Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-12-16
LOCAL IsIsEVITIES.

kept by +. M. Guiol. ....
Visitors just in from the Holcomb
valley mines report two feet of snow
i'll that valley.
Passengers for San Francisco by the
Orizada will take the 10 A. NJ train to-
day.
The Paymaster passed over the line
of the Southern Pacific Railroad yes
terday, dispensing dollars and glad
ness.
The Changers meet at their Hall on
Saturday at 10 O'Clock A. NJ. to take
action calculated to ''cut down. the
price of oflumber.
The shipments from the Downey
depot yesterday were 324 sacks corn,
2S3 sacks Russian barley, | case mer-
chandise and llcg of wine.
The departures from Wilmington
yesterday were the brig Willimantic,
Captain Allen, for Humboldt, and
schooner Annie Stoffer for Point Sal.
The VIM. Taber is expected to arrive
from San Francisco tomorrow morn
ing. She will pass on to San Diego,
and return on Thursday the nth, up
ward bound.
The case of Pico VS.. Cuyas is now
before the District Court. 1t is suit
brought to dissolve the old partner
ship between the two parties in con-
ducting the PicO House.
Mr.. o. l.. Abbott, one of the Direct
ors in the Centinela Land Company,
leaves for San Francisco to-day on a
business trip, stopping at his home III
Santa Barbara on the way.
The suit of Hart VS.. the heirs of
John Baker is now on trial in the u.
s. Land Office. The suit involves the
ownership of a valuable tract of land
in our county.
Remember the entertainment for
the benefit of the High School takes
place tomorrow evening. If you
have not secured your tickets, do so at
once and help along n deserving cause.
The social to be held at the Fort
street Methodist Church to- pight
promises to be II pleasant affair. Re
charge for admission. An invitation
is extended to all. ,.a
The refinery at San Fernando is now
in operation and manufacturing about
fifty gallons of oil per day. The oil is
said to be of the best quality. A man
is now wanted to manufacture caSteel
soap from the olive refuse.
M, unonor trouaJ;nU .uant Of
the Wholesale liquor house of Kelly,
Henderson & Gilchrist, San Francisco,
is in the city on business trip. We
can recommend him to our liquor
dealers as whole soulded gentleman
and thorough man of business, we'll
worthy of their patronage.
Don't Go to Panamint this Winter.
Reports from there are to the effect
that the place is over crowded with
workmen and that many now there
are making arrangements, as best
they can, to get back to Gods country
just as soon as possible. Enjoy the
Winter in Los Angeles and start for
the mines in the Spring.
A sneak-thief broke into Mr.. Du-
~ ACW NS
and stole lot of tools belonging to J.
p, Flood. He is now in the cooler
and will be brought before his honor,
Judge Gray, to-day for trial. The
chances are that the rascal will have n
good introduction to the pick and
shovel in the chain-gang.
Mr.. G. d. Compton, of the firm of
Compton & Binford, and founder of
the prosperous town and settlement of
Compton will soon visit the middle
counties of California on business for
the Centinela Land Company. Mr..
Compton goes highly recommend d
by the bankers and leading men of
Los Angeles. si,-a.l 5t.I.
The annual meeting of the Bee
Keepers Association of Los Angeles
county, will be held at / o'clock on
Saturday, the 10Th of December, at
Jones' Hotel, in El Monte. There will
be an election of officers for the ensu-
ing year; fees for membership will be
collected, and a club made up for sub
scription to the ,Americdn Bee Jour
nal. ~ s.. t.iu:aH te4.t
Weare pleased to learn that Mr.. J.
I'll. Myers is the purchaser of the Dur
ham bull 'Union Duke, 3D." imported
by Rollin p. SAKE from Kentucky,
This calf is ten months old and weighs
62O pounds. From the sales made by
Mr. SAKE thus far it is evident that
our stock men are awake to the i'm
portance of breeding up their cattle a.
well as sheep. Mr.. Sake stays only
ten days longer, and we hope the resi-
of his stock will be secured by Ou
farmers and stock men before his de
parture. rlaessl a.ssas
The following is Il list of the passen
gers per steamer VIM. Taber which
sailed from San Francisco for Viii
mington December 18th: II Adams
DIV Woodbury., ID Fitzpatrick, Mr.
williams, Mrs 4 G Curtis, J p Dell
and boy, Il Scully, NJ S Hall and wife
p M Brennan, Il Calvell, wife ant
sons, J w Gibbons, G Roley, ID Me
Connell and wife, ID Dougherty, J
Kerr, A p Trogden, L Beebe, A A Ly
ons, S Butler, w ID Hartley, II
Wood, w Ferguson and wife, Rend
hold, II Broker, G Ruff, wife and tw
children, Il p Forbes, Nj III Holmes
NJ M Homer, G Hamer, M Gragin,
Trunnell.