Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-01-14
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The steamer Orizaba sails fol
San Francisco to-day,
An owner for stray mare an d
colt Is advertised for In our New
To-Day.
Mr.. I. Lankershim returned from
San Francisco by Sundays oyer.
land train.
The demand for trees lately is
quite lively. The work of orchard
planting goes necessarily on.
We are pleased to learn that bis
Los Angeles trip has about restored
DIR. Shorb to his normal state CT
health.
The Los Angeles Guards last
night serenaded their brother.in.
arms, Mr.. James Corwin, who has
taken to himself help-meet.
County Clerk Potts yesterday re
csivsd a letter informing him Of
the death, on January Cd, of his
aged father. Mr.. Potts senior was
nearly ninety years old.
A drug store is advertised fol
sale in our New To-Day" 1t i.
centrally located and Is only sold
because of the ill-health of the pro.
prietor. Address p. o. Box 149.
A light shower of rain com.
menced to fall about seven o'clock
yesterday morning and continued
at intervals till moon. Up to S:15
last evening seven hundredths OF
an inch had fallen
Deputy United States Internal
Revenue Collector, Col. It. S. Hall,
will return to-day from q some.
what extended official trip of ill.,
spection of Hardyville and the re-
gion aligning the Colorado river.
The Council, as Committee of
the Whole, paid visit of ihspec.
& tion to the new water system of
4 the city yesterday. Their impres.
sions will be embodied in q report
at tbs next regular meeting of
Council.
/ Mr.. Charles Ketler had the mis-
&fortune to lose one of his twin
babes yesterday. The child, which
twas not quite three months old,
Uhad been ailing for couple of
weeks and for the past ten days
: took scarcely any neurishment.
Charles Lathrop, u well known
: resident of Wilmington was drown
ed in the channel opposite. .Timms's
Warehouse, on Susday evening
last. The accident was occasioned
by the upsetting of q small skif in
which he and another man were
\ endeavoring to cross the stream.
Mr.. H. G. Wiley yesterday show.
ed US piece of gold, about the size
Of grain of wheat, which had beer
taken from the gizzard of a chick.
Ell that Mrs. Wiley was preparing
for dinner. Mrs. Wiley twice be,
fore found gold in the same man
ner. The piece shown us was
worth about 25 cents and was worn
\ quite smooth. Mr.. Wiley supposel
! the chickens picked the gold from
some gravel which had beer
brought to his place from the hills
In the trial Of Manuel MorIlle
for murder yesterday there was q
rather amusing incident. Just az
7 the Jury were about to retire one Of
i their nunb ber turned to the Judge
and asked If the fact that a homi
eide committed in self-defenoe wal
y altered in its legal character be.
cause 1t was perpetrated in q bao
place. Judge Sepulveda replied
that the degree of guilt or limo.
oence was not affected by the plaet
In which the deed was done anC
the Juror retired with quite {
weight off his mind.
The jury in the case of Manue
MorilIo, tried in the District Court
Yesterday, on the charge of havins
murdered man in Negro alloy, ii
1871, brought in O verdict of nc
cnilty. They stood on the frs
hallot eleven for acquittal to on
for conviction, but, after a short de
Iiharation, brought in verdict a;
obove. Tt will be remembered
Nbelan .. --
kept aus b.. .t wts eve
murder seoveta.
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.1ay ~r .'e m 'ec Va send
M IL s.us O.. teU' valaf " uce
M eageYfgtal .-- AnHEAt 90 thi
~ by shsuH zii'eAe'L
TIE C1,rtsdo river is rp7r-ec '
ss lower iblssaas9p ihan .o
ons yer past. Ihs loweststtg
tsr .plieatad hy .Ae Gaaa,
y, earn, va. u feet O. inches
dos, moi rueauthRt there wa
s.t depth 5f water 2 lAe 81 \ eH' -
pbe gauge wsa set ana sin i
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