Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-02-25

Near Mason City, Ills, on Saturday
morning, five minutes after the Denver
Express had crossed it, the bridge over
Salt Creek went down.
The storm wave predicted for March
by Virgins has created such alarm at
Rockaway Beach that families and some
of the landlords will remove.
There are 10000 pounds of pepper
ment produced in this country annually,
and Of this amount two-thirds is pro-
duced in Wayne county, N. Y.
1t is stated that there are 40, 600, 600
pounds Of axle grease made and sold
annually in the United States represent
ing money value Of 81 ,000, 900.
1t is said that the programme Of Jules
Ferry, the newFrench Premier, includes
revision of the Constitution and the
establishment Of the scratin de liste.
In the House of Commons leave was
granted to introduce the Affirmation bill
by 1874 10 %. The passage Of this bin
will permit Bradlaugh to take his seat.
The throne to DO used at the Cars
coronation has already been ordered. 1t
will be made Of black oak, richly carved
in antique Slavonic patterns, and will
cost over 81, 900.
Girl graduates in England wear gowns
precisely like those worn by university
men, and made by the same tailor. The
only way to tell which from tother is to
visit for mouse. 1ff
Returns Of the tslhe Of French impor
tations during January show an increase
OF %, S25, 900 francs compared with Jan
uary, 1882. and an increase in the value
Of exports in the same period of 8, 400, 900
francs
A French steamer seeking to ship la
borers near Mozambique was forcibly
resisted by the natives, number of
whom were killed. The affair looks very
much like revival OF the slave trade
shinly disguised.
The Portland Tor. City Council unan-
iinously indorsed the proposition to sell
the Central School block for S75, 200 to |
Charles Prescott ON behalf Of the North
ern Pacific Terminal Company. The pur-
chasers will build $500 900 hotel.
The membership id London clubs ag |
gregates nearly 100, 0e0 Their property |
is worth something over S25, 0O0, 900. |
There are clubs exclusively for clergy |
men, and others whose members devote |
their meetings only to high gambling.
CbAs. H. Locke will bring the Thomas
Orchestra to San Francisco during the |
spring. The Orchestra will consist of |
sixty picked musicians, and be accom-
panied by a quartet Of eminent votal |
soloists. Nine. Julie Rive King is pian-
list.
The writer OF the aye is WIS. Gilbert. |
His comic opera librettos have yielded
him already half million OF dollars.
He Is building one Of the handsomest and /
most original houses IN the West End,
London, and is accommodating art treas
ures to adorn it.
The Railtgay Age has tables showing
the number of passengers carried for the |
year ending june. 1880 According to
the census il was go, 00O, 900, and of en-.
ployos. 4l9. 000; one passenger to every
Sl4, AL receiving injuries, and one EN-
ploye to every Az.
The Spirit of the Times says there is
groun for the belief that the top notch
in trotting will be to the credit of Cali
fornia tep years hence. when the year
lings which trot in 1851. and two-year-
olds in 2:2l, show what they can do whcA
they get their growth.
The British Museum Trustees are
making great efforts to secure the collec.
ton of manuscripts formed by the late |
Earl of Ashburnham, numbering 1000,
many being OF immense value and |
beauty. The present Earl offers to sell
the collection for $500, 900.
The milling trade is increasing greatly
Of late, and new -four mills are going up
in dozen localities. This suggests the
possibility that a large portion OF the
California wheat crop may, in the future,
be exported as flour. thus saving much
of the shipping profit garnered abroad.
The Fresno Erposifor says: Mr..
Williams and his son have discovered a
quartz vein In the Fine Gold District, |
which promises to be very rich. From
a small pan full OF the decomposed ore
they took out about Sill in free gold |
The vein is very small, but it is also very
rich.
Washington was agog on Monday con-
corning 9 sensational article published in
the Washington correspondence Of the
Pittsburg Dispatch last Saturday, indi- |
rectly charging an improper liaison be-
tween the President and the wife OF a
hisn omcisi, whose name, however, was
not gwen.
The Illinois Legislature has appropri-
ated 1000 for the relief of the widows
and orphans caused by the Braidwood |
disaster. The widows number forty and |
the orphans ninety. besides thirteen
widows who are soon to become mothers. |
1t is feared that some of the women will |
permanently lose their reason.