Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-09-23

on. He does not exchange with
the Los Angeles papers, so far as
we know.
One of the employees of Mey berg
Bros, while working in the back
part Of the store, saw a man look
Ing around, as he supposed for
something valuable. He tele-
phoned TO the Police Headquarters
and was promptly answered by one
of the force, only too late to IND
the thief. 1t caused the faces OF
the clerks to become overspread
with looks of fear and excitement;
but nothing was found to be stolen.
Mr.. Bell, near Florence, has a
vineyard of 100 acres planted this
year, which is the finest we have
ever seen. The cuttings were set
out six feet apart and in many
places have made such q growth as
to lap over between the rows.
About seventy per cent. OF the cut
tings came; his principal loss being
from rabbits. Many of them are
| ull pCollhEt anu e>heoSos-SA -
ia a very remarkable growth.
We had the pleasure of an intro
duction to Messrs. F. B. Pickerell
and 8. w. Hickock, Of Washing
ton, who are travelling on tour of
INSPECTION of bonded railroads.
These gentlemen paid the vine.
yards of San Gabriel valley a visit
yesterday and express themselves
as surprised at the vast fields of
grapes and orange groves in that
section. They leave for st. Louis
over the Southern route this morn
ing.
Bro. Berry, Of the Commercial,
took us to task the other day, be-
cause we used the compound term
funeral obsequies." To establish
it's appropriateness, we refer our
conteu porary to Gov. Perkins
proclamation in another column,
in which His Excsllency uses the
same expression. A cursory read
ing of the English and American
classic writers would have satisfied
our hypercritical friend of the en-
tire correctness of the expression.
In Judge Adams's Court the iol-
lowing cases were heard yesterday:
People VS.. Richard Wilson, ar
rested for trespass, acquitted for
want of evidence. People vs.. Cas-
tro, arrested for drunkenness; re-
Gel we'd the usual nine days. Mes
mer vs.. Slaney, (civil case,) con-
tinued for trial till next Saturday
at P. M. People vs. g. Dawson,
arrested for drunkenness and disor-
derby conduct; plead guilty and
wes fined Sl2 or the alternative of
twelve days in the chain gang.
Also People VS.. c. Dawson, on
charge of indecent exposure of per-
son; plead guilty. Being an aggra-
waited case he was fined $50, or the
usual alternative.
Last Wednesday night the fur
niture store of M. E, Hodg-
kins, on Main street, was
entered by burglars. They
M ade their ingress through back
window and proceeded at once to
the safe. There being nothing but
books kept in the safe, the outer
door was left open. The inner door
was fastened with the usual COM
bination lock. The burglars drilled
four holes, two of which were half
m inch deep, without accomplish
ing anything. The knob of the
door was broken off, but the COM
blnatiOn was not touched. Moth
ing else was disturbed In the store,
and Mr.. Hodgkins is ahead a good
steel drill, which the burglars drop.
ped near the safe. He says they
can have 1t by calling on him with
In week. This is the only at
tempt of the many which have
been made this week that looks
like the work of All organized gang,
and the bungllng manner in which
their work was done shows that
they are green yet.
The contents of the North Amer
lean ReUieaO for October cannot fail
to arrest the attention of all read
ers. Every one of the topics dis
cussed is Of the highest present in
terest, and nearly all of the authors
are eminent American statesmen,
publicists and litterateurs. Sena-
tor John T. Morgan, of Alabama,
considers "Some Dangerous Ques-
tions," namely, certain emergen-
oies arising in the administration
of the United States government,
for which adequate provision is
not made in the Constitution or
the laws. Among these questions
that Of the succession to the Presi-
dency in case of the inability OF
the elected incumbent, holds con-
spicuous place, and is treated by
the writer with much learning and
In the most judicial temper. Prof.
Geo. P. Fisher, Of Yale College,
contributes q profound study of
1.-THE Elements of Puritanism,"
pointing out wherein Puritanism
WAS ito ihAuChCO anu
wherein permanent. A stronger
vindication of Puritanism perhaps
never was written. Senator Geo.
F. Edmunds, of Vermont, defines
the relations which exist between
1.-THE State and the Nation" re-
plying to an article by the Hon.
David Dudley Field in the May
number. d. G. Gilman, President
of Johns Hopkins University,
writes of "The Idea of University"
drawing the line of distinction be-
tween the college and the universe
ty, and showing how the latter in
stitution is the indispensable organ
of a generous, liberal culture. A
timely historical paper is that OF
Mr.. Sydney Howard Gay, "Wby
CORVALLIS was at Yorktown"