Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-04-07

sio Rubio, convicted OF disturbing the
peace, on complaint Of A. G. Davis, was
sentenced to pay fine of Sl2, or. in
default thereof, twelve days imprison-
ment.
Mr.. j. A. Whitmore will start on
another trip to Calico to-day to look into
mining interests, and will probably go
TO the end OF the track, and to the cross.
ing Of the Colorado at the Needles be-
fore his return.
The great bulk of the wool clip Of Los
Angeles county will be stored at Naud's
immense brick warehouse in this city,
where it will be graded by professional
graders and pressed for shipment. 1t is
supposed that the most of the wool here
after will go East via the Southern Pa
cific Railroad.
Arizona is emulating other localities
in the bnilding of fine warehouses
Phenix has one l00xl37 feet and four
teen feet in hight, made of concrete and
stone, and capable Of holding 1000 tons
of grain at one time. 1t will be valu-
able adjunct to the Arizona wheat trade.
The Orphans Home Society realized
something over $3.50 clear of all ex-
psnses from their late entertainment.
The lady managers desire to return their
thanks to the press of the city. and the
many friends who so generously assisted
in making the entertainment success.
Seven schoono rs are now anchored in
the Bay of San Pedro. The ship Chal-
lenger, with cargo of coal, is also in
side the harbor discharging. The ship
Alaska is due and may arrive at any |
moment. About one hundred men are
employed along the wharves, giving |
quite an air Of business to the place.
The people of Santa Barbara had a |
lively election to decide the question of
whether they should purchase steam
fire engine or not. The result was 424 |
votes cast, with 2S3 for and l4l against,
making two-thirds vote as required,
with one vote to spare, which was
claimed by 2s3 voters.
Transfers Of real estate aggregating
S4l, ,2O7 so, against mortgages amount
ing to sl2, 800, we're filed for record in
the County Recorders office yesterday.
Included among the transfers was
deed from the Trustees transferring
large body OF land to the University of
Southern California, for which no con-
sideration was given.
Yesterday was one of the most lovely
days that was ever seen in this or any
other part Of the world 1t was perfec-
tion itself, and could not have been i'm
proved. The air was fragrant and
balmy, and just warm enough to be COM
Portable; the hihs were Sin verdure
clad" while light, feecy clouds caress-
ing the hoary old mountains, added to
the beauty Of this exquisite day.
The Ocean View House at Santa Moni-
ca will be formally opened for the enter
tainment of guests tomorrow Sunday.
This house, located on Ocean avenue.
has been thoroughly renovated and re-
furnished throughout, and is provided
with all modern conveniences. Intending
sojourhers at the seaside will find every
thing they can desire at the Ocean View
House
A risky locomotive, yesterday morn
ing, at Lancaster, refused to obey the
reversal" when going on to the tarn
table, and taking the bits in its mouth
dashed on through the round house till
it stopped in the sand A wrecking
train was sent up yesterday noon to
bring the wayward engine lack and
make it turn from the error OF its ways.
No person was injured.
A new preparation for the artificial
alimentation Of sick persons is no less
than powdered horsefiesh. 1t is made
by reducing the dried flesh to an impal
pable dust and, when cooked, tastes
like pate de Jois gras. A greater nour-
ishing power is claimed for it than for
any other preparation of the same
character. being far superior to beef tea.
1t is used extensively in Europe, and
some in the East.
The new style OF orange boxes now
coming into use are great improve
ment over the old style of boxes which
are narrow and deep. and not adapted
to the packing of large oranges or
lemons. The new boxes are equi-sided,
parallelopipeds eleven inches in depth
and width and can be packed with equal
facility on any side. They are shapelY
and convenient box and will drive the
old out of market.
The office of the Cosmopolitan Hotel
is being cleaned and fixed up in good
style. Among other things large
picture containing eighteen views Of the
Yosemite Valley, has been received and
now adorns the wall. The views are
incomparably superior to even the best
landscape photos heretofore exhibited.
and are the finest ever made, the tints
and shading being very soft, blending
together perfectly. The views are well
worth seeing.
The aesthetics have new racket.
From the best authority the craze of the
season will be house-furnishing novelties
made from old iron and brass. The
factories in Europe are already turning
them out by the quantity. There are to
be hat.racks made Of muskets, center
tables with legs made Of swords, and
brio. a. brae made to look as ii constructed
from old implements of war. Estheti-
cism is not dead yet. L
A large number of orange trees, are
daily carried into the country to be
planted. The fruit trees that blossom
early are about all planted, but grape