Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-04-03
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Greenbacks-B Buying, 8s; selling. $50
LOCAL BREVITIES.
The Los Angeles Presbytery met in
San Bernardino on the lst inst.
Work has been commenced on the
improvement of the plazas.
The Senator sails for San Francisco
to-day.
Yesterday was the warmest day of
the season thus far.
Work on the Santa Monica wharf
will be commenced next Monday.
The steamer Kalorama arrived at
Wilmington yesterday with forty tons
of freight for this place.
The schooner Cora arrived yester-
day with lumber for J. q. Jackson g.
Co.
Seventy-one cases have been dis
posed of by Mayor Beaudry since he
assumed the official toga.
The business of the Grange Store
now approximates $4,000 month,
cash.
Fitzpatrick, at the Acme of Fashion,
has received superb lot of pants pat
terms.
Mr.. Geo. B. Davis, of the Alden
Fruit Drying Works, left yesterday
for an extended trip through the
county.
Mr.. 1. S. Smith of the Grange Store,
has lost bunch of keys. The finder
will please return them to the owner
and receive the reward of virtue.
Mr.. Luke Furlong and Miss Mary
Mcbride were made one and happy by
Rev. Father Flanagan at the Catholic
Church yesterday.
Putting it in delicate way, they
say at Wilmington that a man has
"orange blossoms in his button-hole."
A Los Angeles man got them down
there the other day.
A Vandiver corn-planter which was
sold from the Grange Store some time
ago is doing excellent service near
Anaheim, putting in twenty acres of
corn day.
Madame Arabella Goddard always
carries her own grand piano forte with
her. 1t is magnificent instrument,
especially constructed for the madame
by Steinway & Sons, New York.
A test case against j. L. Williams
for keeping open his saloon against
the provisions of the lately established
ordinance, was brought up before
Mayor Beaudry yesterday. For the
convenience of all parties interested it
was postponed until 10 A. NJ. to-day.
Our friend J. w. Davis is not only
an enterprising druggist, but is good
judge of real estate. He coolly bid off
an entire block at the sale of the
WOolen Mill tract yesterday for $4,-
QUO, aud half an hour afterWard was
offered ST. 900 for his bargain.
Mr.. Ralph Rogers, at Orange, has a
quantity OF Australian gum trees,
which he advertises for sale this morn
ing. He will deliver the trees within
six months after contract, from six to
twelve inches in height and at six to
twelve cents each. The Australian
gum is becoming very popular for
practical and ornamental purposes.
The San Bernardino Guardian ad-
vertises for fighting editor who must
weigh at least 119 pounds; duties
light. Such an individual wouldn't
go very far in our metropolitan city of
solid men. In our three daily news
paper offices there are four big scrib-
blers and fighters, who kick the beam
at 205, POI, 315 and 230 pounds respect
lively. Won't somebody come and
try to bully the Los Angeles press I?
DO let them come.
Mr.. T. D. Maloney, who has acted
as agent for the HERALD for the past
ten months, retires from his position
and leaves for San Francisco to-day.
While connected with the HERALD,
Mr.. Maloney has proved himself an
active and capable business man and
we recommend him to the consider
alton of any community where he
may chance to pitch ibis tent here
after. The place thus made vacant
will be supplied by Will. r. Belts,
well known in our city, who is author
lied to collect subscriptions on the
route through the business part of the
city.
Mr.. M. G. Congdon, who is employed
in the carriage mandatory of Page
& Gravel, had narrow escape from
foot-pad on Thursday night. About
10 o'clock he was going to his home on
San Pedro street, from a meeting of
the Knights of Pythias, and in pass
ing the corner of Los Angeles and
First streets, encountered suspicious
looking individual lettering about the
place. The fellow started after Mr..
Congdon in suggestive way AID that
gentleman, acting on Falstaff's phi
losophy, took to his heels. A close
chase followed down San Pedro street
for about q quarter of a mile, when
Mr.. Congdon landed in his own yard
and was safe from further pursuit.
Gentlemen who are compelled to go
out late at night should go prepared