Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-08-28
A small crowd assem- bled in from

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of the Court House last night in
response to q call for Greenback
meeting. After song by Alfred
Moore the audience was addressed
on national questions from the
Greenback standpoint by Mr.. J. S.
Loveland, who Informed his hoar-
ers that he is not q candidate for
Congress, as announced. The
meeting, after q short speech from
Mr.. Graham, then dispersed.
Wells, Fargo g. Co., for the great
er convenience Of the general pub
lie, have placed locked letter boxes
at the following places in this city:
One on Main street, near CONNER
cial, at entrance to the Supreme
Court; one at the Grange store;
one at Brode's store on Spring
street, and one at the new depot of
the Southern Pacific railroad. Each
box bears printed notice neatly
framed under glass, giving the
hours each day that carriers call
for letters deposited in these boxes.
The arrangement will no doubt
prove a great convenience to par
ties living remote from the COM
pany's office which is located in
the business centre of the city.
B. G, Holmes, charged with steal
ing 96 sacks of grain from Fl. H.
Stevenson, and whose Sc has
been under investigation before
Justice Traff for several days,
has been held on his own recogniz
nizance to appear before the Grand
Jury. Mr.. Holmes alleges in defense
that bill of sale given by him to
Stevenson for his share of wheat
raised by the two in partnership
was made to misIead creditors and
give him q chance to market the
grain and settle his debts; that he
took the ninety-six sacks as his
share, and applied forty-six on his
debts at once; the other fifty sacks
he still holds. Mr.. Stevenson
claims the wheat under the bill Of
sale.
Mr.. c. c. Northcraft informs US
that the elegant residence of Mr..
B. Chandler, at the Cahuenga, was
entirely destroyed by fire yesterday
afternoon. Nearly all the contents,
except some plate aud a few arti-
cles of furniture, were also de-
stroye1. The fire was caused by a
defective flue in the kitchen and at
the time it broke out Mr.. Chandler
was engaged irrigating at the front
of the house and before the flames
were discovered they had gained
such headway as to beyond control.
There was no one in the house at
the time, Mrs. Chandler being in
the city. Mr.. Chandler, we believe.
has u policy of insurance for 81 200,
sum wholly insufficient to cover
the loss of the house, much less its
contents.
We are glad to learn that the
treasury of the Ladies' Benevolent
Society has been so largely in
creased by the proceeds Of the late
Pinafore entertainments that their
work of humanity can be carried
on for some time to come without
any anxiety as to the question of
means. The noble generosity of
Mr.. Locke, as we'll as all those who
aided him, deserves and receives
the sincere gratitude Of the Society.
The President, Mrs. S. B. Caswell, 4,
was also untiring in her zeal and
labors, and, indeed, to her indefati.
gable energy and constant efforts,
not only in this but all work con-
nected with the Society, its sue
cess is largely indebted. A Society
so worthy in itself and with such a
leader cannot fail of accomplishing
a great and good work in our city.
The concert at Santa Monica on
Tuesday night was grand success.
Mrs. J. D. Knell, Miss Rheim, and
Messrs. Won Ploennies, Knell, Are
vaIo and Scovile were present from
Los Angeles and furnished fine
music. Miss Euraney Henderson,
the youthful beneficiary, appeared
in II number of character songs
which received encores. The
Misses Perkins and Fernald, of
Santa Monica, and Mr.. Harry Hen
derson, CT the Canon, sang senti-
mental song that was well re-
ceived. Mr.. Pancho Yndarte in his
piano solos made a fine impression.
Messrs Baker and Perry in "Moon-
light at Cape May" showed true
talent and received general APP
plause. The hal! was crowded
throughout the entertainment,
most of Los Angeles leading citi-
zens being present. MIR. Mendel
Never, the musical director, de-
serves the greatest praise. A ball
concluded the nights entertain
ment and it reflected great credit
on the committee, Messrs. Hender-
son, Perry, Baker and Ledbetter,
and the Floor Committee, Messrs.
Henderson aud Perry. 1t is re-
ouested by many of the Los Ange
les sojourners that the entertain
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