Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-01-15
LOCAL BRlEVITIES.

MT. .. w. CTalSue, Wnen last
heard from, was at Prescott, Arl-
zona.
Attention is directed to the ad-
vertisement "Found," in cur New
To-Day.
Travel is picking up of late and
bur leading hotels are doing fair
| business.
Major II. A. Towier, United States
Army, was registered at the Pico
H 'use yesterday.
We were pleased to encounter
Col. Kewen in tire city yesterday.
He looks hale and hearty and as il
he disdained being an invalid.
On dit that the friends of Mr..
Jesse HI. Butler will press him for
Secretary of State on the Working
mems ticket next fall.
According to the Signal Service
report of yesterdays rain 90 -10Oths
fell, making the total for the sea-
son, up to 8:l5 last night, 7:4S
| inches.
DR.. Mckee left yesterday for a
short visit to the mines of the Toll
tee Syndicate in Southeastern Ari-
zona. He will return in about
three weeks.
Los Angeles people at San Fran
cisco hotels on the 18th: J. A. Cor
don, Palace; Col. g. l.. Upham and
wife, the Baldwin; II. Dealers, f.
Il. Csunce, Russ House.
The Spanish-American Benevo.
lent Society advertise In this morn
ino's HERALD that they will re.
ceive proposals for medical at
tendance and medicines for the
year 1879. See advertisement.
The Good Templars Society re-
Gently organized at El Monte now
numbers sixty members, among
whom are the Hon. Asa Ellis, the
Messfs. McIIain, Quinn and other
prominent citizens of that section.
Mr.. w. J. Raymond, the cores
pondent of the New York Graphic
and San, returned to San Francisco
yesterday. He is a genial and ac-
complished gentleman and made
hosts of friends during his brief
sojourn amongst us.
Political events are already be-
ginning to cast their shadows be-
fore. There will be three county
tickets in the field next fall, if the
Workingmen hold together the
Republican, Democratic aud Work.
ingmen's.
About half-past 8 o'clock last
night terrific wind sprang up
from the northwest, driving away
the rain clouds and rattling signs
and other exposed objects TIL they
rang again. The temperature was
closely In the neighborhood of the
freezing point.
The case of the People VS.. jose
Alviso, indicted for the murder of
Jose Maria Valenzuela, is set for
trial in the District Court to day.
rhe murder was committed on
Lugo's ranch on the east side of
the river, on the 7th of last
October.
A gang of five tramps, whose
headquarters are on Requena
street, below Los Angeles, who had
been arrested the night before, were
arraigned before the Mayor yester-
day morning. He gave them "a
hours to leave the city. If found
after that time they will be again
arrested and sent to the chain
gang.
Deputy United States Revenue
Collector Hall, at IL o'clock this
morning, in front of the Sheriff's
office, will sell the Los Angeles
Distillery, located at the eastern
end of the covered bridge, on ac.
count of delinquent revenue taxes
This can be made one of the best
paying investments in Los Angeles
and we expect to see spirited bid
ding.
Mrs. DR.. French, in explanation
of her failure TO keep her engage
ment to lecture at the Fort street
M. e. Church on Sunday night,
desires us to state that she visited
San Gabriel on that day, where she
was taken suddenly i'll and, conse-
quently, was unable to come into
the city. DR.. French left for San
Francisco by the steamer !Orizaba
yesterday.
Seats or-the entertainment of the
High School Band, which comes
off at Turn Verein Hail on Friday
evening, can be secured at the
music store of the Wangeman
Bros, Spring street, without exit, a
charge. A slight change has been
made In the programme, the
Trough Diamond having been
substituted for 1.-THE Kiss in the
Dark.n We trust the boys will
meet with liberal patronage as, In
In addition to getting ones mon
ey's worth in pleasure, the object
for which the fund is being raised
"a a Ia ude hla one