Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-08-11

the South are arriving loaded with per-
sons from the vicinity of the fever
stricken localities. This city is full of
refugees from Jacksonville and other
points. but no evidences of fever has
been found among them. Citizens of
Jacksonville who arrived tonight say
there must be at least twenty cases in the
hospital there.
Eastern Echoes.
Charles Wolford, Past Grand Master
of the Sovereign Lodge of the World, In
dependent Order of Odd Fellows, died at
Louisville. KY, Thursday night, aged SO.
One hundred and ten thousand acres
of coal land in Las Animas and Huerfaro
counties, Colorado, was sold to Penn
sylvania syndicate for a million and
half dollars. The land was the property
of nine hundred claimants.
The New York World says: DIR. Green,
President of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company, says the cable settle
ment will add $4,000 to the Western
Union receipts during the year.
Amos Miller, of Colorado, who out
ragged Mrs. Scott in Mury county, Tenn,
two months ago, was taken from the
courtroom at Franklin, by fifty armed
men and hanged to the balcony of the
building.
The remains of Maxwell were sent to
the undertaking establishment of Geo.
w. Lynch, embalmed and prepared for
burial. The casket was quietly conveyed
to Calvary Cemetary and placed in a
vault for interment at later day.
A quarantine has been declared against
Jacksonville, Fla, at Mobile. No per-
sons, baggage or freight will be allowed
to enter Mobile from there, except under
such restrictions as are established by
the Board of Health.
O'Donovan Rosa was witness before
the immigration Investigation Commit
| tee Friday morning. He said the worst
thieves and convicts of England were
anxious to come here, and that the gov
ernors of the prisons persuade them to
90. Only the worst are sent here.
Prof. Brooks has secured good observa-
tions of the new comet, just discovered
by him in Ursa Major. 1t is moving
easterly about one degree daily and is
now Just above the star Lambda. The
comet has large head and short tail.
which strangely enough, apparently
points towards the sun.
A midnight special to the Nashville
american from Chattanooga, says terri
BILE fire was raging there. 1t broke out
in the Caldwell & Griffith block on mar
ket street, between Sixth and Seventh
streets, and had destroyed $400, 900 worth
of property, and was still spreading. At
midnight wall fell and killed five men.
A motion was made in the High Court
of Chancery at London to commit Mr..
| d. II 0f 1rt fnv
producing DR.. JekyU and Mr.. Hyde. 1t
the closing of the Opera Comique We'd
nesday night. Bandmann does not ad-
NIT that he has infringed on the copy
right. The Judge accepted Bandmann's
undertaking not to repeat the play.
The Blaine Reception Committee
might have saved good deal of expense
and labor, and deprived the press of
much fun at their expense, if they had
enquired of the agents Of the Inman Line
when they expected the City Of New
was we'll known by good sailors that the
masters would not dare to put the ship
to her full speed. ''' ~
Joel B. Smith, who tried to make post
masters and other officers through the
country believe that the y would keep
solid with the Administration by pur-
chasing his campaign badges at 50 each.
was arraigned before United States Com
missioner Shields on the charge of send
ing letters for fraudulent purposes
through the mails. He has been unable
to furnish the $1,000 bail required.
James Fulton Slade, assistant manager
of the Tiffany Glass Company, New
York, and proprietor of a jewelry store at
ITO Fourth avenue, was found dead Fri
day morning with his throat cut in
Florence Flats, at 18th street and Fourth
avenue. He has wife and child at
Hampton, Long Island, and brother in
New York City. The deceased had ap-
peared quite depressed the night pre-
vious. The condition of his business
affairs is not yet known.
The meeting of the Chairmen of the
Grievance Committees of Broth erhood
Engineers at St. Louis adjourned Friday
: evening. Chief Arthur has gone home.
1t was learned, however, that the object
of the conference was to confer
respecting the status of the "Q' strike
and consult regarding the proposed ANAL
gamation of engineers, firemen, brakemer
and switchmen. 1t is given on the au
thority of prominent engineer that
strong alliance between the orders namet
will be made. Resolutions were adopted
. endorsing Arthur and Sergeant, and i
, was decided to continue the 20" strike
, and increase the pay Of the strikers from
the strikers fund so they may make pro-
visions for the winter.
8 The strike of the navvies at Paris il
4 ended. The men have accepted thu