Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-01-25
LOCAL BREVITIES.

at 3 cents per euart-Milk Depot,
Temple street.
We learn that the Los Angeles
Oil Company, having secured ad.
ditional tankage, will resume pump.
ing to-day.
Mr.. 1. G. Bateman, proprietor of
the International Hotel, Virginia
City, Nevada, accompanied by his
wife, arrived In Los Angeles yes
terday. They are registered tthe
Pico House.
Justice Trafford yesterday, on
application ofdefendant and by con.
sent of the District Attorney, con-
tinued the hearing in the case of J.
J. Garlic, ex-City Tax Collector,
until Thursday next, at 10A. NJ.
In our account ofthe murder at the
Old Mission, in yesterdays HER.
AID, we transposed the names of the
murderer and his victim. Burmu-
dez is the name of the murdered
man aud Sause that of the MUIR
derer.
Pearson, formerly and still Of
the Orient, having extended his
business by the purchase of the
Fashion saloon, will signalize his
Inauguration of his new place by
the opening of a barrel of Bourbon
whiskey undeniably twenty.seven
years old, costing him S14a gallon,
and which he will retail at 25 cts.
q glass.
1t is said that City Tax Collector
Carrillo has till the first instant to
render his official accounts. 1t is
just possible that, on that day, he
may not prove to be a dsfaulter,
which would be desideratum
both to himself and the city
whether attained either through his
swn resources or those of wealthy
friends and kinsfolk. The talk
about defalcation may possibly
prove to have been premature.
The Lafayette Hotel is undergo
ing number of radical improve.
ments which are likely to leave it
the most attractive resort in Los
Angeles. 1t is on the sunny side
of the street, Which Is q great
thing for invalids. We uuder-
stand that, about the 1st of March,
it will be opened by the Messrs.
Hammel & Dsnker, the enterPris.
ing and popular proprietors of the
United States.
A day or two ago Chief OF Police
King was apprised that o man
named Schmitt, q trusted employe
of Messrs. Kurtz & Rothe, bakers
of San Bernardino, had fled with
$50 belonging to his employers. A
lookout was kept for Schmitt and
yesterday morning he was arrested
at Moore's lodging house by officer
Lockwood. 1t appears that the
fugitive had stolen q ride In q box
car from Cotton to San Gabriel,
whence he walked to this city. He
was committed to Jail to await the
arrival Of an officer from San Rer-
nardino.
We again notify our readers that
the Mechanics store, No. 40 Main
street, has received another fresh
invoice of goods, including all that
is new and nobby in ladies' wear
besides full assortment OF mems
and boys clothing of the lates
styles aud furnishing goods of every
variety, all of which, having beer
purchased for cash, will be sold q
extraordinarily low prices. Now
is your chance to get goeds at you
own figures. The store Is No. A
Main street, opposite the st. Charles
Hotel.
Our people are to have O rar,
treat In the lectures of Miss Marii
Softer, Of Denmark, who comes t,
us recommend by a host Of in
f1uential newspapers. She has
series of lectures ON the manner
and customs, history, art and liter
ature of the Danes, which Will b.
attractive to our people, The Dane
fill an important place In the civil
ization of the world. They dis
covered America long before Co
lumbus; and they form a larg
proportion of the citizens Of th'
United States. We hope TO have I
chance to hear Miss Softer, WIN
comes we'll recommended by tn
press, as we'll as by official and lit
erary authorities.
We find the following mysterl
Gus notice of our handsome friend
Mr.. Ed. Ulyard, who is we'll know
in Los Angeles, In the San Bernar
! dino Times of the 22d inst: "Ml
!, Ulyard is a very impressionabl
and impressing young man. II
had an adventure the other night
singular and mysterious In II
metaphysical aspects. Electrics
attraction can only explain il
Were this the age OF. sorcery, W
might believe that Mr.. Ulyard wa
instantaneously bewitched an
that the infatuation lasted one da
and two nights, but in this matter
of-fact century we have discarde
sorcery, although, with Mr.. Ulyar(
l we believe that the witches are nc
all dead yet. For further partIcu
lars apply to Mr.. o. G.. Leach"
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