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RAILROAD NEWS.
Another Large List of
Eastern Visitors.
WOLFSKILL DEPOT QUESTION.
It Is Not the Intention to Remove
It to San Fernando Street
—General Notes.
A special Raymond exclusion arrived
in tbe city yesterday over the Santa Fe.
It consisted of seventy-four people in a
vestibule train of six cars in charge of
Carroll Hutcbins and Frederick F.. Ayer.
The party is made up of tbe following
people: Mrs.M. C. Baldwin, Dorchester,
Mass.; Mr. A. D. Barber, Mrs. A. D.
Barber, Utica, N. V.; Miss E. Bates,
Mrs. E. P. Bates, Philadelphia, Pa.;
Mrs. Warren Bettinson, Maiden, Mass.;
Miss Edith Bingham, Washington, D.
C. ; Mrs, Walter Bird, New York, N. V.;
Miss Mabel E. Blair, Oakland, Cal.;
Miss A. L. Buckwalter, Miss M. B. Buck
waiter, Philadelphia, Pa.; Miss C. T.
Burkam, Miss M. S. Burk am, New York,
N. V.; Miss K. C. Burkam, Lawrence
burg, Ind.; Miss E. 9. Buttrick, Mrs.
John A. Buttrick, Lowell, Mass.; Miss
Annie Chichester, Brooklyn, N. V.;
Mr. S. A. Cord well, Mrs. S.E. Cord well,
Cumberland Mills, Me.: Mrs. C. S.
Downes, Washington, D. C.; Mr.
Edward Everett, Mrs. Edward Everett,
New York, N. V.; Master J. M.
Everett, San Francisco, Cal.; Mr. Frank
D. Goodbne, Cincinnati, Ohio; Mr. E.
P. Hodges, Mrs. E. P. Hodges, Utica,
N. V.; Mr. Albert Holt, Mrs. Albert
Holt. Springfield, Mass.; Mr. Herbert
G. Hudson, Mrs. Herbert G. Hudson,
New Bedford, Mass.; Mr. T. F. Hunt,
Mrs. T. F. Hunt, Carbondale, Pa.: Mrs.
Carroll Hutchins, New Bedford, Mass,;
Mr. C. H. Isburgh, Mrs. O. H. Isburgb,
Melrose, Mass.; Mrs. George Jewell,
Waterville, Me.; Mr. Edmund Kimball,
Boston, Mass.; Mrs. S. M. Knowlee,
Lowell, Mass.; Miss H. B. Littig, Dr. S.
A. Main, Mrs. S. A. Main and maid,
New York, N. V.; Mrs. M. C.
Merchant, Washington, D. C.;
Mrs. C. H. Merrill, Master C. A. Mer
rill, Miss C. M. Merrill, Shelbnrne Falls,
Mass.; Mrs. Charles Milliken, Mr.
Horace North, Mrs. Horace North, Au
gusta, Me.; Mrs. I. X Noyes, Brookline,
Mass.; Mr. William N. Parker, Taunton,
Mass.; Miss F. Pettingill, East Portland,
Or.; Mr. Arthur A. Pond, Minneapolis,
Minn.; Mrs F. Potter, Miss M. Helen
Potter, Providence, R. I.; Mrs. Mary S.
Pride, Portland, Me.; Mrs. Elizabeth
Rodman, Frankfort, Ky.; Mrs. D. G.
Boss, South Boston, Mass.; Miss Anna
Schott, Washington, D. 0.; Miss M. W.
Southworth and maid, Springfield, Mass.;
Miss M. A. Steams, Boston, Mass.: Mr.
H. C. Van Husan, Mrs. C. Van Husan,
Detroit, Mich.; Rev. A. G. Vermilye,
Mrs. A. G. Vermilye, Miss E. B. Ver
milye, Englewood, N. J.; Miss R. M.
Walker, Philadelphia, Pa.; Mr. C. C.
Walworth, Mrs. C. C. Walworth, Boston,
Mass.; Miss Mary S. Whitney, Cam
bridge, Mass.; Miss Lizzie M. Willard,
Willard, Me.; Miss A. Warts, Miss B.
