Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1880-12-18

Will stop over the holidays.
Mr.. w. N. Slocum, late Of thi
city, ia filling the position of edito
of the Pacific Greenbacker tempo
rarily.
Mr.. j. B. Glass, accompanied by
Miss Mollle Glass, left for hi
home at Salt Lake City, Utah
yesterday.
Mr.. J. G. Rays. City Treasurer
elect, got home from q short bust
ness visit to San Francisco over
land yesterday.
Prof. q. F. Bailey, late of Lin.
coin, Nebraska, is in the city and
will preach for the Baptist Congre.
CATION at Good Templars' Hall to-
morrow.
The steamer Orizaba sails fol
San Francisco and way ports this
evening. Passengers take the p.
M. train, Los Angeles time, for
Wilmington.
A key and bone whistle, with
tag marked s.Ah Toy" attached,
were left at the HERALD Office yes.
terday. The owner can get them
on paying for this notice.
The rain which commenced Fri
day evening continued, with
slight intefmission, until about
o'clock last evening and resulted
In . fall of 1893 inches, making the
total rainfall thus far this season
6:76 inches.
Mr.. r. II. Hewitt, Route Agent
between Los Angeles and Arizona,
who came in yesterday, informs ua
that the present rain storm ex-
tends as far east as the San Pedro
river, Arizona, aud that, in that
section, 1t is accompanied by ter
rifle thunder and lightning.
We understand that Mr.. w. Fl.
Northcraft will shortly open an
auction house at No. 90 Spring
street. Mr.. N0rthcraft has been
Ouk0k0u IL tuO 006AuOSS AOt Owl al
years, during which time he has
been the most successful auction.
eer In the city and has given en-
tire satisfaction to all for whom he
hiss done business.
At the meeting OF Council this
evening the present body will dis.
pose Of all unfinished business,
after which the new members will
proceed to organize by the election
Of the President of the Council and
the City Clerk. They will then
probably elect q Chief of Police,
Zapjsro and such other officers as
are elected by Council.
Attention is directed to the
double column advertisement Of
VIM. Slaney, who. during the hol-
iday season, offers extraordinary
inducements in the boot aud shoe
line. His stock embraces every
thing In the way of foot wear,
from the finest to the most sub.
stantial, for gentlemen, ladies and
children at prices that, for cheap
ness, cannot be outdone In the city.
Call and examine his goods and
you will not fail to be suited.
Mr.. Il. Fl. Workman, successor
to Workman Bros, the well
known saddle and harness manu-.
facturer, Lanfranco Block, Main
street, notifies his patrons and the
public generally that his stock ia
one of the fullest ever brought to
Los Angeles. Besides saddles and
harness of all kinds, it includes
buggy robes, whips and, indeed,
everything usually found at such an
Establishment. His prices defy
competition.
The programme for the Old
Folks Concert,to be given at Union
Hall tonight, will be found
elsewhere In this MORNINGS HER
AID. 1t embraces many old.
fashioned hymn tunes, such as
"Sherbourne, Worcester" "Be.
fore Jshovah's Awful Throne" and
"Easter Anthem" which it does
ones soul good to hear. There are
many lighter features which will
prove attractive in contradistinc-
ton to the sacred music.
The balloting for the silk quilt at
the Ladies' Fair yesterday and
last evening was quite light, there
being but little difference from the
result reported in yesterdays HER
AID. This evening at 0 O'Clock
the vote will be announced and
then fox one hour there will be a
secret ballot, which will doubtless
bring out the friends Of the fail
contestants in earnest work. The
vote now stands: Miss Martha
Dodsworth 1874; Miss Maggie Blais
dell II; Miss Emma Bradley 81
Miss Nellie Spence, 40; Miss Rache
Kremsr 4s; Miss Blanche Shacksl
ford, SO; Miss May Strohm, 10
Miss Blanche Crowley 2; Miss Car
RE Jones, 2; Miss Fannie Kalisher
2; Miss Lucy Helpsch, l; Miss Gus
sic Kerckhof. 1.
0The Messrs. E. Meyer &c Co., o
the City Of Paris store, have ont
OF the most magnificent assert
ments Of goods we have ever seen
and we doubt II 1t can be surpassed
in variety by any similar store OF
the Coast. In their new double
column advertisement, which will
be found elsewhere, they direc
especial attention to their larg
stock Of ladies', missea' and chill
dren's cloaks, embracing all etyle
and qualities. They also call q
tention to their full lines Of mems