Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-07
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Ine maiden all 1Or L0rne-Pfin'
cess Louise.
What will Judge Thompson have
to say when he gets back?
A competent woman advertises
for situation in our New To-Day
| Mr.. Irvine, of the San Joaquin
rancho, is paying Los Angeles
county visit.
Captain George G. Knox, of An.
aheim, favored us with pleasant
call last evening.
Mr.. I. Norton, of this city, was
registered at the Palace Hotel, San
Francisco. on Thursday.
The street sprinklers are again at
their blessed work. This shows
the efficacy Of little printers ink.
Masters E. A. and w. ]. Carlisle
and III. w. O'Melveny are passen-
gers by the steamer Ancon due on
Sunday.
We were told that Judge Sepul-
veda may be expected back from
Santa Barbara via San Buenaven-
tura, to-day.
The Bert Dramatic Company. are
passengers by the steamer Ancon
which sailed from San Francisco
yesterday.
Mr.. James nj. Lynch, represent
ing the publishing house of A. l..
Bancroft & Co., San Francisco, is
visiting Los Angeles.
The Workingmen's torch.light
procession will start from the cor
ner of Aliso and Alameda streets
this evening at 7 o'clock sharp.
The case of Moreno, charged with
attempting to buy votes on election
day, was Investigated in the City
Court yesterday. Decision reserved.
Mr.. Crocker and party of gen.
tlemen from San Francisco will
arrive in Los Angeles to- day.
Their objective point is Yuma and
the "front."
The Messrs. Henry King, Dave
Waldron, Jake Gerkins and II. G.
Wiley are understood to be the
leading candidates for Chief of Po.
lice.
James Hagar, convicted of bur-
glary in the second degree, was yes
terday sentenced to ten months i'm.
prisonment in the States Prison by
Judge Stephens.
Six tramps were before Judge
Peel yesterday on charge of va
grancy. Five were sent to the
chain gang five days each and the
sixth was discharged.
Mr.. S. w. Craigue is getting
ready for two months business
trip to Arizona. Prior to making
it, however. he will pay visit to
his old San Diego stamping ground.
Judge w. T. McNealy, of the
Eighteenth Judicial District, ar.
rived overland from San Diego
yesterday aud will occupy the
bench in Judge Sepulveda's Court
to-day.
The Adjuster of the Home Mutual
Insurance Company of San Fran
cisco, the Company in which
Rsed's Palace of Sweets was in
sured, is in the city, investigating
the origin OF the recent fire.
Mr.. A. E. Horton, the Father of
San Diego, paid flying visit to
Los Angeles yesterday, having ar.
rived overland In the morning and
returning to the Bay City by the
same route in the evening.
"Under which King, Bezonian,
speak or die?n This classic appeal
of "mine ancient Pistol" is re-
markably applicable to the:contest
which Is imminent for the Presi-
dency of the City Council. viii it
be Beck or Butler?
Commissioner of the General
Land Office Williamson, his
daughter, Mr.. Horn and number
of other ladies and gentlemen, left
for Yuma and Tucson yesterday.
On the return of Mr.. Williamson
and daughter they will be, for q
brief season, the guests OF General
BoutOn.
Skunks are death on poultry up
about Santa Barbara. The Adver-
tiser is informed that short time
ago one of the farmers In the Mon
tecito lost two hundred chickens in
one night, through the ravages OF
the odoriferous pests. They BIZ
the throats of the fowls and sucked
the blood, leaving the carcasses
piled up on the floor of the her
coop.
We had pleasant call last eve.
ming from Mr.. J. Shannon, of Fres'
no, land agent of the 8. P. r. r
who is EN- route to Yuma. Mr.
Shannon informs us that Fresno
county is being rapidly settled by Q
class of thrifty farmers who are
improving small places and adding
largely to the material wealth O
that county.