Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-04-19
Items OF Interest.

A project is on foot to connect Chico
and Red Bluff by telephone.
A fruit cannery Is being talk Of a. an
addition to the industries in Grass Val.
ley.
The vests en- summer dresses are fire..
quently covered with rows Of pleated
lace.
The capital stock of the .Tehama Coun.
ty Bank has been increased from $500,
600 to $500, 900.
The latest caprice is the costume color
jacket Of kid embroidery studded with
seed steel half
A fire at Seattle, w. T., Monday
night destroyed the dwelling OF Mr..
Hydreliff; loss sl2, 900; insured.
The Democrats carried the city elec-
tion at Helena, M. T., on Monday, with
the election Of the two Aldermen.
There are ll2 prisoners in the Nevada
State Prison and the expenses 81 the in
stitution for March were $3003.6h.
A bonnet frequently worn in spring
time il made Of quito wide lace pinned
on the frames with Immense plain brass
pins.
The Butte Register reports that the
channel Of Feather River at Oroville has
secured out FIVE feet during the past
three years.
The ancient steamship the Beaver, the
first steam weasel to enter the Pacific, is
advertised for sale at Victoria to satisfy
a judgement in lawsuit.
DR.. Evans, the well-known American
dentist Of Paris, has bought the copy
right Of the English translation Of HE
ne's memoirs. He will publish it in
May.
Mario, when his children were young,
counseled with them to keep diaries,
and his daughter has given many valu-
able notes from hers to her fathers BIZ
ographer.
The Copper Queen Mining Company
has cleared q quarterly dividend Of forty
cents per share, aggregating 500, 900,
payable ON the 18th instant. Total this
year, $500, 900.
Joseph Hatton is hard at work upon
Henry Irving's recollections Of America.
The proof. sheets Of the first half Of the
book have been read by Mr.. Irving and
the complete volume will be published in
May.
Since the passage Of the Settlement
bill property in British Colombia has ap-
preciated In value. A few days ago some
land near Victoria was sold for $1,000 an
acre and town lots have advanced 50 per
cent.
A stock.raising company, 70 be known
as the Apache Stock Raising Company,
has been organized in Cochisc county, T.
T. The capital stock is $50, 200. and
the object Of the company is set forth in
the name.
Commodore Upshur yesterday hoisted
his flag on the Hartford, new at Mare
Island, and assumed command Of the
Pacific squadron. The Gag was saluted
with the usual number Of guns by the
navy yard battery.
Tennyson, having lost his own robe,
wore, when he entered the House Of
Lords, those Of Lord Coleridge. They
were much too large for his slight figure
but he IL mentioned as managing them
with great deftness.
A woman known as Spanish Pete
committed suicide on Monday at Eureka,
Nov, by swallowing an ounce Of laud-
anum. Her right name was Dona Petra
Tejera. She was Mexican and is said
to have wealthy relatives living at Stock
ton, Cal.
Some of the bad characters recently
ordered out OF Modesto returned few
davs and Saturday nicbt \ hand of req
ulators paraded the streets in masks and
posted notices warning them to leave
again. The regulators also visited the
white brothels and gave the occupants
warning to leave.