Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-03-08

Attention is directed to the auc.
tion sale of spring wagons, eleg
furniture, etc., advertised to take
place at the auction rooms OF j. G..
DeTurk, Spring street, this morn
ing. There will also be sale OF
horses and other live stock in the
immense corral in the rear of the
auction rooms. Both sales will be
conducted by the veteran auction
eer, Mr.. e. w. Noyes.
The Board of Supervisors were
engaged yesterday and the day be.
fore in examining the accounts of
the county officers. The Board yes
terday got through with the
County Assessor and found every.
thing connected with his office in
apple order. The Taxpayers
Committee, with the exception Of
Mr.. Barrow5, who has been present
a couple of times for q few min
utes, have thus far given no atten.
tion to the investigation at which
they were especially appointed to
assist.
A stringent money market does
not seem to keep the people away
from Dotter & Bradley's great sale
of damaged goods. This firm car
ried an immense stock, and as the
injury was almost entirely from
water, most of the articles are
nearly as good as new. The rush
was even greater yesterday than
the day before and the sales
reached into the thousands. A
large amount of goods are still un-
sold, however, as the insurance
companies appraised the valus of
the damaged portion at $2S. 900.
There were some seventy entries
of oranges and forty of lemons in
the display at the Office of the Sec
retary of the horticultural Society
yesterday. The fruit, before being
to the Committee for eX-
animation, was numbered and
placed on separate plates in order
to put it beyond the power of the
Committee to show favoritism to o
particular locality or owner. Thor
Ough tests were then applied and,
singular as 1t may appear, the
award for superior excellence was
given to a Navel orange, on orange
stock, grown by II. w. Cover, Of
Riverside,-the same orange that
had received that distinction at the
Fair. The second best
was the Princess,a Seeding orange,
grown by A. f. Kercheval, of this
city. The work of the Committee
on Lemons Is not yet completed.
Do not fail to go and see the bar
gains which are now offered in dry
goods, clothing, &C., &C., at the
Mechanics Store, 40 Main street.
The Southern Pacific Railway
are making arrange
ments for a grand excursion to
Maricopa Wells when the road
shall be completed to that point.
1t will be joint San Francisco and
Los Angeles excursion. The dis
lance between San Francisco and
Maricopa is eight hundred and
ninety miles and yet tho round
trip will only cost $40. The same
fare is scheduled from Stockton and
Sacramento. From Los Angeles it
will be only $50 and sleeping cars
Will be included from all points. A
restaurant car will be attached to
the train. The tickets will he en-
Titled "Arizona Souvenir or Plo-
neer Excursion ticket" Rates will
be proportionate from all interme.
iiate points.
AT the meeting of Council on
afternoon, when that
portion of tle report of the Com
nittee on Water Supply, recon-
mending that some measures be
.aken to store the waste water from
,he WOODEN mill, was reached, Mr..
Butler rose and commenced to
make n speech charging that there
seemed to be a conspiracy among
some members of the Council
against the proprietors Of the mill
because the latter did not, he sup
posed, employ Cinnamon. Mr..
Lawlor, iDterrupting politely,
asked the Chair what subject was
under consideration and said that,
while he was always pleased to
listen to his eloquent friehd, Mr..
Butler, he did not want to be COM
PEELED to remain for an extra ses-
sien. The regular business was
then resumed.
Goods can be bought at your own
price at the Mechanics Store, 40
Main street.
A competent civil engineer, who
yesterday examined the break in
Reservoir No. 4, informs us that,
In his opinion, the break is owing
to a want Of foresight in connect
ing the tunnel with the gate house.
The latter having been placed at
TOO great distance from the in
oline of the draw, left some 80 feet
Of the tunnel connecting with the
gate house or tower, simply with
natural earth of about from l2 to
two feet in thickness above the
arch of the tunnel and this has
simply given away. To. repair this,
our informant says, is very easy.
Simply make a culvert extending
some 80 feet from the sand rock in
the tunnel and connect the same
with the gate house; puddle we'll,
fill in with earth and in two weeks
we are again In better condition
than at first.
No fire, no water-but perfect
goods, fresh from auction aud auc-
ton prices in carpets and furniture,
at Riley & Rothchild's.