Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1882-03-11

nlZed the rare wisdom which had
led US to put his death as merely
hypothetical. AS to the other In
dividuals, who had asserted that
be was dead outright, he an.
nouncsd it to be his determination
to outlive the last man of them.
The Triumph of Love-" to be
performed at Turn Verein Hall for
the the benefit of the Fire Depart.
ment on the evenings of March
10th and 18th, Is being rehearsed
nightly aud we have no doubt will
be one of the most enjoyable en-.
tertainments ever given in Los
Angeles. The object il certainly
a good one and should assure good
houses.
Our friend Parson Moflitt, of the
San Fernando, has entered into q
lively competition with the Seven
Sleepers of fable. We are reliably
informed that u house was burned
down next door TO him night be-
fore last and that he knew nothing
about 1t till the next morning.
Yet the Parson tries to persuade
bis intimate friends that the cock
tail he takes on retiring is made
from the "Wide-awakeu brand Of
whisky. That fiction will never
go down hereafter.
Ranulfo Pico, charged with en-
bezzlement and other offences, was
examined before City Justice
Adams yesterday on the charge of
embezzlemeDt and held in 500
bail, with Ex-Governor Pho Pico
and Ex-Governor j. G. Downey as
sureties, for trial. We understand
that two of the charges have been
dismissed and the probabilities are
that the one on which he has been
held, being misjemeanOr, will be
arranged before coming to trial.
We understand that Mr.. G.
Jacoby has written to the mana
gers Of the Gsistinger Opera
Bouffe Troupe, now at San Fran.
cisco, consisting OF forty perform
ers, including chorus and orohes-
ira, to try aud induce him to re.
turn East via the Southern route,
This Is one of the best troupes that
has ever visited the Pacific Coast
and we trust that Mr.. JacOby may
be successful in his efforts to in
duce them TO play in Los Angeles.
Our fellow citizen, Gen. r.. H.
Chapman, yesterday received q
letter from a member Of the Com.
mittee of Commerce, of the House
Of Representatives, in which he
was assured that the committee
had agreed to recommend an
appropriation of $4,000 for
Wilmington Harbor. While this
is but half Of the appropriation
asked for by our people, the writer,
who is an eminent member OF the
House, points cut the fact that it
Is nevertheless $40, 1000 more than
were secured last year.
In u conversation with Mr.. ]. de
Barth Shorb yesterday, aprOpos of
communication which appeared
In the HERALD some iays ago, we
were informed that. for the last
five years, he has not employed a
single Chinaman on his ranch,
He denies that he has held out any
inducements to w0rkiDgmen OH
which he has gone back. While
he 10 employing Cinnamon in dig
ging the foundation for the winery,
out near the Five Mile House, he
is doing it merely as the agent for
the corporation which be repre-
sents. In his personal affairs he
invariably gives the preference to
white men. In the affairs of the
corporation he feels in duty bound
to go where be can get the work
done cheapest.
Tax Collector Cullen has had
quite task this year In making
the delinquent tax sales as required
by law. He was met by an in
junction from the Superior Court
of San Francisco restraining him
from selling the properly of the
Southern Pacific Railway. This
Injunction is still maintained; and
thus, in consequence, be has been
postponiDg the sale from day to
day. Next Monday, however, is
the last day allowed by law to sell
delinquent property. Accordingly,
on that day, he will proceed to
close out his delinquent sales al.
though, if the injunction is not
dissolved by that time, he will be
compelled to reserve the property
of the Southern Pacific. with the
result OF allowing that corporation
the use Of the money for another
year
It may not be generally known,
but there is clamorOus demand
for cats out in the promising city
of Benson. That nsscent burg is
simply being eaten up by rats and
mice. This morning shipment
of cats OF approved pedigree will
start for the front, and more will
follow. They were fierce and
noisy, aud their "miows" made
the stout packages in which they
were enclosed seem more like
oacopban0us nusic boxes than
anything else. So great has been
the devastation in Benson through
the absence of this useful but often
disprized animal that we should
not be whit surprizsd if their ar
rival should be signalizsd by
public meeting, the waving of
flags and the blare of brass bands.
The CONSERVATION among the rod
ents will undoubtedly be great and
the destruction in their ranks
something memorable,