Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-10-24

the HERALD, is i'm the city for short
visit. q
Rev. Gustav Borchard will preach to
the Germans tomorrow at o'clock
3 p. M. in Good Templars' Hall. All are
invited.
The case of Goodnight VS.. Steven
son in the United States Land Office
has been concluded, but the decision
q has not been given. ri "a, t
, The only case in tn G District Court
yesterday was that of Marxsey vs.
Thurman. 1t was tried and submit
{ The Alden Fruit =. Drying Works
turned out several tons of raisins yes
terday-the first manufactured by the
new works.
. Mr.. Geo. X. Porter, one of the pro-
prietors Of the San Fernando grant,
arrived on the Orizaba Thursday for a
short stay in our section. ltea
We had a call yesterday from Mr.. J.
w. NTenefee, gentleman OF means,
who comes to Los Angeles from Sono-
ma county with view to investing in
real estate. .eia aul a1 ttr
Pool-selling for the first days races
Of the Fair was inaugurated at the
Fashion, Saloon last night. The bid
ding was lively and n large number of
pools sold. -at|
.aD A private telegram received yester-
day announces that " Little Mack "
and "Jake Wallace" will be here with
their theatrical company and will play
at Turn Verein Hall during Fair
week. FL. I,i.,,., KISS i''r
~ Cagt. G. A. Johnson yesterday sold
to Askin 6 Hewitt, of the Union Liv-
cry Stables, his fine span of Bay Chief
colts, four years old. They can trOt
their mile in 3:15 or pace in 2:50 to
pole. u il i. .i1s. ~
ii. Tobias, the old man who was
knocked down and ran over by hack
on Commercial street last Thursday,
very fortunately escaped any serious
injury or any broken bones by the ac-
cident, He will be able to attend to
& business in few days. a.'1
is directed to the adver-
tisement Of the of the grand ball of
the Southern District Agricultural
-. Society to be given at Turn-Verein
Hall on Wednesday evening October
28th. % 1t promises very brilliant af-
= fair " try iHtIte ril gt5a'ti
g Amy person finding gold sewing
+. machine medal bearing the name of
:, H. Campbell, from the Howe Sewing
q Machine Company, will receive five
: dollars reward by leaying it at this
office. 1t is supposed to have been
i9 lost at the Fair in Turn-Verein Hall
Thursday night. aa n.fn.aIq aasmsa
The schooner Cora, Captain Wheel
j's er, sailed yesterday afternoon for San
j Francisco via Hueneme to load grain.
The steamer Gipsy, Captain Metcalf,
also sailed for San Francisco and way
ports, carrying twenty-five bales Of
sheepskins and one hundred and six
ty-five head of hogs. a
MIR. Wm. b. Lee, who has been en-
gagged in boring wells near Whining
ton College, finds that there is an in
exhaustible supply of water to be OBJ
tanned In that manner. He guaran-
tees to any parties desiring his servi-
: aces to sinklwells which will supply a
wilcox Lifting-pump of twelve thou
sand gallons capacity per hour.
q The I.anfranco will case occupied
1t the entire attention of the Probate
I Court yesterday. The protestants are
q brother of DECEASED resisting in Peru
i and a sister i'm Italy Col. Irving, one
la.eofthe counsel for protestants, inopen-
ing his case, said he would offer proof
Z of fraud on the part ofthe devisees and
incompetency on the part of the tes-
. tator, so as to justify verdict setting
~ rhe will aside. The property involved
is variously estimated at $50, O,00O,. $4O,
f. 600 and $4,000. 5hs asfae
The. WILMINGTON Enterprise learns
g from good authority that satisfaction
arrangements have been made BY
which the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company have obtained from General
Banning the water frontage west Of
the present terminus, where they pre-
nose to extend q new wharf down the
channel, perhaps ultimately connect
ing the two wharves. BY this arrange
ment the Co operative warehouse
Company will be enabled to get q
switch at q very small cost. 5.l
'Ie The Wilmington Enterprise says
that the dredging in the harbor has
/, not yet fully commenced. AS the ma
chinery is all new and somewhat
complicated, it takes considerable
time to get everything properly adj
justed and in good running order
Gen. Boschke has had his machinery
anchored for several days at the inner
point where dredging is to begin, anG
is making his preparations WIN a. a.
the dispatch possible. we are eN.