Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-12-30
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Th, Senator sails for San Diego on
Friday.
The VIM. Taber will sail for San
Francisco tomorrow.
The barkentine Grace Roberts ar
rived at Wilmington Monday with
lumber for Griffith, Lynch & Go.
The shipments from Downcy yester-
day were 195 sacks beans, 407 sacks
corn, l6 sacks rye and II sacks pop
corn.
Health, Beauty and Happiness of
Womann this afternoon. The ladies
will all turn out to DR.. Brenan's lee
ture
n force of men are at work on Ala
media street laying the curbing and
grading the street to receive its coat of
macadam.
The boX-sheet for Little Macs per-
formance tonight is kept at the office
of Wolenberg d Belts, No. 36 Main
street. Go and secure your seats early
if you want some of the fun.
Capt. Borrowe, the contractor for
improving Main street, commenced
operations in front of the HERALD Of
flee and one block further south yes
terday.
The rattle for Mrs. Scott's horse and
saddle is arranged to come off at Joe
Breson's saloon at O'Clock this eve
ming. The tickets are all disposed of
and there is nothing to delay the atfaif
longer.
An order is published this morning
for members of the Los Angeles
Guards to appear in uniform at their
armory (Stearns' HalD Oh New Years
evening. The occasion will be devoted
"a to social dance and delightful time
is anticipated.
AT stated meeting of Lexington
Lodge, No. l0l, f. & A. NJ, held at
Eel Monte on the 10Th of December,
1874, the following officers were elect
ed to serve for the next Masonic year:
ID. a. Reed, Master; Peter Penfold, S.
W.; j. :. Eliot, J. W.. j. w. Broaded,
Treasurer; j. Ii. Gray, Secretary.
Our statistics for the annual review,
to be published i'll the DAILY HERALD,
ON Friday morning, promise to. be
full and interesting. Some few per-
( sons whom we have addressed by mail
for information, have not yet respond
We request reply during to-day-or
by Tomorrow noon at the very latest.
The papers north of Los Angeles in
Ornnge-growing sections are as usual,
at this season of the year, making u
terrble cackling over the immense
superiorty of their ripe oranges over
the green ones sent to market from
this section. Owing to the extreme
heat of the Summers in the interior
valleys in the northern part of the
State, all kinds of fruits ripen from
4 six weeks to two months earlier than
s here; their oranges are now as fully
matured rs ours will be by the first of
March. If our fruit growers are so
foolish as to sell their unripe fruit in
competition with ripe, it is their own
business, but it hurts the reputation of
the country.
The following rather curious story
comes to us well authenticated and
VIC ~ W OuI IctNGIS us lnG
most convenient and easy way of
catching deer yet discovered. A few
days ago Mr.. Robert Hall, who is liv-
ing on II bee ranch in the mountains
near Richland, was passing up a caiion
adjoining his place and came upon u
couple of buck deer who were engaged
in fierce warfare. Mr.. Hall attempted
to frighten and separate the animals
by throwing stones at them, but
found, after repeated efforts of the
kind that his presence was entirely un-
needed by the combatants. A happy
thought then struck him, and, taking
IL lariat which he had with him for
the purpose of catching his horses, he
tied the antlers of the deer securely to-
gether and left them while he pro-
cured butcher-knife from his house
and killed both of the animals. A
more novel way of securing venison
we have never heard of, and were it
not that the story is told us by an ac-
quaintance in whom we have the most
implicit confidence, we should be a
little incredulous of it.