Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-01-27

The District Court meets next Mon
day.
The Good Templars.held their regu-
lar monthly degree meeting last night.
The stock of the Grange Corpora
tive Association is being rapidly taken.
Another good house greeted little
Mac and tide Minstrels last night.
The bark Hesperian sailed from Will
mington in ballast on Saturday.
Another Congregational Church has
been organized in Los Angeles.
Mr.. James Brady, of the Cerro
GordO mines, is stopping at the CLAIR
endon.
Yesterday, two teams left for San
Bernardina, one for Lone Pine and one
for Spadra.
The Library petition is receiving
the signatures of many of our heav-
est Taxpayers.
Carey, the driving nursery man of
this city, is sending trees to all parts
of the State.
DR.. Haskell, an eloquent and effec-
tive laborer in the field of temperance,
will lecture at the Methodist Church,
next Friday, Saturday and Sunday,
beginning at I p. NJ. 1t is his inten-
ton to form "Band of Hope"
The Pacific Mail Steamer Pacific,
which leaves San Francisco to-day,
carries freight to San Pedro at the ex
ceedingly low rate of 81 SO per ton.
The Little Mac Wallace Troupe will
give one more performance tonight
perhaps the last of the series. a COM
plete change Of programme is an
nOunced, and a jolly time may be ex-
pected.
The railroad bridge across the San
Gabriel is being repaired. They in
tend making it stick this time.
DR.. A. G. Browning and DR.. Griffin,
of Providence, Rhode Island, are en-
joying the Inequalities of the Claren-
don.
At the Western Union Telegraph Of
flee are kilograms for VIM. RaynOr,
care of j. G.. Denman; p. DOmee or II.
l.. M. Chipley; and for w. M. Will
liams.
Roll of Honor of the Boys Inter-
mediate School for the month, ending
January %, 1S74-Eddie Gerson, Don
aid Johnson, Leopold Fleishman, Ably
Newbauer, Freddie Stanford, James
Hartnell, Otto Stassforth Julie A.
Fisk, Teacher.
Col. J. G. Howard will lecture at
the Merced Theatre, on Saturday
night, under the auspices of the Lib
rary Committee. The subject selected
is, Something about the Times"
and the Colonel will handle it so as to
entertain his audience.
An old horse, with an older cart at
tached, got loose near the depot last
evening and ran, at lively pace. up
Commercial street, creating a rafting
generally. He had clear course UNI
til handsomely stopped near Ducom-
mons corner. No damage.
The Rev. DIR. Kitchell delivered an
other very able sermon at the COngre-
gational Church on Sunday morning.
We were pleased to see such large
number present, and to note general
increase in the number of church
goers in our city. This is as it should
be; a city of the population and pre-
tensions of Los Angeles should have
at least half dozen elegant churches,
well aUUouueu anu llIlcIl Will cloIucHt
expositors Of the gospel.
Sunday evening, quite q pleasant
little surprise party was had at Mr..
Pages house, on Los Angeles street,
the occasion being the 18th birthday
of Miss Mary Jane Page, Mr.. ,P.'s old
est daughter. The party was an inn
promptu affair gotten up by the nu-
merous friends of the young lady.
Little Mac' got wind of it in some
way, and provided the fun for the Oc-
casion. At an early hour the party
dishanded, all feeling happy overtheir
evenings amusement.
A grand concert, for the benefit of
the Library, is on the tapis, and If
everything goes off favorably, will be
given in about three weeks. 1t will
be under the management of ID. w. &.
Nestled, assisted by our best and most
talented musicians. We bespeak for
this laudable enterprise the most earn
est good will of all our citizens. Be-
side affording first-class entertain
ment, and contributing to elevate the
musical taste of our citizens, the cause
it is intended to assist is one that
should receive the hearty support of
the whole city.
Everett Chamberlain, formerly of
the Chicago Tribune and late of the
Times, made us friendly call last
evening. Mr.. Chamberlain is en-
phatically one of the driving and ire
pressible men that have helped to
make Chicago famous all over the
world, but like most Chicago men, he
has worked himself half to death, and
comes to Los Angeles to renew his
hold on life. We are glad to welcome
such an earnest, cultivated and enthu-
siastic journalist to our city, and hope
he may become so enamoured with its
lovely climate as to remain perma-
nently.
Tomorrow night, at the Fort Street
M. 4. Church, there will be an "ElO-
cutionary Entertainment" by }. ID.
White, Esq, given under the auspices
of Merrill Lodge of Good Templars.
Mr.. White is said to be possessed OF
rare powers as an elOcutiOnist and de-
lineator of character. His recitations
are from the works of some of the most
popular authors Of the day, embracing
the comic and pathetic. Mr.. w, will
also give descriptive account OF the
Yellow Stone Canon, and the Terrific
ries through which he recently trav'
eled, which will doubtless be very In
teresting. The Sacramento Union Of
the 18th speaks very flatteringly OF
the entertainment given by Mr.. White
at Sacramento,