Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-01-08
LOCAL BR EVITIES,

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The steamer Ancon is due from
San Francisco to-day.
The alarm of fire was ca used by
a blazs out towards Compton.
| DR.. Randall and wife, of New
York, are registered at the Pico
| House.
A Mr.. Dogcheet was registered
at one of the San Francisco hotels
the other day.
Two rooms suitable for house.
keeping are advertised for under
New To-Day.
An Indian arraigned before the
Mayer yesterday for stealing a sack
OF oranges, was sent to the chain
gang for ten days.
Col. E. e. Hewitt started off on
visit to the "front" yesterday, a
point which Is now found some
thirty-elght miles from Yuma.
The professional card of Gen. J.
r. Mcdonnell, attorney at law,
Temple Block, appears in the New
10 Day column of to-day's HER
| AID.
A man named VIM. Chittenden
was arrested yesterday ON the
charge of stealing u horse. He will
be examined before Judge Tratford
t0-uay.
We question the propriety of pub
lications which hold up prominent
citizens as insolvents, especially
when the fact of insolvency does
not exist.
The District Court remained in
session till IL o'clock last night
hearing the case of Layman VS..
AA"J - tCt.o ..i-I M la oon
cluded this morning. o'RE
We had the pleasure of meeting
Mr.. w. M. McFadden, Of Santa
Ana, in the city yesterday. He in
forms us that the farmers In his
section are busy getting in crops.
In the pool sales at the Fashion
Saloon last evening the horses sold
ON about equal terms. The pools
were small, the horses selling for
from 81 to SIS each. The interest to.
day at the Park will probably in
crease the size Of the pools.
Mr.. Andres F. Warner, an old
resident of Los Angeles, died at his
residence in this city on Sunday
last, of consumption. Deceased
was son of Col. ]. j. Warner and
leaves wife and several children,
we believe.
Los Angeles people at San Franc
cisco hotels on the 9th: L. Fl. TituA
(San GabrieL, s. 7. Monroe, Mar
Gus Jaco, The Baldwin; l.. A. Hall,
American Exchange; b. Kahn,
Russ Housei ]. d. Dunlap, John
Weber, Palace.
On Clemente leland, during the
rain ofSunday,it was observed that
q place of about five or six acres
was perfectly dry, while the rain
was falling in torrents elsewhere.
The cause of the phenomenon is
unexplained Witning gtonian, jan
stary 4.
M. w. D. D. G.. NJ. Horace Bur-
dick last night installed the follow
ing officers of South Star Degree
Lodge No. I, l. o. q. f.: A. M.
Lawrence, d. NJ; M. l.. Wicks. D.
d. M; G. 9. Cheesebrough, r. s.;
f. w. Wood, Treasurer; J. Laven-
thai, I. g.; Charles Enz, w.
Mr.. M. D. Johnson, the popular
proprietor of tho Santa Monica
Hotel, re-opened that favorite re-
sort Monday for the Winter season.
Mr.. Johnson as a Roniface is de.
cided success, and his sunny rooms,
with open fire places, with hot salt
and steam baths near by, will
doubtless secure him a crowded
house.
The City Council, in reducing the
salary of the Librarian to SIS 6
month, inclusive of janitor's fees
has done a good and economical
: thing. We say this without quail
flying our high regard for the retir
Ing Librarian, or what, doubtless
( would be our distinguished consid
Grafton for his successor were WI
80 fortunate as to know him per
sonally.
Onstotrs poultry market wa
burglarized night before last ant
robbed of between five and six dol
lars. The thieves entered by pry
ing open the back door. Abou
Ave dollars Of the money stolel
!, was taken from Mr.. Onstott's desl
!, and the balance from the till o
Henry Baer, who owns the poultr.
o department..
= ,s II the lady who sent a younI
gentleman letter containing
: half sheet of blank paper, q car
with a mitten and second car
with the words printed thereon
i "Onu l sit on the fence and see yo
go by?" will only let the gentlema
~ know where she resides he vii
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