Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-19
LOsANGELES W WEEKLY HERALD
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MoJAyE, Nov. 17.-C H Hull, w
BiHull, Nj X Gard, G Brown, J
Crane, Mrs C.J Fox and children,
JR James, l. Lewis, L Piatt, w M
Hardie, Col Gray and wife, J Rog-
era, f L Bowers, w Strumk, r.
Hallone, DID McWade, I. Jacoby,
H S Lincoln, l. Liffie.
MoJAvE, Nov. 1s.-Miss May
Schwab, J Hendrick and wife, + 9
Yapp, G HI Coursen, G l. Ayers, II
Mckee, II NJ Mitchell, Gov Brad-
ley.
san FraDcisco Market.
sAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 19.-
Greenbacks, 99Ec@par; silver, lsc@
l1c discount. Wheat continues
more nominal; choice milling,
$1.75; choice shipping, $1.72a@1.75;
good do, $1.70; fair, ST. 65@1.672.
Barley-very dull; coast feed, 80c@
ST.; brewing, $1.10@1.20. OATS
coast feed, $1.10@1. .25; Washington
Territory, to arrive, ST 45. Corn
easier; small yellow, $l.l0i large
yellow, $l.05. Hay-nominal.
Potatoes-dull and unchanged.
The CHisn Diseh celebration.
ANAHEIM, Nov. 18-Tbe COM
pletiom of the great Csjon ditch
was celebrated Saturday by grand
picnie and babecue. About 1000
farmers OF this vicinity were pres-
Sut with their families, and the
great Joy felt at the successful com
pletion of this public work found
vent in aday of enthusiastic jollity
and merry making. The literary
exercises comprised history Of the
ditch by w. M. McFadden; an ora
tion by Stephen NJ. White, Esq,
and addresses by Theo. Lynill, NJ.
l.. Wicks and ?. de Avila,
fha latter speaking in Span
ish. The ditch IS twenty-five
miles IN length aud cost over forty
thousand dollars 1t will irrigate
fifteen thousand acres Of land in
aud about Anaheim, thus insurlng
10 the latter place great future.
This whole section is now entirely
independent of rainfall, because the
land not reached by the waters of
the ditch just completed is punc-
tured with artesian wells, which
spout forth great valumes OF water.
There are natural reservoirs along
the line of the ditch capable of
storing twenty million gallons Of
water,Sand these reservoirs will be
utilized in the near future,
paoy~s4,ss tho Qurssio" Of 4" Pa
vade.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 18.-At a
meeting of Ward Presidents yester-
day notifications were received
that six clubs had voted for Work.
ingmen's parade on Thanksgiving
Day and eleven clubs had voted
against 1t. They finally decided to
telegraph to Kearney and ask him
1.-THE would be here on that day, and
IL so then general parade would
be had IN the way of reception.
Atthe sand lots larger crowd than
usual was present. Beerstecher and
other delegates from the Constitu-
tional Convention spoke concern
ing what had been done at Sacra-
mento. Wellock said he would
have u Wofkingmen's parade on
Thanksgiving Day, no matter what
tie ward clubs did or whether OF
not Kearney got here. Then he
gave notice that he was going tc
start labor organ, to be called
9he Voice of the People, and sub
scylptions to small amount were
made.
Suicide or EiOprment?
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1s.-Las
Wednesday Augusti Guido anC
Miss Clarinda Rattonsi, both Ital
Isns of the better class, left Long
bridge in a Whitehall boat, since
which nothing has been heard o
either. A friend Of Guido hal
received q letter from him stating
that, MS be had wife in Italy, III
gould not marry Miss Rattohzi
and they had determined to die TO
gether. The last seen of the couple
they were going out toward thu
heads. Some of their friends credi
them with the intentions disclosed
Ia Guido's letters, while others he
Iieve the affair is merely an elope
tuent. The latter belief Is strength
ened by reports that parties answer
ing the description of the runaway
were seen on the overland trail
which left Thursday morning.
A Broak in stocks.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 18th
break in stocks this morning Is at
tributed to the manipulation in th
Nevada Block. There is nothing
in the news from the Sierra Nevad
cross cut to warrant such smash
Many press and private dispatche
received from Virginia are all
the same general tenor-that th
mine is looking we'll. The ore !
the cross-cut In the 2100.foot levs
far exceeds anticipations in ever
respect. One dispatch states tbs
she cross.cut first penetrated a
ore body, then struck barren roc
aud again went into ore. This
explained by saying that the fir
ore struck was q rich place In tn
cap rock, which was mistaken 70
the true ore body, bnt that now tn
real body has been reached. Oths
dispatches deny that any such TO-
nations have been passed through
but that the GROSS cut has been col
tinuing in rich ore since first stril
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