Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-08-01
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The public schools open next We'd
nesday.
Mr.. G. Jacoby goes to Santa Monica
on a hunt to-day. We wish him luck.
Reverend DIR. Hobbs, breaches at
Spadra this morning and evening.
We regret to learn that Don Mateo
Keller is lying ill in San Francisco.
Mr.. Hinkle, well known educator
from Leroy, Kansas, has been as
signed place in the public schools.
We regret to hear that Mr.. H. J.
Chapman is suffering from severe
attack of neuralgia.
The Senator leaves for San Fran
cisco this morning. Passengers leave
by rail at 10 A. NJ.
The Baptist concert last Sunday
night was we'll attended and q liberal
collection was taken up. ..l .l# ~
Mr.. James G.. Pritchard, Secretary
of the Los Angeles and Independent
Railway, went up to San Francisco by
the Telegraph stage on Friday night.
Mr.. Bicknell of the firm of McCon-
nell, Bicknell & Rothclilds is to be
congratulated. 1t is a heavy weight,
but young for its age.
We had the pleasure of call yes
terday from Mr.. B. H. Twombly of
Compton, who reports crops in fine
condition.
We saw at the Backman House yes
terday twelve potatoes weighing III
pounds and raised from two eyes by
Mr.. Meade, near the city.
Mr.. Taylor, truckman of H. New
mark, was severely injured yesterday
by having his foot mashed by heavy
plank falling on it.
The steamer Costa Rica, for Pana-
ma, arrived yesterday at p. NJ, TAX
ing on board 1900 hides, two carloads
of wine and one carload of brandy.
The Father Mathew Temperance
Society will be addressed by DR..
Lucky this evening in LawlOr Insti-
tute. The public are cordially invi-
ted.
Mr. Hussey arrived yesterday with
stage from Arizona. He had quite
pleasant trip. On his arrival he pre-
sented Gus. Katzenstein with culver
full of Apache arrows. UE
Mr.. Hermann Morris Of Downey
called on US last evening. We are
pleased to note that our friend Her
mann is in good health and exercises
his usual liberality.
Mr. John Benner, the well-known
butcher, will remove his place of
business tomorrow from his old stand
near the Postoffice to APPOINT on Spring
street, just below Second.
There is an onion from the Centinela
Ranch, weighing five and a half
pounds, on exhibitio" the United
States Hotel. II res twenty
four inches in circ &c and is to
be sent to the Centel /.
AChinese funeral to-, place yester-
day. The boss, who sa Il the hearse,
distributed industrious q lot of fire.
cracker labels and tea-chest signs to
keep the devil off. A feast of hog
meat closed the festivities.
Merrill Lodge, l. o. G. r., No. 299,
will give social OH Monday evening.
Every body is invited. There will be
vocal and instrumental music, read
ings and recitatiOns. Those who at
tend will spend a pleasant evening.
Studies will be resumed at st. VIM
cents College on Monday, August 20.
Under the Presidency of Rev. James
McGill, this has become a very popu-
lar educational institution. The repu-
tation of the Faculty is wide spread,
and splendid advances in learning
are made by the students at st. VIM
cents.
Prof. Steen visited Los Nietos yes
terday TO attend to desperate case of
paralysis which he has been treating
for some time. His success in this
case is quite surprising and will give
him name high up among physi-
clans and medical men. We will re-
port the final triumph in this case
and know 1t will be a success. The
Professor will receive his friends in
room at the st. Charles Hotel from
and after date.
The Thirty-Eights will have an en-
joyable picnic to-day at Washington
Garden. Over four hundred tickets
have been sold. Among the list of
prizes we note the following: For foot
race-first prize, silver goblet; second,
silver napkin ring and bouquet
holder. For the sack-race-first prize,
gold sleeve but tons; second, silver
cup. The lady friends Of the Thirty
Fights have employed Morsch to paint
a beautiful banner for that popular
organization. The work has been ex-
ecuted in superior style of art, and
the presentation will be made at the
picnic of the company tomorrow
There will be thousands there to see.
The following ''personal" item,
(headed IAN Enterprising Somerset
many which we find in the Vest
Briton and CornWaU Advertiser of
Truro, England, July 1st, will be
of interest to many readers of the
HERALD: "Mr. Charles Goodall, a ma
tive of Drycott, near Wells, but who
has long resided In California, is now