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

No business in the Probate and
County courts to-day.
The steamer Panama, with $500
cross ties for the S. p. r. r., arrived
at Wilmington yesterday.
The ladies of the M. E. Church,
Fort street, are making arrangements
for a grand concert, under the aus
pices of Prof. Havell.
The season is about over at Santa
Monica, and our citizens who have So
journed there have nearly all return
ed, or Will do so next week.
The big grape vine of Santa Barba-
ra is being prepared as rapidly as pos
sble for transportation to Philadel-
phia, for the Centennial.
Los Angeles County ought to send a
mammoth cactus to the Centennial,
and one of her gigantic beets, mot
dead.)
The San Francisco papers are teem-
ing with articles on the influence of
the fast mail on the Pacific. The fast
female goes through in shorter time.
The Grand Jury now has charge Of
Brenham and Sullivan who are accus-
ed of robb;ng Louder as they waived q
hearing before Judge Grey to-day.
We learn from Mr. Arthur Kearney,
editor of the Guardian, who is now in
this city, that Satterwhite is undoubt-
edly elected joint Senator from San
Bernardino and San Diego counties.
San Bernardino is to have gas. Mr..
Nuttall, gentleman favorably known
in Los Angeles has procured the char
ter and is now organizing company
to throw some light into the dark
places of our wide-awake neighbor.
1t is mistake that the season will
close at Santa Monica, on Saturday
next. One or two establishments will
| be found at Old Santa Monica for six
weeks or two months yet.
There will be a special meeting of
Los Angeles Lodge No. AZ F. & A. M.
this evening at Masonic Hall at 7:3O
| O'Clock for work in the second degree.
All master masons in good standing
are cordially invited.
Telegraph communication with San
ia Monica is now completed. The
reservoir at the San Vicente Spring to
supply Santa Monica with water is
finished, and the piping is being haul
| ed to the ground.
Our friends Coulter & Harper seem
to consider bibles, prayer and hymn
books as embraced in the category of
hardware. They ought to advertise
1.-THE Pentateuch done up in BRASS"
"the sheet iron epistles of st. Paul."
galvanized hymns" "tin psalms' &c.
We were shown yesterday two beau
tiful clusters of grapes picked from
the garden of Mr.. Stassford on Fort
street. These grapes grew on vines
from cuttings one year old last Spring.
One of the vines is now ten feet in
height and covers trellis work thir-
ty feet in diameter.
The Express thinks the Democratic
party has extraordinary vitality, to
succeed in spite of the advocacy of the
HERALD. Pity our neighbor did not
discover that sooner, and gone over in
time to kill the party. Two weeks
would have done it. One of its puns
would ruin any candidate.
Business is quite dull at present in
Los Angeles but not more SO thun be-
fore the closing of the banks. In o
cobple ofweeks more the active season
will commence and the wheels of com.
merce move rapidly. There is an
abundant supply of labor and wages
are low, but this will doubtless soon
be remedied.
Col. Jackson who succeeds Col. Pret.
chard in the management of the indie.
pend ence r. r. will arrive at Los An.
geles to-day. Bids for the construc'
tion of the depot of that road on Sar
Pedro street are now in order. The
line of the road is now being run from
the Agricultural Park.
The Board of Supervisors are still
busy discussing road matters. Audi
tor Gellette's report was received ant
adopted. 1t shows total indebted
ness of $6S4.417 25, against which there
is cash in the Treasury to the amount
of $38, ,S55 45. and property to the val
ue of 100000; leaving the net indebt
edness $685., 564 80; showing reduc
tion of $4,000, compared with las
year.
The latest fashion authorities des
cribe the unique and tasty ladies host
that the factories are turning out
Lace finished Balbriggan are minutely
pictured, among the pre:tiest is tina
named after Aimee the enterprisint
little opera bouffe singer. With thi
costly hosiery 60 exquisite garter
with gold and silver buckles and som'
even jeweled. We cannot say whethel
the latter are much wore in Los An
geles.
"Well, Smith, how are you getting
along on your new rancho" Putting
his slouched hat back so as to show hi
keen eye, Smith responded: "Then
thar gophers hain't done me no dam
age as you boys said they would. W.
: Missouri fellers knows thing or two
/ Just planted three potato hills, ant
blame me if next mornin' there warm
one hundred and fourteen of the var
mints settin' around thar waitin' TO
them taters to come up. / got Zen
. hived now, Bill, and jist hitched VI
! my team and pulled out. Whar can
e buy a wagon load of the searchin'es