Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-03-14
LOCAL BREVITIES.

terday submitted his final annual
report to the City Council.
Council yesterday accepted the
resignation of Charles Brode, Coun.
Gilman from the Third Ward.
Mr.. B. F. Coulter, who has been
at San Francisco for some days Sc
Letting new goods for his extensive
dry goods store, returned home
overland yesterday.
The annual report of l.. M. Holt,
Secretary of the Southern Califor-
mia Horticultural Society, will be
found on the fourth page of this
mornings HERALD.
Hereabouts we are treated not to
the spectacle of Winter lingering in
the lap of Spring, but to'that of io-
cund Spring taking old Winter by
the ear and turning him bodily out
Of doors.
The City Surveyor reported to
Council yesterday that the work of
repairing Reservoir No. was be-
ing pushed rapidly and that by
Saturday next it will be ready 10
receive water.
Council remained in session till
after IL O'Clock last night consider
ing bids for constructing the new
East Side water improvements and
for the construction of the flume on
Alameda street. from the property
of o. II. Bliss to the city limits.
That popular old-time Angelefio,
Thomas Gates, has removed from
Florence to Tucson. Southward
the star of empire takes its way in
Arizona, and Tommy, with his
customary sagacity. follows it.
There are quite a number of en-
bryo Governors, Gov
ernors, Members of Congress. and
other aspirants, who are looking
for office by the grace of God and
Denis Kearney, who will sit down
suddenly between now and next
fall. Put pin there.
Mr. Schuyler, late the able and
genial editor of the Stockton hide.
pendent. now connected with the
State Engineering Department, is
paying our city a visit, with the
view OF inquiring into our irrigat.
ing system. We trust that his
stay amongst lis will be pleasant.
We elsewhere publish the notice
of the dissolution of the firm OF
Dewell & Reynolds, which took
place by mutual consent on the
18th inst. The business will be
continued byMr.T. II. Reynolds, WI o
will collect all money due to and
pay all claims against the late
firm.
The attention of smokers is di-
rected to the great reduction in the
prices of cigars and smokers arti-
cles offered by Mr.. Rothchild, "a
Downey Block. His goods are all
of the most approved brands and
are offered at prices never before
equalled in Los Angeles. Read the
advertisement.
Mr.. MacCrellish returned to San
francisco yesterday. May good
luck 20 with him! He is'old gen.
iality himself. Before abandoning
our balmy zephyrs he turned the
scales at one hundred and sixty.
five pounds. We could tell marvels
of this gentlemap's appetite under
our stimulating al mospbere, were
we so inclined!
Col. F. Stanford returned from
San Francisco yesterday and viii
spend one day in Los Angeles shak'
ing hands with his old-time friends
He has shipped mill to be used il
"a mine in Sonora, about. two hun
dred miles from Tucson. in which
he i, interested. Col. S. has don,
well in Arizona. On dit that he IL
to be married shortly to one of the
youngest and most charming o
ArizGna's bellies. We shouldn'
have found this interesting fact ou
II we hadn't made q trip to Arizona
Los Angeles is not to be sighted
On the 18th instant she will be psy
eologized by the magic eloquenc
of Denis Kearney. Let every one
get the left lobe of his ear in du
preparation. A wash or two o
some auricular tonic will be goot
leading up to the words of vituper
ative length and cussatory SCUM
which will be dispensed by tn
Lieutenant General on that occa
sion. Let every man who don
believe that he is a double-ds e.
villain and hell.bouud, lecherou
oaitif hold up his right manual
Eureka Masshallahl! Inshallah Il
In the name of the prophet, figs!