Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-12
LOCAL BREVITTES.

The Fall session in Wilmington Col
lege will open next Monday.
Mr.. V. Beaudry, one of the owners
of the Cerro Gordo mine, is in the city
for short visit.
There are kilograms at the Western
Union Telegraph Office for Warren
Henderson and J. Hanson Day.
The schooner Phil. Sheridan arrived
yesterday with coal for the gas works,
and lime for Perry, Woodwork & Co.
A new military organization has
been formed here of the colored popu-
lation. 1t is called the Temple Guard,
and numbers thirty members.
Agency Imperial of London and
Queen of Liverpool Insurance Com
panies; capital, Sl9,OO0,O0O. John
Carlin, agent, Room 3, Downey
block. 81
There will be special convention
of Olive Lodge, No. 26, X. of p. on
Thursday evening next, for the pur-
pose of adopting bylaws, etc. All
members are requested to be present.
A stout saloon-keeper who is build
ing fine house on Main street, had a
little difference with one OF the plas-
terers in his employ yesterday. The
knight of the trowel came out second
best in the melee and was badly de-
moralized.
Mr.. w. r. Olden was in the city
yesterday to close the contract with
Nv Sn1 Oh hn ri nf hn
Anaheim company for the building of
the Bolsa Chica wharf. The enter
prise will now be pushed forward to a
speedy completion.
A hoodlum broke into the colored
school the other day, and stole several
articles belonging to the scholars.
Officer Thomas captured the young
culprit, but in consideration of his
tender years, dismissed him with no
worse punishment than little good
advice.
Mr.. Tell takes some exceptions to
the remarks of our morning cotempo-
rary in calling his seaside retreat a
hostelrie," and in saying that his
countrymen gave him benefit last
Sunday. He claims that his place is
not one of that kind, and he don't
take benefits. A misunderstanding of
terms, that's all.
a team belonging to Nicolas Quir-
ola attached to a heavy truck, rail-
away on Los Angeles street, yester-
day, carrying dire destruction to about
thirty feet Of awning. uprooting large
hftching post, and doing other curious
Sampsonian feats. They were finally
stopped, and both team and vehicle
were found to be intact.
Micky Free went on spree, and he
was drunk as drunk could be. The
whisky and beer made him feel SO
queer that he stood on his head and
he stood on his ear; and he tumbled
and rolled like a porpoise at sea, did
this Micky Free; but, do what he
would, Micky Free could not, sit stand
or walk in ten-aere lot.
The attention of our readers is di-
rected to the advertisement Of the
Commercial Restaurant, j. D. Connor,
proprietor, which appears this morn
ing. Mr. ConnOr furnishes his tables
with the best which the market af-
fords, served up in the most approved
style, and his terms are as reasonable
as those of any good restaurant in the
city.
John Purpura thanks his friends
and patrons for their liberal patron
age. He has enlarged his barber shop
and fitted it up in elegant style. He
has also added another chair, and en-
gagged one Of the best BARRIERS OF San
Francisco, Mr.. Casano, who will be in
this city in few days. There are
now in the shop three tirst-class work
men. John solicits the patronage Of
all sit
A hack and hotel coach had o
scrub race down Commercial street
Yesterday. The hack ran into wagon
in which Pedro Plaria was seated
with his wife and several children,
and came very near doing some serious
damage. AS it was, the party was
badly shaken up and scared and the
wagon was broken. Pilaria now
wants damages from the hack-driver,
and he should have them.
Mr.. Olden, of Anaheim, brought to
our office yesterday two leaves of to-
bacco grown from Florida seed by
Mr.. John Goedell, on Coyote Creek,
seven miles west of Anaheim. The
leaves measure thirty-five inches in
length by eighteen in breadth; the
stems and ribs are exceptionally
small, and the tissue very thin and
devoid of pulpy matter. They were
taken from a stalk seven feet high,
which bore full. This was raised with
very little irrigation. Nobody dis
putes the fact now that our soil and
climate are capable of producing as
fine quality of tobacco as grows from
the earth. Iet-s
The Good Templars' Social was a
most enjoyable affair last night. The
attendance was large, and composed
of many besides the worthy Templars
themselves, who were drawn in by
the attractions which these socials al
ways offer. The pleasure of the even
ing was much augmented by music
and literary exercises, prominent
among which we can mention the
reading of a poem, entitled The
Guards Story" by Miss Yda Adds;
a song, Pass Under the Rod" by
Miss Nellie White some apt
rectations and limitations of song
and anecdote by Mr.. Saxon
songs by the Misses White, Miss
Whistler, Mr.. Locke and others. The