Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-09-15
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The County Clerks Office is not fur
nished with spittoons, but has Potts
in it.
The First National Gold Bank
building is rapidly approaching COM
pletion.
Gold in New York yesterday was
1163 per cent premium. Greenbacks
bought at S5a and sold at 86l.
Frederick Lambourn, Esq, our next
Assemblyman, is registered at the T..
S. Hotel.
The camp meeting near Anaheim
has adjourned sine die after many
conversions.
F. P. Forster Esq, of San Marguerite
Ranch, is registered at the st. Charles
hotel.
Capt. Saywood informs us that Riv-
erside was visited by quite a refresh
ing shower Of rain yesterday.
The few remaining sojourners in
Santa Monica cafion are said to be
feeling down in the mOuth-of the
cafiOn.
A man of the name of Smith suicid-
ed near Point Arena, recently. Had
he borne another name he would have
been more missed.
The loose state of morals existing
at Chicago renders that city the prop
er place to which to send the "fast
mails"
There will be meeting of the Ceur
de Lion Commandery, No. 8. Knights
Templars at their asylum on Thursday
evening at 7 O'Clock.
Sixty-fve convicts in the Maine
Penitentiary have concluded to take
q weekly paper instead of their allow
ance of tobacco.
A lady fell out of the stage at Ana
helm the other day and the wagon
passed over her breast without injur-
ing her.
Judge w. F. Gray has announced
himself as candidate for reelection
to the office Of Justice of the Peace of
Los Angeles township.
We knew Los Angeles could beat
that big water melon of San Francis
co. Mr.. n. T. Harris of Anaheim now
comes forward with one weighing 60
pounds.
The Democrats of Santa Barbara
and Ventura counties have put in
nomination for District Judge, L. G..
Granger ESQ. The Republican candi-
date is Hon. Walter Murray.
New York is the first city in the
United States in point of population.
San Francisco is the seventh and San
ia Monica comes after it; some little
way down the the list however.
Judge John Trafford is announced
as candidate for reelection to the Of
fee of Justice of the Peace of Los An
geles township at the October elec-
tion.
The list of candidates for Justice OF
the Peace for Los Angeles township
at the ensuing election is increased by
the addition of the name of A. Kohler
Esq.
Los Angeles Engine, No. /, paraded
last evening for practice. Two large
streams were thrown a distance of los
feet, and the working of the steamer
was satisfactory in every respect.
A Mexican raised an excitement
among the celestial inhabitants of
Negro Alley last evening by kicking
in doors and swearing profusely at the
innocent Mongolians. Nobody hurt.
Our notice of Judge Kohler stated
that he was candidate for Justice OF
the Peace at Anaheim whereas he is
running in Los Angeles city. 1t
makes no difference, he will run well
anywhere.
Yesterday afternoon in front OF
Downey Block, a dray collided with an
express wagon, and made almost a
complete wreck of it, Quite crowd
gathered around the demolished vehi-
Gle.
One of the best signs of the times
is the fact that real estate transfers
continue to be made at handsome pri-
ces. No apparent fall in price is no.
ticed and no particular anxiety to sell
on the part of owners.
His eyes were as sad as the sad sea
waves as he stood before his Honor,
the Mayor, yesterday morning, and
the Court sighed as he entered ten
striker against his name under the
charge of-"drunk again."
Mr.. J. M. Quinn has authorized the
Anaheim Gazette to withdraw his
name as candidate for the office of
State Superintendent of Public In
struction. That journal says that
Prof. Ezra Carr will now poll heavy
vote in that sec tion.
Who will be the VIM. G. Ralston OF
Southern California in the shape Of
substantial aid to the establishment
of manufactures in our city. Asplen-
did opening exists for little immor-
tality to some large hearted and far
seeing capitalist.
Mr.. J. G. Littlefield of the Los An
geles Public Library reports that
there are at present 265 regular SUBJ
scribers on the books of the institu-
ton. About fifty visitors daily en-
joy the advantages which the Library
affords.
The genuine aborigine Is not natu-
rally an initiative animal, but We see
1t stated that in Puyallup valley the
Siwashes have gotten up an Indian
ring for the purpose of making cor