Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1882-03-15
lOSaNGELES W EEKLY HERALD
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SAN FRANCISCO, March l4th.--
The fruit and vegetable canning
firms have effected a combination
and will appoint one Of their nuui-
Der to do all their buying. They
will also conduct call ssies of their
goods.
Tine H-aa atorss
SAN FRANCISCO, March ia
Downievile dispatch says: Ii is
raining heavily aud there are five
feet of snow in the mountains.
Further reports from the interior
show plentiful rains almost ever5 :
where. Stanislaus county Is get
ting lively downpour, but furth.
or south the rainfall is lighter.
the Survivors "fa List V.sses.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 14.-An
Empire City, Oregon, dispatch of
yesterday says: A boat with
three sailors, from the Australian
bark Bulwark, Capt William
Williams, came in over the bar
this evening. They report the
bark foundered In latitude 450 Z
longitude 1450 west, on March lat,
twenty-eight days out from Yoko-
hama, bound for Puget sound in
ballast. These three men were In
the boat when it was lowered ana
owing to the rough sea got adrift
and found II impossible to
regain the snip, which WAS out Of
sight the next morning. Another
boat with two men. launched at
the same time, also got adrift and
was soon out of sight. The officers
and crew, eighteen in number,
were left on board with no service
able boat, and are probably
lost. The men say the ship
WAS leaking badly all the
time and could not float but few
hours longer. The names Of the
survivors are Edward ONeiI,
Charles Laweon and Hugh Nc
Donald.
a ~ pHD.tN-e Hfhrr.
SAN FRANCISCO, March ii AT
the Oakland city election yester-
day ali the Republican candidates
were elected by ma joriiiss ranging
from 1888 for Mayor to ]. 629 for Su-
perintendent Of schools.
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sssWek by Ligesni0k.
SAN BUENAvENTURA, March IA.
The storm, so far, has yielded
two inches OF rain, and no signs of
abatement are perceptible. AS all
danger of drouth is now over it
may be stated that the Losses from
the long dry spell amount TO one
sixth of the sheep aud all the
Spring lambs, the latter having
been killed. There will also
be clip of short wool. The wheat,
barley, corn, beans aud honey
crops are all safe and will be large,
provided the weather is normal
from this time onward. A larger
acreage Of small grain than usual
has been sOwD, but the crop will
be late owing to the long spell of
cold weather.
LATERAL about IL o'clock a
terrific dowDpOur of rain aud hail
set in accompanied with thunder
and lightning. To the astonish-
ment OF old settlers this lasted an
hour, after which steady south.
east rain again set In as il for an
all.night ,b. The barometer Is
still down. The hail destroyed
some early fruit blossoms, but no
other damage vas done.
LATEsT-During tho height of
the thunder storm to-day the light.
ming passed over he barn of Fl.
Miller, on the outskirts If the
town aai struck h large fowl house
behind, shiverins the corner into
splinters and throwing portions of
scantiing seventy feet away. Had
it struck the barn, which was full
ofhayabesides eight valuable horses
the lors would have been seri0us
No one ever heard of lightning
striking in the valley portion of
this county before.
AT four P. NJ. the skies are clear
but there are still light southeast
winds and low barometer. The
storm SO far has given two and
three-fourths inches.
Error La the rrIai oG Mss0s.
WASHINGTON, March 13.-It Is
expected that the counsel of Ser
geant Mason will raise the point
that there was fatal error in the
court martial proceedings which
will vitiate the whole trial. The
error claimed is that the court and
judge advocate were sworn before
the prisoner was brought into
court.
Tho Chiness Bsli sas special Order
for To-Day.
WASHINGTON, March 13th.-Al-
though when the House reassem-
bles at half-past IL tomorrow
morning the Polygamy bill will
hold the place it occupied at the
time recess was taken this even
Ing, 1t will not continue before the
House when the session OF Tues
day commences, unless the prevl-
GUS question upon it's passage shall
then have been called. The Chi
ness bill, therefore, cannot be dis
placed from its assignment for to-