Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-02-02
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Thermometer yesterday: Maxi
mum 81; minimum 41e.
See advertiseme ent of mules tax.
On up, under New To-Day.
Fresh salmon at Houghtelin's,
10 Spring street, this morning.
Fresh fish every day.
The survival of the fittest is be.
ing illustrated in sheep life in the
Southern counties just now.
The attention of mem bers of the
Eagle Corps is directed to the mo-
tice which appears In New To-Day.
Mr.. Fitzwilliam has sold Mr..
Gavitt's old place to Mr.. G. e.
Parker, at price which greatly
favors the buyer.
The loeom olive which arrived In
Los Angeles from the direction of
San Francisco yesterday was en-
crusted with snow.
City Justice Adams yesterday
turned over to City Treasurer Kays
$721.55, fines and fees collected ih
| his office for the month of Janu.
ary.
J. Daley, convicted before City
Justic Adams of stealing a pair Of
pantal0ons, was yesterday SEN
fenced to the chain gang for thirty
days.
Mr.. o. H. Bliss reports 2l-109ths
rainfall at his place on Alameda
street on Tuesday evening. Mr..
Ducommun's gauge recorded 22-
100ths.
On dit that we are soon to have q
visit from our old townsman Col.
James G. Howard, who has been
residing in Tombstone for 4 year or
80 past.
The Messrs. Tuttle and Ferguson
have gone down to Santa Monica
with q select but jolly excursion
party, who are intent upon hunt
ing and fishing.
Hon. +. A. Tritle, the new Gov
ernor OF Arizona, is expected to ar
rive in Los Angeles tomorrow aad
will remain here day or two be-
fore proceeding to the Territory.
Sheriff Rowland, who has been
confined to his house by severe
cold for several days, has almost
entirely recovered, We are glad to
learn, and expects to be at his Of
flee To-day.
The examination Of Velardez,
the Mexican arrested on the
charge of stealing cattle from
Anton Mallach0vitz. of Soledad,
will take place before Justice
Fisher next Saturday,
Mr.. I. w. Hellman, President Of
Che Farmers and Merchants
Bank, went up to Oakland over.
land last evening to attend meet.
ing of tho Board of Trustees of the
State University, of which he is
member.
The French and Basque sheep
herders in the neighborhood of the
VerdugO ranch are busy collecting
the pelts Of sheep, the older and
feebler members of the h0cks
dying in large numbers.
On her arrival at Wilmington
yesterday morning the steamer
Orizaba stea ed across the bar
and tied up ut the railroad wharf,
where she discharged her Los An.
geles passengers and freight.
The Supreme Court, sitting at
San Francisco, on Tuesday last, set
aside the omission in the case of
l.. Mesmer OF al. vs.. w. w. Jen.
kins, Administrator, ct al, and Or
dered the case to be heard in banc.
Visitors at Wilmington yester.
day, had they bee0::..so minded,
could have witnessed the novel
sight OF four steamers, the Orizaba,
Ferndale, Santa Cruz and Gipsey,
lying alongside the railroad wharf
discharging freight.
The jury in the case of Henry
Hancock vs.. M. @. Plummer, which
has been on trial before Judge
Howard for several days, failed to
agree yesterday and was discharg-
ed. The Judge then ordered both
parties litigaut to submit findings.
Col. ]. J. Ayers, editor Of the
Evening Express, got home from
mouths passo In the up country
bv the steamer Orizaba yesterday,
locking much refreshed by his va.
cation. He will resume editorial
charge of the Express to-day, Mr..
P. w. Dooner, VINO has filled that
position during Col. Ayers's ABB
senee, resuming his law practice.
From a glance at the pro.
grammes of Mrs. DIR. Anna M. l..
Potts we take the impression that
her course of lectures here, which
will open Wednesday evening, at
the Fort street Methodist Episco-
pal church, will be unusually in.
teresting. AS 3 lecturer on phys
iology, health and disease she has
Lew equals and no superiOrs.
The boy Wilson, after sentence
| was pronounced by Judge Sepul'
veda, yesterday, is reported to have