Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-06-03
LOCAL BREVITIEss.

A false alarm of fire was sounde d
at ten minutes before IL o'clock
last night.
Council held special session
yesterday afternoon to dispose of
unfinished business.
We acknowledge a pleasant call
from Mr.. w. II. Wyman, associ.
ate editor Of the Humboldt Iimes.
1t is the Intention of the Horti-
cultural Society to commence work
OH the Pavilion tomorrow morn
ing.
Thomas Gordon, in our New To-
Day, warns all persons against
trusting his wife without an order
from him.
The social of the A. o. U. W., at
Union Hall last night was very
pleasant affair. Dancing was kept
up until about Q o'clock this morn.
ing.
Another crash in prices at the
City of Paris store. Just think
An embroidered linen suit for from
$3.50 to $5, and other seasonable
goods at next to nothing.
The mercury still tends upward.
Tho thermometer at the Signal
Service Office, at noon yesterday,
registered 1884 degrees and that OF
Mr.. Bliss, Oh Alameda street, 107
degrees.
There will be a social at the Bar
tist church this evening, to which
friends generally are invited. There
will be some music and recitatIons,
and good, enjoyable time is an
ticipated.
A cutting af1'ray took place at old
Los Nietos on Sunday morning in
which Claudio Valenzuela stabbed
Juan POlloreno in the ribs, inf1ict.
ing serious wound. Valenzuela
was arrested and committed by
Justice Eb Williams to await the
result of Polloreno's injuries.
The testimonial concert to Prof.
Charles E. Day will come off at the
Fort street M. E. Church Monday
evening, June 9th, aud will be the
most enjoyable musical event of
the season. Let the testimonial be
substantial one.
A San Francisco officer to whom
an execution for $40 80 was sent for
collection from this county, re-
turned $57 and, in q letter to the
County Clerk, regretted that he
had been unable to collect the full
amount of the claim.
Nat Furman, one of the telegraph
operators at the depot, met with a
singular and painful accident at
Old Santa Monica on Sunday. He
was bathing in the surf when q
heavy breaker struck him and
threw him down with such force as
to break his collar bone. There be-
ing no physician at the Canon he
was obliged to walk to the new
town before he could get the bone
set.
The Republican County Centra
Committee met yesterday after
noon and elected Mr.. s. B. Caswell
a member and Treasurer of the
Committee vice s.W. Craigue, who
has removed to Tucson, Arizona.
The Committee appointed Mr..
Walter s. Moore a delegate to the
State Convention from the 11th
district, from which no delegate
was returned at the time the recent
primaries were held.
Messrs. ]. G. Pangborn and S. A
Kingman, who, we understand, are
writing up Arizona and the West
generally for a number of promi.
nent Eastern Journals, arrived in
Los Angeles overland on Sunday
via the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe and Southern Pacific Railroads,
Having travelled over the 600 mile
gap between the two railroads by
stages. They are registered at the
| Cosmopolitan Hotel and will spend
several days in this city to recuper.
ate.
w. L. Williams, A. Overbaugh
J. Nugent. VIII M. Smith, J. Fl,
Simpson and Douglas Gum have
been chosen delegates from San Dl.
ego to the Republican State Con.
vention. A resolution was adopted
by the appointing convention pro.
vidlng that in case any delegate
cannot attend in person, he may
select any one of the delegates elect
as his proxy; but no proxy shall be
given to any person not elected q
delegate by this Convention.
The Confidence picnic at the City
Gardens on Sunday, notwithstand'
ing the very warm weather, was O
very delightful affair. The attend.
ance was not as large as at the
previous annual gatherings of the
Company, about four hundred per.
sons having been present, but all
enioyed themselves to the full. In
the contest for prizes for dancing,
the gold medal was awarded to Juan
Gotta, the silver medal to Ed Booth
and the leather medal-trophy ol
super-excellence--to Mr.. CA. John
son. The lady's first prize--a hand
some parasol-was won by Miss
Herwig. The Company net about
5000 from the entertainment.