Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-12-24
LOCAL RREVITIES.

Toilet sets of every description
at Preuss & Pironi's.
Platt & Page have the fin est and
most elaborate display in the city.
Call and see them.
Mrs. B. w. Edelman, of Cotton,
is spending the holidays in this
city, with her relatives.
Among the arrivals by the Orl-
zaba yesterday was Miss Rose
Dawson, of San Fra Dcisco, who
has come to spend the Winter with
her sister, Mrs. DIR. Gelcich.
The Semi .Tropio California came
to us to-day in an elegant new
"outside." This valuable maya.
zine is constantly improving in
every way, and some of the cuts
in this issue are fine works of art.
Perfumeries, soaps, mirrors,
com bs and oil sorts of brushes, at
Preuss g. Piropi's.
The League Of Freedom will
hereafter hold meetings on the
first Saturday of every month, at 8
p. NJ at Turnverein Hall.
Mr.. James Foord, of San Gabriel,
who has been visiting bis old home
at Boston, Mass returned yester.
day via the Southern route, accom-
panied by bis mother.
Miss Georgie Mott will arrive to-.
day from San Bernardino, where
she has been at school, TO pass the
holidays amongst her relatives
and friends in Los Angeles.
Hon. VIM. NJ. Stewart, ex. U United
States Senator from Nevada, now
q resident of ArizonH, passed
through Los Angeles yesterday,
en- route to San Francisco.
A special car containing several
officials of the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy Railroad, arrived in
Los Angeles by the Southern route
yesterday evening and proceeded
to San Francisco by the regular
train.
It was asserted. few days ago,
in the daily papers. that the star
OF Bethlehem, which has not been
seen for 318 years, Is now visible.
Can anybody inform Mr.. Bliss in
what quarter of the heavens the
star is situated and what is its
name?
1t is expected that the first pas.
senger car will run to San Pedro,
via Wilmington, OH the first Of
January next. Everything Ia very
lively down there, in the endeavor
to get thu work finished by that
time. The whsrfis already COM
pietfd.
We had q call yesterday from
Mr.. w. II. Souther, of the Calico
mining district. He informs us
that he has just sold q group Of
sevan mines located in that camp
for $4,000. He goes from Los An.
geles to New York City, and thence
to London. on q voyage combining
business and pleasure.
The FalleTerm of the Los Ange.
les Business College is now closed
for u short vacation. It's third
year, Spring Term. will begin
Monday, January 2, 1882. Al.
though there has been q good ut.
tendance during the past yea, we
predict much larger attendance
during the ensuing year.
Dan Daily and Joseph WilsoD,t two
of The gang that were tried in the
sarlv part OF the week, alter beipg
Ia cisi"dy tor about seven week..
for breaking jdl. nni acquitted,
were up befoie the CITY Justice
y. g erday aud convicted, for tres
passing on private property, to Il
days in the chain gang.
somehow or other, eince the
HERALD abdlcated the role o.
weather prophet for this section
everything from O climatic poinl
OF view seems to go wrong in the
lower country. After three years
of uninterrupted success, WI
thought we had done enough. We
regret that we did not psrsevere In
wsll-d0ing.
On Monday, December 28tb, and
on Monday, January I'd, telegraph
office hours will be from s to IL
O'Clock A. NJ, aud from 4 to 8
O'Clock P. NJ, except at repeating
stations and principal offices, which
will be kept open as usual but with
such reduction of force on duty al
circumstances will permit.
Under the title Of "Insplration,'' -
we present to our readers this
morning u very exquisite little
poem by Miss Rosalie Kercheval,
the gifted daughter Of the foremost
poet of California, Mr.. A. +.
Kercheval. 1t is like strain
from an Eelian harp, with fauci-
ful touch and deft mastery OF
rhyme and rythym.
There is no other place in Los
Angeles that has q greater variety
of useful Xmas presents than al
the drug emporium of Preuss & Pi-
roni.
The alarm of fire last night,
which sounded about 6 o'clock,
WAS caused by chimney which
was on fire at the corner of For
and First streets. 1t was extin
guished without the help of the
engines. The fire boys, not to HI
disappointed, had . little fare VI
on their own account ut the plug
but no damage WAS done.
Mr.. Jos. Hamilton, who lives OF
Charity street, had his hous'
broken into on Wednesday night
several valuable things beiDi