Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-12-25

standing and advanced menacingly
toward Sparkle, who, In his turn,
moved toward Weaver, but both
were Immediately surrounded by
members, who prevented them
from getting to close quarters, and
made them put on their coats,
which each was in the act of TAX
Ing off rs he advanced into the
area. or course, the greatest con-
fusion aud disorder prevailed on
the h0Or and in the galleries, but
IN the midst of 1t the Speaker took
the chair and called upon the Ser.
geant-at- Arms to do his duty. just
then, however, there was nothing
particular to be done by that Of.
ficial, as'the cOmbatants had been
removed by their respective friends
aud there was no danger. of their
assaulting each other. After the
disorder had subsidized the Commit
tee rose and the House adjourned,
A NsDie Gsn 10 Uasos Cosusxe.
NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-Judgs
Levi Parsons, of Fort Plain, Mont
gomery county, yesterday, depos.
tied 200, 900 to create n scholarship
In Union College. The Judge for
many years practiced law in this
city. The foundation of his for.
tune was laid In California. Lat.
terly, his name has been connected
Intimately with various Import
ant railway interest. He sailed
for Europe yesterday.
A Tcrs,Sse Tate Vt shspws.ek.
QUEBEC, Dec. 20 Part OF the
crew Of the bark Bristolian,
wrecked at AntIcasti on the 22d
ult., arrived last night and told u
tale Of most fearful hardships.
Soon after the pilot LETT at Bic, bad
weather set in, with rain, snow and
sleet, accompanied by terrible
gales THIS lasted until the even
ing of the 22d, when the vessel had
become Il total wreck. The ropes
wsro frozen in the blocks and. the
sails would not bend, so. the ship
became unmanageable. "A fearful
gale was blowing from the north
west, when. about $3.50 p. NJ, the
vessel struck. Prior to this, sea-
man Thomas Smith. aged 10, had
been washed overheard and lost.
AS. soou rs the vessel struck the
rest of the crew made themselves
fast to the rigging. They were wet
through and benumbed with the
cold. There WAS no fire on board,
and no means of making one, the
vessel having had her decks swept.
About ii P. NJ. the vessels stern be-
gan 10 break up, and the men with
difficulty managed to take up po-
sitiOn In the forward part Of the
ship, where they slowed themselves
in their wet clothes, exposed to the
terrors of the night. During the
interval J. Evans, of Caravan,
aged %, Scotchman, and ID. Nc
CULLEN. n lad OF Is, wese frozen
to death. Almost all the rest
of the crew were more or less
frost.hitten. When day break ap.
peared 1t WAS found that the vessel
WAS two miles from land. The
weather was still rough aud in.
tenseiy COLI. AT IL o'clock they
set about launching the only boat
they had. They were successful,
but unfortunately the boat filed
with water. They, however, man
aged to get in, and they bailed out
the boat rs they rowed ashore. On
landing they were in terribly ex-
bausted condition.
Dsnta ~ sseWs xs E,s"s, tas Aushnr
LONDON, Dec. 23.--Mrs. Cross
George Eliot, the distinguished
at 10 o'clock last
night. Her death was quiet and
almost painless. Mrs. Cross was
seized with u sudden chill, which
attacked I the isrynx, on Sunday
last. She had shortly before the
attack received several friends,
who had left her apparently in
good health and spirits. This at.
tack, however, did not give serious
cause for alarm until 9 o'clock last
evening. DIR. Andrew Clark then
discovered the pericardium serl.
ously affected, and pronounced the
case almost hopeless. On the 9Th
OF May last the deceased was mar
ried rs Mise Marian Evans, to
John Cross, OF Weybridge, Surrey,
merchant in the city.
Mare rr"nps las Irsi-"a.
LONDON, Dec. %. "A battalion of
Grenadier Guards has been ordered
to get ready for special service in
Ireland. The garrison for Ireland
will humble 10000 men of all arms
by the lst Of January.
Lord Derby ~. sn- Iran ysGub,e.
LONDON, Dec. 23.-Lord Derby,
who so suddenly and strongly es-
poused the cause of Boycott, the fu-
gitive land agent, has written a
strong letter against the Irish Ex-
ecutive, In which he lays particu-
lar stress on the Boycott case and |
the condition of affairs in ireland
which made such case possible.
The irish in London are beginning
To bestir themselves IN what the
English think n most reprehensi.
BILE way, in behalf of their breth.
rem At home.
=" Acsiv" N,S,isss.
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. %. - Mich.
aeloff, the Nihilist nobleman ar
rested, was An active participant In
the attempt against the life OF
the Emperor of Russia at the
Winter Palace on the 18th |
of February last, when ten soldiers
were killed aud forty -four wound
ed, some fatally, by The explosion
of = dynamite mine under The Inn
perial dining hall.
The Huer Rebeissou.