Wurts, Philadelphia, Pa.
The following letter was received by
ex-Councilman Frank Sabichifrom J. A.
Fillmore, the (General Superintendent of
the Southern Paf ific, with regard to the
rumored removal of the Wolfskill depot
to San Fernando street. It appears to
effectually put the question to rest.
Dear Sir—ln respect to articles re
cently published in Los Angeles papers,
notably in the Los Angeles Timet of the
13th and 14th inst., and in tbe Los An
geles Herald of about the same date,
you can safely say that it is not the in
tention of the Southern Pacific Company
to move the Arcade passenger depot at
Los Angeles (known as the Wolfskill
station), adjoining Alameda street, be
tween Fourth and Sixth streets
to the San Fernando-strset grounds
or any other point in that city,
or to abandon Wolfskill station as our
main passenger depot for the city of Los
Angeles.
Mr. Towne, our Third Vice-President
and General Manager, is absent in New
York. lam well satisfied that be will
indorse and approve these statements
should he be communicated with on this
subject. Yours truly,
J. A. Fillmore,
General Superintendent.
The tenth annual report of the State
Board of Railroad Commissioners has
bsen issued. It shows that there are
twenty-fonr railroad corporations in the
State, representing 4,059.46 miles of
road, a gain of 63 90 miles over last year.
Of tbis the Southern Pacific has 1,280.21
miles, and the Southern California 479 61
miles; the Los Angeles and Pacific has
thirty miles.
For the year ending December 31,
1888, the aggregate total cost of the roads
was $377,062,894 60; cost of equipment,
ft 828 317 87; capital stock issued, $287,;
208,720; funded debt, $139,464,110; un
funded debt, $37,437,226 13; gross earn
ings, $40,374,208.30; operating expenses,
$27,165,865.45; earnings over operating
expenses, $13,446,096 99.
Tbe amount received by the roads for
carrying the United States mails in the
State was $880,342.50, the Southern Pa-,
cific Company receiving $789,446.07 of
the whole amount. The money received
from Wells, Fargo & Co. for carrying ex
press matter was ¥525,684 10; from the
sleeping-car service, $296,071 62; from
extra baggago charges, $11 375.15.
During the year 1888 18,079,724 pas
sengers were carried, as well as 7.661,779
tons of freight. Over $5,000,000 worth
of fuel waa consumed. During the
same period 175 people were killed and
838 were injured. Since January Ist,
twenty new railroad companies have
been organized in the State.
The San Francisco Chronicle remarks
as follows on the extension of the Den
ver and Rio Grande Western coming to
Los Angeles:
Some years ago, when C. P. Hunting
ton and Jay Gould had a little diffei
ence, the latter threatened to build
through to this Coast, and the United
States Central Company was formed.
The difficulties were settled, however,
and tbe Missouri Pacific system found
an outlet on this Coast over Southern
Pacific lines. The recent decision in
New York in favor of Huntington
against Gonld, and tbe breaking up of
the contract, has caused the latter to re
new his old threat, and from the latest
news it seems not unlikely tbat he will
carry it out. Gould will build from Salt
Lake to San Francisco and Los Angeles,
it is said, over much the same line as
the Union Pacific. In this work he has
much to help bim in the ownership of
the Colorado Midland and the openly
avowed controlling interest of which he
is possessed in the Rio Grande Western.
A private letter from a well-known
business man of San Bernardino to a
member of the Hbbald staff contains tbe
following piece of information with re
gard to the movements of the Union P.-*
THB LOS ANGELS DAILY HERALD: STJitDAY MORNING DECEMBER 22. 1889.
cific: "I was recently shown a letter to
a real estate firm here from a Union Pa
cific high official, (the Treasurer, I
think), directing him to withdraw his
land from tbe market. He bought dur
ing tha top wave of the boom, and has
been trying to unload ever since, until
this letter, in which he says that his road
is coming here, and he would take his
chances of being able to sell out within
two years at a handsome margin."
A LONDON LETTER.
Wine and Brandy-making; In the
South of France.
