Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-01-29

Lemar, fireman aud Isaac Farkey,
engineer were burnt in the ruins.
George McKewin and John Smith
were badly wounded. Several
Others were slightly injured.
Railroad al~ttess.
BOSTON, Jan. est is under
stood that the Atlantic and Pacific
Railroad will now be completed to
Mohave, on the Csiion Of the Col
orado. and there join the Southern
Pacific, plan proposed to Hunt
ingtOn two years ago by the Atch.
ison, Topeka and Santa Fe people
but rejected. The Little Rock and
Fort Smith road is to be placed
with the San Francisco road in this
new combination. Four directors
Of the San Francisco road have
given place to Gould, Huntington,
Sage and Stanford, but most OF the
Boston people retain large p0r-
tion of their interest.
Anew Board.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2S.-At q meet.
ing of Directors Of the ST. Louis
and San Francisco Railroad yes
terday Jay Gould, Russell Sage, G.
p. Huntington and Leland Stan
ford were elected mem bers OF the
Board. Places were made for them
by the resignation of Walter l..
Frost, Allen Speare and Francis B.
Hayes o! Boston, and Ozias Bail ey
of White Cloud, Kansas. No 9TH
or changes were made.
Fr~txhs Raut~s.
NEW YORK, Jan. 28.--A Times
Washington special says: The sup.
porters of Ead's ship railway are
making fight on the theory that
the Southern Pacific will put
down freights so low as to kill
competition by way of Cape Horn
and then hold California farmers
at its mercy and urge their route
for California wheat.
Fatal Explosion.
FEW YORK, Jan. 2S.-An explos.
ion OF can of nitro glycerine
which n boy threw into o bonfire
at the dumping ground Off East
Ninety ninth street, one man was
kllel and ten women and children
injured.
A str.nxe Assruss
pITTsBURa, Jan. 2S.-A young
man named Lee, while ont hunt
ing near West Middlesex, Pa. met
two lady friends and, without prov
ocatiOn, fired at them twice, wound
ing both. They managed to reach
home. Four Of their gentlemen
friends found Lee. He made q des-
perate resistance, but finding CAP
ture inevitable blew the top of his
head Off All the families Were
eminentIy respectable, and the mo.
tive of the shooting is shrouded In
mystery.
Tnv-e AaH0rs Drnwned.
STEUBENvILLE, Ohio, Jan. 2S.-
Three deck hands Of the steamer
Katie StOckdale were drowned by
jumping when she struck O bridge.
\ Thsrd Term MovemeDs.
ST. LOUIS. Jan. 2S.-J. M. Ker-
shaw, on the order of the stalwart
leaders, has struck off $50 bronze
medals to commemorate the steady
voting Of the 306 at the Chicago
Convention The affair has been
kept very secret. The medal is
perfectly round, 2a inches in diam.
eter, 1 of an inch thick and weighs
nearly a pound. The profile of
Grant is on the centre of the face,
twined with laurel and oak leaves.
Outside of this is record Of the 3O6
Grant ballots in complete circle,
with the number of each ballot
and vote cast, ranging from 3O2 10
3i3 On the centre of the inverse
side Is, commemorative of the
306 ballots of the old guard for Ulys.
ses 5. Grant for President at the
Republican National Convention,
Chicago, June, 1880.
Fanny rohon.c.
CoRINTH, KY, January 2s.-|
A family named ROmaro living on
the outskirts of the town were
poisoned night before last at sup.
per. 1t is supposed that arsenic
vas in the corn bread. Five of the
family are lying at the point of
death. No investigation of the
case Is reported.
A Preacher tn Trouble.
BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, Jan. sS.-l
Rev. H. o. Hoffman, pastor of the
First Methodist Church, has been
on trial before church commits
sion for ten days. The charges
were seduction and bastardy in
connection with q former servant
girl named Zetta Robinson of de-
cent family. To-day a unanimous
verdict was found declaring him
guilty. Hoffman is one of the
most prominent and talented Meth
odist ministers in the West, and Is
aged AZ. About six years ago he
was acquitted on similar charge
by a church court at Quincy.
Trich0se.
MINNESOTA, MINI, Jan. 2S.-Ip
addition to three persons who died
from trichinae recently In Mime
sofa, five more of seventeen who
were stricken are despaired of.
Mormsns Roused.
LONDON. Jan. 2S.-An attempt