Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-17
LOCAL BREvITIIcS.

The Los Angeles leaves Wilmington
for Santa Barbara and San Francisco
tomorrow.
Joe Murphy and his company have
arrived in the city and are stopping at
the Lafayette.
Mr.. Horace Burlick is building
frame residence on the corner of Spring
and Second streets, in the rear of his
forme' house.
The Fire Company will have some
new ladders and various other neces-
sary supplies for which the late fire
demonstrated necessity.
Messrs. Thorn & Ross have been
retained by the city as associate cOun-
sci with the City Attorney in the APP
preaching suit against the proprietOrs
Of Los Feliz Ranch.
Chas. Carsen was yesterday brought
before Justice Gray on q charge of
making deadly threats against one
Acy Won Sanerweid. The trial will
come off next Monday.
But few complaints of over-assess-
ments have been made before the
Board of Equalization in their sitting
thus far. The assessments seem to be
almost universally satisfactory.
VIM. Turner, the victim of the late
bloody attack by Eel Gordo at the
Puente ranch, was in the city yester-
. day. He has fully recovered from his
wo nds, and looks well and hearty.
Workmen commenced to tear down
Mr.. Ducommun's old building on the
corner of Main and Commercial streets
yesterday, to give place for the large
and elegant structure soon to be erected
there.
The rooms in the upper story Of
Lanfranco's building, lately rebuilt,
will be finished in about week. They
are finely arranged, roomy and well
ventilated, and will all make fine
offices.
The HERALD yesterday hung out its
banner on the outer walls in the
shape of a fine sign raised above the
sidewalk in front of the office. Our
friend Jacoby, of the Southern Cdtifor-
MIA Post, also put up his shil ge on
the building.
The Committee of the Common
Council failed to secure the necessary
bond to be filed by the city to procure
an injunction in the water suit, and so
they will very wisely do without 1t.
The suit will be commenced without
an 1nJunctlOn.
Morasovich, who beat his wife so
severely as to cause her death, and
who was found guilty of assault and
battery therefor last Monday, was yes
terday sentenced to one year in the
county Jail, or to pay u fine of one
thousand dollars.
The Ocean House, at San Pedro, has
been leased to Capt. J. L. Ryan for the
Summer season, the former proprietor,
Capt. Timms, retiring from the busi-
ness for while. The hotel will be
opened under the new management OH
the Goth of this month.
Some of the members of the Cham
Der of Commerce and representatives
of the Press made a trip over the
Spring and Sixth Street Railroad yes
terday, through the courtesy of Judge
Widney, the manager Of the road.
Everything along the line is in cap-a-
pie order.
The Council is making another
spasmodic effort to drive the demi-
monde from Los Ange les street and to
regulate the low grog-shops, properly
termed dead-falls," which exist in
that locality. They will doubtless
iegisl tte some more dead letters on
the subject.
The trial of Jamie Fernandez in
dicted for the murder of Men1iOroz,
engrossed the attention of the District
Court yesterday. The jury was en-
panneled and a part of the witnesses
examined, including the daughters of
the murdered man. Mr.. Frank Ga
uahl appears as counsel for the de-
fense.
It is reported that the barley crop Of
San jose Valley, beyond Spadra, is
harvesting to the delight of the farm
ers. No rust worth speaking of has
reached it, and the berries are full,
Sarge, solid and plump. There will be
large yield on the Chino ranch.
Other crops have grown splendidly
throughout the valley.
A grand ball will be given by the
Thirty Fights on Tuesday evening
next at Turn-Verein Hall. The object
is to raise funds for the purchase of a
new hose-cart. The tiremen are de-
serving of a hearty support by our cit
iZens, and we trust that they will re-
ceive it. Tickets for the ball, admit
ting gentleman and lady, two dollars.
Now that it is too late for any use,
ve receive complimentary ticket ad-
MI. w thC
grand stand at the intercollegiate
Regetta held at Saratoga Lake on July
18th AMI 18th. If the ticket had come
in time, we should have stepped over
10 their mud-puddle aud seen the boys
paddle their boats; but now we must
be content with going to the circus.
The circus will be here to-day with
fine company of performers, trained
animals, etc. The tent will be pitched
on the old circus grounds, corner of
Temple and High streets. now known
as Stevens corral. This circus has
drawn large crowds wherever perform
ances have been given in the State,
and our exchanges speak in fiattering
terms Of it's attractiveness.
Messrs. Wittlesho effer & Raphael
yesterday put in some fine plate glass
show-windows for Eugene Meyer d
Co. The glass is 6x115 feet, being in
two pieces, the lower and larger eight
feet in height, and the upper three and
one-third feet. This is the largest
glass to be had in the State, and cost,
all told, about one thousand dollars.
The new windows are great improve
ment for the "City of Paris" and give
it quite metropolitan aspect.
The steamer Orizaba sailed from San
Francisco for Wilmington yesterday
morning, with the following list of
passengers for Los Angeles; Mrs.
Mendelson, Mrs. l.. w. Clark, Mrs,
H~i.I Nfr, A I'll hi