Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-05-24
CAPITAL CULLENGs.
Hond Acceptances-Execu Per-
sOnal and Otherwise.

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sonal and Otherwise.
WASHINGTON, May 23.-The bond offers
to-day were 1924 200. The Secretary OF
the Treasury accepted $4,000.
GEN. sHERIDAN's HEALTH.
II is stated at army headquarters that
the reports regarding the illness of Lieu
tenant General Sheridan are very much
exaggerated. He seemed to be suffering
from fatigue and overwork, and Monday
last he decided to remain at home and
rest for few days, but has not been
confined to bed.
PRESIDENTIAL VISITS.
The President and Mrs. Cleveland left
Washington this morning for Philadel-
phia to attend the Presbyterian anniver-
sary. They will hold a reception at
Overlook this afternoon. The President
will return tomorrow, but Mrs. Cleve-
land will remain with friends in Phila-
delphia for about week.
The President will leave Washington
next Tuesday evening for New York to
take part in the Memorial Day exercises
in that city and Brooklyn the following
day. He will review the parade in New
York in the morning, and the one in
Brooklyn in the afternoon. At the close
OF the exercises in the latter city he will
90 to Jersey City and take the first train
for Washington. Mrs. Cleveland will
not accompany the President to New
York on this occasion. She will, how
ever, make visit to that city slater in
the season.
PACIFIC LIGHT HOUSES.
WASHINGTON, May 23.-The Secretary
of the Treasury has transmitted to Con-
gress recommendations by the Light
house Board that lighthouses and fog
signals be established at the following
named points on the Pacific Coast: At
Point Buchon, CAL, to cost $33 900; /;
Stewart Island, W. T., SIS 900; at Peter
Island, w. T., $12 600 and at Point Ar
guello, CAL, $50, 900. In each case the
Board reports that the lights are very
necessary because of the existence Of a
dangerous current and prevailing fogs on
well established routes Of travel.
NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION.
The Convention of Delegates from the
State and local Bar Associations of the
country, having for its object the forma-
ton of National Bar Association, met
again in session this morning and adopt
ed constitution. 1t provides that the
name of the Association shall be "The
National Bar Association of the United
States" the objects of which will
be to promote the unifcation, so far
as practicable, of the laws of the
various States, which relate to the mat
ters in which the people Of the United
States have common interest; to study
the condition and to promote the inn
provement of the judicial system of the
States, and to consider the necessity and
practicability Of the establishment of
international codes between the civilized
and commercial nations. The first an
nual meeting is to be held in Cleveland
on August Sth next. Colonel James 0.
Broadhead, Of st. Louis, was elected
President for the coming year, and A. s..
Worthing. of the District Of Columbia,
and Judge John Boyle, Of Toledo, Vice
Presidents.
FRENCH ACQUISITIONS.
The Department OF State is advised
that the French Government has taken
possession of the islands Of Puahuine,
DAFT, Raitea and Borabora in the Pacific.
The lives OF several natives and q French
ensign were lost at Borabora.