Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1879-06-25
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Inc steamer AncOn Is due from
San Francisco to-day.
Watermelons have already made
their appearance in Los Angeles.
B. F. Coulter returned from San
Francisco by yesterdays overland
train.
The State Convention of the New
Constitution party meets at Sacra-
mento to-day.
Mrs. Carr, Deputy State Superin-
tendent Of Instruction, Is paying
Los Angeles visit.
Mr.. r. Deaker offers for sale, in
our advertising columns, a choice
lot Of steel engravipgs and chro-
mos. The sale comes Oft Saturday
next.
The regular examination of
teachers will commence in the din
ing room of the st. Charles Hotel
to day and continue Thursday and
Friday.
Six stacks of graln--one of wheat
and five Of barley-wers destroyed
by the fire at Mr.. Avise's place,
San Gabriel valley, ON Saturday
night.
Los Angeles residents at San
Francisco hotels on the 23i: G. E.
Gard, J. Culver and wife, Palace;
w. b. Moore, Cosmopolitan; E.
Alexander, Russ House.
Mr.. w. II. Savage, of Whining
ton, after having passed most
creditable examination. was yes
terday admitted to practice law in
the County Court of this county.
Mr.. Frank B. Tanning has as
sumed the responsible position of
City Editor of the Evening Journal.
We cordially extend to our friend
Frank a fraternal hand and wish
him success in his new profession.
Owing to the absence of II. H.
Spencer, an important witness for
The prosecution, the case of the
People VS.. J. J. CarriIlo, set for
trial in the County Court yester-
day, was continued for the term.
We had the pleasure, yesterday,
of meeting Mr.. Il. b. Brown, who
has just returned from his bridal
trip. He looked the picture of con.
tented happiness aud assured US
that his looks did not belle his feel
ings.
The present efficient County
School Superintendent, Mr.. w. p.
Mcdonald, elsewhere announces
himself candidate for Reelection,
subject to the action of the Demo.
cratic County Convention. Mr.. Nc
Donald has made an admirable Of
fetal.
Mr.. f. w. Robertson, a gentle
man who has occupied several po-
sitions of trust in Tennessee, and
who has resided for some six years
past in Los Angeles, announces
himself,in our advertising columns
to-day, AS q candidate for County
Recorder. subject to the action of
the Democratic County Conven.
ton.
We learn that party of about
twenty ladies and gentlemen leave
to- day on a ten days. camping ex-
curslon to Catalina Island. They
propose to pitch their tents at
.Timm's Harbor, near the east side
Of the island, which il said to be
one of the most beautiful locations
on this coast.
Elsewhere in this mornings
HERALD appears the announce
lnent OF Mr.. o. H. Bliss as a candl-
date for the Office of County Treas
urer, subject to nomination by the
Democratic County Convention.
Mr.. Bliss Is a straight out Demo-
crat of the old scnool-honest and
capable-apd, If elected, will ad.
minister the office conscientiously.
Joe Bayer, the prince of saloon
keepers, and Republican of the
rustling" order, announces him
self as a candidate for County
Treasurer, without particulariZing
Conventions. The very name given
by Joe to his popular resort--Con-
gress Hall-shows that there Is a
good deal of the latent politician
about him. Joseph counts his
friends by the thousand.
In the case of Feancis Parker vs..
Amelia Parker, yesterday, the
Seventeenth District Court render.
ed decree annulling the marriage
and declaring it void, on the
ground that at the time of her
ma rriage with Parker, the defend
ant Amelia was the wife of one
Flores, and that Parker was ignor-
ant of that fact, and married her
In good faith.
We yesterday received some fine
specimens of wheat grown on the
ranch of Mr.. w, w. Rubottom, at
Spadra. They are of two varieties,
the Odessa and beardt d wheat,
both of which are well headed and
neither exhibit the slightest faint
of rust. One "stool" OF the Odessa
wheat contained 80 fairly developed
heads, besides a number of stalks
that had not matured.
| Among the attractive features oil
the ladies' Fourth of July festival
and promenade concert for the ben
eft of the Cathedral Organ fund