Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-03-02

The Board of Supervisors meet
tomorrow.
The steamer Orizaba is due from
San Francisco tomorrow morning.
Mr.. Sam. Meyer got back from
San Francisco overland yesterday.
Rt. Rev. Bishop Mora got home
from San Francisco by rail yester-
day.
Foot race at Agricultural Park
to day between Adolf Cells and
David Bentley, between the hours
of and 8 o'clock p. NJ.
DR.. Simms's audiences are stead
lily Increasing. His character read
ings last night were rendered inter-
esting by his usual aeumen.
The public should be warned of
the fact that lot of small change
rogues are introducing counterfeit
fifty cent pieces into twenty dollar
rolls.
Col. Kewen and his son, Mr..
Percy Kewen, are passengers by
the steamer Orizaba, which sailed
from San Francisco yesterday
morning.
We had the pleasure of u call
yesterday from Brother Ferguson,
of the Santa Ana Herald. He tells
us that the crop prospects are eX-
cellent.
The Downey City Courier has
closed it's fourth volume. 1t PROM
ises to be in the future as in the
past o strenuous advocate of the
interests of its SO ,tion.
The man arrested near NaGd's
warehouse day before yesterday,
was arraigned before the Mayor
yesterday and discharged, there be-
ing no evidence to convict him of
any violation of the law.
Gen. John q. fremont, his son
Frank P. Fremont and Judge
Charles Silent arrived in Los An.
geles from Arizona yesto rday, en-
route to Washington. After lunch
ing Mt the st. Charles they resumed
their trip.
Officers McFadden and Roach
last night arrested couple of Chi
namen in Negro Alley, one for as.
saulting another Mongolian with a
deadly weapon and the other for
resisting an officer. They were
committed to await examination
on Monday.
On Thursday last Willie Evans,
aged between nine and ten years,
left home and has not since been
heard of. Any one knowing any.
thing of his whereabouts will con-
fer Il favor by informing his father,
Jesse Evans, of this city.
Says the Cotton Semi Tropic.
Mr.. s. G. Hubbell, of Los Angeles,
has been stopping at the Trans.
continental this week, and attend.
ing to some legal business in San
Bernardino. Mr.. HubbelI was, we
believe, at one time q citizen at the
county seat and is we'll known
about here.
We were in error in our state-
ment yesterday in regard to the
banquet which is to be given at
n-Verein Hall on the Sd of
April. The banquet will be given
by 3Ss Company No. l and not by
Confidence Company No. 2, as
stated. The error was ours aud we
hasten to make the dnaende to the
ass for an unintentional mistake.
A Democratic meeting, under
the auspices of the Young Mems
Democratic Club, will be held at
Union Hall on Tuesday evening, to
celebrate the accession of the DEM
ocratic party to its old position in
the United States Senate. Speeches
will be made by Gen. J. r. McCon.
nell, Major Frank Gauahl and Mr..
otepneu NJ. Wmte.
We direct attention to the adver-
tisement of the Pacific Mutual Life
Insurance Company, whica appears
elsewhere. BY glance at the ta-
BILE which accompanies 1t 1t will be
seen that this sterling company
does the lions share of the business
in its line in California. The local
agent is our polite and popular
friend Col. Morford.
Anaheim Gazette: In the Post
office may be seen cotton boil,
culled from a plant grown by Mr..
Leonard Parker, of Anaheim.
There are many Southern people
living in this vicinity who say
that there is considerable land
here which ought to produce good
cotton, and who predict that cot
ton-growing will be one of the
industries of this country some
time in the future.
About II O'Clock on Friday night
break occurred in the dam of
reservoir No. 5, alongside of the
exhaust tunnel. Mr.. McGrath,
watchman, at once summoned as
sistance and by lowering sand bags
the leaks were stopped. The water
N the reservoir was lowered about
one foot. A force of men was at
work yesterday with teams and
scrapers to strengthen the bank so