Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1881-10-12

NEW YORK, Oct. IL Last night
q fire broke out in the Fourth ave-
nue. carshop, between T1irty-sec-
ond and Thirty-third streets. Tn e
entire block was destroyed and q
humber OF houses adjacent burned.
The loss of the stable was $4,000.
The flames crossed the street, set
ting fire to a furniture store and
Storage warehouse and destroying
the building. The loss, in build
Ing, furniture, pictures, etc will
reach two millions of dollars.
rasuana.y Eurn.a Out.
ALBANY, Oct. ii 1t has been
decided to exclude the Tammany
and Irving Hall delegates from
seats in the Convention.
Nisstmw Ceshser.
CONSTANTINE, Mich, Oct. IL
@. W. Fonda, Cashier of the Farm.
ers National Bank, has been alb.
sent since September 21st. A large
deficiency in his accounts is now
reported.
Tne M,sseuri Trai. Robbers
LITTLE RoCk, October H.
The Mi s,ouri train robbers recently
convicted and sent to Penitentiary
for seventy years each, were
interviewed. They proved to be
mere youths. One OF the robbers
stated that they were all poor boys,
were in love with some girls, were
in turn loved, and desired to get
married; but having no means
they laid a plan to rob the train.
At the time of their arrest they
were on their way home to the
girls to be married.
r-xas snu Frc,Ge.
LITTLE Rock, Ark. Oct. 1lth.-
The Gasette's special from the end
of the Texas and Pacific Railroad
track says the road is now COM
plete and in operation toa point
las miles east of El Psso and 492
miles west OF Dallas in the Lynn
MIA mountains, 1900 feet above
the sea level and 1900
higher than Dallas. About
twelve miles OF traok-laying
is the average of every week, at
which rate Ell Paso will be reached
before January LIST. The grading
is all completed except few miles
in Carizes Pass, which Will be
flushed in three weeks. Bridges,
one hundred and sixty in number,
between San Rafael and Eagle
Pass, are being put in as fast as the
track approaches. Over one hum
dred trackmen are employed. At
the station houses and depots water
tanks are put In every twenty miles,
and where q spring is not
found wells are dug by
steam machinery and an abund-
ance of water obtained. The track
laying force is Kept up to 300 men
and fifty teams. Seventeen cara
of iron aud forty cars of ties per
day are used The telegraph wire
is kept up with the end of the
track.
The weather is frosty. There are
no cattle GU the range west of
Pecos except 200 head. There is
range west of tho Pecos
to feed all of the cattle and sheep
in the mountains. Wild game is
No Indians have been
along this line for two months On
the first of January through pas
senger trains will be run between
st. Louis and San Francisco and
all points in California and Or
egoD.
Nrent'. tsor.e V,ctBTiuus.
LONDON, Oct. IL. AT New
market the race for the Czarowitch
stakes was won by Jim Keene's
FoxhaIl, Cheppendale second, Fid-
dler third. Nineteen horses ran.
F0xhall won in the commOpest
canter by about ten lengths.
rerrtbt. rtood.
ROME, Oct. ia terrible inun.
dalton dev astated Commones, Set
temo and San Pietro. Fifty-four
houses were destroyed and four
lives lost. The loss Of cattle and
grain IL enormous.