Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-01-19
LOCAL BREvITIES.

The San Fernando train was six
hours behind time yesterday.
The Marshal will sell property for
delinquent taxes to-day.
Gilt-edged butter can be found at
the Grange Store at bedrock prices.
An immense run on boots and shoes
at the Grange Store.
The "Cantata of Estheru has been
postponed for more favorable weather.
The San Gabriel has overflowed its
banks and is impossible.
Some ten persons, charged with fell
onies, had to face the grand jury yes
terday. as~ra
The newly-made thoroughfare on
Spring street stand the rain like a
thoroughbred.
There was lively runaway on Main
street, on Sunday, resulting in the
wreck of milk wagon. asa-.
The Senator will be here this morn
ing with one hundred passengers and
several hundred tons of freight.
A few more of those celebrated
Dupee uncased hams, can be found at
the Grange Store.
The steamer passengers from San
Diego had to come up by private con-
veYance. f ~
The stage to Bakersfield is having q
rough time of it; but as yet the road
is practicable. . .e
Anyone wanting a first-class book
keeper will do well to examine the
wants column of the HERALD.
Six hundred and forty acres of land
in and around San Juan Capistrano
are being laid Off in town lots.
The installation of the officers of
South Star Degree Lodge, No. 7, I. o.
Q. r., will take place this evening. A
full attendance is expected.
An old adobe house, on Main street,
caved in yesterday, owing to the
heavy rains. The adjoining photo
graph gallery was laid on its side.
The Ventura left for San Francisco
last evening. The passengers from
here, booked for the upper coast, were
unable to make connection.
Over mine inches of rain fell in this
section from Saturday night until
dusk last night. Well may all re-
joice.
Reports from Downey, Anaheim,
Wilmington, Spadra and San Fernan-
do show that the "genial rain" visited
all parts Of Los Angeles county.
There was break in the railroad at
Puente yesterday, but it was promptly
repaired. The road is 80. X" to
Spadra and San Fernando.
There are three or four breaks in the
railroad between this city and Ana
L-:.-~, o~.---.>..-.e.st;or Is,
pended. 1t will take three or four
days to bridge the breaks.
A telegram from Downey dated p.
NJ. yesterday says: J. w. Venable re-
ports the total rainfall to 8 A. NJ. to be
nine inches. Tt is raining slow,
steady rain, with every Indication of
heavy rains tonight. The rivers are
high and still rising.
The Identical" is now under the
management of Messrs. Davis &
Goldsmith. Both gentlemen are pop
ular, wide awake and experts in the
tobacco trade, and the ''Identical
under the new management is sure to
be prosperous.
A dispatch from Wilmington at 8
o'clock last night stated that the con-
dtion of Mr. Thomas, who was in-
jured by the railroad accident yester-
day morning, was such as to leave
little hope for his recovery. He is
burned inside, either by steam or hot
water. .aI
A dispatch from Spadra dated 2 p. NJ.
yesterday says: The rainfall since P.
M. on Saturday up to the present time
and it is still raining very hard. The
Changers are all jubilant over the
prospect for good crops next Fall.
The gophers and squirrels are all get
ting drowned out. 5a
Superintendent Hewitt is satisfied
that the Wilmington route will be all
right this morning. The Anaheim
road is badly washed at the San Cab
riel river and the Cayote flats, repairs
are already commenced and trains
will run regularly in three or four
days. The San Fernando train is all
right. ri
On Sunday morning, shortly after
midnight, three men made raid on o
house OF ill-fame on Los Angeles street
Carrie POrters) and captured $1S5.
Two of the trio, named Lowrey and
Butts, were arrested by Officers Ryan
and Sands. 1t is believed that both
men are hard cases" and that this is
not their first effort in crime.
There was a homicide at Anaheim
yesterday. In the rear Of the Plant
ers' Hotel, Charley Nelson, the porter,
was killed by the waiter, named Dan.
Mccarthy, with dirk knife, he stab
bing Nelson in the side. Nelson had
made indecent proposals to McCar-
thy's wife. He lately worked in this
city at the Delmonico. The murderer
is under errest.
Walter Rogers and William Potusky
have leased the basement of Ducom-
nuns new building on the corner of
Main and Commercial streets, and
will in few days open therein first
class saloon. The name selected for
the new place is "The Grotto." Both
the gentlemen have had considerable
experience in the business and knows
how to keep first-class saloon. Mr..
Rogers leaves to-day for Saa Francisco,
where he goes to purchase the stock
and fancy fixtures for "The Grotto."