Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-08


Stephenson. City Attorney. In answer to
the question in local Of yesterdays
HrnALD "why some action Is not taken
TO open Main street through Bath and
Chavez streetr that. on the morning
after the Council directed the City At
torney to initiate proceedings in opening
Main street, north Of the Plaza, he de-
livered the abstract of title of the prop
erty aligning the proposed extension Of
Main street to Messrs. Gillette q Glib
son, with instructions to bring the ab-
stract down to date, and these GENTLE
men have agreed to furnish the amended
abstract to-day; that no further steps
could or will be taken In this matter
until the necessary abstract Is furnished;
but, that the proper data having been
obtained, not only will there be no delay
Of week, as deprecated by the HERALD,
but not the delay Of an hour.
The University Of California will fur
niah our horticultural readers with spec
linens of the camphor tree gratuitously,
two plants to each applicant. The foil.
age Of this tree is valuable to put in
clothespresses and trunks to prevent
moths from committing ravages There
are many places in California where
this valuable tree will do well. Who
will send for specimens to plant.
ojWm. Johns, VIM. Duff, e. s. Griffin
and B. Solomon, charged with playing
cards for money. plead guilty in City
Justice Morgan's Court. yesterday, and
were fined % apiece, which they paid.
Francisco Olivas, arraigned ON the charge
Of battery, on complaint Of Alphonse
Provost, plead not guilty. Case set for
trial at 10 A. M. February 9th.
That meteor which burrowed hole
on the Rancho Rodeo de las Aguas, the
other day. city scientist. quoting rom
Loomis, says is ian agglomeraiion of
ponderable substance in state Of great
tenuity, highly charged with electricity"
Yes, we guess that's about the size Of it
and we give this definition to relieve the
anxiety Of our friend Herr Denker as to
the character Of his visitor.
The case Of Jim Wan, a Chinaman
set for trial before City Justice Morgan.
yesterday. on the charge Of battery, pre-
ferred by q. A. Williams, on motion Of
the Deputy District Attorney, was con-
tinued until the 10th instant, at 10 A. NJ.
A cross complaint was filed by Wan
agsinst Williams for the same offense
and the accused given until 9 o'clock this
morning to plead.
We had the pleasure Of call yester-
day from Mrs. M. P. SsvtelIe, M. D.,
the editor Of the "Medico- Literary Jour-
nal" published at San Francisco. Mrs.
Sswtelle proposes, during her stay in
Los Angeles, to deliver number Of lee
tures on hygienic topics which, we have
no doubt, judging from the reputation
which has preceded her, will be very
ably handled.
The card Of Miss Rosa Stannus, teach
or Of elocution and voice culture, will be
found in this mornings HERALD. Miss
Stannus, who il thorough adept in her
art, makes q speciality Of training those
who wish to enter the dramatic profess
sion. She can be found at the residence
Of Mr.. j. Brousseau, Fo. 1872 Buena
Vista street.
The rainfall at San Jose, for the seas-
on up to Tuesday. February 5th, was
5.53 inches. This was not Lalf the Los
Angeles rainfall for the same time,
which was then over IL inches. South
ern California rainfall Is this year, as il
often has been heretofore, far ahead Of
Central California.
The jury in the case of g. A. Rey-
nolds, who has been on trial before Judge
Hines for the past two days. for the kill
ing Of NJ. Z. Pollard, near Downey, last
August, retired at 10 o'clock last night
and at half past ~ O'Clock brought in a
verdict of guilty of manslsughter.
The great masquerade ball OF the
rurnverein Germania will take place at
Turnverein Hall on Saturday night. We
learn that the costumes and characters
will be the most variegated that have
ever been seen in the city.
The new time card Of the Southern
Pacific Railroad will take effect to-day.
Both the northern and eastern mails
will arrive in the middle Of the day and
prove , great convenience.
Deputy Sheriff George +. Gard went
over to San Bernardino last evening on
Official business.