Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-01-21
LOCAL BREVITIEs,

Will ]. Hunsaker, Esq, Of San
Diego, was registered at the st.
Charles Sunday.
A span of matched work horses
are offered for sale under New To.
Day. See advertisement.
A competent gentleman adver-
tises for position as tutor in q
private family, in our New To-
Day.
Mr.. Charles FL. Simpkins, the
President Of the Los Angeles Gas
Company, is registered at the Pico
House.
Mr.. Constant Meyer, of the firm
of Eugene Meyer & Co., is paying
short visit to his friends in Los
Angeles.
An elegantly furnished sunny
front room, with bay window, also
q single room, with board, can be
had at the Kimball Mansion.
Wallace Leach, Esq, arrived in
Los Angeles Sunday, after some.
what extended trip In Arizona. He
will go to San Diego tomorrow per
steamer.
The Los Angeles Guards last
night serenaded Capt. Darcy. They
were received with the warm hos.
pitality which distinguishes this
genial son of thunder.
On Sunday afternoon DR.. Rich.
ardson was called to see a stranger
at one Of the principal hotels. who
had taken an overdose of chloral
hydrate. The Doctor administered
the proper remedies, and, at last
accounts, his patient had almost
entirely recovered.
Ten cases were up before the Mayor
yesterday morning. Two Indians,
for fighting, got five days each.
Two drunks were sent up for the
same number of days and o third
paid S.. Two vagrants, o petit lar
cenist and woman, charged with
using vulgar language. were dis.
charged, the evidence being insuf.
ficient to convict. A Chinaman,
for leaving his horse unhitched,
paid $40.
In the match game of base ball
between the HERALD nine aud a
picked nine from the other print
Ing offices of the city, at Boyle
Heights, on Sunday, the HERALD
boys got away with their oppo.
nents by a score Of nine to three.
Weathsr permitting, the second
game OF the series will he played
next Sunday and on Washington's
birthday match will be played
for the championship.
On Saturday w. w. Robinson,
City Auditor, filed an informs mation
before Judge Trafford charging ].
J. Carrillo, ex-City Tax Collector,
with the embezzlement of the sum
of 1850 of the city taxes. The
case came up for examination yes
terday and was continued at the re-
quest Of the accused on filing bonds
ia tine sum Of $4,000 for his appear.
ance on Saturday next,at 10 O'clock
A. NJ. His sureties are Seflores
Francisco Palomares and Francisco
Lopez.
Our new Mayor is determined
that his errors, If he shall commit
any, shall be on the side of mercy.
1t was testified in case before
him yesterday, that, on Saturday
night, q man was seen packing q
sack on his back. AS he turned
the corner of Court street he was
seen to drop 1t. A policeman was
apprised Of the fact aud arrested
the man, sitting in his stocking feet
beside the sack, painting and blow
lug as though exhausted by the ex-
ertion of packing it. The tired man
was taken to the Hotel de Thomp.
son to rest and the sack into the pO-
lice office, where it was found to be
filled with potatoes and was yester-
day returned to Messrs. Woodhead
& Gay, from whom it had been
taken without their knowledge or
consent, and yet the evidence was
insufficient to convict that potato
packer of petit larceny.
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