Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-10-08
Local Brevities.
Wilmington Is lively.

Mr.. Mcdonald is courteous and ef-
ficient conductor.
Rev. Father Sheehy will lecture i'm
Los Angeles before very long.
Attention is drawn to the card of
Mr. Whitfield i'm another column.
Fifteen ears Of freight were dis
patched to Wilmington yesterday.
Edward Stratton has been appointed
Justice of the Peace at Wilmington.
The LerOy-Duret troupe will re-
main in this city until after the fair.
The telegraph line is now erected
more than halfway to San Fernando.
The Mohongo will not be able to
take all the freight now lying at San
| Pedro.
Morris Bros, on Main street, have
commenced to pick their large stock
of grapes.
Owing to the absence of the Mayor
yesterday there was no "eollectiOn' of
inebriates.
The State Changers will hold u
meeting at San Jose, on Tuesday, Oc-
tOber l4th.
There are u score and more flowing
wells at Compton, which vary i'm
depth from 75 to POO feet.
A society of Changers was organized
at Florence on last Monday, and ini-
tiated by Thos. A. Carey.
Every day the HERALD will make
increased eXertiOns to render itself the
great organ of Southern California.
There was one inebriate up before
Justice TraffOrd yesterday. Not hav-
ing the funds he was sent back to Jail.
At Wilmington, needed wharf is in
contemplation. 1t is to extend out from
the old Quartermaster's depot some
500 feet.
Governor Downey paid visit to
this office yesterday, and expressed his
qualification at the work he saw
going on.
Only two wagons dispatched to San
Bernardino yesterday, one to Inde-
pendence, one to Lone Pine, and one
to Owens Lake.
Frank MonOhan, baggageman of the
l.. A. Il S. =. II. r., is the authorized
agent for the HERALD between Los
l. Haueh has rented the store on
Commercial street formerly occupied
| by billiard. He intends opening it i'm
ten days with grand display of GOTH
ing.
Hon. William O'Brien, of Mobiles
vile, Indiana, is stopping at the PicO
House. Mr.. O'Brien is out from India
ma looking for location in which to
reside.
The Farmers 4 Merchants Bank
declares dividend of S. per share to
stockholders. Such u notice as this il
very pleasant to insert, and requires
no comment.
j. l.. Ward & Co. have made con-
siderable improvements in their office,
having fitted up new set Of offices in
the back part of the building with an
entrance on Temple street.
There were dozen people talking
theology and eating fruit on the
street yesterday morning. Life is
but vapOr," said one, as he helped
himself to the fifteenth peach.
The attention Ofthe Street Commits
siOner is called to the "chuck holes"
along Main, Spring and several other
streets, in which there is danger of
persons breaking the springs of their
vehicles.
How much are those "tearful bulbs"
by the pound, asked q blushing mai
den of Main street grocer Saturday
morning. He stared at her for about
ten minutes and said: ooh, them
inyuns twenty cents"
The two trains that leave Los Angeles
daily for the harbOr, are we'll laden.
The amount of fruit, wines and honey
shipped is greater now than ever be-
fore, but there has been slight fall
ing off in lumber.
Weather items are generally nau-
seOus, but for information of far away
readers, it is to be noticed that Los
Angeles is all sunshine, warmth and
brightness. A pleasant breeze always
arrives in time to counteract the after
noon sun.
Mr.. Tobias has secured the room now
occupied by /. Hauch as Il merchant
tailoring establishment, and will open
it on the 25th inst. with n grand stock
of millinery goods. Mr.. Tobias is alb
sent in San Francisco, laying in his
AtOck of goods.
The sum of $500 was raised in very
short time yesterday for the extra
prizes to be given by the Southern
District Agricultural Association. Will
not four or five good horses come and
see which of them is to carry off these
thousand-dollar purses:
The HERALD returns thanks for q
large number of subscriptions for the
daily and weekly, received yesterday
from parties in the city, at Whining
ton and I'll Monte. That an independ-
ent and live journal is appreciated, the
HERALD has daily proof.
II. Stewart has contracted for the
sinking of artesian wells for Capt.
Clark, Gov. Downey, +. +. +. Temple,
VIM. Whitney and Mrs. Taylor. He
charges S74 cents per foot for the first
100 feet, 50 cents per foot additional
for every foot below that depth.
The railroad company started to dig
a we'll two weeks ago, and went down
some 400 feet, without finding traces Of
water. Seeing that their labOrs would
end in accomplishing nothing, they
finally procured two large tanks, and
now transfer water from the city out
along the line.
Yesterday afternoon M. J. Carpen-
ter, u young gentleman of New York,
who lately arrived here fell down in
apOplectic fit i'm front of Fishers jewelry
store. He was taken inside by some
of the by-standers, and physician
called, who soon restored him to his
usual health. Mr.. G. is subject to such
attacks.
1t is worthy of notice that Mr.. Lich-