Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-06-08

may look forward to one of the
most delightful m usical treats ever
-njnyed Ia this city. Prof. J. F..
Deitze will arrive tomorrow In
time to take part in the final re-
he lr,al at the church at p O'Clock p
NJ Reserved seats for the conce t
can be secured at Levin & Co..
bookstore, Spring street.
Mr.. John Knopf showed US on
Thursday a specimen Of coal taken
from o mine recently discovered
near Rincon. San Bernardino
county. Mr.. Knopf Gays that the
coal Is sibguIarly free from slate
and 1t burns readily. The mine is
being vigorously prospected.-Ana-
helm Gazette.
They have been suffering from
fires up In the San Bernardino
mountains. Says the Cotton. Semi
7ropic: Fires to the west Of us, to
the north of US and to the east of us
make 1t intensely hot. Even the
breeze feels as If the life had all
been scorched out of 1t. Heavy
fires have been raging on the other
side OF the mountains near the saw
mills. LaPraix and Tyler had sll
their fences aud some out.buildinr 9
burned, but saved the mills ny hard
and incessant work. The fire was
fought away from Talmadg.'s mill,
but 1t was close shave. The fire
is not yet out nor the danger over,
but 1t Is thought that no further
damsge will ensue.
We understand that, while the
Republican delegates to the State
Convention from this county 60
unpledged, George G. Perkins, OF
San Francisco, is decidedly consld
cred by them the strongest man for
Governor. The editor of this paper
having just returned from a trip up
the cnast. knows the same to be
true Of San Luis, Santa Barbara,
Ventura and San Bernardino coun-
ties, aud while he hopes to see a
Democrat elected, he believes that
Mr.. Perkins would poll larger
Republican vote than airy Of the
other persons named, MS lie enjoys
In q large degree the confidence of
the people aud his party.-San
Diego NetOs.
The Anaheim Gazette says: Mr..
]. III. Haines, the telegraph opera
tor, has succeeded In perfecting an
provement of the centrifugal
pump, which will doubtless bring
1t into general use. The difficulty
with these pumps heretofore was
that they had to be submerged.
but the simple attachment invent
ell by Mr.. HaInes obvIat.s this NE
cessity and Keeps the pump always
primed AMI makes it throw out all
immense stream OF water at the
first revolution. 1t appears to be
just the kind of pump required for
irrigation, little pOwer being re-
quired to raise O great volume of
water. A centrifugal pump has
been known to raise 1900 gallons Of
water per minute.
Police headquarters at one time
yesterday presented the appear
ance of children's nursery, three
little walls, the eldest not over four
years old, having been picked up
on the street and taken there to
await an owner. When we looked
IN we found one little girl, which
officer McFadden, who had been
Installed as chief nurse, was ten.
derby stuffling with cherries to
keep 1t quiet. The little estrays
were all we'll behaved and seemed
rather to enjoy their first appear
ance In a police Office. They were
soon reclaimed by their anxious
mammas, however, and taken
home. Que Was stranger In
town and bad strayed from the
United States Hotel, the second
one belonged ut the Wright House
and the third at Beaudry Terrace.