anaheim-gazette 1874-12-19

ANAHEIM VOL. V. Anaheim Gazette PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY. RICHARD MELROSE & CO., PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS. Terms of Subscription: One year ... $4 00 Hix Months ... 2 50 Three Months ... 1 50 All subscriptions must be paid in advance Club Rates: In order to increase our already large circulation, we offer the following indemnities to clients: Ten copies, one year ... $3 50 Twenty copies, one year ... $6 00 One copy will be sent free to the person getting up the club. Transient Advertising: SPACE 1 square ... $1 00 2 squares ... $2 00 3 squares ... $3 00 4 squares ... $4 00 Regular Advertising: One square or less, per month ... $1 50 Two squares ... $2 00 One column ... $1 40 Half column ... $8 00 Quarter column ... $5 00 BUSINESS CARDS MISS McWHIRTER, Dressmaker, At the residence of P. C. McKinnle Centre Street, Anaheim. Dressmaking, Stamping, Braiding, Pinking, and all kinds of plain sewing at reasonable rates. MRS. M. E. PARK, Millinery and Fancy Goods, Lace Collars and ribbons of all kinds. Imported Hats and Bonnets Always on hand. Hats Cleaned and Pressed In all the latest styles. Store under the Lafayette Hotel, Los Angeles, Cal. PROF. DEAN Proprietor of The... Bath House and Barber Shop Conte Street, Anaheim FRANK EY'S Hair Restorer A splendid preparation for cleansing and invigorating the growth of the hair. Manufactured and sold by Frank Ey. Fashionable Hair Dresser, Planters' Hotel Building, Anaheim. Transient Advertising: SQUARE 1 W. 2 W. 3 W. 4 W. 1 square $1.00 $1.50 $2.00 $2.50 2 squares 2.00 3.00 3.50 4.00 3 squares 3.00 4.50 5.00 5.50 4 squares 4.00 6.00 6.50 7.00 Regular Advertising: One square or less, per month ... $1.50 Two squares ... $2.00 One column ... $14.00 Half column ... $8.00 Quarter column ... $5.00 Legal advertisements must be paid for before all lavit of publication is made. Advertisements must be handed in before 4 o'clock on Friday afternoon, in order to ensure publication on the Saturday following. Communications for publication should be addressed to R. Melrose & Co., and not to individual members of the firm. Copies of the Gazette in wrappers only for sale at the office of publication. PROFESSIONAL CARDS DR. J. S. CARDINER, Physician and Surgeon, Office... in Clark & Austin's Building ANAHEIM. J. H. YOCUM, M. D. (Graduate of Pennsylvania University). HAVING AD TWENTY YEARS ACTIVE practical experience, is prepared to practice medicine in all of its branches in accordance with the latest approved methods of the Art. Office and residence opposite Langsberger's store, Anaheim, Cal. B. R. GRAVES. C. J. PHILLIPS, Resident Dentist, Anaheim, Cal. THOSE WISHING DENTAL work done at their residence will be promptly attended. All work warranted. I will be at the Anaheim Hotel on Tuesday of each week. Office hours from 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. MRS. A. HIGGINS, Ladies' Physioian and Midwife. Pa Serlar attention given to diseases peculiar to women in children. Office and residence, corner Laconda and Centre Streeis, Anaheim. GEORGE C. KNOX, Civil Engineer and Surveyor, Office at the GAZETTE office, Los Angeles Street... Anaheim. A. BAILEY, Justice of the Peace. ...Office at... ENTERPRISE HALL BUILDING. J. W. CLARK, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND... NOTARY PUBLIC. Land Agent and Conveyancer. Acknowledgement taken. Leans nigotiated on Real Estate PROF. DEAN Proprietor of the Bath House and Barber Shop Centre Street, Anaheim FRANK EY'S Hair Restorer A spiked preparation for cleansing and invigorating the growth of the hair. Manufactured and sold by Frank Ey. Fashionable Hair Dresser, Planters' Hotel Building, Anaheim. A. G. BEEBE, Contractor and Builder, Plants and Specifications owned with nearness and accuracy. Order left Clark & Austin's book store will receive prompt attention. P.C. McKINNIE, Contractor and Builder, SHOP... ON CENTRE STREET. Adjoining Pioneer Livery Stable: GEORGE BAUER, Boot and Shoe Maker Los Angeles Street, opposite Enterprise Hall. Making and repairing at the lowest cash price All orders promptly attended to, and work guaranteed. L. GUNTHER, Pioneer Boot and Shoe Maker, Cor. Third and Los Angeles Streets, ANAHEIM. J. BENNERSCHEIDT, Tin and Copper Smith, CENTRE STREET... ANAHEIM Stoves, Tinware, etc., always on