Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-05-06

gased this afternoon.
The President has appointed the fol-
lowing postmasters, VIM. U. Matzser,
Dayton, Washington Territory Chas.
Hapgood, Marysville, Gala; j. N. Lon
der, Silver Reef, Utah.
A Family scandal,
New YORK, May 5-George Bris'
bane, an ecentric millionaire OF 70 years,
was arrested at Brooklyn on the charge
of libelling Redilia Brisbane, wife OF his
brother. It appears that the family was
left large amount of property ana the
brothers have been in litigation over IL ior
the past forty years. Several suits "a, are
still pending in the different courts. ing
accused wrote Mrs. Brisbahe letter IN
which he alleged that shs was not mar
ried to his brother and charged pigahy.
She has begun suit for $50, 900 damages
against him in this city To-Day the ne.
cuscd gave bail to await me ncuoh oi
the Grand Jury on the chage'
WIN. II. OF to England.
New YORK, May 5.-Wm. H. Van
derbit sailed for Europe to-day. lie in
tends TO make only short stay III Eng
lond on this visit aid wiz return 70 New
Yorl noain in iour weeks. lie VIII,
however spend The summer and part oil
tbe fo,J in Enr,po with several members
of his family
tsiied- Expelled
~, J.--Thc firm OF
New o,S. ,ohK. MO, fruit merchants,
Is ass;oSaad; preference creditors,
I Sl33,oO0.
Tie governing committee Of the Coffee
Exchange has expelled Gushf A. Reck-
pagel, Vice President of tie Exchange,
for violating the rules and failing to an.
swer the summons of complaint COM
mittee. Recknagel failed to meet his
obligations and his h.okers, William
Scott & Sons, sued hin for S32, 900.
The sunday Inv Repeated.
ALBANY, May 5,-Giovenor Cleveland
has signed Campbel's penal code amend
ments. which practically repeal what
are known as the Sunday "blue laws"
which have been Sc obnoxious to n large
class of citizens in New York and Brook
lyn.
New York Items.
New YORK. MAY 5.-The counsel for
the Trustees of the Brooklyn bridge and
the corporation counsel of New York
and Brooklyn agree mat the bridge can
not be made free forany kind of travel.
| A statue of Peter Cooper will be
erected by popular subscription in the
little public square just south of the
Cooper Union.
Pho Yr,unt., ,,Aafo1 1al ,a;Ja1
yesterday, are again in operation.
Actions have b'en begun against he
managers for recovering the penalties.
The Postmaster General has asked for
further instructions.
Fatal Mihe Accident.
KALAM WOO, Mich, May ga spe-
cial from lshpen'ing, Lake Superior
iron region, ssays Two men We're killed
at the Champion mhe last night. They
We're knocked from the skip into the
shaft by falling ice md dashed to pieces
at the bottom of thepit The foreman
at she Mitchell min, was buried by the
ruin last night. 1t will take at least
several days to recover them. All three
leave large families dependent upon
them for support.
The Wasson Robbery After the
Thieves-A False Report,
ST. LOWS, May 5. "A dispatch from
Fort Worth says: Major Wasson, the
paymaster who was robbed in Texas
Pacific train few nights ago, is here
aiding the detectives ii ferreting out the
robbers Wasson's yalise was found
h.. ,,.Iu.al t,aal 4
rifled of its contents. Two tramps wera
arrested at Clebourne, having in their
possession over 5000 il gold notes of
large denomination, which is regarded
as good clue Another man has been
arrested at Albany, who is believed to
be one of the robbers. 1t is considered
almost certain that WATSON was follow
cd by crooks" from Galveston, who
knew he had money,
A dispatch from Santa Fe says the
recently reported attack by Indians on a
pack train, near San Augustine, is un-
true, and the killing of cattle at Alamos
Springs was done by smugglers, not In
dians. The cavalry sent by Col. For
sythe report no Indians in that whole
region OF country.
FOur More of the Victims Die.
PORTSMOUTH, May 5.--Four of the
persons injured at the powder explosion
died this morning, making the number
of fatalities six.
Rolling Mills shut Down.
READING, Pa, May 5.-The Philadel-
phia and Reading Rolling Mills shut
down to-day for one week, on account of
the depression in trade and lack of or
ders. The pHddlers in the Reading iron
works, who had asked an advance in
wages from SO, so to 1915 per ton and
were refused, now offer 10 return to
work at the old rates if paid semi
monthly The company holds the mat
ter under advisement.
Fight with Apaches.
New ORLEANS, May 5.-The Times
Democrats Hermosillo, Mexico, special,
says There was an engagement Y, ster-
day at Suquach Canon, 1863 miles south
east of here, between Apaches aud fede-
raj troops. The Indians were defeated
with the loss of twelve killed and many
wounded. The troops lost three killed
and five wounded. The fight lasted one
hour and forty minutes.
Uncle Tom Dead.
DRESDEN, Ont, May 5.-Rev. Josiah
Henson, Mrs. Stoves uncle Tom, died
to-day, aged "a.
Nashville Races.
NASHVILLE, TENN, May 5.-In the
first race, five-eights of mile, Granite,
General Harding, Manager, Ten full, Bob
Miles, Jennie NJ. and Eulogy started,
Granite, the favorite, got off first and was
never headed, winning by a length, Man.
agcr second, Harding thirdy time, LOG.
Tie second race, mile and a
quarter, was won by Sover-
eign Pat, by length, Littleford second,
Broeade third; time 2:l44. The third
race, mile and quarter, Saunterer won
by three lengths, Wallenze second, Ath-
lone third; time 2;l3. The fourth race,
one mile, Carson won by half length,
Alex Ament second, Pope Leo third.
Time ;46a.
Fatal Fire.
BRApsFoRp, Pa, May 5.-Six build.
ings in the business part OF PNrport were
burned this morning. Geo 0'Neil,
sleeping in a saloon where the fire start
ed, was fatally burned and died this
morning