Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1886-03-02


o'clock this afternoon.
The repair shops Of the Southern Pa
cific road employ seventy-fve men.
Mr.. Horace Plummer, brother of A
w. Plummer, Of Anaheim, died at Ban
ming yesterday.
Baer & German shipped car load Of
California wine TO New York City on
last Saturday.
There are thirty-four engines now al
the round.house Of the Southern Pacific
road in Los Angeles.
The Emerald Club viii give grand
banquet on Thursday night of this week
In honor of Robert Emmett's birthday
L. Phillips says that after the first of
April he will charge $1,000 per month for
the corral now used by the county as a
jail.
Robert Anderson, well known young
man of the San Gabriel Canon, died at
the Azusa ON Sunday and was buried
yesterday.
The Assessor has been authorized by
the Board of Supervisors to appoint
twenty-six deputies to help out ON the
spring assessment.
Captain Banning, of Wilmington, has
had an elegant regulation four-in.hand
ach built and will doubtless give his
friends rome delightful rides.
Los Angeles was visited by sharp
hailstorm ON Sunday about noon. The
storm lasted Tor nearly half hour and
| the pavements were covered with hail
stones.
The County Recorder has been al.
lowed three deputies for the month OF
March, at salary Of 800 each, and has
appointed Messrs. Averill, Bray and
Whitney.
Extensive ice works are being erected
at the Los Angeles Wooden Mills. A
large ice house, capable of containing
two thousand tons Of ice will also be
built.
The HERALD is indebted to the Car
penters' and Joiners' Union for an invi-
tation to grand anniversary ball, to be
given at Nadeau Hall on Thursday eve.
ming, March 4th.
Martin Devine was fined 5000 and sen.
fenced to six months in the city prison
yesterday by Mayor Spence. Dcvine
was charged with cruelty treating his
wife and children.
A young brakeman of the s. p. yard
named Brown, had his thumb crushed
last Saturday night while coupling cars
at San Pedro street. He was not seri.
ously injured.
The work on the approaches to the
First Street bridge is completed and the
Also street bridge will be done by next
Saturday. Col. A. IL. Miller is in
charge of the work and is rushing it
through.
Hereafter no revenue stamps will be
issued from the Los Angeles office on
the last day of the month. This is a
late order AMI is doubtless for the con
venience of the revenue officers in max
ing out reports.
The walters at the st. Elmo had al
other fight Sunday night, and one OF
them was badly cut about the head. 1t
is reported that the wounds were in.
flicted with cut glass, but knowing
darkies say that razor was used.
Mr.. Geo. w. Williamson, commercial
traveller for Newmark Il Co., returned
Sunday from q six weeks trip in South
ern California. He reports the crops
looking magnilicently and thinks that
| the late rain will be a benefit to all up
land farmers.
1t is reported that capitalistl has
been at San Pedro for some days nege-
tiating for lot on which to erect fifty
| thousand dollar hotel. This action
seems hardly necessary as the blooming
| little sea port now has hotel which
rejoices in the name OF the Herald
House.
Long Beach Hotel is He'd with guests
Notwithstanding that it is a little early to
seek the seashore. This hotol main
tains its we'll earned reputation and now
has for chief cook Charles Counsello,
who has been declared by Madame
Rhea, Miss Emma Abbott and other dis
tinguished people to be the best cook ON
the Pacific Coast.
Mr.. David A. Hamburger, OF the Peo-
Plies Store, leaves tomorrow for New
York aud the principal eastern cities to
take advantage of all bargains that a
late market offers to cash purchaser.
During his absence Mr.. Hamburger will
inspect some OF tho large retail estab-
lishments of the east with a view to
adopting the latest business methods in
his extensive store. With that enter
prise and excellent management Tor
which Mr.. Hamburger is so justly pop
ular, he will add several novelties to the
Peoples Store on his return that will
place it on a footing with any OF the
large dry goods houses on the Pacific
Coast.