Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-01-23
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WASHINGTON, Jan 22.-HoUsE.
The Senate bill for the retirement
Of Gen. Ord with the rank and pay
Of Msjor. General was passed.
EENATE.-Logan reported, with
two amendments, the Senate bill
TO place Gen. Grant on the retired
list and asked for it's Immediate
consideration. as
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NEW YORK. Jan. 22d.-The first
report of the falling Of the wires
yesterday came from the Western
Union Office at The Harrisburg
yesterday morning and BY noon
Communication was shut off In
every direction. There was great
distress among merchants, busi.
ness men and people with death
messages when 1t was learned that
1t might be three days before the
wires could be restored. The dam.
age In the city was greater than
was ever known before, there being
twice as many wires down In the
city 10 during the great destruc.
ton Of wires In 1873. and even then
the city was not completely block.
aided from the rest Of the world.
Not . single city line 10 In opera.
tion this morning. The Western
Union o6ice had no communication
two blocks away, and operators
have been very idle.
rae OSel,sk Msaassa.
NEW York, Jan. 22d.-Hecreta.
ry Of the Navy Goff, Secretary Of
State EvArts, the Central Park
Commissioners and many repre-.
sentattves Of the Masonic frater.
nifty were among the nearly ten
thousand people who witnessed
the placing Of the Egyptian obe-
llsk upon the pedestal In the Gem
tral Park to-day.
A New TsIeErsph Cempasy On she
Tspis.
CHICAGO, Jan. 22d.-The Times
says that the business men Of Chi.
cago do not relish the idea Of help.
ing to make up dividends on .
watered telegraph capital Of
$50, 900. 900. A practical defense 10
offered by the application Of q par.
ty Of capitalists for q charter to
construct line from Chicago to
New York. Among those inter-
ested In the project are N. X. Fair.
bank, Perry H. smith, 3. A. Kent,
John b. Lyon, Henry w. King
and Geo. L. Dunlap, who are
ready to advance sll the money re-
quired to construct and equip .
line with facilities comm ensurate
with the demands of Chicago.
rho rs.eSssphse Bmbnrge Con san.
ned ss the East.
CHICAGO, Jan. 22nd.-The wires
about New York are still in q bad
shape and the report is being sent
by nine operators stationed at
Williams Bridge, New York,
whittier Telegraph business is TAX
en- by train every half hour from
the city, for transmission over the
country. A train runs between
New York aud Elisabeth, New
Jersey, every Is minutes, with
telegraph business for Philadel.
phis. Washington and the South.
ARMY Aiilsoa Aorsgsge.
CHICAGO, Jan. 22nd.-A colossal
mortgage was filed for record In
the recorders Office yesterday. BY
it, terms the Wabash. st. Louis
and Pacific Railway pledges its en-
tire property for the payment of Q
mortgage Of 6fty million dollars to
the Central Trust Company, of
New York, and James Cheney, Of
Indiana. The instrument states,
In its preamble, that the outstand.
Ing Indebtedness amounts to $685..
O0O, 900. and = further indeb ted ness
incurred by the purchase OF equip.
ments and the assumption Of 0bii-
cations Of various lines of roads
consolidated with the main line,
exists to the amount Of Sc, 900, 900.
The company desires to acquire ad-
ditional extensions and lines, for
which an indebtedness of $l1,OOO,.
600 was created to liquidate these
debts; but the stock holders, at the
meeting Of May 5th, 1880, decided
to Issue bonds to the amount Of
$50. .0OO. 600, bearing six per cent.
per annum, payable iu 1920. The
mortgage is dated June 1st, 1880,
and has been filed for record in the
States of Ohio. Indiana, Illinois
and Missouri, through which the
road OF the company runs.
BAsissang for senator.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jau. 3d.
On the first ballot Maynard re.
ceived As, Bate rs, Bailey 22, Tay-
lOr 3, Smith ,, Edwards /, Harris 1,
Solon e. Rose 2. On the second
Maynard 46, Bates 26, Bailey %,
Taylor 1, Smith l, Edwards g. The
Convention adjourned till Monday.
Arson sad Harder.
CHATTANOOGA, Jan. 22d.-A few
nights ago some one fired o hay
ltack belonging to Henry YarnelI.
While Yarnell, after he had extin-
guished the flames, was search ing
for the incendiaries, assisted BY
man named Howe, the report of 4
gun was heard and Yarneli dropped
dead, shot through the brain.
Howe, also was shot In the mouth
and dangerously. perhaps fatally,
LoUIsvILLE, Jan. 22d.-Casual.
lies by the flying ice continue to
be reported, barges, tow boats, etc.,
being the chief sufferers.
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Three Nero Bsllve0,
NASHVILLE. Jan. 22i.-(,an.