Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-03-07
Items OF Interest.

In Yakimo county, W. r., the recent
heavy cold weather killed nearly all the
young peach crop.
The saloon and residence of John b.
Kenny, in Sacramento, was destroyed
by fire Tuesday night.
Miss Hill, living at Medford, Or, ac-
cidentally shot herself last Tuesday
while pulling loaded rifle from under
the bed.
Harry Tuttle, who was wounded in the
Stonevile, ID. T., fight, was taken from
the hospital at Speariish, on Tuesday
night, and hanged.
Last Monday child Of Charles Brad
ley, aged 8 years, near Yakima City, w
T., fell into tub Of boiling water and
was scalded to death.
Napa is soon to be blest with another
newspaper. j. II. Walden, of the Re-
porter, has declared his intention to start
weekly about the lst of April.
Six citizens OF Eureka, Humboldt
county, have been indicted by the Unit
ed States Grand Jury in connection with
a gigantic steal of government land.
John ?. Irish has been mentioned by
the Democrats of Oakland as an avail
able candidate for the Mayoralty of that
city, to succeed Hon. j. West Martin.
The Ohio Legislature has made provi.
sion for bringing the remains of the dis
tinguished war correspondent, j. A. Nc
Gahan, from Csnstantinople to Ohio for
burial.
During the past four days the Denver
4 Rio Grande has brought to Salt Lake
over five hundred people from Colorado
points. Their destination is the Cnur
d'Alenes.
The Massachusetts Legislative Com
mittee on Election Laws will report bill
providing that the payment of poll tax
as a prerequisite for voting should be
abolished
The daughter of Thomas Bailey, living
in Jackson county, Or, was burned to
death Monday last. The girl was stand.
ing near the fireplace, when her dress
caught fire.
Letters from Nice to George Anderson,
member of the Britis Parliament, show
that sixteen suicides and two murders
have occurred at Monte Carlos since the
ist OF january.
Owing to the burning of Weightman
4 Co.'S drug house at Philadelphia re-
Gently, dealers in foreign quinine in New
York put up the price from Sl.35 to
81. 55 per ounce.
At New York from one-third to one.
quarter of the daily customs receipts OF
the port are silver certificates, the bal.
ance being in gold, gold certificates and
legal tender notes
Francisco Perez, under sentence OF
death in the Ell Dorado county Jail, has
been granted q reprieve until March
2Sth. He was to have been executed on
the 29th of February.
Alma Lyons and Alfred Slender, boys,
died in Chicago the other day Of hydro.
phobia, after most dreadful agony. The
first named was bitten on January 18th
AMI the latter on January 3lst.
The Consul General of Greece has an.
nounced that his government has abol.
ished the prohibition against the impor-
tation of American hog products. The
decree took effect on the 22d inst.
The faculty of Amherst College have
voted not to adopt the regulation pro-
posed to govern athletic sports. Ar
rangements have already been made for
a baseball nine to play with profess
sionals.
Articles of incorporation of the San
Francisco h Clear Lake Railroad Com
pany have been filed in the County
Clerks office at Napa. The object of the
company is to build q railroad from San
Francisco bay to Clear lake.
In the Superior Court of Shasta,
Thursday, in the case of the People VS..
f. w. Raymond, a young man charged
with enticing girl of IA to lead life
of shame, the jury, after being out fifteen
minutes, returned a verdict of guilty.
Mrs. A. d. Piper, of South America,
proposes the establishment, construction
and maintenance of tropical garden in
Mission canon, Santa Barbara, The first
consignment OF choice plants has ar
rived and vessel is daily expected from
Ecuador with additional plants and
seeds.