Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-06-10
l0SANGELES WEEKLY aeRALl
Morning kilograms.
Passengers Go,.g san.n.

Passengers GOsmg 5an.h.
MoJAvE, June SIS NJ White. H
NJ Mitchell, w II Perry, & Silent,
II NJ Smith, A Wagner, l. f Curtis,
Mrs l. Rousseau. " H Taylor, a J
H tmllton, g Norton, w B Hunt,
Wash Marion. 9 B Griswold.
MoJAvE. June 9.-P de Cells. ] s
Scuily and wife, Mrs StIllman, II J
Crimson, Chas L Ackcrman, q w
Brown and WIFE, b a Waidron, A
B KuffsI. NJ L Quinn, L Languaid,
D + O'Leary.
D.risn Canal Toiis.
New YORK, June THE Times
to-day discusses the Darleu Canal
tolls rs estimated by the Commit
tee uf Ways and Means of the late
Congress, and says, In view of the
rates If freight which lave been
raid for sea transportation during
the past f.w yesis, that they have
been excessively high. To draw
grain shipments from California TO
AtVGtROOi ny tuto ttto 4tUtG5
thinks the toll must lie gradus ted
according to (. eight, aud liked at u
poIut which will allow the siir-
0wiier to make saving In the cost
OF sailing his vessel, as Oh au aver
age The gam will not be inure than
ome-lhitd the time, by using
the canal, further than the
circuit0us routes now fol-
lowed. 1t is evident that toll car
gUes should not b,ar u iarger prus
portion than this to the freight
money received for transporting
meroiiaudise. Ifthis rate Is main
taihei, the canal can hardly be
said to be an advantage to ship
owners aud shippers, as they would
make fully rs much without IL AS
with II. But In the scale Of tolls
prepared by tile Ways and Means
COMMITTEES, this limit has heen
greaiiy exceeded. 1t Is har.l ne =
sssary to say that with u toll Ut IS
per ton none OF the vessels employ
Ell upon these great ocean routes
could ford to use the short cut at
the lsthmus.
Are 0recnbn6ks CaOssitutsOnnI
aa"".S9
New YORK, June I'm the suit
entered between Congressman
Chitten,len and General Butler, To
test tho validity OF Reissues Of legal
tender notes IN time IF peace, Judge
BlatchtOrd gave u pro forma decIs.
ion, overruling the plaintiffs de-
lnurrer to the defendants amended
answer, giving Judgment for dee
feLdRnt aud disuiis.ing the COM
plaiht, in order that an appeal
might BIZ had to the United States
Supreme Court before the October
term.
a B"1d Rwbbery IN Chicago.
CHICAGO, June AT half past
two this afternoon one VI the bold
est r0bberies ever commit ted ia
ChicagO was perpetra0ed near the
Intersection of Wabash avenue aud
Washington street. Henry H. Hen-
son, u stout c0l0red boy about TWEEN
~ years oil, had been dispatched
by the Illinois Central Treasurer
with package Ut money to the
Merchants Loan and Trust Com
pany's Bank. Carl Wilson, the
bank messenger, accompanied him
MS u quart. The package contained
between So. 600 aud $1,000 The
exact amount IL known, but the
Treasurer refuses to give IL for pru-
dental reasons. When Wilson and
Henson reached the punt abnvs in
dictated. two men walked up to
them, at AL ordinary brisk
gait, separating rs they ap.
prosched, going one OH either
side OF the messengers. When
they arrived within reaching dis.
tanee, they thew the contents Of II
hali.pould can Ut cayenne pepper
full Ia the faces IL Wilson and Hem
son, and subsequently Il, All Henson
three heavy blows with u SAINT
bag, aud, quick Us thought, seixtn
the package Of gresnt,acRs, which
h- carried in u small canvass bag
under his arm, jumpei Into COW
cred buggy, winch stnod by the
sidewalk. and drove off ut furi-
Gus rate south dawn Wabssl, ave-
nue.. A considerable number OF
people were on the thorOu Ifare at
the time, aud quite n
number witnessed the bold pro-
Gee ting, but none were able to in
terfste III time to prevent the es
cape. The messengers were nearly
blind from the ff-cts Of the pepper.
but, ~ soun rs possible, reported
tile affair, aud the news was speed-
iiv f.si,e,} IL, ALL the mil i'm At a t,nua
aud most vigorous steps were taken
to capture the h gh waymen. There
IL no valuable c'ew to them all de.
scriptions being unsatisfactory.
The rig has been fnund an.i idenli-