Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-11-18
LOCAL RREVITIES,
The HERALD is the only newspa-
per In Los Angeles that receives
the Associated Press Geographic
Heavy brush fires lit up the city
last night towards the South.

last night towards the South.
Mr.. J. de Barth Shorb, of Sar
Marine, was in the city yesterday.
Postmaster Dunkelbsrger re-.
turned from San Francisco over.
land yesterday.
A first-class blacksmith |.
wanted at Lankershim & Co.'s
mill. See advertisement.
Hon. Byron Waters, of San Der.
nardino, was registered at the Cos.
mopolitan Hotel yesterday.
John s. Mappa, who has been al
Yuma for two or three months
past, returned to Los Angeles yes.
terday.
The Trustees. of the First Presby.
terian Church advertise, In our
New To. Day, for bids for grading
the church lot.
Jataviano Baldonado, convicted
Of assault with o deadly weapon,
was granted a new trial by Judge
Sspulveda yesterday.
The calendar will be called in
Judge Howard's Court at 10 O'Clock
this morning. Attorneys interest.
ed should be on hand promptly.
The steamer Orizaba sails for
San Francisco and way ports this
evening. Passengers take the 8 P.
M. train, Los Angeles time, for
Wilmington.
The steamer Ancon, drawing
about IL feet of water, entered by
the channel last Saturday and dis
charged and took on freight at the
r. G. 3. s. Co.'s wharf.
The jury in the cnse of Amado
Armiento, tried before Judge Sc
pulveda yesterday on the charge of
receiving stolen property, brought
III u verdict of not guilty.
Rev. Elias Birdsall, the new
Rector of st. Athanasius Episco-
pal Church, and family have ar
rived in Los Angeles and are reg.
istered ut the PicO House.
We understand that tho erection
OF brick building. 35x1OO feet, to
replace the frame cottage adjein-
ing the Mohr Block, Spring street,
will shortly be commenced.
The Turn. Verein Germania will
give one of their old time socials
next Sunday evening at their Hall.
AdMittsucs for gentlemen so ceuts,
ladies free. Members will please
appear with their badges.
Sandstorms have been the order
OF the day on the Colorado Desert
for the past week or so. Conductor
Mayo says that that of night before
last was the most violent be ever
saw. The air was SO thick with the
whirling sand that Drummond
light would have been invisible ut
q distance of forty yards.
A gentlemen who arrived from
Arizona yesterday, informs US that
the storm on the desert the night
before was pronounced the severest
known since trains commenced
running. The wind whistled 30
necessarily aud shrilly during the
whole night that the whistle OF the
locomotive could hardl y be heard.
The attention of the ladies is di.
rected to the new double column
advertisement OF the City of Paris
Store. This enterprising house has
just received q consignment direct
from New York OF the latest styles
Of ladies', Misses and children's
cloaks aud other novelties, which
are offered at remarkably low
figures. Read the price list.
We omitted to note the fact that
our late fellow citizen, DR.. Luppo,
who was Observation-Disclosures can
didate for Assembly in one of the
wards of San Francisco, received
one hundred and forty votes out OF
the six or seven thousa nd cast. Our
gifted Sciavonic friend should not
be- cast down by the result of his
first experiment in office-seek ing
In San Francisco. We CONNIE end
to his attention the inspiring little
poem, "Try, try again"
A car load of miners, numbering
forty -four. went through to Yuma
on Monday, engaged by the Ari.
IONA Concentration Company tu
operate mines on the Colorado
river, about one hundred miles
above Yuma, near Ehrenberg
This company is oomparativel y
new aud appears to be doing we'll
The mining machinery Is run by
steam. Additional and more pow.
srful COMMENTATORS are being mad,
for the company in San Francisco.
We have received Semi. Iropit
California for November. Besides
q largo amount of other interest