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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-04-05
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suicide Of CosneI,us J. v.oaerb,.s

suicide Of Cosneilus j. Vsuaerb,,t
NEW YORK, April 2.-CorneIius
J. Vanderbilt, brother of William
ID. Vanderbilt, shot himself
through the head at the Glenham
Hotel, Oh Fifth avenue, this after
noon ut 2 o'clock and died from the
effects of the wound at 6 O'Clock
From the time of the shooting un-
til bis death Vanderbilt was un-
conscious. Many friends of the
dead man and members of his
family were present when he pass.
ed away. The motive for the act,
given by friends of the family, is
that it was the result of mental
arrangement, brought OIL by years
OF suffering from epileptic fits. No
other reason could be given, as his
financial affairs are said to be in
the most prosperous cOndt.
tion. Vanderbilt came TO the
Glenham Hotel two weeks ago
last Friday, from Florida, where
he had been spending several
weeks. He had previously visited
Hot Springs, Ark, for the benefit
of his health, which for the past
year had been very poor. He was
accompanied by his friend and
travelling companion, George Ter
ry, OF this city, who had been with
him continually for many years in
his journeyiDg and at his home.
Vanderbilts condition was such
that assistance Was likely to be
needed at any moment, when he
might be taken with his epileptic
fits, and for this reason eOmpan.
ion was indispensable. Terry had
been out of the room about an hour
when he was startled by the re-
port of o pistol, and returning
was horrified to see Vanderbilt ap-
parently in the agonies of dea tn
In his right temple was an ugly
bullet.wound, from which the
blood slowly oozed. He still elias ped
in his outstretched hand a small. !.
seven.chambered revolver, one of
the barrels OF which had been dis
charged. Terry identified the pis-
tol as one which Vanderbilt had
been in the habit Of carrying for
several years. Shortly after this
the struggles of the wounded man
ceased. and he died four hours after
he had shot himself. The deceased
had no financial embarrassme ents
to trouble him. On the settlement
of his fathers will he received one
million dollars In money, and his
debts, amounting to about $500, 600,
were paid by his brother.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-04-05

a correspondence published in
Chile, formally withdraws any Of
er Of the good officers of
the United States in the concln.
sion of peace between Peru and
Chile.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-04-05

and most elegant assortment Of HAIR @ GOODS. 3
Angeles Combings rooted ans made us e
any braided and mounted
No. as SPRING Postofca Room No. upslei1H
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-04-05
We Tshs . Bncn seat.

NEW YsRK, April 4.-Advioes
from Panama says that Trescott, In
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-04-05

Whole Tickets, 81 Half Tickets, 81.
~ Tickets, $50. s. Tickets, 8l00.
Remit Money or Bank Draft in Letter
or send by Express, Don't send by reg.
istered letter or Post0fflce order. Orders
of IS and upward, by Express, can be
to
r. M. BOARDMAN.
COurier-Journal building, Louisville, KY
or r. M. BOARDMAN, 300 Broadway
New York nS-d&w
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-04-05
The Bsuse Hang ed.

INDIANAPOLIS, April 4 4-Chas.
Gunson, who was arrested at ko-
k0mo for theft and rape on three.
year-old child, was taken from the
jail and hung by mob last night.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-04-05

OMAHA, April 3.-John Jones, a
middle aged Bohemian. killed his
wife instantly this morning by dis
charging one barrel OF q shotgun
iDte her eide, and then turn ed the
other barrel of the shotgun to him.
self and blew . hole through his
breast killing himself instantly.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-04-05
Aaosher I.dsan war Imms usas. +.


