Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-05-08
LOCAL BREVITIES.

oSyoHd tue sui.
importance lecture tomorrow even
ihg by Dr. Hill at Good Templars'
Hall.
In the County Court yesterday there
was only some unilnportant probate
business transacted.
The Catholic Cathedral is progress
ing finely, the north wall being up to
the height of the pitch of the roof.
Mendel Meyer, Esq, has gone to
San Francisco to buy large stock of
goods.
The Ancon left yesterday afternoon
for San Francisco with sixty three
passengers.
Eighty passengers on the Orizaba
are Cinnamon, destined for work on
the San Fernando Pass.
Thirty sacks of delayed paper mail
from the East were received at our
Postoffice yesterday.
Two cases before the Mayor yester-
day morning, Spaniard and a China
man. No money in either for the
city. 7fs H 10
The steamer Costa Rica from Pana-
ma will arrive this morning at San
Pedro, with passengers for Los Ange-
les.
The schooner H. l.. Tiernan, six
days from Humboldt, arrived yester-
day with a cargo of lumber for Perry,
Woodwork & Co.
Mr.. d. Vice, of San Beruardino has
been acquitted of the shooting of a
Mexican thief. The wounded man is
convalescent.
Col. J. J. Warner, of Los Angeles,
announces himself in the Santa Bar
bara Press as a candidate for Congress
in this district.
The Orizaba will arrive this morn
ing with 4l0 tons of freight, 10 white
passengers and 100 Cinnamon. The
passengers will be up on the morning
train.
We hope Mr. Newhall will build a
substantial powder magazine at once,
and that the police will compel pow
der dealers to store their surplus pow
der in it.
Next Wednesday the silver wedding
of Mr.. and Mrs. Backman is to be eel
ebrated with great eclat at the Back
man House. We extend our eongrat-
ulations in advance.
The contract for building the Me-
Donald block, on Main street, near
First, was let yesterday. The carpen-
ter work was let to George Leonard at
$21, 900 and the whole contract foots up
$4,000.
On the 2Sth ult. Chinese boarding
house in Bear Valley was blown up by
giant powder. The Superintendent of
the Gold Mountain Mining Company
offers $3.50 reward for the arrest of the
guilty parties.
On the Brooklyn Heights property,
across the river, the company have
erected sign, Brooklyn Heights"
so that anxious land-buyers can see
for themselves the locality on which
the aristOcratic residences of the flu
ture great metropolis are to be built.
The proprietors of the st. Charles
Hotel expect to commence an extern
sion to that building at an early day.
The additions projected will give the
house capacity for 200 guests, and it
will then be the completest European
hotel in California, outside of San
Francisco.
Merrill Lodge, 1. o. G.. T., will give
a grand Strawberry Festival at Skat-
ing Rink Hall OH Friday and Satur-
day, 21st and 22d instants. The ladies
of the order have the entire prepara-
tion of the festival in hand, and We
are assured it will be something very
unique and choice. 4J sq
We find the following in the Santa
Barbara Press "Col. j. J. Warner, an
old and well known citizen of Los An
geles, announces himself in to-day's
Press as a candidate for Congress. His
knowledge of the country and faith in
it's future are two strong points in his
favor. He is hard worker, always
on the alert and progressive in his
views. Beyond this we have no per-
sonal knowledge of the man.
A friend informed us yesterday that
wedding recently announced had
failed, but we don't believe it. When
wedding feast is prepared and the
friends gathered, no sensible young
lady is going off on promenade with
her future husband, and after return
ing informing her friends that she is
not going to get married. That story
is too thin and we have come to the
conclusion that the ceremony was per-
formed while that unsophisticated
couple was on the promenade.
The horse-stealing case before Judge
Gray was dismissed yesterday. Thos.
Nowland, the arrested man, had taken
a horse on tho supposition that trade
was made, but unfortunately he got
drunk and sold the horse for u song.
The horse was recovered and Mr.. VIM.
Brown, prosecutor, asked to have the
case dismissed. We hope Mr.. Now
land, in his future potations, will only
drink beer from the Philadelphia
Brewery. 1t is the only safe drink.
We paid visit lately to Du Puy's
stable, where we found some promis-
ing stock, which is attracting
general attention. A Clads-
dyle stallion, four years old, l6
hands and q inches high, and weigh