Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-03-31
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SAN FRANCISCO, March 9nth.-At
the Bay District track this afternoon
the mile and half dash was won by
Chance in 2:44$, beating Katie Pease.
Owing to the anti-Chinese mass
meeting having been fixed for We'd
nesday evening, April 5th, the general
meeting of the California Rifle Asso
citation to consider Centennial shoot
ing matters has been postponed to the
Thursday evening following.
A reward of $500 has been offered
for the arrest of Charles H. Barth, the
defaulter
At the meeting of Police Commits
sioners to-day one special officer at
Chinatown was suspended and two
others fined.
The British steamer Lotus has just
arrived with over 1000 Cinnamon on
board, including 200 women.
B. b. Redding, of the California
Fish Commission,ha has received advices
from the Smithsonian Institute that
the government intends to stock the
! Sacramento river with another INSTALL
ment of 100000 shad. The first eXpe-
riment was made over two years ago.
The commissioners appointed under
the Roach law to fix water rates have
organized by the election of James r.
Kelley chairman. A letter was for
warded to the Spring Valley Water
Company asking for access to infor-
nation in the possession of that cor
poratlon. The response was courteous
and satisfactory. The Commissioners
are engaged in collecting schedules of
rates as charged in Eastern cities.
Judge Wright has sustained the va
lidity of the swill milk ordinance,
which reads as follows: mo person
shall offer or have for sale in this city
and county any unwhOlesome, ,watered
or adulterated milk, or milk known
as swill milk, or milk from cows or
other animals that are fed on
swill or other like substances
A test case was made by DR.. Glib
bons, Jr., by causing the arrest of a
milkman named ID. E. Knight on a
charge of violating the ordinance. 1t
was shown upon the trial in the police
court that it was the practice of de-
fendant to feed his cows upon distil-
lery slops and vend their milk to GUS
toners. He claimed that refuse from
the distillery was clean and healthy
food. The Court took different view
and adjudged him guilty and imposed
fine. He appealed the case to the
County Court, when the judgment
was affirmed.
The rumor which has been current
60 do t,x,
dent of the Occidental and Oriental
Steamship Company, is to succeed
Bacon as general agent of the Pacific
Mail Company in this city is denied.
1t is said that Bradbury would not re-
sign his present position with the Oc-
cidental and Oriental Company to ac-
cept the Pacific Mail agency if it were
offered to him. Bacon has recently
made some changes in subordinate Of
fees, and this circumstance may have
caused the circulation of rumor to
the effect that sweeping removals were
in contemplation.
J. r. Scapham, Assistant Chief En-
gineer of the Central Pacific Railway,
starts for Philadelphia next Saturday
to superintend the display at the Cen
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collection of Pacific coast products.
Two car loads of mineral, wooden and
other specimens have already been
forwarded, and another car load will
soon follow.
ASmaII Scandal.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 30th.-
White, connected with the Pacific
Publishing Company assaulted Carr,
son of superintendent Carr at Sacra-
mento yesterday afternoon. White
alleges that young Carr has been too
intimate with Mrs. White who came
under the ministratiOns of Hamm ond
the revivalist, became converted and
through her it is said young Carr was
brought into the fold. Mrs. White
went with Hammond to Los Angeles,
Marysville and other places in the
State and the alleged intimacy is said
to have begun after her trip with the
revivalist.
Disaster ut San Buenaventura.
SAN BUENAv ENTURA, March o.
The brig Crimea parted her mOorings
from the end of the wharf and went
ashore about four o'clock this after
noon. The sea is now breaking over
her and she will probably be total
loss. None of the crew are ashore
yet. A heavy wind and high sea have
prevailed all day.