Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1881-05-08
General Stoneman, Railroad


Evening Express. who has been rus.
tlcatIng at Fulton Wells for the
past fortnight, returned to the city
yesterday much improved in
health.
A. s. Cooper has been employed
to survey the College ranch. 1t is
to be divided between Bishops Mo-
"a and AlemADy, and by them will
be sub.dividsd into tracts OF 100
acres and offered to settlers.-Sdn.
ta Barbara Press.
The Santa Ana Herald com plains
of the bad condition Of the roads in
the vicinity of Westminster. Read
overseers in other parts Of the coun-
| ty may take hint. Irrigating
bitches which cross public high
ways should be bridged and cared
for.
Mr.. G. L. Fisher having COM
pleted the fitting up of his store In
the Central Block CORNER Council
cham ber). Spring street, will open
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS one Of
the largest and best assorted stocks
Of boots and shoes ever brought to
Los Angeles.
"Lost. 20 Society Lost" is the
title of q poem now being printed
in the interior papers of California
without credit. A friend Of ours
informs US that James B. McQuil-
Ian, q California newspaper man OF
former years, now dead, Is the re-
puted author Of the poem.
A fore and aft schooner just from
the yards of our skilled .townsman
Captain L. G.. Green, can be seen
10 the window of Messrs Prsuss g.
Pironi's drug store. The craft Is
called the Envelope and Is as trim
and taut q specimen Of naval arch.
itecture as we have seen. She was
built for Master Fred Vail and will
sail under British colors.
The new bill at the Adelphi The.
ater last night was we'll put on and
was received with uproarious ap.
plause by the large audience pres.
emit. Miss Sadie Irwin, the charm.
Ing song and dance artist, 10 win.
ming new laurels nightly. The
Adelphi is approving Itself pleas.
ant resort to while away an even
ing.
At the regular meeting OF the
Athletic Club the following offic.
ers were elected for the ensuing
term: President, e. A. Prsuss;
Vice. President, A. NJ. Lawrence;
Secretary, J. 8. Thayer, Jr.; Treas.
urer, g. A. Torres; Executive Com.
mittee, T. Strohm, F. A. Gibson,
G. O. Scott, w. A. Spalding, J. B.
Binford.
Rev. P. s. Ruth, of Pomona, will
offlciate at the Episcopal Church
to-day In place of Mr.. Bird.
sail, who is in attendance on the
annual convention. Mr.. Ruth's
subject Ia the morning will be the
"Resurrection of the Body aud its
Scientific Difficulties' and in the
evening, "Scientific Atheism un-
der the Wand of Common sense.n
The coal mines Of the Santiago
Gallon, known as the Santa Clara
coal mines, now owned by the
Southern Pacific Railroad Compa-
ny, are being thoroughly devel.
oped and it is satisfactorily demon.
strated that they have q good coal
field. The coal has been tried and
found to be good for all purposes.
MIR. Alexander Forbes, father OF
Messrs. Charles and Michael
Forbes, Of this city, died at Oak.
land on Thursday last, aged Is
years. The deceased was an old
resident Of California and was we'll
known throughout the State. Mr.,
Charles Forbes went Up to Oakland
overland Friday evening to attend
the funeral, which took place yes
rerdsy afternoon.
Don't forget the Italian picnic to-
day at the Arroyo Seoo.
DR.. R. W. Wright, Eastern agent
for the American Colony, writes to
Mr.. w. e. Willmore, manager Of
the colony, that he has already
made up an excursion party Of 100
for Southern California. He Is
now at New York, where he ex.
poets to add to the party. The ex.
cursionlsts will leave Chicago on
the 2ath instant, coming by way OF
the A. 7. aud s. F. and ). P. roads.
DR.. Wright may be addressed at
the Grand Pacific Hotel, Chicago.
The Santa Ana Valley Irrigation
Corr pany, from reports received,
seems to be in q prosperous condt.
ton. The company publish In the
Santa Ana Herald monthly pro.
ceedings. that all parties interest.
ed may know what Ia being done
by the company. By the last re-
port Of the Secretary and Treasurer
OF the COMPANY the amount on
hand April goth was 81 ,573.17. This
com pany furnishes water to q large
scope of country and appears to
have it reduce to q satisfactory
system.
"Syzgygnostics" is what DR..
Hammond calls "the power to COM
nit a murder when asleep" That
Is the word we have been trying to
think of for nearly two years. We
, knew 1t had seven gables, a portico
front and back and a mansard roof,
but we couldn't recall its cegno.
men. II the Doctor calls the pc wei
to commit murder while asleep
"Sysgygnoscism," We don't want
to see the terrible looking word he
would applv to the person who