Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-05
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Attempt to Wreck . Local Traia
At Alameda.

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1t Alameda.
San Francisco, Feb. Am attempt
was made last night to wreck the Hun.
tiers train ON the South Pacific Coast
Marrow Gauge Rsilroad, near Morton
street, Alameda. A rail had been placed
scr.,as the track. The engine jumped
the track and rnn for about o hundred
yards when ii was brought to stop.
The track was torn up and the engine
d;sabled. There was 10 injury to the
passengers owing to the fact that the
train was going at such low rate Of
speed.
TAe Cotton satt Again Postponed.
San FRANCISCO, Feb. AT the
written request Of Judge Jackson Tenn
pie, the Cslton suit has been further
postponed until the 18th, in order to
clear the criminal docket Of Sonoma
county Of much basiness which this
great circle case has thrown behind.
GrIevaiees Or the CslereA Race
Plan fer CeisplsstIsn and Re-
lief.
WAsHINaToS, Feb. 4 Senator Ingalls,
has petition signed by = large number
II representative negroes. 1t starts out
by recitIng the oppressive treatment af
eolorsd people, not only in the South
but ~her~ver they are brought into con.
tact and In competition with the whites
The prayer Of the memorial Is that
the United States appropri TO sufii-
cient subsistence and removal fnnd, and
from its vast domain set apart Oklahoma
and land adjoihing ~ public lands for
their exclusive settlement, under existing
laws, by the colored race.
In connection with this movement
there il another started. 1t is the nom
ination Of ticket for President and Vice
yresident by the colored race, the head
Of the ticket to be Robert Brown Elliott,
aud the second place p. R. 8. Pinchback.
On the other hand there Is pretty
general movement in the South to have
the colorsd influence in the East IN favor
Of Senator Logan. This Is the only as
certainable result OF the recent colored
convention at Louisville.
Murder ~f . Brake man and 8un-
mary venGeAnco sf . Msb.
RKsDvILLE, O., Feb. 4.--Peter Cliff
ford, young brakeman Of the Ohio
Central Railroad, was awakened last
Saturday night by two men, who asked
him to come 10 the door. He went, and
- soon a. the door opened one Of the
men put pistol to his breast and fred.
Clifford fell into the arms Of his wife,
saying, The HIckens have killed
me, and died In few minutes.
Ycunk Clifford was much esteemed
among his neighbors and was recently
married. The Hickeys, who bear
hard name, were arrested, feur 10 num-
Der, including Joe Reddy. brother-in-
law Of Richard Hickey. Last night
mob OF several hundred men surrounded
the jail and took Richard Hickey
and Joe Reddy to grove near
by where Hickey was hanged refusing
TO confess or deny. Reddy was also
strung mp but tbs rope broke and he
protested his innocence and begged so
piteously the crowd spared him for trial.
r, sspersus Cenaitien or nouth
Carolina
CHARLESTON, s. c., Feb. 4.-The
Nems and Courier publishes an elabor-
ate report Of the condition Of the sgricul-
tural, manufacturing and mining inter-
ests Of South Carolina. and says: South
'arolina last year derived from sgricul-
surs, manufactures and mining ~, 00O,.
600 more than she did in 1850. The ad-
vance In agriculture Is due to the labors
Vf the white people Of the State. The
colored people as rule are not making
progress. They are not saving aud are
not acquiring land. They succeed bet
ter - land owners than as tenants.
A Msb alangs . Negre Murderer
In Texas.
GALVESTON, February "A negro
named Sandy Robinson, who murdered
Deputy Sheriff LAthrop recently, in Leon
county, was taken from the Crockett jail
At 10 o'clock this morning by hundred
masked horsemen and hanged near the
graveyard at Edgetown. Sheriff Boyne
begged the mob not to take the prisoner,
but he was quickly overpowersd.
BeHief ef lndisent Confederate
HsIauera
BALTIMoRE, Jan. "A delegation
! from Richmond are here making collec-
tions to build home for the INDECENT
Confederate soldiers. Contributions in
Washington and this city are very lib
eral.
The delegation are going to New
York and Boston.
Arrival sf she Remains Of DeLonG
ana Rarty at Berlin.
BERLIN, Feb. Al eutsnant HARDER
and brother officers, escorting the 70.
mains Of DeLong and party, passed
through here to-day on their way to
Hamburg. When their remdins arrived
the cofIins were heaped with wreaths Of
flowers, which could not be seen by the
crowd. Seargent the American Minis
ter, received the escort at the station.
At meeting Of the Geographical So
ciety President Schelinitz spoke in the
highest praise Of the Jeanette expe-
dillon.
Death ef Eugene Rsuher. One Of
N Dsnaparte's Ministers.
PARIS, February 4.-Eugene Rouher,
who died yesterday morning. was uncon-
scious for several hours before his end.
Prince Napoleon had previously visited
him. Ex.Empress Eugenie has tele-
araphed her condolences to his widow.
Rouher was minister under Bonaparte's
administration.
navases Of Diptheria in Russia.
Er. PErERsBuRc, Jan. There were
thirty three thousand deaths from
diptksria In the province Of Khorkhoff
bstwsen '76 and '62.
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