hand. Well-Boring. THE UNDERSIGNED BEGS LEAVE TO inform the people of Anaheim and vicinity that he is prepared to sink deep surface wells on short notice, using single or double pipe as preferred. For any depth under 10 feet, 5 bits per foot. All orders left at the store of Heimann & George will receive prompt attention. Anaheim Cooper Shop, Centre street, Anaheim, Cal. J. Westphal,... Proprietor. CHARLES WILLE, COOPERAGE! Pipes, Barrols and Kegs on Hand at all Times. Tanks and Tubs Made to Order! North 2nd street Anaheim. CHARLES HILLE Proprietor of the... A. BAILEY, Justice of the Peace. Office at... ENTERPRISE HALL BUILDING. J. W. CLARK, JUSTICE of the PEACE AND... NOTARY PUBLIC. Land Agent and Conveyancer. Acknowledgments taken. Loans negotiated on Real Estate realty. Office at Clark & Austin's bookstore. SAMUEL HAMILTON, Attorney at Law AND... NOTARY PUBLIC. OFFICE WITH WM. R. OLDEN, Centre Street, Anaheim. A. A. WILSON, Attorney at Law, Rooms No. 35 and 27, Temple Block, LOS ANGELES, CAL. J. G. HOWARD. H. T. HAZARD. HOWARD & HAZARD, Attorneys at Law, Office in No. 8, Downey Block, LOS ANGELES, CAL. R. H. CHAPMAN. A. W. HUTTON. CHAPMAN & HUTTON, Attorneys at Law, Office in Temple Block, Up Staira, LOS ANGELES, CAL. PIONEER DRUG STORE! Crave Street, corner of Lemon, Anaheim, Cal. W. M. Higgins, Proprietor Dealer in... Drugs for Nursery and Garden Soils. SAMUEL MEYER, Crockery, Glassware, Lamps Oils, Gas Fixtures and Kitchen Utensils Commercial Street, Los Angeles. J. Westphal, - - - Proprietor. CHARLES WILLE, COOPERAGE! Pipes, Barrels and Kegs on Hand at all Times. Tanks and Tubs Made to Order! North 2nd street Anaheim. CHARLES HILLE Proprietor of the... CITY BAKERY, Centre Street, Anaheim. Fresh Bread constantly on hand. S. C. FOY, Pioneer Saddle and Harness Maker and dealer in Saddlery, Leather & Findings 17 Los Angeles St.; Los Angeles. CARPET WAREHOUSE Aaron Smith. No. 75 Donkey Block...Los Angeles. Importer and Dealer in... Carpets, Oilcloths, Paper Hangings, and Upholstery Goods. Carpets Sewed and put down neatly. AMERICAN Bread & Cracker BAKERY. Corner of First and Main Streets, Los Angeles. Butter. Sugar. Soda. JennyLind Pilot and Ginger CRACKERS At San Francisco We have rhab on hand a large variety of Coconut milk also Wedding Cakes Of all description. Call and examine for your alive before going elsewhere. ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, DECEMBER 19. 1874. MISCEI ANEOCS ANAHEIM DRUG STORE! Herman Blanken - Proprietor. Dealer in... Drugs and Medicines, Patent Medicines, Perfumery, Trusses, Toilet articles, etc. Wines and Liquors for medical use. Prescriptions carefully Dispensed. J. H. GOOCH, Practical House, Sign, AND... CARRIAGE PAINTER! Opposite Poplar Low, CENTRE STREET...ANAHEIM. All kinds of Carriage Painting done in the Very Best Stylo. Prices according to style and quality, from $15 nowd. A. HILL, Carriage and Wagon Manufacturer BANKS THE BANK. W.K. WORKMAN. V.P. P. TEMPLE. TEMPLE & WORKMAN BANKERS, Temple Block...Los Angeles. Receive Deposits and issue their Certificates and contract a General Banking Business. Driven on the... London and San Francisco Bank, Limited, at San Francisco. Exchange for sale on... New York. London. Paris and Hamburg. Legal Tenders, Dollion, Gold Dust, and Government Store, County and City Forests bought and sold. Receive valuables for safe keeping. FARMERS' AND MERCHANTS' BANK OF LOS ANGELES. BANK CAPITAL - $500,000 WESTMINSTER, SANTA ANA, ETC. Extract from Major Truman's "Semi-Tropical California." Leaving Anaheim in search of further information, my first trip brought me to a region of country lying a little to the south-west, known as Westminster colony. Some four years ago, Rev. L. P. Webber, a Presbyterian clergyman, formerly of Salem county, New Jersey, secured some seven thousand acres of the lands of L.A. & S.B. Company as a site of a colony of agriculturists. He reserved to himself, as I understood it, the right of imposing certain restrictions upon the manufacture of wine or the distillation of spirits upon the lands of the colony, as also the privilege of deciding who should and who should not become purchasers of any portion of the lands. I did not find Mr. Webber, to whom I would naturally look for exact information in the premises, at home, and therefore am compelled to deal in generalties, for I found it extremely difficult