Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1881-06-24

4.5U A. N W0eEo tu6 uuCleue was
well defined and brilliant. The
tail was observed at Tombstone,
Arizona, at A. NJ, with nucleus
apparently the size of full
moon, the tail fan shaped and very
brilliant. All the dispatches state
that the comet was northwest by
northerly, heading northeast and
just above the horizon.
rhe BorRs Grain FIeids-LOss Th1r-
~ 40 SOrsy Thousand Doiiass.
MERGED, June 23.-The damage
done by the fire In the grain fields
yesterday is variously estimated at
from $50, 600 to $40, 900, about $4,000
OF which is reported covered by in
surance. The loss falls heavily on
the unfortunate losers and, being
renters, they lose about all they
are worth.
Applications 10 Havr personal
Property Asssssme nss Q creased.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 2Sd.-The
Board of Supervisors met this
N orpinE as q Board Of Equaliza-
ton. John Lord Love addressed
the Board ~ attorney for certain
parties in San Francisco and Sac
ramento, asking that the assess.
ments on the value OF the franchises
Of the Spring Valley Water Com
psny and the San Francisco Gas
Company be respectively increased
from S., 600, 900 to 81, 800 600. Love
claimed that the decision in the
case Of the San jose Gas Company
sneotually settled the question of
liability Of franchises to taxation
under the existing Constitution.
John H. Burke applied for cita-
items against six savings banks,
six commercial banks, Stanford &
Croker, the Hopkins estate, the
San Francisco Gas Company aud
the Spring Valley Water Com
pany for them to show cause why
thsir assessme nts on personal prop
srty should not be Increased, and
the same were granted.
By perm ission delegation from
the Board of Education were ad-
mittsd and the Board was aeksd to
increase the levy for educational
purposes. The Supervisors refused
to further consider the matter on
the ground that the law requires
the levy to be made on the fourth
Monday in June next Monday
and any change now made would
nseessitate the passage again to
print of the order.
Arroyo Gr~ade .ni,rona.
SAN LUIS OBIsPo, June 23d.-A
contract has been let for the first
section of fifteen miles of the rail
road, to be finished in rs days, from
San Luis Obispo to Arroyo Grapde.
A fierce OF men and teams will
start in tomorrow.
Losses by the TOnbstons Fire
Building Becom an noed.
TOMBSTONE, June 23.-Owing to
the precautions taken by tha Chief
Of Police, the Fire Department. and
tho county officials, no disturbance
occurred during last night. The
saloons all remained closed and
there was no drunkenness. Re-
building has already commenced
en- some of the lots where the build
ings were of wood. The contents
of the bank vault of Stafford, aud-
son d Co. are considered perfectly
safe, although the safe has not yet
cooled sufficiently to open. Other
safes have been opened and their
contents found all right. The fol-
lowing is partial list Of the losses
Of business men, to which must be
added the cost of buildings, few of
which are included. The first es-
innate was not too large, although
some say $500, 900, instead of quar-
ter of q million. The total insur-
ance SO far as ascertained Is
about $4,000. How distrib.
uted 1t is impossible to obtain:
Wilma & Cook, $40 900. insurance
81, 400; Oriental, $4,000, no insur-
ance; Chas. Glover & Co., $4,000,
insurance $500; Meyers & Co ,
$40 900, no insurance; Arcade Res
taurant, $1,000, Arcade cigar store
So, 900; Arcade Saloon $500; Hart
mans jewelry store $1,000; Lion
Brewery $4,000; Rafferty's saloon
S., QUO; Brooklyn Restaurant S10,-
900; Mexican & Knight $25, 900;
Goodrich's tin shop 50 900; Fonta-
no dance house, $4,000, insurance
81 900; Baldridge's grocery, So, 900,
insurance $1,000; Tombstone Res.
taurant and Saloon 81, 600; Il. Cohn
$25, 900, insurance $4,000; Cora
Davis $4,000; Arizona Brewery
SO, 900; Frederick & Hill $500;
Caldwell & Stanford, $500; Voissrd
81, SO; J. ]. McClelland, $40. 900;
Tasker & Pridham, So, 500; Stafford,
Hudson d Co.'s bank $1,000; Alb.
bolt House, $1,000; Rickabaugh's
club rooms, SIS, 900; District Court
room, 5000; Clark 4 Gray, partial,
$1,000; Shaffer & Lord, partial,
~ 900; Opera cigar store, $4,000
Censieering the circum stances, the
casualties were very few, and no
loss Of life. The following are the
particulars: VIM. A. Cuddy, clerk
at the Cosmopolitan Hotol, was in
the Tribolet building when it
caught fire. While giving assist
ance hesinhaled much OF the smoke
and hamss, causing severe in
hammation of the throat and great
snffering; Charles K. Reppy, of the
Epitaph, received scalp wound
from falling timber; VIM. Nash
was severely burned by the explo-
sien Of sonae giant powder In Me-
Kean & Knights store; Ed. Ship
man was burnt on the face and
neck by burst of flames from the
Palace saloon; officer Magee receiv-
ed cut on the knee, two iaches
long, while pulling down an avn
ing on Fifth street. The most seri-
Gus accident Of the day happened
to George Parsons. While doing
good service as a fireman, he was
struck down and buried by q mass