Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-01-01
,blished every morning. except Merdsy.
JOSEPH D. LYNCH.
WEEKLY HERALD.
LATE TELEGRAMS.
ESPECIAL TO THE HERALb.l

SPECIAL TO THE HERALb.l
!. Passengers iseuth aad East.
FRESNO, Dec. 3O.--The following is
list Of south bound passengers passing
here to-day:
j d Hines. G J Gilmore. D c sc,tt,
Ventura; Il l. Mayberry, San Gabriel; X
Ziele, + Labuchs, A Z Blake, E H Lam
bert, Il NJ Hastings, Miss Emma Dubois,
Geo Or,nsby, II i Ormsby. W A Lewis,
Mas X Monarch, San Francisco; q l
Griffith, A II Miller. Los Angeles; G w
Knox and wife, Dixon, Cal; Mrs M L
Hamilton, j NJ Wilson, Oakland; G N
Wilson, Denver; Mrs Il Il Marves and
three children, Mrs Ed Smith, Ohio; p
Clement and wife, Tucson; J M Colby,
John Lent, Benson; Chris Clark. Ply
mouth; M w Harder, Arizona; BENZ Egg
pleston. Bodie. Cal; Peter Robinson and
wife, Eureka, Cal; Mrs Watt. HGllisttr.
Passengers Coming.
SAN FRANoIsco, Dec. 3l.-The follow
ing passengers left for Los Angeles per
steamer Orizaba: Mrs Dugan, G Dartois,
JF Heating and wife, Miss Laura +
Shaw, G X Adams, A B Peterson, y w
Marvin, s X Daugherty, X Davir, G
Martin, Thos Clune, Mrs @ P Buckley.
Mrs B sullivan, F w McFall, M Man
crof, D 8 Cunningham.
The Roman Cathslic church In
America.
San Francisco, Dec. 3l.--A Chronicle
New York special quoting from cable
dispatch to the Herald rays: A letter
from an influential dgnitary OF the
Roman Catholic Church contains matter
Of great interest to Americans. One
portion Of the letter states that the
American Bishops have been very busy
here preparing for the National Council
that was to have taken place shortly
after New Years Day. The Council,
however. has been postponed, as the
Presidential election takes place next
year. 1t was deemed wise TO wait and
thus avoid the possibility of exciting
public opinion at most susceptible
moment. 1t is known. however, that
the Bishops have agreed upon the fol-
lowing principal points: First, an organ.
ization of seminaries according to the
principle established by the Council of
Trent; second, Parochial schools are to
be established and in doing So. the
principles Of the first period Of
tho Middle Ages are to be borne
in mind; third, commissions are
10 be appointed for he administration
II ecclesiastical property; fourth, for the
nomination OF curates system the same
a. In France Is to be adopted with the
exception, Of course, Of the co-opera-
ltrx.r MI tha 0katn .s,hs.,t taI, IL,
America, has no relation with the
church. This method Ct nomination is q
point of the utmost importance, for this
question bristles with difficult es of the
most thorny and multifarious nature;
fifth, system Of legislation is TO be de-
cided upon for religious marriages.
'Such are the chief resolutions that have
,peen adopted by common accord.
u Lynehlng in Eureka.
! EUREKA, CAL, Dec. 3l.--On Saturday
an It mob of twelve masked men en-.
W 1.-THE residence of Cyrus Broderck
tal ; two miles from Ferndale, and
lllA WIN. Richardson out and hung him.
the .lson stood accused of the crime
,r to we'd, and the jury disagreed.
". e item for acquittal and two for
OF MA, q. N, so the report goes. Richard
to h'tt IS under bonds awaiting another
chic. Three men stood guard over
t.., derrick and his wife while the hang
W. W, was going on. Richardson's body
" cut down yesterday morning and
Nen TO Fcrndale where Coroners
leedry will inquire into the matter. Rich
= ar,.sJn had lived within few hundred
yards of where he was hung for num-
bss Of years and had always borne a
good character. His father and mother
i've in oakland. There is great excite
ment here, o. the community il unde.
cided as to his guilt. 1t is thought
there will be no difficulty in identifying
the perpetrators of the deed.
Barnum's Property and will. A
SHARP Advertising Dodge.
NEW YORK, Dec. 3l.-P. r. Barnum
has just made his will. lin order that
there might be no question as to his
sanity on which TO 'contest it after his
death, he had dfeminent physicians to ex-
anime him and secured theie attesta-
tion that he was OF sound mind. The
swill and its codicils cover more than
lsi5even hundred pages of legal cap close
NY written, and disposes of real estate
,mnsnd personal property of the value of
Il 20. 600, 900, to twenty-seven heirs. The
ID o'operty is in New York, Brooklyn,
Bridgeport Colorado aud several other
q, aces. Mr.. Barnum values his interest
TIA the Blrnum and London shows at
Rs3, soc. 900. His bequests to char table
purposes are numerous and large
and Will Not do.
NWAsHINGToN, Dec. 3l.-The pub.
llished correspondence between Hunting
ton and Cotton has disappointed many
i'm that it has not disclosed more specific
details and that no very prominent
members are directly implicated. 1t
will take good deal more than has
been printed to secure an official inyes-
litigation upon the part Of Congress. The
Reffect of the Huntington correspondence
4, however, to make absolutely certain
H-.i:susal of Congress to pass the Texas
and grant of about twenty mil.
over to the Southern Pacific.
He Was Rich.
Dec. 3l.-Joseph Long
yoodburn at an early -Four
d 20. Longworth was
Nicholas Longworth,
bat fortune in real es-
Deceased spent most
iaging the huge estate
er. Jos. Longworlh
son, Judge Nicholas
laughter, the wife Of
Nichols.
Ecclesiastical Dig
~.
3l.-The Rt. Rev.
celebrated the fiftieth
entrance into the
alnes at st. Vincent's
4unony, which included
nee Of Arch Abbott of
y ever bestowed in this
.icipated in by Bishops
b the United States.
Has Resigned.
Dec. Silt is stated on
.hority that Willard re-
residency Of the Northern
aturday and refused to be
1ay. Billings is said to be
sor.
= Murderer Gets SS Years.
st. LOUIS, Dec. 3l.-James w. Cook,
who murdered his wife at Cave Springs,
Missouri, last November, by holding her
head between his knees and cutting her
throat is sentenced to 95 years IN the
penitentiary.
Mr. K. w, Waterman has purchased
tho Waters property, East Of town, con.
ainkiuQ of 2H0 acrps for ~sh;ch he vosd
$4,000. Mr.. Waterman intends to