Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-01-27
The lenton Family.

The lenton Family.
This renowned company of acrobats,
gymnasts and comic opera performers
will be in Los Angeles, February 7th,
and will give series Of entertain
ments. The company comes highly
recommended by the press and profess
sion of the country. In speaking OF
the performance in Denver the NeUs
of Nov. 18th says: .0..s. ....,.
"The acrobatic feats of the enter
tainment are by far the most marvel
GUS performances ever given in this
city. Mr.. Lenton and his young pu-
pills seem to be thorough masters of
the art of tumbling, posturing and
balancing, and the audience look with
bated breath upon some of the peril
Gus and almost miraculous feats per-
formed by this wonderful trio. This
feature of the exhibition is alone worth
more than the price of admission. The
troupe perform at Central to night,
and our mountain neighbors should
not fail to give them crowded house."
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A friend informs us that day before
yesterday four men called at
his house, which is consdera-
BILE distance fromthe centre of the
city, and asked for work and
food. The food wassoon provided, but
our friend had no work for them. They
ctotad thoxy had commit for o oho mo tO
labor in the city until their means
were exhausted, and then walked forth
to try their luck IN the suburbs. Late
in the evening fifth man knocked at
the door and solicited food and lOdg-
ing which he obtained. All these
men appeared to be hard working and
respectable men, and our informant
was sorely grieved that he could not
set them at work. Taking the expert.
ence of one man.in one day, it shows
an amount of destitution i'm this city
which we believe has been little sus-
pected.
Last Sunday a peddler's wagon
broke down while the owner was driv-
ing near Elizabeth Lake, in the midst
of a snow storm, and then he had to
come in by rail to have the axle re-
paired. After travelling over Los Ange-
les for anhOur he at last found Don
Fernando Fosterat his house on San
Pedro street, who, like good Samari-
tan, opened his shop, did the repairing
necessary and sent the man on his way
rejoicing. Foster is always ready to
! work OH Sunday when q case of neces-
sty demands it.
Last evening many bets were made
that the Tennessee Jubilee singers
would not arrive in time to give their
concert. Not more than ten minutes
before their arrival at the hall we saw
three bets made on the street of five
dollars each, and the winners went
jubilant to the entertainment, and the
losers went to get as near the worth of
their money by listening to it as pos
sible, and appeared to be comforted.
The crowning glory of a man is a
good hat. 1t is the distinctive mark
of a gentleman. No matter if his
clothes are threadbare, if he has
stylish hat; people don't look at any.
thing else; in fact, it not only covers
his head but the defects of all sorts
which would become visible were his
hat not perfect. Desmond has the
most stylish and perfect articles at his
store on Main street, in Temple Block,
that can be made. f4s-t
Barbee & Gates, rooms 4 & over
Commercial bank, are doing big bus
mess in real estate. They are agents
for the sale of thousands of acres of
land in various parts of the country,
which they are selling OIL the INSTALL
ment plan, and their fair and honora-
ble dealing IS so we'll known that peo-
pie do not trouble themselves to verify
their statements by additional testi-
mony. Those who want homestead
had better interview them.
Night before last an informal meet
ing was held at the Pico House for the
organization of new steamship line,
to run exclusively between San Fran
cisco and Santa Monica. We under
stand that $250,000 were pledged to
the enterprise, E. J. Baldwin SUBJ
scribing $4,000 and Mr.. r.. S. Baker
$4,000.
The Grand Central was full last
night to overlooking. After packing
the guests into every corner, Fisher,
with tears in his eyes and mournful
voice, refused the occupants of two
carriages and coach, over thirty per-
sons in all, who sought his hospitality.
"Chips," Wells, Fargo & Co.'s mes
senger, also Deputy Sheriff, yesterday
escorted Murphy, the house-breaker,
ON his journey to San Quentin, where
he is sentenced to reside for the next
five years.
Peter Thompson showed us some
gold specimens yesterday sent to him
by friend from Arizona. Thatcher
is going to make o ring from it. Judg-
ing from the amount of gold, we ex-
pect Peter will sport 1t on his thumb.