Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-07-28
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Calico ball at Old Santa Monica, al
Hazel Dell, on Thursday night. 2

his elegant residence on Fort street.
The Board of Equalization has low
cred the county assessment $2,856.
The Independent Convention meets
this morning III the Court
A camp meeting is to be held at
Riverside in few weeks.
Gov. Irwin and Gen. 10 Hamilton
left for San Bernardino yesterday.
Melons are glutting the market at
ten to twenty cents each.
Mr.. J. N. Van Nuys, of San Fer
nando ranch, is at the st. Charles.
The jury in the Hewitt case at four
o'clock this morning brought him in
guilty of poisoning Askin's horses.
A good sized sea bass, or baracouta,
can be bought on our streets for ten
or fifteen cents.
We understand Mr.. M. Keller will
put second story to his wine depot at
an early date. .#.f.
A farewell social to Madame Muse
will be given at DIR. Browns, No. 100
Main street, this evening.
Gold is again Oh the rise, being
quoted yesterday at l4s, and green
backs 87@SS.
On July 2Sth the Pound Master will
sell roam mare, blaze face, branded
'9.n .a
The Hewitt horse-poisoning case oc-
cupied the attention of the County
Court in night session last night.
Three DRINKS honored Mayor Beau
dry with a call yesterday and one of
them contributed $40, but the ether
two preferred to work it out.
A man fell in an epileptic fit, yes
terday, in front of Levy 4 Coblentz's
store. He was cared for and soon re-
covered.
Mr.. P. H. Smith, of Leroy, Kansas,
has gone home with determine
tion to return at an early date with
his family. VS.
Gov. Stafford of Arizona arrived in
Los Angeles yesterday, and is at the
st. Charles, on visit to his brother
and sister from the East.
The steamer Senator sails from San
Francisco to-day for Wilmington and
Santa Monica, with large freight
and passenger list for Los Angeles.
Hon. S. o. Houghton will arrive
here next Wednesday, August 4th, and
in the evening will address the Repub-
lican mass meeting. hash
Wells, Fargo & Co.'s office is neat
and commodious. VIM. and George
Pridham have evidently exercised
good taste in the arrangement.
Gas pipes are being laid in all the
rooms of the Pico House. This hotel,
when re-opened, will be in the full
sense of the word first-class.
Don Juan Sepulveda, the victim of
the Compton outrage, is improving,
and we understand his assailants will
be tried next Monday.
Mr.. 1. Goldsmith, our leading to-
bacconist, left for San Francisco by
the overland route last night to lay in
a new supply of goods.
Prof. Steen gave seance last eve-
ming at private house, and during
the day gave a number of private Sc
ances at the Lafayette Hotel parlOrs.
DR.. w. T. Lucky will deliver tenn
perance address before the Father
Matthew Society next Sunday eve-
ming. The meeting will be held in
Lawlor's Institute, and all are invited.
Mr.. Chas. Harvey, Mr.. Backman's
son-in-law, arrived from New York
yesterday, accompanied by his wife.
Mr.. Harvey proposes to take up his
residence in our city.
The Independents hold mass meet
ing tonight in front of Temple Block.
Gen. John Bidwell, Judge Thompson,
Gen. Howard and other speakers will
be present. 49,.
We are under obligations to the
'Thirty Fights" for complimentary
to their grand picnic on next Sunday
at Washington Gardens. We hope to
be there and take part with the boys.
The party who signs himself "Tax-
Payer" and complains of the conduct
of one of the policemen must give his
name if he wishes to have his COM
plaint considered.
The steamship Constantine arrived
at Santa Monica Monday evening"
landing passengers and seventy tons
of merchandise for this city and
the interior.
The steamer Orizaba arrived yester-
day morning from San Francisco, and
sailed in the afternoon for San Diego.
One hundred passengers and 400 tons
of freight were landed here.
Mr.. w. II. Toler of Orange returned
yesterday on the Orizaba, after a two
months absence in Memphis, Tenn.
He reports that many people with
whom he has talked will emigrate to
Los Angeles this Fall. =
Two pipes of wine were shipped yes
terday by Gen. Stoneman to Brumil-
ler, New York; 500 hides were ship
ped to San Francisco by H. Newmark,
and large quantity of way freight to
Cotton.
Prof Havell has recovered from his
recent attack of rheumatism, and we
are pleased to see him again on our
streets. We understand that his sales
of Hallett, Davis d Co. pianos are
quite large. ~ - o. -