Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-06
Eastern Echoes.

Eastern Echoes.
General Sheridan has passed an en-
tirely uneventful day, gaining slowly bu
steadily in all respects.
Chauncy M. Depew and family, ex
Governor Hoadly, Of Ohio, Mr.. and Mrs
j. Stanley Brown, and d. O.. Mills ant
sons sailed for Europe on the 4th.
At Portland, Me-, the Democrats hello
big rally last night. Visiting campaign
comp panies attended from Bangor, Angus.
ia, Lewiston, Waterville, Bradford and
other towns.
At Ell Moro, Colo, fire destroyed
half the business portion of the town
Thursday afternoon, some half dozen
| business houses with their contents being
consumed. Loss estimated at $4,000;
insurance, $4,000.
At Greeley, Colo, the Weld county
Fair Ground buildings burned on Thurs
day. VIM. McClelland's 1000 stallion
Rembrandt was burned to death. The
johnson Touring mill was also burned /;
loss on mill, $4,000.
Moorhead Bros, iron manufacturers,
of Pittsburg, Philadelphia, have signed
the Amalgamated scale, making sixteen
signatures thus far. The Republic Iron
Works, Olive Bros. & Phillips and two OF
Carnegie's mills have started up to-day.
The Texas State Union Labor Conven-
ton, which was held at Fort Worth.
adopted platform and endorsed the
ticket of the non-partisan State Conven-
ton, which adjourned Tuesday last. The
Republicans have not nominated State
ticket.
The Harlem Democrat Club had a
ratification meeting on the night OF the
9th, which was largely attended. The
principal speaker was Hon. Henry Wat
terson, of Kentucky, who in his address
vigorously arraigned the Republican
party and platform.
The annual Convention of the National
Amateur Press Association was called to
order at the Sherman House, Chicago,
Thursday night, by President O. S.
Stinson, of Philadelphia. The Com
mittee on Credentials reported the names
of sixty-two members.
1t is rumored that at meeting of the
Texas Traffic Association to be held at
Denver on the 10th inst, Commissioner
Waldo will resign. 1t is also stated that
Mr.. Waldo has been offered the position
of General Traffic Manager of the At
lantic system of the Southrrn Pacific,
which he will accept.
Near Apalachicola, Fla, John Darden
and his partner, named Holmes, went to
the house OF ]. Penton, Sunday, and en-
deavored to kill him. Penton got the
drop, however, and killed both of them.
They were Illicit distillers, and Penton
knew too much to suit them.
A croo.o1 ,,,ook,rn a. Nov, Vo,I~ C;kxx
Division, No. 105, Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers was held on the 3rd
instant. It was decided to assess the
members of this division So per month,
for three months or more, if necessary,
and to donate same to members engaged
in the strike on the G. B. & @.
Reports from different parts of Iowa
show that the last storm was heavy and
severe. Several houses were struck by
lightning, but no lives were lost. The
Storm was very severe along the line of
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
road, washouts being so numerous that
no trains reached Des Moines over the
CO." on Thursday.
At Oil City, Pennsylvania, leaking
gasoline from the Union Refinery
spread out on the river, and was ignited in
some manner. Two boys playing on
the bank of the river were fatally burned.
Two tank cars on the bank caught fire
and exploded with tremendous force,
scattering fragments of blocks about.
The flames were quickly subdued. The
pecuniary damage is small.
The days enjoyment at Lake Johanna.
Mimi, came to tragic end Thursday
afternoon, when Harry Tucker, night
clerk at the Ryan Hotel, his father, a
man "a years of age, and Mrs. Stephen
d. Dysinger, met their death by drown
ing. The party secured boat and went
out fishing. They were about two hun
dred feet from the shore when the boat
capsized and its occupants were thrown
into the water and drowned before assis-
tance could be rendered.