Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-20
LOCAL. EsREvITIES,

Tie steamer Ancon sails for San
Francisco to-day.
The Board of Supervisors meet
in special session to day.
Father Ubach, Parish Priest of
San Diego, is visiting Los Angeles.
Mr.. FL. Susskind returned from
San Francisco overland yesterday.
Attention is directed to the card
of ]. J. Carrillo, which appears in
our New To-day.
In the case of DR.. Orme against
DR.. Wise, in Judge Peel's Court
yesterday, the defendant was bound
over in 1000 to keep the peace.
About three hundred laborers
passed through Los Angeles yester-
day to work on the Arizona extern
sion Of the Southern Pacific Rail-
road.
Judge Sepulveda will eat his
Thanksgiving dinner at Santa Bar
bara, where he goes to hold Court
for Judge Fawcstt, opening on the
26th instant.
Judge A. J. King, whose name
has appeared in the HERALD as a
for City Attorney, de-
sires US to announce that he is no
longer an aspirant for that office.
Major Ben G. Truman, who has
been investigating postal affairs in
Arizona for the past six weeks,
passed through the city day before
yesterday. ell route to San Fran.
cisco.
"GusPs Salouu," corner of First
and Los Angeles street, has Just re-
ceived nice organ from San Fran
cisco. Music every night. Best
beer. at five cents a glass, with
lunch.
AngelefIos at San Francisco ho-
tells on the 18th: ]. Haley, Palace;
N. H. Cove, Grand; S. e. Watson,
HI. G. Haber, B. II. Schoff, J. L.
Wisecarver, P. Lauth, Russ House;
w. Anderson. International; ].
Chesley, The Baldwin.
We take pleasure in calling the
attention of our readers to the very
satisfactory exhibit of the affairs
of the Commercial Bank, as shown
by the report of Bank Commits
sioner Murphy, which appears else
where in this mornings HERALD.
Night before last when Chief
Harris arrested John Moore on sus-
picion of having attempted to set
fire to the Lankershim q Van Nuys
graiE warehouse. Moore's wife
tearfully but significantly asked
her husband ,"Oh, John, what have
you been doing now?" The charge
against Moore will be Investigated
by the Grand Jury now in session,
without the formality Of n prelim-
mary examination.
The Kuell concert Thursday eve-
ming will be the finest musical
event Of the season. Without
strainlng the truth we may say
that no similar amateur event in
New York or Boston would be
characterizedlby o more thorough
range ofculture or perfection of de.
tail than Will attend this generous
tribute to a msritorious local mu-
sician. Turnverein Hall should be
crowded in every corner.
There is something Of the instan-
taneousness Of the plous Watts's
reconciIlations with heaven in the
rapidity with which City Attorney
Godfrey has become good Work
ingman. Watts, speaking of the
sinner, says that I" between the
stirrup aud the ground mercy's
sought and mercy's found;p and
between the twinkling of the
minds eye in viewing the sessions
of rival City Conventions, Coun-
selor Godfrey found himself one Of
the elect of the Workingmen's or.
ganization-to the surprise of both,
for neither had had time to become
acquainted with the ether.
Tho Yuma Sentinel says: The
survey ors of the Texas-Pacific Rail
road Company, a couple OF years
ago made a careful, examination of
the bed of he Colorado river be-
tween the Heads, over which they
located their line. They pushed
down steel rods to the depth of sew
enty-two feet before striking rock
The sounding seemed to Indicate q
deposit of sediment over sixty feet
deep. The piles, forming the piers
Of the Southern Pacific Railroad
bridge here, were driven a few
more than thirty feet before strik-
ing what was taken for bedrock.
An immense quantity of rock has
since been dumped around these
piers, and has sunk down out of
sight. 1t certainly appears that
what was taken for "bottomu must
have been an indurated or cement.
ed layer of sand, like those found
In excavating the mesa at this end
of the bridge. Driving piles Into
this layer may have broken it up
thus letting the rock drop down
into Lord only knows what depth
OF mud and qulck-sand. But the
stone train keeps on bringing rock
and tho bridUp eany1 q IN ha n = coil.