Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1881-08-18
LOCAL HREVITIE HIS.

Mr.. J. de Barth Shorb, of San
Marine, was in the city yesterday.
A cottage of five rooms is adver.
tised for sale or TO rent In our New
To-Day.
Mr.. I. Lankershim is a passen-
ger by the train due from San
Francisco this morning.
J. B. Quinn g. Co., of the Temple
street Employment Office, adver-
tises in to.day's HERALD for 20
men at 1925 per day.
Under the head of "Wanted" In
our New To. day, q gentleman adj
vertises for an opportunity to in
vest $4,000 in an established BUSH
ness.
Mr.. M. Meyberg, assignee, at 10
o'clock this morning, will sell in
front of the Sheriff's Office the
property OF l.. w. Kirby. an in
solvent.
Mr.. VIM. Pridham, Superintend-
ent of Wells, Fargo g. Co.'s, ex-
press, we :earn, went out to Yuma
yesterday to look after the de-
layed express matter lying at that
point.
Mr.. J. w. Dunn, Quartermaster's
Agent, yesterday shipped three
carloads of barley, two carloads of
straw and one carload of hay to
Pantano, Arizona, for Camp Hua-
chuca..
The following cases are set for
trial in Judge Towards branch of
the Superior Court to-day: Bris-
walter VS. Los Angeles City; Taylor
VS. Nolan; Panchon Va Carney;
Lind Va Lind.
We tender our congratulations to
Mr.. Fred DOhs, and in bumper
of the Cachet Blanc which we
found on our desk, drink success to
the little stranger whose coming
yesterday filled the DOhs mansion
with joy.
By notice elsewhere the Trustees
of the CerritOs School District give
notice that au election will he held
on Saturday, September 10th, for
the purpose OF voting IL special tax
of $500 to finish and paint the
school house, etc.
Attention is directed to the pro.
fessional card of DR.. Grissom, who
has opened An office in the United
States Hotel. DR.. Grissom comes
here from st. Louis, where he has
filled the important position of
Health Officer for a number of
years.
The mighty nimrOds, Phil Lauth,
Joe Msier, Theo Frohlinger and
Don Carlos Schwenn, have return
ed from their hunting trip to San
Bernarndino. Phil Lauth forgot
to bring his grizzly this time. He
desires US to assure his friends that
on his next trip he will certainly
get one, when they may all expect
q liberal supply of bear steaks.
We were informed by Superin.
tendent Hewitt, last evening. that
the outlook for the speedy resump-
ton of intercourse with Arizona is
quite good. The weather there has
cleared up sufficiently to permit Of
the washouts being put in a passa-
BILE condition, and, unless heavy
rains should fall meantime, that u
through train will probably arrive
in Los Angeles this evening.
We understand that Don Anto-
Mo Coronel intends to have q
correto, such as was used by the
early settlers of California, made
for the coming Centennial celebra-
ton. 1t will be constructed entire-
ly of wood, the wheels solid, and
drawn by oxen yOked in the old
style. Another reminder of the
olden time will be wooden pillow,
such as was in use by the CHANGERS
of the early days.
The Board of Managers of the
Figueroa Street Orphans Home
have indefinitely postponed the
Art Loan Exhibition which they
proposed to get up for the APP
proachiDg Fair The time of hold
ing the Exhibition will be an
nounced hereafter. The efforts
thus far made to obtain u collec-
ton have been quite successful,
and the managers wish to return
thanks for tho liberal responses.
Everybody has heard the story
of the Yuma soldier and his blan-
kets. Here is anothsr-and frssh-
. or: Last week an employ6 of the
Southern Pacific Railroad was
brought In from some point in
California and stationed here. AT.
ter three days experience he wrote
to headquarters asking to be trans
ferred again. He wrote: u ex.
pect to 90 to hell anyway; but !
want to go as q green hand, and
object to being broken In here
Yuma Free Press.
In his last letter from the ex'
treme north, dated st. MichaePs
, John Muir, the naturalist and sci
y enlist, who lie now on the Corwin
in her cruise for the lost whaler
Mt. Wollaston and VigiIant, ant