Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-02-08
LOCAL ES.

story of the Baker Block is being
rapidly put in place.
DR.. Lockhart, Of this city, will
lecture before the Literary Society
at Orange this evening.
Mr.. BLISS gauge, during the re
cent rain, recorded 80 100ths of an
inch and that of the United States
79-l00ths.
Up to last evening IFS reserved
seats had been secured at Wange.
man Brothers Music Store for the
Mara Concert tonight.
The District Bee Keepers conven-
ton will meet at Leck's hall, lover
the Grange store at 10 A. NJ. next
Tuesday, Feb. 18th.
Mr.. J. M. Riley, who has just re-
turned from q trip to Oregon, re-
ports that the cheap fares are
carrying multitudes of peope to
that State.
AL! out going mails for the North
and East, including both letters
and papers, now leave the Postoffice
at five minutes to O'Clock, taking
fifteen minutes to reach the train.
Mr.. r. c. MCPHERSON was in
town yesterday. His oil we'll near
the Pico district is now down to a
depth of nearly eleven hundred
feet. Petroleum fills the casing to
considerable beigth, and there is
every prospect of II good well.
The Board of Supervisors were oc-
cupied nearly all day yesterday in
selecting grand and petit jurors for
the ensuing year. The Board of
Supervisors will probably get
through business for the February
term to-day.
No one can go much over Los
Angeles sidewalks in rainy
weather without being struck by
their completeness. Every time
he is let down into u chuck-hole
full of water and slush he blesses
the provideut city fathers who have
ordered every thing so nicely.
We learn from the Santa Ana
Times, of yesterday, that John
Swanson has just finished digging
crop of potatoes on land from
which he harvested seventy BUSH
els of corn per acre last Fall. He
will sow barley on the same land
Immediately.
We learn that fifteen or twenty
men are at work prospecting in the
Madura Canon in the Santa Ana
mountains above Orange, where
the recent discoveries of silver ore
were made. A new town will be
laid out there by Mr.. J. w. Clark,
and called Silverado.
The Third Quarterly Meeting of
the NJ. E. Church will he held in
Santa Monica tomorrow aud Sun
day. There will be two services
daily, commencing at IL A. NJ. and
7P.M. Rev. a. M. Hough, Pre-
siding Elder, will conduct the
meetings.
The Indications all point to the
gathering, at Turn .Verein Hall to-
night, on the occasion of Madame
Marra's benefit, of one of the largest
and most fashionable audiences
ever witnessed in Los Angeles. The
number of seats already reserved
insures an overlooking house.
Captain Polhemus, of Whining
ton, swore out a warrant before
Judge Peel yesterday for the arrest
of Juan Garcia, whom he accuses Of
having stolen horse from him
about a month ago. The animal
was recovered some time ago and
now the Captain desires to have the
thief captured. The warrant was
placed in the hands of the Sheriff.
In another column will be found
the programme of the grand testi-
monial benefit to be givon at Turn
Verein Hall tonight in recogni-
ton Of Madame Marra's eminent
merits as an artist and her unset
fishness in the cause of charity.
Iho ohtCitoibhiCub III CFely way
promises to be the most successful
ever given in Los Angeles, and we
expect to see the house jammed.
Seats should be secured early.
Pretty as a picture was the beau
tiful Los Angeles Maid as she pass.
ed down Main street yesterday, led
by a youth on horseback, dressed
in latest Eastern style, with plug
hat, "biled" shirt and plaid pants,
feeling as proud as a peacock, and
looking like q Broadway swell, an
English Lord or an Italian Count.
He would have been the chief at
traction for the ladies but for the
mare, with her large, gazelle eyes,
fawn-like head and well-form ed
limbs, reminding one of the cele.
brated Goldsmith Maid. 1t is not
impossible that she may some day
equal the Eastern mare in speed,
with proper care and training.
Crowds of horsemen gathered at
the street corners to discuss the
merits and points CT this handsome
animal. She will be ratified off on
Saturday night, at the Orient Sa-
loon. We understand that nearly
all the tickets have been sold.
Those who wish for a chance to
win a fine, blooded mare for two
dollars, would do we'll to hurry up,