Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-03-30
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Vivian tonight.

last night, taking l30 passengers.
Many of our Winter guests are TAX
ing wing for the North and East.
Mrs. E. f. Hewitt and daughter left
for San Francisco yesterday for short
visit.
Be sure and put a two-cent stamp
on all papers that you mail after the
lst of April.
Thirty pipes of wine were shipped
from the depot yesterday by Don Ma
teo Keller.
The steamer Pacific is due this
morning, with 100 passengers and 400
tons of freight.
The schooner Tanner arrived at
Santa Monica yesterday with material
for the new wharf.
The ball of the st. Patrick's Benev-
Olent Society at Stearns' Hall last
night was magnilicenta affair and one
of the finest ever held in Los Angeles.
Owing to u press of advertising
matter, we are compelled to issue a
supplement this morning, filled with
the august edicts Of the City Dads.
We learn by the San Bernardino
Guardian that Messrs. Fisher &
Thatcher propose to start branch
jewelry establishment in that place.
Judge McNealy of San Diego pre-
sided in part of the session of the
District Court yesterday and will re-
sumo the duties again to-day.
ssiA shooting affray occurred in a res
taurant on Los Angeles street Sunday
night, between a waiter and the pro-
prietor of the establishment. Nobody
hurt.
The Vivian Troupe give their fare
we'll performance at Merced Theatre
tonight. The whole company will
appear in the bill, and there will be
grand time generally. Go.
Lively times were experienced in
Wilmington Sunday evening. An
informant said that there were "about
seventeen rOws,n which means, We
suppose, at least one big one.
Preparations are making for the
erection of a large two-story brick
building on the site of the American
Bakery, corner of Main and First
streets.
The Los Angeles Immigration and
Land Cooperative Association have
applied to Mr.. Alden, of Anaheim, to
purchase another tract of 1000 acres
adjoining their Artesia Colony.
A strong wind prevailed yesterday
and made the day one of the most dis
agreeable of the season. Fortunately
these "Washoe zephyrs" do not visit
us often.
1t is reported that part of the sur
veying party on the Los Angeles and
Independence Railroad have been dis
charged, the work in hand being
nearly completed.
Yesterday afternoon a man named
William Cooper, who drives cart,
was backing his vehicle across the
railroad track, when it was run
into by train of cars and COM
pletely demolished. The driver and
horse escaped with slight injuries.
Our young friend Podgers IA Bene-
dict) has been singularly favored by
Providence. His mother-in-law has
lost her voice. Now, when she wishes
to call Podgers brute she can only
point to the COW in the back yard and
look unutterable things.
A "young farmer' near San Ber-
nardino has been advertising for a
correspondence with some young lady
between twenty and thirty, with a
view to matrimony. There are now
ninety letters waiting for "young
farmer' at the San Bernardino post
office.
We publish this morning the an
nouncement of the complimentary
concert rendered to Professors Fischer
and Schad at Turn-Verein Hall next
Thursday evening. Some of the best
amateurs of the city have volunteered
to assist in the entertainment and no
pains will be spared to make it the
most brilliant affair of the season.
Mr.. Bennerscheidt, of Anaheim, has
hit upon an excellent method of Sc
curing well-water at slight expense.
He sinks the common twO-inch water
pipe into the ground to depth of
twenty or thirty feet, pumps the sand
out, and good well of water is the
result. A we'll twenty feet in depth
cos,s $25, including Douglass lift
pump.
A very lively and interesting runa-
way occurred yesterday. About noon
horse, which had freed himself from
his vehicle by some dextrous kicking,
came charging across First street from
Spring and turned up Main, with only
the remnants of harness clinging to
him. He turned into the sidewalk in
front of the Montana Market and,
catching, some of his tackle upon a
green-grocer's stand, upset the whole
business and himself with it. For a.
while cabbages, beets, apples, oranges
and horse tumbled about in the
grandest confusion. Considering the
hubbub created, however, very little
damage was done.
1t will be seen by reference to the
new schedule of the Goodall, Nelson
& Perkins Company, that they have
added another steamer to their line
and have made number of impor-