Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1881-02-20
ue an ACCOUNT Of the great storms

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Reles swept from the face Of the
EARTH" The Hdwkeye is bound to
sustain it's reputation as q humor.
ous paper.
Mrs. Donnelly, who arrived by
the steamer Senator yesterday,
while out shopping In the after.
noon, had the misfortune to lose
her purse, containing Sis, all the
money che had. The lady, we up-
dsrstaud, is on her way to Tucson,
Arizona, to take charge Of q school
and will have to ain here until
she receives money to. pay her pas.
sage. She 10 registered at tho Co.'S
mopolitan.
Judge Wilson, who temporarily
replaces Judge sepulveda In the
Superior Court here, has made q
most agreeable impression upon
the bar Of Los Angeles, and, in.
deed, upon all who have come in
contact with him. He expresses
himself as highly pleased with bis
Los Angeles experiences and pro-
misses to pay US many visits In the
future. The Judge is q scholarly
and dignified gentleman, with
quite the distingue air.
The rumor that there will be an
excursion to the East under the
auspices Of the RAILROAD Company
% soon % the connection with the
Atchisen, Topeka and Santa Fe
road II made, we have been request.
cd to state, has no foundation In
fact, the 8. P. r. r. Co. never bav.
ing authorized such statement. The
ramon originated at San Francisco
and was started, doubtless, by par.
ties who desired q cheap ride to
their old homes.
Keg!e House.
There has been q general error Of
to the recent transaction between
Colonel Charles Croker and Don
Juan Forster. The President Of
the Southern Pacific has not pur.
chased Don Juan Forster's proper.
ty outright, but has simply loaned
him money on 1t for q period OIL
four years, giving him ample time
and opportunity for redemption. OF
selling IN whole or part. Don Juan
Forster very reasonably expects,
during that time, to be able to sell
In parcels, thus securing for him.
self the Santa Margarita home.
stead, with three thousand acres,
and the Las Flores ranch house OF
his soD, Don Marco Forster, with
2600 acres.
Seven thousand feet Of hose,
hought for cash before the rise,
just received at Harper, Reynolds
q Co.
Col. Ed Huber has tried little
experiment in the way of keeping
grapes. HIS enclosed several bunch.
es in two thicknesses Of store wrap.
ping paper aud hung them up
against q wall. The result is that
fully three fourths of them are to.
day as fresh and bright as though
this we're Fall instead Of that sea-
son of the year in which jocund
Spring can clearly bs seen outlin.
Ing herself on the Winters hori.
zoa. The novelty Of furnishing
ones table with grapes in the
last days of February IL worth q
little pains in country In which
u hot house Is unknown. As q
matter of fact, many of the grapes
have as fresh bloom as on the day
they were plucked.
Kegle House.
We have been invited to inspect
q man moth specimen, Weighing
about a hundred pounds, from the
Los Angeles mine, on Silver
Creek - Mogollon district - New
Mexico, forwarded by Mr.. John E.
Eberle, the owner, to HIS brother
In this city. The lode Is a valuable
and extensive one. At a depth OF
from six to ten feet the ledge mat7
ter was four feet wide. At its
present depth Of sixty feet it ia
fourteen feet wide. The specimen
shown to us, and which will re-
main In the HERALD Office for
some days, goes four hundred dol.
lars to the ton In silver. We are
glad to learn that our townsman ia
meeting with such gratifying sue.
cess In his mining ventures. We
hope to hail him az millionaire
at some not distant day. He has
undoubtedly struck better thing
than running the City or any other
gardens.
A few minutes after IL O'Clock
last night officer Carpenters atten.
ton was attracted by hearing
screams at the corner Of First and
Los Angeles streets. When he gol
there he found a German and two
Cinnamon. The German handed
him . revolver from which thu
chambers were missing, and said
that one OF the Cinnamon had pre-
sented the pistol at him and de
manded his money. The China.
men were taken into custody and
on being brought to Police Head
quarters, told different tale. They
said that the German was the as.
saillant and had attempted to rot
them. When he presented the pis
toll one of the Mongolians caught Il
with both hands and in the strug'
gle for Its possession the cylinder
dropped out. In proof Of his state.
ment the Chinaman showed hii
hands, which were badly cut In
trying to wrench the pistol from
he German. The Chinsman ALEC
stated that q second white mar
was present when the assault wal
made, but that he fled before tn
officer came up. Officer Carpenter
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