Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-03-12

was at one time q prominent mer.
chant in Apaheim, California. He
arrived 10 the territory some time
ago, and has been devsting most of
his time to prospecting. He was
found in his present mental coudi-
tion in the hills near Tombstone.-
Tucson, Ia. IT, Journal.
Mr.. George H. Rice yesterday
returned from the Riverside Citrus
Fair. He reports the gentlemen of
the Fourth Estate as having had q
high old time in that charming
town. To the intimidsting total of
thirty three carriage loads they
were wbisked around the attract.
i've streets and lanes of Riverside,
and they subsequently underwent
the same experience in new and
old San Bsrnardin0. They are due
at the San Gabriel valley thi.
morning and Mr.. Carter has under
taken the grateful task of showing
them around. Their program me,
prior to their arrival in Los Angs-
les, comprises q lunch at the ST.
srre Madre Villa.
The Executive Committee on the
reception and banquet to be ten
dered to the Pacific Press Associa-
ton at the Cosmopolitan Hotel, on
Monday evening next, met slast
evening. Present: E. F. Spence,
J. J. Ayers, g. A. Dobinson, Max
Mey berg and A. M. Lawrence. On
motion, the following gentlemen
were nominated to act on the Re-
ception Committed: Lieut..GOv.
Mansfield, Judge Sepulveda, J. e.
HolIeubeck, J. NJ. Griffith, ]. DE
Barth Shorb, Eugene Meyer, Wal
lace Woodworth, Isaias w. He'll.
man, O. W. Childs, w. G. Furrey,
f. A. Gibson, Jos. Mesm er, r. Dill
Ion, DR.. Kurtz, Kaspar Conn, I. J.
Caystile. A limited number of
tickets for the banquet may be OBJ
tained Of the Executive Commit
tee.
To persons who have taken no
pains to inform themselves the
volume of mail matter now pour
lug into and out of Arizona is
som ething enormous. 1t has just
about quadrupled in the past three
or four months and Is increasing
constantly. For several weeks
past mail matter for A rizona has
been received from the Est over
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
road, ami it has also been noted
that that was also increasing. Lat
terly registered packages have
been received, showing that mail
communication is almost COM
pleta. Now that the two roads,
the ono mentioned and the South
srn Pacific. are united. there will
be an immense increase,
as all the Arizona mail from the
East and tha Southern California
mail will come by the new route.
There are now seven route agents
e employed on the road between Los
"a AbA oCAoOUs u61 Will
through to the Junction in
a few days, aud four of them are
on the road constantly, two going
east and two coming west each
day.
The Alta of the 10th instant says:
The Pacific Coast Steamship Com
pany have closed the contract with
VIM. Cram & Sons, ship-builders,
of Philadelphia. for the construc-
tion Of another magnificent iron
steamship. of the following dimen.
sions: 800 feet long (2O feet longer
than the State of California;, 3S
feet inches beam, and % feet
depth of hold for cargo. She will
have 45 and 90 inch cylinders, As
inch stroke, with all the latest i'm
provements In machinery. Will
be 5000 horsepower, and have a
speed of l6 knots an
hour The vessel will he q success
without doubt, and will excel the
above speed, rs all of Cramps ves-
sells have done, and will also have
the finest accommodations for pas-
sengers anu the latest improve
ments in machinery for handling
cargo Of any vessel sdoat. The con.
tract calls for her com pletioD 10
ten months, and in about twelve
months from date we can record
the arrival in our harbor of the par
excellence, most complete speci-
men Of naval architecture ia the
world.
The late rain storm was far
reaching in its effects and incalcu-
liable in its benefits. It is seldom
indeen that one storm extends
over so vast q stretch of country.
Passing down to the south and
east it touched lightly after pass
ing the San Jscinto mountains,
the fall being almost impercepti.
bile on the Colorado desert, at
Yuma, and on the desert beyond
until Maricopa was passed. From
that point eastward, until Tucson
was reached, the rain fell very
heavily from s O'Clock in the even.
ing of Tuesday until nearly morn.
ing, accompanied by constant peals
Of thunder and flashes Of lightning.
tho heavenly pyr0tech MIC display
10 said, by those who were fortunate
enough to witness it, to have been
grand almost beyond description.
So constant we're the flashes OF the
lightning that the whole heavens
were lighted up as bright as day,
only the light was such as the gar
ish beams usually reflected from
an electric lamp. While 1t lasted
1t was watched with a great deal
of interest; the sharp crashes of the