Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-08-29

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day at 8 A. NJ:
M W Linde, VIM Webster,
| Thomas McClue, Mrs A Gordon,
L Trask, Mrs Moran
Passengers Going south.
MoJAvE, Aug. 2s.-M. o. G.
Wheeler, A. j. Finley, S. Good.
friend, J. Frank, A. Hamarslage,
VIM. Zeckendorff. wife and child,
Mrs. E. B. Pomeroy and child, Miss
s. M. Bride, f. Kassick, H. A.
O'Connor.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2S.-The
Bank Com missiOners day COM
pleted the examination of the af-
fairs of the Clay Street Bank, and
they will report to the Attorney
General Tomorrow. They find the
bank in a sound condition and
worthy of public confidence. The
assets are in good shape and the
property enumerated there is worth
the value given in the bank state
ment.
A singuinr Freak Of sbe Elements.
SACRAMENTO, Aug. %. Last
February boy eighteen years o
age, named Peter Light, was
drowned while driving some
horses across Alder Creek, in this
county. Yesterday man was
clearing out an old well near the
spot, which had been overflowed
and filled up, aud he found the
boys body.
Breadth Densh.
SACRAMENTO. August 2S.-Last
night on the up-trip of the steamer
Julia, Louis +. Odlin, a native of
Massachusetts, aged 26, fell into
the crank pit and was crushed to
death by the revolutions of the
crank. He was intoxicated.
Tray Dye's AcconpIice Unaer
Arrest
GAIT, Cal, Aug. 2S.-A colored
man named Jacob Stevenson ar
rived in town last night and re-
ported that Lawton, of Troy Dye
fame, surrendered himself to him
and a man named Pounds yester-
day. Officers will go out from Sac
ramento Tonight to bring him in.
Stevenson says there is no doubt of
the mans identity, as he was ac-
quainted with Lawton both in
Folsom and Sacramento.
A DeE.uising Iadian Agen,-The
Giandeis.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 28.-In
the United States Circuit Court
this morning suit was commenced
against Oliver Chapman, late In-
dian agent ut Camp Verde Reserva-
ton, Arizona, and his sureties,
VIM. b. Hooker and Charles Bar
ney, to recover the amount of bis
bonds, $4,000. Chapman had
charge of the Reservation from Oc-
tober, 1874, to June, 1875, and in
his retirement his accounts showed
a deficiency of SIS, 600, besides which,
he failed to account for property to
the amount Of So, 100, turned over
to him by his predecessor. Alto
gether his defalcatlon amounts to
about $31, 600.
Captain Burns, Secretary of the
Society for the Prevention of Cruel
ty to Animals, reports the gland
ers spreading among horses in the
city to a much greater extent than
generally understood. The dissem-
ination of the disease is greatly
facilitated by the pains taken by
owners of stock TO conceal the
facts aud smuggIe away the bodies
of dead animals.
subscriptions f.r ,a- SuTerers.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 2S.-Sub-
scriptions here for the yellow fever
sufferers have reached one thou.
sand dollars. The st. Louis Mer-
chants Exchange yellow fever
fund now exceeds 5000. The ag-
gregate sum so far sent South from
st. Louis is about $4,000
Theodore Thomas has a L""g En-
gngemeMs.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 2S.-The Pres
ident of the College of Music, of
Cincinnati, has signed n contract
with Theodore Thomas for term
of five years, and Mr.. Thomas is ex-
pected To reach this city in Octo-
ber. He will at once assume
the dictatorship of the College, and
will begin the organization Of his
orchestra and conduct such musical
performances rs may be given at
the College. The organization of
the College, the choice of Profess
sOrs and the scheme of instruction
are already being arranged, and the
College will be opened early in
November, If not before.
Ala for Chicago.
CHICAGO, Aug. 29.-The citizens'
general committee for tho relief of
Southern yellow fever sufferers has
raised 81, 1870. Carter III. Harrison
has collected $8l7; Mark Thompson
collected 5000 from the ice men, and
the Washington Ice Company will
tomorrow forward to the Howard
Association at Memphis II car load
of Ice as donation.
Yellow Fever ss port Gibson.
PORT GIBSON, Aug. 2S.-Two
hundred and twenty cases ofyellow
fever to date and twenty-five
deaths.
Come Ous so Arrest Col nuart,DcE
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 2S.-An
Eagle Pass special says that Dep
uty u. s. Marshal with n detach-
ment left there yesterday to arrest
Col. Martinez and about thirty of
his followers, for violating the neu-
trality laws by raising forces on
American soil to invade Mexico
last May.
vicksburg.