Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1880-07-13
LOCAL BREvITIEs.
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The alarm of fire last evening
was caused by the burning of brea
near the gas works.
Two of the Doe family, both with
the prenomen John, were taken in
by the police yesterday evening,
drunk.
The Board of Supervisors recon.
vened yesterday as Board OF
Equalization and continued the
examination OF the assessment
books.
Rsy s ,,s pP ls, pastor Of
t rp \, who has
Ie' " .he Il. .ee3arbara for
tD"na o. rev .aO.sest; Is expected
Hon. ID. H..Maeder, State Sena-
tor of Carson, Nevada, is paying
Southern California a visit. He
left yesterday for Riverside and
San BernardlDo.
Mr.. /. w. Hellman and family,
despite of the persevering pleasant
weather locally, have gone down
to Santa Monica to spend the re.
msInder of the summer.
From returns received up to last
evening the population of the
Fourth Congressional District, ex-
elusive of Santa Clara and San
Mateo counties, foots up 1852, 66l,
with number of Enumerators yet
40 hear from.
Seven Migrants, five OF whom
were found in Perry, Woodworth &
Co.'s lumber yard yesterday morn.
ing. were srraigned before the
Mayor yesterday and, in default of
S. fine each, were sent to the chain
gang for five days apiece.
We had the pleasure of a call
yesterday from Mr.. bearing, the
agent of the staunch old Edinburgh
(Scot lanu) house of Miller & Rich
ards, whose bard metal scotch
type has gained a reputation in the
four quarters of the world.
Mr.. Jim Winston in going to
Santa Monica on Sunday met with
ali accident By which he lost the
end Of one Of his fingers. lie was
standing on the car, with his hand
resting on the Decreasing, when
the door was blown shut, cutting
the top of his finger clean off.
Dick Barter, driving on the
Santa Ana and San Diego line,
brings US o San Luis Rey item: On
the morning Of the 4th favorite
COW belonging to Mr.. Rosenbaum
gave birth to three fine calves
two white and one spotted. The
COW family were doing we'll at last
reports. Santa AnG Herald.
Captain A. II. Wilcox and sew
eral members Of his family Left
yesterday for San Francisco, where
Ca plain Wilcox will confer with
his physicians with view to GO
ing to KarIsbad, Germany, for his
health. If it is decided expedienl
for him to go, he will he absent fol
a year.--sqn Diego Union, july
llfh.
The complimentary benefit te
Professor Conterno takes place at
Turn-Verein Hall this evening
The programme comprises min
strel part, to he followed by voca
aud instrumental music by mum
Der of our leading professional ant
amateur musicians, the whole Il
conclude with ball. 1t promise
to be very pleasant entertain
ment.
Don Miguel de Pedrorena yester
day presented US with b specimen
of the wheat grown on Mr.. Henry
Magee's place, near the Santa Mar
garita ranch, In San Diego county
We have never seen this wbea
surpassed anywhere either in colo
or size. The stalks from which it wa
threshed were seven feet high. MI
Magee ranks with the growers q
the best which will this year b
harvested In California.
Sheriff Rowland went up to Sal
, Francisco yesterday to bring dow
Peter Macarthur. late janitor or tn
Baker block, who is wanted her
to answer to charge OF attempt
commit rape. Macarthur had !
, his possession when arrested by tn
san Francisco police several ne
buggy robes, some underwear an
q lot OF new jewelty, which al
supposed TO have been stolen ffol
paftiss Ia this city
The announcement Of the exou
! sion to attend the annual picnic
, the Anaheim Fire Company nel
/ sunday, appears elsewhere.
> will be generally attend ed By Il
firemeu of this city; also by "a
D los Angeles Guards, and prab sbi
: many who do not belong TO eth
h.l organization viii 60 along, tasiu
< advantage OF the cheap rates 81
attracted by the prospect os a Joi
= slime. Fare for the round TIT
$l.50.
Nj. &. TruDneli, OF Westm lnste
;, mas a small field Of Ausheim whe
WHICH will yield twenty. Ave cents
to this acre. It should be nots
!. TOO, chat this wheat Is on i,pf
- strongly i'm pregnated with alk'
r that coFn viii not Grow upon
Corn planted Upon tue sepe : rs,I
PC last yesg did not eron spfcrf. \