Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-08-27
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Mr.. j. IL. Bard, OF Ventura county,
is in the city.
DIR. w. A. Winder of San Diego is
in the city.
The schooner Cora, with lumber for
J. G. Jackson, has arrived.
The schooner Una, loaded with rail-
road material, has arrived at Will
mington.
Gold in New York yesterday was
134 per cent premium. Greenbacks
bought at S7l aud sold at SSl.
A small express wagon broke down
in front OF Perry, Woodwork & Co.'s
yesterday morning.
Ninety sacks of meal from the Also
Mills were shipped to the anchorage
yesterday.
Telegraph poles for the telegraph
line to Santa Monica were brought
down on the brig Hidalgo.
The examination of candidates for
teachers certificates, by the County
Board of Examiners will not COM
menced till next Thursday.
There was great rush yesterday at
the store of Roth & Co, under the La
fayette Hotel. Mr.. WE'LL has his
hands full selling off goods below cost.
We call the attention of Mr.. Rowan's
maligners to GA Correction" publish
ed by Mr.. Gillette, in this mornings
paper.
The confirmation tomorrow at the
Synagogue is open to all visitors. The
ceremony is quite interesting and our
readers should witness it. No invita-
ton is necessary.
Messrs. Pfeiffenberger & Co. of the
Woollen Mill store, have dissolved. 1t
is an enterprising concern, and we
hope their future business may bepros-
porous.
The brig Hidalgo, having aboard
the first consignment of iron water
pipes for the contractors of the Santa
Monica Land Company, arrived at
Santa Monica Wednesday evening.
Col. E. G. Kewen and Mr.. Alex
ander Forbes will speak at San Ber-
nardino on Saturday evening. The
latter gentleman will speak in Span
ish and English.
The speech of Hon. II. G. Phelps on
Wednesday night with its array of
figures is bombshell in the Indepen-
dent ranks. showing as it does, the
falseness of their political pretensions.
Do not forget the book auction
which takes place at No. % Main
street tonight. Some rare and ele-
CANT works will be disposed of, and
they may go for song as the sale is
without reserve.
The Turn-Verein are making extern
sive preparations for their picnic next
Sunday at Washington Gardens. Our
readers will remember that the pro-
ceeds go to the establishment of hos
pital.
Several business men who desire to
locate here, wish to get stores on the
main street. We met two yesterday,
at the st. Charles hotel, who look for
ward with interest to the completion
of the new buildings on Main street.
The schooner Adelphi arrived at
Santa Monica Wednesday afternoon
with 14O tons of coal, $50 telegraph
poles, a number of heavy tilers, and
water pipe for the Santa Monica Wa
ter Company.
Rev. II. f. Houts went to Compton
yesterday to see some old Kansas
friends and visited the camp meeting
near by. Among his callers early yes
terday morning were Judge O'Mel-
veny and numerous acquaintances of
the old time.
The Lafayette Hotel will have fine
sitting-room and bar-room, as
soon as the bankrupt stock of Roth &
Co. is sold out. The room now occu-
pied by the dry-goods establishment,
will be fitted up for an elegant read
lDg-rOOm anu SdlOOu.
Mr.. E. Greenbaum has sold the lease
and furniture of the White House to
Mr.. and Mrs. Strowbridge, who will
soon reopen it in elegant style. Their
purchases of new and luxurious furni-
ture indicate that it will be run as a
first-class hotel and restaurant.
Mrs. Mckinney and Mrs. Higgins
of Anaheim, are in the city soliciting
donations for the Presbyterian Church
of that place. 1t is a worthy enter
prise, and we hope the ladies will re-
ceive encouraging contributions. An
ahelm's prosperity is a help to Los
Angeles and we trust our BUSINESS men
will respond in liberal style.
The Farmers and Merchants Bank
yesterday about noon sold to Mr.. Car
tan, a wholesale merchant of San
Francisco, a draft on the Bank of CAL
ifornia for $l20. At four o'clock he
heard of the failure of the Bank of
California, found the Assistant CASH
ier, who repaired to the Bank and paid
him back his money. Such conduct
should be inscribed in letters of gold.
We had the pleasure of meeting at
the st. Charles Hotel, yesterday, Mr..
f. M. Cartan, of the firm of Cartan,
Mccarthy & Co., wholesale liquor
dealers, San Francisco. Mr.. Cartan
travels quite extensively over this
coast, and reports business generally
good, and for his firm specially en-
couraging. His large circle of ac-
quaintances in this and other localities
guarantees a good business for the
firm and we hope to see more of him.
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