Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-09-29

A party of Mexicans, consisting of
Seilors Valencia, Mendez and few
others, favored Sonora with little
serenade last Sunday evening. Ofli-
GERS Blddrrain and Sands happened
around, and not having ears for mu-
sic, took the serenaders in charge and
logged them for the night in the mu-
nicipal cooler. Yesterday they aug
mented the General Fund To the eX-
tent of 50 so each.
A Chinaman who was driving a
light wagon on Fort street yesterday,
collided with heavy truck driven by
a man known as Glance" In the
general smash the Chinaman's horse
and vehicle were upset, and the unfor-
tunate Celestial fell upon his head
and broke his neck. Lance gave
himself up to the authorities, but
seems to he eXOnerated from all
blame.
A homicide occurred last Saturday
night at fandango held at the Rim
con. 1t seems that two Mexican
sheep-herders got into dispute on
the floor, when one of them drew u
pistol and fired at the other, killing
him. The murderer danced once or
twice after the deed then made his es-
cape. The names of both parties are
unknown. An inquest was held on
the murdered man yesterday morn
ing.
Attentiontion is directed to the card
of Professor Louis Adams which ap-
pears under the head OF new adver-
tisements this morning. The Pro-
fessor desires to form class for the
study of French and will also furnish
private instruction where desired. He
has been engaged exclusively in
teaching the French language for the
past fifteen years and is eminently
qualified to furnish the very best in
struction as numerous testimonials
brought from Eastern colleges will
testify.
Passing up Temple street the other
day, we saw at the intersection of
Olive street some twenty-five or thirty
men at work with wheelbarrow, pick
aud shovel, moving the earth from a
cut in Temple street and filling deep
gulch which cut Olive street. When
the task of this little army of men Is
completed, Olive street will intersect
Temple street on a horizontal line,
thus making level thoroughfare. The
men and tools engaged In this work
must cost some one at least 500 per
day, and on inquiring who that some
one was, we were told that it was Mr..
Beaudry. For the most part, Mr..
Beaudry is doing this work in front Of
his own property, but he is adding
thousands of dollars to the assessable
property of the city.
The Justice Courts were kept unus-
ually busy with criminal matters yes
terday. Justice Trafford heard the
complaint of VIM. J. Myers against
Tiburcio Gonzales for threatening to
take his life with o knife and by hang
ing with q rope. A warrant was also
issued on complaint of Mr.. Y. Ponet
against Geo. Baker for disturbing the
peace of f.. Gay and family at fUne-
raj. Justice Gray also adjusted sew
eral little matters which required ju-
dcial attention. Patrick Mcguire was
arraigned for firing n pistol at James
German at the Overland Corral. He
waived an examination and gave
bonds to appear before the Grand
Jury. Chas. Miller assaulted and bat
tered Mr.. John George Prediger, n
French professorof the cuisine art and
furthermore threatened his life. War
rants were issued on two complaints
against the quarrelsome Miller and
the officers were looking for him at
last accounts. g..