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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-02-24
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streets of wa b TRAvElat the
President has coGesSS.eusto sign the
silver bill.
AM r subject for investigation.
B6yroN, Feb. 2SJ.-Thomas P.
Cheney, Superintendent of the
New England mail service, is
charged with defrauding the gov
eminent by certifying to false
vouchers for service never rendered;
with establishing postal routes in
New Hampshire for the benefit of
his friends; with granting his
chief clerk illegal favors; for certi-
flying to vouchers furnished by
him; for having allowed him to
draw pay after he had left service;
with being absent from duty and
generally inefficiency. Congress
will investigate.
TOLEDO, O., Feb. 23d.--The Ma
tional Greenback Convention met
here yesterday. Twenty-eight
States are represented. Francis
Hughes, of Pennsylvania, was
elected President. The platform
invites all to unite in efforts for
financial reform and industrial
emancipation; greenbacks to be full
legal tender for all purposes; the
coinage of silver to be on the same
footing as that Of gold; govern
ment bonds to be taxed; income tax
to be revived; Chinese immigration
to be restricted by legislation. A
National EXecutiveCommittee was
appointed. At the instance of q
dispatch from Ben Butler the Con-
vention denounced the silver bill
as passed by Congress.
murdered and Locked la she safe.
| DEXTER, Me-, Feb. 23d.-Last
evening ]. w. Barron, Treasurer OF
the Dexter Savings Bank, was
found locked in the vault hand
cuffed, gagged and rope around
his neck. He was senseless and
died soon after. He has several bad
wounds in the forehead. The rob-
bers obtained less than 800. 1t is
supposed they murdered him be.
cause he wouldn't open the safe.
Does Mos Fear IndiRn Trouble.
OMAHA, Feb. 23d.-Gen. Crook
returned to-day from the Indian
Territory and denies the statement
that a large expedition would be-
organized in the Spring against
Sitting Bull. Gen. Crook says
that no immediate trouble neet
be feared from Sitting Bull, unless
the buffalo range south, which il
hardly probable, as they have moi
done so in late years. No expedi
ton against the Sioux is now con
templated.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-02-24
H. H. SPENCER,

TEACHER OF PENMANSHIP iND
BOOKKEEPING,
Has opened classes for instruction in the
above branches at his residence on HILL
STREET, near First, commencing on
MONDAY, February 18th, 1878.
Afternoon Class, from l to 4 O'Clock p.
NJ. daily; Evening Glass, from to 0
O'Clock p. NJ; Saturday Class, from to
IL A. NJ. and from to- P. NJ.
An opportunity will be afforded to ac-
Quire my new system OF ChirythmOgra-
ply, or rlmedhand writing, in which to
write rapidly as well as legi bly, can be
learned in few lessons. The practice
which requires years to make experts in
Penmanship and Bookkeeping can be ac-
quired in IL few months with advanced
pupils.
TERMS-Evening Class--Penmanship,
per month, 81; Bookkeeping, So.
Afternoon Glass - Penmanship, IS;
Bookkeeping, SO.
Saturday ass-Penmanship. per les
son, 50c.: Bookkeeping, per lesson, ST..
Special instruction to teachers and 9TH
ers DESTROYS OF qualifying themselves for
teaching the above branches. The I'M
dersigned being familiar with and hav-
ing taught Tor years Payson, Dunton 4
Scrlbner and the Spencerian systems of
Penmanship, each may select the style
most cUngenial to their tastes. For fur
ther in formation call at residence during
the hours from | TO o'clock p. M, or adj
dress the undersigne'' tEEA
fe2i-lm ~. lex Box s3l.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-02-24

