Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-01-11

| the generous treatment that I have
received at your hands. During the
prison scene | noticed that some per-
son Missed; all that | have to say in
regard to it is that the gentleman who
Missed probably considered that he
could play the part better than | did
when he got bis own convict clothes
OH. Friends and enemies disagree
among themselves as to whether can
act or not. | have tried to drop the
legal harness in vain and | can die
with the harness on. 1t is rumored
that Mr.. Hall will retire from the
stage, and ii is also said that he will
play i'm Albany. He is recticient on
the subject. The manager of Park
Theater claims to have been nearly
ruined financially by A. Oakley Hall
and the Crucible.
A Few Buffale.
Sioux CITY, Iowa, Jan. @10th.-
Fort Sully dispatch says herd of buf-
falo extending over stretch of coun-
try forty miles, made their appearance
near the Cheyenne River Agency to-
day, and the Indians are making great
havoc among them. This is the first
buffalo herd that has been seen 80 far
East for twelve years.
The Proposed Army Reduction.
NEW YORK, Jan. 10.-A Washing
ton special says as to the opposition
to reduction in the army, it is per-
fectly well understood the exposed
eontrition of the frontier is adroitly
invented by the President, as an ar
gument against the reduction of the
military forces. 1t is notorious that
all social and political influences here
are at work to prevent the reduction
of the army. 1t is known, however,
the representative men of the most
important committees are united in
favor of the proposition to cut down
the expenses in this, as well as in 9TH
er directions.
One of singers Widows.
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, Jan. 10TH
Surrogate Coffin has just announced
his decision in the will case of Isaac
M. Singer, the sewing machine inven-
tor. He decides against the claim of
Mrs. Mary Ann Foster, holding that
she is not widow of the deceased,
Bonds Recovered.
NEW YORK, Jan. 10th.-The Sl21,-
600 of the Union Pacific first mortgage
bonds, lost by Morks & Co. Thursday
last, have been recovered by that
firm through q boy who claims to
have picked them up in the doorway
of Morks & Co.'s office.
The Work stopped.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, January 1Oth.-The
work of stone cutting for the new Gus
tom house has been suspended and the
workmen discharged. Itappears that
there has been some hitch in the con-
tracts between the government de-
partment and Mr.. Mullen. Some time
since the department made ruling
not to pay Mullen for his stone bill af-
terit was furnished and the Controller
says that the contract compels the de-
partment to pay him for his stone on
delivery, consequently he has not de-
livered any additional stone, and the
men were compelled to suspend work
for the lack of material.
New Orleans Bonds.
NEW ORLEANS, January l0th.-Ef-
forts are being made blythe municipal
officers of New Orleans to compromise
with the holders of city bonds at sixty
cents OIL the dollar The debt is about
$40, 100000, a sum which the creditors
themselves do not believe it possible
for the city to pay in the present pros
tration of trade. sa
Failure.
TOLEDO, January 10th.-The effort
to make close corporation of the To-
ledo Board of Trade by limiting its
membership to one hundred, has failed
on tie vote. A new Produce Ex-
change has consequently been organ
lied by the exclusives. .z.