Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-08-25

make respectable score In the
sawdust arena is the thing aimed
at. Natural spurts count for moth
ing.
Pasadena, after some years OF
waiting, Is now prepared to reap
the money returns It's sagacious
projectors did not. look for until the
present time. Pasadena canned
and dried fruits, and Pasadena or
anges, lines and lemons are des-
tined to be household word In
California and wherever superior
fruit is in demand.
The average candidate Is lying
low just now. He is nerving him
self for the mighty demands which
will be made upon him between
now and the 9Th of next November.
When the county election used to
come off in early September, the
task of conciliating the voters wa-
light one. Now the ordeal has
been extended almost beyond u
candidates. patience.
A party Of excursionists, EN-.
bracing Phil. Lauth, and other
members of the New York Opera
Troupe, are getting ready to go over
to Santa Catalina Island, to spend
q few weeks in recreation and sport.
The party are all mighty Nimrods,
and they propose to shoot enough
mountain kids not only to refresh
the inner man but to Keep them in
hand and shoe leather for the next
year or 80.
The last number of Scribners
has very romantic story wreathed
around q woman castaway on San
Nicolas, an island In the Santa
Barbara group. interviewer in the
story of u woman who lived soli-
tary and unfriended in this island
for eighteen years, Is a great deal
Of matter connected with the Mis-
sion Fathers and Southern Caliior-
MIA personnel, which has a decided
local Interest aud colOring. The
September number of Scribner
ought to be In great demand.
D. Nagle. the prince Of dealers In
boots and shoes, has surpassed
himself lately by his prodigal out
lay in those articles, and that of
latest and most improved patterns.
To buy boots Of Nagle Is to assure
style, unexceptIOnable quality and
all for the lowest conceivable price.
Nagle is to be found at the sign of
the big boot, on Main street, where
he sells for cash. We have dealt
with Maggie and know whereof we
speak.
The twelve and sixteen mule
teams, which are daily seen draw
ing "prairie schooners' loaded with
grain through our streets, are the
harbingers Of the return of the
good old times, when InyO county
mule teams abounded. They are
an improvement on that era how
ever, because they represent steady
and continuous industry aud a re-
munerative yield of the ceieals-
things which were not known in
Los Angeles county five or six
years ago.
Bats are an institution of Los
Angeles that play an important
function in the slumbers of some
gentlemen OF our acquaintance
who reside in the Grand Central
Book. One OF them told us, the
other day, that he had killed ak
in one night. Our informant still
walks at large though, decidedly,
we have our opinion Of him. If
he cau't draw the long bow no
archer of Alfred's or the Black
Princes army could speed an arrow,
In the brave days of old.
Prof. Savariej is meditating the
delivery of u concert on an unex-
ampled scale shortly. His success
as q pedestrian has inspired him to
new efforts, and he has Invented an
instrument which will be the de.
light OF the age. A generous re-
spouse by the people of Los Ange.
les, in the shape of An audience
netting him $500 or 5000, would
place the Professor on the high
road to fame and fortune. In a
more appreciative com munity than
Los Angeles, he would doubtless
realize his hopes.
County Clerk Potts yesterday re-
ceived official notice from the State
Board Of Equalization that that
body proposed to raise the assess
ment on all property in Los Ange.
les county, exclusive of improve
ments thereon, and town aud city
lots, ten per cent. Hearings on
appeal will be granted, at Sacra-
mento, from the date Of publics-
ton of the order, to and including
the Goth OF September ensuing,
from 0 A. NJ. to s P M. The official
notice appears in our advertising
columns.
Yesterday man named Myers
missed q bundle of clothing aud
bedding from corral on Requena
street, where he had deposited it
for safe keeping. He com municat.
ed with the Police headquarters
and the suspicious of Chief King
we're fastened upon three boys, the
oldest of whom is not over twelve
5 ears of age. When safely housed
in the Hotel de Thompson, the
boys thought frank confession
would be good for their souls. They
acknowledged the theft and stated
that they had sold the goods to an
enterprising secondhand dealer on
Commercial street. One of the
lads concerned Is a son of the inter.
esting female valetudinary who IL
SO often wheeled around our street,
in u go-cart, to evoke the charity o
the casual passer-by by her plant