Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-11
LOCAL RREVITIEs.


See advertis ement OF single tor
buggy wanted.
The City Board of Equalization
last night adjourned until O'Clock
P. NJ. to-day.
Remember to get your ice cold
Boca lager beer at Bob Eckert's
this hot weather. W..
The Signal Service Thermometer
registered but 80 yesterday, eight
degrees lower than the day before.
Captain John G. Pendleton, of
the ship William 81. Conner, and
Captain w. w. Hardy, of the bark
w. W. Crabo. are registered at the
Cosmopolitan.
Mr.. Ivar A. Weld, United States
dauger, who has been paying a
brief visit to San Francisco, is a
passenger by the overland train
due this morning.
Governor Perkins, we learn, has
appointed Mr.. o. w. Childs, of this
city, member of the Board OF
Trustees of the State Normal
School, vice G. Il. Ryland, re-
signed.
We are indebted to our young
friend Master Adolph Strauss. the
champion bouquet vender of the
Pacific Coast, for a beautiful collec-
ton of flowers, arranged with ex-
quisite taste.
The Eagle Corps drilled in the
Horticultural Pavilion last night,
and found it so com % odI0us and
comfortable that their next Grill,
tomorrow friday evening, will
be held at the same place.
We are indebted for compli-
meDtary tickets to the Cantata of
the Flower Queen to be given at
Pasadena Augusts 10Th, in which
Madame Mara aud Mrs. BeesOn
will take part.
We last evening received pleas
ant call from our old townsman
Mr.. J. l.. b. Alexander, now of
Phoenix, Arizona, who has come
in on short visit to his old friends.
He will remain here about ten
days.
Mr.. J. de Barth Shorb, of San
Marino. San Gabriel valley, who
has been visiting in the East and
in the northern part Of the State
for several months past, accOmpa-
MED by his family, will get home
by this mornings train from San
Francisco.
Mr.. B. F. Drakenfeld, whose
family are sojourning at Santa Mo-
MICA, received telegram last even.
ing that his little son had been
seriously injured by a kick from q
horse. No particulars were given.
Mr.. Drakenfeld at once got q horse
and buggy and drove down to see
his child.
Mr.. N. Benjamin, of the boot and
shoe store No. 81 Downey Block,
finds business 30 brisk that he has
been obliged to increase the shelv-
ing capacity of his store in order
to properly display his large and
varied stock of goods. Persons in
need of anything in the boot or
shoe line should not fail to exam
inc his stock.
From a private telegram received
In this city from Col. Joseph U.
Crawford, formerly Chief Engi.
neer of the Los Angeles and Inde-
psndencs Railway and now Chief
Engineer of the system OF railways
under construction by the Govern
ment of japan, We learn that he Is
at present in England purchasing
railway iron for those roads.
Emma, the younger of the Ksar-
ney sisters. whose flight from
their father and subsequent move.
ments In this city furnished ssnsa-
tional items to the newspapers, was
yesterday sent per steamer Ancon
to her married sister at San Luis
Obispo by the Ladies' Benevolent
Society. Rosa, the elder sister, re-
mains in Los Angeles and will en-
deavor to find work.
Judge DeForest Porter and faml-
ly, of Phoenix, Arizona, who only
returned to the Territory the other
day, came in to Los Angeles by
laPt evenings train to wait until
the heated term in that section is
over. The temperature In the Salt
River Valley, in the coolest places,
ranges at about ITO degrees and the
Judge has concluded that 1t is q
little too hot for comfort.
The Council, at a special meeting
last evening, adopted a resolution
instructing the Water Oversser
not to allow the irrigators on the
.Feliz ranch to use more than
eight cubic feet of water per sec.
Ond. He was also instructed to
notify riparian claimants or irri-
gators that they must comply with
the city rules for The distribution
of water, and until they do so
their bitches are to be closed.
On last Wednesday one OF the
heavy and damaging waterspouts
or cloudbursts which SO frequently
occur In the mountains of Arizona
and Nevada, burst near Mike Moo
mans ranch, four miles beyond
the Dragon Pass, and swept
through his place with irresistible
force, filling the well with dirt,
carrying Away fences, out-heusss.