Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-07-09
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Railroad Con,pcsisIoD.

NEW YORK, july Sth. ele.
waited railroads Will soon reduce
their fares to five cents. Rival
railways to Coney Island are fight
ing. One company, which con
templated some repairs and extern
sions, yesterday found locomo.
tive of an opposition company con-
veniently run off the track at the
particular point where workmen
were to commence operations.
Alcohol aud Murder.
NEW YORK, July Sth.-Regard-
ing murders in this vicinity, the
Tribune says: Drunkenness was the
direct cause Of every one of the vio-
lent deeds the past three days, ex-
cept in the case OF Seymour, of the
murder of whom we know nothing.
Lamar on the Negro Exodus.
NEW YORK, July. Sth.-Lamar,
who has just returned to Washing
ton from Mississippi, is surprised
at the extent of the negro exodus
and prospects of the future. He
says the colored people are undul y
excited by Northern agents.
Joined the Rspubiicaus-D Of
Cub.
NEW YORK, July S.-The Belfast
Journal, for many years regarded
as one of the ablest Demo ocratic pa
pers in Maine, has Joined the Re-
publicans.
A female sea lion, sent from San
Francico to the Geological Garden,
Central Park, on its arrival Satur.
day was found to have given birth
to cub, about two feet long,
weighing fifteen pounds.
Crops prospects.
NEW YORK, July Sth.-Ohio,
South Carolina and Tennessee spec
ials report enormous yields of sta-
pie products. In Ohio an imm ense
crop of wheat is nearly all secure,
in the best condition possible, en-
tirely free from rust and weviI. In
Tennessee, also, immense crops of
very superior quality sre reported,
under the influx of which the
market has been greatly dem oral.
lied. The prospect is that prices
will not advance and may recede.
The cotton crop of South Carolina
never promised better. Corn has
been Injured by dry weather.
Wheat has surpassed expectation,
being the largest yield ever obtain
ed in the State, some counties re-
turning thirty bushels to the acre.
Iusurg cDt Victory la Colombia.
PANAMA, July Shin the fight
at Magdalena, Col ombia, the revo.
lutionists were victorious. Several
officers and men of the battalion
which figured so prominently in
Panama on the 17th of April were
killed.
The British steamer Ospfey has
been ordered to Panama.
The Colomb bian Senate has di.
rected the President to offer him
self as mediator between Chile and
Peru.
Port an Prince in Flames.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, July Sth.--
Advices from Hayti say that Port
au Prince is in flames. Business is
suspended. Blocks of buildings
are in ashes. The Court House is
closed in consequence Of the revo-
luton.
Report Of the Capture Of CoIDma-
Heavy Loss.
PANAMA, June 2Sth.-The Star
and Herald says: Passengers from
the south coast report battle at
CoIoma, and the capture of that
point by the allied forces. The
Chilean losses are stated to be 1860
killed.
At Quillagua, on the river Loa,
a small Chilean advance guard was
beaten with some killed and the
remainder captured.
Campero was reported on the
10th of June within twenty miles
of Coloma, and resting preparatory
to an attack on the place.
The Chilean ironclad Blanco En-
calada was much damaged in the
contest with the Huascar, and suf-
| fered also loss of life.
Captain Lafay, of the Bolivian
army, is prisoner, having engag.
ed in conspiracy to assassinate
the Generai-in-Chief of Bolivia.