Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-01

VI PchI5, pedCnoS anu UldCKD6Irl6S, Du
an increase in cherries, apricots, grape
and plums. The stock in the hands O
the Gamers is estimated at 200 ,00(
cases.
.' ALL ALONG THE COAST.
All the News Of Yesterday Briefly
| by Wire.
| At San Francisco a northerly winC
commenced to blow yesterday, and the
prospects are that to-day will be clea,
and that an excellent opportunity viii
be afforded to observe the total eclipse
of the sun. Several parties have beer
encamped for week in localities favor
| able for observation, and it is expected
| that large number of pers ons will go tc
the region of totality to-day.
The criminal records of San Francisco
for the past year show that twenty-foul
homicides were committed, an average
of two per month. In two cases heavy
sentences were pronounced and in two
more cases the jury found the shooting
were never found, while the balance ol
the cases are still pending in the courts
From San Francisco it is announced
that dining cars will be attached to all
passenger trains west after January
lst on the line of the Central Pacific.
Also, it is said two vestibule trains max
ing semi-weekly trips east and west will
be put on the Central Pacific, as soon as
the cars can be fitted up.
From San Francisco it is reported that
W. F. Ruselle, convicted of aiding and
abetting his wife Grettie in throwing
vitriol upon G. r. Petrie, will serve out
his sentence in prison, as the Supreme
Court has affirmed the order denying 9
new trial.
The Supreme Court of the State yes
terday affirmed the judgment OF the
lower court in the case of the San Diego
Land and Town Company against George
Naegle and others, which condemned
for public reservoir 500, 900 worth oi
Naegle's land. Naegle appealed from
the judgment on the ground that the
value was not properly estimated. The
court reversed the judgment in regard to
the value, and ordered the property to
be appraised again.
At San Francisco Attorneys Van Ness
and Roche, on behalf OF number of in
surance companies fled fifty separate
suits in the Superior Court of San Fran
cisco, against the Stockton Harvester and
Agricultural Company whose works were
recently destroyed by fire at Stockton.
The insurance companies complain there
was not quite total loss suffered as al
legged. They accordingly sue for an order
setting aside the adjustment and agree
ment on the grounds Of fraud. and also
ask that the insurance contract be de-
clared void on the same grounds. Thir-
teen suits for the same purpose have been
entered in the United States Circuit
Court by foreign companies.
The Supreme Court yesterday affirmed
plaintiffs judgment of the lower court in
the case of James A. Mcdonald against
the Order of Chosen Friends. McDon-
aid as assignee of deceased member
sued the Friends for payment of bene-
| fit policy, which they contested on the
ground that the assignment was not paid
in time. But 1t was shown that the
Order made no election to the little de-
linquency of the assessment until after
the beneficiary died.
Letters that come to the State Board
of Trade headquarters at San francisco
continue to tell of the success in Iowa
and Minnesota OF the travelling exbibi-
ton of California products. At Sioux
City, Ia, on Christmas day there were
5 900 visitors to the exhibition car and al
Lemars $500 visitors had been counted
before the time allowed for stopping at
the place had half passed.
The San Diego Sun yesterday afternoon
published statistics for the harbor of San
Diego for 1888, showing vessels arrived
ia, lumber imported los, ,OOO,0 feet
coal imported 1000 tons, Custom House
receipts 1884 1000. OF vessels arriving
256 were from foreign ports ard 45s from
domestic ports.
Giovanni Rambatini was killed in the
lei le mine, near Jacksonville, Cal.
last night, shortly after firing blast
He went to inspect it, when a large rock
fell upon him, inficting internal injuries
from which he died.
At Sacramento, Governor Waterman
Yesterday granted pardon to G. w
Gibson, convicted OF murder in Mendo.
cino county, in April, 1888, and sen.
fenced to seventeen years in the peniten.
tiary. The Governor says he is con.
vinced that Gibson was persuaded tc
accompany Isam Frost, who committed
the crime, but that Gibson did not par
ticipate in the killing, and that since the
latter was incarcerated he has rendered
valuable service at the prison in case o
q fire. His petition was signed by SOC
ciiizens of Mendocino county.
Late Saturday night an attempt wa,
made to wreck the second section of the
East-bound Atlantic and Pacific passen.
ger train at bridge between Laguna and
Elrito, N. M. Two sections were run
ming about thirty minutes apart. The
first section met no obstruction, but
when the second section reached the
bridge, the engineer discovered rail anG
a heavy oak tie on the track about the
center of the bridge. Opening the valve
wide, he sent the train over It at a higf
speed and knocked the obstruction Of
the track.
| Mrs. Ira P. Rock we'll, of Sidney, W. 7.
WAS shot and accidentally killed by he
l4-year-old con yesterday morning. TIL
mother had given him permission to &
hunting and he WAS attempting to inser
a cartridge when it exploded, the charg