerable number
of Union gas machines in use in Los
Angeles, and the Southern part Of
California and the probability Of sew
eral more being erected shortly, the
company have sent one of their best
men to this city and placed him un-
der the instructions of William r..
Nuttall to do oil the work of the COM
pany, and to overhaul any machine
which may have got out of order. AL
-hough it should be borne in mind
that when these machines are proper
~ constructed and erected, the me-
chanism is so simple that they scarcely
require any supervision further than
to keep them supplied with gasoline
OIL Local references as to their effec-
tiveness can be obtained from several
of our leading citizens. A thirty light
machine was erected in our office near
ly year since and gives every salts
faction. Mr.. Nuttall is a thorough
business man, full of energy and
promptitude and we give the company
credit for their selection.
Year: 1875

was sitting by my frcside one cold
winter night thinking, sadly thinking, Of
the golden days of my youth; how they
have passed away like some happy
dream, never to retarn in their bright
ness. But now how changed the scene,
"Old Time has left his burrows on my
cheek, and the blast of his winters re-
prose upon my brow. "Times movements,
how feet and how still, still as the morn
ing sunbeam IS it kisses the blushing
flower, and wakes not the bee sleeping
within its fold"


When gaze in fond memory's glass,
can see the joyous young companions
of my youth, in all their schoolday
sports and when they we're led to the
altar by the one chosen TO share with
them life's happy lot; these nuptials
were always celebrated in the little
church in the lane, and how well do l
remc mber the many smiling faces that
gathered there. Oue face haunts me
still, that of fair Jennie Gray, in her
| beauty and loveliness as she stood at the
al tar to consumate her VOWS to the noble
Arthur Armitage; all the girls were de-
lighted when the wedding day Of the
| flower of Hazel Dell was announced
all the young people in the village were
busy making preparations for that Occa-
sion, and were anxious that It should De
an even Of great rejoicing


The day at last araived, AID the sun
shone in all his dazzling splsndOr, al
nature seemed to contribute to this msr-
~ day Of happiness.


We had gathered in the little church
aud were anxiously awaiting the srriva
of the bridal party. Soon We heard the
roll of the carriage wheels as they near


ed the gate, and in g few moments vi
saw fair Jennie enter leaning upon tn
strong arm Of Arthur, and In came thu
brides maids looking as modest an
fresh as q new blown rose. The minis
teT arose and now IS Ia drexm ca
Year: 1875

Woman's love is there anything like
it, A Canadians wife has just died in
Raleigh, and he has taken her to Canada
to bury her under the native sod. She
died in land of strangers, but she lefs
behind her the name of devoted wife.
1t was love in death, He saw her sink
ing fast, be knew it, she knew tit vas
consumption. He nursed her like a lit
tie child, the great strong man, and there
they were in the front room together the
night she died. She wanted 10 see out.
to gaze once more at the outside world,
but he ntrested her against it. and told
her that to take her up would make her'
worse, but she told him she Was dying
anyway; and he lifted her tendsTly in his
arms and walked with her about the
room, holding her to his breast and
showing her this object and that, point
ing out every pleasant thing, and she
kissed him with every breath till the last
breath was gone, and the kiss died cold
on his cheek When God made man be
put all Of heaven in a woman's love, and
told him to win it and be worthy Of it,
Year: 1875

hear the solemn words. What God
hath Joined together, let no man put
aeunder )" then came thu congratulstiou
and wishes for long life of joy and hap
piness. Such was the wedding eve Of
this gentle being.


But who could guess that upon an eve


so glorious,


Such an awful morn should rise"


Three months after, found them set
tied in cozy little home surrounded
with ali the comforts and luxuries of
life for Artbur'e uncle who died in India
had bequeathed to him quite large for
tune, part of which he converted into a
large stock of dry goods.


