Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-01-05
miscellaneous Notes.

Elizabeth Lambert, Of Cambridge bed.
ridden for Year,, claims to lave bcen
perfectly healod by prayer.
The California Southern Railroad
Company having failed to pay their tar.
es, amounting to 5000, which Is now de
linquent, they viii be Obliged to pay
s4O0 moro in consequence. San Diego
Sun.
Nothing has resulted from recent In
vestigations at Dublin Castle, and the
police arc apparently as far as ever from
the track OF the murderers. Westgate
who was brought back from Jamaica ut
no little expense, is simply half-insane
imposter.
The questions used in the examin-
ations for teachers in the public schools
of Indiana have been so generally stolen
by persons who sold them 10 the COM
potitors, that the State Superintendent
has asked the Legislature to make the
fraud criminal offence.
The medical purveyors Of tho United
States army at st. Louis make tho start.
ling statement that the accumulation of
worthless medicines disposed OF from
time to time by the government arc
bought up by dealers and resold again
to tho trade in outlying towns.
The Japanese orange seems to bo com.
ing into favor In many parts OF Califor-
mia, particularly tho middle counties.
The Marysville Appeal reports the
fruit as growing in that vicinity to fif.
teen inches In circumference, and that
It's fragrance Is fine and Its quality ex-
cellent.
John Dillon has issued an address 10
the electors Of Tipperary, announcing
that In Difference to the wishes Of bis
friends he has agreed to postpone his
| resignation as o member of Parliament
until the first week Of the session, con.
sequently there will be vacancy about
| February.
A shower Of mud fell In and near
Fresno Monday afternoon, covering
everything with a light coating Of gray,
sandy mud. A sand storm at Bakersfield
continued from Sunday night until Mon
day morning. The railroad track was
obstructed and the air so thick that II
was impossible to see more than thirty
| feet ahead.
A colored preacher at Barnesyille. Ga. /,
reproved sister OF the church for wear
ing silk dress when her husband could
not pay his dobts, and she stood up and
told the minister TINT he borrowed all
his tea, sugar and butter and never paid
anything back. Then those who didn't
care to be hit on the head by flying
hymn-book got up and went ont.
During 1882 about 10, 900 tons Of coal
| were mined back Of Seattle, Of which
l7l,l7 tons were shipped to San Fran
cisco and Portland and the remainder
consumed at home, The output was
about 10000 tons greater than the year
before, the shipments being 10000 tons
greater. During the pas. twelve years
,O27 900 tons Of coal have been shipped
from that port.
In each of nearly three dozen samples
of "bitters" sold as medicines for disease,
tho State Assayer Of Rhode Island dis
covered that they contained from seven
to forty.three per cent. of alcohol-more
than most beer, almost as much as
whisky and heavy wines. Many people
who conscientiously abstain from drink
ing wine or beer are consumers of "bit
| tiers.
Congressman Robinson OF Massachuss
etts says that it would be money in
Uncle Sans pocket to send the entire
Senate and House of Representatives
down the Mississippi River and let then
see for themselves the magnitude of the
work that must be confined and con
trolled. The inference is that the job Is
too big one even for this opulent Gov
ernment.
An idea may be formed of the value
Of blooded stock in Australia from the
fact that at q two day sale Of shorthorns
by c. B. Fisher, at his station in Victo'
ria, Sl57, 500 was realized, One i'm
ported bull of the famous Duchess strain
sold for 1000 guineas 1921 ,000l, to Sam
uel Gardiner, of Bundoora Park, another
Victorian colonist. MIR. Gardiner also
bought n COW at SO, 1877. 90 These prices
show tho estimation in which shorthorn
stock Is held in the Australian colonies
The burning of the Panamint mill OF
the evening of December 10Th was {
serious disaster to this section. Tht
mill had Just completed most success
full run of about six weeks, the result OF
which had been estimated at nearly $50,
900, all denoting the prosperity of the
camp. when fortune, turning at its Hood
tide, destroys the mill ana for time
checks the progress of company who
were aiding much towards the prosper
ity of Inyo. However, as one camp
meets with reverse, others are coming
forward to sustain the business of the
county. fnyo Independent.