to obtain statistics in that part of the country. I was credibly informed, however, that only about one thousand acres remain unsold out of the seven. Parties were sinking an artesian well upon Mr. Webber's premises at the time of my visit. They informed me that there were about forty wells in the colony, ranging in depth from sixty-five to two hundred and twenty-five feet; that the flow from four of these wells is sufficient to irrigate one hundred and sixty acres each, and that the average flow is sufficient to irrigate from forty to sixty acres each. The lands of the colony CARRIAGE PAINTER! Opposite Poplar Low, CENTRE STREET...ANAHEIM. All kinds of Carriage Painting done in the Very Best Style. Prices according to style and quality, from $15 nowd. A. HILL, Carriage and Wagon Manufacturer: LEMON STREET: ANAHEIM. CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, SPRING, FARM and Freight Wagons Made to Order, on short notice, and of the best material, and by one best workmen the country lands. PLUMBING! In all its branches. Tin, Copper, and Sheet-Iron Work done and ar siam well pi made. Iron, Steel, Cumberland Coal. Hardwood Lumber, etc., for sale. Hula, Spokes, Rims, Axles, and all material kept in a first-class establishment. Horse-shoring well done. Blacksmith and Wagon Establishment, Centre Street, Anaheim. THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD BEG TO inform the public that he is fully prepared to do all kinds of Blacksmith Work, Wagon and Carriage Making, and General Job Work. at the most reasonable prices. Horse-shoring is made a specialty at this establishment. Kindness, strict attention to business, and all work warranted is my motto. Wm. Crowther, Proprietor. Semi-Tropical Bitters, PREPARED BY Herman Blanken, Druggist, Centre Street, Anaheim, California. THE BEST TONIC FOR INVIGORATING the digestive organs, improving the appetite and imparting to the whole system warmth, vigor and cheerfulness. TINWO, Chinese Wash-House, Los Angeles Street, opp. Mrsonie Hall, ANAHEIM. WASHING AND IRONING DONE IN A prompt and workable manner and at Lowest RatesPatronage Solicited. Great Reduction IN... J. G. JACKSON, Corner of Alameda and First Streets, Los Angeles Cut Paris and Hamburg. Legal Tenders, Million, Gold Dust, and Convention. Sale, County and City Forces bought, is sold solid. Receive valuables for safe keeping. FARMERS' AND MERCHANTS' BANK OF LOS ANCELES. BANK CAPITAL - $500,000 JOHN G. DOWNEY ... PRESIDENT. JSAIS W. HELLLMAN ... CASPER. Exchange for sale on San Francisco, New York, Frankfort, Hamburg, London, Berlin, Dublin and Paris. Receive Deposits and issue their Certificates. Day and sell Legal Tenders Government State and Country Bonds. Will also pay the highest price for Gold and Silver Bullion. From and after this date, on all monoys left as term deposits, interest will be paid. Los Angeles, April 14, 1870. LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAVINGS BANK Main Street, Los Angeles. CAPITAL STOCK ... $300,000 PRESIDENT ... J. B. SLAUSON VICE-PRESIDENT ... J. M. GRIFFITH DIRECTORS: J. B. SLAUSON, J. M. GRIFTHR, V. A. HOVER, ROBERT S. DAKER, J. BIKEY. GEORGE S. DODGE. Open for business from 10 A.M. till 3 P.M. and Saturday evenings from 6 to 8 o'clock. Deposits received in any amounts. Money to loan on real estate in amounts and for length of time desired. Another Reduction. D. CALLAGHAN & CO. IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS Have reduced the price of their... DONNOLLY'S CALIFORNIA PREMIUM YEAST POWDER To $15 per gross D. CALLAGHAN, naving supplied the trade of the Pacific Coast with these celebrated Yeast Powders for the past ten years, would caution the public against spurious imitations, as none are genuine unless D. CALLAGHAN's signature is on every can. We are also putting up a superior article of "Callaghan's" Brand of CREAM TARTAR in every style of package. Also There is no mistake about the nomenlature in this case. A prettier valley does not lay out of doors. It seemed however, as if everybody who could give me any information was away from home. But a word or two about the valley. Seen from the crossing of the Santa Ana river, it rises gently to the foot-hills four or five miles distant dotted here and there with farm houses of far more than ordinary pretensions as regards architecture and finish. I cannot say