Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-20
LOCAL BREVITIES.

AOSAL Ii ANE v Il Il Il rs.
Mr.. J. A. Johnson left for San Ber-
nardino yesterday.
The City Fathers will meet and rea-
son together to-day.
Cmur-de-Leon Commandery No. 9,
knights Templar, meets tonight.
The case of Shannon vs.. Gray was
on trial in the County Court yester-
day.
Only eighteen dollars to San Fran
cisco and return by the excursion
rates.
The Grand Jury is still in session,
but will doubtless conclude its labors
to-day.
The contested case of Hill, Agila
and Abila is still on trial in the United
States Land Office.
The Public Library has received the
loan of two more fine oil paintings
from Mrs. Binford.
There are kilograms at the Western
Union Telegraph Office for Refugio
The sailing of the Ventura for San
Francisco has been postponed until
this afternoon. Passengers will leave
by the P. NJ. train.
Sheep-owners throughout the coun-
try have commenced shearing their
Fall clip. 1t is said that Cinnamon
have been employed quite extensively,
instead of Mexicans as formerly.
Mr.. Dooner, of the Lafayette Drug
Store, has just made large addition
to his supply of drugs and medicines,
and now has one OF the most extensive
stocks in the city.
A subscription paper is being circu-
lated for the relief of J. G. Scott, who
was stricken down few days since
by stroke of apopleXy. Mr.. Teed
has the paper, and those wishing to
subscribe may call on him.
Mcdonald can fit your foot with the
best and most stylish shoeleather in
the market. He now manufactures
custom boots and shoes to order at
lower figures than any other house in
the city, and guarantees satisfaction.
Call and see for yourself at No. l04
Main street.
Attention is directed to the adver-
tisement of S. Goldstein's fruit and
poultry market, which appears this
morning. The establishment is To-
Gated on Main street next door to the
Montana Market, where can always
be found fine stock of poultry, but
ter, eggs, fruit, candies, nuts, cigars,
tobacco, etc.
An interesting "scrimmage" oc-
Cured on Lovers Lane yesterday, be-
tween two MeXicans, one of whom
fought with club and the other with
his fists, in square P. r. style. The
man who heldto the rules finally came
out ahead after a somewhat lengthy
combat, when all parties adjourned to
saloon and drank defiance to Local
Option.
The following is the list of passen-
gers per steamer Senator, which sailed
from SanFrancisco orWilmingtonAu-
gust 10th: l.. Lichtenberger, G. Horst,
G. HI. Cliff, C. Maabee, G. Clay, w.
"A. fAhc dlu WilSj NILS. w cHUWoIellj
Mrs. G. Rowland and five children,
Herman Goshen, J. A. Campbell, Mrs.
VIM. Pridham, d. w. White, J. Pen
nan, VIM. Brown, G. Hemmerman,
w. c. Stewart, VIM. Bessemeyer, ID.
J. Jones and family, J. S. Anderson
and wife, Miss Prek, j. De Area, j.
Loring, L. Shaw, J. Errington, J. Bur-
ton, J. B. Foster.
The Public Library has received a
magnificent loan of books from Hon.
A. Higbie, of Compton. They con-
sist of eighteen large volumes, COM
prising the natural history of New
York, treating upon zoology, botany,
ornithology, mineralogy, geology,
and all the branches of natural his
tory that relate to that State. The work
was published by the Government in
1843, and is now out of print and very
rare, this being, perhaps, the only
complete set in the State. The books
are replete with elegant engravings in
colors, representative of the subjects
treated upon, and together they form
cabinet very interesting even to the
casual reader. To the student in