Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-10-04

which reaches us that he is build
ing four new wbarves-no, we
meant to say, four more lighters.
What, then, becomes of that I'M
mense relief we were to experience
when the wharf was once fairly
completed? Echo answers,
"What!n
The Board of Supervisors held q
session last night and adopted the
following tax levy for the fiscal
year 1SS1-S2: On city property
S1.3S and on country property IL
cents additional for road purposes,
making the total State and county
taxes $l.50 on country property
and $1.3S on city property.
A project is on foot among the
lady friends of the Orphans Home
to give concert for the purpose OF
raising funds to purchase an organ
and some furniture for that insti-
tuition. The following ladies
and gentlemen have kindly CON-
scented to assist: Mrs. Beeson, Miss
Carter, Miss Hutchins, Mrs. Gays
tile, Miss Mamie White, Miss Lot
tie Gould, Mr.. G. e. Parker, Mrs.
Leslie f. Gay, Mr.. Geo. Manpon,
Miss Libbie Mappa and Prof. Day.
Officer Carpenter last event & ar
rested Refugio Gonzales, barber
who works in shop on First
street, below Main, on the charge
OF attempting to commit murder.
The chop, II seems, is regular
rendezvous for Frenchmen and
others, who pass their idle time
there. During the discussion of
some question yesterday evening
Gonzales became excited and said
he could kill all the Frenchmen In
town. As If to carry out his boast,
he drew his pistol, when one of the
men present caught his hand. 10
the struggle the weapon went off.
The ball passed close to the face of
another man sitting in chair and
lodged in the wall. Gonzales was
locked up to await examination.
On Sunday afternoon Judge E.
S. Hereford, Justice of the Peace
for San Gabriel township. held an
inquest on tho body of Eiio Cant
sales, who had been shot and killed
on the Santa Anita Rancho by
Manuel Mansa about 2 o'clock P.
NJ. of that day. 1t appears from
the testimony of the witnesses who
saw the homicide that deceased
and number of other native Cali
fornians had been plying cards in
q house on the ranch. A dispute
arising as to the game, Canisales
left the table and went to his own
house and procured knife, with
which he made an indiscriminate
assault. Mansa being hard pushed
drew his revolver and fired, kill
ing his assailant. The jury, after
the testimony OF all pres
ent, brought in "a verdict of self
defense.
A boy bootblack named Willie
Van, about 10 years old. was ar
rested by Officer Hart yesterday
evening for drawing pistol on an.
other boy. Van was taken before
City Justice Adams, who commit
ted him for examination. He
seemed to fully realize the enormi-
ty of the offence he had committed,
but did not know anything about
his legal rights in the matter; the
Judge therefore assigned Captain
Haley, who happened to be in his
Office, to defend him. Van, we un-
is Il recent importation
from San Francisco, and seems,
notwithstanding his youth, to be Q
tough customer. Later in the even
ing Officers Keller and Willing AT
rested Willie Butler and Charley
Wilson, companions of VANS, for
throwing stones at a man ON Ala
NJ eda street.
The raisin interests of Los An
geles county are rising steadily in
magnitude. A syndicate has been
in San Francisco to corral
ell the raisins of Southern Califor-
MIA. This syndicate is composed of
the famous raisin growers, Blower,
the Messrs. Lusk 81 Co., and seve-
raj others. AS result of their
energy, every raisin in
Southern California has been pur-
chased at n fair price, and many of
the vineyardists Of Orange, West
minister and Riverside are to-day
slapping plethorio pocket-books.
La our own county, especially at
Orange and Westminster, mauy of
the vineyards were planted in rails
In grapes at time when there was
an extreme depression in our wine
and brandy interests. 1t ia pleas
ant to learn thae the pecuniary re-
suit is highly satisfactory. While
Wine is King, the raiein grape ia
heir apparent.
Master Alex. M. Shields, young
Boone of q shot, who, in single
day, not infreQuently bags from
the wing five to seven dollars
worth of game, and who Is fatality
among jack-rabbits, coy
otes and rattlesnakes, in fie d and
and among stingrays in
the surf, added a rare feather to his
sporting belt yesterday morning.
Alex. was on his way to school,
and while passing through the
dense willow woods on the Shields
near the San Gabriel river,
flushed a pair Of splendid pheas-