Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-05-13


Our city. The entertainment will
probably be held at MERGED Theater,
and the object will be to augment the
General School Fund, with the more
direct purpose of purchasing seats for
the yet unoccupied rooms of .iMr.
SaXon's school.
The material for the street railroad
is all here. The track is laid from the
corner of First and Spring out the
the end of Sixth street. Most of
this is ballasted and is ready for the
cars. BY Wednesday evening the
whole track will be laid. The COM
pany has called in the full amount due
on the stock to pay for the material
and work. Those who have taken
stock should at once pay in, so that
the company can meet their bills
without delay.
Mr.. Ducommon will soon commence
the demolition of his building OH the
the corner of Main and Commercial
streets, to make way for a fine two
story brick structure. He has pur-
chased the adjoining lot on Com
mercial street from Mr.. Signoret, and
entire space. The house will COM
prise two store-rooms on the ground
floor and offices above.
Mr.. J. l.. Morris, one of our pioneer
merchants, left yesterday on the Sen
atOr EN- route to Germany, to his native
city, Bremen, where he will make
six months visit. A large number of
his friends assembled at the depot to
wish him God-speed ON his journey.
We have heard that he intends to
bring back better half with him, and
trust that he will not disappoint us in
this particular, as other of our Ger
man friends have, returning from the
same trip.
Amos Green, a guest at the Lafay-
cite Hotel, was yesterday attacked
with hemorrhage of the lungs, and
died last night about half-past nine
o'clock. He arrived in the city lastSun-
day from Boston, coming for the pur-
pose of restoring his shattered health,
but he had delayed too long, and only
arrived in time to die in a strange
land. The deceased was a book-keeper
by occupation, and came with letters
OF recommendation to merchants in
San Francisco, with whom he expected
to secure employment. We under
stand that he belonged to the Masons,
and his remains will doubtless be
taken charge of by that Order. \
The members of the Library Associ-
alton held a meeting at the Library
Hall last night, and elected the follow
ing named gentlemen Trustees for the
I ~ In
Council, w. J. Brodrick, H. X. w.
Bent, A. w. Potts, J. w. Hellman,
w. f. Edgar, J. p. Widney, T. w.
Temple, r. H. Dalton, s. B. Caswell,
Y. Sepulveda, H. s. Orme. The meet
ing adjourned with the request that
the Trustees, as chosen, meet tonight
at the hall to organize and elect their
respective officers. 1t is greatly de-
sired that there may be full attend
ance of the Trustees at the meeting. =
A picnic was given in the Arroyo
Seco yesterday, in honor of Mrs.
Backman, of the "Brooklyn Cottage"
by her guests. The party was COM
posed of Mr.. and Mrs. J. HI. Jones,
Mr.. and Mrs. M. H. Kimball, Judge
Wilkins, Mrs. Backman, Mr.. j. f.
Reed, and Misses Schumach, Stewart
and Wilson. The picnicers took car
riages for the grounds about 10 o'clock
in the forenoon, and after spending q
most delightful day in the sylvan
shades, returned late in the afternoon.
En- PEASANT, it is stated that but very
little jewelry was displayed on the oc-
casion; not, however, that any fears
of Vasquez were entertained, but SIM
ply because the party were all very
plain and transformations in their
tastes.
Some time ago migratory swarm
of bees, looking for location, took up
their quarters in the cornice over the
front window of Mr.. Lttlefelds
house, on Spring street. Here the
little busy bee improved each shining
hour, after the manner of the old
rhyme, and waXed exceeding prosper
Gus, but withal became q great null
sance to Mr.. Littlefeld's family. Yes
terday it was decided to remove the
unwelcome tenants, and early in the
morning gentleman of color set
about accomplishing the task. He
burned birthstone under the bees
quarters for a good half day, in the
hope Of smoking them out, but at the
end of that time found more bees than
when he commenced. Then he burned
more birthstone, and kept on burning
it until the whole place resembled the
Internal regions with the Satanic Odor
of the vile stuff; but still the bees re-
manned. Then the colored individual
| called in the assistance of plumber
and several others, but their united
efforts failed to dislodge the tenacious
occupants of the cornice. With them
it was ''to bee or not to bee"-that was
the question-and they etfectually de-
eided it in the affirmative. At last
accounts they were in full possession,
having withstood q hard days siege
with scarcely any apparent inconven-
fence. 1t is now proposed to call in
the assistance of the chain-gang, and
if that maneuvre fails, to ask the aid
of the Common Council; and as last
desperate resort, to burn the house
down. At any rate, those bees must
move on, for they are not wanted
where they are. We shall note with