LEAvENwoRTH, April 3.-There
is considerable excitement at
Fort Leaven worth over the
rumor that the Cheyennes and
Arapahoes are threatening an out
break near Fort Reno. Maj. RAN
dali with five com psnies and Capt.
Hood with three companies of
troops, are on the ground. The
Indians number two thousand.
Their grievance is that they have
been put on half rations of beef,
and that che proposed bra nch of tn Q
Atlantic and Pacific Railrea d
through their territory will destroy
their hunting grounds. Maj. Ran
dali thinks his troops inadequate
to prevent o general sweep.
the D0us0 Disaster.
LONDON, April 3.-The steam
Douro had on board G. 900 in spe.
Gle. The crew numbered 81. II is
known that of those on the Douro
the first and second engineers and
four passengers are among the
drowned. Thirty.two persons are
missing from the Douro and twen-
ty.nine from the Yrursc Bat.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-04-05
N S u r A N c E .

LION Insurance Co., of London, capital, $5,ooo,ooo
ms. Co., of N. Y, assets 4oozo65
NIAGARA Ins. Co., of N. Y, assets I,5o52so
Reliable standard Companies at v
ing rates Losses adjusted and paid promptly CHAS No
NELLY AGENT Office, 12 Spring street. Los Angeles, CAL
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-01-18
Foreign News.

King Alfonso, of Spain, is highly
spoken of as a public speaker.
Two Mormon missionaries who
attempted to conduct services in one
of the suburbs of London, was great
ly maltreated by mob.
The report of the massacre of two
hundred young girls by order of the
King of Ashantee, in November
last, has been confirmed by late ad-
vices. The girls were prisoners
captured for the purpose from
neighboring tribes.
The Dublin correspondent Of the
London Times, reviewing the year
1881 in Ireland, says: ''The year
has closed in connection, conten-
ton and war-a war of races and
classes. Commercial credit is bro
ken and the spirit of the country is
sunk in deep depression, The scare
produced by the large importation
of American cattle has abated.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-01-18
What we License.

Thomas Roicroft, in Cincinnati,
was arrested for getting drunk, and
on being searched a pair of brass
knuckles were found on his person.
He was then charged with carrying
concealed weapons.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Jan. 9.-Twenty
freight conductors on the Kansas
City, st. Joseph and Council Bluffs
Railroad were discharged this morn
ing and brakemen put in Temporal
ry charge of the trains. The gene
raj charge against them is drunk
enness and immortality.
SHOT BY HIS DRUNKEN BROTHER.
At late hour last night, John
Huesman, twenty-five years of age,
a teamster living in Cincinnati,
caused considerable excitement by
getting drunk and firing his re-
volver in front of the house. The
police were summoned, but before
they arrivedHuesman went into the
house and began hourishing his
revolver, when it was accidentally
discharged, the ball passing through
the calfof the left leg of his brother
Frank, who is thirteen years old.
DIR. John Rendles was called to at
tend the boy, and found him to be
not dangerously wounded. John
was arrested, on the charge of dis
charging firearms within the city
limits.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-01-18
Temperance News and Notes.

Prohibition can be, should be, and
no doubt will be, the cement that
will unite the North and South.
Deliver us from moral towards
who, on account of party, fear to
touch the temperance work. En-.
The Good Templar lodges in Col
orado are organizing for combined
action in favor of Prohibition in the
State.
READING, PA, Dec. 24-Frederick
Lauer, the well-known brewer,
chairman of the agitation commit
tee of the brewers congress of the
United States, failed to-day. Liabil-
tiles, 100000; assets about $780,
900.
PENNsYLvANIA.-The State Con-
vention of the Prohibition Reform
party of Pennsylvania, will be held
at Altoona, February 22d, 1882, for
the purpose of placing in nomina-
ton candidate for Governor also
candidates for other State officers.
ARKANsAs.-The Temperance Ban
ner, published at Little Rock, Ark,
says: "All the towns along the line
of the Fort Smith Railway, excep-
Van Buren, and Fort Smith, have
stopped the sale of liquor. Conway,
Morrelton, Dover, Adkins, Webb
City, Dardenelle, Ozark, Mulberry
City, Paris, Bonneville, Altus, Ham
burg, Warren. Toledo, and nearly
all the towns in the State have fol-
lowed in the noble work"
COOP IN ITs PLAcE.-The late DIR.
Guthrie, of Scotland, was a strong
temperance man. On one occasion
he expressed'his opinion on whisky
in these words:
"Whisky is good in its place !;
there is nothing like whisky in
this world for preserving a man
when he is dead but it's one'of the
worst things in the world for pre-
serving a man when he is living.
Ifyou want to keep a dead man put
him in whisky; if you want to kill
a living man put whisky into
him"
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-01-18

