Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-12-25
TIL ERMoMETE BAR.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
No paper tomorrow morning.

Tor san francisco Sunday morning.
The Ancon sails from Wilmington
for Panama tomorrow.
The roof is being constructed on the
Postoffice building.
Railroad connection with Anaheim
tomorrow.
Lots of country cousins were in tile
city yesterday.
Little Macs minstrels at Merced
Theater this afternoon and tonight.
The reported killing at Panamint
lacks confirmation.
Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Office will be
open this morning from to 10 A. NJ.
The members of the M. e. Church
South have Christmas reunion at
Lecll's Hall tonight.
Clarice, infant daughter of Rev. Mr..
Mason and wife, died at Los Nietos a
few days ago.
Mayor Beaudry has purchased forty
six lots on the Johnson tract, Alameda
street, for $4,000
The Christmas festival of the Pres
byterians comes Off tonight at Tenn
plar Hall.
Federal, State, county and city Off
cials will not be found at their Offices
to-day.
Frank Bacon and Miss Mary Cooper
were made one at San Gabriel last
night.
Streets crowded last night and busi-
ness exceedingly active in all depart
ments of trade.
One thousand, five hundred and
eighty sacks of corn were shipped
from Downey yesterday.
Mr.. Cupas, next to the Pico House,
has everything in the toy line for sale
Ncheap. His stock is very large.
Vhe Ventura arrived from San Fran
ciscoyesterday with $50 tous of freight
an9100 passengers.
The bark Harrison and schooner
cora, with lumber fer j. G. Jackson,
arrived yesterday.
Shall the depot be removed or re-
main where it is?-The question wax
es hotter day by day.
The Public Library will be closed
this day and evening. Cause, Christ
mas.
The Orizaba will arrive from San
francisco this morning and sail for
San Diego. Passengers for that port
will leave here at l04 A. NJ.
The Fort street Methodists had q
delightful festival last night. The
children received substantial tokens
that the 'joyous season. is at hand.
A physician from Albany, n. Y,
died last night at the Pico House, of
consumption. He was too far gone to
receive any benefit from this semi
tropical climate.
La Cronica of yesterday is wrathy
over the condition of the railroad track
on upper Main street, denOuncing it as
public nuisance, and urging the City
Council to have the same abated.
Prepare for the grand New Years
ball to be given by the Turn-Vereins
at their Hall, on New Years eve.
Among the attractions will be large
Christmas Tree and New Years gifts
Tickets for gentleman and ladies $2 90.
The Board of Supervisors met yes
terday. After allowing the bills of
Hayes & Polhemus and VIM. BARGE,
for work on bridges, they adjourned
until the first Monday in January.
The quicksilver discoveries in the
mountains to the north and west OF
San FernendO are causing great eX-
citement. Many new discoveries, eX-
ceedingly rich are reported.
Mrs. Lamasney has opened a dress
making establishment up stairs in the
White House, corner Commercial and
Los Angeles streets. We recommend
her to all who desire cutting, fitting
and making in the best style of the
art.
b. III. Twombly, of Leavenworth,
Kansas, recently of Colorado Springs,
Colorado, an old editor of the Missouri
valley and an able writer on economic
geology, is in this city, with the in
tentiOn of making his home here. he
will report upon the geology of the
county, and especially its economic
geology-with reference to coal, min
erals, etc.
Christmas services will be held in
the Episcopal Church this morning at
half past ten O'clock. The Rev. VIM.
H. Hill will preach a sermon appro-
pirate to the day, and good music by
the very efficient choir may be expect
ed. The church has been beautifully y
decorated with evergreenS and mot
toes Seats free, and all, particularly
visitors to the city, are cordially IN
vited to attend.
Detective Officer Emil Harris has
lust recovered valuable watch, lost
some six weeks ago by Mr.. II. Nj.
Town, who resides near the city. A
twelve-year-old boy found it and hid
tat the instigation of his parents
he says. Harris gave the equivocat,
ing youngster such lecture that al
last he acknowledged the corn and
gave up the watch. The man paid
the dishonest lad $10-much to the
detectives disgust.