Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-04-05
CITY AND SUBURBS.

Inc DISTRICT Court was not III SeS-
sion yesterday.
Business was uncommonly lively on
the streets yesterday.
Dispense with your buggy ride this
morning and attend church.
The "Scientific Evidences of I'M
mortality" at the Court house to-
night.
The steamship Constantine sails for
San Francisco and way ports to-mor-
row at 4 P. NJ.
There is telegram at the Western
Union telegraph Office for Mrs. III.
Hoffman Larkin, M. ID.
The Southern District Agricultural
Society will hold their trotting races
the last of next month.
The sacrament of the Lords supper
will be administered at the NJ. T..
Church South this morning.
We are requested to state that there
will be no meeting of the Los Angeles
Lodge, f. q A. Tomorrow eve
ming. 'o'Nh
An Easter party will be given by
the st. Patrick Benevolent Society at
their hall in Stearns' block tomorrow
evening.
A farmer from Richland reports ia
vorably concerning the crops in that
section. Most of the sheep raisers are
now busy shearing.
Prof. Fowler gives free lecture on
Phrenology at Turner's Hall to-mor-
row night. Go and hear the lecture
and "know myself"
The M. E. Sunday school of this city
will give Sunday evening concert to-
night. The public generally are in
vited, free of admission.
A man drove down Also and Los
Angeles streets last night with his
horse at full gallop. Such reckless
driving on our main thoroughfares
should not be tolerated.
James J. Ayres delivers q lectuer
at Good Templars Hall Monday eve
ming on the subject: ''The Rational
of Temperance Reform" The lecture
will be well worthy hearing.
The County Court convened yester-
day, but did not transact any business
except to again postpone the sentence
of Cunningham, who was this week
found guilty of burglary. The SEN
tence will be given next Tuesday at 10
A. NJ.
While Mr.. Quimby, Jr, was attend
ing the meeting of the Good Templar's
Lodge last evening, his horse and
buggy were stolen. The horse was
hitched in front of the hall, and that
the animal was stolen is evidenced by
the fact that the halter strap was cut.
No trace as yet of the culprits.
The Rev. Mr.. Hough, formerly pas
tor of the M. E. Church in this city,
will fill the pulpit in his old charge to-
day. His many warm friends in this
city will be very glad to have the
pleasure of hearing him preach here
again. AS Mr.. Hough will remain
here only few days, this will be the
only opportunity to listen to him.
Our reports confirm the particulars
ofthe shooting affair at Spadra as made
known in yesterdays HERALD. Gen.
eral Howard, the District Attorney,
went to Spadra yesterday to hold a
preliminary trial on the case, and will
not return probably until some time
to-day or tomorrow, when all of the
facts in the case can be learned and
will be made public.
The Green Meadows school-house.
wear informed, came very near burn
ing up Friday. While the class was
reciting it was discovered that the
building was on fire overhead. The
scholars took the matter very coolly.
The teacher, Mr.. Dunemore, organ
lied an impromptq juvenile fire brig
AIDE, carried water up to the fire, and
after difficulty extinguished it.
There was large sale of the
WEEKLY HERALD yesterday. Many
copies We're sent to England and Can
ada, and several hundred were sent
East. 1t contains about twenty col
umns of original matter relating to
this county, and about thirteen col
umns of select matter mostly relating
to this State. 1t is full of information
and facts. Some two hundred and
fifty copies left; send it to your friends.
We would call the attention of our
readers to the advertisement of j. L.
Ward & Co. headed Notice to Ship
pers of Wool" which appears in an
other column. Messrs. Ward & Co.
are authorized to sign through bills of
lading for wool to New York and Bos-
ton, which will be great advantage
to our shippers. This firm is also en-
deavoring to perfect arrangements
whereby they can sell through tickets
to the East by way of Goodall Nelson
& Perkins line of steamers, and
thence overland. They are also agents
for the Cunard and Great Western
steamship lines. y
]. w. Dunbar, of the Clarendon, has
his Irish eagle on exhibition again,
the beautiful bird, since it's first APP
pearance in public, having passed
through the hands of our local taXid-
ermist. The position of the feathered
monster is such as to give the impress
sion that it is on the point of flying
but whether to escape Paul Shellar's
shotgun, the "prairie schoonersn or
the fatal casting of stone by its pre-
sent proprietor is not put down in the
bills. Dunbar did kill the bird with
stone 1--WE promised him we would say
so, and We never forfeit our word
without a consideration. Go to the
Clarendon and look for yourselves.
The fire company have disbanded.
But having careful thought for the in
terests of the many citizens whose
property as to the fire department was
placed in care of the company, the
members hold themselves ready to
meet any contingency. They will
meet next Wednesday evening at u
P. NJ at the carpet warehouse of Mr..
Smith to organize an independent
company to take charge of and run
any engine procured by the taxpayers.
Cannot the business element of the
fire company and of the Common