Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-10-09
GOLD REPORT.
LOCAL BREVITIES.

day. Greenbacks sold here at 50.
Rev. e. Birdsall is in Los Angeles,
the guest of j. M. Griffith.
Our old friend Richard Garvey re-
turned from San Francisco yesterday.
DR.. a Abora's charges are within the
reach of all who need his services.
Mr.. E. J. Baldwin familiarly known
as Lucky Baldwin, is at the Back
man House.
The steamer Orizaba left for San
Diego yesterday afternoon at o.
clock.
The concert of Confidence Engine
Company, next Tuesday night, will be
q grand affair.
A communication from Medium"
on the currency question will appear
tomorrow.
The box stolen from the Land Office
at Santa Monica was recovered, but
the coin was gone.
Mr.. S. Prentiss Smith has been APP
pointed to a position in the Auditors
office of the Central Pacific railroad.
DR.. Aborn, oculist, aurist, catarrh,
throat and lung physician, Backman
Honse. No charge for consultations.
DR.. Aborn at the Backman House
invites all who are afflicted with any
form of disease to call for free con-
sultation.
The steamer OriZaba, from San
Francisco, arrived at Wilmington yes
terday with l32 passengers and 400
tons of freight.
Tbs Pacific Mail steamship Colima
arrived as Santa Monica Yesterday
morning at ten o'clock with material
fol the Los Angeles and Independence
railroad.
The Janissaries of Light had lively
time at Downey last evening. Over
one hundred visitors were present,
and the Downey brothers were very
hospitable.
We forgot to mention that Mr.. Mes
mer was SO pleased to have his pole at
the U. s. Hotel climbed that he got
out the band and serenaded the climb
er, Mr.. Dalls.
Mr., Robert Ashcroft, of the Boca de
Ia Playa ranch, near San Juan Capis-
trano, is dead. Mr.. Ashcroft was
brother-in- law of Don Juan Forster,
and much respected.
Mrs. Greenough and daughter of
Boston, wife and daughter of the cele-
brated sculptor, Horatio Greenough
| arrived here yesterday by the Orazaba
and have parors at the Kimball Man
sion.
The Fairgrounds of the Spring street
school are a disgrace to the School
Board. No flowers, no grass, but only
unsightly grounds covered with rub
| bsh and old school furniture. 1t should
be improved.
The Express says it supported J. G..
Estudillo, Democratic nominee for
State Treasurer, Oh, yes, we remem-
Der now. Yes, it supported Estudillo,
and Irwin and Wigginton, and the rest
of those fellows that were elected.
Immigration is commencing to ar
rive. Every house is rented before it
is finished or vacated. Most Of the
newcomers being permanent resi-
dents, it is safe to estimate that the
population of Los Angeles will be
10000 before six months.
The Occidental restaurant enjoys
unexampled prosperity, because Mr..
Perpich gives his customers all the
| delicacies of the seasOn-pOultry, fish
and game, washed down with the
richest vintage of France and Los An
geles. Call at any hour, day or night.
Among the shipments yesterday
from the Southern Pacific Railroad
depot were 10 barrels talow, from w.
III. Beall; 10 bales of wool, from Ri
vara & Vignolo; Is pipes of wine, from
Kohler & Frohling; 10 bales of wool,
from II. Newmark & Co.; 80 joints of
artesian pipe, to Anaheim; 36 sacks OF
meal, from Also Mills.
Mr.. Lynch, of the firm of Griffith s,
Lynch, and Don Mateo Keller, be-
came ambitious yesterday and tried
which could pull old Fairbanks the
heaviest. Lynch kicked the beam at
ZIG pounds and Don Mateo touched
212. The latter was not discouraged,
however, but promised to try and out
weigh Lynch in the Centennial build
ling next year
We had the pleasure of meeting yes
terday Capt. Winding, of the topsail
schooner Legal Tender, which is lying
at Wilmington, having discharged a
miscellaneous cargo. Capt. Winding
is an experienced navigator, having
formerly commanded the brig Cri-
mea and being now owner of the
schooner Legal Tender and ship FL
Dorado. We hope to see more of him
and trust he will have heavy cargoes
both ways.
Those who have doubts of Doctor
Aborn's SUCCESS az a physician or his
reputation as an honorable business
man will have their doubts dispelleG
by calling at his office in the Backmar
house and reading the hundreds of tes'
timonials in his possession from prom
inent men in all the large cities of the
Union. These letters are the volun
teer contributions of editors, officials
lawyers and others, and they speal
truths which cannot be gainsayed.
We regret to hear of the death o
, Mr.. Charles A, Pence, who left her,
last Tuesday on the steamer Ancon
for San Francisco. Mr.. Pence was We
ry low with nervous dyspepsia, ant