Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-12
LOCAL BRlCVITIES ES.

Prof. Paul Schumacher, of the
Smithsonian Institute, is registered
at the st. Charles Hotel.
Deputy United States Marshal
Dunlap goes up to San Francisco
overland to-day on official busi-
ness.
General Stonenan, who has been
laid up with rhematism for couple
of weeks past, was in the city yes
terday.
The Workingmen are making
great preparations for their picnic,
which takes place at City Gardens
next Sunday.
Messrs. Cogill and Cooper. hav.
ing completed their engagement at
Woods Opera House, left yester-
day for San Francisco.
A case of drunk and one of assault
were up before Judge Peel yester.
day and in default of the usual
fine were sent to the chain gang
five days each.
The next sociable of the Episco-
pal Church will be at the Rector's
house, on Seventh street, end of
Pearl, this Wednesday, evening.
We were glad to see County Re
corder Miles taking an airing in
our streets yesterday. A few days
more and we hope he will be able
to resume his official duties.
Mr.. Fred J. Mackley and his CO.
beneficiaries return thanks to Mr..
Brewster and others who so kindly
volunteered for their benefit at
Woods Opera House on Monday
evening.
Mr.. Brousseau, of Howard,
Brousseau & Howard, who has
been confined to his room by i'll.
ness for some days, we are pleased
to state. made his appearance on
the streets again yesterday.
The attention of all persons re-
quiring work in that line is di.
rected to the advertisement of A.
Dorm, boiler maker, which appears
in our New To-Day. Mr.. Dorm
also makes speciality of repairing
| boilers.
-Four or five hundred people as
sembled in the tent last night to
hear Brother Allen. The collec.
tions were not excessive in amount
though the placards of the Han
cock Hotel and other fourth-rate
San Francisco hash-houses were
numerous and blaring.
The fifth of the Unitarian Thurs
days entertainments will be given
at Union Hall tomorrow evening.
Among the many attractive feat.
ures will lie song from Madame
Mara. Refreshments will be
served as usual and the evenings
festivities will conclude with a So
cial dance.
The lecture on "Pioneer Times"
which was to have been delivered
by Col. J. ]. Ayers before the Pio-
ueer Society at San Francisco last
night, has been postponed, as will
be seen by telegram published on
the first page of the HERALD, till
Thursday evening.
Mr.. c. A. johnson, route agent be-
tween this city and Yuma, informs
us that the steamboat Gila, while
lying at the wharf at Yuma on
Monday evening, caught fire, but
before much headway was made
the flames were extinguished. The
damage will not amount to over
5000.
Our old friend Mr.. Repetto has
sold his sheep and leased his
ranch. He proposes to visit
his old home in Genoa, where
he will remain for some months.
Mr.. Repetto will carry 3lS poundl
of solid avoirdupois on his voyage
back to Italy. Singular to say, he
was quite q slender man ten years
ago.
| We elsewhere chronicle the
death of the infant son of Mr.. II
B. Van Patten. This is the third
child of Mr.. Nan Patterns that hal
died from injuries received by q
coal oil explosion, which occurred
at his residence near San Bernar'
dino in January last. He had
, brought this child to Los Angeles
for medical treatment in the hops
that it might be saved, but al
/ though the little sufferer fingered
T for long time, lie was too severely
: injured to recover.
A very pleasant soiree musicale
was given at the rooms Of Mr.. w
w. Creighton on Monday evening
in honor of Miss Matte Fairman
who leaves in day or two for hel
home at the East. The principa
amateurs of the city were present
!. including Mr.. f. w. Ludovici
. Prof. Lindborg, Prof. o. d. Con
3 terno, the Messrs. Wangeman, Mr.
I and Mrs. +. b. Tanning, Mis-
2 Matte Fairman, Mrs. A. H. Jud
son and others. Miss Fairman'
departure will be regretted by ,
[ large circle of friends who wish he
bon voyage.