Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-05-14
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Hides and wool are on the decline.
Eight Sisters of Charity have ar.
rived in San Francisco from Montreal
Ann street is to be located near the
Infirmary.
Fifty-four passengers went down OIL
the afternoon train yesterday.
County Court transacted no business
yesterday of Importance.
A. J. B., please call at this office fol
letters.
Aucouturier was buried yesterday in
the Catholic cemetery.
Col. Crawford, Chief Engineer of the
Independence Railway, will arrive
here on the Orizaba.
Mr.. James Goldsworthy, formerly Of
this city, died in Stockton about two
weeks ago.
Rumble q Gaertner have the con.
tract to survey 200 lots near Santa
Monica, in the BallOna Ranch.
The manifest of the brig Deacon
shows that she brings 212,362 feet OF
rough lumber and Is, S39 linear feet Of
piles.
The California State Dental Asso.
citation will hold its sixth annual ses.
sion in San Francisco, June 9Th, at IL
A. NJ.
Since our last report, there has been
shipped from the depot As bales wool,
20 boxes lemons, $1,000 pounds brea,
aud horse for San Francisco and two
cars to Spadra.
The festival of the ladies of Merrill
Lodge, l. o. G. T., will take place on
Friday and Saturday, May 2lst and
22nd, at Rink Hall. They have ar
ranged to have tableaux during the
evenings.
The Express has placed Sheriff Row
land in an awkward position. 1t has
made him build great big brick house
on ground owned by Sam Rowan
Besides this, Rowland says he is in
doubt about when he shall get the
money to pay for that house.
The balance of the lots remaining
unsold in the Brooks Tract will bt
auctioned off tomorrow at the auction
rooms of Jones q Noyes. The prop.
erty is desirably located and very valu
able, and this will be about the las
n no thic fn htrvy Of y
such property as this.
The Congregational church sociablt
will be held at the residence of Post
master Bent, on Ninth street, this
evening, to which all friends are cor
daily invited. The cars of the Spring
quo sixth Il eet railroad will accom-
modafe return passengers as late al
1915 P. M.
The Mayors Court yesterday wit
messed the preliminary examination
Of Mrs. Starkey, who is charged with
blowing up trespassing horse with
kerosene, turpentine, giant powder
and nitrO-glycerine. She demanded {
jury, but what blowing up they will
get if they don't act gaIlantly in the
case!
Yesterday morning, about half past
II o'clock, as H. Hellmann was driv-
ing along Commercial street, between
Los Angeles and Main, one of the
buggy shafts broke, stopping the We
hicle suddenly, but otherwise doing
no damage. The accident might have
been serious but for the gentleness o
the horse.
We had the pleasure of drive yes
terday with Mr.. George B. Davis, OF
an inspection tour to see his sO.acr,
barley field, about two miles out. Ii
this case deep plowing and subsoilins
have triumphed, Mr. Davis having ,
good crop while his neighbors, VIII,
plowed shallow, have nothing to show
We hope Davis tactics may be intro
duced all through California.
Mr.. A. B. Lindeman, Centennia
| Agent for California, writes us tina
that the Executive Committee desir
to hold entertainments throughout tn
State for the benefit OF California
| quota, and wishes us to provide hin
the names of five ladies and five gen
tlemen who would be willing to tax
charge of an entertainment. Those de
string to take such charge can leav
their names with us.