Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-06-17
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LOCAL BREVITIES.
The Senator is due TODAY.

Thermometer 92 degrees at P. NJ.
yesterday.
Turn Verein excursion to Santa
Monica tomorrow.
Ex-Gov. J. G. Downey is registered
at the Globe hotel, Philadelphia.
The butchers will parade on the
Fourth.
The steamer San Luis arrived at
San Pedro yesterday.
F. Alvarado, of San Diego, is reg
istered at the Pico.
Mr.. o. A. Wells of Tucson is at the
st. Charles.
Some of our Republican friends look
down in the mouth over the nomina-
ton of Hays.
The Knights of Pythias will join the
Fourth of July procession and will
make fine display.
Free vaccination is to be inaugura-
ted, by order of the Council, DR..
Mckee, the Health Officer, being re-
quired to do the job.
The brewers are complaining that
thoir capacities for making beer are
not large enough during this hot
weather.
Ten car loads of telegraph poles went
to the front yesterday for the extern
sion of the Atlantic and Pacific line
towards Arizona.
A lady's shawl was picked up last
evening on Spring street, which the
owner can have by calling at this
office and paying for this notice.
The Artesia people will celebrate
their Fourth at the place of Mr.. Frank
Caldwell, two miles North of the
school house.
In the depot office at Seven Palms
yesterday, the thermometer registered
12O degrees. At Indian Wells it
reached l24 in the shade.
The Southern Pacific road are turn
ing out at their Wilmington shops a
lot of new passenger, mail and bag
gage coaches. They are fitted with
Miller's patent platform and brake.
The committee appointed by the
Southern District Agricultural Asso-
citation to make arrangements for the
coming Fair, are requested to meet at
the Fashion Saloon to-day.
The San Bernardino Times of the
18th, says: Mr.. A. I. Hawley, well
known journalist, who has been So
journing in San BernardinO for sew
eral weeks, will leave in day or two
for tour among the Coast counties.
We learn that row occurred at
Scharf's store in Ell Monte, on Friday
night, between two Mexicans. One
of the combatants had his head badly
pounded by a rock in the hands of the
other, and his injuries may prove
fatal.
The water company will shut off
the water at ten o'lock this morning.
At six this evening it will be turned
on through the new twenty-five inch
main, after which we shall have no
more of a short supply of water.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Farmers and Mer-
chants Bank will take place on the
10th of July prox. A Board of Trus-
tees will be elected and other impor-
tant business transacted.
They have eleven meat markets in
Santa neutrality-suspicious. eleven and
a half-which gives meat for all the
inhabitants and the bones to the dogs.
San Diego has two meat markets, no
dogs and no population worth men,
tioning, and 80 the bones go to the
frisky editors.
Horse thieves are still on the RAM
page. On Wednesday night Mr..
James Jones, who lives about mile
and a half from the city, lost good
animal which he had staked out to
feed. The horse is bay, with blazed
face, and white hind feet. Mr.. Jones
Is poor man, and the loss will be
severely felt.
The ladies will be delighted to learn
that Samuel Prayer has returned from
San Francisco and the Paradise Store
is re-opened with an immense stock of
the finest selection of goods to be found
in the San Francisco market. Sans
taste in the selection of stock of
goods Is unsurpassed, and on his last
trip up he surpassed himself. Call at
the Paradise and see for yourself.
Tomorrow afternoon Woods Opera
House Company will make their first
appearance at Washington Gardens,
and we shall doubtless be treated to q
series of Sunday matinees hereafter.
The performance will commence at 2
P. M Admission so cents, children
half price. All who wish an hour or
two's recreation will do we'll to step
in and witness the ent ertainment. A
brass and string band will be among
the attractions.
Mr.. Frank Perkins, of Havilah,
Kern county, showed us yesterday
the design of a new cross-cut saw for
telling timber, which he has invented
and for which he has applied for
patent. The distinctive feature is a
bed with friction rollers, which guides
and regulates the blade, until it has
entered the body of the tree, when it
will work it's way through without
binding or turning. The handles are
semi reversed from the usual cross
cut saw. The invention looks very
simple and correct in its appliance,
and we have no doubt it will prove a