Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-17

the expression OF both houses OF
Congress and there is no doubt that
the wiehes of the people of the Pa
cific Coas. will have in him not
only an able but sympathetic
advocate.
The COMMISSIONS. OF the
General Land Office decides
that the Reynolds survey
of the northern boundary of
the rancho Santa Margarita Y Las
Flores, San Diego county, is incor-
rect end must he greatly modified
to conform TO the Department de-
cision made in 1879. This will me-
cessitate a reduction of its vast area
of 10000 acres to about 100000
acres.
a Soiie PrOssqui Eassr.u.
WAsHINGToN, Oct. 10th. - A
Notte pros was to-day entered in
the cases against Sugg Fort,
Roderick r. Butler, +. Sewers,
Wiley Edwards, Henry Waters,
Albert Metcalfe, Geo. s. Purdy and
II. b. Mitchell, charged with con-
spiracy and presenting fraudulent
claims.
Ihe spstcines-laippie.
MitcheIi Iaserviewed.
NEW YORK, Oct. 16th.-A Wash
Ington special says that Senator
Mitchell, of Oregon, was inter
viewed yesterday in relation to the
Tridune's cipher dispatches. He
says he has no idea how the 1ri-
bune obtaiped the dispatches as
they were ordered to be boxed and
returned TO the Western Union
Telegraph Company. He says
that, leaving the dispatches relat-
ing to the Southern States aside, If
the Senate had sustained him In
compelling the cashier of the Third
National Bank to produce Tilden's
| bank account, he believes he coulC
have shown disbursements of be
ween $1,000, 600 and S., 600, 900 from
rilden's private account.
] Used Gover~ m aat ,Funds.
New YORK, Oct. 16.-Assistan
United States District Attorney
Hoxie, of Brook yn, to day resigned
and made a written confession tha
he has lost in Wall street money,
entrusted to him as a governmen
official. The amount is believed
to be large.
Fever Dssihs-The scourse a
Mtia..
| MEMPHIS, Oct. 10th. w eathe
warm and sultry with rain threat
ening. From q O'Clock last nigh
to noon to day the undertakers re
port thirteen interments TIN
fever has appeared at Milan, Ten
nessee, which had enforced rigit
quarantine against all infecte'
points.
No Abatement sf thc Etver.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 1Gth.-Dis
patches received from all points il
the fever section show no materia
abatement of the disease.
fever Rt YszuO Ci,y.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 16th.-A
YaZoo City very malignant ant
fatal form OF fever has appeared.
Hayes in virgsnia.
WINCHESTER, w. Va, Oct. lG =
The President and party arrived
here this morning.
Cong ressiomaI Nomination.
| GREENFIELD, Mass, Oct. 16th.- :
The Butterflies have nominated
Wilbur in the Tenth District fol
Congress.
C.iiett AcQuisted.
Provo, Utah, Oct. l6.-The jury
in the case of Sylvannus Collett
implicated with the Porter Rock.
we'll Mormons for the murder, il
the fall of 1857, of the California
party known as the "Aiken party
rendered a verdict of not gully al
7P. NJ. to-day. The trial had beer
in progress for the last two weeks
and the evidence elicited impIi
Gated several other Mornons o.
high standing. Rockwell dice
about year ago.
| The Omoisl Vote Of Ohio.
COLUMBUS, Oct. 16th.-Officia
returns have been received on the
vote for Secretary of State from al
the counties except Hamilton ant
Washington and reliable unofficial
figures from all the counties, which
make B.rnes's majority for Secre
tary of State 3, l54.
Full official returns from all the
counties give the following AS the
total vote cast for each candidat.
for Secretary Of State: Barnes, Re
publican, 274, 120; Paige, Democrat
270, ,966; Roy. National, 1892
Robinson, Prohibition, 5,674 The
returns also show the election o
eleven Democrats aud nine Repub
licans to Congress.
The Fever ns Chattanooga.
CHATTANOOGA, Oct. l8th.-Foul
deaths from yellow fever In the
last "a hours and IA new cases. En-.
ergetic measures were taken to-day
to depopulate the infected districts
The sick were put into hospital.
and the Others into camps. The
weather is warm aud unfavOrable
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