Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-08-27
NIGHT NEWS.
The Asiatic Cholera Appears
in Mexico.
soxSsn WANTS JAy-EyE-sEs
A Man Anxious 90 Meet John L..
Sullivan = Junipero Sierra
CeIebration--The Corn
Crop Fails In Chi
huaIsua sad
suicide.

Crop FaIis In Chi
hualsua sad
suicide.
CHICAGO, Aug. 28.--A special from
Las Vegas, Mexico. OF August 10Th says
the Captain Of the port OF Guaymas has
received official notice from the Minister
OF War that vessel has arrived at Sail
mas Cruz with the Asiatic cholera on
board. lie instructs the Captain oil the
port to allow no one to land from vessels
arriving from Salinas Cruz or from other
ports lower ON the coast. The Official
notice bears date OF the City OF Mexico,
August 18th. Similar notices have been
received ut Mazatlan, san Bias, AL
tata, Mazanilla and other Pa.
cific Ports. Salinas Cruz Is the chief
port for the State Tehauntepec and lies
1000 miles south OF Guaymas on the Pa
clio. and II is considered unaccountable
,hat the disease could arrive there from
infected d stricts OF Europe. 1t Is gen.
erally believed that the vessel in ques-
tion IL from China and brings the origi-
nal cholera germs. The news causes
great uneasiness along the coast cities. u
being the first information OF the arrival
Of Asiatic cholera on this continent
Passengers south and East.
MERcED, CAL, Aug. 20. 6.--Following
Is list Of south.bound passengers pass
ing here this evenings
e A Stoble, Cincinnati. o; w + Paine,
Atlanta, Ca; Ben Smith, q + X X; Miss
ID M Mill. Oakland; Miss Sue Allen Port
Townsend; Miss Susie Stephens. Hous-
ton. Texas; A w Knowles and family,
topeka, Kansas; T s Kimball, Oakland;
Mrs I = Matthews, Santa Cruz; Miss M
Robinson, Bisbee, A r; Sam Ligetner.
Riverside; l. b Willard, Tucson; g q
Griswold and wife, Tombstone; g Mel.
son, X G Montgomery, Sacramento;
2 Layton, Mrs NJ @ Willard, Mrs 9 Il
Worcester, Mrs George Twek, q u
Brown, J Morton, G Thorne, San Fran
cisco, II Hutton, Isidor Polaski, hut
ton, d Dunlap, Miss 8 Thompson, Los
Angeles.
A Cannibal.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. ga Victoria,
b. c., special says an American arrived
at Koobenay who states that while try
ing to cross the Rocky Mountains with
a companion, his companion died from
exposure and want Of food. The sur
vivor says he cut off a portion Of the
flesh OF the dead man and wandered back
to a stream and tramped along its course
for ten days, subsisiing on the flesh of
his dead mate, when ON the afternoon OF
the tenth day he came upon camp OF
railway engineers. where after recuper-
ating he was sent on to koobenay.
Just Net Legal Holiday.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26.-Many in
oniries having been made as to whether
Thursday, August 28th, the date OF
the Juniporo Sierra celebration, would
be legal holiday, telegram was sent
to II. J. w. Dam, Executive Clerk in
the Governors office, which ELECTED the
following reply; august 2Sth will not
be legal holiday. The Legislature in.
tended that the day of celebration
should be legal holiday, but by blum
der in the concurrent resolution tho
Governor was requested to make August
Goth, the day after the anniversary,
legal holiday.
Not Guilty.
SONORA, Aug. 26.-rnc trial of Ed
mond T.. Gallagher, who killed Mrs.
Honora Greenwood ut Browns Flat June
10Th in dispute over mining property,
having been in progress in the Superior
Court since the 18th, terminated to-day
in verdict af not guilty. The case went
to the jury at $50 last night, and at II
O'Clock this morning the jury rendered
their verdict as above.
cholera In the south OF France.
PARIS, Aug. 26.-Deaths from cholera
in the southern department. of France
for the twenty -fours ending tonight were
nine; Pyrennes 0rientals, fifteen; Her
ault, six; Gard, two; Ande, five.
A sad suicide.
RED BLUFF, Aug. oh. Walter, q
prominent merchant in Tehama, com
mitted suicide to-day by drowning in
the Sacramento river. A short time of.
ter he had drowned himself his wife
died, having been sick in her first con-
iinement. She has been at deaths door
for few days past. 1t is said that his
mind became deranged onaccount OF the
prospective death of his wife. The
body has been recovered and an inquest
will be held tomorrow.
wheat and Barley Market.
SAN Francisco, Aug. 26.-Wheat,
steady and fair; seller, Sl.25@Sl .26S;
buyer, Sl.3l@l3l4; buyer season, $l.37
@Sl.37s. Barley, steady and dull;
seller, .79l; seller, season, .79l; buyer,
.S6; buyer, season, .9la@9l2.
rou.utas aousnItdat~
SAN Francisco, Aug, 26.-The Cali
fornia and Consolidated Virginia Mining
Companies consolidated to-day. The
new corporation is known as the Con-
solidated California and Virginia Mining
Company. Capital stock 81, l6O, 900,
divided into shares of q par value of one
hundred dollars each. Every five shares
of each Of the old companies will be en-
titled to one share in the new company.
The Junipero Sierra Celebration.
SAN FRANoIsco, Aug. GA delega-
tion from the Society of California Pio-
neers will attend the Junipero Sierra
centennial celebration at San Carlos Mis-
sion Thursday next. The delegation
will include Mayor Bartlett and many
others of the more prominent of the Pio-
peers. Senator Del Vale, of Los Ange-
hs, who is to deliver the Grafton, arriv-
ed here to-day and will go to Monterey
tomorrow.
Pctaluma Races.
PETALuMA, Gala, Aug. 26.--The first
| race was one mile dash, free for all,
won by Forest King in l:43a. In the
trot for the $50 class, for purse of $500,
Guy Wilkes won in three straight heats.
Time-2;26l. 2:22, 2;33i.
The stock Board.
SAN Francesca, Aug. 26.-Belle Isle,
rs; Best & Belcher, 81. 25; Chollar, S2.45;
Crown Point, Sl.30; Gould & Curry,
| 81. 90; Grand Prize, 80; Hale & Nor
cross, $500; Mexican, 81 so; Navajo,
S4.l5; Ophir, Sl.05; Potosi, 81 90;
Savage, 100; Sierra Nevada, $l.40;
Union Consolidated, $l.l5 Yellow
Jacket, Sl.75.
A Fatal ARRAY.
UKIAH, Cal, Aug. 26.-News has just
been brought to town of the murder of
| A. Davis, a merchant at Covelo, in this
| county, by young man named Robin
son. The particulars as far as learned
are as follows The parties had not
been OIL good terms for several months,
but on Sunday last Robinson went into
Davis's store for the purpose of purchas-
ing watermelon and was ordered out.
Failing to go, Davis grasped an axe-han-
die and struck him over the head. Rob.
inson then drew a knife and stabbed
Davis in the back, killing him instantly.
Davis was q Jew, and reported to be
| ouita WEALTHY