Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1881-10-29

with a heavy wooden smoking
pipe, was yesterday postponed by
Judge Adams until 2 p. NJ. on Mon
day next, All Oohn, the complain
ing witness, being unable to APP
pear on account Of his injuries.
Judge Arson BrunsoD, whose
reputation as jurist is co-exten-
sive with the State, has been mar
ried to Mrs. Angela e. Chase, of
San Francisco. We join the
Judges legion of friends here and
elsewhere in rendering the happy
couple our wishes for their long
life and happiness. They are
spending their honeymoon in Los
Angeles.
The San Bernardino Times gives
the following table of distances
from that place to the Calico min.
ing district: San Bernardino to
Martins, II miles; Martins to
Tay & Lawrencs's, 6; Tay & Law
rencs's to Kerlee's, 6; Kerlee's to
Rogers, IS; Rogers to Stoddard's
Wells, 20; Wells to Fish Ponds, 16;
Fish Ponds to Calico, 7.
The tombstone, Arizona, Mug
get, of the 25th instant, says: We
were Informed last evening that
the position of Governor Of the
Territory had, or would be, offered
to Judge Stilwell, that he had sig
nified his acceptance, and that a
new Judge would be appointed to
fill the vacancy caused by his
resignation from the bench.
A correspondent at Westminster
writes to tho HERALD that the
new store building OF o. w.
Squires, just finished, was entirely
destroyed by fire about half past l
O'Clock last Wednesday morning.
The fire started on the inside Of the
building, and is supposed to have
been the work of an inceudiary.
Mr.. Squires, who ia newcomer
to Westminster, is at San Francis
co buying stock of goods for the
store.
BY announcement elsewhere 1t
will he seen that Messrs. Williams
& Starr have opened the Baltimore
Oyster House, under Ducommun
Block, where the thirsty will al
ways find the best brands of
liquors and cigars that the market
affords. The house will be under
the management of our old towns
man Joe Williams, who Is we'll
known to all old Angelehos as one
emineutly qualified to conduct o
frst-class establishment.
Mr.. James Campbell, who has
been one of the advance guard of
the Central Pacific and Southern
Pacific Railroads in their construc-
ton for many years, as the Super
intendent of that portion of the
road between the operating and
constructing terminus, has been
appointed Superintendent of the
Rio Grande Division, including
ing to the operating terminus in
Texas, with his headquarters in Ell
Paso.-Arizona Star.
We received call from Mr.. Geo.
d. Shearer, agent for the Royal
Baking Powders, who arrived in
Los Angeles yesterday. Mr..
Shearer has just returned from
business tour of Idaho and Wash.
iDgton Territories, Oregon and the
larger portion of British COlu bia,
having made the journey in his
own wagon. He advertises, in our
New To-Day, for a baker and
lady to assist him in exhibiting
the quality of his powders at the
Fair.
Coroner Nadeau yesterday held
an inquest on the body of Charles
Schipper, the man who committed
suicide on the cars, near Mammoth
Tank, on Thursday afternoon. 1t
appears that Schipper had been
drinking heavily, and it is sup.
posed that the rash act was the re-
suit of temporary insanity caused
by the liquor. Among his effects
were found discharge from the
United States army on account OF
physical disability and letter
commenting him for q pension.
The remains were buried here.