Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-01-30


| On the first Of February the day will
be announced on which the grand piano
rafile will positively take place. 1t
should have taken place on the 9TH of
this month, but the necessary amount Of
tickets had not been sold and the man.
ayers were obliged to postpone IT for q
few days. By the first Of February they
expect that all, or very nearly all, the
tickets will have been disposed Of, and
consequently they can fix the day with
out any fears Of its being postponed
again. All persons wishing to secure
tickets for the same will do well to call
at once at Edelman h Co. 3, No. ll6
Guerrero, opposite the Plaza. Do not
forget that grand ball will follow the
rattle. ia25td
There is neat, clean little place on
Spring street, No. Is, opposite Nadeau
block, called the Quaker Dairy, and
carried on as a Coffee house, but lately
has added a restaurant. II you wish to
get cup of good coffee, the best the
world can produce, or fine meal at
reasonable prices, go there. There arc
no ChiDamen employed in the establish
ment, and the chief in the kitchen can
not be excelled in this, or any other
city. He is the white mans friend.
Mechanics and workingmen, take notice
OF this. Jan30-3t
On Monday evening John Hughes and
Frank Davis, finding disengaged and
unattended hack standing by the side.
walk, took possession. One of them
mounted the drivers box, while the 9TH
er, accompanied by female companion,
took seat on the inside, and in this or
der took drive through the city. On
their return to the starting point, Hughes
and Davis were taken Ia custody by a
policeman, and yesterday arraigned be-
fore City Justice Morgan on the charge
of disturbing the peace, on which they
will be tried February 9th, at l0A. M.
The gold coinage Of the United States
last year was 500, 24l. 900, and the silver
coinage s29, 245. $3.50. This is the smallest
gold coinage for eleven years past and
shows the scarcity of gold and the me-
cessity for the coinage of silver. South
ern California is now producing about
$3.50, 900 annually in gold and 81, 750, 900
in silver. The latter production should
be encouraged in every laudable way.
We are pleased to state that at the
rate the Puentc wells are yielding oil at
present. they will pay $500 per month
income, out OF which about $50 will
cover all expense, leaving $3.50 clear
profit. That Is O very pleasant fact to
contemplate. Another and deeper well
will be put down shortly. The oil in.
dustry has come to stay.
| Another burglary occurred on Monday
night, at 426 First street. corner Of Rose
street, where some Of the gang Of burg
lars that infest the city removed pane
of glass from the rear OF a store, and
made an entrance, taking to themselves
the contents of the money drawer and
liberal supply Of tobacco. The whole
Of the property taken will amonpt to
about 500.
The st. Louis Grocer gives the follow.
ing excellent advice: All grocers should
Instruct their customers who use canned
goods, to pour out the contents Of the can
| as soon as i. is cut; it will not do to wait
fifteen or twenty Minutes; the can
should be emptied at once. A few
minutes exposure to the air will give the
contents q metallic taste that is not at all
agreeable.
A.letter received in the city yesterday
from Antelope valley reports heavy
rainfall at that place on Sunday, the
9th instant. The railway con-
ductors also report another rain on Mon
day at that place; full details will come
later. The grass is coming up finely and
the grain is springing up in robust
manner.
In City Justice MorgaD.s Court. yes
tsrday. Frank Sayers, drunk and disor-
derly. was fined SIS or fifteen days labor
on the public streets. James Blanchard.
convicted of petit larceny in stealing an
ovcrcoat from j. B. Fuller, was SEN
fenced to pay fine Of $40 or, in default,
forty days imprisonment in the County
Jail.
Jacob vignolo was arraigned before
Justice Ling, yesterday, on the charge
Of disturbing the peace, on complaint
of Charles Jourdan and case set for trial
February l. at 10 A. NJ. The case of
Philip Bosi, charged with battery on
complaint of Antonio Camarino, was set
for trial February 5, at l0A. NJ.
A joint meeting Of the Board of Trade
and Produce Exchange will be held in
their rooms in the Baker Block, at 7:30
o'clock this evening, TO discuss the ques-
tion of the creation of the Office Of In
spector Of Weights and Measures by the
City Council. See notice in our New
To-Day column.
R. j. Holmes, discoverer and owner
of the Right Bower mine on equaw
Creek, Arizona, better known as the
Holmes mine, has just made a sale of
that property. The purchaser is NJ. j.
Fuller, Of San Francisco, and "spot
cash" to the amount of $50, 900 was the
consideration.
Officer J. r. Fletcher, who has been at
San francisco as n witness in the United
States District Court, in the ease Of
Ruiz and Cassidy, on trial on the charge
of passing cent nickels as IS pieces,
returns home overland this morning.
Sixty gold, silver and copper mining
companies paid s9,s7l 900 in dividends
last year. of which there were paid in
San Francisco Sl,47l, 100, the balance
was paid in New York, Boston, Phila-
delphia and Chicago.
Everyone in and around Los Angeles
will visit the Miniature Worlds Fair at
the Diamond House during the coming
week. See advertisement in another
column. 1t will be wonderful exhibit
of superb jewels.
There were filed for record in tn Q
County Recorders Office yesterday
twenty-one deeds, three mortgages,
three satisfactions Of mortgages, one
map and four miscellaneous papers.
The sale of improved prop erty at
public auction by Messrs. Noyes 4
Field, advertised to take place on
Thursday, has been postponed until the
same hour an Friday.
The steamship San Bias, on her last
trip to Panama took 202 barrels wine to
New York for Messrs. B. Dreyfus &
Co., and l22 barrels wine for Messrs
Kohler & Frohling.
Mrs. C. J. Fox and two children and
H. s. Cannon. of Los Angeles. are pas
sengers by the Pacific express, due in
this city from the East, at 4:45 o'clock
this evening.
Sidney Dillon, President Of the Union
Pacific Railroad Company, and party. in