Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-09-03


Mr. Alexander Forbes, the eloquent
Spanish stumper, left for San Francis
co Yesterday on the Ancon. He will
return next year during the President
ial canvass.
Mr.. Dupuis the bell-founder, tested
his bell last nsght, by the new school
house bell which came from San
Francisco, The tone of the Los An
geles bell is far better and we hope the
city fathers will buy it.
The Democratic canvass OF Los An
geles county was one of the most sys-
tematic ever seen in this State. The
sweeping Democratic victory is at
tributable mainly to the completeness
of the canvass.
Rev. J. G. Baker, of San Francisco,
will preach for the Baptist Churches
this evening and Saturday evening, in
the German house of worship on
Spring street, at 7:30 o'clock. All are
invited.
The bankruptcy sale of Mr.. I. WE'LL,
under the Lafayette Hotel, is enabling
people to purchase goods at fifty per
cent. less than cost. The store is
crowded all the time with customers.
The sale will continue for two weeks
longer, during which time great BAR
gains may be had.
A short time ago the. World was
plying the Beecher-Tilton jurors, but
their sympathy will now have to be
transferred to the average California
election judge and clerk. Owing to
q long ticket and splits, they need SYM
pathy as much as the Beecherj jury.
The sale of nine lots on Temple and
Sand streets, belonging to the city,
took place on the ground yerterday
morning, Mr.. e. w. Noyes officiating.
They were put upone at time, with
the privilege of all. and knocked down
to S. p. McCarty for $210 each.
1t was an amusing sight yesterday,
during the counting of the votes in the
First ward to see an old drunken cleo
tien hummer demanding that the
judges take his vote. He was drunk
all through election and had lost a
day and his vote.
Officer Harris succeeded yesterday
in arresting Wung Choy, Chinaman
who is supposed to be the burglar who
committed the recent store rObberies.
He was ably assisted in the capture
by officer Sands and Ryan, who share
the credit of the arrest.
Mr. Tiffany has cut off the tops of
his pepper trees, fearing that the recent
grading has left them too top-heavy
for the roots. 1t has spoiled the ele-
CANT shade on the. North side of Third
street near Fort street for the present,
but they will be more beautiful than
ever in short time.
The Pacific Mail steamship Colima,
1905 tons register, Captain G. W..
Shackford, which arrived at Santa
Monica yesterday, brought seven
hundred packages of railroad material
for the Los Angeles and independence
Railroad, among the rest the wheels
and other parts of the locomotive
which arrived Some time ago. The
Colima draws twenty-One feet.
Officer Harris left on the steamer
Ancon yesterday for San Francisco,
having in charge Hewitt, the horse
poisoner and Vahle, the wife murder
er, bound for San Quintin. Quite a
large crowd assembled to see him off,
among the number was Mr.. Askins,
Hewitt's former partner. 1t is not
true that Askins had to borrow a hand
kerchief to wipe his weeping eyes.
A dispatch from Prescott, Arizona,
reads as follows:
J. S. Giles, the defaulting Postmas-
ter of this city, was captured by De-
putty U. S. Marshal Parker and Spe-
cial Deputy Behan, at st. Thomas,
Nevada, twenty-five miles beyond
Stoneman's Ferry on the Colorado.
The prisoner arrived here last even
ing. They relieved McC Cool,of what he
had and sent him on afoot. Marshal
Parker received about six thousand
dollars from Giles, and fifteen hun
dred from Mehan, alias McCool, Giles
conrad. Giles made clean breast
of everything connected with the af-
fair, but Parker thinks his admissions
would not implicate Mehan so as to
make him a party to the robbing, not
withstanding he was sharer in the
spoils. 1t is not yet known to what