Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-12
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The Mohongo will sail for San Diego
tomorrow.
a good wood engraver can find en-
ployment by calling at the HERALD
office.
The Kalorama is expected to arrive
this morning and sail to-day for San
Diego.
The Santa Barbara people are get
ting at the root of the matter in the
LEGAL Option law. They take it in
root beer.
We would direct attention to the
advertisement sof the Eagle Mills,
which appears in the HERALD this
morning.
A friend reports that much excite
ment exists in Gallatin in reference to
the approaching election under the
Local Option law.
Mr.. A. J. Bowman has just finished
boring an artesian well on Mr.. Prices
place, abount six miles south of the
city. He bored to the depth of seven
ty feet and secured fine flow of
water.
The city authorities expect to file
their necessary bonds in court tor
row and secure an injunction on the
proprietors of the Los Feliz Ranch, to
prevent them from using water from
the woolen mill ditch.
Several gentlemen from San Fran
SEQ are in our city buying sheep.
They bargained for five thousand last
week, and will conclude the purchase
nf n lo r.ra bor ~ Iof l. -.
The gentlemen propose to keep the
sheep in this county.
1t is suggested that an anvil be
planted at the corner of each street
prmed and ready to fire off when it is
necessary to hail the street-car driver.
That individual is somewhat inclined
to turn deaf ear to the sound of the
human voice when luckless pedes-
trian wishes to stop the car.
Jose Lopez gave his friend, Fernando
Dominguez, fifty dollar gold-note to
change, and only got back ten dollars
at the time. When he called for the
remaining forty, it was not forthcom-
ing-Dominguez had suspended-and
now Lopez wants Justice Gray to
make the delinquent turn over his
embezzled funds. The case will come
off Monday morning at 10 o'clock
Edmund Doak, at No. l Spring
street, has the agency of the old and
tried Wheeler & Wilson sewing ma
chine, with all Of its latest improve
ments. He also keeps on hand all the
extras and attachments belonging to
sewing machines, such as tuck mark
ers, binders, ruffiers, hemmers, rip
pers, needles, oil, etc. Also, all colOrs
of sewing machine silk and spool cot
tOn-the best in the market.
Il. German, at the Los Angeles
Fruit and Poultry Market, Main
street, keeps constantly on hand fine
supply of game, poultry, dairy pro-
duce, groceries, provisions, fruits,
nuts, vegetables, etc. Everything in
the establishment is warranted to be
of the best quality which the market
affords, and sold at the lowest prices
current. Call on Germain, when your
commissary needs replenishing.
Mr.. J. A. Bell yesterday sent seven
sacks of sample ore taken from his
new mines, north of the city, to
Thomas H. Selby, of San Francisco,
for thorough assay. Mr.. Bell has
sunk shaft. to the depth of thirty
feet, in his May Queen Mine and
undS JlcllNilu bOuy Vi UudIi IOCh
which he thinks improves in richness
as it descends. We understand that
the company owning the mines will
be prepared to issue stock and
place it upon the market as soon as
the true value of the discoveries be-
comes known.
The passenger list of the Mohongo,
which sailed from San Francisco yes
terday for San Pedro, is as follows:
M. Regain and child, A. Dougherty,
w. Fl. Menzee, Mrs. Murray, Mrs.
Jacks, w. F. Hubbard G. G. Uhar
A. r. De la Questa, i. De la Questa,
e. Stone, Il. III. Weeks, /. w. Temple,
IT. Sharp, J. Shattuck, Mrs. C. Dob
son, Miss Sarah Clark, Henry Daw-
son, A. b. MeLain and wife, B. Breen
and family, +. l.. Smell, J. l.. Lanker-
shin, H. De Cells, Mrs Mary A. Har-
mon, NJ. Abererombie, a. Lout, Jas.
Torrey, S. Merrill and family, X. w.
Smart, ID. Roberts, Charles Wheeler,
w. Hellmith.
BY a proclamation published this
morning in our advertising columns,
it will be seen that an election ac-
cording to tho provisions of the Local
Option law will be held i'm the town
ship of Los NietOs and township of
Wilmington in Compton and Will
mington precincts, on Thursday, the
9Th of August next. The vote will be
for" Liquor License" or "NO Liquor
License" The officers of the election
and the location OF the polls are desig
mated as follows: Los Nietos Election
Precinct, at school house; E. III. Boyd,
Inspector; Jas. King and Jeff. Beck,
judges. Silver Election Precinct. at
4. 41rs
w. p. Mcdonald and Henry Hammer
ton, Judges. Compton Election Pre-
cnct, at school house; G. ID. Compton,
Inspector; j. e. McComas and RObt.
Orr, Judges. Wilmington Election
Precinct, for the incorporated town of
Wilmington, at school house; II.
Vanvalkenberg, Inspector; G.. j.
Keyes and ID. w. Alexah der, Judges.