Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-02-02

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there will be plenty of grass in his
for sheep this summer.
He says there will be plenty of
feed inside OF two months, and has
engaged to come after some parties
to show them the way to the graz
ing ground with their sheep. in
about that time.-Sdn Bernardino
Inde1
Mr.. John E. Jackson returned
yesterday from trip to the San
Gorgonio Pass. He tells US that
snow has drlfted there to q depth
OF five feet In places. He has leased
a large quantity of eligible pasture
lands belonging to the Southern
Pacific Railway to Col. r. s. Baker,
who prop ises to remove a portion
of his numerous hocks to that
neighbOrhood.
John Phillips and John Wilson,
the two boys arrested for stealing
Mrs. Cobler's purse from her pock-
ct, were srraigned in Judge Sepul-
veda's Court yesterday. Wilson
pleaded guilty and, time being
waived, was sentenced to the
States Prison for one year. The
evidence against Phillips being In
sufficient he was, on motion OF the
District Attorney, discharged.
We saw at the flee of Mr.. J. D.
Bethune this morning q piece of
amaIgam from forty pounds of
ore, taken from the Blue Jacket
mine at Oro Grande, which as
ayed forty per cent. In silver and
sixty per cent. In lead. This mine
is four miles from the Oro Grande,
and shows vein of six feet In
width of the same class ore.-San
Bernardino Times.
Another reduction OF rates by
the Western Ulion Telegraph
Company went into effect yes
terday. The decrease on all
messages to the East will be fifty
cents, and On messages to San
Francisco twenty-five cents. The
reduction is twenty-five per cent
on all high-rate messages. On the
half-rate messages no reduction
has been made.
Articles of incorporation of the
Duarte Mutua! Irrigation and Ca
nal Company were filed for record
In the County Clerks office yester-
day. Capital stock $l2,590, divid-
ed into twelve hundred and fifty
nine shares Of ten dollars each.
The following named Directors
have been elected for the first
year: G.. M. Wardall, J. f. Ban
ming, L. Barnes, f. A. Caldwell
and A. Boldly, all OF Duarte.
NEW. Ii. Perry, of Perry, Wood
worth g. Co., of this city, who is
now in San Francisco, we under
stand has purchased the controlling
interest in two fine schooners,
which will be employed by the
frm in bringing lumber TO this
city, The Serena Thayer and Tan
ner, previously owned by this firm
and used in the transportation of
lumber, are now in the docks at
San Francisco undergoing u thor
ough overhauling under the super
vision of Mr.. Perry.
We have received letter from
Mr.. w. E. Willmore dated at
Kansas City, Missouri in which
he informs us that, about the 18th
of the current menth. he will leave
that place for Los Angeles, accom-
panied by large party Of Eastern
excursionists, many of whom will
be interested in the American
Colony. After theae latter have
inspec ed the lands on which the
colony is proposed to be located, a
public m sitting will be held in this
city at which the American Col
ony Company will be organized.
Mr. Wilitu ore informs us that psO-
pie Ia Missouri think very favora-
bly, of the scheme and he feels
quite con fident that all the shares
Of the stock Of the company will
be taken ut this meeting.
The smash-up of the freight train
on the Southern Pacific Railroad,
near Csbszon, last week, au &C.
count of which was given in the
was the result of the
ing of the king-bolt at the
forward end of the front car. This
caused the truck to jump the
track, two of the wheels running
between the rails, the other two on
the embankment outside. In this
way the train proceeded until the
frat bridge or culvert was reached,
when the Ioosened truck dropped
through and the car toppled over,
those following piling on top of it.
Fortunately the coupling of the
two passenger coaches at the rear
of the train, which were filed with
emigrants, broke and they we're
stopped before the final catestr0.
phe, otherwise the loss of life
would Inevitably have been fear.
ful. The king-bolt that caused the
which was picked up by
Hewitt near the
scene of the accident, presented no
flaw end is supposed to have been
off by sudden jar of the