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SAN FRANCISCO, March 22d.-Chas.
Jost, of the Antioch distillery, one of
the parties mentioned by Phillips as
connected with the whiskey ring, de-
nies everything Phillips says, partic-
ularly the alleged offer on Jost's part
to squeal. A. p. Van Diezer, assist
ant United States District Attorney,
also denies all of Phillips charges.
The District attorney Van Dyke says
that Phillips had nothing to do with
the trials on the coast and says the
charge of Phillips that the jury was
composed of hoodlums from the streets
of San Francisco, is a SANDER on
Judge Hoffman's court. Michael
Reese was on the panel for that jury,
althoufih he was not drawn. Robert
Sherwood, one of the best known citi-
zens of San Francisco, was the fore
man of the jury. Two more of Phil
lips Witness have been indicted by
the United States Grand Jury. One,
H. HI. Thall. for attempted bribery of
witness in the Jost distillery case
and A. B. Clark, government agent
for oppression in office.
The agents of Wells, Fargo Co.'S Ex-
press have recovered eight bars of bull
lion stolen from the stage between
Belleville and Aurora on the 18th.
Ah F0ng, a Chinaman, was shot in
the leg last evening,o on Dupont street,
by another heather. He was convey
ed to the city prison for treatment.
A revolver was found in his pocket.
10 fo 10
City Hall this morning by firing a
quantity of shavings dipped in kero-
sene in one of the water closets. The
janitor discovered the flames in time
to put them out.
Jno. Coston,the man who is charged
with committing incest with several
of his daughters, was held in the Po-
lice Court to-day in $4,000 for the
Grand Jury.
The sloop "Go Ask H er''went ashore
on North Beach last night in Nor
ther, and is now full of water,
Burglars are operating at the Mis-
sion, and several houses have been en-
tered and robbed in that territory
within forty-eight hours.
In the Police Court to-day Captain
Lees asked that his complaint against
w. B. Dewes, f. NJ Ball and Geo. B.
Stamford, of the Oakland Tribune, for
libel, be dismissed, as he understood
that the libel was imposed upon the
paper by some Bohemian, and as ev-
cry reparation possible had been made
to him by its proprietors. The case
was accordingly dismissed.
United States District Attorney
Van Dyke has commenced an action
against Charles H. Eberle, David
Thompson, ]. o. Wilsey, Bernard
Kelly, C. H. Boone, Frank Ashbill,
S. Gibson, and Antonio Leger to re-
cover possession of Round Valley,
Mendocino county, which it is alleged
the defendants unlawfully entered
upon in March, 1878, and have since
withheld from the United States.
Robert Morris, Grand Master of
Kentucky, is among the overland pas
sengers tonight. DR.. Morris is foun-
der of adaptive Masonry.
The trotting race at Oakland to-day
was won by American Maid in three
straight heats. Time, 2:95, 2:324, 2:93.
SAN Francisco, March 22d.-Con-
gress voted an appropriation of $780,.
600 for the turning of San Diego river
into False Bay. Since then surveys has
been made by United States Engin-
eers to ascertain the amount and ma
ture of the work necessary to be per-
formed which will consist of dam
thrown across the present channel at
point little above Old town and the
cutting of canal from there to False
Bay, through which the stream shall
hereafter flow. Specifications of the
work have been published for some
time, and bids from contractors will
be called for to-day. These bids were
by Colonel Stewart, at the headquar-
ters of the United States Army of En-
gine ars at 533 Kearney street, San
Francisco. Ethan Gale and Edward
Eccles of Los Angeles offered to do the
stone work at $3.50 per cubic yard, and
excavation on canal at rs cents
per cubic yard but they gave
no guarantee. Jacob Hoke, Jo-
seph Tasker and George Geddes of
San Diego, stone work So 95, earth
works SO cents; Albert D. Smith and
Nm. G. Smith of Los Angeles, stone
work $4 AS, earth work 247 cents; s;Frank
A. and Warren G. Kimball of San Di-
ego, stone work So 90, earth work 80
cents; Edward Moore of Portland, Me-,
who recently removed MONDAY rock
off this harbor, stone work So so, earth
work 35 cents; James ]. Evans of San
Diego, stone work So SO, earth work
21 cents; Lemon & Wing of San Diego,
stone work So As, earth work 20 cents;
VIM. Jarous of San Diego, stone work
$4 45, earth work 35 cents; George A.
Johnson of San Diego and Howard
Schuyler of San Francisco, stone work
So 25, earth work II cents; George d.
Nagle of San Francisco, stone work
$7,95, earth work SO cents; no guaran-
tee given, Stephen ColverwelI of San
Francisco, and Gilman Davis of San
Diego, stone work $3 81, earthwork 21
cents; J. A. Hutchinson of San Fran
cisco, stone work SS 50 earth work 26
cents; no guarantee given, J. r. N.Y.
ers of Windsor Sonoma county, stone
work $4 372, earth work "a! cents.
These bids will have to be sent to
Washington to be passed upon before
the contract will be awarded, which
will probably not take place for