Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-06-30

! bratiOn of the Fourth OF July next
Sunday at Santa Monica. Donaldson
will have his stage covered with flags
and his horses will step off to the mu-
sic of Hail Columbia.
Judge DeLong, late of Kansas, is
doing more to bring immigrants to
Los Angeles than any other ten men.
By means of his extensive acquaint-
ance in Kansas he has managed to get
the stream of immigration from the
Southern counties headed this way.
A meeting of the Irish American
citizens of Los Angeles will be held at
Stearn's Hall tomorrow evening at
| Irish Literary and Social Club, to
make arrangements to properly cele-
brate the Fourth of July.
There will be a meeting of the
Hussar Cavalry Company, at the office
of the City Surveyor, on Saturday,
July Sd, at 8 o'clock P. NJ. An import
ant communication from the Adju-
tant General of the State will be con-
sidered at this meeting.
A Philadelphia paper manufacturer
intends putting up mill on the line
of the Los Angeles and Independence
Railroad, for the purpose of manufac-
| turing the fibre of the cactus into paper
pulp. The experiment has already
been tried, and an excellent quality of
paper is the result.
The French residents of this place
are organizing to make collections for
the benefit Of the sufferers of the late
flood in the Southern part of France.
Great suffering has been caused by the
serious floods, and any contributions
will be thankfully received by the
Committee, which will be appointed.
Yesterday morning as the horse and
buggy of Mrs. Charles II. Park were
standing in front of the Farmers and
Merchants Bank, the horse became
scared at paper blowing in the street,
and made frantic efforts to break the
hitching strap. But for the prompt
action OF Mrs. Park, serious damage
might have been done.
The only redeeming feature of this
Santa Monica sale is that E. w.
Noyes is to do the selling. The selec-
tion of Noyes as auctioneer is better
than all their advertisements. Noyes
will convince buyers that it is per-
feet paradise, that gold will be found
in every cellar, and an ice-cOld spring
at every back door.
The Los Angeles and Independence
Railroad tunnel in the Cajon Pass has
reached distance of 100 feet, and is
being pushed ahead at the rate of four
feet day. Diamond drills and steam
machinery are at work, and the COM
pany seem determined to have its
road in working order as speedily as
possible.
A Sedalia, Missouri, paper of June
18th, says: Seven families from the
neighborhood of Windsor, Henry
county, passed through here yester-
day destined for California. Within
the past month about twenty families
have left that vicinity for the Far
West, the greater part of them intend
ing to locate near Los Angeles.
Benjamin F. Thomas, formerly of
the anthracite coal regions of Pennsyl-
vania and later of Cra wford county,
Penn, is wanted. He is supposed to
have been in or near Grass Valley
within year or two. Any informa-
ton concerning him, says the Grass
Valley Union, directed to Frank G.
Beatty, Grass Valley, California, will
be thankfully received. Exchanges
copying this notice will confer great
favor.
We saw yesterday some specimens
of corn and hops, raised by Messrs.
Dunsmoor & Cole, on the Temple
ranch, which takes the premium thus
far. A stalk of corn measured twelve
feet from root to tassel, and was but
fair average of the field from which it
was taken. These gentlemen also
have twelve acres in hops, which will
harvest from twenty-five to thirty
thousand pounds, according to present
appearances. These crops We're raised
without any irrigation.
California wines are fast acquiring
an enviable reputation in all parts of
the civilized world, aud those pro-
duced in Sonoma county rank among
the very best that are exported. At
Colonial fair held in Sydney, Austria
liza, in April last the judges reported
that "they had been very much
pleased with the quality of the Cali
fornia wines tasted by them. The
riesling, hook, sherry, muscatel and
champagne are very superior wines;
the judges were particularly struck
with the fragrant bouquet OF these
wines as compared with the Austria
liam submitted to them this year"
There was special session of the
City Council yesterday morning at 10
o'clock. They accepted the new engine
and ordered it to be turned over to the
Foreman of Confidence Company No.
2. The Chairman Of the Finance
Committee was ordered to collect 1000
dollars, contributed by the county to-
wards the purchase of the new engine,
the whole price of which is about 4,2OO
dollars. A freight bill of $50 was re-
ferred to the Finance Committee, and
! the City Council voted to accept the
invitation to participate in the Fourth
of July celebration.