Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-17
Col. Chalmers Scott, of the Buena

y
for the purpose of organizing q par
ty to survey a line through the
Csjon Pass for the Southern Pacific
Railway. He 10 stopping at the
Cosmopolitan.
In the City Court yesterday, John
Williams, drunk and disorderly,
was sent to the chain gang for ten
days; Alexander Guirad0 got fifteen
days; Miguel Esperapza nine days
and John Dougherty thirty days.
Bonifacio Sinbacos, for the same
offence, paid $40.
A party of miners from Los An
geles county, with full supplies OF
provisions and tools, have started
to Holcomb valley to reopen and
com mmence wo:k X on the old Andreas
silver quartz mine. This camp 10
likely to soon be one of the liveliest
places in the oounty.-Colton
Semi. 7ropic
VIM. B. Strong, General Man
ager, and J. F. Goddard. General
Freight Agent, Of the A. T. & s.lF.
r. r., passed through Los Angeles
last evening en- route for San Fran
cisco. The special car containing
the families of the above named gen.
tlemen went to Santa Monica last
evening, where 1t will remain un-
til they return from San Francisco.
Mr.. D. Maggie gives notice to his
old patrons and the public gener.
ally, elsewhere in this mornings
HERALD. that he has just returned
from San Francisco, where he pur.
chased one Of the largest and best
a. ssortments OF boots and shoes ever
brought to Los Angeles, which he
offers at way down prices. Give
him call.
On Sunday afternoon Nicholas
Nagley, an employs of the South
ern Pacific Railway Company, had
half of his foot cut off by being
ruD over by a car, near San Fer
nandO. He was brought to Los
Angeles on a special engine, where
he received the necessary medical
attention from DR.. Kurtz, and was
sent to the Company's hospital at
sacramento yesterday.
The London Field, of a recent
date. publishes q letter from Geo.
E. Gard, of this city, warning the
athletic committees of England
against Fred e. Doty, the foot
racer, who was known in Los An
geles as F. E. Davis, and who is
now palming himself off on the
Britishers as an amateur. Mr., Gard
gives full list of the many races
in which Davis took part as q pro-
fessional, with the various names
under which he figured.
The Lewis Bros, Of the HALF Price
Boot and Shoe store, come to the
front this morning with four ad.
vertisements in which they pre-
sent to their patrons and the pub
lie generally the largest and most
varied assortment of boots and
shoes ever offered by any house on
the Pacific Coast outside of San
Francisco. Persons desiring any
thing in their line should by ali
means give them a call az they sell
at astenishingly low prices.
On Monday next, at 10 A. NJ.
sharp, the calendar of civil cases
originally triable in the Superior
Court, will be called by Judge Sc
pulveda. Such cases will then be
Set for trial for the first two weeks
in June. The criminal calendar
will also be called at the same
time and cases at issue will then
be set for trial for the last two
weeks in June. A trial jury for
the session will be empannelled
about the 18th of June.
"Capt. Goodall, of Goodall, Per.
kins g. Co.. has promised to allow
the magnificent steamer State Of
California to bring an excursion
party to Santa Barbara from San
Francisco, at an early day. Dixey
Thompson of the Arlington has the
matter in hand, and should receive
subst antial encouragement."-San.
ta Barbara Press.
Would 1t not be we'll for the ho-
tel keepers of Los Angeles to take
sOme aston by which Captain
Goodall would be induced To allow
tue California to extend her excur.
sion trip to this city?
About midnight on Friday the
Orizaba, on her way down the coast
from San Francisco, met the Sem
ator Ou her upward voyage. The
latter vessel attempted to cross the
bow of the Orizaba, which was
stopped just in time to avoid q COL
lision, the two ships being only
some fifteen feet apart. So sudden
ly was tho OriZaba's engine re-
veTsed that the connecting rod was
broken. This caused O delay of
twelve hours, the steamer coming
slowly along with one crippled
wheel. The damage cannot be re.
paired until the vessels return to
San Francisco.
It is reported that on Sunday
night last, over the river 10 Paso
del Norte, two Mexican soldiers
who held an Antipathy against .
captain in the Mexican army,
meeting him in the street, picked
up rocks and assaulted him. The
Captain had them put under arrest
and then reported the affair to the
commanding officer Of the POST.
That officer, 1t Is said, ordered the
soldiers to be imm ediately shot,
which was promptly done, no
court-martial being had. These
are given our reporter rs the main