Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-07-16
Following is the temperature for the week
e1l1log Tuly l5. IST5:
LOCAL BREVITIES.

OuptIlutcuucut ueWllG Is cOnVaieS-
cent.
The Council held no meeting last
night.
Pools on to-morrow's race will be
sold at the Fashion Saloon tonight.
Col. Ste venson, railroad magnate,
ia "dolng'' Santa Monica.
Mr.. J. de Barth Shorb has returned
from San Francisco.
Ten thousand pounds of wool was
received at the depot yesterday.
The schooner Pacific is at Whining
ton unloading railroad ties.
Mr.. K. J. Lockwood, proprietor and
manager of the Marysville Appeal,
paid us friendly visit yesterday.
DR.. Haskell electrified the Santa
Monicans last night with his Royal
Marionettes.
Mr.. Hancock M. Johnston left for a
short visit to San Francisco yester-
day.
And now The big brother is in pur-
suit of that girl who eloped with the
circus man.
His Honor the Mayor had four
drunks, an assault and burglary to
dispose of yesterday.
The city office of the Atlantic and
Pacific Telegraph line is to be estab-
lished in portion of the store for
merly occupied by the Peoples Palace.
Reynolds made the trip from Santa
Monica to the city in an hour and q
half Wednesday evening. The pas
sengers say that he can double discount
the original Jehu.
Mr.. Mack, travelling agent of the
paper house of H. b. Graham & Bro,
st. Louis, paid us "a visit yesterday.
He is developing a fine business on the
Pacific coast.
A Chinaman was killed by the cav
ing of bank OH the railroad work
beyond San BernardinO on Wednes-
day. His body was brought To the
city yesterday and inferred in the
Oriental fashion.
There will be match race at Agri-
cultural Park tomorrow for purse of
$200-$l00 a side. The contest will be
between Mr.. DickensOn's Maggie and
Mr.. Durfee's Enterprise. The contest
promises to be an interesting one.
Sheriff Hunsaker, of San Diego, car
ried up to San Quentin on the Ancon
yesterday Negro Montegro, one of the
Overend murderers, who pleaded guilty
to manslaughter, and who was SEN
fenced to ten years in the peniten-
tiary.
Officer Toomy arrested Carrie Phil
lips, the keeper of Bath-street den,
last night, OH u charge nf keeping a
girl under eighteen years of age, for
purposes of prostitution. The girl is
an orphan and we trust Miss Phillips
will get severe punishment, if guilty.
The festival held on the grounds of
Capt. Clark last evening was attended
by a large number of ladies and gen.
tiemen. The tables were we'll supplied
with ice-cream, cake amt fruit and
excellent coffee and tea was served to
all who wished. The vocal ndinstru-
mental music was an interesting fea-
ture of the evening.
At regular meeting Of the Germa-
MIA Turn Verein Society held at Turn
Verein Hall on Wednesday evening
the following officers were elected for
the ensuing term: President, Isaac
Cohen, lre-elected); Vice President.
H. SCHNEIDER; First Secretary, g. Hey
man, (re-elected); Corresponding Sec
retary, B. Marxsen; Treasurer, John
Weber, (re-elected); First Instructor
Eikert; Second Instructor-WOhlfert;
Stage manager, q. Reinecke, (re-elect-
ed); Singwart, G. SCHNEIDER; Librati-
an, E. LEM; Property man, G. Brode,
IRE. elected.
Our friend Mendel Meyer while at
Santa Monica yesterday met with
quite an adventure and was fortu-
nately the means of saving the life of
little child. While going down the
beach he saw woman struggling In
cOnvulsions Oh the sand. Going up to
her he found that she had fallen upon
little child some seven or eight
months old, which she had been carry
ing i'm her arms when taken with the
fit. The babe was almost smothered
when Mr.. Meyer picked it up, brushed
the sand from its face and narrowly
saved it from terrible death. Assist.
ance was at once rendered, and both
woman and child speedily resuscitated.
The woman proved to be a servant in
charge of the babe whose mother was
attending the land sale.
Captain Thomas Stothard, Of the
steamer Senator, is at the st. Charles
Hotel. The first trip of this steamer
after her renovation was quite sue
cess, and highly creditable to Capt.
Stothard and his officers. The Senator
has always been popular, and with her
present Commander, assisted by Chas.
Shillaber, First Officer, Purser Gill
man, Chief Engineer Thomas Field
ing, and Steward Edwards, pas
sengers can rely on special courtesy
and general good treatment. The
speedy trip of the Senator is a promis-
ing inauguration OF her return to the
line and an augury of safety to all fu-
ture passengers. The career of Capt.
| Stothard has been one of success as
First Officer of the Oriflamme, and an
officer of the navy in the late civil
war, as well as commander on the Pa
cific line. We welcome him to our
midst as the beau ideal of the brave
commander and hope to see him often.
Fire Last Night.