Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-10-24

A suit was commenced yesterday in
the District Court by Il. f. Rucker
against Mrs. Ellen L. Jefferds for SLAM
der, to recover damages in the sum OF
five thousand dollars.
Te those of our readers who require
a good shave as one of the necessities
of their existence, we commend the
barber-shop of II. M. Joseph, in the
new United States Hotel building.
Prof. Hyers and Andrew Chism, both
accomplished artists in their line, as
we'll as Mr.. Joseph himself, are always
on hand to attend the wants of Gus
toners. Commodious bathrooms are
connected with the establishment,
where hot, cold and shower baths can
be procured on order.
We have received copy of the
Berkeleydn-Vol. ], No. Unpublished
by the students of the State Universe
ty. 1t is a sixteen-page paper, with
neat typographical appearance and
full of interesting educational articles
and gossipy college news. We have
seen the papers published by the
students of of many older and larger
universities, but none of them excel
the Berketeyan. In the published
list of students we notice the names of
Isaac Benjamin and Thomas f. Mich
OILS of Los Angeles.
The Lyceum met and gave another
public reception at Lawlor Institute
last night. The exercises were Of a
general literary character, as follows:
Selection, ga Soliloquy," read by Mr..
Binford; "The Guide" selection from
"Innocents Abroad by Mr.. Bland;
Liberty" a poem, read by Mr..
Dingman; an original poem by Mr..
Kercheval, read by Mr.. Ayres; {" Cat
aline's Defiance" by Mr.. Hawley; an
essay by Mrs. Littlefield entitled the
Beauty of Goodness" read by Miss
Yda Adds, and Education" u read
ing by Mr.. Quimby.
The Bee-Keeper's Association Ii eld
meeting on Saturday, October 18th,
at Ell Monte, Capt. J. II. Gordon, pre-
siding. In order that bee-keepers liv-
ing far from the place of meeting
might be able to attend, the time of
meeting was changed from IL A. NJ. to
1P. NJ, but it remains as before on the
third Saturday of every second month,
February, April, etc. The next
meeting will be held at jones' Hotel,
Ell Monte, at l P. M. on the third Sat-
urday in December. This being the
annual meeting, there will be an
election of officers for the ensuing
years.
We received u call yesterday from
Mr.. L. Bellmour, the advance agent
of the Florence Kent Theatrical
Troupe, The company embraces Miss
Kate Denim, Miss Florence Kent, Miss
Lulu Wilson the child wonder) and
an able support of ten ladies and gen.
tlemen. The company will be here
next Monday, and will play on that
evening at Merced Theater. and on
every succeeding evening during the
week. The programme will be
changed for each entertainment, and
throughout, fine attractions offered.
The pieces named to come on the
boards are: Dora, Romeo and Juliet,
Lady of Lions, Caste, Jack Sheppard,
Dick Turpin and Tom King, French
Spy, Uncle Toms Cabin, Rough Dia-
mond, Day after the Wedding and
Mrs. Peter White. A fine oppOrtu-
nityis here offered for our theatre-go-
ing public. -
The following is list of the .passen-
gers per steamer VIM. Taber, which
sailed for Wilmington October 2lst:
Jas Farris, r Mitchell, w B Curtis, M
3 Rice and boy, G Broadway, Mrs
Huff, Mrs L E Mosher, Miss nj Will
son and mother, j Plouby, F r Stout
er, Mrs Ferguson and two children, G
NJ Marshal and wife, w r Conard, ]
f Murehead and wife, G M Bell, wife
and daughter, + Kent, Miss X Denim,
George Bird, s f Howard, J Isaacs, c
w Bush,.C H Mosley. ] H Hunter,
VIM Clifford, Rev ID b Kellogg and
wife, John M Morris, d Oustey, / F
Archanbau,, J H Seymour, q West, 0
-Mayus, G f Marshall, w Terry, f
-Rowenstein, EI Park, Mrs q Boreham
land family, Thos w Irwin, f Brown,
w Briggs, w w jones' L. Migill +
Hopkins, A G Hobb, Chas Hebee, w
Hadlock, M b Gregg, Wilhilem, c
w Hunnyheiso, G Weeks Miss Hire
man