Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-08-05


braces selections from Faust, II Trova-
tore, Petit Due, Lischen and pritzchens.
with the stirring scene Of Miss Coursen
as the Goddess Of Liberty. Concerning
this remarkable scene, the Aita, of San
Francisco, says: ''The band commenced
the opening notes of the national anthem,
the curtain was drawn aside, and Miss
Ellen Coursen, appropriately attired as
the Goddess OF Liberty, advanced to the
front of the stage and with dramatic ef.
feet sang The Star Spansled Banner.
Miss Ceursen rendered the solo in an ex-
cellent manner, her voice filling every
corner of the vast hall, and was assisted
in the chorus by twenty-five members
Of the Young Ladies' Choral"
In another place in this issue of the
HERALD mention is made Of the re-
markable accumulation of clouds in the
mountains. 1t seems that these clouds
| as they rolled up the Soledad Canon
encountered colder current OF air
which precipitated a vast aud sudden
fall Of rain, that washed away the track
| of the Southern Pacific Railroad, Just
above Ravena, where stream enters
| the cafion from the south, delaying the
train from the north about three hours.
A washout ia that caiion in August was
never known before.
Ground was broken yesterday on the
Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley
Railroad at the Bacon Hill, on the west
side Of the site Of the Raymond Hotel.
The work will be done under the direc.
ton Of Mr.. Carver, the chief contractor
with Mr.. s. p. Jewett chief engineer.
The grading in Pasadena will be- rushed
forward rapidly, and II q few parties
give reasonable rights of way the line
| will be the best that could be selected.
| 1t is to be hoped that no obstacles will be
presented to the progress Of the line.
The following is the list of passengers
which arrived from the east by the train
arriving at IL. 20 Aug. 90: DR. G F Nilsson.
Tucson;W R Pond and wife, Wood.
land, Cal; Mr. Hertgormain, Hot
Springs, Ark; Mr. vanuvaly. Kansas City;
Lieut. Schwatka and wife, U 5 A; X W
Monce. Ills; @ H Hennon, Mobile; Wnl
Griffith. Tucson; w Carter, Los An.
geles; VIM Bee, Oakland; Mr. Lewis,
San Francisco; Mr. F H Boyd, Chihua-
hua; Mrs VIM McCuen, do.
The following arrests were made al
the police office yesterday and were not
in the Justices Courts; AT 10 A. NJ, on
Spring street, by Officer Cooney, Wm,
Abbott, for vagrancy and disordsrly
| conduct. Also, by the same officer,
Peter Beess, vagrant, on the same
street. At II o'clock Officer Keary ar
rested A. Berncro at the office, on a
charge Of misdemeanor, in taking what
did not belong to him. They all went
to Jail.
In City Jnstice Morgan's Court yes
terday, Fred. North was brought up on
a charge Of assault to murder, and his
examination set for August Sth, at 10
Am. Bail was refused until the condi-
ton Of the, wounded man is ascertained.
| All Qua, convicted of petit larceny, was
sent to jail for l5 days. Christiana
Rgder was tried and convicted Of dis.
turbipg the peace. Sentence is set for
August 9th, at M.
1t is reported that in the deep gulches
on the northerly side Of the high peaks
Of the Sierra Madre, east Of San Bernar-
dino, that the snow is from ten feet to
one hundred feet in depth. This snow
will slowly melt, but will probably not
half melt this summer, so there will be
good supply for the streams and
| springs next summer, even without any
rainfall during the coming winter, and
irrigators will be happy.
Quite curiosity was brought into
San Bernardino the other day in the
shape of sheep with Eve natural legs.
1t is large and fat, four years Of age. and
was raised at San Jacinto on the ranch
Of Pancho Estudillo. The animal was
presented to Mr.. J. F. Nash by Mr..
Estudillo, and Mr.. N. intends to keep
it there for few days and then ship il
to Woouward's Gardens in San Fran.
cisco.
There was heavy cloud burst in the
mountains bordering on the Cajon Pass
yesterday, which sent down flooding
torrent of water into Lystle creek and
| its tributaries for some three or fouI
hours. doing great deal Of damage,
In many places fences and movable
property were swept away clean, and in
several instances It was with difficulty
live stock was saved.
Tne remarkable report was exhibited
in the County Recorders Office yester-
day of the record Of % deeds and only
mortgages. while the satisfactiona
Of mortgages were 0, exceeding the
mortgages by 2. 80 that really while
25 titles were conveyed less than nothing
was mortgaged. That will do for I
specimen Of midsummer business in Los
Angeles.
We don't have to ask as much profit
as any other house in town, because
where the others have to make their ex-
pense and living ont Of one line, we have
dozen that all contribute their mite,
the combined total making our profit
aad expense. That's why We are the
cheapest in every line. vindicatior
SALE feoples Store.
Owing to the great increase Of the
business Of the First National Bank o.
Los Angeles, that institution has beer
obliged to move the stairway which oc
cupied part of the front room 80 as X
give about six feet more width to ths
main counting room. The upper room!
will be occupied by the bank, with al
entrance in the rear.
The Democratic headquarters, on ths
corner Of Temple and New High streets
are kept open during the daytime and
evening and are well supplied with news
papers, pictorials. pamphlets and read
ing matter. Comfortable chairs ant
tables are provided for the use of visitors
who are respectfully invited to call re
gardiess of their political faith.
An interesting number in the pro
gramme of the entertainment to be Civ
en- in the Opera House tonight, will bt
q new song, "The Fairy Isle," the
music and words by Mr.. Finlay Fnlay.
son. 1t will be sung by Mr.. Henry
Pfanu, and accompanied on the piano
by Prof. P. Engcls.
In Township Justice Ling's Court yes
terday. Wm. Smith wasup on charge oil
embezzlement, and examination set fol
August llth, at l0A. NJ. Jose NJ. Ar
gusllo, charged with burglary, will bs
examined on August 3th at 10 A. NJ. In
default Of bail each went to jail.
In Mayor Thom's Court yesterday
Thomas Flynn. drunk. went up fol
ten days. Hugh Davidson paid s. fol
the same charge. Ramon Armenia and
Jose Juan, Indians, got i've days each
for drunkenness. Patrick Ryan, for the
same offense, was sent to jail for eight
days.
The Calico Print reports the follow.