Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-11-12
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The Orizaba will sail for San Fran
cisco on Sunday, November 18th.
Quite a party left for Panamint
last night by private conveyance.
An order was re ceived yesterday by
one of our harness and saddery estab-
lishments for fifty packsaddles, to be
used in the Panamint traffic.
The Mohongo, taking passengers
for new York via Panama, will stop
at Wilmington on Saturday, Novem-
Der l4th.
Nine carloads of freight. besides
passenger and baggage coaches, were
brought up from Wilmington yester-
day afternoon.
Mr.. Geo. S. Stafford, who for the
past six months has been in charge
of II Government telegraph Office i'll
Arizona, returned to the city yes
terday.
Mr.. j. Il. McAllister, a former resi-
dent of Los Angeles and for few
months past engaged in business in
I.ogansport, Indiana. has returned to
take up his habitation with us again.
III. A. Jones, Esq, of the Panamint
mines, is at the Pico House. He is
experimenting the shipment of lum-
her and supplies from this place. He
is evidently satified that Panamint is
to be the mining section at no distant
day.
A patty from Arizona came to the
city yesterday and at once made ac-
tive inquiries for Goldsmiths cigar
stand. He had read the advertise
ments in the HERALD and wanted
ssmc of those genuine imported ci-
gars.
We learn from gentleman just ar
rived from the Southern part of the
State, that on the morning of the 10th
instant, there was quite Il violent
casthquake in that section, felt at In
dian Wells and as far as Fort
Yuma.
In the case of Pico W.. Cuyas,i in the
Distrsct Court yesterday, the restrain
ing order was dissolved and injunc-
dion denied. This will result in plac-
ing the PicO House in the hands of
Guyas in accordance with the decis-
ion of the Supreme Court.
Frank Gore, Il laborer in the en-
plOy of the railroad company at Will
mington, dropped dead yesterday
morning i'm car, as he was commence
ing to work. The presumption is that
he died of heart disease. He was Il
German, and had only been u short
time in the empty Of the company.
Green, col0red gentleman who Of
iiciates as heavy artist and janitor de
6Onis non of the Court House, entered
complaint before Justice Gray yester-
day against Marshall Franlllin-an-
other colOred individual-for co mmit-
ting an assault and batteryu upon him.
A warrant was issued and franklin
will be arrested as soon as the officers
can find him.
Fisher & Thatcher have completed
and have i'm process of construction II
large number of fine gold fob chains of
various patterns. Among them are a
number of patterns the most unique
and beautiful we have ever seen. The
work of this firm is made to wear and
is in every instance just what it is sold
for Gentlemen wishing watch-chains
that will be u thing of beauty for four
-or five thousand years, should pur-
~e1l.lse one of those now being made by
Fisher & Thatcher.
Me. S. A. Stern, who owns9a place
k,Nn..l,t
office yesterday an orange of last
years growth which had just dropped
from tree on his premises. This is
10 somwhat remarkable instance since
The fruit must have remained upon
THE tree seven months after it was
fully ripe. The orange has fine
luscious appearance ON the outside,
Gsut within, the seeds have commenced
growing, and the juicy substance was
entirely exhausted. The tree upon
which the fruit grew was of the Mex
lean variety, six years old.
From San Bernardino exchange
we learn that serious shooting affair
took place on the Chino Ranch on
Friday night last. At o ball given in
honor of the completion OF the new
school house, Henry Cline attempted
to shoot n young man in the employ
of Jos. Bridger. At this time Ben.
Boren and DR.. Powell attempted to
disarR Cline, when he fired two shots,
one of them taking effect in DR.. Pow
ellis foot, causing a dangerous wound
which may feRder amputatlon neces-
sary, and the other striking Ben. Bo.
ren's forehead, the ball glnpcing and
entirely destroying the eyebrow and
! causing'a very painful, if not danger
ous wound. The escape of Ben, from
Instant death seems almost miracu-
ious. Dir. McDougall of Los Angeles
wag present and rendered his assist
i,nce to make the wounded men COM
Portable. When the stage left, DR..
Powell was insensible and unable to
be moved. Family trouble was at the
bottom of the painful affair.
. Eranua cnutcit