Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-03-13

pistol to take from her bosom. The
rest was jewelry. They threatened
to return and murder her IL she
made any outcry.
Heavy Contract tor R0iusg stock
aed RAlis.
NEW YORK, March 12th.-The
Mexican National Railroad, the
Palmer Sullivan company, to-day
contracted with two Pennsylvania
firms for 200 locomotives and 5000
freight cars to equip the road from
Laredo to the City Of Mexico and
Manzanillo on the Pacific Coast.
This ia said to be the largest single
contract ever made for rolling stock
in this country. The company
also contracted for SUFFICIENT forty
pound steel rails to lay one thous.
and miles of track, with necessary
sidings.
Mahaue's Pricr.
CHICAGO, March 12.-The Jour-
naps Washington special ssye: 1t
is known authoritatively that the
proposition Of Senator Malone is
this: He will support George G.
6orham, if nominated ny the Re-
publicans for Secretary Of the Sen.
ate and vote with them to organ
ize the committees if the Republic
cans will agree to support one Of
his friends from Virginia for Ser.
geant.at.Arms Of the Senate. Ma.
hone says that, with proper sup.
port, he can secure the election of
an Independent Democrat like
himself to the Senate, two years
hence, in the place of Senator john
son and that the patronage of the
Sergeant.at-Arms' Office will be a
material assistance In gaining his
point. Unless some such arrange.
ment be entered into, Senator Ma
hone will take no part in the strug-
gle going on between the Republi.
cans and Democrats, and the latter
will then succeed in securing the
organization. There are Republi-
cans who do not want to make any
arrangement or cOmpromise, and
protest against being required to
vote for q Democrat as Sergeant.
alarms, even though he is a polit-
ical follower of Malone. It 10 now
. question whether the Rspubli.
cans with these feelings will yield
to the wishes of the majority, and
unless they do all hope Of securing
the control Of the Senate must be
abandoned.
Trsiss AEsia Riockaded.
CHICAGO, March 12.-Once more
trains are blockaded in every di.
rsction by the snow. The freight
business is entirely suspended anG
passenger trains are all late.
Mcgee AaRdsrsTs Lynched.
ST. LOUIS, March 12th.-Th'
RepNblic0n's Little Rock specia
says: Information has been recsiv
ed that the four negroes, Greer
Harris, Gillis Peck, John Wsodl
aud Burt Hoskins, implicated IL
the murder of Miss Matte Ish
mead, near Jonesboro, q few day.
ago, have been lynchsd by banG
Of masked men, umbering 200 ol
800. The lynehers suddenly ap
peared from the woods, surrounded
the house whore the negroes wer,
temporarily placed, overpoweret
the guards, took the prisoners out
hung them to . tree and disappear
Cd as quickly and silently as the!
had gathered.
| nasp,on1 0,.as. As.n.. a. =
diane.
1T. LOUIS, March 12th.-Th
Republican's Fort Worth, Texas
special says: A report reaches her,
to-day that band of Indians ha
been deprsdatlng in Nolan coun
ty and that they had attacked q
party of Texas.Paciflc road grad
ers, wounding several of them
They then escaped.
Railroad Consrnoss Let.
DALLAS, Tex, March 12th.-Ad
vices received from D. H. Dale
President, state that he has let q
contract for the construction OF th,
drst twenty-five miles of the Chi
oago, Texas aud Mexican Contra
Railroad to a syndicate known al
the Chicago and Texas Construo
tion Company, who will complete
the road ready for the cars. The
second twenty-five miles will be
let Immediately. This fifty milet
of road will be com pletsd and the
cars running by the first of Janu
ary. The Chicago CONSTRUCTION d
Company will build the roaG
through to Mexico on the south
aud to the line Of the Choctaw Ma.
tion on the north, where connec.
tion will be made with the st.
Louis and Santa Fe line, which is
now being extended southwark.
Dessrucsive FIRE.
WAKEFIELD, Mass., March l2.-
BY . fire in the Wakefield ehail
factory this morning, loss half q
million dollars, one thousand EN-.
ployos are thrown out of work.
slim Chance fer Office seekers.
CINCINNATI, March ia Com
n,ercial Washington correspond.
ent has the following interesting
chat: To-day, in company with y
friend, an intimate friend and as-
sociate of President Garfield, called
upon him and asked for q certain
ONCE In Ohio. The gsntlema an
who made this request bsfriended
Garfield in his youth and has
been his lifelong friend. Garfield Q
reply is important as settling the
question whether he will make
many removals among the minor
classes of officers. He said that
the Office in question was not now
vacant and he should make no re.
movals simply to make places for
somebody else in cases where the
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