Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1880-12-04
Council this evening.

The trees evidently haverepjoyed
their bath and are respondent in
the intensest shades of green.
Mr.. William Wellock, the
whilom San Francisco agitator, is
rusticating at Santa Monica.
Mr.. Sidney Lacy, in our New
To- Day, advertises for good farm
hand who understands taking care
Of trees.
Sheriff Rowland and Deputy
United States Marshal Dunlap
have gone down to San Diego on
official business. +
The card of Mr.. Walter s. Moore,
Peoples and Republican candidate
for Councilman from the Fifth
Ward, appears elsewhere.
There is absolutely not a single
interest of Los Angeles county
that is not now in a hundred per
cent. better plight than this time
last year.
There will be an important meet.
ing Of the Fourth Ward Democrats
at Tivoli Gardens, corner of First
and San San Pedro streets, at
o'clock this evening.
Col. G.H. Mendell, United States
Engineer Corps, in charge of the
improvement of Wilmington Har.
Dor, came down from San Fran
cisco overland yesterday.
The hearing in the case of f. P.
Ramirez. which was to have taken
place before Justice Fisher yester-
day, was, by consent Of the de-
Tense, postponed until Tuesday
next.
Deputy Sheriff Huber went up
to San Quentin yesterday, having
in charge Angel Corona and Ra-
mon Reina, sentenced to that in
stitution for six years each.
Hon. r. +. del Vale, who went
up to Sacramento to be present at
the meeting of the Electoral Col
lege and cast his vote for Ham
cock, got home overland yester-
day.
The rain which commenced at
o'clock Thursday evening contin.
ued, with short Interruptions, un-
til about $50 last evening. The
total fall from the commencement
Is LIZ inches.
| While there are a number of ad.
mirable men on the Republican
municipal ticket, the belief is gain
ing ground amongst dispassionate
people that the Democratic is fai
the stronger OF the two.
Mr.. Pridham is gaining strength
day by day. 1t is universally con.
coded that he would make an ad.
mirable Mayor, while 1t 10 Just as
generally admitted that there is nc
political false protence about him.
Mr.. G. H. Simpkins. the Presl
dent of the Los Angeles Gas Conn
pany, who has just returned from 9
visit to Guaymas, Sonora, is regis
tered at the Pico House. He leaves
for San Francisco to-day.
Owing to the sickness Of an inn
portant witness for the defense, thu
case of Florence Ames, set for trial
! in Judge Sepulveda's Court yes
terday, has been postponed until
, the next calling of the crimina
, calendar.
OF Professor Higgins. who give
a series Of three entertainments q
! Good Templar Hall next week, thu
A San francisco Call says: "Profes
sor Higgins ia a powerful dramatic
reader. His humorous delinea
lions are excellent"
The San Jose Mercury, in its no
tice Of Professor Higgins's enter
tainment at that place, says: "Th'
audience was large, enthusiastic
and well pleased. Mr.. Higgins i
without doubt, the most versatil,
reader we have ever heard"
While ont hunting below tn
city, on Thursday, Willie Lapierr'
accidently discharged his gun, TIN
charge lodging in his leg, almos
seyering 1t from his body. Tn,
bone was so much shattered tina
the lower part of the leg hung o nj!
!; by shreds of flesh,
A feature of the present munich
pal contest is that an unusus
number of our ''solid" citizens ar
this year willing to take on them
selves the labor of serving la tn
City Council. Thus there Ia Co
l r. S. Baker on the Republican
and Mr.. Wallace Woodworth o
the Democratic side, with other
too numerous to mention.
The double column advertise
ment of Mr.. T. J. Gilmore, Of th
Dollar Store, will be found eIs'
where. His stock embraces flu
! assortment of toys, dolls. games
:, albums OF oil qualities, silverwar'
!. iewelry, and, indeed, everythin
l. suitable for the holidays, which b
will sell at prices to suit the timei
j. Call and examine his stock.
II 1t is a pleasant fact of recoi
that this year the public healt
= has been remarkably good in tn
neighborhood. The smallpox 81
perience Of several years ago did
world of good, by enforcing b!
., gienic precautions, the cleaning
cess-pools, etc., etc. Even Il
most obtuse of our people hay
3 awakened 10 Q sense Of the IN