Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1879-06-17
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Col. ]. G. Howard is paying the
up'country visit.
Adjutant. General Walsh re
turned to San Francisco overland
yesterday.
Tho Signal Service Office reports
3 l00ths Of an inch of rain for yes.
terday mornings shower.
The Republican State Conven.
ton opens out to-day in the sultry
atmosphere of Sacramento.
Josiah Applegate. Esq a genial
member of the San Francisco bar,
Is paying Los Angeles brief bust.
ness visit.
We have received complimentary
tickets TO the First Anniversary
Picnic of the Anaheim Fire Com
pany No. !, to be held at Tivoli
Garden, Sunday, July 18th.
The stock and fixtures of the T
store are offered for sale IN our
New TO Day. 1t IL rare opportu-
nifty for any one wishing to acquire
u well established business.
MIR. Buford, of Virginia, a broth
er.in-law Of Major Ross, is paying
Los Angeles a visit. Mr.. Buford is
President of the Richmond and
DAuyilie Railway Company.
The HERALD STEAM PRINTING
HOUSE is provided with unrivaled
facilities for doing all kinds of job
work. Metropolitan finish and
cheapness are the characteristics of
this office.
During the ''evening with our
local poets" at Fort Street Meth.
odist Church next Friday, Madame
Mara, Miss Mamie Perry and
Messrs. Tanning and Book will
give some vocal selections.
The County School Superintend-
ent gives notice by advertisement
elsewhere, that the regular exami-
nation of teachers will take place
In this city on wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday, June 25, 20 aud q.
Mr.. A. L. Ross, who was injurt d
by the falling Of the door of the SO,
engine house, last Friday, we learn,
was more severely hurt than at
first supposed. Two Of his ribs were
broken and 1t is feared there may
be internal injuries.
The annual picnic of the French
Benevolent Society at the Arroyo
Seco on Sunday, like all the social
reunions of the Society, was most
delightful affair, and, judging from
the number present, must have
been a success pecuniariIy as well
as socially.
Between six and seven O'Clock
on Sunday morning q man who
was passing saw two men In the
act of tapping the till Of the WASH
lDgton saloon, on Spring street,
kept by Dan Welsh. He gave the
alarm ami the thieves fled. They
are described as middle aged, we'll
dressed and apparently strangers
in town.
On dit that the numerous friends
of Major Erskine M. Ross will press
that gentleman for a place on the
Supreme bench of California.
However this may eliminate,
Major Ross Is accommodating eIe.
meInents ofpersonal strength, legal
and other, which few men of his
age in the broad stretches of Cali.
fornia can rival.
The foot-race at Agricultural
Park on Sunday, between Davis
and Pacheco, was the most excit-
ing pedestrian contest that has
come off here f,r.some time. Bet
ting was lively and fully $1,000
must have changed hands on the
event. Davis won easily, beating
his competitor, notwithstanding
the start of six feet, about twenty
five feet in the liz yards.
III. H. Hotel, who was arrested
for keeping a disorderly house,
near the railroad depot, when ar
raigned before the Mayor yester-
day morning, demanded Jury
trial. The jury, after hearing all
the evidence, brought in a verdict
of guilty and recommended that
the extreme penalty of the law be
enforced. The accused will appear
for sentence at ten O'clock this
morning.
Some days ago Clarence Ney-
burg, employed at the Thompson
mine, Resting Springs district, met
with a severe accident, caused by
the premature explosion of giant
powder in blast that he was pre-
pairing. There being 40 physician
at The mine, Mr.. Nose Thompson
brought the injured man TO San
Bernardiuo, where he arrived on
sunday evening aud telrs raphed
for DR.. Baton Of this cuy. The
Doctor at once started for that
place in buggy and arrived We :
| terday morning. In,uid r that Mi.
Neyburg may have the best med,-
cal attention possible Mr.. Thotop.