Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-07

some attention to this we'll are of
opinion that q yield Of from sew
enty-five to one hundred barrels a
day may be expected from the
MACPHERSON. The labor of getting
the boiler in place employed six
teams and twenty men three days.
The we'll lies about eighteen hun
dred feet East and South OF the
fine wells of the Star Oil Company.
The gentlemen who have had
charge of the enterprise have shown
capital energy and perseverance
and We shall hail their success with
great pleasure.
A party Of about twenty well
known, jolly citizens spent the
Fourth In plcnicking In Eaton
cafion. J. A. Graves was appointed
chef de cuisine-in plain English
"chief cook and bottle-washer." A
large pot, in which were placed
three dozen quail, rabbits and other
concomitants, was soon set to boil
ing, and in about three hours q
savory stew, the memory of the
taste of which still fingers pleas.
antly in the minds of the party,
was ready and partaken of with
avidity. The liquids, which were
not of the biue-ribbon order, we are
told, were alec not slighted by any
means. AS compounder and su-
perintendent Of stew, Graves's rep.
utation is now first-class.
Billy Warner, of Woods Opera
House Company, returned over
land from San Francisco yesterday.
The new company engaged by him
comprises the following we'll kno wn
artists: Butler and Russell, Irish
and negro specialists; Miss Mabel
Vaughn, comic singer; Misses
Kittis Vaughn and Maria Hub
bard, vocalists. The new members
Of the company, who all rank as A
in their respective specialties, wi II
arrive by the Orizaba to-day and
make their first appearance before
Los Angeles audience Monday
night.
Three DRINKS were arraign ed
before tho City Judge yeste rday.
Two of them were sent to the
chain gang, one for five and the
other for ten days. The third paid
$40 and was discharged. A man
charged with assault was allowed
to go, the Judge considering that
he had been sufficiently punished
by the man whom he had assault
ed. A water thief was mulcted in
SIS fine.
On Tuesday evening meteor OF
phenomenal brillIancy was seen,
at q quarter past nine, describing
a brilliant arc almost directly over
Slower mountain. The meteor was
so luminous that shadows were
cast by it, and it looked like an
immense sky rocket. So large and
brilliant an appearance has moi
been put In on our heavenly stage
for many u year.-COlton Semi
7ropic, July 6.
That was neat buggy accident
the other day, which landed tht
Messrs. Sam Tuttle and Jim Mellul
on the sidewalk-the former on toI
of the latter, which was good fol
Sam but bad for Mellus. Fortu
dately no bones were broken and ,
smashed buggy was the chief cas-
ualty. The horse, on getting fire.,
from the shafts, took refuge in tn
Fashion Livery Stable.
Postmaster Bent, while driv
ing along Fort street yesterday af
ternoon, ,collided with horse whicl
was being ridden by boy, ant
which had got in between Mr.
Benps buggy and buggy whicl
was passing in the opposite direc
tion. The collision left the bo.
and his animal unipjured, but com
plstely wrecked one Of the wheel
Of Mr.. Bent's vehicle.
Deputy Zapjero Manuel Csrrill
was seriously bitten by a viciou
dog on the East side of the rive
yesterday morning, When at
tackled Mr.. Carrillo was In a stoor
ing posture, the dog catching hin
by the arm between the elbow an
shoulder and tearing the flesh 8
that he will lose the use Of his arr
for some time.
A suit has been commenced Il
the District Court by J. w. Cat
against Sanford ct al. involving th
legality of the Los Nietos Irriga
tion law passed by the last Legis
lature. The plaintiff denies tn
Z right of the Water Commissioners
! to appropriate all the water fror
t the ditch known as the "Cat
Ditch" he claiming exclusiv
right to two irrigating heads.
+ BY notice elsewhere it will b
seen that Mr.. Fir. Aockerblum, {
. the Union Soda Works, has take
! Mr.. Augustine Nordholt int
partnership with him. The me-
\ firm will be known under the styl
a of Aockerblum g. Co., and will cor
tinus the manufacture of soda an
other mineral waters at the oil
u stand on Main street.
4 A farmer living In the outskirI
of the city made Information b.
# fore Judge Peel yesterday chargin
n six Cinnamon with having stole
lot Of barley. The Mongoliai
Q were brought in, but the proseo,
y tion failing to make good tf
y charge, they were dismissed.
It Mr.. Latimer, whose place is
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