Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-02-19
LOSANGELES WEEKLY HERALD
Morning kilograms.
Passengers Going south.

Passengers Going sUUih.
MoJAvE, Feb. 1S.-RL Chamber
lain, Mrs S Chamberlain, Mrs G /
Cooke, J Goldwater, II II Morfort
and wife, Ben Dreyfus. e l. Gold
stein, Miss r. Lee, Miss Grac,
Barnes, l. L Younger. G f Biglow
r Luscombe, II Hall, l. Blan
, dind.
the Convention.
. SACRAMENTO, Feb. 1Sth.-Tht
Convention met at $3.50 A. NJ, Pres
ident Hoge in the chair, and II,
, members present.
The article on education was
taken up and Lorne moved to strike
N, out the clause in Section 6, "tha,
no language other than English
shall be taught in the primary ami
|. grammar schools" After long ar
gument the main question was or,
dered, roll call demanded and the
, motion to strike out lost; ayes So
noes 60.
The Convention concurred in the
A section; ayes 64, noes SO.
Section s, relating to the eXamin.
alton of teachers and the adoption
of text books by local Boards oil
p Education and by County Super.
intendents and by Boards of Su-
1 pervisors in counties where there
are no Educational Boards, was
considered.
Hitchcock moved to strike out
County Superi Lost.
Mcconnell moved to add the
words 'suhject to general legisla-
tive enactment" after the clause
relating to the examination OF
teachers. The amendment was re.
iected; ayes 81, noes 6S, and the
Convention coucurred in the sec.
/. tion.
Section 0, declaring against the
appropriation of money for sec ia
rian schools, was concurred in.
Section 10, relating to the Univer.
sity, was taken up. A substitute
in the language of the act of Con.
gress granting public lands to the
University was offered. The main
question was ordered, Webster.
substitute rejected and the section
recommended by the Committee OF
the Whole concurred in.
The article was ordered engrossed
for second reading by ayes, II;
noes, So.
Harrington gave notice of recon
sideration.
The article relative to land and
homestead exemptions was taken
up AMI discussed.
Barbour introduced a substitute
. for section providing for the dis
tribution of large landed estates
and to prevent the tenure and pos.
session of large tracts by constitu,
tional methods.
Set at L'bs,ty-Grnnd Island
Flooded.
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 17.-Henry
A. Caulfield, charged with the mur
der OF VIM. G. English, and in
whose case the jury disagreed, wa.
to-day set at liberty on $40, 900 bail
which he gave without any diff
Guilty.
News is at hand of the complete
flooding of Grand Island, in Coluss
county, laying some 25, 600 acres o
wheat under water.
San Frnnciscv Markets.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 18.-Mar
ket still very dull in wheat, only
fancy lots of milling will bring
over $1.70; choice shipping, $1.67a
Barley-dull at $4,000 for feed
nothing doing in brewing. Oats
$1.20@160. Corn-S79@90c fo
large yellow. Hay-$9@16. Fota
toes-4 900 sacks in to-day; Hum
boldts, $1.20@1. 1.30; Petalumas an(
Tomales, Sl.l5@1.25; Early Rose
S1.65@l90; River Reds, S0@90c
- market very much overstocked.
ThisiicsOv. Of she Jniiy Giant, upoI
Habeas COrpu-.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 18th,
Supreme Court to-day granted |
e. writ of habeas corpus, ordering tina
Thistleton, editor of the JOLT
Giant, confined in the Los Angelel
jail on conviction of libel, b
brought before Judge Sepulved
Feb. goth. The writ was granted
on petition of the wife of the pris
oner, which alleges that the verdic
of the jury was illegal.
OuI;ty OF BgansIaughter.
SANTA CRUZ. Feb. 1S.-The cas-
of O'Brien for killing Albert Jone
was tried yesterday. At 5 p. NJ. th
case was given to the jury, whicl
remained out all night, and brough
In verdict this morning of man
slaughter. A motion for new tria
was made. Defendant will be sen
fenced Friday morning.
- The Ventura Incest Trial.
SAN BUENAVENTURA, Feb. 49,
The trial of Vancuren, for incest
began to-day in the County Courl
The Indictment against Mrs. Sher
pard, his niece and alleged accom-
plice, was dismissed so as to max
her q witness, and she is testifyin
against the accused as strongly a
before. Unless the defense hav
evidence not produced at the pre-
liminary examination there is littl
doubt of the result.
The weather for several days he
been exceptionally warm, causln
the grass and grain to grow woI
dsrfully.