Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-06

manshfD.
Late kilograms.
san FeanCsscO Markets.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 5.-Wheat
higher and active; No. l, .45@
$3.50; No. 2, $1.40@$1.42a.
Omcial Buiieiin.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, August 5,
$50 A. M.-The President slept nat
urally the greater part Of the night,
although he has taken no m orphia
in the last twenty-four hours. His
improved condition warranted sew
eral days ago q diminution In the
quantity of morphia administered
hypodermically at bed time, and it
was reduced at first to One.twelfth
and afterwards to one-eixteenth of a
grain in twenty-four hours without
any consequent unpleasant result
and finally has been altogether dis
pensed with. His condition this
morning exhibits continued i'm
provement and another good day
is anticipated. At present his pulse
Ia S8, temperature 98.4', respira-
tiOn Is.
D. w. BLISS and others.
An Uuomciai Report this Noon.
EXECUTIVE MANsIoN-1:l5 P.
A.-The President continues to
make slow but steady progress
toward recovery. He ate about the
usual quantity of breakfast this
forenoon, consisting of beefsteak,
potatoes, toast and milk, and has
up to this hour rested quietly and
comfortably. His pulse is not
high and he Is entirely free from
fever.
a DRenk for LsDerfy aDd DestB.
SAN FRANCISCO, August ga
Folsom dispatch yesterday says
that five convicts at the branch
prison, George P. Lupton. Geo.
Walker, Bob Durkin, John Cooney
and James Gordon, made break
for liberty, knocked down the
guard and ran for the river. The
ctficers and guards pursued. Dur
kin was wounded In the leg and
Captured. Walker was shot dead.
Cooney was captured, being afraid
to attempt crossing the river.
Lupton tried to cross, but was
drowned. Gordon is not accounted
for.
ExecusiOU st ~yrscuse.
SYRACUSE, N. Y, Aug. 4,-Na-
than Orlando Greenfield was exc.
cuted this morning for the murder
OF his wife, Alice, at Orwell, Oswe-
go county, October 18th, 1875. The
case was remarkablesf for its stub
born contest in the courts through
three trials, the jury disagreeiDg
ence and twice finding guilty.
. There were thres death sentences
and five stays and reprieves. On
the sixth day set the criminal exc.
cution took place, five years and
nine monthe after the crime was
committed. After 30 many escapes
from the gallows, Greenfield was
confident that he would not be
hanged and gave up hope of COM
mutation only when he was under
the gallows.
OverWhesmtngsy Against PrOhibt-
sion.
WILMINGTON, N. c., Aug. g.
Election returns are all one way.
It is impossible to estimate the
majority, but the State has gone
overwhelmingly against prohibi-
tSnv1 70 frooo mt
single county was carried by the
prohibitionists.
Love anu MOrphs0e.
CHICAGO, Aug. 5.-Robert Hol-
linger and Kitty Hid loved each
other in opposition to the wishes
Of Roberts parents, each being
eighteen years of age, anu, con.
sidering their case hard one, they
took morphine. Robert died this
morning. Kitty is not expected to
live.
DENVER, Aug. A Santa Fe
special says: A courier into
Fort Craig this morning re-
ports that the Mescalero Indians,
who have since the 18th instant
been pursued by Lieut.. Guilfogle's
command. have crossed the Rio
Grande and are running off stock
and killing herders In old Mexico.
So far as known two herders and
one miner have been killed and
the Indians have captured all the
stock of earns & McConkey's
stage line from Eagle Station to
Black Range. Yesterday thirty
six citizens left San Marcial to
bury the dead bodies of the killed.
At noon yesterday while eating
dinner in Red Cafion, in San Ma
teo mountains, they were sur
prised by the Indians. At the first
fire one man was killed and seven
wounded and the stock OF the par
ty captured. The remainder OF
the whites then got behind rocks
and dispatched two men to Fort
Craig for help. General Hatch or
dered Lieut.. GuilfogIe's command
Of 80 men then at Fort Craig, to
the scene Of the fight, where they
probably have arrived before this.
Couriers have been dispatched to
two companies Of cavalry scoutiDe
the San Mateo and Cnchillo Negro
mountains, and Lieutenant Tay'
lor's detaohment Of Indian scouts
10 guarding and scouting the Blaeh