Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-05-10


verdict is that her play isIIsDmewhat
loosely ec0nstructedS and IL notably
lacking in Incl lent and. oGr ,matic ef.
feet. Catalogue is. .pithySIAhe general
| impression is moderately favorable to
the dehutant, who Las however failed
to come up.t the expectations enter
tanned Of her,. Her play isj1stly con-
| demned as unfavorable for 1ler style,
which would evidently be more In
light comedy than i'm heavy. tragedy,
for which she has neitheF voice or
strength. .aoJioo
Cincinnati Items Z
CINCINNATI, May 9th.-Tom Allen
has arrived with trainer from st.
Louis. Goss is expected next week.
| Things are In good shape and the mill
will probably be fought at Terre
| Haute.
George McGinnis Baker was SEN
fenced to the State Prison for seven
years, his offense being robbing sever
al houses. He was being taken from
the Court House to the Jail when he
ran from the officers.
James Stephenson, presiding Elder
of the Dayton District Method ss
church is on trial at Urbana on q
charge Of bastardy brought ny Alice
Brown formerly u servant in his fam
| lily. Alice was formerly of q loose
character, but Joined the church and
became very religious and was em.
ployed by Stephenson's family where
she lived until week ago. The
charge is not believed to be true as
the minister has always been above
the shadow of a suspicion.
J. G. Temple. the Centennial wheel
| harrowist, Of Missouri, Is passing
through this State on his way to
Philadelphia.
The Molly Magafres.
PoTTsvILLE, May sth.-Detective
MrParion alias McKenDa, WAS on the
witness stand al: day to-day on trial
of the Molly Maguiies, for murder of
policeman Yort McParton belongs
to Plnkerton's detective agency, il un.
der Chief Franklin Of Philadelphia,
and has been associated with Molly
Maguires for the last three years. He
joined them at Shanendoah and was
initiated into their society there, aud
hast been engaged In Investigating
their movements ever since. He was
secretary at one time and was in their
full confidence. He says Yort was
killed because Duffy denyaaNed 1t, and
Mcclellan agreed to IL so that he could
have the mine. Boss Jones was killed
because he refused one of the men
work. Mcclellan and boyle did the
shoOtinKDiC Corral cDpfy and Riorta
made arrangements Tor the murder.
McParton says all the Molly Ma.
CURES in this retiSt he anemhers Of
fhp-Soc ETY. of The Ancient Hiberni-
ans. Phe internal working OF tl,e Or
| der was laid bare sl,ows,lR4nat the or
der was composed Of mhfderers, rob-
bers aud incendlaIies. 'i'hp pass word
ofthe urler is called good hand, the
oath called the test. The secrets of
the order were fully explained by the
witness. MrGehan and Carroll told
| MrParton al about the nf,l rider of Co.'S
TIN ia Carioi's saloon in Iamaqua.
| McParton is strongly guarded night
and day 10 prevent harm being done
him by the Molly Maguires.
| The Centenalal.
PHILADELPHIA, May 9th.-To-mor-
row Will be generally observed as q
holiday in thi city. The legislature
has declared it legal holiday. and all
banks, public offices and public insti-
tutions will be closed. The largest to
the humble-t building in the city wi
be decorated with bunting. The grand
est spectacle will be In the evening,
when almost every building will be
Illuminated. Many distinguished per-
sons, representatives of the press
from every city in the Union and from
abroad have arrived. Accommoda-
tions have heen made for 400 guests
on the grounds on Wednesday. The
President and Cabinet, Supreme
| Court,and members of both Houses of
| Congress, Government aud State off,
cials will be largely represented.
speaker Kerr.
WASHINGTON, 9th.-Rumor that
| Mr. Kerr intended to resign his speak
ership, which came from New York
to day, though not generally believed,
caused a good deal of talk. 1t is false
and without the least foundation.
Mr.. Morrison, who is one OF the speak
ers most intimate friends, felegraphed
to him to knowif there could he any
truth in,lhe report and received q re-
ply this evening from Mrss Kerr say
ing, not ore, word Of truth.
,ass A. work AEafd.
JERSEY Cry, N Y, 9lh.-Twog gangs
of the Bergen Tnnnel strikers return
ed to work yesterday, but on no ac-
count will the promoters of the strike
who are suspected of firing the Nitro
4 Glycerine Saturday night, be allowed
to return. The police are actively
working up clue, which it Is be-
neved will soon lead to the detection
of the criminals.
Indian Troubles.
| SIOUX CITY, May 9th.-A report 10
in circulation here that the Indians
near Fort Pierce attacked Black Hills
| train and killed and scalped . number
OF men. The report needs comiirna-
tion, but is regarded here as probably
true AZ the Indians in that direction
have only beer waiting for . favora-
Bile opportunity to commences hostili.
kties.