Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-21
LOSSNGELES WEEKLY HERALD
Morning kilograms.
PsssesxeTs GUiug s"uth.

Psssesxers Goiag s"uth.
MoJAvE. Dec. 20.-E w McDon-
aid, NJ G Winnie, J Il Ferris, l. Har-
lon, Mrs l. Ryan and child, } A
Vail, NJ b Kissy, Miss Lizzie
Apcon. S E Stevens, l. w Thayer,
Mrs C b Church, E Fairchild, B
G Briggs, E F spence, II Leakers,
l. Nell, Mr. buchanan and wife, IL
p Hager, j l. Merymer, s A Roach,
] Haley, S Gumbinsin, w w VIII
liams.
rhe ehurcbiilT Barley Sack
Introduced.
SAN BUENAvENTURA, Dec. 20
At last the spectators and jury In
the More murder trial have been
treated to sight of what is said to
be one of the veritable barley sacks
used as disguises. To-day Irwin
Foulke, new witness, stated that,
on the day after the murder, he
found a barley sack with holes cut
in it pushed under bunch of cactus
about six hundred yards from the
scene of the murder. He gave 1t to
the Sheriff and now identified the
sack produced. He had tracked
seven men to the spot where the
sack was hidden. Here four of
the number had mounted horses,
and three went in another
direction on foot. He did not fol-
low either set of tracks any dis
lance. More testimony was taken
confirming the statements of pre-
cedipg witnesses as to the general
direction of the tracks. His Honor
has stated that no action will be
taken tomorrow In the contempt
matter, as 1t will interfere with
the trial. The prosecution will
close to-day, and the defense expect
to occupy two days, closing on
Monday evening.
ArbuckIe DesirOsed by Fire.
ARBUcKLE, Colusa county, CAL
Dec. 2Oth.-An incendiary fire at
this place last night destroyed the
main portion of the town and the
loss has been heavy. The list of
property destroyed and the losses
Is as follows; Livery stable of T.
r. Arbuckle & Arbuckle Bros,
with about 90 head of horses, eight
buggies and wagons and some 80
tons of hay, totally destroyed;
total loss about $4,000; no insur
ance. Wolfey & DutfieId, saloon
and fixtures, loss S2,500; insured
for $500. The Postoflice was burnt
but the contents saved. ]. S. Starl-
ton loses $500 in jewelry; no insur-
ance; DIR. Gibbons loses 800, Paul
Freedman d Fleishman, cigar deal
ers Of San Francisco, lose in goods
$1,000 and two horses, wagon and
harness valued at 5000; no insur-
anoe. The fire originated in the
livery stable.
Republicans snirRtnE.
New YORK, Dec. 20th.-The
Worlds Washington special has
the following details of efforts to
select Republican members for the
Blaine COMMITTEES: AS soon as the
list was read to the Senale Mitchell
and Plumb arose aud declined to
serve. None of the original five,
with the exception of Cameron,
have any special merit as investi-
gators, and the refusal of two OF
the poorest of the lot to serve must
have been humiliating beyond
measure to the Republicans. Final.
ly Hoar and Mcmillan were liter
ally forced into the Committee.
The Committee will begin its ses
sion during recess. Not few Re-
publicans in crticising the compo.
sition of the Committee admit thai
the tail will wag the dog in this
pask,
!. new san Francis0u HK-ns ~,
Pacific Mail.
NEW YORK, Dec. 20-Genera
Babcock, President of the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company, has ap
pointed Capt. s. Samuels, formerly
com mander of Benefits yach
Henrietta, and subsequently, of tn,
Dauntless, General Superintendent
of the Pacific Mail Company a
San Francisco.
K,tted Hts wife ana shos Himself
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 20.-Wash Da
Wis, colored porter of the FRANKLIN
House, Cape Giradeau, killed hi
wife last evening, and then sho
himself dead.
BurnsIde Explains HIS Army BIIl
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-SENATI
Burnside took the floor to explain
the provision of the bill recently
reported from the Joint Committe,
for the reorganization Of the army
He said the officers of the army
were law-abiding men, and, while
they might disagree as to regula-
tions and customs, they always
obeyed the law. Nearly al
the troubles between the stat
and line bad arisen from uncertain
ty as to the regulation Of the ser
vice, and were for the purpose o
turning them into law; that tn,
committee had engrafted numerou,
army regulations in the bill, ant
had tried to keep in view both th'
efficiency and economy of the ser
vice. He quoted at length from
the bill, and said it was most likely
that in few years hence some o
the cavalry regiments might b'
changed to Infantry regiment
and thus the expense Of the ser
vice be diminished. Referring Il
q n. a - l.. a. l.