Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-16
LOCAL E5.

Judge Rolfe, of San Bernardino,
was registered at the Cosmopolitan
yesterday.
A middle-aged German woman,
to do general housework, is adver-
| tised for under New To-Day.
The defalcation of Tax Collector
Hamilton, according to the report
of the Deputy Tax Collector,
amounts to $S,277. 26.
Persons having secondhand fur
niture or other articles to sell would
do we'll to interview Alfred Moore.
See advertisement.
The country people are a big help
to the holiday trade. The favora-
BILE outlook for good crops makes
them open-handed.
Council yesterday elected G. III.
Dunsmoor, present Deputy, Assist
ant Tax Collector, to act until q
successor to Hamilton can be
elected.
The orange crop this season will
be of unusually fine quality. There
has never bofore been such a lively
competition for this fruit as this
year.
Major Horace Bell leaves for Sac
ramento to-day by the overland
train, to remain away three days.
The Major goes up to attend to
some law business.
Mr.. S. w. Craigue left for San
Francisco yesterday. After a few
days. stay in the Golden Gate he
will resume work on his mine in
Mariposa county.
Attention is directed to the adj
vertisement of S. Holman, in our
New To. Day. His stock embraces
everything in the fancy goods and
toy line suitable for the holidays.
A Caucasian and Mongolian were
arrested for petit larceny last even.
Ing. One had stolen an axe and
the other u hammer. They will
have hearing before the Mayor
this morning.
L. Harris, Quincy Hall Clothing
Hou4e, has jnst received a new
style Of dress suits comprising ten
different patterns, and they are the
most tasteful suits we have ever
snap in ,na AuOalp3
Council yesterday, at the sugges-
tion of the City Attorney, abolished
the office of Assistant City Attor-
ney and authorized the City Attor-
ney to employ a copying clerk at a
salary not to exceed $50 per
month.
The San Luis Obispo Tribune
says that party of Eastern capi-
talists will shortly visit San Luis
Obispo for the purpose of examin-
ing the chrome Interests in that
locality, with view to the erec-
| tion of reduction works.
"Butch" Gaines, who was arrest
ed on Saturday night for stealing a
pair of pantaloons from J. Birnbaum,
was tried before the Mayor yester-
day and sent up for thirty days.
Maggie Pell, for drunkenness, was
committed for twenty days.
"School" will hold the boards to-
night at Turnverein Hall. We are
informed that the rehearsals have
passed off very smoothly. Consid-
ering the meritcrious object to
which the proceeds of these enter
tainments will be devoted the Hall
should be crowded.
At the meeting Of the Directors
of the French Benevolent Society,
on Sunday last, the unexpired con-
tract for supplying the French Hos
pital with medicines, four months,
was transferred from Y. Chevalier,
who has disposed of his drug store
to Messrs. HeinZeman " Ellis.
The season for donniDg your
Winter habiiments is rapidly near,
ing its end. If you do not buy your
suit now you will not get half q
seasons wear out of it. Therefore,
be advised; go to Jacoby while
there is yet time, procure first
class outfit and you will find that il
is the most economical plan.
Ten dollars will buy nobby bus
mess and $3.50 q good dress suit al
L. Harris's Quincy Hall, DowDey
Block. A great reduction in prices
has been made on custom made
patent white shirts.
Mr.. V. Chevalier, who has for 81
many years practised his profession
of apothecary and druggist in thi'
city, left on Sunday for San Fran
cisco, by steamer Orizaba. Mr.
Chevalier, we learn, has obtained
very lucrative position in Guate
mala, and will at once proceed u
that country upon his arrival II
the city. His many friends wish
him prosperous voyage and sue
cess in his new home.
The next meeting of the Teach
ers' Association of southern Lo
) Angeles county will be held IL
, Anaheim on the Goth inst. mex
Saturday. Following Is the pro
gramme: Study Programme, Mr.
: Raney; Select Reading, Mrs
t Hewes; Bookkeeping, Mr.. An
drsws; Language Lessons, Mr.
Quinn; General Instruction, Mrs
Foster; Reading for Advanced Pu-
. pills, MIR. Henderson.
By announcement elsewhere /
J will be seen that Mr.. NJ. Kremer
: at the solicitation of many friends