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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-26

store of Robert Crews In Burney
valley. Crews, his wife and chill
dren and some other persons were
in the store. Littrell told Mrs.
Crews that he intended to have her
as witness. Mrs. Crews replied
she was not able to able to go to
Shasta. Littrell said she was
and, after some further con-
versation relative to the case,
in which contradictory assertions
were made relative to the facts,
Littrell called Mrs. Crews "a
damned liar.n Littrell at this
time was sitting on the counter
with pen.knife open in his hand.
Crews jumped In front of Littrell
and said, ~ allow no man to call
my wife liar" Littrell jumped
off the counter and struck at Crews
with the knife. Crews drew dirk
and stabbed Littrell in the left
side. Littrsll ran out of the house
and caught up some rocks, but fell
almost instantly and died within
forty minutes. The verdict of the
Coroner's inquest was that the
killing was unintentional and in
the heat of passion. The examin-
ing magistrate held Crews to an
swer for manslaughter. Crews was
brought to Shasta last night, but
admitted to bail in Sl5e0, which he
gave and was released.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-26

derson, Gen. Smith and others,
urging that an office should be
given to Anderson, and he travelled
all the way from Cincinnati to
Washington to urge 1t In person.
Finally he procured two places, one
from the Treasury and the other as
Consul to Funchal, neither Of
which Anderson would accept, be-
cause he thought them Inadequate.
Mr.. Matthews must suppose the
world very verdant to accept his
story that these exceptional efforts
were made on behalf of man
whom he barely knew, and merely
from political sy mpathy. II An
derson did not hold the Nash
agreement, and was not believed
to have access to the Sherman
guarantee, and known to be cog
infant Of othef features OF the
crime, Stanley Matthews would
never have lifted his finger to serve
him. If nothing mole should ever
be done about him, he already
stands self-condemned.
No wonder that Senator Mat
thews did not dare to face Interro-
cation and cross-interrogation I'M
der th!-Net0 York Sun.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-26

In the odds and ends which will
enter into the crop statistics of this
county this year, the seven thous-
and acres of wheat and barley on
the Centinela ranch should not be
overlooked. All this graf is in
splendid condition. Mr.. Nadeau,
of Cerro Gordo Freighting fame,
has been thoroughly successful In
all his barley ventures. In fact,
we are inclined to ascribe the re-
ported disasters TO the crops to the
opinions of people who have ridden
cursorily through the county. The
more we probe the complaints the
less we find that farmers have to
do with them.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-26
Stanley Matthews Again.

After the refusal of Stanley
Matthews to appear before the in
vestigating committee, on the
fiimsesG of pretexts, there can be
but one opinion about him. His
refuse Is a confession. He dare
not E.mit himself to be interro-
90 j and cross-examined. He ad.
'nlIts that he Is guilty. He has
gOLe to join the late Schuyler Col.
fax.
While the truth Is thus finally
established, there are some minor
ouriosities about Mr.. Matthews's
various utterapces that are worth
moments notice. In his state
'meut to the Senate asking for a
whitewashing investigation Mr..
Matthews said:
81 deny that ! made efforts TO
procure an official appointment for
Mr.. Anderson with the knowledge
or belief on my part that he or any
one else had been guilty of any
fraud in connection with that
election, or in fulfllment of any
promise of reward that had been
made to him on. that or any other
consideration whatever
Matthews has claimed that he
never saw Anderson until the close
of March, 1877, when the latter
called to see him without an intro
ductiOn, and bearing no cred Q N :
tials of any kind. Yet, inside of "a
fortnight later, he endorsed Ander-
sons application for the Consulate
at Callao, made at the suggestion
of Gen. Harlan, then in New Or
leans engaged in the work of con-
structing q Legislature, and en-.
dorsed it in the following terms:
''For important reasons special
iy request that this request be COM
piled with"
Is that the sort of recommended
ton o public man, standing near
est to the occupant of the White
House, gives to perfect stranger
from "mere pity?n During
whole year Matthews and Ander-
son were in close correspondence,
which was continued even after the
latter had threatened In the most
offensive terms to expose the fraud
aud all concerned In It. Matthews
wrote no less than eight diff erent
letters to Hayes, Evarts, Tom An
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-26

