Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1879-06-27

The steamer Ancon sails for San
Francisco this afternoon.
Lieut.. Scott, of the Sixth Caval.
ry, will arrive in the city to- fay to
purchase horses for the Govern.
ment.
Col. J. M. Barney, Of the Silver
King mine, Arizona, passed through
Los Angeles yesterday for San
Francisco.
The HERALD Office is under obli-
cations to Prof. Savarie for de.
lightful serenade about one O'clock
this morning.
Messrs. Walter s. Moore and
George e. Gard, delegates to the
Republican State Convention, got
home yestt rday.
Captain A. G. Force, with a de.
tachment of eighty-fve soldiers,
passed through Los Angeles Ell
route for Arizona yesterday.
A special meeting of Pentalpha
Lodge No. 2O2, Il. & A. NJ. will be
held at their new hall, Mcdonald
Block, this evening. See notice.
at the Democratic primary at
San Fernando, yesterday, Judge A.
B.Moffitt was elected delegate to the
County Convention which meets in
this city tomorrow.
The Republican County Central
Committee of Santa Barbara have
called the County Convention to
meet Augut 9Th. The primaries
will tie held August I'd.
Council refused by a tie vote yes.
terday to give anything for the cele-
hration of the coming Fourth OF
July, except $50 to hire hacks to
enable invalid Mexican War Vet.
erans to take part in the procession.
Mr.. George w. Spencer, of the
Etna Insurance Company, Mr..
w. J. Brodrick, agent, went out to
Sau Gabriel yesterday to adjust the
loss of Messrs. Avis aud Rose by
the burning of their grain stacks
last Saturday night.
We examined yesterday a very
fine specimen of wire silver ore
taken from the Belts mine In the
Papago country, Ariz ma. 1t is on
exhibition at Tha,cher's jewelry
store. A hundred tons of such ore
would make man n millionaire.
Elsewhere Mr.. B. F. Drakenfeld,
the enterprising and suave real
estate agent, very sensibIy advises
the farmers to insure their crops.
This is provision which all provi-
dent people will act upon. Mr..
Drakenfeld represents an astonish-
ing amount of capital aud will
take pleasure in putting the farm
err and all other CLASSES of our com.
munity, for that matter, beyond
the possibility of being ruined by
the fire fend.
Prof. Berg, the one-legged tight.
rope walker, will give an exhibit
ton at the City Gardens next Sun.
day. His performances ure really
wonderful. In addition to this as
tonishing feature, which really Is
without parallel in the world, an
olio performance embracing songs.
indian club feats, negro deliuea.
lions and jigs will diversity the
amusements. The City Gardens
are within easy reach and the en-
tertaiument ought to draw largely.
Rev. w. III. Hill yesterday united
In the bonds of matrimony Mr..
James Teal to Miss Sarah E. Dick
erson. We had our say about Mr..
Teal, who has our hearty good
wishes, the other day. He is a
manly fellow and has the stamp of
success about him. Mrs. Teal, nee
Dickerson, is a lady of infinite at,
fractions of person and mind, and
one who enjoys, in striking de-
gree, the respect and good will OF
this community. The happy couple
20 Immediately to their home In
Colorado, and we wish to be under
stood as casting our editorial shoe
after them. May they live o
thousand years!
County Clerk Potts, who got bach
from an official visit to Newhal
yesterday, informs us that an ar
tesian we'll is being sunk near the
still of the oil refinery at that place
aud Is now down about $50 feet
On Wednesday the augur struck 6
boulder or some other hard sub
stance which retarded the boring
but, as so0n as it was pierced, watel
commenced to flow aud when lie
left yesterday about an inch o
water was flowing out of the pipe
Boring will be continued and it IL
expected, from present Indications
that heavy and steady flow
\ will be- secured. Mr.. Potts
also Informed us that new oil
we'll has been started in the Pico
| Cuh IN with every prospect of b