Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-02-11
LOCAL RREVITIES.
Council this evening.
"Old Prob" takes the cake.

Olu fTOD" taxes tue cake.
See advertisement of estray
horse.
Three furnished rooms are adj
vertlsed for in our New To Day.
The grand hunt of the Sports
mems Club has been postponed un.
til more propiti0us weather.
Two A. NJ: Rain has been falling
uninterruptedly since 10 O'Clock
last night, and still a.coming.
The Board of Supervisors finish
ed up their business and adjourned
for the February term vest erday
afternoon.
For yonr valentines go to Hirsch-
fields bookstore in the Dowuey
Block; you will find display of
all the novelties.
Lori Beaumont, who has been at
San Francisco fer some time past,
passed through Los Angeles yes.
terday morning en- route East by
the 6outhern route.
Master David w. Edelman will
make his Bar Mitzvah at the Jew.
ish Synagogue at 10 O'Clock this
morning. A reception will be
given at the residence of Rabbi A.
w. Edelman in the afternoon from
2to6 O'Clock.
The City Council AS Commit
tee Of the Whole, at it's meeting
yesterday, adopted schedule Of
water rates much lower than those
of last year. The rates will be pre-
seated to Council for adoption at
the regular session this evening.
Another lot of those beautiful
new style PrAng's elk fringed val
entines has been received by
Hirschfeld, the bookseller. in the
Downey Block, who sells them at
astonishing low prices.
We have the authority of Parson
Moffitt for the statement that, if
there shall be . copious rainfall at
any time during the next month,
agOod deal of grain and plenty OF
hay will be made Ia too San Fer.
nando valley,
Recent advices show that the
condition of the sheep on the Santa
Catalina and San Clemente
islands is not as favorable now as
some weeks ego. The islands,
alth0ugh'not quite 40 badly off az
the mainland. need more moisture.
The masquerade ball at Turn
verein Hall tonight bids fair to
be one OF the most brilliant things
of the kind ever cbropicled in Los
Angeles. Our German fellow citi-
zens know how to make these fes-
\ tive affairs uniqe and enjoyable to
the last degree.
We had the pleasure Of a call
yesterday from Mr.. Palmer, of the
we'll know type foundry of Palmer
Il Rey, successors to Miller g. Rich
ards, San Francisco. Mr.. Palmer
tells us that there has been an un-
precedented revival in the printing
business this year.
Clara Williams, denizen of Los
Angeles street, and her man, one
Lorraine, were arrested ty Chief
King aud Captain C1ddy, last
night, on the charge of stealing u
watch and chain from u drunken
man who went into their den the
night before They were locked up
for examiDstion.
We are reliably informed that,
on Monday next, the engineers Of
the Southern Pacific Railroad will
commence locating branch line
from Mojave to u junction with
the Atlantic and Pacific Railway
at the Needless, OH the Colorado
river. 1t Is the intention of the
company to push the work OF con-
structiOn so as to make the connec-
tion at the earliest day possible.
J. Il. McCrystle, our fashionable
tailor, has taken the matrimonial
fever and leaves for Los Angeles,
In which city he Will join the BEN
edictine ranks on next Saturday
moraing. The lady IL Miss Katie
Wilkinson, daughter of Captain
Wilkinson, of San Francisco. After
the ceremony the happy couple
will return and pass their ''luna de
mieln in San Bsrnnrdin0.-San
Bernardino IndeG.
By advertisement elsewhere 1t
will be seen that the groceries and
canned goods damaged in the re-
cent railroad smash-up at Cabazon
will be offered at private sale at
the auction house OF Northcrafts &
Clark until Saturday next, when
goods remaining on hand will be
sold at auction. This is an oppor-
tunity that does not often present
Itself and should be availed OF by
all who want first-class goods at
their own prices.
Coroner Nadeau yesterday after
noon empanneled jury and COM
menced an inquest into the cause
Of the death of Guadalupe Garcia,
Spanish girl, aged abouG 20
years, who died under suspicious
circumstances. at lodging house
near the railroad depot on Thurs
day evening The inquest was adj
journed until this morning to await
the result Of an autOpsy to be held
ct o'clock this morning by Doc.
tors Nadsaps Harmon and Lsthrpp.