Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1882-02-07
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Major. General Meigs, Quartermas.
ter.General, and Brigadier-G ener.
al Latham w. Brown, paymaster.
General, were placed upon the re.
tired list to-day. The President
sent the following nominations te
the Senate: Col. Daniel III. Ruck-
er, Assistant OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
81, to be Quartermaster-G General,
vice General Meigs. retired; Msjoi
VIM. b. Rochester, Paymaster
vice General Brown, retired.
Cnn"om Asks far D-tsy.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-Delegate
Cannon, the Mormon apostle. baf
asked the House Judiciary Com.
mittee to delay action on the Shell.
leberger bill to suppress pOlygamy,
one reason which he gives being
his own great grief at the news oil
the death of one OF his wives. He
desires to be heard by the Commit
tee before the bill is acted upon. II
has been decided to postpone the
hearing until Wednesday.
~s"Tm sn she E.sI.
BOSTON, Feb. GA number of
wrecks are reported of Nantucket.
Considerable damage has been
done to property along the beach.
A portion Of the Nantucket Beach
Railway was washed away. Tho
snow storm was very severe
throughout New England. Trains
were seriously delayed aud roads
blockaded. The passenger and
freight trains cOllided at Natick
and several passengers were in-
jured.
the Ra,irosd Question.
NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-The Tribune
has the following: 1t Is asserted
with great positiveness by those
who are in position to know
about the recent purchase Of q half
Interest ia the Atlantic and Pacific
road, that the New York men who
are expected to take twO-thirds of
the new issue of SIG 500, 900 have
decided that some understanding
must first be reached IN regard to
the future policy of the road and its
extensions. Persons who control
the st. Louis and San Francisco
Railroad have, it is said, informe ed
the Boston company that it 10 de-
sired to have q settlement of certain
points In dispute before any allot-
ment of subscriptions is made. It
is thought that an adv stment will
be arrived at without q resort to
the Courts. . s.
A FrobaD,u Canasd.
NEW York, Feb. 6 The Herald
Gays: A dispatch from Chicago
published yesterday announces
that the Pope is about to appoint a
Papal delegate to the United States.
A reporter called last evening on
Cardinal McClOskey and Monseign.
eur Quinn, Vicar3eneral OF the do
cese. Neither had any official in
timation that such an appointment
was contemplated and did not
think 1t even would be made or
that there would ever be any occa.
sion.
lat-rMstiOnAl Rifle Match.
NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-General
Geo. w. Wingate received the
following cable dispatch from Sir
Henry Halford in regard to the
terms proposed for the Interna-
tioual Military Rife Match:
cambridge, Feb. 9Th. We waive
rifle proof mark. Cannot posi- bly,
guarantee return match"
(Signed) HALF0RD.
Oamuom's Case.
NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-The Zri.
bune's Washington special says
that George @. Cannon has asked a
hearing before the House Judiciary
Committee.
Tne IsnpFSsoutO AmerseA0s.
BUFFALO, Feb. 6.-The Land
League Association requests
Leagues throughout this country
to take action in their respective
districts urging members of Con-
gress 10 bring about a cOnsidera
tion of the cases OF imprisonment
Of American citizens by the British
Government 10 Ireland.
Prob -b,s Disaster.
FREDERICKSBURG. Va, Feb. g.
The train on the Piedmont Narrow
Gusge Railroad, which left for
Orange Court House last night
with twenty hands, in charge of
the Superintendent, to raise the
snow blockade, has not been heard
from since. 1t is feared it has met
with some disaster.
the sliae D.s.ster.
RICHMOND, Va, Feb. cat half
past two Sapt. Dodds with third
party made q descent, remaining
nearly an hour. They explored
the tunnel for some distance. At
the mouth Of one of the chant ers
in the Vicinity Of the engine they
discovered u body. 1t is supposed
to be that of the cOlored fireman,
Robert Summeis.
F.s"s ExpIeslon.
ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb. Gan ex-
plosion yesterday afternoon Of
the large tank I'm the East st. Louis
Rendering Works, situated north
OF the National Stocks, almost
com pletely demolished the build.
ing, killing John Casserve and Sc
riously injured Jerome Tyler and
John Meyerhofer. Loss, $15,0eo.
a Reformed Turfmnn.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Feb. 6.-Gen-
eral Abel Buford, a we'll known
turfmaD, united yesterday with the
Christian Church and announced
his retirement from the turf.
Msrsas Disaster.
LONDON, Feb. 6.-The British
steamer Como, last reported at
Sebastopol from Galveston, by
Norfolk, foundersd in the Black
Sea. Ten corpses were washed
ashore from the vessel near Kilia.