-FnE Los Nietos Valley Courier
sensibly suggests that the people of
that valley should turn their at.
tention to the cultivation of beets,
with . view to the manufacture of
beet sugar. 1t is a recognized fact
that the tendency of the soil and
climate of Los Angeles county is
to develop an unusual proportion
Of saccharine matter in all vegeta-
bles in which it is leading con-
stituent, such as grapes, beets, etc.
We have the authority of the
Resources of California for the
statement that the California Beet
Sugar Mandatory is meeting
with pecuniary success. Nearly
all the sugar consumed in France
Is made from the beet, the manu-
ture having been originated under,
and very much encouraged by, the
first Napoleon. The quantity of
beets which can be raised to the
acre in Southern California is
really marvellous. We have never
failed to raise a smile on the face of
an fastener by the statement
that we have seen fOur-horse
wagon load of beets, raised in the
Tia Juana valley, San Diego coun-
ty, which severally averaged the
size Of a twelve year old boy. In
extreme instances the beet, in this
section, attains weight of one
hundred and fifty and one
hundred and seventy five
pounds. Los Angeles county is,
of course, in the very Infancy
Of its development, but it seems to
us that cheese and beet sugar fac
tories, pork packing establish
ments, wine presses and distiller-
les for making brandy from grapes
aud whisky from corn and rye,
ought to be scattered around on
every hand in this county before
ten years shall have run their
course, TO say nothing of Alden
fruit drying factories. When it is
remembered that, few years ago,
this was known dlstinctively as
''cow county" in San Francisco, we
have perhaps made considerable
progress already; though, to our inn
patience, it seems almost like stag
We much mistake the
signs of the times, or we now stand
on the portals of an era of develop
msnt compared to which what we
have already accomplished will
seem mere chiid's play.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-02-24
LAST NIGHTS NEWS.
Especial to the Herald by the Western
Union Telegraph Company.l
Pacific Coast News.


nhii cuOOssnS AAtS"oEuthhEy.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 23d.-At
Oakland yesterday DR.. Carver with
q rifle broke 8S5 glass balls out of
1000 tossed from a point twenty feet
distant. Time, including all stop.
pages, three hours and three min.
utes. Several Eastern men were
present.
Destructive storm io suffer
County.
MARYSvILLE, Feb. 23.-Wednes-
days storm in the tule bottom,
Sutter County, briefly reported
yesterday, proves to have
been much mole severe than at
first supposed by the meagre ac-
counts then at hand. Some Is or 20
dwellings in levee district No.
alone are now known to have been
washed away and destroyed, be-
sides barns, outhouses, grain in
sacks, live stock, fences, netc.
crops in the vicinity is considera-
BILE. One of the sufferers told your
correspondent that $1,000 wouldn't
make him whole in his loss in his
grain crop alone. A considerable
quantity of grain in stack and loose
In granaries Is reported lost. Live
stock of every description, wind
mills and miles and miles of fenc-
ing have all been destroyed. House,
hold furniture, trunks, wearing ap-
parel, etc., fioated off, to be found,
If at all, several miles from the
point of departure. Your cores
pondents informant also said that
he counted six houses that floated
to his ranch, some of them coming
long distance. The loss in de-
struction to property and crops, he
roughly estimates at hundred
thousand dollars. Parks Brothers
aud John Kimball are reported
among the heavy losers. The
former lost five houses, two barns
and granary, with large amount
of grain in sack, fences and live
stock. The latter, although the
water did not invade his fine resi-
dence recently finished, lost much
in carrying off fences and exposed
property, besides considerable dam
age to his growing crops. Notwith-
standing the storm was SO de-
structive and the danger to many
families imminent, only one per-
son is supposed to have persisted. A
hunter named ID. B. Kendall, said
to have recently kept a feed and
sale stable in this city, was at
Frank Johnson's ranch in the tule
when the house was threat
sned with certain destruction.
The inmates sought shelter as
best they could. Kendall and
secured a haystack,
which was soon afloat. The stack
passing near q tree, his companion
sought refuge In its branches, from
which he was rescued several hours
alter, Ia half persisted condition,
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-02-24

WE differ from a correspondent
whose second communication advo-
eating the leaving out of the name
"Chinamenu or "Chinese" from
the new city charter appears In our
local columns. We have no doubt
but that 49," is actuated by the
best motives, but we think the best
Interests Of California and of the
United States call for an iron dis
crImination against the Chinese
one that might even be called
brutal, stopping. of course. short of
the point Of violence. One of the
most dispiriting things In the
world IL the anomalous state of
soefsly that to- day exists all over
California, owing to the long-con-
tinued presence Of the Chinaman.
We should welcome the day in
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-02-24

The fact that the subcommittee
of the House Committee on Pacific
Railways has agreed to report a
materially modified bill in aid of
the Texas Pacific Railway shows
that extreme moderation is felt to
be essential in any scheme which
even hopes for Congressional rec
ognition. The agreement to sur
render to the government lS,0OO,-
600 acres of public lands in Arizona
and New Mexico, heretofore grant,
ed to the Texas Pacific, is strong
concession TO the popular belief
that corporations have been too
much pampered in the past. Scott
Is now willing to take about one
half the money guarantee he has
heretofore demanded, which shows
how modest Railway magnates
may be-when they can't help
themselves. In order that those
who hope for the passage of the
bill may not be too sanguine be
cause the House Railway Commit
tee seems to favor 1t, the HERALD
begs to remind them that the Rail-
way Committees of the last two
Houses Of Representatives made a
favorable report upon the Scott
guarantee, and that it nevertheless
failed to be enacted into a law. The
bill will probably be beaten in the
House, but it will encounter its
crucial test in the Senate, should ii
succeed in getting through the more
numerous branch of the National
Legislature. In face of the strong
anti-subsidy vote in the latter
body. of q few weeks ago, he is 0
sanguine man who can look con
fidently for legislation favoring any
railway in any manner! or undel
any pretences whatever.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-02-24
WHILE We predicted floods and

