Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-01-01
LOS ANGELES.
Leading Events i'm Los Angeles City
and County for the Year 1874.

JuSU uedu, VI leduluS CNOhtS IL boS
Angeles county and city, has been
carefully compiled from the columns
of the DAILY HERALD. To the resi-
dent of the county it will prove an
interesting review, recalling to mind
the varied incidents Of the entire year
the ups and downs, the joys and
griefs-the entire social life of the
community for that long period. To
the stranger this resume will show
that Los Angeles has an active COM
munity, that her people are fully
awake to the advantages Of this ia
vored section, and determined to make
avail of those same advantages to the
very utmost. The criminal record
shows that Los Angeles, with its pop
ulation of mixed races, is just as or
derly as cities of its size on other parts
of the Continent.
JANUARY.
LIST. Gov. Downey serenaded. Car
endon Hotel races at the Park. At
tempted suicide in high social circle.
Grand African jubilee.
I'd. Judge Sepulveda assumes the
official ermine in the District Court,
and Judge O'Melveny in the County
Court. Officers Golden Rule Lodge,
/. o. o. F., No. 100, installed.
Sd. First rain for the year. Work
commenced on Main Street Railroad.
La CrOnica, the organ of the Spanish
speaking population, celebrates its
third birthday. Skating Rink opened.
4th. Forty tons of bullion received
from the mines. Grand reunion of
the Fort street ME. Sunday School.
5th. Lively races at the Agricultural
Park. Shipment of oranges COM
mences in earnest.
9Th. Proposition agitated to secure a
suitable hall for the Public Library.
7th. The Masons pay the last rites
to Peter Wence, who was one of the
oldest and most respected residents of
Wilmington.
Sth. The Chamber of Commerce
takes action to increase the facilities
for the expectation of our fruits. The
ranchmen make complaints of horse
thieves.
9th. The Changers have an enthusi-
astic meeting and decide to establish a
"Grange Co operative Company"
with headquarters at Los Angeles.
10th. Visitors from Pennsylvania
inspect the oil wells and refining
works at San Fernando and are greatly
pleased with the prospect, pronounc-
ing the oil superior to the Eastern ar
ticle.
11th. Two hundred and fifty China
men sail for San Francisco. The
First Presbyterian Church organized.
18th. The public schools open their
doors after the Christmas holiday.
The Dexter saloon robbers arrested.
18th. The Sheriff with a posse goes
out to Ell Monte to drive trespassers
from the Potrero Grande grant. They
fire on the Sheriff's party and wound
one of the deputies, Gabriel by name;
the principal offender, Newman, is
lodged in Jail.
14th Petty thieves lively in their
work. Death at Anaheim of August
Schenck, one of the pioneers of that
city.
18th. Convention of the wool grow
ers of Southern California, and per-
manent organization resolved upon.
10th. A wool-packing house at Will
mington organized with a capital stock
of $50O,0O0.
18th. The railroad company tas to
order additional cars to meet the in
creased freight demands from the
landing to Los Angeles.
18th. Heaviest storm for six years.
The rivers and creeks all "booming."
The railroad bridge at Ell Monte
washed away. Man killed at Calarosa
Canon.
10th. A Mexican killed at Encino
ranch. The Library Trustees want
one-mill tax for library purposes.
goth. Death of Christopher Henne,
pronounced zone of our noblest and
best of citizens" Apparatus received
for the High School.
2lst. A $4,000 fire, damaging New
bauer's furniture store and StOrmer's
gun-shop; the HERALD office makes a
narrow escape. The coldest day Of the
season. James Johnson, a sheep
herder, drowned in the San Gabriel.
22d. Teamsters out of humor as the
streams are higher than for ten years
previous. A new hotel demanded to
keep pace with the largely increased
travel. Grand ball by the printers.
23d. The Congregationalists deter
mine to build $4,000 house Of wor-
ship. At Granger meeting the stock
of the "Co-operative Company" goes
off like hot cakes we'll buttered.
oath. An organization formed to
promote the cultivation Of tobacco.
Officers of Los Nietos Lodge, No. 1877,
LOO. F., publicly installed.
25th. Organization of the Second
Congregational Church of Los An
geles.
Goth. The teetotalers determine to
organize "Band of Hope" The op-
position line of steamers cuts down
freight and passage to San Francisco
to low figures.
9th. The Chamber of Commerce
passes a ''vote of thanks to Congress
for its prompt attention to the inter-
ests of the people of Southern Callfor-
mia. Another company organized to
develop oil wells north of the city.
2Sth. Meeting at Temples Bank and
an organization formed for the erec-
tion Of new gas works. The Changers
indulge in "harvest feasts.n
Goth. The cry for "more houses is
heard on all sides. All the mechanics
in the city overrun with work.
30th. Fare by steamer to San Fran
cisco reduced to So, meals and state
rooms included.