Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-14

the same on the part OF the city.
The first install ment, four cars,
of forty carloads of heavy tlmbers
for bridges, piling, etc., has gone
through to the front; the others
will follow shortly. Work will go
with e rush when it does COM
mence. Cotton Seni-Tropic.
Mr.. w. J. Broderick desires us
to state, for the Information of his
friends and well-wishers, that he
Is not candidate for the office of
City Tax Collector, his large in
surance business requiring his I'M
divided time and attention.
For the coming week another
great reduction In prices has been
made at Quincy Hall Clothing
House, in the gents furnishing
department, as we'll as in youths,
and boys clothing. White shirts
with patent bosoms are in great de-
mand.
Mr.. Miller, OF Laguna ranch, who
was in Anaheim last Thursday
night, stated to q Gazette reporter
that Hamilton and Carrillo stopped
at the ranch house on their way to
Lower California. Their horses
were about exhausted. and they en-
deavored, unsuccessfully, to pur-
chase fresh ones.
We have received compliment
ary tickets to an entertainment to
be given by the pupils of the gram
mar grade of this Los Angeles
Academy, at the Germao M. e.
Church on Fourth street, to.mor-
row (Monday) evening.
John Abbott and a man named
Borilla, arrested for fighting on
Main street the night before, were
up before the Mayor yesterday
morning. Abbott, who was proven
the aggressor, was fined So and the
other was discharged.
None but frst-class clothing is
sold at l.. Harris's Quincy Hall,
Downey Block. From the cheap
est ten-dollar suit up to the finest
dress suit, you can get an admira-
BILE fit. Hats average 20 per cent.
cheaper than in any other house in
the city.
Mr.. John Caperton, a capitalist
of Louisville, KY, is at the Pico
House. His wife and daughter are
enjoying the beauties of Los Ange-
lea with him. In 1Si9 he went
through Tehachepi Pass, but never
expected to traverse the same route
Oh a railway car.
Council yesterday instructed the
City Attorney to draw up a resolu-
ton changing the hour of the meet.
ing of Council from 3 TOT O'Clock p.
NJ. The members living on the out
skirts made hard fight for the re-
tention of the present hour, but had
to succumb to the insiders.
Mr.. B. f. Drakenfeld informs us
that barn belonging to Mr.. w.
w. Jenkins, near Downey, was to-
tally destroyed by fire on Friday
night. Some buggies and harness
that were stored in the barn, were
also destroyed. The barn and con-
tents were insured in the New Zea-
land Company for $1,000.
w. r.. Rowland, Sherif-elect,
yesterday received q telegram in
forming him that the dead body of
a man named John Philbin had
been found the day before at Chino,
San Bernardino county, with every
indication of having been murder
ed. There was no clue to the MUIR
derer. No details of the affair were
given in the dispatch.
The latest social and literary sem
sation is Dickens party, in which
it is proposed that each participant
shall personate one of the charac-
ters of the immortal novelist. The
proceeds of the entertainment, or
rather series of entertainments, for
it is suggested that 1t be gotten up
after the manner of the recent Au-
thors' Carnival at San Francisco,
are to be devoted to the purchase
of Shakspearean library and the
formation of Shakespeare Club.
Miss Almira Losee, from New
York city, who has been engaged
in Evange,istic and temperance
work on this coast for eight months
past, is now assisting in revival
meetings in the Fort Street M. E.
Church. We understand that she
will preach in that church this
evening. Miss Losee is accom-
panied by Mrs. Langdon, also of
New York, who devotes herself to
temperance work among the chill
dren.
We direct the attention of our
readers to the advertisement of Mr..
], X. Tuffree, who is extensively
engaged in the sails Of Los Angeles
and San Bernardino ranches. Mr..
Tuffree has also established a COM
mission agency, and he will buy
and sell, on commission, all kinds
of grain and produce. He Will
also deal in horses, cattle, sheep
and hogs. He has an office in Ar
cadia Block, Los Angeles street.
When not present himself Mr..
Charles Forbes will attend to his
business interests.
About half past eight o'clock
last night q man named "Bntch"
Gaines stole q pair of pantaloons
from the tailor shop of J. Birn-
baum, In the COSMOPOLITAN Hotel.
The fact was communicated to oili-
Ger Thorpe, who started on a hunt
for the thief and traced him to
Wiokersham's stable, where the
pantaloons were found. Thorpe
knowing that Gaines, who lives in
the country, would return for his
plunder, laid in wait and after a
time succeeded in capturing his
man, who is now in jail to await