Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-26
NEWS NOTES.

NEWS NOTES.
A new Everett piano has been pur-
chased tor the Alhambra school.
Samuel B. Putnam will lecture this
evening on american Democracy"
ct Masonic Hall.
The wages OF the street-car drivers
and conductors were yesterday re-
duced from 81 10 to $l.70 per day.
Chief Cuddy is receiving numerous
complaints OF thieves stealing in the
suburbs Of the city, outside OF the
police limits.
Another runaway took place on
Downey avenue yesterday, but was
stopped without any serious damage
being done.
Silas Holman's splendid orange
orchard, situated at Holman's Station,
in the town of Anaheim, has been
sold for $24, 900.
~ The following persons were .yester-
day licensed to we'd: H. Mobiles to
Minnie ]. Mcdaniel, Alex f. Norton
iE0Carrie A. Brown.
" Transfers OF real estate yesterday
Amounted to 1907 1924, and were l6l
In number. OF these 13 were for
nominal considerations and "a were
for more than $1,000.
The partition between the audience
room and the vestry, in the Christian
Church, has been removed in order
to increase the seating capacity until
the new church is completed.
The Belle ue Avenue Methodist
Episcopal Church South, Incorporated
Yesterday with the following directors !:
w. III. Stratton, Ulrich Knoch, Frank
+. Adams, W. 8. Reavis, w. J..
Seaman.
The Chautauqua Union meeting
will be held Monday evening in the
parlors of the Woman's Home, the
extra meeting having been deferred
one month. All friends of c. L. S. G..
are invited.
An adjourned meeting of the citi-
xens from New York will be held Mon
day evening at the office of A. Will
hartitz, ~ North Main street, for the
purpose Of forming literary and mu-
sical society.
E. c. Watson was yesterday ex-
amined before United State, Com
missioner Van Dyke for cutting
timber on Government land in Ca
hunga, Los Angeles county. The
ease was taken under advisement.
For some reason, not given, the
Santa Fe's new timetable will not go
into effect for some time and all trains
will run according to the old time
card. 1t is impossible to state the
date when it will 90 into effect.
i.The new car line from Temple
street, near Belmont avenue, to Ely
sian Park, has commenced running.
At present horses are used for motive
power, but the company expects to
use steam motors and will generate
steam with water gas.
Yesterday morning fine team be-
longing to A. Ellsworth, 325 Buena
Vista street, were frightened as they
were going into the corral, and dashed
away down the street. They were
finally stopped by coming into contact
with sprinkling hydrant on Temple
street and one OF the horses was killed
on the spot.
The Graves Crockery and Pipe
Manufacturing Company fled articles
of incorporation yesterday with the
following directors: w. H. Graves,
Waller s. Maxwell, Wm. II. Burns,
J. HI. Burns, Paul H. Lemmert. The
capital stock is $3.50, 900.
A meeting of the newspaper men
this afternoon at O'Clock, in Justice
Taney's court room, to consider sew
eral propositions made to them for the
Establishment of Press Association
colony. All newspaper representa-
tives interested in the matter ale re-
questen to be present.
]. Mullally, driver on the Olive
street car line, yesterday met run
away horse at the,corner of Pico and
Figueroa streets. The buggy contained
two ladies', who had lost hold of the
lines. Mutually at once stopped his car
ond made leap for the horse as it
was passing by. After being carried
about block he succeeded in stopping
the animal.
Street Superintendent Kuhrts has
had considerable difficulty lately in
enforcing the law prohibiting fakirs
from keeping stands, ETC., on the
streets. So much has been said in
favor of allowing frail people to earn
a living by this kind of work, that he
has arranged with Chief Cuddy to
allow them to peddle on the streets
after P. NJ.
At meeting of the National Asso-
citation of Stationary Engineers, the
following officers were elected: Frank
Saville, president; F. ]. Wood, vice.
president; John L. Ely, correspond
ing and press secretary; Jas. s:
Stevenson, recording and financial
secretary; D. w. Cummings, treas
urer; Sam Whitaker, conductor
John Noll, door keeper. The meeting
adjourned to meet on March I'd.
The Grand Lodge OF this State, 1.
@. G. T., will hold a session to-mor-
row night in the hall at the corner Of
Main and Laurel streets, for the pur.
pose Of comforting Grand Lodge de.
gte8s on members entitled to receive
them. The session will open with a
public meeting, to which all are in.
vited. It will be addressed by Judge
J. NJ. Walling, of Nevada county
Grand Worthy Chief Templar of the
State.
A team belonging to w. w. Whitney
Of La Can hada, ran away yesterday af
ternoon on Downey avenue. The
traces broke and one of the horses
became detached. The pole being
7oosened ran into the ground an6
threw the driver out. His jaw-bont
was broken and his head cut in sew
eral places. He was taken into th'