Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-13

There vii! be exhibited at the
Fair scientific wonder which no
one can explain-not even the in
ventor. Apparently the law Of
gravitation is set at defiance. 1t
will amuse the children, astonish
the old folks and confound the
philosophers. Look out, children,
for the Florence department. Look
the other way, or be cOnfOunded,
We philosophers. The exhibition
will be by a lad, who, by invitation
of the Directors, will undertake to
amuse the children at the Fair
without money, without price, and
without anything to sell. There is
no money in it, except the ten dol
lars offered by the Board of Di-
rectors to him who solvss the mys-
terry.
Gazette: We hope the commit
tee assigned to the dangerous task
of awarding the prize to the prem
ium baby will not suffer them
selves to be controlled by the Moor
ish idea that beauty is only anoth-
er name for fat. A friend of ours,
whose love for babies is only
equalled by his admiration for their
moth ers, says that he has noticed
that in all such contests the big.
gest and fattest baby invariably
gets the prize. The managers of the
Baby Show should by all means
offer prize to the fattest baby,
and thereby assist the committee
in arriving at conclusion by en-.
abling them to Judge of other
"points" than weight.
The alarm of fire at II o'clock last
night was caused by the burning of
q small frame house occupied by a
man who takes care of Mr.. Rivara's
place Oh San Pedro street, adjoin-
ing DR.. MacDougall's. The Fire
Department responded promptly,
but were unable to save the house,
which was totally destroyed. Mr..
Maher. a member of the 38. com pa.
ny, was struck in the forehead by the
pole of hack, which inflicted an
ugly cash. He was taken to the
drug store of Messrs. Preuss &
Schumacher, where his wound
was dressed.
The pools at the st. Charles
Hotel saloon last night, for an
overture, panned out pretty well.
In the trotting race Mr.. Titus's
Bullet was slightly the favorite,
with Inca close secoud, Flora fill
ing out the pool at a low figure. In
the quarter mile dash Nellie Grant
and Walking John divided the
honors, ruling alternately as fa-
vorites, with Don Marco Forster's
black mare Flora as the wall
flower. The real business in these
races will begin on the track, when
the pools will undoubtedly be
lively.
A bold robbery was perpetrated
in front of police headquarters yes
terday morning. Between2 and 8
o'clock officer Fonck hitched his
horse in front of the office and at
half past three, when he went out
to make his rounds, his horse was
gone. He hunted everywhere yes
terday but was unable to get any
trace of the animal. During the
same night horse, saddle and
brldle was stolen from the stable of
Mr.. H. L. Mannen, on San Pedro
street.
We have received from the pub
fishers an advance copy of the
Sketch Book of the Fair. 1t is got
ten up artistically, the title page
being illustrated with a we'll exc
cuted banana plant, emblematic of
semi tropical California. The whole
book, letter-press aud illustrations,
reflects great credit on the Messrs.
Coolidge & Mallard, the former of
whom is the editor, and, we have
no doubt, will be highly appre-
ciated by all who attend the Fair.
The Sketch Book will be ready for
delivery tomorrow.
Attention is directed to the
double column advertisement of
Mr.. s. Nordlinger. who will open
at his new store in the Hellman
Block tomorrow. Mr.. Nordlinger
Is supplied with one of the largest
and most varied stocks Of jewelry,
including the latest styles, gold and
silver watches and, indeed, every.
thing pertaining to his line of
business, ever brought to Southern
California. His store will we'll re-
pay visit.
We direct attention TO the triple
column advertisement Of the
Messrs. Dotter & Bradley, which
appears in our New To-Day. This
establishment have lately received
a very large stock of the most
recherche furniture, carpets and
household fancies ever introduced
into Southern California. They
have also received two invoices of
a hundred tons each, and any Wis
itor to the Fair, who may wish to
get sterling articles at low prices,
would do we'll to give them call.
Yesterday we inadvertently said
that Mr.. J. V. COffey, one Of our
up-country visitors, was CORES.
pond6nt of the San Francisco BuE-
ietin.. This is a mistake which we
hasten to correct. Mr.. Coffey was
for years one of the editors of the
Examiner, he has been recently a
member Of the Legislature, and
visits Los Angeles strictly as pri.
vate citizsn, with view to per-
sonal recreation and enjoyment.
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