Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-31
Passengers doing som.n.

Cohn, s Il Black.
Passengers GOiny south.
MoJAvE, July so Passengers TO
arrive per Overland train from San
Franchises: II G Winter, P Hirsh-
field and wife, r A Young, F Nc
Cauley, FL @ Austin, A VentOn, r
Dickson, II ID Vanschaid, Mrs + e
Hewitt and daughter, w F Somers,
o Simon and wife, d Mcmillan, S
w Craigue. Mrs A Flood, q Rob.
ert tson, F L Ogel.
san Francisco News It.m mS.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 20.-Alfrel
Gros, druggist, corner of Kearny
and Washington streets, this eve-
ming waylaid George Frankfort,
editor of lie Petit Journal, near the
latter's residence, Park avenue,
and fired two shots at him, neithe
of which took effect. Gros was ar.
rested and held in ST. 900 bail. The
cause of the attempted assassina.
tion is some matter which Frank
fort had published concerning Gros.
John E. Ross, assistant engineer
of the Fire Department, fell from a
roof of the building No. 249 Clara
street, this morning, a distance of
forty feet, and was dangerously in
jured.
Alexandria Moitariet, a native
Californian, thirteen years of age,
was drowned this evening while
bathing in pool Of water at the
corner of Harrison and Nineteenth
streets.
The Board eff Supervisors will
meet on Wednesday evening in
committee of the whole to consider
the matter of setting aside res
ervation for the residence of the
Chinese population where they
will be more removed from the CEN
tres of residence and business than
in their present locality.
Victorian rnriiamena ,u Session.
VICTORIA, July 30.-Parliament
opened to-day. The speech from
the throne was read by the Lieu
tenant-Governor. 1t says that the
Government has entered a strong
protest against the removal of rails
intended for the Island road to the
main land, and that the time has
arrived when steps more decisive
necessary. Rigid retrenchment
in the conduct of public business
and the lessening of taxation, are
promised.
Eu.
ernnr Dead.
PORTLAND, Ogn., July 3O.-A
fire in East Portland last night de.
stroyed nearly an entire block, in-
Guiding the city building and most
Of the records; loss about SIS,
Ex Governor Curry died last
night after prolonged illness.
The v-nturn rriai-.
SAN BUENAvENTURA, July 80,
The whole forenoon has been occu.
pied by Col. Howard for the prose-
cution and Hon. Creed Raymond
for the defense. Each discussed
and dissected the evidence from
their standpoint mingling their ar.
guments with bursts Of
eloquence which thrilled the audi.
ence. The defense have
evidently become more fa-
miliar with their case and have
managed to get together number
of apparent contradictions of Jones
which are used to good effect in I he
arguments. This afternoon Mr..
Fay will follow for the defense and
Mr.. Ganahl will close. Twenty
days and nights of ipcessant la
Dor are telling on counsel and
the speeches are shorter than on
the trial of Sprague. Tomorrow
the court will begin to impannel a
jury for the trial of Lord, which
will be the last case of this term,
as the court must be opened in
Santa Barbara on the twelfth, hav-
ing already been postponed once.
San Francisce Markets.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 30.-Flour
firm. Supertine Al; extra SUPER
fine 5; family and bakers 6b@5s;
Oregon scarce and firm; new and
extra 5@5t. Wheat. Liverpool
advices encouraging and market
easier. Shipping I.874@1.7O; mill
ing good to choice 17O9172A. Bar.
ley steady. Bay feed 95@$l; coast
873@973; old brewing l40@l45.
Oats steady 140@160. Corn sales;
eastern yellow $50; California
yellow l.90. Rye, nominal. Po.
tatoes steady. Fair to choice $I@
$1.25. Hay unchanged. Wool un.
changed.
On Hard.MO"eY Platform.
PORTLAND, Me, July 3O.-At o
meeting of the Republican State
Committee Blaine urged that in
any resolution about currency the
word "coin" should be substituted
for gold, but he was overruled and
the party will go into the cam
paign to try conclusions with the
Greenbackers on an out .and-out
hard money platform.
The Crops Of iowa.
DEs MONIES, July 30.-Reports
from various portions of this State
give discouragiDg accounts of the
prospects of the wheat crop but
claim good yield for other cereals.
The intense heat aud rains of the
past week are the cause of much
damage to wheat. Some fields Of
hundreds Of acres will not be worth
cutting, while others will yield all
the way from five to thirty i've
bushels according to the time OF
planting. Winter wheat Is gen.
orally cited as an average crop OF
forty bushels per acre, but Spring.
sown wheat Is estimated in differ.
ent counties at one-third and one-
half the crop Of 1876. Farmers
are working night, day and Sunday,
and although tramps have flooded