Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-04-15
CITY AND SUBURBS.

Yesterday was unusually breezy.
No business in the courts yesterday.
The Kalorama sailed for San Fran
cisco yesterday.
Prof. Fowler leaves to-day for San
Bernardino.
Somebody has lost trunk-key, and
can recover it by calling at this office.
Passengers for San Francisco per
steamer Orizaba will take the train at
4 o'clock this afternoon.
Mr.. Kramer has the city license bills
all made out, and the Marshall will
shortly commence collecting them.
The Clarendon has changed proprie-
tors. John A. Brown is now playing
the part of "mine host"
The Mohongo will sail for New York
via Panama on Monday, April Goth
Cabin passage, 500 steerage. $50.
A construction party went to the
Ten-mile House yesterday for the pur-
pose of building side track at that
place.
A lecturer makes the wonderful an
nouncement, "Hell upset! Satan BAN
fshedw Good for the lecturer. When
did he do it?
A coal yard is abont to be started in
this city. Coal ought to be sold here
at small advance on San Francisco
prices.
A match game of billiards for 500 a
side is arranged to come off at the
Clarendon Billiard Hall next Satur-
day.
Samuel w. Piercy is at San Bernar-
dino. He will doubtless entertain the
good people Of that place with dra-
matte performance.
The Hebrew Brian Birth Society
held a meeting last Sunday. We hear
that the Society is in furnishing
condition.
A barber is erecting pole in front of
Noyes' former auction store. We con-
clude that different kind of shaving
will be done there now.
The Also mills are turning out
twenty tons of cracked corn per day,
besides ten tons of corn meal. The
mills are running day and night.
For the last month the Lafayette
Hotel has not had Il spare bed left in
the house after o'clock p. M. Hotel
business ought to pay well here.
Sam Berge, the city bill poster, is
putting up fifteen bulletin boards in
addition to the number he now has in
different parts of the city. This is a
good sign of increasing business.
SANTA CLARA VALLEY.-A gentle
man who passed through Santa Clara
Valley, Ventura county, reports the
entire valley covered with grain fields.
Some Of the farmers OF that section
estimate that they will grow a million
bushels of barley this season.
CLARENDON BILLIARD PARI.oR RE-
oPENED.-It will be seen by reference
to another column that VIM. Miner,
formerly connected with the mechan-
ical department of this paper, has
opened the billiard parlor under the
Clarendon Hotel. Miner is IA good
boy to0,n and we wish him the best of
success in his new enterprise.
M. E. SOCIAL.-Another one of those
delightful social gatherings of the M.
E. Church will be held at Mrs. G. E.
Whites, on Hill street, this evening";
and, as all are invited to attend, let no
one be the
Unhappy he! who, from the first of joys,
Society, cut off, is left alone
Amid this world of DEATH"
POTATO ROT.-We reprint the fol-
lowing extract from the Chemical
Neaos at the suggestion of farmer
who yesterday paid us visit. Some
valuable hints may be drawn from
it regarding the want of lime and
magnesia in our soil, and the utility
of using them as fertilizers
A WELL-KNowN CITIZEN IN SAN
DIEGo.-The San Diego papers an
nounce the arrival of DR.. Griffin in
that pace from Los Angeles. The
Doctor made the trip overland in his
own conveyance, for the benefit of
his health. He started on his return
yesterday, and was accompanied on
his journey by DIR. Winder as far as
Guajome.
Different observers state the per
centage of magnesia in the ash of
sound tubers from 5 to 10 per cent. !;
in the diseased tubers an analysis
shows only 1894 per cent. An analy-
sis of sound tubers shows over per
cent. of lime, but in the ash of dis
eased tubers only LII per cent. was
found. A similar observation was
made some years ago by Prof. Thorne,
with regard to diseased and healthy
orange trees. In the former there was
a deficiency of lime and magnesia.
SAN JOSE VALLEY.-From Mr.. JOS
eph Wright, who lives at Spadra, we
obtain some items of interest relative
to the crop prospects in San Jose val
ley. The grain is nearly all barley,
though some wheat was sown this
year. Both the barley and wheat look
well and promise an abundant harvest.
About double the acreage of last sea-
son was seeded this year and the pro-
Duct will be considerably more than
double that of last. But few small
lots of last years crop remain in the
valley, the greater bulk having been
hauled to the railroad and shipped
away. Most of the wheat was sown
earlyy and no fear of rust is appre-
hended. We trust our farmer friends
residing in different parts of the
county will, when in town, initiate
Mr.. Wright-call and give us such
crop information as they deem of in