Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-21
LOCAL BREVITTEss
Council meets to. day.

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Foley sets up the beer for the SO.
to-day. 1t Is a bouncing bog-11s
pounds.
Even municipality we may all be
happy yet-when we have elected
our favorltes.
The Workingmen's ticket is in
great danger of being known as
the Plug Hat ticket.
Mr.. II. A. Vacquier has removed
to San Francisco, leaving for his
new home yesterday.
Fresh salmon and shrimp at On
stotps market Thursday evening
and Friday morning.
Lieut.. e. Crawford, with a de.
taehment Of 81 soldiers, passed
through Los Angeles yesterday en-
route for Arizona.
Messrs. L. Wolrskill and e. s.
Rothchild were among the passen.
gers by yesterdays overland train
from San Francisco.
Arrived at San Pedro, November
goth, schooner N. L. Drew, Christ,
master, from Cuffey's Cove, with
o,e0O railroad ties for the Western
Development company.
Tile Board Of Supervisors, at its
special session yesterday, instruct
ell the Clerk to advertise for pro.
posals to build stable, etc, and
ior the purchase of horses and
wagon for the County Hospital.
Major Toberman has evidently
taken Fleetwood's advice. y gem
tleman informs us that, as he passed
the Majors place yesterday morn
Ing, Instead Of the usual Monaghan,
he saw two white men at work
there. ''The Chinese have eonev,
Attention is directed to the
triple-column advertisement of
Jacoby's clothing store, which ap-
pears elsewhere in this mornings
HERALD. Mr.. Jacoby is supplied
with all that is new and nofbv in
the line of mems and BOYS cloth.
Ing and furnishing goods, which.
as glance at his price list will
show, he sells at reasonably low
prices.
Mr.. s. w. Craigue has returned
from trip of some weeks' dura-
tion to Arizona. He speaks in
high terms OF the mining revival
which is apparent all through |
Arizona. He encoun- |
tered, during his trip, Mr.. Thomas
Gates, late OF Los Angeles, and |
Judge Bush, formerly of San Diego.
Tommy" Gates is looking we'll |
and doing well.
The esoteric Bob Bailey, of San
Diego, is paying Los Angeles a |
visit. ''Bob" is the champion 20.
ologist and archaologist of the
Southern Coast. Tn his early |
youth he discovered amegatherium
in Equatorial Africa which ia vet |
one of the principal attractions of
the British Geological Museum. He
will remain several days in Los
The Knell concert comes off to.
night at Tufn-Verein Hall. 1t
should not be forgotten that this
will be perhaps the most complete
and charming musical entertain
ment ever given in Los Angeles.
Professional and amateur artists of
exceptionally high attainments
will participate In 1t; and, when
we bear in mind the worthy charac-
ter of the beneficiary, we may
safely predict that Turn-Verein
Hall will be crowded to its utmost
capacity.
In that inscrutable Providence
which regulates the affairs of this
world there may yet be discovered
a municipal ticket perfect enough
10 suit the Erpress, even though
said ticket may have started out
with that journal as its originator
and fjgleman. We speak In sort
Of subjunctive and conditional
mood, however, for we are afraid
The very tips of the angels wings
will have to protude palpably from
The shoulders of the candidates be.
lore such an event will occur. How
wicked all the rest of us fellows are,
to be sure9
The Chronicle of the 16th has the
following notice of the departure of
Col. ]. U. Crawford for Japan: Col.
Crawford leaves by the Steamer
Gaelic to-day. The Japanese gov
srnment proposes to open the large
deposits of bituminous coal lying
In the island of Yesso, north of the
main island OF Niphon, aud has se-
lected Mr.. Crawford to manage the
enterprise. Heretofore the railroads
Of Niphon have been developed en-
tirely by English capital and enter
prise, but the Japanese gov rnment
Intend to test the economic merits
Of the American as we'll as the Eng
|ish system of engineering. The
success Of Mr.. Crawford in this en-
is regarded as OF much i'm
portance to this country, as on 1t
hinges the future introduction of