Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-03-08
LOCAL BREVITIES.


of Saint Anathasius Episcopal
Church, of this city, has been
elected Vice. President of the Cali.
fornia Bible Society.
There was slight fall of rain ear.
ly yesterday morning, amounting
to 5-lO0ths of an inch by the
United Statss gauge and 1l-lO0ths
by Mr.. Bliss's gauge.
Warner will make the banjo talk
Fat Woods Opera House.
Attention Is directed to the
clearing out sale of furniture at A.
Moore's auction house, 1926 Main
street, ut III o'clock Tomorrow
morning. See advertisement.
Mr.. w. P. Mcdonald, our new
County School Superintendent, in
his conduct of the Teachers Quar-
terly Examination, Is approving
himself emphatically "the right
man In the right place."
The advertisement of the Grand
Jubilee in aid of the erection of the
Good Templar Block appears ia our
New To-Day. This long looked for
event will come Off Wednesday
evening, April 10th.
Judge Peel was occupied yester-
day afternoon in the further exam.
ination of the charge of arson
against Taylor and wife. Owing to
the absence OF important witnesses
the case was continued till to-day.
Winters, of the Important, is
getting everything in readiness for
his grand opening at his new store,
Central Block, tomorrow. His
stock il immense, and embraces
all the latest novelties in gentle
mems clothing, furnishing goods,
etc.
Twenty.eight first-class artists at
Woods Opera House.
We arc glad to know that the
movement to tender Mr.. F. b. Fan
ming a complimentary benefit In
recognition of his disinterested SER
vices whenever called upon, is
meeting with the approval of our
most prominent citizens, who will
be pleased at the opportunity thus
afforded to show their apprecia ton
of him as an artist.
Fun, fun, fun and jolitya at Woods
Opera House.
G. Z. Huber received u consign-
ment of speckled trout by rail from
San Francisco yesterday, which
were snapped up almost before they
reached his store. He has made
arrangements, we understand. to
receive two shipments every week
during the season. Lovers of trout
should make u note of this and be
on hand when the next lot arrives.
1t is proposed to give the Los An
geles Fire Department u head. We
have OCCASION to he proud of our
Volunteer tiremen. They are
prompt aud indefatigable, and no
sooner is fire announced than it
is put out. Yet the cost of the sys.
tenn, compared with the outlay en-
tailed on other cities, is trifiing.
We have the same number of en-
gines, hose and other appointments
as Sacramento, yet the Sacramento
Fire Department costs about $18,-
600 a year and ours only $1,000 or
$1,000.
You will find the great Ceci! st.
Cyr, together with Mics Irene Sum-
mers, Lulu Dehaven, Lizzie Har-
vey, Mlllie MARITIME, Lille Hays,
Minnie Ray, Amelia Ivenhoff,
Sadie Desmond, Clara Bradford,
Jessie Asmond and Minnie Walton,
when at Woods Opera House.
We received yesterday from MI. .
H. N. Alexander, of Yuma, Arizo-
ma, q package of sugar made from
cane grown on the ranch of the
Rodondo Brothers, six miles above
Yuma, on the Gila river. In grain
1t resembles Eastern maple sugar,
the color being somewhat lighter.
The Messrs. RodondO manufactured
5000 pounds from small setting
of cane last year, but whether from
the genuine sugar cane or sorghum,
our informant failed to state. One
thing, however, has been demon
strated, aud that Is that sugar can
be successfully grown in the neigh
bOrhood Of the Colorado.
Messrs. VIM. Marxsen and VIM.
Schroeder are busy preparing their
oxy-hydrogen stereopticon for a
five 'ors' exhibition tour through
out he United States, British IA nd
So AIperica. Their views EN-
b. bel ween 400 and 500 pictures
10 100 iost notable people and
ri6ces Of ancient and modern
muG, The instrument has mag
pilyius power of 80 feet, but as
th.g IRE few halls in which the
ia over can be used it will be
rpndned in ordiary exhibitions to
i5 ct. The Messrs. Marxsen &
sPh r0eder expect to have every.
( thl ng in readiness to give exhibit
/ ms in Turn-Vereln Hall next