The Placer herald., 1871-12-30
.:.7.N.Ny or COAST DIsPs CHEs.

Owing to the detention of goods on the
r p railroad, many dealers in Christmas
articles lost heavily in San Francisco, and
thew threaten to sue the company for large
an,or,t Won Schmidt lost heavily on his
purchase of the wrecked ship Tolavera.
The body of Michael Higgins was found in
the Bay, Sunday. He was an important
witness in heavy land suits, and foul play is
..;.;orod The members of the Legs,
1o.nre in San Francisco visiting, have been
holding caucus on the water question.
Wonder if that is good bill to make ex-
o4nses ont Of. The National Labor Union
:, session in San Francisco on tuesday had
the following proceedings "Ihe movement
for the nomination of Geo. W. Julian as the
laboring mans candidate for the presidency,
b;ch ia TO be inaugurated in all the States
DearIv as simultaneously as possible, has
made considerable progress here. The Ma
tional Labor Union adopted the following:
Whereas, Geo. w. Julian has for a long
time past, in Congress, shown firm and
consistent support to the principles best cal
cnlated to elevate and improve the condition
Of tbe workingman; whereas, we recognize
- him q friend and defender of our rights,
therefore be it Resolced, that he is our first
choice for President of the United States. A
committee was appointed TO urge upon the
LEGISLATURE the necessity of law requiring
uniform ballot. Murray Morrison, for
merly member of the State Legislature, and
recently Judge of the Seventeenth Judicial
District Court, died on the 18th inst, at
Los Angeles, California On Tuesday, in
San Francisco, the funeral of Wong Hang
Soon. President of the Ming Yong Company,
was largely attended by Celestials, with a
number of Caucasian spectators. The mourn
inc was done in style by able artists, and
the procession headed by a Chinese herald
on horseback, with four bands of music,
and contained ffty-eght hacks and five ex-
press wagons loaded with provisions and
! lowers. 1t created sensation on the street
... Terrible storms are raging at Salt Lake
and east of there, and all the trains of the
| U.P.R. X. were blockaded Wednesday last.
Mayor Alvord of San Francisco has ad.
dressed note to each of the gentlemen APP
pointed on the committee to investigate and
report on the project for bridging the bay for
railroad purposes, calling on them to meet
as early as possible and organize for the
work. Governor Stanford, in a letter to
the committee say that if the city will aid
the project by the donation of 50, ,OOO, 900 in
bonds, the Central and Southern Pacific
would, if the people desire, cooperate with
the city in the bridge project as public en-
terprise, beneficial alike to the city and the
railroads, provided the grant of lands in
Mission Bay, for depot purposes, be freed
from certain conditions and restrictions which
render it now practically unavailable. AT
the same time the company having accepted
the verdict of the people against subsidies,
and made extensive preparations for depot
accommodations on the other side of the bay,
is mutually less anxious for the carrying out
of the pro ject than it would have been some
time since That is right. Brighten them
: out of 50 ,000, 600, if you can, Stanford ...
The Redmen's Saving Bank, in San Fran
cisco, not meeting with adequate patronage,
will close its business with this year Ten
inches Of rain has fallen at Stockton during
this storm A dispatch from Corinc, Utah,
= Of the 9th, says: The storm still continues.
? There is ten feet Of snow in the cuts west of
Rawlins. The passenger trains that left
Rawlms on the 18th have not reached Med
icne Bow. The trains that left Rawlins
Yesterday left Bitter Creek going west at 6
P. NJ. to-day At Bryan report says it is
showing hard and drifting badly. No trains
passed there since the 22d. A fearful storm
prevails throughout Montana. This would
indicate that we might as well be patient
about our overland mails Reports are cir.
culating in San Francisco that the reclama-
ton levees at Sherman island have gvea
way, and that the island is flooded Joa-
qum Miller is about to write an earthquake
drama, the scene to be laid in San Francisco
... Greenbacks have gone up and are SELL
ing at 92f in San Francisco.