Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-26
LOCAL BJ2ICVITIEE.

"A IOSL iOcKet Is advertiser iof IN
our New To-day.
Sheriff Nick Coyarruoias, oi
S tnta Barbara, has been paying
Los Angeles visit.
The Supreme Court will prob
ably get through its Los Angeles
session by the 2l proximo.
From Wilmington Oct. 25,sailed,
schooner Hannah Madison, Ras.
mussop, master, for I.ompoc.
Mr.. Ernest Neit2ke Is again the
father of u bouncing boy and yes
terday Yves the happiest man in
town.
News has been received of the
death at Signal, Arizona, of Chas.
N. Nc Lean, a former resident of
Los Angeles.
Bishop Whiteman, of Charles
ton, S. c., will he here next Sum
day and will preach for Trinity
Methodist Church at II a. NJ.
Two drunks were up before Judge
Peel yesterday. One paid So and
the other-old Kelly, II chain gang
regular-wa sens up for five days.
Attention is directed to the ad-
vertisement "Auction Sales This
Day." which appears under New
To- DAY. AT the usual hour this
morning Mr.. E. w. Noyes will
offer for sale, at the auction house
Of Mr.. j. G.. DeTurk, Market street
lot of American mules, work and
saddle horses, buggies, etc.
In the District Court yesterday,
E. w. Taylor, one of the Taylor
brothers, defendants in the recent
mining suit of rhistlewaite ct al.
W.. Taylor ct al, arrested on a
charge Of embezzlement, was re-
leased from custody on the ground
that, for the offense charged, the
remedy should be a civil instead of
criminal action.
The Investigation OF the charges
against Postmaster Dunkelberger
was concluded yesterday and
Special Agent Sharp returned to
San Francisco overland, where he
will write up his report and for
ward it to the Postmaster General.
High officials, like large bodies,
move slowly, so 1t will probably be
some time before we know the re-
suit.
Attention is directed to the ad-
Yeriisement of Mr.. b. F. Coulter,
who has opened at the corner of
Main and Temple streets with @
full stock of entirely new goods,
which lie proposes to sell at rea-
sonable prices. His stock also in. @.
cluies Il full line Of gentlemen's 8
furnishing goods of the latest
styles, Intending purchasers will
find it to their interest to give him
call.
On Thursday night drayman
named Morris, who lives on Char
ity street, attempted TO commit
suicide by cutting a cash in his
left arm. Fortunately the main
artery was not severed, and precau-
tions were taken to prevent repe-
tition of the rash act, Morris has
been subject to fits of mental de-
preston, bordering on insanity,
ever since his son, young man,
died, and it is supposed that this
attempt to take his life was during
one of these spells.
We direct the attention of physi.
clans, in view of the two deaths
from drowning that have occurred
in this city In the past two days, tC
the following directions for resus
citating drowned persons: AL
Eastern physician. DR.. T. S. Lam
bert, claims that drowned person
may be resuscitated even II they
have been dead for hours. He first
made the discovery by resuscilat-
in p6oI or S't. ahichep. which lay
frozen stiff. He simply got i
warm, and it came to life. After.
ward he tried it on dog, and dur
Ing the Summer drowned the same
dog twenty iimes, and each time
brought him around all right.
Ia the County Court yesterday
the case of the People vs.. Thistle
ton, editor of the jolly -Giant, in
dicted for libel, came up for trial.
All the seats and every available
foot of standing room were occu.
pied by spectators eager to hear
the expected disclosures of scandal.
In this they were disappointed, as
no evidence of a character to satisfy
their prurient cravings was brought
forward. At the usual hour of ad.
journment, the case not having
been concluded, a recess was taken
till 7 O'Clock, On the reassemblIne
of the Court District Attorney
Thorn summed up the evidence and
Mr.. s. M. White opened for the
prosecution. He was followed by
Messrs. Lucas, Brunson, who by
permission took the place of Mr..
Wilson, and Major Bell for the de-
fense, Col. j. G.. Howard closing
for the people, At IL O'Clock the
jury retired and at 1:30 this morn
ing had not yet agreed upon yer.
dict.