wild train of Is loaded ears coming
down from the mines went crashing
through the tip-house, taking
the scales with them, and landing
In Il partly loaded barge, took barge,
cars and load all to the bottom of
the river in 40 feet of water. The
entire loss amounted to from s1O,-
600 to $4,000.
SHAME.-The Grafton Eagle gives
the following item of shame: ave
learn from the Wheeling Register,
that an ex-Sherif' from an adjoin-
ing county of ours, went to Wheel
ing on Monday last, to make set
Element with the Auditor, and on
that night he yielded to the temp
tation and became intoxicated, and
as one evil leads to another, he Wis
tied house of ill-fame, where he
spent the night, and in the morn
ing he found he was minus $3.50.
FATAL BURNING.-Mrs. Morgan,
wife of Lark Morgan, and infant
child, were burned to a crisp at their
house on F. G. Steele's farm near
Wileyville, one day last week. The
woman and child are both alive at
this writing, but their physicians
say it is impossible for either Of
them to live. 1t is supposed the
lady had spasm and fell in the fire
which caused the very sad and un,
fortunate accident Wetzel Demo.
crdt
LAND SALE ADVERTISING An
exchange says: FIFTY acres of coal
land were sold in the Kanawha val,
ley after badly spelled written
notice posted at the Court House
door, for two dollars per acre, ano
the sale is confirmed by the Circuit
Judge. Next month the same lane
is advertised in the home newspa
per, and brings, at private sale
twenty dollars an acre, or ten times
as much. Which method is most
Lust to creditor and debtor, and best
for the public welfare? Any dele.
gate to the Legislature may answer
-Er.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-01-18
Religious.

The protracted meeting at Smith
ton by Rev. Woods closed on the
10th inst. Twenty-three CONVEX
sions are reported West Union Re-
cord.
HARTFORD CITY.-Rev. H. Scott,
Of the Methodist Church, recently
closed series of meetings at Hart
ford City, with fifteen conversions
His work is in good condition.
WEST UNIoN.-The Record says
Rev. G. G. Wilding, P. E. of the M.
E. Church for this district, has been
assisting Rev. C. J. Price in his la
bors in this place this week. Rev.
Wilding is pleasant and agreea-
BILE man, a scholar and a very fluent
speaker. We hope that an abund-
ant harvest may crown their labors.
Practical PRAYER.-The Chris
tian at Work gives as an instance of
peculiar prayers" which "are of
all things most peculiar" this one
offered in March, 1868, by Rev. Mo-
ses Shinn, Chaplain Of the House Of
Representatives of Iowa: "Great
Cod Bless the young and growing
State of Iowa; bless her Senators
and Representatives, her Governor
and State officers; give us sound
currency, pure water and undefiled
religion. For Christ's sake. Amen!"
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-01-18
News Cuttings.

