Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-02-06

just aTrlVeu from Inc Fast. COl.
Wood will be remembered as the
fertile Drained and enterprising
proprietor of Woods Opera House.
During his absence he has played
manager in st. Louis, Cincinnati,
and many of the other Eastern cit.
les. He designs resuming his
managerial career in Los Angeles
in the scene of his former tri-
umphs. He has cullei many of
the celebrities from the Eastern
Vaudeville and Variety theaters,
and he will open with thirty ar
tistes of reputation in their special
ties. Prior to re-opening at Woods
Opera House, he will give a num-
Der Of performances ut Turnverein
Hall, beginning on the evening of
the 18th instant. Los Angeles has
long felt the need of such an inn
presario as Wood.
The depredations of chicken
thieves are becoming quite fire.
quent and bold lately. Within the
past month the chicken house at
the Pest house was cleared of 30
chickens, the whole stock. This
was followed, a few nights ago, by
a visit to Mr.. Dotson's place, who
lives on the Morris Vineyard, and
clearing the hen roost of IS chick
ems, his entire stock, and night be.
fore last Mr.. Davis's chicken roost
was robbed of Is hens, leaving only
o solitary rooster in charge of the
yard. Whether these robberies are
perpetrated by the tramps who
have lately infested this section,
the police as yet have been una BILE
to determined; but of this they are
certain, they are executed by peo-
pie who thoroughly understand the
business, for at no place has any
noise been heard, though the
chicken roosts are all located near
occupied dwelling houses.
The chain gang, of late, has pre-
sented number of peculiar fea.
lures. The other morning our at
tention was attracted to the ex-
treme youthfulness of its members.
With the exception of one China
man, dressed in Mclean mans
clothes, the gang was made up al
most entirely of rosy checked
youths, who clanked their chains
as if the whole thing was lark.
The youngest of them all would
occasionally strike an attitude of
elegant leisure, and turn round on
the spectators with an air of, "Well,
what business have you got here,
anyhow" His insouciance was
almost overpowering. The observer
detected in the impertinence of
looking at him felt almost like a
convicted criminal.
The bill introduced in the Assem-
bly, by Mr.. Holloway, of Los An
geles, to limit juries in civil cases
to nine persons, and to allow a ma.
jority to render verdict, will
doubtless be defeated as a violation
of the Constitution, which says
"the right of trial by jury shall be
secured to ALL" and this means the
right as known to the English
Common Law, with twelve men,
who must agree on verdict. We
believe the requirement of unan-
unity is an injury to the cause of
justice, but so long as the Consti-
tuition demands it, we must sub
mit.-Alto.
At Judge Peels levee yesterday
morning g. Lewis, J. Monroe and G.
Duffin were charged with vagrancy.
The first two we're sent up for five
days each and the last discharged.
Bernard Comerill, convicted of
malicious mischief, was fined Sis,
and Jesus Ehsalde, for disturbing
the peace, was sent up for ten days.
Jesus Alejo, Elario LaZus and Fran
cisco Mores the three boys whose
arrest for stealing sugar cane
was noted in yesterdays HERALD,
were fined S. each or the alterna-
tive Of five days. F. Santillanes,
convicted of petit larceny, was
fined 800, or ninety days.
Quite ripple of excitement ran
across the devotional calm of Yuma
last Sunday. Some wayfarers re-
discovered the old quartz ledge that
runs through the hill beyond the
cemetery and near the end of the
railroad track. Mortars and horn
spoons were in demand and elimin.
ated many colors of light gold.
Then came extensions and mOnu-
ments and the recorders pulse
quickened at the prospect of fees.
1t is not every village that can
boast Of gold mines within its linn
its-reminds us of the Bernal
Heights excitement in San Fran
cisco. We await developments
Yuma Sentinel.
The Murphys are not all in the
California Legislature, by any
means, although a full bakers
dozen Of them are, what between
the Senate and the House. There
is another Murphy, who is dis
tributing, or suffering to be dis
tributed, blue ribbons to some of
the people Of Los Angeles, with his
effigy inscribed thereon. Happy
Murphy! Happy distributes! Hap
py City of the Angels, which re-
joices in so many blue ribbons!
Happy we, who are permitted to
chronicle the event and the advent!
May the cause of temperance never
moult feather, or lack blue
ribbon.
Los Angeles county ranks in
population next after Alameda
the third In rank in the State, If
the vote is fair criterion-and yet
sha has only 0na SanatOr and two