Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-12-23
LOCAL BREVITIES.

There are messages at the Western
Union Telegraph Office for II. Wood
son and Peitro Castraccio. ..
The lamp of the light house at
Hueneme was lighted for the q
time on last Tuesday evening. Hfst
The Senator sails for San Francisco
to-day. Passengers will take the 1915
A. NJ. train. .1.. ...s.ll
The thermometer stood at AGO at 8
o'clock last evening and doubtless
reached the freezing point before
morning. u.u. . lIr rr
ed 1t is said that the country around
Anaheim is paradise for sport>men.
The ducks and geese come around in
flocks and actually implore the hunt
ers TO give them charge ofsho
1t is reported that the Cucamonga
Vineyard Company have concluded
their years work and now have their
cellars stored with 1880 gallons of
wine of this years manufacture.
The District Court directed its atten-
ton yesterday solely to the case of
Robinson VS.. Palmer, which was tried
and submitted to the jury. No busi-
ness was transacted by the County or
Probate Courts.
The two new passenger coaches just
completed at the Railroad Company's
works at Wilmington are now making
regular trips over the line. Though
rather plain in their construction, they
-. ,o ~ N, n1 innc and onn fort tDhln
Orange Grove Encampment No. 81, },
/. O. o. f., last evening elected the
following named officers for the ensu-
ing term: Horace Burdick, G. p; a.
w. Hutton, II. p; G. II. Matfield, $.
W.; S. Benjamin, j. W.; j. NJ. Bas-
sett, Scribe; A. Frank, Treasurer
The members of the Presby terian
Church will enjoy their Christmas
Eve festivities at GoodTemplar's Hall
this evening. We understand that
preparations have been made by the
Indies of the church for Il delightful
social time.
A general invitation is extended to
all to attend the Christmas festivities
to be given 10y the Congregational
Church at Good Templars Hall to-
morrow evening. There will be a
Christmas Tree, refreshments and
everything required for good social
eime.
The Anaheim Gazette of the 10Th
inst, stated that, by the afternoon of
that day, the track on the Anaheim
branch would be laid within 81 miles
of that place. With railroad
connection, our sister city will be as
proud as boy with n pair of red-top
boots, and well she may be.
Colonel w. r. Olden dropped into
the HERALD office yesterday, looking
as happy as usual. He reports the
railroad track laid to within four
miles of Anaheim and says the road
will be completed by Saturday night.
The Colonel also reports large influx
of land hunters about Anaheim and
lively times generally. .r6qt-rel
William CLANCY and Frank Burns,
two sneak thieves, were sentenced by
Justice Gray yesterday to sixty and
thirty days respectively in the chain
gang. Their offense was stealing a
CdIpCb-SiCh lIolil w LII. lJOuShCIby
while that gentleman was eating his
breakfast i'm Commercial street res
taurant. If all carpet-baggers could
he introduced to active employment
in the same manner, it would be
blessing to the country at large.
We learn through private dispatch
that Prof. Mulder Fabbri, the cele-
brated musician and instructor, died
in San Francisco yesterday. He
will be remembered by our
citizens in connection with the
Fabbr Troupe, who visited our
city last Summer and gave such
successful series of musical entertain
ments. The Professor died of linger-
ing complaint from which he had not
been free for q number of years. His
loss is greatly to be regretted by all.
The following is a list of passengers
per steamer Ventura which sailed
from San Francisco for Wilmington,
December 22d: J.. III. Lucas, wife and
four children, Mr. Shiry, VIM Nelson,
u Smith, Mrs Brady, J o Farrell, ]
Lynch, r. w Dean, j Griffith, B ID
Johnson, r h Murry, M Pearson, Il
Snyder, II + Bixby,J l. Mitchell, A f
Gipps, g ID Hoyte, III III Boumann, r.
G Hickman, Mrs O'Leary, R Jenkins,
J Brown, p Lehnhard, Miss Kitcher,
ID = Mills, B Booth and boy, J Jones,
II M Slayer and wife, J Higgins, w B.
Mitchell, p Leonard.
We heard of case yesterday which
would rival the Scripture story of the
man who went from Jerusalem to
Jericho and fell among thieves. The
unfortunate individual to whom we
allude journeyed from the classic pre-
cincts of Los Angeles street to like
refined quarter in the rear of the Pico
House. On his way he was attacked
by several gentlemen of unmentiona-
bic employment who inhabit that
locality and while he was being
bruised and battered by them, his
money and valuables were stolen by
some of their female confederates.
Then a cry of "policev' was raised
and the Jerusalem and Jericho man
was carried off to the calaboose where,
bleeding from his bruises and regret
ting his lost treasure, he lodged all
night. Yesterday he was arraigned
before a Justice on the charge or dis
turbing the peace, and would perhaps
have gone to tho chain-gang as eli
max to his misfortunes, had not q
certain inst judge advocated his cause
ond npovad him innocent For the