Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-05-19
LOCAL BREVITIES.

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Rev. Mr.. Hickey, of San Diego, is
paying Los Angeles visit.
Miguel Aguirre, Assistant Treasurer
of San Diego county, is in the city.
The steamer Ancon sailed yesterday
afternoon for San Francisco.
The steamer Orizaba will arrive to-
morrow from San Francisco.
The road leading to the cafIon of
Santa Monica needs repairs.
The new depot at East Los Angeles
is nearly finished.
The May number of The Ne,U Hdly
will be issued to-day.
The railroad company is moving its
track to the middle of Alameda street.
Santa Ana valley will ship 10000
tons of produce this year. -
The steamer Los Angeles leaves to-
day for San Francisco.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany has an office at Santa Ana.
On Thursday of next week bids will
be received for the erection of the
First National Gold Bank.
Merrill Lodge, No. 299, 1. O. G. IT,,
holds festival next Friday and Sat-
urday nights at the Skating Rink.
The Enterprise brass band, Izert
leader, officiated yesterday at the fu-
neral OF the late Joseph A. Leiber.
The new sidewalk on the west side
Spring street, between Fourth and
Fifth, is progressing rapidly.
The fire department. was out for
practice last evening and made good
showing.
The train to Wilmington yesterday
afternoon took down fifty. five passen-
gers.
Surgeons have alarmed the Santa
Monica bathers, who took them for
| sharks.
| Associate Justice Clifford, of the y.
s. Supreme Court, has arrived in San
Francisco.
1t is reported that Chavez is in So
nora, Mexico. Look out for him near
here.
A wife-beater and a drunk were be-
fore Mayor Beaudry yesterday, and
were both sent up.
The Terpsichorean Social Club will
give a hop at Leck's hall on the eve-
ming of June Cd.
We forgot to mention yesterday that
Mr.. Herrick is the inventor of the drill
We described.
Mr.. B. A. Hussey left yesterday for
San Francisco with the Tonto- A pache
boy mentioned In our last issue.
The steamer Los Angeles arrived
from San Francisco yesterday morn
Ing with "a passengers and 21I tons of
freight for this city.
Found-a pair of spectacles, which
the owner can have by applying at
this office, proving property and pay
ing for this notice.
The Kansas people are beginning to
discover that the Central Aid Society,
with ex- Lieut. Governor Slower as
President, has not wisely distributed
the aid funds.
The Governor of Missouri is about
to try the efficacy of prayer on the
grasshOppers, but we fear it will be a
failure, as prayer was tried on them
in Kansas in 1856.
Governor Osborn, of Kansas, and his
accomplished wife, arrived in San
Francisco ON Sunday night. If time
will permit, Governor Osborn will visit
Los Angeles.
Among the latest arrivals at San
Francisco we observe the name of
Major w. O. Gould, a leading railroad
engineer of Kansas, who surveyed and
laid out the narrow-gauge road rum
ming West from Leavenworth.
Mr.. Alfred James, Register of the
Land Office, has written letter to the
Express, strongly urging the organi-
cation of Bureau of Information, so
that correct statements may be sent
to intending immigrants.
Mr.. w. Lacy, the distinguished ar
chitect, left for San Francisco in this
mornings coach, but will return early
next week. We are glad to learn that
Mr.. Lacy intends to cast his lot with
us and devote his talent to building
up Los Angeles.
The funeral of Joseph A. Lieber, of
the City Brewery, took place yester-
day morning, and was largely attended
by the Turner's and Red Men. The
Turn-Verein flag was at half-mast, and
a large concourse of sorrowing friends
followed the remains to the grave.
Mr.. Alfred Moore, our new auc-
tioneer, expects his wife and son here
to settle in the course of this month.
Moore thinks Los Angeles good enough
for them. Ice was still four feet thick
on May Sd, when some friends left for
this coast. The first fine day they
had seen since last year was on the
9th of May. How is that for pleas
ant country?
The time table to and from San Fer
nando was changed yesterday as fol-
lows: Leave San Fernando at 11:30 P.
M. instead of 1:30 A. NJ. as formerly;
arrive at Los Angeles at 1890 A. NJ.
instead of 2:30 A. NJ; leave Los Ange-
les at 8 A. NJ. instead of IL M. as here
tofore, and arrive at San Fernando at
4 A. NJ. instead of 1:50 A. M.
The examination in chemistry yes
terday afternoon at the High School