Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-03
BAY CITY BREEZES.
The Queen of the Pacific's Trial
Trip.

company and any one who cared to sal
all day around the Bay, but
there were no invited guests. The
steamer went along nicely to Hunters
Point, where she turned around frequent
ly to test her compasses, and then
steamed out between the heads, giving
complete satisfaction to Captain Alex
ander, who was in charge. 1t was 4
o'clock P. NJ. when she returned to her
berth.
OFF FOR COLUMBUS.
The veteran guard of California Grand
Army of the Republic, under command
of Captain Joe Knolton, Jr., marched
away this evening to take part in the
Twenty-second National Encampment at
Columbus, Ohio. The day being Sun
day there was little display. There was
a short parade, however, at the Palace
Hotel. The Veteran Guard met the
Department Headquarters, thence, head
ed by Department Commander T. H.
Goodman and others, they marched to
the ferry. Here they were given three
cheers by their escorts and at 6 80 P. NJ.
the delegations took the Oregon express
for Portland. From there the route will
be as previously announced.
From here to Ohio and return the
Veteran Guard will act as escort to
Department Commander Goodman, who
was so popular with the Guards and the
comrades in general, as to be elected to
his distinguished Office without even be-
ing candidate for the honor.
Accompanying the Commander were
Adjutant General of State R. A.
Orton, Judge E. M. Gibson, Judge
Advocate OF the G. A. r. Department
and others of the Commanders staff
will also board the train at different
points throughout the State. The fifty
five members of the Veteran Guard, who
started to-day for Ohio, are relics of
eighteen different State organizations
that took part for the Union during
the war.
SPRECKELS RETURN.
Claus Spreckels, the sugar king of
California, returned to-day from a pro-
tracted visit to the East in connection
with the building of his sugar refinery at
Philadelphia, which he says will be in
full blast by the middle of May next,
with O producing capacity of two million
pounds, or thousand tons, per day.
THE COURTS.
Counsel have been natihed that the
cases of Frederick w. Sharon, as execu-
tor, vs.. David S. Terry and Sarah Althea
Terry, and Francis G. Newlands, as trus-
tee, ct al, against the same defendants.
on Demurrers, will be decided by the
United States Circuit Court tomorrow
at II A. M.
The jury in the case of Christian Veg
ener, the old man who in May, 1885,
killed Tommy Battles, 7-year-old boy,
by firing into crowd of boys who were
annoying him, returned a verdict of
guilty of manslaughter yesterday after
noon, but recommended the prisoner to
the mercy of the court.
LOCAL NOTES.
Stephen Fay, alias John Summers, was
arrested last night in an intoxicated con-
dition. He died early this evening. The
autopsy showed that Fay's skull was
fractured; and later it was learned that
he had been waylaid by half dozen
robbers, who had beaten him on the
skull.
James Klink, who was sent to the
smallpox hospital last week from board
ing house in this city, died to-day. An
other new case OF smallpox was discover
ed to-day.
The Oceanic steamer Mariposa arrived
from Sydney and Auckland, via Homo
lulu, yesterday. Honolulu papers note
the arrival of the United States dispatch
boat, Dolphin, at that place August 18th
BALL AND BAT.