Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-04-17
Items OF Interest.

Gen. Bidwell will run the Chico can.
merry this season.
At Gold Hill, New, $40 children at
tend the public schools.
A German immigration bureau is to
bs established at Seattle, w. I.
A large school house near Laeonner,
w. r., was destroyed by fire last week.
She salmon fishing fleet in the lower
Columbia river this year will not exceed
1000 boats.
Want Of funds will necessitate the
closing Of the Chico public schools after
the oath inst.
Four box cars and eaboose were
ditched at Merced on Wednesday by a
switch being displaced.
The Nevada Live Stock Association
have begun the work OF huntingtlown
and prosecuting horse and cattle thieves.
A Touring mill, together with large
quantity Of -four, wheat and barley,
was burned near Union, Or, few days
ago.
It is reported that there will be no
fair held Of Chico this year, ON account
vi tuo pOoI encouragement B''~A sAiN ~
hibition last year.
James Twaddel was fatally wounded
at his home, near Lebanon, Or, on
Wednesday. by the accidental discharge
Of q rife which he was cleaning.
There are fifty.two insane persons
from Arizona in DR.. Clark's establish
rnent in Stockton. For the quarter end.
ing March 3lst the expenses Of their
maintainance was $3955 55.
w. w. Paddock, a defaulting witness
in the recent cases against the boy train
wrecksrs at Stockton, has baen taken
back there to answer charge Of obtain.
ing $500 by false pretenses.
A San Diego man recently treated a
party OF friends to an ostrich egg supper
The eggs were cooked on the same prin'
ciple as chickens eggs and were pro
nounced to be very superior a1d delicate
in flavor.
1t is reported that many Of the fields
of grain along the line of the California
and Oregon Railroad, north Of Marys'
vile, are showing too much stalk. On
some ranches the stalk stands five feet
high, with no indications of heading out
The power developed by the explosion
of o ton of dynamite is equal to 45. .67t
tons raised one foot, or 1855 foot-tons
One ton Of nitro -glycerine similarly ey.
ploded will exert power Of 65, 452 foot.
tons, and one ton of blasting gelatint
similarly exploded, 7l,050 foot tons.
A heavy hailstorm visited Cotton las
Wednesday afternoon about 2 o'clock
followed by o heavy rain. The hail
stones were 80 large and came dowr
with such force that horses had to bt
put under shelter. Tho stroets were
perfect pools of water and the stage
could not drive up to the depot platform
A private letter received at Sacramen
to states that the body of Edward B.
Selkirk, who recently disappeared from
his home in Placervlle, has been found
in pond with rope around his neck
and bullet-hole in his head. The gen.
eral impression is that the young man
was the victim Of foul play. The de-
ceased was u son of W. A. SelEirk of the
Placerville Democrat.
Miss Anderson is to act for five week,
more at the London Lyceum. She then
goes to Rome, where she will pass three
weeks. After that she will return tc
England and make tour of six of the
largest cities, giving one week to each
Her re.appearance in London in thf
autumn will probably be arranged ant
she will thon be seen in Romeo ant
Juliet" She will be managed by Mr.
Abbey and will be supported by Mr.
Terriss, ut present of Irving's company