Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-06-18

schooner Abbie, Jorgensen, master,
In ballast for HueHeme; June 18th,
schooner Letitia, Hircher, master,
In ballast for Port Marietta.
While Mr.. John w. Mackey was
en- route to San Francisco, the
other day, he stayed over day
and q night as the guest of Mr.. L. J.
Rose, at Sunny Slope, where he in.
speoted Sweetheart and Mr.. Roses
Rne stud. On leaving he disbursed
$3.50 in little gratuties to the train
ers. The latter wouldn't object to
Mr.. Mackey's putting In an appear
anoe every day, as 1t is his in
variable practice to open his purse
strings. In such matters there is
nothing mean about the bonanza
king.
We are afraid we shall have to
relegate eur genial friend Walter
8. Moore, whom, heretofore, we
have honored as a Stalwart of the
Stalwarts, to the ranks Of the Half
Breeds. He assured us last nj ght
that, unless he received the ap.
pointment of FIRST Corporal Of the
Eagle Corps, he would sac.
rifioe his aspirations for mil.
itary glory and quit the
company; Notwithstanding this
solemn assurance, by the report of
the appointments in that organic.
alton, published elsewhere, Il will
be seen that his name ia THIRD in
the list OF corporals.
The Laguna, which was stocked
with catfish by Col. Baker some
two years ago, is now fairly swarm.
ing with them. In the course of
an hour the other afternoon the
writer whipped eleven beautiful
fish, averaging eight inches In
length, out OF the Lsguns, and Col.
Baker himself went two better,
bagging thirteen. A haul of twenty
four good.sized catfish in that short
space, TO say nothing of the smaller
ones that were thrown back, by
two anglers, speaks we'll for the
breeding activity of these fish.
There must be millions in that
lake.
Mr.. r. q. Brown, editor and pro.
prietor of the Tucson Citizen, whose
Office was destroyed by fire last
week, has purchased the power
press Of the dsfunct Tomb.
stone Union and announces
that as soon "a new mate
rial arrives from Chicago he will
issue the Citizen larger In size and
more complete in every particular
than it was before the fire. Not.
withdrawing the fact that nearly
all his material was destroyed, Mr..
Brown has issued his paper with.
out q days intermission and, al.
though 1t has necessarily been re.
duced In size, 1t has continued to
give Its readers resume of all the
notable events that transpire. Such
energy should and must succeed.
The Santa Barbara Press of the
18th inst. has the following: One
of the most touching incidents on
record, illustrative of animal in.
stinct and affection, occurred dur
ing o recent bear hunt in this vi
cinity. The parties who vouch for
the truth of the narration are all
we'll known in santa Barbara.
One of them shot small cub
the head, killing 1t in
stantly, the ball entering the skull
just back of the eyes. Something
called the attention of the hunters
away from the spot, and when they
returned half hour afterwards,
they found the mother bear stand
Ing over her lifeless cub, apparent
ly engaged In licking and csressing
its head. A couple of well-directed
shots soon stretched the she bear
by the side of her dead offspring,
and the hunters approached to Sc
cure their game. To their surprise
they found the bullet wound in the
cubs head, partly filled with fine
ly-chewed grass and leaves. The
mother had evidently seen the
blood oozing from the wound, and
had endeavored to do what she
could toward stauuching its flow.