Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-10-20
LOCAL BREVITII ES.

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100 passengers.
The depot Of the Los Angeles and
Independence Railroad on San Pedro
street is progressing rapidly.
Mr.. Alexander Torges, Jr., the pro-
prietor of the Cincinnati Freie PreSse,
Is in the city.
The colony for Arizona from june
tion City, Kansas, was heard from at
Fort Wingate on the Goth ult.
Gold closed yesterday afternoon at
ll6t per cent. premium. Currency sold
here ut IS g S81.
Officer Twomey gave the alarm of
fire at the engine house yesterday
morning.
We are sorry to learn that our friend
George Furman, is sick with typhoid
fever.
The anniversary ball of 8 hominac
Tribe, l. 0. r. Nj. on the 9th inst,
promises to be largely attended.
The Ladies' Of the Nj. Z. Church,
South, propose holding supper, du-
ring the week of the Fair.
Mr.. s. w. Cralgue, Of the well
known liquor house of Lips, Craigue
& Co., arrived yesterday by the ORR
zaba, from San Francisco.
The steamer Senator sailed from San
Pedro for San Francisco yesterday at
10l5 A. ~, and from Santa Monica at
s p. NJ.
Mr.. David Silverman left this morn
ing for San Francisco. During his
stay here he has made host of friends,
who regret his departure.
Mr.. I. Goldsmith, having sold out
the Identical, now occupies the Orient.
Mr.. Goldsmith is an enterprising man
and will no doubt have superior
stock of cigars and tobocco for sale,
Capt. Geoi ge B. Walker has rented
Gov. Downey's maasion OH Figueroa
street, which he will occupy on the
arrival of his family from Europe.
They left Liverpool on the 18th inst.
Two scbooners are on the way to
Santa Monica with ties for the Los
Angeles and Independence Railroad.
AS soon as they arrive the balance of
the road 70 the eity will be finished.
Mr.. Yates, general agent of the Sim
ger Sewing Machine, is in the city
seeing the sights under the charge of
Mr.. Doak, the gentlemanly agent
here.
In the case of officer Twomey yes
terday before Judge Gray the jury
brought in verdict of not guilty. Of
ticer TWOmey received the hearty con-
gratulations of his friends.
Hon. David Barclay, formerly men,
ber of Congress from the Twenty
fourth District of Pennsylvania, will
shortly settle in Los Angeles. Three
of his SONS are already settled In this
county.
In the interest Of the six Cinnamon
arrested by officer Twomey on suspl-
cion of muderlng the Chinese gam
bier "Jack," writ of habeas corpus
was taken out yesterday afternoon,
but Judge O'Melveny remanded five
of them to jail and released the sixth,
he appearing to be guiltless.
A fire occurred yesterday morning
at half-past three o'clock. The resi-
dence of DR.. Dunn, at the corner of
Pearl and Adams streets, was burned
to the ground, through accident. The
loss is $4,000 and no insurance. Officer
Funk gave the alarm, but before the
engine could reach the scene the house
was in ruins.
On Monday night Officer Funk
picked up man at the corner of First
and Los Angeles streets who had $500
on his person. He was taken to Jail
for safe-keeping, and yesterday morn
| ing his money was returned to him.
| We delight to publish such an item
OF a police officer, for it shows them
to be above suspicion.
Rev. T.W. Greene, an eminent Bap-
tist clergyman of Denver, Col, is
about coming to California, and, we
trust, may be induced to give Los An
| geles call. We heard him at II meet
ing of the Evangelical Alliance at
| Leavenworth, Kansas, last fall, and
| he made the dry bones of religious
bigotry rattle with his eloquence. He
is a superior pulpit orator.
The following were the principal
shipments from the Southern Pacific
depot yesterday; 72 sacks of meal,
| from Also mills; 122 dry hides, from
! Gassen & Pico; 2l4 sacks of corn, from
| H. Newmark & Co.; 10 barrels of
brandy, from L. ]. Rose; IA cases of
honey, from Thomas McLain; 20 sacks
of feed, from Hellman, Haas & Co.
Major McCrea goes out to day with
the pay car. He will disburse about
sixty-five thousand dollars this trip in
this and San Bernardino counties. The
| disbursement of the Southern Pacific
| railroad each month in this valley
averages sixty thousand to oseventy-five
thousand dollars per month, This is
so much gold placed in the hands of
the people.
We have received statements con-
cerning the punishment of child in
one of our city public schools which
are so conflicting that we feel hardly
justified in saying where the blame, if
any lies. The matter is one belonging
rather to the Board of Education than
to the journalist. To avoid the pos
sibility of doing an injustice to any
one weforbear details and comment