Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-08-16
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PACIFIC COAST.
Passenrers south and East


MERGED, Cal. Aug. l5.--Thc follow.
ing Ia the list of south bound passengers
passing here this evening:
Miss wsssiils aud child, Prescott. NJ
Soliman, w Hood, N Steinberger. w II
Wickman, wife and two children, j .
Denheimer, N Collier, San Francisco; A
r Morrison, San Jose; Mrs J Il Hood,
Denver; Jas Morelsnd, New York; @ b
Henly. Mexico.
mutehisgs Supposed 60 be lssane.
sAs Francisco, Aug. l5.--Ths attor-
ney Of I. K. Huichings, the strangler,
las fled q petition with the Commission.
srs Of Insanity requesting that his client
be examined a. TO his sanity, as. from
the stolid indifference manifested whom
the death sentence was pronounced, there
is ground to believe that Hutchings 10 Of
unsound mind.
The New Registrar.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. ia Sscra.
mento special says: The Governor has
appointed Gen. =. Y. Walsh. Adjutant
General under Irwin, as registrar of San
Francisco, vice. Ex-Governor J. A. John.
son.
Miss Braekctt does Back On
sarah Aithea.
BAN FRANCISCO, Aug. l5. Tomorrow
the Alta will publish q statement that
Nellie Bracket, who played promi-
nent part Ms witness for the plain it'd in
the Sharon divorce suit while it was be-
ing tried, has made = written confession
that she 10 cognizant Of the forgery Of
the my dear wife" letters by the plain.
tia, Miss Hill. The alleged forgery con.
sists Of her insertion Of the word 'wife."
Her statement further alleges that the
marriage contract was written by the
plaintff over Senator Sharon's signature
on the piece Of paper taken from his
room at the Palace Hotel by the plain.
tiff. II also alleges that the form
OF the marriage contract was fur
nished by Geo. w. Tyler, counsel for
the plaintiff in the pending suit.
Death OF . Pioneer.
SAN FRANCISCO. August l5.--CaptAin
William Ashcroft, . pioneer, died this
morning, aged 90. He leaves two
daughters and one son, He will be
buried under the auspices Of the Odd
Fellows on Sunday next.
Cause OF Registrar Jehnsen's Re-
msva1.
San FRANCISCO, August l5.--Regis.
trar johnson, when asked by reporter
Of the Evening Post the cause Of his re.
moval, replied: ut can be attributed
to only one thing, that know Of, and
that is the difference OF opinion between
the Governor and myself on the policy
OF au extra session aud the Stockton
Convention. There eau be no other
reasons"
Coast Failures Inere asing.
SAN FRANcIsco. Aug. l5.--Brad-
streets Mercantile Agency reports TWEEN.
ty-eight failures in the Pacific Coast
States and Territories for the week end.
ing yesterday, as compared with twenty.
one for the previous week, and sixteen
for the corresponding week of 1888.
A Hard Way Out or Prisou.
SAN Francisco, Aug. ia Chinese
leper was discovered in San Quentin on
Thursday night. The Directors have
concluded TO ask the Governor to pardon
him on condition that he shall at once
return to Ceina.
The stock Board.
San FRAsCIsco, Aug. l5.-Belle I.le,
.75;'Best & Belcher, g. As; Chollar, 50 25;
Crown Point, Sl.4O; Gould & Curry,
e. 30; Grand Prize, go; Hale 4 Nor
cross, 81. IS; Mexican, 81 90; Navajo,
"a. l0;Ophir, 81 35; Potosi, 81. 70; Savage,
81, 90; Sierra Nevada, $500; Union
Consolidated, sl.65
Wheat and Barley Market.
SAN Francisco, Ang. l5.-Whest,
weak, active seller, 1900 |. 30;
buyer, season. $l.36A Barley, weak,
dull; seller, SSH; seller season. SSH
buyer, season, lSs@sSt; buyer season,
8 $922@93.
The Aanta Crux Races.
SANTA Cruz, August l5.--ln the trot
of the $50 class, for purse Of $500. the
following horses started: Jim Mulvan-
ny, Bloomfield, Harry and Ned. Mul.
vAnny won the first two heats in 2:341
and 2:30. The third. fourth and fifth
heats were won by Ned iu 2:3la. 2:37t
and 2:3Si.
stay or Proceedings.
PORTLAND, Ogn.. August l5.--Joseph
Drake, condemned to hang 10 day at
Salem, Oregon, and Louis A. Knott, of
Colfax, Washington Territory, were
both granted a stay Of proceedings.
Newspaper Impr0vemsnt.
PORTLAND, OoN., August l5.-The
Oregonian will announce tomorrow
that it will enlarge in month to an
eight page seven column daily. A now
perfecting press bnilt by Hoe 4 Co. Of
New York, was received and is being
set up.
EASTERN.