Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-05-26
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WASHINGTON, May 25th.-The
Senate to-day passed without
mendment the House bill requir-
ing that all notices of contest under
the homestead, preemption and
true culture laws, shall hereafter
be printed in home newspaper
printed III the county where the
land in contest lies and If no news
paper be printed in such county,,
then in q newspaper printed near
est to such land. The purpose of
this bill, which was originally in
PRODUCED by Wigginton, is to stop
the practice in which land officers
are occasionally detected of conniv-
ing with land sharks by publishing
notices of contest In remote news.
papers, which the settlers marked
out for spoliatIon. are not likely
ever to see.
The House Committee on Com
merce have reported adversely on
Wigginton's bill providing for the
erection of light house in San
Luis Obispo harbor. They base
their unfavorable action upon q
report received from the Light
house Board, which takes the
ground that the proposed light
house is not necessary for the pur-
poses of general commerce and
that, if established, it would bene-
tit local trade only. The Board
also remark in their communica-
ton to the committee that there
are Il number of points on the
coast of California where the ne
cessity for the establishment of
lights is much greater, but with
regard to which the Board have re-
Trained from making any recon-
mendation, in view of the present
state of the national finances.
Although District Attorney
Coghlan's resignation is to take
effect June LIST and the friends of
candidates for tie successorship
continue to urge action, Attorney
General Devens has not yet made
up his mind and in response to ill.,
quirits to-day stated that the mat
ter was under consideration and it
was impossible to say what would
ultimately be done. rhe features
| VA SCChl W We AS lOl.
lows: Booths candidate, John Lord
Love, is strongly objected to by all
the rest of the California delega-
ton. Teare, although supported
by Sargent, Page, Wigglnton, Lut-
trell, Williams and Wren is not, for
some unexplained reason, consid-
cred by the Department as wholly
acceptable, and Phillips, who is the
only other applicant, does not ap-
pear to have any recommendation
except his acquaintance with
Devens in Massachusetts,. Horace
Davis has as yet declined to make
any recommendation and thinks it
doubtful whether the small pay of
the position will attract any new
and suitable applicant.
B,n!cinS ia New York.
New YORK, May 25th.-Two old
California miners are placing o
sluice in the cellar ruins of the
burned American Watch Compa-
ny's building on Bond street to
wash over the ashes and debris and
recover the precious metals remain
ing of the large stock of jewelry
destroyed by the fire.
Verdict sgainst Auegaany County.
PHILADELPHIA, May 25th.-The
result of test case foreshadowed
that Allegheny county must pay
for all goods destroyed in the
Pittsburg labor riots and suit was
brought to recover the value of a
consignment of whisky destroyed
while en- route from Cincinnati to
Philadelphia. The defense was that
the act making the county liable
was intended to apply to the citi.
zens of that county only; that the
disturbance was more than q mob,
was an instruction, and that if the
officers of the railroad companies
were at fault in having the
property in Pittsburg, the owners
could not recover. The Judge ruled
out testimony to prove these points
and tho verdict was for the full
amount demanded by plaintiff.