Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-06
LAST NIGHTS NEWS.
Especial to the Herald by the Western
Union Telegraph Company
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 5.-Yester
day afternoon two boys were
drowned in lake San Andreas, San
Mateo county. Willie Munds
aged IA years, and I. Reiden, aged
years. The boat capsized and the
two boys could not swim. The
father of young Munds was in the
boat and narrow ly escaped
drowning himself. Three men be-
sides the boys were in the boat.
Fourteen men and boys were
fined five dollars each for firing
bombs on the 4th.
Yesterday a fight occurred be-
tween two gangs of hoodlums in
Hayes valley, during which q
young man named Hosford had his
nose almost cut off and was se'
verely hacked about the face ant
neck, some of the wounds being ID
dangerous proximity to the jugulal
vain.
Mrs. Lambert, No. 433 Jessie
street, while building fire in hel
kitchen stove for the purpose OF
cooking dinner, noticed that two
pieces of kindling wood appeared
to be glued together. Shortly after
the fire was lighted an explosion
occurred which demolished the
stove and scattered the burning
wood about the room. An exam.
ination was made of the pile ol
kindling wood and other pieces
glued together were found. Upon
separating the sticks charge of
coarse blasting powder was found
placed in small place dug out of
| the wood.
Two fifteen year old hoodlums
were arrested at Woodward's Gar.
dens yesterday for picking the
pockets of two persons. The purses
were found on one of them, but the
money had been abstracted.
San Francisco Maraets.
SAN FRANCISCO July 5th.-Floul
dull and unchanged. Wheat inac.
tive; new 81 COOL 623; old ST. csc
81 20. Barley dull; new S73@9Oc.
Oats very dull; nomiually ST goa
81 140. Corn scarce and firm
Omaha 81 so; California large vel
low S2@2 02t. Rye held at ST. 12&@
ST. Is. Honey unchanged. Potatoe,
steady; good to choice 81 90@2 9;
Wool unchanged.
Refugees from Surprise va,ie,
| SUsANvILLE, Modoc county, Cal.
July 5tb.- Eight families from
Surprise valley havejust arrived in
town. The Indians have been
within eight miles of the valley
They stole stock and took the con.
tents of the cabins. Friendly Pi.
utes have warned the settlers thai
the hostiles were coming to take
the valley.
| Mevenenfs of The MOsti,es.
CAMP LESTER, Mouth of Soutl
Fork of John Day River, July q
The following is ofiicial Hostile
crossed the John Day river nea
this point on Sunday, June 30tb
and are now in Fox valley. The
indication are that the hostiles will
cross Snake river near the moutl
of the Graude Ronde, keeping In
their journey under cover of the
forests of the Blue Mountains. The
country through which the troops
have followed them from Camr
Curry to this place is the most rug.
ged imaginable. 1t Wheaton has re-
ceived the orders sent him he will
be ready with his force to encoun.
ter the hostiles as they emerge
from the mountains. The ciIi.
zens skirmished with the Indians
on Saturday, June 29th, and had
one man killed. On Sunday the
Indians murdered two men in this
valley and burned three houses
Bernard presses them so close that
they had no time to depredate
further. Howard will move slowly
to give Wheaton time to get ptc
position. Every exertion has been
made but pack trains were not OBJ.
tainble and to bring wagons over
the mountains, which are rugged
and precipitous, is deemed impos
sible. The foot troops carried two
days. supplies on their backs and
marched thirty miles over this
rugged country to-day. There will
be no fight for some days, as How
ard cannot tell whether Wheaton
is ready to intercept them.