Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-10-22
Local Brevities.


the coming steamer.
Charles Prayer will be home to-mor-
row, on the Orizaba.
Sailed for Port Madison yesterday
Bark Vidette, in ballast.
Very little progress was made in the
District Court calendar yesterday.
The Telegraph Stage came in on
time and heavily loaded yesterday.
The new bar-roOm by the Bella In
ion is to be "gorgeously upholstered" "
The carpets going into the revised
edition of the Bella Union, are from
| A. Smiths.
The corn crop of Los NietOs is now
coming in, and will be fully up to
that of the average year.
Sheep just now are selling very low.
good serviceable ewes only fetch 50 %,
whilst fat wethers are only worth S3.
The San Jose Mercury reprints ftom
the HERALD the pretty poem by Miss
Lagrange, about which the Intlec was
SO jealous.
The Board of Canvassers met yes
terday and adjourned until to-day
The returns are not yet in from Eliza
beth Lake.
The certificate of incorporation of
the Chamber Of Commerce has been
framed, and may be seen at the Office
of Judge Widney.
Mr.. Perry expects to be i'm Chicago
on the 25th instant, and to reach here
about the 10th of November. He re-
ports a very pleasant trip.
The schooner "Pacific," Captain
Madison, which sailed for San Fran
cisco on the Goth instant, took 2,6l9
sacks of barley weighing l25 tons.
Two inebriates were brought before
the Mayor yesterday. One was liber-
ated a poorer and wiser man; the
other being penniless, was returned to
Jail.
Quilp asks why lumber is selling i'm
Los Angeles for S35 per thousand, when
it only brings ST. in Santa Barbara.
Ought there not to be some reduction
here?
Madame Anna Bishops farewell and
final Concert takes place tonight. 1t
will be the last opportunity of hearing
her. The programme is in another
column.
The wooden mill is now putting i'm
new boiler at great expense. With
this addition they will be able to man.
ufacture a far greater variety of cOlOrs
than hitherto.
The two gentlemen who went up in
the ballon last Sunday to find the
Eastern air current might have been
called idiots, if they had not been
Western editors.
The Express still continues to pur-
loin the HERALD's dispatches, without
giving the proper credit. Those who
desire their news twelve hours in ad-
vance should subscribe for the HER
AID.
Mr.. Staples, of the Auzerais House,
San Jose, and Major Ustick, of San
Francisco, are about to improve and
take charge of the Bella Union. A
general change in the interior Of the
house is to be made.
There will be ball given by the
Los Angeles Rifles for the benefit of
the company at IIeck's Hall, next
Saturday. This is Il new company;
and the public should encourage it
and put it on firm foundation.
II. Newmark & Co. have nearly
finished their new Storage Warehouse
opposite the depot. Every team that
leaves, and every 100 tons Of freight
that is dispatched is an additional
proof Of the progress Of Los Angeles.
A short meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce was held last night, in
which the resolutions elsewhere pub
lished We're passed. A committee on
furnishing and telegraphing informa-
tiOn was appointed, and various other
unimportant matters attended to.
The Orphans Fair will be held at
Stearns Hall on the last of this month.
The ladies are all working hard to
make it as attractive as possible, and
the attendance of the gentlemen, with
well-lined pockets, is all that is now
wanting to make it a success.
VIM. p. Edwards, the travelling
representative of CrOcker & Co., is in
town. He paid visit to this Office
last evening, and expressed himself rs
being very gratiiied with the new en-
terprise. Mr. Edwards remains here
to-day, and departs for San Bernardo
no for flying visit. He will return
in day or two.
The experiment of NJ. Luquet's wine
improving patent, did not take place
to-day, on account of the illness of NJ.
Luquet. The trial is postponed until
Thursday at ten O'Clock, when the pub
lie are respectfully invited to witness
it. M. Luquet desires to apologize to
the ladies and gentlemen who came to
M. Keller's factory this morning and
were disappointed. -.t
Mr.. Jas. BarrOws is up for a benefit
tonight ut the Theatre. Mr.. Barrows
has made as many friends in private
as he has through his excellent acting,
and tonight they will have an oppor-
tunity Of showing their regard. He
possesses fund of quiet humOr which
Is never exaggerated, and there is no
doubt that he will in few years hold
high place amongst American come
dians.