Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-12-07
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Benjamin's benefit tonight.

Council meets tonight.
Hon. James De Long will arrive by
the steamer Ancon to-day.
The steamer Ancon will arrive from
San Francisco to-day.
Mr.. Robt. w. Scott of Anaheim was
at the st. Charles yesterday.
Go to Benjamin's benefit tonight
at Merced Theater.
The Orizaba took up IS passengers
to San Francisco yesterday.
Paymaster McCrea has gone to San
Francisco.
Barnett Bros. have reopened their
cigar store.
The lumber dealers have reduced
the price of rough lumber to S27 so,
surfaced lumber $40 and rustic $45.
Lecks Hall Is rented for one year
and the next II. S. C.'s ball will he
held in Stearns' Hall.
The steamer Mohongo arrived OH
Sunday evening at San Pedro from
San Francisco.
A fine assortment Of patterns just
received and for sale by A. Nj. James,
No. go and 62 Spring street.
Gold closed yesterday afternoon at
l44 per cent. premium. Currency sold
here at S6 @ 81.
Workmen were busy all day Sum
day working on the zanja OH Alameda
street.
The second number of the Riverside
Neacs, reaches us filed with local
news.
Surveyor w. III. Norway left yester-
day for Santa Barbara, after pro-
lOnged and pleasant stay in our midst.
The excursion to Santa Monica OH
Sunday was largely attended and no
accident happened to mar the pleasure
of the day.
Messre Reed q La Ransieur have
started an elegant string band and are
now ready to furnish music for all
balls and parties.
San Francisco has raided the opium
dens, under new ordinance for
the suppression of the vice among
white people.
Santa Barbara is infested with gar
roters and assassins who knock men
down without prOvocation and the
Press advises the citizens to go armed.
On the first of this month n lady lost
two small trunk keys tied together
with black string. The finder will
please return them to this office.
Mr.. M. S. Hall, the we'll known
railroad contractor, is in from the San
Jacinto mountains, and puts up at
the st. Charles.
The saloons were MI closed yesteT-
day while the polls were open. All
the fights took place around the pools
iii consequence.
The schooner Legal Tender, brig
Emma Augusta and barkentine Web
Foot, loaded with telegraph poles and
railroad material, have arrived ut Will
mington.
Engineer Martin Wetzel is rejoc
irg over the birth of a girl, weighing
81 pounds. Martin is naturally en-
thusiastic, but in this instance he fair
ly bubbles over.
A fine bill is promised by the Ben
jamin Combination at Merced Theater
tonight for benefit tn Mr. BeDG-
min. There will he music in the air
and fun till you can't rest.
Mira Pfoutz, who has been visiting
here u few months, started back to
Salt Lake yesterday. He is engaged
Young.
We regret to hear that fred Ira
bant, the Pico House telegraph opera
tor is dead. He was a promising young
man, about Is years old and leaves
parents to mourn his untimely fate.E Eg
Mr.. Chas. V. Hall has opened a real
estate and information bureau at No.
|, Temple Block. The firm is Chas.
V. Hall & Co., and Mr.. Hall is we'll
qualified for either branch of the busi-
ness.
Prof. La Ransieur will have dane.
ing class tonight at Stearns' Hall.
We are glad to hear that Prof. La
Ransieur is meeting with great sue
cess and can heartily recommend him
| as teacher.
Mr.. James DeLong publishes the
following notice in the Independence
| Kansdn: AL persons desiring informa-
| ton in regard to Southern Califo rnia
will address me at Los Angeles, Cali
fornia, enclosing stamps.
The highwaymen last week near
Caliente obtained from the first stage
robbed only four dollars and fifty cents,
Wells, Fargo & Co. having sent their
money by boat; from the robbery Sat-
urday night they got $4,000.
The Turn-Verein had pleasant
gymnastic drill On Sunday. The
novices seemed TO be making fail
progress, while the older Turner'S were
adopts, at the art. Quite number OF
visitors were present who frequently
evinced their appreciation of the ex'
ercises.
Immense crowds visited Washing.
ton Gardens on Sunday and the per.
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