Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-09-14

sion "too toO?''-are followed by
Calcutta Black Hole nights.
Elsewhere appears the card OF
DR.. Cochran, who graduated at the
Rush medical College In 1859 and
later at the Jefferson Medical Col
lege at Philadelphia, in 1880. DR..
Cochran practiced medicine in
Central Illinois for twelve years
and half, and gained the reputa-
ton of being an accomplished
practitioner. He has determined
TO make Los Angeles his home
hereafter and we com mend him to
the recognition of such of our peo-
pie as may require medical treat
ment.
The Horticultural Society offered
a premium of twenty-five dollars
for the best essay on "twenty acres
of land. for family support and
profit" for which there were four
contestants, as follows: Number
\ l, by Geo. r. Hinde; number 2, by
Chas. l.. Ratchelle; number 8, by
Chas. Coleman, Jr.; mum ber 4, by
Thomas 8. Carey. All OF whom
wrote under a nom de plume. The
committee consisting of Judge Sc
pulvedH, J. d. Lynch and ]. J.
Ayers, after careful consideration
swarde d the premium to number
8, written by Mr.. Coleman, of the
Semi Zropic.
Cyrus Lyons tells us that yester-
day was the hottest day of his re.
collection of Los Angeles. On the
Laguna ranch the sheep were con.
sumed by mortal thirst, drinking
twice as much as on any day this
seasoD. completely draining the
wsAI is curious fact that in
n1at1 geles the three hottest days
year generally come in May
September. The approach of
autumnal equinox here, in.
ss1ad of bringing appalling storms,
simply gives us. for a few days,
the weather which has distracted
the East during the whole Sum-
mer.
Conductor Reed, of the Santa
Monica road, is about to be accord
ed a vacation by his employers,
which he will improve by going
East, spending most of his time in
Wsshi ngton City, which was his
old stamping ground. Friend
Reed has richly earned brief rest.
He has been painstakipg and labo-
rious to the superlative degree.
While we envy him the oppor.
tunity which lie opening before him
to consume steamed CherrystoDe
oysters dd libituna, and to peep ia
on the brilliant Washington world,
we hope that he will derive
world of pleasure from his trip.
There was bat a fair attendance
at Turnverein Hall last night on
the occasion of the benefit of Carrie
Clark Ward. Kathleen Mavour.
neen held the boards, and the fair
beneficiary acquitted herself adj
mirably. Take it for al. in all the
performance surpassed anything
which preceded 1t during the stay
of the Ward combination in Los
Angeles. 1t can truthfully be said
that the troupe last night gathered
honors however it may have been
as TO the shekels-the vile "rascal
counters" which are sometimes SO
essential to good feeling with the
dramatic guild. We learn that u
new departure will be made this
evening, the third act of Othello
being underscOred as an incident of
the programme.
Quite extensive fires have ragged
for some time past in the neigh
borhood Of Los Angeles. The first
serious fire occurred on the La.
guna ranch. A number OF China
men, in pursuing their business,
had lighted a fire; and, as they sup
posed, carefully guarded against
any possibility of danger by clear.
ing off the ground fer oonsidera-
BILE distance. a sudden whirlwind
arose and whirled the burning en-
bers for some distance. The grass,
being as dry as finder, took fire and
burned for a space of nearly fifteen
hundred acres, utterly divesting
that portion of the ranch of its
luxurlant dry feed. Col. Baker,
by mploying u large force of la
borers, succeeded in checking
the flames. For sons days
past fierce fires have been de.
vastatiDg the region about San Di-
mas, which Is located above the
mouth ofthe Azusa csfion. At
times, at night, the scene has been
picturesque iI the extreme, dense
volumes of smoke being illumined
by fitful tongues of fire, the whole
remark ably resembling a volcano
in course of eruption. Thus far the
destruction has been localized, the
San Gabriel valley escaping the
visitation. Certainly measures
should be taken to secure immun.
| ity from these perpetually recur-
rug fires. The question as to
whether they have contributed to
the intens heat Of the past week or
so 10 being much discussed.
While Mr.. A. w. Ryan has never
hitherto been recognised as howl
ing Dervisb; while, in fact, nobody
has ever mistaken him for Trap
pist monk; while, verify, he may
never have attained to the sancti-
fed fervor of follower Of the uar-
tyr Ali; while, to say the truth, he
would not do service for bare
footed franciscan, or be mistaken
for Biblel colporteur; while, In
reality, even as missionary to the
Heather he might not be thought
to fill the billJ while, to conoede
the worst at once, even az an ss-
sistant pastor to Plymouth Church
in Brooklyn. or to the Metropoli-
tan Temple in San Francisco, he
might not be found to round out
all the requirements; while, In ane,
and to bring the wearisome reoa-
pitulation to period, the present