Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-06-10

hon, mos. II. Bafu, Oh ventura
county, proposes to be one of twenty to
put up $4,000 for special train to bring
delegates from San Francisco to the Re-
| publican State Convention, to be held in
Los Angeles ON the 25th Of August next.
Attention is called to a notice in the
HERALD from County Superintendent
J. W. Hinton, announcing the holding
Of an examination of candidates for
teachers at the assembly room of the
| Normal School, on Tuesday, June 18th,
at 10 NJ.
About six thousand dollars in prizes
were drawn in Los Angeles at the late
drawing of the louisiana State Lottery.
Hubbard ut the Pico House got away
with $4,000 OF the amount and is going to
buy a rancho. Los Angeles seems to
conquer all,
Mr.. M. P. Nicholson, Major Domo of
the great Newhall rancho. is in the city.
He brings sample Of the enormous
wheat crop now ripening in fine style,
and q sheaf of rye seven feet in length.
He claims to have the largest yield per
acre of any rancho in the State.
The jack.rabbits are dying off all
through Iuyo county by the hundreds.
Their bodies are found lying alongside
| of roads and trails and all through the
sagebrush and over such an extent of
country as to preclude the idea that
they had succumbed to poison admins
tered to them,
Mr.. M. B. Curtis, after his engage
ment here, will play the coast pretty
thoroughly, going up to Portland, the
Sound and Victoria. He returns to San
Francisco about the beginning of August.
He will then open in new piece written
for him by W. J. Shaw of the Cincinnati
Post, called Caught in a Corner"
A quarter of million dollars and six
years work of Prof. VIM. D. Whitney,
of Yale College, and other able philolo.
gists are being spent in preparing die
tionary that shall Quit ank Webster,
Worcester, or anything else in the form
of lexicon. The Century Company are
furnishing the sinews of war for this
great work.
The Bangor, Maine, Wing and Courier
says: 1--WE are indebted to MIR. Will
lam G. Skinner, of Los Angeles, CAL,
formerly of this city, for a copy of the
illustrated Los Angeles HERALD, a fifty
page journal devoted to the interests Of
that city. 1t is an exceedingly well
gotten mp publication and contains n
perfect store of information regarding
Los Angeles and the surrounding coun.
try.
Last night there was large and
brilliant assemblage at Mott Hall, the
occasion being the fifth annual ball of
Companies A and C, of the Seventh
Infantry Battalion. There was an ex-
hbition drill that was very creditable.
The evening was highly enjoyed by all
present, and the affair was one of the
pleasantest of the many very pleasant
entertainments given by our local SOL
dery.
Last evening Mr. Thos. j. Neuner and
Miss Waibel were united in marriage at
the residence of the brides parents. Mr..
Neuner is young gentleman of pleas.
ing address, who has by course OF in
dustry and strict attention to busin ess
established an enviable reputation. The
young bride is handsome and amiable,
and the HERALD wishes the happy
couple long life of uninterrupted pros
perity.
There was fair audience at the
Grand last evening to see Curtis in his
inimitable creation of "Saml OF Posen. y
1t was an evening of laughter and those
present testified their appreciation by
calling Curtis and Miss De Mer before
the curtain several times. "Saml of
Posen" will be repeated tonight and at
the Saturday matinee. spot Cash, a
SEQUEL to "Sam1" will be given to-mor.
row and Saturday nights. 1t is said to
be even funnier than "Sam1 of Posen. "
The first wheat of the new crop ar
rived in San Francisco last Saturday
from Bautas Station near Stockton.
Price, 81 80 The wheat harvest is be.
ginning rather early this year. In 1885
the first shipment reached Underwater on
June "a, aud the previous year on June
Goth. In 1882 the earliest lot was re-
ceived at the bay on July 9th. The
opening quotation this season Isl 30) is
the lowest first price since 1881, when
the first shipment was offered at 81 %.
In 1854 and 1885 the opening price was
81 AZ. In 1888 wheat opened at 81 IS,
and in 1882 at 81 81.
The Dowpey ReUiew says; There is
no reason why the raisin business should
not rank among the leading industries of
our valley. We raise as fine Museat
grapes as any place on earth; we have
the same atmosphere that othef localities
have which makes this business protita-
BILE; if more elevated land is necessary,
we have hills near at hand that are
as high as anybody's hills, and if II is
necessary to transport them to the Mo
jave desert to dry them, we have the
same means of transportation. Figs and
other fruits are dried to q great state of
perfection, and why not grapes? Some
OF the finest raislns we have ever tasted
were dried in open air, less than a mile
from Downey, and there is no reason
why they should not be dried in large
quantities.
The Riverside Press and Horticultur-
ist of June sth, says; Abbot Kinney
went to the State Irrigation Convention
with a proxy from Los Angeles city.
He straddled the irrigation fence from
the beginning to the end in such a man.
ner that no one could tell whether he
was for or against the objects sought to
be accomplished by that convention.
The committee on credentials who over
looked his proxy in making their first
report, finally reported Mr.. Kinney en-
titled to his seat on signing the platform
of principles prepared by the Executive
Committee and afterwards adopted by
the convention. Mr.. Kinney declined
to sign these principles and the conven-
ton therefore fired him out. 1t makes
but little difference to the people OF Cal
: ifornia how Mr.. Kinney stood on this
! question. We expect that some people
, will be upon the other side of the ques.
ton, and it is but natural that Mr.. Kin
, ney should sympathize with the views
/ of his father-in-law-Judge Thornton
who on the Supreme Bench of Califor
MIA has helped to bring this conflict or
the people of the State. Like father
like son"-in.law may be new adage,
but it appears to apply in this case.