Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-12
LOCAL BREvITIES.

LOCAL btSEV HIS.
Fresh salmon and shrimps at
Onstotts market to-day.
The last regular meeting of the
old Council will be held to day.
An American lady advertis IS for
= situation as cook, In our New To.
Day.
A competent woman advertises
for place, In this mornings HER.
AID.
Attention Is directed to the an.
nouncement under the head of
"Another example of Hard Times"
Messrs. L. w. Thatcher and H.
D. Barrows returned from San
Francisco by yesterdays overland
train.
A meeting Of the creditors of the
Home Industrial Aid Associ alton
Is called for Friday evening, at n
O'Clock, at the office of r. c. Sever.
ance, room S, Postoffice building.
Finley, printer, who used to
work in Los Angeles. was convict
ed OF garrOting a man at Sacra-
mento, the other day, and sent to
the States Prison for one year.
The attention of families and no.
tel keepers is directed to the an
nnuncement of Mr.. r. L. Collins,
of the Central Market, No.37 Spring
street, which appears In the Busi
ness Enterprise column of this
mornings HERALD.
The regular meeting of the Horti.
cultural Society will be held at the
Pavilion on Saturday next at II
O'Clock A. NJ. Important business
will be brought before the Society
for consideration, including the
holding of a Spring exhibition Of
semi.tropical fruits.
In Judge Peels Court yesterday,
Albert Evertson, charged with
grand larceny, was held to await
the action of the Grand Jury. Two
Frenchmeu were arraigned for
fighting, one Of whom, the aggres-
sor, paid S., aud the other was dis
charged.
A number Of the sportsmen Of
Downey challenge an equal mum,
Der from Los Angeles, say from
four to six, to a trial of skill in
shooting ducks, the contest to take
place on the San Gabriel river, be-
tween Newton's crossing and the
coast. Preliminaries to be ar
ranged by meeting OF contestants
at some place in Los Angeles.
Our lady readers will find matter
of interest in the triple column
holiday advertisement Of the City
Of Paris store, which appears else
where. The Messrs. E. Meyer q
Co., with their usual enterprise,
have laid in full supply Of the
most elegant goods to be found In
the market. which they offer at the
most reasonable rates. Do not fail
to give them call.
1t Is reported that Captain john
son, the popular commander of the
Pacific Coast Steamship Orlzaba,
has gone + lst to take command of
the new steamship California,
which has Just been successfully
launched In Pennsylvania. and
which Is to run on the line from
San Francisco to Portland. The
Captain has many warm friends
here and elsewhere on this route
who will regret his change.
Mr.. o. v. Frltch, representing
Gray's music store, at San Francis.
co, and the Steinway pianos, who
has been cauvassing lately In
Southern California and disposed
of many pianos, will be at the St
Charles Hotel until Decemb bel
18th, aud revisit this city about
every three months afterwards
Parties desiring good instruments
at the very lowest figures will find
IL to their interest to consult hin
before buying elsewhere. His Post
office box In San Francisco is No
1893.
A late eastern exchange says
"Eighty tons of American hone.
In the comb recently shipped tc
Liverpool, reached there In perfec
order. The honey was contained II
glass hives In which 1t had beer
deposited by the bees. The Pal
Mall Gazette, OF London, says
There seems to be no limit to tn
provisions with which America !
prepared to supply us. The frs
experiment Of bringing honey II
the comb on a large scale to Europ
from America having proved sue
eessfui, it will no doubt be repeat
ed.'n
The Anaheim Gasette says: Th
Mustang bee ranch, a few mile
this side OF Sllverado. has been tn,
scsns Of considerable mining ex
element lately. The discovery o
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