Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-02-28
LOCAL ES,


The steamer Los Angeles, which
sails to-day, will carry the mails
for the North and East.
Uncle Abe and sister Ruth are
at Woods Opera House.
Mails for the North and East
will be closed at $3.50 o'clock this
morning.
DR.. kirkpatrick has removed his
Office from First street to No. Is
Franklin street.
There is an unusually large num-
Der of''suspicious characters in Los
Angeles latterly.
One of the incidents of the rain
yesterday was rainbow of unus-
ual beauty and extent.
Mollie, did you hear that sweet
music last night? No, where was
il? At Woods Opera House.
We had the pleasure of meeting
yesterday Mr.. e. L. Stewart, the
courteous aud popular purser of the
steamer Los Angeles.
Deputy Sheriff White leaves this
morning for San QnentIn, where he
goes to bring down Waller rs a
witness in the Parker case.
The attention of apothecaries is
directed to the advertisement of the
Hispano.America Benevolent So
ciety, which appears in our New
To. Day.
The jury In the case of the PEG.
pie VS.. Cahill retired at 4 O'Clock
yesterday evening and about 7
returned with q verdict of acqit.
tai.
The train from Yuma, due yester-
day morning, did not arrive until
4 p. NJ. The detention was caused
by hot box on one of the loccmo-
tive's driving wheels.
Mr.. q. NJ. Voigt has purchased
the Gambrinus Saloon, Mt the cor
ner of Commercial and Los Ange-
les streets, where he will dispense
none but the best brands of beer,
ale, ct cetera.
Would it not be well to get up II
petition and forward it to the POST
Office Department at Washington.
praying for the establishment of at
least tri-weekly mail in Los An
geles?
The Murphy temperance men
hold another meeting at Good Tenn
plars' Halt this evening. Addresses
will be delivered by Rev. A. M.
Campbell and others. A very in
teresting meeting is anticipated.
We saw a statement in an East
ern paper, the other day, that
Montgomery Queens circus stock
had been seized for debt at Utica,
New York, ard would shortly be
sold under the hammer.
The railway folks are having a
hard deal with the weather. clerk.
The net money involved in running
trains in Southern California, OF
late, wouldn't go far towards
building Mob ELL mansion.
The talented Irene Summers al
Woods Opera House.
We learn, through Capt. Joyce,
one of the contractors for the drill.
ing of the Los Angeles Oil Com
pany, that, at depth of 375 feet, Q
small flow of oil, accompanied by 9
copiOus stream of gas, was forced
to height Of several feet above
the surface. The prospects for Q
good well are quite flattering.
The prizes to be- given to the lady
and gentleman for the best sus
tanned characters aud to the bes
dressed couple at the Turner's
masquerade ball Saturday night
attract quite number Of visitors
to the window of Stackpole's jew
elry store, 81 Spring street, wher,
the articles are on exhibition.
We would advise those residents
of Also street who are anxious fol
plank crossing on that thorough
fare to get up petition to Council
with a stipulation that it be re
ferred to the Board of Public Works
"with power to act" and then, per
haps, they'll get it-after the rainy
season is over.
The San Luis Rey river has beer
unusually high during the las
week. A day or two ago Mr.. j
Chauncey Hayes narrowly escaped
with his life at the crossing of tn
Buena Vista branch. His buggy
was swept away and his horse wa
drowned, while himself was res
cued from the swift flowing curren
with much difficalty.-San deg
Union.
Over two hundred tickets, we ar,
informed by DIR. Lindley, have al
ready been sold for the fret lectur
of the course to be delivered for til
benefit of the Free Dispensary
General Volney +. Howard, VIII
delivers the first of the series, ha
chosen efor his theme "The Labo
Question: subject which, W
have no doubt, he will discuss will
the marked ability that character