Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-09-16
LOCAL BREVITTES.

The Kalorama will sail from Sar
Francisco on Friday.
A. d. Bell, one of the editors of The
San Francisco Post, was in the city
yesterday.
Mr.. III. Fleishman announces him
self as candidate for the office o
City Treasurer at the coming munich
pal election.
Senator Jones and General Bealt
left last evening for San Francisco
They go up per United States Revenue
Cutter Oliver WOlcott.
The Orizaba will leave for Sar
Diego tomorrow and returning, stoI
at Wilmington on Saturday Septem.
ber 18th bound for San Francisco.
Maj. L. J. Sacrite has opened an office
at No. Al Spring street, and will here
after conduct the business of real es.
tate broker and Conveyancer His
card appears elsewhere.
A farmer reports the bridges Oh the
road to Ell Monte in bad condition
and wishes the attention of the proper
authorities called to the fact. We have
spoken.
The prospect is very good for q
pleasant entertainments at the Lyceum
; on Friday evening. The committee
already have the promise of enough
material-literary and musical--to in
sure an interesting occasion.
Mr.. r. d. Pitt has opened a real
estate and general business agency in
room No. 90, Downey Block. Mr..
Pitt is gentleman of good busin
standing and ability, and we bespeak
for him the confidence and support of
our citizens.
Mr.. j. Knotwell is canvassing the
city for subscriptions to the new
American Encyclopedia. The new is
greatly superior to the old edition and
the whole work will be published in
sixteen volumes. The Encyclopedia
is found in every we'll regulated libra
ry, and Mr.. Knotwell is the man of
whom to purchase.
The city taxes are now due and will
become delinquent on the 1st day OF
November. If not paid at that time
five per cent. will be added. The City
Marshal will remain at his Office from
10 A. NJ. to p. NJ. each day, from this
date to the 3lst of September to re-
ceive payment on the same. Property
owners will please make note of
this.
The steamer Pa-ific VIII leave San
Francisco Oh the 18th of this month
for Panama, calling at Wilmington
September 10th, for passengers and
freight. Hereafter the company will
have the steamers of the Panama
coast line call at Wilmington on
every alternate Saturday, as long as
the interest of shippers demands it,.
The Panama steamers have heretofore
called only at San Diego, and passen-
gers and freight from this point have
been obliged to go by another steamer
to San Diego, there transferring. The
present arrangement will be great
accommodation to the public and will
in short time prove remunerative to
the steamship company.
A difficult surgical operation was
: performed on the thigh of Mr. Andron-
leo Sepulveda, brother of Judge Sepul-
veda, yesterday morning at 10 clock,
by Esmarch's bloodless method. The
operation was conducted by DR.. STAN
way, assisted by Drs. Winston, Bush,
KurtZ and JancSO. The result was
remarkably successful, and during the
whole operation not u thimblefull OF
blood was lost. An exploratory incis-
ion was first made in the knee joint,
but it was found so extensively dis
eased that resection could not be per-
formed with any hope of saving the
limb, and amputation was resOrted to.
Judge Sepulveda, with several friends,
was present during the operation.
A correspondent writing from Cuca-
monga says: The work on the canon
is progressing rapidly; in a month the
ditch will be done. Thirty-eight men
(Indians) are now at work upon it.
Last Thursday landslide covered a
part of the ditch, and with it an IN
dian who was at work there at the
time. After some digging he was eX-
tricated and found to be not seriously
injured, although severely bruised
no bones broken. The Cucamonga
Vineyard Company are erecting some
fine cellars and distilleries and they
will commence work (crushing) next
Monday, no overruling providence
preventing.
The following is list of the passen-
gers per Orizaba, which sailed from
San Francisco for Wilmington, Sept
18th: G F French, wife and child, T
Hilton, H Wilcox, j d Dunlap, Miss
Peterson, Mrs M Levy, Miss Alexan-
dria, Bogershaw, J G Castor, S II
Hite, VIM Mcdonald, Mrs Mcdonald
and child, Miss Ida Dorby, Mrs S M
Hart, Mrs A Brownell, A Swift, II
Hamilton, w Cohen, Mrs Shanklin
and four children, A Gibbs, ] A
Brownell, N DAILY, Job M Seamahs
NJ Pearce, J w Clark, N G Barry, A
Dalgard M Cavanaugh, wife and
children, l. Polaski, Frank Pyle, d +
Packard,.J w Orr, A Blood, Mrs
Smith, Mrs Hood.