Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-08-02

OH sClOOueT lO-uhy cuhTReu Will
grand larceny in carrying off the
greater portion of the movable
property in the town of Rio Vista
He got away with 5000 sacks OF
grain, Is coils of rope, 100 feet ol
hose and the town library, compris.
ing several cubic feet of literature.
He brought the plunder here in
the schooner, and a portion of il
was found at the junk store of Law
renee johnson, who was also ar.
rested.
Xhe Ventura Riusder Triai-.
SAN BUENAvENTURA, Aug. L.
In the More case, this morning,
the counsel for the people an
nOunced that they were ready TO
proceed with the trial of J. ID.
Lord, whereupon the defense asked
for continuance for the term, on
the ground that John Farrell, an
absent witness, was necessary to
the defense, as was also Frank
Davis, another missing witness.
Mr.. Ganahl opposed the motion,
unless the defense would agree to
take up the case of Hunt.
This being declined, the Court t
overruled the motion for continu-
ance, on the ground that his honor
was satisfied that no such person
as Frank Davis or John Ferrall
were present in the vicinity, as
stated, at the time of the murder.
The affidavit of defendant was in
tended only for delay, and was
false.
Mr.. Raymond, for the prisoner,
then challenged the panel on the
ground that the Sheriff, who had
summoned it, was BIASED against
the defendant
The Sheriff, on being sworn, tes-
.ified that he had formed and ex-
pressed an opinion as to the guilt
or innocence of the prisoners, but
bad no bias which would prevent
him from giving them a fair trial,
according to the evidence, if sitting
as juror.
The Court Overruled the chal-
lenge, aud the defense excepted.
The impanelment Of a jury for
the trial of Lord was then proceed
Ell with, and up to the noon recess
three had been obtained.
Eat.Wres in jay.
NEW York, August 1st.-There
were sixtyseven failures i'm this
city in July, with liabilities amount
ing to S5,73S,171, an increase over
June III the number of failures aud
in the amount of liabilities.
The Late Eclipse.
DENVER, August 1.-The astron
omeIs from Rawlings and other
points met here yesterday for COM
parison of their notes and the dis
cussion of observations. Prof. Wat
son feels certain he has discovered
Vulcan southwest of the sun, about
two degrees distant. Prof. Draper
succeeded in getting photograph
of the spectrum of the corona, thus
proving that most of the light of
the corona is reflected from the
sun and is not due to ignited gas.
All Qn,et un til. MO Grandp.
WASHINGTON, August 1st.-A
letter received by Gen. Sherman
to day from Gen. Ord states that
Gen. Mckenzie has not crossed
into Mexico, as has been reported.
The river is so high that neither
party can cross. Everything quiet
On the border.
BOSTON wOai Market
BosToN, July 3Ist.-There has
been no material change in the
market since last week. There is
an active demand for combing and
delaine descriptions, but for cloth
ing wool the demand Is but moder-
ATE and manufacturers are more or
less Indifferent about stocking. The
new clip continues to arrive quite
freely. No prospect at present of
any change in prices. California
unchanged. but in demand at
10000, including choice northern
at 2S@30; superior and X pulled in
moderate demand at 30@40.
Tamneny Afraid of Kearn.y.
New York, August 1.-The
Graphic says that Kearney's ar
rival is causing anxiety among the
leaders of Tammany Hall. lie
will receive n warm welcome from
the anti-Tammanyites and Nation
ais. A Tammany Hall Alderman
said to-day: ~ think kearney
will do a good deal of mischief
here. He won in California a
great victory. The laboring peo-
pie want work. Here in New
York $4,000 men are idle, numbers
of families are suffering for bread,
and as soon as it is known what
day Kearney Is to arrive the work
ing classes will get up a demon
stration for him."
Collapse Of the wheat Corner.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 1.-The cor.
ner in July wheat eliminated
amid great excitement at
2:30 this afternoon. A few min
utes before the noon Board
closed. McGeach instructed his
brokers to bid 1.3O for all wheat Of
fered, thus establishing the price
at wich delinquents must settle.
Settlements were made for all but
"a, 900 bushels. This amount Is due
from prominent members of the
Board, who claim that their deals
are magniiied to a higher figure
than the closing price, but they
were forbidden by their customers
to settle.
Pubic Debt.
NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-The Times
Washington special says that th,
public debt statement shows re