Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-08-29

known to many Angelehos, ar
rived in Los Angeles yesterday. He
goes out to Arizona, where he pro-
poses to engage in business, to-day.
Mr.. w. F. Heathmad, the Dem
ocratic candidate for the Assembly
from the southern end of Los An
geles county. favored US with call
yesterday. We regret our una
voidable absence at the time.
Mr.. II. Susskind goes up to San
Francisco to-day, to lay in u heavy
stock of goods, in anticipation of
the good times ahead. The early
bird, In the mercantile, a. in every
other line, Is the one which catches
the worm.
Mr.. H. M. Nc Lellan, of tho Pa
cific Coast Steamship Company, In
formed us yesterday that the new
warehouse OF the company at San
Pedro is ready for the shingles
Mr.. ]. G. Riley, of this city, has
the contract for roofing the build
ing.
Wallace Leach, Esq, the Demo-
cratic candidate for Congress in
the Fourth Congressional district,
will arrive in Los Angeles to-day.
He has an Anaheim engagement
for tomorrow night-the formal
opening Of his Congressional cam.
paign.
In Riverside it was reported some
two weeks since that the miidew
was doing some damage. A care.
full investigation during the past
week, however, has demonstrated
the fact that mildew Is but little
known here, but some vineyards
have suffered from blight caused by
the late heated term coming on so
suddenly after the foggy nights.
Many vineyards are not hurt at all
aud others are damaged but little.
The raisin crop will not bs so heavy
as anticipated.-Pfess.
The party which returned from
the "front" day before yesterday
consisted of Messrs. J. A. Fillmore,
Assistant General Superintendent,
E. M. Railton, Master Of Transport
tation, Charles Seyler, Travelling
Auditor, G. A. Grow, Auditor of
Motive Power, Ben Walsh, Master
Car Builder, all of the Southern
Pacific Railway. They were ac-
com panied by Col. Il. e. Hewitt,
and went out 10 the end OF the
track, forty miles beyond Benson.
1t IL expected that new station
will be opened in two or three
weeks, thus putting Benson's nose
out of joint.
A Hancock aud English Club was
duly organized at Washington Gar
dens, last night, pursuant to call.
w. b. Lawlor presided as temporary
Chairman and D. v. Waldron was
elected temporary Secretary. A
com mittee OF nine was appointed
on permanent organization, to re.
port ut an adjourned meeting to be
held at the Washington Gardens
on Saturday evening, Septem ber 4,
at s O'Clock p. N. The meet
ing was very enthusiastic, and the
Fifth Ward will not be behind in
having u large and harmonious
club.
Day before yesterday q carload
of Cinnamon passed through Los
Angeles to the "front.n Yesterday
another carload of Celestials and
o carload of horses went to the
same destination. The horses were
understood to make a mute protest
against association with the
"moon.eyed leper." But, dumt
brutes that they were, they were
obliged to see the "Chinamen gO'
TO Arizona. That territory, aftel
all, Is the one place where China
man can earn his bread by thu
sweat of his brow without exciting
q very lively Caucasian indigna
tiOn. With the mercury hoveriDl
between ITO and $50 degrees, there
are few representatives of the Sane
Lot who would be ambitious t.
WELD q pick and shovel.
After devoting something over I
column to humorous sallies on tn,
Temescal geyser, friend Holt of til,
Riverside Press and Horticulture
gives the true facts Of the case a
follows: By little inquiry amo nj
those who have visited the section
we have found out that there ha
been no eruption OF an unusua
character in the Temescal Mount
ains. The mountain adjoining
Coldwater Canon on the south wa
recently burned over and the tir
left the ground covered with ashes
For q few days after this fire, ,abou
noon, as the breeze came up, tn
whirlwinds would carry these ache
high up into the air, making then
look like Jets Of steam or smoke
As the ashes we're gradually blow
! away this phenomena disappeared
: "Only this and nothing more"
Il The Riverside Press reports tbs
. young man named Fremon
ehrosdsr,of Los Angeles, who be
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