Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-01-08

Al tAc City ciCCtioh az AOAo
stone, Arizona. last Tuesday, the
following well known Angelefios
were elected members of the City
Council by large msjorities:
George Prldham, Godfrey Tribolet
and J. A. Kelly. Mr.. Pridham got
the largest vote of any candi date
running, receiving 100 more votes
than John p. Cluns, the successful
candidate for Mayor.
We are glad TO learn that the
identity OF the Charles n. John.
son who has been appointed Regis.
ter of the Land Office has at last
been established by the arrival OF
the commission, and that our
tOwnsmau aud not the Minnesota
Charles r. johnson we announced
as possible y yesterday, is the lucky
man. Mr.. Johnson, was not AL
applicant Jor the position. 1t was
obtained Tor him by Congressman
Pacheco, and the com mission for
warded as a Christmas present.
The Supreme Court has affirmed
Judge Sepulveda's decision in the
Los Angeles street bond case. The
appellate trib unal holds that the
attem pied assessm ent levied by the
Council is invalid and that the de-
feet was not cured by the subse-
quent act Of the Legislature. This
case has been three times argued
on appeal-once before the late
Court and twice under the new
dispensati0n. The present judg-
ment was rendered in banc aud
hence terminates the controversy.
Judge Hines, in addition to his
other judicial gifts, has a remarka-
BILE promptitude in assimiiating all
the essential facts of case tried
before him, and charging o jury,
with minuteness and particularly,
of-hand. He never misses sim
gle phase OF II case and does not re-.
quire the assistance of notes. In
this respect there are few men on
the bench in the United States
who approach him. He is steady
and reliable favorits with the
whole Los Angeles bar, who have
u mighty high. opinion OF him:
The social at the Presbyterian
Church last evening was delight
full affair, the exercises consisting
Of vocal and instrumental music,
readings and recitations. An
amusing feature Of the entertain.
ment was "SpeiIiDg Bee," in
which u large number of the ladies
and gentlemen present took part.
After all exciting contest, the first
prize--a chromo-was awarded to
Mis- Nellie Spence. The second
prize, II pasteboard watch, with
dial about a foot in diameter, was
given to Mr.. j. s. Slauson, he be-
ing the boss badspeller OF the clase.
We are are indebted to Mr.. Geo.
Rice, the Secretary, for the pro.
Rramme of u Citrus Fair which
will be held at the Horticultural
Pavilion, in Los Angeles, from the
14th to the 10th of March, inclus-
i've. This Citrus FAIR has been
one Of the hobbies Of the HERALD,
and we shall refer to it in erteas0
shortly. Singuiarly enough, no
Fair has SO far been held in Los
Angeles ut a date which admitted
of u creditable display of our
semi-tropicai productions. IF the
enterprise is properly handled, and
we think 1t will be, it cannot fall
to be splendid success. 1t will
be the real Exposition, par excel.
lence, of this section.
The very charming series Of en-
tertainmeDts given to the people
OF Los Angeles by the Owl Dra-
matte Club came to a close ut
Turnverein Hall last night. Man
ager Locke has covered himself
with honor by the completeness
and ripe judgment and taste which
have characterized every detail Of
the several performances. The
"sets" and property accessories
were such as ought only to be
looked for in an opulent and thor
oughly appointed theater. The
details Of costuning and scenery
were highly meritorious under the
and mu ust have in
volved degree Of expenditure
which was hardly returned at the
box office. We have heretofore
borne very cordial testimony to
the excellence Of the several i'm
presentations OF the Owl amateurs.
and to the singing of the ladies in
the operetta. We have reserved a
hearty note of com mmendation Of
Locke himself to the last. His
makeup and rendition Of the
gouty aud love smitten old Regent
were exceedingly clever, and his
mellow baritone was never heard
to greater advantage than in the
operetta last night. "Lavster." as
produced by this amateur combi.
nation, is really up to a very fair
professional standard. We much
regret that the first performance OF
the troupe and the rains we're CO.
incident, involving AN unpleasant
m n n atArv oy paripnCe. Better luCk