Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1883-05-23
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Especial to the HERALD by the Western
Union Telegraph Company,
PACIFIC COAST.
Passengers south ana East.


FRESNO, May 22.-The following is a
list of south bound passengers passing
here to-day:
Geo Hunt, w A Sumner, J II Mugge,
A A Courteney, Col 0 Livermore, DR. +
Zeile, w Burns, NJ J Burns, $ L Coin,
Il Donelly, San Francisco; 4 II Pattee,
National City; Miss c Couts, Mrs j +
Couts, San Luis Rey; Mrs Waste,
Chico; Miss Bessie 1rahen, Miss Lottie
Weaver, Stockton; Il A Pullsiver, Dem
ing; w Mcintosh, Nelson; } d Dun
lap, J + Ponder, Los Angeles; NJ J Quin,
wife and son. Mrs S A Wiley, San Jose;
Thos A Halter; c + Putnam and wife,
N.Y. X Bliss, Plymouth, Cal; A Cohn,
Tombstone; Alex Pike, Sacramento;
Mrs Nj l. Thompson and daughter,
Globe; Douglas Gum, San Diego.
News Items From the hay.
SAN Francisco, May 22.-California
will be represented at the coming ex-
position at Chicago of railway appliances
by General Master Mechanic A. j.
Stevens, of the Central Pacific Company.
He has sent model of his new I'M
proved valve motion for locomotives.
MIR. Stevens has also sent drawings of
the new mammoth locomotive that is
being constructed at the Sacramento
shops and to be named FL Gobernador.
This engine will be much larger than
the one in use at Tehachepi, which is at
present the largest in the world. The
exposition will open on the oath inst
and close on the 23d of June.
An experimental consignment OF New
Zealand apples has been received by a
firm in this city. As apples ripen there
during the period corresponding to our
spring months, it is possible a large
trade may be developed
The first case against Mare p. Kay,
Deputy Auditor of Alameda county;
who made false warrants aud altered
other warrants on the county treasury
of Alameda county, thereby gaining
fraudulently $4,000, came up this
morning in the Superior Court OF Ala
media county, at Oakland Judge Crane,
Judge Greene, and Judge Hamilton in
banc, sat on the case, Judge Crane pre-
siding, Kay wished to withdraw his
plea OF not guilty to the information for
forgery and plead guilty to the first
count in the indictment on the charge of
forgery. Judge Crane pronounced SEN
tence of fourteen years Imprisonment in
the State Prison, the heaviest penalty
the law imposes.
Chinese Coming Back Tonnage
in Port Wheat and Barley De-
Ginning.
SAN Francisco, May %. The City
of Picking on her next trip from Hong
Kong will bring about 400 Chinese pos
sessing return certificates.
There are at present fifty.seven thou
sand tons OF disengaged tonnage in poBt
against twenty.six thousand ton yeat
ago and two hundred and twenty six
thousand on the way, against two hun
bred and sixty-two thousand at the
same date last year. The wooden ship
freights to Cork are from forty to forty
two shillings and six pence. One iron
vessel for Liverpool has been chartered
at forty-fve shillings.
Under the continued line weather
wheat and barley continue weak and
prices throughout the day have steadily
declined.
The lEtna Iron Works Attach
ment.
SAN FRANcIsoo, May 22.-Geo. john
son, attorney for Smith, deceased, re-
Gently attached the .Etna Iron Works
for $4,000. Smith was formerly part
ner in the firm of Pendergsst 4 Smith,
proprietors OF the lEtna Iron
Works. The firm is now