Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-10-14
LOCAL BREyITJES.
Council meeting tonight.

council meeting Tonight
Mr.. Mendel Meyer has gone to San
Francisco.
The steamer Ancon viii arrive from
San Francisco to-day.
The steamer Aneon, leaves to-day
for San Diego.
Mr.. Titus of Los Angeles was in San
Francisco on the 10th inst.
Judge O'Melveny returned yester-
day morning from Orange.
Los Angeles Stamm, U. O. r. NJ,
hold a meeting tonight.
An assessment of forUy-siX cents per
share on Charlotte Consolidated Gold
Mining stock has been levied.
Mr.. George Pridham, Coast Line
Stage Agent, is on visit to San Ber-
nardino and will return to-day.
Mr.. L. p Forster, of Santa Marga-
rita ranch, Is registered at the st.
Charles hotel.
a telegram to General Volney Il.
How ard informs him of the death of
Charles T. Taggart, Esq. of San Diego.
Hon. Willis Drummond, late Com
missioner of the Land office, left yes
terday morning for San Francisco.
Confidence Engine company will
have drill this evening at 7 o'clock.
A tlll attendance is demanded.
The Pound Master will sell bay
horse on October 10Th, which was
picked up as a stray.
The tower OF the Catholic Church
will be one hundred and eighty feet
high when completed.
Col. John G.. Taylor, the special
agent of the Trust Fund Insurance AS
sociation, has arrived in the city.
Among the recent additions to Ana
helm we note that of Mr.. c.. w. Silver,
an attorney, late of Virginia.
The Baptist Church social was held
last night at the residence of DR.. Bur-
CESS, on Spring street near Fourth.
The steamer Mohongo left yester-
day for San Francisco, with full pas
senger and freight list.
Hereafter trains on the S. p. II. r.
to connect with the steamers Orizaba
and Ancon will leave Los Angeles at
p. NJ.
There was little regret expr essed in
Democratic circles yesterday over the
defeat of old fog-horn Bill Allen, Of
Ohio.
Those desirous ofpurchasing house,
centrally located, should read the adj
vertising columns of the HERALD this
morning.
An interesting suit in court yester-
day was ended suddenly by filing a
copy of the defendants petition in
bankruptcy.
Prof. Havell's ability as an impress
sario has been fully tested in arrang-
ing the Old Folks Concert. His sue
cess will be deserved.
Mr.. Hansen, the Surveyor, is stalk
ing off the lots Of the Los Angeles city
Homestead Association preparatory to
distribution to members.
Mr.. NJ. L. Wicks, of Tennessee,
late graduate of Virginia University,
has settled in Anaheim, to practice
law.
The Los Angeles weather prophets
predicted rain yesterday, but at late
hour of the night the coo ling shower
had not come.
Mr.. NJ. $. Hall, the well known
railroad contractor, came in yesterday
| from the San Jacinto mountains, and
is domiciled at the ST. Charles.
The body ofthe late F. C. Fourdrnier
has been embalmed by Drs. Stairway
and Ross, and forwarded to Waterloo,
| Canada.
An infant child of Mr.. Wittelshoefer
died yesterday morning at 4 o'clock.
| The funeral took place yesterday after
noon, and host of friends followed
the remains to the grave.
Mr.. Frank Murtha has returned
from his trip to San Luis Rey. His
hunting and fishing exercise seems to
have agreed with him, and he returns
improved in physique.
The proposed opening of Third street
| to San Pedro meets the hearty ap-
! proval of our business men. This will
make a convenient road to and from
the new depot.
The improvements on the Lafayette
Hotel have cost S30,0OO and it is now
| one of the most complete on the coast.
| A. pastry cook from the Palace Hotel,
| San Francisco, will arrive in few
days.
Attention is called to the advertise
ment in another column of "Capital
Wanted" Tt is a good opportunity
| for some Of our new citizens who de-
| sire to invest some of their surplus
funds.
The San Francisco Bulletin says
that Melville C. Baker, Los Angeles
machinist, has filed o petition in bank
ruptcy. His liabilities are reported at
| $2,071 and his assets, personal and
| other, at $500.
Judge Sepulveda will try the ques-
tion as to whether the City Trustees
of San Diego had right to vote Mr..
David Felsenheld $4,000 to pay his ex-
penses for lobbying for the Tom Scott
bill at Washington.
At the fruit stand on Main street,
next to Leahy's shoe store, there are
two birds of very rare species, called
| by the Indians "Witlacoche.n They
| SING sWeeter than the nightingale or