Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-02-11


product of their Los Angeles mills
that they will start up their mill
here to. morrow. Their -four man.
ufactnred from San Diego and Los
Angeles wheat ranks with any in
the State and the number of orders
necessitates the running of their
mills night and day.-San Diego
San.
zone of the People," in COM
munication to the Cypress OF yes
terday, seems to us to leave the
gas question just where he left 1t
before, having only succeeded In
adding a verbal quibble to his
former communication. The peo-
pie have had the benefit of lighted
streets and are willing to pay the
Gas Company fair price for the
accom- modatioa.
Col. r. s. Baker, in discussing
the remarkable endurance of sheep
even on short grass, says that they
will often go sixty miles in the
twenty four hours. They can smell
water at distance OF five miles;
and, even when half dead from
hunger and fatigue, they will
break into lope for that distance,
the lame ones forgetting their ceres
and Joining in the eager chase.
Y. Velardez, who was commit.
ted to Jail few days ago by Jus.
tice Fisher to await trial before the
Superior Court on the charge OF
felonious assault, has been acting
in strange manner since his com
mitment. Yesterday he was par
TALLY examined by Drs Haunon
and Lathrop a to his sanity. The
the symptoms of insanity not be-
ing sufficiently pronounced, he
was recommitted to Jail to await
further developments.
Don Narciso Botello, who has
been residing at Real del Castillo,
Bnja California, where he has been
engaged in mining for the past ten
years, returned to Los Angeles on
Thursday with the intention of re.
naming here permanently. Mr..
Botello some years ago was a quite
prominent citizsn of this county,
having filled the offices of mem be
of the Legislature, County Re.
corder and Mayor of Los Angeles
city. We welcome him back to
his old home.
Mr.. L. H. Washburn, of the firm
of Washburn & Hoover, California
Immigration Agents at Los Apge.
les and Muscatine, Iowa, has beer
in this city for some weeks past
These gentlemen have entered into
the business of facilitating the set.
Element of individuals and colonies
in Southern California. They have
several projects Of their own and
are general agents for the sale of
colony lands. Their plans embrace
a large addition to the population
of this county.
The old adage that it is not good
to put all ones eggs In one basket
applies to wagons as we'll as bas-
kets, as was proved by an incident
which happened on Main street
yesterday. By some accident q
grOcer's wagon was overturned and
q considerable consignment of hen
fruit was tumbled out on the
stree, together with other dain-
ties. The esult was that Column
fus's experiment Of standing an
egg on end by smashing it was re.
peated on a wholesale scale. As
some of the eggs were left whole,
there WAS fine time gathering
them up.
Col. G. F. Crocker, President OF
the Arizona and New Mexico Di.
vision of the Southern Pacific
Railway, accompanied by Col.
Gray, Chief Engineer, Messrs.
Steve Gage, j. o. B. Gum and sew
eral other gentlemen, whose names
we did not learn, passed through
Los Angeles yesterday in special
Car Oh the way to Albuquerque,
New Mexico, from whence they
will make reconnaissance OF the
line of the Atlantic and Pacific
Railway to the Colorado river,
travelling to the end of track by
rail and the balance Of the dis.
tance in ambulances.
All the indication were propi
tious yesterday for the fullillme menI
of The prediction by "Old Prob
abilities," in telegram from Sar
Francisco, of general rain. A,
noon word reached the city tha
rain was falling at Florence ant
later that 1t had commenced t.
come down at the Cahueuga, bul
it was not until about 8 r. M. tha
any moisture visited Los Angelo!
and then just suficient to swear by
AT S:45 another light drizzle fell
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at 9:45. At 10 O'clock a gentl,
rain commenced to fall which
promises to last throughout tn.
night.
1t will probably please the deni'
zens of this city to know.that thi.
year the oranges of the Los Ange.
les valley proper are the finest In
the county, surprising in flavor
size and excellence even those OF
the San Gabriel valley. h. Ger.
main & Go. make a beau ,iful dis.
play OF the fruit, in front of their
store in the Baker Block, and their
daily shipments are quite large,
embracing u great extent of coun.
try. Boxes containing from $50 to
16O large, luscious oranges retail at
$3. Oranges of fair grade are re-
markabIy cheap this year, not
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