Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-05-13


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These provide that lines shall bt
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commercial reports and private
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es, shall be forwarded in the orde
received. Any person who shal
disclose the contents Of q message
or any part thereof, may be finec
5000, or imprisoned three years
or both. The bill was originally
introduced by Mr.. Munroe, of Ohio
aud is we'll known measure.
Biit 90 Provide T,r stamping Fur
eign Wines and Liquors.
WASHINGTON, May 12th.-The
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
to-day sent the House a draft of !
bill "to provide fer the stamping O
certain imported wines and spir
its.n The provisions Of the meas
ure are as follews: That the stock
OF imported winea aud spirits con.
tained In packages of five wine
gallons and upwards, and la the
hands of dealers unstamped at the
time when this act takes effect
and thereafter all Imported wines
aud spirits when drawn off into
other packages of i've or more wine
gallons, shall be stamped with
suitable engraved stamps, uniel
such regulations as the Commits
sioner of internal Revenue, with
the approval Of the Secretary OF the
Treasury, may prescribe; ant
dealers drawing OFT spirits as afore
said requiring stamps, shall pay
ten cents each therefor. The stamp:
in ell cases provided for in this aoI
are to be placed upon packages by
the gauger who gauges !i.e wine OF
spirits, or by the dealer, as the
regulations require.
-ne Lo.x- Distance wa,ktax Match
Flushed.
NEW YORK, May 18th. George
Guyon, of Chicago, won the heel
and toe walk-coverina 480& miles,
making one lap more than Panchot
in the recent go-as-you.please walk.
Khrone, 461 miles; Colston, 4521;
Taber, 450s; Curran, 43Si; Cam.
paua, 40l4.
Fire sn Chicago.
CHICAGO, Nav 18th, y
before 5 O'Clock this morning a fire
broke out on the corner Of Union
and Twenty-second streets, In Pal
mer & FuIler's lumber yard and
which burned tiercely
until 8 o'clock. The dry house was
completely destroyed, together
with 100000 shingles and
4 900 900 feet of lumber. The loss is
$1O0,00O; total insurance, $4s, 900.
About dozen cottages and houses
were burned. The loss
upon them is estimated at from
S5, 900 to $4,000 aud is only par.
TALLY insured.
0ury Small Immigration to In'
dian Territory.
CHICAGO, May 12th.-Gen. Sher.
.dan is in receipt of dispatches
from army officers, which indicate
that the migration into Indian
Is by no means formida-
BILE, but confined chiefly to small
and poor families of aroving dispo-
sitlon, who are seeking homes.
suspicion OF roisening
FIrCHBURG. Mass, May 18th -
Francis Hayden was arrested this
charged with poisoning
his sister Sarah. He pleaded not
guilty. Young Haydon's father
lied on April 10th, and his mother
IN April 10Th, both after a sickness
If a few days. The sister was sick
,nly few hours. Haydon's
'ather's property amounted to about
$500, but the daughter held notes
against the estate for money adj
'anced to pay the expenses of
young Hayden at the Boston Tn .
,ersity, 30 that his share will be
sss than $1,000. The bodies of the
'ather and mother are to BE- ex-
lumed.
BoatOn HUOi Market.
Boston. May l2th.-The wool
market has taken a sudden and un-
turn, and the past week
will be rememb bered as one Of the
most exciting for several years
past. 1t was an unexpected result,
and both manufacturers and dealers
were astonlshed at the result.
Sales add up only l.s00,00 pounds,
1ut would have been much more If
here had been a better and larger
to select from. II there
lad been a concerted movement on
he part OF manufacturers to clear
,he market of all that was desira-
Die In the way of fleeces, the work
,ouId not have been more thor.
,ugh. Fleece woods advanced fully
70. per pound, and sales Of pulled,
826. 900 pounds, exceed
I'd the transactions of any previ-
BUS week for n long time, but do
not indicate any change In the
price of this description. Sales
Ohio, Pennsvlvania and
Virginia heeces, X, Xxx and xxx;
1T S2@37c.; Michigan X, 30@33;
and Wisconsin, 31@324;
New York fleece, 29@3l; New
Hampshire, 28@29; combing and
ielaine, 32(942; unwashed combing,
24S38; unwash ed and unmsrchant.
able 1eeces, 1S4@27; Eastern and
Valley, Oregon, 20@25; Texas, l7@
%; secured, 22@60; tub, 30@3G; su-
psrior and x pulled, 23@39; spring
California, l6}@2s; Fall do l03@l6.
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