Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-21
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The steamer Senator Is due frol
San Francisco to day.
L. b. Brown, of THE city, wa
registered at the Palace Hotel, Sa
Francisco, on the 10Th inst.
Remember Billy Warmers bene
fit at Woods Opera House to
might. A rousipg bill will be pre-
sented.
The advertisement of u man an
Wife, the former seeking q sltua
TIN as a cook and baker, the latte
asa chambermaid, appears in on
NEW To-Day"
Upper Santa Ana precinct ha
ei'ned undying Democratic recog
nuon. The vote there was eighteel
.r the Democratic ticket and tw
fr all others.
| We had the pleasure of II cal
fom Mr.. w. Salter Manning yes.
tcday, a gentleman whom many
oiour people will remember pleas
arly. We regret that we were
or at the time. Call again.
'ersons about taking out policie.
ofinsurance on their property
@uld do well 20 interview Mr.. w,
Jbrodrick who represents some
oithe most reliable companies In
te State and whose rates are very
rssonable.
Seventeen bars of bullion, some
oiwhich were marked as high az
$3.50, from Bidwelps mill, Ivan
pa, passed through the city YES.
teray for San Francisco per Wells,
Fato & Co.'s Express.
Fe are indebted to Mr.. L. M.
Ht for a present OF very luscious
"bick' cap" raspberies. They are
notbly fine. MIR. Holt wie!ds a
gratful ren, but his hoe is also
Hahy. AS u nurseryman and
PvnioSlSt lie Is success.
b announcement elsewhere 1t
WILDE seen that the 4th of July
WILDE celebrated at Agricultural
Parlby two races. The first a
sweetake for all two year olds,
mileheats, 2 in 3, entrance $40,
with $40 added, all to go to the
wlnnr The second will be a trot.
ting rec, free for all horses that
have liver beaten 2:4O, two miles
ana relat, $50 entrance, $5Oadded,
secondorse to save entrance.
Col.I Il. Wood has retired from
the management of Woods Opera
Hous Colonel Wood, during his
careein Los Angeles, has always
beena pleasant aud successful
cater TO our amusement lovers.
ne VII start out shortly, with a
iuii company, on a peripatetic
theaical expedition on wheels,
aud viii give his exhibitions In
tent Woods Opera House will be
contiued under The proprletorship
andhanagement of J. A. Domingo
" encountered Mr.. Archie Nc.
Brio, from Prescott, Arizona, in
Los ngeles yesterday. Mr.. Nc.
Bird inform us that the outlook
for t. territory is pleasant in the
extrae. The mining sections trib-
utaryo Prescott, alone, are yield.
Ing bIion to the tune of $500, 900
molh, while the other mining
campare exhibiting equally salts.
factor results. The territory Is on
the aoance. Mr.. Mcbride will
renal in Los Angeles for some
tnree four week, to recuperate,
the press Of naturalization in
That tritory having set him hack
physidly for the nonce. His
many .os Angeles friends will be
glad tt welcome him here for q
The blowing graphic descrip-
tion o the phonograph is con.
tained ! a private letter received
by Colt reporter Lyons from a
gentlenln in Georgia: II know
not ii le Golden State has yet
been hoDred with one of these In
strumen. We had one on exhib.
ition her last week. 1t is real
marvel ow an inanimate sub.
stance wi repeat your words in
the strait in which they are de.
livered. If you talk kindly to 1t,
1t repeat your kind words; If you
scold, 1t will scOld back In your
own lanpage. 1t has a retentive
memory not the smallest word es.
capes it. 1t speaks foreign Ian.
guages with the same facility as
the naties;' 1t has not the br0gue
natural human beings who
speak inguage foreign to their
native sol. 1t has q great taste for
music. A cornet solo blown into
Its ear will be given back to you in
sweeter ones; In this it beats
Blind Ton at his own game. 1t
needs n0Hsmlet to instruct it how
to pronounce tina word as it Is
given; holds the mirror up to
nature regret to see such q
genius afflicted with deafness. You
have to talk very loud, with your
mouth ,lOse to its ear. 1t has o
sharp tmgue, similar to q needle,
and IL .ou are too familiar 1t will
prick y,u; and should you hollow
it will mock you. 1t is dressed in
foil, showing that it Is ornamental
rs well as useful. In short, it Is
one of the greatest inventions of
the age"