Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-11-30
Coast Cuttings.

AL Farrow won, kildare second, Extrac
third; time, l 80.
Coast Cuttings.
A box of oranges were sent from Rec
Bluff to Gen. Harrison as Thanksgiv
ing present.
Police Officer Joseph Gotta has begur
suit against the city Of San Diego fol
$147, alleged to be due him as interpret
ers' fees.
Herr Baron Hermann Won Gerichter
and Baroness Won Gerichten, of Gerich
ten castle, Schleswig HolsteIn, Germany
are in San Diego.
The contract for fencing and improv.
| ing the grounds around the Federal
buildings at Santa Fe has been awarded
to Donaghue & Monier, of Santa Fe, for
$3.50.
The rainstorm which set in last Friday
in Arizona has continued with slight in
terruptions ever since. This has been
one of the longest continued storms ever
known in Arizona. The grass will be
good in short time. Cattlemen are
pleased.
The Secretary of State for New Mexico
advertises for proposals for printing and
binding the laws aud journals of both
houses of the twerty-eighth Legislative
Assembly, which meets In Santa Fe De-
cember goth. Proposals will be received
until February 2, 1889.
J. W. Hathaway, Sheriff OF Lewis and
Clark county, Montana, has left Ottawa
for Calgary, N. w. T with the neces-
sary papers to obtain possession OF
George Godin, in custody there. Godin
escaped from the Helena, Montana, Jail
last July while under sentence of death.
A man named Reynolds, confined in
the San Diego Jail on the charge of bur-
glary, escaped by crawling under the
iron door of his cell, which hung less
than foot from the floor. Once outside
the cell, he pried open the paddock OF the
outside door and made good his escape.
A. ). Urin, who was injured in rail
way accident on the Northern Pacific
.ast summer, at which time about thirty
other people, including members of a
dramatic company and a California ex-
curslon party, were hurt, has brought
suit against the railroad company for
$50, 900 damages.
An accident occurred at the navy yard
at Vallejo Wednesday evening, resulting
| in the death of Joseph Clark, a young
coal HEAVIER on the Vandalia. He climbed
| up on the rail of the ship to throw back
the hammock cloth. Missing his footing
he fell over the side of the vessel and
struck on the granite flooring, twenty
feet beneath, killing him almost in
stantly.
Letters which have recently been re-
ceived from Richard Creighton, con-
victed of embracery in the Wright suit
against the Geary Street Railroad Com
pany, but who forfeited his bond and
escaped to Australia about a year ago,
lead to the belief that the next steamer
from Sydney, or subsequent one, may
bring him back here to throw himself on
the mercy of the court.
Morgan Davis and William Devees,
two old and we'll known citizens of Ari-
zona, were former partners and fast
friends, but Davis some time ago had
trouble with his wife, who secured di.
vorce from him and was allowed consid.
erable property in the division. Since
then Davis has been bitter against
Devices and meeting him Sunday night
began shooting at him. One ball passed
through Devices right lung, fatally
wounding him.
At Phoenix, Ariz. early Wednesday
morning, a burglar entered saloon, and
drawing two pistols made the men in the
saloon hold up their hands. He ordered
the barkeeper to open the safe, but be-
| fore he bad done 80 two city officers
entered, at which he took alarm and
backed out through the door. He then
held his pistols OF the officers and made
them pass into the saloon, when he
made good his escape.
| Judge John D. Works, of San Diego
in speaking of his nomination for Su
preme Justice, said he was much sur.
prised when placed on the ticket, as he
did not think the claims of San Diego
would be recognized for so important al
office. He also regretted that he haC
been nominated, as he could make 6
great deal more than the salary of Sc 90
at his profession moreover, he regretted
leaving San Diego, even temporarily, {
place to which he and his family were
much attached.
In the case of James w. Reeves agains
Marcus d. Hyde, ct al; involving th'
question as to whether or not certain
state land was suitable for cultivation
the defendants contending that the evid
ence showed that no kinds of crops coult
be raised upon the land in question, ex
cept fruits, and that they are not sucl
"ordinary agricultural crops" as ar
meant in the section OF the political cod
prescribing tests for agricultural lant
which may be entered, the Supreme
Court holds otherwise, and that the diff
ferent varieties of fruits are included il
the term Ordinary agricultural crops.
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