that I like the prevailing brown, which seems to have been chosen as the proper colored paint. White would have formed a much prettier contrast to the emerald frame in which the picture is set. We drove to the store, which is in the centre of the settlement, hoping to be able to obtain a few items, but the proprietor was absent with a party engaged in determining the route of a ditch sixteen miles long, which is to bring water to this and the adjointing settlements of Santa Ana, Tustin City, etc. I met a gentleman near by, however, who seemed fully competent to tell me all I wanted to know,and made known to him my mission and my desires in the premises.To all of which he replied: "I have been here but little over a year. I mind my own business, and don't concern myself about my neighbors." This was not very encouraging nevertheless I could not help thinking what a treasure such a man would be in some communities. Captain Glassell, the agent of the truct, was also absent, and the best I could do was to look on and admire. The farms are generally small. The roads and by-ways are laid out at Lowest Rates Patronage Solicited. Great Reduction LUMBER!! J. G. JACKSON, Corner of Alameda and First Streets, Los Angeles, Cal. Sells at Reduced rates Rough and Surfaced and Oregon & Redwood LUMBER, SHINGLEN, LATHS, SHAKES, DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, PLASTER, CEMENT, HAIR, ETC. Wm. W. Robinson, Agent. HALBERSTADT & CO Anahiem Landing. LUMBER of Every Description, Keep constantly on hand a large and complete assortment of Rockwood & Oregon Pine Lumber Borough, Surfaced, Tongued and Grooved. Posts, Shingles, Laths, Doors Shakes, Blinds, Plain and Fancy Pickets, Windows, Mouldings, Lime, Plaster, Hair, Nails, and Hardware. All of our lumber is of the best quality and we are determined to sell at the Lowest Rates. All kinds of... Grain and Country Produce Taken in exchange for Lumber. EXAMINE OUR STOCK. IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS ...Have reduced the price of their.... DONNOLLY'S CALIFORNIA PREMIUM YEAST POWDER To 815 per gross D. CALLAGHAN, having supplied the trade of the Pacific Coast with these celebrated Yeast Powders for the past ten years, would caution the public against spurious imitations as none are genuine unless D. CALLAGHAN's signature is on every can. We are also putting up a superior article of "Callaghan's" Brand of CREAM TARTAR in every style of package. Also "Callaghan's" Brands Of Bi-Carb. Bola and I-X-L Saleratus, which we offer at lowest market rates. Also on hand and for saleCream Tartar Crystals in Casks. Pure Ground Cream Tartar in bulk. English Bi-Carb Soda in Kegs. D. CALLAGHAN & CO. Factory and Salesroom, 121 Front Street, S. F. LOS ANGELES AGENCY! Absolutely the Best Protection against Fire. The Babcock FIRE EXTINGUISHER! Self-Acting Fire Engine! AND Hook & Ladder Trucks! In daily use by the Fire Departments of the principal cities of the Union. The Government has adopted them. The leading railroads use them. SEND FOR THEIR RECORD, Crofutt's Life Protector. DIEBOLD, KIENZLE & Co.'s Fire and Burglar-Proof Safes! AND Combination Locks, Vault Doors, etc. Custalland House, Dimensions, Lanterns, Sole and Sulphate Addl. M. BORROWE, Local Agent. 52 Main Street, near of Telegraph office. I met a gentleman near by, however who seemed fully competent to tell me all I wanted to know,and made known to him my mission and my desires in the premises. To all of which he replied: "I have been here but little over a year. I mind my own business,and don't concern myself about my neighbors." This was not very encouraging nevertheless I could not help thinking what a treasure such a man would be in some communities. Captain Glassell, the agent of the truct, was also absent,and the best I could do was to look on and admire. The farms are generally small. The roads and by-ways are laid out at right angles,and if traveled through any one of them,both sides of which were not planted with gum, walnut,loeust, willow,sycamore or some other forest trees.I do not know it. Along some of them I noticed that gum and walnut trees were planted alternately,so close together that by the time the walnut trees are in bearing the gum trees will necessarily have to give way and of course will furnish fence posts, lumber,etc.Almost every house had its flower garden in front,and