Ore year rolled away and find scarce
y any change in the affairs Of young Ar
mitsge, except that las his wife tbought)
he stayed later at the counting room,
which of course indicated an increase of
business but how soon the fatal fact re-
Vealed itself to her mind when one even.
ing he was brought home In state of
insensibility from the use of intoxicat
ing drink. Aud reader, need picture to
you the oft-told tale of debauchery, bank
ruptcy, and ruin7 Oh no, for nay heart
bleeds as turn to the last tragic affair
in the life of Arthur Armitage, that of
the murder of his broken-hearted wife,
for which he suffered the just penalty of
violent law. Such is the work of rum,
and well did the wise man say, Wine is
mocker, and strong drink is raging
and he that is deceived thereby is not
wise" STBIL.
Year: 1875

That was great winter among the
scattered farms and settlements OF
the Upper Aroostooll Valley. Bitter
cold to be sure, but with just snow
enough to make the going easy for
man and beast. There never was
such a time for sleighing and for
bees Of all sorts. Never such win
ter for wild animals, either, and the
whole country was alive with bear
and wolf yarns. Trade was lively,
and the smart-looking store at Square
Four Corners could hardly ever be
deserted by both its owners the same
night, no matter what the frolic was.


That was the way the GOODNESS be-
gan between the members Of the
firm Of Oakcs g. Muplesop. If it was
Jim Oakes' turn to 90 out, Harry
Mapleson was sure he would spend
the evening at Squire Galbraith's on
the hill, and when it was the other
way Harry would scowl at his custo
mers till shutting-up time, in the Ger:
tainty that Jim's cutter was hauled
in under the capacious shed at the
Squire's.


Two bouncing. merry. eyed, self
willed, wholc-souled girls were Mag
gie and Annie Galbraith, and such
bellies were they Of the village and
all the country round, that either
Jim or Harry might have been in a
manner contcnted, since they had 8
fair certainty that neither one OF
them would catch the Galbrath girls
alone.


Foolish fellows, as they were, how,
ever, they let the mutual GOODNESS
grow, until now it was pretty evident
that crisis could not long be post.
poned. In fact, each one had deter.
mined in his own mind not to let the
other out alone again, business or nc
business, and it was by sort Of com
mon consent that they both made
arrangement to 60 to the grand quilt
ing bee at Elder Moseley's, or at the
head Of Feather Lake, q dozen miles
away.


Not q word did they say to each
other beforehand. but they both hi
on tho same evening for calling al
Squire Galbraith's TO secure thcil
partners.


This, too, was awkward again, ant
the girls themselves seemed to feel it
They were shy and offish, and there
were endless blunders and bushes al
around, but tho upshot of it all wa'
that Maggie was driven to the Elder
by Jim Oakes, while Harry Maplesor
took charge of the blooming Annie


The sleighing was splendid, ant
the fun at the quilting was OF th'
genuine old-time, up country sort, bu
none of the party from Square FCul
Corners seemed to enjoy it to the
full.


Jeff Galbraith, the younger broth
er of the two bellies, a sturdy, bright
eyed, practical joker of sixteen o.
Year: 1875

How TO RESTORE TIE PROSPERITY
OF TIE SrATE.-Keep your money at
home. Do not send away for any,
thing which you can obtain as well
here as elsewhere. We do not advo
cate paying IS for that which you
can buy abroad for even S49O, but
when you can buy your Blank Books
of the best grade, at prices as low as
New York, then send to Walker
Evans & Cogswell, Charleston, S. c.,
and purchase what you need. All
their Blank Books are made in
Charleston, and your encouragement
will sustain worthy manufacturing
enterprise.
Year: 1875

THE San Francisco Chronicle, which
never experienced Democratic SEN
timent in its life, and would not rec
ognize the feeling should it acciden-
tally come upon it, is devoting its
columns to advice and suggestions to
the Democratic Legislature. 1t is not
long since the Chronicle was firm in
the faith that no Democrat ever was
or ever could be honest, and it is we'll
known that not single Democratic
member of the Legislature ever re-
ceived o friendly word from this self
assumed adviser. With these facts
before them it is hardly probable the
Democratic Senators and Assembly
men will pay great heed to sugges-
tions made by the Chronicle. The
Legislature has much to do, and there
is a great deal that it should not do or
heed, and prominent in the latter part
of its duty is the torrents of advice
poured forth by the Chronicle and
other Republican journals.
Year: 1875

