Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-03-17

| Ine place or Mrs. Hunter, COM
Uprising 1900 acres, just north ef
East Los Angeles, has been pur-
lchased by party of colonists, who
Intend to settle on it at once.
They propose to build q church
and school and establish grocery
istere on the tract for the use of the
colony.
| Mr.. Gus Jorres, of the First Ma
tional Bank, who went down to
San Diego per steamer Orizsba,
the other day, is acting Treasurer
of that county during the illness of
bis father, Mr.. VIM. Jorres. We
trust that our old time friend will
soon be restored to health and ena-
bled to discharge the duties of his
office in person.
A word of caution to the small
fry in the boot and shoe business,
ssuch as snide boot and shoe stores,
one price dry goods store, etc !:
You may as well attempt to beat
down stone wall with your hea d
as to compete with the Lewis Bros
$4,000 stock of boots and shoes.
A gentleman who came in over
the Desert yesterday informs us
that the whole country between
the San Gorgonio Pass and Los
Angeles is green and lovely be-
you'd belief. The meadows have
become lush and abundant aud
nothing but few days OF sunshine
are needed to create those mosaics
of natural wild flowers, rivaIing in
brilliancy Brussels carpet. which
have become celebrated as Incl
dents of Spring in Southern Cali
fornia.
The Messrs. Scott, Bard, and the
ladies and gentlemen who COM
pose the distinguished party from
the East. whose arrival in Los An
geies and departure for Ventura
county we noted q week or so ago,
will leave Hueneme for Los Ange-
les overland on Monday, the
weather permitting. AS the party
embraces railway men of great
eminence in The East-Mr. Scott
himself being worthy son of his
famous father, Col Thos. A. Scott
we Learn that g mum Der OF leading
Angelenos propose to tender the
party the hospitaiities of the city
during their stay here.
We are indebted to Mr.. J. de
Barth SnoTb for record of the
rainfall at San Marino during the
current storm, by his rain gauge,
up to O'Clock yesterday morning:
From the afternoon of the 18th
inst. 10 the morning of the 18th
inst, mt o'clock A. NJ 3 Oh inches;
from s A. NJ. to $3.50 P. NJ. of 18th
inst, g. IA inches; rom $50 P. NJ.
18th inst. to 8 A NJ. yesterday, .S3
inches; total, 7.01 inches This is
probably the best result which has
been chronicled in the came period
in Los Angeles county, and IL
shows that the rainfall must have
been specially heavy in the Sierra
Madre range.
The small fry in the boot and
shoe line, such as clothing stores,
one price dry goods stores and
snide boot and shoe stores, have o
Hereulean tack before them when
they attempt to compete with the
Lewis Bros $4,000 stock of boots
and shoes.
District Attorney Brown Wednes-
day evening received a telegram
from Attorney.Geueral Hart ad-
visipg the Tax Collector, Judge
Waymire having vacated the or
der restraining the Tax Collector
of Sacramento county from selling
railroad property for delinquent
taxes, to offer the railroad proper
ty in this county for sale once and
then withdraw it, Pursuant to
this advice Tax Collector Cullen
yesterday offered the property for
sale once and then, there being no
bidders, withdrew it.
Judge Baxter, u United States
District Court Judge in Ohio, in
his charge to q jury, recently, was
rather rough on the legal profes.
sion of that State, He said: "In
regard to the position taken by de.
fendant that he had consulted
counsel, [ would state thai the le-
gal profession contains great
many superficial lawyers and char
latans, aud that one-haIf the litiga-
tion in the Courts arises from the
misadvice of counsel, though the
law, in its tenderness, gives force
and effect to this plea Of acting
under advice of counsel.
A short time ago the Secretary Of
the Orphans Home Society, Mr..
Frank a. Gibson, wrote to Charles
Crocker, of San Francisco, stating
that the Society had just purchased
now site for the Home, and that
it Wss neeeaeary TO raise 81 600 to
complete certain improvements,
and requested 81 contribution from
him. To the gratificstion OF the
managers a check was received yes-
terday from him for $500, with best
wishes for the prosperity of the
good cause. The fund is swelling
rapidly. Redington & Co, the San
Francisco drug house, also contrib
uted $50. MIR. j. L Hollenbeck
gave 5000, anu several other OF our
wealthy men gave large sums each.
j Mr.. Evan Coleman returned
from Anaheim yesterday after
noon, after having inspected the
, banks of this county, which be
pronounces to be IN II highly salts
factory condition. He will return
, to his home In San Francisco to-