Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-12-16

Tho comedy OF "Lavatetn to-
night.
The opsretta of 1.-THE Sleeping
Queen" tonight.
General Stoneman returned from
San Francisco overland yesterday.
"Lavatsr" and "The Sleeping
Queen" at Turn Vsrsin Hall to.
night.
Bishop Mora administered the
sacrament Of confirmation to TWEEN.
ty persons at San Diego last Sum
day.
The Ramirez investigation will
DO resumed before Justice Fisher
this morning. The examination is
conducted with closed doors.
Passengers by the San Francisco
train report that it WAS raining
heavily xt Newhall when they
passed that point yesterday.
The Ladies' Benevolent Society
desire to make public ack nowledg-
mont of the receipt of $50 from the
Committee appointed to receive
President Hayes.
City Attorney Godfrey, who has
been in Arizona for the past fort.
night. attending to some law bus.
iness for Mr.. N. r. Vail, got home
on Tuesday.
Chief King yesterday recaptursd
a man known as "Monts," who es.
capped from the chain gang about a
month ago, with five days of his
term unsxpired.
Two oolored women got into a
light at Jackson, Tennessee, the
other day, when one knocked the
other senseless into the Fireplace,
and she burned to death.
The San Diego News com plains
Of lull In the real estate market
Of that place, there being no appre-
ciable advance In prices in q whole
week. Sad state Of affairs.
Tho Signal Service officer re.
ports 2.27 inches rainfall for the
storm which ended yesterday
morning, Mr.. O. H. Bliss 2:2O
inches and Mr.. G. Ducommun 2:lS
inches.
The ladies of Trinity Church will
give an old.fashioned candy-pull.
ing and calico social at the resi-.
dsncs Of Mr.. J. T. Brown, corner
Of Main and Pico streets, next Fri.
day evening, Dec. 17th. All are
cordially Invited.
Mr.. r. Nadeau has made five.
year contract to transport ore from
the. Tombstone mines to the re-
ductioH works. Twenty-three prai-
RE schooners, drawn by sixty four
animals, have been dispatched to
the Territory with which to com.
mence work. Other horses and
mules will be called into reQuisi-
ton 1t Tombstone to complete the
complement Of draught animals.
In all probability a line of freight
ing teams will soon be employed in
transporting freight between the
terminl Of the Southern Pacific and
the AtchisOn, Topeka and Santa
F6 railroads. With lines of stages
to span the gap, we shall soon have
both passengers and freight
through from the East by the new
route.
The double column holiday adj
vertlsement of Mr.. G. H. Bush,
No. A Main street, will be found
slsewhere Mr.. Bush's is the old
est jewelry house in Los Angeles
and his stock as full, rich and va
ried as that Of any other on the
Coast. Persons requiring any
thing in his line will ind it to their
interest to give him . call, as his
prices defy competition.
From the number Of aspirants to
the position of Chief Of Police who
assure him that they have seven
voted pledged to each Of them and
need but one more to secure their
election, Mr.. Mascarel, the new
Councilman from the Second
Ward, estimates that there are
about fifty Councilmen In the city
Of Los Angeles. Legally that body
10 composed Of but fifteen MEM
beFs,
Thomas Kelly, one Of the tramps
who had q narrow escape from be-
ing crushed under the wrecked
train near Mojave. the other day,
was taken In by officer Collins last
night. He was trying to get Into
an empty car when arrested, hunt
ing . place to sleep, he said, and
WAS brought down to tho Hotel de
Thom pson, whore he will at least
have comfortable lodging and q
warm breakfast.
Tho attention Of gentlemen is div
yeotsd to the holiday ADVERTISE
mont Of the Arcade, which appears
elsewhere. The stock is one of the
fullest aud finest ever brought to
los Angeles and embraces every
thing in the line Of gentlemen's
furnishing goods, all Of which are
sold ct the most reasonable prices.
Mr.. Slegel makes speciality of
custom made shirts and guaran-
tees . perfect at.
In the McFatridge case ysster-
day the whole. of the day was de-
voted to hearing arguments Of
counsel. Col. Wells presented the
case for the persecution and was
followed By Major Chase for the
defsnss, who had not concluded