Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-08-23
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

CuueC W. bs WiCuoIUy HAS Ie-
turned from San Diego and is reg
istered at the st. Charles.
Governor Irwin has com missien.
9 Pharez P. Clark as Notary Public,
to reside at Silverado, this county.
Council yeste rday instructed the
contractor to resume street sprin-
king in daylight, between the
hours of A. NJ. and p. NJ.
We are indebted to our Granger
friend, Mr.. r. r. Hsines, for a
supply of delicious cantelupes,
grown on his ranch at Artesia.
Mr.. Winters, of the Important
clothing store, goes up to San
Francisco to-day to lay in a full
stock Of the latest styles of fall
goods.
Rev. A. M. Campbell, late editor
of the Star, has resumed charge of
Wilson College, at Wilmington,
which com menced its fall session
on the 18th instant.
The Chinese com menced cele-
brating something-what, we were
unable to learn-last night, and
kept their gongs going TO the "wee
sma' hours ayant the twal."
A Los Angeles brewer has an
employe, medium sized fellow,
who drinks a fifteen gallon keg OF
beer daily. That individual could
"see" old Gambrinus himself and
"go" him several "better."
Mr.. J. B. Lankershim offers, in
our "New To-Day" three hum
dred graded merino bucks for sale.
Mr.. Lankershim may be found at
his ranch, fourteen miles north OF
Los Angeles, OH the Ventura road.
Los Angeles people at San Fran
cisco hotels on the 2lst: S. Norton,
Russ House; l.. Holman, Cosmo-
politap; f. M. Lewis and wife,
Mrs. Blythe, Brooklyn; r. F.
Mansfield, American Exchange.
We understand that Judge Nc
Nealy will return to this city In
the early part of September and
during his stay will try the Los
Nietos water cases and retry the
case of the Anaheim Water Com
pany against Amos Wright ct al.
About an hour and a half was
consumed in Council yesterday
afternoon in discussing the recon.
mendation of the Water Supply
Committee to build pile dam
above the covered bridge. The
recommendation was defeated by q
| tie vote.
At Pearson's Oriental saloon,
Downey Block, you can get bot
tie of excellent champagne for 81,
fine whiskies, imported direct from
Kentucky, milk punches of per-
fection which reflects unbounded
honor on their compounders and
capital Havana cigars, the latter
for bit.
The Messrs. Hathaway and lie
Bar, whom we used to know in the
old days, in San Diego, were in tho
city yesterday. For some time
past they have cast in their for
tunes with San Bernardino county,
the former in the town of that name
and the latter ut Cotton.
The San Pedro Street Com mis-
sionera have organized by electing
J. HI. Seymour Chairman and JOS
eph Huber, Jr., Secretary. The
width of the street will be increased
to so feet between Los Angeles
street md the Independence depot
and to 90 feet thence to the city
line.
The City Council of Los Angeles
can sit longer and talk more than
any municipal body in the United
States, even when those bodies are
comprised of two or three hundred
members, instead of q dozen, as In
our case. Our City Dads do not
believe in the sentiment of Poloni.
us that "brevity is the soul of w.t."
We are indebted to Mr.. Thomas
A. Carey for o copy OF his able,
valuable and elaborate lecture on
orange and lemon culture, deliver
ed before Raisina Grange, Central
California Colony, at Fresno. Nc
one understands more thoroughly
than Mr.. Carey the topic on which
he treated on that occasion.
DIR. Johnson, who shot Joyce al
Wilmington on Wednesday morn.
ing, was examined before Justice
Savage of that place, and held in
Isl, 900 bail to answer. The exami-
nation commenced at O'clock on
Wednesday evening, and lasted
till l O'Clock yesterday morning.
At last accounts Joyce, the wound
ed man, appeared to be improving
but his recovery Is doubtful.
The excursion party which leaveI
Los Angeles for San Fran.
cisco to-day will be numerous ant
respectable one. There will b,
two and, If necessary, three sleep
ers attached to the train, beside
the ordinary sleeper for the use O
regular passengers. The train will
consist, altogether, Of seveI
coaches. The excursionIsts will b,
allowed five days In San Francis
co-just about the right time. The,
will be able to do o good deal o
sightseeing before their return
stopping short at the point Q
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