Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-04-11
LOCAL ISRlCVITIICs;,
The hotels are chock.ful.

The hotels are chock. full.
Council meets in regular session
at 1880 o'clock this evening.
Who wants to go to the Consti-
tutional Convention?
Let us have the dust laid. Trot
out the sprinklers and settle legal
controversies afterwards.
The Los Angeles glove factory is
the place to buy riding gloves of
all kinds.
Fresh salmon and shrimp at On
stotps market, No. 81 Spring
street, near the corner of First, this
afternoon.
Happy sign of reviving business
We saw yesterday, in one of the
saloons, the itinerant harpers and
violinists of other and better days.
Roderick d. MacLennan, of Los
Angeles, we learn from q late patent
list, has been granted q patent for
sash holders.
Angelefios at San Francisco no.
tells on the 9th inst: J. G. Fry,
Palace; Dr.. II. S. Orme, Lick
House; J. A. Holbrook, Russ
House.
Suicide is epidemic in Los An
geles just now. For two days we
have had one day, and they were
not extra good days for suicides
either.
Our handsome friend Gen. Ban
ming makes the scales groan to the
refrain of two hundred and sixty.
four pounds. The General would
be a man of weight in this or any
other community.
Rev. M. J. Law, Pastor of the M.
e. Church South, and family, and
Bishop Kavanaugh, left on the last
steamer, en- route to Atlanta, Geor-
gia, to attend the Conference of the
Nj. E. Church South, which meets
in that city in May.
On the 22d of February we set
out some budled orange trees in
our garden, and now, in less than
two months, one of the trees has
numerous weli-developed buds. 1t
is of the st. Michael variety.-Ana-
helm Gazette.
Mr.. e. f. de Cells, who has been
absent from the city for some
months, writes t, the editor of Ei
Joven that he will return on Sun
day next and will resume the pub
lication of La Reform,a about May
first
We understand that great prepar-
atoms are being made by the Kear-
ney wing of the Workingmen's or
ganixation to receive Knight, one
of the boss agitators, who is ex-
pected to arrive in this city on
Saturday next.
Colonel Chalmers Scott, of the
Governors staff, who is visiting
Los Angeles from his home in San
Diego county, visited the armory
of the Los Angeles Guards last
evening and expressed himself as
highly pleased with the efficiency
in drill Shown by our crack COM
pany.
Francisco Lachusa, the Indian
arrested as one of the party who
fired the house of Mr.. Galindo some
weeks ago, was examined before
Judge Peel yesterday and commit
ted to await the action of the next
Grand Jury. He was also wanted
on charge of burglary and, on
one or the other, it is probable that
lie will go to San Quentin.
We had the pleasure of call
yesterday from Mr.. Shattuck, of
the San Francisco firm of Shattuck
& Fletcher, manufacturers of Print
ers' Inks. Mr.. Shattuck is on a
trip of pleasure and inquiry in
Southern California. He for some
days enjoyed the elegant hospital
ity of Col. Stewart, of the Chino
ranch, and his host initiated hi m
into the field sports of Los Angeles
county.
We were shown, last week, what
seems to be an excellent quality OF
coal, by Mr.. John Mitrovich, who
is interested in the recent discov.
cry. The mine is situated a short
distance from this place, and it is
said there is indication of large
and permanent vein. We learn
that work is being pushed to full
ascertain the value of the discov-
cry. The specimens obtained have
been tested and found to burn
readily.-LoS Metos Valley Courier
We learn from Mr.. Smith, Wells,
Fargo & Co.'s messenger, that,
about eleven o'clock night before
last, as the train from Yuma was
going down the grade some three
miles this side of Sweetwater, {
wheel of one of the freight carr
broke and four cars, loaded will
mining machinery. for Arizona
were ditched. The precise exteu
of the damage done we failed tt
learn. About four O'clock yester
day morning the wrecking car lief
Los Angeles to repair damages, ant
we suppose everything ia ship
shape by this time.