Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-11-25
LOCAL ISIeEVITIEsS. L.

lIlc - L. -. W - nave RECEPTION
tonight.
Hon. J. Ross Browne, cx-Ministcr
to China, is in the city.
Mr.. ]. w. Duncan, the builder of
our State University, is in the city,
stopping at the Pico House.
We are glad to welcome Mr.. S. G.
Hubbell back again after his extended
trip East
Officer Carpenter had an interesting
time in escorting n drunk and disor-
derby down to tho cooler last night
and created quite n stir on Spring
street.
The sailing of the Orizaba for Santa
Barbara and San Francisco, has been
postponed until to morrow. The
steamer train will leave the depot at
1915 A. NJ.
In our remarks about the Forest
Grove Company" in Sundays issue,
we made slight mistake in the
name of the Directors: s. Haley, in
stead of S. Hawley, and j. +. Ward,
instead of J. l.. Ward.
Another call has been made for q
meeting of the Chamber of Commerce
on next Monday evening to elect a
new Board of Directors. We hope this
effort will prove more successful than
The last.
Our friend Haverstick, of the U. S.
Land Office, is gushing over with
t-inll,, ,nl pI oil mani nd
and at the same time is rs proud as
boy with two-bladed pen-knife. 1t
is Il girl.
A horse broke loose from Donohue's
stable yesterday and rushing out upon
the street, ran into hack driven by
came frightened at this and broke
away from the vehicle, taking the
pole down the street with them. Mr..
Hewitt was thrown from the hack and
received some severe in uricS.
Mr.. j. w. Potts returned to the city
Monday from San Francisco, where
he had been in attendance at the
State Temperance Convention rs a
representative of the temperance peo-
pic in Los Angeles. Mr.. Potts reports
is6 l6's sayjs js4f Chat t. there tthha efGsa"@RtIesprdaG fs
interest manifested in the upper
country in regard to Los Angeles and
the southern part OF the State.
We regret to learn that Arthur
Lucky, son of DR.. w. I. Lucky, met
with severe accident at the Mirror
office yesterday. While feeding press,
three fingers of his right hand
were caught in the machinery and the
flesh mashed almost to a jelly. 1t is
hoped that the bones arc not injured,
however, and that ampUtation Will
not be necessary. At best, the injury
will prove most painful and will re-
quire Il long time to heal.
If you have not secured your ticket
for the Fircmcn's ball, do so ut once.
We hope the boys will have Il rousing
benefit and secure enough funds to
purchase their much needed four
wheeled hOse-carriage. Piepenberg's
band will furnish music for the occa-
sion and Mrs. Slearie will preside
over the banquet. The affair comes
off ut Turn -Vercin Hall tomorrow
night.
Rev. II. RI. Messenger brought to
our sanctum yesterday a number of
bananas which were grown in the
open air on his place near the San
Gabriel Mission. The bulbs from
which the banana stalks sprung were
brought from the Sandwich Islands
about twenty-five months ago. In
eighteen months from the planting of
the bulbs, the stalks blossomed and in
three months longer the fruit matur-
ed. Fifteen bananas were borne upon
the bunch. They were small, but
equal in flavor to any which we have
ever tasted From the new bulbs,
which will grow from the old ones
this year, Mr.. Messenger expects to
procure much finer fruit. He thinks
that the raising of bananas can be
successfully prosecuted here and that
without any unnatural protection for
the plants. He have had much exper-
ienco in tropical climates, and we con-
slider his opinion on this subject very
trustworthy. Howeverhe thinks that
the Florida banana is much better
adapted to our soil and climate than
any other.