Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-08-29
GOLD REPORT.
LOCAL BREVITIES.


Nine vessels are discharging at Will
mington.
Tomorrow at 10 A. M, Hewitt, the
horse-poisoner, will be sentenced.
The Janissaries of Light have re-
ceived their new regalia.
The steamer Los Angeles left Santa
Monica yesterday for San francesca.
Rev. DIR. Houts left yesterday for
Santa Barbara, but will soon return,
The steamer Ancon leaves to-mor-
row for San Francisco.
The mail train was twelve hours
late yesterday, arriving at I'm.
Mr.. J. III. Bland has withdrawn
from the chase of the District Attor-
neyship.
A monthly examination of the pub
lie school on the hill took place last
week.
Mr.. James Donegan, giant from
Texas, 6 feet 10} inches high, is wrest-
ling with the fare at the United States.
A young man named Willis had his
leg broken at Anaheim on Thursday
night, by an accident.
The Rev. J. s. Scott, of st. Johns
Church, San Francisco, will preach IN
Good Templars' Hall to-day at IL
o'clock.
Gov. Downey and wife, Miss r. Kel-
ly and Mr.. D. Freeman, will arrive by
the Ancon tomorrow, from San Fran
cisco.
Mr.. John Hayes, our old friend who
represented the Overland, has secured
position as schOol-teacher at Ell.
Monte. He will have great success.
Prof. Charles w. Steen is still in
town, and will give another of his tru-
ly wonderful Circles to-nightat Sp. M,
in the parlor at Lafayette Hotel.
The rattle for Joe Breson's horse took
place at the Senate saloon last night,
and the animal was won by No. 1872,
on throw of 40.
Two cars of Cinnamon went to Aha
helm yesterday to work on the ditch.
One car load of Cinnamon went to
the San Fernando tunnel.
The Cajon ditch is being enlarged to
accommodate District No. 2. The
width will be ten feet on the bottom
and fourteen feet on the top. The
dapth will be three feet.
The finest picnic of the season will
be the German;pic-nic to-day at Wash
ington Gardens. Tt is for the benefit
of the German Hospital Fund and
should be largely patronized.
Calvin L. Porter has rented the
stables at Fort and Fourth streets,
and will conduct first-class livery,
feed and sale stable. Everything will
be first-class and we recommend a
call.
We were presented yesterday with
five varieties Of common corn and one
of Egyptian corn. Also some fine
specimens of peach-blow potatoes.
All these crops were grown without
irrigation and will yield fine return,
the corn crop being estimated at 80
bushels to the acre.
Omnibus and express passenger
wagons will ply between the centre Of
the city and Washington Gardens to-
day, for 12A cents each way, or for two
car tickets. This accommodation has
been affected by the Committee Of
Arrangements of the German Benevo-
lent Society.
Prof. HI. Bethe intends to give q Sc
ries of monthly Concerts at Turn-Ve-
rein Hall, beginning Sept. Goth. A
subscription list is in circulation, and
meeting with great fuccess. His Pro-
gramme will include the most difficult
concert piecs by Liszt, Thalberg, Chop
in and others, illustrating the pro-
gres of art in our city.
The action of our banks in closing
until the extent of the financial disas-
ter in San Francisco can be ascrtained
is unanimously endorsed by our peo.
Pile. With assets largely in excess Of
their liabilities, it avoids the danger
which San Francisco banks have run,
and is real protection to depositOrs,
as 1t secures their interests.