Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-25
LOCAL ISISEVITTES.

Mr.. Bernard at his brick-yard in
the northern part of the city, has one
million brick for sale.
Passengers for San Francisco by the
Mohongo will take the train from the
depot at p. NJ. tomorrow.
The Mohongo arrived at Whining
ton from San Francisco yesterday
The freight list will be found else
where.
Mrs. Fannie Mendelsohn, former
resident of Los Angeles, who has been
residing in Japan for the last two
years, is in the city on q visit to
friends.
The tax on personal property is now
due. All persons interested will save
money by calling at the County AS
sessor's office and settling the same
forthwith.
Another load of beds and bedding
was dispatched for the Seaside Hotel
of Steadman q Wolf at Santa Monica
yesterday. Business must be lively at
our Long Branch.
Mr.. Geo. Hansen, with q surveying
party, left for Cucumonga yesterday
morning to survey the ranch and lay
out the new town at that place. The
party will be gone about q month.
John Collins stole eleven silver rings
from Charles Norton last Thursday.
Officer Harris ferreted out the thief
and yesterday lodged him in the Gala
bOose, recovering part of the prop
erty. Justice Gray will look into the
facts of the case.
Messrs. Perasich & Co., are fitting
up the room in Signoret's building
formerly occupied by the barber shop,
for a general grocery, fruit and to-
bacco store. The counters and shelv-
ing will be completed IN a few days
and the stock opened.
Geo. Frink, colored individual,
was arrested yesterday on the charge
of stealing suit of clothes and a pair
of shoes to boot, from a certain we'll
known express agent of our city. He
of Judge Gray to-day.
Mr.. Edward Evey, of Anaheim, of
the Board of Supervisors called on US
yesterday. He reports everything
prosperous in his section of the county;
farmers are busy threshing; grain
turning out we'll; vines look well;
ments to commence operations on the
new wharf, on a large scale are being
made.
Thursday night at II o'clock which
destroyed barn the property of P. III.
Downing, and filled with hay belong
ing to Norman G. Jones. The build
ing and contents were entirely con-
sumed, but no other damage was done.
The barn was insured, and is var Ous-
ly estimated to have contained six or
sixty tons.
IN the u. S. Land Office yesterday,
the case of w. w. MaXey VS.. Jean
Jeantet was decided. 1t involved the
right and title to the west half of the
northwest quarter of Section ten,
Township one, south, and range ten,
west The suit was decided in favor of
MaXey, except as to small portion OF
the tract covered by some of Jeantets
improvements.
The innocent young man from the
country who was mentioned yesterday
as having lost his horse, saddle and
bride, has recovered his missing prop
erty. Constable Bryant found the
man who took the horse and trappings
for a trial on his ranch, few miles
from the city. 1t seems that there was
nothing more than misunderstanding
ing at the bottom Of the trouble and
no intention to defraud said innocent
young man. The difficulty was ami
cably settled in Justice Gray's Court
Mr.. Nj. l.. Loomis, superintendent of
bitches on Major Hancock's ranch,
met with quite severe accident while
returning from Murphy's entertain
ment on Thursday night. AS be
passed in front of Perry d Riley's new
building, he stepped upon loose
plank, tripped and fell, striking upon
some timber lying at the place. His
shoulder was dislocated and his side
severely bruised. 1t has not been as
certained whether his ribs are broken,
but his injuries are sufficient to confine
him to his house for some time.
Half-consumed California figs are
found to be much superior to orange
peels for upsetting purposes. We saw
lady step on one of the former yes
terday. She kicked with both feet as
high as a hallet-star; gave that pecu-
liar, shrill, feminine scream, sat down,
said "Oh, my!" smoothed down her
disordered attire, looked around
wildly, rose quickly, shook herself to
see ifanything was loose, gave with
ering glance at the place where she
blood suffused to her face, went on up
street.
The case of Librado Corona, the ac-
complice of Vasquez, indicted for rob-
berry in taking a gold watch from
Charles e. Miles and silver watch
from John Osborn, was tried in the
County Court yesterday. Most of the
day was consumed in securing jury,
but when once commenced the trial
was soon concluded. The defense ar
gued that Corona was acting under
duress at the time of the robbery, and,
consequently, not personally respon-
sible for the deed. The jury after be-
ing out about fifteen minutes returned
verdict of"guilty."
Mr.. Gallardo, the Deputy Zanjero,
showed us yesterday some curiositles
in the shape of two lemon sprouts
which add two more to the seven-and-
seventy wonders of this valley. The
sprouts are about two inches high and
are of two months growth from the
seed. On the top of one is tiny
white blossom not exactly full in form
but near enough to convey good
idea of its character. On the other
similar blossom has given place to
little incipient lemon, looking per-
fectly sound, though scarcely larger
than the head of pin. The seeds
from which the sprouts grew are yet
we'll preserved and attached to the
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