Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-11-26
LOCAL BREvrrfEs.

There Is talk of erecting several lum-
ber yards out at Los Nietos soon.
Persons having trees in front of their
houses should have them trimmed.
There was nothing doing iu the
District or Probate Courts yesterday.
No road tax is said to have been
levied in this district. Will somebody
tell why?
Justice Trafford thinks the two Span
iards who ran into his wagon damaged
it $299 worth.
Charles Ayres washes his sheep in
hot soda spring. The fleece comes out
white and clean.
Our daily edition has been eX-
hausted several times within the past
few days, before o'clock.
Capt. Mark Harloe, of the Senator,
has taken command Of one Of Goodall,
Nelson & Perkins steamers.
Mr.. Patrick is meeting with good
success both in tuning and in the
agency of the Emerson piano.
Business was quiet yesterday, as
is usual after steamer day, but little
freight was received for shipment.
The Chamber of Commerce requested
the Council not to close the road lead
ing from New AlisO street to Los
NietOs.
Miss Tobias has store on CONNER
cial street, and will receive by the
next steamer very large assortment
of goods.
The attention Of the Council is called
to the condition of New Commercial
street. A gravel sidewalk is recon-
mended.
The beaming couhtenance of II.
Morris is seen above the jury box
and reconciles even guilty prisoners to
their fate.
On Sunday, a man on Los Angeles
street dropped down with paralysis.
DR.. Wise was called but the man soon
recovered.
The receipt of a correct algebraic So
luton to problem in the WEEKLY
HERALD, by w. NJ. McFadden, is ac-
knowledged.
Many improvements have been and
are making in the vineyard of Morris
Brothers. The street has been leveled
and the fence trimmed. tg.VH tFt
The bridge across the river is very
dangerous at night. Two teams can
not pass each other. Some kind of
light should be placed there.
George Butler, proprietor Of the
Fashion Stable, has taken into part
nership Mr.. Beach. There are no bet
ter stables in San Francisco.
Four teams left the depot yesterday;
to San Bernardino for +. G. S.; to
Independence for Rothschild & Co.;
to Riverside for ]. Wilber. i'a - ''s
, Business is increasing on the S. p.
R. r. They have two engines busily
engaged at this end of the route, car
rying material for building depots,
Mr.. Cassidy was busy yesterday un-
packing telegraphic instruments, and
preparing batteries for the line to Los
Nietos, etc. The company will pub
lish rates shortly. 31GE
Why is it proposed to close the street
that now leads from New Also street
to the Nietos? Considerable expense
has been put on the street, and it ought
not to be hastily closed.
We were shown last evening a
magnificent boquet of flowers, embrac-
ing eight different varieties of roses,
verbenas and evergreens, gathered
from the garden of w. Hammil, on
San Pedro street. 1t was presented to
Mr.. Eckert by his Turn Verein pupils.
A. G. Shaw 4 Co., Of the new book
store, report business in their line
lively. An elegant Emerson piano
was received by them yesterday, which
beside being great attraction in it.
self, gives additional tone to the whole
establishment. "a % q N
The "Los Angeles Drug Store" is
the name of the neat and commodiOus
apothecary establishment just opened
by DR.. Terry in the Lafayette Hotel
Block. The doctor likes our county
and prospects, and as he expresses it,
has tcome TO stay" and proposes to
SO conduct his business as to merit a
liberal share Of the patronage of the
people of Los Angeles.
DIR. Griffin, in the Chamber of Com
merce last night, called the attention
of the people to the opening of the
road to Soledad, and to the benefits
arising from keeping the freighting
business from Cerro Gordo and other
points, in the city. He urged the
merchants to take stock in the COM
pany controlling the road and finish
it. 1t will require from $4,000 to
$4,000. A resolution calling atten-
tion to the benefits arising from this
roadway passed, and committee ap-
pointed to report concerning this at
the next meeting.
At the Chamber of Commerce, last
night, on motion of NJ. J. Newmark,
it was resolved that the attention of
the Mayor and Common Council be
called to the condition of the street
crossings throughout the city, and es-
pecially to the condition of New Com
5mercial street from Los Angeles street
to the depot, and that they are earn
estly requested to Immediately have
sidewalk laid along that street; and
also that 1t Is the sense of this Board
that the safety of citizens and the ap-
pearance Of the city require that the
street and the bridge leading to the
city should be lighted at night. lfy
A gentleman, recently returned here
from the east, had quite an adventure
on his way home. He was travelling
with the editor Of o Southern CalifOr-
MIA paper and they made the journey
lively by some extempOre music, on
violin and guitar. At Omaha they
were joined by gentleman with a sill
yer flute, who assisted in increasing
their harmony. They arrived safely
here and thought no more of the man
with the flute, until receiving letter
from Mr.. Musgrave, auditor of the U.
p. r. r., asking for information about
their fellow traveller, a Mr.. Otto Riel,