Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-03-14
Local new. Notes.

The members OF the Fire Department
have provided themselves with neat sill.
yer badges.
The Los Angeles Chapter No. 33, r.
A. NJ, will meet tomorrow evening for
work in Royal Arch Degree.
A meeting of Los Angeles Chapter
No. 33, r. A. M, will be held tomorrow
evening at their lodge rooms.
The Stevenson House, on the corner
Of Los Angeles and First streets, has dis
charged all Chinese help. Next.
Colonel Macy thinks the Supervisors
will be able to let the jail building early
in April, and hopes to have the building
ready to occupy by July. So mote
II be.
The HERALD is indebted TO that genial
gentleman, A. Vinette, for quantity Of
fine apples, imported from the East for
his fruit store on Spring street, south OF
First.
The meeting of the Illinois Association
is postponed from Tuesday evening next
to Wednesday evening ON account OF the
grand chorus concert on the former
evening.
All the property holders interested in
the Main-street extension through Bath,
excepting half dozen. have paid up
their assessment, and now the street
will be opened.
There was large and enthusiastic
meeting of Anti Chinese in front Of the
Court House last night. 1t is regretted
that crush of news prevents full re-
port in the HERALD.
The good people of Riverside didnobly
in the matter of providing ways and
means for the Chicago Citrus Fair by
contributing over thousand dollars to
defray the expenses of their fine exhibit.
There was great meeting in the
Mayors Court last night, at which o
Cremation Society was organized. The
crowded state of the HERALDs columns
forced the full report over until Tuesday
morning.
Next south of the Miller building. on
Fort street, between First and Second,
the building has been removed to per-
nit the erection of another business
block. Fort street is in the ''city"
hereafter.
Kent, the burglar who robbed the
church the other night, went to San
Quentin yesterday in charge of Captain
?. M. Darcy, Deputy Sheriff OF this
county. Kent goes for five years.
Darcy took up an insane named Miller
to Stockton by the same train.
As an incident of the late railway rate
war it may be mentioned that the Board
of Supervisors here furnished transpor-
tation to over q dozen indigents who
were anxious TO reach friends in the
East This pleases the indigents and
relieves the county somewhat.
At . o'clock yesterday afternoon an
alarm of fire was sounded. 1t was
caused by the burning of a bale of hay
and a shed ON Olive street, between
Sixth and Seventh streets. The hay
was set on fire by couple of small
children who were playing with matches.
The San Diego Citrus FAIR opened at
National City, on Thursday last, and
was well attended. The exhibit of
oranges, lemons, lines and olives is very
fine. The display of flowers and dried
fruits is excellent. The San Diego fruit
growers have reason to be proud OF
their productions and their exhibit.
For time yesterday after the slight
fire on Sixth street there was wild ex.
citement caused by the report that a
magnificent Guillaume goat belonging to
the firm of Masters Eltinge Smith, Allie |
Glassell and Willie Desmond had per-
ished in the flames. Such, however, |
proved not to be the case and the firm |
still retains its choicest possession.
Captain Froelich is employed by a
large number of business men to act as
private watchman at night. Yesterday
morning while trying the Turf Club
saloon door, his revolver fell out of his
pocket striking the sidewalk so as to
discharge 1t. The bullet passed through
the heavy plate glass and through
screen, landing in the ceiling. He was
arrested but Immediately released by the
Mayor, who informed him that he had
no right to carry concealed weapon.