Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-10-09
of. A bench warrant was issued
for his re-arrest and yesterday off,
Ger Schaffer recaptured him.

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for his re-arrest and yesterday off,
Ger Schsffer recaptured him.
Don't forget 1t. Brighps, the
famous cheap store, is the place.
The Southern District Agricul-
tural Society offers purse of $loO
in addition to the fine trumpet dis
played in the window of Sweetser' 8
jewelry store, to be awarded the
successful company in q cOmpeti-
tive drill, which is open to all fire
organizations in the district. 1t
| is expected that an additional 800
will be offered by citizens.
The survey for the railroad from
San Diego to the junction of the
Atlantic and Pacific line at the
Needles commenced yesterday.
The several corps OF surveyors are
now In the field. M. G. Wheeler's
party moved out in the afternoon
and camped about two miles up the
bay. They will move from Ma.
tional City northward to-day. The
work is to be vigorously pushed
San Diego Union, Oct. 9Th.
Not only the grapes but all kinds
Of fruits have been very backward
this season, owing to the unprece-
dentedly cool Summer. Most of
the figs are stunted and many Of
them have not ripened at all. The
grape harvest has been delayed
fully three weeks. This makes
the vineyardist look grave at the
early advent of the Fall showers.
Two or three heavy rains would
work great damage to this import.
ant interest.
By an oversight of the compost.
tor the names of the following
Vice Presidents wore omitted from
our report Of the Irwin meeting
yesterday: P. Ganee, J. M. Abbott,
I. w. Hellman, w. M. Cargill, B.
Chandler, o. H. Bliss, Michel
Levy, George Kinds, A. b. MofIit,
8. Cahen, J. @. Morgan, Phil Da-
Wis, George H. Smith, Conrad ia
coby. Sscretaries-Chas. h. Miles,
Walter ID. Stephenson.
In the hurry Of transcribing the
reporters notes OF Governor r.
wins speech Thursday evening,
one line was omitted, by which the
debt Of the South, under carpet
bag miuistration, was made one
thousand millions. The reading
should have been: Debts were cre-
ated amounting to one hundred
and seventy millions of dollars,
while the assessed value of the tax
able property was but little over
one thousand millions.
Owing to the threatening wealth.
or the attendance at the Orphans
Fair last night was less than on
any night since the opening and
the receipts correspondingly light.
The Fair closes Tonight, when we
hope the attendance and receipts
will be of such a character as to
convince the Sisters that their
good work in behalf of these unfor-
tunates is appreciated by our citi-
Gems. Let there be full house and
liberal contributions.
Yesterday afternoon the orphans
from tie Sisters Asylum visited
the Fair at Turn.Verein Hall. AS
they passed along the streets they
attracted general attention from
their clean and healthy appear
ance. There were about eighty OF
them, we should judge, and hap.
pier, more cOntented or better fed
looking set of youngsters we never
saw. The good Sisters deserve and
we have no doubt will receive the
substantial aid so necessary to en-
able them to take care of these
waits.
Yesterday morning opened beau
tifully, the sun coming out warm
and bright; but about O'Clock a
cold wind set in, and by 10 o'clock
light, drizzling rain commenced
to fall, lasting about ten minutes.
At IL O'Clock another shower of
half al hours duration fell. The
clouds continued lowering and
murky until 7P. NJ, when u third
shower, more like Scotch mist
than rain, fell. this time lasting
fully two hours. The amount Of
rain registered at the Signal Ser
vice Office up 10 8 Pm. was 2-1O0ths
Of an inch. AS We write, II p. NJ,
the clouds are still black and threat
euing.