Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-12-07
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PACIFIC COAST.
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Passengers aouth aud East.
FRESNO, Dec. 6.--The following is
list Of south-bound passengers passing
here to-day;
DR. b Cory, @ w Cozzens, San Jose;
Mrs A g Kinsey, @ Kinsey, New Or
leans; n Harmon and wife, Tucson; A
| w jackson and wife, Jos Betz, San
Francisco; Il A Clark, England; II 4
Newton, Ohio; A J Harrell, Visalia; @
T White, Cotton; A Doan, Los Ange.
les; s l. Moore, Maricopa; Miss Menzies
and maid, Scotland.
The stock Roard.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 6.--Best and
Belcher, $50; Chollar, Ito; Consol.
idated Virginia, ,30i Crown Point, 80;
Eureka Consolidated, -; Gould 4
Curry, 80; Hale 4 Norcross, .85;
Mexican, 30; Northern Belle, so;
Ophir, 7.50; Potosi, rs; Savage, .70j
s. Nevada, 2.50; Union 2,55j Vel.
low Jacket, l.70
Failure Caused by wheat Char.
ters.
SAN FRAScisco, Dec. G.--Henry Lnnd
4 Co, an English exporting firm, have
suspended; liabilities, s340, 600; assets
stated to be 100000. The failure Is
| due TO losses on wheat charters, which
have fallen from above sixty shilings to
below thirty.
No Prospect OF Eastern News.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dee. 6.-The tele-
graph wires are still down, the effects Of
| heavy sleet stoim east Of Cheyenne.
In one placs il is estimated that for a
stretch of one hundred and thirty miles
| the line is prostrated.
VIII Prosecute PAGAN Peijurers.
SAN Francisco, Dec. 6.-District AT.
torney Sullivan has volunteered his SER
vices to United States Attorney Hilbofn
to aid him in prosecuting for perjury the
! coolies who testify that every Cbinaman
| who arrives here is trader. Hilborn
| alone has been unable to verify or con-
tradict such testimony, being too much
otherwise occupied Two detectives
have been detailed by Chief Crowley to
investigate all statements made by Chi
nese witnesses when they attempt to
swear that the next batch Of coolies are
traders The result will probably be
the detection and punishment of the
pagan periurers.
wheat and Barley Market.
SAN FRANCIsCo, Dec. 6.-Wheat weak
and dull; buyer, season, 81 $50 .96.
Barley, weak and dull; buyer season,
sl.l2@l .l2f.
Rather Rough ON Howard.
SALT LAKE, Dec. 6.--The Bar meeting
this morning rassed the following reso
luton: THAT we earnestly protest
against the appointment of Sumner
Howard as Chief Justice Of Utah, the
reasons being, as stated IN our former
protest to the President, that we can't
believe that candidate for high posi-
ton, whose reputation was so bad as
Howard's while United States Attorney
for Utah, could receive executive favor"
The Secretary was instructed to tele-
graph the same 10 the President and At
torpey General.
Big Mine Purchase BY Maekey
and FIood.
Tucson, A. T., Dec 6.--Tueson is in
II blaze OF enthusiasm tver the purchase
| Of the Quijotoa mines day by j. w.
Mackey and j. G. Flood, the Bonanza
firm of San Francisco. The sale was me-
rotiated by w. s. Lyle. of the same
place, who takes an interest with them,
| the price S450,000. The mines
are located eighty miles southwest
OF Tucson, and were discovered last May.
The purchase was made on the report of
j. N. Low, W. s. Patten and siIank
Smith, acknowledged to be the best
authorities on the coast. They report
that nothing ever discovered on the
Pacific Coast is equal to it, outside Of
the Comstock. The purchasers will
commence operations at once, on an ex
tensive scale, putting up the most ap.
proved machinery for developing and
working the ore.
Better Late Than Never
MARysvlLLE, Cal, Dec. GA man 80
years old was to-day naturalized by
| Judge Keyser in the Superior Court.
His name is James Scott, native of Ire.
land. He has n farm near Camptonville,
this county, and went from the Court
room to the United States Land Office,
where he perfected his title to home
stead entry. Scott sold his old home in
Ireland twenty-nine years ago and fol-
lowed his five sons to the United States
and has been in California for the last
twenty years, He means to vote the
Democratic ticket at the next election
| He cannot write, but il in good health,
though apparently somewhat feeble, and
says he was never sick day in his life.
Heavy Losses by the Wheat POOL.
SAN FRAScisco, Dec. 6.-it is report
| ed this evening that the wheat freight
pool. composed of Sol Wangheman, NJ.
| Waterman and others, have lost from
| 81, 2,OO0, 900 to $1,000, 900, owing to the
heavy drop in freight, Claus Spreckels
| is stated to have been caught to the ex.
tent of $500, 900.
High Handed Proceeding Fatal
Quarrel.
ASTORIA, Or, Dec 0.-This afternoon
| five sailor were brought down from Port
land and taken on board the British
bark lronsides, where they expected to
| sign articles before the British Vice Con
| sui this evening or tomorrow morning
| About dark thirty men, principally
| sailor boarding house runners, came
aboard and forcibly took the mea and
their baggage from the ship
There is an organized movement
among the Portland and Astoria sailor
boarding house keepers not to permit
sailors to be shipped at Portland.
A fatal shooting affrsy occurred this
morning at Cloninger's Landing, ON the
| Willamette slough, near st. Helena,
between David A. Cloninger and Frank
b. Pierce. The latter had leased Clon
inger's dairy ransh, and they quarreled
| about the terms Pierce resolved TO
leave, and went to the landing to take
passage by the steamer then due. While
he was standing on the bank, Cloninger
rode up on horseback and quarrel en-
| sued. Cloninger drew pistol md shot
Pierce, the ball entering the neck, pass
ing downwards and coming out under
| the shoulder blade. Pierce was brought
to this city by passing steamer and
was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital.
He is suffering from internal hemorrhage
and the physicians pronounce his wound
fatal. Cloninger is an old resident Of
Columbia county, having lived near st.
Helens for thirty years, and is man OF
considerable wealth.
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