Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-12-22

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DR.. Roesss, who lives upon the
hill, IL not acquainted with the
way things are doue In Los An
geles. Leaving his home on the
hill, the property Of DR.. Lindley,
the other day, he trustipgly start
ed for the city over the usual
paths, not knowing that q wide
and deep excavation had been
made in the roadway in the after
noon. On his return, at o late
hour at night, our tall and hand
some friend dropped into the new
" made pit, nearly dislocating his
right arm, which is that Of the
best shot and swordsman In South
ern California. This untoward
accident has temporarily postponed
the Doctors trip to Anabeim.
Yesterday, DR.. v. Gelcich Of
this city, received the sad intelli-
gence OF the death Of his venerable
mother In Dalmatia, Austria. Her
decease occurred on the Goth of
last October from an attack Of apo
piexy, which at first deprived her
of the use of portion Of her body
and the power of speech. In. this
condition she fingered for three
days before death relieved her suf-
ferings. Her loss is severe blow
to her son in this city, who was al
ready making preparations to visit
her and the old home in the sum.
mer, af,er an absence Of thirty-two
years. Another son, DR.. }. P.
0eloich, has just left Los Angeles
for sonora. Mexico, and him the
sad news has not yet reached.
Mr.. J. M. Forbes, of Boston, .
wealthy capitalist who was re-
Gently the President OF the Chi.
cago, Burlington & Quincy Rail-
way, with q party, will arrive at
the Sierra Madre Villa to-day. Mr..
Forbes was here about a year ago,
and intimated that he might come
out to Los Angeles to spend bis
hale old age. He arrived iu his
own special car, No. 200. After
resting at the Sierra Madre Villa,
he will embark In the next steam
er for Santa Barbara, where rela-
tives Of his son reside. After see-
ing these, he will return to Los
Angeles, where he will spend some
considerable time, whether he
makes up his mind to settle
amongst Us finally or not. His
special Car, meanwhile, will be
switched Of, to await bis return
and after movements.
The cases OF O'Connor vs. Good
and O'Connor vs. Hazard, which
were argued before department
two Of the Supreme Court at the
last October term, have been or
dered to be heard by the Court In
bank. These are two OF the Rose
Grams land cases. The Supreme
Court citing In bank has, in the
late case Of O'Connor vs. Frasher,
settled the main questions in.
volved in this controversy In favor
of the grantees Of Rosecrans. How.
ever, Justice Myrick dissented In
that case, and as he 10 u member
Of department two and as depart
ment cannot pronounce judgment
unless its members are unani-
NOUS, the failure to arrive at de-
cision In the cases now ordered
into bank 10 presumably due to
Justice Myrick's refusal to concur
IN the views OF his associates. The
defendants in the case OF O'Connor
vs.. Frssner have, we understand,
appealed 10 the United States SUI
preme Court from the judgment
rendered against them by the State
tribunal.
Last night seems to have been
prolifl, of fires; for, In addition, to
the two for which alarms were
given. another occurred about 8
O'Clock, at the head Of Temple
street; which, being out Of the
reach Of the city water, the engines
did not 60 to. The premises In
question belonged to Mr.. Rogers,
the livery man. He informs US
that the fire consumed about is
tons of hay and bis barn, the lat
ter being insured for $500. 1t was
worth considerably more. At the
time Of the fire there were ib the
barn four valuable horses. for one
OF which lie had refused $1,000, aud
three cows. Luckily for him, he
was At home taking supper, and
on discovering the fire rushed into
the barn and cut all the animals
loose, thereby saving additional
loss. He thinks 1t must have been
the work of an incendiaryi as, yes.
tsrdsy morning, he turned man
off the premises whom he found
sleeping in his haystack, and
thinks that that might have been
his way OF taking revenge.
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