Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-06-10
LOCAL. BREVITIES,

The hotel registers show that
travel is picking up.
A chambermaid Is advertised for
In our New To.Day.
The water question is assuming
somewhat exciting phase.
8. Norton returned from San
Francisco overland on Sunday.
City Attorney Godfrey accom-.
panied Judge McNealy to San Der.
nardino on Sunday.
City Treasurer Hamilton return.
ed from the Workingmen's Conven.
ton overland on Sunday.
A number of the Los Angeles del.
egation to the Workingmen's Com
vention got home overland yester-
day.
The official vote at the late cleo.
ton shows seventeen more votes
in Sacramento than in Los Ange.
les county.
Messrs. s. M. White, H. NJ. Mitch
ell, II. M. Smith and w. H. Perry
returned from San Francisco by
Sundays overland train.
Juan Bernardo, arrested on
charges of battery and disturbing
the peace, was arraigned before the
Mayor yesterday and mulcted in
the sum OF $3.50.
Cummings, arrested on the charge
Of burning Mr.. E. J. Baldwin's corn
crib, at Ell Monte, was examined
on Saturday last and held in $1,000
to await the action Of the Grand
Jury.
Governor A. G. Kasson, Milwau'
kie, Wisconsin, and g. w. Chap.
man, Washington, were registered
at the Cosmopolitan Hotel yester'
day.
In the County Court, yesterday,
Henry Flowers, convicted of grand
larceny for stealing cattle, was sen.
fenced to the State Prison for five
years.
An unusual number of our people
have their eyes fixed upon the
county offices this year. Disappoint
ments without number are ahead
tor some worthy patriots in conse'
quence.
A mass meeting of the irrigators
will be called by proclamation OF
the Mayor for to-worrow (Wednes.
day evening, at 7 O'Clock, at Turn
Verein Hall, to discuss the present
aspect of the water question.
By notice elsewhere it will II
seen that F. w. Boormau has pur'
chased the interest of Peter Bruttis
In the butcher business at No. 49,
Spring street, where he will con-
tinue the business.
Fires broke out I'm the County
Hospital on Sunday afternoon al
two different times, but they were
discovered and extipguished before
much Roadway had been made
The fires are supposed to have orig
mated from spontaneous combus
ton.
At the target practice of q squad
of the Los Angeles Guards on Sun
day the following scores were made
five shots each: Sergeant F. M
Wiley, 10; r. Rhea, II; Corporal
v. G0ethals, Is; G.. Goethals, ID
w. T. Bsrnun, IL; Corporal J
May, IL; @. Bennett, 9.
About ten o'clock last night col
ored girl named Smart, who lives
on Los Angeles street, took ar
overdose Of morphine, 1t Is sup
posed with suicidal intent. DIR
Widney was called in and admin
istered an antldote, and ut latest
accounts she was in q fair way OIL
recovery.
Mr.. Henry O'Melveny, son o
Judge o'Melveny, of this city, Wit
has just graduated from the Stat
University, sailed from San Fran
cisco yesterday for the Sandwich
Islands, where he has accepted ,
position as private instructor in thu
languages to some young gentle
man Of the Islands.
At a fandango IN Sonoratown OF
Sunday night, Santiago Ruiz
stabbed Juan Chavez in the lef
breast, below the nipple, inflictint
serious wound. Ruiz was ARRESTED
and taken before Justice Tratfor(
yesterday, who held him to avail
the action of the Grand Jury Of
the charge of assault with deadl,
weapon.
The Messrs. Kuck & Brunyes, G
, the Fountain saloon formerly th
Teutonia), at their opening on Sat
urday night set up sumptuou
; lunch, comprising fowls, meats o
every variety and all the other del
} icacies of the season. Wangeman'
band discoursed sweet music, ant
1t Is hardly necessary to say tn
feast was relished by all present.
Accounts from Arizona are 4
the effect that, outside Of mininl
and prospecting, business IL excep