Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-01-27

General Committee.
The Committee then adjourned
to meet two weeks from last even
ing at the same place.
Professor Montrose exhibited to
fair house at Turn-Verein Hall
last night and performed his tricks
with tolerable skill. While all
was going we'll OH the stage, on.
other and very different kind of
performance was progressing at the
front of the house. After the show
had got we'll under way, number
of persons who had performed va
rious services for the Professor
and his agent appeared at the box
office and demanded their pay.
The receipts were soon exhausted
and while those who had come first
got but little, those who came last
got nothing. These latter, think
ing doubtless that they had been
ill used, swore out a warrant, and
after the close of the exhibition
Ii ad the "Exposer of Spiritualism"
arrested on a charge of cheating,
false representations or some other
offence. The prisoners made de-
post with Chief Harris for their
appearance before Judge Peel on
Monday and were released. Not
outstanding that present appear
ances are against him, the Professor
assured us that he would straighten
everything up on Monday and APP
pear as advertised on that evening
Mt Turn-Verein Hall.
Our people should bear the fac t
in mind that Mr.. Walter Lsman,
of the California Theater, will read
Hon. Nathan Porter's lecture on
1.-THE Drama" in Good Templars'
Hall, to morrow evening. He will
supplement the reading by his own
charming poem, "Our Native
Land" Mr.. Lemau is one of the
most finished elocutionists on the
Pacific Coast, the lecture is one of
exceptional merit and it should at
tract u large audience. Our leading
citizens have united in II call te
Mr.. Leman to repeat his lecture and
it is due to our city that it should
prove pecuniary success. We
can promise discriminating people
that the experiences of the evening
will be delightful as we'll as highly
Instructive,
The auction yesterday dissipated
the beau iful songsters who, for O
couple OF weeks past, made North.
crafts auction rooms attractive
to the passer-by. Your singing
canary. as a soioist, is success
but, when it comes to hundreds oil
them together, with what they inn
agine to be Spring rains inviting
them to melody, their April-Fool
enthusiasm is immense and the
savage breast of the Los Angeleno
is aoothed accordingly. Blessed
birds! In the classic language Of
Richard Swiveler, "may you never
moult feather that is, never
moult a feather which you cant
replace with newer and brighter
one.
Our sanctum was gladdened yes
terday with the apparition of Hon,
J. p. II. Wentworth, the editor OF
the ever valuable Resources o.
California. Mr.. Wentworth, by
the way, is persevering and un-
finchlng friend of Southern Cali
fornia and Of Los Angeles county
particularly, and his JOURNAL has
always put in thorough "licks' for
the orange belt. He will be here q
few days before starting for Yuma,
and our "solid men" should see tC
it that his experiences are pleas
ant,
By our estimate, close upon
twenty thousand acres of land are
seeded to wheat In this county this
year. Six hundred Thousand
bushels is minimum figure for
the crop, which is an allowance o
NEARLY twenty bushels apiece tt
| every Iuuly WOiuuu anu Chliu IL
Los Angeles county, "includins
indians not taxed"
The insignia of the order-the all
seeing eye, the three links and tn,
letters !. Q. o. F., lS77-wer'
placed on the pediment of the Ode
Fellows new building yesterda,
and are quite an ornament to tn
handsome front.
In another column we publish
from the San Francisco Post, al
account of the death of "Littl
Philomena,n song and dance ar
fist, we'll known to the frequsnter
of Woods Opera House in thi
city.
Rev. DIR. Cunningham will
preach at Good Templars' Hall, a
IL o'clock A. NJ. The DIR. will lee
ture in the evening on the Doctrin
: OF Hell or the Final Punishment O