Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-06-24

iided with The gas lamp In front Of
General Roleyis place, corner of
Court and Spring streets, swapping
the gas post off close to the ground
aud breaking the pole of the hack.
Mr.. Teal, young gentleman who
has been quite popular in Los An
geles society, and who possesses
many sterling qualities, leaves for
his old homo In Colorado next
week. His professionalism of a
civil engineer-is decidedly more
lucrative in Colorado than in Los
Ang, ! ,s, just now.
The announcement of Mr.. r. j.
Floyd, of Savannah, "a a candidate
for County Auditor, subject to NOM
ination by the Democratic County
Convention, appears elsewhere In
this mornings HERALD. Mr..
Floyd is an old line Democrat, has
been a resilient of Los Angeles
9 unity for the past eleven years,
and, if elected, will make COM
petent and faithful officer.
Percy Mead, who recently
served out sentence in the county
Jail for keeping house of iIl-fame,
was arrested By officers Roach and
Engelhardt on Sunday night for
striking a man named Foster
with his fist and then shooting at
him with u pistol. Mead was taken
before Justice Traffori yesterday
and held for examination OH
Thursday next.
Sometime after one O'Clock last
Saturday night J. J. Morton's Hall
ut Compton took fire and burned to
the ground. The hall was one of
the largest buildings in the place,
aud was occupied by the ODD Eel
lows and Good Templars. Every
thing in the building was destroy
ed, together with the records, fur
niture, etc., of both Lodges. There
was an insurance policy on the
building for $4,000.
During the current week the
Messrs. Denker, Ryan and Ling,
the committee on subscriptions to-
wards a proper observance of the
Fourth of July. will call on our
citizens for aid. It should be given
with u liberal hand and probably
will BE-, thus guaranteeing u fitting
Of the glorious day and
Los Angeles in line with
her sister cities.
A couple of young ladies, resid-
ing on the hill, had a narrow escape
from serious accident on Satur.
day evening. They had just light
I'd fire In the kitchen stove, when
1t exploded, scattering the burning
wood about the room, severely
burning the arms and necks of both
ladies'. From the iiscoloration of
the pieces and the odor emitted, 1t
Is supposed that some malicious
had charged one of the
sticks with gunpowder. Such con-
duct, whatever the motive, is of
the most DESPITE able character, aud
the perpetrator, ii discovered,
should meet with exemplary pun
ishment.
Saturday night, as Mr.. r. J.
Floyd and Hon. Asa Ellis were
coming out OF a lodge meeting at
Savannah, they observed a fire on
the place of Mr.. Ben Avise, which
adjoins that Of Mr.. Floyd. in the
San Gabriel valley. The flames
wheat IN the stack which
would have yielded easily three
sacks, and grain which
would have assured twelve or fif-
teen hundred sacks of barley. Mr..
Avise Is absent from home, and, We
believe. is not insured. The fire
was undoubtedly the act of an in.
and was started after IL
O'Clock at night.
On Sunday evening H. G.. Nc
Carly, who was tried for burglary
in the County Court couple of
weeks ago, and who then had
narrow escape from going to San
Quentin, was arrested for drawing
a pistol on a Frenchman on Los
Angeles street. Shortly after the
arrest Mr.. StOermer appeared atthe
police office aud stated that his
house, on New High street, had
been broken into aud two revOlvers
stolen therefrom. Seeing the pis-
toll that had been taken from Nc
Carly, he recognized 1t as one of
those stolen from him. McCarty
will be examined before Justice
Trafford t0-day on the double
charge of assault with a deadly
and burglary.
There was a very fair assem- blage
1T Washington Gardens on Sunday
afternoon to witness the feats of
Professor Berg, the one.legged ira.
pezist and tight.rope performer.
The Professor, Notwithstanding his
wooden leg, Is daring performer,
and executed number of very
difficult feats in the most astonish.
Ing manner. He was assisted by
"Red- H anded Nike" who swung
his heavy Indian clubs with ease
and grace. Between the acts Mrs.
Berg sang several songs most &C
ceptably. After the performance
dancing was enjoyed by all who
desired to the inspiriting strains OF
DOh,' band. II is the intention of
Mr.. Waldron, we understand. to
have similar entertaining nts
the summer, and we
can assure our readers that no
pieasauter place can be found to
while away an afternoon.