Editors Herald—l have for many
years had a desire to visit the celebrated
"Medoc" region in France, and examine
the soil of its vineyards and the method*
adopted there in the culture of the vine
and the manufacture of the wine for
which this locality is so famous. I
wished to compare this soil and these
methods with the soil of California and
the Californian method of making wine.
And bo, when I came to France and had
seen Paris and the great exposition, I
went direct to Bordeaux. I had been
for many years a drinker of the fine
wines of Medoc, and Sauternes bearing
the well kiio wn brand of the old and
reliable firm of Barton & Guestier.
Therefore on my arrival at Bordeaux it
was but natural that I should look them
up, not only because I knew them by
reputation, but because tbis house is at
tbe head of all the Bordeaux wine
houses. I was pleased to find that all
the members of the firm spoke English;
and upon making myself known I was
received with that proverbial French cour
tesy which makes an American feel at
home at once upon being introduced into
tbe society of French gentlemen. I was
shown through the immense cellars, in
which are stored over 1,000,000 bottles
and over 10,000 casks or hogsheads of
tbe white and red wines of Bordeaux,
and a few hnndred caeks of choice
brandy. Here are wines of almost
priceless value — Chateau Margaux,
ChatauLafite, Chateau La Tour and La
ville dating away back early in the cen
tury. Some of these rare wines are in
huge bottles holding two gallons each,
and are covered inches deep with the
mold and dust of over half a century.
On the occasion of tho recent marriage of
Mr. Daniel Guestier, a couple of these
"Jeroboams" of Chateau Lafite of 1841
were taken to Paris for the wedding
breakfast. They were lifted with the
greatest care, so as not to disturb the de
posit, and were carried to the railway
station by careful men in exactly the
same horizontal position in which they
had lain in the cellar for all these years.
These men carried them in a separate
compartment in the train, and on their
arrival at Paris took their precious
charge to the Guestiers' macsion, and so
well bad they performed their task that
the wine had not been shaken in the
least, aud was decanted in fine order
and pronounced a "nectar fit for the
gods." But I digress. Chateau Lafite
of 1841 always bad a tendency to make
me digress.
After I had gone through miles of pas
sages with bottles of wine piled high on
each side, M. Barton, who had been my
guide through the cellars, suggested with
a politeness and a forethought that did
credit alike to his goodness of heart and
his knowledge of medicine, that as the
vaults through which I had been shown
were somewhat cold, I had better, as a
precautionary measure, take a glass of
brandy. I told M. Barton that as I was
a stranger I would place my
self unreservedly in his hands
and I was accordingly con
ducted to a secluded corner of the
cellar where were stored a few casks of
old and rare brandies, and here I was
treated to a glass of cognac that was old
before I was born, aod I am on tbe
Bhady side of fifty. Shades of Bacchus
and Old Silenus! What a soul-warming
liquid tbat was! The delicicu3 beqaet,
the mellow flavor—but I again digress.
Brandy of 1827 has the same digressing
effect upon me as the old Iwi'o.
Barton & Guestier not only gave me
all the information in their power, but
presented me with a volume of statistics
of the area and growth of tbe different
vineyards in the district, and the kind of
soil in each vineyard. Coming from
such a source, the information I received
was most valuable. This firm is the old
est in the wine trade in Bordeaux. The
partnership of Bartcn & Guestier was
formed in 1795, but M. Barton had carried
on business as a wine merchant for many
years before that. During the revolu
tion M. Barton thought it prudent to
leave France for a time in order to save
his head. In this respect he was more
fortunate than his friend Monsieur de
Pichard, President of the Parliament of
Guienne, and owner of tbe celebrated
vineyard of Chateau Lafite, who was
one of the many good men who were
guillotined during the "reign of terror."
I visited Chateau Margaux, Chateau
Lafite, Chateau Monton-Rothschild and
Pente Cauet. There is a great difference
between tbe soil of the vineyard of
Chateau Margaux and the others I have
named. The soil of the vineyard of
Chateau Margaax is a black, rich loam,
mixed with a large proportion of gravel,
and the vineyard is situated in the low
lands bordering on the River Garonne.
