Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-02-20
SATURDAY, AY,...........FEB. 20, 1876.
LOCAL BREvITIES.
Matinee this afternoon.

Ine depot is crowded with goods f0l
shipment to Spadra.
Only one case on trial in the District
Court yesterday.
| Messrs. Norton & Co.. of the Bazaar
advertise their goods at zero prices.
A fine homestead at San Gabriel is
offered for sale this morning by God
frey & Ellis.
| Considerable outside speculation is
going on with the purchasers of Cen
tinela lands.
Special letters of administration
were issued yesterday on the estate of
the late DIR. Allen.
The Turn-verein Society have post
| poned their masquerade ball from the
4th to the 9th of March.
Mr.. ]. Kurtz has been elected Mar
shall of the day for the celebration on
Monday.
The public schools will be allowed a
holiday on Monday, in honor of the
day we celebrate.
Photographs only So per dozen at
Williams & Smiths picture gallery,
corner Spring and First streets.
"a Morning Call" and % Po-ca-hon-
tas, We Gentle Savage" at the theatre
| tonight.
The carpenters commenced putting
in the fixtures for the new Postoffice
yesterday.
The City Fathers are talking of cod
flying book of city ordinances. 1t
will be an interesting work of fiction.
Mr.. Chas. Wise, who is travelling
through the county selling goods, will
leave for San Fernando to-day. He
acts as agent for the HERALD.
The agent of Maguire's San Fran
cisco Troupe is in the city, making
arrangements to lease Turn Verein
Hall for months engagement.
The total sales of Centinela prop
erty foot up 4, 1856 acres of land and BAT
town lots, netting over $l37, 900 to the
company.
San Bernardino has a new paper,
called the Toun Talk. 1t is illustrated
in a very unique style, and published
semi-occasionally by We, Us g. Co.
Several young bloods were out at
the race-course the othtr day in a
beastly state of hilarity. They now
wear " heads"
"Jim," the colored individual who
was the victim of the late razor-slash-
ing affair, was on the street yesterday,
with his nose in a sling.
The social of the Good Templars to-
night is only for members of the Or
der 1t is given on the occasion of
visit from Minnehaha Lodge of
Downey.
Somebody is wanted to climb the
Flagstaff on High School hill and in
sert a cord through the pulley at the
top. Anyone who feels equal to the
task can apply to DR.. Lucky.
An excursion train will be run to
Anaheim on Monday to accommodate
the Masons who wish to join their An
aheim brothers in the celebration OF
Washington's Birthday.
Our Anaheim correspondent reports
the exports from that place for the
first half of the present month as fol-
lows: 1873 sacks barley; 296 sacks rye;
ll9 sacks potatoes; 20 sacks wheat.
Mr.. F. Signoret, late famous in the
tonsorial art of this city, has kindly
rendered his services to operate on the
beard cultivating community, at the
Spring street barber shop of Messrs.
Barber & Cashera, for Saturdays and
Sundays. fe2O 1t
Miss Jennie Legs, spiritualist me-
dunn of considerable note, from Santa
Barbara, is in the city, registered at
the Backman House. She is accom-
panied by Miss Ray l.. Peck, also of
Santa Barbara. Perhaps we will be
favored with seance or two while the
ladies are with us.
Last Thursday lad named MMion
Freeman, whose parents live at Santa
Ana, suffered amputation of his left
leg above the knee. The operation
was made necessary by the formation
of large tumor on the knee as a re-
suit of slight bruise which the boy
had received some time previously.
The limb was amputated by DIR. Stan
way, and not by DR.. Wise, as reported
in last evenings Express. Doctors
Bush, Kurtz and Ross were present
during the operation.
Go to Artesia to-day with the excur-
sion party, and we promise that you
will see one of the finest tracts Of farm
| ing ls,nd to be found in Los Angeles
county. The train starts from the de-
pot at 9:3O this morning and with a
| short hours run arrives at Norwalk
Station. From that place it is three
miles to the Artesia property. Car
riages will be provided to convey all
visitors. 1t is we'll worth a trip,
whether one wishes to purchase or not,
to see the charming country and the
| fine artesian wells in the neighbor-
hood.