Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-05-07
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Inc orig Lucas arrived yesterday
with lumber for Griffith, Lynch & Co.
A car load of Cinnamon were sent to
the tunnel yesterday.
The Wilmington train brought up
twenty-four cars yesterday.
Tomorrow evening the boys of
thirty-eight will indulge in drill.
The Senator sailed for San Francisco
yesterday.
Second hand Pianos for rent and
rents applied to the purchase of same,
at Patrick's Piano agency. m5tf
The Orizaba arrived yesterday with
ninety cabin passengers, thirty China
men, and 400 tons of freight.
There are kilograms at the Atlantic
and Pacific Telegraph office for Miss
l.. n. Condor and &. H. Sweetman.
Isaac Goldsmith, the tobacconist,
returned yesterday from San Francis
co. He has bought million or two
of cigars to add to his stock.
The steamer Los Angeles sailed from
San Francisco yesterday for Southern
ports and is due at San Pedro to-mor-
row.
Rev. s. s. Fisk will conduct the
Baptist services to-day at the German
Church, on Spring Street, morning
and evening. A cordial invitation is
extended to the public. Seats free.
Morsch & Moran have just painted a
fine target for the Turn-Verein Sharp
shooters. 1t bears we'll finished
picture representing Atlas supporting
upon his shoulders beer key, the end
of which forms the ring OF the target.
A bay horse came yesterday to DAN
lei Newman's place, north of the race
track, where he can be found. He is
a bay horse with white fetlocks on
his fore feet and has Spanish brand
on his left hind nip.
Mr.. J. NJ. Lawrence is now located
at the st. Charles, and he has some
very fine government land for which
there is at present quite demand.
Mr.. Lawrence was for some time in
the U. S. Land Office and is thereby
well qualified to give any information
needed by those in search of good land.
Onr friend Mr.. Matthews, lately
manager of Don Mateo Keller's wine
house, returned from his visit to San
Francisco by the Orizaba. He will
proceed to Tucson, Arizona, to open a
branch wine warehouse at that point.
Mr.. Matthews is a young man of ster-
ling business qualifications and integ-
rty. We wish him unbounded sue
cess in his new enterprise.
John P. H. Wentworth, Esq, the
enterprisiag proprietor and editor of
The Resources Of California has been
in town for the last two days, and
made our sanctum cheerful by his
occasional presence. He left for San
Diego last evening. He Is always
welcome at Los Angeles where his
efforts in behalf of the development
Of the State are fully appreciated.
In the meeting of the Grand En-
campment of 1. o. o. F., the following
officers were elected yesterday: Grand
Patriarch. H. S. Winn; High Priest
J. w. Hass; Grand Senior Warden,
J. f. Brown; Grand Scribe, Jacob F.
Miller; Grand Treasurer, David Hun
ter; Grand Junior Warden, j. d. Bar
nard; Grand Representative to q. l..
U. S., Nathan Porter; Trustees, Lewis
Soper, J. A. McClelland and g. Bart
lett.
An amusing case of absent. minded
ness occurred yesterday, and the joke
stands against our friend Captain
Smith, a well known contractor Of this
city. The Captain, it seems, has an
excavating implement in the form OF
a scraper on wheels. The machine
had been at Joughin's blacksmith
shop for repairs, and when the Cap
hitched his horses to it for the purpose
of taking it away yesterday afternoon,
he was busily engaged thinking of his
grandmothers' second cousin. He
took the road toward home and the
Horses tugged away with their main
strength to pull the machine which
should have rolled off as lightly as u
sulky. Still tie Captain failed to no.
tice the over-exertion of his animals
from having so much 10 think of in
Connection with his grandmother's Sis
ter's husband. At last the fretting
and putting team stopped from sheer
inability to pull II foot further, and
when the Captain recovered from his
revery and looked around for the
cause of the stoppage, he found his
scraper loaded down with dirt and
macadam, and wide furrough plowed
i'm the street for the distance of five ol
six squares. The Captain is moral
man and did not swear-only o little
to himself.