Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1880-07-03

were arraigned before the Mayor
on the charge Of vagrancy, who
gave them "a hours to leave town
The Turn Verein Germania will
celebrate the Fourth of July by q
private entertainment at theiI
Hall on Sunday evening, consist.
ing Of literary exercises and a pa.
triotic speech by our German.
American fellow citizen Mr.. o. G..
Wyse. The evenings entertain
ment will conclude with a social
dance. None but members of the
Society anl invited guests will he
admitted.
The details of the publication OF
Mr.. P. w. boomers forthcoming
book, "rhe Last Days of the Re-
public,u have been entrusted to
Mrs. Badly, and the work will
room be 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 / X L., "a
DOwney Block.
Our 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.
Pile 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 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
90 down to Anaheim to-day, where
they perform tonight. We under.
stand that their friends in this
city propose to give them compli.
mentary benefit at Turn Verein
Hall some evening next week,
when an entirely new program me |
will be presented. We trust that
the benefit will be one in reality as
we'll as name, as the gentlemen are
both accomplished actors and per-
form whatever they undertake with
ability.
Our nautical friends at San
Pedro propose to celebrate the
National Anniversary by a
grand regatta on Monday, July
5th. The first race Will be for a
purse of $50, and the contestants
will he the schooners Young Amer
lea, Mary Ellen and Susie Lind.
The second race will be for all
sloop- rugged yawl.boats for purse
of $50. The third race will be for u
purse of $45, free to all fat-bOttom
boats. The course to be sailed is as
follows: The starting point will be
at Lindscow's wharf; thence three
miles to the eastward of D-adman's
Island where u flag boat will be- sta.
toned, which the schoOners and
boats will have to round, and
thence back to the starting point.
The race will commence ut one
O'CLOCK p. N.
MIR. Ernest Ingersoll, In his In
teresting article on 1.-THE Metrop-
oils of the Rocky Mountains" In
Seribnsr for July, says that sin
congratulating herself that Chey-
enne has from one thousand five
hundred to two thousand more
miles of wind month than she,
Denver asserts no strong claim to
being q calm locality. A
good motherly woman, hating
frivoiity, and camping to please
her children in the mouth Of o
csfion, 10 what this dare devil wind
loves above all things to meet
with. 1t holds still till she hat
made everything ready, aud is just
reaching out to set her frying. par
upon the nicely-gl0wing Goals
then-piff! and the embers ar
going over the top OF the hill, ant
Y the whole camp dsvotes itself 70
= the rest of the evening to collect
. Ing scattered articles. There Ia
= yarn about miner who, bein
!. swift Of foot, chased his vagran
= fire and held his skillet Gvet 1t q
y IL travelled. When his bacon wa
done lie found himself fifteen mile
q from camp!"