Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-07-03

tTIOtIC SpecCu ny ouI ocIho
American fellow citizen Mr.. .. G..
Wyse. The evenings entertain
ment will conclude with u social
dance. None but members of the
Society aud invited guests will he
admitted.
The details of the publication OF
Mr.. P. w. boomers forthcoming
book, "rhe Last Days of the Re.
public" have been entrusted to
Mrs. Badly, and the work will
soon he issued in superior style,
with Illustrations by Keller, Of the
San Francisco Wasp. Mrs. Badly
is now canva.sing Los Angeles for
subscriptions for this novel work.
We cordially commend her to our
readers.
Fourth of July. Get your fire.
works for nothing at the I X L., rs
Downey Block.
Onr citizens should not forget
that the ladies of tho Christian
Church will serve an appetizing
lunch with hot tea and coffee, at
Union Hall next Monday. during
the day and evening. They will
also serve ice cream and other re.
freshments. As many OF our PEG.
pie will wish to devote the day to
the celebration free from household
cares. the opportunity thus afforded
should be largely availed of, espe-
cially as the proceeds are for the
benefit of the Church.
About five O'Clock yesterday
evening Mr.. Fox, of the Strelitz
building, Spring street, noticed a
tall man pick up package of red
flannel shirts from the front of
his store and walk off with 1t. He
gave notice at Police Headquarters
and officers Cuddy and Carpenter
were dispatched in pursuit of the
thief, whom they caught on Main
street. AS the officers walked
down street with their prisoner
they looked like chiliren, the cap.
tive being a man nearly seven feet
tall and built in proportion. He
gave his name as A. Spencer and
was locked up to await examina.
ton before the Mayor this morn.
ing.
The second entertainment Of the
Midgets at Turn Verein Hall last
night was a most interesting one,
the little gentlemen, assisted by
the Sormano family, rendering the
varied programme capitally. They
go down to Anaheim to-day, where
they perform tonight. We under.
stand that their friends in this
city propose to give them a compli.
mentary benefit at Turn Vereiu
Hall some evening next week,
when an entirely new programme
will be presented. We trust thai
the benefit will be one in reality al
we'll as name, rs the gentlemen arc
both accomplished actors and per
form whatever they undertake witt
ability.
Our nautical friends at Sal
Pedro propose to celebrate thu
National Anniversary by |
grand regatta on Monday, Jul!
5th. The first race Will be for .
purse of $50, and the contestant
will he the schOoners Young Amer
lea, Mary Ellen and Susie Lind
The second race will be for al
, sloop. rugged yawl-boats for a purs'
of $50. The third race will be for I
|, purse of $40, free to all flat-bOttOn
boats. The course to be sailed is a
follows: The starting point will b.
at Lindscow's wharf; thence three
lilies to the eastward of D-adman'
Island where flag boat will bs sta
toned, which the schO0ners ant
boats will have to round, and
thence back to the starting point
The race will commence ut one
O'CLOCK p. NJ.
MIR. Ernest Ingersoll, in his in
teresting article on "Fhe Melrop
oils of the Rocky Mountains" IL
Seribnsr for July, says that eli
congratulating herself that Chey
enne has from one Thousand nv
, hundred to two thousand NOR
miles of wind month than she
Denver asserts no strong claim t,
being O calm locality. W
,, good Motherly woman, hatinI
frivolity, and camping to pleas
her children in the mouth OF
J. canon, 10 what this dare devil win
loves above all things to NEE
with. 1t holds still till she ha
!. made everything ready, aud is jus
9 reaching out to set her frying. pa
= upon the nicely.glOwing coal'
y then-piff! and the embers al
going over the top OF the hill, an
" the whole camp dsvotes itself Il
70 the rest of the evening to cotlec
= ing scattered articles. There 10
- yarn about miner who, beir
~ swift Of foot, chased his vagra
e. fire and held his skillet Gvet 1t
q II travelled. When his bacon "
done lie found himself fifteen mil
Is from camp"
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