Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-12-12
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The Senator will sail for Santa Bar
bara and San Francisco to-day.
The Arizona will be at Wilmington
to-day, bound for Panama and way
ports.
The Ventura will sail for San Diego
to-day, passengers leaving by the 10
A. NJ. train.
Conundrum: What is the difference
between the Express and poodle dog?
Give it up? So do we.
The dramatic entertainment and
ball at Turn-Terein Hall to. night,
promises some first-class amusement
for those who attend.
Two sets of hands are employed,
working night and day, at the Will
mington wharf loading and unload
ing freight.
Our friend Desmond reports the hat
trade lively since the election. Those
who still have little outstanding hat
bets will do well to call on Desmond
when they make their purchase.
All the stock in the Los Angeles I'm
migration and Land Cooperative AS
sociation, amounting to $25O,O0O, has
been sold. The Association will COM
mence operations at once.
Mr.. S. II. Buchanan, one of our
most enterprising and thorough build
ers, has the contract for constructing
the club house on the grounds Of the
ArricuItIlraI ASSOciatiOu
The Good Templars are going to
build a public drinking fountain in
some central locality of our city. We
are afraid that the grass will grow
around it.
Young Katz, the telegraph messen-
ger who accidentally shot himself last
Sunday, is improving. His left arm
was badly injured and he will per-
haps lose the use of it, but amputation
will not be necessary.
General Boschke is pushing the
work on his lighter at Wilmington
harbor, and it is hoped that dredging
will be commenced within ten days,
to be continued until the improvement
is finished.
Mr.. p. Lunney has sold his we'll
known grocery and liquor store on
Main street, below Court, to Messrs.
Tobin & Goodwin. The new firm have
abundance of enterprise and Will sus-
tain the good reputation which the es-
tablishment has heretofore secured.
d. p. Carr, for time editor and bus
mess manager of the Panamint NeaUs,
has absconded with all the funds of
the concern which he could collect,
leaving BESIDES landlord and wash
woman to mourn his loss. The NelUs
comes out with wrathy editorial de-
nouncing the rascal and warning the
public to beware of him.
The Enterprise of the 10th gives the
following report of the shipping busi-
ness at Wilmington during the week:
Four steamers and number of sail
vessels have discharged their freights.
The travel also continues very large.
There have been 400 passengers and
1900 tons of freight landed.
Every public-spirited citizen should
attend the mass meeting to be held at
the Court House at 2 o'clock this af-
ternoon for the furtherance of the In
dependence Railroad project. The
meeting will be addressed by some ol
the most prominent men of Los An
geles, San Bernardino and Inyo cOun-
ties ard Mr.. Crawford will exhibit
maps and give explanations regarding
the proposed line.
He was the last man that we would
have suspected of such thing; but he
has "done gone and done it," AT the
residence of DR.. MacDougall, or
Thursday evening, Mr.. Sidney Lacey
was married to Miss Conception Will
liams, both of this city. Mr.. Lacey il
one of the most popular young mer-
chants of Los Angeles, and the bride
no less favorite in social circles anG
highly connected. The HERALD il
under obligations for wine and wed
ding cake.
The demand for business houses il
Los Angeles is greater than ever be
fore known. Eligible locations are
scarcely to be had at all and when
new building is erected or an old on,
vacated the store-rooms are engaged
months before. Mr.. Temples new
building adjoining the HERALD offic
was leased as soon as the plans wer
drawn; also, Mr.. Ducommon's build
ing on the corner of Main and Com
mercial streets, now in course of erec
ton. Many firms have taken stand
in out-of-the-way places and await a.
opportunity to remove to mail
street as soon as room can be sc
cured. We believe that if twent.
business houses could be erected her
this Winter in good locations, the
would all find ready occupants. Her
is a remunerative field for our capital
ieta To work in