Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-05-13
LOCAL BRBvIT1Es.

A boy Is advertised for under new to
day.
Wilson Bros. celebrated shirts for sale
at Siegel's.
Elsewhere "R.' advertises fer part
ner for new foundry. Address HERALr
Office.
We regret to learn that the wife o.
Hon. A. B. Motif is still suffering from
severe indisposition.
There is perhaps nothing amiss witt
the present month except that it seemi
like April, AMI not May.
The finest display Of gents neckweal
can be found at Siegel's.
The new building being erected or
Main street, near First, by Mr.. v. Po
net, is in progress rapidly toward com
pletion.
Joseph Murtagh & Co. invite the pur
chasing community to examine the bar
gains for the coming week.
The Council last night passed an or
dinance changing the name Of Turner
street, from First to Alameda, to Jackson
street.
Capt. George c. Knox, last night, wa.
unanimously elected City Engineer by
the Council, rice George Hansen, re
signed.
For the finest hats at the lowest prices
and largest stock to select from, call on
Siegel the Halter.
Harry Norbos opened the "Snug" al
the new location, ON Main street, nexl
to the Confidence engine house, in fine
style last evening.
The Band of Hope. recently organized
at the University Of Southern California,
now numbers over sixty members, and ia
still growing rapidly.
Joseph Murtagh 4 Co. will have an.
other line of 25 cent dress goods marked
down to 10 cents on Monday.
Mr.. John Kuhrts is remodeling the
First street side Of his block preparatory
to the establishment of a new store
there, which will be first-class.
The Womans Christian Temperance
Union is going to start branch near the
New Depot, presumably to convert the
railroad boys from the error Of their
ways.
Thermometer for the "a hours ending
at S;l5 last evening: Maximum 70 de.
grees; minimum SO degrees; barometer
30-03, rise OF FIVE points over the pre-
ceding evening.
The examination of j. w. Griffin, for
shooting H. NJ Schneider while in dis
charge of his duty, will take place to-
morrow In Justice Ling's court, and is
sure to attract much attention.
The seventh duplicate lot of the oil.
yer stiff hats in black, blue, brown and
pearl, just arrived. Siegel the Hatter.
The opening Of the rejuvenated place
Of Sam Prayer. was grand success
last night, The Downey Block was the
center OF attraction, with the new read
ing aud billiard rooms.
There are messages at the Western
Union Telegraph Office for s. Bogart,
VIM. P. Ellison, Rev. NJ. H. Latourette,
Gen. L. Mcknight, L. B. Sherwood, R
w. Trip aud l.. A. Taylor.
Col. Goulding. Grand Lecturer l. o.
G. Templars, will lecture in Whining
ton tonight; also Monday evening
Florence, Wednesday and Thursday
Compton, Friday and Saturday.
Mr. Cyrus Willard has obtained the
contract for the brick work ON the new
edi6ce to be erected by Messrs. Maxwell
and Moore, on Court street where the
old buildings are already cleared away
Mr.. CASTOR Oxarart, the wellknowr
sheep owner and capitalist Of this city
who left for his old home in the Pyreneei
mountains the latter part of April, i.
expected to return after flying trip, ,
week from to-day, or thereabouts.
A Statue to the great Aztec poet king
Netzalhualcoyot. is being erected il
the plaza Of the city OF Texcoco. Mexico
II would seem as II the name was mon
ument in itself, and the real monumen
was superAuous.
The card OF Geo. w. Jordan. piano
forte tuner and repairer, will be fount
elsewhere. Mr.. Jordan comes to our
city with testimonials from the lead,n,
manufacturers OF the East, all of whom
describe him as thorough workman.
The resignation Of Councilman Kuhrt
as Street Superintendent, was accepted
by the Council last night, and a vote o
thanks rendered to him for the efficien
manner in which he discharged its dutie
during his brief incumbency OF tn
office.
The various brick buildings beinI
erected in various parts OF the cit,
are going up very slowly at pres
ent, owing to the scarcity OF labor an
material. 1t is to be hoped that thes
necessary elements will soon becom
more plenty.
The usual picnic will occur at SAINT
Monica to-day, provided Jupiter Rluviu
does not distribute his favors as liberall
as he did a week ago. 1t is probable
however, that there will be fine da
and large crowd Of happy excursionist
at the beach.
Bishop w. l. Kip, Of the Episcopa
Church OF California, will administer tn
rite Of confirmation at st. Paul's-lat
Athanasius Church, in this city, at |
o'clock this morning. The ceremony
very impressive, and doubtless man
auditors and communicates will be pre-
ent.
The w. G. t. u, of Los Angeles, hi
elected Miss M. M. Hathaway as Final
cial Secretary, to fill the vacancy mad
by the resignation of Miss Emile 10
dan, formerly the efficient Secretary, br
who Is not at present able to perforl
the arduous duties of the position.
Mr.. A. w. Hall, Of this city. met wit
a serious accident yesterday at Downe
City. Mr.. I. s. Smith, Councillor
Los Angeles Council. o. U. A. NJ, ls
night received dispatch from Mr.. .
w. Buster informing him of the acc
dent. he will go down this morning
render any assistance that may
needed.
The Denver 4 Rio Grande Railwf
will be completed from Denver west
Ogden, Utah. Thursday, forming anoth
competing line to the east by the mort
ern route, as it is antagonistic to Il
Union Pacific, owned by Jay Goul
The Denver & Rio Grande is soon to
changed from a narrow, to broa
guage road.
San Fernando has become quite AZ
bilious in n literary line of late. The
will be lecture there every Sunday,