Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-04-25
Toast Outings.

Cdtllo Ol oil Hull VI Idlu
fell yesterday at Marysville. Farm
ers are anxious for more.
Last evening a man at San Bernar-
dino, named G. @. Mitchell, was at
tackled by couple of footpads and
robbed of his money.
P. B. Barrett, of Fall City, Shasta
county, became insane, got away from
his friends Sunday last, and drowned
himself in his own we'll. He leaves a
wife and four children.
The schooner Triumph, Captain Dan
Mclean, arrived last night at Victoria,
B. c., from Halifax, making the pass
age in remarkably short time, 12S
days, the shortest on record.
The trial Of Louise Hogan for the
murder of Louise Derchow was con-
cluded yesterday at San Francisco,
and the jury, after few moments of
deliberation, returned verdict OF not
guilty.
A frame house belonging to Mrs.
Westhall burned last night at Napa.
The house was unoccupied, but was
stored with furniture. Nothing was
saved. Loss about $4,000; insured
for $4,000.
A contract between Hon. M. P.
O'Connor and an architect has been
filed by which the latter is to build a
sanitarium for the Sisters Of Charity,
near Agricultural Park, San Jose, at
cost of 100000.
The Santa Clara Association OF
Congregational Churches began its
oceedings at Santa Cruz yesterday,
with Rev. w. N. Cross as moderator,
and Rev. Rogers as scribe. The
meeting will close to-day.
Sidney L. Marsh, who was killed at
the Bay District track Saturday by
the horse Don Jose, was buried yes
terday. 1t has been suggested that
the association give an extra days
racing proceeds to go to Marsh's
widow.
Crop prospects in the vicinity of
Hollister were never better. Grain is
looking well and gives no evid ence Of
suffering for lack of moisture. The
late showers assure heavy yield.
The apricot crop in San Benito county
promises to be very large.
In the suit of the United States
against j. w. Humphreys and Moses
Mock, to recover 500, 700 as the value
of lumber manufactured from pine
trees cut on government land in
Fresno county twenty years ago, the
jury yesterday returned a verdict in
fav r of the defendants, in the United
States Circuit Court at San Francisco.
The San Bernardino Central Rail-
way, which is to be built from San
Bernardino to San Diego, has asked
for the right-of- and depot grounds
at San Bernardino, and the Board of
Trade had a committee at work yes
terday getting concessions.
The highest number of vessels eve r
seen in Commencement Bay at one
time was in front of Tacoma yester-
| day. There were nineteen ocean sail
ing vessels in port. In addition to
this, three ocean steamers and five
local Sound steamers were at the
docks.
The Pacific steamer Acapulco ar
rived at San Francisco from Panama
yesterday, and was at once quaran-
tined. She dropped eight smallpox
cases at Acapulco. There is now no
sickness on board, however. The
Acapulco makes the eighth vessel in
quarantine. g
esterday a farmer named Jesse
Grab am gave himself up to the Sher-
if at Fresno on hearing that war
rant had been issued for his arrest
from parties in Santa Cruz, for the
alleged killing OF Dennis Bennett, 3s
years of age. Graham says that he
was tried at that time and acquitted.
E. S. Babcock, President OF the
Coronado Beach Company, who is in
New York city, to-day wired the com.
pany that he had learned incidentally
from the banking firm of Winslow,
Lanler & Co. that the international
Company Of Mexico had secured $3,-
600, 900 for the improvement of their
land in Lower California.