Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-05-03
LOCAL EsIcEVITIES.

are ripen;ng about Wilmington
and showing not sign of rust.
Lemons command six dollars 9
thousand in the orchards here
This ought to be profitable crop
Tickets for the public school ex
cursion to-day are good to return
on Monday.
Judge Brunson and Mr.. II. N. G.
Wilson were among the passen-
gers by yesterdays overland train.
The winners in tho rattle of Mrs.
Rowe will see in cur New To-Day
q notice in which they are inter.
ested.
The fifth cargo of corn shipped by
the Messrs. Hellman, Haas & Co.,
will leave Wilmington for Mazat-
Ian in q few days.
The advertisement offs. Hellman,
Temple Block, dealer in toys and
fancy goods, appears in our New
To-Day.
The Anchor of Hope Lodge, I. O.
G. T.. of Compton, will send del
CATION to visit Merrill Lodge next
week.
Judge Peel yesterday committed
two DRINKS to the chain gang for
five days each and collected SIS
from third.
Sixty.five members of the chorus
were present at the rehearsal OF
the Jubilee singers at the Fort
street Methodist Church Wednes-
day night.
Los Angeles oranges are retailed
in this city, where they are grown,
for a higher price than the Los An
geles orange commands in San
Francisco.
Those who buy tickets for the
school children's excursion to Santa
Monica to-day can use them for the
return trip till Monday, thus being
enabled 10 spend several days ut the
beach.
Los Angeles people at San Fran
cisco hotels May LIST: Major e. H,
McDaniels, Palace; l.. Melzer,
Russ House; II. Hudson, Lick
House; J. G. Jones, International.
Mr.. Labory has left at this Office
a pocket book, picked up by him
near Pomona OH Tuesday, contain.
ing q number of promisory notes
written in French, and other
papers, which the owner can re.
cover on paying for this notice.
Some idea of the mammoth char
acter of the improvements which
have been made by Mr.. E. J. Bald.
win on his Santa Anita ranch may
be formed from the fact that the
pay roll Of the ranch for q period
Of four months footed up SIG, 900.
We direct attention 10 the ad-
vertisement of that sterling instltu-
ton, the United States Hotel, which
appears in our New To-Day. This
hotel covers an entire block, its
cuisine is excellent, the rates are
exceedingly moderate and the
Mcssrs. Hammsl & Denker are
prineely landlords. A free omni-
bus is attached to the hotel which
conveys guests gratis.
Last night the Council instructed
tho City Attorney to commence
proceedings for the condemnation
of the property necessary to widen
San Pedro street. The improve
ment of this street has been agitated
for several years, and we have nc
doubt that Col. Godfrey will now
push the matter without delay.
The street is at present in O
wretched condition, bog In the
winter season, and q miniature edl-
tioE of the Mojave desert IN sum.
mer.
The man arrested by Deputy
Sheriff Cells for having in his pos.
session some Of the pistols and cut
lery recently stolen from LEVERS
gunsmith store on Commercial
street, was examined before JUS
tice Baldwin yesterday and dis
charged, he having proved that the
property had been found near the
mouth Of the tunnel by little girl
Officer Cells visited the cache ant
found another knife and q bottle O.
chloroform in the hole in which
the articles had been hidden. Nine
knives and four pistols have beer
recovered.
A present Angelefio, who hail.
from Holland, was discussing Al
the breakfast table yesterday tn,
article which appeared in Thurs
days HERALD, under the caption
of 1.-THE Problem Solved" which
describes q recent Los Angeles in
ventlon for serial navigation. HI
had announced it to be his purpos,
to pay q visit to Holland shortly
A friend remarked to him that he
ought to walt a little while and h,
could then fly over to Holland
"Oh no." replied the Hollander, 81
don't want to be a flying Dutch
J man,"