Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-01-08
LOCAL BREVITIES.

On the 1st of January, 1873, $685.
056 DO was in the City Treasury.
The hackmen, hereafter, must Ills.
play their rates of fares.
II is reported that the Southern Pa
cific Railroad Company have corps
of surveyors in the CajOn pass.
The schooner Jessie Nickerson ar
rived from San Francisco yesterday
with railroad material. ~
During the year 1874 warrants were
drawn OH the City Treasurer for $751;
972 80.
The Grange Store has made large
acquisition to its stock of boots and
shoes.
The District Court is in session at
San Bernardino, and several of our
lawyers are there.
The stockholders of the Grange CO.
operative Company will have bust
hess meeting on the 29th inst.
The Grange Cooperative Company
has declared dividend of u per cent.
for the six months ending on the 31st
ult.
Two twelve-mule teams, ladened
with lumber, left for Panamint yes
terday. Lumber at the mines is
worth $3.50 per thousand.
The shipments from Downey yes
terday were one hundred and seventy
three sacks of corn, and twenty-six
sacks of oats.
In the County Court yesterday in
the case of Bancroft VS.. Doak, ver-
diet was rendered in favor of plaintiff
for the sum OF $3.50.
The Postoflice block and Ducom-
nuns new block are both rapidly APP
preaching completion. They will be
ornaments to the city.
Herman Raster, at the Los Angeles
Poultry Market, No. %, Los Angeles
street, has supply of fresh salmon
for sale to-day.
The bond of saloon-keepers is to be
raised to $1,000. 1t is hoped by the
Council that this will put an end to
"dead-falls," where thieves and cut
throats cOngregate.
The city authorities are after the
contractors with sharp stick. Some
of the Councilmen seem to be of the
opinion that certain contractors are
Sinking their work.
The mail from San Francisco was
delayed over five hours yesterday
morning, by an accident to the stage
between Bakersfield and San Fernan-
do. No one was hurt-only the pole
fractured.
The Orizaba will be in port from
San Francisco this morning and leave
for San Diego. Passengers from Los
Angeles must leave on the lO:l5 A. M.
train. The Orizaba will be in port for
San Francisco on Sunday morning.
The Council desires the School Board
to declare vacation for one month
the School Board does not see the ne
cessity for any such action. Yesterday
the Council again requested vacation
for one'month.o
The Salvador will be at Wilmington
Harbor tomorrow, en- route for Pana-
ma. She will take on some fifty tons
of ore from the Panamint mines, CEN
signed to smelling works in England.
The ties, iron and the first car for
the Main Street Railroad have been
ordered and a sufficient amount of
material has been purchased to COM
plete the track to PicO street.
The officers and members of Los
Angeles Lodge No. 80, I. o. O, f., are
requested to meet at Odd Fellows Hall
this evening at n o'clock. punctualiy.
The business for the night will be
made known at the Hall.
At the u. S. Land Office in this city
IL, 1873 acres of land were sold last year.
1850 acres located under military
warrants; 800 acres entered under the
homestead law, and 94 acres under the
mining law.
The indispensable" Fish, Game,
Poultry and Fruit Market kept by Mr..
B. Diffenderfer, on lower Main street,
is doing a splendid business. Call
there when you are in search of the
delicacies and substantials for your
table.
Yesterday the Clarendon Hotel
passed under new management, Mrs.
G. Salari purchasing the lease and
fixtures from Mr.. Brown. The dining
room is undergoing repairs, and will
soon be opened to the public on the
European plan. 1t is rumOred that
Mr.. ]. l.. Gould, an experienced and
accommodating hotel man, will have
charge Of the dining room.