Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-09-17

the treasury.
Linderman, who has been quite
sick for some weeks and absent
from the city, Is now somewhat
better and was at his Office today.
Another Cali for o-2Os.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 10Th The
Secretary of the Treasury this af.
ternoou issued the seventy first call
for the redemption of 20 bonds of
1865. The call is for five millions,
two millions coupons and three
millions registered. The principal
and interest will be paid at the
treasury ON the l4th day of Dacem-
her and after that day tho Interest
will cease.
Genernh shs.,ds ssighiiy Inn
pr.ved.
New YORK, Sept. l6th.-Major-
General James FL. Shields, who be-
came quite sick in the Astor House
Friday night. after addressing the
Mexican war veterans, improved
sufficiently to-day to permit his re-
moval to a friends house in
Brooklyn.
stone CATERS strike.
CHICAGO, Sept. 10Th Three
hundred stone cutters struck to-day
for an advance in wages of fifty
cents per day, making the wages
$500
The fstrs-NO Here Contribution, .
Needed.
New ORLEANS, Septem Der 16.-
Weather clear and pleasant.
Deaths rs; new cases reported 1OS.
To the Masonic Grand Lodges of
the United States: The Masons of
Louisiana with profound gratitude
to sister jurisdictions, who have
voluntarily donated large sum for
the relief of yellow fever sufferers
of the craft in this State, beg that
they would cease their generous
contributions, as ample funds have
been already received.
(Signed)
SAMUEL J. POWELL,
Grand Master.
Ehe Situstiom at Canton.
CANTON, Miss, Sept. 16.-Total
number of cases to date 404; deaths
56; new cases ia the last "a hours;
20; deaths one.
Daciined shs NDmimatioD.
NEWARK, n. j., Sept. 16.-Cort.
land Parker has formally v declined
the Republican nomination for
Congress.
Horrible 5aurdrr-- SeVea CbiIdren
Butchered w,ih IL lkatches.
CINCINNATI, Sept. 16.--The fol-
lowing account of a most horrible
murder is given in dispatches from
Houston, Texas: The wife of Geo
Lynch, respected citizen of Berk-
ley, Texa', died some weeks ago,
leaving an infant. Lynch had
seven other children, the eldest,
Clemie, aged seventeen years. On
Friday night the family retired as
usual, q lamp being left burning in
the main room. At midnight the
father was awakened by a pistol
shot, the ball striking him in the
breast. He sprang up and saw u
masked man standing in the mid
die of the room pointing pistol at
him. The assassin fired again, the
bail lodging beneath the collar
bone. Lynch fell unconscious.
When he recovered he found
himself lying in u lane
outside he premises. The
assassin, thinking Lynch dead,
seized' u hatchet and put
the children, who were witnesses,
out of the way. He assaulted
Ciemie and buried the hatchet in
her head. He also crushed the
skulls of three other children, then
set fire to the house. The distract
ed father saw the burning house
fall In on the bodies of his seven
children. The bodies We're after
wards exhumed aud an inquest
held, when hatchet wounds were
d scOvered upon the skulls of the
children. 1t is thought that Lyme b
viii recover. A young man named
Bonsware, with whom Lynch had
had difficulty, is suspected of the
crime.
Meeting Of The Grand L,,ise L. d,
| o. r.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 10th. The
GRAND Lodge, l o. o. F., of the
United States met in regular annu
al session at their hall this morn-
ing. Tie grand body consists of
165 members. The report of the
Grand Sire says: Whilst the an
nual returns exhibit an increase In
Lodges and Encampments and in
the amount paid for relief over last
year, they Indicate, for the first
time since 1868, falling of In
membership and revenue.
The Fever DecreasinK.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Sept. 16ti.-
There Is slight and scarcely per
ceptible decrease in the fever this
morning, the deaths up to noon not
exceeding forty. The saddest fea.
ture of the epidemic is that r,znv
who have been actively at " ork
relieving the distress are diving or
oe'hg stricken down. Among the
nuIlpnssf ,v may be mentioned Ell. II
Worshim, acting Treasurer of the