Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-04-06
Items of Interest.

The stockton independeHt has donu'd
n new dress.
A safe in the book tjro Of o. ". Close,
Stockton, was r He'd Of $50 Friday night.
King Humbert will probably appoint
Signor A. Depretes to form new cab
met
Peter Edward, of Preston Hollow. AL
bany county, has been urresied for wife
murder.
William Cooper aud DAVID Cook, two
pioneers Of Sonoma county, died on Mon
day night.
A mass meeting Of all the corporations
Of Cuba, to consider necessary reforms,
is to be held.
The British Columbia Government has
arranged for the exploration of Queen
Charlotte island.
Fred Bdrchurd, who figured ptomi.
nently in the Hill-Sharon SUIT. has taken
up his residence in Victoria. Is. G.
An immense California lion was killed
near Hollster last week. The brute
measured six feet eight inches in length
W. II. Allen left Truckee three weeks
ago to visit Stockton. Nothing has siuce
been heard from him and foul play is
suspected.
A pigeon.shootng match is being ar
ranged to take place at St Helena, Cal. 4,
on the 26th inst. The prize is to be a
$500 mule.
II. A. Williams, boler-maker and ma
chinist of Portland, made nn assignment
yesterday. His liabilities are $4,000 and
assets $1,000.
The Sheriff Of Butte county made
$4,000 last year. His salary Is 5000
and his fees in criminal cases amounted
to $4,000 additional.
The North German Lloyd Company is
preparing to run regular line of steam
ships from Vera Cruz to meet the increas-
ing German shipments.
A revolutionary printing Office has
been discovered at kielf, Russia. Seven
persons were arrested on charges Of being
connected with the office.
President Billings of the Northern
Pacific Railroad has given $1,000 to the
endowment fund of the Whitman Coll
eye, to be built at Walla Walla W.T..
A company has been organized under
the auspices of Poriirlo Daz to construct
railway from Oaxaca to connect with
the Mexican Railway, II distance of fifty
miles.
a letter from Asia Minor states that
authorized agents OF the Turkish Govern
ment are attempting to close the Protest
ant schools conducted by American mis-
sionaries.
Cpur d'Alene miners. assembled in
mass meeting at Eagle City, Idaho, have
resolved to exclude from that mining sec
tion all Cinnamon who may try to dig or
wash for gold, and to hang them should
they be rash enough to attempt it.
Joseph Hurtado, the condemned muir
derer in the sacramento Jail, is rapidly
failing in health and last week he was
confined to his bed. Since his imprson-
ment he has been reduced to mere
skeleton. He tries to appear cheerful,
but does not expect to escape the scat
fold.
A contagious disease is spreading
among the horses in Oregon, and es-
pecially in Clackamas and Yamhill coun
ties. Large numbers of valuable horses
have already died, and farmers are Sc.
riously troubled. The symptoms Of the
disease resemble the blind staggers and
inevitably result in death.
The complaints against Captain Still
well of the Salvation Army and Rev.
George Newton and five other members
of the Holiness Band were dismissed at
San Jose yesterday, on account of a Gle
rical error, "lSS3' having been written
in the complaints instead Of ''lSS4." A
new complaint will be filed.