Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-03-19
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SUNDAY. MARCH. 10, 1876.
NEWS OF THE MORNING.

An AL bany special Gays Gov. Tilden denies
the newspaper report that both he and Lieut..
Gov Dorsheimer have said they hold in their
possession a letter of ex-Secretary Boutwell,
to Henry Clews which affords grounds for the
Impeachment OF President Grant He says
they have no such papers. Dorsheimer also
says that there is not a word of truth in it,
Drexel, Morgan & Co.will pay drafts drawn
on A. L. Bancroft & Co., of San Francisco, on
the Bank of the State of New York.
There is no prospect of anything of interest
developing lu the Chicago whisky trials.
Barnes Opera House, at Springfield, ILL.,,
was destroyed by fire on Friday. Loss, $780,
900.
The number and magnitude of official In
vestsgations now in progress at Washington
are unprecedented in any previous Congress-
At the Cabinet meeting on Friday nothing
important transpired.
A Montreal dispatch says no officer from
Washington has arrived for Marsh.
b. F. Butler yesterday published letter OPP
posing the confirmation of Dana ON the
ground that he is convicted ofliterary piracy
The funeral of Mrs. Carl Schjrz took place
in New York yesterday.
The crops throughout the San Joaquin val
ley are reported to promise greater yield this
year than at any previous season.
B. B. Hallock the U. S. Treasury thief has
been sentenced to four years in the Albany
Penitentiary.
Anna Hammond, 40 years OF age, was r'ur-
dered at No. 2ll4 Second Avenue, New York,
last night, by Thomas j. Bartell. He came
home intoxicated and after quarrel with
"a bata bat
her several blows Her he ad and breast were
literally chopped to pieces. The murderer
has been arrested.
The rush of people to the Black Hills in
creases daily. Eighty-four men went west
yesterday and to-day. special train OF IL
cars from Omaha, containing persons bound
for the Hills, left for Chyenne.
A man named Barnes, while intoxicated
shot Chinaman Thursday night, at Carsonf
Nevada, near the depot. The wound is not
fatal Barnes is held in $1,000 bail to appear
next Monday.
About O'Clock yesterday morning mai.
named samuel Boone was killed in the Dol
lar Hide mi ne, Lander Hill. He had charged
blast fired fuse and had retired the usual
distance. The blast not exploding as soon
as he thought 1t should, he returned to ex.
anime it when 1t exploded. The flying rocks
striking him on the body and killing him in
family.
Maur ice ]. Walsh. of New York appeared
before the committee on Military Affairs to.
day,in reference to the soldiers tombstone
contracts He claims that although his bid
for first class Carrara marble was only some
5000. 600, out of which 10000 was to come
back to the government in the shape of duty
on the imported articles. The contract was
given to Mr.. Bridges of Keokuk, for S9O0,0O(
for American marble ofvery Inferior quality
and without any such advantage to the gov
ernment.
A man named Peterson, Norwegian, EN-
Moved at night ON the boom of the Por
Blakely, Washington Territory saw mill wa
drowned at that place on Thursday night
He was MISSED and when they went to lool
for hia, this morning he was found beneath
the water at the end of the log slip. Peter
son leaves wife at Port Blakely.
man named Edward Tremmar commit
ted suicide at Carson, Nevada, by shooting
himself with a shot gun loaded with buck
shot.