Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-04-24
LOCAL BREvITIES.

Are you going to the picnic to-mor-
row?
The Orizaba sails from San Fran
cisco to-day.
Stockton is receiving more than her
usual quota of insane men from Los
Angeles.
One hundred and fifty bales of wool
were shipped from the depot yester-
day which aggregated about 10000
pounds.
1t is reported that the Santa Monica
wharf has stretched out to the length
of 255 feet and is now rapidly wading
into the ocean.
Goldsmith g. Davis come up smiling
from their loss by the Ventura and
propose to reduce the price of cigars
to make up their deficit. Short profits
and nimble dimes they say will do it.
The semi-annual meeting of the
congregation Bnai Birth will be held
tomorrow at 10 A. NJ. in the basement
of the Synagogue on Fort street.
Business of importance will come be-
fore the meeting and a full attendance
is desired.
The important suit of the city vs..
Baldwin and Others, which will decide
the proprietorship of the Los Angeles
river above the city is near at hand.
Our City Fathers are waking up on
the subject and propose to make a
strong fight of it.
H. B. Ms steamers should not 20
shooting promiscuosly along our coast
and driving everybody to their wits
end with the fear of disaster. If the
City Dads of Santa Barbara have any
spunk, they will place an injunction
on John Bull forthwith.
While Mr.. Johnson, of the Santa
Barbara Press, was absent on his lee
turing tour, twenty-four copies of his
paper were lost from the files of his
office. How would it do to look into
the hustle of the ex-editress The
missing copies may be there, who
knows?
We learn that J. L. Morris, one of
our pioneer merchants, who has been
on visit to Germany for nearly
year past, will start tor home on the
1st of May. Whether he will return
single or double, his friends are un-
able to state, though it was generally
understood when he left that he i'm
tended to bring better-haif back
with him.
A young man named Joseph Hard
ing, in temporary fit of insanity,
was brought to the city yesterday
from Los Nietos and lodged in Jail to
await the action Of the Court. A de-
cision was deferred by Judge O'Mel-
veny on the advice of the County
Physician, DR.. Brooke, in hopes that
the afflicted man may soon recover
his reason.
We publish this morning a column
advertisement of Messrs. Starbuck Il
Butler, our new firm of Real Estate
Brokers and Commission Merchants.
The long list Of property offered for
sale and rent speaks we'll for the pat
ronage which our citizens have be-
slowed upon this enterprising house
during the few weeks which have
elapsed since its establishment. Read
the advertisement and you will see
some fine bargains offered.
The Supreme Court has decided
that the recent action Of the State
Board of Education, adopting the
"Pacific coat series of readers" was
illegal. The ground Of the decision is
based upon the fact that six months
notice previous to the action taken
was not given according to law.
Other informalities were alleged, but
were not stated as this one was
deemed sufficient. No further change
is possible now for year hence as 1t
requires the notice of six months pre-
viOus to action, and the same time
subsequently, before any new order
can be enforced. The new series of
readers was not introduced into our
public schools AZ the specified limit
had not expired and, consequently,
our citizens will be exempt from this
needless expense.