Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-08-08


sefated. 'fhs killed wlll not probably
exceed two or three, though there
are Number injured all of whom are
boys.
According to the accounts from Da-
mascus of the 22d of July, the cholera
was raging there. Four hundred cases
were reported daily, hut the real num-
ber was concealed. The Christian
quarters are deserted. Sudden deaths
occur on the streets. There are no
physicians, medicines nor supplies for
the sick. The disease is also bad at
Antioch, Deerhems, Hannah, Homan
and Silijah. The Druiz mission
schools are closed and the children
dispersed.
Somore Parcira, a pawnbroker at 23S
West Fifth street, Cincinnati, started
out last Thursday evening, leaving
his wife and daughter in cherge of the
shop. They took chairs and sat on
the pavement near the front door, and
while there a thief entered the rear
and succeeded in getting $S,0O0 or
$4,000 worth of jewelry out OF the
open safe and making his escape, al
though the gas was burning brightly.
The loss was not discovered until Fri
day.
The Government income for the
fiscal year is larger than any estimate
made and will more than realize the
highest expectations of the Treasury
offic ials.
A Washington special says the
Postoffice Department has received III
formation that Superintendent Bangs,
has concluded negotiations for the fast
mail train, and an experimental train
will be run between New York and
Chicago about the mi Idle of this
month. The first regular train will
leave New York at four o. clock on the
morning Of October 1st. No passen-
gers or freight will be taken. The only
cars will be mail cars. The run to
Niagara Falls will be made without
stopping, at an average speed of 405
miles per hour.
A Chicago dispatch of the 9Th says
the Times Tomorrow will publish a
statement obtained from prisoner
named Billy Forester, serving term
of ten years in the State Penitentiary
at Joliet for burglary. The statement
is in substance that he is fully cogni-
zant of the facts pertaining to the
Nathan murder, though he cannot
point out the man who struck the blow.
He attempted, with the cooperation
and cognizance of certain high officials
in New York, to open the safe in the
Nathan mansion; and while making
| this attempt, aroused Nathan. Be-
| tween them, in order to escape, they
| killed him with an iron dog, which
they were using as professional tool.
| He refuses to reveal the names of these
parties, because he fears that II will in.
terfere with his plan of bringing them
to justice and revenging himself on
them for their persistent prosecutions
Of himself. Should he secure par
don, as he hopes to do, he will make
this the object of his life. He affirms
that the relatives of the murdered
man had no knowledge of the way in
which he came to his death, and de-
MES the truth of the stories recently
published in New York and elsewhere
concerning the murder.
Cordonal McClasky left New York
for Europe yesterday: All the priests
and Archibishops will accompany
! him to the steamer to bid him adieu.
He expects to return about the middle
of November. When he arrives at
Rome he will present the Pope with
$50, 200 in gold, the gift of the Catho-
lie diocese in New York.
A special from Union Court House,
South Carolina, says that Alfred
Walker, a notorious desperado, was
hanged there yesterday for the murder
of Rev. J. H. Miller, Methodist
| preacher, in April last. Walker con-
fessed to having committed other mur-
ders.
There has been a growing suspicion
here that the four young Cincinnati
ans whose bodies were recovered from
the river, and who were supposed to
have been run over in skiff by tow
boat, were the victims of foul play.
The bodies when recovered We're hor-
ribly mangled about the face In an al.
most similar manner. The case will
probably receive thorough investi.
cation.
A large mass of soft rock fell in the
Hoosac tunnel night before last, and
small pieces are falling to-day. The
miners dare not approach to ascertain
the extent of the damage. The track
| is blocked, 81. za u.