Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-01-22
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Judge benson returned to San
Francisco yesterday.

Francisco yesterday.
A farm of lie acres of choice
land, at Ell Monte, IL offered for
sale in our New To Day.
Mr.. Steiner, of the enterprising
San Diego finn of Steiner s. KIau-
Der, was in Los Angeles yester-
day.
Mr.. Hymen Solomon, formerly
of San Diego, but lately Of Arizo-
ma, is spending few days in our
city.
The, County Court held night
session yesterday in the case of
Acosta, charged with grand
larceny.
Mr.. Frost, Treasurer of Santa
Barbara County, arrived on the
Orizaba yesterday to take the cars
for Sacramento.
Prof. Ezra S. Carr, State Super
intsndsnt of Schools, is reported to
be suffering from a severe attack of
rheumatic fever.
Charlie Adams, the popular COM
edian, will appear in his Dutch
specialties at Capt. Jacks benefit
this evening.
An ordinance has been intro.
duced in the City Council of Gal
weston, Texas, compelling women
to work out their fines on the street.
Col. J. L. Godfrey went up to
San Francisco yesterday to attend
to the City's interests before the
Supreme Courl.
a poem written for the occasion
by Mr.. A. +. Kercheval will be
read at the dedication of the new
college at Downey on Thursday
next.
The price of tickets TO Captain
Jacks complimentary benefit this
evening has been fixed at rs cents.
Seats can be secured at Upham &
Rae's without extra charge.
1T was only the other day that
poor fellow was sent to the Peni-
Tertiary, from Los Angeles county,
for five years, for simply stealing
cow. "Now look on this picture
and then on that. "-Hanlet.
Do we live in an "Injun" coun-
try, with double barreled shotguns
in the hands of private citizens, as
the process of courts in ejectment
cases? Or does the fact that Fonck
was "only poor Dutchmann make
all the difference?
Alta meeting of tho Dauntless
base ball club last evening it was
resolved that the club would visit
Santa Ana on Wednesday, and
play the Orange club for u prize
bat and ball, the Santa Ana club
having transferred the contest to
the Orange boys. We wish our
boys luck in the contest.
The San Bernariino Times says
there are some chronic grum blers
in that county who decline to put
in any grain for the reason
that next year being o year of
plenty it will only bring half the
present price. They would rather
stsrve than barter away their prin-
ciple on price!
At the regular meeting of the
Amateur Base Ball Club last Sat-
urday night, the following officers
were elected for the ensuing quar-
ter: President, Chas. M. Smith;
Vice-Presldent, Hugo Schroeder;
Secretary, Frank White; Treasur-
er, Otto Rust Captain, John
StrOhm.
By advertisement elsewhere 1t
will be seen that Mr.. E. w. Noyes
will hold special auction sale of
elegant household furniture on the
premises, No. "a Fifth street, on
Friday next, 25th inst, commence
ug at 1890 A. N. This will be
are opportunity for any one desir.
lg to furnish house as the ar
Giles to be sold are of very supe.
nor quality.
1t is reported that squatters have
occupied and built cabins upon the
major portion of the Pico ranch,
belonging to Pho Pico. and that
they are also jumping the land of
those persons who bought in good
faith from Pico. The squatters are
said to be numerous aud already
the best land is pre-empted. 1t is
reported that Pico will make no
legal contest, which would seem to
indicate that he possesses no title to
the land in question. -DoWney
Courier.
The great sale of town lots at
Santa Ana East, the present ter.
minus Of the San Diego Division
of the Southern Pacific Railroad,
takes place to- morrow, with Mr.. E.
w. Noyes as auctioneer. These
lots are In thriving town, located
IN the richest anu most prosperous
agricultural section Of Los Angeles
County, which is bound to go ahead
Independently Of its connection
with the railroad. An Excursion
train will leave this city at o. CLOCK
A. NJ, returning in the evening.
A fellow who signs himself
"Quien Sabe" had u card in a
morning paper Sunday. Would he
not have done better, sincs he
called upon the Spanish language
to help him out. to have adopted
as his nom dc plume, the Other
Spanish word "Suegro?" Under
such designation the presence o
the largest pair Of ears in Califor
mia, perhaps in the world, woulC
have bear oven little more ap