The world is full of cant, humbug
and hypocricy, and the worst of it is
that much of this disgusting and DAM
aging nonsense is found in the place
where only purity and simplicity
should dwell-the pulpit. This world
is too far advanced to accept the min
isterial cant about an avenging God
wrapping city in flames or flooding
country with water, yet preachers in
San Francisco and other cities of our
State have stepped into their pulpits
and with uplifted hands and emotion
al faces uttered the monstrous lie that
Virginia City was destroyed by God
because of its many and heinous sins.
Is it possible that man with sense
enough to preach an intelligent SER
mon can be so ignorant as to believe
this himself and labor to make others
believe it? We do not believe such a
man lives, and he who makes such an
assertion wilfully states what he knows
to be an untruth and presumes more
than he should upon the credulity of
his hearers when he asks them to be-
lieve such libelous nonsense. 1t is q
libel on the goodness of God. God is
just and pure and good, and when
those calling themselves His minis
ters-teachers of His gospel-assert
He is petty, malicious, spiteful God,
who burns city and turns into the
cold and snow thousands of women
and children who never committed a
crime, because there were lot OF bad
and wicked men in the place, are
slanderers, blasphemers. Virginia
City was burned by accident. The
vengeance of God had no more to do
with it than God himself has to do
with the canting ministers who preach
libels on His goodness.
Year: 1875

We regretted to see SO few of our
citizens at the Agricultural Park yes
terday. 1t is noticeable that there is
great lack of interest in the Fai r
this year. There are reasons forthis
which may be stated in order that the
causes may be avoided in fnture. The
time for the Fair was fixed month
or six weeks too late in the season.
We do not know the cause of this but
we are confident it will not occur
again. Then the Fair consists Who'll
ly of racing-a part of the programme
i'm which comparatively n small pro-
portion of our citizens take active in
terest. Lastly there is feeling,
whether justified or not, that the races
are intended more to make money
than to test the speed and power of
the horses. The gentlemen who own
majority of the stock of the Agricul-
tural park property are not what are
called horse men. They do not bet
cent on race yet the have invested
large amount of money iii purses
and improvements and they should
receive at least the endorsement and
encouragement of the presence of our
own people. Los Angeles is the CEN


ter of large and rich district and she
will some day be the capitol of a
State. The property on which few
of our leading citizens are eXpending
large portion of their private for
tunes will soon become the pride of
the community and by and by we
will all wonder that we took so little
interest in the proceedings of the So
ciety. We trust that next year new
and more general Fair programme
will be presented. Our annual Fair
should be not only a trial of the speed
of our horses but an exhibit of our
products of every kind and quality.
The Society should erect on the
Park grounds a large pavilion; there
should be cattle stalls and sheep pens
as well as stables and our Fair should
exhibit the products of the soil, the
handiwork of the mechanic the fabric
and machinery of the manufactory
and the stock of tie farm. Every


thing should be seen at the park
grounds. The railroad and the street
car render going to and from the Park
the work of but few moments. We
hope to see this plan carried into eff
feet next year. Then and ever after
our Fairs will be successful and bene-
fetal not only to one class of the COM


munity but to, all. Then the farmer,
the mechanic, the manufacturer, the
artist, the stock raiser and every 9TH
er representative of an industrial pur-
suit will be equally interested and
each will labor to make the annual
exhibit q grand success.
Year: 1875

