Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-09-25
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MoJAvE. Sept. 24.-E s Wood,
Mrs J s Clark, L. e Darling, q J
Darling, q S Mitchell, Mrs Chas
Miller and three children, A j
Hamilton, a g SHARP, II G York,
J Sower and wife, II Kon, w :
Taylor, J II Clark, VI w Burns,
H Yost.
The San FS"ne,se" Inv s.ix"''""- =
some Interesting Developments.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24,h.-
The Finance Committee of the
Board of Supervisors yesterday
afternoon continued their investiga.
ton of the accounts of the late
Alex. Austin, City Treasurer. HUI
bert testified that on Oct. 9th, 1875
Austin drew $50, 600 from the Bank
of California, but made no pay.
ment to him ut or about that time,
but that during October and
November he paid in in various
amounts $l5 .6SS73 On Sept. 5th,
1875, Austin paid in S31 ,304 O3,
which was his last payment. The
amount If S750,335 Au-un owed
The cify nir nrcuniIl OF protested
taxes, ali for ihls he had D"t been
credited.
Jei,ning, :. Con-, un" "f Au-iin'-
busIAe. = partners. said lie dec'asr'i
mad lost S46,s34 So by carrying
stocks for customers. Prominent
smong these bad customers were
Fund the names of City and Coun-
ty Attorney Burnett, for $l2, ,9O5. 90
District Attorney d. Murphy, Sl6.-
723 so; Auditor Maynard, 50, ,558 27;
Mrs. Austin, SIS, 1854 SO, and a mum.
Der of others of both sexes. In
addition TO these amounts, Aus
tin had lost in operations
on his own account some $40 900.
w. 4. Dean, custodian OF the de
ceased's papers, testified that he
had found among them good notes
and duo bills to the amount OF
$50, 900, and outlawed notes aggre
eating S19.640.14. There was also
another batch of notes, names OF
makers withheld, which Dean
summed up as follows: Good,
S26 20; doubtful, S53, 1868; worth
ess, $l4,573 "a. Altogher, the ex-
animation showed that Austin had
lost about $2l5,0W
u. D.,moera,so C"nv.",ion "f Nev~ds
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24.-The
Democratic State Convention OF
Nevada met vest erday and adopted
a hard money platform, advocat-
ing the removal of all restrictions
on silver. They nominated fol
Governor. L. r. Bradley, present
for Lieutenant-G Gov
rrnor, Hon. J. NJ. Adams; for Con-
gress, w. e Il. Deal.
nrs ted ~ C"ntinURace
PLACERvILLE. Sept. 24.-In the
Chronicle libel case the Court de.
MED II further continuance.
S.n Ifnnct.c1 Mwskess.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. "a
Wheat-Buyers aud sellers apart
and market very dull; shipping
SL624@L674; milling, ST.. 654@l.7O
Barley-Coast feed, S74c@$l. Oats
Good to choice California feed,
S1.40@1.55. Rye-Sale, 120 cen
'als. Easy; large white,
S1.l23; large yellow, $l.10; sma'
vellow. $l.12A@l174 Hay-S74@
IA; steady. Potatioes-Cuffey's 3
Cove, $l.3O@l so; Early Rose, Sl.30
al LBS; Moon Bay, $1i.
Tine vntr as SsocktVn.
STOCKTON, Sept. "a The 18th
Annual Fair opened this morning
under auspices brighter than ever
before. The city is filling with
visitors and large number of ex.
hibitors have arrived from the
State Fair. A. z. Hill, OF San
jose, exhibits a fine display of oil
paintings. The track Is in splendid
Three races take place
trotting and one three
quarter mile dash for twO-year-old
colts. The stock stalls are all
filed.
A FInsr Firm O"es UV.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24.-J.
r. Mcdonnell & Co., put and call
brokers, who started in a few days
ago, with Mckee as chief manager,
went up the f1ume this morning
at 1880. The presence of a squad
of policemen was required 10 pro-
tect the puttcrs and callers. There
are some very suspicious circum.
stances connected with the matter
which committee of holders pro
pose to investigate.
The Libel suit does O0.
PLACERvILLE, Sept. 24th.-The
work of impannelliDg ajury in the
Chronicle libel suit commenced
this morning. Up to the noon re-
cess ten had been obtained.
Asta'ue Of Father Desnrs.
NEW YORK, Sept. PA cable
despatch says statue in honor OF
the late Father DeSmet, the Jesuit
missionary to the North American
India ns, was unveiled yesterday in
his native place, Dendermonde,
Belgium. A great throng assisted
az the ceremony. A chorus COM
posed for the OCCASION was sung by
800 voices.
Iudt." Eut-saries fran "v~r ssa
BOrder.
CHICAGO, Sept. PA dispatch
was received yesterday by General
Sheridan from Colonel Miles, dated
Fort Keugh, Montana, saying that
six Sioux Indians had arrived al
that post direct from the British
possessions, being emissaries sent
over the line by Sitting Bull to as.
certain upon what terms his peo'
pie would be permitted to surren'
der to the United States military
authorities. They represented tc
Col. Miles that the Sioux Indians
who had taken refuge in Canada