Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-03-17
LOCAL BREvITIEs.


Saint. .Patrick's Day!
Mr.. G. Ducommun> reports Al
100ths for the rainfall Of yesterday
morning.
Mr.. L. NJ. Holt, of the Riverside
Press and Rortioult,lrist, paid the
HERALD office q pleasant visit last
evening.
The route of procession Of the st.
Patrlck's Day celebration will be
found under New To-Day In this
mornings HERALD.
We acknowledge a pleasant call
yesterday from Mr.. F.W. Matthias,
an Eastern newspaper man who IL
spending some days in Los Ange.
les.
The f1rst regular train for Cali
fornia over the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe and Southern Pacific.
Railroads starts from Kansas City
to-day.
The Bee Keepers Association
will hold Its next meeting at the
ofIics of G. N. Wilson, Esq, Tenn
pie street, March 19th-next satur-
day.
The old Merced Theatre will be
opened next Saturday night with
. full company, which includes q
number Of the best known aud
most popular variety artists In the
profession.
We yesterday received q pleas
ant calYfrom H. G. Tupper, Esq.,
Of Fresno, WHO accompanies the
Press Association as the represent.
ative of the Pacific Churchman.
Judge Griffin, who was prostrat.
cd by an attack Of vertigo in front
of Police Headquarters, night be.
fore last, and cut his head badly, is
confined to his room in the Ian.
franco Block.
The attendance at the Pavilion
yesterday and last night was
greater than Oh the previous day
but, owing to the fact that fewer
season tickets were sold, the re-
ceipts were not SO large.
We encountered Mr.. Frederick
MaeCreliish, of the Alta, at Yuma,
and we are glad to cay that the
climate Of that place is proving
very beneficial to his health. He
10 rapidly regaining his old vlgor.
The members of Confidence En-
gins Company No. 2 are notified
to appear at their engine house at
10 O'Clock sharp this morning, In
full uniform, to take part Ia the
st. Patrick's Dsy parade. See no.
tios.
For wonder. the reports Of Mr..
O. II. Bliss and the United States
Signal Service officer rs to tho
amount of rainfall by the storm
which commenced vt o'clock yes
terday morning, agree. the gauges
Of each registering 46-lOOths.
The funeral Of the late Francisco
P. Forster is announced to take
place from the house Of Mrs. Nor.
emo, on Fort street between First
aud Second, to-day at 1880 A.
N. Mass will be celebrated at the
Cathedral at IL A. NJ. The deoeas-
ed was was 80 years Of age.
jose Robles, q young man from
Verdugo Caflon, was examined by
Doctors Griffin and Ross yester.
day and proneunoed insane. He
was committed to the Napa Asy.
lam by Judge 6epulveda and vii!
be taken up by Deputy Sheriff
Huber to-day.
The great auction sale Of D. B,
Fuller, at No. 116 Cardona Block,
10 meeting with unprecedented
success, the store bsing thronged
by buyers daily. The goods em'
hraced In Mr.. Fuller's stock are al
8f superior quality and are being
sold at very low rates. Give him
call.
On and after the 18th inst. mai
for Arizona and way will close q
eA. N. Mail for north and cas-
will be ready for delivery at 8 A. NJ
The Arizona mail arrives at Loi
Angeles at 4:45 P. M. Mail To-
north and east will close at 8 P. n
The arrival and departure Of th'
aanta Ana mails is yet to be an
pounced.
Major Ben. G. Truman visltes
the Citrus Fair yesterday; aud, al
tor looking over the superb dis
play, he remarked triumphant,
that he had nothing to take bacl
which had appeared in bic boel
devoted to Los Angeles county. H
10 right. The book Is r0seate bu
1t 10 no whit overstrained.
Our citizens should not forge
that the ladies of the Irish Lam
League will serve an appetlzinl
dinner In the dining room In th
rear Of Turnversin Hall immedl
atsly after the speaking to-day
They should receive liberal patron
age, % the eosipts will be for th
benefit Of the Land League Fund
We clip the annexed item from
the San Francisco Bulletin Of tn
18th instant: Wants . nice littl
eoutract.-Asel g. Kentel Of SAINT
Monica, Los Angeles county, ha
written 10 the Board Of 6upsrvtl
ovs that he Can construct At . mod
crate oeet an apparatus BY who
Watsr may be raised froW the bR
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