Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1882-03-03

| Time, reIefre0 the messenger t(
DIR. Corcoran, who responded tC
the call. When he and the mes.
senger reached the house they were
met at the door by Vickers, who
being then ia an extremely VIC
lent mood, drove them off, chasing
them for several blocks. At this
juncture Constable Lockwood
came upon the scene, captured the
maniac and lodged him in Jail.
Vickers, who is saddler by trade
aud worked for Mr.. III. Heinsch,
has heretofore, we understand,
been a quiet, hard working man,
a nd his sudden and violent fit OF
insanity is surprising to those who
know him. He will be examined
by q commission de lunatico en-
Quirend0 to-day.
A difficulty occurred ut an early
hour yesterday morning, between
John Leamy and French m an
named Nicolas Laconis, in Marco
Wiliiams'g coffee stand on Fifth
street. The accounts of the affair
are very conflicting, SO it Is better
Eot to give more Of the particulars
than that the parties met at the
coffee stand and u soufHe ensued !,
during the progress of which
Leamy struck the Frenchman over
the head with x-shooter, when
the latter rushed at him with a
huge knife and stabbed him, fret
two inches above and TO the left of
the navel, and then under the edge
of the short ribs on the left side.
The knife penetrated the alb.
dominal cavity, producing
an ugly and dangerous wound,
the omentum pr0truding.
The sufferer was Immediately at
tended by DR.. Stockton. All day
yesterday Mr.. Leamy appeared to
be in q sinking condition, and at
half-past 0 O'Clock last night he
died without struggle. The maa
who did the stabbing is now in
jail. A Coroner's inquest will be
held to-day.-San Diego San.
The Turnverein Germania yes
terday paid off the last cent Of it's
indebtedness. The financial his
tory of this institution is a highly
creditable one. When it first
sprang into being Mr.. &. G Lips
was it's President; and, when the
keys were handed to him, in addi-
ton to the mortgage, the sum of
$1,000 was due to the contractors.
In order to avoid mechanics
lien, the'Messrs. Llps and Lichten-
berger gave their personal note to
tire bank fer that amount. From
that time forward the Turnverain
Germsnia has made steady pro-
gress. IL slowly but surely reduced
its debt, aud, In later years, 1t
made considerable improvements,
including y substantial remodel.
ing of the hall, and the removal of
the gymnasium to q building
erected in the rear of the hall
proper, which latter cost $4,000.
They have afforded to the people
of Los Angeles the only eligible
place for public amusements which
they have possessed. With all the
boast of our Yankee enterprise,
every entertainment at which our
people have attended has been
made possible by the enterprise of
these adventurous Teutons. We
feel like congratulating them on
their shaking off the incubus Of
debt, which they have done under
the Presidency OF Mr.. Jake Kuhrts.
The old-time heads of the society,
like Lips and Lichtenberger, look
on with great qualification at the
present status of the society whose
improvements, begun under theif
auspices, cost fully $4,000, and
which are now owned without in
cum brance, in absolute fee simple,
by the Turner'S. In concluding
our notice of this pleasant consum-
nation of struggle begun by u
small body of men, with nothing
but pluck and unshakable conf
dence In the future behind them,
we should add.that the Turnverein
Germania is an organization not
only intended to develop the phys.
icaFp0wers of its NJ mbers, but to
cooperate with all the intellectual
and scientific impulses Of the
world,
One OF the prime inventions of
the age ia j. G. Smiths Anti-Cli-
matte and Fire Proof Paint. The
Messrs. z. T. Snyder, G. 8. Walker
and j. II. West, of Los Angeles,
have secured the right for its man.
ufacture and sale In Los Angeles,
San Bsrsardino, San Diego, Inyo.
Santa Barba and Ventura coun-
ties, for which privilege they have
paid several thousand dollars. AS
all are aware, the climate of Cali
fornia is peculiarly hard on white
lead paints manufactured by the
old processes, On account Of severe
winds, storms, rains, fOgs and
sand storms. Re-painting every
one or two years ia necessary with
these old paints, or houses soon
become dingy, the paint cracks
and peels, and the building is not
protected from the weather. The
principal reason why the old paints