masses of verbena,gilli flower,heliotrope and other bright bloomers lent a delightful variety to the charming scene. Thousands upon thousands of fruit trees have been set out,and the work still goes on.Richland proper is about three miles square,and embraces about 7,000 acres only 1,500 of which remain unsold. There is a town plat in the centre of forty acres,with iron supply pipes in the principal streets.Unimproved land is held at from fifteen to twenty-five dollars per acre.After it has been plowed once,nothing short of sixty dollars can touch it. Improved places,when they change hands readily bring one hundred dollars per acre.All of these improvements are the work of less than three years.There are about one hundred,families in the settlement and.as may be expected,they have built an elegant and comfortable school house.I look upon the growth of Richland as being quite as phenomenal as the locality is beautiful;and upon the latter score I have simply to remark that,being in a measure wedded to a love of Ho garth's line of beauty,I am not,a general rule,an admirer of level tracts or valley scenery.But there is an indescribable charm about Richland.Let those who doubt it go and see for themselves.If concerning it;& cannot conscientiously exclaim with the poet. GAZETTE NO. 9. SANTA ANA, ETC. Truman's "Semilogy" In search of man, my first trip region of country south-west, knownONY. Some fourMR. Webber, a Presidio formerly of Salem city, secured some lands of the lands of many as a site of aISTS. He reserved permission it, the right to restrictions upon wine or the distillation of the lands of the privilege of decide who should not find Mr. Webber, naturally look for the premises, at the am compelled to for I found it exhobit statistics inentry. I was credibly that only about remain unsold out acres were sinking anMr. Webber's pre-visit. They there were about colony, ranging in size to two hundred feet; that the flow wells is sufficient to deal and sixty acres average flow is suffi-ment forty to sixty lands of the colony "I am certain there is no loveller one. And yet it is only one of the beautiful localities to be found in this peerless region. There is no computing the future of Los Angeles county by ordinary methods of calculation. There is nothing in the transition from Richland to Santa Ana to indicate the crossing of a division line; but upon reaching the latter town, the tourist finds himself among a grove of ancient gnarled and venerable aceramores, which add a certain picturesqueness to the landscape. Arriving at Santa Ana, however, I found myself again in an artesian well district. There are two in the town within one hundred yards of each other. I could obtain no reliable estimate of the number which have already been sunk, but they are numerous. Water is obtained at a depth varying from sixty to three hundred feet. From one of them a constant five inch stream leaps up to the light of day. Embracing the settlement known as Gospel Swamp, there is here a settlement probably nine miles square—the home of over one hundred families. The farms vary in size from forty to two hundred and fifty acres, although the average would probably, be from eighty to one hundred. So far as my observation extended the houses are neat and comfortable. The price of land varies from $20 to $100—the average, probably, from $50 to $80. There are two school houses, neat, well built and commodious. As is the case in Richland, the road-sides are planted with forest and nut-bearing trees, and these, together with the fruit trees—of which every the resident and officiating friars for most of that time being padre Amunle and Magarteguin. No church was so elaborately furnished; there being more imported woodwork about it and the adjoining dwelling than in any of the other Missions, a large portion of which remains and is in a good state of preservation. On the morning of a December Sabbath, in 1812, at precisely seven o'clock, and when the church was filled with men and women singing praises to God, an earthquake occurred during which the building was destroyed, and forty-seven persons perished. As this earthquake destroyed nothing else in the town, and as the dome of the church was imperfectly constructed, the impression is, and always has been, with those who are acquainted with the facts, that the catastrophe was