Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-12-17
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Union Telegraph office for Robert
Swift.
Judge Thompson offers for sale
fine - cl near old Los Nietos, con-
tainilt 30 acres. See notice.
It's ost impossible to secure
furnish il room in oar city outside of
the b II Z
rei,ti5r to the new Council is in
circ1,at'on asking them to reinstate
the I !. T.! Ohicer.
Th, CH1ata sailed or San Francisco
Vested Y With sixty passengers from
Los 4 lie ).
The Y T.. Taber sails for San Diego
to-da. :a' rning next Saturday bound
for Sal =. .ncisco.
The p,.l ic schools close this after
noon '2I he holiday vacation which
WILLIS Until January lth, 1875.
Mr.. IA k Ganahl has returned from
Arizor d, y er an absence of two weeks,
IS sound n ,dy, mind an,i scalp.
All appeArances of rain have disap
appear q nd yesterday afternoon the
air wa fl I'd with clouds of dust.
There WIS good attendance at the
social of the Fort-street Methodist
Church last night and all present
passed Il pl .asant evening.
The o t-gcing Council holds it's fare
we'll ses iou to-day. The new Council
with other city officers eject will be
installed tt morrow.
Mr.. james Monroe, one of the pro-
prietors If he Delmonico Restaurant,
has returned from an extended visit
to San rarcisco.
James SWart, the sneak thief who
stole lot of tools from Ducommon's
building was yesterday promoted to
the chair-&ane by Justice Gray.
Mr. NJ. G.. Baker has purchased the
repair shop of Y. Trumper on Market
street near Spring, and will remove to
his new loc tion in "a few days.
A stage will start for Panamint to-
day, with fare reduced to $35. Infor-
nation concerning passage, ETC., can
be had at the Office of the Lafayette
Hotel.
Messrs. ~. c. Howell & Co., agents
for the Singer sewing machine, have
removed their headquarters to the
boot and shoe store of VIM. Slaney,
Main street. opposite Court.
a new restaurant will be opened in
the White House, on Commercial
street, in few days 1t is dubbed the
Commercial Restaurant and sports
brace of quals painted on the front
window.
Prefetto Villa was arrested by Con-
stable Bryant yesterday on an old
warrant for threatening to commit
murder. The man of sanguinary in-
tents rests N the cooler awaiting
hearing be(ose Justice Gray.
J. w. Wplanherg, for the past year
chief clerk at the Clarendon Hotel,
has severed his connection with that
house. AS he is Young man of worth
and reliability, we trust he will remain
in Los Ans elas.
The exercises at the school exhibit
tion this evening will be pleasantly
varied, including songs, tableaux,
readi g, rectations, essays and an
origil u poem. 4 large number of
ticket lav9 already been sold and the
proba Il ii 8 are that there will be
large i eL,iance.
One can hardly conceive that
heavi, Ole W could fall upon a family
than la, which has fallen upon Mr..
81. Ts,cli and wife. Their little son
Sedgv ok, aged two vears, died on the
18th l. s.. md yest rday they were
calel; rroa 70 perform the last sad
rit.: O. atJag liter nafned Elizabeth,
fouyte ~ grs old, WIG died on 18th.
The entn semi-annual examination
of the pup..s attending Lawlor Insti-
tute, Vii. ,e held to-day and to-mor-
row t..c school building, 1853 Main
street, 'tle exercises will commence
at % .cc.i A. NJ. each day. Friends
Oftle ,Ip 5, and all vao feel an in
tercet 4 ch exercises are most cor
dia y nv ed to be present. 49, i
a reg lar meeting qfsESouth Star
Deg Io lge MOI, 10 o. F.,held on
Tuesds,J light Decent er 10th, the
follow lg officers were elected for the
ensuinaate IN: H. Burdick, reelected,
ID. NJ; Summers, j.. ID. NJ; Ben,
A. Sta ,ail, reelected, R, s.; r.. A.
Preuss, j., reelected, II }. Nj. Bas-
sett, 1. G..
The Al.o givesu q toast after this
fashion: Z )s Angeles Queen City of
Southern California; home OF semi
tropical fruits and maidens; beautiful
panorama of wide vineyards, spread
ing orcf .rcs, grassy plains; land filled
with the perfume of orange blossoms,
the lem II, the olive, pomegranite,
and myriad flowers. Los Angeles is
beginning TO send us hel crop of de-
licious oral ges.
Messrs. Falkenau q Schad have
formed a partnership in the music
business, with headquarters in the
piano and organ salesroom OF }. ID.
Patrick, No. so, Main street. They
will keep fine selection OF sheet
music, songs, music books etc, and
will be prepared to order anything not
in stock for their customers on SNORT
notice. rs
There will be public examinations
to-day in ali the classes in the public
schools. Tie exercises will commence