Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-12-29
LOCAL BREVITIES.


| w hite House.
Thesteamer Mohongo from San Francisco
arrived yesterday.
The sale of trees from the Ebere nurseries
| has been postponed until the 9th of January.
| The Los Angeles Social club will give n
pleasant entertainment on Friday evening.
The rain sadly interfered with La Ranseur
| & Reeds dancing academy social last even
| ing.
The st. Charles Hotel will get up the sup
| per for the Los Angeles Social Club on Friday
night. 1t Will be an elegant banquet.
The Terpsichoreans are making grand prep
| arations for their New Years eve entertain
ment. 1t Will be a pleasant soiree aud largely
| attended.
A motherless child needs q home. Apply
at NJ. Keller's warehouse, on Alameda street.
This is an opportunity for a charitable person
| to lay up treasure in Heaven.
Prof. Louis Adams, Also street, below AL
| ameda, has large class in French, and has
splendid reputation rs a teacher Of the polite
language
The Savannah lot sale Is attracting atten-
tion. Tomorrow is the great day, and we rec
ommsnd all desiring cheap property to at
tend.
Tle Spadra school house will be closed
about two months, and it is hoped by that
time new school house will be erected, as
the old one is not fit for decent hog pen.
Miss Bella Mitchell, who kept notorious
house recently at Nos. Is and 20, Bath street,
in this city, was killed by her pretended hus-
band, IN San Bernardino, yesterday morning.
The following vessels are discharging at
Wilmington wharf Schooner Emily Schroe
der, schooner F. A Hyde. schooner Venus,
schooner Active schooner Jesse Nickerson.
We regret to hear of the very serious Illness
Of officer Thomas wife. She took severe
cold attending the dedication of the Fort
street NJ. E. church and .has been quite low
ever since.
A hack driver named N. Richardson was
arrested last night for taking a passenger
down near the river and robbing him of Sl30.
Officers McFadden and Carpenter made the
arrest.
A runaway occ lrred on Main street yester-
day afternoon about five O'Clock, but after q
run of two blocks was stopped by City Mar
shal Garlic on horseback, who displayed
gallant horsemanship.
On Thursday afternoon and evening the
Levi picture st,it will offer every opportunity
for purchasing choice oil paintings at pomi-
nal price. Such splendid collection is sell
dom seen, and we commend 1t to all lovers of
the fine arts.
The gutter on Spring street, between First
ic IL, aI I'M Uya
would like to have the Captain Of the chain
gang run his nose up that street, and IL he
don't like that smell he might put his men to
work to clean it up.
AT q regular meeting of Orange Grove En-
campm 81. ~ y. l. o. o. F., held at Odd Eel
lows Hall ca FHcsday, December 2Sth, 1875,
the following officers were elected for the en-
suing term: Joseph Huber, c. p; j. M. Bas-
sett, H. p; j. r Summers, S.W.; Joseph Law
enthal, j. W.: II. Freshman, Scribe; H. Bur-
dick, Treasurer.
Among the shipments yseterday We're LOG
sacks of feed, from j. Moso & Co.; So boxes
OF oranges, from ]. Sresovich; g. orange trees,
from T. A. Carey; l3O joints of well pipe, for
Anaheim; 46O dry hides, from Kalischer; 80
sacks of corn, from w. H. Beall; 100 sacks of
III. Hancock.
At Wilmington yesterday n young man in
the employ of Jacoby & Co., whose name we
could not learn, attempted to commit suicide
by opening the artery in his left arm. When
found he had lost so much blood as to be
very weak. His recovery is doubtful. He
had been out of employ for some time and
was melancholy and detected.
Sam Prayer yesterday received superb
stock of holiday goods which he is determined
to sell between now and the first of January.
A part of the stock consists of ladies' ready
made clothing which is just as pretty as ii can
be until it adorns pretty woman. II you
want holiday goods of the richest and rarest
quality at the lowest prices. go to Sam Pra-
gers.
There are, on an average, about fifteen
greenhorns month who blunder in upon us
and ask-"Is this the Post-office?" Yester-
day was an unusually good day for green
horns, and we had five. A man or weman
who at this day and age, don't know the diff
ference betweena newspaper office and Post
Office has lived to no purpose and ought to go
and be born again.
There was glorious Christmas eve celebra-
tion at the Spadra school house last Friday
night Over $50 had been subscribed for chill
dren's presents by the enterprising people,
and many articles were hung on the tree for
friends OF a larger growth. Much amusement
was had in the distribution of presents, and
the whole affair was highly creditable to the
teacher, Rev. H. p. McCusick.
Mr.. II. Cameron OF the game and fish mar
ket corner offspring and Court streets, left at
The HERALD office brace OF curlews, for
which we extend our thanks. Mr.. Cameron,
we are glad to say, is meeting with the best
ofsuccess in his new enterprise. Last even
ing lie received 100 pounds of fresh fish, and
any quantity of poultry and game. He also
has clans, cookies, crabs and every variety
ofshell-fsh.
Late on Monday night an affray occurred at
a Los Angeles street saloon, in which man
named Pepper had the end of his nose cut off
by flying fragment OF a beer glass; thrown
by man named Carter. This was glass too
much for the fiery Pepper, who after dill
gent search found his nasal appendage and
kept it warm until DR.. Mckee sewed it on. 1t
is not as nice anose as it was before, but still
will pass in a crowd.
Hon. A. C. Wilder, ofthe Rochester Express,
who died at the Palace Hotel last week, has
had an evontful history. Many years ago he
was leading merchant ofLeavenworth, OF Kan
sas, and represented the State in Congress
from Is j8 to 1865. He afterwards returned to
Rochester, New York, and was elected May
or. Subsequently he went to Europe for his
health, but was not benefited, and died in
| San Francisco last week. His brother, d. W.
| Wilder, is Auditor of the State of Kansas and
| the most brilliant editor in the Missouri val