Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-09

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Messrs. Rose q Stern at their dis
tillery on the east eide of the river
is completed and ready for the
superstIucture; the new storehOuse
is being rooted and the new two.
story frame residence for Mr..
Waohtel, the superintendent, 10 al
most finished.
Last s ,turday afternoon several
stacks of grain belonging to Mr..
Jesse Avis, Sr., of San Gabriel,
were burned, Several Of his neigh.
bors also suffered from the FIRE. We
did not learn how the f1 re originat-
ed nor the amount of the loss, but
understand 1t was fully covered by
insurance, Last > ear Mr.. Avis lost
his grain crop from the same cause.
The excursion to Anaheim last
Sunday, considering the almost In.
tolerable heat, was big success,
three carloads of people having
gone from this city. Financially
it was an entire success, the Thir-
Fights boys, under whose aus
pioes it was gotten up, having paid
all expenses and netted hand-
some surplus.
We have been requested to warn
the boys and young men who were
discharging firearms and disturb
ing the quiet of people residing on
Sanseva.n street on Sunday even
ing last that they had better not
repeat their performances, or they
will be arrested and properly pun.
ished. They are we'll known and
this is simply to advise them not
to repeat tneir tricks.
There was rain storm, accom-
panied by violent thunder and
lightning, in the Soledad Ca II On on
s .turday last, the lightning tear
Ing up four or five telegraph poles.
A man was sent out by Superinten-
dent Haines and replaced the de.
molished poles. The rain was very
heavy, 3d. 100ths of an inch having
fallen during the storm. There
was a heavy rain at Mojave, also,
which laid the dust and cooled the
atmosphere on the desert for a
short time.
Atthe regular meeting of Mer-
rlll Lodge, No. 299, I. o. g. t.,
Saturday evening, the following
officers were installed bv Lodge
Deputy VIM. H. Lloyd: w. G. r.,
James II. Blanchard; w. r. H. s.,
Miss Lentie Lancaster; w. l. H.
g., Miss Carrie Bradley; w. v. T.,
Mrs. Sarah Rush; W. g., Mrs II. F.
Burns; w. A. s., Miss Edith
Walker; w. F. S., w. H. Lloyd;
w. T.. Geo. N. Lockwood; w. NJ. ,
John Mccain; w. D. M, Miss Ada
Baxter; w. I. G., Miss Lulu Will
SOD; W. U. g., James Lancaster;
w. CHAPS, Mrs. M. l.. Blanchard.
We yesterday saw specimen
from the coal mine of Mr.. w. B.
Cullen, in the Cajon Pass. The
coal resembles anthracite in ap.
pearance, but burns very much
like camel coal. The mine has
been bonded to some parties in
Oakland, who are sinking u shaft
and who are entirely satisfied with
the prospects, the vein presenting
a face of three feet and the coal
improving in quality as they 60
down. We learn that the mine of
Me.srs. Tay & Lawrence, in the
same locality, Is also turning out
well.
We received a call yesterday
from Mr.. Henry s. Knapp, Super.
intendent of the Santa Rosa Min
ing Company. He informed US
that the tunnel being run into the
mountain TO tap the incline shaft
for the purpose OF drawing off the
water, is almost complete. AS soon
as this is accomplishtd the com.
pany will erect hoisting works and
com mence mining vigorously. Mr..
J. s Leeds and Mr.. 8. Deming
Baldwin, of New York City, own
ers in the mine, are at present Wis.
itiDg Los Angeles. They are stop
ping at the Cosmopolitan.
Cotton Semi Tropio: On Thurs
day the first through overland
mall from the East via the South
ern route reached US. The agent
in charge of the mail car had more
matter than he could get through
with, and was forced to carry some
of 1t by, to Los Angeles, but that
belonging to this section of
country was returned on Friday.
There will necessarily have to be
two agents put in a car after this in
order to do the work required on
this route. The agent who brought
in thursdays mail was completely
Worked down, having been en-
gagged day and night after leaving
Deming.
We were yesterday shown some
very rich specimens of silver ore
by MIR. Henry G. Kelsea, taken
from his mine in the San Gabriel
Cafion, above the Winston mine.
They were from a narrow streak
about four inches wide that runs
through the ledge. 1t Is composed
of black suIphurets and native sill
yer, intermixed with cobalt, and
assays from SO 600 to $4,000. The
ledge proper, on which shaft has
been sunk thirty feet, is two feet
wide and assays $1400 to the ton.
There is said to be sufficient cobalt
In the vein to pay the expense of
mining. Work Is being prosecuted
vigorously, Mr.. Kelsea and part
ners being determined to go for all
that is In sight.
Owing to washouts on the line of
the Southern Pacific Railroad be-