less the effects of the earthquake than anything else. The old padre, in his notes upon this subject, says that the dome was not only imperfectly constructed, but that it slightly leaned from perpendicular. Nothing else about the church sustained the slightest injury. It seems that the roof of the building was surmounted by five domes, in the centre of which was an immense tower or belry, the latter of which was of heavy masonry. This tower was erected upon six columns, which, receiving the vibration, caused the tower to reel and fall, and falling, broke in two, one part crushing in the roof and the other dropping on the outside into the street. The Mission of San Juan Capistrano, like all of the others, saw its best days from 1820 to 1834, the latter year being obtain statistics in country. I was credibly aware that only about 10% of the remain unsold out houses were sinking an Mr. Webber's prey of my visit. They there were -about colony, ranging in size to two hundred feet; that the flow wells is sufficient to and sixty acres average flow is sufficiency forty to sixty miles of the colony at order as regards stability to the provois, grasses, etc., as water fruits. Experienced with the semi-result cannot be one yet. A neat and house stands in the plat and is also divine worship on most about one thousand dollars, and speaks latter of the colony. Here is the best advertisement can have by the pioneer of a colonies which will best side of the Santa Anaheim, I parler at the Planters' early. The next for Richland. The drove the buggy of the old Rodriguez were soon in Richland. Take about the nomads. A prettier valiant of doors. It seem everybody who could formation was away a word or two about from the crossing of river, it rises gently to five miles distant where with farm houses ordinary pretensions picture and finish. I take the prevailing means to have been super colored paint. We formed a much of the emerald frame here is set. We drove is in the centre of spring to be able to but the proprietor a party engaged in route of a ditch six-which is to bring the adjoining settlement, Tustin City, etc. near by, however, competent to tell me how,and made known in all of which he ream here but little over own business, and self about.my neighbor not very encouraging did not help thinking such a man would bettes, the agent of the agent, and the best I look on and admire. Generally small. The trees are laid out at here is a settlement probably nine miles square—the home of over one hundred families. The farms vary in size from forty to two hundred and fifty acres, although the average would probably, be from eighty to one hundred. So far as my observation extended the houses are neat and comfortable. The price of land varies from $20 to $100—the average, probably, from $50 to $80. There are two school houses, neat, well built and commodious. As is the case in Richland, the road-sides are planted with forest and nut-bearing trees, and these, together with the fruit trees—of which every farm, however small, has its quota—must be numbered by the thousands. Barley, oats, rye, corn, wheat, beans, and potatoes are the staples, and the crops are bountiful. These settlements are the work of less than four years. Mr. MeFadden, the owner of a large tract some two miles southeast of Santa Ana, has associated with him Collins, an experienced dairyman of Marin County, and they, with a herd of two hundred cows, propose to go into the business of cheese making. They are milking but eighty cows at present. Mr. Hamill has also gone into the dairy business on a smaller scale. These gentlemen are but the pioneers of a host who will soon follow them in this direction. They will not rely upon the natural pasturage, which is green the year round, but will plant largely of corn, pumpkins and beets to serve as stock feed. The corn crops of this section are spoken of as something enormous. I heard of stalks seventeen feet high, with five ears to a stalk. This, I thought, was pretty good for high. A ditch sixteen miles long is in process of construction, and this together with the supply from artesian wells, will render this region independent of droughts. Circumstances prevented me from examining the resources and surroundings of this section as fully as I would like to have done, but I saw enough in my hurried visit to convince me that