Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-04-12
Items of Interest.

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ir1 There arc thirty.nine English tailors
in Paris.
Iowa Republ icans talk Of Justice NJ |
1'r. Ter as OZARK horse at Chicago
II said Is that a movement is on foot
70 place Fremont on the army retired list.
Dispatches from Cairo represent Gen
III srai Gordon's position as being desperate.
c. q. Warren and John c. Gray arc
candidates for Superior Judge OF Butte
county.
m Ths invsstlgation in the loss of the
"1S Jeannette was reopened in Washington
Saturday
II IL said that the Psnnsy ylvania Dem
ocratic delegation will be unit for Ran.
,'-io1 dall's nomination at Chicago. IL
Mrs. James, of ,Brockton, Mass, now
thirty nine, was married when she was
tvs fifteen, and hos had twenty seven chill
b al.s drsn. th4rs 1ett 8 'rl.ff"
II is reported that the cotton swiudler
,'5gt Cammaek, who was recaptured ut Quay
mas. Mexico, few days ago. has again
~ escaped. -rNRF vgrrrf.r
2 iOO The revenue Of the Dominion of Can.
~ ,- ada for the nine months ending March
e u 3lst was S23, 455.220; Expenditures
s20,69l,772.
A movement is on foot to try toreform
the school politics of San Jose by noni-
ia iugting and elscting women to the Board
OF Trustees.iu
-s----s Gladstone Is sufrel ing not only frcm
~ fhronchial difficulty, but also from scint-
ica His family strongly urge him to
accept q peerage without delay.
Senator Sherman is thus quoted by n
correspondent of the Boston Herald
II am in no sense candidate and would
mot mako an effort for the nomination. y
Professor Ball, the Astronomer Royal
foe Ireland, in an address on comets,
nE III considered that the metsoroids seen as
gill shootins stare in 1899 were actually the
remains Of the tails of comets.
The late Professor Jevons, in a trea-
ties ON the coal supply of Great Britain,
assigned to the year 1883 al output, on
the principle Of estimation he adopted,
ofl78, 100000 tons. The actual number
81 of tons Of coal mines was 1863, 100000.
~ ss Heretofore the Republicans Of Lake
county have placed no regular tickets IN
the field, but this year there is some talk
Of the Republicans organizing and NOM
mating . full ticket for the different
county officers. This would put stop
- to the numerous independent candidates.
-.4e. There is a vacant West Point cadet
~ ship to be filled from the Second Con-
gressional District, of which Alameda
county is part. Congressman Budd has
appointed Board of Examiners, who
will examine candidates in Stockton on
April 20th or in live days thereafter, as
the Board may direct.
NM. Houles and De Pietra Santa
- have communicated paper to the Acad.
(. cmy of Sciences, Paris, stating that they
ssi ,, have been unable to discover any inuri-
=. GUS effect produced by copper on the
= health of the persons engaged in working
T. 1t. and advancing the belief that colique
= 'is decnivre does not exist
Professor Chowlson of st. Petersburg
r, reports the invention of an electric
! watch, which derives it's motion from
p very small battery. 1t is said to keep
very good time. No details are given
regarding the construction and arrange
nent of its several parts, but the mech
Anism must be very simple it, rs 1t is
- stated, the watch has only two wheels.
Farmers in Livermore Valley have
found that it pays to ship hay to the
Southern Territories, and even as far
80 east as Ell Paso, when it is properly
baled, and an unusually large proportion
Of this years crop will be cut tor hay
especially, as owing to the dry weather
in the carly part OF the season. there is q
great deal of volunteer in that section.
The late sown grain is looking splen.
aa-- didly, although on the low lands some
damage from overflow and sediment is
q. reported