Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-01-23
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Whose bond are you on?
Council at 3 p. NJ. to-day.

Council at p. NJ. to-day.
The organization of Sorosis
Club Is talked of at San Bernar-
dino.
A refrigerator car is being loaded
with mutton at Anaheim for the
San Francisco market.
The second trial of Alviso, indict-
ed for murder, will come mp in the
District Court to-day.
"Chinamen belly poor this year."
we were informed by Celestial
merchant yesterday.
Mr.. John Wolfskill, of the Rim.
con del Diablo, San Diego county,
Is paying Los Angeles visit.
The police system of the city of
Los Angeles costs, we are informed
on good authority, fully $4,000 a
year.
Mr. Clements, Road Overseer of
the Southern Pacific Railway, is
on visit of inspection to the
"Front."
The new proprietors of the Los
Angeles Woolen Mill are making
that enterprise a decided success,
both pecuniarily and in the quality
of their goods.
Col. John q. Capron, of San
Diego, was encountered by us In
Los Angeles. He processes the
most unboundei faith in the pas
sage of the Texas-PacIfic guar
Antee.
The iron of the hard times must
have entered the soul OF John Chi
man himself He is not exploding
half or a third the usual quantity
of frecrackers this New Year.
The lavish and unobtrusive man
Ier In which a number Of our lead.
ing citizsns have taken to giving
away their property of late is
worthy of note. When man goes
on bond in California he desire q
to have 1t distinctly understood
that he does it in a Pickwickian
sense.
The long promised concert by
Professor Knell and pupils will
take place at Union Hall on Fri
day evening, January 31st. Some
time has been spent In preparation
and we have no doubt the enter
tainment will he one of the most
delightful musical events of the
season.
We received pleasant call from
Mr.. Dewitt G. Lawrence, editor of
the Oakland Press, last evening.
Mr.. Lawrence is an old AngelefIo,
having been engaged on the Star
in 1912, and is here on visit Of
recreation and pleasure. We wish
him pleasant experiences during
his sojourn.
We have received package of
the roots of the West India Green
Valley grass, which, 1t is claim ed,
will produce from ten to fourteen
tons to the acre and from 1000 to
5000 bushels of roots per acre. One
single root will produce from 100 to
200 stalks or spears Of grass. For
sale by Arthur Taylor, Watson,
Missouri.
At 10 o'clock this morning Mr..
E. w. Noyes, at the auction house
of J. g. DeTurk, next door to the
Dollar store, will offer for sale q
fully equipped newspaper office,
consisting of types, cases, impos-
ing stones, etc. The material will
be first offered in lump and, failing
to get a satisfactory purchaser, the
type will be sold by the font and
the rest of the outfit in lots to suit.
Year after year the solid shekels
that should have stayed in the
State, and which would have made
California the richest region per
capita on the globe, are being
boxed up and sent to the dominlons
OF the "Brother OF the Sun and
Uucle of the Moon" How much
richer Los Angeles would have
been had all these large sums been
paid to Caucasian workingmen and
kept here?
James Shugg, an old and respect
ed citizen, who lives near Downey
City, attempted to commit suicide
by taking a dose of strychnine on
Monday night. He made an at.
tempt to cut his throat with raz.
or, sometime ago, but did not cut
deep enough to accomplish his pur
pose. 1t is said the recent attem pt
was caused by reason of his no
having received as high a price as
he desired for waInuts he had
shipped to the city.
DR.. F. 8. Hillard, who is attend
! ing to Dr.. Lindley's business, ant
also acting Health Officer during
the absence OF the latter, cam,
here about q year ago In search o.
health, being obliged to relinguist
his practice In the East. He hal
been so much benefited by this eli
: mate that he thinks this is thu
place for him 10 live, and hai
formed . business connection will
) DR.. Lindlsy. He comes highly
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