Pullman, the palace-car man, is
said to be worth S15, 100000.
VIM. f. Weld, of Boston, who
died few weeks ago, left an estate
valued at S21 100000.
tits said that Judge Porter and
MIR. Davidge expect $25, 900 each for
their services in the Guiteau case.
Col. VIM. f. Foster, of Boston, is
said to have 10000 orange trees on
his plantation in Florida.
A colored tailor from North Caro-
lima is said to have made $4,000 in
Boston since the war. He gives
employment to over 100 persons.
At the annual sale of pews in
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher's church
in Brooklyn, N. Y, last week, the
sum of $3S,329 was realized.
Mr. John w. Bookwalter, late
Democratic candidate for Governor
of Ohio, and one of the largest and
most successful manufacturers in
that State, predicts that there win
be panic in this country within.
| eighteen months.
Three eminent Americans died.
recently on the same day: Richard
Henry Dana, of Massachusetts, n
well-known author and jurist; Ed.
ward Stoughton, of New York, ex-,
minister to Russia, and John Pier
pont, Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of Vermont.
COURAGE REWARDED Ex-Presi-
dent and Mrs. Hayes have present
ed q splendid gold watch and chain
valued at $500, to John M. ing
laub, an engineer on the Baltimore
and Patomac railroad, as a token of
their appreciation Of his GOODNESS
] and courage on the occasion of an
accident to train of which he was
engineer, and on which they were.
travelling.
SMALLPOX. Just as we are going
to press we learn that Mr.. Jack
Neal, an old man and merchant,
living on Beaver, near Prestonburg,
KY, who had lately returned from
Cincinnati, was taken sick, and
died--supposed to be erysipelas.
The funeral was largely attended,
coffin opened, and remains viewed.
1t has since turned out that he died
Of smallpox, and some forty cases
are now reported, out Of those who
attended the funeral and visited the
patient. Nearly two hundred were
exposed, and they have asked Cat
lettsburg to send them physicians.
L-Cere6lo Enterprise.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-01-18
West Virginia Temperance News
and Notes.

MoUNDsvILLE.-The Herald notes
temperance meeting in Masonic
Hall, Moundsville, on Monday
night of last week, when addresses
were delivered by Messrs. G. w.
Baggs, W. Kelly and John Baggs.
PUTNAM CoUNTY.-We hear of
many accidents and crimes growing
out of the late Christmas festivi-
ties in different parts of the coun-
try, but our own county seems for
tunately to have escaped. This is
largely attributable to the fact that
Putnam is a Prohibition county,
Putnam Democrat.
Rev. G. G. Gould's lecture to the
"Saloon-keeper of Webster C. H., +"
is still being heard. Mr. H. Miller,
of Clay county, contributes an ex-
cellent article on the doomed traffic,
in last weeks Mountaineer, inspired
by reading the open letter or lecture
referred to.
BROOKE COUNTY. Last week S
Herald has a stirring editorial urg
ing the signing Of the petitions,
and notes public meeting with a
thorough organization for circula-
ting the petitions throughout the
county. "Better late than never"
but we are sorry this work was not
done in every county and neighbor-
hood long ago. Wherever the pc
titions have been circulated the
voters have almost unanimously
signed them.
MoNoNGALIA.-From the Secre-
tary's account of a recent Temper
ance Meeting at Easton, as it ap-
pears in the Post, we extract as fol-
lows:
After a song and prayer, Rev.
Hughes, of Morgantown, was intro
duced, who made an excellent adj
dress, expressing his confidence in
moral suasion and urging the peo-
pie not toforget its influence, while
trying to check intemperance by
force of law. "While some may be
persuaded to desist, there are very,
very many who cannot be reached
except by legal suasion" He is of
the opinion that if the question be
properly agitated the prohibition
law will carry and do much good in
West Virginia. Ex-Sheriff Hack
ney was then introduced, and made
an enthusiastic speech, in which he
explained the enormity of the evil
and urged the people to be in earn
est about the matter. The petition
was presented and all voters pres
ent, who had not previously signed
it, did SO, except one.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-01-18
WEST VIRGINIA FREEMAN.
Temperance News.

