Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-18
LOCAL RREVITIES,

Mr.. r. Z. McGaughey, specia
Postal Inspector, has returned from
six weeks trip to Arizona.
Mr.. L. H. Titus, Of San Gabriel,
is passenger by the train from
San Francisco due this morning.
A handsomely located furnished
residence il advertised for rent by
Messrs. T. Z. Rowan & Go. in our
New To-Day.
The case of Geo. w. Morgan,
which was to have come up before
City Justice Adams yesterday, was
postponed until this morning.
Mariana Rlvas, charged with as
sault with a deadly weapon on Ds.
vid Leiva. WIS yesterday held in
$500 bail Ly Cay Justice Adams.
The Sunday School OF st. Athan-
asius Episcopal Church Will hold
their annual picnic at Wilson's 8
Grove, San Gabriel, next Satur-
day.
Mr.. Al. Wagner, proprietor OF
one Of the hotels at San Buenaven.
tura, is paying Los Angeles a short
visit and is stopping at the Pico
House.
Francisco Qujada, convicted OF
being drunk and resisting an off,
GER, in which he dislocated the fin.
ger of the latter, was yesterday
fined $26 by City Justice Adams.
The subject Of the lecture by
Elder Mills, of the "Church OF
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints"
at Leck's Hall this evening will be
1.-The Intermediate State OF Man,
The ship st. Stephen, which
took on $50 tons of wheat at Will
miDgton in lieu of ballast, sailed
from that port on Tuesday for San
Diego, where she will complete her
cargo Of grain.
On Decoration day Col. J. F.
Godfrey and the Rev. G. J. Hutch
ings will deliver oratiops. General
Stonennn has received an invita-
tion to deliver an Oration at Oak
land on that day.
Captain Davis last evening ar.
rested h drunken Mexican, who
gave the name of Cruz and who
had new boot in his possession
which he had stolen from in front
of Nagle's store on Main street.
The ship Partisan has finished
loading with grain at Wilmington
and will sail for Liverpool, Eng.
land, to day, with 2226 tons of
wheat. She was loaded by Captain
James and is the fourth British shi p
for which he has performed the
same service this year.
The Tucson Citizen, of the 10th
inst, says:' Charles A. La Paige
goes to Los Angeles tonight to
procure u supply of carp for his
lakes in Happy Valley, Santa Rita
mountains. He has three lakes or
ponds, and will stock them Well
with this excellent fish.
Justice Fisher yesterday allowed
David Leiva to go out and get SIS
with which to pay his fine; but, in
81 cad of returning with the money,
Leiva skipped. He WAS afterwards
captured and was assessed an audi-
tlonal $50. In default Of the need .
fui to pay the double assessment he
was sent to the chain gang for IS
days.
A few days ago Daniel Cullum
was killed on Montgomery's place,
on the old Baker toll road, Kern
county. by being caught in q fall.
ing tree which he had cut down.
Cuilum was An educated man and
had at one time been employed In
the Treasury Department at Wash.
ington.
We yesterday received call
from Mr.. James Addison Reavis, q
former ApgeIefio, who is on his
way to Arizona as correspondent of
the San francisco L1aminer and
the st. Louis PoSt-Dispatch. Mr..
Resvis expects 10 spend several
months IN the territory and during
that time will give o full account
of all he sees to the two papers
which he represents.
Mr.. Sim Isaacs, of the Key West
cigar store, received word yester-
day that f. NJ. Wulff, formerly of
this city, died at the Ojsi valley,
San Buenaventura county, last
Saturday afternoon from apo.
plexy. Mr.. Wulff. who had been
suffering from lung troubles for
several years past, went to that
section in the hope Of finding relief.
A party of Iowans yesterday
went down to the Cerritos Rancho
to examine the lands in the Ameri.
can Colony tract. Another party
will 60 down to-day with the same
object. Mr.. Willmore, the agent,
Informs us that a number of per.
sous have visited the Colony tract
within the past fortnight with the
object Of selecting sites for homes
all of whom were highly pleased
with the situation.
Yesterday morning Dr.. Kirkpat.
rick's horse, which had been
hitched to a post, on Fort street,
near Ninth, took fright at wagon
loaded with harvesting imple.
ments and pulling up the post,
dashed madly up the street,