Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-03-04
CITY AND SUBURBS.


There is telegram at the Telegraph
Office for G. Cabarl.
The total rainfall to date, according
to Ducommun Is 22.41 inches.
The sale of property for delinquent
taxes is postponed until IL o'clock
to-day. @
Rev. w. B. Hill has received call
from the vestry of st. Athanasius
Church. H
The choicest Los Angeles oranges
bring as much as $50 per thousand in
the city.
Governor Downey is filling up the
lake on Main street, in front OF his fine
property.
The meeting of the Library Trustees,
announced to take place last evening,
failed to connect.
Simon Levy has bought 1000 sheep
of Antonio Labory, and has also rented
his ranch for year.
The advertisement of the Stearns
Rancho will be found in our columns.
A choice body of land is offered.
A. w. Potts has just received his
commission from the Governor as
County Clerk for his second term.
Yesterday workmen were engaged
in repairing the roof of the Court
house, which was very leaky.
The demand for orange boxes was
one-third greater during the last year
than it was during any other year
past.
The special order of business before
the Board of Supervisors to-day will be
the drawing of jurors for the coming
year.
Until further notice the p. M. s. s.
Co.'s steamer Pacific will extend her
trips from San Francisco to San Pedro
only. W
Judge Brunson has presented the
Library with two vnlumes of the Los
Angeles NeOs for the years 1865 and
1857.
Capt. G.. ]. Clark left two very fine
lemons ON our table yesterday morn-
ing. They were raised in his lot on
Hill street.
The vault for the new bank building
on Main street is now being con-
structed. 1t is very substantial look
ing piece of work. -
Thomas S. s. Hayes and family of
Michigan are stopping with J. s..
Smith, a relative, in this city and ex-
pect to make Los Angeles their home.
The sailing Of the steamer Orixaba,
advertised for to-day, is postponed till
tomorrow afternoon. Passengers will
take the morning train on Thursday.
On Monday evening T. o. Maloney
will open writing school stthe Law
Ter Institute. Writing hours will be
from to 9. Terms SIS FL fifteen les
sons. +,
The Chamber of Commerce held no
meeting last evening for want of q
quorum. They did SO much work at
their last meeting, however, that they
are fairly excusable.
We have had the pleasure of testing
a bottle of very fine white wine made
from grapes grown in Morris fine
vineyard. We wouldn't object to try
ing bottle every week or so.
Several very neat looking blocks of
granite have been dressed by the ma
son, and are ready to be placed as
foundation for the iron pillars of the
new bank building on Main street.
The unusually great number of ar
rivals yesterday filled the hotels to
overlooking. Last night it was inn
possible to obtain bed at any of the
hotels in town. Now is the time to
put up new hotels.
Perry, Woodwork & Co. have COM
menced getting out the mill work"
for the new building to be erected by
Felix SignOrett on the corner of Turner
and Main streets. They are also get
ting out the work for the front of the
new bank building.
Judge R. M. Widney goes to San
Francisco tomorrow on the Orizaba
to examine number of the horse rail-
roads there, and to make arrangements
for the material for the immediate con-
struction of the Spring and Sixth
Street Railroad in this city. He will
return in few days.
The man who was arrested in Nc
DOnald's saloon yesterday afternoon,
came up from Wilmington on the
train yesterday morning On the way
up he tried to jump off the train while
it was in full motion, but he was held
by several men who kept him in tow
until they arrived in this city,.
The prizes to be given at the Skat-
ing Rink on next Saturday night are
on exhibition at the jewelry store of
G. HI. Bush. They are very handsome
and valuable. The list is as follows:
A pair of bracelets, pair of napkin
rings, gold pen and holder, a set of
jewelry, finger ring and a gold watch
chain.
John Il. Gordon Of Azusa, President
of the Bee Keepers Association, sails
fOi San Francisco tomorrow as an
agent for their association, to make ar
rangements for the shipment of Los
Angeles honey to that city, and the
sale of the same. He will also visit
Sacramento as member of q commit
tee of the Patrons of Husbandry to
look after Los Angeles county inter-
ests there.
Yesterday afternoon, at Slotterbeck's
gun shop, a young man by the name
Of Foster, lately from San Francisco,
accidentally shot off a part of the sec
ond and third fingers of his left hand
He and another man went in to buy q
pistol like the one Foster had, and dur
ing the process Of proving the SINH
larity, Fosters being loaded, was dis
charged with the above result. DIR.
Shorb dressed the wound.
A person was arrested yesterday af-
ternoon in Johnny Mcdonald saloon,
on Commercial street. He had on hi m
a large bowie knife, and was going to
make hash out of everybody, when q
whistle was blown and officer Bedford