Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-04-18
CITY AND SUBURBS.


A considerable amount of wool is
coming in from San Fernando Mis-
sion.
The steamer Constantine, Mark
Harloe master, will sail to-day for
San Diego.
The editOr-in-chief of La CrOnicd
was made the recipient of serenade
during the witching hours last night.
Mr.. s. Levy has fleece clipped
from one of his Vermont sheep, which
weighs twenty pounds. .,.
Hon. VIM. o. Clark delivered his
second lecture on the subject of tenn
perance at the Congregational church
last night. UI 3H3 Enrl
A man working on the addition to
the U. S. Hotel was run over by cart
on Eternity street, yesterday morning,
and sustained some severe injuries.
At Brodrick's store reserved seats
can be had for the farewell benefit on
Tuesday night, without additional
charge. General admission, so cents.
Remember Herman Morris if you
have any collecting to be done. Nor
ris follows 'em up with a sharp stick
and does his work thoroughly.
The Senator and Pacific will both
arrive here Monday next bound for
San Diego. On Wednesday, April
22d, they pass up for San Francisco.
Mr.. Eulogio f. de Cells, editor of La
Cronicd, returned yesterday from San
Francisco, where he had been on q
visit of some weeks.
Mr.. J. A. Weld, whose interesting
letter appeared in the HERALD of
Friday morning, is requested to send
his address to Mr.. A. Herdman, La
fayette Hotel, Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Grange meets to-day at
2O'clock p. NJ. to confer the Third De-
gree. The ''social feature" of this
Degree will be recognized and Patrons
are invited to be present.
Vasquez is just now the most popu-
lar man in the country. If he could
make one or two more successful raids
he would stand a good chance of being
elected to the State Legislature.
We are sorry to hear that Mr.. A. G.
Holmes, the Notary, has been lying
quite ill for about two weeks past. He
is improving now, however, and we
trust will soon be convalescent.
Our lumber dealers are doing
heavy buiness in their line. During
the last month they sold between six
and eight hundred thousand feet of
lumber, all to be used for building pur-
poses in this city.
The Wilmington Enterprise says
Los Angeles has more sheep than any
other county in the State-464, $50 be-
ing assessed last year. 1t is behind
several others, however, III mules and
hogs.
The oil wells opened in this valley
will produce twenty-five gallons per
day. 1t is asserted that with proper
boring to greater depth, several
thousand gallons per day can be OBJ
tained.-[ Wilmington Enterprise.
The "Thirty-eights" held another
meeting at the Council Chamber last
night, and adopted an entirely new
Constitution and Bylaws. This COM
pany is now in full charge Of the fire
engine and in thorough working order,
with total membership of fifty-two.
The guests of the Clarendon yester-
day reveled in strawberries and cream
genuine cream from the farm of
mine host Brown. En- PEASANT, we
may remark that since Mr.. Brown has
become landlord, the table of the Clar-
endon is equal to that of any hotel in
the city. -aN -
There are angels down at Whining
ton, and from the fact that We find in
the latest issue of the Enterprise
little gem dedicated to Miss Emelina
Mellus, we conclude that Steve Mas
sett saw one of the most charming of
the band when he visited that pictur-
esque locality few days ago. Stephen
is a poet by nature, and being such
cannot but appreciate the good and
the beautiful. .,,4. .....
A very heavy north wind prevailed
throughout the valley on Thursday.
A note from the HERALD's Nietos
correspondent says that the store Of c
#. Crowell at that place was on the.
the evening Of that day lifted by the
wind from its foundation and dropped
in good order on the ground. The
amount of damage to the stock had
not been ascertained, but was proba bly,
light. 1h~tit'HH5a $50
d. w. C. Skilton, Secretary Of the
Phoenix Fire Insurance Company Of
Hartford, and Mr.. Dimon of San
Francisco, special agent of the same
company for this coast, have just ter
minated brief visit to Los Angeles
brief because of pressing business en-
gagements elsewhere. The company
Is fortunate in having so intimately
connected with its head gentleman
of Mr.. Skilton's ability and upright
ness, and we sincerely regret that the
head office OF, the Phoenix Is located at
Hartford instead of Los Angeles, il for
no other reason than that we are de-
prived thereby of his permanent resi-
dence here.
We beg to call the attention Of
farmers, mechanics and our numer-
our readers to the advertisement Of
Baker and Hamilton, of San Francis
co., who keep everything needed by
the farmer from sack needle to a
steam thresher. They are the largest
dealers in agricultural implements on
the coast, many of which they manu-
facture at their factory, (sweepstake
Pillow, Company, San Leandro, CAL
where they employ large number of
men throughout the year. We notice