Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-05-10
WAR DEPARTMENT, SIGNAL SER
VICE. U. S. ARMY
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Sam Harper is in town from Newhall,
en- route to Arizona.
The New York Brewery is now ship
ping beer to Tombstone.
We met Mr.. C. II. Watts, of Pasa-
dena, in the city yesterday.
Philip Lauth went down to Whining
ton yesterday for short visit.
Mr.. Richard Melrose, editor of the
Anaheim Gazette, was in the city yes
terday.
Don't fail to go the Confidence boys
picnic, Sunday the l4th, at Santa
Monica.
Mr.. Alfred James left yesterday for
the Calico mining district to establish a
supplystore.
Mendel Meyer, next Sunday, will open
the "Cottage by the Sea" at the old San
ta Monica Canon.
Go to Browns Ice Cream Parlors, Car
dona Block, for ice cream, Strawberries
and other delicacies.
Thermometer for twenty-four hours
ending at 8:l5 last evening: Maximum,
81; minimum, 49'.
The Spring races commence at Agri-
cultural Park this afternoon. Good
sport may be expected.
Richard John Bell was granted di-
vorce from Catharine Lucy Bell by
Judge Sepulveda yesterday.
The people of San Bernardino have
declined to hold the Sixth District Fair
this season at their town.
Mr. Griffin Johnston, Deputy County
Clerk, goes up to San Francisco overland
to-day on brief busines, visl..
One of the Earp boys mas returned
from Arizona to Cotton, wnere ne IS
now rusticating with mis- arm IN "a sing.
Brother jim Bree has returned tem-
pOrarily from Santa Moa.ca. he re-
norta tba 4nu,, In,a,tnf und ,suynU
from the new wharf quICe u success.
Indian Pete is the boss fisherman at
Santa Monica, as well as the boss SWIM
mer Most of the fish coming to Los
Angeles are caught on his hoohs.
A large number of the Texas Press
Association, who visited Los Angeles
last week, are passengers by tins morn
ing's overland train from San Francisco.
The cases of Messrs. Landau and
Gauthier charged with violating the
Sunday law, will be tried this morning
before Justice johnson of Wilmington.
Mrs. Sidney Lacy went up to San
Francisco with Mr.. and Mrs. G.. II.
Kimball yesterday. She expects to re-
main i'll the city for couple of months.
The new settlement of Etiwanda, six
miles east of Cucamongo, proposes to
erect an electric light, to be run by wa
ter power, some time during the present
year.
The military company sent out to
Arizona from San Diego some time since
returned yesterday to Cotton and will
take the California Southern to-day for
home.
Mr.. Jacob Loew, of Downey, has CON-
menced the erection CT brick ware
house, 50xl50 feet, at Santa Ana, 'front.'
ing the railroad track, opposite the
depot.
Mr.. Andrew Hunter is about starting
to new mining camp about 80 miles
north of Elizabeth Lake. Mr. Hunter
is an old prospector and an experienced
assayer.
We publish elsewhere letter dated
Compton, May 9th, which only arrived
at the Postoffice in this city last even
ing, just three days coming less than
twelve miles.
By notice elsewhere it will be seen
that a meeting of the Democratic
County Central Committee will be held
at the office of the Secretary, room No,
s Temple Block, next Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George H. Kimball, who
have been spending some weeks with
Mrs. MacDougall, Mrs. Kimball's s
mother, returned to San Francisco over
land last evening.
Reports of crops in the San Gabriel
valley are good. In fact, along the
south side of the Sierra Madre range the
late rainfall is making good crops from
Pasadena to San Bernardino.
Jesus Duarte, Pedro Espinosa, VIM.
Palmer and Juan Antonio were up be-
fore City Justice Adams yesterday on
the charge of drunkenness and got nine
days each in the chain gang.
The last detachment of the second
party of Boston excursionists left fol
Yosemite by last evenings regular train
The third party coming from the East is
from Philadelphia and will arrive here
on Thursday evening.
We received pleasant call last even
ing from Mr.. L. M. Holt, editor of the
Riverside Press and Horticulturist, who
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