Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-08-12
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The Schoolmoster for this week is
readable production.
Gen. Volney e. Howard speaks in
front of Temple block, tonight.
The five new school houses are COM
pleted and occupied.
The Improved Order of Red Men
meet every Tuesday evening.
The Winston mine, in San Gabriel
Canon, is attracting the attention of
Mr.. George B. Davis leaves this
morning for Santa Monica to try old
Neptune awhile.
Remember the auction sale at the
town of Cotton on Wednesday, the
18th inst, at IL M.
Major Sacriste is rejoicing in the
advent of son, who is now five.days
old.
The railroad will soon reach Orange,
the surveyors having crossed the Santa
Ana river.
The City of Panama will lie at Santa
Monica few days discharging her
cargo of railroad iron.
Mr.. Reynolds now runs two stages
to Santa Monica. They leave the st.
Charles Hotel at 7:30 A. NJ. and z. NJ.
The social of the Fort street M. E.
Church was held at the residence of
Mr.. J. w. Gillette, on Temple street.
The Bee Keepers Associotion will
hold a regular meeting at Leck's Hall,
Saturday, August 2lst., at one o'clock.
The Fifth Annual Fair of the South
ern District Agricultural Society
commences Monday, December ODD,
1875, and lasts six days.
We are in receipt of an invitation to
the wedding of Miss Sarah Goldstein
and Mr.. Adolph Cohn, next Sunday
at the Synagogue.
The steamer City of Panama, of the
P. M. S. S. line, arrived at Santa
Monica yesterday at noon with six
hundred tons of iron for the Independ-
ence Railroad.
The party of railroad magnates now
in the city have private conveyances
and will take trip to Arizona. They
are on an observing tour as far as
Yuma.
On Tuesday night at Anaheim a
barn belonging to Mr.. Boeg was de-
stroyed by fire about 1890. Two val
liable horses belonging to Mr.. Dreso-
um were burned.
The steamer Senator leaves to-day
for San Francisco. The 1915 A. NJ,
train will carry her passengers to San
Pedro, and the 2:30 p. NJ, stages will
reach her at Santa Monica.
We regret to announce the death of
Mrs. L. A. Lee, on the 4th instant, at
the residence of Mr.. Charles Meacham,
at Cornucopia, New, of brain fever
The deceased leaves two children, who
ale now IN Los Angeles.
A. H. Judson, week ago, was sur
prised by an addition to his family in
the shape of healthy boy. He has
been so interested in his acquisition
that he forgot to inform the papers,
but we cannot let these little episodes
pass without the usual notice.
The Fort Street M. E. Church will
give concert tomorrow night for
the benefit of the organ fund of the
Church. Their new church edifice is
one of the finest in Southern Califor-
MIA and the members are desirons of
obtaining first class pipe organ, and
in this we think they will receive the
assistance of the entire community.
Yesterday Los Angeles was honored
with the arrival of a number of Rail-
road visitors, among the number, Mr..
e. P. Huntington, President of the
Southern Pacific Railroad; Mr.. Chas.
Crocker, Vice-President of the Pacific
Railroad; Mr.. Gray, attorney at large
for the Central Pacific, and Gen. B. B.
Redding, Land agent of the same
road. These gentlemen will be warm
ly welcomed.
We had call yesterday from Mr.. H.
A. Robertson, of Denver, Col, for the
past three years Chief of the Colorado
detectives. Mr.. Robertson has had
great experience in police business,
having been for four years City Mar
shal of Leavenworth, Kansas, and be-
ing instrumental in the arrest of some
of the principal criminals in the west.
He Will remain here few days.
The Schoolmdster says: "The Uni
versity opened on Monday. Messrs.
Henry O'Melveny and Henry Leck
will enter. If their record for schol-
arship and department is equal to
what it was in the Los Angeles High
School, they will become scholars and
men of whom the University and the
State may be proud. This city will
be worthily represented by Benjamin,
Nichols, OMelveny and Leck. Sue
cess to you, boys"
Professor Saxon closed his school at
the Ballona yesterday for a short va
cation. A number of visitors were
present to witness the closing exer-
cises and all seemed we'll pleased with
the efficiency displayed by the schol-
ars in their several branches. We re-
gret that we were unable to accept an
invitation to be present and afterward
partake Of fine dinner served by the
Professor to his friends.
Mr.. H. T. Payne, photographer of
this city is collecting a panorama of
everything relating to Southern Cali