Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-02-10
gos Aageles 4erala.
CITY AND COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
WEDNESDAY, ,...........F FEB. 10, 1876
LOCAL BREvITIEs.
Ash Wednesday.

3o'clock yesterday morning.
The Ventura sails for San Francisco
to-day.
Six hundred boxes of oranges and
lemons were shipped from the depot
yesterday.
A fine piano will soon be numbered
among the appointments of the Back
man Mouse.
Eaves was found guilty of mbezzle-
ment in the County Court yesterday.
Sentence will be passed next Friday.
A large number of people visited the
Centinela ranch yesterday. The COM
pany furnish free conveyances to all
who wish to look at the lands.
We learn that Mr. A. A. Wilson,
who has been Frustrated with brain
fever for some time past, is now be-
coming convalescent.
Messrs. Rogers q Potosky will open
their new saloon called "The Grotto,u
in the basement of Ducommun's new
building next Saturday evening.
The schooner Legal Tender, Captain
Winding, arrived at Wilmington yes
day, eleven days from Humboldt,
bringing lumber for Perry, Woodworth
& Co.
No less than five gentlemen who
were looking for that lost key put in
appearance at our Office yesterday.
The fifth enquirer proved to be the
owner.
Mr.. Sam. Prayer expects to move
his dry-goods establishment to the
new location in Ducommun's building
in about two weeks. Meantime, he is
closing out his stock at panic prices.
Four miles of the road between
Spadra and San Bernardino have been
graded. The contractors have two
hundred and fifty men employed push
ing the work ahead.
The street railroad company have
adopted rule requiring the drivers to
collect the fare of passengers when
they first get OH the car, and have
posted up notices to that effect in each
Car.
There will be no services in st.
Athanasius' Episcopal Church to-day
(Ash Wednesday,, as Rev. Mr.. Loop,
on account of previous engagements,
is unable to officiate in Mr.. Hill's ab-
sence.
A woman with a two-edged tongue
is to be tried this afternoon before JUS
tice Gray for slandering and abusing
her neighbors. Some interesting de-
velopments will be made and of course
there will be delighted audience.
No part of the city is improving
faster than that in the vicinity of
First and Alameda streets. A dozen
new houses can be counted from a
single point which have been built
within the Iast two months.
Mr.. Beaudry's liberal proposition
for the sale of his fine cottages and
two-story residences will be kept open
for sixty days only. Parties wishing
strike while the iron is hot.
Mr.. James, the U. S. Register, has
received instructions from the Com
missioner of the General Land Office,
at Washington, that petroleum and
asphaltum claims may be entered as
mineral lands.
Signoret's new building on Main
street is fast assuming its intended
proportions. The walls are now up
nearly to the height of the first story.
We understand that the building is
intended for first-class restaurant.
The independence Kagasaa, one of the
live papers of the bleeding State"
has this to say about the HERALD:
"Among our exchanges is the Los An
geles HERALD. 1t is an able and val
liable paper, affording much interest
ing information about that place CAL
ifornia, which is exciting so much
interest in this section. If you have
got it very bad, you had better sub
scribe for the HERALD"
The Neao Hdty, for February, was
issued from the HERALD press yester-
day. The paper is filled with inter-
esting matter relative to Los Angeles
county and Southern California gem
orally. 1t is just the thing to bring
our section truly and fully before the
notice of Eastern people. Copies of
the paper can be secured at the office
of Mr.. l.. M. Holt, No. u Spring
street.
Archulita and Valencia, the partit 9
implicated in the late stabbing affair
in Sonora, were arraigned before JUS
tice Gray yesterday. The supposed
witnesses of the deed affected ignor-
ance to such an extent that no evil
dence could be elected from them.
The accredited opinion, however, is
that Archuleta held the victim, Ruiz,
While Valencia stabbed him with a
dagger. 1t is hoped that some evil
dence may be secured from Ruiz, al
though he is in a. very critical condi-
tion.