Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-15
LOCAL BREVITIES.
T. w. West will find dispatch to
his address at the Telegraph Office.


The Los Angeles will sail for San
Francisco to-day. Passengers will
take the P. NJ. train.
The Orizaba went on to San Diego
yesterday, and will return next Sun
day on her upward bound trip.
The Los Angeles and the Orizaba
arrived yesterday from San Francisco.
Their freight lists are published this
morning.
We are indebted to "Chips,u the
efficient messenger of Wells, Fargo &
Co.'S. Express, for late files of San
francisco papers.
A little difficulty occurred in a store
on Main street yesterday, wherein q
merchant received a slap in the face
for being so impudent as to ask q
debtor for money. No arrests.
We received a call yesterday from
MIR. Horace 2. Bachman of Logans-
port, Indiana, who is making a pleas
ure trip through the State, and will
visit in our city for about week.
A lady's shawl-black and red stripe
was lost on the corner of Commercial
and Los Angeles streets, Thursday
last. The finder will be literally re-
warded by leaving the same at the
HERALD office.
\ Another runaway and smash-up oc-
CURED on upper Main street yesterday.
When last seen the horses were draw
ing bee-line for the cemetery, di-
vested of almost every buckle and
strap of harness.
The Grange store is driving trade
with vim a-days. The first
months business aggregated nearly
six thousand dollars, and the patron
age has been steadily on the increase
from the commencement.
A boy named Henriques Shore was
arraigned before Justice Gray yester-
day for grave offense not often
charged upon one of such tender years.
He was remanded to iail until to-day,
toawait the Judges decision.
Sam Hellman has been authorized,
as the agent of the Howe Sewing Ma
chine Company, to collect, receive and
receipt for all money due the company
in this city, and also to draw bills of
sale for machines. See notice.
Rev. DR.. White, pastor of the Pres
byterian Church, arrived in this city
Yesterday on the Orizaba. The usual
services of this congregation will take
place at Good Templar's Hall to-mor-
row, conducted by Rev. Mr.. Egbert of
San Francisco.
The Southern california; Post has
been enlarged to thirty-two columns
and has typographical appearance
not eXcelled by any paper in the city.
This material improvement in the
third issue argues well for the pros
poets of the enterprise.
Mr.. Thos. "A. Carey left for Rincon,
San Bernardino county, yesterday to
organize q new Grange at that place,
making the third in San Bernardino
county and the twentieth in this dis
trict. Hon. f. M. HoughtOn has been
chosen temporary Master of the
Grange.
The Water Company announces in
a card, which will be found elsewhere,
that in order to facilitate the erection
of hydrants the water will be shut off
in the whole city to-day between 3
and p. M, and Monday and Tuesday.
the 18th and 18th, on Main street, at
same hours.
A fire occurred three miles south
west of the city about IL o'clock yes
terday, in which stack of baled hay
belonging to John Reid, was entirely
destroyed. The stack contained about
$50 tons and was. valued at nine dol
lars per ton. 1T will be heavy loss
upon the owner. The origin of the
fire is unknown. No other serious
damage was done.
A somewhat novel sight is presented
occasionally by little Miss Eva
Brush, eleven years of age, who rides
yearling colt on the street not larger
than fair-siZed Newfoundland. The
young equestrienne disdains the use OF
a saddle, and rides in the primitive
style, "bare- back" going with equal
suavity over street or sidewalk, or
even into the Postoffice without dis
mounting.
Mr.. w. B. Caldwell, who left the
city on the 9th of this month, with
three teams and fifteen tons of freight
for Prescott, returned last Thursday
night. He reports successful trip,
but very warm weather. The trip out
was made by the Ehrenburg and the
return by Mohave route. Mr.. Cald-
well thinks that the latter route is
preferable for small teams, but it has
many short turns which would incon-
venience large trains.
A couple of gentlemen who were
coming to the city yesterday, while
driving through Los Nietos river, met
with quite serious as well as lu-
dicrous accident. While in the mid
die of the stream the horses broke
loose from the vehicle, and leaving it
with it's occupants, started for parts
unknown. One of the gentlemen was
compelled to wade out and hire an
other team to eXtricate his buggy
from it's st0tu quo. The runaway
team had not been recovered up to last
night.
We were in error yesterday in stat
ing that the dangerous place on Also
street, where teams are liable to be
mired, is in front of Mr.. Beaudry's
water-works. The slough in question
is south of Mr.. Beaudry's works, and