Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-03-16


Gu N berland express much regret |
1T the opening of such a eontro-
versy.
6overameus Ala.
WASHINGTON. March 15.-The
of War has telegraphed
Sen. Beckwlth, at st. Louis, about
sending army officers to various
points in Louisiana to make de-
tailed reports of the destitution.
He has also instructed the Com
General to have 10000 ra-
tion forwarded to the Commits
sioners for Illinois for the relief OF
Shawneetown.
Petisioa for she Pardon az Mason
NEW YORK, March 18th. The
Garfield Club expect soon to Sc
cure 100000 signatures to peti.
tion asking President Arthur to
pardon Sergeant Mason.
A special says that the ex-Mayor
of Dallas, Texas, who was killed
by man named Cowart yester-
day, was known throughout Colo
rado, California, Montana and
Texas. He was driven from Mon.
tana years ago by Vigilantes be-
cause he was the legal defender of
road agents. He was native of
Kentucky, aged about As.
Wages Reduced ana m,.s stopped.
LAWRENCE, Mass, March l5.-
The Pacific Mill announces a re-
ductien of wages of mule and ring
spinnsrs. The latter, all women
and girls, abandoned the mill, aud
Ga, 900 spindles are thus stopped.
The Ftoea fo Louisisns.
NEW ORLEANS, March 16th.-A
boat from Camden reports that the
rise all the way down the river is
only 81 inches below that of 1874.
Nearly all Of Trenton ia under
water, In some places three feet
deep. Business is suspended and
the roads mpassable, with COM
municatiOn only by water. Plant
ing along the river is suspended.
The stock are huddled together
and many are dying from starva-
tien and buffalo gnats, worse nsw
than has been known for 20 years.
Rain ia threatened to-day, and
should it come Monroe, the high
eat point on the east bank of the
Ouachita, will be inevitably sub.
merged. The condition Of the
country is alarming.
High Water In Ai;ssissipp,.
VIcKsBURG, March 15th.-News
from the Overflowed district con.
tinues to pour in. The distress is
terrible. A steamer from the Tai.
labatchie and Yazoo rivers, hav.
ing left the mouth of Coldwater,
457 miles above Vicksburg, Sun
day morning at daylight, reports
the water there five feet higher
than ever known and still rising at
the rate of seven inches in "a
hours. The people along the Tai
lahatchie ami YaZoO rivers are
living in the tops of their resi-
dencss and in gin lofts. In uIany
places the water was up to the
caves of the buildings. The mules
aud horses will generally be saved,
but the greater portion of all other
stock will be lost. Many families
and large amount of stock arrived
to-day from different localities.
The inhabitants Of the delta of
Louisiana are abandoning their
homes as fast as they can be re.
moved to this city by ferry boats
and sand barges, which have been
busy all day.
Tha FtcOa siawiy subsidtog.
HELENA, Ark, March 18TH
The river continues falling at the
rate of q inches in "a hours. The
overflow in tue city Is passing
of in like ratio. The worst is over,
although there Is little or no DIM
mutton in the suffering, except
the aid furnished by the govern
ment, which ia but q m0dicum
compared. to what the country
requires to save its starving peO.
pie,
Anu-rOiyg.mons.
BALTIMORE, March l5th.-The
Baltimore Conference of the M. E..
Church adopted resolution urg.
ing the prompt extirpatiOn of po.
lygamy.
A Ghtaamsu n N.lura,ixsa.
PHILADELPHIA, March 18TH
Henry Lyon, u Chinaman over
seven years in this country, was
naturaIized to-day.
RATED 90 Idenligy.
OMAHA, March 15.-An attempt
to identify the militiaman who
killed George P. Armstrong was
made this morning by Sheriff Mil
Ter and others, with warrant for
his arrest, but 1t proved q failure
and the man yet remains unknown.
1t is suspected that he has left
town. Armstrong; remains, this
afternoon, were inferred by 1900
workiDgmen in proc sssion, with
three bands of music.