Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1883-02-09
News and Other Notes.

The Chief Of Police Of st. Petersburg
has been arrested for black mail under
the guise OF Nihilist.
Many grape.growers in Napa smoked
their vines during the cold spell, to pro.
tect them from frost.
The Lord Lieutenant of ireland has
appointed the It'll Of March for holding
sessions to hear appeals under the Crime
act
The State Senate is about equally di-
yided as to the wisdom Of Del Wales
resolutionmemorializing Congress against
the Southern Pacific consolidation bill.
Gladstone has received threatening
letter announcing that arrangements
have been made to murder him II he re-
turns to London. No importance is at
tach cd to the threat.
Indians are reported to be depredat-
ing in New Mexico. The ella valley Is
again alarmed, and settlers are fearful
OF the repetition of the occurrences of
last April.
In Portland, Oregon, during the past
yeur, the real estate sales aggregated 80. :
go, 600 and the number Of deeds record
ed exceeded $1,000. The growth of the
city in the past year has been remnrka.
BILE.
Ex-senator Thurman denies the re.
port that he declared the Pendleton bill
to be humbug. He says he simply
said the republican endorsement Of the
bill, both in Ohio and elsewhere, was a
fraud
Every year an increasing number OF
congressman find that their election does
not entitle them TO recognition in that
circle of society which is constantly be-
coming ''less Congressional" and ''more
aristocratic' in Washington.
According to official returns Just out,
the British army is composed Of l24 ,434
Englshmen, 1928 Scotchmen, and
36'945 Irishmen. 1t IL estimated that
eighty per cent Of the sailors in the navy
nre Englishmen.
The Mexican papers are protesting
against the Chinese invasion of North
western Mexico, especially chihuahua,
where they build and run hotels, build
and run factories and run the natives
out Of all business they go into.
In the empaneling Of jurors at Salt
Lake Tuesday, Chief Justice Hunter
ruled that the United States District At
torney had no right to question jurors as
to whether they were polygamists or
not, as has been the custom heretofore.
During 1882, 4, 100 lives were lost by
wrecks, and in the five years since 1873,
inclusive 20,763 human beings persisted
at sea. Wood has been superseded by
iron for ship-building, and now steel is
replacing iron; but our ships arc Just
about ms liable to disaster as ever, and
the dangers of ocean travel have not
been decreased, while travel on land has
been growing safer.
A letter is printed written by Pres
dent Andrew Jackson, January 18th,
1887, in which he said: 81 with pleas
ure comply with your request and en-
close you my autograph, and inform you
that ] was born in Warsaw, 5. G., on
the 10th of March, 1867" The letter
has been called out now by Governor
Buffers assertion that Jackson was born
in Ireland Some of the books say he
was born in North Carolina.
A group of Prussian officers We're one
evening engaged in ridiculing Gambetta,
when Count Won Moltke quietly re.
marked eyes, gentlemen; that is all
very well; but remember that after Net
and Sedan, when we thought the wal
was over, those improvised armies held
their own against us for Eve months. Il
took us month to beat the great disci
plined armies, but five months TO beat
Gambetta's raw recruits. His ieeee en-
masse so astonished us soldiers
ever you scoifers and carpet-lnights may
think-that we shall have to study this
question during many long years oil
Y,eace