Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-09-18
DAY DISPATCHES.
The Dark Cholera Cloud Fast
Breaking Away.
A NEW xoRK GIRL ELorns
prov,asnce Preserves Hendricks
for the vice-Presidency-A
Tramp shoots a Mayor
The Chinese Defeated
In n Battle.
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TSpecialtothe Herald BY A Associated Press.
NArtEs, Supt. 1.-THE cholera cpl.
demic continues to abate. There Is
marked decrease in the number Of fresh
cases and deaths. treat quantities Of
sulphur are still burnt with view to
purifying the atmosphere. Considerable
apprehension is felt lest the epidemic
may gain renewed force from excesses
which are likely to attend the feast of
ssSan Gennarro" on the 18th instant.
The poet Cavalotti has arrived here with
four squadrons Of men from Milan and
Tuscany, mostly Garibaldians, to assist
in caring for the sick. The police dis
perse religious professions. in the efficacy
OF which the lower classes devoutly be-
lieve;butshrines are still placed in various
parts of the town, and are frequented
by crowds of supplicants. Outbreaks
and violence ON the part of the ignorant
rabble still occur. At Giffoni mob
opened the Lazaretto and liberated the
people who were there for treatment,
and threw the beds into the street. The
Gordon about Spezzia has been relaxed.
Persons are now allowed to leave by sea
after quarantine Of fortnight.
MARsRrLLEs, Sept. l7.-Reports from
sixteen towns in the South Of France
make total Of thirty deaths from chol-
ora during the past twenty-four hours.
Won Can't Hurt = Good Man.
PEORIA, Ill, Sept. ia train on the
Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western
Railroad, conveying Gov. Hendricks to
this city, was thrown from the track near
Farmer City this morning. Gov. Hen
bricks escaped, but number Of passen-
gsrs were more or less injured, four se-
riously.
A lafllionaire's Daughter Elopes
with . Butcher.
NEW YoKK, Sept. l7.-Miss Rosina
Sick les, nineteen years old, daughter
Of millionaire George d. Sickles, and
nisoe Of the famous General Daniel E
Sickles, has eloped with George Mead, q
butcher. Miss Sickles had known Mead
but short time, and met him only twice
before the elopement. The lady returned
home shortly after the marriage occurred,
where she has since been. Mead has
had an interview with her parents, and
II h believed reconciliation will be Of
fected.
A Tramp sheets mayor.
DnrRorr, Mich, Sept. l7.-Mayor
Samuel Robinson, Of Charlotte, was shot
by tramp last night at his home and Is
now in critical condition. The tramp
was caught Ut the window late at night
and ordered away, whereupon he fred
twice. one ball gong through the breast.
The man was arrested and gave the
name Of John Morris, Of Detroit. There
b great excitement with threats Of
lynching.
Destitute Miners.
ATHENS, Ohio, Sept. 1.-The evicted
and idle miners sre said to be commit
ting depredstions upon the small stock
Of farmers in their vicinity owing to des-
titution. The farmers are afraid to take
legal measures to prevent 1t.
steamer Passsneers - Los An
SAN FRAscIsco, Sept. 1.-THE fol- |
lowing passengers departed on the
Eureka for Los Angeles to-day: Fl q
Adler, H Irvine, J r Hayler, Z Water
man. w 3 Webster, J Murray, w F
Wise, wife and three children, Stohl,
J W Robinson, wife and four children,
w A Sadder. J Luddipgton, F Luce and |
wife. Ony 8 Cruise, V Cert, v Wasser-
man, A Wasssrman.
rhs Dankers' asd Merehants' Tel |
egrsph Company.
New YoRk, Sept, II Mr.. Sully. one
Of the general officers Of the Bankers
and Merchants' Telegraph Company,
says that for the protection OF oil con-
csrned the property should be placed in
the hands Of receiver, and application
will be made in few days. He further
ststes that within thirty days the plan
for reorganization will be devised, and
that will again put the property on
good basis.
A new Party.
Bosros, Sept. 1.-The American Po.
litical Alliance has nominated w. L.
Ellsworth, Of Pennsylvania. and Charles
d. waterman, Of New York, for Presi
dent and Vice. President Of the United
States.
Karninss or the Northern Pacific.
Nrw YoRK, Sept. 1.-THE earnings
Of the Northern Pacific show an increase
Of ~. 900 over the same week last year.
Gernasy After Mers Land.
BBaL1s, Sept. l7.-It is rumored that
the German Colonization Society is about
to send an expedition to make extensive
acouisitions OF land in West Africa.