DIR. E. Cones, of the United States
Geographical Survey, states that a
breed of solid-hoofed pigs has APP
parently been established in Texas.
The hoof is perfectly solid, and on
its sole there is a broad, angular
elevation of horny substance, very
like the "frog" of the horses hoot.
The breed il said to be so firmly es-
tablished that no tendency to re-
vert to the original form Is notice.
able. 1t is also stated that in the
cross Of solid-hoofed boar with a
sow Of the ordinary. type, major
ity of the litter have the peculiar
ity Of the male as regards their
feet.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-26

A LITTLE comedy has been
thrown into the Potter Investiga.
tioD By the appearance of Mrs.
jerks OH the witness stand. As
the thing presents itself to US, Mrs.
jerks went to Washington AselI
the famous Sherman letter, she has
got her price for it aud Is now dis
posed to "bluff" tho Committee.
II Secretary Sherman has really
come into possession of his fateful
letter 1t is pity, from his personal
standpoint, that he didn't get it
before he went on the with ess
stand to make those damaging adj
missions. Whether the original of
that letter be forthcoming or no,
the Potter Committee have two
photographed copies Of 1t, and
Sherman can never blot out the
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-26

PROBABLY one of the first acts of
the Uni ted States Senate, when 1t
assemblies on the 4th Of March,
1879, with a large Democratic ma
jority, will be to throw William
Pitt Kellogg, pseudo Senator from
Louisiana, neck and heels, out of
the Senate. Time is said to have
its revenges, and the Democratic
party, after its long and patient
waiting, will have it in its power
to make amends for long series
of expressions.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-26

THE air is freighted with rumors
Of fresh developments in the Sespe
oil region. AS we have never
doubted the extent or permanence
of these deposits, they will be no
surprise to US. We believe that
the day is nit far distant when one
of the chief sources of the wealth
not only of Los Angeles but of CAL
ifornia will be discovered to lie in
the San Fernando and Sespe oil
territory. The development is
slow but none the less reliable.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-26

GEN. PHINEAS BANNING in
forms Us that the wheat In the
neighborhood of Wilmington is
turning out very finely. We fur.
Cher learn that the wheat crop in
the San Fernando valley is inf
nitely better than, of late, the
Messrs. Lankershim and Van
Mugs expected. The fact is, after
we get through with our uninter-
mittent grumbling, it will be found
that the crop of Los Angeles coun-
~, although by no means SO large
as was expected, will none the less
be OF satisfactory volume. The
corn crop after the orange and
wines and brandies - our best
money resource, will be immense.
1t is a good thing to know that
everybody will this year have
something.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-26

Barnum says that Tom Thumb
is "a great, big fellow now"
weighing eighty pounds, and for
ty-one years old. He and his wife,
with Gen. Grant, Jr., and his wife,
live in marlborough, Mass. Mrs.
Grant is the dwarf known as Min
ME Warren, and Barnum is author
ity for the statement that she will
soon be a mother.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-26
rne ,Ores.. election.

