Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-25

House Appropriations Committee
expect to have all appropriation
bills passed and sent to the Senate
by February Goth, at the farthest.
steamers ana stores Bulned.
WILMINGTON, N. C., Dec. 24.-The
steamer J. P. Underhill was burned
at the wharf this morning. The
flames spread to the steamer North
east and to stores on the wharf.
Half square was burned, includ-
ing five stores, five warehouses, two
steamers, two stables, five horses,
100 hogsheads of molasses, 700 tons
of coal, 1000 barrels of rosin and a
large amount of other produce, in.
volving loss of $4,000. Insur-
ance $50. 900.
Assistant Treasurer Appointed.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.-E. L.
Pierce, of Boston, has been ap-
pointed Assistant Treasurer of the
United States.
The O'Leary-Canipana walk.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2ith.-At 1890
to-day o. Leary, in the six days Pc
destrianism, had made los miles,
Campana 115. The former took
four hours rest last night, the lat
ter two hours.
proposed Fishery Fair.
New YORK, Dec. 24th.-The Ger.
man Fishery-Verein intend hold
ing an international exhibition at
Berlin in April, 1880, and invite
the cooperation of Americans en-
gagged in canning and drying fish.
Robert V. Roosevelt thinks the
exhibition will afford an opportu-
nifty to press our fish products on
the attention of foreigners, and es.
pecially our canned salmon, of
which America is the fountain
head. He says the export of Amer
lean oysters to England is growing
to be extensive and profitable and
could be readily extended to all
parts of Europe.
Tho AGaiternftUn of sugar.
NEW YORK, Dec. 24th.-Presi-
dent Chandler submitted to-day to
the Board of Health a report on the
alleged adulteration of sugars, in
which he states that in two ounces
of yellow and coffee sugars he had
found as much as globule of
metal, although he does not say
that the quantity of the adultera.
tive compounds are large enough
to be injurious. He declares the
adulteration unnecessary and
stamps it as fraud upon the pub
lie at large.
A steamer Runs Asnure.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2i.-The Tele-
gram publishes the following:
Lorne, Scotland, Dec. 24.-The
State Line steamship State of Lou
isiana, from Glasgow, which left
that port on the 23d for New York,
ran ashore this morning at Hun.
ter's Rock while entering Lorne
Loch. The vessel will probably
become a total wreck.
Revelation In usda.sJara-Ru.
mored Railway COuc .zsiOas TO
Eusiish aondhoiders.
NEW YORK, Dec. ga revolu-
tion is going on in Guadalajara,
caused by levying an onerous tax.
Several citizens have been killed
in the streets and numbers of prom
inent gentlemen imprisoned.
1t is reported on good authority
that the applications of Americans
before Congress for railway con-
cessions twill be refused and ar
rangements made with English
bondholders by which, in return
for recognition of their bonds, they
will undertake the construction of
an inter-oceanic railway.
severe weather East.
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 24th.-The
temperature for the past two days
ranged from to s degrees below
zero. A very high wind prevailed
most of the time, velocity 45 miles
per hour. Nearly all railroads
centering here report trouble from
snow drifts.
DETROIT, Dec. 24th.-The wealth.
er In this section has, for the last
few days, been extremely cold, the
thermometer falling as low as 4
degrees below zero. Snow has
fallen in large quantities and the
trains on nearly all the roads are
delayed.
Horse Thieves Lynched
LITTLE Rock, Dec. 24.-It is re-
ported that four horse thieves were
lynched at Corning, Clay county,
last night.