Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-05-21
LOCAL BREvITIEE.

A steady man advertises for sit
uation, in our New To-Day.
DR.. w. HazeltIne returned from
San Francisco overland yesterday.
The Los Angeles Academy closes
its yearly session on Friday Of this
week.
A number of the country schools
have already closed for the Sum.
mer vacation.
DR.. Henry Slade, the world re-
nowned spiritual medium, we un.
derstand, will shortly pay Los An.
geles a visit.
Mr.. Fl. Mcclellan and family are
expected home by the steamer OrI.
zaba, which is due from San Fran
cisco tomorrow.
The hotel registers are showing
largely increased lists, Of late,
Travel fs beginning to get up to the
old time volume.
Any of our readers curious as to
the future are referred to an adver-
tisement which appears in our Bus
iness Enterprise column.
Mr.. Horace Burdick, who has
been attending the meeting of the
Grand Lodge, I. 0. o. F., at San
Francisco, got home overland yes
terdsy.
The Workingmen meet In mass
convention at Downey Hall to-
morrow (rhursday) night to choose
delegates TO the State Convention,
which meets at Sacramento
June 81.
Mr.. L. J. Asklns, who has been
helping construction on the South
ern Pacific in Arizona, returned to
Los Angeles yesterday, after an abb
seDce Of six or seven months. He
is looking hale and hearty.
A rumor was current in the city
yesterday that George Lehman,
whose property was sold on fore
closure of mortgage by the Sheriff
on Saturday, had drowned himself,
at Santa Monica, on Monday alter
noon. Diligent inquiry elicIted
nothing definite in the matter and
we trust the runor may prove un-
true.
A petition Is being circulated,
and Is receiving extensive sigma.
lures from our business men, ask
ing the City Council to cause the
track of the horse passenger rail-
way on Los Angeles str .et to be
baliasted flush with the line OF
that thoroughfare. AS it stands
now it IL provocative Of frequent
accidents to vehicles.
We received call from Mr..
Witte, of the Black Star coal mine,
Anaheim, yesterday. He Informs
us that the work OF developing the
mines Is progressing most favora-
bly, and with proper facilities for
shipping, he thinks they could be
made to yield sufficient coal to sup.
ply Los Angeles county aud o good
portion of the State besides.
At meeting of the Hortlcul.
tural Society on Monday, it was
decided to offer three premi-
ums for brass band music at the
next Fair; the first premium to be
$3.50, the second, $75, and the
| third, $25 A committee, consist
Ing Of F. B. Tanning, Capt. J. M.
Carter aud w. H. II. Russell Was
appointed to arrange musical pro-
gramme and establish rules to gov
ern the contest OF the bands.
From the report of the proceed
ings Of the Grand Lodge of Odd
Fellows recently held in San Fran.
cisco We learn that District No. 80,
as heretofore constituted embrac.
ing Los Angeles, Pomona, Comp
ton, Wilmington, Downey and An
aheim, has been divided. Mr.
Horace Burdck has been appoint.
ed District Deputy of the new dis
trict which embraces the outlying
towns, and Mr.. A. M. Lawrence
District Deputy of the city lodges
| Mr.. D. Freeman's famous PAGERS
after the runaway accident yester
day, were caught In front of the
Pico House. This Is the second
runaway experience OF this gentle
man In the past couple OF weeks. II
Is only short time since cas-
ualty encountered by him, behinc
the team of Mr.. Ivar "A. Weld, laid
him up with an invalided arm
The accident of yesterday was prob
ably due to the fact that Mr.. Free
mau was single e-handed.
We have In our possession {
small buneh Of wheat heads
grown by James H. Bell on hi
ranch on the Rosecrans claim
eight miles below the city. TIL,
wheat Is not matured as yet, bu
shows great promise for the on,
hundred acres planted by him thi,
season, being entirely free from
rust. which some think must natu
rally accompany the growing o
wheat In this vicinity. The whea
is what is generally known as thu
Sonora variety, beardIess and Will
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