Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-11-06
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Bring in your advertisements for
Sundays HERALD.
Gold closed yesterday afternoon at
1l54 per cent. premium. Currency sold
here Mt s51 a. 81.
Padre Gonzales, the last OF the pio-
neer missionaries, died ut Santa Bar
bara, on the I'd inst.
Eight cars of freight were brought
up Yesterday morning from Whining
ton and several ears of trunks.
The Bark Rainier has arrived from
Puget Sound with lumber for the
Western Development Company.
officer Charles is on duty at the
Chinese Joss House and lie performs
the ardnous labor quite satisfactorily.
Mr. Elmer w. Holmes and family
arrived here yesterday on their way
home to Riverside.
x-Governor Mccormick and wife,
of Arizona, returned to Los Angeles
yesterday.
Our 'lustrous friend, Charlie Swift,
has lately arrived from San Flanciscn.
He is a shining light in his profess
| sion.
The corner of an adobe house OIL
Fort street, between Franklin and
First streets, was washed out during
the recent rain.
| uarn,ann fh8 n,ou;.;ap will .on,
mence his performances on November
22d. ut Turn Verein Hall, to remain
one week.
There will be Il grand theatrical per-
formance at Turn Verein Hall to-
morrow night, by the Dramatic Sec
tion of the society.
BY the steamer Ancon Sam Prayer
received superior stock OF gents fur
nishing goods. Not ing finer has ev-
er been brought to this market.
The Spanish American Mutual Be-
nevolent Society have received their
new seal. The design is neat aud ap-
propriate.
The two-story brick store at the
junction of Main and Spring streets,
near Ninth, is fine building. The
builder has certainly secured central
location.
Father Bouchard, of the Society Of
Jesus, San Francisco, will begin the
mission for the English-speaking Ro-
man Catholic population of Los Ange-
les on the 2Sth inst.
DIR. Lucky's lecture on Wednesday
evening next will te largely attended.
Parents and guardians are warmly in
terested in all that concerns the pros
perity of the schools.
The stated convOcation of Los Ange-
les Chapter No. 80, r. A. NJ, will
take place on Monday evening at half
past seven O'clock. A full attendance
| is requested.
| A woman WAS taken witt, II fit,
shortly tefore the steamer Ancon ar
rived at San Pedro, and was carried
on Il stretcher to the shore. She was
dangerously i'll.
The attention of the travelling pub
lie is directed to the advertisement of
the st. Charles Hotel, on the first
page. A notice of this first class ho-
tel will be found elsewhere.
The English Dramatic Section of
the Turn-Verein is -ehearsing for u
grand public performance. There will
be presented two popular comedies,
which will be given with great ef-
| feet.
j. w. A. Wright, Grand Lecturer of
the State Grange, has been appointed
by Gov. Pacheco delegate for Cali
fornia to the National Railroad Con-
vention, to be held in st. Louis, Nov.
23d.
The average number of arrivals dali
ly at our hotels is two hundred and
fifty. As most of them stay in this
vicinity it is evident that Los Angel
es must be rapidly growing in popu-
lati0n.
Not u single unrented house can be
found in Los Angeles and the cry is
still they come. Houses are being
erected in all directions but they are
rented by the time the first floor Is
laid.
We would suggest to the pastors of
the various churches the propriety Of
bringing in notice of their church
services at an early hour. We desire
to have our church directory accurate
and complete. =
We paid visit to Washington Gar
den yesterday, and have no hesitation
in pl lonouncing it the most charming
spot around Los Angeles. Under Mr..
Waldron's management it has become
rural paradise.
Mr.. Cuyas' partner, Capt. Swales,
will arrive here in u few days. We
will then expect the Pico House to
start on career of great prosperity
under the management Of Cuyas 4
Swales.
We should have stated yesterday
morning that Mr.. John T. Clifford, tel
egraph operator at Anaheim, was the
happy father of promising daughter,
not son, as the types made us say.
John is too gallant to go back on the
girls.
General Mansfield was mistaken
yesterday for Elder Tansey, by an en-
thusiastic Methodist. 1t was only q
small error, and as both are in the in
surance business, General Mansfield
insuring houses and lives, while Elder
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