Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-02-05

1t was decidedly chilly last night.
Several new dwellings are in process
of erection in the suburbs.
The Mohongo goes up to San Fran
cisco this morniA
The new gas company is now an as
sured success.
COL Towards lecture netted the Lii
brary Association $35 SO.
JOS. Lynch of the San Diego World
is in town, with his genial smile.
Colonel Howard is about to re-deliver
his lecture for the benefit OF the Ii
brary.
Officer Sands nabbed some thieves
yesterday who had stolen valise from
the train at Florence.
The stock of the Kerosene Oil Conn
pany is rising. Considerable inquiry
is made OH the street for it.
The funeral of the youngest child of
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Holman takes
place at 10 O'clock to-day.
Capt. Geo. Armstrong will soon pro-
duce the "Flower Queen We trust
it will be Il complete success in all
ways.
Mr.. Gearing leaves the city to-day
for San Francisco. He goes to COM
plete arrangements for the new gas
company.
The Taber arrived yesterday morn
ing from San Diego with 50 passengers,
twenty of whom were from this place.
She had 700 sheep and 200 tons of
freight
Music and fun ut the skating rink
last night. There is Il soft streak in
the floor, through the middle of the
rink that beginners are advised to
practice on.
Prof. Griffith, the great American
Wizard, appears at the MERGED Thea
ire on Friday evening. He will pro-
duce the great "boX and bag" mys-
terry, and show exactly how it is done.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Compa-
nys office is to be moved to the office
in front of Steadman's new saloon.
The latter place will hardly be recog-
nized by its old visitants. 1t is being
thoroughly rejuvenated and prepared
for complete saloon.
Mr.. Beaudry is about to make a mil
lion gallon reservoir on the hill. 1t
will be located back of the spot where
the artesian we'll has been attempted,
and will have sufficient elevation to
supply all the hills. The water will
be pure and in plentiful supply. A
steam pump will be employed to raise
ahe water to the desired elevation.
George C. Gibbs, of San Gabriel
Mission, who has been on six weeks
visit to the Atlantic seaboard, re-
turned few days since and made his
appearance on the streets of Los An
geles for the first time yesterday He
looks none the worse for wear, and
seems to rather enjoy the fun of seeing
the mercury coquetting with the fig
ures below zero.
Mr.. Lieber, of the Gambrinus Brew
cry, who, until recently, has had his
brewery on First, near Los Angeles
street, has leased the commodious
brick building on the corner of Second
and Spring streets. Hei is putting into
it the most approved appliances for
brewing. When completed it will
probably be one of the most perfect
establishments of its kind in town.
On Monday, M. Lehman, Mrs. Leh-
man and two children, VIM. Mclean,
p. Amiraux, J. Clayton, d. Cross, II.
Newbaur, A. Kydd, l.. w. Davidson
and J. Young, of this city, were regis
tered at the Russ House, San Fran
cisco. Miss L. Pease, Mrs. Aldrich, J.
Cassion, L. X. Spalden, and w. Nc
Swain, were at the American En-
change.
A dray team with the dray partly
loaded with vinegar, ran away on Los
Angeles street yesterday, and fetched
up on the sidewalk in front of the
milliner's show window, on the corner
of Los Angeles and Commercial
streets. The sudden stop gave one of
the barrels of vinegar sufficient mo-
mentum to introduce itself at the door
of the milliner's store, into which it
would undoubtedly have rolled had
not some of the bystanders mistook
the contents for whisky and rushed to
the rescue.