Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-03-19
FRIDAY,...........MARCH1 10, 1876.
LOCAL BEeEVITrES.

IuCIG WdS u SilSIib SDtliihAC vi RAIN
yesterday morning.
Remember the Wheeler Troupe play
at Merced Theatre tomorrow night.
Mr.. /. w. Hellman contemplates a
visit to Germany in the Spring.
It rained yesterday at Spadra, Dow
ney and San Fernando.
The San Bernardino Argus calls its
squibs ''Lokelitems."
Miss Jennie Legs will lecture in San
Bernardino next Sunday.
The Vivian Troupe will play in Will
mington tonight and tomorrow
night.
Dominguez was yesterday found
guilty of house-breaking in the County
Court.
The steamship Orizaba has brought
another load of that maple sugar and
syrup at the Grange Store.
The steamer Senator arrived yester-
day bringing 100 passengers and 260
tons of freight.
The Orizaba sailed yesterday at 2 p.
NJ. with los passengers and a larg e
amount of freight.
Mr.. Lanfranco contemplates the
erection of business block on the
corner of Spring and Court streets
soon.
The saloons are to be closed at IL
o'clock midnight, hereafter An ordi-
nance published this morning makes
the action of the Council a law.
We learn that parties in San Fran
cisco have made an offer to purchase
all the crude petroleum furnished in
the San Fernando district.
The bark Vidette, Capt. Boyd, ar
rived yesterday, nine days from Port
Madison. She brings railroad mate
rial.
Now that the Texas Pacific Railroad
bill has gone over till next Winter,
San Diego is consoling herself with
the thought that there will be II new
treaty with Belgium.
The Express is in sad quandary not
knowing whether to reject advertise
ments or reading matter. Let us have
Dor.
Los Angeles Council No. II, Royal
Arch Masons, will meet next Monday
evening. Business of importance vii |
be transacted and it is desired thai
all members attend.
An Eastern correspondent asks how
many lawyers there are in Los Ange-
les. We refer the problem to some
member of the High School who is
well up in mathematics and knows
how to calculate the mysterious value
of X.
In taking elevations for the pro-
posed extension of the main sewer,
Mr.. Hansen made the somewhat as
founding discovery that the Agricul-
tural Park is 32 feet lower than the
bed of the Los Angeles river at the
Southern boundary of the city.
Sam Prayer did come back yester-
day just as we predicted, and he made
our word good by bringing one Of the
most gorgeous stocks Of fine goods
ever landed in this city. 1t was Sans
goods that made the Kalorama so
long coming down on her last trip.
w. H. Prayer, who bored the oil
well on the Temple claim, was in the
city yesterday, and appeared elated
over his success. He deserves great
credit for his perseverance, and we
congratulate him on the magnificent
results he has achieved.
McFadden & Bro., of Santa Ana,
have shipped by teams direct, about
sixty thousann pounds of bacon, lard,
etc., to Panamint during the last week,
all of which was contracted at paying
rates. Every part of the country be-
gins to feel the beneficial effects of
these mines.
The Chronicle of the 10Th inst: E.
T. Tarbox, the ostensible proprietor of
the Los Angeles Distillery, and Lu-
cien Curtis, have been arrested on q
charge of violating the revenue laws.
They have been admitted to $4,000
bail each. A preliminary examina-
ton was waived, and their cases will
be submitted to the next Z. S. Grand
Jury"
The attention of our readers is di-
rected to the advertisement of Messrs.
Dillon & Kenealy, which appears this
morning. These gentlemen have
rented the store formerly occupied by
Samuel Prayer, on Los Angeles street,
and propose to open in it next week
the only exclusive dry-goods estab-
lishment in the city. Both members
Of ha Hyynn fn nit
commended and we bespeak for them
the highest consideration of our busi-
ness men and the Los Angeles public
generally.
Fisher & Thatcher the jewellers,
have taken twenty thousand dollars
stock in the Los Angeles and lnde-
pendence Railroad. They give as a
reason for this large outlay that they
will get their money back in one year
in the reduction on the price of the
bullion they work up in their jewelry
factory. To those who visit their es-
tablishment and see the immense
quantity of chains, rings and pins they
are constantly manufacturing, this
will not seem unreasonable. They
have number of cunning artificers
who do as fine work as can be turned
out in the United States.
Excursion tickets to Artesia are now
issued by the Los Angeles Immigra-
tion and Land Cooperative Associa.
tion, and a free conveyance for visit.
ors from Norwalk to Artesia and re.
turn is provided on Mondays Wednes.
days and Fridays. The new school
house at Artesia is rapidly approach
ing completion. The artesian well Is
flowing nicely and another is sunk by
the company. Several of the pur-
chasers of property are also boring fol
| ,uatar as well as huildinr houses An0