WHILE We predicted floods and
Interrupted railway communica-
tions, we had hoped that the incon-
veniencs would stop short of the
stage 1t has now reached. If the
overland mail of Tuesday succeeded
In getting through to San Francis
co 1t made the "riffie" by a mere
9 scratch.n We don't know posi-
lively whether it did or no, but the
assumptions are in favor of its
having gone through. But, since
that date, there has not been even
Z pretence of mail communication
with San Francisco. We regret to
learn that the probabilities are ex-
trsme that the trains will not re-
sums their regular running for a
week from yesterday. 1t seems to
us that there 10 q lamentable laxity
In the postal administration of this
State, or . community as large as
Southern California would not be
debarred from mails for q week or
ten days at q time. An unob-
strueted railway is great luxury,
after al; and. Notwithstanding the
fact that we often feel inclined to
scold it, management, an expe-
rlsnce like the present raises our
esteem for the iron horse. To JUS
tify 30 prolonged an interruption OF
travel, traffic and the mails, the
breaka ON the Southern Pacific
must have been serious and exten.
silva. The sharp and abrupt de-
scent Of our mountain streams, and
our cations, admirably calculated te
concentrate and discharge, with
impetuous fury, the falling waters
explain misadventures which, In
the East, are of rare occurrence, ane
which are never noted over the ex
tent Of country which is subject te
them here. There are few lands
in which rains are more sparingly
dealt out than in Southern Califor-
MIA; yet the sharp, Cyclopean riffs
everywhere encountered on hill
and mountain side, show how
mighty is the power Of the Storm
King hereabouts when he chooses
to assert himself. At last our peo'
pie have had rain enough, anf
their whole prayers are now di'
rected to the stoppage of the rains
short Of the point Of absolute non
intercourse with the rest of the
world.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-02-24

by some parties in q boat. Ken
dali floated off in the darkness, and
there are no tidings from him yet.
Below are appended partial list
of the unfortunates, nearly all of
whom reside in the Slough pre-
cinct, and have lost to a greater or
less extent in buildings, grain, out
houses, fences, ETC.: John McLaugh-
lin, John Ury, Bornbart Uippem,
dwelling, barn and gtanary, filled
with loose grain, all destroyed. B.
f. Johnson saved nothing but the
clothes on his back. Bethel Way,
Thomas f. McVey and his family
of eight children were rescued with
some difficulty. Peter Olsen, gram
airy and contents destroyed. He
and his wife stood in the water UNI
til 2 O'Clock A. NJ. before relief
came. Michael Cornell, the Parks
Brothers, Charles Boyd, r. r. Bur-
rows, VIM. and Daniel O'Banion,
Milton Ford, It. b. Hall and F.
Schroeder.
The Yuba and Feather rivers are
receding.
Reports of Damage Exaggerated
Sacramento River F.l,sng and
weather Fair.
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 23d.-rhe re-
ports of the damage sustained by
the flooding of the islands on the
lower Sacramento are greatly eX-
aggerated. Grand Island is not Sc
riously flooded aud the live stock
on it is entirely safe. The stock
on the other islands is not in any
immediate danger. A quantity OF
stock from the flooded river lands
was brought up by boat to-day.
The Sacramento here is falling
rapidly. The weather is clear and
sunny.
Sentenced 20 BIO Ha0gcd.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 23.-In the
Fourth District Court to-day John
Runk, the murderer of substitute
officer Coots, was sentenced to be
hanged on March Goth.
Relief for Sufferers by the Flood.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 23.-Reliel
boats from Sacramento have Wis.
tied the submerged islands in the
delta of the river and returned with
many families and considerable
live stock rescued from the flood
Many are in destitute condition
especially those renting land. Sac
ramento is being actively can
vassed for aid with gratifying sue
cess and a general relief movement
will probably be inaugurated il
other portions of the State.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-02-24
Herald Steam Printing House.

