Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-09-19
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The Orizaba sails for San Fracisco
to-day.
The Kalorama will leave for upper
ports tomorrow.
The Important will be closed on
Monday Sept. 2lst.
Read the advertisement "Live and
let live"
Chamberlin & Bancroft advertise a
band of sheep to exchange for farm.
Heavy fires are reported in the
montains at the mouth of San Gabriel
Cafion.
The reservoir of the Orange Grove
Association is now completed and in
working order.
Mr.. Piepenberg and band will give a
concert and ball at Washington Gar
dens next Sunday.
Professor Cain is soon to deliver a
lecture in San Francisco. Some men
are born great.
Crofutts Western World informs
"E. w. g." of Los Angeles that
Lone Star of the West" will not do
and advises new trial.
Mr.. Reynolds has gone to Holcomb
valley with party, and will remain
there some two months, surveying
mining claims.
Mendel Meyer leaves for San Fran
cisco to-day, to purchase another lot of
nnnAo TNroIn liualxy in, h,,
Exposition Store.
John Brown, who stole lot of hides
in Wilmington some time since, was
convicted of grand larceny in the
County Court yestesday. He will re-
ceive his sentence next Monday.
1t will be remembered that Mr..
Kaisers grand gift entertainment
comes off to-day, when he will distrib-
ute forty of the elegant paintings in
his collection. Four hundred tickets
are issued, at five dollars each.
Mr.. V. Chevallier has opened drug
store in Signoret's new building on
Main street, nearly opposite the Pico
House, and will shortly have on hand
one of the finest stocks of drugs and
medicines in the city
and Requena streets, are closing out
their fine stock of dry goods and offer
ing some of the best bargains of the
season. Call and examine goods and
prices.
Grape raisers are beginning to har-
vest their crop now, preparatory to
manufacturing them into wine and
spirits. Mr.. Tarbox will commence
distilling brandy about the fifth of
October
r. Slaney, corner of Commercial
and Los Angeles streets, is closing out
his immense stock of boots and shoes
ut sacrifice. 1t was doubtless some
such bargains as these that Solomon
referred to when he said, "Wisdom is a
very good thing to have, my boy; get
wisdom; but with all your wisdom get
understanding" Slaney's is the place
to get your understanding"
Rev. John Francis of San Francisco,
will hold an open-air service on the
square near Temple Block on Sunday
morning at half past ten o'clock, and
with his assistant Lee Key will hold
a meeting in the Chinese quarters on
Los Angeles street at l O'clock p. NJ.
Mr.. Francis will also preach at 3 p. NJ.
at the new German church. Spring
street between Third and Fourth, on
Missionary enterprise. Seats free
The public are cordially invited. We
understand that the Baptist Church
will hold service at that place at 3
p. NJ.
The San Bernardino argus of the
18th says: "Senator Stewart was in
town yesterday, looking after the in
terests of his company. He returned
to Spadra, and will this morning start
from the latter place, III company
with Senator Jones and his brother,
HI. A. Jones, for the Panamint mines.
Barney Carter will accompany the
party, and look after the stations
along the road. The road will be i'm
mediately repaired and put in first
class order, some three hundred Chi
namen having been employed for that
purpose. Some of the freight has al
ready started from Spadra, and rs fast
as teams can be procured they will be
put to work.
Some time ago Capt. Goodall and
DR.. O'Farrell, both of Goodall, Nelson
& Perkins Steamship line, spent few
days admiring the beauties of Los An
geles. One Sunday morning the DR..
seated himself on q boot-black stand
for the purpose of having his calf-skins
polished. The work was well and
speedily done and the DR.. handed the
''intelligent contraband' two bits,
which he slipped into the seat pocket
of his pants. After while the DR..
enquired, kind o. careless like about
his change. "Nuthin' cummin', sab;
nuthin' cummin' sab. It's Sunday,
sab, and charges one bit for shinin'
OBJ your boots, and one bit for desc
Grafton de Lod's day, sah." DIR.
O'Farrell saw the point bnt never saw
his change.