Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-08-04
Mr.. Waiter Mexican, a son of

| MT. Whltef Mchean, son OF
A. B. Mexican, Of this city, who
lives at Banning Station, on the
8. p. II. r., in warning his COM
panions from imminent peril,
the other day, had n
narrow escape himself He and
q party started on fishing excur-
sion to Mill creek, and as they
were descending tho steep slope of
the mountain above the creek, Nc
Kean heard noise, and, on look
ing back he saw that a number of
large boulders, probably loosened
by the descent of the party, coming
tearing down the hill. He warned
his companions in time for them
to escape, but was not so fortunate
himself, as one of the rocFs hit
him in the eye, rolling him to the
bottom of the hill, distance of
over four hundred yards, where his
companions found him senseless.
He shortly regained consciousness
and walked to the bank OF the
creek, where they camped for the
night. Had Mr.. Mexican selfishly
taken care of himself, he would
have escaped a severely bruised
body. Fortunately no bones were
broken and he is now rapidly re-
covering.
Mr.. E. Neitzke received "a dis
patch at 10 o'clock last evening di-
recting him to have a plain coffin
at the depot this morning on the
arrival of the Cotton train, to bury
d man named O'Brien, track
walker In the employ of the rail-
road company, who was drowned at
Dos Palmos, on the desert. The
dispatch does not state in what
manner the event occurred, but as
there is no water near the station,
the supposition is that he must
have been drowned in wash
caused by cloud burst. We have
no further description of deceased,
except that he was five feet eight
inches high. If his friends cannot
be found he will be respectfully
buried by the railroad company.
On Thursday evening last a very
pleasant party assembled at the
residence of Mr.. August Weisen-
bach, No. 81 Castelar, street, to cell
ebra' Q that gentie:nau's birthday.
The time was most agreeably spent
in singing, dancing and other
amusements. At midnight the
guests sat down to All apetizing re-
past, the table being amply sup
piled with both liquids and solids
as well as an elegant assortment of
cakes and confectionares prepared
by Joseph SolJini, of the Swiss
Confectionery. During the supper
the health of Mr.. Weisenbach was
frequently drank, all the guests
wishing him many additional
years of health ami prosperity.
The Sam Bernardino Times of the
I'd inst, says: We arc credibly in
formed that the true inwardness of
the troubles over the quartz mill at
Bear valley lies in the fact that,
the ore having turned out much
richer than was anticipated, the
original owner of the mine is
anxious to back out of his agree
ment with the mill owners, by
which he gave them a certain por-
ton of the mine in consideration
of their putting up the mill This
explanation is very plausible,
though decidedly discreditable to
the party of the first part.
We had pleasant call yesterday
from Mr.. Theodore Wagner, United
States Surveyor General for Cali.
fornia. Mr.. Wagner informs us
that he visits this section of the
State TO examine and adjust dis
puted boundaries of old Mexican
grants, amongst others those of
the Ranchito. He also informs us
that his instructions from Secreta-
ry Schurz are to use every effort to
obtain reliable evidence in regard
to disputes of this character, SO
that the department may be ena-
bled to reach u final settlement at
an early day.
The following officers of Merrill
Lodge, No. o99, I. o. G. r., for the
ensuing term Were installed last
evening by VIII d. Gould, G. w.
G. t.: John NJ. Dunsmoor, w. G.
Miss Nelly Spencer, w. r. Ii. S.;
Miss May Strohm, w. l.. II. S.;
Miss Mamie Straus. w. V. r.;
Nelson 5. Giberson, w. Sec'y; G.
w. Lash, w. A. s.; G. N. Will
Jams, w. F. S.; John K. Briefly,
w. T.; Sam b. Dewey, w. NJ;
Eddie Stump, w. ID. NJ ; Miss
Julia NJ Blake, w. |. G.; ). II.
Butterfield, w. 0. G.; Mrs. NJ. A.
Blanchard, w. Chaplain; James II.
Blanchard, 2. w. G. Y.
A short time since all old fash.
ioned rifle, loaded and with ham
merat full cock, was found in the
hills at the head waters of the
Santa Ana. In !he samo neighbor-
hood roll of blankets was also
found, which had evidently lain for
"a long time exposed to tie ele-
ments. There is no clue to the
ownership OF these articles, and
the material for first-class sansa.
ton may be embodied in their his
tory.-S'an Bernardino Times.
George Dunbar paid So in the City
Court yesterday morning for the
privilege of being drunk. George
Havens, r. A. Young and Charles
Beatty were arraigned for disturb
ing the peace by iudulging in loud,
abusive and profane language on
the streets. The first went up for
ten days, and the two others paid
five dollars each. Yguac!o Loren