Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-04-17

popular steamship agent, Mr.. III
| McLellan, and his family are pas
seDgers by this vessel aud we sin
cerely trust the end of the voyag,
will find him physically ''as goot
as new.n
The frat strawberry Festival o
the Unitarian Society will be giver
at Union Hall next Saturday night
Strawberries and Ice cream will bt
served by the ladies of the coDgre
CATION. Visitors will be entertained
with both vocal and instrumental
music and the festival will close
with one of those delightful socia
dances for which the Society has
become famous. A matinee for the
amusement of the young folks will
commence at 2 O'clock P. NJ. See
advertisement In our New To-Day
column.
The Ladies' Benevolent Society
announce In this mornings HER
AID that they will give ''Feas: OF
Flowers" at Union Hall next Tues.
day evening, the proceeds to be de-
voted to replenishing the Golfers OF
the Society, which have
been exhausted in works OF
charity. Refreshments will be
served from to IL o'clock. Dur
Ing the evening there will be music
and other entertaining exercises to
enable those who attend to pass the
time pleasantly. The mere an
nouncement that the "Feast of
Flowers" Is for the benefit of this
admirable society will, We feel GER
tain, be sufficient TO assure the en-
tertainmsnt liberal patronage at
the hands of our citizens.
The Anaheim Literary Union
met in the Presbyterian Church at
that place last Friday evening, re-.
ports the Gazette, to discuss the
new Constitution, a large audience
being present. The question was
debated by Messrs. Payne, Beebe,
Montgomery and Campbell in favor
of the new Constitution, and
Messrs. Quinn, Halliday, Hender.
son and Mendelson against, each
speaker being limited to ten min.
utes. At the conclusion of the de-
bate a vote was taken and only five
hands went up for the new Consti.
ts.f H.
so overwhelmingly large that the
President decided without count.
ing hands. The Society will discuss
the question again to morrow (Fri-
day. evening.
The Southern Pacific Railway
Company have reduced the rates
on grain from every portion of Los
county to San Francisco
from SIS so a ton to S.. Grain can
be shipped from Santa Monica,
Wilmington, Spadra, or any other
portion of Los Angeles county, at
that rate, with the exception of
Santa Ana, at which point the rate
has been reduced to 81 so ton.
Mr.. Nadeau, taking advantage of
the reduction, is shipping his
heavy stores of barley. What
with the grain, wool and fruit
the Southern Pacific
Railway depot presents very
lively spectacle just now. Large
returns of coin may be expected
shortly; and, with the bug bear of
q revolutionary Constitution once
laid, things ought to be prosperous.
There are in Los Angeles to-day
three tall sons of Anak. First in
age and rank is VIM. NJ. Gwin, ex-
United States Senator--a man of
note on both sides of the continent.
He is an old gentleman of superb
and we should Judge that
he exceeds six feet by two or three
inches. Naturally grouping with
Gwin is the Hon. David s. Terry
another gentleman who recalls the
seriptural suggestinn that there
were giants In those days-in the
brave days of old. Still without
leaving the Democratic party, we
come to handsome Chief Justice
Wallace, who can score q six-foot
mark and leave much of a shapely
head exposed above the line. Take
them for all in all, we shall not
soon look upon their like again
from a physical standpoint. Their
size indicates that they were born
in the limestone region, but they
have a brain development that IL
not referable to the causes which
gave them Drawn and stature.