The vineyards of Chateau Lafite
and Monton-Rothschild are situated
on a range of low hills
Bloping toward the south and east, and
the soil for three feet from the surface is
composed of gravel, with which there is
but little earthy matter mixed. The sub
soil is argillaceous clay, sufficiently
porous to permit of perfect drainage. An
analysis of the Boils of all these vine
yards discloses the presence of iron iv
small quantities. The same grape, the
Cabernet Sauvignon, is the one almost
exclusively grown in these vineyards.
To a man not a practical wine-maker
it seems, at first view, strange that the
wines of Chateau Margaux should class
as a "first growth," and command very
high prices, while the wine made on the
adjoining vineyard of Therme, on appar
ently exactly similar soil, and from the
same grape, should be classed as a
"fourth growth" and sell at a low fig
ure. We notice the same apparent
incongruity at Chateau Lafite. It is a
"first growth," the finest of all. But
Dnhart-Milon, adjoining [it, is a "fourth
growth." After careful consideration, I
am convinced that the superiority of the
wines of Chateau Margaux over the wines
of the adjoining vineyards is owing to
three causes: First, the great age of the
vines; second, the care with which the
vines were selected and planted, and
third, the care taken in tbe cultivation of
the vines and the gathering of the grapes
and manufacturing them into wine. At
Chateau Lafi'e and Chaeiu Monton-
Rothschild there is no doubt but that
the location has a great deal to do with
producing the superior wines for which
these chateaux are famous. These vine
yards are planted on a range of low hills
whose sides slope towards the sunlight.
The drainage is more perfect than
in the adjoining plain. Tbey were
planted with the greatest care
and with the choicest vines.
They are owned by the barons of the
bouse of Rothschild, the richest men in
Europe, and all that money can do has
been done and is being done to produce
the finest wine grown upon the earth.
The vineyard of Chateau Lafite contains
about 340 acres, and $20,000 is spent
yearly in its cultivation alone.
In a subsequent letter I will describe
the manner of planting, cultivating and
caring for a vineyard in the Medoc coun
try, and the manner in which grapes are
gathered and made into wine.
D, Fjikeman
London, November 19,1889.
New cases.
Jose Moreno sues the Southern Pacific
Company for $10,000 damages. A leco
motive of the company struck plaint ; fit's
wagon on San Pedro street and threw
him from tbe wagon, breaking bis rib.
It was on April 7, 1888.
Agnes D. Gelsich sues C. N Wilson
and others to foreclose a mortgage given
to secure a note for $500.
Richard Dillon sues Agricultural Dis
trict No. 6 of this State for $339.70
money due.
A Southeaster.
The Bonita, a freight steamer of the
Coast line, was unable to land at Re
dondo Beach last Friday night owing to
the fact that the sea was running very
high,with a southeast wind. It went onto
San Pedro and delivered its cargo there.
Deafness, noises in the ears, discbarges
from the ears successfully treated by
Dr. 8. M. Slocum. (late of Pittsburg),
now located cor. Fifth and Main.
You Ought to See
The prices on children.-,' clothing st Mullen,
Bluett & Oo.'s. Good goods, low prices.
FOR BURNS and SCALDS.
A Baby Burned.
Aastud, Alinn., Sept. 25, 1838.
Our baby—l l _ years old—burned her hand
en a hot stove and we put St. Jacobs Oil on it.
It took the pain all out, at once; after putting
it on 2 or 3 times it was all cured up.
C. P. STAVE anci Family.
AT DltrjGniSTS AND DEALERS.
THE CHARLES A. VOGELER CO., Baltimore, Md.
nl eodl2m
M. Hopkins & Oo- ]
oiidertakers and Embalmers
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
TELEPHONE NO. 209.
dT-tf 35 Sonth Main Btreet.
IT IS BETTER
TO BUY AT COST and be sure the article is as
represented, than to take chances on auction
and selling out concerns. We have been here
15 years and Intend to stay; but we mu«t re
duce onr stook, and to do so we will sell any
article ln our line, consisting of
Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, Clocks,
Silverware, Etc.,
A.T COST.
Give ns a call and convince yourselves
Los Angeles JEWELRY Manufactory.
112 North Spring Street.
n3olm FREDERICK LINDE.
