Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-04-09
Items OF Interest.

The only wines really largely consum-
ed in England are claret and champagne.
During the present century l50, 900.
900 copies Of the B,ble have been printed
in 826 different languages.
ACiucinnati woman claims that but
for her prayers the river would have
gone six feet higher. ,,-tpYs
1t is said that Queen Elizabeth Of
Roumania is painter Of some repute
porter. There could be no higher praise
than that. ....E. ....
The Russian army consists of Generals,
staff aud superior officers, %. .074; and
mon, 838, las; in all, 1854, i,240.
Spain produces about 10000 tons of
lead in year, one.sixth more than
America, which comes next ON the list,
while Germany follows with 10000.
Fresno farmers plow the ground over
the public 70 ads aud close to the rail.
road track, thus stopping travel on the
public highway. f''' .,s .'"
AW. c. L. U. coffee house has been
started in Stockton, the walters are vol
unteer young ladies' and the cook u
white girl. The profits will go to start
kindergarten.
In Stockton, on the I'd inst. Fred
Witty, Modesto refugee, was sentenced
to fifty days Imprisonment for knock my
down an old man named Crosby and
threatening TO shoot him.
An illustration of the survival OF the
un.fttsst is that in White Pine, Nevada,
whore dog poisoners are busy the best
dogs take tho bait, while the worthless
eurs escape.
A Bapsssohardh is Do built IN Los
Gatos.
Potatoes are s27 per bushel in the
Cnur d Alsne country and not very
plentiful at that price. +.-...,
The work of rising the steam collier
Umatilla, in Esquimalt harbor, B. c.
has bs.n oJmmenced.
Moses Stern, wife and child were
killed by the falling in Of their adobe
house at Mineral Park, A. T, last
week.
The saloon of David Davis at Sacra-
msnto was plundered Tuesday night
Some 800 cigars and $50 in dimes were
taken.
A sneak thief went through the jcw-
slry store of john OLSON at Saornnento
Tuesday, getting about $500 worth OF
diamonds.
John Hall. a school teacher at Frank
lin, Sacramento county, is supposed to
have been drowned near there while
hunting few days ago. ....
6heepmen near Hollister experienced
heavy losses in their focks during the
past winter, very few OF the lambs living
through the recent heavy storms.
The trial of William Howell, for in.
voluntary manslaughter in the killing of
his wife at Brownsville, Cal, last Christ
mas, resulted in Q disagreement Of the
jury.
John Campbell, miner employed in
the Lander mine at Austin, New, was
asphy xiated on Wednesday night while
preparing blast. He died in short
time.
The Democratic party carried the city
election in Santa Rosa on Wednesday,
slecting the estire ticket with the ex-
csption of one Councilman and the Mar.
shal.
Two pairs Of pheasants have been
turned lsose on. q ranch near Gilroy,
where it is hoped they will live and pro-
pogate. Gunners are requested not to
molest them.
. A scaffold is being built at San Jose
for the execution OF l.. l.. Majors, the
Los Gatos murderer, at Oakland, on the
18th inst. 1t is similar to the one from
Sacramento on which Jewell was hanged.
Three of the rougbs recently ord, red
out OF Modesto by the regulators re-
turned few days ago and are now serv.
ing out sent in the county Jail Tor
battery. At the time they were ordered
TO leave they were under bonds, pend
ing an appeal on their conviction.