Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-04
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Council meets in regular session
at 8 O'Clock this afternoon.
Call on Jacoby for the lates
styles of overcoats and ulsters.
Remember the Unitarian Thurs
day at Union Hall this evening.
The steamer Orizaba sails for Sar
Francisco aud way ports this after
noon.
Mr.. w. III. Perry got home from
San Francisco by yesterdays over
land train.
Mr.. G. H. Bush was among The
passengers from San francisco
overland yesterday.
A new line of diagonal dress suits
Just received for the holidays, al
Jacoby's, Temple Block.
The Turnverein Germania will
give a ball about New Years. II
will be a brilliant affair.
We had the pleasure of meeting
General Banning, of Wilmington
in the city yesterday.
Three hundredths of an inch ol
rain fell between five and six
o'clock yesterday morning.
A German lady of experience
advertises for a situation as house
keeper or seamstress, in our New
o-Day.
The Grange Store will shortly be
removed to the store formerly oc-
cupied by the Crystal Palace, Nc
Donald Bloch.
A lot of sixteen thousand contra
band cigars, which the owners had
tried to smuggle across the border,
was siezed the other day at San
Diego.
The time OF receiving proposals
by the Old Fellows Building AS
ISOLATION ut Downey, has been ex-
tended one week. See ADVERTISE
ment.
A couple of sportive youths who
engaged in a bout at fisticuffs OIL
Main street, yesterday, were taker
in by the police and each mulctec
in the sum of five dollars.
Los Angeles Lodge No. AZ, F. ant
A. M, elected the following officers
last Monday evening: II. S. Orme
w. M; T.. f. Spence, s. W.; -
Zimmerman, j. W.; S. Meyer, T..
Chas. Smith, Sec.
VIM. Siebert, an account o.
whose self-shooting appeared in
Yesterdays HERALD, died at
O'clock yesterday morning. Al
inquest was held yesterday after.
noon and verdict rendered in ac
cordanee with the facts as stated
He was buried at Evergreen Gene
terry.
Mr.. James McClatchy, editor ol
the Sacramento Bee, who has beer
on q visit of recreation and pleas
ure to this section for the past two
weeks, returned to his home over
land yesterday. HE expresses him
self as highly delighted with hi
experiences and hopes to be able tc
visit US soon again.
We take pleasure In directing
the attention of property owners tt
the new advertisement Of Mr.. w
]. Brodrick, Insurance Agent
which appears In this morning
HERALD. The companies repre-
sented by him are all "solid" ant
do business on the most liberia
and favorable terms. He will glad
ly impart all desired information t
enauirers.
1t Is reported that the workmen
while digging the cellar for tn
new mill of Messrs. Deming, Palm
er & Co., on San Fernando street
found a quantity of base bullio
weighing about go pounds, said t
contain so per cent. silver. Th
metal is supposed to have been ru
into the ground some fifteen year
ago by u gang of counterfelter
then operating here.
Travel in Arizona Is still not un
attended by perils. Our younl
friend Rothchild, who parted fror
Mr.. Lips at Casa Grande, TO e
| north, was obliged, in commo
with the other stage passengers, t
empty his pockets on the deman
of several enterprising road agents
He returned to Los Angeles yes
terday, firmly persuaded ths
highwaymen ought to be hanged
Arrived at Wilmington Dec. q
, 1879, British bark Valparaiso, Mitt'
master, from New Castle, Austri
liza, with 1880 tons of coal for LC
!. Angeles Gas Co.; brig I. W.Luca
. Reel, master, from Eureka, wit
|, lumber for ]. M. Griffith & Co. an
A. q. Smith. Sailed-Schoon,
Hannah Madison, Thorroe, masta
for Hueneme; schooner Trucke
. Hawkins, master. for Pismo.
= At the meeting at Buffers Ha
last evening, a resolution vi
adopted establishing new issr
called "The Solid West" I'll
] meeting then adjourned to meet
d "a o'clock next Saturday evenir
{ to adopt u platform expressing Il
G policy and principles Of the new
ganization.