Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-06-02

Mr.. Phillips left Boston yesterday
with big excursion for Los Angeles.
Captain Ellis has sold Willow Dale,
San Gabriel. place of II acres, for
$4,000.
The transfers Of realty yesterday
reached the sum of $4,000. There
was one transfer of s3t, 900.
Col. o. II. Violet took out very nice
party of nearly forty pers ons in an east.
bound excursion yesterday by the U. p.
route.
The l.. A. & 8. @. V. R'y is pressing
forward TO reach Monrovia by the Fourth
Of July. They find it hard to get good
men to work.
Mr.. G. Badly, whose arm was broken
some days since in u runaway on Wash
ington street, is getting along well, and
will soon be ready to hold down another
bronco.
Sheriff Broughton, Of Santa Barbara,
on Monday captured two thieves near
Lompoo, who stole horse and buggy of
Mr.. William Lacy in East Los Angeles
last week.
The embankmsnt of the Los Angeles
and San Gabriel Valley Railroad along
the river is nearly completed as far as
the Southern Pacific bridge--known as
the yuma" bridge.
The police have a new book of entry
which was opened up yesterday. The
first entry was Ed. Mccarthy, drunk
and disorderly. IL was not the ex-
Chief Of Police.
An enterprising individual has built
big tank amid stream. just below the
Downey avenue bridge, where he pro-
poses to give Angelenos an opportunity
to get swim in fresh water.
The fire alarm yesterday afternoon
was on account of the house OF Mr..
Abarta, next to the NJ. e. Grace Church
on First street catching fire. The en-
gnes were soon on the spot and in q
moment put out the fire. The loss is
nominal.
On Monday Mexican by the name of
Guilermo Henija was arrested by Con-
stable Cline on charge Of stealing a
horse from Michael Gaizard at La
Blllona. Henija was arraigned before
Judge Ranney yesterday morning, and
his examination was set for next Satur.
day. He was committed to Jail in lieu
OF 81 900 bail
The case of Perkins vs. Baldwin came
up yesterday in the Superior Court on
motion for a new trial. The settlement
of the statement in such motion is now
set for June 25th. The plaintiff has
five DAYS thereafter to file counter aft.
davit. This is the SIS, 900 breach OF
promise case of Miss Louise c. Perkins
against Mr.. E. J. Baldwin, the million.
aire.
The great Exchange block at Pasa-
dena will soon loom up second to the
Raymond in size as hotel in the San
Gabriel valley. 1t will be of brick,
three stories high, with the First Ma.
tonal Bank of Pasadena in the corner
on the ground floor, and half dozen
stores besides. The upper part will be
used as O hotel, and will contain 200 |
sleHplnb TOOtHs, btsiuts mans anu icNop-
ton rooms. Gen. Edwin Ward is one |
of the proprietors of the great edfice,
which is 200 feet front by about 100 feet
in depth.
The last of the great wrought iron
girders. sixteen inches in depth and
90, 900 pounds, the largest ever
used in Los Angeles. will be hoistsd
into position on the Los Angeles Ma.
lonal Bank block to-day, after which
the second story will spring up like
magic. A peculiar feature observed in
his edi 'oe is the beaded brick at the
corners of the doors and windows. the
irst ever used in this city. This nov
lily was imported from Chicago, which
ity has the handsomest business blocks
n the world. This building is intended
O be model for other builders to fol
ow in Los Aogeles.