Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-02-19
LOCAL BREVITIES

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Mr.. John Treat, of the Cuyamac.
Rancho, San Diego county, is pay
ing Los Angeles a visit
Los Angeles residents registered
at San Francisco hotels on the It'll
inst: G.. d. Cooper, C. Partree, Th,
Baldwin; Mrs. l.. Brown, Mis-
Abbott, ]. Noel. Brooklyn Hotel
Attention is directed to the auc
tion sale of fine cattle and colts, or
execution, advertised in our New
To-Day,to take place at the Temple
street stables at 10 A NJ. tomorrow
Thursday.
The reserved seats for the Conf
dence Engine Company's entertain
ment have been placed at % cents
extra. The box sheet is now open
at Wangeman's music store. Gt
early and secure good seats.
One of the humors of the day was
the stopping of Col. Baker on Mair
street. within the past week, by 0
Chinaman, who said, "Me liket
rent the Baker Block" The propo-
sition was broad one, but perhaps
the Celestial Is backed by the Six
Companies.
Prof. Conterno's band, and the
other musicians who will con.
tribute to the success of Conf.
dence Cornpany's 22d of February
ball, will give rehearsal at Turn.
Verein Hall on Thursday evening.
From partial hearing, with which
we have been already favored, we
predict brilliant musical treat.
The next sociable of the Episco.
pal Church will be held at the
house of Mrs. Thompson, on Orange
street, near Sixth and Pearl,
this wednesday, evening. A
car will leave the Sixth street ter
minus at II O'Clock. All are invit.
ed to attend.
The District Court yesterday re.
sumed the trial of the case of Pal
lett VS.. Hawkins. The entire day
and up to about o'clock p. NJ. was
consumed in hearing evidence.
After argument by counsel on both
sides, the jury retired and, at l LIS
O'Clock this morning, brought in a
verdict of $4,000 damages for de-
fendant.
We direct the attention Of fam.-
lies to the advertisement of the
anti-Chinese vegetable and pro-
duce market of Messrs. Bingham g.
Hitch, which appears elsewhere in
this mornings HERALD. These
gentlemen propose to make their
market a success, and, as they in
tend to buy all their produce from
white men, they deserve to. All
orders delivered free of charge to
any part of the city.
John Anderson, who had been at
the head of the laundry department
of the st. Charles Hotel for several
weeks, skipped for parts unknown
day before yesterday, taking with
him the wages of the Mongolians
employed in that department,
which he had collected regularly at
the hotel office. His fraud was
discovered by the Cinnamon apply.
ing directly at the office for theil
pay. Anderson is believed to have
gone to Arizona.
A Deputy Sheriff of San Ber-
nardino county passed through this
city yesterday with man named
Burke, sentenced to San Quentin
for Burglary. Burke was dis
charged from the chain gang liz
this city on the 9th of January, to
which he had been sentenced fol
sixty days for petit larceny. Burke
after his discharge here went over
to San Bernardino where he broke
into a house, was caught, tried and
convicted.
The ordinance prohibiting auc
ton sales on the public streets wen
into effect yesterday. 1t prohibits
all persons, under a fine not ex
ceeding 5000 or imprisonment
not exceeding six months
from selling mules, hogs
jacks, jennies, horned cattle
sheep, goats, or other liv'
stock, or wares and merchandise
or articles of any description, a
auction, in any of the public
streets or on any of the sidewalks
of the city of Los Angeles.
We had the pleasure of a cal
from Judge Holloway yesterday
He informs US that he still regard!
himself as citizen of Los Angelo:
county; and that, though he ha
acquired property interests in Sal
Bernardino, likes the place exceed
ingly we'll and has resided ther
during the past winter for the ben
eft Of his wife's health, he dom
dream of changing his votinI
place. Thus falls pointless to thu
ground the joke of Democrat
wag that the Judge was afraid tina
his constituents did not relish hi
conduct In the last Legislature
and that, consequently, he was OIL
still hunt for fresh fields and pas
lures new in legislative sense; /
: other words, that he was hunting
new constituency.