Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-05-03
gos Aageles Aerala,
LOCAL BREV1TIES.

francisco.
Our Anaheim friends celebrated
May Day with picnic and dance.
Jesse Yarnell is elected Chief of the
Good Tenlplars.
Fathers Buchard and Gallagher
have gone to San Francisco. They
went 10y stage yesterday.
Guy Smith & Co. have received
800, 200 feet of lumber by schooner
Cassie Hayward, at Wilmington.
When you see man wearing per-
feet fitting suit,rest assured he got his
clothing at the Important, under the
Lafayette hotel.
At Dupuy g. Finney's stables can
he found II stray bay pony with all
four feet white. The owner is invited
to call and identify.
Go to the Grange store for Dupee
hams and cream cheese, just received
10y steamer Ancon. They will suit
the most iastidiOus.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Epis-
copa Church will meet tonight at
Mrs. Gephart's, corner of Hill and
Fifth streets.
The Congregational Church Socia-
BILE will be held at Mr.. Boutwell's res
idence on Hill street between Second
and Third this evening. All friends
are cordially invited as usual.
Yesterday the highest point reached
by the mercury was S7o in the shade,
and at p. NJ. the thermometer indi-
Gated 78o. Quite change from Fri
day and Saturday last.
Among the benefactions received by
this Goa It from the Administration is
the discontinuance of the Postoffice at
Newport, in the southern portion of
this county. Such favOrs are not
thankfully received.
Gentlemen, all we ask is to give us
call before purchasing your clothing
and satisfy yourself that the cheapest
and best house to deal with is the I'm
portant, under the Lafayette hotel.
The bee-keepers of the Los Angeles
Bee Association propose to hold a pic
mic at Los Angeles Apiary in Verduga
Canon, seven miles North of this city,
on Saturday next, May 9Th. Every
body is invited and everybody will
attend. So mote it bee.
Jerome, of the st. Charles Saloon,
had day or two ago, the largest
lemon on exhibition that we have
ever seen, it being thirteen inches in
circumference from the blossom to
the stem, and twelve inches in the
middle.
The ladies of the M. E. Church will
hold their social at Mrs. J. q.
Wright's. Main street, between Second
and Third, Wednesday evening, May
81. A cordial invitation to all. Ice
cream, cakes and lemonade will be
served. A good time is anticipated.
How many millions of people graft
fy their gastric requirements, or rath-
er eat hearty and enjoyable meals at
Browns restaurant we cannot say, but
hundreds can daily testify to the ex-
cellence of the good he dispenses aud
the promptness and pOliteness OF the
attendants. He strives to please and
deserves liberal patronage.
We all know that the weather for
the past few days has been very warm,
and are positive nothing can he pleas.
anter than one of those cool Spring
suits, which can only be nad at the
popular house, the Important, under
the Lafayette hotel. Their prices are
without doubt astOnishingly low. II
There has been telling run--al.
most panic-on the Grange store
during the past week, fcr-agrcul-
tural implements. Seymour says he
can't stand it much longer on that
Ithaca su'ky horse rake, but is deter
mined to he equal to the emergency,
anu will furnish the Saratoga, manu-
factured at Albany, n. Y, Hollinss-
worth and Tiger, manufactured at
Dayton, Ohio.
Armand g. Ruttger have leased the
Round House gardens, on Main street,
and have renovated and improved ev-
erything. The grounds, arbors and
tables are tastefully arranged, and the
bar is supplied with the best liquors
in the market. They intend 20 make
these gardens place of popular pub
lie resort, and invite all their friends
to call and see them. The gardens
will be formally opened on Saturday
next, on which occasion there will be
a splendid free lunch and fine music.
We call attention to the advertise
ment of Swigart & Huber, dealers in
stoves, ranges, tin, copper and sheet
iron ware, etc. They are prepared to
furnish customers at the lowest mar
ket rates with the best goods that can
be procured, and sell nothing that is
not manufactured after the most ap-
proved style of improvements. Mr..
r. HI. Dalton is associated with the
Tirm, and will welcome his many old
friends with his accustomed urbanity
and grace.
Santa Ana has had a sensation. An
affable and insinuating, as well as in
genious contractor inveigled himself
into the affections of the citizens of
that locality and erected a number of
buildings at very low figure. After
they were completed, the contractor,
having received his compensation, ab-
suuatulated, leaving his builders to
collect their money by an application
of process under the lien law. The
O Sners of the buildings were out
about eleven hundred dollars, and