Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-12-14
LOCAL. RREVITIES.


nected with the "Total Wreckn
mine.
Mr.. Donald, the Victim of the
Santa Monica shooting, is still
alive and doing as we'll as could be
expected.
The regular quarterly meeting OF
the German Ladies' Benevolent
Society will be held to-day at
Turnyerein Hall.
Mr.. Houghtelin and wife are
greatly improved in condition, and
their friends may confidently look
for their recovery.
Although several parties are par
ticulsrly anxious to zee Mr.. Ru.
molfo Pico. the cry is, "where, oh
where. can he be-"
A new musician has been born
into the world. See notice of the
birth of q daughter to Mr.. HERNIA n
WaDgeman, recorded elsewhere.
An infant child OF Henry
Sheerer, on Banning street, fell
into tub of scalding water aud
died from the effects GU Sunday
morning.
On Monday afternoon some
tramps forcibly entered Mr.. ]. Nc
Manis's house, on Date street, near
Naud's warehouse, and stole some
table appointments.
The Baptist ladies will give
come novel and interesting enter
tainments at Good Tsmplars' Hall
on Thursday and Friday evenings.
Admission rs cents; children IL
cents.
Rain or no rain, the farmers on
the Centinela Rancho are blowing
up thousands of acres 10 every d.
rection, some of them having four
ten-horse gang plows at work from
dawn til dusk.
Horse-thieves are around, as wit
ness the disappearance yesterday
of II caballo belonging to Mr.. M.
K. Smith. If there is one thing
that can arouse the dormant com
munity it is an outrage OF this
kind.
Messrs. Geo. d. Rowan and p.
Potts have just paid $l,l4O for the
raisins from At ceres OF land Al Tus-
tin City, belonging to the Hales-
worth Bros. The raisins have been
shipped to San Francisco.
The Anaheim Gazette says the
people OF that section need not
worry about the earth's drying up
They have made arrangements for
u water supply that will last long
after the rest of the world il dried
out.
The latest society novelty Is in
the form of the "Lancersn with
words, the dancers, Instead of rack
lug their brains for something to
say, have Only-to sing; the words
being mostly old nursery rhymes,
set to popular tunes 1t won't tax
the abilities of our dancing COM
munity to com nit q few words to
memory.
Police officer Horner yesterday
afternoon, in consequence of the
absence of all the deputy sheriffs,
was requested to 60 the County
Hospital, where he found that one
of the patients, named Tucker, had
become crazy. Tucker was re-
moved to the county Jail, where lie
now awaits the disposal of the
Court.
The City Attorney has filed an
opinion which declares 1t rs his
belief that In law Mr.. Jacob
Kuhrts cannot recover the $4,000
advanced by him In the compro-
mise proceedings with Mr.. w. f..
Rogers. Both the Mayor, with his
veto, and the City Attorney, with
his little Official opinion, are now
In the same boat.
Judge Fishers Court was occu-
pied ell yesterday afternoon try.
ing the case of the People vs.. o. L..
Susand, on q complaint, lodged by
J. La Bonange, for keeping open
his barber shop after IL O'Clock M.
on Sunday, the time for closing as
provided by law. There were o
large number of witnesses for the
prosecution; but the Jury, after u
short deliberation, returned q yer.
dict Of not guilty.
One B. McGetrick, from San
Francisco, who has been here O
few days peddling pictures of Gar
field, left the y. 8. Hotel on Sat-
urday morning and has not been
heard from since. It is feared that
something IL wrong, as he left ev.
erything In his room, even his pic
lures, and was an entire stranger
here. He is described as being q
man of rather fine appearance, tall
and heavy.
1t is we'll to remark that, not
withdrawing the confident as
sumption of the temperance circu-
lar, printed elsewhere, that the
Supreme Court has decided in their
favor, the only outgiying thus far
from that tribunal is u mere die
tuns of Chief J Justice Morrison, who
is only one of the seven Judges oil
the Supreme Court. The ques.
tions at issue have yet to be passed
upon by the present tribunal of last
resort.
District Attorney Brown yester.
day fled com plant entitled The
People We. Victor Franco. 1t state
that the defendant il married to
one Doiha Gonzales, who has Q
daughter Louisa, by former hus-