Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-26
Pacific Coast News.


SAN FRANCISCO, June 25th.-
A Chinamsn suicided in Bull Run
alley this morning by taking poi
son. He was lying in wretched
den in the alley known as the
hospital of the Ming Yuepg Com
pany. He had been sick and was
out of money.
Money Market.
SAN FRANCISCO, June l4.-Stan-
dard silver dollars or silver dollar
certificates 992@99E bid, 99s @Sl ask
ed; legal tenders firm at 99s buying,
99E selling. Brokers are buying half
dollars at 235@2374 discount, SELL
ing them at lt@2 per cent. dis
count; trade dollars 974 buying, 974
selling; Mexican dollars 81 buying,
95 selling.
Nine Production fur May.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 25th. The
Bulletin of this evening publishes
q statement of the production of
the forty principal mines of the
Pacific Coast for the north of May.
They aggregate, gold 81, 40,
silver ST 1925, 424, lead STA, 1896. or
these mines seven are gold, sixteen
silver, thirteen gold and silver and
four mixture of gold, silver and
lead. The production falls below
the returns of April by $500, 600 in
gold and $425, 900 in silver, chiefly
due to the reduced production of
the Bonanza mines.
The. Kearneyites want to Fuse.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 25.-It is
rumored that, in anticipation of
defeat in the convention. the Kear-
neyites are seeking a fusion with
the Democrats, though as yet
without success. Some of the dis
appointed Workingmen show a
disposition to attribute the success
of their opponents to fraud and are
grumbling in consequence.
Curley Taylor, the hoodlum who
was shot through the head at Sau-
cileto on Sunday, and brought
home apparently In dying condi-
ton, is now considered in fair
way to recover.
NOnsf ortizAn M01Or1fy.
SUsANvILLE, June 25th.-The
canvass of the vote has just closed.
The Non-Partizan average major
ity on the ticket at large is SO. A
H. Chapman, joint Senatorial. 20
maj oHty. j. s. Chapman, joint
Assembly, majority.
Monterey County Returas.
HoLLIsTER. June 25th.-The
register shows voting population
of about 1900 in this county but
less than half that nun Der of votes
were polled. The Non Partizan
ticket for delegates at large has an
average majority in the county of
80; w. J. White, Workingm en-, for
the Sixth Senatorial district, has 81
MAJ ority; L. Mason, delegate for
the county, 26 majority.
Queer Case Eading Ia Mau.
slaughter.
SHASTA, CAL, June 25th.-E. G..
Littrell and his wife Anna have
resided in Burney Valley, Shasta
county, from the time of their
| marriage, seventeen years ago.
They have had seven children, six
Of whom are living. They had &C
cumulated property to the value of
ten thousand dollars. On the 25th
Of May Littrell, by his attorney,
Clay w. Taylor, of Shasta, filed a
complaint for divorce against his
wife, charging her with acts of cru.
city and specifying that she had
accused him of incest with their
daughter; of Illicit intercourse with
other women; of attempting to
poison her, etc., all OF which he
denied. Mrs. Littrell employed
Raymond & Allen, of Sacramento,
who filed a cross complaint praying
for divorce upon grounds Of
cruel and inhuman treatment,
drunkenness and alleging the
truth of the charges made by her
against her husband. The case
was Sc. for trial before Judge Ros-
borough, at Shasta, on the 26th of
June. The case had excited much
interest in the neighborhood In
which the parties reside. On the
22d of June Mr.. LIttrell went to the