Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-09-16

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and bales of hides from Heller; 225
joints of artesian pipe to Norwalk
and Anaheim.
Lieut.. Clinton B. Sears, U. S. Engin-
GERS, left yesterday for Boston to report
to General Benham, where he will
probably be put on active duty in that
harbor. Lieut.. Sears made many
friends during his stay here, and car
ries with him their best wishes for his
future prosperity.
Mr.. Dillon, of the firm of Dillon &
Keneally, left yesterday for San Fran
cisco, to replenish their stock of goods.
We are pleased to note the prosperity
of this we'll known dry goods firm,
from New York, as well as San Fran
cisco.
San Bernardino had q novel funeral
the other day. A vagrant squaw died
suddenly, and some of her friends got
her a white dress in which she was
carefully placed, hole was dug, and,
without coffin, she was dropped in and
covered; other vagrant squaws in the
eantime singing death song and
dancing around the grave.
! Not over dozen checks a day are
presented at the places designated by
our banks, and no anxiety is mani
tested In any quarter regarding the
present condition of affairs. The i'm
preston is general that both banks
will open in few days, when bust.
ness will go on as if nothing had hap
pened.
A riderless gray horse created con-
siderable CONSERVATION on Fort street,
last evening, about seven o'clock. He
had turned saddle on him, and be-
tween Third and Fourth street took
the side walk, pedestrians giving him
the right of way. He was captured
shortly after, having done no damage.
The excavation for the Main street
sewer has reached a point where the
removal of the side track of the Main
street & Agricultural Park railroad be-
comes a necessity. 1t will require two
days to complete the sewer past this
point and relay the side track. Dur
ing this time but two cars will be run
over the road, making two trips per
hour instead of the usual three.
The vote of Los Angeles is no criter-
ion of our population, as hundreds of
new corners, owing to their short resi-
dence, were not entitled to votes. In
this office several of the employees lost
their votes on this account, and we
know of scores of new settlers Of our
immediate acquaintance who were not
entitled to vote at this election. The
real vote o. Los Angeles county Is
about 5000, and the vote of the city
approximates 5000.
The classes of Mrs. Dubois, Miss
[ Lucky, Miss Scott and Miss Rodgers,
being overcrowded, the Board of Ed
ucation has decided to divide these
classes into two divisions, and admit
one division from A. NJ. to II NJ, and
the other from l to 1 p. NJ. By this
arrangement each pupil receives fifty
per cent more attention than by the
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| this method fair trial before con-
demning it. 1t has worked itself into
popular favor wherever 1t has been
tried.
A traveller who disputed a nights
lodging at the st. Charles Hotel the
other day, left sixteen pen-holders,
two quires ofpaper and four ink-bottles
in his room. His correspondence was
supposed to be quite extensive, but it
is now suspected that he was poet, as
he left several passionate odes address
ed to q member of the demi-mOnde,
who recently distinguished herself by
marrying q professional gentleman.
One of his lOve-sick ditties COM
menced:
Oh! fallen one, Obi frail but fair,
| I'll meet thee on the golden STAIR
Gehring when he found this suppos-
ed the man had committed suicide, but
an active search on the roof ard in the
cellar dissipated that idea. He is now
known to have walked out of town
and is probably in search of George w.
Childs of the Philadelphia Ledger
who, at last accounts, needed an obitu-
ary editor.
1t was sad! A woman, too; and a
member of one of the Oldest families
of Los Angeles. Drunk and disorder
ly was the charge, aggravated by the
fact that she had become so debased
as to lie around in the vineyards
and the classic precincts of Sonora, in
the most shameless manner. What
are pride of caste and ancient name
after such spectacle? All the self
respect of woman lost, and all the
glamour of an ancient name and
proud lineage brought into the gutter
by the raging demon drink. In the
presence of gaping crowd she revil-
ed the policemen; she cursed them in
maudlin tones, totally lost to virtue
and forgetful of shame. Similar spec
tacles are only too common, and un-
fortunately they generally belong to
the oldest families in our midst, and we
fear their reform is hopeless. We are
not preaching a temperance lecture,
but only give expression to our pent
| up feelings, as we saw drunken,
blear-syed squaw dumped from the
hand-cart this morning at two o'clock,
in front of the Jail. Where are Grants
Indian agents? Where, oh! where is
the good old Indian Commissioner,
Smith?