Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-02-09
LOCAL ESREXITIE S.

Los Angeles was never health
Ter city than to-day.
The com mission of Mr.. Holmes
as r Notary Public has been re-
newed by the Governor.
Three furnished rooms, suitable
for housekeeping, are for rent to a
man and wife in our New To-Day.
Travel is decidedly increasing Of
late. Cheap fares would give us
the old tide OF visitors, tourists and
settlers.
At a Workingmen's meeting at
San Luis Obispo, the other day, O.
F. Thornton, editor of the Tribune,
was elected Chairman.
By request of the District Attor-
ney, a panel of 125 drawn Jurors was
ordered in the District Court yes
terday for the trial of the People We
E. S. Parker.
The Board Of Supervisors have
directed the Clerk to advertise for
sealed proposals to feed the County
prisoners for one year from the
date OF award of contract.
DIR. F. Fl. Thomas has returned
from his trip to theSespe oil regions.
He will take in the Pico District
cI,nrfIv n has To- I'll a 4,
account of his experiences.
We acknowledge the receipt of
all invitation to the Barkeepsrs'
Ball which comes off at Turn
Verein Hall Sunday evening, Feb.
18th.
Major Charles II. Hampstead,
who has been spending some time
with his friend Col. Kewen, at Ell
Moline, will return to his home at
Salt Lake City in few days.
One of Mr.. Mesmer's boys found,
the other day, back In the hills, a
good sized, vicious scorpion. 1t
was enclosed in a bottle and added
to the cabinet of natural history
which is being formed fer this q Ugh
School.
The regular monthly meeting Of
the Horticultural Society will be
held at Good Templar Hall at II
o'clock A. NJ. to-day. The meet
ing will discuss the question Of
Northern fruits and receive the re-
port of the Committee on Exhibit
tions.
Mr. Dana c. Pearson has re-
tured from his trip over the south.
ern portion of Los Angeles county.
His appreciation of that section is
without bounds. He thinks that,
taking climate, fertility, accessi-
bility to market, etc., into the
count, the Los Angeles is the
"boss" valley, not only of the
State of California and of the con-
tinent of America, but of the
world.
Five men were up before Judge
Peel yesterday on charge ofdrunk
and disorderly. Two were sent up
five days each and the other three
ten days apiece. In the case of
purchasing stolen horse, the &C.
cused proved that he had bought
the animal in good faith, where
upon the judge decided that he
return the horse to the rightful
owner and dismissed the charge.
The jury in the case of the People
vs. Tamiet, on trial for forgery, re.
tired about half past four yesterday
evening. A few minutes before
eight o'clock they came into Court
and reported that they were not
likely to agree. The Judge remand
ed them to the care of the Sheriff
and directed him to bring them
into Court this morning, when, if
they have not agreed, they Will
probably be discharged.
The Board of Supervisors, at their
last session, adopted an order re-
curing jurors in criminal cases to
make affidavit of the number of
days they may have served during
q term and the distance Travelled.
Heretofore the simple word of the
juror as to the distance travelled has
been deemed sufficient, but, as
their statements Of the number of
miles have not always been exactly
accurate, the Board has found 1t
necessary to issue the above order.
Jurors will please take notice.
We are pleased to learn that the
area sown in wheat in the San
Fernando valley is much larger
than we had at first supposed. AS
one of our contemporaries has as
sumed that our estimate of twenty
thousand acres in wheat for the
whole county is too large, we are
happy to be able to assure it that
there is within a trifle of seven
teen thousand acres in wheat in
the San Fernando valley alone.
The Messrs. Lankershim and Van
Mugs have, on their side of the
valley, about twelve thousand
acres, of which all but enough for
feed for their own stock Is in
wheat. Taking the whole county,
we think we are justified in adj
vancing our original estimate two
or three thousand acres. The green
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