Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-11-21


that place have Joined In recon-
mending B. w. Tarwater as his
successor.
Mrs. Pearlman, lady from San
Francisco who lie visiting Mrs. DR..
Wise, of this city, and who enjoys
a high reputation as a vocalist, wi II
sing Nicalao's "Ave Maria" at the
8 o'clock service. at the Church of
Our Lady Of Angels, near the
Plaza, this morning.
The steamer Ancon arrives from
San Francisco this morning, with
the largest passenger list that has
been brought here by steamer for q
long while. She will sail for San
Diego in the evening. Passengers
for that city will take the 3 P M.
(Los Angeles time) train for Will
mington.
The. Fourth Ward Democrats
have reason to feel satisfied at the
result Of yesterdays primary cleo.
ton. Those stalwart Republicans
Major George e Gard and Colo mel
Walter 8. Moore (who lives In the
Fifth were In attendance at the
polls, and used their best endeav-
ors to elect good Democratic
ticket. The nominees Of the Dem
ocratic club were. however, VIC
tori0us.
Council at its session last even.
ing established the following poll.
ing places for the municipal cleo.
ton, which takes place Monday,
December 8 b: First Ward, Kan
sas City Hotel, San Fernando
street, opposite s. p. r. r. Depot;
Second Ward, Council Cham bers !;
Third Ward, Park Hose house !;
Fourth Ward, Dunn's building,
No. rs, San Pedro street; Fifth
Ward, Briswalter's brick building,
corner Ninth and Main streets.
There is an unprecedented de-
mand at the present time for Black
Star coal, and the management are
embarrassed just now In being un.
able to get b sufficient number of
miners. A telegraphic order was
received from San Gabriel the
other day for a hundred tons, and
mum bsrless small orders pour in
daily. There 10 every reason to be-
lieve that there will be no cessa.
ton in the demand for the pro.
ducts of this mine.-Anaheim Ga.
setke.
The night Of the 10th instant, on
the Colorado desert, was the most
memorable In the railway annals
Of the Yuma branch of the South.
srn Pacific. The eastward bound
train was caught In the Tortugas
switch, seven miles west of Nam.
moth Tank, by a simeon which lit.
orally took all the ballast aud
r0ad.bed away. The train ca.
reened over to one side, and the
engineer and brakemen only pre-.
vented the locomotive from keel.
ing over outright by shoveling in
dirt and improvised ballast on one
side or the other Of the track, AS
the occasion demanded. There was
q detention of sixteen hours there,
which the hungry passengers Aud
train hands improved by breaking
into the stores of canned pork and
beans consigned to Arizona mer-
chants. The incident was one
to be long remembered.
A countryman who came into
the city about noon yesterdays stat.
ed to the Chief of Police last night,
that shortly after his arrival he
took q glass of beer with a nymph
who lives In one of row of frame
buildings on First, near Whining
ton street. Immediately after
drinking the beer he says he fell
into q deep sleep or stupor, from
which he did not awaken until
half-past 8 in the evening. When
he entered the house he had ia q
pocket book four $40 greenbacks
and in q purse one SIS gold piece
and lot of silver. In all about 500.
When he recovered conscious.
ness bis first thought was Of his
money, but, on examining his
purse and pocket book, not q cent
remained 10 either. Some valua.
BILE papers, OF no possible use TO any
one else, which he had In one If
h q b nfn MI tat
woman who is supposed to have
committed the robbery IL known to
the police and, as soon as che can
be found, will be arrested on the
charge Of robbery.
On Friday night Mr.. Majors,
who lives in the house Joining
the Beaudry water works on Ala.
media street, was awakened by
q sharp blow on the shoulder.
As he looked up he found that his
window was up, and on looking out
saw q man making his way to the
gate. He had q slx-shooter under
his pillow, and with this he at once
commenced firing at the receding
form. He fred four shots, but
none of them, as far as he has
been able to learn, took ef-
feet. The man made his
escape through the front gate, and
by the time Majors reached it had
disappeared In the brush. On re-.
turning to his room he found that
the burglar had raised the window
and taken out into the yard
chair on which were his
pantalOons and vest. The
only money in his pants pock-
cts was $3.50, which tie thief had
appropriated. He had also taken
navy revolver, which was In a
holster hanging at the head of the
bed. This was afterwards found,
the thief having dropped It az he
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