"WE WILL SELL
Diamonds, Watches.
Jewelry, Silverware,
Ganes, Novelties.
A lower prices than ever before offered, for the next
30 days. All goods sold as represented or money
refunded. Call and convince yourself.
M. M. LOEWENTHAL,
17 NORTH SPRING ST. 17
ADJOTNINS BHEWAHD'B. « lm
I 890. Now is the Time to Subscribe ! \ 890.
" 7%e Periodicals for Family Reading."
Harper's Magazine,
$4 a year. Issued monthly.
Harper's Weekly, Harper's Bazar,
$4 a year. Issued weekly. $4 a year. Issued weekly.
Harper's Young People,
$2 a year. Issued weekly.
I'ONtiigc Frco In the O.lteil States, Canada, anil llcxico.
"No Family can afford to be without them."
APPLY TO YOUR BOOKSELLER, NEWSDEALER, OR TO THE
Publishers, HARPER & BROTHERS, New York.
Something for the New Year.
The world-renowed success of Hostetter's
stomach Bitters, and their continued popu
larity for over a third of a ccfaturv as a
stomachic. Is scarcely more wonderful than
the welcome tbat greets the annual appear
ance of Hostetter's Almanac. This valuable
medical treatise ia published by the Hostetter
C mpany, Pittsburg. Ps., under their own im
mediate supervision, employing GO hands in
that department. They are running about 11
months iv the year on thia work, and the issue
of same for 1890 will not be less than ten mil
lions, printed ln the English, German, French,
Welsh, Norwegian, Swedish, Holland, Bo
hemian and Spanish languages. Rtfer to a
copy of it for valuable aud interesting reading
concerning health, and numerous testimonial*
as to the efflcacy of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
amusement, varied information astronomical
calculations and chrouological items, etc.,
which can be depended on for correctness.
The Almanac for 1890 can be obtained f>ee of
cost from drusglsts and general country dealers
in all parts of the country.
Compliments Plenty
At this sesson, and Mullen,Bluett & Co. extend
their best wishes to sll, and invite aninapeo
spection of their elegant line of clothing, etc.
Old Curiosity Shop.
Christmas gifts, Bethlehem and Jerusalem's
stored talismans, of p'jarl snd stone: relics of
rude medieval art, Roman cameos and mosaics,
Arabic and Hebrew charms, Egyptian
cartonches. Papyri and Hcarabee, Persian
bronzes, Babylonian cylinders, rings, tur
quoises, etc, ounleform tablets and kabillstic,
Hnclent coins, B. C , medals, etc. Wiißon
blook, corner First and Spring, rooms 34 and
35; hours, 1 toB p.m. Admission 10 cents;
remitted on sale.
Physicians Acknowledge There is
Less Deafness.
Nsw York, December 21.—Physicians have
watched with a jealous eye the increasing
popnlarity of the sound discs Invented by H.
A. Waleß. of Bridgeport, Conn., as patients who
have been under their care for years, have in a
week's time had their hearing restored by its
use, and they acknowledge that thsre may be
a decrease in the percentage of deaf people in
tbe census of 1890.
Our Home Brew.
Philadelphia Lager, fresh from the brewery,
ln draught in sli the principal saloons, de
livered promptly in bottles or kegs. Office and
-Brewery. 238 Aliso street Telephone 91.
$10. $10 $10. $10. $10.
Will buy a m«n or boy a mighty nice suit if
you are wise enough to know where to go.
see Mullen, Bluett & Co.
Consumption Surely Cured.
To the Editor:—Please Inform yonr readers
that I have a positive remedy for Consumption.
By its timely aso thousands of hopeless caaes
have been permanently cured. I Bhall be glad
to send two bottles of my remedy rasa to any
of your readers who have consumption if they
will send me their Express and P. O. Address"
Respectfully, T. A. ti LOCUM, M. C, 181 Pearl
$30 to $60 per Acre
For choice agricultural lands, 22 miles from
Lo< Angeles, in Anaheim Homestead trant.
Abundance of water: close to schools,
churches, condensed milk factory, ets. Parcels
to suit; easy terms.
