Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-06-10


Merrill Hall last evening was very
pleasant affair. A large audience was
present, many not being able to find
seats. A good program Of musical and
literary selections was rendered, ct
the close of which R. A. Harvey. of Tus-
tin, gave short address upon the work
Of the order. Mrs. H. SHELTON was then
called upon and made stirring plea for
temperance, and extended an invitation
to all to Join the order. This closed the
program, and the remainder Of the even
ing was spent in making acquaintance.
Thirty-one propositions for membership
were made by those present.
MIR. J. C. Her Of Omaha, gentleman
Of large wealth, is stopping at the st.
Elmo. He has Investigated the charac-
ter Of the grain and fruit grown in aud
around the city OF Los Angeles, and
finds il very valuable for distilling, as il
possesses more than the usual amount OF
alcohol and sac,harine matter. He will
probably take tract of land in this vi
cinity aud start distillery near tine city
on large scale that will make home
market for our grain.
At Little Lake, between Downey and
Norwalk, the unmarried women have q
society called the "Old Maid STAN.
pede" which is doing lively leap year
BUSINESS. They have recently had Q
lively party down there aud entertained
all the granger bachelors in the country.
Our informant assures us that all the
managers will be married in year. The
marriage notices 10 the HERALD will
only cost one dollar. How many will
there be!
Attention is directed to the advertise
ment Of w. c. Furrey in the New To-
Day column Of this mornings HERALD.
He has in stock new style refrigerator
that should be indispensable in every
well ordered household. His filters and
water coolers are also necessities for
household use. His stock Of general
hardware is One OF the largest in the
city, and his prices reasonable. Give
him call
Mr.. aud Mn. w. J.:McCloskey. Of
Denver, arrived in Los Angeles on Sun.
day on visit to Mr.. II. L. Binford,
father of Mrs. McCloskey. Mr.. Nc.
Cioskey Is an artist Of some note and is
now making his first visit 10 the. Pacitc
Coast. Should he ind suitable open
ing, wo understand he will take up his
residence in our city.
The steamship City of Topeka. built
by John Roach 4 sons for the A. T. 4
s. r. r. R., has been launched and will
soon be ready for sea. 1t is said that
this Is to be coasting vessel to run be-
tween Guaymss, Los Angeles and San
francisco. There are two more being
made for the sane company to be used
on the same line.
The great excitement at Pasadena-to.
night will be the garden party at Mrs.
Rosenbaum's, where 100 varieties Of
roses will be shown from . single gar.
den, all grown out Of doors Such
spectacle can only be seen 10 the Uni
ted States, In Southern Califorpa, and
Los Angeles county ieads in everything.
We had the pleasure Of . call yestsr-
day from Judge J. R. Dupuy. formerly
Of Louisville, Kentucky, who has come
| to our city with tte intention of locating.
We bid him welcome and hope he may
be followed by others of the same SORT,
as there is plenty of room In our grow
ing city.
Some Of the delegates to the Demo
cratic State Convention ct Stockton
could not leass yesterday on account Of
no train going north. They ask why Il
is that there Is not o train Of surplus cars
kept here at al times to provide against
such an emergency ~ this. Nineteen
hours is long time to wait.
The Council met yesterday with q
bare quorum, but several Of those pres
ent having left the room, business was
necessarily suspended and the meeting
WAS adjourned until 2 ?. u. to-day. The
amount of business transacted was 90
trifiing that We Withhold its publication
until after to-dAy's session.
A proposition will be made to the
Democratic County Committee, BY msr-
chants in the vicinity Of the Court
House, to erect and maintain public
platform at the northeast corner Of that
building. during the coming campaign,
free Of expense.
Mr.. A. e. Mrchand, Of Louisville,
Kentucky, accompanied by his wife. is
stopping at the st. Elmo. Mr.. NJ. Is
largely interested in mining matters in
Colorado, and may find it for his inter
est to invest in California mines.
Master Henry Wilson. for being the
champion newsboy in selling more cop
les Of the Rseaipg Erpress than anyone
else. was yesterday presented with :
fine new nicksl-ptatsd wstch. IT b
work that wins.
A call for an adjourned meeting to
complete the organization Of the British
Benevolent Association, to be held Al
Armory Hall next Saturday evening,
will be found in our New To-Day col.
umn.
The professional card Of DR.. @. J.
Rowley, physician and surgeon, who
has opened Offices in rooms and Ham
mond Block, No. 2s South Spring street,
will be found in to-day's HERALD.
| Governor Stoneman has ordered the
Goth Of August to be observed as legal
holiday in respect to the memory o.
Father Junipero Sierra, who died ON thai
day one hundred years ago.
II will astonish some people to know
that the electric mast on the noted Gle
walton of Boyle Heights is q feet love-
than. the mast on Downey avenue, ye
such il the fact.
| A meeting Of the committee toarrang'
for the benefit to be give to the Soldiers
Home, near Napa, will be held this even
ing at the Office Of +. r. Howe. In La
lande block.
| OF the 10000 vines recently plantet
BY the Saa Gabriel Wine Company, i !
said that not ons in . thousand failed Z
grow vigorously.
We direct the attention Of the finds
or finders of gold bracelet and croche
shawl to the advertisement headet
Bracelet Shawl.
| Mrs. Griffith and Mr.. Louis levin, o
Los Angeles, are passengers by the de
layed Pacific Rxpress, which arrives thi
morning.
Fifteen huudredths Of an inch Of rail-
fell on Sunday night in this city. Nea
the mountains the fall was still greater