Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-01-27


brageous circumference, bearing lines,
lemons, sweet and sour oranges and
shaddocks. The tree, l was informed,
was originally veritable monarch Of
the forest, /" or rather swamp, for II was
sour, and being denuded Of three efourths
Of its foliage, was budded respectively
with lime. lemon, shsddock aAd sweet
orange buds. When l first saw 1t in the
winter Of 1876 it was loaded down with
its large heterogeneous crop, each varie-
ty being fully up to the standard Of ex-
cellence produced by single trees; the
sweet orange was as fair specimen as
produced by any orange Seeding in the
State, and the sour as bitter as the most
ardent lover Of marmalade would desire.
On the first of February the day will
be announced on which the grand piano
rattle 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 1t for a
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 It's being postponed
again. All persons wishing to secure
tickets for the same will do well to call
at once at Edelman L Co.'s, No. ll6
Main street, or at the store Of Mr.. j. D.
Guerrero, opposite the Plaza. Do not
forget that grand ball will follow the
rattle. ja25td
The announcement for the social to be
given at Nadeau Hall. Wednesday even
next, under the auspices Of the Society
Of Spiritualists. will be found under New
To-Day. The opening part Of the enter
tainment will consist Of vocal and in.
strumental music, recitations, etc., in
which Madame Mara, Herr Carl
Schmeisser, Professor Hamilton, Profes.
sor Lenzberg and q number of our most
popular amateurs will take part. At
$50 O'Clock dancing will commence, and
will continue until A. N. 1t promises
to be delightful entertainment, and we
advise all who wish to pass pleasant
evening to attend.
U. s. Deputy Marshal Dunlap re-
turned yesterday from La Puente. He
reports that there was no trouble as had
been apprehended in the dispossession
Of the settlers on the Puente Rancho.
He started for San Francisco last even
ing to convey two deserters to Alcatraz,
but being seriously unwell, consigned
the prisoners to Officer j. K. Fletcher,
who piloted them over the route. Mrs.
Fletcher, who has been dangerously i'll,
was yesterday able to be out again, and
says that j. r. shall not be widower as
long as she can prevent 1t.
Mr.. George Rice, Of the Rural Cali.
fornian. is preparing 10 plant twenty.
two different varieties Of orange trees
that he has imported from various parts
Of the world. Among them is the fam
ous Bahia orange from Brazil. and Or
anges from the West Indies, Azores and
the Mediterranean coast and islands.
lie will plant them at Highland Park.
on the west bank Of the Arroyo Seco.
When they fruit he will experiment with
the seed and try to ascertain whether
any Of the seedlings will be true to name.
The experiment will be looked upon
with much interest.
The Anaheim Gazette says: An orange
fifteen inches in circumference is likely
to attract attention under any circum.
stances. but when it is the product Of
q tree planted two years ago it becomes
especially noticeable. Such an orange
from such o tree was plucked on Mr..
Fromheim's place several days ago. He
has another young tree on bis place
from which 500oranges have been picked
this season, and there are several hun
dred yet hanging to the limbs, all Of
large size.
Concerning the 44O. 900. 900 gallon res
ervoir in North Anaheim the Gazette
says: "The directors went en- masse on
Wednesday and viewed the reservoir.
Not one OF the party had ever fully ap-
preciatcd this glorious work Of nature
until the close of the inspection of
Wednesday, and very decided express
sions Of satisfaction were indnlged in.
The determination was expressed to pro-
coed with all possible diligence to the
construction Of the dam and the utiliza.
tion Of the reservoir.
In Justice Ling's Court, yesterday,
Juan Maron and Esmeraldo Osuna, con.
victed Of disturbing the peace. on COM
plant of Juan Valdez. were sentenced
to pay a fine of one dollar and seventy
FIVE days labor each on the chain. gang.
The culprits live on Boyle Heights aud
have been holy terror to the neighbor-
hood. 1t is hoped that when released
they will behave themselves and live at
peace with their neighbors.
Our readers will please notice that
Messrs. Rogers, Byram L Co., real es-
tate agents, who have reserved space for
some time in the HARALD, como to the
front in this mornings issue with large
list Of desirable properties. both city
and country, which they are prepared
to sell on most reasonable terms. Parties
seeking home sites or plaoes for invest
ment will find it to their interest to call
on this firm.
Mr.. Julian Troconiz, by double col
umn advertisement elsewhere, announces
that he has opened q gentlemsn's furnish.
ing goods and hat store. at No. "a First
street, Bernard block. His stock in
cludes all the latest styles, which he
offers to the citizens OF Los Angeles at
the most reasonable prices. He invites
everybody to give him call.
The steamer City Of Toxic. that has
Just sailed for Hong Kong, carried away
$324, 353 in silver, and only $S26 in gold.
1t seems that all the great nations Of the
Orient want silver and that continually,
but gold il not in demand. That Is a. 1t
should be. Let the goldites in New
York keep their gold, while Southern
California mines the silver to make the
national exchanges.
A rumor was current on the streets
yesterday that our sialwart Granger
friend. Mr.. Richard Garvey. either had,
or was on the point of deserting the
ranks Of the bachelors to join the Bene-
dick brigade. Well. Dick, il we must
lose thee, we wish thee lashins and lawns
Of happiness in the new estate.
Yesterday was not good day for rain,
but 1t turned out fairly for crazy men.
Vice Consul Mortimer sent to jail an in.
sane man from the British ship Rock
Terrace, named John le Bran. and Dep.
uty Sheriff Peters Of Santa Ana brought
in e. Francis. young man from that
place, who appeared to be badly insane.
The arrival of vessels at San Pedro
during the month Of January, average
ono per day. and this is at a time when
It is supposed to be dull month for
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