Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-07-03

By cald elsew here 1t viii be seen that
DR.. Theo. wigand has removed his Office
to Ponet Block, Main street. between
First and Second streets.
BY advertisement elsewhere it will be
seen that the Fountain Theatre Company
win give picnic and entertainment at
Washington Garden next Sunday.
The excursion to Santa Monica ON
Sunday was largely attended and proved
very successful. Nearly all of the
pleasureseekers took plunge in the
''briny deep"
The attention of families, hotel and
restaurant keepers and all Others who
use coal, is directed to the advertisement
of Henry Stewart, which appears else.
where in this mornings HERALD.
Mr.. F. M. Wright of San Fernando,
informs us that there are thirty headers
at work in that valley in wheat and
barley. In the whole county there are
sixty-four headers in active use.
Hon. Milton Lindley. who has been
travelling in the East for some time past,
is at present travelling in North Carolina,
whence he will journey 10 indianapolis
and Minneapolis, his former homes,
thence back to Los Angeles.
There are nearly one hundred campers
in the romantic San Antonio caiion, San
Bernardino county, at present They
spend their time resting, bathing, hunt
ing and fishing, and each and every one
enjoy themselves in this delightful
retreat.
The excavation for the large new Valla
building, on First and Los Angeles
streets, is progressing rapidly. and the
brick for the foundation is now being
hauled. When the foundation is com
plete the superstructure will rapidly fol-
low.
The members OF Los Angeles Lodge,
NJ. 42. and Pentalpha Lodge, Nc. 2o2 ,
F. and A. NJ, are notified to meet at
Masonic Hall, Spring street, at 1880
o'clock this morning. to attend the
funeral of their late brother. NJ. A.
Cobler. See notice.
The New Orleans Times. Democrot is
to be removed to New York in January
next. 1t appears to be doing we'll
enough where it was. and was growing
up with the great Southwest. 1t is a
bad sign to move so far from Los
Angeles
The United States Commissioners to
examine and report on the Oregon &
California Railroad, soath Of Roseberg,
Messrs. 8. B. butcher, Anthony Gilke-
son and s. J. Kirkwood, arrived last
night and went to Santa Monica in q
special car.
Angelenos who enjoy music of an ex-
ceptionally artistic kind will be glad to
learn that Professor P. c. Dorrego is
again in our midst. The Professor is
undoubtedly the greatest living master
of the guitar, and he interprets its subtle
harmonics with mystic skill ali his
own.
The new town of Oceanside, on the
beach and California Southern Railway,
and the enirepot for San Luis Rey, ap-
pears to be forging ahead rapidly. On
account Of its climate and railroad facili-
ties, it is likely to prove a formidable
rival to San Luis Rey in the matter Of
business.
The heat in the Pico canon. at the oil
wells, reached ll6' in the shade last
week. At Indo station, on the desert,
the thermometer registered 1897 in the
shade. Calico experienced about the
same heat. The thermometer in this
city did not rise above 1907, which. with
the breeze, was rather agreeable than
oppressive.
1t requires sixty-fve men to carry on
the harvest and threshing on the Laguna
rancho with the best of machinery. II
it were done as Eastern harvesting is
done, by grading and raking and bind
ing, it would require one thousand men
to do the work that is now done by
sixty-hve.
The California Southern Railway is
about to change its time. so as to leave
San Diego at o'clock A. M, arriving in
Cotton at P. NJ, the eating station to
be at Howe, about half way. 1t is
understood that the south-bound trains
will run on the same time, and that they
will meet at Howe the dining station.
BY this change they make no connec-
tons at Cotton.
A man from the rural districts. who is
first-clsss carpenter, yesterday shipped
the materials for q fat-boat. oars. etc.,
all made with hiz own hands, per Wells,
Fargo & Co., to San Pedro, where he
will spend the Summer. The boards are
all separate, but are so numbered that
they only need to be joined together
and fastened
Mine host Scott. Of the Santa Monica
Hotel, is reaping a golden harvest as the
result OF his pluck and perseverance.
The hotel is full from basement to pedi-
ment. Sunday last over three hundred
bathers paid fer the privilege Of disport-
ing in the surf. Santa Monica is surely
destined to be continental watering
place in the near future.
Ever since San Pedro street has been
graded, it has been an attractive drive,
with one exception. an eyesore. in the
old, broken down adobe next to Nc
Auly g. Chisholm's, near First street.
This rotten old building extends disgon-
ally across the entire graded side.
walk, compelling pedestrians to take to
the street. Will 1t be torn down?
The depot and hotel of the Moiave
branch of the Southern Pacific Railway
at the Needles are completed, but the
facilities for crossing the river are said
to be very poor. The temperature in
passenger and box cars is said to be 1877.
The new bridge will have piles thirty
five feet apart, instead Of fifteen, as for
merly, to allow the driftwood to pass
through.
Mr.. J. c. Bright, at 230 N. Main
street. is selling host of goods of all
kinds. He buys by the carload for cash
and sells at half former prices. His
store is always crowded with customers
and with goods just received. The
secret OF his success is the fact that he
always advertises literally in the DAILY
HERALD, which is more largely read
than any other daily paper in Southern
California.
Reports from our more prominent
placer mining csnons are. as rule, to
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