Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-02-22
LOCAL BRE IT'S,

francisco this morning.
Persons having cats to sell would
do we'll to consult our New To-
Day.
There are kilograms at the West
ern Union Telegraph Office for
VIM. Mitchell and Lieut.. German.
The mails from the coast counties
arrived yesterday on the special
train from Mojave.
A meeting Of the Committee
of the Charter Committee was
held in the Council chamber last
night.
Mr.. Bliss reports SO .109ths inches
and the Signal Service Observer 81
100ths rs the rainfall night before
last.
1t will be seen,by advertisement,
that the Banks of Los Angeles
county will not open to day, the
anniversary of Westinghouse birth
day being u legal holiday.
The friends of the Baptist Sun
day school will have an entertain
ment and social this evening at
the house of Mr.. Nichols, on Ala
media street. All are invited.
To-day, being by statute holt
day, is II dies non, Courts, banks,
County offices and what not, don't
run to-day. Unhappy debtor, you
have one days respite!
We understand that the Lafay-
cite Hotel has been leased to u
party from San Francisco and will
shortly be re-opened ana kept in
tirst-class style.
In order to admit of the EN-
ployes of the HERALD celebrating
Washington's birthday fittiugly no
parer will be issued from this Office
to morrow morning.
Although the work Of repairing
breaks on the railroad is being pros
ecuted with very largo force of
men, it is probable that no through
mail will be received here before
Monday.
We have been requested to state
that, owing to the muddy condition
OF the streets, the Los Angeles
Guards will not parade to-day. The
ball, however, will take place as
advertised ut Union Hall in the
evening.
The students of the Los Angeles
Academy will celebrate Washing
toms birthday in the Methodist
Episcopal Church, on Fort street,
this evening Mt o'clock. The
public are cordially invited to at
tend.
Owing to the muddy condition
of the streets, Confidence Engine
Company No. 2, have postponed
their street parade till the Fourth
of July, when they will turn out
in full force, weather permitting.
Four tramps caught stealing or
apges from Briswalter's orchard
We're taken before Judge Peel yes
teriay. One paid S. fine, the other
three were sentenced to the chain
gang for five days each. A barber
for dumping a young man in the
mud also paid So.
Arrangements are being made by
the Workingmen to establish
branch clubs at Santa Ana, Ana
helm, Vernon and other points.
The preliminary steps were taken
for the establishment of Il club at
Santa Ana some days ago.
BY special arrangements with
the management of the Spring and
Sixth street railroad, Il car will
leave the corner of First and
Spring streets at O'clock Saturday
morning, to accommodate the peo-
pie of East Los Angeles returning
home from the firemen's ball.
The party of picknickers from the
Kimball Mansion who went out to
San Gabriel and the Santa Anita
ranch the other day, visited Do1a
Eulalia Perez de Cullen and report
that the old lady's hair in changing
from gray back to its original color.
The Old lady claims to be in her
142d year.
1t will be seen, 10y reference to
the schedule of the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company, that the sail
ing of the Orizaba from San Fran
cisco was postponed three days ON
account of the weather, that vessel
leaving yesterday, instead of, as
heretofore advertised, on the 18th.
This detention advances all her ar
rivals and departures just three
days from the dates in the old
| schedule.
Mr.. J. B. Smith, late Secretary
of Osborne's Transfer Company,
left San Diego on Tuesday last with
Lieut.. Phil. ReaGe, Superintendent
of the Military Telegraph lines, fol
New Mexico. Lieut.. Reade, we
believe, intends to extend the gov.
eminent lines in that section and
perform other services in connec.
tion with the Signal Service Blu
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