Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-12-30

ed daily. Forty gang plough hs are
steadily ct work.
The Los Angeles Lodge Of the Al
o. U. w. elected the following Of.
ficers last Wednesday even.
Ing for the ensuing year:
NJ w, A Cobler; F, 8 Mo-
rau; o. L w French; Recorder, G
FL White; Financier, T J Weldon
Guide, r Callahan; I w, r Bills;
O W, L H Cyrenius.
Deputy Sheriffs Barretto and
Berry, last evening, at a house In
Sonoratown, arrested Manuel Lo-
pez, for whom q warrant has been
out for several weeks, for stealing q
horse from McLaughlin's corral,
an account Of which was given in
the HERALD at the time.
We understand that a number OF
our prominent church members
have solicited Prof. Charles n.
Read, "that mysterious man." to
give matinee performance before
leaving this city in order that the
ladies' ahd children may have an
opportunity of witnessing his won
derful powers.
Mr.. B. Chandler, who has been
confined to his house for several
days On account of a strain re-
ceived in lifting q piece Of timber
at the Puente oil wells, his friends
will be glad to learn, has almost
entirely recovered and is able to
be about again. He expects to re.
sumo work on the new wells next
week.
In Justice Fishers Court yester.
day q man named McCurdy was
tried on q charge of assault and
battery prefsrred'by David Smith,
q rag-picker and junk dealer. Az
ter hearing all the evidence, In
which 1t was proven that the ac-
cussd had knocked Smith down,
the jury brought in verdict OF
not guilty.
A young man named Bach. who
had been stopping at Anaheim,
died at that place from q singular
cause on Christmas day. 1t is
stated that he was engaged in as.
sisting to decorate the church
when q knife that he was using
clipped and cut his wrist, the
wound bleeding 30 copiously as to
cause his death in q few minutes.
VIM. Andre ws, Of Santa Monica,
arrested for malicious mischief in
removing the monuments from the
boundary line Of his property and
that of one Mr.. Cox, will be tried
before q jury In City Justice
Adams's Court to-day. 1t will be
the first jury trial that has been
had in the City Court for several
months.
We had the pleasure Of meeting
in Los Angeles yesterday Mr.. 8.
w. Craigus, formerly of Lips,
Craigue & Co., now of San Diego.
He is en- route to San Francleco
and is accompanied by our old
time San Diego friend, Mr.. Julian,
the hardware merchant. They
represent matters In our southern
neigh Dor as pleasant and progress
sive.
The Eastern train via the South.
ern route arrived two hours and q
quarter behind time last evening
The detention occurred on the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa FL
road and was caused by a violent
wind storm in the Deighborho0d ol
the Ration Mountains, New Mex
ico. The train left Deming over
the Southern Pacific eight hours
behind time and made up five
hours and thres-quarters between
that point and Los Angeles.
The Chinese burglar who robbed
Mr.. Mendoxa's jewelry store or
Arcadia street on Monday nigh
and who was pursued and captured
at the old depot just after the rob
berry, was arraigned before City
Justice Adams yesterday. II,
gave hls name IS Ling and was re
com mitted to jail, in default o
500 bail, for examination on Wed
nesday next. Four watches, which
have been Identified by Mr.. Men
doz., were found on his persOI
when captured.
We have m ade close examins
tion of the Orange and Westmin
ster raisiu aud have been delighte
> at the great size, fine flavor an
. admirable character of this pro
duct Of our county. The raisin
} are made from the Musca. {
Alexandria grape, and are equa
to any Imported raisin we hav
ever eaten. In the judgment G
experienced grocers, they far SUI
: pass the Riverside raisin, fine q
Q that Is conceded to be. Nj
. Stamps, Of Orange, received fo
his raisins, without packing Q
!, boxing, eight cents pound, whic
Was equivalent to $48 ton for til
= grapes on the vines. As M
Q Htsmps's vines already yield thre
Il or four tons to the acre, and wi
y when more mature yield from fiv
to seven tons, the profits of th
9 business may be realized. Tn
rAisins are cured by simply expo
= ing them to the sun for q periot
: generally Of three weeks, accorC
J. log to the weather. There are n
= more thriving communities in thl
State than Orange aud Westmlr
ster.
i, We received call yesterda
n from Mesers. B. Baruch and D.
3 Bailey, who, with Mr.. James {
: Bailey, are the owners of th
Ready Relief mine, Julian distric
Q San Diego county. Messr
t Baruch and Bailey, who went u
. to San Francisco overland lal
Z evening TO purchase additions
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