Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-29
HOUSE.

Wayne county, passed.
A Severe Rain Storm--Damage to
the Amount Of $275. oOO--A
Woman and Two Children Drown
ed--TWenty-flve Houses Washed
Away.
Los Angeles, COL, Jan. 23.-The
first wire communications with the
outside world since Monday has just
been established. A severe rain storm
commenced Sunday and lasted till
Wednesday, 4.55 inches falling early
Tuesday morning. 1t is supposed the
cloud burst in the mountains. The
river ISL frightfully, going two feet
above the flood of 1884. The damages
in this city will reach $l25 900. A
woman and two children were drown
ed. Twenty-Five cheap houses were
washed away and several hundred
flooded, all in a section along the river
bend and not touching the important
part of the city.
Two Southern Pacific Railroad
bridges were wrecked. Two other
bridges lost their approaches, and the
city bridge to east Los Angeles was
wrecked in two places, leaving only
one passable bridge on the whole river.
The Southern Pacific road lost three
more bridges betweenhere and Soladad
canon and many miles of track. The
first train from the East arrived
Thursday night via Deming. 1t will
take a week longer to get trains north.
The damage to the Southern Pacific
railroad is about $4,000. The Cali
fornia Southern railroad is badly
washed out at Cojuan pass, but is ex-
pected to be replaced by Monday, when
passengers will go to San Francisco
via Watertown and Majove. There
are no wires yet to San Francisco.
Ample provision for the relief Of flood
sufferers has been made by council ap-
preparations and private subscription.
A Bloody ARRAY Near the Village
Of Manchester. Ky.
LOUISVILLE, Jan. 23.-Deputy u.
S. Marshal Riley arrived at the Louis
vile Jail to-day with two m%oonshiners,
bringing the news of a bloody affair
that occurred about a week ago near
the village of Manchester, in Clay
county. Theodore Benge, Dink Ste
vens and Dan and George Gray, who
were all young farmers, went together
to the house of Kate Harvey, who
lives on the edge Of the clearing near
the village. They were drinking and
grew quarrelsome, the woman being
the cause Of the trouble. In the end,
pistols were drawn. and a duel fought
In the house between the Gray boys
(who are brothers) on n side, and
Benge and Stephens on the other
The woman ran out Of the house al
once and obtained assistance from the
village. When she came back with
several men, half An hour afterwards,
George Gray and Benge and Stevens
were found lying or the floor, dead
each having several bullets in him
, Dan Gray was still living, but mortal
ly wounded. The woman states that
the bottle Of whisky which they car
ried was the bottom of the trouble.
Liquor Sellers and Brewers ReIolo-
, ing.
LEAyENwoRTH, KAs., 23.-Liquol
sellers and brewers are rejoicing over
the decision OF Judge Brewer, of the
United States circuit court, in the
case Of the State against John Vale.
= CUFF, the Lawrence brewer, TO the ef'
feet that the State should pay Waleguf
$4,000 for his brewery or let him pro
/, coed with the manufacture of beer
In effect the decision declares that thu
f State must pay for all property render
ed useless by the prohibitionilaw and l
s is here the decision covers not onl.
: breweries and distilleries, but vine
yards which aggregate an immens
amount in value.
Writ Served on a County Attorney
LEAvENwoRTH, KAs., 23.-Count
b Attorney Wheat has been served wit
d a writ requiring him to appear befor
the State supreme court and sho'
|. cause why he should not be remove
e from Office, for refusing to enforce tn
Prohibitory law in Leavenwort
county.