Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-01-06
son Dupuy pleaded guilty to the

charge of assault to commit rob-
berry and was sentenced to States
Prison for three yeRrs. Dupuy 10
the man who, on Thanksgiving
night, attempted to rob tho rail-
road office at San Fernando, q full
account of which was published In
the HERALD at the time.
We refer our readers to an adver-
tisement headed "The Best Bar
gain Ever offered" and would add
that we happen to know that the
place on Ninth street may be had
for one-third of its real value. Par
ties interested in getting q nice
place for o homestead, fenced and
bounded by bitches, with bearing
trees and vines, etc would do well
to examine the property and then
make a proposition to Mr.. Rowan,
agent, Los Angeles, or Mr.. Tru-
man, owner, Palace Hotel. San
Francisco.
An item appeared in tue Los An
geles papers . short time ago, stat
ing that Chief of Police King bad
received q circular from the Sher.
If Of Pima county, Arizona, Offer
ing reward Of $500 for the appre-
hension of Billy Potusky, who is
wanted at Tucson to answer to a
charge of grand larceny. Major
Ben 9. Truman, in private note,
refers to the item and says that he
met Potusky and talked with him
at Chicago, during his recent visit
to the East.
Mr.. J. D. Bicknell received a tel
egram yesterday informing him
that the judgment Of our late Dis.
trict Court In the case Of O'Connor
We. Frashtr ct al, involving the
title to the Rosecrans lands, has
been rendered by the Supreme
Court In banc and judgment or
dered to enter In favor Of the plain
tiff. These cases have been before
the courts for several years and the
judgment now ordered decides the
Issue adversely to the settlers and
in favor Of the State title, under
which Mr.. O'COnnor claims.
We CLEAN the following interest
ing facts from the annual report OF
the Signal Service Officer at the
Los Angeles station: Mean baron.
eter, SO.Ol degrees; mean ther-
mometer, 58.7 degrees; mean rela-
tive humidity, CO. per cent; an.
nual range of temperature, 81 de.
grees; maximum, 10 May, 81 de.
greee; minimum, in January, 80
degrees. There were fifty-one
rainy days during the year; total
rainfall, Is 65 inches. Total veloc.
ity Of wind, 37,295 miles; greatest
velocity in one hour, 20 miles, in
Februry; prevailing winds, south
west.
In the Joint cases Of Bixby Vi.
Bent and Sepulveda vs.. Sepulveda,
a suit for partition of the Palos
Vsrdes Rancho, now on trial be.
fore Judge Hines. of Ventura, sit
ting for Judge Sepulveda, twenty
attorneys are engaged. viz: Messrs.
Thorn & Stephens, Bicknell 4
White, Graves & Chapman, r. H.
Chapman, JIG. Howard. Eastman,
King, Haley & Robarts, H. T. .Haz-
ard, BrunsOn & Wells, GIasse &
Smith, Barclay & Wilson, II. NC.
Wilson. For fear some s0licitude
may arise as to where this large DR.
ray Of counsel are to get their fees,
We will state that, not only Is the
property in question valuable, but
the litigants are rich.
Great IL the interest which, in
our local circles, hinges on the
struggle for Postmaster. That TO-
bust stalwart, the present incum-
bent, Col. Dunke.herger, is conf
dent that he holds the interior
lines. The agile Caystile, how
ever, wouldn't give tig for Dunk.
e!berger's chances and regards his
own as rating at o premium at
least az high az government four
and q half per cents. Brlerly,
having captured q legislative clerk.
ship at Sacramento, would appear
to have surrendered the local field
to his competitors. As Brlerly dis.
appears enters Fred Gilmore, whose
friends assume that he has the in
side track and only needs to ele.
vate his pole to knock down the
official persimmon. We shall see
what we shall see.
We had . conversation with q
gentleman yesterday who has Just
passed over the Atchison, Topeka
and santa Fe and Southern Pacific
Railroads and the stage line con.
Meeting the two, traversing the
southern route from Denver to
Globe. He says the former line is
pushing westward as fast AS prac-
ticable, but as far as he could learn,
after q general inquiry, 1t Is by no
means certain that the two lines
will meet at Florida Point, as has
heen generally supposed. In fact,
it was current talk at the front that
the A. r. g. 8. #. will run parallel
with the s. p. n, r.. for. some dis
tance and not connect until 1t
reaches Tucson. Our informant
says the Southern Pacific people
claim to be thoroughly In the dark
as to the purpose of their great RI
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