Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-04-28
News and other Notes.

Al least $4,000 acres OF tho finest lands
are now hopelessly abandoned TO the
flood in Mississippi and Arkansas above
and below Helena, Arkansas.
The State law Of Nebraska makes
$1,000 the minimum price for liquor
license. In some OF the cities II Is pro-
posed to grant no licenses for less than
$4,000.
BY the use Of independent cutoff valve
on engines, w. b. lie Van asserts that
the speed Of an engine can be increased
to seventy or eighty miles an hour.
DIR. Gatling. the inventor Of the fam
Gus gun is Southerner, but looks like
nm elderly German. He Is still hard at
work al other inventions, and promises
again to surprise the world.
Russia Norway, Austria have each q
third of their surface forest; Sweden,
Hungary and Germany fourth; Italy
and Switzerland fifth; France and Bel
GUM sixth.
The governor of New Mexico lives In
an adobe palace nearly three hundred
years old. 1t is only one story high,
250 feet long, has been tho residence Of
Spanish governors for centuries, and has
always been called the palace.
The colony Of Hebrew refugees from
Russia, about sevanty-fve in number,
which was established at Waterview,
Middlesex county, Va, last October, Is
in fourishing condition, and likely TO
become the nucleus Of populous settle
ment.
Sacramento folks are thinking OF ar-
resting Chinese vendors for selling vege.
tables Of short weight. 1t Is a good
move, but please make II big enough to
include the dealers who sell butter OF
short weight. Oakland Times.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson says
that intemperance was greater at Harry
ard when he was a student than ii is to-
tho average Of American colleges, and
not nearly as bad as European ones.
The Legislature Of Illinois Is consider
ing bill to encourage timber culture. IL
provides for exempting certain class OF
lands from taxation for twenty Eve years,
II they are planted with trees. II is n
popular measure, the farmers favor 1t,
and it will become law.
The Governor of Kansas has signed an
Act which prevents Judges Of all courts
in the State from standing as candidates
for office during their judicial terms.
The Governors partner is a lawyer of
high standing, and II is thought the Act
was aimed at him.
The Argonam thinks that the preach.
ers should surrender the gin question to
the politicians. That 1t is purely apo
litical, economical question, and that if
the people could be brought to look at
its cost-$l00, 600, 900 per annum in this
State--they would be induced to take
some action regarding II.
Humanity was never carried to q
greater length than it is by number of
tender.hearted surgeons in New York,
who are lecturing TO policemen for the
purpose Of instructing them how to re-
lieve the wounds made on parties whom
they be.labor with their clubs while in
the act of nrreshng them.
Sunset Cox says. "Tho farming CAPT
tai is over 81 ,O0O, 600, 900; the manufac.
turing capital not $4,000, 900, 900; and
yet, through the villainy of our robber
thilH, tnTouRn tnc iuiposiuoh Va uhoHuhi
burdens, the manufacturers make S22
whcro the farmers make s5. The west
and south have their say in legislation.
Henri Watterson is very hard on Ben
Butler. He refers to Ben's chances for
the nomination for 1884 in the most saw
age manner. As long as Henri holds the
position Of self constituted wet nurse for
Samuel ]. Tilden in the West no other
candidate may hope to receive any con.
sideration from him,--Kansas City Jour.
nal.
A new wrinkle in the wedding line is
reported from the far West. A young
lady is going to have six rejected suitors
wait upon her at her marriage instead OF
bridesmaids, and the expected groom is
now looking for six girls to act as ushers
for him. The difficulty is that theyoung
ladies are afraid they will be considered
in the list of the non-suited, and so far
the hopeful man is groomsmaidless'