Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-09-08
BREVITIES.

The Board of Supervisors occupied
themselves at yesterdays session
with road matters.
The Mohongo sailed yesterday for
San Francisco with a full passenger
list.
The schooner Panonia, with 500
ties for the S. P. r. r. Co. arrived at
Wilmington yesterday.
Messrs. Wolf and Breson propose
opening business establishments at
Santa Monica.
Messrs. F. P. Forster and r. Egan
of San Juan are at the St. Charles
Hotel.
An immense quantity of way freight
was shipped yesterday for the S. P. r.
r. depot.
Gold in New York yesterday was
l15s per cent premium. Greenbacks
bought at sc and sold at So.
Mr.. Isac Cohen left on the Mohon-
60 yesterday for a lengthy visit to
Germany.
Among the arrivals here per steam
er Mohongo yesterday, were Don Mi
quel de Pedrorena and DIR. Hoffman.
Mr.. 0. o. Trantum formerly of San
Diego county was on motion of Mr..
Gould admitted to practice in the dis
trict Court of Los Angeles county.
A portion of the Lake Vineyard
tract will be in the market in two
weeks, work on the concrete ditch is
progressing rapidly.
Rev. w. H. Hill the Episcopal rec
tor in the city will preach at the San
Gabriel Valley Church, Sunday next
at IL A. NJ. and at the Eel Monte school
house at 3 P. NJ.
Among the explosives standing in
the hot sun at the depot yesterday,
were 10 kegs of beer and 25 kegs of
powder. Both went off-in a freight
car to San Fernando.
The holders of those 'easily obtain
ed" "no publicity" Indiana divorces
in Los Angeles, had better beware, for
one of their fellows has been arrested
in New York for bigamy.
Lots in the Washington Garden
tract are going off rapidly and at rea-
sonable prices. The location Of this
property is so favorable as to COM
mand the attention of all who desire
first class investment.
The Express seems anxious that the
defeated candidates in the late elec-
ton should be soothed with banquet
at the expence of the victors. Our
neighbor evidently does not want
them dismissed with cold potato.
On all sides we notice vigorous
preparations for grape crushing, and
by the first of October all the vine
yards in Los Angeles will be the
scrnes of activity. The crop will be a
good one, though below an average.
A Los Angeles Chinaman disgusted
with his name from seeing it so fire.
quently on chow-chow pickle bottles,
applied to a wag for "Melican"
name. He know flourishes under that
of William Tecumseh Algernon Sar-
toris Arnold.
An old fellow down on San Pedro
street has for some days been annoy
ing the school children, using coarse
language and endeavoring to coax
them into house. Yesterday officer
Ryan nipped HIM and he will come
up for trial to-day.
We understand that coin Is now
flowing back into our banks, and that
within few days sufficient supply
will be obtained to commence opera
tions. The doors will be opened be-
fore the expiration of the thirty days,
beyond doubt. In the mean time
business seems to be going on as usual.
Among the shipments of freight yes
terday at our depot were $50 joints OF
artesian pipe for Anaheim; the furni-
ture for the Pomona Hotel, M. A.
Marshall proprietor, from Dotter &
Bradley; so lbs of Graham flour to r.
l.. Eames, San Fernando.
Those in need of clothing of any
kind will do we'll to give Isidore WE'LL
a call as he is giving some immense
bargains. He is bound to close out
the stock before the 10th of the month.
Checks accepted on the temporarily
closed banks.
The two men arrested by officer
Toomy for robbing the Frenchman
named Pedro Jaraqueg, in the yard OF
the Bon Ton Saloon on Sunday morn
ing had an examination at Judge
Gray's court yesterday afternoon and
their trial was postponed until this
morning at 8 o'clock.
Yesterday afternoon T. J. Castyle,
of the Mirror office and P. N. Stamps
of the HERALD office, left for two
weeks hunt in the mountains about
Cotton and San Bernardino. They
are both experts with the shooting
stickn and we confidently expect a
car load of deer and bear in few days.
Barnes Parker, of Austin, Texas,
says there are persons in California
who own land in Texas that need to
be looked after. Among others, the
son of Eli Williams, of Harris coun-
ty; the heir of Frances Hughes and OF
William Z. Wiley. These parties per-
haps do not know of their ownership