Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-04-11
News and Other Notes.

Elder Cannon told the Mormon Con-
ference at Salt Lake, that he had heard
more good sense in the meetings of the
Saints than in tina halls Of Congress.
The City Council of Portland, Or
egon, has passed an ordinance fixing the
iiouor license at $500 yearly, and re-
ouires bonds OF IS, 900 from outside par
ties to keep an orderly place.
A Wall-street paper says: Important
developments are likely to be made soon
in connection with the Pacific Mail. 1t
is limited that material change will
take place in the affairs of the company.
Tho military taxes levied by Chile on
Peru amount to nearly 5000, 900 per
annum, 1t is estimated that Chile, by
the end of 1888, will have surplus
from this revenue OF about $50, 900, 900
over the expenses Of the war.
Business firms in New York engaged
IN the South American trade doubt the
story of the fire at Iquique, Peru, and
say that no such heavy loss as $4,000.
900 could have occurred, as $50, 00O
would duplicate the whole town.
Col. McComas passed up the road this
morning with the remains of Judge II
G. McComas and wife, who were muir.
dered last week near Silver City by the
Apaches They will be buried at Fort
Scott Kansas. = Albuquerque Repiew,
April 9th.
The resistance Of the Danes in Schles-
wig-Holstein 10 the demands Of Prussia
that they serve In the army, is strong
as ever. Thirty Of them have Just been
been expelled from the country for re-
fusing to inscribe their names for such
service.
Dawson, Lord Mayor Of Dublin, Is
forming a national committee to raise O
fund to present to Parnell. The com.
mittee is composed of bishops, priests,
members OF parliament, mayors and
other officials. The fund has now
reached $500.
Several OF our contemporaries have
referred lately TO the fact that Governor
stoneman dresses very plainly, and does
not put on much style because he is Gov
ernor of the State. They might also have
remarked, but neglected to do so, that
he is man of brains and backbone -
Ihio Democrat.
California will have in theForty eighth
Congress, from March 4, 1883, to March
4, 1885, the following Representatives;
w. s. Rosecrans, James II. Budd,
Barclay Henley, Pleasant b. Tully, Chas
A. Sumner, and John X. Glascock, all
Democrats. In the Senate we have
james L. Farley, Democrat, whose term
will expire March a, 1888, and J ohm Il.
Miller, Republican, who will serve until
March 4, 1887.
DR.. McCosh, who is the most remark
able survival of Scotch theology of the
present age, is always in trouble with
the students at Princeton College, of
which he Is president. He has now ex-
PEELED number Of them for giving a
wine supper to guest from Harvard. 1t
is understood that at Harvard the boys
can get bowling drunk and never be
called to account, unless it be by the
police.
Charles Gounod has sent to the French
Choral Society, L'Esperance, of New
York, n new oantata entitled "La Statue
De Ia 'Berte," composed for male voices,
accompanied by military band. 1t is
shiu W DC very enectiNe anu OF tne same
class ms the famous Soldiers March in
Faust" Concerts will be given ex-
clusively by French artists for the bene-
tit of the pedestal fund for the Bartholdi
statue of Liberty.
Many people envy General Grant, but
il they, like him, had TO eat a big dinner
with every distinguished foreigner, from
Lord Lorne to the ambassador from
Burimpoolaghoola, they would not think
his position in life bed of roses. How
ever, for an old man, Grant seems to
stand up pretty well under this inflc-
ton. The next Congress ought to create
the office of Diner with Distinguished
Foreigners and elect Grant to the posi-
TONY. y. Post.