Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-02-26

A church ia to be immediately erected
at Elsinore.
A large number OF visitors went yes
terday to San Jacinto on the excursion
TO that place and had a charming time
San Diego county will hold an annua
citrus fair on the 18th. 18th and 18th O
March at National City. 1t will be I
| fine affair.
From one point on the hill yesterday I
HERALD reporter counted ten new
houses in course of construction alonl
one little stretch OF the city.
City Surveyor Eaton has finished sur
veying the East Side park, which con
taina fifty acres. It lies between tn,
Mission road and the 8. z. railroad on
the south.
Mr.. John Lang, Of Lang's Station, has
laid on the HERALD table a nice box Of
perfectly ripe tomatoes, lust picked from
the vines in the frostless belt of the Sol.
edad Canon.
Alhambra, San Gabriel Valley, is ex-
perieneing big boom. Among the
latest developments is new business
block, in which there are 10 be opened a
dry goods store and drug store.
By Saturday night the First street
bridge will be open for traffic. By the
end OF next week the repairs on the
Also street bridge will be completed,
and Boyle Heights will again be happy,
1t is Mr.. Bryson's intention to clear
off the old shanties on the corner Of
Spring and First streets next week and
begin the erection of his fine three story
brick block thereon about the first OF
March.
The weather has been abrewing fol
the past week. Last night the barome
ter fell quite low. Reports from San
Diego indicated rain at that point. Here
the signs pointed to a possible downpoul
not far off.
The Episcopalians have services every
Sunday In the Crescenta block, on Dow
ney avenue, East Los Angeles, at II A
NJ. Sunday school is held there at p
M. each Sunday. Rev. Mr. Jeffreys has
the matter in charge.
The debris where the fire occurred op
posite the new depot is being cleared
away, aud rumor has it that fine brick
structure will replace the shanties. Such
a building will be an ornament to thai
part of the city.
All persons interested in the coming
Flower Festival are requested to meet al
the Tabernacle this afternoon at
o'clock. 1t is hoped that there will be q
full attendance, as large amount OF
executive business is to be transacted.
Good oranges are worth 81 box on
the trees. Choice seedlings are worth
Sl.l5 to 81. 25. The Unisn has made
returns Of equal to So box for choice
Navels to shippers, ut Orange. Get all
the growers in and the fruit will always
be good property.
The delegates from all the Turn Verein
societies on the coast hold meeting in
the hall of the Turn Verein Germania in
this city to-marrow night, to legislate
upon the interests of this organization.
The Turner's Of Los Angeles look to the
gathering with much interest.
]. A Graves, ESQ.,, is laying a fine
cement sidewalk all round his handsome
residence, on the corner of Fort and
Third streets. Ii is quite time that all
good citizens should improve their valu-
able property along these handsome
streets in just such way as this. 1t is
a good example to follow.
The marriage of Mr.. j. s. McCroy
and Mrs. Olive Cole took place last
night at 205 South Spring street. The
nuptial knot was tied by Judge Ranney
in his usual decorous and gracious man
ner. The friends of McCroy spent a
night of hlarity and song and dance. in
which the happy couple joined.
A very intelligent gentleman, recently
from the East, said to a reporter of the
HERALD: There will be no let up to
this tide of immigration until Los An
geles numbers $1,000 people. | base
this remark on what know of the re-
sources of this section as compared with
the more thickly populated parts of the
East.
In writing up the building now going
on, yesterday, the residence of Mrs. e.
B. Croker was omitted. 1t is on the
corner of Third and Olive streets, aud
is now receiving the finishing touches.
This house will be one of the most
deliberately finished, elegant and pictur.
esque in California. 1t would be an
ornament to any portion of New York.
The City Council meets tonight at
the City Hall, at o'clock, to consider
the question of water and gas rates. At
$3.50 o'clock the special committee on
City Hall plans, consisting OF Messrs.
Stearns, Khurts, Breed, Perry and Will
lard, will meet at the same place and
take some action on the plans before the
Council meets.
The Second street cable road contem-
plate putting in retorts at their asphalt
tum bed to convert that fuel into water
gas, which will be conducted in pipes to
the engine house, thus saving handling
t;me II viii enahls The engineer To kee,,
up more steady pressure and the as
phaltum will burn in the retorts without
the use OF any coal
Late last h'gh' TWO HORSES a''a'neu W
herdie got away from peh'on' 'he
driver, in front of the Nadeau block.
They ran heller SHELTER to the corner of
Oil. a E;f,h s,voa,. vbara n,
.lpn 'as na,,anca thav n;eJ The yebi.