Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-12-08
LOCAL BTSEYITTES.

The steamer Oriza6a sailed for San
francisco yesterday. ..
The Florence Kent .Troupe hold
forth at Merced Theatre tonight.
There is JOY i'll the house of Mr.. l..
NJ. Holt over son who put in his ap-
pearance last Sunday.
Mcdonald, the fe-nurderer, who
was sentenced to imprisonment for
life, was started for San Quentin yes
terday, by the OriZaba, in charge of
Mr.. Hodgkiss, Special Deputy Sheriff,
Mr.. Seymour, at the Grange store,
has some beet sugar which is really n
superior article and is sold at the low
est Grange prices. Call and examine
1t and you are sule to buy some on
trial.
There will be q meeting of the
Board of Directors of the Chamber of
Commerce at 7:30 this evening at the
office of Judge Sepulveda. IT is called
to make arrangements for the grand
mass-meeting to be held here next
Saturday. A full attendance is ear
nestly desired.
We learn that Mr.. Nadeau is MAX
ing preparations to put q branch line
on the routes between Cerro Gordo and
PanamiHt and the terminus of the
Southern Pacific Railroad, this side of
Bakersfield. There is very large
amount of freight for the interior com
ing that way, and it is likely Nadeau
will remove to that line altogether
whenever the railroad reaches the
point where il will be commercially
the cheapest route.
A large sign in blue and white was
elevated over the Backman House
last Saturday morning. The letters
are in bold relief and can be read at
the distance Of II mile. Perry q Riley's
block has thus been christened and
we presume will hereafter bear the
name standing over its cOrnice. We
are glad to learn that the house is rap
idly filling with hoarders who seek il
for the superior accommodation which
in every way it offers.
We are under obligations to Mr.. a.
S. Adds for some fine stereoscopic
views taken by him while out on his
last trip. The views comprise scenes
in Santa Barbara and Ventura and
some picturesque landscapes in Matt
laja Cal1on, Ojai and Beauty Buttes.
We have never seen the natural beau
ties of our State in mountain, cliff and
cafiOn better portrayed than in these
views. If Mr.. Adds would turn his
camera upon Los Angeles and sur
roundings and photograph some of the
beautiful scenes to be found here he
would give our city a better recon-
mendation abroad than could be con-
veyed by columns of written recon-
mendations.
Henry Katz, the messenger at the
depot telegraph Office, met with Sc
rious accident day before yesterday,
while out hunting. AS he was pass
ing through brush fence the trigger
of his gun caught and the piece was
discharged, lodging its contents in the
boys left arm. The charge entered
above the wrist and ranged toward the
shoulder, lacerating the flesh badly.
Several shot also struck another one
of the party named Ed. Smith, scat
tering about one Of his eyes, but fortu-
nately missing that important organ.
Katz was at once brought to the city
and medical care secured for him. 1t
is feared that amputation may be
found necessary. "Ho
We learn that the stock in the Cen
tineIla Land Company is being taken
as fast as it is thrown upon the mar
ket. One hundred shares of $1,000 each
were sold in San Francisco in one day
and yesterday a telegram was re-
ceived from Santa Barbara engaging
100 shares more. tits the intention of
the company to keep the stock out of
the hands of spectators as far as pos
sible and to sell only to actual settlers.
By this means farmers of small means
will be enabled to reap double bene-
fit, securing their land at a reasonable
price with the stock purchased and
sharing the profits of the auction sale
of land which Will take place in Janu-
uary. Opportunities for investments
of this kind are rare and settlers will
not be slow to take advantage OF them.