Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-01-09

Mr.. Gus Alden having sold his HER
AID route to Mr.. G. +. Conant, here
after all subscriptions by carrier will
be collected by Mr.. Conant.
Mr.. Barrows, who started the other
day to hold a conference with Jay
Gould on railroad matters, is reported
showed in on the mountains.
The sale of the Morris Vineyard
Tract will come off on the 18th and
18th of January. Full information
can be obtained of Messrs. Wiley d
Berry.
Olivas & Howell, two enterprlsing
young men, have opened the Merced
barber shop, in one side of the Sym
postum saloon. They have neat and
comfortable quarters.
The Symposium, under Merced The
atre, is furnishing hot punches of Ir-
ish and Scott whiskeys, in fine style.
Tom and Jerry and other drinks of
first quality.
Thomas Hamilton, the noted Well
Digger, has entirely recovered from
tine compound fracture he sustained
some months ago, and has engaged in
his old occupation of administering to
the temperate thirsty.
DIR. Shorb's horse took a run 10y
himself last evening with the evident
intention of putting himself up in the
OH Ii 1.I
the Dr.'s nice buggy and smashing the
top.
A meeting of the Veterans of the
Mexican War was held at Dunlap's
office at P. NJ. yesterday. President,
Gen. Stoneman. Among the promi-
nent citizens present were E. J. G.
Kewen, Griffin and Talbot.
Mr.. A. T. Hawley, who has for some
time SO ably filled the position of Lo-
cal Editor on the Star, has retired
from that place. Mr.. Hawley car
ries with him to his new occupation
the best wishes of a host of friends.
Messrs. Sanger & Bell erected build
ings to the amount of $4,000 instead
ofS14, 900 as we reported in our annual
review. The error occurred through
our not being able to see the members
! of the firm.
Mr.. Mcpherson, of the San Francisco
Oil Company, has got his machinery
at the oil claim of the company, near
Lyons station, and will begin boring
ot Nho al, I
San Francisco.
The Novelty Theatre was crowded
last night to witness All unusually
amusing programme. The end men
were immense, and the middle man,
Lot M. Harris, kept up the centre in
good style. A new bill tonight.
Our well known carrier, Mr.. Gus
Alden, leaves this afternoon for Del
Norte, Col, where he is interested in
United States mail contract He
leaves host of friends, whose best
wishes will follow him in his long
journey.
The HERALD Pamphlet, the best
compendium of information of this
section that has ever been published,
will be issued shortly. 1t is in itself a
bureau of information of Southern
California, and should be scattered
broadcast over the East. Send in
your orders to Louis Levin & Co., the
sole agents for the pamphlet.
We are pleased to notice that our
young friend, Jas. Y. Smith, formerly
in S. Levy's employ, has opened a
commission and forwarding house at
Nos. 81 and 81 Also street, between
the Farmers Market and Colsons
blacksmith shop. His great popular
ity in business heretofore can but rec
ommend him to the farmers and mer-
chants of Los Angeles county. He
has hosts of friends, and we feel sure
of his success.
Mr.. Marshall, at the Lafayette ho-
tel, left his door unlocked during his
absence and suffered from the raid of
an insane woman into his room. She
carried off his dress coat, and when
found she was ripping up the lining,
looking for imaginary love letters.
Marshall always was popular with the
ladies, but he does not appreciate such
raids ard intends to keep his door
locked hereafter, at least until that
particular woman is sent TO Stockton.
Judge Carrillo was engaged yester-
day in the trial of case in which
Samuel Frankell sued Chin Wong for
damage done to clothing given him to
wash. Hazard for plaintiff and King
for defendant. In the ross-examina-
ton of Mr.. Frankell it appeared that
some Of the damaged clothes belong
ed to his sister, upon which Mr.. King
moved for non-suit on the ground
of misjoinder of parties, which was
granted by his honor, Mr.. Hazard ex-
cepting, the jury receiving their fees
with as much complacency as though
they had heard the case and earned
the coin.
We have received a copy of the Pa
cific Coast Business Directory for
1867, published by Henry S. Lang
ley of San Francisco. 1t is q volum.
inous work of over 800 pages and is as
complete Pacific coast directory as
can be compiled within that number
of pages. There is q gazetteer of the
counties, cities and towns Of each
State and Territory, together with a
| list of the names of the merchants
and other business men of each. Over
five hundred counties, towns and cit
les are represented. Resources and
statistics also receive careful atten-
] ton. The contents are classified and