Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-10-16
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The steamer Senator arrives at San
ia Monica aud San Pedro tomorrow.
The Mound College at San Francis
co, will not open until November 18th.
The Thirty Fights had q parade ond
drill last evening.
Deputy U. s. Marshal Dunlap has
returned from San Bernardino.
Capt. Moore is surveying the San
Antonio rahch into g. acre lots.
Deputy County Clerk Owen, who
has been i'll for II few days, is conva-
| lescent.
Mr.. Will d. Gould and wife left San
Francisco yesterday on the steamer
Senator.
George w. Decker, late of New Ha-
ven Connecticut, died at the Lafay yette
Hotel on thursday night.
Mr.. r. G. Hopkins, of the Surveyor
Generals office, returned hotne yes
terday morning.
y number of fires On the mountains
are visible from our streets in the
evening.
Gold closed yesterday afternoon at
| llGs per cent. premium. Currency sold
here at SIS g s6a.
There is growing demand for the
opening of Los Angeles street both
ways.
Mr.. John d. Bicknell was confined
| to his hotel in San Francisco, at last
accounts, by sickness.
The Congregational Church social
was held last night at the residence of
Mr.. George Milliken.
The steamer Monterey arrived at
Santa Monica last night with is tons
OF freight. She will stop at Whining
ton to-day with 10 tons.
Kalischer's team ran away ye.ter-
day, on Also street, scattering hides
along the street and ihjuring the driv-
| er, who was thrown out.
We regret to learn that the falling
health of Mr.. Robert Furlong will
oblige him to give up his school in
! Orange as soon as u suitable suUsti-
! tpte can be found.
We had the pleasure yesterday of
meeting Mr.. Richard Kerren of San
Diego county, an old resident of this
city and one of the best amateur musi-
clans that ever lived here.
We hear that Mr.. Herman Rettberg
who was on visit to this city some
! time since, has been nominated for
Legislature in the Denver, Colorado,
| district.
The improvements In the Lafayette
hotel are about finished aid it Is now
a very complete hotel. The Lafayette
bar Will be opened this evening with
We have received the first number
of the Santa Monica Outlook, which is
q credit to the promising city by the
sea. In typographical appearance it
is unexcelied, and editorially it is up
to the metropolitan standard.
In patronizing Reeds ice cream sa-
loon or soda fountain you do so with
confidence that everything is first
class. His soda leaves no pangs after
it, and his ice cream produces no chol-
! era morbus.
| BY private letter from Philadel-
| phia we learn that the exclusive right
| TO sell beer on the centennial grounds
| has been given to q German brewer
for 500, 900; the whiskey privilege sold
for $40, 900; restaurant for S3U, 600.
The grand opening ball at the SAM
Ia Ana Hotel took place last evening.
With such ball committee as Dr.
NJ. S. Jones, J. G. Hill, G. Bowers, and
G.. Spurgeon, tie ball and banquet
must have been success.
Benz. Todd will lecture In the Court
House on Sunday. Oct. 18th at half
past seven P. NJ. Mr.. Todd has the
reput alton of being one of the most
eminent speakers in the field of re.
form.
We had the pleasure yesterday o.
meeting G. III. Sproul of Norwalk,
who has 800 acres of land, of which he
is making Il fine farm. He has sunk
an artesian we'll 400 feet and has q
good flow.
Louis Levin has all the latest Pc
riodicals of Eastern publishers. Har-
per's weekly, Frank Leslie's, New
York Ledger and other leading liter
AIRY papers can be found oil His count
ers. He has all the standard lit
erature of the day.
The track at the scene of the recent
railroad accident was cleared yester-
day morning by seven O'Clock. Su-
perintendent Hewitt deserves great
praise for the manner In which he
pushed the wrecking train.
Joe Breson is now dishing up all
the delicacies of the season. On his
present bill of fare will be found pigs
feet, boneless sardines, Switzer cheese
Holland herring, Cincinnati ham,
Russian caviar and Veana sausage.
| Give him call and Joe or Gus will
give you u first class entertainment.
A candidate for Justice of the Peace
was observed on "Wednesday night
punging along the street head fore
most and finally landed on all fours.
A spectator said he was running for
Justice of the Peace, but we believe he
only stumbled, as Justice Is always
represented as blind.
The Symposium saloon, under the
Merced Theater, is one of the best in
town. Mr.. Felix KNOWS how to get up