Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1880-12-17

but it will probably be given a
the Fort street M. e. Church,
committee having been appointed
to wait OH the church authorize
to ascertain II the privilege woul'
be granted.
Death to high prices and monop
olists. Mems suits, odd coata
dants and vests at manufRc
turers prices, and all the lates
STYLES direct from New York a.
the IXL, Downey Block.
If there are to be any furthel
revelations in the Morey case WI
wish the prosecution would let Vi
have them, or say nothing mor'
about the matter. This continued
promising of fresh developments II
becoming wearisome. Every day
| for the past two weeks the tele
graph has intimated that SO and &c
was at work in such and such
place, and that something new ant
wonderful was to be expected
shortly. But despite these san
guine predictions nothing has yel
been divulged. The public are
we believe, quite capable of con-
tanning themselves until the bot
tom facts are reached, and 1t woulo
be just as we'll to say nothing about
the case until there is really some
thing to say worth the narrative
Record Union.
Insane people don't buy theil
boys and children's clothing al
the XXI Auction Company, Dow
ney Block, but all sane people
make it a.point to trade there. A
large and well selected stock.
Notwithstanding the Indictment
weather, the attendance at the La.
dies Fair last night was fully up
to that of previous evenings. The
interlude of the "Donation Party"
in which some twenty-five of the
ladies and gentlemen took part,
was rendered capitally, our Coun-
Gilman friend, Mr.. e. F. Spence,
filing the role of country parson to
perfection The vote on the silk
quilt was confined principally to
two of the candidates, Misses Dods-
worth and Blaisdell. The follow.
ing is the total vote received by
each of the young ladies SO far:
Miss Blanche Crowley 2; Miss EN-.
ma Bradley 81; Miss Nellie Spence
Is; Miss Blanche Shackelford 81;
Miss Martha Dodsworth 1853; Miss
Maggie Blaisdell 20; Miss Rachel
Kremsr 40; Miss May Strohm II;
Miss Carrie Jones 2; Miss Lucy
Heinsch /; Miss Gussie Kerckhoff
l; Miss Fannie Kalisher 2. Up to
8 O'Clock Saturday evening the
poll list will be open, SO that the
standing of each candidate may be
seen by voters, but from that hour
until 10 O'clock, when the polls
close, baliotipg will be secret.
We received call yesterday
evening from Mrs. Sarah Wallis,
of Vallejo, President of the Board
of Directors of the State Woman's
Suffrage Association, who comes to
Los Angeles for the purpose of Sc.
curing signatures to two petitions
to be presented to the Legislature
at its next session. In one tine
passage Of law is asked allowing
to the wife the community proper
ty on the decease OF her husband,
without subjecting her to the de-
lays, and the estate to the deple.
ton, incident to the present pro-
bate system. The object sought is,
in our estimation, u good one, and
we wish Mrs. Wallis success In her
effort. The other petition relates
to sufffegej and is prayer to the
Legislature to SO modify and
amend the election law as to per-
NIT women 10 vote on all ques-
tions relating to the public schools.
Mrs. Wallis will remain in the
city day or two, and will call
upon our prominent cltizsns to OBJ.
tain their signatures to Que or both
of her petitions. While she is
deeply Interested in the success of
both projects, her principal interest
centres in the remOdeling of the
expensive probate system of the
State, which seems to have been
devised for the purpose of eating
up estates.
We were present yesterday at
the praotio Il working Of the most
complete telephone now In use.
Mr.. Straun, agent of the telephone
company, Is in town in the interest
Of the company and will remain
here a day or two, or till the sstab.
lishment Of telephone exchange
and fire alarm telegraph is assured.
He. has placed a telephone in the Of.
fice of the Cosmopolitan Hotel, con.
Meeting with the Western Union
telegraph Office. With this instru.
ment o conversation can be car
ried on with party at the other
end of the line with great ease.
The advantage OF this instrument
Is that it is not necessary to ap.
proach the mouth close to the
transmitting telephone. The re.
ceivlng instrument is placed close
to the ear and while standing two
feet distant from the transmitter,
speaking in an ordinary or even
very low tone Of voice, the person
speaking is distinctly heard at the
other end. 1t is proposed to place
instruments in the places OF bust
ness Of Subscribers, the wires ter.
minating at tho Central or West
ern Union office. When one sub.
scriber desires to communicate
with another, he notifies the cen
trail Office and in an instant the
two wires are connected, giving di
rect and private communication
It ia expected that the city author
tiles will establish an office at pc
lice headquarters which, by the es
tablishment Of few outside sta