EDITOR HERALD:-A pedestrian
would think as he read your Sundays
issue that our city fathers, or the pow
ers that be, who have control of street
Improvements, had made all necessary
provisions for his comfort in crossing
from one street to another by build
ing crossing walks, so as to keep him
from mud and slush, our ankle deep,
and that such necessary conveniencies
were to be found in all parts of the
city, especially so in its most active
business portion, where frequent
crossings are an absolute necessity;
and that the chain gang captain was
derelict in duty, for not keeping such
cross walks clean. Now if that be the
captains duty my experience here in
Los Angeles, teaches me that his neg
lect is certainly ineXcusable and wor-
thy of your censure, as the labor to be
performed would be light, and entire
ly confined to the crossing of First
street with Spring street us | have
been unable to find any others in any
part of the city! Query! Does such
evident negligence, and want of con-
veniencies, added to the credit of the
city? or honor to the administrative
ability of those who control its affairs?


Respectfully yours,


PEDESTRIAN.


Los Angeles, Nov. 2lst 1875.
Year: 1875

ship he obtained some edueation and


located at Natick, where he went into
politics and was member of the AS
sembly or Senate for series of years.


He was among the first and most ear
nest opponents of slavery, and he
maintained his warfare until the in
stitution was no more. In the State
Legislature and the United States
Senate on this issue he was always ear
nest and uncompromising. AS a man
Mr.. WILSON was scrupulously honest.
He was a man of strong likes and dis
likes, and pronounced in his opinions.
His enemies will not deny his purity
of purpose, and in his death the ma
tion sustains the loss of. a good man.
Year: 1875

A night or two since, while n VIcks.
burger was enjoying his first sound
nap, there came ring at the bell.
He started up, waited, and there came
another He refused to get up until a
third ring came, when he raised a win
dow and called out:


"Who in thunder and the devil
are your"


II am thy mother-in-laww was the
prompt reply; "and as soon as l can
get into the house I'll fix you for call
ing me such outrageous namesW
Year: 1875

NOBODY can draw YOU PlaH " ''
dwelling more nicely to a scale than a
German, and yet German houses lack
some of the most obvious requisites 10
domestic comfort How, for example,
the good housewives have got on during
these past centuries without u closet IA
e clOthcS-press. as We call 1t sometmesl
is a most inexplicable mystery Go into
almost anv German dwelling of the
middle classes, and you would think that
the family had just moved in, OF were
lust moving ont, such is the quantity OF
wardrobes and bureaus in the front hall
But when YOU come 10 inquire you hnd
that things have been thus for score OF
years, the lack of closets crOwding such
furniture into every vacant place II
seems likewise, a rather singular arrange
ment of residence to put the kitchen
next to the front door, SO that all your
visitors have to pass it on the way 10 the
parlOr. But such is almost universally
the case with German houses. Truth 10
tell, the architect Is yet to be born IN this
country who will teach the people Low
to build with a view 10 living after
comfortable fashion. Then comes th
matter of ventilation. Probably no peo-
pie understand the theory of this better
than the Germans, but they all act as if
they had made a special arrangement
with divine Providence whereby they
could thrive on carhonic acid gas. In
all places Of public assembly fresh air
Is the adherence of the Germans II q
suffering Yankee lets a window down OF
opcns a door he will be assailed with
such a quantity of coughs and sneezeS as
will bring him to repentance II he IS not
morally Obtuse.-ReC- d. L. Corning, Z"
IrJriSfs1E TElDH
Year: 1875

IL an article on the sculptor Powers.
in LiPpiRnOtt'S HagaziHs, Mr. Trollope
says:


