Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-04-16
sBREvITIEs

Sam Collins benefit tonight.
The. Orizaba is due to-day.
The Annie Stoffer sailed from Sal
Pedro yesterday.
The barkentine Hesperian sailet
from San Pedro yesterday.
The till-tappers were around again
yesterday. G IL
The upper Main street Plaza is t,
have it's inclosing fence repaired.
Alderman Campbell has resigned
from the City Council. Sensible man
Reserved seats for Sam Collins ben
eft tonight, can be secured at tn,
Palace. Saloon. 8 ~ -
Paymaster McCrea passed through
the city with his car of money yester
day, dispensing happiness to the boys
There will be a special meeting O
Pentalpha Lodge, No. POP, F. & A. M.
this evening, in the third degree.
''Tia but little faded fiour-an d yer
the ladies persist in putting it on theil
faces.
Three ear loads of wool and one O
oranges were shipped to Wilmington
yesterday. A car load of wool still
remains in the depot for shipment.
A well-boring company has been
formed at San Diego and they are de.
termined to find artesian water if they
have to go 1900 feet for it. That's
pluck.J61Ias e1lJt9a - Isst
Louis Walker former Editor of the
Neasho Valley Rigister Kansas, is in
our city. He proposes to take a look
at our Valley and if he is pleased
make his home with us.
Joe Bryant, arraigned before Mayor
Beaudry yesterday on the charge o.
throwing stones at somebody, was dis.
charged through an informality il
the complaint.
Read the advertisement of Messrs
Jones & Noyes, which appears this
morning. This is the all-popular auc'
tion house of our city and needs nc
words of approval from us. ger. 8 -
There are messages at the Western
Union Telegraph Office for Jno. Daw-
son; John Trabuco; Rev. Theo. H. Por.
ter; Mrs. Kate Miller and G. W.
Davis.
We found upon our table last night
the card of Mr.. Edwin Goodall, Sec.
retary and Cashier of the Goodall Mel
son 4 Perkins co. We regret that we
were not at home to receive the visit
and must ask its repetition.
The County School Superintendent
has made an apportionment Of ninety.
five cents to each of the children which
belong to those districts of this county
which are entitled to pro rata appor.
tionment. The amount apportioned is
$6,589 20. Our city schools receive
$2,290 As. Notices Of apportionment
have been mailed to all school district
clerks entitled to receive them. We
understand that this is the last appor-
tionment for the school year ending
June 80, 1875.
Professor Ploennies will give pic
mic for his German English school in
the Arroyo Seco to-day. The picnic
ers will leave the city at $50 A. M.
The youngsters will be sure to enjoy
themselves to the full limit that the
law allows.
We saw at the Orient saloon yester-
day some fine specimens of silver and
lead ore, taken from the Promontorio
mine, in the Coso District. The spec
linens assay $161 in silver and $1 q
| in gold to the ton, with 7S per cent
lead. The mine is owned by Mr.. Ra'
fael Cuerro.
Parties going to Santa Monica OF
Truxton should take the left hand
road from the Halfway House, there.
by avoiding the steep grade down the
cafion at Santa Monica. A new road
has been graded to the beach one.
fourth of mile South of Truxton and
teams can now follow the shore of the
Pacific from the Shoe Fly Exchange tC
the camping grounds OF Santa Mon
| lea. sa aaat
Mr.. ]. w. Potts showed us some Gu
rious geological specimens yesterday
taken from the excavation on Temple
street. They comprised faint trac
ing of mollusk shell embodied in
solid clay and piece of petrified bone
A specimen recently taken from the
same locality had the appearance o.
being a part of the frame of some
large mastadom or hugh whale. Az
found in the solid earth thirty feet be-
( low the surface it measured nine feet
in length and over foot iD circumfer'
ence being carried in the form of huge
rib. Only section of the specimen
was saved. ah 81 baa1 -.
One of the finest Improvements ir
the city will be the rebuilding of the
Lafayette Hotel. The whole of tht
back of the house is already being
torn down, and the front will shortly
be built up. The stores will be JUS
half as large as they are now, and, a!
the Important has very large stocE
on hand, they will not have half room
enough for their goods and in order tt
prevent them from being damaged by
dirt and dust, they have decided tt
sell all their Spring goods at less thar
cost,and others. such as cOttons, table
linen, ETC., at exact cost. We advise
all to call at the Important and con
vince themselves Of the great bar
gains. Such bargains they can never
get again, and in order to prevent {
great rush, we advise all to call early
and take advantage of the building o.