Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-01-06

Only the white and sparkling
teeth of Mrs. farley, In her stage
makeup, indicate that that lady
might be young and beautiful. AS
matter of fact she Is both, which
gauges the measure of her self-sac-
rifice in submitting to the conven-
tional stage demands by transform.
ing herself into u widow of the sere
and yellow period. Mrs. Jarley's
Wax Works Will be repeated next
Tuesday night, and Mrs. farley
will, doubtless, by that time, have
developed "A brllliancy in her local
gags" which will he positively
pyroteclric in its effects. AS II
was, many of her brilliancies
ricocheted harmlessly over many
persons who, alas! failed to " take
them In" Mrs. farley is q good
deal of a modern Rosalind, anu we
would lay heavy wager that she
won d "make-up" the youth of the
forest of Ardennes better than Mrs.
Scott. Siddons.
The stockholders of the Agricul-
tural Park Association held q
meeting, yesterday afternoon, ut
the office of the Mes-rs. Ferguson
& Rose. The Messrs. Ferguson, l..
J. Rose, Wallace Woodworth, W..
Workman, o. w. Childs, Titus
and s. IL. Mott We're elected Dlrec-
tors. A statement of the general
business transacted during the past
year was presented, but its consid-
Grafton was postponed until sub
sequent meeting, to be held on
January 18th inst, at | O'clock p,
NJ, at the same place. At meet
ing If tile Directors, DR.. John s.
Griffin was elected President of
the Society, and Mr.. Geo. o. rif-
fanny, Seniur,was elected Secretary,
for the ensuing year.
Mrs. farley is so much pleased
with our city, and its high-t"rei
Inhabitants, that she Is going to
give us one more of her wonderful
exhibitions next Tuesday evening.
Notwithstanding all her previou.
success, in various parts OF the
word, she fleets that hete, il Lns
A geles, she Is APPROACHING the
innacie of her lame. She says
that Size cannot leave Us without
attempting tn show her full sppre-
citation Of our cord al r, ceplIon of
Ia fflrIu sslla. "a fii 81
eniirr three cha inbefs On the ID iile
evening, ut so cents admission TO
all parts OF the house. A Number OF
new igu res will be- displayed.
The first number of the San
Gabriel Valley News, edited by
Mrs. Nettie Sanford, lies on our
table. 1t is u bright and attractive
looking sheet, devoted to the III
teresis of the exquisite section in
which it is published, and it is
every way worthy of the patronage
of that cultured aud wealthy COM
munlty. geographically, eti,orl-
ally aud locally IL Is u creditaUle
venture, AMI We heartily With our
sister sanford every surcess in The
world. Size deserves ii, aud. We
think, Will achieve it.
Los Angeles, from weaths r
stand.' point, has the drop on the
northern and central portions of
the Slate, thus far this year. By
rain gauge, kept on u level with
the ground. by DR.. Bliss, the RAIN
fail here has been 6 Us Inches. by
the United States Sigual Service
Depart ment, Whose gauge is hisy
feet from he ground, the rainfall
has been 5.32 Iuches. Either Il cure
registers Twice AS much rain AS
they have thus far had in Santa
Clara county.
In local article, In yesterday
mornings HERALD, apropos of the
freight question, we wrote that we
were ready to accept any lifts by the
way. The compositor got the word
"gifts," which /, not precisely the
meaning we intended to convey.
With regard to "gifts" we desire to
be- understood AS occupying the po-
sition OF Horace Greeley with re-.
spect to offices, viz, we decline
none that are not offered to US.
The Messrs. Compton & Binford,
in our NEW To-Day" offer for u
few days only from 400 to 800 acres
of desirable valley and mesa land
at the extremely moderate rates Of
from $40 To SIG per acre. This is u
rare opportunity to purchase
either for homes or speculation,
and one that il net likely to SOON
again present itself.
Since DR.. Luppo has Joined the
P. A. c. Society novel experience
befsll him. Hs saw the driver of
a lager bser wagon indulglng In
what he regarded as rigor to his
beast, and started in to arrest said
driver. In the struggle, the bung
came out Of a beer barrel and the
yeast compound landed in copi-
Gus stream in the Doctors mouth
aud whiskers.
An eligibly located bee ranch,
with dwelling house, out buildings
and u lot of hives ETC., 10 offered
for sale under New Toby in this
mornings HERALD. TO any one
Wishing to engage in the business,
this IL u lare chance.