SEMI- TROPIC CALIFORNIA. 
THE METHOMST CHURCH 
I»r*i 
(.'aliform 
men ted their magnificent residence* with 1 
mortgages and paid for the luxury at the i 
rate of from fifteen to twenty per cent, per 1 The Fort Street Methodist f 
annum. While the mon«r lute*! they lived I Church, represented hr' « 
m the moat expensive fashion. Their sons ! Protestant .■ 1 i, 
dressed in broadcloth and their daughter 
in silks. Parties and ball#, high priced 11 WM I m )-: ■ at the a.- 
wines, a retinue nf servants and occasional ••8,000. It i« of i, m • *n < ■ , 
ta 1 With gw pen ianU ■« | fc at* i 
pleasantly. Hut there came a change, a dry fur.uos. Th- . , ... 
season, a hank failure, a vmtatjon of the T i„. o 
small pox, imported from China, and money I .*! r ** 
became scarcer than the proverbial hen's 
teeth, the interest aocount began to *»#!), 
the servants were discharged, anil \ little 
later the columns of the F,-,.re»» 
and other papers began to fill with *ooli 
notices as these: 
'H . glad (ha State has at laat sei-'o fit to 
Fa 
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MORTGAGE SALE. 
EXECUTION NO. 713. 
In tho District Court of the County of Lo. An 
geles, State of California 
I. 8i{ticczcni, plaintiff, 
H. D. Blower, defendant. 
Then followed a description of the prop¬ 
erty and the order of sale. About (hat 
time we began to hear that Los Angeles 
county was of no account, that the countrv 
ivaa going to the dogs and so on •nt tiini- 
fum. lint all the while the fow that fie*. I 
in the little humble cottages, and dress#'' 
plain and had been i{uite forgotten in tb*J 
great boom, held their own, at.d their or 
ungo trees and vineyards began In bear a 
year or two ago; while, all of asuddon. the 
railroad opened up fifty new markets in 
Arizona and New Mexico. The miner* 
wanted Los Angeles fruits, grains and . ••g- 
etahles, paid high prices and i-nuld nr t -»et 
enough. The phylloxera kilieJ the French 
vineyards and the prior of California gripe* 
rjuadrunlod. The turn in the tide cam*, 
and, although there were comparatively few 
that were saved, their vouns will serve 
a bright example for those who arc new 
Homing. Money la again becoming plrati 
ful, ntid loma, perhaps a little too •..viguiwt, 
mathematician has reckoned that tiv. uty 
acres of grape* are worth as much as an in 
voatment *» #100,000 in Government three 
por-Ocuts. However this may be, it is . *t- 
ihat pluck, energy and economy will win 
every time in Southern California. 
growth. Organised in l*n: 
communicants, they worshipped for eight 
years in the small brick rhapal near hv. 
now used by the Presbyterian Sm-iety. it 
at present numbers 400 communicant*, 
among whom sr« surne ..four most w«althv 
and influential citiicna The n 0 VI... k 
Sabbath morning service Gnds the . bur. h 
' filled to its capacity, having seating 
modation for four or five bundled 
rent at present, and if the demand 
iin»-arents will materially advance. Hardly 
a day p ***»■* hut several new families , r . 
n»e from the Rot to make their homa in 
thrs toontj. Several fine rwidmrM are 
about lo be erected ill various part* of the 
plans having already been drawn. 
lies 
I. Howe, 
Tempi* Street, routing several thru 
dollar* Mrs. I» C. Smrtt baa lei tho 
tract 6a the must ruction of two tens 
btv.iwia on the same sveruta. fj U it« ■ 
zi 
jw *} hw jlIj i 
PERSONAL 
Wc acknowledge a pleasant visit fiom 
Mr. C. V. llall, formerly publivhcrnf H tH'f 
i/tHtma/, t magazine which w idely 
advertised Los Angelos county. Mr. flail 
occupies a responsible position in the II me 
Mutual Insurance Company of San FranoJ* 
co, one of tho moat reliable fire insurance j 
compatiioa in the I'nited State*. M*«st of 
our old time citizens remember Mr. Hall 
and will be glad to hear of his svuwa* in 
business. Wo hope hu will find it coii'.m- 
ient lo pay fmpient visits to the City of 
tho Angels. 
The Soortv has recently been relieve, 
debt of |i,jO0. Rev. K. S. Chase < 
present 1'aator. 
IMPROVEMENTS IN LOS ANGELES. 
Itusi urea of all kind, eoetmue* fairly 
in our city, and building and othv- 
provciro-nts are prcigr«**ing m a very 
factory manner. The «ite sen-. tad ft 
Branch Normal Schcul i. universal! 
milted to be a jtidh. ... one, and , 
’edit is due to the enterprising gaol!* 
ho have presented the State with a 
| title to the pni|**rtv The construe tt* 
the buikiing will give employment 
large number of nine ham - and lab • 
The material* will of ihihiw be *up| 
here, and our mercantile firms ought ti 
tain many profitable c.-ntrart* Th* 1 A 
c,r?v* Aswwiation's tract* are Mawr 
Far* mao. of rLL-lalr.h.a, Mr J. A. Chat 
man. Mr. Nelms and Mr. ftom. all of wh-.i 
tolrml to make thru heme in Pasadena. 
M.-tar*. Fainter A Hail will soon ha« 
the*' Monk'* tract on the mark»t., and «r 
Mr* 
W 
I ia about i* 
vea of land 1 
ed, if the aj 
