Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-06-18
LOCAL BREVITIES.


The Senator will sail for San Diego.
tomorrow.
Yesterday was the anniversary Of
the battle Of Bunker Hill.
The Ancon sailed for San Francisco
yesterday.
The Senator arrived from upper
ports yesterday.
Have you got sore arm? If not,
get one.
Washington Gardens performance
this afternoon.
Mr.. S. HI. Mott left yesterday for his
Eastern trip.
Judge Sepulveda will deliver his
opinion on the Board of Public Works
Act tomorrow at 10 A. NJ.
Yesterday the streets presented the
busiest appearance that they have for
q month.
DR.. Preuss offers good ice chest for
sale. 1t is the most appropriate thing
of the season.
There is telegram at the Atlantic
and Pacific Telegraph office for Mrs.
@. A. Paomie.
A runaway occurred near the depot
Friday evening, and resulted In the
demolition of a double buggy.
Complaint has. been lodged against
Mr.. Dan Gallager for stealing watch
and chain. Mr.. Dan lodges with
Clancy.
The colored citizens of Los Angeles
will give festival on the evening of
June 22d, for the benefit of the A. M.
E Church.
The depot of the S. P. R. R. pre-
sented an unusually lively appearance
yesterday on the departure of the
steamer train.
Seymour, of the Grange Store, has
his gilt-edged butter packed in Milli-
ken's ice, and it is the primest article
in town.
The century plant is in bloom at
the Round House garden. These
plants bloom only once in twenty-five
years, and the flower is a novelty.
Mrs. 1. B. Ferguson and daughter
were at the Palace hotel, San Fran
cisco, on the 14th and started for AL
bany, N. Y, yesterday.
Miss Maggie Desmond, daughter of
our townsman, D. Desmund, has gone
to San Jose to attend the State Nor
NAL School.
The City Water Company turned
their supply into the new twenty-five
inch main yesterday, and there will
be no more deficiency in the precious
fluid.
The Cronicd of yesterday announces
the death of Dofla Encarnacion Car
rillo de Robbins, the sister of Justice
Carrillo, of this city. She died in San
Luis Obispo on the 1lth instant.
A young man of our acquaintance
has had his hair clipped with horse
shearing machine, and there is not
enough of it left to make a respectable
set of eye-winkers.
Paymaster McCrea, of the Southern
Pacific Railroad, took out policy on
his life the other day, and the next
morning he received half a dozen
undertakers' advertisements.
The Directors of the Southern Dis
trict Agricultural Association at their
meeting yesterday decided to make
up their speed programme for the Fall
races as soon as possible.
Miss Margaret Johnston, sister of
Hancock M. Johnston, of this city
and daughter of the late Gen. Albert
Sidney Johnston, was married last
week in San Francisco, to Mr.. VIM.
b. Prichard.
All members of Olive Lodge No.
26, X. of p, who are desirous of par
ticipating in the celebration of the
Fourth of July next, are requested to
report in person at Stearns'' Hall, next
Monday evening at eight O'Clock
sharp.
Last night about eleven o'clock a
fire broke out in the residence of Mrs.
Rodgers, on Fourth street, which re-
suited in the total loss of the building
and a large part of the furniture.
Both engines were promptly on the
ground, but were unable to get water
on the fire in time to save anything.
We were unable to learn any par
ticulars as to the origin of the fire.
One of the horned toads in the show
window of Preuss' drug store has been
laying eggs for some days past, and
the toad-fruit excites general curios-
ity. The eggs resemble those Of a
swallow, being of about the same size
and dark speckled color, the difference
only being that the covering is soft
and the bird, when Matched, has no
feathers.