Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-01-29

next Monday.
The City Council meets to-day at .
O'Clock.
The engine house, near the depot
will be completed in Il ewllays.
The Mutual did for February will
be issued to-day
The repairs are nearly through with
the San Gabriel bridge.
Perry, Woodwork Il Co. received
six carloads of lumber yesterday.
The Skating Rink is well patronized.
There was good music and plenty of
fun last night.
The Wool-growers hold ..leeting
in the Court House at II o'clock a. NJ.
to-day. @
The Tobacco Company began opera
tiOns yesterday on their grounds near
the race course.
The District Court -room has been
thoroughly renovated and looks like "
new place.
The steamer Pacific, with Il large
number of passengers and IL heavy
freight list, will arrive to-day.
ceived from Wilmington Yesterday,
and five were dispatched to that place.
The railroad company has received
the principal portion of their bonds
from the county, and the remainder
VIII soon be issued
Our citizens should not forget the
Library lecture at the MERGED Theatre
Saturday night. Col. Howard repu-
tation should draw crowd.
Harvest feasts are the fashion lately
among the Changers. A Los Angeles
member has recently been visiting;
he enjoyed two feasts within three
days.
The following teams left the depot
on the 18th. Three to San Bernardino,
assorted. One to Spadra, to A i {.
One to Lone Pine assorted
AssembI lyman Higbie has becnap-
pointed memb Der of the Joint Com
mittee to whom was referred the sub
ject of suffrage.
The Weekly Rescue, of Sacramento,
the Good Templar organ, has been
made the organ of the Grand Army Of
the Republic, for the Department OF
California.
Quite number of our most influen-
tiaI citizens met ut Temples Bank
last evening. and took action, that we
are confident will result in the speedy
erection of the much talked-of New
Gas Works.
The Library Trustees met last night
to consider the bill to be presented to
the Legislature, authorizing the levy
ing of a tax for library purposes. AS
their labOrs We're not concluded, we
are unable to make any report, but
will give the bill as agreed on, in full,
i'm to-mOrrOw's issue.
The Library Trustees, last night,
carefully considered and agreed upon
draft of the bill to be laid before the
Legislature, and referred the same
back to the committee to be engrOssed
and printed. We will publish the Act
as soon as we are supplied with copy.
The stockholders of the Agricultural
and Mechanical Exposition of South
ern California will hold meeting at
the office of Lindley y Thompson, in
Temple block, on Mondoy next at II
o'clock, for the purpose OF adopting
bylaws for the government OF the
company.
This is good week for amusement.
Last night one could have the choice
of three, viz: The Minstrel company
at the theatre, the humorous enter
tainment at the M. e. Church, or the
Skating Rink, where the playful
maneuvres of the skaters are often
very amusing.
Lovely moonlight nights these.
Last night our midnight wanderer
met no less than half a dozen young
couples quietly and lovingly prone
nading our streets, and probably pass
ing Judgment Ola the newly constructed
cross walks, which are becoming such
peculiar feature of our city.
Capt. Geo. A. Armstrong, the music
dealer, will open a singing school in
his photograph and music rooms, on
Saturday evening next He informs
MS that rehearsals of the "Flower
Queen" will be begun in week or so,
and be held at the M. f. Church on
alternate days of the week, until the
concert is given.
Messrs. Cobbler Il Shaw, the new
firm that has lately taken charge of
the Soap Works in this city, placed on
our table yesterday sample of the
SOAP their works are turning out. AS
far as we arc capable of judging it is
avery superior article, ami will fully
meet the wants of the trade.
The regular monthly meeting of the
District Council of the Patrons of Hus-
bandry, for the counties of Los An
geles and San Bernardino, will meet
at Gallatin, on Tuesday, February 10,
at 10 o'clock. 1t will be the most inn
portant meeting of the kind ever held
in Southern California in consequence
of the important business to come be-
fore the Council.
The Florence people intended to
food their country this winter from
the surplus waters of the Los Angeles
river, to be conducted thither through
bitches already dug. The river has
given them the slip, however, by
shifting its channel to the eastern side
of the valley entirely beyond their
reach. The rain has been sufficient,
however this season to insure goott
crops throughout the valley.
f. Chamberlain, Esq, the cores
pondent of the Chicago Times, in his
series of letters OH the Pacific: Coast,
promises to write up the various re-
sorts in this State, as they actually
exist, without resorting to cheep puff
ferry. While we have no fears of Los
Angeles, we should hate to wear his
clothes, and be found in some OF the
localities, that he has visited after n
COPY of the Times reaches them.