Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-02-05
San Francisco News.

DAN FRANCISCO, req. oU.-lDf ulS-
count on silver coin has become so
heavy that the members of the Pro-
duce Exchange this morning adopted
a resolution that all transactions be-
tween members, unless otherwise sta
ted, should be on the basis of gold
coin.
J. Nicholson Elbert and Samson
Rosenblatt went East to-day in Gus
tody. The former in charge of L. S.
Deputy Marshal, for forging L. S.
bonds, the latter in the custody of a
New York detective, on requisition of
Governor Tilden.
Arrived, steamer Gipsey, from San
Pedro. Sailed, brig Kaloa, for San
Pedro.
J. w. Dwinelle has been appointed
counsel for the government in the
cases against persons charged with vi
olating the revenue laws.
The four mile and repeat race for
$4,000 purse is now certain of COM
ing off on the ODD of February, weather
permitting, Yesterday the Jockey
Club met, and after brief consulta-
ton closed the entries and committed
its credit to a check for $4,000, fixing
the race for the 22d. From the entries
Wild Idyl, SpringboX and Fanny Hall
are missed, and Hook Hooking, al
though on the list, is not certainty,
but will be decided to-day. The en-
tries are Rutherford, Grinstead, Katie
Pease, Golden Gate and Revenue, Jr.
The Supreme Court to-day decided
that the mortgage tax law was uucon-
sittutional. The case decided was that
of the People s.the Hibernia Savings
and Loan Society.
Jane McGowan was tried in the Po-
lice Court to-day for assaulting her
child, girl five years old, on Post
street, near Broderick, yesterday. The
testimony was to the effect that yes
terday afternoon the woman, who was
under the influence of liquor, chased
the child down the street and struck
her over the head and face several
times with heavy piece of wood, dis
figuring her features. The child said
her mother used her well except when
she was IA little drunk and little
SOBER" The defendant was convicted.
The company which is to run an
other line of steamers from Santa
Monica to San Francisco is to be called
the California Coast Steamship Com
pany, and will have a capital of $780,
coo, in -four thousand shares at one
hundred dollars each. The heaviest
subscription is that of E. j. Baldwin,
$4,000. r. S. Baker subscribed $685.
900, and J. S. Oxford and associates
5000 Senator John L. Jones has
authorized the statement that he will
give an amount equal to the highest
subscription.
The alleged discovery Of diamonds
on San Gregorio creek, San Mateo
county, turns out to have been moth
ing more than the uncovering of q
pocket of quartz crystals.
The trotting race on the Bay Dis
trict courst to-day, best three in five,
was won by Dirigo after contest of
six heats, Dirigo taking third, fourth
and sixth heats. Best time, 2:32.
Representative of many of the city
banks met to-day to hear the report of
the Committee appointed some time
ago to draw up plan of organization
of clearing the house. The banks rep
resented were the Bank of California,
Wells, Fargo & Co.'S bank, British
North American Bank, San Francisco,
Belize, Freras, and London bank,
Bank British Columbia, Merchants,
Exchange, and Anglo California.
The Committee reported q Consttu-
tuition, was adopted, and every bank
represented at the meeting signed the
same except the Bank of British Co.
lumbia. The organization will be
called the San Francisco Clearing
House.
1t is expected that the Spaulding
Court Martial will begin February
18th. The Government has sent out
a lawyer from Annapolis, M. d., to
act as Judge advocate at the trial.
John Long and John Smith, two
young garroters, was sentenced to one
year and half each in the County
Jail by the Police Judge this morn
ing, for knocking down and roLbing q
man on Post street Saturday evening.
Aaron Rose, the young man who got
q draft for the Government belonging
to his employees cashed and ran away
with the money, waived all eXamina-
ton in the Police Court to-day, and
was held to answer for grand larceny
at $4,000 bail. Rose acknowledged the
offense and said it was his intention
to go to the Black Hills prospecting,
and for that purpose he had purchased
two rifles and revolvers found in his
possession.
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