Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-12-08
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Tuston city is to have ball on
Christmas eve.
The Main street sewer has reached
point opposite the Backman House
and will soon be completed.
Stackpole, the .je Weller, has returned
from San Francisco with q large stock
of novelties.
Gold closed yesterday afternoon at
144 per cent. premium. Currency sold
here at SG a. 81.
Business was resumed yesterday
with increased vigor, and there will
be no more politics for q year.
DR.. Mckee has changed his resi-
dence to the corner of Third and Hill
streets.
DR.. VIM. Hobbs of this city will
visit Spadra on Sunday, the 18th inst. ),
and preach in the morning and lect-
ure on Temperance in the evening.
Mr.. Richard Stokes has taken n
place in the San Pedro street depot as
an attache of the l. A & | II II. He
will make q popular railroad man.
Los Angeles Lodge M. 35 I. o. o. +.
meets, in regular session this evening
at Odd Fellows Hall. at 7:30 O'clock.
A full attendance is required.
Father Buchard lectures tonight on
total abstinence and branch of the
Catholic Total Abstinence Union will
be formed.
Real estate in the vicinity of the
Backman House has taken rise re-
Gently and is now ten feet Gn places
above par.
The police shoult. arrest the vagrant
Indians who are to be found dead
drunk on Alameda street at almost
any hour of the day or night
Mr.. John A. Kimball, one of the
early editors on the HERALD, paid us
q pleasant visit last evening. He is
now engaged in ranching, out near
the Indiana Colony.
We are indebted to DR.. A. B. Sloan
of Kansas City, NO., for late copies of
st. Leuis papers containing full ac-
counts of the st. Louis Railroad Con-
vention.
The Episcopal church as testimo-
NAL of the vestry to Miss Florida
Nichols for her valuable choir services
gave her a wedding present of a rich
silver service. 1t was q deserved tr-
butte.
Los Angeles Lodge, No. AZ F. & A.
NJ, have elected the following officers
for the ensuing term: S. {. Foy, w.
NJ, reelected; M. Michaeles, S. w.;
J. +. Jackson, J. W.; S. Meyer, Treas,
re-elected; Charles Smith, Secretary,
re elected.
Mr.. Leslie F. Gay, who is believed
to be in Los Angeles City, is required
for the purpose of proving an import
ant will. County Clerk Potts will
give him all the Information, if Mr..
Gay will make himself known at our
Court House.
Mr.. H. H. Tuttle, agent for "MarlI
Twain's Sketches, New aud Old" in
forms us that he has taken nearly
fifty subscribers anu he is not half
through. We are glad to see this ap-
probation Of the new book and hope
the work of subscribing will he con-
tinued literally.
In another column will be found the
expected announcement Of the mar
riage of Mr.. John S. Carr and Miss
Florida Nichols. The HERALD ex-
tends its best wishes i'm the hope that
the lives of Mr.. and Mrs. Carr may be
an exemplitication of connubial bliss
that will tempt others to matrimony.
H. Newbauer, the we'll known furni-
ture dealer, has determined. on ac-
count of i'll health, to close out his
large and extensive st ock of furniture,
bedding and wall paper at San Fran
cisco prices. The stock must be sold
by Janua ry first and we recommend
q call on Mr.. Newbauer for bargains,
This is o bona fide sale and great bar
gains are 011ered.
Father Buchard is making q move
in the right direction to preserve the
good results Of his mission among our
Catholic fellow citizens. He will lee
ture this evening OH "Total Absti-
nence," and after the lecture admins
ter the pledge to all who wish to sup
port the good cause. All Catholics in
this city should show their apprecia-
ton of Father Buchard's christian
zeal by being present at his lecture
this evening.
We had the pleasure Of an interview
yesterday with Mr.. Allen, husband OF
Mrs. Allen, whose name has been con-
nected with d. J. Dingman, in unen-
viable notoriety, and he requests a
public suspension of judgment. Yes
| terday we presented Mrs. Dingman' s
side of the story and if there is any
other side we will gladly publish it,
but would suggest that a rehearsing OF
| these social troubles only makes bad
thing worse.
Attention is directed to the adver-
tisement of VIM. Slaney, 100 M ain
street, the we'll known dealer in boots
and shoes. The reputation attained
by Mr.. VIM. Slaney, through his fail
dealing, is one of which any merchant
would be proud and we are pleased to
note his continued prosperity. He
has q special sale of the most approved
makes of New York, Philadelphia