The Herald Steam Printing House is
not surpassed by any Job Printing office
on the Pacific Coast, outside of San Fran
cisco, In facilities for doing job work,
Low prices, good work and expedition
may be relied upon ct this Office.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-02-24
REMOVED.

MADAME RITA MlCHAUX has ie-
moved to No. 10 Wilmington street.
where she will cut, fit and sew up the
waist OF dress or sacque for ohe dollar.
VIII also go out to cut, fit and prepare
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-02-24
NEW TO-DAY.
MASONIC NOTICE.

The officers and members Of Los Ange-
les Council No. II, Royal and Select Mas
ters, are hereby notified that there will
be regular assembly on Monday, Feb.
25th, at 1889 p. NJ.
Sojournlng Companions are cordially
invited.
By order, Thr. Ill. NJ
1t Il. G. CUNNINGHAM,
Recorder.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-02-24

GEE In OFT A WEEK to agents. $40
Xyg ~ vi outfit FREE P. o,
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-02-24

&IS1 q dayat home. Agents wanted.
sD1 - Outfit and terms free. TRUE 4
Co., Augusta. Maine. marlldAwly
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-02-24

n n GOLD PLATED WATCHES.
& Cheapest In the known world Sample Watch Free
AUO % Agents. Address, A. CovLrEs 4 Co.. Chicago.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-02-24

FROM THREE TO FIVE YEARS OLD,
AT FROM $40 to $40 per 100.
Specimen trees can be seen at the Auc-
ton House OF w. II. NORTHCRAFT,
corner OF Spring and Market streets, or
by visiting the Nursery, within ten MIN
ute's drive OF the Court House. J25-lm
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-05-09
Japanese Fires and Firemen.

A writer on Japan says: 1eddo tnow
known as Tokio) is a city of fires. Nine
houses out of ten is built almost entirely
of wood. and in the business and poorer
portiong of the CITY the dwellings are
packed close together. or all people on
earth the Japanese are careless OF hre.
Even in the open ports OF Japan no
American or European house owner can
insure his property unless he stipulates
in the policy that the fires shall not be
made or attended by Japanese servants.
Everything helps fire in Neddo, espe-
ciallv the fire department. This last
named honorable body consists of forty
eight companies of about l,4OO men in
ali. The fire extinguishing apparatus
consists of tubs, buckets and pumping
machines. carried on the shoulders OF
two men. These machines are simply
boxes holding about six gallons OF water,
and filled constantly with water carried
in buckets from wells. Two men work
the pump, which has no air chamber. 1t
throws an intermittent palpitatlon of
water, about twelve feet high, and OF .
bore equal 10 the hole in aspool. lcould
not saw how many horsepower such a
machine is, hut If / measured by the
amount of water one could squirt from
his mouth. I should declare it equal to
five man-power. -,
The firemen OF Yeddo wear thick suits,
helmet and gloves Of quilted hempen
cloth. On arriving at fire they souse
themselves with buckets OF water, or
lump into tubful and emerge dripping.
They are now ready for a fight. Those
who do not bring or throw water carry
hook of steel to tear down the neighbor-
ing houses. Nearly all Japanese fires
are put ont by taking away their fuel,
rather than by throwing enough water
directly on the flames
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-05-09
The Boy Had Him.

On street car yesterday the actions
of one of the passengers attracted the
closest attention Of boy about twelve
years OF age. The man first blew one
side of his nose, and then the other.
Then he took handkerchief from one
pocket and wiped the right hand side Of
his nose, and deliberately put that away
and pulled ont another and wiped the
left hand side The action pleased the
boy immensely, and he watched every
movement of the man, who next took
from his right hand pocket n stick Of
gum, put it in the right hand side of his
mouth, and then served the left side the
same way. He chewed on the right, then
on the left, and the boys eyes hung ont
like pillows in a broken window. The
man soon got rid of the gum and took
two chews of tobacco from two separate
boxes, and noticing how closely the boy
was watching him he said:
"Boy, do you know me ?"
"No, sir, replied the boy, al but I'll
bet you my velocipede agin n cent that
you can't drink out OF two jugs at
once -
The man hauled the half OF an orange
out Of one pocket, and the other half
ont Of another pocket, and rendered them
to the boy az token Of admiration. -
Detroit Free Press.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-05-09
In Russia.

