Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-04-14

by jury In the City Court on
Tuesday, on the charge of stealing
a pillow from the United States
Hotel, and who was acquitted. was
arrested again yesterday on the
charge of disturbing the peace. He
was taken before Judge Adams for
examination, when he entered q |
plea of not guilty and demanded q
jury trial, saying, II want q full
jury, your honor" His case is set
for trial to-day.
Season tickets for the Fabbri
Opera, four nights, including re.
served seats, for $3.50, can now be
had at the bookstore of P. Lazarus,
Temple Block.
According to the San Diego
NeaUs there is a gentleman in that
burg who announces himself as
the great original Jacobs, true
blue, Sir Roger G. Tichborne. Let
him beware, or lie may be sent to |
keep company with Arthur Orton
in a British Jail. They don't ap-
pear to have lost any Sir Rogers
in that country. Let him HE him
to Tombstone or Silver City, or
some other mining town where he
may breathe the free air of heave n
and earn his bread in the sweat of
his brow. The story books rather
diaphanOus.
Mr.. w. C. Smith, after having
paid visit of three years to the
East, has returned to Los Angeles
county, this time for good. He
tells US that he has had enough of
the Summer heats and Fall, Spring
and Winter mud, sIush, snow and
ice of that section. He has bought
himself q farm near the Brea
ranch from ex-senator Cole and
proposes to become a model Grang.
er. We notice that In nearly every
instance In which people who have
resided In Southern California for
a year or 80 have returned to the
East, they are heartily glad when
their circumstances admit of their
getting back into semi-trOpicalia.
Mr.. Brown, of the real estate
firm of Morford & Brown, in 4
quiet way, is one of the most inde.
fatigable prospectors of Southern
California. He has served an ap.
premiership Of twenty-one years
at this fascinating pursuit, with
occasional Interruptions, and he
informs us that the belt of country
between here and the "Needles' is |
a specially interesting field to the
geolOgist and the mining expert.
He lately paid visit to the min
ing regions on the upper Colorado,
near the cornering of California,
Nevada, Utah aud Arizona. He
made the trip by wagon, consum.
ing seven days going and six and a
half in returning. Quite colony
of epterprising and hardy miners
hold the fort in that section.
A San Luis Obispo telegram
says: It is stated on good authori.
ty that the San Luis Obispo and
Santa Maria Valley Railroad will
be extended about thirty miles to
the Santa Maria river. There are
two routes surveyed; one along the
beach by way of Guadalupe and
the other back from the coast
through the agricultural portion Of
the county, the former being q
comparatively level country aud
shortening the distance and would
not cost much more than One.half
the other, which will require heavy
grading and much bridge and tres
tie work. The latter route also
leaves San Luis Obispo about two
miles to the north. The building |
of the railroad, which will save
about one.haff the cost Of freight
to the farmers to get their grain to
tidewater, will be q great benefit to
the country and inaugurate new
era Of prosperity.
The San Francisco Bulletin Of
the 11th instant brings intelli.
gence of the death of Mr.. A. B.
Holmes, of the firm of Holmes &
Scott, of this city, which occurred
on board ship on the 7th instant.
Mr.. Holmes, 1t will be remem-
bered, was in very delicate state
of health, being afflicted with
lung troubles, aud went to the
Sand Islands some months
ago as forlorn hope Of prolonging
his life a few years. lie derived
no benefit from the change, and
finally started home, embarking
on the Hesperian. q sailing YES.
sci, for the port Of San Francisco.
But he had not sufficient vitality
left him to endure the voyage.
The body was buried at sea, Mr..
Holmes was man OF estimRble
character aud possessed the nerve
and push of q first.class business
man. He was attacked by hem.
orrhages while living in Minneso.
to seven years ago, and 1t was only
by his removal to this place and
an exercise of his strong will-poW-
er that his life was preserved 30
long. He leaves q wife and two
children residing in this city, who
are heart t-broken with the news Of
his death under such painful cir.
cumstanaes. Mr.. Holmes was thir-
ty.four years of age.
Col. Banbury, OF Pasadena, haa
finished planting so acre vines
yard for the Woodbury. brothers,
near Pasadena. The principal va.
rieties planted are the Zinfan.
del, Blaue Elben AMI Malvoi.
sic, all wine making grapes. Col.
Banbury expects to assist the
Woodburys in planting fifty-acre
orange orchard this season. Next
wear the owners will put out
tract of 2OS acres in vines and |