Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-08-22


of knight of the medieval age
occurred in this county some eigh
years ago, the late Captain Charlie
e. Beane being the hero. Man.
persons will recall a duel between
Captain Beane and Mr.. John Will
son. When the parties were in po
sition on the field, with their rifle
aimed at each other, the word tt
fire." being given, Wilson's riff,
failed to explode, though he pullet
the trigger and the cock had strucl
the cap. Beane, cool and self-pos
sessed, raised his weapon withou
firing at his enemy, who was at hi
mercy; but, turning to his second
he remarked that the gentleman
rifle had better be reloaded. The
rifles were afterwards discharged
by the seconds, reloaded and th,
duel proceeded, Bevne woundins
Wilson in the arm.
The Salt River, Arizona, Herald
says: A deed from ?. w. Smith
w. w. Jones, and A. Fl. Peoples
of Wickenberg, to John Howard
Smith, of Alameda county, Cali
fornia, was filed for record las
Tuesday, conveying the Chief o
Arizona quartz mine, and ar
undivided one-half interest in 90e
feet,tknown as the Resurrection
gold quartz claim, both on. the
Vulture lode; also a large lot OF
machinery and a quantity of ore.
Consideration, $202, 500, being
500, 900 for each OF the former gen.
tlemen and $1,000 for A. H.
Peoples.
Persons who have not secured
their tickets for the San Francisco
excursion, which leaves tomorrow,
should do so at once, as there are
but limited number left and they
are being rapidly taken. One car
is already filled and tickets are be-
ing sold for the second with pros
pect that the seats will be all taken
to-day. II is often remarked that
II the railway fare to San Francis
CO were but Sis, ten would
go where one does now. On
this excursion the fare Is but SO so
each way, thus affordiDg an oppor-
tunity to verify the demand for
cheap fares.
The residence of Mr.. w. H.
Perry, ON the east side of the river,
was the scene of very pleasant
party on Tuesday evening,
gotten up rs farewell to Miss
Mamie Perry, who returns this
week to Mills Seminary, Oak.
land. The party, numbering
about fifty ladies and gen.
tlemep, laden with all the delica.
cies of the season, took possession
Of the house much to the surprise
and pleasure of the host, and con-
tinued with music and dancing
until 3 o'clock yesterday morning.
One of our lending orange grow.
ers, a year or so ago, had two thou
aud shares of Sierra Nevada, which
he allowed to 60 for the assess
ments. Day before yesterday, if he
ad retained them, he could have
sold them for $82, 500. The original
cost, with assessments, would
probably haye stood him in S 10, 600.
His letting them go, under the cir
recalls the striking
wisdom of that aphorism of Mark
Twain, that "if u mans foresight
was only as good as his hindsight,
ne would be heap better off"
The nuisance of sprinkling the
streets of our city at night is about
% be brought to an end. In addi-
Ion to the other grave objections,
he rumble of the carts disturbs
the sleep of several of our Council
men. We care not what motives
mpel to the relief desired, because
The change Is a consummation de.
vcutly to be wished. The public
,prinklers should put their water
where it will do the most good,
which is undoubtedly when the sun
begins to ride high In the heavens.
A sanguine Angelefio believes
that this city will! have, in twenty
10 twenty-five years, a population
Of two hundred and fifty thousand.
He asked us to record this predic-
tion in our private tablets, for fu-
ture reference, and we not only do
that, but supply our readers with
the prophecy, in order that it may
be generally recorded. What will
have become of Dsnis Kearney
by that time.
Messrs. Mappa q Gay went
down to Wilmington yesterday
to commence work on their
contract for the improvement
of the harbor The training
walls on the northwest side of
the harbor are to be heightened
and raised, and the breakwater is
to be strengthened. They will
start out with about forty men, and
prosecute the work as rapidly
as possible. The appropriation
$50, ,000) is a very small one, but
it will do some good.
Under Sheriff Rowland returned
by yesterdays overland train from
San Francisco. By some misun-
derstanding of his message, the
Sheriff of Sacramento failed to
meet him with the fugitive Adri-
anepolO at Lathrop, as requested; !;
consequently the willy Greek will
remain in custody at Sacramento
till Deputy Sheriff Jones, who
went up to San Quentin with pris-
oners yesterday, returns.