Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-04-25
LOCAL BR ES.

then to the race track.
Yesterday our Monaghan popu-
lation celebrated the Fete day of
their Queen of Heaven.
Fresh salmon and shrimp at On
stotps market, Spring street, near
First, this afternoon.
Deputy United States Marshal
Dunlap left by yesterdays train for
a short visit TO San Francisco.
Twenty one passengers were
brought down from San Francisco
by the overland train yesterday.
General Rosecrans, who passed
through Los Angeles last week,
arrived at Tucson on the 2lst inst.
Manuel Villa, arrested on a
charge of horse stealing, will be
examined before Judge Peel this
morning.
The Blue Ribbon Club of Muir
pheyites held a large and interest
Ing meeting at Union Hall last
evening.
The Hill Top Literary Society
held very pleasant meeting at the
house of the Rev. ID. 4. Packard
last evening.
Under the new subdivision of
wards by Registrar Kaplan the city
of San Francisco will have 1877 cleo.
tion precincts.
The annual picnic of the United
Order of Red Men has been fixed
for the third Sunday in May, to
take place ut the City Gardens.
From a late list of Pacific Coast
patents we learn that John p. Jones,
of Gold Hill, Nevada, has been
granted a patent for congealing
plates for ice machines.
Mr.. Nadeau says that the real
damage to the barley, from the
late rains, is trlfling. The bright
weather is causing the grain which
had fallen down to rise again.
Los Angeles residents at San
Francisco hotels on the 23d: I. Nor
ton, S. Norton, Palace; B. H.
Upham, Cosmopolitan; r. Burns
and three children, s. f. Norton,
Russ House; f. NJ. Glass, Interna-
tional.
General Bouton, who returned
from q visit to the San Jacinto
ranch, yesterday, reports the crops
in that vicinity as very slightly in
jured by the recent storms.
We were favored with a call yes
terday from Mr.. l.. nj. Brooks,
agent for Burr & Fink, the cele-
brated fashionable tailors, San
Francisco. See announcement in
our New TO. Day.
The second entertainment of the
series known as "Unitarian Thurs
days" will be given at Good Tenn
plars' Hall this evening. A very
interesting programme will be pre-
sented and the evening concluded
by social dance.
The rehearsal of the jubilee sing
ers, which was announced for FRI
day evening at Good Templars'
Hall, will take place this (rhurs-
day. evening, at Union Hall.
Singers will please note the change
in time and place.
Fifteen car loads of beef cattle,
shipped at Santa Ana by Don Juan
Forster of Santa Margarita, San
Diego county, passed through the
city yesterday for San Francisco.
We learn that Don Juan makes q
similar shipment every other day.
The finder of a blue-red onyx set
ting will confer favor, as we'll as
receive a liberal reward, by re-
turning it to the st. Charles Hotel
before Saturday, as the loser re-
turns to the East on that day and
prizes the stone highly as a SOU
venir.
The chicken thieves, whose dep
relations, u short time ago, were
quite frequent, signalized their re-
sumption of business night before
last by robbing the hennery of Mr..
Templeton, on Hill street, of six
Leghorn hens, leaving only the
rooster and one email chick in
possession of the coop.
There will be splendid festival
at Benefits Hall on the first OF
May. 1t will consist of ball and
supper. These affairs, under MI.
Benefits genial auspices, are al
ways decided successes. Those who
are fond of a good time will make
their arrangements to participate
in this gala occasion.
DlrigE le past season large
mum her nc Irface wells have been
sunk nt verside. Water hal
been 'ou7a "A abundance at a depth
of FROM O so feet. While sink.
ing OIL of use wells, roots from
alfalfa plarei but two years since
were f5uGl venty feet below thu
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