Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-04-04

Mr.. H. N. Short, Of the Pomona
Weekly Times. was in the city yester-
day. He reports business brisk at
Pomona, and is in favor Of an electric
light for that bristling village There is
plenty of water power there to run a
dynamo, SO they can get cheap light
very easily.
Tomatoes are still scarce and sell for
eight cents per pound, and choice new
potatoes at four cents. At such prices
the profit per acre from these crops is
enormous, especially from tomatoes.
Only the high brush lands are safe for
this crop in cold winters. and there the
profit is sure every year.
The cumulus clouds on the mountains,
yesterday, were grandly beautiful, with
their snowy crowns and dark and threat
ening bases. They appeared to be a
chain Of mountains superposed upon
the beautiful Sierra Madres and had to
look especially lovely to take the
place Of the mountains which they OBJ
scured.
We saw letter this morning from
Mr.. J. B. Osborne, Who has just made
visit of inspection to the Ord mines.
He speaks very highly of the prospects
there, a great number Of improvements
have been made. Much developing work
has been done on the mines and copper
is to be seen in unlimited quantities.
San Bernardino Times.
| The demand for silver, Of which we
have sure crop every year, is steadily
increasing. Last month the exports Of
silver to foreign ports from California
amounted to $500, 600. That is a very
good showing for silver. At the same
time only $2S. 900 in gold was exported.
1t seems that other nations like silver
better than gold in spite Of Mrs. Folger,
who croons over the Treasury Depart
ment. Open another mine.
The new cottage that Mr.. II. J.
Woollacott is building on the corner Of
Spring and Sixth streets, is q little gem
of house. It's conveniencies Of invisi-
BILE window screens and other improve.
ments show the great advance in the
building Of cottage residences in Los
Angeles within few years. The house
Is model Of comfort, and is handsome
outside and inside. He intends to oc-
cupy the place on the lst Of May.
The Messrs. Lecroq Freres elsewhere
in this mornings HERALD give notice to
the citizens Of Los Angeles that they
have opened French laundry at No. 25
San Pedro street. They both under
stand the business thoroughly, and can
therefore. assure patrons that all work
entrusted to them will be done in first
class style. A feature that should COM
mend itself to families is that no China
men will be employed about the estab-
lish,nent.
The barometer last night recorded
20 81 at S:i5, the lowest record Of the
season. Some gentle earthquakes would
be in harmony now with sun spots,
floods, magnetic crazlness and other di-
versions of nature. Last week the con
ditions were favorable for earthquake
shocks, and the HERALD then SO stated.
and it appears that while the newsboys
were in the street selling the paper con-
tanning the statement, shocks Of earth
quake. gentle but positive, occurred in
three different parts OF the State.
Billy Mcdowell this morning sent for
the Rev. Mr.. Fulton, of the Baptist
Church, requesting that prayers be said
in his behalf. The minister found the
prisoner lying on cot in his iron cell,
looking very feeble and sick When
asked in regard to his frame Of mind
concerning the future state, he expressed
great repentance for his past evil life,
and appeared to be very earnest in ask
ing Mr.. Fulton to labor with him for
Gods forgiveness. II Mcdowell should
make a confession, it would simplify
matters considerably on his trial.-.San
Bernardino Inder,
Mr.. Charles Kennedy, Southwest
Passenger Agent Of the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific Railroad, who has
been in Los Angeles for the past ten
days. organizing excursion parties to the
East over his lines, returns to his head
quarters at Kansas City, via the South
cru Pacific and Atchison. Topeka &
Santa Fe roads this evening. Mr. Ken
nedy is q clever, genial gentleman and
has added largely to his list of personal
friends during his present visit. We
wish him pleasant trip home and
hope that he will find ii convenient to
revisit our city at an early day.
As the old wooden boarding house
was yesterday being moved down Spring
street with windlass and hawser, the
telegraph poles were utilized as posts
for holding one end Of the hawser.
This worked very well till one post near
Turnverein Hall broke under the terrible
strain, and there was delay and rest,
and a job Of resetting post, besides
the cutting of all the telephone wires
that were too low to allow the chimneys
to pass beneath them. When viii these
wires and those of the telegraph be
placed under ground as they are in Ger
many
The weather was OF frisky nature
yesterday. A heavy seabreeze prevailed
nearly all day and. carried. vast masses of
vapor against the mountains, where it
encountered the chill Of the snow on the
SUBMITS and in the cahons, and formed
thick clouds that cent down heavy and
repeated showers along the base of the
mountains and across the valley of San
Bernardino. Rain fell also out on the
plains as far as Pomona, Ontario and
Cotton. The barometer was lower yes
terday than at any time during the
month Of March. The rainy season is