The practice of the greatest Sculptors
as regards the degree in which it has
seemed desirable to take part in that me-
Chanical portion of the business Of pro
duCing statue which consists in the
manipulation of the marble has ALWAYS


been very different. Some have sub
lected the marble to the touching of their
own hands more, some less. The work
OF reproducing a copy of the clay model
IN marble is purely mechanical one,
and may or may not be in the artists
Judgment best brought to perfection by
the labor of their own hands. Ii will
readily be believed, howe-er, froT.s shat
has been already said of the tendencies
OF Powers talent and idi0SyncraSy that
he was among those who have con
tributed most OF their personal labor to
the perfecting of their works. Powers
was one OF those men whose hands have
faculty in them. He was a master in the
use OF them, and accordingly he loved TO
use them 1t was his practice 10 GO over
with his own hand the surface of the
marble of every work which left his
studio. But he was not COntented 10 do
this in the manner and with the tools
which had been used by so many genera
tions of sculptOrs before him. The de
cided bent of his genius to mechanical in
ventiOn led HIM to perceive that an
improvement might be made in this
respect For giving the last finish 10
hA al e. IL
face quantity so small that no chisel
could be trusted to do the work, il is
obvious enough to suggest the use of a
file And no doubt files are used for the
purpose, but they are liable 10 a special
and very troublesome source of ineffi-
cheney. They become Clugged with the
exCessiYcly-tinc dust of the marble in
very few minutes to such an extent as to
be rendered useless, especially as the
file must be of an eXCeedinglV-tine de-
sCriptiOn. Powers therefore set his mind
TO the problem OF inventing some means
or some instrument by which tins source
of trouble could be avoided; and after
yeXatiOn, not so much in
perfeCting his own conception of the
thing needed rs in getting careless and
not very competent wOrkmen to execute
his orders, he perfected file of the nee
essary fineness upon the principle of a
His studio was at all
times full of ingenious little contrivances
of al lsorts-contrivances for readily and
modifying the light in the
exact degree desirable; contrivanees for
the due cOllOcatiOn and distribution of
art ifIcjal lirht. cODtriVgOcpS for the mnrf
ready moving of marble, etc, etc.
Year: 1875

On the Detroit & Bay City Railroad on
Thursday night last IN accident occurred
which eClipses anything on record in the
annals of railroading. The accident oc-
CURED TO the south-bOund night express.
1t appears that when the train was in the
vicinity Of Oxford Conductor NOyes felt
a slightbut sudden shock, and heard the
beli-rOpe snap. He sprang TO the brake,
and after setting it swdDg his lamp for
the eHAne to stop. The train went dis
tancN$ four or five car-lengths before
being halted, but when it came to
standstill everything was found to be all
right, excepting that one Blue Line car
just ahead of the passenger coach was
missing. 4 search was instituted and
the missing car was found in the ditch
in the rear of the train. From the posi-
ton of things it appeared that the front
end of the car had juml I'd the track,
severing the connection with the car
ahead as it did so. The combined force
of the cars in the rear as they came down
on 10 the "Off" car served TO end it
around until finally the rear draw-bar
twisted ii off (the night was very frosty
and fhe car was free. The coaches
kept pushing it further and further, un-
til finally the Blue Line had been
sent entirely from the track, and al
right angles with it, clearing the rail
BY fully three feet. The rear coaches
rolled on past the ditched car AS if moth
ing had happened, and stopped without
accident or without the knowledge Of the
passengers several Car-leDgths beyond
The engine stopped and backed up, con-
nec'ionS were made, the track men were
sent for to gauge the tails, and the train,
one Car fhOrr, proceeded on its way, max
ing its meeting point at the next station,
where the particulars OF the accident
were stated and the remarkable affair
duly discussed with the attaches Of the
north bound train, which was met at that
point.


Such an accident has never before been
placed on record, and the Detroit & Bay
City is thus, as in all things else, entitled
TO the braom. Whenever a car gets off
the track the road is generally blocked
up for hours. and usually some damage
Is done: but in this instance there was
no delay, no damage was done n other
cars in the train. and withal none Of The
passengers on board knew that anything
unusual had occurred OF course the
happy rssul were in a measure due TO
good luck, but the presence of mind of
the conductor contributed lsrgely.-BGy
CTU ,Ki5i Chryafr'e
Year: 1875

JOB WORK.
Done at the RECORD office in the hest styls
known 10 the art and must he paid for on de-
livery, unless persons having the work done
have standing accounts with the office No te
Walton from this rule.