Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-02-06
gos Ansetes Aemla.
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

The Ventura sails from San Fran
cisco for San Pedro to-day.
Mr.. Brooks has sold all but two O
his six fine residences on Main street
Read the advertisement of the I'm.
portant which appears this morning
The Board of Supervisors have adj
journed until next week.
Good pasturage can be had fol
horses aud mules within the city lin.
its. See notice.
Two hundred and one sacks of corn
We're shipped from Downey on the 4th
instant.
The Telegraph stage arrived at San
Fernando at s A. M. yesterday. This
is the best time since the rains.
A temporary telegraph office has
been established at NorwaIk, on the
Anaheim road.
The Costa Rica bound for Panama,
will arrive at Wilmington to-day and
take OH 80 tons of merchandise.
Three hundred sacks of barley were
shipped from Anaheim yesterday and
$4,000 more are awaiting shipment.
The time is rapidly approaching for
the sale of the Centinela Colony prop
erty. Everything promises favorably
for second Lompoc excitement.
There was only one case before
the County Court yesterday-that of
Connolly VS.. Farrell-in which ver-
dict was rendered for the plaintiff in
the sum of $3.50 and costs.
The Gas Company are extending "a
main down Spring street. Workmen
were engaged yesterday in laying it
between Second and Third, and in a
few days it will be completed to Fifth.
1t was rumored in the city last eve
ming that private dispatches had been
received from Washington, stating
that Congress had made another APP
preparation for eXcavating Whining
ton harbor.
A mean thief and confidence man,
named Jas. III. Wright, tried to swim
die Chinaman out of $50 yesterday,
by inducing him to bet on "strap
game" The expert got euchered, and
is now stopping with Clancy.
Johannsen & Grosser have moved
their furniture warerooms into the
second story of Ducommun's new
building. Their new quarters are cas-
lily accessible, commodious and pleas
ant.
The following uncalled for telegrams
remain at the Western Union Tele-
graph Office: l. d. Spence, j. w.
Goddard, James =. Houche, Edward
McGarey, VIM. III. Russell, Markado
Mendosa, Jno. Congdon, chief of a
hunting purity.
The Cottage Photograph Ark, which
went afloat during our last deluge, has
landed on Arat corner of First and
Spring streets. The rooms have been
enlarged and refitted, and Messrs.
Williams & Smith, the proprietors, are
now ready tn attend to business. -
Peter Lawson and his wife have had
a falling out. lin an angry moment
Peter pointed a gun at his better half,
making lively threats and fierce dem
onstrations. The irate husband is now
in quod, awaiting IL hearing before
Justice Gray.
Attention is directed to the adver-
tisement of Messrs. Th. Enphrat & Co.,
which appears this morning. These
gentlemen have purchased the whole
sale wine and liquor business of Mr.. G..
ID. Cook, and will continue it at the
former stand-Signoret's new build
ing.
All Chinatown is agog with the eel
ebration of the Celestial New Years.
The festivities commenced on Thurs
day and will be continued until next
Monday evening. During this time,
John takes holiday, wears his best
smokes five-cent cigars and
shoots fire-crackers.
w. j. Brodrick and John Carlin
have opened a beautiful office in Du-
commun's building. They advertise
list of insurance companies, of which
they are the agents here, which is very
They represent an aggre-
gate capital of about $73, 900, and some
of them are the most powerful and re-
putable organizations in the world. +
There came near being a serious
runaway on Los Angeles street yester-
day. A spirited horse attached to
light buggy took fright at the explo-s
sion of fire-crockers in Chinatown
and made lively time down the street.
An old gentleman and Chinaman
were in the buggy, and, with their
combined efforts they succeeded in
the animal by the time it had
ran the distance of two blocks.
Jose Ramon Tapia, the ex-confeder-
ate of Vasquez, underwent prelim-
mary examination yesterday on a
charge of stealing saddle and horse
before Justice Gray. He
plead guilty and was held to await the
action of the grand jury. Another
complaint was then filed against the
culprit for horse stealing. Tapia is
also wanted in Ventura county on ur-
CANT business, 50 that he is promised a
happy time in running the gauntlet of
the Courts. eef ih9
We have just received through
Mayor Beaudry circular of John J.
Tower, New York, the most extensive
manufacturer of police uniforms and
equipments in the United States.
Apropos to this occasion, when our