Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-02-21
LOCAL BISEvITIES.

The Ventura sails for San Francisco
to-day.
Our courts are getting supremely
dull.
The Santa Barbara people think
they have symptoms of the epizootiC
among their horses.
Two teams were loaded at the depot
! yesterday with 1900 pounds of general
merchandise for Bishop Greek.
The new lighter of the Railroad
Company, "Mil Billen," was launched
at Wilmington yesterday.
A race for purse of $1,000 will
come off at the Park tomorrow be-
| tween Mormon and Don Elipha.
The Los Angeles Guards will assem-
BILE at their Armory at P. NJ. to-mor-
row sharp. BY order.
Photographs only So per dozen, at
Williams d Smiths picture gallery,
corner Spring and First streets.
The shipments from Downey yester-
day were 1,204 sacks corn, rs sacks
meal, n sacks ground feed and 70 sacks
potatoes.
Schooner Annie Stoffer, Capt. Joer-
genson, arrived at Wilmington yester-
day, six days from Casper, with lum-
ber for j. G. jackson.
The railroad agent at Downey was
compelled to stop receiving freight for
two days last week, for want of space
in the depot.
Three hundred and five boxes of
oranges and seventy bundles of sheep
pelts were among the shipments from
the depot yesterday.
German dramatic entertainment
and ball at Turn Eerein Hall tonight.
Miss Reiffarth appears for the first
time in our city as star on the Ger
man stage.
Mr.. w. HI. Martin, General Manager
of the California Immigrant Union,
who has been in our city supervising
the Centinela land sale, leaves for his
home in San Francisco to-day.
The feat of climbing the flag pole on
High-school hill was accomplished by
Joseph Sandon yesterday. He carried
up cord and inserted it through the
pulley, thus supplying the important
requisite for flying flag on Washing
toms Birthday.
Locations peculiarly adapted to hor-
ticultural pursuits and cultivation of
semi-tropical fruits are being very
rapidly taken, yet occasionally bar
gain presents itself, like those lands
now offered by Meserve & Sorby just
beyond Spadra, in the San Jose valley.
Prices and terms beyond competition.
A son of Cyrus Sanford was herding
cattle out on the Ballona Ranch few
days since, when large eagle swooped
down upon good sized calf and car
ried it up to distance of some twenty
feet from terra TRINA. The bird then
let its prize drop. The calf was dam
aged considerably, and the boy ran off
in dismay.
The Los Angeles immigration and
Land Cooperative Association decided
at their meeting last night to erect a
fine school building on their property
as soon,as the sale is concluded. The
building will cost between $4,000 and
and 1000, and will be the finest of its
kind in the comfy outside of Los An
geles.
Officer Bilderrain yesterday arrested
Peter Rice, a somewhat notorious
character, concealed in some bushes
on Alameda street. The man had
with him fine buggy robe, which he
| had doubtless stolen from some car
riage. Subsequently Officer Cruz traced
up and recovered another lot of stolen
property which Rice had sold to one
of our merchants. The culprit was
securely lodged in the jug. The owner
of the buggy-robe can recover it by
calling on the Marshal and proving
property.
Vivian's Company drew one of the
largest houses of the season to Turn.
Verein Hall last night. Instead o.
"The Morning Call" as advertised
| Vivian's olio was substituted and filled
the bill excellently. The burlesque
Pocahontas," concluded the enter
tainment, and with it the engagement
of the company in our city. Viviar
and the members of his company hole
a sure place in the esteem of the Los
Angeles public, and they will always
be welcomed when they chance tt
come again.
The Eapress reports that a new banl
is about to be started here by com
bination of capital from San Diego
San Francisco and this place. A 10
of 25 feet front, on Main street, next t.
Chauvin's store, has been purchased
for for $12,5OO, and a fine building will
be erected thereon for the bank. Fou
of the directors are residents of thi
county and three of San Diego. TIL,
general business manager and cashie
will be ex-Mayor Toberman. We un
derstand that the work of demolish
ing the old building on the propert.
purchased will commence about tn
lst of March and the bank structure
will be pushed to q speedy completion
We learn also that the projectors o
the enterprise propose to make it
National Gold Bank of issue.
Miss Jennie Leys.