Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-12-01
LOCAL SREvITIES.

corn were snlpped from the DOWney
depot yesterday.
Goldsmith will receive another fine
lot Of cigars to-day. Smokers will
please consider this sufficient notice
to call and lay in Il supply.
Mr.. Polk, the General s5uperintend-
ent Of the =. NJ. S. S. Co., is in the
city, looking after the affairs of the
company.
The Alden Fruit Drying Factory
will start up again to-day or to-mor-
row, and those having good sound ap-
pies or pears for sale will do well to
cal! on Mr.. Davis.
Frank Sanderson reports business
lively at the Clarendon bar since the
ton. Frank is a champion mixer of
beverages.
The new firm of Cabanis & Madigan
will commence operations to-day.
Parties having real estate or notary
business or the examining Of titles to
be attended to cannot confer their
patronage on better men.
Mr.. r. ID. Bedwell who lives in Los
Nietos raised on his place this year
from q single sweet potato slip thirty
potatoes weighing in the aggregate,
tWeuty-one pounds. Nietos will
never finish Dragging about her Won
dertul productions.
A young man named RetZ, who had
recently arrived here from the East,
died at the hospital last Sunday and
was buried by the Odd Fellows yester-
day. He was n victim of consump-
ton and had come here as n last effort
to save his life, but arrived too late.
A lady's bracelet containing three
garnets was lost near or in front of the
French restaurant nearly opposite the
Pico House, on Sunday. The finder
will be suitably rewarded on the re-
turn of the property to room 81, Back
man House.
Street car No. was placed upon the
track of the Spring and Sixth Street
Railroad yesterday. The new car is
from the Kimball Works and the
same pattern as the first, with few
slight improvements. Both cars will
make their regular trips to-day.
1t is stated that the Thirty-Eights
cleared enough from their ball to pur
chase the four-whcel hose-truck which
they require. The truck now in use
will be sold to the Babcock Company
partly in exchange for the new hook
and ladder truck which has just been
purchased.
The important civil case of Gabriel
- VS.. Newman to recover damages in
the sum of $2l 900 for injuries received
by Gabriel in the shooting affair over
Il year ago, was on trial again in the
District Court yesterday. The argu-
ment was concluded and the case sub
mitted to the jury in the evening.
Mr.. II. Heinsch has an order for
fifty Spanish pacll-saddles for Jones &
Co., to be used in the Panamint
Mines, and part have already been
completed. They consist of large
canvas, leather faced bags stuffed
with straw, which hang across the an
imaPs backs, and it is said, make the
most convenient in use. The saddles
will be used upon burros to pack ore
from the mines to the mill.
The Mcdonald murder case will
come up for trial in the District Court
to-day. A panel Of $50 jurors has been
called, and those who are on the list
will do well to put in their appearance.
An attempt will be made by McDon-
ald's counsel to clear him, on the
ground Of previous jeopardy for the
same offense but, as this plea was
overruled in the pleading, it is not
probable that such defense will be
admitted in this Court.
C. L. Fisher, of the jewelry firm of
Fisher & Thatcher, returned from San
Francisco night before last with u
glittering array of pretty things, in
cluding large lot of beautiful dia-
monds, among which are two worth
$1,000 each-real daZzlers. Mr.. Fisher
also purchased a quantity of first-class
machinery and topls to be added to
their Workshop. The firm now man
ufactures u large proportion of the
goods they sell. They have u number
of nomber one workmen always en-
ployed, turning out chains, rings,
pins, ETC., of finer material and more
solid construction than can be found
in Eastern or San Francisco mannfac-
tured jewelry. They are now finishing
some beautiful patterns of fob-chains.
Call and see their new goods and look
at those beautiful diamonds.
The following is u list of the passen-
gers per steamer Ventura, which sailed
from San Francisco for Wilmington
November 30th Mrs S f. Open
heimer, w Beach, G White, J Monroe,
Mrs M Gilbert, John Hawley, A ID
Curtis, Omri Bulls, Rev G Rubis, III
B Morrow, Nv Rose, Mrs Ordozuia
and child, A Randall, Miss Emma
Sieb, w III Bowman and wife, j Smith
and wife, Chas Cole, VIM McFadden
and family, Il B Elliott and family, T
I.andande and wife, James Tyler, j
Thomas, A w Rose Jr, A G. Case and
family, G A Watson, Mr. Rhodes and
wife, j Oltaman and wife, U Buch-
helm, NJ S Severance, J S Severance,
ID Scott, James Zeity, l. Culyerson,
j Gray, g Helmkamp, Mrs B Heely,
Geo Bixly, Miss X Shang, | f Ames,
wife and boy, l. Wolksey, Mrs Il
Keeding, + Conels, w IL Kerns, M
Slider and boy.