the praises bestowed upon it by its citizens were well deserved. I was informed that at the residence of Mr. Bowers, near Santa Ana, banana stocks were growing which had remained absolutely untouched by the frost, and at the same place could be seen tomato vines, upon which were blossoms and green and ripe fruit. Keeping along in a generally southern direction from Santa Ana, the tourist comes upon a strange-looking Mexican town called San Juan Capistrano, about thirty-three miles from Anaheim. The Mission of San Juan Capistrano, or the remains of the Mission, situated in the town of that name, is another of those old ruins whose history constitutes a page in the early tales of California. On the first day of November, 1776, the site was selected by the padre Orgonio, who at once made arrangements for the commencement of the work. This was nearly twenty-two years before the building of the Mission of San Luis Rey; and at this time it was the intention of the padre in charge to make this Mission the most protentious of all the edifices that had been erected. This was the seventh Nothing else about the church sustained the slightest injury. It seems that the roof of the building was surmounted by five domes, in the centre of which was an immense tower or belly, the latter of which was of heavy masonry. This tower was erected upon six columns, which, receiving the vibration caused the tower to reel and fall, and falling, broke in two, one part crushing in the roof and the other dropping on the outside into the street. The Mission of San Juan Capistrano, like all of the others, saw its best days from 1820 to 1834, the latter year being the one in which the Mexican Congress made its crusade against the whole Mission system. During the latter year of its successful existence, padre Jose María Salvida was the priest in charge, and is said to have been one of the most hospitable and generous of men. Like Antonio, of San Luis Rey, he took in the stranger and the traveler, and extended to all the comforts of his establishment. He kept a smaller retinue of servants than his brother Antonio, and was less a patron of horse racing and bull fighting, and in a multiplicity of respects less a monarch. After the earthquake, that part of the building used as a granary was fitted up for the exercise of religious ceremony; no attempt at repair ever having been made, by the patrons in charge, of the church building. All of the other houses, however, were fitted up in a substantial and elaborate manner; the corridors being erected so as to form a hollow square; said square, like one of San Luis Rey, being devoted to the pastime of bull fighting. In 1830 this mission owned or controlled several large tracts of land over which pastured 40,000 cattle, 70,000 sheep, 5,000 horses and a large number of mules, oxen and hogs. From the date of its foundation up to this time there had been 4,700 natives converted and baptized, 1,702 marriages,and 3,947 deaths. In 1831 there were 1,400 residents of the Mission, including 350 young girls and misses in the nursery. The gardens and grounds comprised eighty acres,the former containing 400 old olive trees,a lot of which are in excellent bearing order. There are also quite a number of pear trees remaining;as in most of the gardens,the being favorite northern variety of fruit with the old padres. Several acres of these gardens were devoted to the vine.all traces of whichhowever are gone.Remains of several palms may be seen whilethe "century plant" thrives and blooms yearly. This Mission had a large soap manufactory,and also made large quantities of cloth and shoes;while its carpenter and blacksmith shops werethe most extensive of any ofthe Missions.The San Juan river,running as it did,and doesall,the year round,vwas very favorable for artificial irrigation,a means of improvementwhichthe old padres always took advantage.of. The fall ofthe Mission of San Juan Capistrano took place in 1833.The padres in charge watchedthe performancesofthe Mexican Congressin its debate uponthe dividingupofthe Mission propertywith great anxiety; The Mission of San Juan Capistrano, or the remains of the Mission, situated in the town of that name, is another of those old ruins whose history constitutes a page in the early tales of California. On the first day of November, 1776, the site was selected by the padre