Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-10-17
LOCAL BREVITIES.

me Genlal lace OF mayor JACK
Downing, of Wilmington, was
seen in Los Angeles yesterday.
Council yesterday granted John
Eberle, of the City Gardens, per-
mission to erect a 200.yard range
shooting gallery.
The Health officer, at the meet
ing of Council yesterday, reported
16 deaths and 18th births for the
month of September.
Messrs. J. M. Griffith, J. S.
Slauson and j. A. Graves got
home from San Francisco by yes.
terday's overland train.
We have received, with the COM
pliments of Hon. Thomas Beck,
Secretary of State, his biennial re-
port for the years 1859.
By action CT Council, yesterday,
the date at which city taxes be-
come delinquent was extended to
the first Monday in December.
Constable Winfield, of Santa
Ana, yesterday brought to the city
James Lloyd, committed to Jail for
sixty days for robbing sheep
ranch on the San Joaquin Rancho.
Mr.. d. Burbank elsewhere offers
wheat lands in the San Fernando
valley for rent. Application should
be made to the owner himself, on
the Providencia ranch, or to H.
Newmark 81 Co.
We had the pleasure of call yes
terday from our old friend, Hon.
w. w. Bowers, Collector of the
Port of San Diego. He gives q
pleasant account of matters and
things in our southern neighbor.
Major Morford, Superintendent
of the Pavilion, by his fine tact and
general administrative skill in APP.
Forthcoming space to exhibitors, is
approving himself the right man
in the right place.
We saw yesterday, in the vesti-
bule of the Cosmopolitan Hotel, q
fine specimen of the Night Bloom
ing Cereus, belonging to Mrs. H.
l.. Shaug, of San Fernando. 1t has
been months on its passage from
Cuba to Wilmington, in q sailing
vessel.
We are indebted to Mr.. Charles
Hasselman, formerly Of this city,
and now of Bradley & Rulofson's
gallery, San Francisco, for several
admirable photographs of General
Grant, taken during his recent
visit to the Golden Gate and orna-
mented with his autograph.
A telegram from Mr.. A. G.. Ryan,
Tucson, informs us that Mrs. Thorn
as Gates died in that place yester-
day afternoon at .25 o'clock. Mrs.
Gates was q most estimabie lady,
was the rossessor of many virtues,
and had hosts of friends in this
city. Her demise will be univer-
sally reSrelleu.
The Unitarian Thursday last
night was most delightful affair,
as all the entertainments of this
association always prove to be. The
audience was large and fashiona-
BILE. A varied programme, vocal
and instrumental, was rendered
with great skill. Mr.. Wangeman
and Mrs. Skinner, in the piano and
violin duet and Mrs. Strattou, in
her piano solo, were all heartily re-
ceived and deserved to be so, as
their performance was of very
high order of merit. Mr.. George
Scovile's cornet solo brought
down the house, as did the "Mein
Liedr of Miss Fanny George, a
young lady who instantly achieved
popularity as vocalist. Two read.
ings were on the programme,
"The Face Against the Pane" by
Miss Mollie Slenkard, and the
"Wreck of the Hesperus,p by Mr..
&. a. H IN. Miss Slenkard
approved l If to be pleasing
ienl noeaur he'd elocutionist AM
eae -u am late favorite. She
ts sau-iaiHly, cultivation and
#uaIdaaa 'amatic fervor. Mr.
=. TaHir n is one of the best
utteI6 rtsa rs on the coast; and
Hstua aas is exceptionally high
regulations d did full justice to
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