Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-06-23
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Thermometer 800 yesterday.

The steamer Los Angeles is due to-
day.
The Orzaba sails to-day for San
Francisco.
Look out for the Georgia Minstrels
Monday evening.
The thermometer reached 102 de-
grees at the depot Wednesday.
The Republican Club will meet for
mutual commiseration tonight.
The Main Street Railroad will soon
be extended to Agricultural Park.
Mr.. F. r. Angel, Deputy Post
master, rejoices over the advent of a
son.
1t is said that the venerable delinea-
tor of character, ALI Burnett, will visit
Los Angeles.
The history of San Bernardino
county will be written for the Fourth
by Hon. HI. G. Rolfe.
A leap year party will be held next
Wednesday evening at Turn.Verein
Hall.
Prof. f. E. Arnold, of the Business
College, has filled up an elegant Odd
Fellows Diploma for Mr.. Martin
Lehman.
Colonel Gray and party, including
the Railroad Commissioners, arrived
Wednesday evening and went out to
Indian Wells.
Our City Fathers are nothing If not
patl lotto. Last night they appropri-
ated $500 in warrants to the celebra-
tIon fund.
A special meeting of Orange Grove
Encampment No. 81, 1. o. 0. F., will
be held tomorrow evening for work.
A full attendance Is requested.
Hon. A. Higbie has purchased a
commanding site on the hill neaf the
corner of Second and Charity streets:
and will soon erect thereon fine resi-
dence.
Cason & Smith, the proprietors of
the Oriental Restaurant, have pur-
the restaurant, and will hereafter con.
duct both establishments.
The San Bernardino Argus notes.:
Volney E. Howard, of Los Angeles, is
In town. This gentleman is spoken
of as an Independent candidate for
Congress from this District.
A correspondent desires to know
why it takes ten days for letter to
come from San Francisco to Los An
geles. We did not know that it did,
and if it does we don't know why 1t
does.
The Grand Temple of the State of
the Order of Janissaries of Light will
meet in Good Templar Hall on Satur-
day. There will be delegates present
from every Temple in the State.
A meeting of the veterans of the
Mexican War will be held on Satur-
day, July 1st, at one o'clock P. NJ, to
make arrangements for participating
In the celebration of the Fourth and
for the transaction of other important
business.
Work was commenced last Monday
by Messrs. Skinner g. Small, the con-
tractors, on the two bridges for the
Los Angeles and Also Avenue Street
Railroad, one across the Los Angeles
river and the other across the arroyo
East of the river.
We have received box of "Early
Beatrice" peaches, grown in the or
chard of Mr.. J. M. Stewart, on Figue-
roa street. The fruit is ripe and of
rich flavor. We should like To hear Of
another country where they have per-
fectly ripe peaches on the 22d of June.
The Times reports that Mrs. Swift
has leased the Cotton motel, and will
take possession as soon as the build
ing Is completed. She has had a great
deal of experience in the business, and
we believe will keep a first-class
house.
Do you want to buy fine leather
Trunk, Valise or Satchel? Then go to
Sam Prager's, Ducommun Block, and
you will find more complete assort-
ment to select from than at any other
house in the city. Also, Travelling
Straps and Bags; all new goods, and
sold cheaper than the cheapest.
A short time ago several men living
on the Government land east of River
side associated themselves together for
the purpose of testing whether surface
water could be obtained on the mesa
at reasonable depth. They immedi-
ately constructed improved digging
apparatus of their own invention and
commenced work on the eighty acre
tract occupied by Mr.. James Patton.
They are now down about seventy feet
and have sunk the curbing as fast as
they dug The digging has been
very easy and the intention is to go
| l25 feet, if water Is not reached before
that depth. If successful, number
| of other wells will be dug.
A disgraceful case was brought to
light in Justice Gray's Court yester-
day, which deserves the most rigorous
treatment from the law. A Mrs.
Somerset filed complaint against
her own son, lad about eighteen
years of age, charging that he fire.
quently beat and abused her in a most
shameful manner, and by this means
comuelIed her TO furnish him money