Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-10-25
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MEM ORLEANS, October 22d.-Ac-
ltive, preparations are 'beipg Toade for
the entertainuent OF tie nights
Templar, who are expected from all
sections of the U11oh, to satt8ad the
Grand Convention, commerc Tues
day, December- lst., 1t is estlm9ted
there Will be- between SIX andl seven
hundred present. , ( - Z EAFB
Latest aiyfcesfrop the cane .grysy~.
ing section show an mcorIniofity
large yield of cane per acre and Il
greater proportion of saccharine mat
ter than usual. The prospects are
now good for Il production OF the lar
gest crop of sugar that has been made
in Louisiana since 1862. nj .l. =,
The Highest Mountain.
A Washington special says Mr..
Jackson, the photographer who ac-
companied Hayden's expedition to
the Great HWelI has returned here
to-day. BE reports remarkable sue.
cess III taking negatives. Several
ruiued cities, hitherto unknown, were
discovered and photographed. One
mo lntain was scaled aud measured,
anC proved TO be somewhat higher
than any others-heretofore measured
in North America. .-...
Patterson, n. y, Locomotive Works In
Trouble.
NEW YORK, October 22AIt is un-
derstood that the Grant Locomotive
Works, AT Patterson, ,,Ntv- Jersey, are
in some troutJie.T A contract for fifty
locomotives for the Russian Govern
nj ha1 q off an nd 10 nc
to time ofdelivery, which the Grant
Company found it impossible to- COM
ply with, and work thereon in the
meantime mas been suspended. The
company show q large surplus over IL
abilities, but in avery unavailable
shape, and.the future Of its affairs is
dependent altogether upon, the leni-
ency of tile Russian nGovernmenta asto
interpretation of the contract. The
creditors of the company will probably
be asked, in the meantime, for an OK
tension of time, until communication
can be had WITH the Russian Govern
n1ent. 1T is said the company have
discharged large. number of men,
and. will probably, close their shops
altogether for the present. eas5ta
Insurance Company rWound Up.
The Secretary of the State of New
Jersey has warned the, Secretary of
Oriental INSURANCE sConpany Of sJer-
sey City to discontinpertheb business OF
the company, and its affairs are, in a
most unsatisfactory state.ouJo ysfI
.IGo I'm, pprtant esgail service. hi Ez
:, WASHING ron, October 23d. THE
Postofiice Department. has established
aibranchn tri-weelSly mail service on
the route from Havilah to Lone Pine,
California, to- run from Lagunita to
Panamint- Distance, 80 miles, p,tt.
Rank fu the Rsands Ola Sheriff.
New YORK, October 23d. = The
doors OF Henry Clews d Co. s banking
house are closed, the office and effects
being in the hands of the Sheriff. 1t
is stated that the difficulty between
the firm and its creditors will shortly
be arranged. Customers calling to-day
were told to call Tomorrow. A mo-
ton to vacate the order by which the
sheriff retains possession was denied.
China steamer.
NEW YORK, October 23d. = The
steamship China sailed on the l4th of
October from Yokohama for San Fran
cisco, with 900 tons measurement of
teas and 125 tons of silk forNew York
via Panama; 700 tons of freight for
San Francisco ana $50 passengers 80
cabin. The steamship Vancouver ar
rived at Yokohama on October r1lth
rom san Francisco. She sailed for
'Hongkong Oct. Hath, arriv ing on the
2lst. f+,' .<Hla2H< pc.
still Better for the Delnocrafs.t
@ CHfeAGo, October 24th.- Dem
ocratio ,aiOritV in Ohio il II DDD
Fourteen Democrats and six Republi-
cans are elected to Congress.
Moses Issues a Proclamation.
CHICAGO, October 23d. - Governor
Moses of South Carolina has issued
proclamation changing the Commits
sioners of Registration in every county
in the State so that each Board shall
be composed of one Republican,, one
independent Republican and one Cpn-
servative. r1 .t -tAicJls,t - .