Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1882-01-17


the usual lighter and the Will
minetou branch of the Southern
Pacific Railway. DR.. w. w. Rosl
was also passenger on that occa'
sion, and he yesterday called oul
attention to the fact that, Oh The
10Th of January, the biggest rail-
storm ever known in southern
Californea set in, although the
drear vision of drouth had ridden
the imagination Of our people w
to that date, a good season. never
theless, supervening. Let us pi.
ously hope that similar vista
ton is now imminent. 1t Ger.
tainly did not occur yesterday,
which makes our "Reminiscences
slightly mat opropos but all the
same suggestive.
There is a decided disposition
upon the part OF our people to ten.
der Miss Mamie Perry testimo.
NAL compliment. We have nc
doubt that it will be decided sue.
cess. Should 1t take the shape of a
concert, in which our gifted towns
woman would alternate in opera
and ballad, it could not fail 10 be u
decided success. All our people
are anxious to hear her, anu her
welcome would unquestiouably be
spontaneous and entbusiastic-are
suit to be expected from her excep.
tional talents and the fact that she
is Los Angeles girl who has cre-
ated sensation even in the ar,
circles OF Italy. Since her return
from that land of song Mics Perry
has received a letter from u noted
Italian impressariO, in which he re-
GREETED that her absence from Italy
had compelled him to fiji his en-
gagements with an artistic of quite
inferior excellence.
The pictorial e fort of last weeks
Downey Signal is chef d'evre,
This new and promising candi-
date for the favor Of the people Of
the Nietos valley is a rabid advo.
cate Of Sunday closing. It has
en- bellished Its columns with q
number of astonishing wood cuts,
which are fearfuIly and wonder.
fully made. We have been told
that the speaking lineaments OF
the handsome President of the
League of Freedom, Mr.. &C. Lips,
are to be deserted in these grotesque
attempts at likenesses. 1t is a sort
OF sepulchral dance of death, in
which the ordinary and repuIsive
skull and crossb0Des are rendered
cheerful by comparison. THIS
matches cartoon must have been
worked out on Il block of redwood,
by the aid of al axe and adze, and
the motto of the artist must have
been, ~ hew to the line, let the
chips fly where they may" A good
many Of them, by the way, became
embedded in the types.
The reports from Providence in
dictate that that district is destined
to cut no small figure ia the min.
ing interests of this county. It is
said that at no time before have
the indications and the results of
the work there been any more en-.
couraging than they are now.
Very recently there have been sew.
eral valuable discoveries made
there OF new lodges, and all the ore
assays we'll. In the Bonanza
King, belonging to Osborne, Has.
sen and others, u siX-foot vein has
been struck that assays from one
to twelve hundred dollars
per ton. The ore is easily worked.
We were shown some very high
grade bullion from there this
A plsn il on foot to
erect a large mill there in n short
time. 1t is expected that it will
be started as soon ss the work OF
putting it up can be accomplished.
The railroad will pass close enough
to the camp to be convenient for
getting supplies and for shipping
ore, If 1t is desired to ship away
San Bern0rainO Znder.
Amongst the Migrants arrested
by the police on Saturday night
was one Daniel Murdoch. Daniel,
who was a:raigned before City
Justice Adams yesterday, demand
ed jury trial. The Judge asked
him II be would be Satisfied to
have his case tried before a jury
of three. Daniel replied: mo. l
amt no vagrant and want a jury
of twelve men. I spent ninety
dollars at San Diego and 1 had
forty dollars in this town four
days ago" "Have you any money
now?" inquired the Judge. mo-"
said Daniel, II spent it like a
man." "That amount" remarked
the uige, "wsuld last me couple
of months" "We!l," said the
manly Murdoch, "that may be,
Judge, but / amt that kind of a
hair pin" His case was set for
trial next Friday. Meantime,
should the loser of a buggy blan.
ket that was found in his posses.
sion, call at the police office and
identify his property, Daniel will
be tried for p,tit larceny instead of
vagrancy. Daniel, together with
two others. has been shadoweh as
a Suspect" by the police for tue
past ten days, around dark corners
and in the lowest dives of the city,
where, according to the statement
of the complaining witness, he
has been given to begging. His
compaiisros, James Murphy and
James Harvey, were arrested
Saturday evening for the larceny
of a violin which they sold to q
man named Solomon, in Sonora
town.
One Of the rare and occasional
freaks Of our climsts made a VIC