Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-08-26

Mr.. J. G. Bright, whose Advertisement
in the HERALD Is read by everybody, i
always in the front with all manner 0
dry goods and clothing. boots and shoe
at half price. His stock is immense
and his place Of business is at 239 N
Main street.
Judge D. II. Pinney, Associate Justic'
Of the Supreme Court Of Arizona, ant
family. arrived in Los Angeles Frida,
evening. The Judge has just been Eas
for his family, and brings them to South
ern California for few days vacation
and to visit friends. They are the guest
Of Judge Lucas Of this city.
The police took in Andy Methvin
from San Fernando, last night for steal
ing watch from Diego Angelo. Meth
vim, whose other name is Sleepy Jack
claims that Angelo owed him money
and he appropriated the watch ns Sc
curity for his claim. He will board a
the expense Of the city till Monday o.
least.
The first-class passengers by thi'
mornings overland train number seven
ty-two. many of whom are returning
Knights Templar. OF Angelenos, W.
note J. w. Haverstick and wife, DR.. W
w. Ross, A. DalgAlarando, p. Clos, p
Ballade, Ed. Dunham, B. w. Edelman
A. E. Pomeroy, Judge J. D. Hines
Moye Wicks, Charles A. Vogelsang
railroad engineer. and DR.. ]. s Craw
ford.
An employe Of the firm Of Kohler a
Frohlins, yesterday exhibited to re-
porter Of the HERALD, yellow craw
ford peach weighing twelve ounces, OF
three-quarters Of pound, and its favol
was excellent. The peach was raised
by Miss Bruttig. who makes q specially
Of fruit. and yet people say il cannot b.
raised here.
Another ninety-five-pound watermelsn
was brought into the city yesterday
from Cahuenya. 1t had for company
wagon-load Of melons that weighed
from sixty to eighty -eight pounds each.
Los Angeles appears to be the greatest
watermelon market iu California and
has the largest melons of any other
place. That seems to be the proper
thing.
The mining readers Of the HERALD
viii be glad to know that they can car.
ry large amount Of blasting material
IN convenient form and Of little weight.
II consists Of unsized or ordinary blot
ting paper coated with hot mixture OF
II parts yellow prussiate Of potash, II
Of charcoal. IS Of refined saltpeter, 70 oi
potassium chloratc, 10 Of wheat starch.
and ] 500 OF water. When il is dried II
is cut into strips which are rolled into
cartridges.
The Printers Complimentary Benefit
Concert will take place this afternoon al
Washington Gardens. This benefit to
the clocked out" printers Of the TImes, is
generously presented by the Leavitt 4
Allen Star Combination, and by Mr.. d.
v. Waldron. the proprietor Of Wash.
ington Gardens. There will be no i'm.
proper characters admitted, and the en-
tertainment will be Of an excellent
character. About thousand tickets
have been sold already so the affair will
be grand success.
In the railway collision of the six i'm
inense locomotives in tho San Fernando
tunnel on Friday night. Il i gratifying
to note that nobody was injured. The
two trains were moving cautiously, and
saw each other in time to prevent bad
smash up. The front engines were in
jured, but the track was al cleared in an
hour and half. IL il said that the per-
sons In charge Of the locomotives that
came down from the north, were
strangers to this part Of the road. from
Sacramento, and did not know that they
should have waited for the up train at
Newhall. There was no delay Of other
trains.
By notice in our New To-day" II
will be seen that the steamer Amelia
will leave San Pedro for Santa Catalina
Island on Thursday on the arrival Of the
morning train from this city, returning
from tho Island on Saturday in time for
passengers to take the evening train for
this city. Fare for the round trip tw0
dollars. The restaurant on board the
steamer viii be provided with all the
delicacies Of the season. This will be
one Of the most delightful excursions
ever organized in Los Angeles. and all
who enjoy fishing, with sea bathing
on . beach entirely free from surf,
should avail themselves Of this oppor-
tunity.