Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-05

ton of Jules Verne's sensational
story of "The Tour of the World in
Eighty Days." which has just had
successful run of one hundred
nights at the Grand Opera House,
San Francisco. All the scenery
and machinery used there has been
brought to this city and is now
being adapted to the stage at Turn
Verein Hall, so that the
play will be produced here
with the same scenic mechanical
effect as at the Grand Opera House.
This marvellous creation of Verne's
Is full of sensational situations, the
most striking of which are the
opening scene at the Reform Club,
London, the Isthmus of Suez, a
Bungalow scene in India, scene
on California street, collision and
smash-up on the Union Pacific
Railroad and the sinking of the
ship. Reserved seats can now be
secured at Louis levin & Co.'S
book store, Spring street.
The announcement of the musi-
cal festival, organized under the
auspices of the Philharmonic So
ciety, appears in this mornings
HERALD. The management assure
us that they have received reports
from Societies in the surrounding
towns and counties which lead
them to believe that the festival
will be the grandest and most suc-
cessful musical event that has ever
taken place on the coast, outside of
San Francisco. From present ad-
vices it is expected that a chorus of
at least 200 voices will be secured.
A prize of $25 is to be offered
for the best chorus of voices sent in
by any locality, and for this Comp.
ton, Westminster and Riverside, in
this county, and Ventura, in Ven.
tura county, expect to compete.
The award is 10 be made by COM
mittee chosen by the several con.
| testants.
When it comes to giving his
tory of the corset most interest
ing and agitating subjecti is entered
upon. There is paragraph else
where devoted to the subject. We
believe that some great man has
left upon record the statement that
who would might make the laws of
q nation so that he might be per-
mitted to write its poems. We feel
inclined to amend this epigram by
protesting our hearty Willingness
to allow that or any other "cussh
to make the laws or write the po-
ems of nation so that we may be
permitted to write, intelligently,
the history of its corsets. OF cor
sets delicate matter to be treat
ed of too minutely. and We there.
fore dismiss 1t with u mere refer
ence.
AT the regular annual meeting of
Confidence Engine No. 2, last eve
ming, the following officers were
elected: Geo. r. Furman, Foreman;
Henry Amadon, First Assistant
Foreman; Charles A. Johnson, Sec-
ond Assistant Foreman; Walter S.
Moore, President; VIII r. Bettis,
Secretary; George A. VIgnolo,
Treasurer. Board Of Fire Delegates:
John r. Briefly, f. Kohler, Geo.
r. Furman. The Confidence boys
are happy in the knowledge that
they commence the year with a
larger membership roll than ever
haf.ra N nd that thair froaotrru io in
a condition to meet all legitimate
demands.
A letter written from Sacramento
and bearing date Dec. 1st, states
that Col. Ayers is quite severely in
disposed. At the time of writing
he had suffered for four days
with n palpitating pain un.
der the right shoulder-blade,
which, by symratbv, almost
paralyzed the right hand and arm.
He was unable to attend to his
duties by day or sleep at night, aud,
up to last reports, had found no re-
lief from the pain. 1t is possible
that his malady is the result of a
bad cold or q arrangement of the
liver. We trust it will not prove
serious.
Night before last drunken man,
shoeless and hatless, who had $22S
on his person, was brought to po-
lice headquarters and locked up for
safe keeping. In the morning he
was fined $5 by Judge Peel and dis
charged. Last night the same
man, with his funds reduced to
S1Sl, was again arrested for drunk.
enness and locked up. This time
the Judge, instead of imposing a
fine, will doubtless lock him up
until he gets sober.
A full attendance of the mem-
bers of the Ladies' Benevolent So
ciety is expected at the adjourned
meeting to be held at half past two
O'Clock on Friday afternoon.
Owing to a failure OF majority ol
the members to attend the meeting
on Wednesday the election of of.
ficers had to be postponed until the
Friday meeting,
| Whether we are prosperous OF
the reverse hereabouts, we at least
have ripe strawberries and bloom
ing tubsroses, in the open air, t
the open air ice and sleet Of thu
East. Verify this is world o
compensatiOns!
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