Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-16
NEWS NOTES.

The Central w. G. T. u, will meet
this afternoon at 2 o'clock, at Trinity
Nj. f. Church, Fort street. All ladies
are invited.
There will be a Sunday school
class meeting Monday evening,
March 10Th, at Z 80 O'Clock, at Grace
Methodist Church, First street.
Strangers are invited.
Transfers of real estate yesterday
amounted to $2O5,63 and were l15
in number. OF these, % were for
nominal considerations, and 10 Tor
more than 1900 each,
A new electric mast has been
erected at the corner OF Belmont
avenue and Second street. As soon
as the wires are connected the people
will have long-needed light.
Mr.. R. p. Hamilton last night
picked up two promissory notes in
front Of the police station, which he
handed to the clerk, and they are
there awaiting Identification.
The Board OF Supervisors yesterday
ordered warrant of 500 drawn in
favor Of E. German, for inducing inn
migration. The balance Of the day
was spent in redistrictiDg the county.
Great complaint is being made
about the insufficient accommodations
for newspapers at the mail boxes on
the streets. Why not erect wooden
boxes beneath the mail box for
newspapers?
Prof. B. G. Northrop, will deliver
an address to the students of Wood
bury's Business College at 2 P. NJ,
to-day. Former pupils, their friends
and the public generally, are COR
daily invited to be present.
The ejectment case of Peter Wall
and Abram Painter VS.. j. B. Dutton,
to recover 149 acres of land in San
Diego, valued at S., 900, was yesterday
dismissed in the United States Cir
cult Court on motion of the attorney
for the defendant.
At half past two o'clock yesterday
afternoon S. M. Hibbard's IS team, which
had been tied near the corner of Will
mington and First streets, broke loose
and before stopped the buggy to which
they were attached was broken to
pieces, and one of the horses injured.
The following persons were yester-
day licensed to we'd: Amos Abbot to
George Abbot, Alexander Keltz to
Annie G. Mayes, Charles A. Sheldrick
to Anna E. Mccullough, William II;
Glass to Sarah A. Cannon, Edward
q. Fitzgerald to May O'Brien.
u. S. District Attorney Brooks is
turning his attention to the alleged
Hand frauds in San Luis Obispo coun-
ty. The administration of the law
department in the Southern District
is conceded at Washington to be the
most efficient for good this side of the
Rocky Mountains.-[Lompoc Record.
Miss May Martin, who for over two
years has filed the position of organist
at the Fort Street NJ. E. Church, has
resigned. Miss Martins duties have
been important and difficult, and she
has acquitted herself we'll before the
musical public Of this city. 1t is not
yet known who will be her successor
Mr.. Robt J. Burdett whose name is
familiar to all as a noted humorous
lecturer and also editor of the Bur.
lington Hawkeye, and who is now in
San Francisco, will be here about the
9th of this month, and arrangements
have been made for him to deliver one
of his lectures on Friday evening,
March 30th.
The Sunday school of Grace Metho-
dist Church has never been more
prosperous in its history than under
the present pastor, Rev. Will II
Knighten. This school has an en-
rollment Of $50 scholars. The newly
elected superintendent, Mr.. H. v
Ellio t, and the teachers are working
hard to assist the pastor in making
this most interesting Sunday school
Strangers invited. School meets a
$50 AN.
The regular meeting of the Gale
donian Club was held last night a
the rooms, J. 0. Maclean in the chair
Mr.. Thomas Fraser, recently from
the Highlands, gave graphic accoun
of the northern counties of Scotland
and the condition of the crofters. Mr.
Bruce gave the meeting some further
information regarding the order O
Scottish clans, and the prospects O
organizing branch here were said tt
be very good.