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

Paris dispatches says the Court of
Appeals has confirmed the judgment
by which Courbat, the artist, was Or
dered to pay the cost of restoring the
vendome column.
The Madison dispatches says the Of
fetal Gazette will soon publish min
isterial decree appointing a commits
sioner from Spain to the Philadelphia
Exhibition.
A Virginia City dispatch says Peter
Larkins who shot his man w Wednesday
had an examination at 4 P. NJ. Thurs
day. The charge of assault with In
tent to murder was dismissed and
new complaint made charging the de-
fendant with murder in the first de-
gree. This was consequent from the
death of Concoran.
John Steeffe, who received Kelly's
bullet near the right eye in the affray
Thursday forenoon, is in a critical con-
dition.
A Winnemucca dispatch says Miss
George Sypher of Silver City, Idaho,
attempted suicide lately with lauda-
mum, but the promptness of medical
aid saved her.
p A Prescott dispatch says that Man
uel Abeles, who killed a Mexican near
Verde last March, was hanged at II
o'clock yesterday.
A San Diego dispatch says that Dia-
mond & Copeland, contractors for the
proposed new road between here and
Campo, have just been over the route
and report that an excellent road can
be easily built. This will bring the
Southern mail route wholly within
the American lines.
A Phoenix, Arizona dispatch says
emigration to that place and the Salt
RiverValley is unusually large. Some
are from California, but the greater
number are from the East. A train
of eleven wagons and fifty persons
will arrive from Kansas next week.
J.W. Smith, of the Southern Pacific
Railroad, has been making prelimi-
nary surveys Of the route from the
Colorado river eastward, having Salt
River valley as an objective point.
The line crosses the Colorado six
miles below Ehrenberg, and it is said
to be practicable route. The coun-
try ia wary lavnl
The grain crop in the vicinity of
Florence this year will be unusually
small; not over one fourth of crop
will be harvested.
A Florence, Arizona, dispatch says
three more lodes have been discovered
near the Silver King. Visitors agree
as to the immense richness of Pinal
Mining District.
James P. Thompson and wife, of
Portland, Maine, were crossing the
desert, coming from Yuma, between
Cooks and Bnrk's Station, when Mr..
Thompson was taken with heart dis
ease and died before he could reach q
station.
A dispatch from Tucson says the
citizens of Santa Rita Mining District
have formed company for self pro-
lection. -H#s
The wheat crop is coming in freely
and is of excellent quality. The honey
crops will only be equal to last years.
yield, the feed having dried up sooner
than last year.
Captain John Prindiville Of Chica-
so has received dispatch announcing
the safe arrival of the schooner Pam
lioo at Faebor. 1t took her fifty days
to MAKE the trip from Queenstown to
this side. 1t was an unusually long
trip, and many had already given her
up as lost. Mr.. Prindiville was the
only one who insisted that she would
turn up all right, no matter how long
she was out, and events have proved
that he was right. The Pamlico left
Chicago with a load of corn for Liv-
erpool, May IA, 1874, and arrived at
the other side Of the ocean without
having got into any trouble. She
was chartered to take back a cargo of
chemicals, but when near NewfOund-
land she encountered a severe storm
and was almost wrecked, compelling
her to go back to England for repairs.
In the Fall she again tried to reach
this country, but made no better sue
cess than at the first time, being again
driven back in disabled condition.
This time she arrived at this side of
the ocean, but only after most te-
dious and lengthy voyage and hav-
ing been given up by many persons.
A dreadful calamity occurred at
Bridesburg, Pa, yesterday morning
about $3.50 O'clock. A considerable ex-
plosion occurred. which was heard for
a considerable distance, and the build
ing in which it took place was liter
ally blown to atoms. Between thirty
and forty lives were lost. The great
est excitement prevails. The cause of
the accident is yet unknown. Brides
burg, where the U. S. Arsenal is situ-
ated, is seven miles out of town i'm the
23d Ward, on Frankfort creek, near
the mouth of the Delaware. The ex-
plosion is creating o terrible excite
ment In the neighborhood. Most of
the population reside on the opposite
side OF the creek. The arsenal was in
command of Lieutenant Colonel A. j.
Treadwell. The explosion occurred
In the laboratory of the arsenal, and
twenty-five persons were in the room
at the time. The following Is a par
tial list of the casualties: Killed, John
Mclaughlin and John McMullen;
wounded. Edwin Childs, Albert Lee,
VIM. Butler, Abe Farens and s. Ir-
win. A later dispatch says the explo-
sion was caused by the breaking up of
condemned ammunition. There were
from forty to fifty boys at work In the
laboratory, only two of whom are re-
ported killed, but several are fatally
wounded. The whole number of
killed and wounded will not be under