Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-09-16
LOCAL Esfs ENTITIES.

N. w. Stowell, in our New To.
Day, advertises for fifty stands Of
| bees.
Brush fires are still raging in the
mountains north and east of the
city.
Captain George G. Knox and Mr..
Jim Stackpole. of naheim, were
in the city yesterday.
An experienced woman adver-
iises for situation as housek eeper
or cook, in our New To-Day.
Three DRINKS were up before the
Mayor yesterday. One was sent up
for twenty days and the others got
five days each.
Rev. John ID. Wells, pastor of
the Unitarian Church, has returned
ton to the East.
The Board of Directors of the
horticultural s ,ciety hold an adj.
journed meeting at the office of the
Secretary at II A. NJ. to-day.
Mr.. G. J. Forbes, of the Azusa,
accompanied by Mr.. Martin and
son, of Ri Monte, left yesterday by
private conveyance on a visit to
Inyo county.
The following are the township
officers elect In BalIona township:
Justices of the Peace. White
worth and E X. Chaplin. Cous,a-
bles-T. Valdez and J. Chapman.
Mexican Independence day was
ushered in shortly after IL o'clock
last night by the firing of guns
and procession heated by Wange-
mans Band, which marched
through the principal streets.
The principal part of the male
population of Anaheim was in
the city yesterday, summoned here
as jurors III the case of the People
v-. Pierre Billiard, Indicted tor
murder, whose trial commenced in
the District Court yefteiday.
The ten bulls for the second days
celebration Of Mexican Independ-
ence arrived in tn e city yesterday
and were driven to the oOrrals at
Agricultural Park. They were Sc.
lpcted from the herds on the San
Jacinto ranch, San Diego county,
a I..y, Il lot
In the case of Noel & Felt VI. Of
flcers McFaddan and Lock wood,
the Commissioners have instruct
ed the Chief of Police to admins
ter q reprlmand to said officers,
thinking they were too Jealous in
their efforts, considering the re-
spectabilIty of the place where the
cause of complaint took place.
Yesterday while Basque named
Emile Blanc was out hunting, one
of the barrels of his shotgun ex-
ploded, SCATTERING his left hand
very badly. He was brought In to
Chevaliei's drug store, where Or.
Nadeau anpututed the thumb and
forefinger. Tie bones of the third
finger are very much broken, but
DR.. Nadean thinks he will be able
to save the rest of the hand.
We happened to be present in
the County Clerks Office yesterday
while the judicial oath was being
administered to some twenty or
thirty persons. OF these some
were Americans born, some native
Californians and some of foreign
birth, aud we were particularly
struck by the fact that the only
ones of the party who failed to lift
their hats when the name of God
was mentioned were Americans.
In describing mountain fires prev
alsnt in the vicinity of San Bar
bara, the Press says: NOW and
then great tongues of fame leaped
up like fiery serpents above the
burning rampant of the hills, and
rounded submits lo0med up like
gigantic flaming domes set close to
the rim of the blackened sky. ALI
the deep recesses of the can ms
were ablaze with light, AS the
flames rolled ami snrged like Vast
It'd | wave from caf1Ou TO summit"
Jesse! We ditto that paragraph
1t answers our purpose exactly.
! Mr.. Hackett, of Silverado, who
has u mine near that place, was
disturbed the other night by some
animals which he took to be jacks
Gathering few rocks he sailed
forth from his shanty aud com
menced throwing and yelling al
them, when, after driving several
yards, one of them made di fferen
kind of noise than Is usually made
by jacks, and discovered that he
was chasing a couple OF bears. II
IL needless to say that the bears
departed In peace. Santa Ana
Herald.
Pascual, the old head chief of the
Yuma Indians, left for San Fran
cisco on Sunday last. Dressed in 8
full suit of blue flannel with brasl
buttons, lie presented quite a re-
spectacle appearance and travels
first Several reports hav,
rent lately to the effec
squalls object in going
IN curiosity, is to proven
H, ta an runners from partici
nHE in the pedestrian contes
hey be remnnera,ed. The
returned complains tha
I- Nothing but suit Of o. hes
.- refused permission to e.