Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-09-16

town and had been occupied until
a few days ago by the family OF M. /.
Kremer, OF this city. 1t was owned
by Pierre Ouvrier French Pete),
and was insured in one of the COM
panies represented by p. Phillip.
Turnvereln Hall was jammed
last night with a large and fash
ionable audience, which had as
sembled to witness the Spanish
dances of one hundred years ego.
Shortly before nine o'clock we
dropped into the hall just as La
Jota was drawing to q close. 1t
was succeeded by Ell Jarave-"the
jig"-which was rendered by Seiior
Benites and lady in inimitable
style. Las POllitas-ths "chickens"
succeeded, and was quite grace
full and animated, the dancers join
ing as chorus in the strains which
were chanted by an individual
with a falsetto voice, who acted as
assistant to the performers on the
violin and guitar. Las Pollitas
glided into La Escondida-"Hide
and Seek"-which was the last
dance we saw, other engagements
calling us elsewhere. The scene
was bright and inspiriting. Novel
and gorgeous costumes lent q
marked individuality to the grace
full and skillful dancers of both
sexes. After the old.time pro-
gramme had been gone through
with ball, in which both specta.
tors and performers participated,
followed.
1t will be remembered that some
five years ago most fiendish MUIR
der was committed at the Rineon,
in Santa Barbara county. A hired
man named Jack Cotton conspired
with Mrs Norton to kill the hus-
band of the latter. The old man
was butehered and the guilty pair
buried his emains on the farm.
The murder was traced out, and
Cotton and the woman were arrest.
ed in this city, having sold the
farm, and taken back to Santa Bar
bara city, where they were tried,
found guilty and both sentenced to
Imprisonment for life. Judge Sc
pulveda presided at the trial, and
he says 1t was one of the
most diabolical murders he
ever heard of-not a palliatiDg Cir
cumstance redeeming 1t from its
unutterable blackness. Well,it now
seems that there are some senti-
mentalists in Santa Barbara coun.
ty who would like to see these
fiends turned loose again on the
community, and they have written
to Judge Sepulveda for his good Of
fees to that end. But the Judge
answers them that In such a mur-
der, one OF so black a ch aracter, he
could never bring himself to do
aught that would help to restore
the perpetrators to liberty.
Arizona, first In mines and SEQ.
ond in nothing except in lawiess.
ness, now comes to the front as
possessor OF the grandest waterfall
yet discovered, and like all great
things, this new wonder is located
in Pinal county. To Thomas Nc.
Lellan belongs the glory Of discov-
ering this fall and from him we
obtain the particulars. 1t is at Box
Cafion, about fifteen miles above
Florence. The wall on one side
of the csfion is solid rock, perpen.
dicular to a height of 800 feet. Over
the top of this wall pours q sheet Of
water, at least go feet wide, and
pure and clean as an angels rec
ord. 1t comes with rush and,
curving gracefully downward,
breaks against the bottom Of the
caf1on with the roar and clash of
thulder. Clouds Of spray float up
from the deep, dark depth of the
gorge, and drifting out into the
sunlight are touched with the tints
of the rainbow and envelop the
surrounding hills in veil Of daA-
zling prismatic hues. 1t is tran.
soendentIy beautiful and indescrib-
ably grand. The little water drop
at Niagara sinks into insignifi.
cance, by a two-thirds majority, in
comparison. Tom was 80 enrap.
tnred by the sight that he watched
it for five hours without intermis.
sion and would have been there
yet IL his "grub stake" had not be-
come exhausted.-Worence, Ari-
S0nn Eufpronrjop