Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-12-25
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
The Account Of a Sad
Christmas.
GENERAL sHERMAN,s ADDRESS
Texas Cowboys Take Train.
State Treasurer January
Fails to File o Bond.

lspenaf 70 fhs Herald be assoctafed Pressl
wAsHlTaros, Dec 2i.-rhe National Rs
publican win print tomorrow extracts from
the diary Of Lieut. lockwood. OF the Greedy
Arctic colony. describing the manner IN
which the starving party spent last Christ
mas at Cape Sabine In the Arctic region
Lieut. Lockwood kept diary 10 shorrhaad.
which has been transcribed by member Of
his family. aud he appears 20 have made a
full record OF everything OF importance
which happened IN he daily life Of the par
". The extracts which the Hfptfbifcna will
print relate how. as Christmas drew near,
the officefs end men joined ia talk Of home
and planned grand feasts for the time when
they should reach the civilized world and
how they made Preparations for = feast on
the Approaching Christmas BY setting apart
smsi1 portions OF their dailJ fatiols on
Deccmb Der 21st Lockwood writes "Ry gTeat
effort was able 70 save one ounce ofmy
ch1stmas. I shall make vigorous eff0ft 70
abstain from eating II before them fie adds
thai he pat u Ia charge Of btbderbeek Us ap
additional saiegnafd. on Decembrr I'D he
wrote; I'VE look iosward 10 iosinofrow and
offered 70 give any one roast turkey on
reaching hpiae for a single dough biscaif
nov. bn! found no takers" He says on the
next day. ~ sayed nearly all my hard bread
for ChriAtlnas tbungh need Il sofulg y and
he made Tremendous effort aud went with
out his rum 10 order to have Il for chriktrnas
10 add to the punch.
on ChriBtmas evening he added to bis
scantg savings for tDe next days iesst half
his bread aud mis- pigee Of lemon and he
wrote ~ his bcpk. t'roniaht Is Christians
eve. and my thoughts arc turned towsFds
honie. God preserve me 70 see this dayrnxt
year and enjoy II az home with those love.
1'o,u8uou Il 10 be pretty mnch a repetition
Of THankseivfng Dag. have saved M nay
rnm aud bread I thinE Of the children al
hoiae the chrIstmas tree tonight and the
toyS, etc. But my fingers are too cold 70
write more. ! picture 10 myself my doar
iHthor and mother siaier5nnd brother Harry
MY niece and brothers in-fsw all sitting
aron1i the table b morrow. Turkey and
Thoughts are turned tewards ne aud where
am at this Tine"
The entry ior Chflmmas day Is a. follows:
DEr. -. b barometer n .93. Thermometer 275
waIiInx anxiousiy for the bourrsnd nea Il
4 nsic. and now p u nearly gone;
carrot With little bliihDer aud some spoon
fuils o{ potatoes This we had at six O'Clock.
each mess; Al plt p n she iorz Looked Tor
event Of, the day uccufred Dinner consisted
Of 4 0ne rich stew of seai meat. peas. onions
li!tls blabes5 potatoes aud bread
hour Qr 90 ine nice stew With rsisins and
little 5lubber aud milk Theg were
pretty much the same as Thanksgiving
but ~ cooks made a great deal on that day,
now pf4pertng sope fne chocolate and thai
viii he followed by A punch ot one gin 0f
rum 10 oach man. The party have been 10
nns tpirits 70 day. Cheers were given eiieF
breakfast for Lieut.. 0fesiey, Corporal Eili
son. Eice aud the two cooks. II was agreed
that we should give each OF the two Esquf
maui tft3 cents from each meIober Of the
expedition, 10 be kept tor next Christsoss.
aa @Ts " ,bs sns s,s srSe ~. e ats To-
OF Us are Out of tobecqc nhursly@
On the dzy effer Christians be writes as
follows Yesterday has passed, Dnt ind
my note, O sss,sraay ss YfSisc Il, h Ths
or nearly enough. had eight ounces
one ounce OF butter besides the run II snn
dsy before. Il wns agreed early p The
the pleasures o. ths day Many kiaily
fhpuxbte were expressed Tor thosn al home
And obi how ofiea We spoke of what was
going on At our several homes, After dinner
We had songs fn all languages including
French and 6erianD. Danish aud spanish
The punch was extremely ane. Chocolate
was served kbout seven o'clock. and BY this
time most Of Us were TOO foil for nttetance,
And with songs the day ended,
Today we have all been feeling extremely
well. Al dsg nice and xarm aud oomiuf.
table 10 the extremts 9cHe Of ps ale 100
much yestefds{. br. only 80 much as 70 feel
iitlls uncou {ptlabie ~ times. buf We all
slept we'll. All our talk this nf0fnlng wae oi
home aud our faIniiies.
Ihave orsentied Feaeral Invitation 70 ell
mamberx of the fxredilion 10 visit NY
fathers house. tsp0ke this morning Of the
re unions Of my family and how enjoyable
they are Ny remarks about my father
brought tears the drss time ! have she'd
tears In this country.