Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-12-24
which it was done shows an evi.
dent knowledge Of the premises.

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On Sunday morning there will
be posted, In front of the package
and general delivery windows, at
the Postoffice, notices of all the
] packages, &c., not delivered up to
that time, with the names of
those to whom the various articles
are addressed. The Postmaster
has kindly consented to keep the
office open until IL A. M. of that
day, in order to accommodate the
public.
At an inquest held in London
last month, on the body Of q wo-
man, DR.. Blacke, who made the
post-mortem, said. owing to the
deceased's tight lacing, the stom-
ach had become SO contracted in
the centre as to present the ap-
pearance of an upper and q lower
one. The cause Of death was syn
cope. Have we any specimens of
this kind in Los Angeles
Sheriff Rowland has always been
an inveterate veg. Some time
ago, when the official shorthand
Court Reporter lived on u certain
we'll known street in this city, II
there was any demand for that Of
ficial, the sheriff would say, send
up to "Menagerie Row." At that
time the Messrs. Bear, Wolf,
| Lyons, Katz, Fox and Giese all
hung out together in adjoining
houses, and in the order named.
We are indebted to Mr.. q. l..
King, of Garden Grove, for two
superb specimens of Japanese per-
simmon. The largest measures
ten and half inches one way to
nine and q half the other. The
smallest is ten aud one-eigh tn
inches In circumference. The
trees from which these magnifi.
cent specimens were grown were
only three years old, and were
raised without irrigation.
Mr.. w. H. Perry, accompanied
by his daughter, Mise Mamie, goes
up to San Francisco to-day. Miss
Mamie has a number of very fat
tering offers from that quarter to
sing In opera, but prefers to make
her debut in the United States in
her native city. She will return
with u full o. cratic cast and q COM
petent orchestra and give three
subscription concerts In Los Ange-
les, as preliminary to her advent
In opera in the metropolis.
/ At regular meeting of Orange
Council No. 26 Order of Chosen
Friends Thursday evening In Odd
Fellows Hall, the following officers
were elected for the ensuing term
to wit: Chief Councillor, T.. H.
Hannas; Vice Councillor, A. w.
Edelman; Recorder, Isaac s.
Smith; Treasurer, O. H. Hopper.
stead; Medical examiner, J. Han.
non, M. D; Prelate, r. H. Hewitt;
Marshall, H. McNamsra; Warden,
Samuel Korts; Guard, T. Nolte;
Sentry, J. A. Cline.
Ladies' satchels, pocket books,
card and letter csses, cigar and
cigarette cases, at Preuss Il PirOni's.
Robert Cuff alias Brown, was
brought before Judge Adams yes
terday on the charge Of petit lar.
ceny. The principal prosecuting
witness being absent, the case was
postponed until 10 A. M on
Wednesday next, when he will be
charged with felony, rs 1t appears,
on referring to the records of the
Court, that Brown, in February
last, was sentenced to sixty days
in Jail for stealing a set Of billiard
balls, the law of the State making
two such chafges u penitentiRry
offence.
On Thursday last We met at
Deming, New Mexico, our some
time townsmen James II. North
craft and Oscar Roberts. Mr..
Northcraft Is the agent of the
Demipg and Silver City Stage
Company, and is stationed at the
former place. Mr.. Roberts, who
presented hale aud hearty sp-
pearance for a man three times re-
ported killed by Indians, informed
us that he 10 interested In several
promising mining claims In that
section, from which he hopes to
make mis- "pile." Both geptIemen
desired to be remembered to their
Los Angeles friends.
Mr. r s. Lynch, the local editor
OF the HERALD, arrived from st.
Louis yesterday, after months
paseo. He tells US that, with the
exception OF q shower or two, and
an occasional dip to near the freez.
ing point, the weather, during his
whole trip, was much such AS we
generally have in Los Angeles, at
this season of the year, an hour or
so after sundown. AS st. Louis
has the reputation Of being the
c6ldest place in winter, and the
hottest in summer, OF any spot
on the American continent, the
weather.clerk seems to have been
specially good natured to this Rep
reseDtative of semi.trOpical Cali
fornla.
Rev. Father Villa, Vicar General
of the Diocese of Los Angeles and
Monterey, accompanied by Mr..
Joseph WOlfskill, went out to Col
ton yesterday to meet Bishop
Mora, who Is expected to reach
home from his visit to Pope Leo.
via the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe Railway, this evening.
Preparations are on foot to give
the good Bishop q thoroughly cor
dial reception. Ills arrival was ex.
pected yesterday afternoon, and
csnoourse OF our pious Roman
Catholic fellow citizens, reinforced
by q group of eclectic pietists, like