Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-12-09

passengers for Los Angeles left on
the Telegraph Stage Line to day:
p Jokin, j Joughern, II Jacoby and II
/ Burdick.
san Francisco News.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. Sth. The City
of San Francisco will sail for Sidney
at II O'clock on Friday next instead of
to-day.
Monday there was telegraphic com
munication with Port Townsend,
Washington Territory, and the wires
remained open yesterday but no news
of the steamer come TO hand. The
owners have telegraphed to Port
Townsend to have the Oliver Wal
colt, Revenue Gutter, dispatched in
quest of the missing steamer. There
are many surmises as TO what may
| have happened to the vessel. The
most responsible of them accounting
for the delay is that the porpellow has
been broken, an occurrence that once
did happen to this steamer.
The overturning of u light Kerosene
lamp in the grocery store of John Ca
hill, No. 652 Mission street, set fire to
the premises at half past O'Clock last
| eve. Thos. Pok and John Clark, sail
ors belonging to the L. :. :. Ports
mouth, who were in n small room in
the rear Of the store were severely
burned. Chief Scannell had them
placed In a wagon and conveyed to
the city prison hospital. Cahilps
stock was considerably damaged. In
sured.
At 8 O'Clock last evening as J Ross
Browne was proceeding from Oakland
to his home in the Northern suburbs
of that city, while passing McClares
academy he was suddenly seIzed with
cramps of an alarming nature. He
was conveyed to the residence of w.
c. Little near at hand. At ten o'clock
no point in favor of fconvalescence was
pereeptible and very considerable
degree of alarm was manifested. Mr..
Browne, who is so well and favOrahly
known in literary circles, is now fifty
two years OF age.
SAN FRANCISCO, S.-The steamer
Los Angeles is undoubtedly overdue
in her voyage from this port to Victo-
ria, and her owners and the friends of
the passengers and crew are seriously
concerned as to her safety.
John NJ. Lindell, captain of the bark
Union, is on trial in the United States
Court before Judge Sawyer and Judge
Hoffman, charged with having will
fully wrecked his vessel in the Puget
Sound. The penalty of conviction on
this charge is death. The bark, it is
alleged, was owned by Donald Beade
of this city and while worth five thou
sand dollars, was insured for ten thou
sand and her cargo of coal for four
thousand.
A timer engaged on Baldwln's
building Oh Market street fell yester-
day distance of over so feet to the
ground, but meeting, fortunately, OBJ
staeles in his descent, he escaped
without injury.
Mr.. Bernard, the owner of Spring
Box and Golden Gate, the former be-
ing among the horses entered for the
great $4,000 mile running race, has
ordered them home. So far the order
has not been complied with. Nego-
tiations are pending with a view of
inducing Mr.. Bernard to reconsider
his resolution. Notwithstanding the
delightful weather we are now expert
encing, and the prospects of n contin-
uance of il for some time to come,
there is no hope OF the race coming off
this year. None of the horses entered
have been suffering more or less from
the epizootic, and they have not yet
fully recovered from its effects. II
Spring Box is withdrawn. it is very
probable the race will be declared OFT
altogether.
The steamer Los Angeles is now five
days over due at Victoria and nothing
has been heard from her. Much un-
easiness is beginning to be felt among
those having friends on board The
report spread to-day that she was lost
on Destruction Island, but inquiries
at the Company's office at O'clock
elected the Information that no news
could have been received confirming
the rumor, as the telegraph has not
been working North of Olympia for
two days. The revenue cutter at
Olympia was dispatched yesterday to
search for the missing steamer, and q
cutter from here will be sent tonight
ON the same errand.
The Crown Point mining company
to-day levied an assessment of twenty
five cents per share, delinquent Jan
uary 18th.
Suit has oeen brought by Daily &
Hawkins against the Gila mining
company for %, 900 shares and Sl,000
900 damages, plaintiffs averring that
they are quarter owners of the COM
pany.
j. Ross Browne died this morning.
Harrington has been held in $4,000
bail on each charge of assault to rob
and assault to murder In default he
was sent to prison..
James King, one of the sailors so
badly burned at the fire on Mission
street last night, died to-day, The
other sailor is not expected to live.
Mary Johnson, domestic in the
employ of Herman Hermann, on
Francisco street, was found dead in
bed this morning, asphyxiated by gas
which escaped from a defective pipe.
Inauguration.
SACRAMENTO, December 9th.-The
Inauguration of the Governor takes
place at noon tomorrow. General
Crowell will parade the military as
escort.
Killed,
EUREKA, Dec. 7tE.-Nick Coates,
q miner employed at Williams mine
on Prospect Mountain, was killed this
morning by cave in the mine.
There are evidently some rich plac-