\ Stantom A Co.,
12 8. Fort st.
TENTS at Foy'a harness rtnop, 217LotAngel»»
street.
Go to Charley Eaton's,
Hollenbeck bar, and get a fine oyster or ter
rapin stew for twenty-five cents,
E. F. Moorehouse,
Jobber, carpenter, 11G South Spring. Tele
phone 341.
For the Holiday Trade
Go to Ebinger's for your fruit cakes, angel
food, pound and ornamental cakes for wed
dings. Oorner Third and Spring streets.
Notary Public and Commissioner
For New York snd Arisona, Q. A. Dobiason
11-1 South Fort street. Twelve years' expert-
Removal Notice.
R. B. Young, architect, has removed from
No. 21 South Spring street to Rooms 12 and 13
California Bank Building, corner Second and
Fort streets.
Thousands of articles suitable for Christmas
Gilts, at one-thitd usual prices. Manufacturers'
Bale of watches, Jewelry and novelties, 251
North Main atreet.
Children Cry for Pitcher's Astoria.
cp3T «S3T cB3T
THREE AMERICAN DOLLARS
Will buy as good a wearing and as neat a fitting Shoe as any
ever made by any factory.
JAS. MeKINNEY & CO.
NEW YORK,
$3.00 Men's Calf Shoes
• Are the best in the United States.
They are made up in Gossamer and Domestic Calfskins, on
the game lasts that the finest and most expensive shoes are
made on. They have solid sole leather soles, insoles and
counters, smoothly finished, machined and sewed, and seamless
quarters and vamps. The manufacturers of these goods don't
print a picture of a bald-headed man to sell them. Their
goods are handsome enough to sell at sight.
Tley Authorize Ds to Warrant Every Pair!
Stand by Our Goods and We
Will Stand by You.
Such is our agreement with the manufacturers, and 'such an
agreement goes with every pair we sell.
$4! $41 $4!
JAS. MeKINNEY & CO.
OF NEW YOBK,
Make another line, still better, that is called their $4:00 line.
These Shoes are made in imported French Calfskins, hand
welt soles, and the finest passible styles. They are intended
for dress wear and are handsomely designed on carefully
shaped lasts. There isn't any earthly reason why you should
pay high-priced stores $7.00 und $8.00 for a pair of Dress-
Shoes, when Jas. McKinney & Co.'s $4.00 shoe is the equal
of them all.
ROCKLAND SHOE CO. NEW YORK.
In theEe goods we have placed on special sale a magnificent
line of
eaoo shoeB!
Every word said about McKinney & Co.'s Shoes applies
equally as well to this line. They have always sold for more
money, but we have made them all one price, $3.00, to close
them out, and give the public a large variety to select from.
$2.80! $2.50! $2.50!
What do you think of a lady's stylish, durable boot at
$2.5p a pair? It doesn't seem possible, does it? But wi have
it. It is our famous Bright Dongola Kid Button Shoe, made
in Opera Toe and Common Sense lasts. It is a finely finished,
reliable wearing shoe, and looks and fits exactly like a $5.00
French Kid Shoe. It is a triumph of the shoe manufac
turer's art.
$3.00! #2.00!
We are proud of our great $2.00 Ladies' Kid Button Shoe.
Ladies, we want you to come and see this shoe, even if you
don't need it just now. It is worth knowing where to find
such a Bargain
CURTIS & WHEELER, ROCHESTER, N.Y.
For a number of years we have been the sole agents for
the celebrated shoes. They are known from Maine to Cali
fornia, and from the Lakes to the Gulf. AS WE ARB
GOING OUT OP BUSINESS, we are closing them out
at really less than they cost to bring here. All of our Ladies'
French Kid Button Shoes that we sold at $4.00, $4.50, $5.00
and $6.00, are now $3 00, $3.75, $4 00 and $4.50.
SCHOOL SHOES.
Misses' and Youths' Iron-clad School Shoes, grain tip,
button, sizes 11 to 2, $1.00. Children's, sizes sto 10, 65c.
PHILADELPHIA SHOE HOUSE,
103 N. MAIN STREET,
J ACOBY BEOS., ProiDrietors.