Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-04-20
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Street cars run every thirty min.
utes to Agricultural Park.

Mr.. M. Kallsher was among the
passengers by yesterdays train
from San Francisco.
Soilee dansante at the Round
House this evening. Tickets so
cents.
Mud at this time of the year is a
sort of postponed April FOOLS joke
to which the people of Los Angeles
are not accustomed.
There is II region in India in
which some five hundred inches of
rain fall yearly. Is that zone
shifting round to this latitude?
Was yesterdays the valedictory
rain? We think not, although it
was accompanied by brilliant
rainbow.
Judge Witherby and Mr.. A.
Klauber, of San Diego, arrived in
the city yesterday and are regis
tered at the st. Charles Hotel.
Mr.. Caldwell, of Spadra, was in
the city yesterday.
MFR. L. L. Page, President of the
Central Workingmen's Club, ten
dered his resignation of that office
at the last meeting of that organi-
ton.
The social OF Acacia Chapter, o.
E. s., which was to have been held
last evening, has been postponed
on account of the rain till this
evening.
J. M. Kelley, adjudgcd insane in
the County Court yesterday, will
be taken to the Napa Insane Asy-
lum 10y Deputy Sheriff Ling to-
day.
Col. ]. Il. Godfrey, City Attor.
ney, returned from Sacramento,
where he had been attending to
the city's interest before the Su.
preme Court, by yesterdays over
land train.
The indefatigable Mr.. z. Beaudry
is pushing forward his street im-
provemens. Virgin street is
nearly finished, which will give u
new and convenient access to the
hill lands.
When the Baker block has made
a little further progress, and Man.
sard roof and stucco have been
added, it will make O grand figure.
Erected as public building for the
United States, for State or city,
its cost would be returned ut about
million dollars.
Angelefios at San Francisco no.
tells on the 18th inst: w. s. Here
ford, Grand; e. M. Ross, Palace;
J. Gilmartin, III. A. Spring, ]. III.
Kester, Cosmopolitan; G. Prayer,
Russ House; Mrs. Gilman, Miss
Snlder, n. A. Ling, J. Bowlin,
American Exchange.
To morrow being Easter Day,
there will be interesting services
at the Episcopal Church, corner of
Temple and New High streets, at
II o'clock. The church will be APP
pr0priately decorated with flowers,
and some good music may be x
pected. La the evening at 1880
o'clock will be the Easter musical
festival of the Sunday school. All
are cordially invited to attend.
There is factory for the hatch
ing out of chickens on San Pedro
street by artificial means. 1t has
worked very successfully so far. A
large batch of chicks is expected to
burst the shell to-day. The factory
is on the Damisch tract. While
talking of chickens, there IS curl
Gus circumstance that ought to be
known. No chicken which roosts
on pepper trees is ever diseased.
To pass u pleasant Sunday go to
the race track.
Alfred B. Pettygrove, late editor
of the Santa Barbara AdvertiSer,
died in Santa Barbara on Wednes-
day last, aged thirty-six years, of
consumption. He was q native,
we believe, of Washington Terri
tory. He has published several
newspapers in Washington Terri
tory, Santa Barbara, and elsewhere.
AL. Pettygrove, as he liked to be
called, was man of considerable
intelligence, and vivacious,
sparkling writer. He was a gener-
GUS, large-hearted man, true to his
friends and devoted to his country.
The rank vegetation is genera.
ting myriads of small flies.
The Executive Committee of the
Home Industry League have made
the following appointments to or
ganize branches of the League:
Pomona, Monday, April 22d; Riv-
erside, Tuesday, 23d; San Bernar-
dino, Wednesday, oath; Ell Monte,
Thursday, 25th; Downey City, FRI
day, Goth; Los Angeles, Saturday,
9th; Anaheim, Monday, Goth;
Santa Ana, Tuesday, 30th; Will
mington, Wednesday, May LIST;
Compton, Thursday, Cd; Santa
Monica, Saturday, 4th.