Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-12-05
CITY AND SUBURBS.

Letters at this office for L. L. john
son.
Auction sale at "A. C. Shaw & Co.'S
tonight.
A ball and dramatic performance on
Sunday at Turn Verein Hall.
A good many citizens Of Los Ange-
les have gone to. San Diego to see 1t
rain.
The Changers did not run the excur-
sion train as announced. 1t was too
wet.
A lecture by General Mcconnell IN
aid of the Library Fund, is on the
tapis. a4f 84
Five cars Of steamer freight arrived
here yesterday for their respective con-
signees.
Twenty thousand dollars are now In
circulation, which recently belonged
to the railroad.
We don't think the San Diego races
amounted to lmuch. Catise-abun-
dance of water. .
The Express can't understand why
oranges cost more in los Angeles than
in San Francisco. ~
Governor Downey is coming IN a. =
very strong candidate, sincese et6S efnor
Haight has declined:
At last dates over three inches Of
rain had fallen during the present
storm. Everybody is happy.
: Dave Main says the flddling toys in
Harris & Jacoby's plays the cats
march out of the hot ashes,
1t is useless to state that Dur streets
are muddy. The cross walks which
the Council ought to have made are
many. r4
Messrs. Snider, Davell, and A. J.
Campbell left for Tucson, Arizona, last
night. They were the guests Of the
: Clarendon. as
The wet weather suspended the re-
ceipt of freight at the depot yesterday.
No teams put in appearance, the rain
delaying their arrival. A4&A4
Governor Downey has had pipes laid
across the river for half mile to a
portion of his property, intending to
convert it into homesteads. EH
We regret to learn that Mr.. Smith
the Superintendent of the Oil fRetin-.
ing Company, has by an accident.
broken two of his fingers.
G. Ducommun reports the present
rainfall, up to II NJ. yesterday, to have
been 2.76 inches, and the total rainfall
Of the season, up to the same time, 81
inches.
The Ice Cream Palace has set an ex-
ample to the City Fathers by con-
structing serviceable crossing Of oys-
ter shells across to the post office,
Prob Pudors Putres Conscrioi! =.
81 There were 20 to 80 persons to hear
Judge Thompson's Grafton last even
Ing. The grafton, which Is published
at length in our columns, was one Of
the finest ever delivered in the State.
Our advertising columns announce
concert for the 18th inst, to be given
at Turnverein Hall by F. Guenette.
AS Mr.. Guenette is a great fnvorite, he
will doubtless have crowded house.
S. H. Slaught, Real Estate Agent,
No. 73 Main street, Downey Block, has
rooms and houses offered him to let,
and can facilitate applicants or ven
ders in securing or renting them. see
his advertisement. ssg#
V. Wolfenstein has sold his gallery
in Downey Block to Shaw & ARM
strong, of the book and music estab-
lishment in Lafayette Block. Mr.. w.
will hereafter confine himself to his
gallery in Temple Block.
Shaw 4 Co., in the Lafayeste build
! ing, will this evening and tomorrow
night, sell their choice stock of books
and stationery at auction, and will
give the people Of Los Angeles an OPP
portunity to buy at their own prices.
The jolly countenance of Superin-
tendent McFadden was seen in the
HERALD sanctum last night. He is in
Los Angeles examining teachers, J.
NJ. Quinn, Professor w. p. McDon-
aid, and J. r. Briefly are the Board Of
Examiners.
The Marshal Of the Court House is
Louis D. Green, vice Conry resigned.
Green has been long and favorably
known in this city as a tonsorial. ar
tist Of high ability, in fact very Roy
: al Acamedician OF the strop. 1874
The spectacle Of a few hundred
school children frantically attempting
TO climb the hill to the new school
house, yesterday, was an amusing one,
3 and only to be equalled by the scene
presented in the evening, when they
tried to descend without sitting down
to rest.
The jewelry stores are enjoying q
i lively and friendly competition just
now. Fisher and Bush have already
announced the receipt of their holiday
goods, and our friend Nordlinger will
follow suit next week with quiet lit
tie stock Of about $1,000 worth Of new
goods from the California Jewelry
Company. 900. s.
The HERALD detailed . special re-
porter after Yesterdays rain, equipped
with hoe and pair Of rubber boots,
to search for the crossings ordered by
the City Council not long ago. He sue
ceeded in digging out an eastern tour
ist who was hOpelessly stuck, but re-
ports no crossings visible to the unas-
sisted eye.
During the absence of other news, 1t
is the duty of the HERALD to announce
that the San Diego editors have been
very disorderly Of late. DR.. Ames was
accosted by Jos. Lynch, of the World,
a few days since, in pugilistic man
ner, and let off with only two blows of
y cane. Mr. Lynch said the next day
that he had run into ''threshing ma
chine.n Perhaps he did. The other
Lynch ON the World waA ronghly used
recently. Boys, you ought not to do
80; it Is very wrong. "Let dogs de-
light" etc-what is the rest? Take
example of your Los Angeles brethren.
See how we. dwell in harmony.
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