Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-10-30
B.r. Ball, Of Pasadena, yesterday

live. allowing, of course. for the spend
ing Of the major portion of his time al
the mines. Mr.. Brown looks as vigorou.
as gladiator.
The new Farmers and Mefehan
banking room. which was opened
for business yesterday morning, attracted
many visitors who had not seen the orna
mental decorations before. They were
unanimous in their praise Of the Gle.
. gance OF the apartments. which are mol
exceled in the State.
We had the pleasure Of meeting yes
terday our frien' Mr. ~ H. Norway,
Deputy United States Surveyor. He
has just come down from the high noun
tain attitudes where he has been survey
ing for some months past, looking as
robust as a lion. He goes up to Santa
Barbara this morning.
Some Of the mines near Tombstone,
Arizona, are lighted by electricity,
instead Of the feeble miners. lamps,
enabling the miners to work easier and
get out more ore in less time than by the
ordinary lights. This innovation could
easily be tried in our Southern Califor-
mia silver and copper mines with a
splendid result.
| The passenger cars Of the Central
and Southern Pacific railways, are being
repainted from yellow to pale green,
similar to the Eastern railroad cars. The
cabooses attached to the freight trains,
will be painted bright red color,
making sufficient difference in the color
OF the cars of passengers and freight
trains, to avoid confusion.
| Mexicans are already sending small
quantities Of placer geld to purchasers
nearest to their headquarters in the
different ceiions the other side of the
| Sierra Malres We are informed that o
heavy rain recently fell in some of the
canofs which developed some rich and
coarse gold, which otherwise would
have had to be dug out.
Sunday and Monday were most vol
uptuously beautiful days; without heat
or cold, without wind or cloud, without
dust or anything but calm, pure beauty,
with wind and heat and cold all har-
monized into delicious temperature
and gentle progress Of pure sweet air,
while the sunsets and day dawns were
brilliant and glorious.
One square and two upright pianos and
one organ, but little used, for sale at a
great bargain. Valentines music store,
q North Main street sept29-tf
The San Pedro train each way on
Sunday and yesterday, was unusually
heavy for those two generally light
days, hauling about the usnal average
Of freight Two coal ships just arrived
in the harbor have increasedthe average
business somewhat, but its increase con-
tinues regular and constant.
The Commercial Restaurant has been
entirely reftted in very ornamental
style, the walls having been newly pa
pered, the ceiling decorated in fine style
and the floor covered with handsome
pattern of linoleum. The old patrons
of the restaurant hardly know the place
Men and boys hats, iu the prevail
ing styles, at II. C. Weiner's, Downey
Block.
Engine No. p hauled the Santa Mon
lea train on Sunday, instead Of No J,
WHICH is in the shops for repair. Four
cars comprised the train. and were wcll |
filed, considering the lateness of the !
season. One of them was one of the |
handsome through passenger cars Of the |
Sunset route, which was crowded.
We learn from gentleman at present |
in the city from trip through the CEN
tral part Of San Diego county that new
vein has been discovered in the Cheeny |
coal mine near Pinacate, and supposed |
to be rich, although it has not yet been
extensively developed. The mine still
supplies the Pinacate quartz mill with
fuel, both good and cheap.
Col. Jerry Long, the popular conduc-
tor on the s. p R. R.. who has been
East for the past month on his annual
vacation, got home Sunday evening. He
looks much improved and is ready to
resume his duties, reinvigorated and re-
iuvenated. At Philadelphia he met
Col. Joseph U. Crawford, now Chief of
Construction of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, who sent greetings to all his Los
Angeles friends.
Mr. C. w. Hale, of the Silver King
mine, Arizona, is at the Cosmopolitan.
Messrs. Haggin h Carr, the well
kown wealthy raucheros of Kern county,
have sent to Georgia and North Carolina
for a large number of negroes to take
the place OF the Cinnamon at present
employed on their immense ranchos.
They will make good help, and some Of
our rancheros would do well to initiate
their example, and solve the Chinese
question.
Mr.. d. j. Foley and Wm. Clrdwell
caught l9l trout in mountain stream
on Sunday. They bagged two dozen
quail on the way home. II is said that
they would have caught 500 fish if their
concentrated refreshments had not given
out. They refuse to tell the name of
the stream where they were caught, but
promise next week to catch 500, provid-
ed their concentrations do not give out.
We shall see.
The HERALD Office was favored with
a call yesterday from Hon. A. w. Camp.
bell, editor of the Wheeling Intelligencer, |
published at Wheeling, West Virginia.
Mr.. Campbell is on his return from the
excursion to Yellowstone Park,
over the Northern Pacific Railway, and
will spend some days visiting points of
interest in this section. He is desirous
Of obtaining information about the re-
sources of Southern California and we |
bespeak for him kindly attention.
An enjoyable trip down Alameda
street to Vernon and back via San Ped.
ro street was the pleasure of HERALD
reporter on Sunday. The hauling of
grapes is lively seven days in the week,
rs many teams being in use as can be
obtained. The grapes are in excellent |
condition, Notwithstanding the long hot
spell. the chilly weather and the rain,
and it appears that there are not CROUCH
10 supply the demand. Where are the {
croakersy t
Boys military, Navy and velvet jock.
BY caps, 50 cents, at H, c. Weiner's, {
Downey Block.
A new machine for separating gold
from sand without the aid OF water is
reported to have been discovered.
A wheel five feet in diameter throws tho
sand by centrifugal force against amov-
ing surface of mercury, which amalgam- ,