The brilliantly colored signboards give
the streets Of a Russian city particularly
gny appearance. At almost every corner
YOU come upon a Byznntlne-looklng
shrine Of the Virgin, with number OF
Russians in front of II. bareheaded,
crossing themselves. You meet the
Virgin in various other unexpected
places-in railway stations. in postoflices,
with little oil lamp Pickering at her feet
even in the drowsy lock-ups, where
tipsy mujiks can be heard yelling all day
and night. The behavior of the people
in the streets is quiet and civil If a
Russian knocks against you, he begs
your pardon with n sincere show OF con-
triton; il he sees your nose turning
white in cold weather, he picks mp a
handful of snow and rubs it with n
brotherly officiousness till the circula-
ton is restored. All along the populous
streets peddlers saunter, selling dried
mushrooms, cotton handkerchiefs, reli
gious prints, white bread and fritters;
but few of them shout. Pigeons infest
the roadways with impunity, for they
are held sacred. Even il Russian were
starving, it would not occur to him
10 knock one of the birds on the
head and cook it. Dancing bears are
| also TO be seen in great numbers, and,
though not sacred, are great favorities,
and always draw crowds, who laugh al
their antics like children, for Russians
| are very easily amused.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-05-09

Wewere shown this morning. says q
recent issue Of the Buffalo (N. Y.,)
Commercial, remarkable invention
called the floating velocipede, which
was invented by Mr.. William Ascough
of this city. 1t consists of two pontoons
made of galvanized iron, upon which the
framework is fastened. The boat is
nineteen feet long by three feet eight
inches beam, and the two pontoons have
twenty-six water-tight compartments.
1t has seating capacity of four per-
sons, and over the upper part is q
graceful awning. The motive power is
supplied by four levers, two for each
seat, and the occupants working these
levers cause the paddles to reyolve, II
required, at the rate Of sixty revolutions
per minute. The speed of the boat is
a5out six miles an hour. The steering
apparatus is managed by the feet OF
those navigating the boat. The paddle
wheels are three feet two inches in di-
ameter, and are in the center, under the
seats. We are informed that there is
no splashing, but that the " floating
velocipede" rides like duck. 1t draws
five inches OF water.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-05-09
. CIrcus Drivers Ride 70 Death.

John Strickland, aged iurty-siG wears,
while driving "A SIX horse display wagon,
belonging to +. I. Barnum, was thrown
10 the ground aud killed. The horses
took fright at an elevated railroad train
at fortv-sccond street and Ninth avenue.
They dashed at a furious pace across
the crowded thuroughiare OF Eighth
avenue 20 the imminent peril Of
number ui pedestrians, who had barely
time 10 get out of the way 10 escape
being run over. The driver kept his
seat aud guided his horses with great
presence Of mind Away they careered
past Seventh avenue, on toward sixth
avenue. while crowds Of excited people
lined the sidewalks, expecting 10 witness
a terrible crash at every moment The
spectators, warned by the approach of
the horses in advance, were enabled 20
keep clear Of their headlong flight Al
the crossing of Sixth avenue the peril
seemed 10 increase, as number OF
Young girls and children were out for
an airing. But still the flying steeds
kept their course without any mishaps,
the crowds and the danger increasing at
every step. At Broadway the street
car tracks lifted and jolted the wagon,
so that il seemed for an instant, impos-
sible for the driver 20 keep his seat.
Across Fifth and Madison avenues the
horses madly dashed, and past Fourth
avenue and Lexington. At the latter
place the Belt line Of horse cars were to
. be avoided, and the horses were guided
so as TO steer clear of the danger. Close
10 Lexington avenue, on Forty-second
( street, where the cars form sort OF
barricade in the middle Of the street,
+ terrible collision was avoided but, at
/ the same time, one Of the hind wheels
WAS caught in the frog Of rail. The
I strain was 30 sudden and the flight OF
the horses so rapid that the axletree,
three inches square, snapped like rot
ten twig, and the wheel WAS sent spin
ming down the street. Still the driver
kept his seat, and people began to
breathe more freely as the check which
the horses received for this moment
seemed 10 have given the driver slight
control over them. But they made
sudden plunge forward, giving the
wagon sheer, and the driver was
thrown over the dashboard, alighting
on his head in the street, still holding
the reins. The spectacle WAS then a
sickening one the poor fellows brains
strewing the thoroughfare, and the
whole upper part of his head being
nearly cut off. He was removed 30 the
thirty.fifth street station house, and
his family, who reside at 525 West
thirty-ninth street, advised of the sad
occurrence.
The horses collided with telegraph
pole short distance onward, and they
were brought 20 a sudden standstill.-
Neto York Herald.