Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-02-29
LOCAL BREVITIES.


co yesterday.
Judge Norton was stricken with par
alysls yesterday afternoon.
Major Mcpherson has broken his
leg.
The railroad bridge in the San Fer
nando line was damage by the freshet.
The rainfall of Sunday night meas
ured POI inches.
There is more snow at Gordon's Sta
tion than has been known for years
The Senator sails for San Francisco
to-day.
The out going Northern mails will
probably be sent by steamer to-day.
The Kalorama may yet be saved,
but everything on board has been
sacrificed
During the heavy storm of Sunday
night, q lighter went ashore at Will
mlngton and was wrecked.
J. @. Porter will do we'll to call at
the office of Wells, Fargo & Co.'S in
this city.
1t is said that ice was frozen Satur-
day night to the thickness of a quarter
of an inch.
Governor Downey leaves on the
Senator to-day for San Francisco, to
be gone a week.
Mr.. f. w. Wood returned to the
city yesterday from a short business
trip to Bakersfield.
Charles Brode has always q fine
stock offresh groceries at his Spriag
Street Store. Leave your orders with
him.
Mr. Mimic, who has been in the city
for some time on visit, leaves for
San Francisco to-day. We wish him
the best of luck in his rambles.
There will be a closing out sale at
auction of the Morris Vineyard Tract
on Tuesday and Wednesday, March
9TH and Sth.
Geo. Pridham, the agent for the
Coast Line Stages, is again confined
to his bed. George, go to the noun
tains and take rest.
w. M. Williams carries on a driv-
ing business at his nursery headquar-
ters on Spring street, near Market.
He has everything in the line of fruit,
ornamental and shade trees.
Jones & Noyes will sell lot of
household furniture at No. "a Fort
Street, between First and Second to-
morrow. There will be an excellent
chance to procnre goods cheap.
A yarty just returned f.om the San
Jacinto mountains report an abun-
dance of deer in that section. They
saw eleven of these animals in one
band.
Mr.. S. H. Winters has returned
from San Francisco and on Saturday
next will open fine new stock of dry
goods at the old stand Of Myerstein &
Winters, on Main street.
Hon. f. Lambourn has remembered
the teachers of Los Angeles by send
ing them fine collection of educa-
tional documents through Prof. Saxon,
Superintendent elect.
The protracted meetings at the
Methodist Church have just entered
upon the seventh week and continue
unabated in interest. Last night, it
is said, the meeting was more inter-
esting than any of the preceding.
Two lawyers had a tiff at each other
in the District Court yesterday over a
five thousand dollar fee. 1t is pleas
ant to see these people who are always
getting others by the ears sometimes
getting caught by the ears themselves.
Adam Magee, the agent and cores
pondent of the Golden Era, is in town
and ready to take subscriptions or ad-
vertisements for the oldest literary
paper on this coast. Adam is good
boy and the Era is California insti-
tuition.
Captain Kraszynski has a fine shot
gun at Grebe's saloon, which he pro-
poses to rattle. The barrel is of Da-
mascus steel, highly finished and the
piece is considered worth sixty dol
lars. 1t will be ratified for $40, with
forty tickets at 81 each.
Among other places of business that
were invaded by waters was Robin
sons Palace Shaving Saloon. BY 10
O'Clock however he was administering
to the wants of his customers as
though nothing had happened, and
will still continue the shave for fifteen
cents.
Some water bitches broke over their
boundaries and ran down San Pedro
street at furious rate during the
heavy rain Sunday night. Don Mateo
Keller's cellar under the warehouse
was flooded, andNsome of his fine wine
was considerably jostled about. One
of the engines went down yesterday
morning and pumped the place dry,
when it was found that no very seri-
Gus damage had been done. The
Railroad Honse, farther down the
street, was also flooded, and Stansfield,
the proprietor, was compelled to move
out.
The passengers from San Francisco
overland had a stormy time getting
down to Los Angeles yesterday. Sun
day night they were compelled to lay
over at Andrew Station, above the
Tunnel, and the house being full, they
amused themselves mostly by sitting
up all night and listening to the pour
ing rian. At 8 o'clock yesterday
morning they reached the Tunnel and
got aboard the train. At point four
miles below San Fernando they found
thu trocl. hadly undermined and were