Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-12-23

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fingers underneath his body, and
he put In some five minutes alter
nately breathing cuss.words and
blowing upon his digits. Moral:
To every business man ought to
serve an apprenticeship.
Do not forget to give your hoii-
day orders for oysters to Bob
Eckert.
A claimant has turned up for the
guitar which Robert Cuff was so
anxious to sell, in the person of
Mr.. Thomas Temple. The day on
which the article in question was
taken, Mr.. Temple had sent his
goods into town, and while they
were being carried into the house,
Cuff helped himself to the frat
thing that came handy, which
happened to be aguitar. The bare
faced way in which the theft was
committed, in open daylight, is an
indication that the thief had
passed his apprenticeship in the
art of stealing IOng since. Owing
to Mr.. Temples compulsory abb
senoe from town, II Cuff does not
plead guilty before the Judge to-
day, he will have to remain in Jail
until Tuesday next, when Mr..
Temple will return. Cuff will evil
IDENTIFY learn, to his cost, as he has
many times before, that God does
not always help those who help
themselves.
We are indebted to Hon. n. X.
s. O'Melveny for sundry news
items from Arizona. The Judge
has jnst returned after business
tour through the southern part of
the Territory of several weeks. He
is emphatic in his opinion that the
cowboy element is nothing less
than an organized band Of high.
waymen. The cow boys, he says,
have for their main object the
stealing of stock from the citizens
of Mexico, which they aim to
bring across the line and dispose
of in the markets of Arizona and
New Mexico. But they are not
exclusive as to the nature of their
peculiar calling and plumber Indis-
criminately wherever and when
ever opportunity offers. The Judge
met with number of oId-time
residents OF Los Angeles during
his stay, and many of them he re-
ports on the high road to prosperi-
ty. OF the mineral wealth of the
Territory, he speaks in unre-
strained terms of praise, but the
climate is not to his fancy.
Every claes of handsome leather
goods on view at Preuss & Pironi's
Drug Store.
An entertainment will be given
on Christmas Eve, at which tur-
key will be awarded to the hard
soonest man present and another to
the homeliest. The handsome
Prof. Saveriej intends competing
in his swallow-tailed regimentals,
which, as a matter of course, will
put all other com petitors in the
shade. The Professor proposes to
give anyone, so desiring, a share
Of his already secured prize,
on the following terms: He bas Sc
cured the services aud co.opera-
tion Of restaurant keeper and
says he will give cup of tea, with
a beefsteak, etc., for the small
amount OF 10 cents, and as al in
ducement TO come he will give
some of his turkey to every GUS
toner. Those who are skeptical
about the feeding of a multitude
with five loaves aud two small
| fishes, can see the thing illustrated
by patroniziDg the Professors new
speculation.
Those Of our people who are in
terested In music, and who have
been afforded au opportunity of
hearing Miss Mamie Perry since
her return from Italy, express un-
qualified delight at the manifest
and wonderful Improvement in her
always superb voice. Considering
the fact that she has only had the
benefit of some seventeen
months instruction in Milan, the
advances she has made are simply
Unprecedented. Her voice has in
creased remarkably in power, tiex.
ibility and sweetness and she may
rightfully look forward to the high
est hODOrs a. n soprano Of the first
cIass. Miss Perry has had many
f1atteriUg offers from San Fran
ciscqnto appear in Il series Of c,n
certs at Lnat place. Her friends
here, u term which includes the
whple community, heartily hope
that her first appearance may be
In her native city. She would be
assured Of most nattering Ova.
ton, standing room being at a
premium.
An enterprising Fastener, of the
tribe OF the "Snipe Hunter,n
whose exploits were recently
chronicled in the HERALD, has
been sojournlng, for some time
past, in Los Angeles. Sunday last
he started out to view Beaudry
Park. In front of him he espied u
very peculiar and interesting look
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chase. Drawing his revolver, he
succeeded In slightly wounding his
game. He approached to dispatch
him when the animal, a we'll de-
fined specimen of his genus, start
ed in on the lea toti0nis. There
were simultaneous discharges.
That Of the Easterner killed the
polecat, and that of the polecat
perfumed the Easterner to such an
| extent that, when he returned to
his boarding house, he was indig-
nantly denied admittance. 1t IL
need less to add that the game was
not brought into town. Hide and
carcass were left to bleach under
the clear and cloudless skies of Los
Angeles.
Mr.. Charles II. Read, "that mys-