Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-12-14

Cathedral. On that occasion. fol
the first time, the new grand Or.
gan will be used in public. In ad.
dition, there will be an orchestral
accompaniment of six pieces. The
exercises, from a musical point Of
view, will be unusually Interest,"
ing, the music of this composer
being specially brilliant.
Mr.. E. Gay, formerly OK Kappa
g. Gay, OF this city. has secured q
contract to grade four miles-sec.
lions l, 2, 8 and 4-of the Califor-
mia Southern Railroad and will
commence work at National
City next Monday. Eighteen
miles were let at San Diego last
Saturday and the grading 10 to be
com pleted and the roadbed ready
for track.laying by the LIST of April
next.
We direct the attention of eur
readers DESTROYS of purchasing ele-
CANT books or kindred articles for
Christmas presents, to the double
column advertisement Of III. Erd-
man & Co., No. II Downey Block.
This firm have one Of the finest
assortments to be found In the city,
besides q full line Of the latest
novelties In dolls, toys, etc.. which
they offer at marvel0usly low
prices. Do not fail to give them q
call. aa
Our authorities have made quick
work In the case OF John Stock
lassa, charged with grand larceny.
On Thursday he was brought down
from Florin, on Saturday he plead
ed guilty before Justice Fisher,
yesterday he was arraigned before
Judge Sepulveda, he again pleaded
guilty, was sentenced to one year
in the States Prison, started for
that institution yesterday after
day and to-day he will be lodged
in his new home.
At the stated convocation Of Los
Angeles Chapter SO, held last eve
ming, the following officers were
duly elected for the ensuing Ma
sonic year: Comp. J. 8. Crawford,
II. p; A. w. Edelman, K; H. D.
Barrows, g.; Sam'l Meyer, Treas
urer (re-elected); Sam'l Prayer,
Secretary (re-elscted) N. Nidecken
Guard. All the other officers will
be duly appointed by the Council
on the installing day at the next
This is polyglot town, not only
as to human bipeds but as to dogs.
A French family, in surrendering
their residence to some friends
whose common speech was Eng.
lish, left behind a very bright dog.
When spoken to in the Queens
English, the canine looks upon his
interlocutOr very much as II he
thought the latter were q con.
demned fool. At the first word of
French, his JOY knows no bounds
and he is prepared, for the time
being to be a we'll conducted dog.
The tailor shop Of s. Plnter, on
Commercial street, below the cor
ner Of Main, was burgIarized dur
ing Sunday night or early
yesterday morning and $500 worth
of goods packed of. The police
man on that beat says that, as late
as five O'Clock yesterday morning,
the door through which the thief
entered was securely locked. The
robbery is being Investigated by
the Chief of Police, who will leave
no stone unturned to discover the
guilty parties.
The McFatridge Investigation
was resumed before Com Missioner
Whiting at 2 O'Clock yesterday af-
tsrnoon. Mr.. Wright, Deputy
Postmaster at San Diego, was
called for the defence. The only
evidence of Importance ELECTED
was the fact that the Postofflce is
located in very insecure building
and is easy Of access to any one
who may desire to enter at night.
In tho cross examination Judge
Brunson, who, In the absence Of
Col. Wells, appeared for the prose-
cution, asked, ISIS the building ar
ranged specially for burglarizing2"
Answsr-"I don't know" He
then asked, 'sDo you know Of any
improvement that would make 1t
easier to burglarize?" Owing to
the laugter created by this q ues.
ton we failed to catch the answer
of the witness. At this point
further examination was continued
until 10 o'clock this morning.
Do not fail to see those elegant
toilet and perfumsry cases at
Heinseman & Ellis's, where you
will find the largest assortment of
toilet goods in Southern Califor-
mia. New York prices.
The emierant train, q mixed
freight and passenger train, due
here on Saturday evening, met
with an accident while coming
down the grade, about ten miles
this side of Mojave, through the
breaking of coupling pin, by
which seventeen cars were wrecked.
The cars thus loosened ran on to
tina forward part of the train and
wsre literally suaaaasd e. Eiuders,
the cars pitiue On top Of each other
in an indisAnguishabl5 ruin. The
I Two goAches IN tba re&f, dlisd witb
passengers, rsaasinsd on tue track
and their innates escaped injury.
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