Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-23
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Don't forget that Jacoby keel s
1t.
He bought that Russian leather
odor case at Preuss & Pironps.
Christmas trees and turkeys at
Henry BaeI's poultry market.
See advertisement, "5ituation
Wanted" in our New To-Day.
Mr.. ID. Freeman, of.the Centinela
Rancho, is at the Cosmopolitan.
The delayed mails from the East
and San Francisco arrived yester-
day.
Hon. G. Wiley Wells got home
from San Francisco by yesterdays
overland train.
Sheriff Mitchell returned from a
short business visit to San Fran
cisco overland yesterday.
Deputy U. S. Collector Kelly
yesterday returned from brief
paseo to San Francisco.
Suits for wet weather aud suits
for dry weather, suits to suit all
kinds of weather at Jacoby's.
Mr.. George X. Stafford, Manager
of the Santa Anita rancho, got
home from San Francisco yester-
day.
Mr.. l.. l.. Bromwell, President Of
the California Insurance Company,
returned to San Francisco overland
yesterday.
The reservoir ditch, at the Fellz
rancho, is reported filled with
washings from the hills, caused by
the recent rains.
Mr.. A. Il. Hinchman, of San
Diego, was amongst the overland
passengers yesterday. He goes
down to San Diego to-day.
Messrs. Z. E.Deyesheimer and John
R. Stephens, of the United States
Coast and Geodetic Survey, are
registered at the Cosmopolitan.
Something over eleven thousand
six hundred acres have been sown
In wheat between Los Angeles
and the sand dunes of the Centinela
rancho.
Wangaman Bros, near the Post
office, offer for sale good second
hand upright piano for $SN, cash or
on installments. 1t must be sold
to-day.
Josiah II. Applegate, Esq. q
prominent member of the San
Francisco Bar, arrived overland
yesterday and is stopping at the
Pico House.
Six and half inches Of rain fell
at Newhall Station during the
storm of Friday and Saturday.
Five and q half inches fell during
the last "a hours of the rain.
Forty-three first-class passengers
came in on the first San Francisco
train which arrived yesterday, and
twenty-four second-class passengers
on the two succeeding trains.
We had the pleasure of meeting
Don Juan Forster, of the Santa
Margarita ranch, San Diego coun-
ty, in Los Angeles yesterday. He
is registered at the Pico House.
The rain at San Diego was not so
cop.ous as at Los Angeles. How
ever, the something over three
inches which fell there during the
late storm will 60 great ways in
that soil.
The best and most practical
2 Christmas present is one half
dozen OF custom made patent white
shirts manufactured by Quincy
Hall Clothing House, 81 Downey
Block.
The bark Adelaide Cooper, which
went ashore on Deadman's Island
during the storm of Friday night,
1t Is feared will be a total wreck as
she was pounding on the rocks all
day yesterday and was fast filling
with water.
The Presbyterian congregation
will give social entertainment for
the members OF their Sunday
School, together with Christmas
tree, ut the brick church on Fort
street Christmas eve. The parents
of the children and all friends of
the school are invited.
In order to give every purchaser
of clothing Christmas present, L..
Harris, of Quincy Hall, 65 Downey
Block, has made the following
further reductions: Cashmere pants
for $3.50, at $3.50; suits for $12, at
SO; overcoats for $l2, and better
goods reduced in proportion.
The Central Pharmacy alone
sells Marechal Mel Rose, Edenia,
rally.ho and Preuss & Pironps
Florida Water.
While detained by the wash outs
at Mojave the overland passengers
had very jolly time. The COM
forts OF Boyd's first-class hostelrie
were awaited of to the fullest ex.
tent and games and storytelling
made the time pass so pleasantly
that many of the passengers regret
ted that the detention was not
longer.
We were glad to see the genial
face Of our old friend and sometime
townsman, Mr.. r.. G. MCPHERSON,