Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-09-25
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CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

A Marshall, Mich, dispatch of the
| 24th says: A fire broke out in the of
| flee of the Herndon House about 2:30
A, NJ, cutting off all outside commu-
nication. 1t burned very rapidly, with
| O dense smoke. The names of the lost
are: Claud G. Avery, jeweler; Anton
Gruber, cigar maker; Eliza King,
dining-room girl; Martha Vosder,
cook. Several persons were hurt by
jumping from the window. DIR. VIM.
Woodruff7s ankle was broken and he
sustained cut on the head.
A Bangor, Me-, dispatch says: Near
ly complete returns of the vote in the
Fourth Congressional District give
Plaisted, Republican, a majority OF
997. vys..a.i 4. ...l..t
From Memphis we have the follow
Ing: During the past few days letters
and kilograms have been received
here, inquiring if there was any epi-
demic prevailing here. For the infor-
nation of all concerned it can be safely
asserted that this city was never more
healthy than at present, and there has
been nothing like an epidemic of any
kind during the year.
A St. Louis dispatch of the oath
says: r. X. Turner, who has been
charged with forging deeds, was taken
from Quincy, ILL.,, y esterday, to Cali
fornla, Mo-, on requisition from
Gov. Harden. He is charged with
having forged deeds to about $50, 900
worth of land two years ago, and it is
expected that some startling develop
ments will de made at this trial, which
will begin next Monday.
The case of Adler & Co., of st. Jo-
seph, Mo-, charged with e emptying
certain barrels of whisky without can
ceiling the stamps, came up yesterday
in the u. s. District Court for the Wes-
tern District of Missouri, now in ses-
sion at jefferson City. Quite num-
ber of witnesses were examined, and
so far as the case has progressed the
testimony showed about two hundred
barrels of spirits, received from Spect
& Sons distillery, were emptied at
Adler &Co.'s rectifying house and the
same barrels returned to the distillery
with the stamps unobliterated, refilled
with spirits and again sold, with the
old stamps upon them, thus defraud-
ing the government out of some eight
thousand dollars.
The Pope held a Consistory yester-
day, at which several French and
Spanish Bishops were appointed:
Monseigneur Diez was appointed
Bishop of st. Christopher, Cuba.
The news received from 'Sclavonic
sources announce that the forces. un-
der the Priest Zarko have been in
creased to 1000 men. These have
been distributed in four corps, at
Tjenitzka and Prezerre, which they
intend to fortify and hold. 20 - 'f'
2 A San Antonio special of the Esd
says that the storm which blasted the
coast did no damage there, and very
little rain fell. The wind blewa per-
feet gale. The citizens Of San Anto-
nio, in a public meeting, appointed n
committee of thirty to solicit subscrip-
tions for the relief of the stricken peo-
pie of Indianola and other places.
The committee consists Of the most
prominent citizens and clergy, and
good results are expected. The mill
tary telegraph line was completed to
this point yesterday, and is working
from Fort Clark. EE -
A special to the Austin Meas says
contributions for the sufferers on the
coast will reach $4,000. The Ad)u-
tant General telegraphs to the Secre-
tary of War, asking if government
aid, as in the Alabama overflow, can
be extended to the sufferers on the
coast of Texas. The Secretary of War
replied that the Texas district inun-
dated does not lie within the scope of
country included in the law author
izing aid by the War Department, and
it can extend no assistance.