Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-08-28
LOCAL BREVITIR Rss
Council this afternoon.

See advertisement of keys found.
Mrs. G. P. Prayer was among the
overland passengers yesterday.
The new Great Register of San
Diego county contains 2546 names.
A pleasantly located furnished
room is offered for rent in our New
To-Day.
The Wollweber assault case is set
for hearing before Justice Baldwin
next Tuesday.
The card of Mr.. NJ. II. Kimball,
N. c. P. candidate for County Aud
itor, will be found elsewhere in this
mornings HERALD.
Some excitement exists in
Shrewsbury Gallon over the report
ed discovery of u rich gold ledge.
H. M. S. Pinafore will probably
make her reappearance at the port
of Los Angeles during Fair week.
Captain Darcy, of the Los Ange.
les Guards, got home from San
Francisco overland yesterday.
Our venerable friend Joshua A..
Talbot was one of tile speakers at
the Greenback meeting last night.
Colonel r. S. Baker and wife re-
turned from visit of some weeks
duration at San Francisco by yes
terday's overland train.
The Great Register is completed
and contains Sl10 names. Copies
were sent out to election officers
throughout the county yesterday.
Commodore Locke and party
open in Pinafote at San Diego this
evening. The season will include
two evening and one matinee per-
formance.
Col. w. II. Norway, Of Santa
Barbara, looked in upon us yester.
day. He is looking in ragged
health, his legion of friends herea-
bouts will be glad to learn.
The friends Of Councilman J. G..
Mcdonald will be grieyed to learn
that his son, promising young
man, died at the residence of his
father about IL o'clock last night.
The case of Jesus Moreno and
Miguel Perez. charged with petit
Larceny in stealing set of double
Ia nj, ntC GOO
will be heard before Justice Traf-
ford to-day.
A Mexican sold to the Bank of
Anaheim on Monday three quills
of gold dust which he had mined at
San Jacinto. The dust was OF fine
quality, being rated at Sl6 an ounce.
-Gd=ette.
Attention is directed to the an
nouncemeut of candidates ball to
be given at Savannah next Mon
day evening. The affair is in the
hands of capable committee and
we can promise all who attend a
delightful time.
The HERALD local is under many
obligations to his young friends,
Captain Jack Hathwell aud Mr..
| Santiago Crosthwaite, who remem
bered that yesterday was his birth
day and each brought him n bou-
quet of exquisite flowers.
Wallace Leach, Esq, and Major
Frank Ganahl will address the
Democrats OF Santa Ana tonight.
A meeting will be held at Cahuen-
ga at which speeches will be made
by Messrs. G. E. Thorn, II. f. del
Vale and b. Chandler.
A grand campaign picnic Is an
nounced elsewhere, to come off at
the City Gardens on Sunday next.
In addition to the amusements
usual at such entertainments
speeches will oe made by represent
atives of each of the four parties to
the present political contest.
Yesterday evening, about five
o'clock, as Mr. Charles Gassen was
driving along spring street, near
Fourth, his team ran away and
overturned the vehicle, throwing d
lady and two children out on to
the street. Fortunately no one was
hurt.
A telegram from Santa Barbara,
of the Goth inst, states that the
schooner Prescott, from San Fran
cisco to San Pedro with railroad
ties, went ashore on San Miguel
Island in q fog. The schooner will
prove total loss. The crew were
all saved, and have arrived at Santa
Barbara on the Santa Rosa.
Arrived at Wilmington, August
9th, schooner Letitia, Kicker
m master, from Cuffey's Cove, with
5000 railroad ties; schooner S. M.
Toombs, Butt, master, from Little
River, with $500 railroad ties
schooner M. L. Drew, Christ, mas
ter. from Bridgeport, with railroad
ties; schooner Big River, Moss
master, with railroad ties, all fol
Pacific Improvement Company.
Attention is directed to the spe-
cial sale of oil paintings advertised
elsewhere, to take place at room
No. Baker Block, on Monday
next at II O'Clock p. NJ. The col
lection Is the finest ever offered il
Los Angeles and embraces mum
ber of the most beautiful scenes IL
the San Gabriel valley and sur
{, rounding cations, painted on tn,
I spot by Mr.. Eary, who has been
sojourning in that section for some
ffnna mat Those nf Our QjfiZaul