Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1886-05-18

bridge is reported TO be in bad condi-
| ton.
On Sunday morning a hack demol-
shed a spring wagon on San Fernando
street.
Judge Austin fined Gus Leonard $40
yesterday for an assault on Lavina
Carver.
The benefit Sunday night rendered
the stranded Thespisns at the Vienna
Theatre was success.
Twenty carloads of sand, from the
Tujunga, went out to Puente yesterday,
for use on the railroad.
There is a steamer up and down now
nearly every day in the week. Several
times week there are two at San
Pedro.
The train for the north at noon yester-
day consisted of six coaches loaded with
passengers and three cars of baggage
and mail.
The great pigeon shooting match be-
tween J. J. Mellus aud Johnny Cline
will come off this afternoon at Agricul-
tural Park.
For two days the express trains on the
s. P. Co.'S line have been on time. The
traces of the great flood will all be
effaced in time.
The Italians had glorious days fun
at their picnic on Sunday. There was
a big crowd out In Sycamore Grove, and
right royal time they all had.
The body of Miguel Acosto, who was
drowned in Newport on the 9th inst,
foated ashore on Saturday last. The
Coroner held an inquest yesterday on
the body.
The third Raymond h Whitcomb ex-
cursion of the season will arrive here
tomorrow. This is the last trip of the
year for these popular parties. There
are about so in it.
The Capitol Milling Company are
working the mill to its fullest capacity,
TO supply its big line of customers with
fine flour made from the wheat of South
ern California.
In this land of lovely climate people
find these days uncomfortably hot. The
mercury has not climbed to 30 degrees
yet. That point in Los Angeles is equal
to about so degrees in a muggy climate.
The emptying of all the chambers OF
revolver at the corner of Temple and
Hill streets, at clock Monday morn
ing made quite a sensation. Why is
this thus? is still the conundrum.
Among the purchasers of land in the
far famed Santa Anita is Mr.. j. A.
Studebaker, the South Bend, Indiana,
wagon maker. He has secured SO acres |
and will put up fine home there this |
winter
Edward Henshaw has had Walter st. |
Clair arrested on charge of obtaining |
money under false pretenses. Officer
Jones made the arrest on San Fernando
street. William Webb and James Webb
are witnesses.
Twenty.hree men of the Second U. s.
Cavalry went through the city last Sun
day en- route to Fort Lowell to join the
troops operating against Geronimo.
They came from the Presidio, San Fran.
cisco.
Nine cars crowded with passengers
went to Santa Monica on Sunday. A |
large number of them took pleasant |
dip in the sad sea waves, while Others |
gathered shells along the shore. All ex
perenced delightful day
Mr.. Breed hopes there is chance to
get Los Angeles street opened through
Negro alley and on down to Alameda
street at no distant day. There are now
but two recalcitrant property holders
who kick blindly against the onward
march OF improvement.
The HERALD acknowledges the re-
eeipt of an invitation to pumpkin pie
gift plate social" and all that the name
implies, without mental reservation or
prejudice. The pumpkins will roll
around ut Bryson Hall, Spring street,
this evening at o'clock.
The friends of Mr.. and Mrs. w. Kali
isher will bear in mind that the confir-
nation of their son Mamie will take place
in the Synagogue on Fort street on Sat
urday next, May 22d, at 10 A. NJ. The
services will be very interesting and i'm.
pressing.
Mary Walker vas arrested in the
Arroyo Seco last Sunday as an insane.
She came before Judge Brunson yester-
day, when she was discharged. 1t was
only family row. She is an old woman
and her husband is also aged. They
have large family of children.
The G. P, U. P, c. Il N. W., L. s. &
NJ. S. and N. Y. Central railways will
carry carload of flowers from Oakland
to New York in refrigerator car free of
charge for the decoration OF the grave
of General Grant. The car will start on
Monday, the oath, and reach the grave
on the 3lst.
Messages remaining uncalled for at
the Western Union Telegraph Office for
want of proper address: C. A. Seach,
Mrs. N. r. De Martinez, J. c. Murphy,
Fred Short, b. N. Nevin, Chas. Wilcox.
I. B Murphy, Mrs. Willard Howes, E.
Barney, j. A. Walker Louis Blanken-
horn, +. w. Rufiner,
A couple of Mexicans, undeterred by |
the sweeping away of their dwelling, in
the middle of the river bed, opposite the |
foot of Chavez sereet last winter, are |
preparing to rebuild on the same spot. |
The elevation on which the former |
structure stood was washed away, and |
the present site is some four feet lower |
than the former one
Mir. II. ] Woollacott is Prep ring to |
erect business edifcs at Pa aiana, TON
sisting OF six stores, adjoining the depot. |
The bids were opened Saturday, and |
ranged from So, l25, through ten differ.
emit bids, down to 50, $50, the latter he. |
ing the bid OF II, G. Beville, who took |
the contract. Mr.. Woollacott will also
erect building at Monroyia for mercan.
tile uses.
The proprietors OF the Baker foundry |
have made arrangements to erect new
building on Buena Vita street, north
of the Capitol Mills, and will remove
ththpr from Second street as soon as
the building is completed This step is
in view of the great advance OF the
price of real estate on Second street,
making it too valuable for such purposes,
and to save long haul' of coal and mate.
rial
Personal Mention.
Mr.. Philip Stein, of Pomona. was in