kANSAS.--- w e cup the following
from a Kansas letter to the Morgan
town Post:
The prohibitory liquor law is
generally enforced in the State of
Kansas. There are a few towns that
are trying to make the law dead
letter, but we suppose the Cover
nor's late proclamation will bring
the rebels to terms.
TEMPERANCE IN OHIo.--The Tenn
perance People of Ohio, will not,
cannot be still, no more than the
advocates of the right can be still
anywhere, The Anti-Liquor ALI
ance has issued call for a Peoples
Mass Temperance Convention, at
Columbus, January Goth. The cir
cular states the objects of the Con-
ventlon
1. To bring together the temper
ance elements Of. the State in Coun-
ell.
2. To consider what additional
legislation is necessary to protect
the people against the liquor traffic.
3. To consider the best method of
procuring the Constitutional Prohi-
bition of the liquor traffic.
4. To harmonic all classes of
temperance workers in the State.
The call further notes:
feature of our work ULTIMATE
SUCCESS is stamped upon every
phase of Temperance Reform in
Ohio! With our motto, "IN COP WE
TRUST" emblazoned on our ban
ners, together with our watchword,
"Totat Prohibition the only Safeguard
ofthe People and SaLuatjon Of the Ma
tion," we will come togetherfor con-
sultation and advice.
Reduced rates on railroads run
ming into Columbus, but parties
intending to be present should send
to us at least ten days beforehand
for a railroad certificate to insure
excursion rates. Enclose a Scent
stamp to help defray expenses.
Address,
The OHIO ANTI-LIoUoR ALLIANCE,
10 North High ST., Columbus O.
Local OPTION CONVENTION IN
VIRGINIA.-The Local Option Con-
vention recently held at Charlottes-
vile, Va, was grand success in
every way. A thorough State Or
ganization was perfected, and meas
ures set on foot for systematic work
throughout the Old Dominion in
furtherance of the cause of Local
Option and finally of State Prohibi-
ton.
An exchange notes the following
of a Virginia paper;
The Valley Virginian thinks that
the late State temperance conven-
ton at Charlottesville may be re-
garded as the first important step
toward general and active organi-
zation Of this subject, and looks for
a very exciting campaign in Vir-
ginia before another legislative
election, In which local option will
be the central matter of discussion.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-01-18

Some of our exchanges give out
the idea that the Railroad from here
to Bellaire has been abandoned.
This is mistake. The subscrip-
tions on the road are being urged
with as much vigor as ever, with
fair prospects of success Marietta
Times.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-01-18

Send us a quarter at once and
get the FREEMAN two months, dur
ing the session of the Legislature.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-06-11
AMEN Primary Plan.

4 sINPLE AAI FAIR MODE SUGGESTED foh
SELECTING TIKI Party NOMINEES FOR CITY
ELECTIONS.
IT, tie Editor Qf ihe DlQGtck
While the tate primary went Of very
quietly. and seems % have left little or no
bitterness il H. tram. yet there !, AWAY,
fhis objection 90 the plan. thai when friends
Ar brought into such close antag0ni-m
tnere /. danger II bad feeling. ana when
.lie proper temptation occurs you viii SET
IS h0itng il n0t DISCRIMINATION.
Nv plan ], 50 simple ana cncap that III
first sigh, IL may not command respect
nui thinking myself that II WIS almost too
simple. / mentioned il 90 several friends.
81 uo a. Rot SEE any objection e. il. lhe
DiaR. IN ieW words. H. tnls Let the LIZ
ecurifc Committee o few dav- before The
-ime oi getting The sense o. the people n
io their iav0rites i0r Office send postal
card. or card. ny ticket inci0sed In AL en-
yel0le. with o tWe-cclit stamp 90 pay re-
turn postage. and with the lis; OF oil the can
didate. 20 i.e voted for on one side o. The
postal with direction, 20 the voter O.
era-e the names Of ali person- 90 y hon tnel
are opposed. Ol course leaving those Tor
whom they vote untouched and then ~
the bottom u Ihe list 10 sign ther maine,
and return 81 once through the p0si-Oiilce
fn Tie chairman of the Executive Commit
Tee. When lht voter can't write III name.
b. can -irn his eros, and have il Witnessed.
/ recommend Ihe enclosure oi the ticket
selected. buf there L. really VERY little Oh
| lection o. returning L postal without ~
/ envelope. ~ forty eight hours. by thi-
method the calm and unpreiudiced opiD-
| ION ~ every Conservative voter ~ the ely
can be- Obtained u Z cost Of le-s than $500
and Dot an hours loss ~ time by voters,
and list for commissioner % election,
lac. AZ. These cards for each ward
would Pc flied away, and could be
verified IL any time IL may bc thought
there was any foul play. The postal cant
ri into anyboGy'- hands Tut the post
office officials. and lhe names being erased
/ IN ink no change could be- made IN the post
office. and II done n could be- easily proved
/ Dv examination OF tint postal py tie voter.
/ LIT III hcaI what the committee think Of
thl- plan. ours. A. L. Z.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-06-11

