Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-05-18

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san Francisco News.
SAN FRANCISCO, 17th.-Mamie
Whiting, the young girl who was VIC
timized by marrying fellow named
Jones who had wife living, has dis
appeared. She is supposed to have
gone to San Diego. Jones is missing
also, but it is intimated that he is Sc
creted in the city some where.
The water commissioners have gone
OH trip to Clear Lake.
A young man named Geo Groom has
been arrested for outraging little
girl named Peggy Isaacs. This is the
fourth arrest for like offense within
the past ten days.
The jury in the case of Jno Callesto,
charged with committing incest with
his young daughter, were out eight
hours last evening and discharged be-
ing unable to agree.
Jno w Mackay, senior member of
the famous bonanza firm of Flood &
O'Brien, accompanied by his wife
and family, will leave during the
coming week for the Centennial.
Senator Sharon's private car is being
renovated and put i'm order to take MIR
Mackey on his travels to the Centen-
nial. Commissioners have offered Mr.
Mackey the appointment of Judge on
minerals &c. of che great exposition,
but he has not yet slgnified his accept
ance of the position.
The fast trotting horse Gold Note
has been purchased by M. d. Town
send for $4,000.
Hereafter Saturdays will be devoted
by the Bay District Association to
races by horses owned by members.
E. J. Baldwin, the we'll known mil
lion aire, in company with H. A.
Chadwick the hotel man, left this
morning. The trip is for the purpose
of completing negotiations to pur-
chase the upholstery and out fit for
Baldwin's new hotel on Market street,
which will open for occupancy abont
the first of September. An entire
working suit of upholstry for the hotel
will be purchased, but the furniture
will be manufactured expressly for
the establishment by the West Coast
Furniture Company of this city, and
will be of such elegance as to cost the
sum of $500, 900 in gold.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 17th.-A All
Choy, the head of the Chinese high
binders, is on trial for shooting a
China woman. This was the woman
who was shot through the head, and
Notwithstanding substance supposed
to be part of the brain exuded, she got
we'll and testified against the defend
ant this morning.
The Harvard Club, composed of
graduates from the college of that
name, have their annual dinner to-
morrow night.
A team attached to a mill wagon
ran away on Jackson street this moru-
ing and collided with a street car,
knocking the driver off the car, run
ming over and seriously injuring him,
then ran down to the water front, off
the wharf and into the bay and were
drowned.
The California State Woman's Suf-
frage Association met this afternoon,
but beyond organizing and listening
to one speech by one of the strong
minded, in the customary strain, there
was nothing done.
Silver coin is three to five and trade
dollars seven to eight per cent. dis
count.
The schooner Superior which was
in the keeping of the Sheriff, on at
tachment was surreptitiously taken
by the Captain while the keeper was
absent and taken to sea. Dispatches
have been sent to all parts of the coast
to detain the vessel should she put in.
Excavations are still carried on at
Bay View Distillery by Government
officers. The officers are very reticent
about matters, but enough has been
developed to warrant the statement
that startling disclosures will soon be
made as to the operations of distil-
lers.
Murder.
COTTON, CAL, Information
has been received here that A. La
Creveceur was murdered near his
house, 6 miles from JacintO station, on
what is known as Portrero, about 3
o'clock yesterday afternoon, by John
Gates, young man 10 years old. The
tragedy arose from scurrilous reports
in circulation by La Creveceur regard
ing the young man Gates, who attack
ed La Creveceur with shot gun,
shooting him once in the face and once
in the back with buckshot and then
discharging three shots from his re-
volver into the body. La Creveceur
had a wife and six children who were
| in the house at the time of the shoot
ing. Gates mounted his horse and
started towards San BernardIno say
ing he was going to surrender himself
to the authorities, The wife placed the
body of her husband in wagon and
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