Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-06-16
San Francisco News.

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SAN FRANCISCO, June 15th.-Silver
coin 4 to 5, trade dollars to per
cent. discount.
New wheat ranges from $1.65 to
$1.75.
Four more cases of smallpox are
reported this afternoon, making Is so
far this week.
A woman was admitted to the Aims
house yesterday, with three children,
who has been badly burned on the
neck and breast and arms by the eX-
plosion of camphene. She was suffer-
ing too much with pain from her
burns to be asked any questions. To.
day her condition is somewhat i'm
proved.
James Welsh was tried in the Po-
lice Court to-day for stealing several
loaves of bread. Although clear that
the accused committed the theft, the
fact that no money was found on the
prisoner, and that he looked half
starved, was deemed sufficient to JUS
tify the dismissal of the case.
Impurity seems to be on the in
crease in this city. The Commission
ers of Lunacy have already examined
thirty persons this month, twenty
two of whom were committed to the
Napa Insane Asylum.
John Connolly, keeper of saloon
on Clark street, last night struck his
wife with heavy pitcher, infiicting
an ugly wound on the forehead. De-
spite the fact that the woman swore
that her husband did not strike her,
the accused was convicted to-day on
his own confession.
The particulars of the shooting
scrape this morning are as follows:
An attempt to kill woman named
Lottie Livingstone, employed in the
Dive kept by John Harrington, on the
corner of Third and Mission streets,
was made by Johnny Tuers, min
strel performer in the same establish
ment. The woman was crossing the
street after the performance was over,
and, according to her story, she had
had some trouble earlier in the even
ing with the paramour of Tuers, who
is also employed in the same Dive.
Just as she had crossed the street,
Tuers seized her by the throat. She
made some resistance, when, she al
leges, Harrington, who was with Tuers,
struck her with a club owe the right
eye, badly disiguring and blackening
it. The woman screamed loudly,
whereupon Tuers drew pistol and
shot twice at her. One of the bullets
struck her behind the right ear, just
grazing the skin. So close was the
;cfO IL hoI ha hI1r nt
the flesh. After the shooting Tuers
made his escape, but was arrested
later. A charge of assault to murder
was made against him, and bail fixed
at $4,000 this morning, which he has
been unable to procure. Lottie Liv-
ingstone, the woman whom he at
tempted to murder, is delicate, dis
sipated looking woman, and her story
of the primary cause of the attempted
assassination is that about week ago
Happy Jack offered prize of a gold
cork screw to the female who would
sell the most drinks in month. There
was good deal of rivalry between the
women, and not few rows over the
prize. Last night the woman Liv-
ingstone and the paramour of Tuers
had trouble about the sale of wine to
some patrons of the establishment
who occupied box, and quarrel en-
sued, which finally led Tuers and Har-
rington to assault her. Tuers is we'll
known character, and some years ago
shot and killed James Bowling in
front of the Snug saloon, on Washing
ton street, while quarreling with a
third party about melodeon woman.
Tuers shot at his antagonist and missed
him, but the bullet found lodgment
in the body of Bowling, who was a
spectator of the scene. Tuers was tried
twice and was finally acquitted.