Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-08
LOCAL BREVITIES,

The steamer Ancon is due from
San Francisco to-day.
The exercises Of the Teachers
Institute will be concluded to-day.
The report of the Commiss!oDers
in the matter of widening San
Pedro street has been filed in the
County Court.
Trains connecting with steamers
for San Francisco will hereafter
leave this city at 3o'clock p. NJ,
Los Angeles time.
A married couple advertise In our
New To-day for board in a Roman
Catholic family who reside on q
place with all orchard.
The announcement of Judge A..
j. King as candidate for City At
torney at the approaching city elec-
ton, appears elsewhere In this
mornings HERALD.
Professor Mann, Superintendent
OF the city schools of San Fran
cisco, who has been attending the
Teachers In'titute in this city,
left yesterday for San BernardinO.
Council yesterday afternoon au-
thorized the Chief of Police to ap-
point four extra policemen for 30
days, and before O'Clock last eve.
ming more than fifty applications
had been made for the positions.
Arrived at Wilmington, Nov. Z,
schooner Lizzie Madison, Cbarlson
master, from Cuffey's Cove, with
$500 railroad ties for the Western
Development Company. Sailed,
Schooner San Buennventura, for
Hueneme.
The memorial adopted at the
Bar meeting on Tuesday evening
last was signed by sixty-two menu
bsrs OF the bar of this city and for
warded to the Los Angeles delega-
tIOn in the Constitution Conven-
tion yesterday. This was in addi-
tion to the copy previously for
warted by Mr.. julius Lyons, as
Secretary of the meeting.
Hon. F. A. MacDougall and
many other citizens have called q
mass meeting of the voters OF the
city, at the Coun Court room, for
Saturday evening, at 1880 o'clock,
for tho purpose, to quote the lam
guage Of the call, of organizing Q
movement, Irrespective OF party,
for the selection of officers Mt the
approaching municipal election.n
Los Angeles Lodge No. 55, A. o
~. W., held its last meeting previ.
.ous to closing the charter, in Odd
Fellows Hall, last night. The
sharter closes with seventy. one
members, and the Lodge starts out
under the most favorable auspices.
They have secured Union Hall for
their meetings, and will hereafter
occupy those pleasant and commo-
dious quarters.
Jailer Thompson is doing more
thriving business than any hotel
keeper In town. He has some
sixty or seventy steady boarders,
principally of the sturdy tramp
persuasion, for whose maintenance
he receives seventy-flve cents per
diem a piece. Their appstitss are
generally good, and they never
miss q meal. Some how or other
the framps OF the up-cOuntry have
got an idea that II they can get
down to Los Angeles they can get
over to Arizona and get share of
gold or silver mine.
The beauties of the jury system
were forcibIy illustrated in Judge
Peels Court day before yesterday.
A man was arraigned for disturb
ing the peace. He demanded a
Jury trial. Nearly a whole day
was consumed in hearing the case
and the result was that the jury
disagreed, 8 for conviction to 4 for
acquIttal. Yesterday the accused
entered plea of guilty and, on the
ground OF mitigating circumstan-
ces, was discharged. Here was
nearly one days time Of a Justice,
IL Jurors and o bailif wasted in in :
vestigatlng petty offence, with
out determining 1t, the penalty for
which, II left to the Justice alone,
would probably have been assessed
at So or $40.
Probably there are few of our
citizens who will not join with us
4 n the opinion that Hon. F. A. Mo-
Oougall has made an excellent and
aigniffed Mayor. City Attorney
! Godfrey some time ago told US an
incident of Mayor Nc Dougalls off,
cial career which we regard as
worthy of an item. An ordinance
had been passed by the Council
which initiated against the private
interests Of the Mayor and his
wife, both Of whom hold large In
terests in the corporation unfavor-
ably affected by the ordinance.
"As natural person." said the
Mayor, ~ ought not to sign this
but a. an official, and, therefore,
artificial person, I feel 1t my duty
to do So" and the act became q
law.