Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-04-11
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Lines Dewn.
SAN FKANcIsco, April l0.-There i
trouble ON the lines east Of Cheyenne
Z, Prospects for overland report this after
noon are unfavorable.
steamer List.
SAN FRANcrsco, April 9.-The steam
or Or,zaba left this city at "a. M. to-da,
with the following passengers for Los
Angeles: Mrs s II Hartwell, H II Large
Miss Edith Andrews, Mrs Geo s Huppt
and three children, Otto + Miller, N I
Andrews and wife, J Roth and wife Mr'
A NJ Andrews, H Anderson Jno Eagerly
and wife, w Wiiderworth, Miss 4 N
Martin, Jas Gordon, L II Long, J I
Brandon, b A Wilson, M Bernhaid and
wife, J Godfrey and family, Miss A Filler,
g Z EIstner, J H Connolly.
John n. Mcdonald Drowned.
SAN Francisco, April l0.-John +.
Mcdonald, Mate of the Pacific Mail
Company's tug Millen Griffith, fell from
the Mail dock last night, and was
drowned.
SAN FRANcIsco, April 10. Barley,
spot, 81. .l8; May, $l.l9i; buyer. season,
81. .2O(Gl ~; seller, 1888. 81 .0961l.10.
A zephyr's Track.
H0r SPKIs0s, Ark, April l0.-A ter.
ribls cyclone swept the country south
aud East last nighs. Scarcely tree is
lett. Farm houses, fences and bridges
are demolished. Reports from points re-
mote from railroads and the telegraph
show great damage and considerable loss
OF life. John Neusch and wife, residing
fifteen miles south Of here on the river,
were killed by falling timber. Near
Johnson's Ferry, Thomas Wilson was
killed by his horse falling on him. The
dsstructiou of houses aud scattering Of
feacvs was complete along the storm,
track. Much property is destroyed be-
tween Celine and the Owschita river,
east of Hot Springs.
Mormon Missionaries Pol.
soners.
SALT LAKE, Utah. April o. Mission
aries appointed at the Mormon Confer
isnce, which Adjourned yesterday, will
leave tomorrow. They number one
hundred and ninety -four and their desti
nation Is the Southern and Westerr
States, Europe, Australia, Mexico ant
the Sandwich islands.
Last Saturday at Kanab, Utah, two
Indians were arrested for poisoning &
settler. They entered his cabin during
his absence and placed poison in tn,
flour which caused his death.
A Crank's Confession.
PIrrsBURoH, April 9.--An Englishmar
named WIN. Menehy, crank, called Al
the Central Police Station tonight ant
stated he was one OF the murderers o
Lord Lietram. He wanted to give him
self up, and claims to be q member o
the Land League, Nihilist and Soci
alist. He says he was one OF six mel
chosen by the Land League to xii
Lietram, and that they shot him on Kill
merick road. County Antrim. Ireland
November II, 1881. He was locked up
Great Prairie Fire.
LINCOLN. Neb., April "a disastrous
prairie fire was raging yesterday few
miles north Of this city. Mrs. Dalton, &
farmers wife, was suffocated while fight
ing the fire. Many smaller accidents ar'
reported. Barns, houses, granaries ant
haystacks were licked up by the flames
1t is estimated that fifty square mile
were burned over. The flames lit VI
the heavens for miles around. The fir
is still raging.
The Presidents Movements.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, April 9.-Th'
President and party are on their way t.
Gardner's Island, where it is proposed Il
camp week.
bad Boys and Girls.
SYRACUSE, N. Y, April "A Grove
Of 500 boys and girls gathered in front o
the hall in which the Salvation Arm,
were holding meeting tonight. Tn
special officers at the entrance wer
pelted with mud. The crowd sang "Rol
the Chariot Along" and Paddy Duffy
Cart" The police dispersed the mob
after three arrests.
suGocated by Gas.
OsxALoosA, Ia, April 9.-Mrs. Nan
cy Braden, Just returned from Califor
MIA journey, was suffocated in her room
at the hotel by gas escaping from
burner. She turned it off, but rs th'
tap had no catch, turned it partly o.
again. She was quite dead when dis
covered this morning.
Maa and Three Children Drow
OwINosvILLs, KY, April 9.-The lii
tie stream Of Prickly Ash rose rapid
Yesterday, and Martin Manin, ll.gat
keeper, attempted TO cross it with thre
children on a log g-crossing, and the waite
swept them off and drowned all four
The bodies have not been recovered.
q Petrined.
BEDFORD, Ind. April 9.-In an ad
joining county last week, relatives dish
TERED the body of John Bryant, burie
two years ago, with the view of remo'
ing It to another cemetery, and foun
the body petrifying. Its weight was 70
pounds.
Acquitted.
PORTLAND, Or, April 9.--Charles {
Freeze, indicted for murder in the tirs
degree for killing George Teufal near Il
Cascades last fall, was acquitted 1
Vancouver yesterday.
ParneiI HI.
LONDON, April l0.--Parnell is co
fined TO his house, and probably will n,
be able to actively participate in politi
for some time.
Sprague's Rivals.
The Hghs in Rhode Island is st
pretty much the old family feud betwe,
the Spragues and the Ives-the rivals
cotton. printing tor two generations.
lS57-60 the Spragues were on top, al
carried everything before them. In 1877,
73 they were overwhelmed by financi
disaster, and an estate valued at SIS