Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-13
LOCAL BREvITIES.

All interesting SANTA MONICA, letter
from Lou Lewis is held over until to-
morrow.
The Los Angeles will sail for San
Francisco and way ports on Saturday,
August 18th.
A communication on the subject of
tobacco Is unavoidably crowded out of
to-day's issue, but will appear to-mor-
row.
The sloop Ned Beale will sail for
Santa Catalina to-day, with a number
of families on board for three weeks
excursion.
The Orizaba will leave for San
Diego on Friday, August 14th, and re-
turning sail for San Francisco on Sun
day, August 10th.
Have your prescriptions put up by
DR.. P. w. Dooner, at the Lafayette
drug store. The purest of drugs and
medicines only are sold there.
Los Angeles street came very nearly
up the Biblical promise, Yesterday, in
flowing with milk and honey. A
milkman's horse ran away and did it.
The Los Angeles Guards have been
accepted as part of the State Militia,
and will be allowed their expenses for
armory, etc., after the first of Septem-
ber.
J. d. Connor, at the Commercial
Restaurant, has q lot of household,
goods, a fire-proof safe and large
meat chest which he wishes to dispose
of cheap for cash. See advertise
ment.
Mr.. o. HI. Bliss has purchased the
old Rowland homestead property, on
San Pedro street, opposite the Wolf
skill place. 1t is a splendid piece Of
property, and could not have cost the
new purchaser much less than $780,
600.
The chances in Joe Breson's rattle
for that elegant diamond ring have
all been taken, and now all remaining
to be done is to decide who is the
lucky man. Next Saturday evening
is the time set for the throwing of the
dice.
The attention of our readers is di-
rected to the advertisement of Messrs.
L. Simon & Co., appearing this morn
ing. This firm, whose place Of busi-
ness Is In Signoret's building, on Main
street, deals largely in wines and liq-
uors for domestic purposes, and makes
a speciality Of manufacturing all kinds
of syrups for the trade.
The Parker Oil and Lead Compan
will hold a meeting tomorrow even
ing, at the office of Judge O'Melveney.
The company has located claim in
the San Fernando oil region, and has
already commenced operations upon
it. The object of the meeting to-mor-
row evening Is to consider the proper
steps to be taken in making further
improvements.
Mr.. E. G. Phelps died in this city Of
heart disease, yesterday morning, at
half-past 8 o'clock. MIR. Phelps has
been resident of Los Angeles for six
years past, and was we'll and favorahly
known, both in his business and social
relations. Los Angeles Lodge No. AZ,
f. & A. NJ, Of which he was men,
bar, will meet at their hall this morn
ing at o'clock to attend the funeral
of their late departed brother.
We yesterday sew some fine speci-
mems of silver ore taken from the
Sapato mine in San Gabriel Canon,
about twenty-five miles from the city.
The rock Is partially decomposed
quartz, easily worked, and assays
sixty dollars to the ton. 1t comes
from ledge four feet wide, contain
ing an immense body of ore. The
mine is the property Of the Lazard
brothers, and, we understand that
they will soon erect mill there to ex-
tract the ore.
A private letter from Senator
Maclay says that the deeds for the
San Fernando property will be made
out in thirty-five or forty days, and
and purchasers will please govern
themselves accordingly. Travel and
freight Is increasing in the new town
daily, and number of houses are in
course of erection. They will soon
have bakery, livery stable, shoe
maker and tailor shop, petroleum re-
finery, olive oil factory, two lime
kilns, and a brickyard. Good for
san Fernando
The following is the list of passen-
gers per steamer Orizaba, which sailed
from San Francisco yesterday for San
Pedro: F. Machado, F. Alvarado, G.
Y. Wood, wife and child; Mrs. Col.
Kewen, Miss Stewart, Mrs. G. A.
Thorne, Miss Stoneman, Agnes Nc
Fadden, Lucy Porter, j. E. Ellis, H.
G. Covert, c. w. Rose, Henry Law,
III. B. Hunt, Mrs. J. A. Morse and
daughters, f. M. Morgan, B. ID. Will
sen, b. G. Whiting, Miss Nina Rose,
Miss Clements, Miss Titus, f. w.
Kohl, Otto Kohl, Henry Koll. Mrs.
Kraw, Mrs. J. Gonzales, f. Pedrena,
o. w. Parker, J. u. Townsend and
wife, E. w. Reynolds, G. G. Blakely,
r. Davis, 8. Mullen, W. McCobb.
About IL o'clock Tuesday night one
Edward Moore made an entrance into
Judge O'Melveney's yard in the rear
of his house, and amused himself by
firing his revolver into small build
ing in which the Judges Chinese
servant was sleeping. Two balls went
through the side of the house and two
through a window on the east side,
but fortunately none of them did
anv serious harm. Officer Harris was
called in to investigate the matter,
and succeeded in tracing up the per-
petrator of the outrage and placing
him under arrest On his way to Jail,