Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-03
The Alden Drying Establishment

on tle eastern siue OF the river ilaI
rowly escaped destruction by tirt
last Saturday afternoon. A Next
can who passes by the name OF Do
lores, residing in cottage less tina,
Que hundred feet frcm The dryer,
had purchased load of baled hny
and piled It up against his kitchen
About 5 o'clock In the afternoon
some children, willie playing viii
matches, set the hay afire Th'
whole mass was IN blaze iustan
taneon-ly. Mr.. Davts's two eldes
boys aud "A gentleman who chance'
10 be at his house rushed to tn,
scene and, with pitchforks, threw
the burning hay away from tn
building. They then secured tuck
-ts, and, with water brought iion
zanja near by, fought the fire
Although the kitchen was in /
blaze no less than f"ur times, tn,
flames were each time extii guish
I'd. Had the ate gained any head
way 1t would inevitably have com
inundated with the dryer he ar by
md that buildi e, being OF ope'
framework, wOuld have urne'
like u tiuder. 1t WAS II Q ose call,
The Praise services OF the Pres
byterian congregation, which meet,
in Good Templui's Fl III, were Of {,
very interesting character sunday
evening. In addition to the usua
singing by the congregations, Mrs
Caswell presided at the organ, an,
Madame Maria, Miss Mamie Il.
Perry, Mr.. Locke aud Mr.. Brrk,
rendered a number OF hymns In T.
IN ost delightful manner. BY III,
way, it strikes US rs singular that ;
congregation SO large, wealthy an'
respectable as the rfesbyterians ol
Los Angeles should be without /
church Uf their own.
One more unfortunate - rashly
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, breathed o.
the fetid dust exhaling from our
IA Q ,rinkled streets aud died. TIL,
f. ul particles cpursed through al
the "natural gates and alleys of hi
Uody," to employ the graphic Ian
yuage of Hamlet, honey combtd
his lungs, iniiamrd his ton-ils, il.
rilat.d his nostrils; and, as we hav'
said, he died. But his lot is hap
pier than ours. We have to live,
move aud have our being in thi
lnt0lerabie atmosphere of dust
Sprlnkle the streets, for Gods sake.
The Ere Saturday light IN
Reeds c,nfectionery store Sc
rlously deranged the domes-
tic economy of DR.. Richardson
who has his .i.;r aud sleeping
apartments In the Lsnfranco
BlocH. In his excitement the Doe.
tor grasped man In each hand
and made his appearance on tn =
street in u PRONOUNCED deshabll'e
but In the rnle of Il rescuer. He al
ways was q thoroughly unselfsh
man.
We hear some complaint from
the ladies that there Is no crossing
on Main street, near the Cathedral.
To get across the street from any
place In the vicinity of Second
they are eompelie! to walk us far
up as the A american Bakery or
take their chances In the dust.
Probably the Board Of Public
Works Will luok into this matter.
Major e. II. Mcdaniel starta to-
day or to. morrow on an extended
trip through Arizona. The Major
proposes to deliver his lecture on
"Arlzona, the New Bonanza" at
Yuma, during his stay IN that his
toric city. The lecture, We are in-
formed, possesses considerable
merit,
At the election of officers for Los
Angeles Lodge No. AZ, +. g. A. NJ,
held last night, A. NJ. Bragg was
elected Master, A. w. Eielmau
Senior Warden, $. ]. Beck JUNIOR
Warden, Samuel Meyer was re-
elected Treasurer and Charles
Smith was reelected Secretary.
The plan of colonizing the Santa
Margarita rancho which is now be-
ing carried out by Don Juan Fors-
ter Ia one that our own owners oi
large ranch properties should study
and initiate.
We are indebted to Mr.. f Conk-
lin for a number of very handsome
and valuable photographs of Yuma
and its ne.. boihood. The picture
of the prlnlll z office is especially
realistic.