Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1881-12-01
In City Justice Adams's court

ger record for the criminal court,
but 1t shows that the public NOR
ais are distressipgly good.
1t having leaked out that the
several lumber merchants Of this
city had come to an understanding
to raise the price of lumber, there
was great throng at the yards
yesterday by those who either are
building, or contemplate building,
to secure the staple at the old
figures. The crush at the yard of
J. NJ. Griffith q Co. was especially
noticeable.
The Audubon county (Towa) Sen.
tinel requests us to publish the fol-
lowing: "AD only sister of Edmund
Northrup wishes to learn his adj
dress. Said Edmund left New
York city and landed in Can Fran
cisco In 1855 or 1857. Since then he
has been, successfully, the owner
of gold mines IN the San Joaquin
valley, silver mines in Idaho and a
restaurant in northern Nevada.
Was heard Of once in Virginia
City, Montana. When last directly
heard from he was at Knights
Landing, California, in 1857. Any
one knowing his whereabouts will
confer q faver by informing his
sister, Mrs. Adeline Burnside,
Audubon, Iowa"
Yesterday we enjoyed the plea s.
ure of a call from Col. G. B. Crit
fin, the head of one of the survey
Ing parties of the Atlantic & Pa
oifio Railway, now stationed out
on the Mejave Desert. Col. Griffin
was called to Los Angeles by the
death of his infant daughter. He
informs US that the travel over the
Mojave, to and from the mines, d.
very great. Calico district IL really
beginning to assert itself az IA very
Meritorious mining proposition.
The Waterman mine Ia demon
strating itself to be a Iemarka b lie
property. The ten stamp mill at
that place has been steadily at
work for some time past, and the
last clean up resulted in $15. 900
worth of bullion. In this wonder
ful mine there are probably ia
sight, and very easily accessible,
fully $500, eco, to say nothing of
what lies in the depths beneath.
Professor Fischer, for some time
q resident of this city, and "well
known to fame," in Southern CAL
ifcEni. and Arizona, IS violinist,
was found dead in his bad at San
Francisco few days eince. The
Professor was very fine musician,
and was always liberal in aiding to
get up local concerts wherever he
might be. We heard him several
times in Arizona. His merits
were fttlngly recognized by large
attendance of the musical profess
sion at his funeral.-San Diego
Union.
We get this item from the round
about way of San Diego, having
overlooked 1t in the San Francisco
papers. Poor Fischer was quite a
favorite in Los Angeles, where he
often delighted audiences on bis
violin. He was, ia addition to be-
ing q musician of quite pronounced
excellence, a daring and indefatig-
able prospector, hunting for gold
and silver with the zeal of the
beldest Argonaut of them all. His
foot has been upon mountains of
Arizona, Nevada and
Utah. We saw him in San Fran
cisco scarcely ten days ago, and he
looked as If he might live for
twenty years yet. Alas! poor
Yorick!
Shertly after eleven o'elook last
night the virtuous and duleet air
Of Los Angeles street was shocked
by the rude clangor Of the explo-
sion of Ere arms. Fortunately
these loud det6nating weapons
were discharged into the mild
sireumaMbisnt air, NO harm being
done to man or beast. The eXplo-
sion, however. sufficed to bring
upon the spot those vigilant min
istrAnts Of the law, officers Car
psnter, Benites and Willig, who
promptly arrested two gay blades
who hailed from Arizona. When
brought up in the police office
they proved to be arrayed in the
best frontier pattern, and were not
uncomeIy youths, although their
of revolvsrs and
cartridge belts spoke unutterable
things Of war and carnage. Onicer
Kettlar, who presided at the
seance, committed both the breezy
to the tender care of
tho Rote! di Tomsoni, and they
will doubtless appear before Judge
Adams this morning on n charge
OF being drunk and disorderly.
About 3:45 yesterday morning q
fire broke out in the neighborhood
of some buildings in the rear OF the
store of the Messrs. Dillon &
Kenealy. A prompt alarm WAS
given, with the result that our gal
lat Fire Department were almost
instantly on the spot and put out
the flames instanter. The theory
of the fire, which fortunately did
no damage, is that some patron of
Congress Hall, who left by the
back door Of that establishment,
threw down the stump OF his
cigarette or cigar In pile OF shaw
ings. Some distance from the
place where the fire ignited stands
q detached building in which some
young girls are in the habit of sew
ing carpets for the Messrs. Dotter q
Branley. At the time there were
neorly $4,000 worth of carpets In
this building, on which there was
no insurance whatever. Fortu-
nately the ere was put out at once,
and neither the Messrs. Bob
Ecksrt, Dillon & Kenealy or Dot
q a., nNx, loau