Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1881-12-06

printing fraternity remeMOer JUN
@. De Lucy. He Is now o corporal
Of Company X, of the 4th Artillery
and is stationed at Madison Bar.
racks, Sackett's Harbor, New
York.
Mr.. J. w. Potts has been expert
menting with cotton In the garden
attached to his place on the hill
From hundred hollis grown there
Mr.. Potts realized eleven ounces Of
lint and seventeen ounces OF seed
avoirdupois. The average yield Of
both In the cotton States 10 scarce
| ly more than half Of these figures.
The Southern Pacific Railway
have just made series of remark
able reductions in their local pas
senger rates between Los Angeles
and local points. Those between
Los Angeles and Santa Ant
amount to nearly one half. We
are heartily glad to be able tc
chronicle this era Of Cancellation
and good nature.
The ladies of the Epiecopa
CHURCH will give a social entertain
ment at the residence of Mrs. ]. M
Griffith, Fort street, on Thursda,
evening Of this work. The public
are cordially invited and pleas
ant evening may be anticipated
An admission fee of rs cents will
b. charged, including supper.
Mr.. V. A. Pernot, late Of the Lo'
Angeles Postoffios, has arrived IL
Ksnsas City, where he proposes tt
settle. In letter 70 Mr.. G. G. Lipl
he says that that growing railway
terminus, which already numbers
| eighty thousand souls, is incrsas-
ing at an uBheard of rate, hun
dreds Of buildings, many of them
six stories in height. being In pro.
cess Of erection.
The city of Los Angeles turns up
AZ. very emphatically, a Demo.
cratic.community. The lion some
times sleeps, but his awakening 10
q matter of note. All the manip-
ulation-all the labor, but without
Senator Millei's shekeIs-was on
the Republican side, with q most
gratifying result. All the fence
men now know where to drop.
The other day COPY Of Major
Horace Bells "Reminiscenoes of q
Ranger" was stolen from the HER
AID Office. Last night all that
WAS missing from our table was q
copy Of the Evening EEpress. We
hope we shall not be put to the in
convenience and expense Of sta
tioning q special policeman in our
sanctum to protect it from spoli-
alton.
Tax Collector Cullen yesterday
was the cynosure of all eyes as he
stood, with his hand on cart con-
tanning $40, 0o0, which was about to
start from his own personal deposit
tory, tue First National Bank, to
the depository of the County
Treasurer, Mr.. Lindley. While
there were no policemen on hand,
the transit was made in good OF
der, a fact which repsls the impu-
tation Of too great tramp or COW.
boy attendance in this section.
The legion friends of Mr.. E. F.
Spence in this community are con.
doing with that gentleman on the
death of his charming young
daughter, Miss Nellie. Following
90 soon upon the heels of the
death of his son Porter, it really
assumes the place OF q personal
calamity. The young lady was be-
loved in q very large circle and
was noted for her amiable and In
tsrestipg traits Of character.
Mr.. r. s. Lynch, the locol editor
of the HaRAuD. writes us from St.
Louis that, while the temperature
10 cussedIy low, the amusement
world is quite active, with any
number Of national stars running
at once. We should not be sur
prised, however, ii, before his six
weeks vacation is ended, he would
be quite glad to get back to genial
old Southern California. The ca.
ger and nipping airs of that section
are hard to endure.
The performance of Miss Annie
Eva Fay, At Turnverein' Hall, on
Sunday night, was, by universal
admission, \ most disastrous fiatco
There was absolutely nothing ar
tistic about the lugubrious spiritu-
alistio clay out," and not even the
charming personnel OF Brother
Berry, who Officiated as one Of the
com mittee on the stage, could re-
lieve the programme from the ver-
dict Of fiat failure passed upon 1t,
with remarkable unanimity, by
the audience.
That sterling Democrat and use.
full citizen, A. w. Ryan, turns up
in the Council from that Republic
an stronghold, the Third Ward.
O'Neil follows him in good style.
Mesmer, who is beaten, by the re-
turns, by two votes. was really
elected, for he received four votes,
the innocent and unsuspecting
voter particulari2ing him for the
short term, while he really meant
| the long term. There are other
circumstances as to Mesm or, which
we do not care 10 advert to just
now, which give him strong legal
and equitable claim to seat In
our municipal legislature.
Elsewhere appears the advertise.
ment OF the Key West Cigar Store,
which, enlarged and furnished
with q most attractive variety and
abundance of goods, ia now under
the preprietorship Of that popular
old time Angeleno, Mr.. w. T Bar
nett, who has just arrived from
| Florida. Five hundred thousand