To M b0tf0f OF nc DtAp0IcN:
The loan 70 the state Agricultural socie-
" % the Civ Council. secured by a deed
OF trus; on the Fair-Grcunds. looks a. il II
were the settled purpose 81 the Society 10
continue 10 hold annual fairs al the old
place The action 81 the Council was, no
doubt. iudiciolIs, a. II give the city pre-
empfion 20 the properly. most Of which
will b. needed In the course OF time Tor
public marx. II y not certain, however.
that the society has decided wisely, II
la. determined 90 hold Oh 90 THE grounds
for it, annual fairs. ] concede that an
humble citizen, A. yOur correspondent Is,
does not know A. much about the pians and
PROSPECTS Of the society a. those upon
whom the management Of IL Affair." oe-
wolves. but il NAV be stated a. 3 general
PROPOSITION. not easily cOntroverted. that
When public interest IN any institution
wanes or cea-e- II l. not easy 10 revive thai
interest br adherence 20 the old surround
inc. aud methods 90 attraction. Times
change and We change With them.
] take il for granted that 10 attempt
will ie madc 20 have another Fair at the
old grounds unless arrangements can be
made for train. during " 7 air week on
Broad street from seventh OT Eighth
streets. II j. possible that al difficulties
m the WAY - such arrangements may he
overcome. Much valuable time viii be
iost unless thai le asceTtained now. But,
assuming that the horse-cAr company VIII
surrender the use oi IL track for one week.
and thai the Richmond and Frederick>-
burg Railroad Company viii consent 70
ran it, train. without guaranty OF pro
faction aeain~t losses fuI damages 20 PEP
sons and property. the success ~ The J air,
anon which the PROSPERITY OF the society
Gelemds. b. bv no means assured. The
essential element Oi novelty viii be lack
mc. without which ] fear the Society may
a. we'll 90 rau spirits from the ya-ry deep
AZ aupmM 20 attract the multirudes who
formerly tr0need 90 the fair-6rounds.
The proper thing 10 te done in this crisis
ni r.. affair. ID -eem- o. me. = % migrate.
4 go the loau from the civ o. purchase new
Ground. ou the line 81 THE Chesapeake and
ohio railWay. CO.. The Richmond and Alle-
-lau.. O. ~ber1 distance from the city, haY-
inc iu view. o. Indispensable requisites.
easy accr-. hy vehicles. abundance OF pure
wafer. and diversified topography. The
tl-f expense u removal may seem large.
bur won't everybody 20 20 Sc the neU
Fairgrounds. contributing revenue
enough Or reimburse the society: VIII
Dot neW interest III the annual lair h.
createds And then, ii the new grounds
be suitably located. nave shady groves,
bub0lin- springs. and perhaps lase. iiht
rh- New-Reseryoir Park none OF which
W. have az can have 81 the present J ar
Grounds won't the place ht ireGuented
daily. bringing IN large revenue and con-
f-rrin- q nlessins,on the community j
hope tine society viii consider these sue-
,r..-fiou> FRIEND.