Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-03-14

motion to indefinitely postpone.
Carried. Ayes So, noes 27.
Dorsey, for indefinite postpone
ment, was paired off with Swift,
against postponement. Johnson
changed from 10 to aye and gave
notice that he would move q recon-
sideration of the vote. Adjourned.
DW.cnn's Cases.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 13.-The
case of J. G.. Duncan, manager of
the defunct Pioneer Bank, charged
with embezzlement, forgery and
perjury, was called to-day and the
prisoner waived an examination.
He was then held to answer with
out bail. The Grand Jury being
now in session, the cases will prob
ably be taken directly before that
body.
Default of judgment in favor OF
plaintiff-S125,721 Sl-was rendered
to-day in the Fourth District Court
in the foreclosure suit of Eugene
Crowell VS.. Joseph G. Duncan. The
mortgage was on the old San Fran
cisco Stock Exchange, oil Califor-
MIA street, between Montgomery
and Sansome streets.
proyrcAs OF WORK tn Oi,,,ir.
VIRGINIA, New, 13th.-The face
of cross cut No. 2 in the 1,90O-foot
level of Ophir has been In ore since
yesterday. The ore cut into assayed
all the way from $3.50 to $370 pei
ton. AS the cross cut advanced to
the west, however, the grade of ore
fell somewhat and the lowest as
says of yesterday are the highest ol
to-day. Cross cut No. 8 is being
driven to the ore to-day as fast as
the best appliances and hardest
working men can do it. There is
nothing yet in the face of this cross
cut. The level having cooled suf'
ficiently since connection between
the east and west drifts to admit ol
it, work in the winze east of the
ore body will be resumed at once
The engine at the chamber is being
repaired to-day and sinking will
probably be resumed by tomorrow
afternoon or Friday morning. The
winze is now down about twelve
feet and is expected to cul
the ore body at a deptE
of so to 100 feet. The WINE
from the 17OO-foot level is being puI
through as energetically as posi-
BILE. This is the most important
operation now going on in the
mine as it is intended to supply
fresh air to the 1900-foot level an(
greatly lessen the cost of prospect
ing operations. 1t is believed tha
fifty feet will be made this weel
and that this unusually rapid rate
will be kept up until the 100 ant
1900-foot levels are connected.
Ram at Points Above.
MARYsvILLE, March 18th. h.-Rair
again began to fall last night ant
continued until noon, when thu
clouds broke away, leaving thu
wind in the rain quarter. AT thi
writing it has again commenced
with a prospect of continuing
throughout the night.
Local politics is the absorbing
topic, and will be until after Mon
day.
KNIGHTS LANDING, March 49,
It rained steadily last night ant
nearly all day to-day. Rainfall
37-10O of an inch. 1t is rainin.
hard this evening, with the wint
In the southeast. The river fel
an inch to-day There is very lit
tie water in town at present. Th,
roads are cut up badly, some bein!
impossible.
| CoLUsA, March 13th.-It com
menced raining at o'clock thi
morning and rained until noon, u
to which time thirty hundredths G
an inch fell. The total fall for th
season is 29:12 inches. 1t com
menced raining again at thi
evening, with propects of con
tinuance all night. Wind south
The river has been falling yer.
fast, but this steady rain will sool
affect it.