Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-01-16
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BY a snow slide in Big Cottonwood
canon, Utah, four men lost their
lives.
A cable dispatch from London says
that "the extraordinary thaw through
out Europe has greatly deteriorated
the wheat prospects,
Prussia officially reports a better
wheat crop than for ten years.
An investigation is to be made con-
cerning the late fire on the Baltimore
and Philadelphia road, resulting in
the destruction of the postal car, with
$500, 600 in paper money aboard. There
are suspicious that the mishap was
not accidental.
A "leading Congressman" inter
viewed by a New York Tribune cores
pondent, looks upon the Louisiana
situation as staggering blow to the
Republican party by the President,
from which it cannot recover in time
to make u successful race in 1876.
Grant, he says, is too heavy load to
carry, and he can see no way but to
throw Grant off. He says the Presi-
dent is determined to provoke the
South to resistance if possible. The
| Republican leaders lack courage to
take stand against him.
Victoria Woodruff wants the United
States to pay her 100000 for damages
sustained by her prosecution in the
Federal Courts. She says she lost
| 100000 thereby.
Nevada will pass bill for the pre-
vention of three card monte and other
confidence games, and the selling of
prize candy packages on railroads,
makes the playing of monte and other
confidence games a felony, with Il pen
atty of $4,000 fine or imprisonment in
the State Prison for not less than two
nor more than five years; and the
selling of prize candy Il misdemeanor.
The U. S. troops, pursuing the
Black Hills invaders, were driven
back to Fort Laramie by cold weather.
The thermometer ranged from 20o to
400 below zero, with drifting snow
storms.
General Sherman is quite fervent in
hope that a solution of the whole
trouble in Louisiana will be arrived
at without bioodshed. He said to
reporter Of the Missouri Republicans:
g am opposed to war; in times of
war the law is silent; | desire peace
above all things; know the people of
Louisiana, and / don't believe they
would fight the Government or offer
the least resistance to the enforce
ment Of the laws by the civil officers
of the Government. The people of
Louisiana believed that they had
right to govern themselves, and they
n lnl hot hA
State Government is not one OF their
own establishment, and they would
fightit at every opportunity. The peo-
pie would not resist the Government
of the United States"
The Congressional Investigation
Committee sent to Louisiana report
that they were unable to find any evil
dence that Republican colored voters
were intimidated, or their political
rights interfered with, during the late
campaign in Louisiana; that the elec-
tion was exceptionally fair and honest;
that the Conservatives undoubtedly
carried the State by o considerable
majority, and elected majority of
the Legislature; they condemn in the
strongest language the action of the
Returning Board as illegal and inde-
fensible.
The Mutual Indemnity Association
of the Changers of California has i'll
corporated in San Francisco. The OBJ
ject of the association is to secure TO
the families OF friends of deceased
members such pecuniary aid as will
shield them against want, by paying
to the nominees Of such members the
sum Of 81 ,000 the amount to be paid
by an assessment on the surviving
members.
The London Daily Telegraph re-
ports that Prince Gortschakofi declares
that Russia will not make the recog-
milton of Alfonso dependent on his
confirmation by the Cortez, but will
act in harmony with Austria and
Germany.
The reception of Alfonso at Valencia
was less enthusiastic than at BARGE
Iona. Don Carlos is holding Coun-
Gil of War. His troops are within
three miles of Valencia.
Snow is reported at Shasta and
throughout Oregon. A violent storm
ragged along the mountains in North
ern California on Thursday, prostrat-
Ing telegraph lines. at san Francis
co business has been almost stagnated
for weeks past on account of the want
of confidence in the growing crops.
Rev. Mr.. Parshall has commenced
suit against the San Francisco Post in
the sum of $4,000. This suit has
grown out of the Sumner affair, and the
ofIense consists of three articles which |
appeared in the Post. 1t will ne re-
membered that two men met Sumner
one night while on his way home from |
the Oakland depot, and beat him so
that his life was despaired of, and that
it was charged that it was the work of |
ruflians hired by Mr.. Parshall. He has