Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-03-09
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

The San Luis, bringing combusti-
bles will arrive at Wilmington to-
morrow.
Preparations are making for a
speedy resumption of work on the new
depot.
Four hundred and thirty-eight boxes
of oranges and lemons were shipped
from the depot yesterday.
A term trial jury with twenty-six
members, was impanneled in the
County Court yesterday.
Messrs. Tooin g. Goodwin, the pro-
prietors Of Lunneys old stand have
dissolved partnership.
Another lot of "bumsu called at
Judge Gray's reception yesterday
morning, and were commended to the
city's hospitality. f
See tte new ad. of the Cape House,
For quiet, comfortable rooms, ele-
gantly furnished, go to the Cape
House. 81
At the next meeting of the Agricul-
tural Association to be held April Sd,
the time for holding the next fair will
be fixed.
Wallace, who is before the District
Court on the charge of manslaughter,
was yesterday admitted to bail in the
sum of $500. s a rps
Julius Mannock, who was before the
County Court for assault, was dismiss
ed yesterday on motion of the District
Attorney.
Daniel Mclaughlin and Edwin
Dodson entered plea of guilty of OBJ
tanning money on false pretenses yes
terday, and were fined $50 each by
Judge O'Melveny.
Application has been made for the
establishment of Post0ffice at San
Pasqual, known as the Indiana colony.
The place is fast growing into the pro-
portions of town.. N
Miss G. M. Turner has just the
cosiest, neatest little stationery store
by the side of the Postoffice entrance
we have seen in o hundred years. She
keeps only the best goods in the mar
ket.
Col. B. L. Peel, who is canvassing
Anaheim for subscriptions to the
stock of the Los Angeles and Inde-
pendence Railroad, came home yes
terday afternoon, but will return to
the charge to-day.
To-day or tomorrow Jones' & Bland
will have on sale at their auction house
a fine collection of miscellaneous
books from the largest book house in
San Francisco, which will be sold at
auction or private sale.
There will be an interesting race at
Agricultural Park tomorrow for a
purse of $50; first $50 and second $40.
The horses entered are Welch's Pau
line, Askin's Rubber Boy and Camp
BELLS Maid. The race will be mile
heats, three in five, to harness and
rule. 1t is complimentary to Mr.. Budd
Doble and wife, who will be present.
Admission so cents; ladies free.
A force of ninety Cinnamon, forty
white men and thirty teams is en-
gagged at Truxton grading for the rail-
road. Some deep cuts are required
near the coast. Although the work
has been vigorously prosecuted for
about two weeks, not more than half
a mile of the road has been graded.
AS soon as the bluffs are passed, how
ever, the progress will be very rapid.
AS general thing, large cigars are
made up of poor tobacco and indiffer-
ent cabbage leaves. But we have
found an exception to an almost uni
versal rule. 1t is large cigar to be
found at the cigar store of |. COhn, No.
6l Main street. They are large
amount of a first-class article. They
retail at three bits each, and to the
lovers of pure tobacco one of them is
worth six of the ordinary bit cigars.
At "a meeting of the Directors of the
Agricultural Association held last
Saturday, resolution was adopted,
providing for the appointment, at the
next meeting, of Presiding Judge
and two associates, to rule at all race
points at the coming fair. The asso-
ciate judges are to be chosen from the
association and the Presiding Judge
from the outside, the last named func-
tionary receiving 500 as compensa-
tion for his services.
Our friend Dingman, of the Tele-
graph Variety Store, has just received
the most complete thing in the way of
| a pocket knife we have seen. 1t is a
small, elegantly finished pearl handle
rnultuns in parVo. 1t has two blades,
pair of scizzors, tooth-pick, file
and another arrangement much needed
| bv people whose sense of hearing is a
| little defective. All these things are
of the finest steel and are so COM
pactly arranged that they make up
! only a very small and very pretty
| pocket knife. If you would have set
of the finest tools, call at Dingman's
and get one of those knives.
The new Babcock hook and ladder
truck, purchased by the city, arrived
yesterday and will be set up and form
ally delivered to-day by Capt. Bor-
rowe. The whole affair, known as
"style No. ~ comprises, besides the
truck, the following apparatus: Bah.
cock Fire Extinguishers; Is sets
chemical charges; 2 ladders, Is and q
feet, with splicing braces, exten ded IS
feet; 9 ladders IA and l6 feet feet, with
splicing braces extended 20 feet;
| scaling ladder. IL fire buckets, axes