Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-04-05
Morning kilograms.


Passengers Going south.
MoJAvE, April 4.-G l. Wilson,
M = Thompson, w Bedell, J ID
Dean and wife, p J LAWN, G II
Hentzman, r. Watson and wife, Il
ID Mott, S F Durham, d X McKin-
ley, G ii Rough, A c Gale, + r
Girard, p o Burns, S j Corbett,
G. Wilson, 4 f Crimian. Niles
Knickerbocker wife and five chill
dren.
the Broken LeVres.
SACRAMENTO, April 4th.-Last
night John HARDWOOD, a son-in.law
of Hart Fellows, Receiver of the
United States Land Office, Sacra-
mento District, took a room at the
fremont Hotel, on ] street. The
landlord at noon to-day found Har-
wood dead in his bed. He had
poisoned himself with stry chime.
The contractors for closing the
break in the lcvee below the city
have built $50 feet success
fully, and it is believed that
If no washout takes place,
the gap will be closed by Saturday
night. In this case all the water
in r street will run off in one day.
The freight train from the East,
due here at 0 A. NJ, did not arrive
till l o'clock this afternoon. 1t was
detained by an accident on the hill.
A special freight train broke in two
at a point three miles east of Emf
grant Gap and then ran together
again. One car was thrown from
the track and fourteen others were
more or less broken. No one was
injured.
Orrgo"-Fn,i D"w" II HaIchw"y-
Gree" bach CONVENTION.
PORTLAND, Ogn., April A.
While the steamer Gussie Tellfair
was on her way down to Astoria
from here yesterday the second
officer, James Hayde, fell down the
forward hatch sustaining fatal in
juries. Deceased was about 81 and
native of England.
The Greenback State Convention
met at Albany this afternoon, and
after effecting permanent organi-
cation, appointing committees,
ETC., adjourned until tomorrow,
when the State ticket will be nom
mated.
Mining News firm virgtnin cay.
Virginia, New. April 4.-The
report that the south end of the
100 level of the Sierra Nevada is
in ore is denied by the Superinten-
dent. The west side of the winze
of the 1900 foot level of the Ophir
is in fine ore. Assays are rumored
to run as high as $500, but this is
not official. Ore was found sooner
than expected, indicating that the
ledge is widening. Bullion ship
ment to-day, Consolidated Virginia
Sl68,Tl7
Krnrnry tas Ell ~.
SAN FRANCISCO, April A fig
ure in efligy suspended to Il pole on
the corner of Grove and Laguua
streets attracted some attention
yesterday morning. a member of
the Kearney Club said it was an
effigy of their Dictator, who had
exhibited his moose, saying that
was his platform, which should be
administered to all persons who
betrayed the party. and, as the
Dictator had, himself, gone back
on his hemp platform, it was
deemed advisable to remind him
of his recreancy by suspension.
A swi"aIing Contractor.
SAN FRANCISCO, April A few
days ago it was discovered that the
contract of E. f. Ohms, for grading
Oak street for a couple of blocks,
had been raised from eight to
twenty eight cents per cubic yard.
His attorney stated that it was II
clerical error, and the authorize
tioD TO pay the amount was with
drawn and Il new demand made in
accordance with the original con-
tract. To-day it comes to light
that another Of Ohms's contracts
for grading ten blocks in Buena
Vista Park had been raised
from nine to twenty-nine cents per
yard involving swind'e of about
fifty thousand dollars. The con-
tract was recorded September Goth
for nine cents and the copy in the
Recorders Office bears the same
consideration, but the original con-
tract in the office of the Superin-
tendent of streets and the entries
on the superintendent books,
show twenty-nine cents. The swim
die was discovered in time to pre-
vent its consummatiop, no assess
ments having yet been made on
the property. Ohm will probably
find that it is difficult to convince
the authorities that this is also a
clerical error, and it also seems
especially impossible that such
changes could be effected without
collision on the part of some one
connected with the office of Super
intendent of Streets.
= silver war.
SAN FRANCISCO, April At
would appear that the war which
has been threatened between Sec
rotary Sherman and Flood &
O'Brien, regarding the purchase of
silver bullion, has actually broken
out. The Government has just
purchased silver here to the amount
of sixty thousand ounces
from Mr.. Harris, agent of
the London and Shanghai
Bank ut u price equivalent
to 542 pence in London, although
the London quotations for the last
three days have been 544. An i'm
teresting feature in the transaction
is in the fact reported that Harris
purchased the silver to fill his con-
tract from the Selby Smelling
Works, which are under the con-
troll of Flood & O'Brien. The Gov
eminent has also purchased from
the Grand Prize Mining Co., of
which the Anglo-California Bank
is agent here, one hundred and
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