Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-08
Morning kilograms.
Passengers aa,nx south.

Passengers Gaing south.
MoJAvE, Dec. III l. Moulton
S g Cooke and wife, G. w Edmond
Mrs Holt and daughter, Major
Hammond and family, ] G Evans,
w Woodworth, G sleeper and fam
lily, f Low, F Johnson. M Han.
cock, Mrs Browning and son, J r
Lee, l. l. Bequette, VIC Wickers, II
Young, A Goodhue, J Alsen,
Adams, Q e Hartwell, J B Foster,
P Hirschfield, F w Wilke.
Mining Matters.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7.-As pre-.
vlously intimated, California to-
day declared a dividend of one dol
lar, payable on the sixteenth.
Standard also declared the usual
dividend.
The Big Board to-day made a
flank movement on the Pacific
Board by putting stop to the prac-
tice of allowing messenger boys to
carry its quotations to the Pacific
Board during sessions. The Big
Board has come to the conclusion
that it will no longer furnish the
basis for transaction for a rival es-
tahlishment. At the request of the
Big Board the gold and stock Tel
egraph Company will. early next
week, remove the stock indicators
from the various bucket chops in
The city.
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icle."
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7.-Dr. G..
G. O'Donnell, member of the Con-
stitutional Convention from this
city, has applied for warrant for
the arrest of the proprietor of the
Chronicle on a charge of libel. The
action is based on an article pub
lished in the Chronicle of Deem
Der Sd.
Questions Tamnered with.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. IA
member of the Board of Education n
of this city has been informed b. q
former School Superintendent of
Sonoma county that, during his
superintendency on two occasions,
questions for examination ad :
dressed to him were broken open
in the post office, or some
where in transit, before
reaching his hands. 1t is reported
that questions to be used on the
examination to come off on the
llth inst, have already been re-
ceived by some of the County Super
intendents. It is understood that
they were obtained by the Superin-
tendent of San Joaquin county en-
the 9Th inst.
MOrphiue nud ChiOro form.
STOCKTON, CAL, Dec. IA man
named Frank Grinnell committed
suicide last night, taking morphine
and chlorofOrm. He was q native
of Texas, aged 81 years.
rha Noble Walker Retires to Rest.
PHILADELPHIA, December. T.
O'Leary had made 337 miles last
night when he retired for his mid
night rest.
a Rrducston Of the Army s.aF
Proposed.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.-The
Joint Army Commission has decid
ed on an army bill which will not
materially change the fighting
force, but only the staff.
Panama News.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-THE steam
er Crescent City has arrived from
Aspinwall, bringing Panama ad-
vices to the oath ult. The news is
unimportant. The details of Par.
does assassination are very mea-
gre, but it is stated that on enter.
ing the Senate in order to dis.
charge his duties, he was stricken
down by the assassin. The event
was not altogether unexpected.
No disturbance followed the as.
sassinatlon and the country is gen.
orally at peace.
The Hos Springs Iuquiry.
WASHINGTON, Dec. THE Sen
ate Committee of Inquiry into the
omission of the Hot Springs clause
from the Sundry Civil Appropria.
tion Bill met to-day.
General II. johnson, clerk in the
Postoffice Department, testified
that he met Senator Conover In
August last and had conversation
with him in reference to the attack
made on his character by Benson
of the Treasury Secret Service
Prior to this interview he had new
er conversed with the Senator in
relation to the Hot Springs matter
Benson and another employe
of the secret servide division OF
the Treasury had called at the
Postoffice Department and desired
him to tell them all he knew about
the Hot Springs matters; one asked
whether he had been to New York
in January in the interest of Ger.
tain parties in Washington. He
told them he had not; also, that he
(Johnson) was not at the Capital or
the last night of the session. The
larger man of the two said they
had affidavits of three persons
that he had been seen waiting
around the hall of the Senate and
had been seen to take q paper from
Mr.. Rice, Senator Conover's clerk,
who told him to get away with It,
Witness replied that 1t was pack
of id lies and suggested thai
there was some mistake about it,