Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-08-15
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

says that at the opening or the market
yesterday morning American securi-
ties We're particularly firm in almost
every instance.
VIM. Rae, to whom the forged bonds
of the California and Oregon Railway
were traced, some years ago married
Commodore Levy's widow. He sub
sequently gambled away her fortune
in stocks and cards, since which time
he has associated himself with Gleason
and Roberts, both well known bond
forgers.
The lightning express train on the
Ohio and Mississippi Railroad was
thrown off the track last night, half
mile East of Huron, Ind. The cause
was the removal of rail, which is
supposed to have been taken out of
its place by some malicious persons.
The hand-car house at Huron, had
been broken open and the tools taken,
which were found near the track
where the rail was found missing. No
one was hurt. The company offers q
reward of $500 for the detection of the
miscreants.
A house worth $4,000, belonging to
A. II. Stewart of New York and occu-
pied by Woodruff & Son, was burned
down at Toledo, Ohio, yesterday morn
ing.
Consols in London to-eay are quiet
but firm at $lO5s; ten-forties are a
shade off.
Thomas B. Keogh, Chairman of the
Republican State Central Committee,
telegraphs from Greensboro, North
Carolina, that that party has carried
the State by $4,000 majority, and that
they had two majority in the Consti-
tutiOnal Convention, which will be
increased to seven by unseating five
Democrats, who, he claims, were not
really elected. He says the demorali-
zation of the Democratic party in that
State is complete, and denOunces the
dispatches of the Associated Press as
lies.
An attempt was made to throw a
train off the track of the Davenport
and st. Paul Railroad, near Oxford.
yesterday. The engine and one car
were demolished.
The body of Jem Woodson was
found hanging to tree near Muir
freesboro, Tenn, yesterday, riddled
with bullets. His lynching is gener-
ally condemned.
About forty boys escaped yesterday
from the Catholic Protectory at Ford
ham, New York, but they were recap
tured.
A grand pedestrian match is being
organized for October. The man who
does the most walking in six days will
pocket $1,000.
The German Federal Council will
shortly consider the question of the
extraordinary treaty with the United
States to take the place of the exist
ing treaties between that country and
the separate German States.
The New York Evening Post says
that although the city escaped yester-
day the daily storm to which it has
been accustomed during the week,
the surrounding territory was not so
fortunate. At Haversack each rain
was accompanied by vivid lightnings,
and the water seemed one continuous
stream. AS the ground was already
soaked, the flood accumulated rapidly,
and soon made the appearance of
lake. The houses in the meadows be-
low were soon inundated, and this
morning their inhabitants were inn
provising bridges through yards,
while the chickens We're perched on
barns and boats. All the gardens and
fields in low places are under water,
and will be more or less damaged.
The track of the N. J. & N. Y. r. r.,
was washed away to some distance,
and the break is so serious that it is
not certain that trains can pass over
it before Tuesday. The mails which
were sent out last night over the n.
r. r. of n. j., were brought back to
the post office in this city, and were
sent out this morning over the Erie r.
r. The track OF nearly all the roads
running into the city were more or
less damaged.
A Paris dispatch says:7 Fifty COM
mercial corporations and trades un-
ions will send delegates to the Centen-
nial Exposition at Philadelphia to
study and report on the various OBJ
jects exhibited.
The steamship Payne, from Brazil
lOf southampton, nus OeeH toSC Oh
Brest. The crew and passengers were
saved.
The Catholic clergy holding State
appointments in Posen, have submit
mitted to the ecclesiastical laws.
The following is taken from a letter
written by an American resident of
Costa Rica: "Tn July a number of
Jesuts entered the Republic of Costa
Rica from Guatemala, whence they
were expelled. When they arrived
within ten miles of the capital they
were ordered to stop. The Congress
met the same day and 1000 Masons
went in body to Congress and petit
toned for the Jesuits' removal as mis-
chievous members of society. The
President, who is Mason, and sever
al members, were prominent in the
debate. Able speeches were made on
the subject, overruling those favoring
q charitable collection for the Jesuits-
The congress finally voted them fif-
teen thousand dollars for their imme-
date wants and ordered them to leave
the country.