Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-01-04
LOCAL, BREvITIES.

Judge Sepulveda mas returned from Santa
| Barbara,
Mayor Beaudry was not well enough yes
| teitay to preside in the Police Court.
Mr.. s. b. Craigue returned from San Diego
| yesterday.
Mr.. d. A. Dryden. Indian Agent, is stop
| ping at the Grand Central Hotel.
| Mr.. f. p. Forster, of Santa Margarita
Ranch, is at the st. Charles.
| There will be services in the Episcopal
| Church next Thursday at IL A. NJ.
Sale of Norris vineyard lots by Wiley &
| Berry postponed until Tuesday the 1lth at 10
A. M.
Mayor Beaudry's Park Tract lots are desir-
| able property, and buyers appreciate that
| fact.
We are pleased to see Conductor Ed. Ma
| teer convalescent and running his train
| again.
Wild Bill, an Arizona despcrado, went up
on the Ancon yesterday, en- route for San
| Quentin, for residence oftwelvc years.
Pentalpha Lodge. No. 2O2, f. & A. NJ, will
install its officers TOR the ensuing masonic
year, at seven O'Clock this evening.
| The Board of Supervisors have unanimous
| ly appointed Judge Gray TO the new Justice
| ship created by recent Act of the Legislature.
| The Confidence Base Ball Club of this city
| is in training or q match with the White
| Stockings of Chicago, during the Centennial
The trial of Curtis and Tarbox, the Illicit
| brandy 'dlstillers Of this city, commences in
| San Francisco on the Goth inst.
officer Thomas was called in last night to
| eject an intruder from respectable Spanish
residence. The man displayed revolver
| and made threats
Owing to the continued indispositiOn of Dr.
| w. II. Hill, his pastoral visits will be dlscon-
| tinued, except in cases of Illness among his
| parishioners or visitors.
Detective Harris returned from San Fran
| cisco on Sunday with Louis Miller, who is
| charged with incendiarism, committed last
| Summer.
| Delegate Mccormick, of Arizona, leaves for
| the East, via New Mexico, on the 10th instant.
| letter to Thomas Gates Esq, gives this in
| formation.
Officer Alfred Carrillo had one of his fingers
| bitten by the lion at Washington Garden on
Sunday. Some of the boys fight the tiger, but
| this is the first attempt at boarding the lion.
AS will be seen by his card elsewhere, DR..
| Hoffman has removed his Office from Downey
| Block to the rooms lately occupied by DR..
Edgar, Nos. 40 and 80, st. Charles Hotel.
| Over eight hundred copies of the great sta
| tistica First of January number of the Daily
| HERALD were sold during saturday, Sunday
and Monday. 1t is aspendid number to send
East.
| Mr.. ID. Freemans rain gauge, at the Cent?
nela Ranch, at II O'Clock Monday, showed
| l6-l0O inches OF rainfall. The rain up to the
| same hour, by Mr.. Ducommun's rain gauge,
| amounted to ninety-hundredths of an inch.
| South Star Degree Lodge, No. 7, I. O. o. F.,
| hold their regular session this evening at Odd
Fellows Hail. for the installation OF officers
for the current term, all members are request
ed to be present.
Mr. Jerome Cannon, of the st. Charles sa-
loon, was presented with q beautiful bouquet
holder and two pretty bouquets OF wax flow-
ers, which now decorate his elegant establish
| men.
Last night at eleven o'clock John Becraft,
| awell known horse man, died at the Lafay-
ette Hotel. The deceased was quite an adept
in turf matters and had q reputation as n
trainer.
Browns restaurant is now re-opened at LOG
Main street, opposite the Court Hcusc and
supplying first-class board at the most reas-
onabie rates. Meals are furnished at twenty
| fxra Il a ,
T. F. Swanwck, who has been connected
| with the San Francisco and Virginia City pa
pers for number of years, is visiting cur city
with view oftaking up permanent loca-
ton among us.
Mr.. G. ]. Shepherd, the gentlemanly and ac-
commodating manager of the Western Union
Telegraph office in this city, returned on Sat
urday from holiday trip to the home Of his
/ parents in Peraluma.
Marshal Carillo supposed he had secured
another of the robbers ofSignoret's. house, but
it was a case of mistaken identity and he was
discharged. The Marshal is not OFTEN mis-
taken. a fa%#
Among the shipments yesterday were 100
boxes of candles, from s. Levy; "A joints OF
artesian pipe, for AnaEeim, from Barrows,
Furrey 4 Co.; so boxes Of oranges from G. T.
Park & Bro; barrels Of brandy, from ]. Ber-
nard.
Mcssrs Widney and Barrows have gone to
San Francisco to interview Senator Jones on
the proposed Eastern railroad connection.
The committee on finance are meeting lib
eralresponse for the expens @. of the commit
tee.
Cheap groceries at Brode's on Spring street,
near Turn Verein Hail. He sells none but
the best and puts them down lower than the
cheapest. A complete and fresh assortment
OF fancy and staple groceries, produce and
housekeeping articles always on hand.
An economical move OF the Council would
be TO dispense with the Captain of the Chain
Gang, and when the streets and crossings
need attention detail policeman to atte nd
to it. We need no figure heads and nine hun
dred and sixty dollars per annum are worth
saving.
Since the recent fire in Virginia City some
of the sports have got quite pious and attend
church regularly. When one of them has be
come able to engineer an Episcopal prayer
book successfully through service, he is
looked up to by his companions as kind OF
saint, and they put ID. d. to his name.
The corner stone of the Grand Altar was
laid in the Roman Catholic Cathedral OIL
Sunday with imposing ceremonies. Bishop
Amat and Mora and all the Roman Catho
lie clergymen of the city assisted in the sol
emn ceremony The church will be opened
for service early in March.
Charles S. Merwin, born in Westfield, Mass.
in 1923, but recently from Bellevue, Iowa