Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-08-16

officers were elected by the stock
holders for the ensning year:
President, VIM. M. Lent. Vice
Pesident, c. A. Burgess. Direct
ors, Thos. Bell, ]. f. Boyd, and
Lewis Teese, Jr.
Michael Iss-se's win Fiied.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 10TH
The will of the late Michael Reese
was filed at Redwood City, San
Mateo county, to-day. He leaves
1920. 900 to charities, the rest OF his
property to his relatives.
C"uid 9cs N. Work.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 18th. =
The body OF Louis Cohen, who
was a galvanizer. was found this
morning in the bay under Mason
street wharf. Some months ago
he was severely burned while
working at his trade and for the
last three months he he'd been un-
able to get employment. Yester-
day morning he got up between 5
aud o'clock and went away, evil
IDENTIFY with the intention of drown
ing himself, for when found he had
large rock in one coat pocket and
a quantity of small gravel in an.
other.
Hosvy Thuua-r shower.
MARYSvILLE, August 15th.-A
heavy thunder shower passed over
this city about noon to-day. Rain
fell for fifteen minutes very lively.
Francis Thurman Found.
SAN JOSE, August 16th.-The
lunatic Fraucis Thurman, who
wandered off at an early hour yes
terday morning, was discovered
last night hiding in a viney ard,
within one hundred yards Of the
house. He will be removed to the
Napa Asylum as soon as possible.
| Fasa, DaRsre"ce a~ 90 ritIe.
SACRAMEETo, August 15th.-The
particulars Of the shooting of Eng
lish by Caulfield are: The district
below r street, in this city, has
long been the ground of conflicting
titles. English was the agent for
the parties holding the adverse ti.
tie TO Caulfield for the same lots.
This morning, at 1880, English
was engaged in mailing boards on a
fence on s street, near Fifth. Caul-
field, with whom English has re.
Gently had difficulty, came up be.
hind him aud shot him in the back.
This shot he followed up by three
others. Cau!iieli has been known
in this community as desperate
for twenty-five years. He has re-
ceived gunshot wounds five differ
ent times; he has been stabbed six
times and was once partly executed
by hanging Caulfield walked cool.
ty away from his victim, crossed
over the levee, where he met two
policemen, to wnom he surren.
drred.
1920 r. NJ Tho surgeons in at
tendance on English say that, while
his wounds are dangerous, they are
not necessarily fatal.
second Dsy's IL aces.
| SACRAMENTO, August 15th.-In
the 2:26 class Col. Lewis won,
time 2:2l4, 2:2s!, 2:223, beating
Graves, Dirigo. Cuquette, Cairo and
Doty. Lewis's performance is con.
sidered very gooi, his FIRST heat be-
ing the fastest trotteJ in race in
Sacramento, except Occidents
time, 2:l6i.
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SAN RAFAEL, August 15th.- AT
tho second meeting of the Work
| ingmen this afternoon no one pro.
posed violence, bat the speakers all
suggested some legal way to stop
work. 1t looked to be more an at
tack from Saucelito on the road
than by the Workingmen on the
Chinese. The Saucelito men and
San Francisco roughs went home
after the second meeting and the
tizzle is over.
Arrival ct Ru,,io,-M ,vea eat Of
| Troops.
YUMA, August 15.-The steamer
Gila arrived this evening from
Aubrey, with hides, wool, ore and
six bars of silver bullion from Nc
Crackin, valued at $40, 900, aud six
bars of blackberry, valued at $4,000.
Also, % passengers and two COM
panies of the Eighth Infantry.
Company Z remains at Fort Yuma
until further orders. Company g
goes to the Presidlo.
n E,sNt E,uasly Rss,h
PORTLAND, August 15th.-A san.
culinary affair occurred last even.
ing at Roseburg, between William
Daily and Jack Woodruff. During
the row Daily shot Woodruff, dam
gerousIy wounding him, and re.
ceived in return stab in the right
lung, from which he soon died.
Woodruff now lies in very criti-
cal condition. Family troubles
were the cause Of the difficulty.
british Columbia News.
VICTORIA, August 15.-Edward
Conway, a well known telegraph
man, died to-day of hemorrhage of
the lungs. He was formerly Su.
perintendent of Construction of the
Collins telegraph line.
A convict working OH the streets,
yesterday sprung into pony
phaeton, in which was seated
lady and, whipping up the horse,
attempted to escape. The guards
levelled their rifles, but the convict
sheltered himself by crouching
close to the lady and drove on until
the horse was stopped and his es-
cape prevented.