Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-09-07


2, $I.27s@1s5. Barley-Feed, TOO |
sOc,; brewing, s2a9921c; standard
$l.40@i, 90; coast, SIG |
1876. Oats, good aud choice, S1.35
@l.50; common, S1.20@1.S0; sur.
prise, $1.55@1.60. Corn-Yellow
and white, $l@LO5. Hay-$9@l2a.
Potatoes. 40@65c. Wool nominal.
Bags, sE@9c. for STANDARD grain.
wits OF Prohibition .served-Ths
KaIIoch case.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. eth
Wells, Fargo & Co., the Bank OF
British North America, Belloc &
Co. and the Bank of California
have respectively filed petitions in
the Supreme Court praying that
writs of prohibition be issued di.
rected to the State Board of Equal
ization commanding 1t to refrain
from further proceedings in the
matter OF increasing the assess
ment roll of San Francisco. Alter
native writs were Issued returnable
next Friday. Other similar writs
are about being applied for.
The murder case of young Kali
loch came up to-day; but on the
statement of counsel for the de-
Tense that he had filed papers TO
contest before the Supreme Court
the question of trial Of the capital
case on informa tion, the case was
continued till next Monday.
FIRE ~ Horniso.
MERcED, Sept. cha fire oc-
CURED in the Chinese part of
Hornitos, Mariposa county, yester-
day, destroying large portion Of
that quarter of the village.
N creed Democrats IUhMTmOaiUus
MERGED, Cal, Sept. Ga split
occurred here Saturday afternoon
in the Democratic party upon locsl
and special issues, and will result
In fully one.half of the Democrats
uniting upon an Independent ticket
or voting with the Republica \fQr
county and legislative candle
The immediate cause of the spit
was the action taken by the Demo
cratic County Central Committee
two weeks ago In providing for the
selection of candidates at the pri-
mary election somewhat after the
Crawford county plan, and estab-
fishing q test for voters at the pri-
maries, requiring all who voted to
pledge themselves 10 support the
National Democratic ticket, Wal
lace Leach for Congress-, and vote
the county ticket straight. A
meeting Of the disappointed was
held and a committee Of five ap.
pointed to wait on the County Cen.
trail Committee and request them
to reconsider and rescind the OBJ.
jectionable resolutions aud call
a Convention of delegates
to be elected in the us
ual way, which body should
nominate ticket. The commit.
tee waited on the Chairman of the
Democratic County Central Com.
mittee and that functionary called
a meeting of the Central Commit.
tee, which took place yesterday af
ternoon, when a petition signed by
one hundred Democratic voters o.
MERGED was presented, asking that
the above named change be made
A counter petition of remonstrance
was also presented, signed by about
the same number of voters from
several precincts of the county,
After lengthy discussion before
the Committee that body refused
to rescind, and many of the petit
tioners disclosed their intentions te
vote against any ticket that the
Democratic clique may put in the
field upon the plan named by thii
Committee, as they are satisfied
that the ticket will be-in the inter
est of the old clique officers, three
of whom were indicted by the late
Grand Jury.
A sauxuinery BOdget-Stage Rob
| he'd.
BoDIE, Sept. 5th.-Gao. Watkins
who shot and killed officer Whitta
ker died in the city prison Of hi
wounds. John blackwell. miner
was shot and killed last night by ,
Spapiard, in front of dance ouse
The cause of trouble grew out o
blackwell beating woman. Tit
murderer has not been arrested
John Ram shot and killed a maj
named Costello in Wagner's saloor
this morning, about l o'clock. TIT
former was a friend of blackwell
and the difficulty grew out of thu
arrest of the woman who was in
strumental in the shooting o
blackwell.
| The Aurora and Bodle stage wa
stopped last evening at about
O'Clock, near Sweetwster, Nevada
The passengers were not disturbed
but Wells, Fargo's treasure boz
was opened and the contents taken
The robbers are the same as thos,
who stopped the stage on previou
occasions.
Another Fatal shooting.