Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-02-12
tsOLD REPORT.
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Old papers, suitable for wrapping,
can be obtained at this office
Remember the Matinee this after
teernoon at O'clock.
Cameron will have full supply of
fish to-day.
Professor H. w. Hand, of the Len
ton-Ware troupe is a first class musi-
clan and also has a reputation as q
composer He appears nightly.
Among the shipments Friday were
25 sacks of barley, for Hellman, Haas
& Co.; 16 sacks Of rye from Beall &
Co., and considerable way freight.
~. Yamill" is reported at the Com
mercial Hotel, San Francisco. We
suppose the name is intended for Yar-
nell.
Mr.. A. Mckenzie has opened a fine
sample room in regular city style at
No. "a, Spring street. He keeps no
bar, but draws from original packages
and sells at wholesale or retail.
Mr.. F. B. Taylor, of the San Fran
cisco house of f. B. Taylor & Co. deal
ers in oil, is in our city. He is on a
tour of investigation to the San Fer
nando oil regions.
The masquerade at Turn-Verein
Hall tonight will be the best ever
given in Los Angeles. Secure your
spectators seat at Lewin's so that you
can enjoy the sights.
All pools on the jumping match are
off and tonight at the Fashion saloon
the money will be returned. A new
sale of pools will then take place for
the match which occurs on Monday.
The Terpsichorean Social Club gave
their Valentine reception at Stearns'
hall last night. The affair was very
enjoyable, as the receptions of this
club generally prove.
Seymour says, steamers may sink,
banks suspend, but the Grange Store
will run, and Is determined to sell
goods at the lowest possible rates to
meet the demand of Changers or any
other man.
The prizes to be awarded at the Mas
querade Ball of the Turn-Vereins to-
night are on exhibition in the window
of Stackpole, the jeweler. They COM
prise an elegant silver cake basket and
a pair of gold sleeve buttons.
A special meeting of the Council
was called for last evening to receive
the report of the Committee on the
East Los Angeles bridge. AS they failed
to secure a quorum, an adjournment
was taken until Monday at 2 p. NJ.
We learn that Mr.. Martin Lehman
has the management of the dramatic
to come off on the 22d
inst. for the benefit Of the Fire Com
pany. Mr.. Lehman's we'll known
ability as an amateur will insure a
full success in the performance.
The revised city charter which is to
be submitted to the Legislature was
before the Council last night. If it
passes the municipal gauntlet it will
probably become the foundation of our
city government. 1t is said that the
document is longer than the moral
law.
Judge Lindley informs us that he
has tried can of the new oil refined
at San Fernando, and his family are
highly pleased with it. In fact they
think it the best burning fluid that
they have ever seen. 1t makes clear
light, has no smoke or smell and lasts
third longer than ordinary kerosine.
Mr.. B. F. Smith, the agent for the
celebrated Studebaker wagons,is stop
ping at the st. t.Charles and canvassing
the country in the interest of this Gel
ebrated wagon mandatory, which is
supposed to be the largest in the
world. A fully equipped double wagon
is there turned out at the rate of six
wagons per hour, or one wagon every
ten minutes.
Our public spirited citizens should
not forget the Dramatic Entertain
ment and Ball to be given on the even
ing of February 22d for the benefit of
the Thirty Eight Engine Company.
Messrs. J. Kuhrts, E. H. Workman,
Mendel Meyer and M. d. Madegan
have been appointed committee to
dispose of tickets for the company.
We hope that they will receive liberal
encouragement.
The Lenton-Ware Combination
drew another good house to their per-
formance last night and as usual ev-
erybody was delighted with it. We
think that the entertainment fur
nished by this company is one of the
most pleasantly arranged and varied
of any that we have ever seen, and it
has certainly proved trump card in
Los Angeles. There will be matinee
at 2 o'clock this afternoon and per-
formance next Wednesday evening.