Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-12-03
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The Orizaba will sail for San Diego
Friday, Dec. 4th. t. s. ....l
There is telegram at the Western
Union Office for Judge e. Every.
A meeting of the German Election
Club is called for tonight.
The Senator sailed for San Fran
cisco yesterday with thirty-nine pas
sengers. t.I
Mr.. j. H. Bland has removed his
real estate office to No. 45 Temple
Block. -.t
The Arizona will sail from San Fran
cisco for Panama on the 18th instant,
stopping at Wilmington. :
The jury in the Mcdonald murder
case returned verdict last night of
murder in the first degree with sem
tence of imprisonment for life.
The schooner Maggie johnson,
Captain Roundlett, sailed from Will
mington yesterday for San Francisco
VIA San Buenaventura for grain.
Judge O'Melveny is now taking the
action required of him by law to dedi-,
cate public land to San Juan Capis-
trano as town site. He has exam
amined the maps and surveys and is
now preparing his certificate.
Mrs. N. B. Waldron, the mother of
eur fellow-townsman Mr.. S. A. Wal
dron, and his sister-in-law, Mrs. N.
Waldron, arrived on the Ventura yes-
terday to take up their residence with
us. They come from the semi-frigid
State of Michigan, and can we'll APP
preciate the sunny December which
they find here.
The County Board OF Examination
consisting of Superintendent Peck, Mr.
Quinn, of Anaheim; Mr.. McDon aid of
Downey City, and Mr.. Warren, of
Compton, met at Good Templars' Hall
in this city yesterday. There are five
male and five female applicants for
teachers certificates. The Board will
be in session three or four days.
1t will be seen by reference to our
advertising columns that the firm of
Herberger & Johaunsen in the up
holstering and furniture business has
been dissolved. The successors of the
late firm are Jacob Johaunsen, VIM.
II. Grosser and Herman Grosser, who
will continue the business at the former
stand in the new u. S. Hotel building,
Requena street. Herberger & Johann
sen acquired fine reputation for work
in their line while they were conduct
ing their business, and the new firm
will no doubt preserve the good name
in future.
The following is a list of the passen-
gers per steamer Orizaba, which sailed
from San Francisco for Wilmington
December ID: Mrs w Williams, A F
Waterman, e G Stevson, P Fish and
wife, r S Adams, DIR j S Shorb, j ID
Cook, NJ Mathews, r Wilkes, Mrs
Francis, Miss Langenberger, Mrs ] G
Knox, Mrs NJ S Smith, sister and SER
want, l. White, A Portugal, M Simp-
son and wife, ID II Pike and wife, M
Fisher, f Alvarado, DR. Hartshorne,
wife and child, j Briggs, G Burkey,
MILAN, + Paterson, G Francis, M
Qitchie Mr. Dickerson, p Roach and
wife, Mrs G N Flanders, DR. N r Oh
iver, ID p Flanders, l. Luther, w Fl
Flanders, l Luther, w III Martin, Mrs
Ludka, Edith and Lizzie French, Mrs
M Braeker and child, III G Groper, Mr..
Scott, Mr. Mclean, l. II Scoville, Mrs
II Finney, p A Josephs, wife, father,
mother, six children and six servants,
e Davis.
DR.. Lucky informs us that an exhi-
bition will be given by the scholars of
the High and Grammar Schools at
y Turn -Verein Hall on Thursday eve
ming, Dec. 18th. The object of the en-
tertainment is to procure funds to dis
charge the Indebtedness on the phi
losophical and chemical apparatus
now in use in the High School. About
$500 worth of this apparatus has been
purchased altogether, the last Install
ment arriving yesterday from Boston.
Upon this there is an Indebtedness of
$lO0, which will no doubt be entirely
paid if the project meets with the sue.
cess it merits. We may be certain OF
very interesting entertainment, as
many Of the scholars participating
have decided ability and energy suffi-
cient to make a success OF anything
they undertake. AS an additional
merit of the affair, we are assured it
will be brief-something uncommon
for such entertainments.