Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1883-03-11

We learn that Anderson aud Figueroa,
the great long distance riders, are busy
training their horses for the 50-mile
race that Is to come off at Agricultural
Park ON Monday, the Goth instant, in
which they each ride ten horses. The
race promises to be the most exciting
contest Of the kind that has ever taken
place in Southern California.
Mr.. Edward Hall, the bookkeeper of
the Laguna ranch, put in an appearance
in Los Angeles yesterday. He informs
us that the many thousand acres of
grain there show up capitaily, and that
the rain may be delayed for two weeks
to come without damage to the crop.
This is the refrain which we hear from
all quarters.
The work ON the Los Angeles City
and County Directory for lSS3-84 is
being compiled at IL Ducommun Block.
Residents Of the city who have changed
their place of business, firm name, occu-
patton or residence since January LIST,
will do well to leave their corrected
address at Preuss & Pironi's drug store,
% Spring street. or address P. o.
box 9O7.
Mr.. J. c. Bright, in q new double
column advertisement in this mornings
HERALD, invites everybody to call and
see the extraordinary bargains at his
closing out sale. Mr.. Bright is live
business man, and is determined not to
be undersold by anybody. He buys for
cash and is thus enabled to take advan.
tage Of everything In the way Of bar
gains that offers.
The Santa Ana Standard is informed
that there il not case Of smallpox in
the city Of Los Angeles. Their inform
ant that there were cases here was a
"little to previous" All trains from
Arizona are stopped outside the city,
and the passengers examined by the
Health Ofiicer before being allowed to
come to the depot. By this means the
disease has been kept out Of the city.
As an item Of interest to the many
readers of the HERALD, we give the
amount of rain which has fallen in this
city during the month of March from
1878 to 1881. inclusive. The figures are
from records kept in the HERALD Office
and compared with those of the United
States Signal Service office: 1873. 2.57
inches; 1879, 49-l0Oths of an inch; 1880,
Las inches; 1881, l.66 inches; 1882,
2.66 inches.
Tho Council last night adopted an Or
dinance requiring all houses in the city
to be numbered, those on the northerly
and westerly sides Of the streets to be
the even numbers. and those on the
southerly and easterly sides the odd
numbers; each block, or that portion be.
tween crossing streets, to constitute one
hundred numbers--that is, at each cross
street a new hundred shall commence.
Mr.. Alexander @. Mercer was q con-
sentative citizen of Newport. R. l.. who
was opposed to all Government appro.
priations for the West, because he felt
unable to pay his share Of the taxes. on
only $4,000 annually. because he was
poor, but after his death his executor
found that he was worth million of
dollars. He had only told an annual lie
on 5000, 900. but kept up a painfully
accurate and blameless life, and of such
are the misers of Newport.
The Messrs. Noyes & Allen, on Sat.
urday next, will sell at auction fine
Norman stallion. imported by J. D.
Beckett. Of Chicago. He is the last
of FIVE, all of which have found ready
purchasers in Los Angeles within the
past few weeks. He is a perfect beauty,
weighing sixteen hundred pounds. and
will be a great acquisition to his lucky
purchaser. He may be inspected at
Ferguson's Livery Stable. For heavy
draught work these animals are without
q rival
The great expectations" Of Virgins
came to nought. In the columns Of the
HERALD we have heretofore pointed out
the utter impossibility Of storm stag.
gering over the earth and ocean in the
manner prophesied by the idiot Virgins.
Ths wind blows very freely in the month
Of March, and any fool can prophecy a
storm Of wind to be somewhere on the
earth on any Of the 81 breezy days Of
this breezy month, and be . fool and
prophet too, but to describe with minute.
ness such an impossible storm as Wig.
gins did, IL more than fool. He is an
impostor.
George Brown, and J. Smith and
Charles Marius were arrsigned before
City Justice Morgan yesterday on
charges Of vagrancy under the new or
dinance defining that offence. They all
plead not guilty and their cases were
set for trial on Monday next. Leopold
Delmar, arraigned on the same charge,
plead guilty and was fined $40. which
he paid. James Kidd, taken in for the
same offence, was discharged, there be
ing no evidence against him. Charles
Cramer was tried before a jury ON the
same charge and was acquitted, ii being
shown that he held q position as bar.
keeper at the Baltimore saloon.
Mr.. Chas. s. Wood informs US that he
has about completed negotiations for the
appearance of Madam Janauschek, the
great tragedy actress. in this city. The
dates are not fully determined, but tina,
she will give short season here can be
depended upon. 1t is needless for us &c
do more than mention that this greal
Queen Of Tragedy will visit our city
her fame rs an actress being known t.
all the world. She will be supported By
the same company who have Travelled
with her during the past four seasons
Her specialties are Marie Stuart,
Queen Elizabeth and Lady Macbeth
This will undoubtedly be the creates