Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-06-17

spector Of Forage at this point, two
facts which will aid him material
~ In dlsposing Of hay, grain or
other produce entrusted to him for
sale. Farmers will do we'll to give
him . call before disposinR Of their
crops to other parties.
/ The lady managers Of the CHAR
ty Calico ball, to be given at the
Pavilion on the 4th OF July, In aid
of the Ladies' Benevolent Society,
are working vigorously. They ex-
poet, with the assistance Of the
generously disposed Of our 0itizsns,
to make the Calico ball the most
memorable social event that has
ever taken place in Los Angeles.
Let all who have the power assist
them to the extent Of their ability,
20 that the coming entertainment
may DO . success from every stand.
point-fnaneially and socially.
An amusing incident, which will
be fully appreciated by members Of
the bar. occurred In Judge Sepul.
veda's Court yesterday. After the
case on trial had been argued and
submitted, a juror arose In his
place and stated that he would like
to hear further evidence on . Ger.
tain point, which was not quite
clear to his mind. The came Jury
man, after the jury had retired,
came into court and said he want.
cd to know the amount of punish.
msnt that would be imposed should
. verdict of guilty be rendered on
either of the three degrees Of the
crime charged. The Judge sent
him back with instructions to first
bring in q verdict and he would
then learn tho punishment.
While prosecuting the work Of
development In B. P. Parker's we'll
known mine in Old Hat District
the Bonanza-a rather novel
strike was made. It consists OF .
IL to 18.inch vein Of red ochre fox
ide of iron), or natural red paint.
Some samples of the oohre were
brought in . few days since and
left with Wetmore & Dean, the as-
sayers on Meyer street north, and
experiments with them have re-
suited very satisfactorily. The
stuff. which Is Of about the con-
sistsncy of soft chalk, requires only
grinding and mixing with oil to
make y very excellent coarse red
paint. Large quantities Of this
kind of paint 10 and can be used In
Arizona, and Mr.. Parker will find
. ready sale for all the red oohre he
can produce.-1uoson Journal.
The astronomical reporter of
the Express says that on
Sunday the 10th inst. Nep-
tune, the beneficsnt ruler of the
watery element, Saturn the father
Of time and author of mischief and
melancholy, Jupiter, author of JUS
tice and religion, Venus, the moth
er of love, will all meet In the Sign
Taurus, the house of Venus the
fair queen of the heavens, to hold q
confab about the fate Of nations.
Their councils are peaceful
In their tendency, but the
fiery god Mare, who does
not reach the place Of council
till the 9Th of July, gets angry at
the decision reached by his cody
confreres, and, In his anger, shakes
the earth, especially the isle of Cy-
press, and makes general COM
motion in the physical, moral and
political atm osphere which will be
especially felt Ia the Emerald Isle
somewhere about the above date,
July 9Th. So say the knowing
ones. We shall see. The plane-
tary convention is go rare q gath.
ering as not to have taken place in
elk thousand years. So says Prof.
Bimbe,ly. No less than Ave of the
seven planets will be together, not
In exact conjunction, but so near as
to constitute an extraordinary phe-
nomenon. Neptune will be 15o 81
In Taurus; Saturn will be 50 So in
Taurus; Jupiter will be 15' AZ in
Taurus; Mars will be 2S' 20| in
Cancer; Venus will l5o IL In Tau.
rus. Mars lacks only degree and
40 minutes of being in the same
sign.