Gorgonio, who at once made arrangements for the commencement of the work. This was nearly twenty-two years before the building of the Mission of San Luis Rey; and at this time it was the intention of the padre in charge to make this Mission the most pretentious of all the edifices that had been erected. This was the seventh in regular order—the Missions of San Diego, San Carlos de Monterey, San Antonio de Padua, San Gabriel, San Luis Obispo, and San Francisco de los Dolores, being already built or in process of erection. These old ruins perpetuate the name and memory of a Franciscan friar of renowned eminence and reputation—San Juan, who was born in Capistrano, Italy. In his youth he was Platonic, and was seldom seen away from his home or school, although reared in a family celebrated for its wealth and great social worth. San Juan was at first educated as a lawyer, but from the start evinced a dislike for his profession and grew morbid and morose as he penetrated the mysteries of the bar. Time passed on, and he practiced and gained a great case, in which a powerful man triumphed over one who was weak. This disturbed his little remaining peace of mind, and he at once abandoned the law. Subsequently he joined the order of St. Francis, and in a short time became a very holy man. He died a great number of years ago, leaving none to excel him in virtue, genius and profound wisdom and education. As I have stated, it was proposed by the padre Gorgonio to erect a pretentious-looking edifice at the place, and so he did. The church building was one of the noblest in its exhibition of workmanship. It was built of lime and stone, and was one hundred and fifty feet in length, one hundred in width, and had systems of corridor six hundred feet in total length. The interior of the church was as appurient as many of our modern cathedrals, being nearly eighty feet from pit to dome. The walls, which are still standing, were of great strength, being nearly five feet in thickness, and tenacious as concrete. The buildings were thirty years in process of erection. This Mission had a large soap manufactory, and also made large quantities of cloth and shoes; while its carpenter and blacksmith shops were the most extensive of any of the Missions. The San Juan river, running as it did, and does, all the year round, was very favorable for artificial irrigation, a means of improvement which the old padres always took advantage of. The fall of the Mission of San Juan Capistrano took place in 1833. The padres in charge watched the performances of the Mexican Congress in its debate upon the dividing up of the Mission property with great anxiety; and when the law passed giving the Indians each an individual interest in their great possessions, padre Salvida at once determined that the dividends should be small. He at once shipped to Spain all of the pictures and ornaments of the church, and gave out contracts for the immediate and indiscriminate slaughter of all the cattle, sheep and hogs, and for the transportation of several shiploads of hide, tallow, soap, oil, grain and wine; so that, upon the arrival of General José Figuerra, hardly anything was left but the neophytes themselves. Thus fell the Mission of San Juan Capistrano. A few months prior to the Mexican war, the Missions of San Juan Capistrano, La Purissima and San Miguel with all of their beautiful grounds and gardens, were each in turn sold at public auction. The property here, including three gardens containing eighty acres of olives, and other fruits, was purchased by Don Juan Forster, now residing at Santa Margarita, the old home of Don Flo Pico; for eight hundred dollars. The buildings of the Mission were also included in the purchase, except a habitation for the priest, an apartment for a school-room and a room for an office for a Justice of the Peace. To-day, this $600 purchase is worth what the figure would describe with two more siphers annexed; and this is but a small patch of Don Juan Forster's possessions—bless his old soul. One of the most beautiful drives in Southern California is from San Luis Rey to San Juan Capistrano and most especially that portion of it along the beach, and up the mouth of San Juan River. In approaching the town from this point, the tourist is first attracted by a great oven-shaped building which proves to be the ruins of the old Mi-