Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-30

IN boston In lS42, Dut MS early life was
spent in California and the West. He
wrote many articles on the early history
of the Golden State.
YOUNG MURDERERS.
A COld-BiOoded Killing and the
Criminals Confession.
In all the history of crime, surely there
exists no case which will quite match
the record which comes from Turn
bridge Wells. Two working lads deter
mine upon the murder of the foreman,
who has offended one of them. Then
the poor man is lured into a quiet spot
and shot at close quarters in the head by
the youth whom the toss of coin had
designated as the person who was to do
the actual killing. When he asked the
other day after his apprehension, "what
grudge Dobwell (the youth who fired
renee (the foreman), seeing that
airily answered, "Oh, he's friend of
mine, and as true as STEEL" The MUIR
derers not having been even suspected
in the meanwhile, two months after the
commission of the crime, Dobwell, sign
ing himself "Another Whitechapel Muir
derer," wrote letter to the local AdUer-
tiser, in which, having obtained "a small
space in your valuable paper" he went
on to recount "a few facts concerning the
death of the late Mr.. Lawrence" This
letter contained a vivid description of
the murder; but the local police, Of
course, treated it as a hoax, and the
murderers remained undiscovered. About
the beginning of this month. however,
the two youths commenced to attend the
services of the Salvation Army for the
purpose of obtaining revenge upon some
one who regularly went there, and.
though really impentitent, they came to
some extent under the influence of the
Captain" and as result one of them
confessed to the murder. Their appre-
hension by the police following as natu-
raj sequence. the lads proceeded to still
further surprise the captain by confess
ing themselves guilty OF whole string
of arsons that had startled the town, and
declared that they had repeatedly at
tempted to murder innate" who had
cooled in his friendship with them. For
cool audacity, for reckless hardihood on
the part of mere boys, this tale of Tun.
bridge Wells must take front place in
the calendar of crime. The lads will al
least get what they so eagerly desired
notoriety. it is pity that those who
sowed in them the seeds of that desire
cannot receive punishment which
would make the case severe as warning
to certain Fleet-street publishers fol
many years 10 come.-[ Pail Mall Gazette
Chrysanthemums ms of the Future.
No one can prophesy in what direction
the next improvement in the chyrsan
themum may be looked for; but, judgin.
from the past. striking variations from
the forms we are now familiar with may
be expected. Those who studiously note
the development of new seedlings arr
quick to mark the appearance of sligh
peculiarities, for these may be the fore
runners of distinct types. For some
years the appearance of hair-like growths
from the under side of an occasiona
foret has been observed. but they were
never sufficiently numerous to give any
fcharacter to the flower. But las
year the remarkable variety, Mrs
Alpheus Hardy, was found in 1
Japanese importation, and in thil
each foret was thickly set with thess
slender growths, giving an entirely new
character and expression to the head
Up to comparatively recent time the
section with laciniated forets invariably
had small heads, which did not show
distinctly this characteristic. Some O.
the new varieties of this type have floreti
three inches long, with four or more
bifurcations, and spreading at least tt
three-quarters Of an inch in width. Ii
many cases the forets, for two-thirds O
their length from the disc, are tubular
and then branch abruptly into their par
ticular toothsd forms. And the dispo
sition of the forets is quite a
! interesting as their shape. In man,
cases their arrangement is fiat
again they are ref1exed; while in other
: still they are curved and confused into
globular mass of slender threads, whicl
often show the upper surface in eael
1oret. But slight notifications of thes,
characters are needed for the originatiol
of new class of chrysanthemums a
distinct as any heretofore produced.
Il But whatever the forms with which
the chrysanthemum may be endowed
in the future, we may feel sure, from
what we know of it's inherited tenden
cies, that the flower will continue t,
show that freedom and fluent grace o
outline which 80 strongly commend it Il
the taste of the time.-[Garden an,
Forest.
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