Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-04-15
decorations prepared for the Ex-

decorations prepared for the Ex-
empts Banquet, where necessary,
had been renewed and the large
hall looked almost, IL not fully, as
well ss it did on that night. The
hall was comfortably filled with
people bent on making the most of
the occasion and the festivities
were kept up till an early hour this
morning.
An explanation of the line, "The
Color Guard" which has appeared
in the local columns of the HERALD
for the past week, will be found in
our advertising columns this morn
ing. This play has been in active
rehearsal for weeks and will be pro-
duced on the dates mentioned by
home talent, the Confederate char
acters being represented by men
who took personal part in the
scenes portrayed. The proceeds will
be devoted to the Relief Fund of
Frank Bartlett Post No. 6, g. A. r..
A large audience was present at
Turn-Verein Hall on Sunday night
to listen to lecture by the Rev. 1.
s. Kalloch on "The Bible and Bob
Ingersoll." The reverend lecturer
treated the subject in his usual able
and eloquent style and was listened
to throughout with the utmost at
tention. At its conclusion a collec
ton was taken up to defray the ex
pense of the hall, and Mr.. Kalloch
announced that he would deliver
lectures on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings on subjects
OF interest to the people of this
State.
In 1873 Congress passed law
providing for the erection of dura-
BILE headstones over the graves of
the Union regular and volunteer
soldiers whose remains are inferred
in the National Cemeteries. Since
then an act has been passed pro-
viding for similar stones to be
erected over the graves of Union
soldiers in private cemeteries. III
order that the burial places of such
may be ascerta!ned, a circular has
been issued from the headquarters
OF the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie at New York city, requesting all
persons having knowledge of the
burial places of soldiers in private.
cemeteries, whose graves are nOi
marked, to communicate the fac
to the Quartermaster-G General. SIM
liar Information Is desired from
parties in charge of such cemeter-
les. The circular adds: "Of cours.
1t IL not intended to furnish head
stones for graves over which mon
uments have already been erected
by relatives or friends of the de-
ceased.n
A. A. Cohen, ESD, whose fierce
fight against the railway has mad
him famous, is in Los Angeles, at
tending to some law business.
Never has the Railway encountered
so formidable an antagonist as Nj
Cohen. We have reason to believ,
that If request to that effect were
presented to him, Mr.. G. would
consent to make an address to our
people explaining the dangers to
the interests of the masses involved
in the Railway Commission
clause of the new Constitution. II
ever people were threatened with
an imminent peril 1t is in the prop
osition to put the whole power
over the railways into the hands OF
three men endowed with ministe-
rial, legislative and judicial pow.
ers-the latter feature of itself be
Ing an unspeakable outrage on free
government. What ON awake ming
the confiiing masses would have
to undergo were this precious
scheme embodied in our organic
lawP AS Mr.. Cohen is q specially
brilliant and logical talker a speech
from him would be a rare old treat.
In the name of u community seek
ing light we tender Mr.. Cohen an
invitation to talk.
We learn that Messrs. Tay &
Lawrence, who keep the toll gate
and q stage station at Bear Flat,
Cajon Pass, have discovered a vein
of coal near their station, eighteen
miles from San Bernardino. A
shaft has been sunk about fifty feet
deep at an angle of 45 degrees, with
good seam of coal all the way
through. The ledge at the bottom
of the shaft is about five feet thick
and is composed Of alternate layers
of coal and bituminous clay. The
coal is of a good quality, burns
freely, and is remarkably free from
sulphur, which is the Objectionable
characteristic of almost all the coal
found on the Pacific Coast. A
blacksmith, who tested some of it
in his forge, has no hesitation in
pronouncing it good article-in
fact, fully equal to some lots that
he had received from San Francis
CO and bought for the genuine
Cumberland coal. The formation
in the vicinity is sandstone and
this ledge is overlaid by a noun
tain and apparently runs
through 1t. At this time one
can only speculate as to the guam
tity; there is no doubt as to the
quality, and it will play an impor-
tant part in our mineral resources
1t is favorably situated, can be
cheaply worked and is considered a
most important discovery. The
Messrs. Tay & Lawrence are both
good fellows and we trust their
discovery may prove to be verit-
able bonanza.
COURT REPORTS.