We can't, as o Democrat, deny
ourselves the full draught Of pleas.
ure given us by the Oregon cleo
ton returns. Our Republican
friends have undertaken to account
for the Republican defeat In that
State by the unpopularity of Hip
pie Mitchell, the Republican biga-
mist United States Senator from
Oregon. This won't do. Such men
Is Hipple-Mitchell and ex-Attor-
ney- General Williams are the very
men to rally the Republican party.
The fact that these persons were
found out, in average Republican
sstimation, is counterbalanced by
the aroma of their successful CHI
cane. We have drawn the lines
squarely in Oregon and have car
rled . State which was carried in
1875 for Hayes.
We elect our candidate for Gov :
ernor by fifty-four votes. This is
not large majority, to be sure,
but 1t IL larger than the majority
received by VIM. F. Johnston for
Governor in the great State Of
Pennsylvania, and q Governor wa
once elected In Massachusetts, by o
majority of one. It cannot be as
serted that Hipple-Mitchelps can
didacy for reelection to the United
States Senate from Oregon affected
the vote for Governor. Whit
taker, the Democratic cam
didate for Congress, received a
plurality of about twelve hundred
over Hines, the Republican. candl-
date, and majority of about three
hundred over both Hines and
Campbell, the Republican and In
dependent candidates. This last
was probably the fairest test Of the
vitality Of the two parties. The
result could not hinge, in the
slightest degree, on the Senatorial
fight.
Nor lie this all. The Democratic
party elects the Legislature, which
secures two Democratic United
States Senators from Oregon, and
which increases the large majority
tho Democratic party already has
In the Senate which assemblies on
the 4th Of March, 1879.
The real significance of the Ore
gon election is that. the Democratic
party has q new State in its COL
umn. Should the next Presiden-
tIal election, by any casualty, be
thrown into the House, in which
the vote il by States, the one vote
ri Whitaker will count as much
rs the whole thirty-three OF the
State of New York. This is a fear
full advantage.
The Issue presented in the Ore.
gon election shows that the van
tage ground established by Tilden
and Hendricks in 1876 will not only
be maintained but largely increas-
ed in the next Presidential cleo
tion. OF the three hundred and
eighty-five electoral votes of the
United States, the Republican
party, by the exertion of every
latent element ofstrength, was,two
years ago, only able to secure 166.
1t is true that, by "bull-dozing "
aud frand In South Carolina, Lou.
isiana and Florida, they were able
to bring this total up to 1S5-just
enough to admit of declaring
Hayes President. But they have
now lost the control of the machin-
cry in those States. They have
also lost Oregon, which reduces
their 166 votes to l63-a reduction
which will be followed by many
others In the United States, and
which leaves the party absolutely
Incapable of electing its Presi-
dent.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-26
Herald Steam Printing House.

The Herald Steam Printing House is
not surpassed by any Job Printing office
on the Pacific Coast, outside of San Fran
cisco. in facilities for doing job work
Low prices, good work and expedition
may be relied upon at this Office.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-26

When Waukeen Miller first be-
gan writing poetry he made Goethe
rhyme with "teeth." But he has
been reading up since then, and
now he makes 1t rhyme with
"qutha."
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-26

When you walk over q newly.
carpeted floor In your stocking feet
you are more convinced than ever
of the unconstitutlonality of the
income lacks.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-26

A Paris publishing house is pre-
pairing an edition of the Lord 9
Prayer in 1900 languages and dia.
lects. The book will be dedicated
to Pope Leo XIII.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-26

answers he made to the Committee
at q time when he did not know
whether or no the letter was to be
produced.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-26
NIGHTS NEWS.

Especial to the Herald by the Western
Union Telegraph Conpany.l
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-26

The management assure the public
that nothing will be permitted that can
offend the most fastidious, and that no
disreputable characters will be allowed
on the grounds. This rule will be stricJly
enforced. j28td
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-26
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In order TO meet the wants of many pa
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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-26

Committee on Grounds-F. p. Du Flon,
Johnny Redican. w. q. Rogers.
COMMITTEE on Prlnting-Ge0. IIammel.
Col. j. H, Wood.
Committee on Flnance-Gen. ]. G. Re-
ley, Pete Thompson.
Committee on Music-Joe Breson, Bob
Eckert.
Committee on Rsfreshments-Joe Bay.
er, Sam Sampson, Geo. Furman.
Floor Managerial. Mc9inniss.
Assistanth-Fred GuiOl, Gus LIE Prince.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-26
Money sEarket.

SAN FRANCISCO, June l4.-Stan-
dard silver dollars or silver dollar
certificates 992@99E bid, 99s@ Sl ask
ed; legal tenders firm at 99s buying,
99E selling. Brokers are buying half
dollars at 235@2374 discount, SELL
ing them at 1a@2 per cent. dis
count; trade dollars 972 buying, 974
selling; Mexican dollars "a buying,
95 selling.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-26
Non.Pariizan Majority.

SUsANvILLE, June 25th.-The
canvass of the vote has just closed.
The Non-Partizan average major
ity on the ticket at large is SO. A
H. Chapman, joint Senatorial, 20
majority. ]. s. Chapman, joint
Assembly, Z majority.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-26

SAN FRANCISCO, June 25th.-
A Chinamsn suicided in Bull Run
alley this morning by taking poi
son. He was lying in a wretched
den in the alley known as the
hospital of the Ming Yuepg Com
pany. He had been sick and was
out of money.
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