Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-02-27
LOCAL BREvITIES.

l.. M. Foulke, Federal Supervisor, is
in town.
There will be race at Agricultural
Park to-day.
The vexed question of the grade OF
| Olive street has at last been settled
satisfactorily to all parties concerned.
The new Babcock truck and extin-
guishers, purchased by the city, will
be shipped from San Francisco to-day.
Purchasers of Artesia property
can make their first payments to-day
at the office of the company, No. Il
Spring street.
A company of young people had a
picnic in the Arroyo Seco yesterday.
Rather early in the season to begin
Maying.
Still they go. We mean the chances
for the thousand dollar solitaire dia-
mond ring at the Fashion Saloon.
Somebody is bound to wear that ring
in short time.
Oh oOCOuhO VI thc uHdNOludDle
omission of the trip of the Orizaba, ,ad-
vertiscd for Monday, the Mohongo
will leave for San Francisco to-mor-
row instead of to-day according to
schedule.
The Santa Barbara Press cites, as a
picture of happiness, the small boy
that rides upon his redwood dog-cart,
behind the mouse colored mule, har-
messed with bail cord and strips of
leather cut from antiquated boot-tops.
The man who used to mix drinks
and cut glass and howl on our streets,
is named Professor Keith. The Pro.
fessor has gone to Santa Barbara and
is now mixing, cutting and bowling
for the people up there.
The Cottage Photograph Gallery of
Williams & Smith is doing rushing
business. Yesterday forty. seven diff
ferent pictures were taken at this
gallery. Reason-low prices and SUI
perior work. The gallery is on First
near Spring street.
The Goodall, Nelson & Perkins
Steamship Company have voluntarily
reduced the rate of freight on wine and
brandy from Los Angeles county ports
to San Francisco one half cent per GAL
Ion. The rate established by the p.
M. s. S. Co. was 2t cents. The G. N.
Il p. S. S. Co. have placed it at Il cts.
per gallon. They have also reduced
the rate on empty pipes and puncheons
from 81 so per pipe and So per punch
con, to 81 25 and 81 rs, respectively.
This evidence of liberality and regard
for the interests of our county should
be duly appreciated by the commu-
nifty. The company is entitled to much
credit.
Our friend Jeff White has quite a
curiosity at his place which he cap
tured the other day. Upon going into
his orchard early one morning he dis
covered large white owl perched in
the top OF a walnut tree. BY little in
genious manoeuvreing,s some climbing
and few scratches he secured the
bird and bore it in triumph to the
house. 1t proves, upon examination,
to be of q species known as the snowy
owl (apis potitis) and is very."rare for
this latitude. Jetfhas the bird securely
boxed and tethered, and proposes to
have it killed, stuffed aud mounted as
soon as he can find a taxidermist to do
the work.
The announcement of the lecture on
Marriage or Free Love" to be deliv-
cred next Sunday evening at the
Catholic Church by Rev. Father Kais-
ser, has awakened considerable inter-
est among our citizens. The subject
will be handled by one who is master
of any ground which he assumes
in discussion. Our German
fellow-citizens will experience graf
ification in hearing one of their coun-
trvmen discourse on topic so difficult
and delicate in the language of their
adopted country. The lecture will
commence at 7:30 P. NJ. Admission
free and the pews open to all. AT the
close of the discourse, collection will
be taken for the benefit of the Catholic
Church fund.