Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-27
LOCAL BR EG.

General Phineas Banning re-
turned overland yesterday from
San Francisco.
Eleven 12.mule teams unloaded
barley at Naud's new warehouse
yesterday forenoon.
Two nicely furnished rooms, with
use of bath, are advertise | for rent
to single gentlemen, il our New
To Day.
Mr.. Charlie White, an attache of
the railroad office, got back yester-
day from paseo to his old home
ct Humboldt.
Miss Kate Smith has leased the
premises at the northwest corner of
Fourth and Spring streets for her
Kindergarten school.
Arrived at Wilmington, July 26,
schooner Hannah Madison, Ras-
mussen, master, from Newport
North, with 205,000 feet of lum ber
for Fl. II. Show, Santa Ana.
Mr.. E. e. Chadwick, whose
apiary is in Sepulveda can IN, near
Santa Monica, estimates that his
honey crop will exceed 100000
pounds this season.
Mr.. Mullally, at his brickysrd
near the Catholic Cemetery, turns
out 10000 bricks per day. He is
now burning kiln of 100000, and
Will soon commence to burn an
other containing 100000.
We were favored with call yes
terday from Mr.. Selim, correspond
ent of the Oakland Times and San
Francisco Hotel Register, who
passed through Los Angeles en-
route to San Diego.
There will be a grand opening at
Gus Saloon, corner of First and
Los Angeles streets, this evening.
A first class band Of music will be
in attendance and an apetizing
lunch will be served. A cordial
invitation is extended to all.
We learn that a telegraph sta
ton will shortly be established at
the Mission San Gabriel. 1t will
be great convenience to the resi-
dents of that populous section, who,
heretofore, have been obliged to
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patches.
Henry p. Arnold wal examined
before Judge Peel yesterday on o
charge of having burglarized Nor
ris's lodging house and stolen
some clothing from a trunk. He
was committed in default of $500 to
await the action of the Grand
Jury.
S. Carrilio, whose bon ire
caused the alarm of fire night be-
fore last, was up before Judge Peel
yesterday. The old man pleaded
ignorance of the law and was let
off with fine of five dollars,
which was contributed by a police
man and friends of the offender.
Two regulars = Dougherty and
Hopkins-were up before Judge
Peel vest erday on charges Of
drunkenness. Dougherty was sent
to the chaIa gang for ten days and
Hopkins was discharged, the
County Physician certifying that
confinement in the Jail would en-
danger his life.
There are in the city twenty.
three public schools. During the
year ending June 30th there were
1870 pupils enrolled-946 boys and
7S4 girls. Eighteen of the schools
have been taught by teachers hold
ing either first grade certificates OF
educational diplomas. The aver
age experience of our teachers i:
about six years.
Major e. H. Mcdaniel, formerly
of Los Angeles, is now proprietor
of the Occidental Hotel, at Santa
Barbara. A gentleman who ar
rived from there yesterday tells u
that the Major is one of the mos
obliging landlords he ever met ant
seems to be doing profitable bus
iness.
Inan interview with Mr.. Nadear
yesterday, we were much gratiliet
to learn that his yield of barley /,
much exceeding the anticipation,
of a few weeks ago. The average
yield he puts at not less than six
teen to eighteen sacks to the acre
He is busy threshing and hi
eighteen-mule teams are now haul
ing the grain to the storehouse.
1t is we'll known by most of ou
readers that Arthur OFT has beeI
seriously i'll for t he last three week
with typhoid fever, and in conse
quence of which was unable to at
tend to any of his work. He ha
about forty acres in the Swamp an
during his sickness the weeds cam
very near getting the best of tn
corn. But on last Monday morning
about twenty or twenty-five of hi
neighbors and friends were on tn
ground with hoes and plows an
the way they made the weeds fl
was n caution. By night there wa
scarcely Il weed to be seen in tina
corn field. Certainly the partici
pants in such deeds of kindness wi
, receive their reward in the mex
world If not in this.-Sdnta An
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