Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-12
NEWS NOTES.

morning.
The Chamber of Commerce will meet
tomorrow afternoon at 3 O'Clock in the
rooms OF the Board of Trade.
DR.. Truesdell commences a series Of
Illustrated lectures, to gentlemen only.
this evening at PANORAMIC Hall.
Inc crowds on our main thorough
fares these beautiful days are so dense
that 1t is labor to get through them.
The notorious Jack Burns was brought
before Justice Austin Yesterday on the
charge OF disturbing the peace and found
guilty.
j. II. House, of Pasadena, was sent
down to spend ten days at the County
Jail for having disturbed the peace Of
that city. =
George Capistrano was sent to the
County Jail yesterday to remain ten DAYS
for having disturbed the peace of San
Gabriel.
Officer Ruly found sick man in des-
titute condition at No, 18 Railroad street
Hospital.
Antonia Ancona, charged with having
assaulted somebody with spade, was
examined by Justice Austin yesterday
and held to answer on $500 bail.
The Hellman property on the south
side OF Fourth street, between Spring
and Main, is being sidewalked with arti-
nclal stone-a needed improvement.
Frank Garcia, the young man who
stole horse and buggy several months
ago, was sentenced yesterday by Judge
CLARK to one year in the penitentiary.
We have received from Mr.. John T.
Gaffey, member of the Board, an ad-
vance copy of the report of the State
Board OF Equalization for 1887 and 1888.
The charge of embezzlement against
John Ribber, which has been hanging in
Justice Austin's court for some time. was
yesterday dismissed and Ribber dis
charged.
Transfers of real estate yesterday
amounted to $156,976 and were 95 in
number. Of these 46 were for more than
$1,000 each, and 18 were for nominal con-
siderations.
The HERALD is assured that two we'll
known Los Angeles landlords have leased
the Baldwin at San Francisco, and take
charge OF that popular hotel at the be-
ginning OF the year.
Third street, between Main and Spring.
ought to be paved. 1t is q quagmire
and muck hole when it rains. Busi-
ness has greatly advanced street improye-
ment on that block.
The young people of East Los Angeles
Congregational Church, assisted by the
best literary and musical talent OF the
city, will give an entertainment Wednes-
day evening, the 10Th.
The owner of large tract OF land in
the Castac district is to take some East
ern mining capitalists there to. day to ex-
anime his property with view Of pur-
chasing and developing it.
Thomas Kelley and James Wilson, the
two toughs who were engaged in the
business of holding up people on the
streets of Los Angeles a month or two
ago, were sentenced to five years each in
the penitentiary by Judge Clark in De-
partment No. 2 yesterday.
The case of J. s. McCroy, who is &C.
cused OF striking man over the head
with a billiard cue, has been up before
Justice Austin number of times. and
yesterday was continued once more un-
til December 18th, by reason of the alb
sence OF an important witness.
The examination of the two Pasadena
boys, Cassen and Smith, who are
charged with having killed young
italian boy, near Glendale, continued
through yesterday in Justice Taney's
Court. 1t will probably be finished to-
day. The examination is conducted
with closed doors.
James Powelson applied for change
of venue in Justice Austin's Court yes
terday. The charge against him is va
grancy, and defendants of that order
have 80 many of them met with disaster
in that room that they are becoming eu-
perstitious about it. His case is contin-
ued until December 18th.
| A warrant was issued yesterday against
q. Long for dealing a faro game also
against twelve others for participating in
the same. The paraphernalia used in
the game is in the possession of the DO
lice-a part of the capture of Monday
highland Justice Austin says that it
shall be chopped up and destroyed when
the case is over.
Four more tis-burners were sent down
from the Antelope valley yesterday, to-
gether with two others named Helfed
and Moore, who were charged with con-
tempt of court. They had tried to get
their friends out of the scrape by some
very dubious testimony, and the local
Justice had taken measures to prevent
that sort OF experiments in the future.
Mrs. Watson, of the Girls Home, has
word from Stockton that Carrie Pelchner.
who was sent to the insane asylum from
Los Angeles some time ago, though en-
tireiy restored in health, is still as un-
sound mentally as she was when she
entered. This proves the justice of the
decision Of the Commissioner, which at
the time was the subject of no little dis
cussion.
| The Chief of Police yesterday received
a telegram from Constable French, of
MERGED, asking him to arrest A. N.
Black, of whom description was given.
The dispatch said that he was default
ing creditor, having sold out his business
and gotten away with the money. He