Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-04-07

ing passengers for Los Angeles: G
S Burch, M Lawrence, III F Parsons,
NJ Carter, S A Stafford, G b Smith.
Weather clear and calm. Quite
warm.
Passengers from Arizona.
SEVEN PALMS, 6.-The following
passengers arrived by Arizona and
New Mexico stage line last night and
left for Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco by this mornings train: HI
Mathews, III Wallace, John Carr f
Single w Taylor, Mrs Taylor, B Roke
and Philip Sceollan.
San Francisco News.
SAN FRANCISCO, 6th.-Last evening
about o'clock pistol shot was heard
in room on the second floor of the
Morton House, on Post street. s. p.
Sni der, a clerk, ran to the room and
found Lazard Dahlman, Frenchman
lying on his back on the floor, bleed
ing from wound over the region of
the heart. He died soon after. On
the center table lay two derringer
pistols one of which had been dis
charged. The deceased was a native
of France and about "a years of age.
1t is said that he had spent the night
previous to his death, bucking tiger,
and borrowed SIPS which he promised
to pay at II o'clock yesterday. Du-
ring the day he borrowed 500 more
and sought to make good his promise
by the turn of the card, but losing,
preferred death to the dishonor of
failing to meet draft.
About half past five o'clock last
evening as locomotive of the Central
Pacific railroad was backing up King
street and crossing Third street man
rushed suddenly from the sidewalk
and threw his body across the track
between the engine and the tender.
The engineer stopped as quickly as
possible but not before one of the
wheels had passed over the mans
breast and neck and he was pulled
from the track. After being removed
to the morgue he was identified as E.
X. Lanthan, a stock speculator. The
body was badly mutilated.
Michael Mitchell, the aged German,
who was stabbed by John Mccarthy,
in Bull Run alley on Friday last with
a pair OF scissors, died at the County
Hospital yesterday. A charge of MUIR
der has been entered against McCar-
thy.
Belcher declared a dividend of ST
a share, payable on the 10th inst.
Woolbridge's, Howard street, Pres.
byterian church, has been settled in
Presbytery. August Hemme one of
the elders of the Central Presbyterian
church offered DR.. Woodbridge $1,000
to build new church if he and his
allies would leave DR.. Strong and the
Howard street church alone. and DR..
Woodbri dge accepted the offer.
According to returns made to the
Produce Exchange the stock of flour
in the State April lst was 4,769 tons;
wheat, 81, ,6Sl tons; barley, 1887 tons;
oats, 939 tons; rye, As tons.
The steamer City of Panama, be-
longing to the Pacific Mail company,
has been attached by the Panama
Railroad company. Other steamers
as they arrive will be attached also.
Retail tobacconists have agreed to
advance retail prices 10 per cent. to
cover the depreciation of silver coin.
The Chinese companies here recent
ly applied TO the Post Master General
to have Chinese clerk put in the post
office here. No response has been re-
ceived from Washington as yet.
The trial Of the Los Angeles distil-
lery case was resumed in the Circuit
Court to-day. Mayhem continued his
testimony which was of the same ma
ture as that of yesterday--a descrip-
tion of the process of distillation and
history of the seizure. The line of
defense was foreshadowed to-day in
the controversy between counsel as to
the admission of the books of the dis
tillery in evidence, and will be to the
effect that the seized brandy was not
liable to pay the revenue tax.
Michael Driscoll and Timothy Foy,
two of the gang of young hoodlums
who ravished woman named Eliza
Higney in November last, were found
guilty day in the Municipal Court,
and will be sentenced on Saturday.
This makes eight of the gang convict
ed on the charge. The others are now
in San Quentin.