Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-11-20
PACIFIC SLOPE.
More Excursionists Booked
for California.
GRlsT OF BAY CITY ITEMS.
Simpson, the Express RObber, In
veigled Over the BOrder-The
Lower Coast.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALr
SAN Francisco, November 1S.-D. W
Hitchcock, General Agent of the Unio
Pacific, received letter to-day from
s. Tebbets, General Passenger Agent {
his line, giving the dates of excursion
from the East to San Francisco an
Southern California, via Ogden, as fol
lows:
Chatterton's excursions will leav
Boston on the oath inst, and on the ST.
and 22nd of December.
Harvey's excursions will leave Bostol
on November 29th and December 13tl
and Goth.
Walters excursions will leave Chicag,
on November 26th and December 1Otl
and oath.
Cotteral's excursions will run from
Kansas City on November Goth and De
cember 4.h and 18th.
Munroe's parties will leave Boston or
the 21st OF this month, on December 5tb
and 26th and January 9th.
Besides these parties which are ex-
pected to number from 100 to 400 each,
the Union Pacific will have many 9th.
ers of an impromptu order.
BLOOD HORSE ASSOCIATION.
At the annual meeting of the Blood
Horse Association to-day, David Mcclure
was reelected President; E. S. Culver,
Secretary. Jas. W. Kea and T. S. Mont
gomery, of San Jose, were elected mem
bers of the Association. A committee
was appointed to revise the rules so as
to allow declarations to be made up to
the weighing hour, instead of P. NJ. OF
the day prior to the raca as heretofore.
OFFICIAL COUNT.
Tie official count in the first precincts
in this part of the Fifth Congressional
District began to-day, and several errors
were discovered. When the count closed
for to-day, the Republican for Congress.
Phelps, had 1,104; Clunie, Democrat,
1857. The count is being closely
watched by the friends of both parties,
as is also the count OF the votes for Asso-
ciate Justice. The figures at present
stand: Works, II ,443; Sullivan, 6,2O2.
A SHEEP KILLING MATCH.
An odd contest took place at Butcher.
town to-day in sheep killing match be-
tween Walter Reddy, the San Francisco
champion. and Pete Wirtz, of Los An.
geles, for purse of $50, Reddy to kill
three sheep to Wirtz's two, the sheep to
be dressed for market Reddy killed his
sheep first, but Wirtz had his dressed
first, taking minutes and 80 seconds;
Reddy finishing his three in s minutes
Writ was declared the winner.
THE sENTER-MoNRoE CASE.
The Supreme Court has handed down
its decision in the case of M. S. Senter
VS.. William N. Monroe. The suit arose
from the sale of certain property in Mon
rovia, Los Angeles county, but which
was never completed, upon which plair..
tiff instituted suit to recover s.. .once dam
ages snd was awarded in The Snnerior
Court Of the county 81 ,O19. Against the
decision defendant appealed, and in the
decision handed down the Supreme
Court has held that the demurrer to the
complaint, which the lower court over
ruled, ought to have been sustained. On
that ground the motion for new trial
has been upheld.
STATE ASSESSMENTS.
The State Board of Equalization, in it's
annual report, places the value OF real
estate and Improvements at 1909 ,635 1881
personal property, $107 1926, ,242; mer-
chandise, $34, ,S03, ,462; money, $1l ,3O9,-
600; mining claims, $5,673, ,316. Sheep,
numbering 2,315, ,269 head, are valued at
$3,473,578; while the wool output, es.
timated at 3O,0OO,0OO pounds, has been
assessed at only S57, 400 pounds. The
wine product of 1887 is assessed at
9,216,192 gallons, valued at 81, ass, ,595.
The report comments on mnch ill.,
proportioned assessment. and says the
Supervisors, by more carefully regarding
their duty, can do much to diminish this
evil.
LICK TRUSTEES SUIT.
The Lick Trustees filed a suit in the
Superior Court to-day in which the Lick
beneficiaries are made defendants, and
which aims solely to get the judicial
construction of Article IA in James Lick's
deed OF trust, which provides for the
founding of the California School of
Mechanical Arts, and endowing it with
$500,OO0 The complaint states that the
Trustees are ready to pay over the en-
dowment money if the Court shall
decide that Article IA makes it
their legal duty to do 80. The article
provides for the formation of corpora
tion with seven directors, which corpora
ton shall acquire site for the school
and proceed to build. Since the forha-
ton OF the corporation, one Of the direc-
tors, Lorenzo Sawyer, has resigned, and
the vacancy has been filled by appoint
ment. The complaint says there never
has been judicial decree releasing him
from the trust, and asks if the proceed
ing is legal.
SIMPSON BROUGHT BACK.