Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-12
LOCAL HREVITIES


Mr.. James w. Waters, Jr., of
San Bernardino, is stopping at the
Cosmopolitan.
Hon. Asa Ellis was In the city
yesterday looking as hale and
hearty as a granger.
Local items in Los Angeles,
these hot days, are like angels Wis
Its, few and far between.
Mr.. E. Maxwell, of San Luis
Obispo, arrived in the city yester-
day and is registered at the Pico
House.
We received a pleasant call yes
terday from DR.. o. M. Wezencraft,
who is practicing his profession at
Savannah.
The weather was one degree
cooler yesterday than on the day
before, the mercury only getting
up to SO degrees.
The calendar In Judge Howard's
branch of the Superior Court will
be called on Monday, August 18th,
at ten O'Clock A. M.
There will be an excursion to
Santa Monica next Sunday-danc-
ing, concert and all sorts of amuse-
ments at the Pavilion.
The members of the Eagle Corps
are notified that there will be COM
pany drill at the Horticultural Pa
vilion this evening at the usual
hour.
Mr.. Thomas McFarlane, of San
Bernardino, one of the owners oi
the McFsrlane mine, Providence
mountain, is II guest at the Cosmo.
politan Hotel.
Rev. VIM. H. Hill, formerly rec
tor of st. Athanssius Episcopal
Church, has gone to Plumas coun'
ty, this State, to engage In mis-
siOnary work.
The hearing in the case of Felipe
Lastre, an account of whose arrest
appeared in yesterdays HERALD
has been set for Saturday at II
A. NJ.
Mr.. Kester, of the San Fernando
valley, finished threshing hi
wheat on Wednesday. the croT
yielding in the neighborhood OF
3d. 900 sacks.
Mr.. David B. Gillette, Jr., of Sar
Francisco, who has bonded th'
McFarlape mine, Providence
mountain, San BernardiDO county
is registered at the Cosmopolitan
Hotel.
The camp meeting of the Chris
tian Church at Downey is meeting
with great success. The attend
ance is very large, all present man
ifesting lively interest In tht
good work in progress.
The Southern overland train
owing to a washout about twenty
five miles east of Yuma, arrived
two hours and q half late last even
ing. The San Francisco expires
did not get off until after its arri
val.
Don't forget the mass meeting a
Union Hall tonight.
A mass meeting of citizens i
called for this evening at tho Coun
Gil Chambers (Union Hall) to tax
further steps for the celebration o
the Centennial Anniversary of Lo
Angeles on the 5th of Septembe
next. 1t ia hoped that every on
who feels an interest in the matte
will be on hand.
The San Diego Union says tha
the oldest olive trees in the State
California are at the Mission q
San Diego. They were plante
, from cuttings brought from Lowe
. California by the franciscan mis-
sionaries. The olive trees in Lo
) Angeles and other counties up tn
: coast were propsgated from cut
tipgs from the San Diego trees
About eighty OF the original tree
are to be seen at the Mission, an
they WELD good crops of fruit veal
ly, Notwithstanding the fact tina
they have very little care.
Our readers will remember tina
about two months ago, a ma
named Louis Guttman was arres
ed on tho charge Of making threat
, against Mr.. G. Jasoby, editor Of th
Susd Californisshe Post. On b
agreeing to leave the city, MI. Js
/. esby declined to prosecute. cut
man, thinking, probably, that Il
= previsus offence had been forgotten
returned to this city a day or tW
ago. Yesterday he was arreste
by ofacsr Rolsy on the charge
!. forging the name of Mr.. l.. }. ROT
to q cheek on the First Nation'
:. Bank, in favor of L. Rosenbaun
for $87. In default Of $500 ball b
= vas com n itted to Jail to await O.
animation before City Justi'
Adams.
Referring to the verdict of Il
Coroner's jury and an editorial
last evenings Erpress in relatie
to the accident by which Mr.. 10
r. Martinez recently lost his III
4 near Spadra, by being struck by
passing train, it IL perhaps well
this time to say that Mr.. Martin
. had psrsistently refused, for
u number of years past to allow Il
track men Of the Southern Paci1
Railroad Company to cut down Il
willow fence running from b
house to the track, for the reast
10 that he planted the trees mai
years ago with his own hand al
.. had pride In maintaining the
III undisturbed. This 10 the etstru
49, - svn told that Ohnour rcd n