Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-05
LOCAL BR EVITI HIS.


The Board of Education meets
this evening.
Judge Venable, OF Downey, was
in to wn yesterday.
Chinese New Year, so we are iu-
formed by learned Mongolian,
will occur in January.
An opportunity is offered in our
New To- Day to purchase the com.
plete furniture of dwelling house,
cheap for cash.
Argument will be heard on the
demurrer in the case OF the People
VS. Thistleton, in the County Court,
this morning, at 10 o'clock.
5 Mr.. G. E. Huber laid OH our desk
yesterday branch from Japanese
plum tree, about fifteen inches
long, on which there are 81 fully
dev elored plums.
Messrs. Eugene Meyer & Co.
give notice in our New To-Day
that the City of Paris store will be
closed on Monday next till 6 o'clock
in the evening.
Col. Tom Mott received letter
yesterday advising him that two of
the Supreme Court Judges would
probably arrive in Los Angeles
Tuesday next.
The Chinese festival Of All Toa, or
sacrifice to conciliate the devil, for
which such elaborate preparations
are being made in Chinatown, will
be celebrated on or about the 2lst
inst.
One OF our citizens, the either
evening, was much interested in
Observing fight between the pet
cat of the family and a gopher
snake. The feline killed the snake
after a desperate battle.
We learn that the lumber is al
ready on the ground at the Los
Angeles Company's well on the
Sespe, and that the new derrick
will be in place ami ready for ac-
tive work in about ten days.
A single drunk appeared in Judge
Peel's levee yesterday. AS it was
his second offencs within forty
eight hours, he was assessed $l0
and in default was sent to the chain
gang for ten days.
There will be u vocal and instru-
mental concert at the Savannah
M. Z. Church on Thursday eve-
ming, October 10th. The proceeds
will be devoted to the purchase of q
Sunday School organ. Doubtless
there will be large attendance
from Los Angeles.
In our report of Council proceed
ings yesterday, in Mr.. Lips's mo-
tion to instruct the City Attorney
to dismiss the appeal TO the Su.
pre,ne Court in the suit of the city
against p. Peaudry (the Bishop
Amat tract), we Inadvertently sub
stituted the Feliz ranch for P.
Beaudry.
After all the clamor about the
damage to the crops by the excess
sive rains the procession of trail
wagons, drawn by fourteen-mule
Teams, and loaded with grain, is an
hourly spectacle in our streets
through the day. Los Angeles
county has never had half such a
crop as this year.
The Anaheim fire Company have
signified their intention of taking
part in tbs race for the. silver prizes
offered by the Agricultural Society.
1t is probable that the fire boys of
santa Barbara will also take part
in the contest. The run is to be half
a mile, each company drawing
nine hundred pound hose carriage.
Turn Halle last night was the
scene of very pleasant reunion,
the occasion being the presents.
tlon to Herr Suder, Pacific Coast
instructor of Turner's, of a testi-
monial-a handsome and valuable
pair of sleeve buttons-in recogni-
ton of his services during the sew
sral months that he has had charge
Of the Turner classes In this city.
Herr Suder leaves for San Francis
CO on Monday.
The State Teachers Convention
closed its session at Sacramento on
Tuesday evening. The following
officers were elected for the ensu;
ing year: President, John Swift;
Vice Presidents, e. F. Campbell,
Albert Lyser and E. i. Blackmer;
Secretary, e. w. Davis; Treasurer,
L. J. Chapman; Executive Com
mittee, Messrs. Mann, Ruddock,
Allen, Dunbar. Steele, Gibson,
SWEET, Davis and Mrs. Carr. The
Convention adjourned to meet In
Oakland January 2, 1879.
We have received an Invitation
to be present to day at an exhibi
ton of the working Of a phono
graph, to be given by Mr.. Oaker
of San Francisco, who visits Los
Angeles at the invitation Of Mr.. j
de Barth Shorb. Mr.. Oaker viii
exhibit his instrument at the Pa
vilion during Fair week. HI
claims that 1t will utter words witt
sufficient distinctness to be heart
from one end Of that immenst
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