Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-02-24

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u, In, front OF the horse
which 90 frightened 1t that II
became unmanagesble, precipttat'
iug Itself, vehicle and occupants
down a declivity fully thirty feet,
A remarkable feature of the acct.
dent was that neither people mol
animal were hurt and the carriage
was damaged only to the amount
Of four or Eve dollars.
Keele House.
Buy the Coulter shirt. Only the
best material used. Best fitting
and cheapest shirt in the market.
Night shirts Isu ndried aud unlaun
.ried. The largest stock OF gents
furnishing goods In the city. M
shoddy cheap John stuff kept ut
Coulter's, 80 and 81 Main street,
Baker Block.
In the "Little. Nell" scene last
night that amazingly clever ten.
year.old daughter of Isaac w. Lord
made quite . realistic corpse. This
Is the precocious young lady " no,
February 14th last, sent her father
an impaesi0ned valentine, full oi
archness aud didbierie, the super.
scription In u chila's disguised
hand. Verify young A mericAns oi
all sexes are up to all kinds Of d..
vices Ia these latter days.
III City Justice Adams's Court
yesterday the case Of the People W
Alb Meow. one Of the Chinese lot
tory dealers. was tried by q jury OF
twelve, and occupied almost the
entire day. Assistant City Attor.
ney Gage appeared for the prosecu.
ton and 3. Haley and 9. N. vii.
son for the defense. The Jury,
after being out over an hour,
brought in verdict Of not guilty.
On the termination Ut the trial,
(the case having been tried before,
when the jury dissgreed) gu mo.
tton Of the City Attorney, the
cases against the other four de.
feDdants were dismissed aud dc.
PENDANTS discharged, It being deem.
I'd impossible to secure q convic.
ti0D.
The contents OF the North Amer
icdn Review for March must win
the attention of all by the timeli.
ness of the topics discussed. First,
We have thoughtful aud moderate
article by Bishop Coke gu "Theol.
gy in the Public Schools" The au.
thor would sternly exclude from
the schoolroom all sectarian dog.
mas, whether Papist or Protestant,
but he insists on the retention Of
the Bible. TIE second article Is by
Captain EAds, who. sudeavofs to
show the practicability Of hl, ship
railway. Its advantages over all
canal sche mes, aud why the United
States can without risk guarantee
the payment OF 8 per cent. interest
eli $5O. 100000 Of the capital
stock Ut the proposed company.
Judge H. H. Chalmers, writing Of
the effects Of negro suffrage, be.
speaks for the Southern States,
while engaged with. the solution Of
the great problem that has been
forced upon them, the sympathy
aud counsel Of tho North. The
other articles are the Free School
System" by John D. Phiibrick
being a reply 10 the recent
STRUCTURES Of Mr.. Richard
Grant White on the pubic
SCHOOLS; Chronological Charlatan.
islD." by Mr.. Johu Fiske, whose
typical the0logic chxriHtan Is Mr.
Joseph Cook; and, finally, a re-
view Of some recent publications in
Pity sizes, by Prof. A. w. Wright.
About noon yesterday one of the
clerks from Mr.. r. F. Coulter's
store notified Captain Davis, of the
police force, that q drunken man
was lying asleep in tho alley way
in the rear Of the store. The Cap.
tain went down and a. he was
bringing the man through the
store, one Of the clerks said to him,
"T wish you could get the boy" ut
the same time informing him that
when the man In custody came
into the store he was accom- panied
by . boy with a bootbIack outfit,
who asked for q blue flannel SHIRT.
One was given TO him when he
asked # there was any place where
he could try 1t on. A door leading
to the alley was pointed out to
him, when the man aud boy both
went out. Presently the boy re
turned wearing tina shirt ard was
p .ssing on to the street. Pay for
the shirt was demanded, when the
boy said his father would pay for
1t and hurried iut0 the street. The
mau not returning, the clerk went
out to look for him and found him
lying asleep. He WAS taken to Do.
lice headquarters where he gave
the name VI Charles Cine, but dis.
claimed all knowledge Of the boy.
The boy was Afterwards arrested
with the shirt on his back. He
gave the name of George Bell, Of
San Francisco. When asked about
his father he became reticent and
declined 10 answer. The man WAS
we'll dressed and had So on bis
person. They were both locked up
aud will BE- examined before City