Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-09-26
LOCAL BREVITIES.

remember the Baptist concert TO-
night at Grange Hall.
The Good Templars had a meeting
last night.
1t is now in order to agitate lighting
the streets these dark nights.
A number of Pennsylvania tourists
and prospecters are in the cify.
Services at the Fort street M. f.
church this morning at IL O'Clock.
Mr.. N. H. Mitchell, of Anaheim, is
at the st. Charles.
Mr.. Spence, cashier of the Gold
Bank, went to San Diego yesterday.
Capt. E. M. Nordberg, of the bark
Rose Sprague, was at the st. Charles
Hotel yesterday.
Capt. Polhemus reports an average
of eleven feet of water at half flood
tide on Wilmington bar.
The M. +. Sunday-school will as.
semble as usual at the Fort street
M. f. church at 1890 p. NJ.
The only court business yesterday
was the reception of the report of the
Grand Jury by the County Court.
Capt. Chas. +. Shillaber and wife
leave for San Francisco by the Sena-
tor.
The Grand Jury finished their Ia
bors yesterday morning and adjourn
ed.
The Janessaries of Light give
grand ball at Downey City on the Sth
proximo.
Gold in New York yesterday was
1851 per cent premium. Greenbacks
bought at IS and sold at S6A in this
city, is ~ ~ -
Los Angeles Council of Royal and Sc
lect Masters, No. IL, will hold meet
ing on Monday evening, at 1880 O'Clock.
A full attendance is requested.
Mr.. S. Barruth has opened a dress
making emporium on Springetreet,
opposite Temple Block. He will be
as popular as Worth, in Paris.
Mr.. G. B. Faris, of Florence, brought
to the city yesterday, a pumpkin
weighing eighty-six pounds, and sew
eral corn stalks over fifteen feet high.
These were grown without irrigation.
A drunk man was overhauled last
evening opposite Downey Block, and
was secured after he had knocked
down one officer. He was finally
taken off to the jail in triumph.
Mr.. J. N. Van Nuys, of San Fer
nando Ranch, has arrived from San
Francisco and Is stopping at the st.
Charles. He reports the finances i'm
proving in the metropolis.
Mr.. Gaertner, the asssyer, has wash
ed some of the dirt taken out of the
Main street sewer excavation and
found gold. What will San Diego say
to that?
The Orizaba leaves Sa" Francisco
this morning, instead of leaving yes
terday as announced by US. She will
arrive at San Pedro Tuesday forenoon,
and leave for San Diego on the arrival
of the afternoon train that day.
The Express suggests that white
wash would improve the city of Santa
Monica The Express has been doing
that job for some time, ,and if it throws
up the sponge the city by the sea will
have to do without the necessary
white coat, we are afraid.
Col. Crawford received telegram
yesterday afternoon from Collector
Bowers, of San Diego, stating that the
p. nj. steamer Costa Rica would ar
rive at Santa Monica this morning
with no tons of iron and cars for the
Los Angeles and Independence rail-
road.
The plans for the San Pedro street
depot are ready. The building will
have an imposing facade fronting on
Wolfskill's lane, and two wings, 100
feet in length, ornamented by towers,
with dormer windows. The wing
fronting on San Pedro street will be
built now; time alone can determine
when the remainder of the imposing
structure will be finished.
There is no truth in ihe report that
VIM. Sheehan had been badly used
up by the attack of Jesus Cuevas, and
was not presentable. We saw Mr..
Sheehan yesterday, and beyond hav-
ing his nose peeled slightly ne is as
good as ever. He is not hurt, and will
remain in Los Angeles till it suits his
convenience to leave. Cuevas' apos-
tolic blows do not hurt much, and
they scare less.
The Los Angeles Furniture Compa-
ny have opened a salesroom at No. 179
Main street, and are prepared to sell
at the lowest cash prices every FASH
ionable style of ash and walnut cham
ber suites, dining room and kitchen
furniture. This firm have a wholesale
establishment in Vermont, and have
every advantage of low-priced labor
in the Eastern market. They propose
to sell nothing but such work as would
sell at the regular market prices in
New York, Philadelphia and Boston.
Their Los Angeles customers will
have an opportunity of getting these
goods at bottom prices, the same as If