Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-12-20


Mrs. j. A. Dodge, Of Plymouth, N.
H., Is at the Cosmopolitan. She Is ac-
companicd by Mrs. e. s. Taylor, Of the
same place. About year ago Mrs.
Dodge and her husband, who was then
President Of the Boston, Concord &
Montreal Railroad, came hare on a visit.
Mr.. Dodge at that time bought the
Winfield place. near the city limits, and
returned home to prepare TO remove TO
Los Angeles, but was takcn suddenly i'll
and died. The ladies will remain here
for some time.
Mr.. Fitzgerald, the contractor for the
addition TO ST. Vincsnts College, is put
ting the finishing touches TO the build
lug, and the work is credit to him and
his foreman, Charles f. Happ Mess-s.
Kysor 4 Morgan were the architects and
the enterprise was projected by Rev.
Father Richardson, the President of.the
College, who has had it in view fVr
years. The whole cost OF the addition
was $50, 900, and it will greatly increase
the usefulness OF the College.
Alonzo H. Morris. the great billiardist.
and agent for the J NJ. Brunswick h
Bake Co.. billiard table manufacturers,
will exhibit at Capu 4 Kings billiard
room, No. 20 North Main street, Friday
evening, this week. All who wish to
see fine billiards should not miss this
opportunity. Admission free.
Attention Ia directed to the advertise
ment of auction sale Of furniture, pic
lures, etc., at c. II. Burdick's furniture
store, No. Main street, at | P. NJ. on
Saturday. The sale viii be conducted
by the vete.an auctioneer, Il. w. Noyes.
A light, drizzling rain commenced to
fall at half past O'Clock last evening
and lasted about an hour. The amount
of rainfall, up to S:l5, as reported by
the United States signal Service officer,
was 6-l00ths OF an inch.
The social Of the ladies OF the Order of
the Eastern Stai tomorrow evening
evening promises to be Of the usual pleas.
ant character. Masonic Hall, on Main
street, will, no doubt, be crowded.
A fire at Temescal, on Monday night,
destroyed Mr.. Mattisons store and the
postofIice. 1t was caused by Mrs. Mat
tison dropping a banging lamp. She
barely escaped with her life.
Mr.. Story's new dwelling on the Al
hambra tract, near San Gabriel, makes
handsome appearance and will compare
fayorably with the fine residences in
that section.
Mrs. C. A. Williams, NJ. Shannon and
wife, C. C. Cheesebrough, and s. Rip
enson, Of Los Angeles, are passengers by
this mornings train from San Francisco.
Mr.. Joseph Betz, late Of Tucson,
leaves to-day for San Francisco, but will
return in few days for the purpose Of
commencing business in Los Angeles.
Judge Sepulveda was taken suddenly
i'll yesterday afternoon and had to leave
the bench. Nothing serious is appre-
hended from his indisposition.
No dry season now, but plenty Of
magnificent closks at greatly reduced
prices from now until the first Of Janu-
ary next, at the City of Paris.
The crossings are in bad condition
since the rain Of yesterday aud the chain
gang could benefit pedestrians IL they
scraped them.
Thermometer for the twenty Tour
hours ending at Sis last evening: Maxi
mum. G3.s degrees; minimum, ~ s de-
grees.
Chief Engineer Jewett, Of the Saa Ga
briel narrow gauge railroad, arrived
from San Francisco yesterday morning.
Mr.. J. $. Waterman, owner of the
Waterman mine, is at the Cosmopolitan.
Fires have been raging in the mount
aims near Malibou ranch for some days.
Mr.. Jenes is building large house on
the corner Of Second and Hill streets.
The Olive street sewer has been con.
structsd ms far as Second street,
Four electric masts arrived yesterday
by rail from the north.
Mr.. Jacob +. Gerkins has gone on
visit TO San jose.