Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-12-23
Items of Interest

A young man in Oglethorpe, oa.,
stole his wife's bed and eloped with his
sister-in-law.
A plot Of ground in Harlem, N. Y,
10 inches wide by 100 feet deep was
sold recently for 5000.
The authorities of the Canton Of Va
lais Ia Switzerland, have decided to in
troduce the death penalty as punishment
for the crime Of murder.
Archer, the English jockey, has
scored best ON record in the matter OF
winning mounts, his total for the year
being 252, with 399 losses.
The Governor of Aguascalientes, Mex
leo, proposes TO establish night schoo
in connection with the city prison and
improve the morals Of the prisoners.
Dan johnson, colored, Of Sherman,
Tex, has received $3.50 damages from
the Texas and Pacific railroad fors re.
fusing his wife admission to the ladies'
car.
The seasons navigation on the great
lakes shows disastrous results. One
hundred craft of all descriptions have
proved total losses, involving a loss of
nearly 200 lives and So, 100000.
The merchants of Cuernavaca, Mexico,
have notified their customers that they
will receive the nickel money in sums
not larger than 81, and that after Janu.
ary |, 1884, they will not receive itat all.
Two New Workers, who are now in
Jacksonville, Fla, claim to have dis
covered chemical process that will pre-.
serve oranges and other fruits for twelve
months without impairing the quality OF
flavor.
II is noted as singular fact that q
well-known shipbuildipg firm near Bre.
men is constructing an S00ton steamer
for On English shipowner. This is com
petition in an unexpected quarter foi
the English shipbuilders.
A Dundee dairyman was recently con
yicted of selling milk which had stood
in the room in which a child was i'll with
scarlet fever. The milk absorbed the
poison, and seventeen persons wero in
fectod with the disease, four OF whom
died.
The Roquette gold medal awarded tC
Lieut.. Schwatka by the Geographical
Society Of Paris, has been forwarded tc
him ut Vancouver. Ii is q companion tt
those awarded by the game society tl
Kane, Hayes and Hall for their explo
rations.
Colored linen is to be Ia mode this
season both in household and persona
use. Pale blue or pink sheets, borderet
with deep frills of white lace, and pillow
cases TO match, with an immense white
monogram in the center, are to be the
fashion.
1t is proposed by the Mexican Fedora
Congress to make the new nickel eoini
legal tender in sums up to 81. Mer
chants will be protected from an undue
influx of the coin by being permitted tc
that kind of coin.
Under the title of "La Patrie," forty
gymnastic societies of the Department
of the Seine have formed themselves int
one gigantic gymnasium. AT the iirs
meeting Of "La Patrie" 1900 gymnasti
simultaneously went through difficult
exercises with military precision and
stage dexterity.
In order to test the new bridge oyel
the Danube, nine engines, fully fitted up
and corresponding number of lader
wagons and trucks will be used. The
footway on the left side will be tested by
putting sand all along the length of the
bridge. The depression of the bridge
will be measured by fixed leveling IN
struments.
Tho French Government, with a view
to the revival of the somewhat languish-
ing industry of coral fishing on the AL
gerian coast, has published decree con-
tanning certain prohibitions and regula-
tions, forbidding in future the nse Of
machinery made OF iron or other metal,
as being destructive of the reefs, and
preventing their reproduction.